The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 06, 1903, Image 3

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T My Lungs j “ La grippe left me with a bad cough. My friends said ‘consurnp- ft tion.’ I then tried Ayer’s Cherry M Pectoral and was promptly cured.' 1 p A. K. Randles, Nokomis, 111. t. You forgot to buy a hot* |J tie of Ayer’s Cherry Pec- j *r»rr,l nrl-xan ^rnttr mid first S5 toral when your cold first came on, so you let it run £ along. Even now, with all your hard coughing, it will not disappoint you. y There’s a record of sixty years. Threesizcs: 25e., 50c., 51.00. ^ Consult your doctor. If ho says take it. f< then do as ho Kiys. If he tells you not to r take it, then don’t take it. He knows. H inn —nrtr*til»r - i' ^»?.» *-*' —‘ux v J One of Ayer’s Pills at bedtime ^ aids the Cherry Pectoral greatly in l,j breaking up a cold. , g J. C. AVi:it CO., Lowell, Mass, g mmasmiaan.z-VT*-- Tax Rstarns tor tlis Tsar !S03. 01 1 ICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR. Notice is hereby oiven that this office will he open from January 1st, 1903 to February 20th, 1903, for,the purpose of receiving returns of property for taxa tion. G. W. Speer will be in the office (lur ing my absence. All persons are required to state in what school district they live. Those having property in School Districts Nos. 9 and 10, must state in their return how nmeffi lies in these Districts and how much outside, and all new buildings erected since last return and their value. All persons •are required to make out and return a statement of all personal property, moneys, credits, investment in bonds, joint stock comprmies, notes, mortgages, or otherwise in your posses sion or under your control as husband, parent, guardian, trustee, executor, ad ministrator, agent, or attorney, on Khe 1st day of January 1903, and fix a value thereto. Any person or persons who have sold real' estate since last return must state to whom, the number of acres and value, all persons who have bought real estate since last return must state how much, the value and who from. If you fail to make return as above stated on or before February 20th the law requires me to add 50 per cent, as a penalty, on the return of 1902. All returns mu.-t he made and signed before me or my clerk. If made before anyone else they must be sworn to. All persons liable for the income tax under Section 335 of the Acts of 1S97, are required to make return of same. POl/L TAX. All able-bodied males between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable for a poll tax, except Confederate soldiers over 50 years of age. W. D. Camp, County Auditor. Nov. 28-iawk-till Feb. 20, 1903. Nonce oi Ciianges in Business. The firm of U. M. Wilkins & Co. lias ticcn dissolved, W. J. Wilkins and H. F. I’ridmore having sold out t lieir interest in the hard ware business to it M. Wilt ins, to whom all outstanding accounts are nayaiile. W. Wilkins and II. F. i’riduiore have Ijouxlit the grocery stock of U. M. Wilkins & t'u., and the entire dry goods business and (rood we of O. h. Wilkins, and have formed a copart nership under Die firm name of W. .1. Wil kins & Co. Thanking the many friends and customers of tlie old concern fort lie past libera! patron age, we hope to continue to nc rit t heir (rood will and patronage by carryini? only the best possible (roods for the money and always troatii K them fairly and honestly. Signed: It. M. W11.KINS, W. J Wilkins A Co. Jan. Sf. Feb. (1. FOR WATER TWO FEET above mm LINE Flood In Allegheny River at .g g, COLD WAVE ACTS AS CHECK. | VETERAN OF WAR • ASSASSIN'S VICTIM! MliiERS Samuel iiudson Jhuraered For I Pennon Money. HiS PUTRID BODY DICOVERED. Settlement Differences May Be Long Delayed. ACTION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Things We Like Best Often Disagree With (Is Because we overeat of them. Indl- ges on follows. But there’s a way to escape such consequences. A dose of a good digestant like Kodol will relive you at once. Yo tr stomach is simply too weak to digest what you eat. That's all indigestion Is. Kodol digests the food without the stomach’s aid. Thus the Stomach rests while the body is strength ened by wholesome food. Dieting is un necessary. Kodol digests any kind of good food. Strengthens and invigorates. Kodol Makes Rich Red Blood. Prepared only by E. C. DeW irr & Co., Chicago, She ft bottle contains 2% times the Mo- an*. Many Plants Along River Front Have Been Forced to Suspend Operations on Account of the River s Rise—No Serious Results Feared as Yet. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 5.—The flood in the Allegheny river was 2 feet above the danger line at 11 o'clock today, but the rising waters at the up-riv er points have been checked by the cold wave following yesterday’s wind storm, and it is thought a serious flood will be averted. At that hour It had reached 24 feet, and was still rising slowly. The lowlands in Allegheny are un der from 2 to 7 feet of water. River Avenue school. Kilbuck and Reason streets are submerged. The tracks of the Pittsburg and Western rail road are under 7 feet of water and all tiains are leaving the Baltimore and Ohio station in this city. Many plants along the river front have been forced to suspend opera tions by the water getting into the fly wheel pits, but no serious damage has so far resulted. The Allegheny police department is watching the progress of the flood closely, and boat crews are in readi ness to render aid whenever it may be necessary. Aged CcnfecUi ate Veteran, Living All i Alone Neai /ktiiens, Ga., Is Foully | 1 Murdereu oy Unknown Party or i Parties—Was Choked to Death. Athens, Ga., Feb. 5.—Samuel S. Huuson, a confederate veieian, 78 yeaib of age, was murdered at his home, 4 miks from tins city one week ago. iiis almost putrid body was found yesterday afternoon on his bed in the little cottage y.iieie he lived all alone. The physician at the coroner’s inquest te&tili* d that lie came to his death by choking. There is no clew to the identity ol the assassin. Hudson came to Athens a week ago to sign his application blank for the $G0 pen sion due him by the state, and it is supposed that his murderer believed he had secured this money and killed him in order to get it. Joint Scale* Corrrr.ittee Is at Work Threshing Over Demands, but It Will Be Surprising If octtlement Comes Within Week’s Time. Indianapolis, Feb. 2.—The Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and West *11 Pennsylva nia coal operators and miners took their fight Luck behind closed doors at the English hotel today and the joint scale committee is at work threshing over the demands. It will be surprising if a settlement is made in less than a week. Predictions are even made that the miners and operators will not get to gether and that the joint wage con ference, which has now held together for four years, will go to pieces before a settlement is reached. There is considerable difference between the miximum demands of the operators MAY BE PRETEXT FOB M'S WAR President Castro Talks of the Venezuelan Affair. SAYS HE IS STILL HOPEFUL. If, However, All Peaceful Means Are Exhausted, His Country Will Not Give In, but Will Fight—Refers to Honor Among Nations. New York, Feb. 2.—The Herald’s Caracas correspondent quotes Presi dent Casuo as saying, in the course oi an interview: ‘T cannot grasp the news from Washington. 1 Pmr that the Vene zuelan conflict will he made a pre text lor a waild war. I have an swer' d, however, the demand lor pref ercni.al treatment, as follows: ’The Vomziieian goverrment desires equal ticatmont for every creditor nation, at the same time keeping in mind and lespecti;; ■; its previous diplomatic a, rcements and obligations.’ "As far as 1 ran see, the French claim is absolutely perfect, yet the Jill Siuf gcI Up ThaUs the r li' <>■' i inny sufferer* from catarrh, c -p 1 iahy in the morning. Great -.lifficulG > d ue <1 in cleav ing the head ai d thr> i. No won<‘ r c: iifh enti.-' ^ head-elm, impairs the t i ‘ ; !l mid hearing, pollutes ti.o tii'. 1. in s the stom ach and afl.vt; t ■ : . x iite. To cure r. ,v i 1 :. ( tment must b# constitutional—aid t . vc .ml tonic. •‘I was ad.F'ttil v.v.h citarrh. I took medichv? of ditnoMU l inos, git imr each a fair trial; but gra iuall.t rn v wor.-- until I could hard; bwar, I n.