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i tmw ■ <*$ THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. L.EDG ■M& r^jf- I?; '-# 5 : pfo: [ANTEE Every Adr oh SEMI-WEEKLY- -PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. '-3%, iper. ^4^ -•i A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of M. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894 GAFFNEY, 8. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. "mm YEAR • tfr’ THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. W. |; :• 1 I V A Uf?, ]./ io PpV.-, kOvent* that Huv« Taken 1’lace from Kb<A of the State to the Other Called Exchange* for tjulck Heading hy S' of Busy People. The Yorkville postoffi^e ha* been advised that Carp Doetoffice, in York county, will be discontinued on J^eb* ruary 14 , > All the citizens of Chapin, Lexing ton county, male and female, have Signed a petition to the Mute board of control to have the dispensary re moved “from their midst." Notice was received in Charleston Monday that the Old Guard, the fa mous New York command, bad abafc- doutd their trip to the Miuth anrl consequently would not visit Charles ton. William W. Calvert, father Jot Mayor i B. Calvert, of Spartanbu died Tuesday evening at his hom Reidville after an illness of only /one week. The deceased had reached!the ripe old age of 78 years. Mr. J. R. Turner, of CUerokee Springs, met with a serious' accident on Tuesday. lie was/ engaged at work in a c )rn mill near Cherokee Springs and was caught in the bell ing and considerably bruised and in jured. . ' An applicationihas been forwarded 0 Governor Heyvlard for the commu- tttion ci' the Sentence of Thos. roc^man, of Spyrtanburg county. Brockman was colvicted of larceny. The petition bus/not been acted upon by the Governor. The contra/it for building the new Cleveland Science Hall at Wofford College iq/Spartaobur., will be let within Ven days. The successful bidden will be required to put up a bohd amounting to one-third of his /Ibid. The building will cost in the neighborhood of $10,000. A perpetual charter has been granted to the Farm Home, a chari table organization of Charleston, the purpose of which is to provide em ployment for men temporarily out of work, to provide a home for destitute womeu, and to adopt and take care of children who are without parents. The Governor just now is over whelmed with applications for par- doos. Among those received Wednes day morning was a petition for the pardon of Ewell Campbell, a negro, Who is sentenced to bang in Green- 'ville the latter part of this month. The petition has been referred to . Judge Purdy and Solicitor Boggs. Bully Howard, a trusty in the oounty jail at Florence, escaped and ift still at large, though he was ac tively pursued. Howard got on top of his cage and with a fire shovel made a hole in the roof of the jail in the same place where a number of prisoners escaped several years ago. He got to the ground with the ail of ubianket. Acting Chief Dunn, of Charleston, received a telegram Wednesday moro- iog from the chief of police in New Orleans, asking that C. B Langston be arrested and held for further orders. Langston was picked up that night and the New Orleans authori ties notified. After getting in trouble Id New Orleans Langston gave bail in a small sum and absconded A marriage, which possessed many romantic features, took place in Aikeu last Wednesday. A refined aud accomplished young lady at the North, when ihe learned that her lover was dying at Aiken, went to him and they were united in mar riage. He lingered five days and died Sunday night. The gentleman’s name was F. R. Harkinson, of Oakland, Cal. A gasoline tank exploded Monday morning in Charleston, burning and injuring two negroes slightly. A ne gro was under a shed where the gaso line was* stored, pumping the gaso- ine into a lamp when another came up and struck a match to light his pipe. No sooner had the match been Struck than the vapor took fire, caus ing the explosion which might have cesajted very seriously. A serious wreck occurred Wednes- day afternoon shortly before 3 o’clock Ut tfae Liberty street crossing on the 0. A U. Railroad in Spartanburg, through freight from Columbia, Engineer Will Robertson in charge, Glided with a shifting engine ia rge of Engineer Warren Abbotti j a result Of the accident Engineer* lobertson’s leg was broken, the other / members of the