Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LARGEST Circulatioa of Any Newspiper in the Frith Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY - -PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. ' •' ■fBlBy /vr„ I t!i oe Krhability of Hvery Adve tiser Who Use the Col- umns of This Paper. j A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 1&. 1894 GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1903. $1.00 A YEAR, IROUGHOUT THE B| I PALMETTO STATE. •. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. tCVeotH that Have Taken I’lice from One Cad of the State to the Other Called from Exchange), for Quiek Reading by Scores of Busy People. The management of the Liberty Cotton mill* at Easley have recently decided to add ten thousand spindles to its equipment. William King, the man who killed Samuel Rogers anti desperately 'Wounded bis father in Florence / county two weeks ago; has been cap tured and is now in the Florence jail. iKing's plea is “self defense.” A commission has been issued the Society Hill Building Association of 'Society Hill. Darlington county, which will purchase and own real es tate, and erect thereon for rent a hall and other buildings. The capital •stock will be $1,500. •Henry James, colored, was shot ahd killed in Charleston at 7:30 o'clock Saturday night by Tooks Jen kins, colored. In the excitement Wj^ich followed tht shooting Jenkins made his escape and up to a late hour had pot been arrested. April Jones, an aged negro man, was found dead in the street Wednesday •morning in Charleston. The case was reported to the police and on investi gation it was found that he had come to bis death from natural causes, fia^erinduced by exposure. Fr^ay night in Walhalla Bud -'£eie«$y, a negro, shot and killed "^• ’ ’Christopher T. Hunsinger, a young white man, about 20 years of age. Priestly escaped and has not ytt been captured. Young Hunsinger had re- ceotly gone to Walhalla to sell- out Stock of goods for bis sister, i Argument will be made before the •Opreme court in an appeal ic the case of Joseph Keenan, colored, who it sentenced to be bung in Greenville on the 27th instant. The crime was murder. The governor has been no- t$i£ed of the intention to present a pe tition for clemency in Keenan’s be- itlf. V The jury brought c verdict for lll,- 000 in the suit for damages brought by Mrs. Mary Thomas, administrator, 'against the Seabord Air Line Railway at Camden. Mrs. Thomas’ husband, thd section master near Camden of iSeaboard Air Line, was killed last Sril by the breaking of a wooden indie bar. In accordance with the provisiong Of its charter tbe Charleston Union Station Company filed notice of con demnation proceedings in the court of common pleas Thursday morning against Mrs. Ann Riley and John F. Riley, seeking a right of way for the new passenger depot. The papers were; served on the defendants. JoeDavis, who brutally killed Po liceman King last week at Bamberg, is resting quietly in jail. He seems to realize to some extent the enormity Of bis crime, but has not entirely abandoned hope of acquittal. He says ha had nothing against Policeman King, but would have shot any man who entered his door that day. The dead body of an unknown ne gro was found about three miles from Greenville, on the Chick Springs road. The clothes had been burned from the body, wbieb was in a decayed condi tion having been exposed for fully a week. The pegro’s death is a mystery bod investigation by thp coroner has not revealed any facts as to bow or by what means be came to bis death. Jfear Cottageville, Barnwell county, ft Wednesday morning Allen Adams lit! wait for Henry Jaques, and a sbot gun, sent a load of buck- >t through bis neck, instantly kil- UHg him. Jaques was on bis horse and never knew wbat struck him. Adams and Jaques had a difficultly Christmas. Mr. Jaques was a quiet, Stable mao, while the reputation Ad ate s in his community for peace order Is not good. News reached Anderson Saturday light of ,an accidental killing at Jbdesvllls, Anderson county, Sat- jrdty afternoon. John Henry Leroy, tinted, was standing in front of E. Horton's store with a shot gun on I shoulder, His son, a lad of 14 smbwas standing near. The wea- n was discharged in some way and entire load entered the boy’s ab- ten, inflicting a fatal wound. The was purely accidental. rday afternoon Mac Rogers, oolored^^JM accidentally shot by. a dfgrq bo^Ya son of Scott Nesbitt, while tb* tWo were out bunting in the woods ne*r Arkwright, Spartan burg. was some distsuce from bis companion at the time and the latter accidentally discharged a shot gun, which he was holding in his hands. A portion of the load en tered the left shoulder of Rogers, in flicting a painful but by no means se rious injury. LOWER COUNTY LOCALS. Neiv Telephone Line—Bad Roads—People Going and Coming. