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If t THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wc, GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16Tl894 GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1903. $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. UventM that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Called from KxchaugeM for Quick Heading by Scores of Baity People. The county commissionera of Spar tanburg have purchased two thor oughbred bloodhounda for use in run ning down criminals. The electrical railway for Union is an assured fact. The contract has already been let. The road will first be equipped between Union and Buf falo. The town of Peaks, in Lexington county, was burned Thursday morn ing at an early hour. Peaks is a place of about 500 inhabitants, and the business section of the town com prises about a dozen stores. Tim Dent, a notoriously^bad negro, who has been confined in the Spar tanburg jail on a charge of breaking into the drug store of Rowe & Rowe, in that city some weeks ago, was Fri day released from custody on a $200 bond. Saturday morning Wash Kinsley, a demented colored man, was found dead in the drain near the corner of Gates and Indigo streets, in Columbia. The land lies low at this place and the drain is constantly running with water. The storm of Saturday morning blew down the old Linder house near Cowptns, in Spartanburg county, and killed Claude Reynolds, one of the in mates. a boy twelve years old. Sev eral others of the family were more or less seriously injured. A gentleman of Spartanburg dis played something unusual Friday in the shape of a postal card which he had received from a lady of that city, who, after paying a penny for the postal card hud taken the extra pains to place a one-cent stamp on the card to make its transmission doubly sure. Edward Footer, the young student who was shot by his teacher, Prof. lEeuben B. Pitts, at Inman, died Fri day at noon. Reuben B Pitts, who is confined in the county jail at Spar tanburg, is now charged in the eyes of the law with the murder of Edward Foster and he will have to stand trial. A very sad tragedy occurred In Co lumbia’s sister town, Brookland, Sat urday night. Mr. John Bundrick was shot and instantly killed by a friend, Mr. Bob Doyle. The sad homicide was the result of ac attempt to arrest an unknown negro, and the fatal shot was fired from a pistol knocked from the negro’s hand. Solicitor Sease has been serv notice that the attorneys for B. Pitts, who killed Ed. Foster at In mans, will apply for bail before his honor, Judge James Aldrich, in Spar tanburg, this morning at 10 o’clock. 'The attorneys for the defendant are 'Simpson & Bomar, Nicholle & Jones, and Mr. Stanyarne Wilson. The suit for $20,000 against Hall’s animal show, recently filed in Charles ton by Saul Bowmau, whose son, Raymond Bowman, was bitten oy a leopard several weeks ago, was settled Thursday morning to the entire satis faction of the parties concerned. The terms of the settlement were not given out by the attorneys in the case. The secretary of state Thursday issued a commission to the Enterprise Tobacco (Company of Florence, whieb proposes to operate tobacco ware houses and stemmeries and manufac ture plug and smoking tobacco. A commission was aho issued to the Yorkvilie Building and Loan Associa tion of Yorkvilie. which will have a capital stock of $811,000. Governor Heyward received a tele gram from Senator Tillman Saturday afternoon saying that he thought he would get a considerable sum from the government on account of the claims of the state. In order to get the amount he said that it would be necessary to sign papers without de lay and he asked the governor to au thorize the signature of his name to necessary papers. John Ambler, a well known drum mer, has made complaint to the rail road commission that the Atlantic Coast Line refused to haul him and baggage from Laurens to McCormick, and be sent the railroad an itemized account of the damage suffered which consisted of $5 a day salary and $2 a day expense account. The railroad refused to pay it and the commission backs the company in its refusal. The police have captured Charley Hall, the negro who shot Jim Patter son In Columbia Friday night. The wounded man is at the Taylor Lane hospital, in that city, and will prob ably die. He was shot in the back and is paralyzed from the effects of the wound, the ball having injured the spinal column. The affair oc curred on Laurel street, by the south fence surrounding the governor’s mansion. Gillam Wilbanks, the twelve-year- old son of Mrs. Laura E. Wilbanks, Saturday night, at 7.15 o’clock, at the home of his mother, in Fall street in Greenville, shot and killed Tom Wil son, a character who has been in the ‘clutches of the law. Wilson was cursing the boy’s mother and threat ened to kill the entire family, when the shooting occurred. Wilbanks surrendered to the police and was placed in jail. Joe Keenan was hanged in Green ville Friday for the murder of Sam Williman, a