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THE LARGEST v-irculation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. We, GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Advet. 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. 10, 1894 GAFFNEY. S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 0. 1903. $1.00 A YEAB. TH[ , PALMETTO STATE, items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. e.venl» that Have Taken 1’Iare from One fend of the State to the Other Called from Exchange, for yulck Heading by Score, of Hu.y People. Reubtn B. Pitts, the s'ayer of Ed. Foster, at Inman, who was released ou a bond of $5 000, has returned to his home in Laurens. Mr. H. E Bonner, of Due West, died suddenly Tuesday at 6 p m. He was perhaps as well as usual in the morning and had begun his day’s work when the fatal stroke came. The coroner held an inquest over Tom Wilson’s body it Greenville Sunday and rendered a verdict in ac cordance with facts already given. Young Wilbanks, whc killed Wilson, was released on $200 bond. The contract has been let for the enlargement of the Monaghan cotton mills in Greenville to double its pres ent size and work will begin very soon. The capacity of the mill is to be 00,000 spindles when addition is built. Sixteen blind tigers were convicted of violating the 4 dispensary ordinance io Charleston Monday and an 1 sen tenced to pay a fine of $50 or serve ten days on the public works. A Dumber of other cases were called but the violators^ insisted upon a trial by jury and the cases were deferred. News reached Inman Tuesday morning of the sudden death of Robt. B. Howell at the home of bis niece, Mrs. J. F. Settle, three miles south west of that place, Monday evening. He was in his usual health at supper, but fell dead soon after arising from the table while about to take a drink of water. A wreck on the Southern, about a mile and a half south of Fort Mill Monday, caused the trains to be tied up about five hours. The engine and two cars of a freight soutu bound, were deruled, and the firenian in jured. It required several hours to repair the track so that the mail traius could pass. It is learned at Chapin ou reliable authority that the Lex.ngtou-Colum- bia Electric Railway will certainly be built. The water power near Amick’s ferry on the Saluda river was purchased by a northern syndicate for future development and specu lation and has no conneciion what ever with the Lexington-Columbia Electric Railway Company. State Dispensary Inspector Mc Carthy has closed the Laurens dis pensary pending a thorough investi gation of the affairs of the establish ment. An alleged shortage of about $1,800 exists in the accounts. The inspector is in charge of the dispen sary. 'A. R. Sullivan, the dispenser, has been dismissed. The loss is fully covered by bond in asurity company. A negro convict who was released Monday in Union from the custody of the cbaingang, either liked his job oo the gang very much or was very anxious to celebrate his free dom. Within a few hours after his release he begged enough whiskey from trieods to make him drunk, and did get so drunk that he was taken up by the police and will go out on the city gang. The Columbia chamber of com merce has, through its board of di- rec.G^s, taken the first step in the matter of having South Carolina’s resources and industries properly re presented at the world’s fair at St. Louis next year—a step that will probably be followed by others until all Carolinians, officials and citizens alike, will be acting together in the work. An attempt was made to rob the depot at Bethuoe Friday night On leaving the depot late at night the agent saw a man standing n.ar tiie depot Next morning marks were found on the window sills which teem to have been made by an axe. The sash locks were bent. On the Sanaa night two residence^ in the place were visited, but the burglars, on b ing discovered, fled empty hand ed. A telegram was received in Spar tanburg Wednesday morning bring ing the sad news of the death of Frank Camp, in Belle,,Mo., in a rail road accident. The telegram was sent by Stephen Camp, a brother of the deceased, whose home is in Texas. Mr. Camp was a brother of Mrs. Dr. George Dean, of Spartanburg, and was for a long time conductor on a passenger train from Asheville to Colombia. The largest verdict ever rendered in Spartanburg county for damages from a corporation was that awarded in the court of common pleas in Spartanburg Wednesday morning in the case of Mrs. M. A. Kooue, ad ministratrix of M. A. Koone, de ceased, vs. the Southern Railway. The jury returned a verdict for $10,- 000 for the plaintiff. So far as could be ascertained this is the largest amount of damages ever awarded in that county from a corporation. Mr. N. G. Hoape was shot and in stantly killed at Branchvillo Tuesday morning by his stepson, F. W. Fairey. It seems that Mr. Heapi had been on a spree for several days and had become delirious; he had threat ened several times to shoot his wife, young Fairey’s mother, and had run the whole family off the place. As soon us Mr. Fairey entered the yard, for the purpose of quietingJMr. Heape, the