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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 EEIDAY. Wt GUARANTEE ; ✓ The Reliability of Every Adver • User Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in ail that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ^ ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894 GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1903 $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Sterns of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. BventH that Have Taken Flare from One Knrt of the State to the Other Culled from Exchange)* for Quick Heading by Score, of Baity Veople. The railroad commission has set April 8 for a hearing at Spartanburg for the depot matter. The trouble between the striking builders trades workman and the con tractors in Columbia his been defi nitely settled. The clerk of the court of Spartan burg county has sent to the comp troller general $818 85 refunded from the pension fund. He says he was in structed by the pension board not to return the money. Gen. T. VV. Carwile, commander of the South Carolina division, United Confederate Veterans, Wednesday night sent the invitation askieg the veterans to assemble in Columbia in May for their annual reunion. The Hampton Memorial commis sion of which Senator C. S. McCall is chairman, met Wednesday night in the supreme court room in Columbia. The commission plans for the raising of Bufhcent money to make the state appropriation of $10,000 available. Wednesday night about 12 o’clock Annie Dixon, a colored girl about 10 years of age lining in Spartanburg, notified the police that she had been assaulted by a white man, who after wards made his escape. The deed, she alleges, happened near the roller mills on the C. & W. 0. railway in that city. The man has not been arrested. There are no new developments whatever in the big suit for $52,000 against the Spartan Mills and a similar suit against the Beaumont Manufacturing Co., of Spartanburg. The hearing will take place next Tuesday in Newberry. There was a report current Tuesday that a com promise might be effected but this is denied positively by the attorneys in terested. Col. William Elliott, of Beaufort, received the following report as the * result of the examinations for the Annapolis midshipman’s scholarship, held in Charleston on Saturday: Geo. C. Logan, principal; W. M. Bostock, Beaufort, first alternate; Theodore C. Heyward, Beaufort, second alternate; Edw ard M. Gaffney, Charleston, third alternate. There were eight competitors. The winter season at Aiken is about over and the northern people are turning their faces and their belong ings homeward. The fine stables of Mr. Whitney at Aiken will be broken ud and the horses sent back to New York. They will be shipped by ex press and a special train will be run to carry this valuable consignment. The 35 splendid horses will be stabled in the cars with particular care. J. M. Cantey, the assistant secre tary of the State Fair Association, says that the fair will come at a most satisfactory time, Oct. 30. It follows the one at Raleigh, N. C., and precedes the Georgia state fair. Parties heading southward with their side shows will have a continuous line of big fairs from the grain coun try, where the fairs begin the latter part of August, to the cotton belt, where the fairs are arranged to follow each other in nice order. The United States training ship Buffalo has left Port Royal naval station for New York with about 700 men, including apprentices, seamen and marines. All of those afflicted with diphtheric symptoms have recovered. About 35 of those who have been ill were given short furloughs and left for their respective homes. The ex perience of the Buffalo has demon strated the fact that Port Royal is a good place at which to quarantine an affected crew where, under careful medical treatment rapid recovery was made. In the court of common pleas at Charleston Monday Judge Watts is sued an order requiring a negro law yer named Twine to show cause why he should not be debarred from prac tice in the courts for unprofessional conduct. The attention of the court was called to Twine’s methods in the recent presentment of the grand jury. It was charged that Twine had en deavored to get a number of negroes who were accused of stealing terra pins to swear that the overseer of the ‘terrapin farm bad stolen the turtles. Twine will have to show causejat the opening of the next term of the court and If he cannot satisfactorily defend himself there will be one colored law yer less at the Charleston bar. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. The Li e Stock Company has signs up prohi >iting drinking in its barn. Rev. VV. R. Potter has moved into Col. H. Fay Gaffney’s handsome cot tage on Granard street. The many friends of Mr. LewisCon- der, who was so badly hurt by a mule kicking him about a week ago, are glad to see that be is able to be about his place of business again. Don’t forget the big land sa'e Mon day, April 6th. Thiswi l be your best chance to get a nice site for chat little home you intend to build. See advertisement in other column. J. C. Ratliff, of The Battery, left yesterday morning for Charlotte, N. C , where he went to interview a pants factory. He said when he left that he had not determined to bring the factory back with him, but that the pants would surely come. The unloading of the traction en gines, which the county is going to work the roads with, at the Frederick street crossing Wednesday attracted a big crowd. But Arthur Hopper, who had charge of the job, did it so dexterously that it was robbed of all novelty. The young man who some weeks ago married the Jgirl under fourteen years old, and who was indicted for it. and who then paid the girl s father $100 to keep him from prossecuting the case, now has his bride with him at his bomb and ail parties are ap- pearently reconciled. Good luck to them. The recent freshets washed three bridges in the county away. One from over Sarratts creek on the Ross read, one from over Thickety on the Algood road and another from over a small stream near VV. C. S. Wood’s. One over Buffalo was badly damaged and several others received injuries that can easily be repaired. County Supervisor Whelchel i nforms us that all of them wiil be attended to as soon as possible. tliin TiUiimK’H Trlnl. A special from Columbia says: The prospect now is that that the case against James H. Tillman, for the killing of N. G. Gonzales will be heard at the approaching term of oourt here. The understanding is that the cause will be called the second week of court. The defense will be repre sented by George Johnstone, of New berry ; Congressman George Croft, of Aiken and P. H. Nelson. The prose cution will be led by Holicitor J. Wil liam Thurmond, who will be assisted by former Attorney General A. Dun can Bellinger, Andrew Crawford and William Elliott. Jr. Judge Klugh will be the trial judge. Facolet Almoftt Destroyed. Pacolet, April 1:—Almost the en tire business portion of the town of Pacolet was destroyed by fire which broke out tonight and spread rapid ly. The origin of the fire is unknown. The fire is now under control. It is impossible at this hour to give the amount of the loss. Dreadful Attack of Whooping Cough. Mrs. Ellen Harlhoo, of 300 Park Ave., Kamas City, Mo., writes as follows: “Our two children had a severe attack of whooping cough, one of them in the paroxysm of coughing would often faint and bleed at the nose. We tried everything we heard of without getting relief. We then called in our family doctor who pre scribed Foley’s Hoaey and Tar. With the very first dose they began to im prove and we feel that it has saved their lives. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Some people don’t care what hap pens so long as it dont happen to them. A ChnttunoogM DrugglKt'M Statement. Robt. J. Miller, Proprietor or the Read House Drug Store of Chatta nooga, Tenn., writes: “There is more merit in Foley’s Honey and Tar than in any other cough syrup. The calls for it multiply wonderfully and we sell more of it than all other cough syrups combined.’’ Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. Letter to Mr. Ballard. Dear Sir: You take interest in your work and yo i want every stroke of the brush to do all that it can. Devoe Lead and Zinc makes everv stroke of the brush count. Mixed paint wastes fifteen to eighty per cent, of every stroke—depends upon the amount of adulteration in the mixed paint. That’s what we mean by “fewer gallons.” We can’t dwell on every reason for using Devoe Lead and Zinc. There are too many. E. R. Bowman, Girard, Pa., writes: Mr. Burt Young bought one gallon of Devoe Lead and Zinc in halves to paint rooms on which he had always used one gallon of mixed paint; one-half gallon of Devoe did the work and he returned the other half gallon. Your* truly, F. W. Devoe <fc Co. New York. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Interesting Paragraphs and Becent Hap penings In Lower Section of the County Gathered Up by Car Hegular Correspon dent for Benefit of Ledger Headers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, March 31.—We have had another cold, rainy spell and more high waters. The weather clear ing off warmer has saved the fruit no doubt. The embalmed body of Joe Keenan, who was hanged at Greenville on the 27th ult., has been at Kolton for some days, and several persons have seen it. We learn it will be buried today (Tuesday). It would pay some one to give it a burying place near their chicken roost or watermelon patch. Tomorrow being "all fools” day, we suppose the usual flood of letters will be in circulation. Our people had one last Saturday night, or r .ther Sabbath morning. It was the finding of a neighbor’s teed basket at the cowpen. How it got there no body knows, and many theories are advanced. We accused our own and our neighbors’ people with double dealing, but they all say that won’t do. And so we are out until we sub mit the case to the rabbit foot test or else apply to a regular fortune teller to solve the mystery. The farmers will not get to plow much for several days. They had just begun when the last rain came. The string band has been furnish ing us with some good music during these long evenings. They are much improved and have a lot of new pieces. By private letter we learn that Uncle Jimmy Rains has been quite unwell with grippe, but he is getting better. He writes very encouragingly of his new home where be is working on the force of the Midland Virginian, an up-to-date Virginia paper pub lished at Palmyra, Va. He send us a copy regularly. Thanks to you, Uncle Jimmy. He has only kind words for The Ledger. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Kirby are rejoicing over the arrival of a bounc ing boy baby at their home. From the Shelby Aurora we clip the following which will be of inter est to many of our Ledger readers, who are well acquainted with the parties named therein: “Mr. John McGrath, who lives on Mr. C. C. Roberts’ farm on Buffalo, brought to our office Wednesday morning a turnip that will take the premium. It weighed 17 pounds and measured three feet id circumference. It had been out of the ground several days and had lost in weight.” Mr. Robert) also owns one of the best Broad river farms in Cherokee county, and he is one man who makes farm ing pay as far as possible to do so. No intelligent reader of The Ledger will for a moment dispute that Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage’s sermons alone are worth twice the price of this or any other paper that reproduces them. They are simply grand in every particular and the reader who doesn’t see them in that light is hard to satisfy. And many a man and woman who never go to church will be deeply impressea with what they see and learn of these gospel mes- sageb through their secular papers. Now that the railroads are offering their usual reduced rates to those who wish to visit the New Orleans Confederate Reunion on May 19-22, we think it’s a fine time for those who want to take a pleasant outing at the lowest possible cost to take advantage of it. It will be money well spent. The usual attractions will be fully up to those ou any former occasion ; and to a vast num ber of veterans it will be their last meeting on earth. The city has its committees at work and will give any information in alvance that any one wants. They will furnish applicants with quarters, while visitors will find guides to take them to any point they wish to $o. It was our lot to be thrown with the Louisianians a good portion of the time during the war, and we know what kind of fellows they are. We would like to go with Dr. Mason W. Smith, ex-assistant surgeon C. S. army, and to meet up with Pat O’Leary, John Owens, Wil liam Bell, Tim Murphy, Jim Mc Night. Jim O’Doweil, Fredrick Trahl, Billy Maloney and a lot of others of the old "wharf rats,” who were with Gen. Mart Gary. The young people, too, will find a pleasant time. A* soon as we find out the exact cost of a round trip from Gaffney we will let The Ledger readers know It. J. L B. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. People Yon Know -and-'People Yon Don't Know Miss Frances Fort, one of our most attractive and popular young ladies, returned home Tuesday after an ex tended visit to relatives and friends in Chester, Charlotte and other points. Several social fut ctions were given in honor of Miss Fort by her friends and admirers during her stay in Chester, and her entire visit was fraught with much pleasure. Mrs. John Holler, of Rock Hill, is in the city visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Poag, on Smith street. C. E. Smith, of Goucher, spent some time in the city Tuesday. Robert Bridges, of Algood, was in the city yesterday. Lee M. Otts, Esq., a prominent lawyer and^ president of First Nat- tionai Bank, of Greensboro, Ala., arrived in the city yesterday on a visit to his cousin, J. C. Otts, Esq. Mr. Otts is a native of Alabama, but of South Carolina stock, being a son of the late Rev. Dr. J. M. P. Otts, who was born and raised in Union county, South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smith and their daughter, Miss Marie, of Al good, were shopping in the city Tuesday. vV. T. Magness, representative of the Mountain City Mills, was in the city yesterday. Will is a Cherokee boy and has many friends here. W. Sam Lipscomb spent some time in the city Tuesday. Rev. W. T. Thomson attended a school picnic at Bethesda school- house in Spartanburg county Wed nesday. E. A. Robbs, of Grassy Pond, paid The Ledger an appreciated visit yes terday. Landrum Huskey, of Grassy Pond, came to the city Tuesday on business. Julian Ross, who is engaged in railroad grading in West Virginia with his father, ex-Sheriff J. B Ross, was in the city the first of the week visiting relatives and friends. R K- Linder, of Maud, came to the city Tuesday G. W. S. Hart, Esq., of Yorkville, of the law firm of Bell & Hart of this city, was in the city yesterday on legal business. T. Jeff Hughes Jr., of Wilkinsvilie, was in|the city Tuesday. Junius Sparks, a promicent farmer of Home, came to the city Wednes day on business. John M. Daniel, of Thickety, and his daughter, Mrs. Noblet, were shop ping in the city Tuesday. A. N. Wood was in Spartanburg Wednesday. Dr. R. F. McKown, of Cherokee Falls, made a business trip to the city Tuesday. He favored The Ledger with a call. James R. Service, of Mercer, spent some time in the city yesterday. Capt. and Mrs. I. M. Smith, of Thickety, were shopping in the city Tuesday afternoon. Miss