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THE LARGEST •wirculation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. THE LEDGER. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. Wt GUARANTEE l*he Reliability of Every Advei. 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.. FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 1903. *1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE , PALMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. tiventa that Have Taken Place from One Knd of the State to the Other Culled from Exchange* for Oulck Heading by Scores of llnsy People. Tbe growers of strawberries in Marion, of whofn there are a good number in and aiound the place, are daily shipping fine berries in large quantities. The dispensary was defeated at Greenwood Monday by a heavy ma jority. The vote stood 313 against to 176 for it. This manes the fifth de feat for the dispensary at that place. The Bank of Saluda has applied lor a charter. It will be operated with a capital stock of $25,000 and the gentlemen who are backing the enterprise are B W. Crouch, Geo. C. Wheeler, Alvin Etheredge and J. P. Lindler. There are no new developments of any kind in the sensational discovery of Saturday morning of the bloody tracks and other evidences of foul play discovered in the rear of Tomlin son’s store on East Main street in Spartanburg. The Vigilant Building and Loan company of Charleston has been chartered. The capital stock will ultimately be $120,000. The officers are T. A. Wilbur, president; John B. Beeves, vice president; B. J. Mc- Tureous, secretary and treasurer, and R. S. Whaler, solicitor. Saturday night in Florence some trouble arose between Alonzo Pike, a white man, and Isham Brown, a ne gro, which resulted in the white man being seriously cut about the neck. *P'he trouble irose from the fact that earlier in the day the negro ran into Mr. Pike with * bicycle. The engineering corps of the Ten nessee, Georgia and South Carolina railroad has reached Anderson. This road is projected to run from Chatta nooga to thit city. A charter was secured some time ago and for several months the work of making the nre- liminary survey has been in progrees. The work has been completed, the ^arveyors Jreachiog Anderson from Walhalla. On the grave of Wade Hampton there was laid Saturday a beautiful laurel wreath, sent by members of the Charleston Chapter of the Daugh ters of the Confederacy through the regent, Mrs. James Connor, the widow of the gallant Confederate brigadier, who was attorney general in Governor Hampton’s cabinet. The wreath was sent to Mrs. Clark War ing, regent of the Wade Hampton chapter. A smooth young fellow giving his name as Howard acd claiming to represent tbe Curtis Publishing com pany, of Philadelphia, sold $75 worth of subscriptions to the Saturday Evening Post to young men in Co lumbia some time ago. The young men have received no papers, but, in stead, the information from the Cur tis company that they have no such man representing them. He was clearly a fakir. Lewis Smith, a Confederate veteran 61 years old and one-legged, who lives near Kinard’s store, about 15 miles from Saluda, has been sent up to tbe circuit court by Magistrate S. M. Meyers on-the charge of attempting a nameless crime on his grandniece, a child of 10 years. Smith denies his guilt. The people of the community are much stirred up over the affair, but to their credit nothing illegal has been attemp ted or even thought of. Another of the ante helium man sion of tbe State has succumbed to tbe flames. A few days ago one of tbe oldest bouses in the McClellan- ville neighborhood near Plantersville in Georgetown county was burned and the origin of the fire is unknown. It was a three-story structure, built when nails were wrought by hand,) J|nd was owned by the Doar family \_™riorto the Civil War, but of recent years it has been in tbe family of tbe late Dr. Horace Lelaod. Monday morning about six miles from Johnston in Saluda county Mr. John Shaver was shot and killed by Rufus Durst, a young white man. It appears from tbe information ob tained that Durst wanted Shaver’s son, who, with his father, waft a ten ant working on shares on Durst’s father’s farm, to work in tbe latter’s field. Shaver explained that bis bod to go away for part of tbe day. It seems that Durst became infuri ated. Hot words passed and Durst pulled bis pistol and fired, killing old man Shaver, who was about 70 years. Sunday Bud Lee Cliukscales and Lewis Miller, two negro convicts on the gang of road-workers, went in swimming in Little river at Martin’s mill in Abbeville county. Their shackles were not removed and when they got beyond their depth were en tangled and weighted down by them and could not swim or regain the bank. Before assistance could be had they both lost consciousness. Miller was revived, but Clinkscales was dead before any means of reviv ing him could be obtained. Clink- scales had about six months more to serve as a convict. EVERYTHING AT EZELLS. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains ;to (The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Farm Work HehinU.—Mule Trader* Flour- Uhlng.