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/ THE LARGEST virculation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY--PUBLISHEI) TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. /v t, OUM * T tt" tie Reliability of H veryAdvc tiser Who Use* the Col umns of This Paper. \ Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. i ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894 UAFFNEY. S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY <1, 1908. ^1.00 A YEAlf. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. ikCvvntH that Have Taken I’laee from One Kn<l of the State to the Otl-.er Called from Exchange* for Quirk Heitdiiig by Scores of HuKy People. The Converse Savings liunk, of ■Converse, Spartanburg cnunfy, was chartered Tuesday morning The ■capital is $10 000. VV. A. 1/tw is president and S P. Reid cashier. Perry Cooper colored, was lodged in jail Monday in Laurens charged with killing another negro named Henderson Garrett at Cedar Grove, in Young townrhip, Saturday night. A meeting of the directors of the ■Charleston union station will he held today (Friday), when it is expected that the Huai plans will be deter mined upon for the long promised de pot. William King shot and killed Sam uel Rogers and mortally James Rogers, father of Samuel R 'g ers. about seven miles from Florence cn the plantation of Alonzo Hewitt laet Saturday eveni»g. Mias Sophie D. W hilden, a member of the faculty of the musical depart ment of Wint^rop College, at Rock Hill, died Tuesday morning from an attack of pneumonia which Hrst de veloped Wednesday of iast week Miss Whilden was a native of Charleston. The mayor of Perry, Aiken county, a station on the Southern Railway’s Savannah extension, has written Gov ernor Heyward, forwarding a strong petition of citizens protesting against the establishment of a dispensary at that place. The papers have been re ferred to the State board of dispen sary directors now in session. T lesday Governor Heyward granted a full pardon to Panther Dortcb, con victed in Bamberg county of larceny in April, 1901, aod sentenced to two years at hard labor on the county chaingang. The man has made a good prisoner and aided in the cap ture of an incendiary. Ho had served all but two months of his time and is wanted as a witness in the arson case. Sixteen blind tigers were convicted in Charleston Monday and were fined $50 each for the violation of the dis pensary law. In no c;tse was a trial by jury field. Several of the violators demanded a jury trial hut before the other cases were finally disposed of they stepped forward and consented to have the court pass upon their guilt. J. Temple Gwathmey, of the New York cotton exchange, has fulfilled his promise to Mayor J. Adger Syrntb, of Charleston, to write a personal let ter to President Roosevelt protesting against the appointmt-nt of Dr. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston, and has sent a strong letter to the president on this subject. The safe of the Pendleton Manu facturing Company at Autun, about ten miles from Anderson and near Pendleton, was blown open about 1 o’clock Tuesday morping by three robbers, evidently professionals, and about $100 in money and stamps was taken. The robbery was discovered by the watchman at the factory, which is less than one hundred yards distant. The much-talked-of electri'* line from Augusta to Columbia is one of the probabilities of the near future. President Jackson, of the Augusta- Aiken line, has been corresponding for some time with the owners of the Columbia electric railway about build ing the line from that city to Aiken, and recently a personal trip over the propos.-u! route w ts made by Mr. Jack- son. As a result a charter for the new lino has been applied for. E. M. Pinckney, a negro physician of Hilton Head, charged with making false affidavits in pension cases, was taken before United States Commis sioner Sanders, at Beaufort, for a hearing. The evidence against him being sufficient to warrant a commit tal, Pinckney gave bond for his ap- pearnce before the United States cir cuit court in Charleston at the April term. Practically everything is rn readi ness for the construction work to be gin on the Watts mills, Laurens’ new textile enterprise. A sidetrack from the Spartanburg branch of the 0 it W. C. is being put in, the foundations are being excavated and the building material is arriving daily. The con tract for constructing the mill ha^ bean given and most of the machinery purchased. It has been decided to make it a 30,000 spiodle mill instead of 15,000 as at first contemplated. The identity of the person who shot Thomas White, a brnk^man, in the ne.