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THE LARGEST circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND I RID AY. Wt GUAR^NTEF The Reliability of Every Ac!v;;: 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. 16. 1894 GAFFNEY, S. C. # TUESDAY, MARCH in, 1903. $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. fciventft tliat Have Taken Place from One Kii.t of the State to the Other Called from KxchaiiKt-M for tjulck Heading by Scores of Busy People. Two ne^ro women were drowned Saturday through the capsizing of their boat in the Cooper river. Their bodies have been recovered. It has been decided to mount the Charleston liquor constables so that they can pursue blind tiger wagons rather thin shoot at them as has been done. The body of Capt. Frank Camp, who was killed by a train in Missouri last week, reached Spartanburg Sat urday night and was buried there Sunday. Late Thursday afternoon Ella Williams, a negro woman, was stab bed to daath by Ira Woods a negro man, near Timmonsville. From all that can be learned it seems as if jealousy was tba cause of the killing. Deputy Sherill Owing?, of Laurens county, went to Columbia Friday to secure a certificate tor requisitiou pa pers for the arrest of Will Bryson, who is in Tennessee. Bryson killed another negro near Laurens several years ago. A mao, his wife and one child passed through Spartanburg Saturday morning beating their way on one of the Southern's trains. Two police men saw them and conversed with them awhile, but let them go on their way southward. The governor has declined to ap point de.egates to a convention called to meet in Atlanta to discuss the race issue. He says it could be productive of no good and might produce much harm. The convention was tailed by the Wisconsin legislature. The treasury department in Wash ington has issued warrants aggregat ing $89,187 in favor of .South Car olina, in satisfaction of its claims growing out of the war of 1812. The payment was directed by the general deficiency act, approved March 3, 1903. The stockholders of the Lockhart Cotton Mills will hold a meeting in Spartanburg on April 10th, for the purpose of ratifying the action of the board of directors in adopting the resolution to increase the capital stock from $(550,000 to $1,300,000. It is almost a certainty that this in crease will be made. / The Alpha cotton mills, J. J. Little john, president, of Jonesville, will hereafter be known as Jonesville Manufacturing company. The capital stock is to be raised from $100,000 to $250,000. About 500 shares of the 1,500 will be preferred stock, and the time of meeting will be April 3, at the office of the president. Two small negro girls living on the premises of Mr. Clement, an employee of the Reid Phosphate Works near Charleston, were drowned in the Cooper river Thursday afternoon, about three miles above Chicora Park. The drowning was not reported to the police department until late at night and few particulars were obtained. The county board of control Satur day elected Mr. James A. Austin, of Laurens, dispenser, at that place to succeed Mr A. R. Sullivan, resigned. Mr. A. P. Moore, of Clinton, was chosen clerk. It is understood that the shop will be opened for ousiness as soon as the new dispenser can ar range the necessary bond which will probably be done without delay. Governor Heyward is to have a special form printed for sheriffs and magistrates in connection with the payment of rewards for captured criminals. Rewards are often claimed on the slightest pretext and it causes much trouble sometimes to decide whether p. reward should be paid to a particular person. By having officers comply with the terms of the circular which will be sent them, it is expec ted that the whole matter will be aimplified. Clerk of the Court Jenkins Hucks of Georgetown and the several other defendants who were ruled with him for contempt of the injunction of the United States circuit court for hunt ing in certain marshes about George town, were excused Saturday In an order by Judge^Simontoo at Charles ton, it having been shown In affida vits by the Georgetown citizens that their violation of the restraining or der was not a deliberate and con certed act. A special to The News and Courier ■ays that Thursday morning near Holly Hill, In Berkeley county, Fred Martin,'a young white farmer who lives 18 miles away, rode up to the field where his brother was ploughing and without a word of warning fired a load of buckthot into the shoulder of his brother, Joel Martin, killing him instantly. He then quickly rode off, remarking that his brother had “only gotten what he deserved long ago.’’ Fred Martin claims that his brother had been criminally intimate with his (Fred’s) wife. A statement was recently published in a northern paper to the effect that the Confederate seal was in the keep ing of the secretary of state of South Carolina. Mr. Gantt says it is an old story, but he frequently receives inquiries about it. His office has a fac-simile of the seal, struck by the late John T. Pickett, which is kept in the relic room and this gives rise to the statements like the one refer red to. It is said that the original sea! was thrown into the Savannah river, in Abbeville county, when Presi dent Davis passed through that coun ty immediately after the surrender. Iteaverdam ItrevitieH. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Beavkkdan, March 9.—Saturday’s rain will keep the plows still several days yet. There has beer very little plowing done this year. The farmers are getting anxious to begin work. We are sorry to report one of Capt J. D. Stroup’s children on the sick list this week; also Mrs. H. E. Tin dall has been sick, but is better now. Mrs. Nannie Pinson went to Cow- pens on a visit to her brother, Mr. Moses Pinson, who has charge of the Cowpens section. Mr. Pinson is a hard working young man and is sure to succeed. Mr. T. B. McCullock, of Sarratts, arrived at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Vas^ey, last night on his way to court. He is a juror. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Mullins took a pleasure and business trip up to Mrs. Mullins’s brother, Mr. T. S. Sellers, last week. They report that the storm on the 28th ult., did not blow Mr. Sellers’s house down, but it was turned off the pillars and out of shape. We are glad it is no worse. Mrs. Vaud Smith, of Thickety, has closed her school for this season. Notwithstanding the unfavorabie weather yesterday morning, several of our people went to Macedonia. Baylos. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. From Our Correspondent Etta Jane. a PERSONALS AND LOCALS. A Hlrtlulay Dinner. Dr. Mason W. Smith invited a few of his friends to dine with him yes terday, the occasion being his anni versary. A year ago he celebrated his anniversary in like manner, it be ing his sixty-sixth, but when asked how old he was jocularly replied “sixty.” His amiable better half has been able to do the Hugh Conway act and call him back several year 5 . Dr. and Mrs. Smith are truly loyal- heartel people and entertain in true Southern style. The dinner was both stylish ar>d substantial. Those pres ent were T. H. Littlejohn. J. L Alex ander and Ed. H. DeCamp and they did justice to the viands set before them. John Alexander said he was no tfeeling well and Tube was also “poorly,” but if the whole push don’t have to call the doctor to attend them today it will be a wondfr. Just as the meil was concluded Editor Frank Parrott telephoned his regrets, having not received the in vitation in time. All we’vo got to say is that if Frank misses all the good things like he missed that din ner his pathway will not be all flow ers sprinkled with dew. but all saw dust sprinkled with glue. Alayor’H Court. The mayor had a light job yester day morning. Only three eases—two drunks and one gambling. Thognm- bler and one drunk paid five each in preference to fifteen on the gang One drunk having been off the gang only a few days concluded to take another thirty days’ course in the county’s good roads class. Caution! 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 had the largest sale of any medicine in the world since 18(>8 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 Cougbs, Bronchitis, Croup—and es pecially for Consumption, wh«re there is difficult expectoration ana 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. Guekn, Woodbury, N. J. Intfrt-KtiiiK I’llra>jn*i>lis and Itcrcnt llap- peuitiKS lu Dower Section of the County Gathered Up by Our Kegular Correspon dent for lieneiit of Ledger Headers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, March 7.—Betore this reaches our readers many of them will doubtless have received copies of Gaffney’s new paper, The Cherokee News. In welcoming thij new can didate for public favor we also must express our sympathy for it, and any other paper which dare? to speak its own sentiments. Gaffney and Cherokee county can support two papers, semi-weeklies, without one cent of outside patronage if only one- half of the business men will give them their support,and this we believe they will do so as long us they come up to the expectation of their respec tive friends. The Ledger is to be congratulated that it has some one else now to take part of its “cuss ing.” This will be due and prompt ly paid whether it ever hear of it or not. Hustling Lee Patrick was around this week in the interest of the new paper. He says he is “not trying to down The Ledger.” We don’t sup pose he is, and are satisfied that The Ledger accords to him and every citi zen the inherent right to subscribe for and read the paper of his choice. As “competition is the life of trade,” both papers will be greatly benefit- ted. Yes, let us have two of the best semi-week ies in the State, and if they will do their duty (which we