ersw escaping un>\ tart. James W. Henson was shot and killed by John Goodwin Tuesday af ternoon at 5:25 o’clock in front of Thackston <fc Son’s real estate office in Greenville, on one of the principal thoroughfares of the city. There were four shuts fired, only one taking effect, which entered the left side 82 inches from the nipple and about 4 inches from the medial line of the body. Death resulted in 20 minutes after tne fatal shot was fired. In a wreck at Bonhams, a station on the Spartanburg division of the Southern Railway, Freight Conductor E. H. Ackers and his flagman, D. T. fchick, both of Columbia, were in jured. The two men were riding in the caboose of their train when it suddenly broke loose and rolled down the embankment. Mr. Ackers was painfully bruised and received a se vere cut on the top of his head. Mr. Chick was seriously bruised about the thighs and legs. When M. Lichtenstein, proprietor of a store at the intersection of King and Queen streets, in Charleston, ap peared at his place of business Wednesday morning ho found that the shutter on the side window had been wrenched off, the glass smashed and a suit of clothes, two hats, one pair of trousers, all valued at $15, had been stolen.. Less than three weeks ago Mr. Lichtenstein went 10 his store one morning and discovered that a window on the King street side had been forced open and three pairs of shoes stolen. Somewhat of a sensation was caused in Lancaster Suuaay by the “pull ing’’ of a lot of young men for gam bling in a room in a public house, just before daylight, by Policeman Addison and Constable Connor, who were directed to make the raid by Chief of Police Hunter, of that place. The “boys,” when caught by the officers, were each required to hand over $10 as a guarantee that they w'ould appear before Mayor Wylie Monday morning. They faded to ap pear, and tne fines, aggregating $1)0, were accordingly forfeited. Kacapeit an Awful Fate. Mr H. Haggins, of Vlelbourne, Fla., writes, “My doctor told tne 1 had Con sumption and nothing could be done for me. I was given up to die. The offer of a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, in duced me to try it. Re»uits were startling. I am now on the road to recovery and owe all to Dr. King’s New Discovery. It surely saved my life.” This great cure is guaranteed for all throat and lung diseases by Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. Price 50o & $1.00. Trial bottles free. Women will become financiers when they learn that a ninety-nine cent bargain, plus ten cents car fare, for something they don’t want costs them more than a dollar bargain, without the car fare, for something they do want. r* 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. One Minute Cough Cure streogthens 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. It seems that wheu a captaio of a battleship runs her on a rock he is entitled to feel as bad as a woman who has a drop of soup spilled on a new gown, b^t he doesn’t take it any harder. A Weak Htomach causes a weak body and invites dis ease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and strengthens the stomach, and wards off and overcomes disease, J. B. Taylor, a prominent merchant of Chriesman, Tex., says: “I could not eat because of a weak stomach 1 lost all strength and ruu down in weight. All tha-t money could do was. done, but all hope of recovery vanished. Hearing of some wonderful cures ef fected by use of Kodol, I concluded 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. A woman is haopier to marry a man and have him shatter her delusion about him than to have some one else shatter them for her and uot have her marry him. Ttia Vain* Of Expert Treatment. Everyone who ia afflicted with a chronic disease experience great diffi culty io having their case intelli gently treated by the average physi cian. Tbeae diseases can only be cured by a specialist who understand them thoroughly. Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, ofAtlantaGa., is acknowl edged the moat skillful and successful specialist in the United States. Write him tor his expert opinion of your case, tor frhioh he makes do charge. WORK DONE BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Much Oratory in House Dis cussing Dispensary. STRIKES AND ^LOCKOUTS I5ir IntrodiH-ert l>y Keimtor .loluiHon to Pre vent Sympathetic Strike* andLockouts by Factories and FinployeeH—Appropriation* for State College* and St. I.mils Fair. tCorrcspondence of The Ledger.) Columbia, Feb. 12.