-k Monday night in Columbia will probably never be known. White was aboard a shifting engine of the Southern Railway when the report of u pistol was heard anti the bullet bur ied itself in his neck. The shot was fired near the lead works in that city and the miscreant was not seen. The police have no clue to aid them in their investigation. The injured man will recover. Jared Barwick, a white man about 25 years old. was found dead along the Atlantic Coast Line railroad track three miles east of Sumter Monday morning His skull was fractured, one arm was broken and mangled by being run ov*r by a train and his body otherwise mutilated. An in- j quest was held by Coroner Flowets ! and it was oeQidc-d that Barwick was j killed by a train passing between midnight and dawn. Three would-be robbers and safe blowers at Greers Monday night made good their escape from the town after attempting to enter the lart'e store of Davenport A Wood while a posse of eight or ten citizens were standing by waiting to close in on them after they had entered the store. The es cape of the robbers wes due to the ex treme fright of one of the watchers who began firing his pistol into the air at sight of the roboers, frighten- wounded ing them away. Still another safe robbery is repi rt- ed, this time from Seneca. The rob bery took place on Monday night or rather early Tuesday morning after the attempted robbery at Greers, which was foiled by the citizens on guard, and it is probab'e that the three robbers after being frightened away at Greers took a southbound train for Seneca where they commit ted the robbery at Seneca The three men blew open the safe of the post- office, securing about $10 in stamps. There is no clew yet as to the where abouts of the robbers. WORK DONE BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Good Progress Made in Dis posing of Business. MARSHALL BILL PASSES. Hettor Thau (-.ohl. “I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility,” writes F. J. Green, of Lan caster, X. H. ‘ No remedy helped me until I began using Electric Bitters, W'.ich did me more good than all the medicines I ever used. They have also kept my wife in excellent health for year^. She says Electric Bitters are just splendid for female troubles; that they are a grand tonic and in- vigorator for weak, run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family ” Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Contracting a disease in reality ex pands it. One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in one minute, because it kills the microbe which tickles the mucous membrane, causing the cough, and at the same time clears the phlegm, draws out the inflammation and heals and soothes the affected parts. O^.e Minute Cough Cure strengthens the lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a harmless and never failing cure in all curable cases of Coughs, Colds and Croup. One Minute Cough Cure is pleasant to take, harmless and good alike for young and old. Cherokee Drug Co. Intert'HtiiiK Situation Ext<‘nMlmi of Time for Payment of Taxes- Mr. Mor Rail's Hill floes Through the House Ap propriation Hills. (CorrosporKlenee of The Ledger.) Columbia, Feb 5.—The house has at last taken up the child labor issue and before this reaches your readers the question may be settled, for this year at least. The “Marshall bill,” which has already passed the senate by a large majority, was taken up yesterday and debated for several hours. Debate was then adjourned until tonight when a vote may be taken. It is hazardous to make predictions con cerning the legislature's action but it will at lest be no surprise if the bill hi conies law. It is a very mild measure and if there were a strong fight made for its passage it would be certain but. the opposition is more ready and aggressive than the other side. If the bill fails it will be be cause of this fact. There is an interesting situation regarding the extension of the time for payment of 1902 taxes. The sen ate has bv a large vote passed a reso lution extending the time until March 31st. 1903 but the house bus killed a similar resolution. When the