The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, March 31, 1903, Image 1
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GAFFNEY, S. C„ TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1903.
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THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE.
items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
rtvvntH th»t Have Taken Place from One
Kn.l of the State to the Other Culled from
KxchaiiKert for Quick Heading by Score*
of ltu*y People.
A cornmi-'sion wu* issued fhp Bark
of Springfield, Orangeburg county,
which will have a capital of $25 000.
A com nission has been issued the
Greenville Improvement Company of
Greenville, which will have a capital
of 25 000
The secretary ot state has issued a
charter to the Green Hunting and
Fishing Club of Columbia, upon peti
tion of E. C. Grieshaber and C. E.
Kelly.
The election held at Conway Tues
day on the question of “ Dispensary”
or “no Dispensary” resulted in a
vote of 08 no to 20 yes. This settles
the fact for the time being that Con
way is to be a dry town.
J. A. Sawyer, of Union, is back
from Galveston, Texas, where he
went in search of two witnesses to
the Hill will, which fell into the
hands of Mrs. John Hopkins. The
estate is said to be worth $140 000.
Dr. John Robert Smith, lovingly
known throughout Laurens county
and by many friends in the state as
Dr. •'Peg-leg” John Smith, died at
his home near Laurens ^ He £was
about 04 years old. He had been in
feeble health for more than a year
but his death was sudden.
The Thad L. Clinton residence in
' Yoraville, for several years past owned
by Mrs.Emily L Rickord.of New York,
and occupied by Mr. J. R. Gardner,
was destroyed by fire la*t Tuesday
morning. Mr. Gardner was away
from home at the time. The loss is
estimated at about $800, and $500 of
it is covered by insurance.
A pitiful thing happened
Thursday in the lower part of Colum
bia. A young colored girl, Agnes
Mayfield, bought 20 cents worth of
* morphine and used it When her
friends found her she was asleep in
front of her door. If a skillful physi
cian had not come to her at once and
used strong measure■< she would
never have awaked. But she was
waked.
Zan Bradford, a well-known well
digger, was painiullv hurt lasfSatur-
day. He was working in a well on
the premises of Mr. Daniel Pratt,
near Lockhart, and I'.he injury was
sustained as the result of the falling
of a bucket of rock. His right leg
was hurt; but no bones were broken.
He is not yet able to be about again,
however and is not likely to De for
several days.
City Attorney W. B. Wilson of
Rock Hill has been authorized by
council to make answer to the com
plaint served by the heirs of A. T.
Black in their suit against the city,
the Southern Railway and a number
of individuals to recover certain val
uable city property now controlled
by the Southern along the trucks ex
tending through a large part of the
best business section ol the city.
Seventeen carpenters, employed in
the construction of the buildings
now going up at the Brogon mills at
Anderson, went out on a strike Tues
day. They are members of a labor
union which was organized about two
weeks ago. Several days ago the mill
company decided that they would
not employ union labor, andThursday
the foreman in charge of the work
was notified of tbe decision that bad
been reached.
The case of Ada Brooks, colored,
vs Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, was heard in the common pleas
court in Greenville Fridiy. This is
a suit for $2 000 damages, action be
ing taken under the mental anguish
1 statutes, and also for punitive dam
ages arising by reason of the failure
of the telegraph company to deliver
a telegram announcing death of
plaintiff’s father. The jury returned
a virdict of $750 for the plaintlff-
A case of interest to laymen and
lawyers was tried in Lancaster Thurs
day. It was an action brought by
E. C. Secrest as receiver of J. A.
Hilton & Co., a former firm of Ker
shaw, against the Hartford Fire In
surance Company for $l,4o0, the
amount of a policy of insurance issued
by said company to said firm January
1, 1897, on the stock of goods of the
latter. By direction of the Judge the
jurv rendered a verdict in favor of
tbe insurance company.
One of the main buildings of the
Anderson Mattrest Factory com
pany’s plant was destroyed by fire
Thursday morning at 9 o’clock. The
fire originated in the mattress gin
ning department, and the materials
in the building being of a highly m-
liammable nature the fire was quick
ly communicated to other portions of
the building and the entire building
was quickly consumed. The loss was
about $10,000, nearly covered by in
surance.