verly believe they will) in two years’ time there will be enough malcon tents to start another paper, and so the thing will go on until everybody will be taking a paper of some kind. Mr. T. J>fl Hughes is getting up chickens for the Union market. Mr. Will Westmoreland, of Hick ory Grove, is painting Salem church. The North Pacolet Sunday School Convention will meet at Elbethel church on the fourth Sabbath, 22nd inst. A great many people have colds and are compiainging more or less. The public roads are in many places still very bad. If there ever was a time for the people to take the good roads fever it is now. Mr. Robt. Westmoreland, of Hick ory Grove, was on this side of the river yesterday on business. Cherokee county might congratu late herself on the light criminal docket at the present term of the court. The civil docket don’t seem to be congested either. This is a good sign, we think. Mr. John Dowdle, of Hopewell, one of our \ork county neighbors who hu? long been confined to his bed with lagrippe and rheumatism, is still living, but very low indeed, though reported better this morning. The novelty is wearing off the ’phone business and the fever is sub siding. It is still u prolific source of information. The old saying “Fog in March frost in May,” is rather discouraging to planters who put faith in it. We have hau a great deal of foggy weather since the month came in. Wheat looks very well. Some are sowing oats when the ground will do to plow. From reports circulated by and among the knowing ones it’s a prac tice to carry concealed weapons. J. L s. Clarence Harris, of Glendale, has accepted a position with the Lime stone Mill. The last three days have been rainy, foggy and hot for the easou, with vivid lightning in the southeast Sunday night. Mr. G. G. Evers, of the firm of Carroll, Carpenter & Byers, is now in the northern markets selecting spring and summer goods for their two large stores. Mr. U. S. Allen and Miss L. F. Blankenship were married at the resi dence of Mr. S. M. Scoggings on the 5th inst , at 8 o’clock p. m , by Rev. W. T. Thompson. Morris Switzer, who has been spend ing several weeks in the eastern markets, arrived home last night. He purchased a splendid line of goods for his customers. THROUGHOUT TH TARHEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Entertainment at Limestone. Next Friday night tfco Griffith Society of Limestone College will present “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” in the college auditorium. The book from which the play is taken is quite popular, and doubtless there are many in Gaffney who are familiar with the story. Its pre sentation Friday night will be enter taining and instructive, and parts of it amusing, and the entertainment should be well patronized. Admis sion 35 cents. Sunday Scliool Union. The next Sunday School union of the northern section of the Broad River Baptist Association will meet with New Pleasant church on Friday before the fifth Sunday in this month. The program is published in another column of this issue of The Ledger. Any Uouk Good Enough “Clifton” flour makes the sweetest and most nutritious biscuits that ever came out ofthe oven—and any cook Is good enough cook to make them. L. M. Cook has been employed by the city authorities to take charge of the city street force. He entered upon his duties Monday and will make a gjod manager. Tho county chaingang has 22 con victs on it now. It is still camped at the county farm and is working the worst places in the nearby roads when weather will permit. Mr. E. L. Eison, manager of the Company store, left Wednesday night for the northern markets to purchase a large stock of spring and sumimr goods for his establishment; Johnson Burgess, than whom The Ledger has no warmer friend, presen ted us with a curiously shaped egg yesterday. It resembles very much a small gourd, being large at one end with a well formed handle. Mrs. J. L. Allison fell from the door steps some days ago and broke one of her hips. Every thing is being done for her comfort possible, and she is doing well for one so seriously injured, but it is feared that she will not be able to walk again. Wofford Waters, while working at a shingle machine, had the mis fortune to get his right hand caught, tearing off the end of his fore finger and bruising bis hand some, giving him great pain, hut was improving when last heard from. Miss Annie Switzer, an experienced milliner of New York, arrived in the city yesterday and will assist Miss Lizzie Howard in the milMnery de partment of “The Dixie.” Mr. Switzer proposes to make this depart ment one of the leading features of his store. The dead body of Cadet P. J. Steele nassed through the city yesterday on No. 12 accompanied by the young man’s parents and a guard of honor from Clemson College, where he was a student. Mr. Steele was from Chester county. He died yesterday of pneumonia. We are sorry to learn that Mr. S