—Pergonal Mention. Ezells, April 15:—Farm work is generally on the late order—very little planting of any kind has been done. Small grain is looking fine. Some of the boys in the Thickety mountain section bad a fine fox chase Sunday, the 5th ,inst. They caught the fox, and he was a fine one. Mr. J. C. Martin and Miss Rosa Linder were married last Sunday, the 12th, at 9 o’clock a m., at Mr. Claud Blanton’s, near Ezells. The groom is a sou of Mr. Robert Martin and the bride is a daughter of Mr. John Lin der. The ceremony was performed by Magistrate Geo. D. Scruggs. May their journey over the sea of life be a pleasant one. We have seen as many as six loads of corn going down through this sec tion in one day. It shows that some thing is lacking down the country. Some are hauling corn from White Oak creek, in Polk county, N. C. J. A Scruggs is making some im provements on the public roads in this section. The health of this community is very good at present. Your correspondent was in Spartan burg last Friday on business. Mrs. S. E. Roberts is visiting in this community. There have been the most mules bought in this section this spring that we have ever known before, and for the highest prices. Mr G. L Martin, our efficient post master at Ezells, was in Gaffney yes terday. Blue Hawk (Correspondence of The Ledger.; Ezell, Apr. li—After only two days that the ground would do for plowing it is raining again and we believe the heaviest of the sea son. Land is washed badly. Those who had put in their guano have had a lot of it washed away. Some few had begun to plant corn but the majorityl were just preparing their land for planting. Things are looking very blue for the farmers just now, but we will still hope that “all things work together for good.” We attended church services at Arrowood Sunday The Pastor, Rev. L. C. Ezell, preached a very appro priate sermon on “The Resurrection”. The text was the first chapter of first Cor., 13th ind 14 verses. Tbe patrons of Simpson school met Sunday and organized a Sunday school at that place. Mr. M. B. Scruggs is superintendent, H. Z. Hicks assistant, Mr Rookter Ray, singing clerk. We think they will have a very good school. The frost has not hurt the fruit in this section very much, but we are informed that the peaches are all killed near the river. Our I"ish pota toes are the only things hurt with us. John Scruggs wife, of Arrovood, died Sunday and was buried yester day at State Line. Mft. Will C. McKinney has been quite sick We hope he will soon re cover. The young people had an “egg breaking” at Mr. T. J. McKinney’s Saturday evening. They report a very nice time, and if eating eggs is any sign of a good time, they surely had one. Joe. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ezells. March 15:—Sunday school was organized here last Sunday at New Pleasant church, with M. B. Scruggs, superintendent, and W. H. Martin, secretary. We all hope that they will have a good Sunday school. Your correspondent has just re turned from Georgia after a stay of about five mouths. Farmers are getting behind with their work in this section. Wheat, though, is looking fine. Mrs. N. E. Jolly is on the sick list. Mr. Jimmie Jolly is all smiles now— be has another boy at his home; and Mr. J. W. Williams has a new girl at his home. With best wishes to Tbe Ledger and its editor, c. k. Fre*h Lot Just Received. We have just received a fresh lot of “Clifton” flour, guaranteed to be the best patent flour iu tbe market, and will keep it in stock regularly in tbe future. Try a sack of “Clifton” next time. W. J. Wilkins &Co. The lower limbs contain thirty bones eaciL Tbe best physic: Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Easy to take; pleasant iu effect. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., L. D. Alllion, Cowpens. GROVER CLEVELAND ON RACE PROPLEM. Belongs to the Booker Wash- ington-Tuskegee Order. HE UPHOLDS THE SOUTH Interesting Items Concerning Onr Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Frovt Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Reader* Mr. Carnegie offers to give $10,000 for a public library in High Point if the town will give $1,000 a year.to maintain it. The Capital Printing Company has moved from Raleigh to Hamlet G. V. Barnes is manager and treasurer and employs 35 men, having a pay roll of over $1,000 per month. Mr. Frank J. Church, of Hender son, a bookkeeper at the Union Cop per Mine, wae drowned Monday after noon at Mauney’s Mill, on the Yad kin river, while on an Easter Mon day outing with a party of friends from Gold Hill. Five cars on the Southern south- bond freight were derailed two miles west of Shelby Friday. One passen ger had his right arm broken twice and another received some slight in juries. The cause of the accident was the spreading of rails. Capt. William Rand Kenan, one of Wilmington’s leading citizens, and father-in-law of Mr. Henry M. Flag ler, the multi-millionaire, died at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, at which institution he underwent an operation for a complication of stom ach troubles about two weeks ago. On Sunday afternoon, Scotland county was visited by one of the most destructive hail storms the peo ple have suffered from in several years. The greatest injury was to the fruit crop. After