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THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE.
Mtems of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
ttventu that Have Taken Place from One
Usd of the State to the Other Called from
KxehangeN for ^ulck Heading: by Scoren
of Busy People.
Mr. John F. Gordon picked some
thing like a bale of cotton from his
farm, four miles north of Yorkville,
last week.
Mr. S. L Miller, of Columbia, has
presented to the King’s Mountain Mil
itary academy a handsome gold medal
to-be won by the best drilled cadet of
the corps. The right to the medal is
to be determined-by quarterly con
tests.
The necessary delay in the inaugu
ration of the steamboat line on the
Congaree is over. The work of build
ing a proper boat is now to be com
menced and will be rapidly pushed,
and in a few months Columbia’s
dream of years will have been realized.
Monday afternoon’s storm broke
with terrific force over Greenwood
county. For a radius of twenty miles
around Honea Path it played havoc
with barns, timber, stock, fences, etc.
Two men were killed outright at
Honea Path and a number of others
were injured.
Gov. Heyward was Monday advised
of the death of Mr. M. B. Hiott, who
wa§ elected probate judge of Colleton
couty last fall, but who had not yet
been commissioned. The governor
will order a special election to fill the
vacancy thus created, the office being
an elective one.
E F. Hall, a well-known locomo
tive engineer on the Coast Line, was
found dead in bed at Florence Sunday
morning Mr. Hall was feeling badly
Saturday, but nothing serious was
^ ^ thought to be the matter with him.
Mrs. Hall attempted to awake him,
but found him cold in death.
Luther Thompson, a farmer living
near .. ranchville, was shot and pain
fully wounded Monday morning by
Angus Barrs. It appears that Thomp
son and Barrs were fishing together
and it seems that a dispute arose as
to whom the fishing tackle belonged,
and as a result Thompson is shot.
-v* Mayor Smyth of Charleston left
Monday afternoon for Washington,
where he goes to have a conference
with Admiral Endicott with reference
to the right of way through a strip of
land, belonging to the Burton Lum
ber Company, just north of the naval
station, and other matters connected
with the Charleston navy yard.
Sheriff Dull of Monroe, Mich., ar
rived in Charleston Tuesaay morning
for Charles D. Smith, the alleged big
amist. He expected to return the
same afternoon at 5 o’clock, but
Smith refused to leave without requi
sition papers, and it will b6 several
days before the sheriff will be able to
leave Charleston with bis prisoner.
Aesurances from General Chaffee
lend credence to the report that the
garrison at Fort Getty, near Charles
ton, wilt be strengthened by reinforce
ments detached from that branch of
the army on duty in the Pbiiippines.
Only the 3d and 17th companies,
cOdSt artillery, are stationed there
now, making a total of 227 men, in
cluding officers.
Magistrate J. A. Ackerman, acting
coroner, has held the inquest over the
dead body of Henry Jacques, who was
killed near Cottageville, Colleton
county, by Allen Adams. The ver
dict of the jury was that Henry
Jacques met bis death by a gunshot
wound inflicted by the hands of Allen
Adams and that Henry Hoff is an ac
cessory to the fact.
On Thursday night, in the upper
section of Colleton, near Walterboro,
Gus Green, at a negro picnic, crushed
Abram Williams’ skull. Williams, it
seems, was holding too good a hand
with a dusky damsel to suit Green
when the latter left the room and re
turned In a few minutes with an axe
handle and lost no time in testing the
thickness of Williams’ head.
Freight No. 17 on the 0. & W. C.
railroad, which left Greenwood Mon
day afternoon at 5:50 was wrecked at
Madden, near Laurens. Engineer Dim-
mocks and Conductor Verdery, of Au
gusta, were in charge of the traio
which carried eighteen oars—fourteen
ofjthem loaded. A spreading rail threw
the train clear of the track overturning
nine oars and seriously Injuring Con
ductor Verdery and Flagman Russell,
formerly of Troy.