latter drew his gun, and Fairey had to shoot to save his own life. A citizen of the Kings’s Creek neighborhood who was in Yorkvilie the other day ou business, stated that moonshining is more common iu his neighborhood now than he has ever known before. He told of find ing a spot on his own plantation where a still had evidently been operated for weeks without his knowledge. He says it is common to see people passing to and from moon shine stills with jugs of liquor; but it is rarely the case that one of these will ever tell where the moonshiners are located. Tragedy Averted. “Just in the nick of time our little boy was saved” writes Mrs. W. Wat kins, of Pleasant City, Ohio. “Pneu monia had played sad havoc with him and a terrible cough set in besides. Doctors treated him. but he grew worse every day. At length we tried Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consum ption, and our darling was saved. He’s now soond, and well.” Every body ought to know, it’s the only sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all Lung diseases. Guaranteed by Cher okee Drug Co. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent Etta Jane. a PERSONALS AND LOCALS. In the horse race of life every man plays himself for the favorite and tears up his ticket at the finish. Wanted. We would like to ask, through tht columns of your paper, if there is any person who has used Green’s Angus. Flower for the cure of Indigestion Dyspepsia, and Liver Trouble thai has not been cured—and we also mean their results such as sour stomach, fermentation of food, habitual cos- tiveness, nervous dyspepsia, head ucL.es. despondent feelings, s.eepleas- ness—in fact, any trouble connected with the stomach or liver? This medicine has abeeu sold for many years iu all civnizjgd countries, anc we wish to correspond with you and send you one of our Dooks free of cost. If you never triod August Flower, try a 25 cent bottle first. We have never known of its failing. If so, something more serious is the matter vrftlj y^u. The 25 cent size has just b'introduced thia year Regular BijuanLoents. At ali drug gist. G. G. Orkex, Woodbury, N. J. *. “ ' T ’ It makes a girl blush to think of the things that will not make her blush some dav. The .Stomach U the Mau. A weak stomach weakens the man, because it cannot transform the food ! he eats into nourishment Health and strength cannot be restored to any sick man or weak woman without first restoring health and strength to the stomach. A weak stomach can not digest enough food to (eed the tissues and revive the tired and run down limbs and organs of the body Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cleanses, puri fies, sweetens and strengthens the glands and membranes of the stomach, and cures indigestion, dyspeysia and all stomach troubles. Cherokee Drug Co. A woman can make htrself love any man who quotes sentimental poetry about feminine nobility. A KenmrkiihlH Cane. One of the most remarkable ca j es of a cold, deep-seated on Hie lungs, causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenner, Marion, Ind., who was entirely i;ure»i by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. 8he says: "The coughing and straining so weak ened me tnat I run down in weight from 148 to 92 pounds I tried a num ber of remedies to no avail until I used One Minute Cough Cure. Four bot tles of this wonderful remedy cured me entirely of the cough, strengthen ed my lungs and rstored me to my normal weight, health and strength.” Cherokee Dtug Co. No, Cordelia, a fashionable ball dress is not exactly a weather strip. Rheumatism is caused by an excess of uric and lactic acids in the blood. Rhenmacide, the great blood purifier, lexative and tonic, cures tne disease by driving the acids out of the blood. At Druggists. IntereMting I’amgrupliH and ftecont liap- peulngH in Lower Section of the County (lathered Up by Our Regular Correspon dent for Benefit of Ledger Headers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, March 3.—We regret to state that Miss Margaret Pridmore died night before last after a long and painful illness. She will be hur ried today nt Mesopotamia By a private letter from a friend at Trough who generally knows what he talks about, we learn that Bro. Sam T. Creech is stirring up things at Pacolet Mills in his usual way. The writer says: ‘ So far this year the church has been repainted, $75.00 has been raised to build an Epworth League room, forty-nine members have been added to the ahurch roll and the pastor’s salary has been raised $125 00 above the assessment of last year. We are glad to hear of his success. Bro. Creech is a hustler and the community he can’t put to work must be dead, sure enough. He is a live friend to The Ledger. The storm of wind last Friday night or Saturday nioruing blew down the barn of Mr. T. T. Robbs and killed five bead of cattle which had taken refuge in it The same storm, we understand, blew down Mr. Ned Huggins’ barn and also Mr. Upchurch’s crib. It was severe in many p'aces through this section. Your correspondent has been con fined to his bed a good portion of his time since last Thursday in conse quence