well known white man of Greenville, about two months ago. The negro was convicted on January 27th to be hanged on February 27th. The gallows on which Keenan was hanged has served in many previous executions and has some interesting history connected with it. Keenan said before his death: “I meant to shoot Mr. Williman so I could get away, but I did not mean to kill bim.” Capt. J. O. Westfield, one of Green ville’s most prominent citizens, was seriously stabbed Thursday morning by Bud Lewis, the negro porter at the Mansion House. Capt. Westfield, it seems, had gone to collect rent from the negro. Lewis banded Capt. West- field a five dollar bill and asked for the change. The only witness, a ne gro boy, says that Capt. Westfield tolt the negro he would give bim the change up at his office and that there upon the negro drew a knife anc stabbed Capt. Westfield three times. The wounds are dangerous, but not necessarily fatal. Lewis made his escape. L.»wu l ;iroincK. (Correspondence of The Ledger.! Lawn, March, 2:—The appoint ment of R. S. Spencer, of this place, to the office of township commission er. has, so far as wc have been able to learn, given entire satisfaction. “Mage” is the right man in the right place. Will Corry, colored, of Jeter, was arrested lust Monday and brought before Magistrate J. W. Alexander, charged with the violation of con tract. Will, having previously spent thirty days with the good road’s so ciety, effected a compromise with his prosecutor, rather than try it again. We commend Cherokee's senator and representatives for their deport ment during the recent session of the legislature. We think that it would be hard to get three men who would have better represented the general interest of the coupty. Our farmers got in several days, work on their farms last week. We are having some sickness in our section, but no cases of a very serious nature, that we have heard of. H. P. Gcmtree. Billy’s Bugged Path. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Bowliksvtlle, Feb. 26:—We do not quite understand “Billy’s” apology; for he asked to be pardoned if he re ferred to Corinth school, and then made matters worse by saying he had reference to all schools—and Corinth surely is one of the “all schools.” Yes, Billy, we think you must have had a “rugged path,” traveling around to find out so much about all the schools. I guess we should say “Uncle Bil ly,” now, as papa says to call all gen tlemen “uncle” when they have got ten to be “old bachelor” men. We had been thinking that some other schools had good teachers too, but we guess “Uncle Billy” knows. “Unci® Billy,” why did you not go around the road? I am sorry you went that “rugged path,” and. too, it ad vanced you so much in years in the last month 1 With a heart full of sympathy for “Uncle i-Uly,” we wish him a good night’s resL Sissie. Caution l This is not a gentle word—but when you think how liable you are not to purchase the only remedy univer sally known and a remedy that has bad the largest sale of any medicine in the world since 1868 for the cure and treatment of Consumption and Throat and Lung troubles without losing its great popularity all these years, you will be thankful we called your attention to Boschee’s German Syrup. There are so many ordinary cough remedies made by druggists and others that are cheap and good for light colds perhaps, but for severe Coughs, Bronchitis, Croup—and es pecially for Consumption^ where there is difficult expectoration and c ugh- ing during the nights and mornings, there is nothing like German Syrup. The 25 cent size has just been intro duced this year. Regular size 75 cents. At all druggist. G. G. Green, Woodbury, N. J. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People You Know anil People You Don’t ’ Know Mayor Little was in Spartanburg Friday. H. D. Mathis, of Ravenna, was in the city Saturday. Magistrate John W. Alexander came to the city yesterday. C. C. Roberts, a prominent citizen of Shelby, N. C., was in the city Fri day looking after his interests in this county. He favored The Ledger with a call. Peter Byars, of Mt. Paran, was among his friends in the city Satur day. \ Hoag Allison, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. Lee Allen, of Bowlinsville, was in the city Saturday. He called on The Ledger. W. H. Henderson, of Cherokee township, was in the city yesterday. Kinyon Blanton, of Maud, was a city visitor Saturday. Albert Bettis, a sterling Mt. Patan farmer, was a business visitor in the city Friday. County Commissioner R. C. Parker, of Mt. Paran, was in the city yester day. R. H. Taylor, of Thickety, was a Ledger visitor Friday. R. G. Black, of Grassy Pond, was in the city Saturday. W. B. Isler, from across the Broad, paid The Ledger a visit yesterday. Rev. A. D. Davidson, of Beaver Dam, was in the city Friday. A. B. Holmes, of Charlotte, N. C., was in the city the last of the week, on business and visiting relatives and friends. Judge Dantzler arrived in the city Saturday afternoon and is a guest of the Commercial Hotel. Luther