The barn of Mr. W. M. Campbell,
Vorbo lives about aeren miles northeast
of Yorkville on tbs Charlotte road,
was blown down by the hurricane of
last Monday afternoon. As It hap
pened, there was only one horae under
shelter at the time, the other animals
being loose in the lot. This horse was
caught under the falling timbers and
its leg was broken. The contents of
the barn, such as roughness, were
pretty well scattered about the place.
Mr. Campbell’s loss amounts to some
$300 or more.
Secretary Watson, of the Columbia
Chamber of Commerce, has received
an offer from a Virginia gentleman of
a valuable tract of South Carolina
land not over 55 miles from Columbia
for the proposed colony of French Ca
nadians. The tract contains 20 000
acres, 10,000 additional being obtaina
ble if desired. The figure is within
the limit indicated by Father Prevost.
The land is in a section of the state
regarded most favorably by Father
Prevost when he was there last week,
and is on the main line of one of the
large trunk systems.
PREACHING AT ABINGDON.
Rev. Mr. Weldon, the New Pastor, Makes
Strong Impression on the People.
tCorrespondence of The Leager.j
Etta Jane, Feb. 16.—The weather
is warm and sultry and there are
many indications of rain.
We attendedjpreaching at Abingdon
yesterday, and heard a very strong
and impressive sermon from Rev.
Mr. Weldon, of Greenville. Mr. Wel
don used as his text these words:
“As Moses lifted up the serpent,
even so must the Sou of Man be
lifted up,” and while handling these
words Mr. Weldon proved himself to
be one who was well versed in meta
physics. As a speaker he is very
fluent, and very social as a man. He
said in part: “All men have been
bitten by these fiery serpents of sin,
while Christ holds up life to all,
but men refuse to look that they
may be saved. As people of old who
were too stubborn-minded to look,
even so people of this day refuse to
look that they may be healed.” Mr.
Weldon made a strong impression on
the people of Abingdon and they are
to be congratulated on securing him
as their pastor for this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Estes gave the
young people a “Valentine drawing”
oc 8t. Valentine’s night, and a good-
‘y number gathered there to enjoy
themselves, which they did until
a late hour.
Miss Whisonant, an accomplished
and charming young lady from Shel
by, N. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Martin Roberts, near here.
The long talked of telephone to
this place has been completed and is
now flashing the news over the Broad,
whose waters are no longer a barrier
between our people and our neigh
bors beyond.
All *ia quiet here and news is
scarce. Sambo.
Nearly Forfeit* Ills Life.
A runaway almost ending fatally,
started a horrible ulcer ou the leg of
J B. Orner, Franklin Grove, III. For
four years it defied all doctors and all
remedies. But Bucklen’«» Arnica Salve
had no trouble to cure him. Equally
good for Burns, Bruises. Skin Erup
tions and Piles. 25c at Cherokee Drug
Co.
Most any woman would rather be
locked up in an insane asylum than
an inatitutiou for the dumb.
Lard Kxpenslvo and Injurious.
Lard is not only expensive but in
jurious to the health when used in
liberal quantities. To make the so-
called cheap patent flours white
enough, the life is all ground oat 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 differend’ in
price but get a more healthful and
nutritious food product. Health and
economy dictate the useof “Clfiton.”
The more a woman suffers from a
man the more sacred to her it makes
her love for him.
Danger of Pneumonia
A cold at this time is liable to cause
pneumonia which is so often fatal,
and even when the patient has recov
ered the lungs are weakened, making
them peculiarly susceptible to the
development of consumption. Foley’a
Honey and Tar ^111 stop the cough,
heal and strengthen the lungs and
prevent pneumonia. Cherokee Drug
Co.
Nothing makes a man feel so sold
as to set out to chase a woman and
find she is chasing him.
Foley's Honey and Tnr
Cares coughs and colds.
Cares bronchitis and asthma.
Cares oroap and whooping coagh.
Cares boarsaess and bronchial troub
les.
