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0 THE LARGEST circulation of Any Newspaper tn the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger • SEMI-WEEKLY- -PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wfc GUARANTEE .' he Reliability of Every Advc. • tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. ^ Newspaper in all that the Word Imolies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUAi^ i;j, 1903 *1.00 A YEAH. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS Iiitvreatlng Items Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Frovt Entertaining Beading fur Haudrcda of Lodger Readers. Nathan Basouiifht, a prominent citizen u/Tyrrell enuuty. was killed Saturday by thu accidental discharge of a shotgun, the ioau blowing his en tire face a.vay. Dr. JamPsGrabam Ramsey, of Salis bury. one oT the last surviving mem- b rs of the Confederate Congress, 'ied in the 80th year of his age at the home of his son, Postmaster Jamos H Ramsey, at 2:4f> o’clock Saturday morning. James Wilcox the He in d inurdt-re. of Nellie Cropsey ;it E iz ibetli (Tity was carrier! to !|(‘ri 'or 1 Kr"! i< , !i r his new iris! o;!Cii r < H>s eHm'iVHi un guarded with the utmost caution, Several hours elapsed before it n . - known to the reporters An hi)p»r ant steamboat movemeoi was agitated t ,t Fayetteville Saturday for a future c mbiiie oi the Cape Feui Merchants and Farmers’ and toe Fayetieville A Wilmington Lines on the haris of a pool of profits. A charter to be got for the Cape Fear Transit Company The movement will pro bably h< j dre'ded at the Februir ' siockho'ih r’s meeting. Rev. William M. Saunders and J. N, Bishop, two Seventh Day Adven tists, were committed to jaii in States ville Friday by Squire John W. Elli son, of Fa a In too township, because they would not pay the price and costs in a case tried before him in which they were found guilty of work ing on Sunday on their dwelling houses. At Friday’s fire in Raleigh, which destroyed the infirmary at St. Mary’s College, 250 cadets of the Agricultural and Mechanical Coinage, of that city, took hold of and unwed bodily some 20 yards, a building which formed a covered-way between the main build ing and the infirmary. The college is out of town, but as a courtesy the fire department went there. The Charlotte Grocery Company, of Charlotte, J. W. Heard, president. C. Gresham, vie president, and R. E. Young, manager—has decided to li quidate. Alt the stock now on hand will be sold and the poeeeds divided among the three officers, the sole stockholders The Charlotte Grocery Company was organized four years ago and did a successful wholesale grocery business. . Mr. M. H. Jordan, of Hickory Grove, Mecklenburg county, sold his cotton Saturday on the Charlotte market, and after a round of the stores, on a shopping expedition, he wound up short $75. Mr. Jordan does not know whether he lost the money or whether he was “touched” for it. At any rate, he is shy this amount, and he would like to recover his lost dollars, whether stolen or found. her down at the second blow. The girl called for help and when her one- armea father and her mother respond ed Roseboro beat them with the stick. He cleared the house, but had disap peared when the police arrived. A most distressing acc'tienT occur- red recently near Ossipee in Person county. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tickle was strangled by re ceiving a mouthful of ashes from an older child. Mrs. Tickle had just left the room to prepare supper and left the little tot lying in the cradle and an older child, some two and a half or three years old, in the room. The older child had a small tin box with some ashes in it and gave them to the infant in the cradle. It sucked them down into its lungs and at once began to cry. Its mother ran to the room and seeing the trouble at once gave the alarm. Neighbors came at once and did ail they could for the sufferer but to no avail, and it died within an hour. Mr. Robert Mills, of Statesville, Friday invaded the graded school at that place and without the consent of the superintendent or teachers, or the parents, secured a bride. Mi*s An nie McMonnie Fulp, daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fulp, has been attend- h g the -chools for some time and Friday stated to her deskmate that as xin* was feeling ill she would go home e irlier than usual. This she did and by prearrangement met Mr. Mills. Ttie couple went to Rock Cut station,, eig'.t miles west of Statesville, where they boarded the train, and the father of the girl thinks they went thence either to Hickory, Asheville or Spar tanburg, (S. C.,) where license was procured and the marriage ceremony oerformed The bride is yet in her LJth jenr The groom is a sturdy young man aged about 22 years. Tho elopement has caused much distress to the young girl’s mother SHORT.LOCAL ITEMS. The mercury stood at 18 this morn-* ing at 6 o’clock. Yesterday was one of the coldest days of the winter. The balance of you had just as well come in and subscribe for The Led ger. County Pension Commissioner M. M. Tate was io bis