the storm was over the ground was covered with lit- t!e peaches. Early vegetables were also injured greatly. The greatest destruction was in Laurel Hill town ship. There was another shooting affair at Henderson Friday afternoon. It seems that a white man named Vaughan, who works in tbe mill there, was walking on the street with his wife when a negro, Norman Jones, jostled against Mrs. Vaughn, pushing her from the sidewalk. Vaughan re sented the negro’s act, and drawing his pistol, fired at the negro, but missed. Perhaps the smallest tax ever col lected by a sheriff of North Carolina was receipted for recently by ex- Sheriff Gaddy, of Anson. Alec (Dock) Moore, colored, | of Morven township, was the man from whom the tax—one cent—was collected. No attempt was made to divide the tax between state, county and school, but tbe entire amount was turned into the treasur/ for the benefit of the general county fund. The safe in the postoffice at Wind sor. Bertie county, was cracked last week, and upon telegraphic informa tion three men were arrested at Washington charged with the offence. They gave their names as James H. Saunders, Hiram M. Easou and Al bert G. Ratcliff, and say they are re presenting Chas. H. Hunter & Co., New York. In default of bail they were committed to jail by Justice F. S. Simmons. Easton, who acted as spokesman, is an intelligent fellow. He claimes that • they have never Slopped in Witdsor. No. 97, the Southern’s fast news paper train that runs between New York and New Orleans was wrecked at Conrad miles north of Lexing ton Monday night, shortly after 7 o'clock. Engineer Davis, of Danville, Va., and Charles Johnston, the color ed. fireman were instantly killed. Their bodies were found beneath the huge pile of wreckage. Engineer Davis’ body was terribly mangled and the head was nearly severed from the body. Fireman Johnson’s body was found unuer the wreck of the front mail car. It was also terribly mang led. There were six mail clerks on board, and two of them were slightly hurt Two tramps who were riding on the tender escaped iejury. The cause of the wreck was a rock on the track. A disordered stomach may cause no end of trouble. When tbe stom ach fails to perform its functions tbe bowels become deranged, the liver and kidneys congested, causing nu merous diseases, the most fatal of which are painless and therefore the more to be dreaded. Tbe important thing is to restore the stomach and liver to a healthy condition, and for this purpose no better preparation can be used than Chamberlain’s Stom ach and Liver Tablets. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., L. D. Allison, Cowpens. In an Addre** at the Tuskegee Institute Meeting in New Vork Former President Cleveland Declare* Hi* Position in Re gard to the Negro Problem. New York, April 14 —Former President Grover Cleveland was the principal speaker tonight at a meet ing held in the concert hall of Madi son Square Garden in the interest of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute. Among chose on the platform with Mr. Cleveland were Mayor Low, who presided; Booker T. Washington, Edgar G. Murphy, Dr. Lyman Ab bott, President Nicholas Murray But ler and Dean J. Van Amringe, of Columbia, W. H. Baldwin, Chancel lor McCracken, of New York univer sity, John DeWitt Warner and Geo F. Peabody. Mrs Cleveland sat in the gallery with Mr. and Mrs. An drew Carnegie, who are Mr. Cleve land’s hosts while he is in the city. Mr. Cleveland, who was greeted with prolonged applause as he wat introduced by Mayor Low, said: “I have come here tonight as a sincere friend of the negro, and I should be very sorry to suppose that my good and regular standing needs support at this late day either from certificate or confession of faith. In asmuch, however, as there may be differences of thought and sentiment among those who profess to be friends of the negro, I desire to declare my self as belonging to the Booker Wash- ington-Tuskegee section of the or ganization. “I believe that the days of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ are past. I believe that neither*tne decree that made the slaves free nor the enactment that suddenly invested them with the rights of citizenship any more purged them of th(ir racial and slavery-bred imperfections and deficiencies than it changed the color of their skins. I believe that among the nearly nine millions of negroes who have been intermixed with our citizenship, there is still a grievous amount of ignor ance, a sad amount of viciousness and a tremendous amount of laziness and thriftlessness. I believe that these conditions inexorably present to the white people of the United States, to each in his environment and under the mandate of good citi zenship, a problem which neither en- lighted self interest nor the higher motive of human sympathy will per mit them to put aside. I believe our fellow-countrymen in the Southern and in the late slave-holding States, surrounded by about uine-tenths, or nearly eight millions of this entire negro population, and who regard their material prosperity, their peace and even the safety of their civiliza tion, interwoven with the negro prob lem, are entitled to our utmost con sideration and sympathy and fellow