« < . smell. I then concluded to try Hood’s barsaparilla, and after taking the )x>ttl< - I was cured and have not had any return of the diseas# since.” Et nxn Koruks, Lebanon, Kan. Flood's Sarsaparilla Cures catarrh—it soothes and strength ens the mucous membrane and builda up the whole system. vice*, men are such o- 1 <1 diets that I they go through lift to't rU ir.g dnr I thinking that it was t hev w ho did thf proposing WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY. arj! the minimum of the miners. It ' blockading powers .seem to desire to will ho a long fight over the run of J Invalidate it. This is a strange pro mine basis demands of the miners of 1 cedure, indeed, when you recall that Get a free khuioI' 11 r > p berlaiu’l Stomach hi d Lev r T b e - st Chero kee Drug On., G IT e(, -i C , or L D. Allison. Cowpens. !’m v h'i f n-it r to take and more pleasinr -ii 1 l!Yet than pills. Then t h ir u-m i- r ot h lFivttd by constipation as i< often the caijfr with pills. R guixr size j r box. DIAMOND ROBBERY SOLVED. Light .Thrown on Mystery of Two Years’ Standing. Kansas City, Feb. 5.—The arrival In this city of Mrs. J. B. Brady, a wealthy woman of San Antonio, Tex., accompanied by J. D. Womack, chief of detectives of that city, proved the sequel to the arrest of Roland Fitch- ue, a negro in this city, Dec. 2G, 1902, and explained the mystejy of a rob bery that occurred on a Pullman coach near Rogers, Ark., two years and a half ago, when diamond jewelry ag gregating in value $3,000, was taken from a berth occupied by Mrs. Brady and which was recently found in pos session of Fitehue and his family. That the ne groes had the diamonds was made known to the police by a quarrel among themselves. Thomas Fitehue complained to the police that his brother, Roland Fitehue, had rob bed him of valuable diamonds which, lie said, were heirlooms in his family, but the police did not accept his story, and learned upon investigation that Thomas Fitehue was the porter on the train at the time Mrs. Brady was robbed. All of the jewelry has not yet been returned, but Fitehue has informed M/s. Brady that the stones, not in his possession, are in a northern city, and will soon he re turned to her. Mrs. Brady will not remain here to prosecute Fitehue. Prisoners at Quincy, Fla., Succeed In Effecting Escape. Quincy, Fla., Feb. 5.—Every prison er in the jail here escaped Monday night. Armed parties are in pursuit. The credit i’er the escape is attrib uted to James P. Kelly, who is said to be a noted postoffice crook, who was arrested here two days ago, and who was being held upon orders from authorities at Montgomery, Ala. from which place he escaped some weeks ago. He is said to be a pro fessional safe blower, and when ar rested it was found that he had on his person sufficient nitroglycerin and dynamite to blow up every safe in this city, together with all of the neces sary tools, an alcohol lamp, an air pump and many other instruments pe culiar to his own profession. The alarm of fire was sent in from the jail by some peculiar means, and the arrival of the fire department, of course, caused intense excitement. The prison* s seemed to he in readi ness for it, and at the first opportuni ty, while the firemen were searching for the blaee, without a single excep tion, m..de good their escape into the darkness of the night. Among those who escaped is a main charged with murder. 7 cents differential between pick and n achine mining and the fiat increase of 20 per cent in the wages of outside and inside labor. The brunt of this fight will fall especially on the min ers and operators of the Ohio and western Pennsylvania district. WHOLE FAMILY DROWNED. Into the Ex. U. S. SENATOR DAWES DEAD. Veteran Statesman Succumbs to At tack of Grip at Pittsfield, Mass. Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 5.—Ex-Unit ed States Senator Laurens Dawes died at 5:15 this morning at his home in this city. He was 8G years of age. Mr. Dawes had been ill since Christmas night, when he contracted a severe cold while out driving. Ti ? cold developed into the grip, which undermined his sys tern. Since last Sunday night lie had been in an unconscious condition. When President Roosevelt visited Pittsfield last fall, he called upon the veteran statesman. It was while re turning from the visit to the Dawes house that the trolley accident oc- cured in which the president figured. CARACAS STRICKEN CITY. Alarming Mortality Due tc Starvation and Disease. New York. Feb. 5.