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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Corgressional District of S. C. Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894 GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1903. $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. £tems of Interest of Passing Events. his wound. It was decided that the wound did not produce death, that peritonitis was the cause of death, and the coroner’s jury so found in their verdict. ALL OVER THE STATE. ■vents that Have Taken Place from One End » f the State to the Other CnUed from Exchanges for Qnlrk Reading by Scores j of Busy People. The State hoard of dispensary con- i trol has decided to grant a privilege for another beer bottling plant in Charleston, making three beer priv- 1 ileges in that city. One is now owned by the Germania Brewery. Furman Mayor, the young mill hand of Columbia, who was charged with striking Bessie Booker with a bobbin such as is usea in the mills, was fined $40 Thursday by Magistrate Holloway of that city. The case is au unusual one. James Mason, a mulatto, shot a negro woman named Lizzie Crosby last Sunday a week ago at Yorkville. The shooting took place in the public road in Bethel township, about eight miles uorth of town. The ball entered the small of the buck. Mason claims that the shooting was accidental. Nancy Smith, colored, was killed Friday by a negro of the same name at the navy yard at Charleston where he was engaged at work. The woman had just carried him his dinner when they had a quarrel and he pulled his pistol and shot her in the stomach, causing death almost immediately. The Camden Country Club’s polo- stables were struck by lightning Thursday afternoon and totally de stroyed. The wind carried the burn ing cinder onto the roof of a barn be longing to George Little lying about 1,000 feet away from the stables and it was also consumed by fire. The stables were partially insured. The loss is about $2,500. In the court of general sessions at 4 vValterboro Tuesdav Phillip Ramsey was convicted of murder and senten ced to be hanged on the 25th of Sep tember. Ramsey shot and killed Charles Bryant on the 8th of July. They had previously had a dispute about a trival matter and meeting again, Ramsey, it appears, shot him down without notice. Thursday afternoon a bolt of light- rung struck the barn of Mrs. L. 1). •ruilds, just below Columbia, and within an hour, so goes the report, the big building was level with the ground and all its contents was con sumed by the raging fire. In the barn besides a great lot of corn and fodder were 3,000 bales of hay. The loss is estimatad at about $2,000. The first installment of the im proved rifles received by General Frost included 2,528 magazine rifles with cilibre of .303 ,model of 18118 and model 1801 sight; an equal number of bayonets, scabbards, cartridges belts and gun slings; 024 magazine cavalry carbines, calibre .303, model of 1899 with model 1901 sights with a complement of cavalry cartridge belts and sight covers. Saturday morning about 6:45 o’clock Lige Sondly, a track hand working on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad, met his death by being caught in a mass of caving dirt. One of bis companion workers, Jim Luttiway, was seriously injured. The accident was absolutely unavoid able, coming without the least warn ing. The place of the tragedy was a lonely spot near Ballentine, about 15 miles up from Columbia. There is a place near Reunion on the Seaboard Air Line where there are four mineral springs whose waters have acquired a wide reputation for unusual healing and curative quali ties. Consequently there are 140 odd people there—all camping out, and there is no hocel or boarding house within several miles of the place. They are “roughing it.” Lately a merry go-round has started up and a big camp meeting is scheduled to be gin right away. The strike situation in Charleston assumed a new phase Thursday in the issue of a restraining order by Judge Dantzler, at the instance of T. M. Mordeoai, representing the 8nel- son Contracting Company, against the members of the carpenter and bricklayers’ unions forbidding them from interfering, intimidating, threat ening or molesting the non-union hands engaged in the building of the annex to the Memmiuger school. The unions are required to show cause on August 15th why the temporary or der should not be made permanent. The coroner has held an inquest at J'onesvilie upon the body of Tom Mc Cullough, a colored man who died at his home four miles from Jonesville. McCullough was working for the gontbern Railway at Strother In Fair- field county, where he was stabbed In the neck by Charley Gilliam some three weeks ago. MoCuliough came home after he was stabbed by Gilliam and was suffering all the while with Thompson Mill Talk. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Thompson Mill, Aug. 7th.