Cares pneumonia and la grippe.
Cherokee Drag Co.
CHRISTMAS IN
FAR AWAY
Is Not Observed by Natives
of This Heathan Land.
SERVICES IN CHINESE.
Religious Meetings Conducted In Chinese
Language are Well Attended and Natives
Profess a Desire to Join the Church-
Peace in China.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.*
The Ledger:—Christmas in China
is a very different affair from what It
is at home. That is, the Chinese
have no Christmas at all, but still the
old feeling of Christmas and New
Year will come to the exiles here, and
a turkey and plum pudding help a
lot. In Chinkiang there has been
lying a German man of war, and some
of the sailors have had a match game
of foot ball with some of the men of
the place, and so there has been some
sport of that kind. We had a Christ
mas sermon in the chapel, and the
attendance was pretty good.
I read in The Ledger of the meet
ings of Mr. Broughton, and I judge
Gaffney must be having a “good
time,” for people like to go to meet
ings. It is a good thing to have
something like that to enjoy. Let us
hope that much good has come from
those meetings. It is, however, the
common every-day work that counts,
and these common workers ought not
to be left out of the account. We
have just held a meeting here in Chi
nese. We had good crowds and there
were about seventy names received,
and some twenty-odd who said they
wished to join the church. We have
not received any yet, and it is not
certain how many we will get of
them finally. I have given them six
months preparation. It must be a
fine thing to stand before a great au
dience and preach, where all are in
sympathy, and there is ready re
sponse, and where Christ is known
and honored, but it seems to me it is
a finer thing to stand before an audi
ence most of wham have never heard
the Gospel, and few of whom have
much sympathy with what is being
said, yet listening to the new yet old
story of Salvation. What a grand
thing it is to tell people the great
news for the first time! Why do not
more of our preachers at home come
and help us? My parish has about
two millions, and it is simply impos
sible for me to get around among
them all. How muctt is spent in
churches and on preaching in Gaff
ney? Is there a single individual in
or about that growing place that has
not or could not hear and accept the
Gospel? There are tens of thousands
about here who do not know and have
no one to tell them. Is that fair? A
young man who had just come to the
port the other day said to me, “Why
don’t you missionaries work among
the foreigners first and get them
saved, and then you can go to the
Chinese?” 1 said: “Suppose there
were two districts where there was a
famine, and I had bread to give away,
and could give my assistance to only
one of them, to which ought I to go ?
I find that one of them has the means
of getting grain and food, but because
of carelessness or indifference do not
care to trouble themselves to go and
take it, but the other could not get
the grain, had no means and were
starving. Where ought I to go? Or
if two men are thrown into the water,
one of them can swim, and one of
them cannot, ought I to spend my
time trying to help the one that can
swim, and let the one who could not
swim drown’ Ought we not to help
where most help is needed?”#'
“Go ye into all the world and
preach the Gospel to every creature,”
is very plain. What we are working
for here is not to give the Chinese
new clothes to wear, nor to educate
them, nor even to civilize them, but
we are working to give them a knowl
edge of Jesus, without wb uh they
cannot see God Is not our Gospel
one of good will and unselfishness?
“No evil can come out of good,” and
where there is a pure, unselfish mo
tive lo helping others no evil can
come.
Is there not something beautiful in
loving kindness and good will? Is it
unselfish to love only those who love
us? Why not let our hearts be big
enough to take io all the world, and
pray and work for the reign of genu
ine peace and good will? When yon
judge people is it oot better to lean
to the charitable side, to judge justly,
bat ia love and good will? One may
be just in fact and unjust in spirit,
because tbe judgment is made with
ill feeling and hatred rather thin in
charity and good will.
1 know you who read this are not
probably in need of preaching, and so
I must not burden you with admoui-
tions, but let me hope that you will
find a true opportunity to give vent
to your desire to do good. Tbe law
of life le expansion, and when a man
ceases to grow he begins to die, as
much in his Christian life as in his
physical life.