office? Saturday and received many applications. Capt. J. C. Duncan J came over vesterday from Blacksburg, and brought two coons to be added to the county’s good roads class. There will be a meeting of Jake Carpenter Camp of U. 0. Veterans at the court house next Saturday the 17th inst., at 2 o’clock p. m. All are requested to attended as business of importance will come before the camp. Miss Maud Thompson, who is teach ing the Whit$ Plains school, and Miss Cleo Lipscomb, one of her pupils, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city with Miss Thompson’s parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson, on Victoria Avenue. A. B. Brannon, who has long been superintendent of weaving in the Gaffney Manufacturing Company's mill here, has resigned bis position and went to Greer’s yesterday to ac cept the position of superintendent of the Franklin Mills. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OYER THE STATE. a.T-nt« that Have Taken Place from One Pad of the Htate to the Other Called from ■xchauge* for Quick Reading by Score* of Bogy Feojfle. Pendleton is to Have a $200,000 cotton mill. Tne tenth annual meeting of the Stale Bar association will he hold in Columbia oo Thursday ami Friday of th'e week. Mr. W. Scott Knight, fancy grocery merchant of Laurens made an assign ment Friday morning for the benefit of his creditor*. Liabilites about $1,* 200; assets, $1,000. Dr. J. F. Cleveland, of Spartan burg, has received his commission from Governor McSweeney as a trus tee of Cedar Springs Institute to fill the vacancy caused by the death of D. E. Converse. Tue secretary of state Friday granted a charter to the Planter’s Supply Company of Greenwood, capi talised at $25 000. The officers are F. B. Cobb, president and manager; K. Baker, vice-president; T. H. Wat son and E. H. Tarrant, treasurer. Passenger train No. 40 on the Southern was fired into by parties unknown near Eatdey at 7 p. in. Sat urday, breaking windows and splin tering portions off the coaches. Sev eral of the bullets lodged in the win dow casing. Nobody was hurt. Fritz W. Virgin, a white man fifty years old. was committed to jail in Charleston Saturday for grand lar ceny. He is accused of collecting money for a publishing house of At lanta and not remitting the collec- tiODS. A fire in Denmark Friday entirely consumed the Denmark Bottling Works. The property was covered by insurance. The Ellzey Hotel, op posite the works, caught several times and was only saved by prompt and vigorous work. Thursday morning Dave Durham was hurled into eternity in a twink ling by the falling of a heavy derrick boom at the Catawba dam near Rock Hill. His skull, neck, back and leg were broken. He was suffering his laul paroxysms when bis fellow work men reached him. Tiney Mackey, colored, was seri ously and maybe fatally stabbed in the right breast Thursday afternoon in Rock Hill by Maggie McRa*, also colored. The motive was apparently jealousy. She was also severely cut in both arms. Maggie says that if she does not get revenge on Tiuay iu this world she will iu the next. Tiuey was arrested. Thursday night about. 11 o’clock fire was discovered in the copper smith’s shop of the Seaboard Air Line shops in Abbeville. Before it could be extinguished it had con sumed the building, including the tin shop, the coppersmith’s shop and the boilermaker’s shop, which latter was lo a separate building. The buildings were insured. The corner-stone of the 12 story building of the Loan and Excharge Bank in Columbia was laid Saturday afternoon. The stone is a fine speci men of South Carolina granite and was set In place by the two little daughters of Mr. Edwin W. Robert son, president of the bank. Friday night in Florence a colored girl named Blanch Sutherland, aged about 15 years, was severely and probably fatally burned. It seems that she had a habit of sitting at the front of the stove with the door open and that being very close to it that evening and probably nodding, her clothing caught fire. In a few days Howard, Dugan, Nolan and McKinley, the men arrest ed in Columbia ou Wednesday after noon under the supervision of the gov ernment secret service men for alleged safe-cracking In this State, will be given a bearing before United States - Commissioner Verner, of Colombia. -Tbs evidence against the men has not yet been disclosed. All have en gaged counsel. At 7 o’clock Saturday evening a trolley oar on South Church street in Spartanburg ran into a one horse wagon in which was seated W. M. Bomar, his 14-year old son and a •oldred driver named Will Goings. All the occupants were thrown out. Go- logs fell face foremost to the left and hit lo front of the car. His body was crushed horribly by the wbeeie. Death was Instantaneous. The oar was foroed from the track. Bomar and sou were throwu to the right near the sidewalk and were not Injured to any extent. The hor-se was injured and wagon and tiurtjfhH torn up. Burglars entererl the jewelry store of Mr. George H. Dork-witz. on King Mt.r-t-t in Cnarleston Thursday night anti goo away with about $200 worth of oiocka and jewelry. The