Thompson, of Lawn, was the first Ledger visitor yesterday morning. He renewed. Dever Little was in Spartanburg Sunday. A. 8. Smith, a prominent farmer of Aigood. was in the city Saturday. Fred V. Turner, who has been buying cotton in Georgia this winter, arrived in the city Friday in response to a telegram announcing the illness of his mother, Mrs. Susan Turner. We are glad to state that Mrs. Tur ner is better. J. B. Huskey, of Grassy Pond, was a Ledger visitor Saturday. J H. Fowler, of Etta Jane, was in the city yesterday. D. L. Cooper wae a city visitor Sat urday. Mrs. W. M. Young aud Miss Lela Blankenship, of Forest City. C., •are in the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Solon Scoggins. R. H. Taylor, of White Plains, was « Ledger caller Friday. W. A. Jones, of Cherokee township came to the city. A. M. Bridges, E?q., of Blacksburg, was in the city Saturday. He paid The Ledger a visit. J. A. Whisonant, of Antioch, was in the city yesterday. J. E. Gault, of Gowdysville, came cp to the city Saturday. A. J. Jolly, of Grassy Pond, called on The Ledger Friday and sub scribed. W. H. Martin, of Ezells, was a cit/ visitor Saturday. V\ . E. M. Kirby, of Grindal, was in the city yesterday. Wm. F. Dye, a prominent citizen of Blacksburg, made a business visit to the city Friday. Capt. W. P. Love, of Loves Springs, came to the city Saturday. E. R. Sapoch, an enterprising Cher- okeean from beyond the Broad, was in the city on business Friday. M. C. Lipscomb, of White Plains, was a city visitor Saturday. t Dr. R. F. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, was in the city yesterday. M. W. Brown, of Ravenna, was in tue city Friday. J. C. Hayden, of Blacksburg, spent some time in the city Saturday. Mr. Robt. Wilson, of York county, was in the city yesterday on business. John W. Brown, i prominent plant er of Rav&nna, was a city visitor Fri day. Magistrate R. W. Lee, of White Plains, was in the city Saturday. E P. Macomson, Esq., of Mercer, was in the city yesterday. Mrs Gilbert Wyley, of Buffalo, was in the city Saturday visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McOraw, corner of Montgomery and Petty streets. J. M. Allison, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. Our old friend Mike Sellers, of Jonesville, was in the city Friday. H. Z. Hicks, of Ezells, was iu the city yesterday. Basil Pettit, of Ravenna, made a business trip to the city Saturday. C. G. Parish, of Yorkvilie, spout Sunday iu the city among his many friends, who are always delighted to have him with them. J. J. Gibbons, a prominent citizen of Mt. Paran, came to the city Friday on business. % County Commissioner T. L. Bryant came to the city yesterday. Rst. J. G. Huggins, of Laurens, was in the city Friday returning to bis charge from a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C P. Huggins, of Lawn. Gecrge is a young Cherokeean of whom we are justly proud and his many friends in the county and city always give him a hearty welcome. R. J. W. Moss, of King’s Creek was an appreciated Ledger visitor yester day. Wm. Wisher, a sterling Cherokeean from across the Broad, favored The Ledger with a visit yesterday. J. F. Whisonant, of Blacksburg, was a city visitor yesterday. John H. Henderson and W. H. Por ter, of Shelby, N. C., were in the city yesterday on business T. Jeff Hughes, Jr., of Wilkinsville, was a city visitor yesterday. G. M. and W. T. Moss’ two sterling farmers of Cherokee township, were Ledger visitors yesterday. They re newed. 0. E. Wilkins left the city yester day to be absent a few days on a busi ness trip. , County Commissioner Wm. Cald well was in tho city yesterday. G. Lee Martin, postmaster ac Ezells, was a Ledger visitor yester day. J. J. Krndrick, of Sarratts, was in the city yesterday. . Uncle Joe Huskey was in the city yesterday. Anderson Byers, of Gowdysville township, was a city visitor yester day. THE STORM IN CHEROKEE. Small fioiiHei* and Timber Blown Down But No Injury to Hern on h Reported. Just as the farmers of Cherokee were getting in good working shape, with their plows in full operation, the rain came Friday and stopped all farm work. The rain was enough to stop all out-door wirk. Friday night the wind rose and blew at a brisk rate until about 5 o’clock Saturday morning, when it blew quite a gale, and was accompanied by lightning, thunder and a heavy down-pour of rain, which continued to fail until about 7 o’clo k, which will again stop farm aud garden work several days. The clouds began to pass away in the forenoon when it was unusually warm for the season. We have heard of no damage to property in the city, but in the county we hear of the destruction of a few small houses and considerable damage to timber. The worst dam age we have heard of was near Grassy Pond, were several out houses on Mr. Preyor Humphries’ and Mr. Lee Al lison’s farms were blown down. Considerable damage was also done on the plantations of Mayor J. Q. Little and Capt. 8. S. Ross and others by the blowing down of timber, etc. Since the above was written we learn from