senate resolution comes up in the house, however, there may bo a change manifested, for as a rule the lower house is more ready to cater to popular wishes. The vote in the senate on the resolution was twenty- four to eight. Those voting for the passage of the resolution were: Aldrich, Butler, Carpenter. Davis, Dennis, Goodwin, Hardin, Hydrick, Johnson, Manning. Marshall, McCall, by the debtor without any interest whatever. Another measuri* which eMoitid some debate but was finally passed by tbhouse w::s 'he bill of Mr. W. J. Johnson to r.quira ail railroads operating in this -tate to protect the rates of freight s ipuh ed in the hill for carriage of all Heights, wans and merchandise, and to provide penal ties fur the violation tl i roof. AlTKOl'KIATION HILLS The ways and rma’ s committee is hard at work on the appropriation hills ami the effort will be m .de to have them introduced this week. This is most impor'ant, f^r af^r urday th re are only twelve working days of the cession an i tha. i.s none too much tim ■ in wh en to dirun- and decide upon the questions of taxes and expendituree. Jas. V. Hoyt Jr. I{iit»* at Which Nome Matt >• Hay School Tax. O 1 e frt quently hea*t: it .duI that the states of the S ■ jtp pay for pub lic schools as rirten in proportion to the value Of their texadle property * the rich* r st ates of ithcr sectieus. Ih som a cases thic is tni". Lot in most cases it is not trie, es the fol lowing figures show : TennessPH pat s at the rn'e i f $ JLI on each $100 01 taxable prop rty; Arkansas at t^ rate or $ (j2.‘l; Finn i i at the r<te of $.703; Loui-m n :< $ 378;. In soon $ 422; Min .sola $.,»93 ; N • hr i sk t a t t be rate uf $2 74; U’ao a i oe rate of $ 1.3<;i; Califon in at thf rn>‘ oi $.581; Colo rado at the rate of $1,355; <’ umec'i- eut at the r <te of $ 429; N *w York at the rate of $.603; Illim is at. the rate of $2,084. There are states in other sections that pay for common school education twice as much in proper tior* to the > ue of their i xabl prop-T’ _c a I < ' a r • ,ij: i,( p (1 : Barring pawnbroki too much interest in rs, few men tak their business. A man seldom realizes how he can’t do until he tries. much The reason why Hancock's Liquid Sulphur should he in ’very house, it i.s indorsed and prescribed by the leading physicians, for such diseases as Eczema, Pimples, Ringworm, Salt Rheum, Dandruff, Diphtheria. Sore Throat, Cuts, Burns. Open Sores and all blood and skin troubles. Xo home should be without it. For sale by the Cherokee Drug Co. Experience teaches a man how dis honest other men are. To Care a Cold 1 n One Hay Take Laxative Bronoo (Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. \V. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25c. A short acquaintance is always try ing to make a touch Caution! This is not a gentle word—but when you think how liable you are not to purchase the only retmdy univer sally known and a remedy that has had the largest sale of any medicine in the world since 1808 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 Bgschee’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 th n rj is difficult expectoration and ” ugh- log during the nights and morninga, there is notb'ng like German Syrup. The 25 cent size has just been intro duced this year. Regular eize 75 cents. At all iruggiat. G. G. Grekn, \ Woodbury, N. J. McLeod, Mower, G. W.; Raysor, Sharpe, Sheppard, Stanland, Y<>n Kolnitz, Walker and Williams. Twenty-four. Those voting against, it were: Blake, Brice, Brown, D.iuglas, Hern don, Hood, Hough and Stackhouse. Eight. The senate yesterday debated at length Mr. Goodwin’s bill to create the office of oil inspector. The sen ate has not taken final action on the hill hut it will probably get through 11 is a copy of th» Georgia law: The salary of ihe inspector is to be $100 ner month anil exp u nses 'The senure has killed the bill of Mr. Hydrick to regulate the hours of labor of railroad employes. THK HOUSE. The house has parsed a bill by Mr. Morgan to make it unlawful for any person to drive or cause to be driven, or in any other manner permit any horses, mules, hogs, cattle, sheep or other iive stock to come into this sta e and suffer them to run at large in any mar-h, or forest lands of range. “Provided, This act shall not apply to parsons who permit tht ir stock to run on their own lands, or to stock being driven into or out of the state for