robbery was not discovered until 8 a. m. Fre- day. when an employe in a butener shop near the store saw that the door hud been tampered with. He notified Mr Dorkew^tz and he enlightened the police Tl* robbers, however, had Samla time to select the goods they desired and then depart iu safety. There was a serious wreck in the Southern yards of Columbia early Saturday morning and as a ..result a colored fireman and a colored brake- men were killed. The accideut oc curred just outside the city limits and within 200 yards of the Granby mill. A shifting engine pushing seven flats loaded with brick into the city and a local freight just leaving the city for Augusta collided 'on a fill near the trestle which forms the ap proach to the Congaree river bridge. Mr. M. M. Harley, who disappeared from his home near Hyatt Park in Columbia last, week and for a trace of whom the officers have been making a fruitless search, turned up safe and s mnd Saturday evening. Mr Harley arrived in Columbia on the Seaboard’s evening train from Savnnnab. It seems that Mr. Harley had to go un expectedly down the Seaboard on Im portant business and had wir°d a messenger to carry a note to his wife This note was never delive’red. hence the alarm of Mrs. Harley. A few days ago Mrs. Harley and children went down the Seaboard on a visit to relatives. There was mutual surprise when Mr. Harley walked in on Fri day evening on his way back to Co lumbia and found his wife and chil dren. Then explanations were iu or der. The Welcome .Service. The service at the Methodist church Sunday night was a welcome service. The congregations of the First Baptist church and the Presby terian church united with the Metho dist. Revs. A. C. Cree and W. R. Potter made appropriate addresses in welcoming Mr. Steadman and he in turn preachedla most excellent ser mon. The music was exceedingly appropriate and of a high order. Mr. Steadman is making a fine im pression upon the peop'o of Gaffney and his welcome has been a most loyal one. ' Limestone College Reel tills. The faculty and pupils’ recitals at Limestone College are gems of a high order and lucky is a community that has iu its midst euterlaiumeuts of their order.- The piano recital by Mi?s Georgia Steediy last Friday evening cannot be too highly praised. It would *ake a way up youder musician to do it justice. Those who miss them miss tho finest musical entertainments of- ferea in the State. Romomber the pupils’ rccitP nex* Saturday afternoon. Communion Service!*. Communion service at the Presby terian church next Sabbath fit 11 o’clock. The pastor requests all the members to be present. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. Services preparatory to the cornu,un ion will be held on Wednesday night at 7 o’clock, and on Saturday at 11 a. m. Officers of the church will meet at the home of the pastor on Thursday at 6:80 p. in. In Business to Stay. It has been reported that J. C Lip scomb & Co. were going out of busi ness. A glance at our advartising columns is sufficient to prove the fallacv of this report. This firm is In business to stay not only are they going to continue their old lines but ihey rre going to embark in the live stock business, as they will receive a car load of mules today. The two Johns are well matched and deserve to be called “hustlers.” Former Limestone Oraduate Bead. Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Gilliam, a most estimable lady of Spartanburg, who died in that city Saturday at the age of seventy, was a Miss Lizzie Turner, of Newberry, one of Lime stone College's early graduates, and only a few months ago spoke of her days at Limestone as among her fondest recollections. ‘-Jost Splendid.” We doubt whether there is any one thing on earth that will afford the housekeeper so much pleasure as a flour that will give her perfect satis faction. That flour Is “Clifton." Let us but once get a sack of “Olit- ton” floor Id your home and we In vite you to try other brands to your heart’s content. Such comparisons only bring out the superiority and excellence of “Ollftou." Sold by all grocers. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Interest in .School Work-Meeting of Trus tees and Employees of Dyetown School- ~ An Incident nt the Breaking Out of Civil War—Frank Byers Not Dead. cCorrespondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jank, January 10.