Mr. A. S. Smith that the storm was very violent in the neigh borhood of Butler, in this county, where the dwelling house of Mr. Thomas Sellers and all his out build ings were blown down and one of bis cows was killed. Fortuoatsly none of his family was hurt. Iu the same neighborhood a Mr Turner aiso had all his buildings destroyed, his family also escaping without injury. No Court Yeoteruay. Court convened yesterday morning at teu o’clock. Judge Dantzler, Court Stenographer McCaw, the county court officers and all the jurors were present, and Solicitor Henry was expected on a morning train, when the clerk received a tele gram from him,saying that a wreck on the Southern wo Id delay him till noon. Court was then adjourned till 3 o’clock, but before that hour ar rived the clerk received another tele gram from Mr. Henry saying that a second wreck had occurred on the Southern which would detain him till the midnight train. Court then ad journed til! ten o’clock this morning. Townnhlp CoininlMHlonei-H Elected. The township commissioners met yesterday in the office of the county supervisor and elected the following to be county commissioners for the next two years: T. L. Bryant, White Plains; T. M. Littlejohn, Gowdys- ville ; Edmund Pet it, Dray touville ; R. G. Parker, Cherokee; J. A. Scruggs, Morgan; W. C. 8. Wood, Limestone. The county commissioners then met and elected Butler & Osborne county attorneys, Dr. J. N. Nesbit county physician and W. H. Ross clerk. Lard Kxpennlve and Injurlou*. 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 out of the flour; then it la necessary to load it up with lard iu 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 but get a more healthful and nutritious food product. Health and economy dictate the useof “Clf‘ton.” THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, £ From the Mountains to The Sea. v. house as protector. Thompson re sented McLean’s presence as his wife’s protector and h quarrel ensued. Thompson finally drew a pistol and fired at McLean, the ball grazing his side. McLean drew his gun and re- turnedjthe fire, emptying three cham bers of his revolver into Thompson. The wounds are dangerous and are expected to prove fatal. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. IntereRting Items Concerning Our Nelgl*- bor« Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers. John F. Foust, superintendent of the Inter-State Telephone Company’s exchange of Goldsboro, is short in his accounts several hundred dollars and has left the city. A Swede named Charlie Miller was drowned between Manteo, in Dare county, and Nag’s Head Wednesday morning. The boat which he and his companion were in, capsized. The other man was saved. They were both drunk The drowned man was one of tho sea fishermen in camo near Nag’s Head. Henry Young, who m .rdered J. /H. Williamson in Armour’s bar in Hamlet | Saturday night, was capt ured T-iesday night at Monroe by the chief of police there, who will receive four hundred dollars reward. Young is a brother of the jailor of Rocking ham He was delivered to the sheriff of Richmond county. A telegraphic inquiry for blood hounds was received in Wilmington one day last week from Elizabeth town, the county seat of Balden, up the Cape Fear river. Reports saic that two negro brothers named Mc Kinnon, in jail at Elizabethtown for attempting to murder a white man named Peterson, escaped from prison. Some excitement was created in Greensboro Saturday morning by the announcement that four desperate white prisoners had overpowered an officer and escaped from the county jail. Within 30 minutes of the es cape, however, the quartet had been captured and corraled in strong cells in the jail. The escape was made while Jailer Jerome May was super intending the cleaning out of the cells. He had inadvertently left a door open, and at an opportune mo ment the prisoners, who bad pre viously planned the escape, seized the jailer’s revolver and keys and sought liberty out in the open. At Topton, on the summit of Mar ble Mountain, in Cherokee county, some time after midnight Friday night, Dick Birtchfield and John Nelson shot and killed Will Watson. The dead man was shot over the heart and died almost instantly. Both Birtchfield and Nelson made their escape and have not yet been captured. It is said that the killing was the outcome of a remark that vVatson had made concerning Birtch- field’s sistar. All three of the parties concerned are very young, Bitcbfteld, the oldest, being 19, Watson 16 and Nelson the same age. After being killed Watson was left lying where he fell until next morning, when the sheriff and coroner were notified. Beaverdam Brevities. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Beaverdam, March, 1:—Today is so beautiful that the birds are singing — j s — — b^rn, now of Yanceboro, 187 miles from that city, was found in bed Wednesday morning in an uncon scious state. His family immediate ly oummoned medical aid from Wash ington and Greenville, but they ar rived too late, as Mr. Brown was dead. He Ieav< s three daughters and three sons. Tom Duckworth, a labor •• at the marble quarries three mues from Murphy, got his hand fastened in the machinery of a pump Saturday aud lost the ends of two of his.fin^ers. The wounded man was taken to Mur phy and underwent an operation Dr. Maroney amputated the wounded fiingers and it is understood that the man is doing well. Chief Irwin of Charlotte received a letter Thursday morning from Deputy Sheriff W, J. W ; hite, of Spar tanburg, 8. C. He informed the Chief that the Smith hoys recently arrested in Charlotte had been tried, convicted and sentenced for secret assault. Miles Smith, the older of the two, got 16 years in the peniten tiary and Will Smith six years. Wm. J Oliver & Co., of Atlanta, railroad contractors, have brought suit in Rowan Superior Court against the W’hitney Reduction Company and George I. W’hitney to recover the sum of $65,392, as balance due them for the construction of tho railroad, six and three-quarter miles in length, between New London and Hall’s Ferry, on the Yadkin river. The greatest difficulty was found in securing counsel to prosecute Mr. Ernest Haywood, the slayer of Skin ner at Raleigh. Senator H. E. Nor ris hesitated long before be consented finally to accept. The reason for this is that most of the attorneys in Raleigh have been closely associated with Mr. Haywood or his family. The prosecution thought of bringing oounseljfromjout of the State, but this was finally abandoned. The big Avon Cotton mill at Gas tonia was partially wrecked by a storm that struck it Saturday morn ing about six o’clock, demolishing about 150 feet of the second floor wall and tearing off part of the roof and seriously injuring two opera tives, Misses Bessie Lay and Sadie Beatty, neither of whom is expected live, and injuring four or five others. The damage to the mill is estimated at about five thousand dollars. The dead body of Calvin Bur roughs, colored,’- was found near University Station in Durham Fri day. He disappeared from his home 34 days ago and a search was made for him but witwout avail. Friday afternoon . bis body *was found in a mud hole where there was a brick kiln at one time.*- There is no suspicion of foul play. It is suppos ed that Burroughs, who was quite old, wandered away from home and died of hunger and exposure. « Mr. W. J. Thompson, of Maxton, was shot three times Wednesday evening by hi* wife’s nephew, Mo- Lean. Thompson bad been drinking, and fearing to be alone in the bouse with him, Mrs. Thompson sent for her nephew to spend the night at the spring life in it. The Beaverdam Sunday school wa reorganized Sunday by re-electing Mi W. T. Davidson superintendent. H is a good one, having served two year before, and with success. The Beaverdam debating society i moving along nicely now The speak ers make excellent speeches for begin ners. Mr and Mrs. D. L. Vassey are nov on a visit to Mr. Vassey’s mother near State Line. She is over eighty years old. Some of our neighbors began tc plow the last of last week. Yesterday morning’s wind did m damage in our neighborhood that w< have heard of yet. Capt. Clary and his men have don( a little work on the road near Thick ety. There is a lot of work needed or the roads in this vicinity. Baylos. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Now is the time to take The Led ger. Rev. W. H. Hodges is expected to preach in the Buford Street Metho dist church Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Another shipment of the new road machinery bought by the county commissioners a few weeks ago ar rived yesterday. A. W. Dogget has opened a first- class stock of heavy and fansy grocer ies in the corner store of the Central Hotel building. Smith Thackston, a seventeen-year- old son of Capt. J. T. Thackston, broke his arm last Wednesday while playing at school. He was promptly treated aud we are glad to state he is recovering rapidly. Mltw Crocker’* School CIomcn. On last Saturday the school at Robbs’ school house, taught by Miss Ida Crocker, of Gaffney, closed with appropriate exercises, which were witnessed by the patrons aud friends of the school. The children acquit ted themselves well, doing honor to themselves and reflecting much credit upon their teacher. Prof. Shuford, of Gaffney, was present and made a brief, but timely address to the children and patrons. The exerciesof the day closed with appropriate talks by the patrons, who expressed themselves as being well pleased with the efforts of Miss Crocker a as teacher. Buford Street’* Sunday School. At an election in the Sunday school at the Buford Street Methodist church Sunday, Mr. W. C. McArthur was elected superintendent, and Miss Agnes Littlejohn organist, of the Sunday school, and Mr. A. W. Dog- gett chiarman of the auditing com mittee. Mr. Jerry Bryant’a Iloniie Destroyed. At a late hour yesterday afternoon we beard that Mr. Jerry Bryant bad the misfortune to get his bouse burn ed down between 4 and G o’clock. We were unable to get particulars. His bouse was on his farm near the iron bridge on Broad river.