Mayor J. Adger Smyth and Judge
Chas H. Simmons, of charleston,
trustees of the Gibbs bequest, re
ceived Friday check for $107,763.89.
which is the fund from the estate af
ter subtracting expenses involved in
litigation. Of this amount $53 881 94
was depositee in the People's Bank
and $53 881.95 was placed in the
Bank of Charleston. The balance
yet to come from the estate is held
for a residuary fee to meet the ex
penses of litigation necessary to
wind up the ease. This money was
left to the city of Charleston by
James Gibbs to establish an art in
stitute. Relatives contested the will
and it has been tied up in the court
for some years.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
A number of our people went to the
Union meeting at Elbethel Saturday
and Sunday.
The mule trade in the city con
tinues good. A good number were
sold Saturday.
Thickety and smaller streams were
out of their hanks, and over the low
lands yesterday.
The weather forecast for South
Carolina says fair and warmer today
with fresh northeast winds, becom
ing northwest.
Prof. Geo. Pratt Maxim, Mrs. Max
im, Miss Mary Williams and T. B.
Clarkson drove over to Blacksburg
Saturday afternoon.
Wheat and oats have remarkable
growth for the season, but both are
crops that cannot be counted ot too
inui h till they are in the granaries.
The Gaffney Brick company have
begun work building houses and dig
ging wells preparatory to making
brica as soon as the weather opens.
June H. Carr has moved into his
new studio in the Littlejohn block
corner of Limestone and Birnie
streets He began work there Satur
day.
I 1 . G. McCraw presented The Led
ger with a stalk of young corn with
six leaves on it. This is the largest we
have heard of in this section this
spring.
Cherokee coutty is in as good
shape financially as it has ever been.
Merchants report good business and
an unusually large proportion of it
cash business
The business in the mayor’s court
yesterday showed no boom. Every
thing was of a petty character, even
the fines, which only amounted to
seven or eignt dollars.
The damages to bridges in this
county, caused by high waters some
ten days ago, have mostly been re
paired, and we hear of none caused
by the rains Sunday and yesterday.
It is rumored that Mr. T. L. Black,
the efficient agent of the Southern
at Blacksburg, will soon succeed Mr.
W. T. Irwin, as agent of the same
company at Spartanburg. Mr. Irwin
has tendered his resignation.
The Union meeting at Elbethel was
well attended Saturday, and it held an
interesting sessions, but on account
of the stormy clay Sunday it held no
session, and the delegates returned to
their homes Mondiy morning.
A great many people were in the
city Saturday. They came from
every section of the county and all
were well up on wet weather and bad
roads They deprecate being so far
behind with farm work and long for
good work weather
The United States court for the
western district of South Carolina will
convene in Greenville oa Tuesday
morning, April the 21st. Judge Braw-
ley will preside. The grand and petit
jurors have been drawn. More of
them are from Cherokee.
Sut dty at 11 a. M., R-v. J. M
Steadman preached in the Beuf >rd
Street M. E. churcn Sunday scnool
room to a small but interested con
gregation, on ‘‘Christian watchful
ness”. There were no services at
night on account of the disagreeable
weather
The citizens of Gaffoey are now
taking about 60,000 gallons of water
from the city water works every
twenty four hours. All of this is
taken from one well which is 555 feet
deep. Notwitbstand this great quan
tity used the well shows no signs of
weakning.
Mr. Rader, of Charlotte, N. C., who
was so severly hurt in a runaway here
some teo days ago, and Mrs. Rader,
who came over to be with him during
bis affliction, left for their home in
Charlotte yesterday afternoon. While
Mr. Rader is far from well, we are
glad to state he Is dowing well, with
prospects of a speedy recovery.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
IN LOWER CHEROKEE
From Our Correspondent at
Etta Jane.
PERSONALS AND LOCALS.