—-Caracas is in great distress as the result of the e x fating conditions says the correspon dent there of The Herald. While yellow fever and typhus prevail, they are not in epidemic form, and the alarming mortality, which in Janua>y was 45 per 1.000. ig due to starvation, which induces the disease. No city In the world, adds the cor respondent. shows an approximation to such conditions < xce.pt when rav aged by the plague. VENEZUELAN EMBROGLIO. Count Gucult and Minister Bowen Con fer on Matter. Washington, Feb. 5.—'Count Quadt, first secretary of the German embas sy, who, prior to the arrival of the German minister, Baron Sternberg, had entire (barge of the German ne gotiations here, was an early caller on Mr. Bowen this morning. His visit vas merely one of inqury re garding certain details of the propo sition now under consideration that the allies receive preferential treat ment for three months. Mr. Bowen in answering his inquiries assured the count that he would make no distinc tion between the allies themselves, the three to receive identical treat ment. Mr. Bowen’s propositions are being considered . ( (he throb capitals and correspondence is passing between London. Borne and Berlin in an effort to reach an agreement. T'he continued confidence exists here that the activ ity displayed hy Baron Speck Von Sternberg since his arrival and his sincere desire to settle the dispute will, in the end, avail to secure an agreement with Washington. The pres ident is said to be well pleased with the attitude of Baron Sternberg. TO DEVELOP THE COAL LANDS. Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. Serious Situation In Uruguay. New York. Feb. 5.—The election of a now president is becoming a very fcions matter. says The Herald’s Montevideo correspondent. The na tional party has decided not to vote for Senator Manneaehen, the official candidate. An official orcan says the Nationalists have established a Junta in Buenos Ayres and are preparing a revolutionary movement. The Uru guayan government has taken ener getic measures and is holding troops under arms to crush a rebellion. Harrirnan Company to Open Business In Three Counties. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 5.—Several large tracts of coal lands about liar- rlman, Tenn., are to be extensively developed. Among them arc these: Judge John H. Hatfield has become interested in the Briar Creek Coal company’s rnds, in Cumberland coun ty, which will be operated. The Unit ed States Realty company, of Hard man. is preparing to open coal and timber lands in Roane and Cumber land and Scott counties. Captain John W. Staples, of Hardman, Is pre paring to more extensively develop coal lands a + Guthrie. Ivy., near by. Harrirnan is now selling good domes tic coal, delivered in yard, for $2.5 per ton. The pi Ice in Knoxville, only 5i miles away, is $1.50. $25J,COO FOR A LIFE. Compulsory Vaccination. Birmingham, Ala., Fob. 5.—A local hill has been prepared by the Jef ferson county hoard of revenue, which provides for compulsory vaccination In the county when neeessary in or der to control epidemics. The bill is now being advertised, as required by law. and in the event that the legislature falls to pass a general bill for the entire state along the same line tb’s bill will be Introduced. Largest Suit on Record To Be Tried At White Plains, N. Y. New York, Feb. 5—The largest suit on record for the loss of a human life will be tried in the supreme court at White Plair.s today, when the New ''ork Central Railroad company will be asked 10 pay $250,000 damages for the death of Alfred E. Perrin, of New Rochelle, In the Park avenue crash. Fata! Disease Attacks Cattle. Pine Bluff, Ark., Feb. 5.—An un known contagious disease Is prevail ing among plantatons around Pine Bluff, causing the death of a number of hoards of cattle. It affects them In the back and causes death In 30 hours. One plaiR' ’".i ail his cattle and another lost 80 within a few days. the French, Belgian and Spanish claims already have that solemn sanc- i Uon which the blockading powers pre- tend to l)e deskous their own should receive. 