Effie Vassey and Miss Fannie Smith, of Beaverdam, were shopping in the city yesterday. Wirt Harley, a prominent young attorney of Blackville, in Barnwell county, was in the city Wednesday visiting |his relative, J. Emile Har ley, Esq. Mrs. R. C. Thompson, of Lockhart, was in the city the first of the week visiting her many friends. Mrs. Clarence Putnam and Miss Ida Gaffney were appreciated Ledger visitors yesterday. P. S Lowery, a young farmer boy of Wilkinsvilie, called to see The Ledger Wednesday and subscribed. Will Moore, a traveling man of At lanta, formerly of Laurens county, was in the city Tuesday and paid The Ledger a visit. Swan Paris, of Ezell, made a busi- nt-ss visit to the city yesterday. Our old friend, P. D. Phillips, was in the city Wednesday. R. B. Lemaster, a progressive and successful farmer of Wilkinsvilie, spent seme time in the city Tuesday. County Commissioner J. A. Scruggs was a Ledger visitor yesterday Robert Kirby, of Etta Jane, was in the city yesterday on business. J. E. Lipscomb, a Furmao student, came home Tuesday to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Sam Lipscomb, at Asbury. Miss Nancy Thompson left the city Wednesday to make a visit to Charles ton. Hon. W. Judson Sarratt was in the city Tuesday. He favored The Led ger with a call. Martin Roberts came to the city Wednesday on business. G. K. Page, of Pacolet, visited friends In the city Tuesday. He called on The Ledger and subscribed. Our old friend, Jesse Sanders, of Abingdon, was lo the city yesterday. G. B. Wright, of Abingdon, spent some time In the city Wednesday. H. D, Mathis, a prominent farmer of Ravenna, made a business trip to the city Wednesday. Basil Pettit and bis son Charlie, of Ravenna, were city visitors Wednes day. M. W. Brown, of Ravenna, made a business trip to the oity Wednesday. THROUGHOUT THE Tim HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS Interesting Items Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Frov* Kutertainiug Beading for Hundreds of Ledger Headers. Charles Mobley, a young white man, who was arrested in Greensboro some days ago for breaking into and robbing a store at Siler City, has es caped from jail at Pittsboro, where he was awaiting trial at the next term of Chatham Superior Court. Littleton Female College, Littleton, is preparing for a great commence ment the last week in May. Bishop A. Coke Smith will preach the annual sermon. Dr. C. F. Reid, of ISasn- ville, Tenn., will deliver the mission ary address and Gov. Aycock will de liver the literary address. John Copper, colored, was arrested in Wilmington before day Wednesday morning on a warrant from Florence 8, C.. charging him with burglary. An officer was expected Wednesday night to identify the negro and take him back to Florence if be consented to go without requisition papers. While he was preaching at a revi val in progress at, a colored Baptist church in east Wilmington Tuesday night, Rev. M. W. DeVane, colored, of Wilmington, lost his horse and buggy, which was left in The church yard. Sneak thieves orept up in the grove and drove the animal away. The property had not been recovered next morning. Will Harris, the negro desperado, who has on more than one occasion terrorized the Sugar Creek section of Mecklenburg county by using the midnight torch, was arrested Wed nesday in Norfolk and is now in jail in that city. Will Harris is wanted in Mecklenburg for so many crimes that it would be exceedingly difficult to enumerate all of them. He will be brought back to Charlotte. Mr. Albright Harden, of Greens boro, is to bring suit against S. A. Schloss and the city of Greensboro for injuries sustained by his little daugh ter in falling through the elevator at the Grand on the occasion of the en tertainment given by pupils of the graded schools several weeks ago. The summons was served Monday, but the complaint has not yet been filed. It must be in by the next term of court. It is reported that the Southern railroad has just received fifty-seven new locomotives and they are being limbered up at the company’s shops at Spencer. The statement is that two years ago the Southern gave an order for ninety-seven new locomo tives; but has not been able to get them before now for the reason that the locomotive builders were so far behind with their work. The "South ern system has been badly in need of additional motive power, and it is hoped that the engines just received will very materially relieve the situ ation. A young white man named R. B. Ussery, who says his home is in Rock Hill, was before the recorder in Char lotte Wednesday morning charged with beieg drunk in the Southern waiting room on West Trade streetin that city. Ussery did not deny the charge. He admitted being drunk and said that he bad come down from Huntersville Tuesday afternoon with $85 in bis pocket and when he came to himself next morning he only bad $2 36. There were two young men with Ussery when he went to Char lotte, and be thinks one of these took his money. E. P. Virgin and W. F. Adams, two well dressed young men of preposens- ing appearance, were arrested at the Leland Hotel in Charlotte Tuesday morning on a warrant sworn out by Postoffice Inspector F. N. Davis. Mr. W. 