market er breeding purposes.” The object of the act is to make the law in .South Carolina similar to that a'ready existing in Xorth Caro lina. As the Jaw heretofore existed Xorth Carolina citizens could drive their stock into this state and permit them to he fattened on lands of our citiz-ns, bur we could not have the same*privilege with reference to that state The penalty is $5 a head for each head so permitted to run at large, to be recovered for the use of any one who will sue, etc. A COTTON SEED ISSUE. Mr. Dowling’s hill to regulate the sale of entron seed was killed hy a vote of thirty-four to thirty-three. The object of the bill was to prevent the sale of seed at mt;ht, as this would stop negroes from pilfering and filing at night to parties who would "ot ii quire where the seed came from. Mr. King, Mr. Mahaf- fey, Mr. Harratt and of hi rs supported Mr Dowling, but the objection which defeated the bill was that a great many farmers wait all day at the gins and when they are finally reach ed in their turn after dark it would be a hardship on them not to be able to sell their seed to the gioner on the spot that night. The house also passed Mr. Rains- ford’s bill to increase the penalty for usury. The law as it now stands provides that the party who is wronged may recover from the money lender the entire amount of the interest and the money lender shall pay all costs of prosecution. Mr. Rainsford’s bill proposes to make the money lender give up to the wronged party 25 per cent, of the principal, and the re mainder of the debt should be aettled The Kany Fill. DeWitt's Little Early Risers d<> rv't gripe nor weaken the system. Th y cure biliousness jadndiee. cons'ipa tion and inactive livers, by ar nising the secretions, moving the bow*-!* get fly yet effectually, am! giving such eunfoy. Ragsdale, j tone and strength to the glands of the stomach, livt-r and (towels that the cause of the trouble is removed en tirely. These famous little pills exert a decided tonic • fleet upon the organs involved, and if their use is continued for a few days there will b* no return of the trouble. Cherokee Drug Co. Of course it isn’t a crime to bo a woman—neither is it manly. Kscapecl an Awful Fate. Air II. Heggins, of Melbourne, Fla., writes, “My doctor told me f had Con sumption and nothing could be done forme. I was given unto die The offer of a free trial bottle of Dr. King’s Xew Discovery for Consumption, in duced me to try it. Results were startling I am now on the roa I to recovery and owe all to Dr. Kmg’s Xew Discovery. It surely saved my life.” This great cure is guaranteed for all throat and lung disease!* by Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. Price 50c & $1 00 Trial bottles free. Too many second class politicians are drawing first-class salaries. Maitland, Fla. The Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co , Baltimore, Aid. Gentlemen:—1 have had eczema over thirty years, have tried many remedies prescribed by various physi cians, hut to nothing has thr? disease y'elded so quickly as to Liquid Sul phur I think if used properly it is undoubtedly a specific for eczema. I have prescribed it for others with most satisfactory results I consider it the best remedy for cutaneous affections I have ever known, and re gard it as the greatest medical dis covery of the age. Respectfully yours, \V. A. Heard, M. D. For sale by the Cherokee Drug.Co Turkeys are innocent birds; a ! most any silly woman can stuff them. You May Not Kx|H*ct Good bread these cold mornings if your flour is of the spasmodic sort, that only “works by spills.” You can’t be certain, you don’t know what tn depend on. “Clifton” flour will bake to your entire satisfaction, day m and day out. It is not the best flour today and the mxt best to morrow. It is the best all the time and people who buy “Clifton” know it. All grocers sell it. Everything a millionaire says goes if he doesn't say “automobile.” Free Cure for Sick lluadache. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets are a certain cure for sick headache. If taken as sypn as the first indication of the disease appears they will prevent the attack. Get, a free sample at Cherokee Drug Co , Gaffney, S. C., or L. D. AIBson, Cow- pens, and give them a triar A small voice in a man often has the same effect as a whole in a nickel. Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. IntcrcMtlng IIciiin Coiicernint; Onr liorw lleynnil the Line Whlrh May Fro-.t Knt -rtaininj- Keadiiu- for lluntlrviig nf Ledger Kea<!er». Airs. Bud Boon, who 1 ves at; Gtorgetowo, .Madison county, ga'.o hi-'h to four ehiMVen a few days sg Tli:s N-im n mother gave turTh to thr e cbiiJren-ab Hit two years ago. ■ Robert Fluke of Wadcsboro, who was hurt IsNf >a'nr lav evening ;.t Lilesville by falling off of thi « vising train, is getting on a-, well could be expect” i Ifis 'eg was aotn'itated Sunday bv Dr*. Bennett, Covmgton ai d Kerr. The third annual Berkshire sale of breid p g* at 'he Biltmore eto« k fi'rms, m nr \sheviile, Tuesday was a world reo ,rd breaker, lil males and f- males being sold for $13,542. an av erage of $222 each, which is the high est record known. The Asheville trades union has is- tied an ultimatum to the contractors of that city that, beginning May 3, all the craftsman represented in the union shall work only eight hours tier day for which they shall receive nine hours’ pay. Xo replv has yet been made by employers of labor. The handsome ■ , n f (Dot. A. H. Xorth ip, J.., . \\ .igiitavilje Iha' h. mar Wilmington, was burned Tuesday night with its entire con tents. Members of the family barely escaped with their lives. The loss is $3 500, insurance $!l()0 on hoi! i ng, $L 2' 10 on contents. The origin of the fire is unknown. Tobacco breaks were unusually heavy on the market in Reid*ci!lc Tue-day and Wednesday. All tie warehouses have had lartre saDs and prices are very satisfactory. Revenue sales for the week ending Friday, January 80, amounted to $5 540 01. For the month of January they were $17,319,60. Several families, twelve or fifteen in number, who live in Alexander county, have petitioned the legisla ture to make them citizens of Iredell by taking from Alexander a strip along Elk Shoal creek and annexing it to Iredell. This they ask only as a ma'tf-r of convenience to them selves, being nearer to Statesville than Taylorsville. A peculiar delu-lon on the-part of a sick man in Charlotte resulted re- cmtly in the 9-rious injury TV a very old Indy. The man, who is pait mid dle age. lives in the house alone witfc. his mother. He was ill, and she was t is faithful nnr«e. One r ight’he be came delirious and wljen she entered his room he sprang from his bed and attacked her. Tortured by a diseased mind he imagined bis mother was a lioness aod became neat to killing her before his madness had spent i's force. The face and throat of the old lady was badly bruised and cut and she bled profusely. As a result of ‘■t>e H'tack she has been critically ill. Banks -Miller, a young man of Win ston Salem, shot his wife Tuesday ni*ht and then killed himself. Both dDd in a few minutes Aliiler and his wife had a dispute 1 uesday and decided to separate. She left her lui hand taking their two children to the home of relatives That night Miller called to see his wifi* ami after t i king over their misunderstanding th* wife consented to live with her hu-band again. As he startid to leave the room he a*ked his wife to co ne to the door and kiss him good night. She comolied with the re- qu°st. Aliiler immediately thereafter turned around and fired at her. the ball taking effect in hi r right breast. The husband then placed the pistol to nis head and fired When the of ficers arrived at rhe house Miller and his wife w^re lying on the floor dead. There were two eyewitnesses to the tragedy. Wanted. • We would like to ask, through the columns of your paper, if there is any person who has used Green’s August Fmwer for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia , lever Trouble that has not be*-? —ird we also mean their results suen as sour stomach, fermentation of food, habitual cos- tiveuess, nervous dyspepsia, head aches, despondent feelings, sleepless- ness—in fact, any trouble connected with the stomach or liver? This medicine has been sold for many vear* in all civi’iz? d countries, and ■ve wish to correspond with you and send you one of our hooks free of co*t. If you never tried August Flower, try a 25 cent bottle first. We h ive never known of its failing. If so, something more serious is the matter with you The 25 cent size has just been introduced this year. Regular size 75 cents. At all drug gist. G. G. Green, Woodbury, X. J. be A special from Fayetteville says: E. L. Uiley, under 20 year sentence for killing Hotel Clerk Holl ingsworth, of that place, escaped from jail Mon day night. All the cell doors were found unlocked. Several prisoners were on the same tt tor and the jailor roomed in the same building hut, all profess ignorance of any unusual oc currenoe during the night. An alarm was given at about 9 o’clock Tuesday morning. Chas. Lowry, a white man aged 21, shut John Eaton Burton, colored, on the railroad track in Henderson Tues day and wounded him fatally. Lowry ran away and Burton is at the point nf death They fought, first with their fiNt«, when the colored man. Burton, picked up a rock and struck Lowry on tne back of his head, which bleed freelv. As he pi: k.