IntereHtlng I’ltru^ruiihs and Krcent Hap-
pruingH In Lower Serf ton of the County
Gathered Up by Our (tegular Correspon
dent for Kenetit of Ledger Reader*.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jane, March 28—Dr. C. M.
Littlejohn, of Gaffney, was in this
section yesterday on professional
business.
We were slightly mistaken in
speaking of the wire at Howell’s ferry
being down when we said it was still
attached to the postings at either
end. It got loose from the roller on
this side and was carried down the
river its full length by a raft. The
neighbors gathered on day before yes
terday and took it out and replaced
it and the fiat is now running all
right. We live in a neighborhood of
public soirited people who are ready
to do their work on any matter which
materially concerns the public weal.
Mr. Sam Foster gave the young
people a nice sociable last night.
The water courses were higher by
odds the last rain than they have
been in a long, long time, and much
damage was done to plowed lands,
terraces, ditches, etc.
Sam Strain and V. C. Comer went
to Kelly Crossing today for a load of
guano for the latter. Vany expects
to make a big cotton crop this year.
Your correspondent has been on
the back ground for some time and is
not in position to give the news of
the neighborhood as he would like.
We see several other correspondents
from this section putting in their ap
pearance in your columns. This is
right ; we will gladly turn over the
work to them for the time being if
they will keep the readers posted
properly. So go ahead, boys, and
send in your letters and we|gaurantee
they will be noticed.
Mr. Will Westmoreland will finish
painting the inside of Salem church
next week if the weather and condi
tions are favorable.
The Sunday School Convention at
Elbethel was held last Sabbath as
announced. Not a great many were
present but we are told it went on eT
the same. The next meeting will be
at Cirinth in June. The high waters
cutoff all this section from getting to
Elbethel last Sabbath. This is the
only direction in which we have no
outlet in time of high waters. All
the streams are bridged with good
substantial bridges except Gilky
creek, and it has a good bridge on the
Union and Jonesville road leading out
from Wilkinsviile. This is somewhat
out of the way for our people. We
couldn’t ask for any more conveni
ences from the county until all other
sections are supplied as well as we
are.
We notice that Flaw Bicker is in
tbe ring again. He has undertaken
a big work—commenting on the
Scripture of the Old and New Tes
tament from Genesis to Revelation
inclusive.
We must admit our surprise that
out of so many intelligent Bible read
ers as The Ledger has t.uhudy has
ever taken him to taw They just
allow him to go on—having
his own say jus'jao if the world
and all the rest of mankind were to
drir k down his logic. But what’s
everybody’s business is nobody's
business, and we think perhaps this
class of readers to which we have
just referred think they will obey the
Divine Command, “Case not your
pearls before swine.” We would not
notice this in this connection were it
not that Flaw makes a swipe at the
“Kernel.” It seems that he has a
penchcn' at scripture readings and
Christian short coming- and largely
puis such construction on each as
his own liken and dislikes suggest.
Or, that’s the way we read nirn. If
we are compelled to take issue with
him we will take up one ••pint” at a
time (but we don’t mean by that
Fu*s X)—one pint of his aigymints.
For instance, he can’t see why Sat
urday instead of Sunday it not the
Sabbath. Well, Bro. Flaw, here is
all we can say. Our catechisum asks
and answers this question :
“Which day of the seventh hath
God appointed to be the weekly Sab
bath? Answer. From the beginning of
the world to the resurrection of Christ,
God appointed the seventh day of the
week to be the weekly Sabbath; and
the first day of the week ever since,
to continue to the end of the world,
which is the Christian Sabbath.”
J. L. s.
There is, in the heart of women,
such a deep well of love that no age
can freeze it.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
People Yon Know ‘and People You Don’t
Know
C. P. Garvin, of Allens, was in the
city yesterday.
Richard Foster, of Gowoysville,
came up to the city Saturday.
E K Belue, of Blacksburg, came
to the city on business Friday.
M. M. Tate was in the city Satur
day.
H 1). Wheat was in Charlotte,
N. C., the last of the week
C. P. Teale of Stevy. spent a short
time in the city Friday.
A. S. Smith, of Algood, was a Led
ger visitor Saturday.