ship. 1 am thoroughly convinced that the efforts of Booker Washing ton and tbe methods of Tuskegee in stitute point the way to a safe and beneficent solution of the vexatious negro problem at the South and I know that tne good people at the North, who have aided these efforts and methods, have Ulustrated the highest and best citizenship and the most Christian and enlightened pbil- antbropism. “I cannot, however, keep out of my mind tonight the thought that all we of the north may do, the realization of our hopes for the negro must, after all, mainly depend, except so far as it rests with the negroes themselves, upon the sentiment and conduct of the leading and responsible white men of the south, and upon tbe mainte nance of a kindly and helpful feeling on their part towards those in their midst who so much need their aid and encouragement. “I need watte no time in detailing the evidence that this aid and encour agement has thus far been generously forthcoming. Schools for tbe educa tion of negro children and institutions for their industrial training are scat tered all over the south and are lib erally assisted by tbe southern public acd private funds. So far as I am in formed the sentiment in favor of the largest extension and broadest influ ence of Tuskegee institute and kin dred agencies is universal, and I be lieve that without exception tbe ne groes who fit themselves for useful ocoupatiou and service find willing and cheerful patronage and employ ment among their white neighbors. “I do cot know how it may be with other northern friends of tbe negro, but I have faith lu the honor and sin cerity of the respectable white people of the south la their relations with the negro and his improvement and weilbeiig. They do not believe in the social equelitiy of tbe race and they make no false pretense in regard to it. That this does not grow out ot hatred of the negro is plain. It seems to me that there is abun dant sentiment and abundant beha vior among the southern whites to wards the negro to make us doubt the justi :e af charging t his denial of social equality t") prejudice as we usually understand tbe word. Per haps it is born out of something so much deeper and more imperious than prejudice as to amount to a ra cial instinct. Whatever it is, let us remember that it has cordoned the negro’s share iu the humiliation and spoliation of the white men of tbe south during the saturnalia of the reconstruction da>s and has allowed a kindly feeling for the negro to sur vive the time when the south was de luged by a perilous flood of unintel ligent and bl.ghting suffr ige. What ever it is, let us try tojbe tolerant ar.d considerate of the feelings and even prejudiced racial ins inot of our white fellow countrymen of the south, who in the solution of the negro problem must, amid their own surroundings, bear the heat of the day and stagger under the weight of the white man’s burden. “There are, however, other con siderations relating to this feature of the negro question, which may be regarded as more in keeping with the objects and purposes ol this occasion. As friend* of the negro, fully believ ing in the possibility of his improve ment and advancement, and sincerely and confidently laboring to that end, it is folly for us to ignore the impor tance of the ungrudging cooperation on the part of tne white people of the south in this work. Labor as we will, these who do the lilting of the weight must bo those who stand next to it. This cooperation cannot be forced; nor can it be gained by gra tuitously running counter to firmly fixed and tenaciously held southern ideas or even prejudices We are not brought to the point of doing or over looking evil that good may come when we proceed upon the theory that before we reach the stage where we may be directly and practically confronted with the question of the negro’s full enjoyment of civic advantages,or even of all his political privileges, there are immediately be fore us and arouncj us questions de manding our immediate care and that, in dealing effectively with these, we can confidently rely upon the encouragement and assistance ol every thoughtful and patriotic citizen of the land, wherever he may live and whatever may be his ideas or pre dilections concerning the more re mote phase of the negro problem. These questions that are so imme diately pressing have to do with the practical education of the negro and especially with fitting him to com pete with bis white neighbors in gaining a decent, respectable and re munerative livelihood. Booker Wash ington, in speaking on the conditions and needs of bis race, has wisely said : ‘It is at the bottom of life we must begin and not at the top; nor should we permit our grievances to over shadow our opportunities.’ “In summing up the whole matter, there is one thing of which we can be absolutely certain. When we aid Tuskegee institute and agencies like it, striving for the mental and manual education of the negro at the south, we are in every point of view render ing him the best possible service. Whatever may be his ultimate des tiny we are thus helping to fit him for filling his place and bearing its respon sibilities. We are sowing well in the soil at ‘the bottom of life’ the seeds of the bl .ck man’s development and usefulness. These seeds will uot die, but will sprout and grow, and if it be within the wise purpose of God, the hardened surface of no untoward sentiment of prejudice can prevent the bursting forth of the blade and plant of the negro’s ap pointed opportunity into tbe bright sunlight of a cloudless day.” Snow on the 15th of April. On Sunday the 15tb of April, 1849, snow fell in this vicinity to the depth of three or four inches, as it did gen- rally in tbe Southern States. It was then followed by frost for two or three mornings which killed the young leaves on the trees and all young vegetables. Wednesday it was cloudy and quite cold and a num ber of creditable people inform us that they saw several flakes of snow fall again on tbe 15th of April. But this time It was not followed by frost. Che*ter Coming. The supervisor and board of county commissioners of Chester county have appointed a committee to come to Gaffney to see Cherokee’s good road machines. Towel* Without Coat. Every forty-eight pound sack in which "Clifton” flour is packed will make two good towels, tbe regular towelling goods being used lu the manufacture of the sacks. Ask for “Clifton” lu the towel sack. W. J. Wilkins & Co. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Interesting Paragraphs and Recent Hap pening* in Lower Section of the County Gathered Up by Our Regular Corre*pon- dent for Benefit of Ledger Reader*. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, April 15.—We are still having rain and the farmers are be hind with their work so much so that there will not be much cotton planted in this month unless the weather conditions change. Mrs. Z. A. Goforth, of Sunnyside, w is reported very bad off yesterday morning, but we are glad to learn she is much better today. The mail route from Hickory Grove to this place will be discontinued after the 18th. This will be an incon venience to persons living along the ; route, who are not convenient to the R. F. D. route, about getting their mail. Mr. Barney Clary, one of Gaffney’s hustling business men, was in this section this week buying up cattle. Gardeners are generally complain ing of being behind with their work, though some have cabbage plants set out. Some of our Cherokee county farm ers hauled their cotton to Hickory Grove last week. They got 10 cents a pound for it. There will be preaching at Abing don Creek church next Sabbath by Rev. Mr. Weldon, of Greenville. Enoree resoytery meets at Fair- view tomorrow. T. J. Estes was elected to represent Salem church with C. W. Whisonant as alternate. Those of our readers who expect to attend the New Orleans Reunion May 19 to 22 inclusive, if they haven’t done so, would do well to place their orders for rooms and board with the Boarders’ Exchange, 606 Common street, New Orleans, La., stating what they want and the prices they are willing to payj; and they will be accommodated to the extent of sav ing themselves a great deal of trouble when they arrive. Governor Heyward has appointed T. M. Littlejohn, Esq., a delegate to the Sugar Cane Growers' convention which meets in Macon, Ga. This is a good appointment. We know no better qualified man in the State to send there than Mr. Littlejohn. He is a practical farmer and knows what tbe farmers need. Mr. Editor, you didn’t quote Solo mon exactly right; you should have said: Train up a girl in the way she should go, or when she’s fifteen away she’ll go. We understand that Miss Avelona Webber, one of Cherokee’s most esti mable yourg ladies, is still very un well. She is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Webber, of Wil- kinsville. She has our sympathies. We are not quick to forget a kindness nor slow to acknowledge it. A few years ago while at Mr. Web ber’s shop having some work done, your correspondent was thrown from bis mule and nearly killed, as he thought—had the breath knocked out ot him—and for some time was un able to sit up. Miss Avelona brought out some of her nice quilts and snow- white pillows and offered to make a pallet for him in the shop yard. We don't know how many young ladies there are in Cherokee county who would do such a kind act—many, we hope—hot certainly we have none to lose. Mr. Editor, you did well in last Friday’s paper in speaking of a physi cian in Gaffney who was doing such a good work for suffering humanity. But you would have done better to have given bis name—though it might have shocked bis sensibilities. We ought to know who are our great est benefactors. To the medical pro fession, more than all others com bined, the world owes a debt of gratitude that should be paid in some thing more tangible than empty words of commendation. If there is a John Howard in our midst we ought to know it. The physician is hu manity’s best friend. Upon his pro fessional skill tbe first one last of our lives depend. We learn that the Mudford bridge on Thickety washed away recently. j. l. s. Too Great a RUk. A reliable remedy for bowel com plaints should always be kept at band. The risk Is too great for any one to take. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never falls aud when reduced with water is pleasant to take. For sale by Chero kee Drug Co. K* r ‘