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jan«, Feb. 11.—The color ad band keep up tbeir music at all times of the day and a good portion of the night. Dr. Sam Foster, of Union, will move to the Woolbright place this week, where he expects to farm this year. Mumps is prevalent in the western part of York county; and i few cases are expected to develop on this side soon. The complaint from every part of the county is mud, mud, mud, and the rain keeps coming. Bro. Mathis, of the Union Times, has opened up a clairivoyant column in his paper for Mrs. Rebecca P. Ward, Georgia’s wonderful fortune teller, to answer questions of its paid up subscribers. We think the purchase of new and improved road machinery by the county commissioners has the general endorsement of the tax payers. They expect to see good results .from the investment. Our mail from Union has been very irregular of late. It has missed sev eral trips on account of bad roads and is scarcely ever on time. A gentleman., famous for his char ily, when asked what part of his in come he was in the habit of contribu ting to the Lord’s treasury, said: “I don’t know; I do very much as the woman did who was famous for the excellence of her rhubarb pies. She put in as much sugar as her con science would allow and then she shut her eyes and put in another handful. I give all my conscience will approve and then add a handful without counting.” What amount of corn must you take to a miller to get ten bushels of meal, allowing one sixteenth of it to go for waste, one tenth of the re mainder for toil? A three-months subscription to The Ledger free for the first correct answer. Friend 0. B. Gross says the reason the hedgehog didn’t come out on bis regular day was, it was afraid Presi dent Roosevelt would put a coon in his place. The muchly talked of telephone will, in all probability, be in place before this reaches our distant read ers, and our people will be listening to all the news on the wire. Our farmers have been cutting cord wood sin :e the ground has been too wet to do other outdoor work. For some days the ferry has been too high to ferry regularly. We regret to learn that some of our neighbors have had corn stolen from their cribs lavely. This speaks bad for any community. We have heretofore boasted that we bad a good neighborhood iu this respect, but it seems as if we will have to change our opinion. It is often said that “thievery is born in some people,” and we are beginning to believe it. since we find children not five years old who are first-class rogues. Mr. Edward Poole had a chopping “frolic” yesterday. Mr. Mathias has bis shingle ma chine at work in the Star Farm sec tion. The editor of this paper jumps on the editor of the Chester Lantern with both feet and wants to know what he knows about “pone,” just as ifjthat knight of the pencil, scissors and paste cup (all combined) d.dn’t have a right to bis own opinion. We presume that Brother Bighara knows as much or more about this product of the culinary art than he does. Tbire is nothing like it in the bread lino with the Chester Irish, and es pecially Its Rocky Creek contingent. Mr. Eliphas Horton, of Maud, pataed here yesterday on his way to see his nephew, a son of Howell Hor- ton, of Bullock’s Creek, who was bad ly burned in the face and eyes two wee}<B ago. The Ledger was the first to convey the sad intelligence to him. Mr. W. C. Blackwell and daughter, Miss Maud, visited frieods at Lock hart last Saturday. j. l. s. Lard Expensive and Injurious. Lard is not only expensive but in jurious to the health when used in liberal quantities. To make tbs so- called cheap patent flours white enough, the 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 than one-half the lard to work “Clifton” that it does cheap patents, so that you not only save more than the difference in price bat get a more healthful and natritloat food product. Health and economy dictate the nseof “Clfiton.” WORK DONE BY THE 0ENER1LKSSEMBLY House Has Its Work Very Well Along. BILL FOR TAXING DOGS. Tlie Appropriation and ’Supply Bills ^Not Yet Taken Up by Senate—Raysor Compul sory Education BUI Defeated—Dog BUI and llauaptougldounnient Fund. