Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ *f , 'ft f tI, M? m THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper ' in the Fifth Congressional District of S. Q. rj.\ SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAT AND FRIDAY. >, 't/t ■ /T V/, r*< • i UA* he Rf liability of H very Adv tiser Who Use»; th \ ‘tr umiis of This Faper. r Col- A Newspaper in ail that the Word ImpHek and Devoted to the Bea Interests of the People of Cherokee Courity. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894 GAFFNEY. 8. C M TUESDAY. JANlL.hY 37, 1903. L.00 A YEAB. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. X UlT^ntH that Have Taken Place from One Knd of the State to the Other Called from Exchange* for Quick Heading by Scores of Busy People. Oranville Beal, of Calhoun Falls, contemplates the enrly establishment of an oyster canning factory near Beaufort \u earthquake shock, which was preceded bv a rumblictr noise, -was felt in Charleston at 8:11 o’clock Sat urday night. Five sailors afflicted with diphthe ria have Ven sent from the U. 8. steamship Buffalo to the naval sta tion hospital at Beaufort, where they are gharuntined. •. v According to the will of the late dapt L M Grist, the large brick building and entire printing plant of the Yorkviile Enquire is left his three sons and late partners. A charter has been applied for by the “William Wallace” chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy at Union. A meeting was held Monday and 20 members were enrolled. John L. Young, one of the oldest and most prominent men of Upinn, died Saturday morning at 12:45 o’clock at his home at that place. He had been ill with pneumonia for a short while. Wednesday night the store of the Fort Mill Manufacturing Company at Fort ill. was entered by burglars, and about $25 worth of pocket and table cutlery, shoes and articles of merchandise taken therefrom. Rock Hill gets a federal court con cession as well as a new postofflce. Congressman Finley has telegraphed President J. G. Anderson, of the Commercial Club, that the court bill passed the senate Thursday. The bill has already passed the house. A shooting scrape occured in 8an- tuc. Union county, Friday afternoon about 5:45 o’clock. Jake Jeter, about 22 years of age, shot and killed J. W. Nixon in front of the store of L. B Jeter. The weapon used was a double-barrelled shotgun. Nixon lived only a few minutes after being shot. The Tbomasson-Tillman bull fight took place at Thnmasson’s cockpit in Rock Hill last Wednesday. Taking a lesson from their previous experi ence. the men were more careful about advertising the mattlr, sending out their notices only to such as they knew to be interested. About fifty spectators gathered. The fight was a tame affair. Application for a commission and charter has been filed by the Ware Bboals Manufacturing Company to build a railroad from Barmores to Ware Shoals, five miles, in Laurens county. President Dial, R. W. Sband of Columbia, and J. 0. C. Fleming are the incorporators. The capital is $10,000 and the name Wareshoale Railroad Company. The story of a distressing occur rence in -the Whitney section reached Spartanburg Thursday morning. Wed nesday night the three-wetks-old baby of Mr. and Mrs G Y. Harrell, who live about two mi'es from the mill town of Whitney, died. The cause of the child’s death was the eating of strychnine pills adminis tered by a three-year-old sister. Will Davis, a 9-year-old negro boy, shot his 5 year-old brother with a breech-loading shot gun Thursday afternoon in the Philadelphia church neighborhood, Spartanbu g county. Tbe negroes were carrying the gun across the fields to an older brother. Whether tbe shooting was entirely accidental or not is not known. No Inquest was held. The boy was uot arrested. Thursday night the supreme court of South Carolina sat in memorial session in honor of tbe memory of the late Chief Justice Henry Mclver. A number of eloquent tributes of his memory were paid by men who were bis contemporaries in youth. Among those present were: Gov. Heyward, ex-Qovs MeSweeney and Sheppard, ex-Judge A. C. Haskell and ex Judge I. F. Izlar. A disastrous fire occurred Thursday rnlng at the Air Line station in penville by which a large warehouse Its valuable contents were de- }yed. The fire was