—Mr. Theo. Bigham, of Sharon, returned home this a. m., after spending one week with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Estes at this place. Mr. J. G. Kendrick has the tele phone line now extended to his home at Sarratts. No doubt but at a future day this line will run into Gaffney. If the Sarratt people had “Glib” back there to whoop it up we feel that it would see Gaffney before Santa Claus gets there. Vaney C. Comer has one of the best rendezvouses for loafers, sous of rest and horse swappers we have seen lately. His resort is on the banks of Broad river under the spreading oak trees. There, fanned by the winds off the water, and to listen to the rustle of the wind through the cornfields makes a sweet scene—one that beg gars description. James L. Strain and son J. N. Strain, started this morning for Paco- let and Clifton on a visit, and to see the ruins of those respective places. Miss Agnes Wylie, of Hickory, spent the latter part of the week visiting and attending the meeting at Salem. Complaint was made befor Esq., Strain by a groom of only a few weeks this morning to see if the luw would not force his bride back to his side, who has been gone a fortnight. Farmers are in better spirit now than they were some weeks ago while the land was so dry. Watermelons are very scarce among the farmers this year, as hard ly any of them took the time to pre pare and work truck patches, yet there has been au abundant supply of peaches and other fruit. The young people expect to have an ice cream supper at Mr. W. C. Kirby’s tomorrow night. Our farmers are hauling their wheat to the Whiteside’s roller mill in York Co. If the owners of the Thompson mill property would utilize its water power and have au up to date roller mill, gin, saw mill etc., put up there, soon its value would enhance to a nice sum, and open up an oasis here in our midst. Uncle J eff. To Stimulate Interest. The South Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs, at its recent conven tion in Columbia, decided to estab lish an exhibit of arts and crafts for the purpose of stimulating interest in the home industries among the women of the State. This exhibit is to be displayed in every town where there is a federated club to take it in charge, and will consist of handiwork of every description—laces, embroid ery, basketry, wood-carving, designs of wall paper, etc., woven rugs, car pets, quilts—in fact anything made by the hands of a South Carolina women. Every effort will be made to create a demand for the work, and orders will be solicited. All women in the State are urged to send samples of their handiwork. It is especially desired through this movement to reach the women of the rural districts, showing the pos sibilities open to them both as wage- earners and home-makers along these lines—to revive if possible, the old fashioned art of weaving, which even in its simples fortm is susceptible of excellent results—woven rag rugs, for example, when wrought in artis tic designs and harmonious color- schemes, are in great demand and bring high prices. No articles will be accepted for this exhibit unless well made and at tractive in appearance—exhibitors must also put a reasonable price up on their work. Ail communications should be ad dressed to, Mkb. T. Frasek James, Chairman Arts and Crafts Com. S. C. F. W. C. Darlington, 8. C. A Hood Yield. J. T. Wood is one of the most suc cessful watermelon raisers of this section. Last Saturday he gathered fifty-two melons from his patch. They were of fine quality and good size. Mr. Wood supplies the people of his neighborhood with melons. He is also a good truck farmer and an all round good citizen. Emphaid7.es Its Superiority, The best test of an article is the way it sells. Bransford Mills, at Owensboro, Ky., where “Clifton” flour is made, run night and day, and yet they cannot supply the de mand for “Clifton.” In this city, as elsewhere, it is the standard by which other flours are guaged, and the statement that “it is just as good as Clifton” only makes its superiority the more pronounced. W. J. Wilkins & Co. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before 'tls too late. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Interesting Paragraphs and Recent Hap penings in Lower Section of the Connty Gathered Up by Oar Regular Correspon dent for Benefit of Ledger Readers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Aug. 7.—Your corres- pondent expects to take a trip, and will be absent for a few days and will leave the correspondents and editor to take care of the paper which he feels quite sure they can and will do. When we return we hope to have something worth while writing about. One Ledger reader got after your correspondent for not telling it’s readers when children’s day came off at Salem. Well, we had reason for saying nothing about it this year and thought it would be sufficiently known for those who wanted to enjoy them selves. We have not had a sufficiency of rain yet. Part of our neighborhood hasn’t had the ground fully wet in two months, and as a result the crops are failing fast. Work on the Wilkins.ille oil mill is going on very well and the com pany expect to have it in readiness for this years crop. Rev. Mr. Hammett will begin the protracted meeting at Abingdon Creek church next