—We have just returned from a trip ou the York dide of the river where we found the most untiring interest In school mat- tors we have seen in a long, ; long time, and where the people are mov ing along a line that is sure to benefit not only that but all conriguors sec tions wuere observation is worth any- tliirg. ■ Y’esterday the trustees and em ployees met at Miss Aggie Wylie’s school at Dyetown. This they do oc casionally—often enough at least to keep the children ami teachers iu good heart and encourage both to do their best. We have taken occasion heretofore from time to time to read our Ledger- ites a lecture ou the subject of schools and educational matters. How our views have been received is perhaps of little consequence to the majority of our readers, hut still we maintain the idea that if patrons and trustees would visit their respective schools at regular intervals, singly and iu bod ies, much good will result from thd encouragement their presence and manifestation of interest would give both teacher and scholars. It does seem to us that toeliminate the school from the home is to cripple the efficiency and usefulness of the one and destroy the happiness and prosperity of the other. The teacher who toils with her classes day after day, week after week and month after month without even one approving smile or word of encouragement from her patrons, has the hardest and most unenviable lot any mortal was ever called upon to fill. An incident at the bri sking cut of t^e civil war fully illustrates our line of argument: Mr. John Gresham, an old man, bah moved from South Oarolina to IV-xas and was fairiy settled down to bui'ineSM in the Lorio 8f»r Htate. V/li«n he heard tnat cSou h Garolipa had nectoded from ibe union he said: “VVeil, 1 must go hack to .South Carolina. It has seceded and that means war. v\ hilt* I deplore the c msequences, yet it’s my state and I 11 cast my fortune with it.” “Hut. tut, tut.” nays a number of his irieuds and neighbors, “that’s ail Doi.aensL, Uncle Johnnie. You are too old lo fight; you can’t see uo,v t<> .-hoot ; you can’t march, and you art coj -Id to ride horseback anu it’s all folly for you !o take such an inter est m ibis affair.” “Oh, but,” said Uncle Johnnie, ‘I I c m do a great deal yet.” “Pray what is it you can do?” they queried. He said: “I chu stand by and say ‘Hurrah boys.’ ” And the echo of t.’ii't grand old man’s voice scaled the heights of Gettysburg; it met and r-pntoed the grand charge of Meagh er’s Irish division at Fredericksburg; it swept the field of Manassas like a cvclone; it routed McClellan’s grand army from before Richmond, and ir planted on a thousand other battle fields imperishable monuments to Southern valor What we need today is for the old men and women, and especially tbe patrons, to stand by the teacher and pupils and give them words of cheer. This done, we will guarantee results. The report that Frank Byers, col ored, who was convicted in this coun ty last year for the murder of Jim Dawkins and sentenced to the peni tentiary for life, is dead, is incorrect. The superintendent of that institu tion writes that Frank is alive and in good health and working in the hos iery mill. Some of our readers seem disposed to laugh at us for either speaking well of people or keeping silence, never even making mention of their names. This we invariably try to do. It's easy for the bad to get all the help it needs to give it a wide spread circulation—it travels on the wings of the wind, while the good has a bard road. To those censors we esu mildly say : Any fool can find fault while only the wise can discern vir tues. Mr. Henry W. Thompson, of Spar tanburg, is down looking after his farming interests. This cold spell is pinching and but little work can be done out of doors. J. l. s. It is difficult to convert a man un less you practice what you preach. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People Von Know uutl Feople You Won’t Know John Gibbons, of Blacksburg, was a Ledger visitor yesterdny. J. A. Willis, Esq., who has been visiting relatives and friends in the lower part o? the State, returned to the city Saturday. Mrs. W. T. Poag, who has been spending some time with relatives and friends at Rock Hill, returned to the city Friday. J Emile Haney, Esq., went to Co lumbia yesterday. D. 0. Beheler, of Kings Greek, made a business visit to tne city Fri day. H. K. Osborne, Esq., went to Spar tanburg thu last of the week on pro fessional business. Senator Butler and Representatives Sirratt and Kirby left for Columbia yesterday. N. IV. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, was in the city Friday ou professional business. Capt. 8. 8. Ross spent Saturday in Spartanburg. Miss Lottie Smith, who L teaching the Williams school near State Line, was in the city Friday. Gen. \V. L. Bobo, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, is in the city the guest of his sister, Mrs. A. B. Gaines, on Victoria avenue. Joe Scruggs, of 8late Line, was in the city some time Friday. W. D. Byars, of Cowp*ns, came to the city yesterday on buMness. Fletcher Smith returned Friday ii om a visit to friends at Clover, York county, and a successful earap hunt oa the Catawba. W. G. Fowler, of Sunnyside. was m the city vesterday on business W. T. Brown, a prominent farmer of Spartahurg county, was in the city on business Saturday. Hummice Alexander, of Love's Spring, was in the city yesterday af ternoon. Mrs. A. P. Bobo, of Cross Keys, Union county, is in the city the guest of h*r daughter, Mrs. A. B. Gaines, ou Victoria avenue. Dr. W. C. Hamrick was in Spar tanburg yesterday. P. C. Lavender, of| Eearls, N. C.. was among his friends in the city Saturday. Beaty Morris was in the city some time Friday. Joseph Pryor, of Stevy, spent some time in the city Friday. J. C. Jefferies, of Abingdon, was in the city Saturday.. He favored Ibe Ledger with a call and renewed. C. P. Huggins, Esq., of Lawn, favored The Ledger with a cull yes terday and renewed. Josiuh Blanton came to the city Friday on business. Wrn. Wisher, a prominent farmer of Kings Creek was in thejeity Satur day on business. J. FT liauii, of Gowdysville, came up to the city yesterday on business. John Bentley, a successful farmer, wan iu to see us Saturday. Lee Allen, of Bowliusviile, catre up to the city yesterday. John B Brown, of Ravenna, came up to the city Friday on business. O. T. Mabry, of Grindal. was in the city Saturday. Austin Turner, of Grassy Pond, called to see The Ledger yesterday. J. C. Robbs, of Grassy Pond, spent some time in the Friday. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Chalk, of Ra venna, were appreciated visitors at The Ledger office Saturday. Mr. Chalk renewed. K. L. McCulloch, of Mercer, was in the city yesterday. , Rev. C. F. Felmet spent some time in the city Friday. Luther Guthery, of Goucher, came to the city Saturday on business. Jesse Wright, of Mercer, came to the city yesterday and called to see The Tedgir. Robert E. Sarratt was a city visitor Friday. Richard Foster, of Gowdysville, came up to the city Saturday. Mrs. Eva Harris, who has been spending some time with relatives and friends in the city, has returned to her home at Biackeburg. X. Blanton, Esq., of Grassy Pond, came to the city Friday on business. The many friends in JGtffney of Pope Scott are glad that he is again making hie home in the city. Kinyon Blanton, of Maud, was a business visitor in the city Saturday. T. L. Bryant, of Trough, spent some time in the city yesterday. Magistrate John W. Alexander made a business trip to the city Sat urday. Lee Allison of this county was a visitor in Spartanburg Friday. D. D. Gaston, came over from Blacksburg yesterday. s Mrs. Ann R. Waters was shopping in the city Saturday morning. Dr. D. S. Ramseur, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. 0. O. Hughes, of Grover, N. 0., was in the city Saturday and favored The Ledger with a call. J. R. Healan, of Blacksburg, was a city visitor yesterday. It takes a brave man to face any thing after he refused to countenance. Will Harris, the noted barn burner, has been heard from again. This time Harris was beard from he was about a mile from Sugar Creek church, in Mecklenburg county, on the premises of Mrs. Robert Ferris. Friday night Mrs Ferris’ kitchen, which stands about 50 feet from the house, was broken into and robbed. Mrs. Ferris feels sure that it was Har ris who committed the theft It was also learned that some one bad been sleeping in a barn near Mrs Ferris’ residence. This is also supposed to have been Harris. The hearing of the Charlotte Ship pers’ Association before the Inter- State commerce commission was con cluded in Charlotte Thursday. Mr. McGovern, chairman of the Southern classification committee, who was on the witness stand conoJuded his testi mony. He was followed by Mr. G. R. Knox, general freight agi.ut of the Nashville and Chattanooga Road, and Mr. E. A. Neal, general freight agent of the Southern Railway. Commis- sioners Prouty and Fifer left Thurs day night for Washington. The argu ment in the case is to be heard In that city at a date to be fixed by the commission. Tom Roseboro, a notorious negro and ex-convict, of Mecklenburg coun ty, ran amuck Saturday night at the home of Nathan Ingram, in Summer- vilie’e alley, in the western part of Charlotte. He has been paying at tention to Daisy, the daughter of Na than. She bad displeased him In some way. Saturday night he went to see her, with a stick in bis hand. When she met him at the door he hit her twice with the stick, knocking James R. Littlejohn and family, of Asbury, have moved to the city and are occupying the Smith residence, corner of Race^and Johnson streets. Mr. Littlejohn and his interesting family are valuable acquisitions to the citizenship of Gaffney an their coming among us is bailed with plea sure by all our people. A Request to the Pension Board. County Pension Commissioner M. M. Tate requests the County Pen sion Board to meet at his office next Saturday the 17tb inst., and refers all interested to the following letter which be has received from the office of State Board of Pensions: Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 7th, 1908. Mr. M. M. Tate, Gaffney, 8. C. Dear SirReplying to your letter of the 5th inst. According to the act creating a pension commissioner, he is the proper and only person before whom the papers should be probated. Yours very truly, Katk F. Maher, Pension Clerk. What It Means. We’re tired of answering question 1 “Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer" means that you don’t have to paint your bouse so often, and you don’t have to use so much paint. Costs less for the job, and you don’t have to do the job so often. The new paint is not new to ail. It’s the biggest-seliing paint in the United States, and the firm that makes it Is 149 years old. Devoe Lead and Zinoe—fewer gal lons than mixed paints, wears twice as long as lead and oil.