discovered i7 o’clock by Engineer Hanks, mw a light In tbe warehouse and the alarm. He broke open tbe door, took out the books and ilture, and in this way saved the iclpal part of tbe records, which Important to the railroad. The loss was between $7,000 and $8,000, covered by insurance. Mr. George Harvey, formerly a prominent merchant in New York, and a member of 8ummerfield i»l. E. church, died recently leaving to Ciafiic University of Orangeburg property valued at $0,000. At the request of Mr. Harvey, this amount will form the nucleus Of a memorial in honor of Rev. Edward E Cooke, D. D , who for ten years was the honored president of Clafiin Univer sity. The Beaufort Pnosphate Company suspended operationsHaturday, which causes forty-eight men to be thrown out of emyloyment. The shutdown was caused by the total destruction at that place of the dredge Mc- Hweeney and wmhboat No hopes of an early resumption of work are en tertained, as the company has seven ?<ht-ds of rock mvaitihg shipment. The remaining dr* dge'has also ceased work. fhe Charleston Confederate Home and College has been the recipient, through Capt. Georue H Ingraham, of Washington, 1). 0., of a most valu able gift. It consists of the entire library of Mr. and Mrs. Ingraham, collected through many years, and including many works of rare excel lence and large cost, and all of va ried and permanent interest and value. The bestowal was the dying request of Mrs. Ingraham. While returning from her work late Friday afternoon Miss Marie VVennholtz, of Charleston, was at tacked and robbed by a your g negro. Miss Wennholtz was walking up King street when she was accosted by the negro who asked her for money, and on being told that she had none f or him he grabbed her by the throat enoakiug her and forc ing her to drop her pocket-book and some packages she had in her hand at the time. The negro made his escape. THE NEW BANK. KIuk'* County, N. C, County Superintery^ tion W. F. McArthg representative wep Mountain last Frit invitation of a nui ice who The Gaffney Savings liank Soon to Com mence Business. A commission has been issued by Secretary of State Jesse T. Gantt to F. G. Stacy, J. N. Lipscomb and J. (2. Little as the board of corporators fo the Savings Bank of Gaffney. v Th* books of subscription to the capital stock will be opened at the National Bank of Gaffney tomorrow from 10 to II :30 a. m. The stock has all been taken and tbe bank will be ready for business about February Js ! The capital stock is $30,000. This banking institution is u diver sion from the other two hanks and will in nowise interfeere with their business. It is specially d. signed for small depositors, affording the young 1 men and women and the boys and girls of the community to make a deposit of a portion of their wages. The idea is to endeavor to inculcate into the minds of the young the very important lesson of learning to save in order that they may grow up with the habit. Almost .every city in the country has a bank of this kind and they do a great deal towards teaching the small wage earners to save some thing of their wages. Under the management of Mr F. G. Stacy, the president, Mr. J. G. Wardlaw, the vice-president, and Mr. D. C. Ross, the cashier, it is safe to predict that the success of the insti tution is a foregone conclusion. Educa ijedger to King’s ring at the U gentlemen are ; interested in at that place the formation of a new county with that thriving little city as the county seal-. Prof. McArthur made a capital new county speech, as did also a number of the local people The meeting was very harmonious and the chances for a new county are said to be very good. In North Carolina it is different from what it is in South Carolina, in that there is no restric tion as to territory. Cantlon! This is not a gentle word—but when you think how liable you are not to purchase the only remedy univer sally known and a remedy that has had the largest sale of any medicine in the world since 18G8 for the cure and treatment of Consumption and Throat and Lung troubles without losing its great popularity all these years, you will be thankful we called your attention to Boscbee’s German Syrup. There are so many ordinary cough remedies made by druggists and others that are cheap and good for light colds perhaps, but for severe Coughs, Bronchitis, Croup—and es pecially for Consumption, where there is difficult expectoration and cough ing daring the nights and mornings, there is nothing like German Syrup. Tbe 25 oqnt size has just been intro duced this year. Regular V j 75 cents. Aft all druggist. V G. G. Green, j Woodbury, NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. lotereMting Paragraph* and Recent Hap pening* in Lower Section of the County Gathered Up by Our Regular Corre*pon- dcut for IteneHt of Ledger Reader*. tCorrespondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Jan.