Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. nr lire r^Fci>oE:i<. PTTBU8HKD TTIK8DAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Lkdoer le not responsible tor tn« yiews of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to Insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday some other sections of the country and Thursday mornings. " “ A FERTILE COUNTRY. And IndMtrlons People In FluTHiinn Cotin- ty, VirjclnlH. Palmyra, Va., May 30, P.H)3. Editor Ledger I have just read your able article in The Ledger of the 19th instant on the fermationof pd “Immigration Society.” It is very true in every locality that the people are leaving their farms and seeking other pursuits of business, and the time will soon come when our lands will go to waste. It is not as bad in this locality as in THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. THROUGHOUT THE rule, and as he had served four or five Mn.en the t«-rm he would have sen-td had the crime bten committed later, PALMETTO STATE the ‘ ijvtrijorci '* tificci io P ttrf, ° u — DAUGHTERS MEETS. Wanted. » Items of Interest of Passing Events. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ALL OVER THE STATE. r*" Advei ■ tsemer uaoci ’-Ue .*'« yt Will Ob inHurLeQ for on*- cimi . roiue.-- uii.(ter- kloi.. No ad inserted (or imm than ten cents W ANTK. • .’> ijr ii hundred sweet Potato Obituaries will be published at five omts a line. Reading notices will be published at ten sents a line each insertion. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. lutereHtlng Item* Concerning Oar Nelal'- borH lleynncl the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Heading; for Hundred* of Ledger Header* The American District Telegraph Company, of Raleigh, is incorporated, with a capital of $25,000. New York and New Jersey men are the princi- We are constantly receiving acces sions from the West. During the past few weeks a good many persons from Illinois and other portions oi the country have bought laQd9 | pal stuckhdders. Fluvanna county and will soon settle with their families. We have already The loss at the Thomasville post- quite a number from the West who office from the robbery Wednesday have settled among us. They make night foots up $(>09—$150 in cash, has good citizens, and are frugal and in dustrious, and we would gladly wel come! others. Our lands are cheap and fertile. It is a good grass coun try, and stock can be grazed all the winter. Those who have bought here cultivate their farms with their own families and do not have to depend upon the negro for help. I enjoyed reading the able address of my old friend, Col. Jas. L. Strain, before the Memorial Society at El Bethel. It was grand, and he brought out many incidents of the war that had nearly been forgotten and were new to the present generation. I think he handled the subject in a masterly manner, and it ought to be read by everybody, old and young. The present prospects promise fine for crops and fruits in this section. This climate is good for fruits, and especially apples. Fluvanna adjoins Albemarle where the famous (Albe marle pippins are raised. So far we have had seasonable rains. I am glad to see ‘‘Old Flaw” is again a contributor to your columns “A little non sense now and then is re lished by the wisest man.” Flaw is a good writer in his style. My kindest regards to The Ledger force. Uncle Jimmy. Tlte Man For the Emergency. I Atlanta Constitution.] Victor Montgomery, president of the Pacolet Mills, is essentially the man for the emergency thrust upon him. A man of broad sympathies and understanding, and of mugnifi cent executive capacity, he lost no time in administering to the needs of the people around him. There was no question of money to stand in the way. His people needed doctors and medicines and comforts; his assist ants were instructed to secure them if money could do so He was every where, o> mpaihizing tenderly with the bereaved, ministering to the in jured, thinking entirely of the losses of the others and not at all of the money loss to himself. In the midst of all the problems facing him at New Holland, he stopped long enough to send his check for $500 to the Gaines ville committee. It was entirely un solicited; nobody would have thought of asking him for aid. After getting those people housed, he turned his attention to the needs of the em ployees of the other mill which must necessarily be closed for weeks, and arranged to give them work at the mill, working out the details of trans portation of the men, women and children back and forth by the elec- tiic line so transportation would be lo burden upon the employees. Nothing was forgotten by him, noth ing left undone that human agency could accomplish. No wonder the citizens of Gainesville are singing the praises of Mr. Montgomery. Ileavertlaui Hot*. (Correapondence of The Ledger.) Beaverdam, June 4:—We are hav ing plenty of rain now, so much that farm work is almost at a standstill. Cherries and early peaches are get ting ripe, and you bet we are going