1 "Yet I am hopeful, yes, always hope ful. Mr. Bowen has cabled me to be prudent and patient. I shall he i both, and we will ( ; means, with the understanding that when that ka'’ been (tone we will not • give in, bn* will figl t. , “W hftve f there Is no honor amojvr n:.th ns nor virtue in ' internalio'ml agreenints we must de- : fend ourselves and to insure trangui!- It takeI s a wonmi )«• k »- * eh . red look in a man's eve*-v i nf it as if she wer k" * bi*i " I have used < > en P Remedy for a numb r * ! have no hesitanc' - in S ' : l.iio’s Cough "9 i n w th 1 it the best remedy fore ucl Emigrant Car Precipitated Mississippi River.. Vicksburg, Miss., Ueb. 2.—J. H. Land, of No rton, ML- ., and all his family, five in number, were drowned in a box car which broke loose from a switcli en ine on the Vicksburg, Shreveport ' 1 * ^ night, and the transfer boat Delta and into the , Mississippi river. started and have made Three bodies, that of a young man, i 'velter in blood. • ! * red 1)aust ali peaceful \ croup I have ev< ; r u-* d re tr> 1 roily. I lixve rot word* to 1 'ire *s n 1,. - - - ”!.* .1 A. fidonce jo this rerre* y Mookk, North ^tur bv Cherokee Drug Co. or L I>. AHison, Cow 1 V * Ua i* ity we inure, take possession of Trini a:..i Pacific Incline last I dad and ether adjacent places fiom ran down an incline over which, with the consent of unfriendly powers, filibustering expeditions have Venezuela ASK FOR THE ^pd.K-OV^ an eld* ily rran and a boy, have so i far been removed fiom the car In the 1 river. The accident is without a parallel j In l : •> Vne last heard of I ".r«3 . .. 'res f 0r assistance, which 2ft men, standing helplessly hy, 1 could rot give him. Acting Superintendent Dabney, at \ the head of a force of willing work- i ers, endeavored to remove the bodies from the ear a 0 it floated about. In the river, sometimes showing itself half way above the surface of the water and then going under. J. II. Land is a farmer from Newton, who is thought to have had his fam- “The Ban High, which sailed from England, nr.! the expedition under the command cf General Carib-Vidnl, which sailed from Trinidrel. landing arms two wre • ret rot/', we ld cost T ’ 1 as the Alabama claims if we had equal rights with the stiong.” ALLIES’ CLAIMS. Bowen Willing that Powers Shall Re ceive Preferential Payments. Washing ion. Fob. 2.—Minister Bow en is willing that the allied powers shall receive preferential payments of their claims against Venezuela for the s*aoE FOR MEN I ' l 1 5 ily in the emigrant car with him when i period of on*: month, providing they he was plurrep’d to death. The dtowned man’s name was learn ed through a freight waybill of freight train No. 31, part of which train it was that ran down the incline. GHOULS ON TRIAL. First of Famous Grave Robbing Cases at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Tml., Feb. 2.— The treal of the first of the now fa mous grave robbing cases was begun today when Joseph C. Alexander was arraigned in the criminal court to an swer to four counts in a grand jury indictment. The case bids fair to be the forerunner of cases that will take many weeks to dispose of. In the city nine men are under in dictment, many of them In jail charged with deva tating the graveyards around Indianapolis. Among those charged with being members of the ghoul organization are several promi nent physicians and one unde takker. The majority of the accused .are nc- (rrocs. Many bodies were recovered after the opinions of the ghouls came to light. Death Claims Prominent Physician. Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 2.