—To Miss Anna C. Hames, of Home, we are indebted for a list of the veterans who were pre sented with Crosses of Honor by the John Humes Chapter Daughters of Confederacy at Jonesville last Monday, 19th inst. Others have made application and crosses will doubtless be given out at their next meeting. Those having received crosses are me mb* rs of either camps, Boyd, Giles or Jefferies, U. C. Veter ans The following is the list: Jno. Brannon, Thos Burgess, N. B Eison, Capt F. M Farr, 1) A. Farr, G B Fowler, (/apt. A. II Foster, Joseph Garner, T. L Humes, \V. H 8 Har ris, Wm. Jefferies, (.’apt Jno. Jeller- ie-s Reuben Kirby. C. R. Long, W. F. Littlejohn, J. Wesley Scott, Jack Whitlock, A, C White, Jos. F. Worthy. The following clipping from The Stale newspaper gives an account of the meeting and its results: ‘‘Joneville, Jan. 20—General Lee’s birthday was vere appropriately oh* serv d here yesterday. A; Atman hall from 3 to 9 o’clock p. m., the John Hames Chaptorof th** Daughters of the Confederacy pr-serited Crosses of Honor to twenty Confederate veter ans. A beautiful programme was rend* red, followed by refreshments and thirty five dollars realized. The programme was as follows: Song, America, by the audience; prayer by Rev. David Hueks; song, the Home- spun Dress, by ten little g rie; Tent ing on the Old Camp Ground ; recita tion, All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight, by Miss Ida Foster; The Conquered Banner, by Miss Fannie McCrody; reading of tne rules of tbe Daughters, by Rev. 1). Hticks; ad dress by Rev. A. A. James; presen tation of crosses by Misses Aima and Efha Humes; address by W. H. Har ris; v iolin music by Messrs. W. T. M Williams and R W. Davis; song ‘Dixie,’ by the audience. Refresh ments. “The programme was b uutilully rendered and every feature of tbe occasion was pleasant. Part of the funds raised will be donated to the Wade Hapmtcin monument and l st to current txpenses. The chapter deserves much credit for their well arranged Sirvices on this anniversary day.” , Miss Mary Jefferies, of Home, the accomplished daughter of Hon. William Jefferies, is ulro a member of the John Hames Chapter and has taken great inti rest in its wrok. Mr. 11 B. McDaniel, of Hickory Grove, came over to Gaffney and traded mules yesterday (Friday) Gaffney has done a good business with western York county people since the free ferry has been estab lished at Howells. As the comptroller general seems to have interpreted the pension law ns requiring all applicants fo»‘ pen sions to go before the pension com missioner in person*, to make their application, and as some confusion w..« likely to grow out of it, Senator Butler very kindly took the matter up and cabled upon the attorney general for his opinion us to what was actually required Writing under date of January 21st, this is what the senator has to say, which will no doubt he a relief to many: “I called upon Assistant Attorn y (General Gunter, who will, today be sworn in as attorney general, and he informs mo that the application can be male before any officer authorized by law to administer an oath, and the proof can be made before atiy such officer. The pension commission was allowed to administer oaths us a matter of convenience.” We regret to learn that one of Mr. Howell Horton’s children got badly burned day before yesterday by fall ing into the fire. The report, as it reaches us, is that the child's eyes are put out by the fire. Mr. C. C. Roberts, of Shelby, N. C., is dowu looking after his farming Interest in this county. Mr. Roberts is a Ledger patron. Mr. Graves, of Gaffney, passed here this week returnig form York county, where he formerly lived. Like many others, Mr. Graves went to Gaffney to school bis children. He la also doing a merchandise bosineaa in our county town. Misa Beulah Horton, daughter of Mr. Howell Horton, la teaching school at Hopewell. H. T. Eatea and W. C. Blackwell went to Guffne this week and got the lumber tdfioish . the work on Salem church. | Miss Carrie lemming, of Tennes see, is teaching he Wilkersou school, just across the j ver in York county. Hers, we mq* acknowledge, is a model school. ^ ’he • trustees are W. 8 Wilkerson,J Buice and John J. Robinson, and tiey visit the schools in their distric as r.