*d up the second rock, Lowry fired his pis tol. ran home changed his coat and vest and Hed. His place of conceal ment is not known. The four men in jail at Monroe who are charged with a number of r >bber ies in that immediate section are a non-talkative set. though Chief Irwin, of Charlotte, feels that he gained some information from his visit to Monroe Tuesday. It is'a fact that these men have been hanging around Charlotte for some time and it is also a fact that a five cent piece found on one of them Air. W. G. fShoemaKer is prepared to swear came out, of his safe that was blown open in Charlotte last Friday night. From best iufocr mation obtainable the men an*: J. H. Ling, E. Rogers, Walter Woods and L >uis Spencer. D. A. .Malone, whose home is about one mile from Durham, is missing. Mr. Malone has been slightiv indis posed for some time. Saturday night about 4 o’clock he awoke from sleep and went out of doors, and after wait ing for some time the family became alarmed and went out to search for him. the search proving futile. Sun day morning the hunt for the missing man was resumed. All the wells in the Immediate neighborhood were searched and the fish pond belonging to Robert Pool was dragged, and later on the water in the pond was turned off iu a vain effort to find him. The search continued all day Sunday without auy clew to his whereabouts. Tombstone epitaphs should classed as gravt* lit* nature Tendency nlthe rune*. Ihe tendency of medical science is toward preventive measures The best thought of the world is being given to the subject. It is easier and better to prevent than cure. It has been fully demonstrated that pneumonia, one of the most dangerous di*eases (hat medical men have to contend with, can be prevented by th* u*o of Cham berlain s Cough Remedy. Pneumonia always resu'ts from a cold or from an attack of influenza (grit) and it has been observed ihat this remedy coun teracts any tendency of these diseases toward pneumonia. This has been fully provi-h in many thousands of cases in which thi* remedy has been used during the great prevalence of colds and grip in recent years, and cm he relied uyoo with implicit con fidence. Pneumonia often results from a slight cold when no danger is apprehended until it is suddenly dis covered that there is fever and diffi culty in breathing and pains in the chest, then it is announced that the patient has pneum mh Be on the -ufe side and take Chamberlain's Cough R-unedy as so n as the cold is contracted. It always cures For sale by Cherokee D-ug Co.. Gaffney, 8. C., or L I) Allis ri. Cowpens. Misfortunes usuh iy come in pairs, but the first one came i *• »n apple. A YVeak Nq inudi causes a weak body and invite* dis ease. Kodol Dyspepsia ure cures and strengthens the stomach, and wards off and overcome- dis*-H-e, J. B Taylor, a prominent merchant of Chriesmab, T*x., siys; ‘I could not eat because .of a we* k stomach I lo*t all strength and run down in weight. All that money cmild do w.is done, but all hope of r-covery vain-bed. Hearing of some wonderful cun s ef fected by use,of Kodol. [ eonc'uded to try it. The first bottle benefitied me, and after taking four bottles I am fully restored to my usual strength weight and health.” Chero kee Drug Co. Raised letters are for the benefit of the blind, but raised cheek* are not. DeWitt's WDc-li llaz. I Salve. The only positive cure for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding pile* - , cuts, burns, bruises,ecz ma and all abrasion* nf the skin. DhWitt’s is the only Witch Hazol S*lva that is made from the pure, unadulterated witch hazel—all o*he s are counterfeits. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Halve 19 made to cure—counterfeits are made to sell. Cherokee Drug Co. V’ • I 4 M L ’ -