James Robbs, of Grassy Pond, was
a city visitor Friday.
John S. Smith, of Love Springs,
spent some time in the city Saturday.
Dr. W. L. Settlemyer was in Spar
tanburg the last of the week.
Edmond Blanton, of Allens, spent
some time in the city Saturday
D. C. Belher and Ed. Whitesides,
of King’s Creek, were appreciated
Ledger visitor Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Moore, of
Buffalo, are in the city visiting rela
tives.
Clough F. Inman, of Etta Jane,
paid The Ledger a visit Friday and re
newed.
Landrum Clary, a prominent farm
er of Algood, came to the city Satur
day.
1). J. JHolt, of King’s Mountain,
came over to the city yesterday.
J. C. Jefferies, of Abingdon, was in
the city Friday.
Chas. H. Austell, who is traveling
for a manufacturer of farm machinery,
spent Sunday in the city with his
parents, Hon. and Mrs. W. G. Aus
tell. We are glad to learn that
Charley is succeeding well in hi- bo-
iness
Capt. A. Urquhart, of Blacksburg,
was in the city Friday.
Roland Humphries was in the city
Saturdty^and Sunday, the guest of
Rev and Mrs. W. T. Thompson, on
Victoria avenue.
T. J. Hamas, of Asbury, was a Led
ger visitor Friday.
Allie Osborne, a prominent young
business man of Blacksburg, was in
the city yesterday
Capt. J. J. Mugness, of Grassy
Pond, spent a short time in the city
Friday.
Miss lone Liltlejohn visited friends
in Spartanburg the last ot the week.
H. K. Osborne, Esq., was in Green
ville Friday on legal business.
A. M. Glover, of Spartanburg, was
in the city Saturday.
Dr. J. F. Garrett was in Grover
yesterday and will be in King’s Moun
tain today and tomorrow on profes
sional business.
D. C. Painter, was in the city Sat-
ru lay.
Frank McCluney, of Wilkinsviile,
spent some time in the city Satur
day.
Summie Alexander, of Love Springs
was in the city Saturday on business.
E. J. M. Durham, of Davisville N.
C , was a Ledger visitor Saturday.
Mr. Rivenbark, of Charlotte, came
to the city Sunday to visit his afflict
ed friend, Mr. Rader, at Mrs. Wood’s
boarding house. He returned the
same afternoon.
G. W. Boncer, of Grassy Pond,
was in the city Saturday.
Mrs. P. L. Ellis is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. J. vVebber. at Buf
falo.
Goin Doggett, of Charlotte, N. C.,
was in the city Saturday visiting his
mother, Mrs. W. A. C. Doggett
A Pretty Herd of Kalddt*.
We doubt if anyone in the state,
dealers excepted, has a larger or
prettier collection of white rabbits
than our good friend Will Brown now
has ut his home near Limestone.
Will has a large herd of them, and
they are all fat and sleek, without
mark or blemish to mar their beauty,
and everyone of them is as tame and
gentle as a house c it. A black and
white spotted one—the only one of
the kind in the lot—is a perfect
beauty, and a prettier specimen of
the hare tribe would be hard to find
Will loves to “fool with ’em,” he
says, and their tameness is due to
his fondness for them and the gentle
care he gives them. Everything in
the brute creation appreciates kind
treatment, and at jonce becomes at
tached to tbe one who accords it.
With all his cleverness and close
attention to them, Will has not been
able to eradicate from his pets that
inherent fear of a dog which is com
mon to all their species; and at tbe
least sound which seems to indicate
the approach of a member of tbe
canine tribe they will scatter like
rats and make for their holes in the
ground, each one striving to get in
first.
Will has lately added to his collec
tion a pair of Belgian hares. These
are about three times the size of our
oommon rabbits and with ears as
large as a donkey’s They are not at
all “atruok with beauty;” but their
oddities are intereating and amusing.
Success to Will and his rabbits.
THROUGHOUT THE
TARiHEEL STATE,
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS
lutei-eatlng Item* Coii<-ernii>K Our NttiKl"
bor* Heyonri the Line Which May l*r«v«
Entertaining Reading for Hundred* of
Ledger Reader*.