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Columbia, Feb.16.—With one week more of the constitution limit on the session the generil assembly has its work very well along and if the legis lators were reilly anxious to do so they could reach an adjournment be fore the 40 days are out. This does not mean that all the bills on the caf- endar could be disposed of, for very many of them will never be acted upon, or at least debated, and some were introduced merely for home con sumption. The more pressing matters are, however, out of the way. The senate has not yet taken up the ap propriation and supply bills, but there is not likely to be this year a differ ence between the two houses on these measures, as all attempts to reduce the appropriations in the house were with two exceptions unavailing, and the senate is not likely to cut any of the items. Amendments were offered in the house cutting the appropriation for pensions, the Btate colleges and the State board of health, and the only ones cut were those for Winthrop and the health board. The senate has already remedied the Winthrop mat ter by killing the house bill to in crease the value of the scholarships io the college, the effect of which ac tion is to put back the appropriation to the amount asked for by ohe trus tees. J.0 ^COMPULSORY EDUCATION'.'’ Despite the passage of the child labor bill, which the governor has now signed, the bouse has killed the Ray- sor compulsory education bill, defeat ing it by the small majority of six votes. The vote was taken on a mo tion to indefinitely postpone. Those who voted for the bill wera Messrs. Aull, Barron, Bates, Black wood, Bomar, Callison, Coggersball, Cooper, Davis, Dennis, DesChampe, Devore, Doyle. Edwards, Gause, Har- rellsou, D O. Herbert, J. E Herbert, Hinton, Holman, Humphrey, Jarue- gan, Little, Lofton, Logan, Lyles, McMaster, Mace, Quick, Rainsford, Sarratt, Sinkler, Jeremiah Smith, Stackhouse, Thomas, Toole, Tribble, Webb, Whaley, and Williams. The following opposed the bill: Speaker Smith and Messrs. Bailey, L anks, Baker, Bass. Beamguard,Ben nett, Black Brooks, Brown, Carwile, Clifton, Colcoclt, Culler, DeBruhi, Doar, Donald, Dorroh, Dowling, Ford, Fox, Fraser, Glover, Gourdin, Haile, Hill. Irby, James Kibler, Lesesne, McCain, Mauldin. Middleton, Mor gan, Nichols, Parnell, Patterson, Peatman, Peurifoy, Potts, Pyatt, Rankin, Rawlinson, Ready, Richards, Richardson, Russell, Seabrook, W. C. Smith, Strong, Stuckey. Tatum,Tray lor, Wall, Wingard, Wingo, Wise, Wright and Youmans Absentees—Messrs. Bunch, Carey, Efird, Gaston, Haskell, Hendrix, Kel ley, Lide, MoColl, Wade, and Walker. Had all of tbe members been present the result would have been much closer, if not entirely changed. THE DOG BILL. This bouse goes on record as tbe first to favor taxing dogs. Every year tbe cry has been raised that this is the poor man’s solace, let him keep his dog. Mr. Ford of Fairfield intro duced tbe bill and tbe committee re ported a substitute, which was adopted. Mr. Dennis of Berkeley mace a very good tight on tbe bill, but be was unsupported. Mr. Dennis stated that in Berkeley there are more dogs than in any other county In tbe State—and more sheep. Hq declared further that these dogs are being re turned for taxation now. Mr. Ford made a very clear pre sentation of bis side of tbe case, and was backed up by Messrs. Holman, Efird, Mauldin and Wingo. Tbe lat ter declared that the strychnine rem edy for suck-egg dogs does not pay— it gets a fellow into Rouble. It was stated on thrtfefoor that this bill would be a good thing for the p\or naan who now spends money on 0^8 keep of dogs, and if he had no dogs h* would be giving this money to bi^famiJy. Several amendments were offered, bat all but one were rejected, \ THE HAMPTON MONUMENT, i The bouse passed without discus sion or debate the bill to appropriate $20,000 for a moonmeut to ~7_1_ Hampton, tbs money to be available when $10,000 shall have been raised by popular snbsoriptlon. There is a favorable report on tbe bill In tbe