to live, now. We learn that a strange dog was chased from Thickety to this com munity and killed this morning. A colored man who lives with Mr. Y. M. Danie 1 , while passing through Mr. W. C. Lipscomb's farm saw u large otter His dog ran it a little, but the animal did not seem to be bow in submission to the Divine Will. ’ afraid of dogs and whipped the one that chased him. So both the man and dog decided to let him alone. We hear that Messrs. S. E Case and Eber Pinson, of Thickety, have gone to the “Phoenix Bridge Co. to work. We wish them success. Mr R M Huekoy, who has been has 8 * L ‘k> >8 improving. We hope be will soon be up again. CLIFTON AND PACOLET. The awful calamity which befallen the Cliftons and the Pacolets beggars description. The imagina tion can scarcely conceive of the havoc wrought at these two places, and even eye-witnesses to the fearful destruction are so appalled at the sight that they can hardly realize the terrible truths that come under their own observation. The facts as published, while they are awful in their accuracy, give but a faint idea of the results of the catas trophe and the true state of affairs now existing. Millions of dollirs worth of property—the work and ac cumulation of years—has beeu swept away in one hour; anamberof pre cious lives lost; happy homes destroy ed and hundreds left destitute and thrown upon the charity of the world —nothing in the wake of the raging waters but death, ruin and desola tion. where only a short while before were thriving industries, happy and contented people and prosperity smil ing over the busy scenes. Scarce had the echoes of the howl ing tempest died away that laid waste the thriving city of Gainesville, Ga., leaving death, wreckage and thou sands of homeless people in its path, when our people are called upon to confront; a calamity nearer home which, if not of a more terrible char acter, is one farther reaching in its scope and of greater magnitude in its results. « The situation is such as to appeal to every heart in this broad land, and especially in South Carolina. It is a time when even the most callous heart melts in sympathy with the victims the disaster, when every one feels like doing something, be it ever so little, to alleviate the suffer ing and distress among his unfortu nate fellow-beings, and when even the big railroad kings came down from their high station in the business world and give their sympathy and aid to the destitute. We cannot stay nor anticipate the workings of Provi dence—its ways are mysterious and beyond understanding, and we must bow in su But now it is the duty of the more fortunate ones to render all aid possi ble to the stricken ones who have had visited upon them this dire calamity. Let those upon whom fortune smiled and who are blessed with abundant means give liberally, and at once, toward the relief or the suf ferers at Clifton and Pacolet, and let everyone give according to bis means. It is a sacred duty we owe to our selves, our Maker and our fellow- mortals who are now in distress, through circumstances over which they bad no control, and wbo are de pendent upon us for help—yes, f^r the very means of sustaining life itself' Remember, too, that this aid is need ed right now and should bs sent in at the earliest possible moment. i Give, and it sb^ll be given back to you, heaped up and running over. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Byars, of this place, went to White Plains coda? to attend the burial services of Mr Byars’ sister, Mrs. John Taylor, who died yesterday. We notice that a larger number of correspondents are now writing to The Ledger than we have seen for some time. W« are glad to bear from all parts of this county, and shall continue to give such news items as we can gather around here. We are sorry to note the death of the infant of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Huskey. The bereaved family have the sympalh) of the entire community. Baylos. the balance in stamps. Mr. C. M. Hoover, the postmaster, carried an insurance of $500 on the safe and contents. A meeting will be held at Winston next week, when a resolution will be adopted, asking the Southern Rail way to build a railroad from Reids- ville to Gastonia, via Winston-Salem, instead of doubletrackine the main line from Reidsville to Salisbury, as now proposed by the company. John Boon and Shed Sheehan,white, were placed in the penitentiary Thursday for murdering John Mills in Polk county. They are from South Carolina and seeing a reward offered for Mills, went to Polk county, and though not officers and without war rants, attempted bis arrest. He re sisted and they killed him. They were tried for murder but were con victed of manslaughter. A white woman and a negro man were Friday placed in the peniten tiary in Raleigh to serve 15 years for an attempted felonious assault upon a 17-year-old white girl in Rowan coun ty. The greatest offense under the law, that is a capital crime, was com mitted in this case, but owing to the low character of