I am glad to say that we have peace
in China, so far as we are concerned.
There are constant rumors of rebel
lions. and litt'' wars and such like,
but they do not bother us in the
least. What this big nation of China
is finally going to come to it is hard
to say, but her only hope is the Gos
pel of Jesus, and of that I am sure.
If you want uie to tell you curious
things about China. I shall have to
ask you to wait till next time, or
maybe if you would go iver into the
neighboring district you would find
some curious things. There, are lots
of curious things in the world.
W. E. Crocker.
Jan. 3,1903
Better Than UoiU.
“I was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion and nervous
debility,” writes F. J. Green, of Lan
caster. N. H. “No remedy helped me
until I began using Electric Bitters,
wliich did me more good than all the
medicines I ever used. They have
also kept my wife in excellent health
for years 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.
Countess Fanny Xampini Salazar,of
Rome, is lecturing in Boston. She has
been commissioned by the Italian gov
ernment to report, while in this coun
try, on a number of educational ques
tions.
A Weak Stomach
causes a weak body and invites dis
ease. Kodul 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 I lost
all strength and run down in weight.
Ail that 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 benefitted
me, and after taking four bottles I
am fully restored to my usual
strength, weight and health.” Chero
kee Drug Co.
It depends on what you do when
you are out of bed whether early
rising is beneficial or not. The world
would be better off if some people
never get up.
The Kasy Pill.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers do not
gripe nor weaken the system. They
cure biliousness, jaundice, constipa
tion and inactive livers, by arousing
the secretions, moving the boweU
gently yet effectually, and giving such
tone and strength to the glands of the
stomach, liver and bowels that the
cause of the trouble is removed en
tirely. These famous little pills exert
a decided tonic effect upon the organs
involved, and if their use is continued
for a few days there will be no return
of the trouble. Cherokee Drug Co.
A woman generally has to have a
long time to make up her mini, but
lightning is slew in comparison when
she changes it.
Maitland, Fla.
The Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co.,
Baltimore, Md.
Gentlemen :—I have had eczema
over thirty years, have tried many
remedies prescribed by various physi
cians, but to nothing has the disease
yielded 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 tbe best remedy for cutaneous
affections I have ever known, and re
gard it as the greatest medical dis
covery of the age.
Respectfully yours,
W. A. Heard, M. D.
For sale by the Cherokee Drug Co
Recently a Chinese professor in a
government college made application
for fifty English Bibles for use of the
students.
The Value Of Expert Treatment.
Everyone who is afflicted with a
chronic disease experience great diffi
culty in having their case intelli
gently treated by the average physi-
oian. These diseases can only be
cured by a specialist who understand
them thoroughly. Dr. J. Newton
Hathaway, of AtlantaGa., is acknowl
edged tbe most skillful and successful
specialist in tbe United States. Write
him for bis expert opinion of your
case, for which be makes no charge.
True charity begins at home, but
It doesn’t always end there.
Pneumonia Follows a Cold
but never follows tbe use of Foley’s
Hooey and Tar. It stops tbe oougb,
heals and strengtnens tbe lungs a ad
affords perfect security from ao at
tack of pneumonia. Refuse substi
tutes. Oberokee Drug Oo.
THE
TU HEEL STATE.
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Interesting Items Concerning Our Neigh
bors Beyond the Line Which May Provt
Entertaining Heading for Hundreds of
Ledger Headers.
Ninety-nine convicts were sent to
Hillsboro Wednesday afternoon from
the Raleigh penitentiary to quarry
«tone for ballasting the track of the
North Carolina Railroad. Quarters
have been specially built for them.
Hubbard Terrell, colored, was Tues
day convicted in he Winston Su
perior Court of making several at
tempts to criminally assault Miss
Ella Greer, a young white woman of
that place. Judge Shaw gave him
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Tuesday afternoon a little after 3
o’clock the residence of C. M. Hobbs,
on Watson’s Heights, in Rockingham,
was destroyed by fire. Mr. Hobbs is
a traveling salesman and was away
from home at the time. Mrs. Hobbs
and the children were at a neighbor’s.