Sabbath, it will probably go on for a week or longer. There is scarcity of hogs in this section and pigs are bringing a good price. Fruit drying is progressing finely, canning is unpopular with most housewives if they can get suitable weather to sun dry it. We think the sun dried much more paiitable aud healthy. Frequent sunning it will keep the worms out. Mr. Sam Lee is working a squad of hands on the Limestone road. Our public roads are in a worse condition than they have beet in many years, owing to the heavy rains in the spring and summer. Yolir correspoudent expect to visit Trough Shoals and Clifton this week and will take a few notes of his travels. Next week he expect to visit Ches ter and Fairfield counties from whence he may send The Ledger a letter. Jimmie Strain and Terry Estes are doing some carpenter work on the house of the former. The Mesopotamia people are going to recover their church building this summer. Mr. .Morgan Millwood has plenty of watermelons on hand. He has about three acres planted and they are fine. Mr. Morgan Horton passed here to day with a fine cow going to the Gaff ney market. The turnip sowing season is now on hand, and no part of a farm pays a better dividend than a good turnip patch. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bigham, of Sharon, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. T. J. Estes. Mr. Voney C. Comer and Sam Strain went over into York county this evening to spend the night with friends. Willie Comer is spending a few days with relatives and friends at Kelton. Mr. W. C. Kirby went to Gaffney today on business. Dr. Sam Foster expects to move back to Union cotton mill next year. Farmers in this section have a large crop of pea vines growing and with a few more rains they may look for an abundant crop of forage. The country is very healthy this season so far as we know, only a few slight cases of sickness are reported. Mrs. J. P. White, of Yorkville, is spending some days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C W. Whisonant, of Wilkinsvilie. The Wilson’s Chapel congregation had children’s day at their church last Sabbath—August 2nd. Messrs. J E. Foster & Co. have moved their saw mill to Mr. Jeff D. Hughes’ where they will saw for the oil mill company and other patrons who need lumber. The Abingdon Creek peopIKhave been fixing their roads for the fourth coming protracted meeting. Ah there is some dispute about the road age in this county we will say it is from 21 to 50 years of age. Mr. Giles M.Hili and Mr. Shearer,of Gaffney, came down this week and spent the day in this neighborhood. Giles is a firm friend of The Ledger and notices it for the news fro his old home. Good luck to our readers, one and all till we write again. j. l. s. Texas reporta that Mr. Towne’a oil well has stopped spouting. And Mr. Towoe has commenced. Man is of a few days and full of condensed onsaedness. People You Know and People Yon Don’t Knoii Mrs. C. C. Moore and daughter Nannie, of Wadesboro, who have been visiting Mrs. J. C. Ratliff, left Satur day for her home. Miss Viunie Harmon, wno has been spending several weeks out in the country, has returned to the city. J. T. Blackwood, of Cowpens, a warm friend of The Ledger, was in the city yesterday and called on us. A. J. Parker, one of the hardest : working farmers in Cherokee who re- si ies at Draytonville, was in the city i yesterday. Wilks Brown, a successful young i merchant of Ravenna, was in town Friday. Mrs. J. C. Jefferies and children re turned to the city Saturday from an extended visit to Lancaster, Rock Hill, Gastonia and other places. She 1 found the judge as healthy, happy aud handsome as he was when she departed. Ed. Hames, of The Ledger, is back at bis post after a week’s vacation. Miss Nellie Wood, has been visit ing Mrs. W. 0. Lipscomb, of Jellico, Tenn., has returned to the city. W. D. Gaston, an industrious over- the-river farmer, was in the city yes terday. James A. Willis returned to the city Friday from Williston. Baxter McAbee, a bright Ledger ! boy. is spending this week with his parents at Grindal. B. E. Wilkins, one of Cowpens’ most progressive citizens, was in the city Friday on business. | Master Beverly Gaines has gone to White Stone on a visit of several dajs to his cousin, Virgil Gaffney. Miss Ola Willingham, a very at tractive young lady of Toccoa, Ga., is in the city the guest of Miss Myrtle Gaffney, on Limestone street. Wofford Waters, of Midway, was in town Saturday. Mrs. Nancy Guffy and Mr. and Mrs. j Luther E. Lookadoo left here Friday to visit friends and relatives in Ruth erford county N. C. Miss Lizzie Whitlock, who has been attending the summer school has returned to her home at Jones ville, accompanied by Mrs. J. T. Brown and Mrs. M. P. Pierson and daughters, Mattie Mae aud Annie Mosia. Mrs. Dr. Griffith and children re turned Friday from a two week’s visit to relatives at Heath Springs and Lancaster. W. B. Sizemore, a thrifty colored man of IhicKety, came in Thursday and subscribed for The Ledger. C. I. Webber, of Cherokee Falls, came in Saturday and renewed. J.T. Wood, of Gaffney, spent last