some of the wit nesses, the State had to accept con viction for the lesser offence. At the Little river bridge, near Goldsboro, while crossing the trick oi the Southern Railway, the east-bound train, No 130, due at Goldsboro at 0 o’clock, ran into the dray of John Wilkins, killing his horse outright and demolishing the wagon. Mr. Wilkins himself barely escaped death and had his left leg broken. The bones of bis right hand were crushed and he sustained many other less se rious wounds. A phone message from John Sta tion, in the southern part of Scotland county, brought the news of a tragedy committed near that place Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock. A Croatan by the name of Walter Scott was found dead by the roadside, with a pocketknife sticking in his body. It has developed that Scott and a one- armed white man, who was known in the community as C. F Graves met in the road, when a quarrel ensued with the above result. Ernest Haywood is released on $10,000 bail for his appearance at the July term of Wake county court to stand trial for the killing of Ludlow Skinner February 21. The opinion of the court was announced at noon and within thirty minutes it had been signed and accepted and Haywood was a free man. His bondsmen are A. W. Haywood, Hubert Haywood, W. M. Sanders, H. E. Litchford, J E Ferrell, W. Z Blake, Edgar Hay wood and J. F. Haywood, each worth more than $10,000. Frank C. Schmitt, traveling repre sentative of a New York organ and piano firm ,is in the Asheville jail. The young man, who is of prepossessing appearance, is resting under a grave charge. Schmitt had engaged board with a lady in the city, and while several of the occupants of the house were absent, tie while partially under the influence of whiskev, made im proper pronos-ds and later attempted to assault the lady with whom he bad engaged board. He was arrested and bis bond fixed et $1,000 Having alienated his friends by his conduct, Schmitt was unable to give such bond and was therefore assigned to a cell in the jail, where he is still'confined. The first wireless telegram that was ever received in Charlotte, was sent to Mr. Albert Summey of iha* city from Mr. Harvey Orr who is on his way to Europe. Mr Orr was aboard the steamship Camnania two hundred miles out and the message was fust sent to another slip, the Minneapolis, which was sailing somewhere betwen the Campania and Sagaponack, L I. The message was then sent from the Minneapolis to the wireless station of Sagaponack, where it was transferred to the Postal Telegraph Cable Co. The message wat sent from the Cam pania at 10 o’clock Mav 30th, and w&a taken by Mr.jYV O Gaffney at the poetoffice in Charlotte at 7 :45 a. m., Tuesday, June 2nd. iCventN that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Culled from ExchaiiKe* for (Julck Heading by Score* of Hu»y People. At Anderson Tuesday George Hammack a young white man, was killed by lightning. He was at work on the cottages being built at the Orr mills After an absence of two hours the jury, in the case in court at Camden of the State against James Love and James Kelley, ind'eted for the mur der of Milton Clark, returned with a verdict of “guilty of murder with re- commendalic to mercy.” Thursday morning Jane Miller, of Spartanburg, a colored woman aged 50 years, died sudd* ly. After finish ing breakfast and it apparent good health she decided to " into the gar den and do some w She was buisly engaged with this tool when colors hung in graceful stvle from al- some one at the house saw her fall _ . . , , ' „ suddenly on the ground. Persons ^ K rushed into the garden to where the mttD y °f our leading men and gen- prostrate woman was lying; but as- era ^ 9 constituted part of the grand sistance was too late—she was dead. d> 9 Pl a y- lo this was added various trophies of the war, among them a lot Sheriff M. M. Buford, of Newberry, j 0 f Confederate money of various dates Thursday rearrested Hamp Massey, a at( j denominations. An hour spent Georgia negro who bad w ust finished j D hall looking at these was a very up a term on the city chaingang. i f orce f u j rem j n( j er 0 f ( j a y a g 0De j^y Massey is wanted in Appling, Ga.. Everything that it was possible to do .) oil ii Itaiui-* Chapter V. D. C. Honor Jeffer son 1 lav hr llirthilay. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, June 5.