-gularly as if they were paid )r doing so. This is a gri led school district, every foot of wi ch is Jying io tne county, too. It has no town connec tion whatever. All the property lying within its rea is taxed to keep up the schools. Mr. Jeff Smith, a bachelor, and o^e of the wea!tbi*-*t farmers iu western York, told the trustees to add 100 acres of his land to the gradt?d stnool district and he would pay ihe acriitionai tax to the school; and he hi.sn’o a child in the world to seud, ntftber has tive who is not a dren off to the land. Buily county has he lela- le'to send bis ehil- )est schools iu the for ‘ Jeff!” Dherokee one iman of the stripe THROUGHOUT THE TUB HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to Xhe Sea. that we know 6f, and he i« our friend and neighbor, T. M. Littlej hn, E-q., who said near'y thirty years ago when it was very unpopular in this section to talk of special tax.s for schools, that he was perfectly will ing to pay any reasonable amount o f tuxes on his property to help educate his poor neighbors’ children. It made his property w >rth more to have it in an educated community, and he will get better neighbors and tenants. Rev. W. II. White will preach at Salem next Sabbath, Feburary 1-t. .1 i. s. GAFFNEY LAMENTS. n<‘HoItitio«-Mj *,f I’jfti ii-lriire to tin* Tan ily of Hitt i.iiit; N. Cj. GoiizuIch. The meeting of citizens in the Star Theatre Saturday morning to adopt resolutions of condolence to the fam ily of the late N. G. Gonzales was a most enthusiastic one. On motion of Rev. A. Cree Mr. F. G. Stacy, pres ident of tbe National Bank of Gaff my, was made chairman and Ed H. DcGaaop, 1 secretary. The.object of the meeting was stated by the chair man. Messrs. L. Baker, I). A. Thomas, X. H Littlejohn, Julian Lipscomb, II. C. Knox and Rev A. C Cree made short but appropriate remarks on the life and character of the diitinguishededitor. The follow ing resolutions were offered and unan imously adopted: Resolved, That in the death of N G. Gonzales the people of South Car olina su--tain un irreparable loss. He was a martyr whose life has been sac rificed upon the altar of bis country. He stood for all that was manly honest and pure in the pub’ic affairs of his State, and died as he had lived, undaunted by his foes and courageous even in death. We tender our sincere sympathy to his bereaved family, and pray that he will receive such reward in the great hereafter as an All-wise Creator only can bestow, for his honest, un tiring efforts in behalf of his people for whom he gave his life. His memory will be enshrined in the hearts of his countless friends long after the men and measures he so valiantly opposed shall have been lost in oblivion. “Nor shall your glory he forgot, , While t ame her records keep*, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where \ alor fondly sleeps.” Resolved, That a copy of these res olutions he furnished the bereaved family and the press. F. G. Stacy. Chairman. El) H. DeCami*, Secretary After the adoption of the resolu tions the meeting assumed the aspect of an informal gathering and there was nothing but the deepest regret expressed at the unfortunate taking off of this great and good man. All agreed that it would be impossible to fill his place. No other man iu South Carolina understanding the conditions us did Mr. Gonzales possesse* the abil ity to present them in the strong manner in which he did. Itllnd Stagger*. A number of horses having died with blind staggers lately, a practical farmer who has had much to do with stock asks us to say that if, as soon us it is discovered that a horse has blind staggers, you will pour a half tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine in each ear you will save your horse. The gentleman is a man of large ex perience and says he has never known this remedy to fail. Yoa May Nut Expect Good bread these cold mornings if your flour Is of the spasmodic sort, that only “works by spells.” You can’t be certain, you don’t know what to depend on. “Clifton” flour will bake to your entire satisfaction, day in and day out. It is not tbs best flour today and the next best to morrow. It is the best all tbe tlm% and people who buy “Clifton” know It. All grooera sell it. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. IntereHting Item* Concerning Our Neigh bor* licyoiKl the Line Which May I’rovc Entertaining Reading for Hundred* of Ledger Reader*. Mr. B L. \Ved o nfpller, of Char iotte, was found deal in his bed at the Orton Hotel in W’ilmingtou Sat urday evening at 0:90 o’clock The citizens of Leioir are indignant over the attempt of Die 0. it N W. railroad company to leave that town on a side track two miles from the main line. Engineer Fisher who was injured Thursday in a coilition between two Southern Railway freight trains at Connelly Springs in Burke county, died Friday. The Benson bank in Fayetteville was blown open at 1 o’clock Thurs day morning bv three men, who were frightened away. Bloodhounds are on the track. A negro hand belonging to the gang working on the Transylvania railroad extension, was found dead near Tip Top, in that county’ Wednesday merning. He had beeu drinking and had frozen to death. Charley Moore, a colored brakeman f -r C»nt D'xon on th” * - - ■ A O tu divisj.o - • \ i I , v* n.') M l ui’k itU hi ciu a i 111^ water tank near Statesville a day or so ago and was painluliy and proba bty fatally injured Mr. W. 1*. Knowles, night superin tendent of the E izab^th mill in Char lotte, was shot and killed Saturday night by the accidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of Mr. Thos W. Dixon, president of the Southern Hardware Company of that city. There was a wr> ck on the Raleigh it Cape Fear railroad Friday night near McCullough’s station. A train broke in two and the rear part ran into the front. The passenger car was wrecked and Mrs. Rogers, wife of the agent at Raleigh, was hurt. In the superior court in Charlotte Saturday in the case of J. M. Grier, administrator of the estate of Mr. John Davidson, against the Mutual Life Insurance Comnany for the re covery of an unpaid life insurance policy for $2 000, the plaintiff was given a verdict for $1 970 70 The right arm of Mr. J. H. Sparks, of Winston, was amputated close to t he shoulder at the hospital about 9 o’clock Friday night. The patient rested very well during the night and ins condition was considered more hopeful next day. Mr. Sparks was bitten on the right arm hy one of his young lions a few days ugo and blood poison set in later. It is learned unofficially that the Atlantic Coast Line conductors who who were in Wilmington last week to confer with General Manager Kcnly received abou: ail the concessions they asked, which were rather iu the manner of tneir employment than for an increase of wages. The con ductors were at any rate eminently satisfied with the result of the con ference. A collision between a doubleheader freight and a work train occurred on the Norfolk it Western railroad near Winston Saturday night. Thu trains met on a 65 foot trestle and two of the engines went through the structure. Engineer Wiley, of the work train, was killed and Engineer Spencer, of the freight, fatally in jured Several others of both crews were injured but uot seriously. Another lire occurred at High Point at 7 o’clock Thursday morning in the office of tbe American Lumber Com pany A negro man discovered it and a quick application of water sub dued the flames, not, however, until the interior of the office was charred very badly. All the office furniture, papers and other belongings not in the safe were ruined by Are and wa ter. The origin of the fire is un known. Mr. Paul Fields, a former resident of Sparta, Alleghany county, but now a resident of California, was in a rail road collision near San Francisco a few days ago and had his left leg cut off between the knee and ankle and was otherwise hurt, bow badly the telegram did not state. He was taken to Los Angeles, where he Is being cared for. His father, W; 0. Fields, Esq., left