week in Rutherford and Polk coun ties with relatives and friends. He brought The Ledger a new subscrib er, for which he will accept our thanks. D. H. Hall, local agent for the Peuu Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, returned to the city last week after an absence of several days. Will Thompson spent Wednesday in Spartanburg ou business. Lee Allen, of Allens, was in the city Friday. William Northey, of Gowdeysville, familiarly known as “Bill” among his friends, was in the city Friday. Mr. aud Mrs. J. J. Webber and and baby, Miss Obe, of Buffalo, are visiting Mrs. Webber’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Logan Ellis, in this city. Miss Minnie Burgess opened her school at Ravena yesterday. The at tendance was quite flattering. Miss Minnie Harvey, who had'che misfortune to get badly burned some time ago, has recovered sufficiently to be able to be out again. Mr. and Mrs. J. Landrum Brown, and two] sons, of Charlotte, are the guest of|Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Brown, on Victoria avenue. Miss Lecta Harvey has returned from a visit to Pacolet. John E Crocker, of Union, is visit ing relatives in the city. Mrs. Boylston, of Atlanta, will ar rive in the city Saturday and spend some time here as the guest of Mrs. I. W. Avery, corner Race and Mont gomery streets. Elzie Tate, of Lawn, was a city vis itor yesterday. Of course Elzie was here on businsss. E. P. Macomson, one of the best all-round citizens that Cherokee can boast of, was up from his home at Mercer yesterday. Joe. Scruggs and son, Guy, of State Line, and two nephews, Lyles and James Scruggs, of Rock Hill, were Ledger visitors yesterday. R. J. Kirby, of Etta Jane, was in the city yesterday. Miss Effie Harmon, of Williamston, is visiting her mother in this city. Deputy Sheriff Fred Turner, of Shelby, spent several days of last week in this neighborhood, the guest of Tom C. Petty. J. B. Bell, Esq., spent Sunday in Blacksburg. Mrs. I. W. Avery will return from Wrigbtsville Beech tomorrow. Mrs. Tom L. Brown is nome again after a visit to Thermal City Mrs. Dorah Hopper and daughter Miss Fannie, have returned from Belton, where they went to visit Mr. and Mrs. Fitzhugh Hopper. THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. GAFFNEYITES ON A LARK. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Interesting Items Concerning Onr Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers A prominent business man in Ral eigh has bad advices from Newbern that a physician there is involved in the Dewey affair and has suddenly de parted. It is said Dewey’s stock operations were done tbiougb him. No arrest has yet been made in the rape case which occurred near Rocky Mount, Edgecombe county, recently. Every effort has, and is still being made, to apprehend the black bru:e who perpetrated the dastardly out rage upon a defenseless woman. Thursday night, Peter Patterson, colored, living in the suburb of Fay etteville known us ‘’The Pond,” while returning from church, was shot by an unknown man from inside of his house, the ball entering below the left eye. The -nan escaped from the house one way and Patterson’s wile another. • Six negro prisoners broke jail at Tarboro last week by breaking and bending the cell bars with an axe and then picking a hole in the wall. The axe was probably gotten to them from the outside. Two other prisoners con fined in the cell were too large in.size : to make their escaoe through the same outlet. During the storm Thursday after noon, a cottage located in the rear of the Charlotte Trouser Company, in Charlotte, was struck by lightning. The chimney was torn to fragments and the house, proper, was damaged. The family who occupy the house had i just returned to the mill and the three children were at a neighbor’s house. Luckily, there was no one in the house at the time. Governor Aycock received notice Friday that Boon Potter, wanted in Watauga county for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Amos Howell, and an other old man. has been arrested in Wyoming. He was passing there as Ike Donnelley. On his person was found a pocket book with D. B. Potter stamped on it. Inside was a clipping of Gov. Aycock’s proclamation offer ing $200 reward for him. An enthusiastic meeting of the Rocky Mount branch of the Farmers’ Protective Association was held in the opera house at that place Thursday afternoon. Upon a motion of Mr. Jesse Brake, it was decided to boy cott all goods made by the American Tobacco Company and it was request ed that all other ossociations do the same. This btanch of the association is one of the largest in the State. Mr. F. B. Arendell, of Raleigh, who is touring th« State in the interest of the proposed North Carolina exhibit at the St. Louis World’s Fair, spent Thursday in Charlotte interviewing manufacturers and other business men of that city. He found the Char lotte people generally interested in the matter and says he is convinced that the State will receive substantial aid from them in making a creditable exhibit of North Carolina products at St. Louis. The coils of the law are