Governor Ayeoek has declined an
invitation to attend a meeting of the
southern Educational Board in Rich
mond next month on account of a
prior engagement
Mr. E. M. t’arver, who was con
nected with the Amos Owens Oherrj
Tree company, and who wei r West
about, the time the “bubble bnr-tid,”
has given bond and will reiurn to
North Carolina the first of May and
stand his trial at the June term of
the Federal co rt in Charlotte.
Some time between June and July
a civil service examination wil he
held in order to select four mail car
riers for service at Elizabeth City,
the postoffice having done trough
business to increase its ru ing and
justify their employment. The mail
carriers will enter on their duties
about Augu-t 1st.
Suit has been begun in Superior
court in Asheville against the South
ern railway on account of the death
of Tom Fisher, a railway engineer,
who was killed recently in a vvreck
on the 4-hevi‘l* divi-ion of ih‘ -on*!}
ern. I t e amount of <! n i j~ asked
for, $50,000, is perhaps the largest
ever sued for on account of one man’s
death.
The postiffiee safe at Flat Rt ek
Hender-ou county, was blown open
with nitro-glycerine by Purglars about
1 o’clock Thursday and looted of
$200 in cash. A large amount of
stamps and some small checks are
missing, none of which has been re
covered. The door of the safe was
blown from its fastenings and a hole
torn in the floor. The glass doors
and windows of the budding were
also demolished. No clue to the
cracksmen has been found.
Ernest Haywood, indicted for the
murder of Ludlow Skinner on the 21st
of February, was Tuesday morning ar
raigned in ourt in the presence of a
great crowd. He answered “Not
guilty” to the special solicitor ap
pointed for tbe occasion, Hon. Walter
E. Daniel, of Weldon. Haywood was
surrounded by his lawyers, nine in
number. He was pale and has grown
emaciated since his confinement in
the county jail and his hair has grown
perceptibly grayer. As he came in
he shook hands cordially with each
of his counsel. The case will be
taken up July 15th.
Saturday night at 11 o’clock the
furnished, but unoccupied residence
of DeBrutz Cutlar, Esq., on Nun
street, in Wilmington, was ransacked
and set on fire by unknown parties.
A family next door beard a noise in
the building and discovered the
flumes. The burglar ran across the
yard and escaped as the fire alarm
was being sent in. A window on the
west side of the building was found
up by the firemen when they reached
the scene. The damage will be be
tween $200 tu d $300 The police are
working on the case.
The depot of the Southern Railway
at Asheboro wu* struck by ligh ting
Saturday night and would have been
destroyed tnjjether with a large
amount of freight, hat in not been
that a member of the depot force hap
pened to be in the vicinity at tbe
tune and on seeing a light in the of
fice rushed in and before any con
siderable damage had beeo done sue-
needed in extinguishing the fire. It
was a narrow escape and but for the
presence of the agent which was
ppeelv accidental, it being at a late
hour of the night the building and
contents would have been a mass of
ruins.
As a result of burns received last
Monday Miss Mollie Gibson, a daugh
ter of Mr. James Gibson, died Thurs
day night at her home near Mat
thews, Mecklenburg county. At the
time of the accident Miss Gibson was
watching her father and others clear
off a new ground. While standing
near a brush heap, her dress caught
on fire and seeing that she could not
put out the flames, she ran in the
direction of her father. Before she
teached him, her clothing was in a
light blaze and before the fire could
be extinguished, the unfortunate girl
was horribly burned.
Governor Aycock has accepted an
invitation from the Wilmington coun
cils of tbe Junior Order of United
American Mechanics to deliver an
address in the Academy of Music
there on Wednesday evening, April
22nd. The occasion is the formal
presentation of handsome silk flags
and editions of the Bible to the
Hemmenway and Union schools of
Wilmington. State Councillor George
E. Hood, mayor of Goldsboro, will
also be there and will address the
J unit,rs, presenting the gifts to rep
resentatives of the schools. Gov
ernor Aycock has been asked to speak
generally along educational lines.