There was a freight wreck on the
Spartanburg it Asheville division of
the Southern Railway Tuesday morn
ing, which held up traffic and trans
portation from Spartanburg to Ashe
ville well nigh the entire day. In a
cut near Melrose a freight engine and
three box cars w- r- tf r.’-d ..rut the
track fora cons'iWui.o oj».nwas
torn up. The cause of the wreck is
not known. No one was injured.
The remains of the late A. N. Dos-
sett, of Durham, who was killed by
an accident on board the battleship
Massachusetts, were interred in the
city cemetery in Durham Tuesday af
ternoon at 5 o’clock The body now
rests in the soldiers’ lot, purchased
since the war with Spain. The pall
bearers were furnished by the two
military companies. The deceased
was hurt on January 16 and died in
Porto Rico on January 22.
The depot at Harrisburg on the
Southern Railway, 14 miles from
Charlotte, was burned Wednesday
morning about 7 o’clock. The fire
was caused by the explosion of a gas
oline stove in the building. A strong
effort was made to save the building,
but tbe flames spread rapidly and it
was only a few minutes before the en
tire house was aflame. It was a sub
stantial frame structure, and there
was considerable freight stored in the
building.
On last Thursday, while gathering
galax on tbe Grandmother Mountain
about two miles east of Kawana post-
office, Mitchell county, Mrs. E. B.
Robbins found a very large bear in
her bed with three small cubs. She
not knowing what to do, guarded the
bears and sent a small boy after her
brother, Fate Thompson, a son of the
famous hunter, John Thompson. He
soon arrived with bis gun. After
firing two shots he killed bis prey and
captured tbe three small cubs, which
he sold for $15 00.
Nathan Dwiggins, a colored back-
man who lives on the corner of
Springs and Alexander streets in
Charlotte, and Kitty West, who lives
on Spring street, adjoining Dwiggins,
suffered severe loss from fire Tuesday
night. The fire was discovered at
12:25 o’clock in the morning in tbe
barn belonging to Dwiggins He lost
two horses, a surrey and some pro
vender. The Weet woman lost not
only her house but all her furniture.
Her loss is abor t $3 000. Dwiggins’
loss was about $500.
Junius C. Watson, a fireman on tbe
Southern Railroad, and a young man
of a highly respected family of Guil
ford county, has been bound over to
court by a committing magistrate for
seduction under promise of marriage
of Miss Versia M. Glenn, the nine
teen-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank F. Glenn, of Greensboro.
Miss Glenn is a well known saleslady
of the city, of attractive personality.
Watson was required to give a five
hundred dollar bond, but it was later
reduced to three hundred, which he
gave.
A serious altercation took place in
Albemarle Tuesday morning between
L. P. McCall and W. D. Hamsond,
two operatives of the Wiscassett
Mills. They had a dispute regarding
some work in the mills which cnlml-
nated in their going at each other
with knives. McCall escaped unhurt
while Hammond did not fare so well.
Ooe of bis bands was badly cut and
he came very near bleeding to death
before a physician could reach him.
He also received a serious stab in tbe
shoulder. McCall skipped at once
aud has not yet been apprehended.
Mr. M. E. Greene, one of tbe pro
prietor* of tbe Oafe Lelmo in Dur.
bam, had very near a serious acci
dent Sunday afternoon. While taking
a bath in the bath room of the Lough*
lin building about 6 o’clock in tbs
afternoon, he was heating the water
by gas, and failed to notice hat there
was no pipe placed to curry off the
burnt gas until be had inhaled enough
of the stuff to weaken him and be*
fore he could get out of the room wa|
overcome entirely and fell. Some
gentlemen who had rooms on the
same floor beard the fail and hurried
to his rescue, pulling him from the
room.