—With the sen ate discussing the dispensary and the house debating appropriations there ha- been an abundance of oratory in the general assembly the last three days. The senate’s attention was directed to the dispensary by the resolution offered by Senator Hood, of Ander son, providing for an investigation of the Slate dispensary by a committee,, of two senators and three represen tatives. Senator StarBand, of Dc r- chester, who is chairman of the new standing committee on the dispen sary, supported the investigation res olution most vigorously and made the only speech bordering on the sen sational. He more than intimated that in making purchases the board lias discrimii ated in favor of the Richland Distilling Company, loca ted at Columbia. It developed, too, that Mr. Hood’s resolution was in a measure prompted by information supplied by Air. J B. Doutbit, of Anderson, a former member of the board, who made some interesting as sertions in u recent communication to several daily newspapers. Senator Aldrich defended the board in (hat ne read from the dispensary law to snow that the board was per mitted to make contracts with distil leries io the State, whereas bids for each purchase are required from foreign houses Senator .VI ay field de fended Mr. Crum, the dispensary commissioner, botn being from Bam berg an t personal friends. Mr. May- fielu in speaking of Mr. Doutbit re ferred to the ‘days of breastplates.” The resolution came up for con sideration several times and finally last night a motion was carried to re commit the re oluuon to the regular dispensary committee of the senate to report whether an investigation is necessary. Tne commuite is given full powers to summon witnesses, take testimony, etc., and is to make its report with all the testimony be fore the end - of the present session. The senate lias killed the biii to in crease the board of directors of the dispensary from four to seven mem bers but iia- passed a biil to amend the dispensary law so as to prohibit discriminations m purchases in favor of distilleries within the State. STRIKES A.VD LOCKOUTS A bill introduced by Sen itor John son, of Aiken, to prevent “sympathe tic ’ strikes and lockouts occasioned considerable discussion in the senate the last few days and after several amendments was passed lust night in tile following shape: Section' 1 That from and after the approval of this act, no cotton or wool manufactory shall lock out, or refuse or fail to give employ nent t® its operatives or employes because of friction, disagreement or trouble of any nature whatsoever between other such manufactory or manui^ctories and their opt raf.ives or employes; aud no cotton or woolen manufactory shall lock out, or refuse or fail to give employment to its operatives or em ployes for tiie purpose of coercion, or of assisting directly or indirectly, any such manufactory whose opera tives or emploves have struck or dis continued work for any reason what soever, or which, for any reason what soever, has locked out its operatives or employes, or failed or refused to g've them employment; and no mem ber of any labor.union or.labor organ- ization, composed of persons who are operatives or t mployes of any cot ton or woolefl manufactory, aud no operative or employe not a member of a labor organization, composed of persons who are operatives or em ployes of any cotton or woolen manu factory, and no operative or employe not a member of a labor organization, shall strike or refuse,to woik for their employer or employers because of friction, disagreement or trouble of any nature whatsoever between any other manufac'ory or manufactories and Its or their operatives or em ployes; and n v member of such labor union or labor organization, and no employe of such employer, whether a member of labor orgnization or not, shall strike, fail or refuse to work as employed by such cotton or woolen manufactory on account of laid troubles elsewhere. Bec. 2. That tbe circuit judge of this State shall have power aud an* thority, at chambers or Id open court, to make such orders as may be neces sary or proper to enforce this act. OTHER SENATE ACTS. rhe senate has passed by the nar row margin of twenty votes to eighteen the bill to appropriate $25,- 000 for a stole exhibit at the