Goodman Pridmore cut his foot severely some days ago while trim ming up some fallen trees, but glad to say that he has so for recovered as to be able to be in the city yesterday on his crutches. We hope for his speedy permanent recovery. Dr. S. B. Crawley has returned from the Great Bible Conference re cently held in Dr. Broughton’s Tab ernacle, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Crawley will give a full report of this great meeting at the First Baotiar church on Wednesday night at 7:30. All are cordially invited to be present. There will be a stereoptician ex hibition at the court house next. Fri day eight given under the auspices of the B. Y. P. U. The scenes shown will be the Spanish-American war, among them being “Dewey at Ma nila,” “Hobson and the Merrimac,” etc. Between scenes music will be furnished by a powerful megaphone. Carpenters are at work in the cor ner room of the N. H. Littlejohn block, corner of Limestone and Birnie streets, re-arranging it for Mr. June H. Carr. It is being fitted up after Mr. Carr’s own plans, and when fin ished, it will be one of the hand somest art studios in the Peidmont. Mr. Carr.expects to move into it about the first of April. Three Night* at Hlaek*hiirg. Lehr & Williams began a three nights engagement at Blacksburg last night. Manager Osborne is al ways up-to-date and strives hard to give his people the best shows he can possibly get. Blacksburg is one of the best show town in the country. As compared with many places the people turn out two to one which is an evidence of the fact that they ap preciate Manager Osborne’s efforts, Local Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good middling 9:90 Middling 9:80 Interesting Items Concerning Our Neigh bors lU-vofid the Line Which May Urovt Entertaining Heading for Hundreds of Ledger Headers. It is understood that the dispen sary in Oxford will be put into opera tion quite soon. Thomas Warliek, of Hickory, aged 11 years tips the scales at 220 pounds. If Thomas k eps on growing at his ptestut rate he will be a big man at 21 y.ars. Governor Aycock has accepted the invitation of ’he Iperury societies, the Calliopean and the Uranian, of the Oxford Seminary, to deliver their annual addrtss on Ma> 18. The contract has been let for a big tobacco warehou-e for Wilmington. It will be a modern building with au annex for prize house and stemm. n. The Imperial Tobacco Comp .ny has already offered to 1 ase it. Lo Washington, an Indian about 80 years old, of Wolftown. JaCkson county, fr. za to death last week in a hog Drd in the hollow of a large chest nut tree, and most of his body was eaten by hogs and wild animals. The livery stable of Sam Blalock at Norwood, near Albemurl , was burned early Thur?da\ morning, causing a loss of some $2,000. Seven horses perished in the Hames. It is not known how tue fire originated. Nannie Martin, who gave her home as Mecklenburg county, died Satur day in the Lincoln county poor house. The girl eloped with a tramp by the name of Mark Patrick and the man deserted her, leaving her sick and destitute. Western capitalists are making ex tensive purchases of laud in the Chimney Rock section with the pur pose of making it a modern resort, fttec-i stairway? ur.- b* i g i eud on the cliffs and the place is now lighted with electricity. Daniel Boone, a descendant of the illustrious pioneer of that name, died at his residence in Greensboro Friday night, aged 05 years. His two sons, one an engineer on the Southern, the other on 'ffie S. A. L. railroad, arrived in time to be present at his demise. George O’Hanlon, who was shot in Wilmington Tuesday afternoon by Capt. W. H. Pemberton, is able to leave the hospital. Sensational re ports that he was mortaMy wounded were given rise to by an atten.pt at first to suppress the real facts in the case. The litigation growing out of the failure of the Bank of Guilford a few years ago has not yet ended. The hearing of the ease brought by Mr. J. S. Hunter, the receiver, against the cashier, Mr. W. B. Bogart, and his bondsmen, will be resumed Thurs day, the 12th inst., before Col. John N. Staples, the referee. Lula King and her parents, George and Julia King colored, of Charlotte, were committed to the county jail by Coroner A. A. Cathey Saturday morn ing on the charge of killing the infant child of Lula King. The defendants had been arrested on the previous day by ex-Chief of Police W. S. Orr and Deputy Sheriff E. O. Johnston. burned to the bone. He died in stantly. New London became aroused on the liquor question list wtek and pre ferred charges against the local physi cian and druggist. As a result a th irougb investigation was made and it was found that the law had been grossly violated. The citizens were only anxious to stop the sale of whis key in their midst, and a compro mise to the effect that the physician write no more prescriptions and the druggist forfeit his license to sell liquor nas