of u shake-up he got some time ago, which was mentioned at the time iu this correspondence. The farmers are doing very little in the way of preparing their lands for another crop A few have sown spring oats and a little stubble land has been turned. Most, of ‘he lands, on hill sides especially, ire badly washed in places. Camp Jefferies U. C. V’. met at Wilkinsville last Saturday. As there was nor, a full turn out ot the mem bers, part of the business was neces sarily ommitted. The old officers were reelected and the cuinmamit-r was authorized to appoint delegates to the coming reunions—State and national; also to appoint sponsors to to each under the rules made and provided for the same. An opportu nity was extended to the ahsenties to remit their fees ^15cts per capita) and be enrolled, which all are requested to do before the Isi of April. Miss Annie Miller closed her pub lic school last week. She will teach a tTo-months’ subscription school. Rev. W. H. White preached at Sa lem last Sabbath morning and again at night Owing to the high waters iu Broad river only those from this side could attend. As sooty as the weather will permit it tSe churjh will be painted. Rufus Poole, E-q , of Sunnyside, has been appointed notary public by Governor Heyward. Owing to our feeling too unwell to write a letter for The Ledger last Saturday, the names of Juoe H. Carr and E M. Hughes have not been mentioned as giving the correct an swer to our last problem, which was $7.98 per head for his cattle. Mr. Carr’s answer came on Friday and Mr. Hughes’ on Saturday, conse quently Mr. Carr is entitled to the paper three months. We have the names of several otheis who solved other problems given heretofore which we beg to acknowledge even if they did not reach us in time to receive the prize. They are: Wal lace Foster, Mary E. Martin, John McClure, Leila Brice and Smith Johnson Here is another—who will give the first answer? A, B and C run a mile race; A runs at the rule of 320 yards per minute; B runs the first half mile at the rate of 300 vards per minute, and the second half mile at the rate of 340 yards per minute; C runs the first half mile a; the rate of 340 yards per minute, and the sec ond half mile at the rate of 300 yards per miuutie. Which one beat, and by what time and distance? Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bigham, of Sha ron, are visiting relatives in the county. An old veteran, W. E. Chamber lain, now at the Soldiers’ Home in Richmond. Va , claims to have found perpetual motion. He is firmly con vinced that his invention is the cor rect thing and he thinks It is some thing the world will appreciate. i. L S. MALE SEXTET. Clioir of Male Voices Will Render Special Music at the First Baptist Church. The programmes recently rendered by the choir of the First Baptist church have been much enjoyed by large and appreciative audiences But the special features arranged for the next two Sundays will doubt less prove even more pleasing. On Sunday the choir will be composed exclusively of male voices and on the following Sunday exclusively of la dies. Mr. Maxim has two promising orogrammes well in hand. On Sun day the programme will consist of male solo and quartet work. PROGRAMME MORNING SERVICE. Tenor Solo—My soul Is uthirsl for God—Gaul Mr. Osborne. Quartet- Peace Be Still Martin Male Quartet. EVEN!NO SERVICE. Baritone Solo—Entreat me not to leave Thee Gounod Mr. Richardson. Quartet—The Shepherd Psalm Koschat Male Quartet. Tenor Solo—The Holy City Adam Mr. Osborne. Quartet—Hock of Ages Tenny Male Quartet. Baritone ^oio—Abide with me I)e. Woven Mr. J. W. Lipscomb. Geo. P. Maxim, director; J. W. Lip scomb, I W. Richardson, H K. Os- pome, W. Humphries, Joe Osborne, R. Swofford, choir. The pastor will preach at both ser vices. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. A Liberal Offer. The undersigned will give a free sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets to any one wanting a re liable remedy for disorders of the stomach biliousness or constipation. This is a new remedy and a good one. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. Talkative people seldom say much, but as long as they i hink they do they are happy. The many friends of John Blount will be pleased to learn that he bus entirely recovered from his iittack of rheumatism. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm cared him after the h^-sr doctors in the town (Monon, Inn..) hud failed ^o give relief. The prompt relief from pain which this liniment, affords is nlone worth many times its cose For •-Hie hy Gherokee Drug Co.. Gaffney; L D. Allison, Cowptus The wise office seeker sticks to his regular job until he gets the office. What's Ina Name? Everything is in the name when it o lines to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C DvWkt <fc Co., of Chicago, discovered, some years ago, how to make a salve from Witch Hazel that is a specific for Piles. For blind, bleeding, itching iind protruding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and all skin diseases, De-Wirt’s Salve has no equal. This has given rise to nuar.eious worthless counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt’f—the genuine. Cherokee Drug Co. A diplomat is a man who can nocetk an insult in haste and get even at Jeis- use. CookB Settled on Her Lnngx, “My daughter had a terrible cough which settled on her lungs,” says N. Jackson, of Danville, III. “We tried a great many remedies without relief, until we gave her Foley's Honey and Tar which cured her.” Refnap suasti- tntes. Cherokee Drug Co. Some people borrow trouble for the purpose of giving it to others. Foley’s Ilouey and Tar Cures coughs and colds. Cures bronchitis and asthma. Cures croup and whooping cough. Cures hoarsness aud bronchial troub les. Cures pneumonia and la grippe. Cherokee Drug Co. Ghosts are not necessarily black or white. No ; they ars ali ‘‘shades.’