senate and it will undoubtedly pass. Tbe bill quotes the resolution of the last Democratic State convention fa voring this plan, and then provides: “Section 1. That the sum of $20,- 000 be appropriated, to be used in connection with $10,000 to be raised by voluntary contribution. Said $20,- 000 shall not become available until the sum of $10,000 shall be raised by voluntary contributions, and tbe same shall have been deposited in some bank within the State, to the credit of the commission to be ap pointed by the governor, as is pro vided for in section 2 hereof. The total amount shall be used for tbe purpose of erecting upon the capitol grounds an equestrian statue to the memory of Wade Hampton. “Sec. 2. That a commission of five citizens be appointed by the governor to take charge of the funds appro priated in section 1, when available, and also of all voluntary contribu tions which may be committed to them, and they shall take charge of the location, inscription and erection of the monument.” Displaying a consistent economy, the senate has rejected the bill to in crease the salaries of county treas urers and the bill to provide an ap propriation for beautifying the grounds of the capitol. Whether the County treasurers deserve more pay or not is perhaps open to question, but the capitol park certainly needs work done upon it. NEW SENATE BILLS. Among the new bills in the senate was one by Mr. Stanland providing that no liquor shall be given away or drunk at or near any polling precinct in the State; another by Mr. Hardin to prescribe a mode of enforcing obe dience to statutes regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers and to pro hibit the uuie of fertilizers containing more than 8 per cent, of moisture or short in weight 2 per cent, or more. In the senate Mr. Haskell’s bill providing that tbe inauguration cere monies should take place on the third Tuesday in January was killed, the senators seeming to think the bill unnecessary and that the present pirto worked woll enough.* In the house there was a long de bate on a bill which would prevent tbe sale of fish caught in this State outside of it. Tbe bill was defeated by a large majority. DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION. Senator Hood’s resolution to ap point a joint committee to investigate the State dispensary caused a little flurry, and no little talk of a harm less sort was indulged in by senators and tbe members of the third house, but when a motion was made by Sen ator Sheppard to re-commit the reso lution to tbe standing committee on the dispensary it was agreed to. The committee was given the fullest powers to summon witnesses and to take testimony and was instructed to report to the senate at this session whether an investigation is neces sary. The committee met first on Friday and oiginized with Senator Robert Aldrich as chairman, tbe per manent chairmao being Senator Stan land, who is regarded rather as tbe prosecutor of the case. However, Senator Stanland when be. took tbe stancl said be bad no charges to make and would present only criticisms of tbe business management of tbe board of directors. Several former employes were also exam^ied and told of alleged irregularities, but so far tbe investigation has developed little or nothing. Mr. Auli’s bill to organize tbe dis pensary constabulary has passed both houses. It provides for a chief con stable at a salary of $1,500, who shall appoint all tbe force, tbe chief to be named by the governor. The senate has not yet acted on the appropriation bill nor tbe bill to put 10-year convicts on tbe chain gangs. The house has not acted on tbe St. Louis exposition bill nor tbe biennial sessions measure. Jas. A. Hoyt, Jr. Mr. Lyon Dead. - Tbe many friends in Gaffney and Cherokee county of Mr. M. S. Lynn Will be pained to learn of bis death which occurred at his home on Fish ing Creek, in Chester county, on tbe 13th inst. after a long illness. Mr. Lynn and his estimable family lived in Gaffney several years. He was one of tbe first mayors of tbe city and bad tbe respect and oonfidende of all good people. He was a patriot by instinct, a gallant Confederate soldier and a Christian gentleman. Peace to his ashes and sympathy for his bereaved family are the epontan- eons sentiments of this city and county. THROUGHOOT THE TAR HEEl STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Items Concerning Oar Neigh bors Beyond the Line Wtilch May Frovt Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. A man about 28 years old dropped dead in the New York Central railroad station iu New York Saturday. His ticket read from North Carolina, to Meridian, Conn. Work on the Atlantic & Western Railroad is progressing nicely. The grading force is now at work io the town litniTs of Jonesboro. The road is practically graded from Sanford to Jonesboro, and it is expected that trains will be running between these two points by early spring. Judge Boyd at Raleigh Saturday rescinded the order for a special term of court at Charlotte, March 9th, to try the Breese-Dickerson cases. Judee Keller, of the southern district of West Virginia, was assigned to bold the court and cannot do so on account of sickness in his family. During the heavy gale of Thursday night the skipper Maco was capsized in Swan Quarter bay. near Washing ton. and Captain Robert Wescom, master, and two white men were drowned. Tbe reports are conflict ing, but one rumor i« fhA* fi-e ne ttle hat- cn vc. were Attention, W. O. W. There will be a meeting of Cherry Camp No. 74 W. 0. W., Id their For* est (Masonic HftU) this (Tuesday) night, Feb. 17,.1903. Work in the Wadt^Protection degree. All sovereigns quested to attend. Visiting sover- ei‘ s welooms. By order of P. « Gaffney, B. G. Aliin, Clerk. Con. Com. groes, also of drowned. There is a movement on foot to es tablish another paper in Concord It is to be a modern up-to-date plant with a financial basis of $10 000 to $12 000 It will consist of daily and weekly editions with the best evening dispatches. It is to be independent in politics. The capital is ttr-be from staunch men of both parties. The Johnston FurnishingCompany, of Durham, dealers iu men’s furnish ings, has assigned, naming W. W. Mason as trustee. The iiabilities are given as $4,600, and the assets will amount to nearly this much if inven toried at cost. After cost of assign ment is paid the creditors will get about 50 cents on the dollar. Mr. A. W. Rusher, a well known farmer of Rowan county, is now con fined to bis bed as tbe result of a re opening of an old wound in the foot received during tbe civil war 40 years ago. An abscess is threatened and at the best, with the aid of medical attention, Mr. Rusher will have to remain confined in bea for several .weeks. Friday afternoon tbe passenger coach and the two freight cars imme diately in front of it on tbe outgoing mixed train from Salisbury for Nor wood were thrown from tbe track a mile beyond Granite Quarry station by a derangement of the trucks of tbe freight car in front of tbe passen ger coach. Tbe remainder of tbe train remained on tbe track. None of the passengers or crew was seri ously hurt, but several were pain fully shaken up. Tbe business portion of tbe town of Grimesland, Pitt county, was prac tically wiped out by fire Friday even ing. Tbe fire started about 6 o’clock in tbe upper story of J. J. Mason’s store, burning botji ways and destroy ing every buildiag on tbe south side ot tbe street. There is do fire depart ment or water supply there and tbe flames could not be checked until everything within their reach was burned, eleven buildings iu all. Tbe aggr gate loss was $25 000, with one- fourth Insurance. Something of a stir was created in tbe Superior Court iu Asheville Fri day morning when tbe jury iu tbe case of W. L. M. Creasman, charged with the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, returned a verdict of not guilty, and Judge Hoke said to tbe jury: “No self-respecting jury could justify this verdict except upon the ground that they believed the prose cutrix was not an innocent woman at the time the defendant had Inces tuous knowledge^ of her.” Judge Hoke’s remark wfifbads after dsiib- eration, and not hastily. In tbe January Bulletin of the State Board of Health, Prof. Gerald McCarthy, State biologist, presents a valuable report. He says that there are oyer 1,000 deathe every year in North Carolina from typhoid fever, tbe average cost of medical attend ance and medicine being $80; aver age lose of wages during alekneee, about $60; that by proper measures at least half tba eases art preventa ble ; that tbe annual pravantable lose State of r to tbe people and North Oar- > peopi ollna alone from