8. Orr served the warrant. These two men are suspected of being guilty of breaking into the postoffice ^t Mt. Olive, in Wayne county, blow- -ig open the postoffice safe and tak ing therefrom $225 in money and about $50 or $75 in stamps. Both Virgin and Adams protested vigor ously, saying that a mistake bad been made and that they did not think it i igbt or the part of justice to require them to be thus humiliated; that they were honest, hard working men, and though circumstances seemed to be against them, they were Innocent of any wrong-doing. Com missioner Maxwell bound both over in a bond of $500 each. Falling to give this, they were taken to jail. The surest and safest remedy for kidney and bladder diseases Is Fo ley’s Kidney Cure. Sold by Chero kee Drug Co. THE CANTATA CHORUS.! The Kehearning Kegularly and f> ro . greKHiiiK Splendidly. The practice for the coming can tata is well sustained, the class ie regular in their attendance, meeting every Tuesday and Friday nights. On next Friday night only the soloists will rehearse. This was decided upon so that all the chorus can attend the "Social” to be given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church at the Lips comb warehouse. The purpose of the cantata seems to be understood in a measure, as baa been stated before. All the net re ceipts will be used for the Buford St. M. E. church choir. But the drill and praitice of the rehearsals under Mr. Maxim’s direction, will be of great value to the sioging public of Gaffney. Ard again this will be the musical event of Gaffney for the sea son, and will in a great measure com pensate for the loss of the annual music festival heretofore held at Liipestone College. Those who know Mr. Maxim and Miss Williams and the chorus sup porting them, confidently expect an evening of vocal mus’c equal to any thing ever given in the State. The chorus is progressing splendid ly, but Mr. Maxim said at the outset no date will be announced until the cantata can be perfectly rendered. It is expected that this will be accom plished during the mouth of April. To one who is not a musical critic, and who hears the rehearsals that are gone through by the chorus semi- weekly would think that all is ready; but Mr. Maxim says not yet, and Gaffney local vocalists will surprise their friends. The cantata is a musical classic and specially adapted to popular pro duction. Let every on a in Gaffney get his or her Bible and read the beautiful book of Esther. PDvery hu man passion—love, hate, revenge, fidelity, envy and despair is there, and the musical portrayal thereof is perfect The hatred on the part of Haman; the fidelity of Mordecai; the courage and devotion of the beautiful Queen Esther, and the character of the King Ahasuerus are all made to ap pear, as it were, in flesh and blood. And music most joyous, most sad, most triumphant, and withal, most pleasing, is rendered in the five acts of the cantata, with the shifting scenes. A gentleman who was at one of the late rehearsals, and who does not sing and frankly says he never bad any taste for music, said to us: *'1 never knew before there was so much in music. Those songs thrilled me as never a sermon.” And such will be the verdict of all who attend. Neither labor, time nor expense will be spared in its production. That was Mr. Maxim’s condition when he assumed charge as director. And those who know the committee in charge recognize that they never fail to achieve tbeir highest purposes. As has been said by them, they hope to make a success financially, but they would prefer to meet a deficit out of tbeir own pockets to disap pointing the public. The chorus will be equally divided into Persians and Jews and appropri ately costumed to represent the time, place and scene*. Public Baleg. By reference to the advertising columns of The Ledger it will be seen that a great deal of valuable Gaffney real estate will be sold in front of the court house on next Monday by the sheriff and clerk of court. The Sheriff offers nine lots belong ing to the estate of the late Uol. W. W. Gaffney. They contain from a fraction of an acre up to twenty or more acres which have been sub divided into suitable building and business lots and comprise some of the most desirable property io the city. The clerk offers valuable property in both this city aod the city of Blacksburg. These sales offer rare opportunities to investors who wish to p^t money in city property in cities without booms, but where real estate in creases in value as regularly as the sun rises. C. P. Brown, administrator of J. J. Brown, deceased, also offers some personal property for sale. A Thoughtful Man. M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Ind., knew what to do In the hour of need. His wife bad such an unusual case of stomach and liver trouble, physicians could not help her. He thought of and tried Dr. King’s New Life Pills and she got relief at once and was finally cured. Only 25c., at Chero kee Drug Co. The chronic borrower seldom pays a man back In his own coin. Foley’s Honey and Tar contain* no opiates, and will not coostipate like neatly all other cough medicines. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Chero- I kee Drug Co.