* Haw or Inflamed Limits. Yield quickly to the wonderful cur ative and healing qualities of Foley’s Honey and Tar. It prevents pneu monia and consumption from a hard cold settled on the lungs. Cherokee Drug Co. Itjis difficult to judge a woman by the things she doesn’t say. I'neumonla Follows a Cold but never follows the use of Foley’s Honey and Tar. It stops the cough, heals and strengthens the lungs aid affords perfect security from an at tack of pneumonia. Refuse substi tutes. Cherokee Drug Co The real hero does'nt need a brass band to herald his coming. Any Cook Good Knoiiffli “Clifton” flour makes the sweetest and most nutritious biacuits that ever came out oftbe oven—and any cook la good enough cook to make them. No one la prouder of his job than the telf-made mao. La grippe coughs yield quickly to the wonderful curative qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar. There is nothing else “just as good.” Chero kee Drug Co. THROUGHOUT TH TIB HEEl STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Items Concerning Onr Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Frovt Entertaining Heading for Hundreds of Ledger Headers. Coy Brown, the Winston negro who led a would-be lynching party near Blu* field, W. Va., last Saturday night, died Wednesday from pistol wounds inflicted by Sam Gaffney, his intended victim. The question of whether Asheville shall or shall not hive a dispensary will soon be presented to the people of that city for decision. The anti- saloon forces have virtually agreed to make a fight for the dispensary rather lhan risk an issue of “wet” or “dry.” At Glenwood. the first station on the South Carolina & Georgia Rail road extension south of Marion, bur glars Sunda n gtu entered the store of T. W. Brackett. The safe was cracked and $48,80 taken. The depot was also broken into but no money obtained. There is no clue. Twenty thousand acres of timber land near Asheville has been bought by Charles I) Fuller, of Kalamazoo, Mich., who will erect one of the big gest timber land plants in the State with headquarters at Ashevi'l^. He will also build a railr >ad 15 or 20 miles long through the Balsam mountains. One murder case was tried in Mar ion last week that of the State vs. Thos. Whitesides for killing Jack Shehan. The verdict was 'manslaugh ter The judge would have given the prisoner five year- in the penitentiary but f)r the GsUn.ony of physicians that he was unsound mentally and physically. He wus let off with six months in the county j al. Isaac Wade, who served Gen. Wade Hampton throu.h the civil war and at one time was h well known waiter for Jennings Ke- r ei ri.. • I lotto Hotel, died eiidueiji} Friday night at his home about five miles north of Charlotte. He was liked by ali who knew him, both white and colored. He leaves a nice little estate, the earnings of a well-spent life. The new superintendent of the east ern division of the Southern railway, S. J. Collins, will move his headquar ters from Salisbury to Greensboro March 15. The eastern division com prises over half the entire mileage of fire Southern system, the office force alone requiring 40 clerks. The trans fer is understood to he contemplated because of the superior central advan tages of Greersbcro. The factory of the Willard Bag and Mar u'acturing Company, of Wilming Ion was wrecked by a fire which orig inated from an unknown source in an adjoining hay and grain warehouse at 10 o'clock Tuesday forenoon. The warehouse, belonging to J. 8. Mc- Ea ihern’s Sons, was also practically a complete loss. Damage to all the property will aggregate about $15,- 000 and is pretty well insured. Two more suits for slander against J. B. Summer have been begun in the Superior Court in Asheville, one by Con Summer and t he other by Gary Summer. The allegations are the same as in the other slander suits against Summer, that he accused them of poisoning his cattle. All the plaintiffs are near relatives of the de fendant. It is alleged that two of the men lost their p’u3e on the Van derbilt estate near Asheville by rea sons of the accusations. The storage tanks of the Standard Oil Company at Greenville caught fire Tuesday. The fire started in the sta bles adjoining the tanks The tanks on the delivery wagon, explod' d from flie heat and shattered the windows in a building some distance away. One tank contained 7 000 gallons of ga-olene and there was fear of this