typhoid fever la not lata than $385,000. Friday morning a man giving bis name and address as Tom Lee. 201 East Fourteenth street, New York, arrived in Monroe, and demanded an interview with tbe supposed safe crackers, claiming to be tbeir frieud. At first be was refused an interview, but later two of tbe prisoners, Lang and Rogers, were taken to the city ball, where Lee met them. Tbe re sult was that Mr. Lee gave Mr. Frank Armfield, their attorney, $600 to deposit in the Dank for the prison ers’ use. He said be was willing to spend $1,000 more if necessary. He also spoke of bringing James W. Os borne, assistant district attorney of New York, to Monroe when the gen eral charges are preferred. THE PHONE FEVER. The People of Lower Chrokee County Eager for Telephone Connection!!. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Feb. 14—Miss Nellie Mitchell, one of King’s Creek's most attractive young ladies, who has been visiting relatives and friends at Union, returned from there yester day on her way home. She was ac companied by Mr. Eugene Carter, of Union Our people—a good many of them, at least—have the “’phone fever.” We now have connection with all the neighboring towns through the Hickory Grove office which is so faithfully attended to by Miss Vergie Roberts. Yesterday evening we had the pleasure of meeting H. F. Gumtree, our wide awake correspondeut of Lawn. “Bettie” and “Gum” are staunch friends of The Ledger and well does it merit tbeir support. We shall lister, fr r ‘ Gum” to give eomebody Hail Columbia for tbe bad roads we have. We are much in favor of the county’s move to have good roads. Improved machinery with skillful engineering and faithful work will bring this much needed reform about. Some of our Ledger readers at a distance seem to think, from reading our letters, that ^urs is a sporting community, as we pcake freqqent re ference to the youn^ people s parties, etc. We, of course, don’t like tbo idea of being called “eports,” but we can’t help it sometimes, especially when tbe impression has gone out that we are sueb. Were we to give our ideas along these lines and pay our respects to some of tbe question able games, plays, etc. we would bring a tirade of abuse upon our self. Mr. Boyce Wbisonant has gone on the York side of tbe river to spend a few days: Miss Eugenia Meng is teaching the SunuyeHe school. We are glad to learn that Mr, Howell Horton’s son, who was burned so badly some time ago, is getting ou tolerably well and there are somq hopes of bis final recovery this morning. Mr. Elipbas Horton,of Maud, returned from a visit to see the Buffer ing young man, but be has little hopes of bis recovery. The old Confederate veterans are beginning to make their plans to at tend the U, C. Veteran’s meeting in New Orleans next May. It will be a nice trip at that season of tbe year, and all wbo can attend should do so. We hope our State will be well rep resented. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. N. Strain and Master Archie, are vUiting relatives near Hickory Grove. The oat sowing season is now ou band-and seed are scarce. As .soon as the lend will permit, we expect to see the plows begin to move J. l. s. To St. Louis in a Boat. man Last Sunday there was a camped at Gaffney’s ferry on Broad river in this county by tbe name of Forrest Jolly. He is traveling in a boat that be built up about the mouth of Green river for tbe purpose of going to tbe Loaisiat-'' Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. It is strongly built and has a comfortable cabin io it. He says be is on bis way to tbe exposition now, and having given himself ample time, will be there with bis boat when it opens. A look at the map shows that he bas a big job ahead, but bis “Tar Heel” energy may enable bim to aocomplieh bis purpose. “Uncle Jap*’ Doe* tbe Hoaon. Uncle Jasper Pinson, a gallant Confedrate veteran, entertained tne oonnty pension commissioners and all tbe members of tbe board and a few others of bis comrades at dinner Saturday. Uncle “Jap” was a most gallant host and his cordiality and tempting viands mads tbe occasion a most pleasant one, one that was greatly enjoyed and will long be re membered. One of tb» fortunate ones toid us tba^Unele “Jap’s” ra tions bad improved wonderfully since tbe sixties. . i.iiJ.>Aai* ii A man usually blows In a lot ot money on a'blowout.