—Dr. E. E. Dixon died at his home in this city Sunday morning at 1 o’clock of Bright’s disease, after an illness of several months. He was 56 years of age, and was one of the most promi nent citizens of northeast Georgia. He had, by Industry and frugality, built up a large fortune, being one of the wealthiest men of Gainesville, owning a larg' drug business and one of the handsomest homes in the city,- be sides other properties. accept the remainder of his proposi tion and agree to the Immediate lift ing of the blockade. He informed the representatives of the allied powers here ro this * firect several days ago, but has not yet received an answer. This important fact was developed today hy the announcement from an other quarter that the allies might he Induced to modify their demand that they he paid before the other claim ant na*inns, to the extent of content ing themselves with preferential treat ment for six months or perhaps a year. There is no indication as yet that they will consent to cutting this pe riod to a month, but owing to the ac tivity which France and the other claimant nations are showing regard ing tire protection of their interests in Venezuela it, will not surprise the of- flcials here if the allies yield still fur ther. The situation is somewhat comnli- rated by the aetion of President. Cas tro in cabling to Wnshineton that he desires that all claimant nations he ac. corded the reamo treatment. This mes sage from President Castro was receiv ed in ’'Yashin' ton ycstcr’ay and Mr. Bowen will M once acquaint the allies with its purport. 1 , l\ * 1 V :.; V- ;■ i iU ’•yiN Copyrig ! itBO. Sold only by J. R. TOLLE80H, 806 Limestone Street, Gaffney, S. C. One Figure more or less in the price paid for pic tures may mean beauty and perma nency or entire lack of it. The path of safety lies between ex travagantly high a n *1 ridiculous!' low prices and leads right to our studio. We make WT .,, r . PKOTOSRAPKS Will Build Court House. Elba. Ala. Fob. 5—The litieation over | at fair prices, the building of a new court house j These pictures for Coffee county has been settled | combine good art, by agreement. Tiie county will build a court house to cost not more than $2ft,ftftft. The remarkably cheap brick and lumber obtainable at Elba and which are manufactured here, will enable the county to construct a court house for $20,000. when such a build ing would cost a great deal more If SB Ll.MKhTONF. ST. consre-ucled elsewhere. perfect portraiture and high finish. We guarantee that thev will not fade. June H. Carr, Historic Tree May Be FeMed. New York, F/b. 2.—‘‘Spy Oak.” said to he the largest tree in the state of New York, standing on the Pelham road. Westphester, has been condemn- p'yp- • ed as unsafe and will probably he cut down, it having become hollow and in danger of falling. It is said that many spUs and deserters were hanged from its branches In revolutionary times. PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM Cknrws am! beaiitiflt* the hair. I'roniotci ft Inx'imnt (fruwth. M Xt-fcr Palls to Restore Gray Hair to i * Yonthfal Color. Cim- scalp 1 , .v In;!r hiilirg. i 60c,»mijl.i '‘t Jlruprei^s 'Phone 17f>. GREAT- n Bled at Nose ’Till Dead. Baltimore. Feb. 2.—Robert Edgar Vance, an actor. 52 years old, is dead at the city hospital. Five weeks ago Mr. Vance’s nose began to bleed and he was removed to the hospital. Every known remedy was tried hy the phy sicians and surgeons to relieve the su£. ferer without avail. New Governor’s First Pardon. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 2.—Governor Heyward granted his first pardon Sat urday to Robert Boyd, serving an 18 months’ sentence for grand larceny in Clarendon county. Boyd is said to he In a dying condition. IHIUHESTER’S ENGLISH s <> *•14*. Always rflloblt!. ask Tlnircist fur e*M«HKVrKUS KSi«l IMI ill Kurt mid iift'tulllc ouxi-s, seaU'il with blue ribbon. #*%«««- no ollM>r. H<Tii*«* <liiii(r<-r<m>. Mulxrtl- *ut juii.. iinrt imilnlionv.. Huy of your Druggist, > ■teml •!«•. in Mumps lor 1'nrlii-iiliint. Te»ti- •fmiiinla and “Kt-llef' for I.artU-D,'* inlrttrr, •' i'«*tiirn Mull. 10,000 TeHtiuioiuaJa. bold by ol imocyiMH. CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO. •IOO Mntlinon Nquaro, PII1L.A.. PA. Mcminn thla Bftpar- Foley’s Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. WALDENS BUSINESS COLLEGE Opens Wednesday, January 21 It occupies convenient and desirable quarters over the old Dispensary stand, Carroll & Carpenter block, Gaffney, S. C. Day class opens at 9:06 a. m., niglit class at 7:30 p. m. It offers to the public a full business or shorthand course in the most thorough manner, in the shortest time jmssihle an4 at the least expense. Our courses art equal to the best and sujierior to many. syt.,