Tendency uf the Times.
The tendency of medical science it
toward preventive measures The best
thought of the world is being given te
the subject. It is easier and better to
prevent than cure. It has been fully
demonstrated that pneumonia, one of
the most dangerous diseases that
medical men have to contend with,
can be prevented by the use of Chant#-
berlain’s Cough Remedy. Pneumonio
always results from a cold or from ao
attack of influenza (grip), and it ha|
been observed that this remedy cout#
teracts any tendency of these disease!
toward pneumonia. This has beeo
fully proven in many thousands of
cases in which this remedy has beeo
used during the great prevalence of
colds and grip in recent years, and
can be relied upon with implicit con
fidence. Pneumonia often result!
from a slight cold when no danger it
apprehended until it is suddenly dis
covered that there is fever and diffi
culty in breathing and pains in tht
chest, then it is announced that tht
patient has pneumonia. Be on tht
safe side and take Chatnberlain’i
Cough Remedy as soon as the cold it
contracted. It always cures. F*f
sale by Cherokee IPug Co., Gaffney,
S. C., or L. D. A! i j * j , Cowpens.
Booker Washington recently mad*
tbe statement that he lias kept a re
cord of all his students and graduate*,
and “no one of them has ever brokei
into either the penitentiary or Con
gress ”
Wanted.
We would like to ask, through the
coluwins of your paper, if there is any
person who has used Green’s August
Fiow«r for the cure of Indigestion.
Dyspepsia, and Liver Trouble thal
has not been cured—and we also meal
their results such as sour stomach,
fermentation of food, habitual co*
tiveness, nervous dyspepsia, head
aches, despondent feelings, sleepless
ness—in fact, any trouble connected
with the stomach or liver? Thii
medicine has been sold for many
years in all civilized countries, ani
we wish to correspond with you &n4
send you one of our book* free of
cost. If you never tried August
Flower, try a 25 cent bottle first. W#
have never known of its failing. If
so, something more serious is the
matter with you. The 25 cent sitt
has just been introduced this year.
Regular size 75 cents. At all drug
gist. G. G. Green,
Woodbury, N. J.
By looking closely the available
man may see upon tbe door ot tht
grass widow’s heart this sign : “Don!t
knock. Walk in.”
One Minute Cough Cure gives relief
in one minute, because it kills the
microbe which tickles tbe mucoue
membrane, causing the cough, and al
the same time clears the phlegm,
draws out the inflammation and heaiB
and soothes tbe affected parts. One
Minute Cough Cure strengthens the
lungs, wards off pneumonia and is e
harmless and never failing cure in aQ
curable cases of Coughs, Colds ant
Croup. One Minute Cough Cure U
pleasant to take, harmless and good
alike for young and old. Cherokel
Drug Co.
Silence may be a good substitute
for wisdom, but it’s difficult for tbe
man who is short of wisdom to kee}
his mouth shut.
A Severs Cold for Three Months.
The following letter from A. J. Nue-
baum, of Batesville, Ind., tells it!
own story. “I suffered for three
month i with a severe cold: A drug
gist prepared me some medicine, and
a physician prescribed for me, yet I
did oot improve. I then tried Foley*!
Hooey and Tar, and eight doses cured
me.” Refuse substitutes. Cherokee
Drug Co.
A bill, aiming to disfranchise the
negro, has been introduced in tbe Mis
souri legislature.
The reason why Hancock’s Liquid
Sulphur should be in every house, it
is indorsed and prescribed by tbe
leading physicians, for such disease!
as Ecsema, Pimples, Ringworm, Salt
Rbeum, Dandruff, Diphtheria, Sore
Throat, Cuts, Burns. Open Sores, an#
all blood and skin troubles. No
borne should be without It. For sale
by the Cherokee Drug Co.
Nothing makes a mao feel so sold
as to set out to chase a woman and
find she is chasing him.
Fewer gallooi; wears longer; Devoa,