A telegram Friday afternoon from
Washington, D. C.. to relatives in
Charlotte, announced the sad death
in that city of Elbert K. B. Osborne,
formerly of Charlotte and a son of
ihe late E. K. B. Osbo.ne, who at
one time was one of the leading busi-
ntss men of Charlotte. The dispatch
received by the menuDers of the fami
ly stated that Elbert had died from
asphyxiation, a gas jet jin the^room
being turned on when the body was
found. Those who know young Os
borne state that the suicide idea is
highly improbable; that he had just
Secured a *ood position and was ex
ceedingly happy in the love of wife
and babv.
AT ANTIOCH.
School I’u|>iI*ami Patrons Indulge in Ama*-
iiiK KxerelMe*.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Antioch, March 25:—The recent
heavy rains have again brought farm
work to a standstill and it will be sev
eral days before plows can start
again.
The wheal, and oat crops in this
section at present bid fair to be the
finest we have had for several years.
We fear, however, that a severe cold
spell at the advanced stage they have
now reached would greatly injure
'hem.
Brof Frank McCluney’s school at
this place cio-ei • !; last Friday and
the patrons ami pupils had arranged
for a picnic on Saturday. Notwith
standing the fact that Saturday was
an unfavorablejday alarge crowd of pa
trons, pupils and friends, assembled
at the schoolhouse and spent a very
pleasant day.
Owing to toe shortness of the ses
sion, Brof. McCluney had not pre
pared a special program for his schol
ars and the day was spent in un in
formal social manner, the beys en
gaging in military drilling, baseball,
potato races, foot races and jumping,
while the girls and young ladies stood
in lovely groups looking on and
seemed to be wondering why Cupid
was not taking a more active part in
the ceremonies.
At noon a beautiful dinner was
spread, consisting of all the good
things which the good ladies of Anti
och so well know how to prepare,
and one and all were cordially invited
to partake. The crowd stayed till late
io the evening wbeo all returned to
their homes feeling that the day had
been well spent.
Brof. McCluney has taught a fine
school at this place and the patrons
are loud in their praises of his work.
The singing convention composed
of the Antioch, Bethlehem, Grover
and Blacksburg choirs, will meet with
the Grover Baptist church on the first
Sunday in May and the different
choirs are beginning to practice for
it.
The Antioch band has recently been
reorganized in good shape and the
boys are now practicing with a vim.
Hoozikr.
CHEROKEE AVE. CHURCH.
Send Delegation to Elbethel -Work of IS. Y.
P. U., Sunbeam and Ml*Hlonary Socletle*.
The Rev. G. B. Hamrick, pastor
of the Cherokee Avenue Baptist
church, was absent from the city last
Sunday in attendance upon tbe
Sunday School Union of the Middle
Section of the Broad River Associa
tion. which met with the good people
of Elbethel. March 28-29.
The delegation to the association
from this church was as follows: Rev.
G. P. Hamrick, Chas. J. Hughes,
Chas. L. Davis, Miss Ella Kirby, Mrs.
F. E. Shuford. and Miss Alberta Hall
man and they would have attended
Sunday but the rain and wind came,
and kept them all at home except Mr.
Hamrick, who went Saturday morn-
ing.
The Sunday School met at 10 a. m.
with about, one-fourth of the regular
attendance, on tbe account of the
bad day. But quite a number of
excelltnt singers were present. Mr.
VV G. Hopper, of Buffalo, was present
and led the singing and made the
Sunday service very enjoyable.
The B. Y. P. union, which meets
every Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
decided not to meet but will have
the same programme for next Sunday
evening. The subject will be—“Our
Missions Among the Mormons of tbe
Great Northwest,” conducted by
Mr. Stegall, and addresses by some
of the other B. Y. 1*. U. workers.
Tbe Sunbeams are doing an excel
lent work under the leadership of
Miss Bessie Shuford. They will ren?
der an excellent programme for the
public in a few weeks, which will be
announced later.
The Woman’s Missionary society ii
moving on nicely and great tbinga
are expected from it.
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