St. Louis exposition. The senate lias reversed its opinion and finally killed the bill to require that ail candidates for county super intendent of education shall have teachers’ certificates. It was deemed unconstitutional inasmuch as the constitution stipulates that every elector shall he eligible for office. THE HOUSE. The appropriations bill has been passed by the house—which means that the most agony of the session is over so far as that branch of the general assembly is concerned. The only important reduction from the amounts reported by the ways and means eommitte was that for Win- throp College and the appropriations are practically the same as last year —including $200,000 for pensions. The appropriations for State col leges excited the usual number of hostile motions, and the appropria tion for Winthrop College was cut down $12 000. The Richards bill to increase the amount of each eholar- ship from $ 11 to $100 may be assigned the cause lor this reduction. At any rate it aff >rded the means to accomp lish by indirection what the house did not do directly. The house by a majority of twenty-one refused to make a direct cut, but afterwards adopted Mr Lide’s motion to require all scholarships to be paid out of the general appropriation. The bill had provided for an appropriation of $52 - 000 for operating expenses and $5 - 450 for scholarships. After failing to reduce thu $52,000, identically tfu* same amount appropriated last year, the opposition to the proposed atp propriation accomplished its object by erasing the suggested allowance for sholarships The point was car ried by reason of the fact that in pas sing the Richards bill the house com mitted itself to allow no increase io the appropriation. Winthrop got $57,450 last year and asked for $05,- 450 this year, but instead is given $40,544. There is an unfavorable report on the Richards bill in the senate and if this report is adopted and the biil re jected there will be some confusion as to tbe exact status of the Wiutbrop appropriation. ’ A perfunctory fight was made on the Citadel appropriation and a spirit ed fight on the negro State college— but Winthrop was the only one to suffer. The fight on the negro college was directed in great part at the president, Thomas E Miller. The opposition came from the members of the Orangeburg oel^gation, gentle men who seemed to be familiar with the workings of the institution. The fight was unsuccessful. OTHER MATTERS. The house has passed Mr. Aull’s bill to provide for the app ;int went by the governor of a thief of the dispensary constabulary at an annual salary of $1,500; the c hief to appoint the rest of the force. All the bills looking to reform in the assessment of taxes have been killed by the house. The bills to provide extra circuits have been continued until next ses sion without debate. The several pharmaceutical bills introduced by request are still oo the calendar, but appear to be defective and may be continued until next ses sion, although the general purport of the bills is admittedly of a very com mendable nature. There were three pistol bills on the calendar,one by Rev. Welcome Quick, of Marlboro, to absolutely prohibit the carrying, sale or transportation into the State of pistols. The house thought Mr. Quick’s bill unconstitu tional and killed it. Mr. Bomar’s bill as amended by the committee was taken up and passed. It provides an amendment to the Cooner law providing that pistols can not be leased. Mr. Botnar explained that the law prohibits the sale of pis tols less than twenty-two inches in length, etc. Yet the hip pockit va riety is disposed of by some store keepers under a nominal lease, which is but a subterfuge. The biil denies the merchants the right to “sell, offer for sale, lease, rent, barter or ex change” pistols which are of less weight and length than described in the Cooper law. Jas A. Hoyt, Jr. I^ird ExpeiiHlve itml Injurlou*. Lard is not only expensive but in jurious to tbe health when used in liberal quantities. To make tbe so- called cheap patent flours white enough, tbe life is all ground out of the flour; then it is necessary to load it up with lard in order to make*it work. This accounts largely for your heavy biscuits and rolls and your bad digestion. It takes less tbsu one-half the lard to work '‘Clifton" that It does cheap patent*, io that you not only save more than the difference In price