—Your corres pondent had the pleasure of attending the meeting of the John Hames Chap ter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at their headquarters at Jonesville on June 3rd—Jefferson Davis’ birthday. As everything that patriotic and determined women undertake usually succeeds, this meeting was by no means an exception. The pen picture this correspondent might attempt to draw would be, at best, a very poor representation of tne proceeding. The ladies of Jonesville and the surround ing country generally were out en masse. They came with their hus bands and families to add to the in terest of the occasion. The spacious town hall was beautifully and taste fully decorated with choice flowers of almost everv kind. The Confederate sweet blips at once. Luther Sum I at office. a Tt? TAfANTED Scrap ’’ Wilkins & Co. iron, brass, etc. » E. l T. li-C-tf \A/ANTED -To make straight, loans on Jity y * real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. AprSl-tf J. C. Jefferies. For Rent. L'OU KENT Nice six room cottage close to business part of town—Well and Artesian water Possession July 1st. R. S. Ltpscmb. ti-!i L’-Pi-lil. For Sale. We will se I at public auction to th** high est bidder on Saturday. June Hth. a lot of mill cleanings and manure at the Oil Mill at 11 o'clock a. m. Victor Cotton Oil Co. 5- J!i :it SA LE House and lot near Second Bap tist Church. Butler ,t Osborne. -ii-tf Stolen. CTOLEN—A white and ‘black spotted two year old bound dog: named Rough; front | part of one ear torn • IT. also black and tan hound puppy about two months old. An information leading to recovery ol ! be liberally rewarded. W. W. Tboi June-5-9 fl WANTED: To buy your milk, fat or poor cattle Will sell milk cows on installment or for cash, whichever you desire. Will ex change milk cattle for beef or yearlings. 4-7-mio W. D. KIRBY & CO. for jail-breaking and for other serious offenses. Sheriff Buford went to Augusta with bis prisoner. Masiey is wanted in the same county from which Ab Ivory, the murderer, was an escape. Within a week Sheriff Buford has turned over to the sheriff of Columbus county two desperate characters. Confederate Memorial o y was observed for the first time at I’ickens C. H. on Wednesday, June 3, in com memoration of the birthday of Jeffer son Davis. Camp Garvin, U. C. V., and Pickens camp U. D. C., both of which were recently organized, united in perfecting the arrangements for the day, and the.e was nothing left undone for the entertainment of their visitors and neighbors Pickens is a most hospitable town, and its location for beauty*and attractiveness is not surpassed in the State. Railways are always getting into trouble. Tuesday ia Spartanburg some of the Converse students desired to board the south-bound vestibule on the Southern Railway. Before they got on the conductor called out, ‘ All aboard” and dashed off, carry ing some of the girls and leaving others There were two sisters. One was taken, the other left. The one on board dismounted at the coal chute about a mile from the depot and re turned to her sister. The consequence is that the lawyers have the case in hand. An excursion train bearing negroes to Columbia over the Atlantic Coast hai been done by the Daughters to make it a veritable holiday occasion and a suitable memorial of the birth and life of the great man it was in tended to commemorate. Long before the hour for the exer cises to begin had arrived the crowd began to assemble in the hall. The merry laugh of the young and the pleasant salutations of the older ones gave evidence tnat a happy time was in store for ail. York, Union, Spar tanburg and Cherokee counties had joined forces to capture the little city of Jonesville, but were in turn made captives themselves. The only thing to be regretted was that Mrs. J. L. McWhirter, president of the chapter, was too unwell to be present to pre side over the meeting; but her place was ably filled by Miss Carrie South ard, who not only presided with the skill and dignity of a veteran parlia mentarian, but added to it one of the grandest eulogies on the life, charac ter and services of Jefferson Davis we have ever heard. An interesting pro gram was successfully carried out. Mrs. Annie Taylor, of White Plains, was buried at Elbethel yesterday. She was a sister of Mr. G. A. Byers, of this section. Our heart goes out in deepest sympathy to her husband ani bereaved family in their great sorrow. Mr. G. A. Byers is putting up posts for a telephone line to bis house from Mr. C. F. Inman’s. We hope soon to see the line extended to Gaffney and Union People have been cutting wheat. Line, was wrecked thirty miles east; The rain will interfere with them very Money Loaned. L OANS on improveii farr years ;:t seven per cer rus for a term of per cent. Interest. No commissions. For information appiy to J. O. Jefferies. Attorney at Law. 11-2-J-lyr LOA.r^icr> ON C'OIWTKV OH CITY HRAI, KSTATF. AT Ii PEK CENT. (J. \V. SI’EEK, Attorney at Law. LOANS NEGOTIATED FOR BORROWERS ON B E A L E s T A T E BUTLER & OSBORNE ATTOHNBYS of Columbia at noon W dnesday. A cloudburst had washed away the tracks. Alex Washington a negro says he tried to stop the train by a signal but that he was not noticed. Conductor J. J. Ciemments, of Flor ence, Engineer Wilson and four pas- sengerifj were,killed. Thirty-two pas sengers were injured. The train was going at a high rate of speed when the embankment crumbled under the locomotive. Two men convicted of murder were confined in the State penitentiary Friday. Each will servo a life sen tence. One of these prisoners was Judson Beck, the Barnwell negro who was to have been hanged for killing his brother-in-law, but as it appeared that he had beeu convicted on testi mony produced the very day of his trial, the governor commuted the •sentence. Sheriff Buford, of New berry, carried down Jeff Jones, a young negro who killed Abram Boyd last winter. The convicted man ap pealed to the supreme court, but subsequently abandoned his appeal. Albert Boady, a white boy aged about 14 years, was arrested in Spar tanburg and tried in police court Wednesday morning on a charge of stealing rides on ' the railroad. The lad gave Columbia as his home. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 or serve 15 days on the chaingang. Having no money, he was about to much. j. L. s. Letter to J. It. Hell. Dear Sir: Three churches in Bald- winsville, N Y, have had their first lesson in Devoe. Messrs. Oaterhout & Lockwood painted the Presbyterian parsonage; estimated 30 gallons; took 22 Messrs. Slingerland & Shutter painted the Episcopal church; esti mated 40 gallons; took 28. Same painters painted the Catholic church : estimated50gallons; took 39. Of course, they estimated from what they had been using. The sav ing in paint and work is $4 or $5 a gallon. Total saving on three jobs $125 to $150—the painting costs two or three times as much as the paint, you know. Yours truly. 9 F W Devoe &■ Co of beautiful pictutes should arise wher ever the name ot this gallery is seen or -- mentioned. Our PHOTOGRAPHS stand pre-eminent. Each one repre sents the thought, care and skill of the artist experienced in the use of the mod- ^ ern high class cam- ■; era. By studying our patrons we are able to pose them in a manner which adds much to their at tractiveness. June h. Carrl B25 Limestone .St. ‘Phone 170. Residence 171. U / \- COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, S. C. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will ap ply to Hon J. E. Webster, Probate JudgeR for Cherokee county, S. C., at his office at the Court House Friday, July loth, next at lo o’clock a. m., fora final settle ment and discharge as Administratrix of the estate of W. W. Lavender, deceased. All persons holding claims against said estate will present them on or before said date or forever be haired. |Mrs. V. L. Lavender, Admx. Estate of W. W. Lavender, deceased. Published in Gaffney, (S. C.,) Ledger June 12, 19, 26 and July 3rd 1903, IlSTH YEAR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 25. Letters, Science, Engineering. One Scholarship to each County of South Car olina. Entrance examinations held at Gaffney byjCounty Superintendent of Ed ucation and Judge of Probate on July 10. ; Tuition $40. Board and furnished room enter bisjterm of servitude Wednesday 1 in Dormitory, fio per month. All can- IfYouaretbe llou*ekee|»er You will appreciate our suggestion that you u*e Bransford's “Clifton” flour. It makes the best bread, cake and pastry for home people a* well as visitors. Don’t let your prejudice in favor of another brand prevent your trying it. W. J. Wilkins & Co. Attention, Mason*! There will he a special communi cation of Grenard Lodge No. 186 A. F. M , at their ball on next Thursday night at 8 o’clock. For work in the M. M. degree. A fall attendance is desired; visiting brethren are wel come. Driven to Desperation. Living at an out of the way Diace, remote from civilization, a family is often driven to desperation in case of accident, resulting in Burns, Outs, Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay In a sup ply of Buoklen’s Arnica Halve. It’s the boat on earth. 25c, at Cherokee Drug Co. when Mr. H. Finch, a kind hearted business man, paid the fine and kept the boy safe and well cared for until next morning when he purchased a railroad ticket for the capital city, and put him on the cars. Boady said that his|parents live in Columbia and that be ran away from borne. The happiest man in South Caro lina, perhaps, is Cato Gadsden, form erly a colored citizen of Beaufort county, but wbo since 1880 has been a convict in the penitentiary. He was sentenced for life for stealing $85 or $40 worth of cotton seed. He stole them at a time when the law was dif ferent from what it now is, and as the crime came unde; the class of burglary, and the bouse where the cotton seed was stored adjoined a dwelling, Cato got the extreme pen alty. It turns out that generally be had been a quiet, law-abiding negro, bat somehow yielded ^to temptation. Hit conduct in the penitentiary has been good. Thursday a delegation went to see the governor in bis behalf. They gave him a good character as a didates for admission are permitted to compete for Boyce Scholarships, which pay $100 a year. For catalogue, Address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES- LUMBER, SHIN6LES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULDING. ALSO A VINK LINK OV Paints and Oils 50c to 11.30 per khI. CO TO Li BAKER Cost Sate Having bought out the Poag Mule Co., we offer the entire line of Buggies and Harness at and be low Ijcost. These buggies are new and up-to-date and if you are in the market to buy now is the time. GafFoey Live Stock Company.