exploding and doing much damage The firemen would not go near tho burning tanks, and people living in the vicinity got off a safe distance. A few days ago H. T. Purdue, a saloon man of Greensboro, wus bound over to the Superior Court to answer the charge of selling whiskey to a minor. An ordinance gives the mayor of that city the power to revoke a li cense when it is shown that a saloon keeper has sold liquor to a minor, but in this instance Mayor Osborne was not satisfied as to the guilt of the defendant and desired to have a higher court pass on the matter The county commissioners took the mat ter up, but decided that they, too, desired a higher court to settle the question. Guy Nolan, a young white man of Charlotte, was found Wednes day morning at 6:30 o’clock near the Southern railroad at the North Tryon street crossing, in an unconscious condition and very badly bruised. He was first seen by two mill optra- tives of Concord who bad gone to Charlotte in search of better posi tions. These men took Nolan to the home of Mr. Columbus Taylor, who lives a few hundred feet away and summoned a physician. His worst injuries were on the face, which was so badly disfigured that he could scarcely be recognized. A wreck occurred on the railroad between Newton and Hickory Satur day afternoon. Between these points th° C. & N. W. runs over the South ern’s track. The work train of the former going south b came disabled, and before a flagman got back a pro per distance a Southern freight train came along and being unable to stop ran into the rear end of the work train. The engineer and fireman on the freight jumped. No one was hurt. The smokestack and other fixtures on top of the Southern engine were bat tered up a little, while three of the Carolina and North-Western cars were demolished. READ IT THROUGH. 'Twouhl Spoil ThU Story to Tell it iu the lieadllneH. To use an eighteenth century phraoe, this is an “o’er true tale.” Having happened in a small Virginia town in the winter of 14)02, it is a story very much of the present. Up to a short time ago Mrs. John E. Harmon, of Melfa Station, Va., had no personal knowledge of the rare curative properties of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. “Last January,” she says, “ray baby took a dreadful cold and at one time I feared she would have pneumonia, butone of my neigh bors told me how this remedy bad cured her little boy and I began giving it to my baby at once and it soon cured her. I heartily thank the manu facturers of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for placing so great a cure within my reach. I cannot recom mend it too highly or say too much in Ls favor. I hope all who read this will try and be convinced as I was.” For sale hy Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff-, p^y; L. 1). Allison, Cowpens. Marriage mnr he a failure or if. may not be In either case there is a lot of indisputable evidenc e to the contrary. Cur«8 Cancer aud Blood Foiaou. If you have blood poison producing eruptions, pimples, ulcers, swollen glands, bumps and risings, burning, itching t>kin, copper-colored spots or rash on the skin, rnucuous patches in the mouth or throat, falling hair, bone paint, old rheumatism or foul catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B ). It kills the poison in the blood; soon all soies, eruptions heal, hard swell ings subside, aches and pains stop and a perfect cure is made of the worst cases of Blood Poison. For cancer, tumors, swellings, eat ing sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pim ples of all kinds, take B. B. B. It- de stroys the cancer poison in the blood heals cancers of all kinds, cures the worst humors or snppprating swell ings. Thousands cured bv B. B. B. after all else fails. B. B. B. comnosed of pure botanic ingredients. Improves the digestion, makes the blood pure and rich, stops the awful itching and all sharp shooting pains. Thoroughly tested for thirty years. Druggists, $1 per large bottle, with complete direc- tious for home cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., of Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice also sent in sealed letter. What a d fferent world this would be if :ourtship wert a training school for what comes after. Lard Expenalve xml Injurionx. Lard is not only expensive but in jurious to the health when used in liberal quantities. To make the so- called cheap pat'ent 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 “Glifton” that it does cheap patents, so that you not j only save more than the difference in price but get a more healthful and nutritious food product. Health and economy dictate the useof“CIBton.” For every man who is willing to lift you will find a dozen willing to stand by and grunt. The best pill ’neath the stars and stripes; It cleanses the system and never gripes. Little Early Riser* of wordly repute— Ask for DeWitt’s and take no sub stitute. A small pill, easy to buy, «asy to take and easy to act, but never falling in results. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers arouse the secretions and act ss a tonic to the liver, curing perma nently. Cherokee Drug Co.