but get a more healthful aud nutrltioua food product. Health and economy dictate tbe useof “Olflton." THHUUGHUUT THE TAH HEEL ml- From the Mountains to Yhe Sea. » re the wont »i i“etinct of NORTH CAROLINA HEWS. Intere*tlng It««ina Concerning Oar Weigh-* bur* Beyond the Line Whleh Stay Frovt Entertaining Beading for Hand reds of Ledger Reader*. The Senate at Riltigb Wednesday tabled the bill to relieve formerBtate Treasurer Lacy, of the amount stolen by Martin. ; A shooting affair without serious results occurred at Carthage Monday night, when Louis Grimm inflicted pistol shot wounds in the legs of John Parker. Informitiotr as t > the cause of the tumble is meagre. Ib is said that no good feeling has existed be tween the parties for some time. John Dodge, of Charlotte, who was arraigned at the December term of o^urt charged with the murder of L'zzie Patterson, also of that city, was ti ken into court Tuesday and, through his counsel, submitted to the charge of manslaughter. Judge Neal heard the evidence, but has not a* yet passed sentence on him. A brutal a«*(iult w*s committed upon un eighteen year old white girl Sunday bv a negro. The scene of the crime was in the mountains, near Trynn, Pqlk county The name of the victim is Minty Carlisle, but the name of her as-a'l i'il h s m*t ht-err learned. The gij», i -><. 'M.q.aiH not live. The brute is at large While the funeral of Major Moody was being held at Waynesville Satur day, the taking of testimony in the contested Moudy-Gudger election case, for a seat wbien Mr. Moody can never occupy, went on at i'ryon, in Polk county. Tne attorneys having the matter in charge say thie pro cedure was rendered necessary for tbe reason that the taking of testimony must he concluded by the 2Gth inst. Shortly after mi<tnigbt_ morning, Dan Shines, a ored man, was stabbed toj negro rendezvous in t| section of Wilmingtoi “Cato Boney's Ranch.* fight was in progress am negro youths by tbe name of Thomas set upon Shines. One of them beat him in front with an umbrella, while the other stabbed him a dozen or more times from the rear. Train No. 13. on the Southern, ran into a siding at Biitmore, two miles south of Asheville, about dark Wednesday, and considerable damage was done to the train, although no one was badly injured. Tbe baggage car was turned across tbe track aod was much battered up. Tbe tender was also detached from tbe engine. Engineer Bird was pitched vioiebtly forward after reversing his engine aud was considerably bruised up. Evidence is accumulating againet the four suspected safe cracker# now in jail at Monroe. It is now almost a dead certainty that the men are tbe same gang that broke into tbe bank at Mocksville. It is learned that tbe morning after the bank at Mocksville was entered, four men were rowed across the Yadkin river aud took breakfast with Mrs. Samuel Rowe at Ohurchland, io Davidson county, cnly a few miles from Mocxsvill#, 9 Arthur L. Bishop, of Petersburg, Va., a well known traveling salesman for a New England shoe factory, was arraigned in tbe Superior Court in Charlotte Tuesday on a charge of ki'ling Thomas J. Wilson, a citizen of Charlotte, last December. A special venire of one hundred men was sum moned from which to select the jury which is to try him. The triel began this (Friday) morning. Bishop’s counsel will plead that Bishop killed Wilson in self-defense. The formal opering of tbe Trinity College library, at Durham, the gift of Mr. J. B. Duke, of New York, takes place February 23rd. Hon. Armistead Burweil, of Charlotte, makes the presentation address; President John G. Kilgo. the address of acceptance; Mr. Walter H. Page, editor of Tbe World’s Work, of New York, tbe dedicatory address. The exercises occur lu Craven Memorial Hall, at 8 p. a., and will be followed by a reception. Several weeks ago Mr. William Wilson, Jr., of Charlotte, purchased a very line pointer bird dog from a man living at Iron Station, which is 26 miles from Charlotte and across tlie Catawba river. Tbe dog wae shipped to Charlotte In a cage and io a closed baggage car. Mr. Wilson bad hardly gotten tbe dog home be fore It escaped, and be beard nothing more from* It until Saturday, when be learned that It bad returned to Iron Station the day after it was shipped. This at • dog; ' : : V / Mr. A. 4' Abernetby. of Forest City, intends bringing eaP again** tbe Atlanta ^Jouetitbtion for $153, which