Elkin Friday to go to his wounded son. At 1:30 Friday morning the jury In Fayetteville court rendered a verdict in tbe Utley case of murder In the second degree. The motion for a new tejal was overruled. After bearing the plea for leiDency hy Col. Bnmd- f<Jot, Judge C«ii)ke sentenced Utley to 20 years hartf iohor In the peniten tiary. The defendant appeal'd to the supreme court. v-^Jtley was on trial for the murder/ oK hotel clerk Hollingsworth in Fayetteville some time ago. j Thomas Pressou, a 15-year old boy living in Buford township, went out Thursday to shoot a bird. The gun would not fire, so the boy took it into the house to fix it While working with it the gun discharged, the entire load entering the 8 year old son of Mr. Lemuel Fergusnu. The child died next day The b .y who did the shoot ing is tiie uncle of the child and a son of Mr. Lemuel Presson who accident ally killed himself with a shotgun during the holidays. The time of the Durham superior court was taken Wednesday in the trial of the case of M I. Hinson against the Western Union IVIegr iph Company He is asktog for $1 999 99 on account of mental anguish The plaintiff claims that on last June he was in South Carolina. His mother vas extremely ill in East Durham and a telegram was sent to him to come home. It was four days before the message was delivered and in the meantime tbe mother died. Saturday the condition of the two young medical students at Davidson College, who are suffering from blood poison, was as follows : Boyce showed slight, steady improvement; chances for recovery about even; temperature at 6:80 p m., 102 1 5; pulse, 120. McLeod in bad shape; chances poor; endocarditis evidently present. For malin treatment helped Boyce but had only temporary * fleet on McLeod. Dr. Munroe, a-* • ’• sort tried ace)• zone on McL < li good re- i .-in i r. D ough 11 1* i>< • i a 11> to make j predictions; broug‘i temperature down from 107 to 108 in five hours; respiration from 43 to 34; pulse from 110 to 98 THE METHODIST* Yhry Hold Their J-'lr*t Quarterly Confer ence of tbe tiutTiiey Circuit. The first quarterly conference of the M. £ church of Gaffney was held last Fiiday evening. The conference was presided over by Rev. J. vV. Kil- go, the new presiding elder of the Spartanburg dh riet. Mr Kilgo preached an eloquent and soul-inspiring sermon Sunday morning to a large and appreciative audience. It will be remembered that Mr. Kilgo left Gaffney about tweutv years ago. Shortly after his graduation from Wofford rollega he entered the ministry and his many friends have watched with pride his steady ad vancement in liis high calling. It was a pleasure to have him again in our midst, and the good people of Gaffney extend to him a hearty wel come whenever his sacred duties may call him again to our community. From what we know of Mr. Kilgo we are sure that tbe intern't* of the church be represents will prosper un der his administration. He lias filled many important charges during his ministry arid was tbe treasurer for South Carolina of the twentieth cen tury fund. This is his second qued- rennium in the presiding eldership and he comes to us rich in wisdom and experience. TwoUaiTney Hoy*. The Ledger is in receipt of a letter from popular Tank McArthur, who is working for Lipscomb, McFarland & Co., railroad contractors at Jeliico, Tenn., in which he says: “Send me The Ledger. We are having some very line weather and are doing fine work on our grad js and tunnels ; are putting in six days a week in Janu ary. which is something remarkable for railroad work.” Tank is one of the main guys and The Ledger enter tains a mighty friendly feeling for him. Another Gaffney boy to send for The Ledger last week was Clarence Gray, who is now located at Fergu son, Oklahoma Territory. Clarence was one of Gaffney’s brightest and best boys and will prove equal to any emergency, as well as worthy of any trust that may be imposed io him. We also wish him mighty well. Loral Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good middling 8:25 Middling 8:I2A ''Junt Hplendlti." We doubt whether there is any one thing on earth that will afford tbe 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 “Clif ton” flour in 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 "Clifton.Sold by all Grocers.