entered into and an amica ble settlement made. Mr. Marvin Lewis, a young white man, and Elvin Joyner, a colored man, were out bird hunting together Thursday about eight miles from Beaufort. Joyner pointed out a bird in the bushes to Lewis. Lewis told Joyner to get; out of the way, and he turned the wrong way just as Lewis fired, and received the load in his lower bowels. He was taken to Beau fort for medical treatment but died next morning. The coroner’s jury exonerated Lewis and brought in a verdict of accidental killing. Following right after the burning of Mr. Weir’s barn in Jackson town- snip Mr. John G. Starnes, another prosperous farmer living in the same, had two barns destroyed by fire. One mule was burned to death. A great quantity of fodder and other roughness went up in the Hames. His losses are nearly $000. This was plainly an incendiary fire, and suspi- non pointed at once to a white man by the name of Rufus Hagans, who was arrested on the following day. He was given a preliminary hearing before Esquires W. S. Belk and H. A. Norwood and bound over to Superior Court in the sum of $500. REV. MOSS HONORED. Arthur T. Bishop, who was taken to the State’s prison at Raleigh Wednesday by Sheriff Wallace to be gin his five year term for the murder ot P. J. Wilson, of Charlotte, will be kept in the main prison. It is learned that Bishop has been assigned to do various kinds of work about the pris on. including cutting wood and mak ing brick, something of a change from drumming foot wear. J. H. W’eir, a prominent farmer of Jackson township, had his large barn, with all of its contents, destroyed by fire only a f< w nights ago. Two good mules were roasted alive in the fl imes. Over 5,000 bundles of fodder and a large quantity of other feed was de stroyed. Two large corn cribs near by, containing about 400 bushels of corn, were also burned. His losses are about $1,500. It was probably the work of an incendiary. While on his way down town to work Saturday morning, W’right Stanley, a negro laborer of Wilming ton, we i horribly electrocuted by running into a guy wire of the street railway company, which had fallen across an arc light line and been charged with 2.000 volts of electricity. The wire was supended across a va cant lot and the negro attempted to lift it up so he could pass under. Two of his fingers were burned en tirely off and one of his forearms was DescenUiints ami Friends Celebrate HI* Sixtieth Hirtluiay. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ed. Ledger:—I wish to let the readers of The Ledger know of a much enjoyed gathering at the home of Rev. W. V. Moss, near Grover, N. C., to celebrate his sixtieth birth day. About 10 o’clock the children began •o gather am? ’ v il o’cIook they were all at horn i ■ n r again. Sixteen children have blessed that home, of which nine are still living. Besides tfie children and their families there were several others present to enjoy the day. The names of the children are as follows: Robt. J. W. Moss, Mrs. Martha J. Fayssoux, John S. Moss, W. Ervin Moss, Mrs. Mary E. Byars, Boyd L. Moss, Miss Belle Moss, Misses Vaunie Moss and Winnie Mossf Those who were present with the ho ne and family circle were, Mrs. R. C. Cobb and two children, Misses Nora Allison and Maggie Roberts, all of Cherokee Falls; Mrs. Dora S. Morri son and two children, Wm. Foster and family, Miss Sona Earls, Robert Moore and family, Andy Wilson and family, Rev. T. H. Muilinax. After the crowd gathered, they all enjoyed themselves in singing some sacred music. By this time, the main pleas ure of the day had come Just as the whistle of the machine shop sounded for dinner at Blacksburg the good ladies began to move about; this was understood and everyone made for his basket which was car ried to a table twenty-eight feet long, which was made for the occasion. Oh, such a pile!—it would have lone the editor of The Ledger good to have “worked his jaws” on the conteuis of that table. On it were boiled ham, beefsteak, and that old chicken was there, stuffed full, bread, pies, cus tards and a whole lot of “little fix- in’s,” cake on this end, cake on that end, cake from end to end. stewed beef, spare-ribs and sausage. Before eating began the Rev. Muili nax offered up thanks to the ali-wise Being for the occasion. The aged so journer almost forgot his age. Every body seemed to enjoy the dinner. Before dinner was over Mr. Ed. Gould, of Blacksburg, arriv. d with hi' “likeness taker” and mu'e a groon of the table and i ,s' onti nts, which 'ooked like it, hai i i )een worsted much, and also u’ tin par ticipants. ”heri he made a group of the family. The occasion Wa mucli enjoyed that all would be glid to celebrate Mr. Moss’ sixtieth birthday again. Stkiker. Lard Kxpeii*lve ami 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 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 “Ulifton” 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.”