be.claims to bav>- «. in a re- ceqt pri^ze ceotest, a- d ha- employed Attorney Robert 8/Rayv**,. < Ruthcr- fordton, to bring suit Mr Abwr- netby claims to, have c m within fty-one Of the first pnz **-venty- ve of second prtz^, and run hundred And tbirty^even of th*- tn>rd prize, Wbi^h he did, but th** (T in*titntion Maims that his letter reached that Omoe ftter the contfst had been .closed and for this reason Mr Aber- nethy was not entitled to any of the prices. Seated infhe prisoner’s box in the United States Court in M aghingtou last week, awaiting trial for retailing liquor without license in Columbus county. Sam White, colored, was rec ognized by Mr W. T. N-wton, of Scotland -county, as Sam Watkins, who eight yg*ars agu'committed a cold blooded murder at Tatum, S. C., and (pr whom the South Carolina authorities’ht the time offered a $200 reward. Mr. Newton wa* a casual visitor to the court room wheu he identified tbe#egro and prompted by the reward., he accosted the negro, who wrote on* a piece of paper and handed to Mr Newton the informa tion that “I am the man you waet.” Tbe negro was captured a few months ago by a deputy marshal near White- Yille, and In trying to make bis es cape, be jumped from a train under full speed and suffered a bad fracture of the le|. 4 r Tendency of the Time*. Tbe tendency of medical science le toward preventive measures The best thought of tbe wor d is being given to the subject. It is etu-ier and better to prevent than cure. It has been (ally demonstrated that.pneumonia, one o{ tbe most dangerous diseases that medicel men have to contend with, can be prevented by the use of Cham- berlain’s Cough Remedy. Pneumonia always results from a cold or from ao attack of influenza (grip), and it has been observed that this remedy coun teracts any tendency of these diseaeea tywyrd-pneumonia. 4 This bias been fully proven in many thousands of oases in yrbicb this remedy has been used during tbe great prevalence 6f colds and grip recent years, and can be relied upon with implicit con fidence. Pneumonia often results fr ho a sligbt cold when no danger i| apprehended until it is suddenly dis covered that there is fever and diffi culty in breathing and palnw In the chest, the® It is announced that the patient hM pneumonia. Re on tne safe side and take Chamberlain’* Cough Remedy es soon as the cold f« contracted. It glways cure*. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney, 8. O., or L. D.. Allison, Cowpens. Sillicua-rTbe uncertainties of life are what worry a man fodeatjr Cynl* cue-—Not If you always eipect the worst. •tjffini v ft 6,,. i'Wf Maitland, Fla. Tbe Haueock Liquid Sulphur Co.; Baltimore, Md. Gentlemen:--! have bad eczema over thirty have tried many remedies prescribed by varton* physi cians, but to nothing has tfae disease yielded so quiekiy as ter Liquid Sul phur. I thipk If used properly It is undoubtedly a specific for eczema. I have prescribed It for other* with most satisfactory results. I consider it tbe beet .dftpedy tor cutaneous affections I’-'bMPi^btadwn, and re gard it as the greatett medical dis covery of the age. , f||V Respectful# yours. ; W. A £«:ard, M. D. For sale by ths Cherokee Drug Oo Tbe man whbjydtl on a railroad pass acts biggey wP»a be is doing it thad tbe preidAsnt who writes it. The EfMjr PUL DeWitt’s Little Early Risers dor not gripe nor weeken the system. They cure billouscess, jtapdioe, constipa tion aud inactive liyilt^by arousing tbe secretion*, moving the bowels gently yet effectually, and giving such tone and strength to tbs gtaodeof the stomach, ^rer and bowel* that tba cause of the trouble ia removed en tirely. The** faaiMis little pills exert a decided tonle effect upon tbe .organ* Involved, and if their U*e4* continued tor a few day* tfaerb be no return of tbe trouble. Cherokee Drag Co. A woman’* idea of enjoyment is to be not very ill but ill enough to be in bed with all her jewels on. Tbe reasoc why Hancock’s Liquid Sulphur should be in every houae, It is Indorsed and prescribed by tbe leading physicians, tor such disease* as Eczema, Pimples, Ringworm, Salt Rheum, Dandruff, Diphtheria, Sore Throat, Cots, Burns. Open Sores, and sll blood aud skin troubles. No borne should be without it. For sal* by the Cherokee Drug Co. A man bate* what is above him; a woman what Is beneath her. “ 3 m ■ WfiPi ^gglr 4* • t/Mdl 4 ‘A Fewer gallon*; wear* longer; Devoe.