tightening around John Hampton and Andy Mil ler, the two Charlotte negroes charged with the murder of Lucette McDon ald, colored, in that city last Satur day night a week ago. The inquest of the coroner’s jury was concluded Fri day, the jury rendering a verdict to the effect that the defendants were responsible for the death of the woman. Coroner Cathey issued war rants for Hampton and Miller, making them returnable at the August term of Mecklenburg Superior Court. The prisoners were remanded to jail to await the action of the grand jury. Henrietta was the scene of a race clash Thursdav night as the result of some white rowdies disturbing a negro church gathering, and of a negro cursing a white boy. As a result of the fight, which was caused by the in terruption of the church meeting of the negroes by the whites, a fight en sued in which Otis Bird, colored, was badly cut by Virgil Cudd and Joe Kennedy, who made their escape after they had carved up the negro. Bird cannot get well; bis wounds are fatal. The gathering at the church was greatl7 incensed by the obscene lan guage and boisterous conduct of the whites, and the race fight was the re sult. Au armed crowd of negroes was driven back by the extra night force of policemen on duty there, and more trouble was expected next morning or duriog the day. The courage to do the right thing is a magnificent trait of character. Who la B«? Who is It that makes the Fewer* gallons; wears-longer paint? A Royal Good Time iu the Mountalna of North Carolina. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Holcombe, N. 0., Aug. 4th The party of Gaffneyites referred to in the Ledger of the 28th ult., after visiting many points of interest, reached Hol combe, N. C., July 31, where, con trary to your hopes, they were caught by the mountaineers and—ah—de tained over night, then conducted out of the state. (Lest there be do mis understanding I’ll explain here that no harm was meant, however.) Being re-enforced by some of ths boys from this place, they made a visit to Greer’s Bald Mountain, a high peak of the great Smoky Mountains, i situated on the line between North Carolina and Tennessee, where some of the most magnificent scenery of the Appalachian Range can be seen. We went to the nearest accessible point with the wagons and packed part of the camping outfit on mules and went to the top of the mountain where we stayed over night. On the summit in the twilight, prone on nature’s green carpet, the party lay, holding a “song service” led by Mr. M. L. Ross, singing “Rock Me in the Cradle of the Deep,” till the clouds spread their chilly mantle over us—warning us that it was time for us to descend to our camp. Next morning we returned to the I summit where we saw a thousand peaks playing hide-and-seek in the silver lining of the sunlit clouds. Then we descended into the rugged cliffs, carpeted with rhododendrons and laden huckleberry bushes, where we feasted on the lucious fruit of the latter, aud at the same time viewed the timber-covered vale a thousand feet below. Fatigued, but happy, the party returned to the settlement and rested a day. The party are on their way home ward as I write. Some of the kids are supposed to have left their hearts in the mountaits as souvenirs, with the Misses M my! but I must not enter into personal matters like that. I got the Ledger in time i r Uncle Sandow Northey to read the news from home when he returned from 1 the mountains. Come and see us again, brethren, and bring the editor of the Ledger with you next time Thanks for the Ledger received. Respectfully, Jno. F. Hamlin. A 1’alr to Draw to. “Judge” Stowe Mauney and “Rev.” Robert Gibson, of Limestone Mills, were up town Saturday afternoon. Judge Mauney avers that he would not believe any statement the Rev. Gibson might make under oath be fore his court and says he is willing to produce witnesses that will agree with him. However that may be it must be remembered that Bob is the chief constable in that neighborhood, and that he must have a reputation for veracity or else the people would not keep him in the job so long. He received the appellation of “Rev.” from the Judge because of his mar riage artist proclivities. The Judge is quite a mathematician and for quite a while he kept a crowd enter tained with intricate mathematical problems. The Judge and the Rev. are a good pair to draw to and should you chauce to get a third one it would certainly take a straight or something better to beat the hand The Light Infantry. The Limestone Light Infantry was out on parade last Thursday night, under command of Capt. Harley. They mached up to the graded school campus and drilled for quite a while. They acquitted themselves quite creditably for the length of time they have been organized. Lieut. Junius Parrott is au old baud iu military af fairs and is quite adapt at putting the boys through the evolutions. They will drill again Thursday night. White PlalnH Church Han New Coat. A. B. Gaines, of this place, has been engaged in painting the Bap tist Church at White Plains. Mr. Gaines completed the job last week and returned to the city Friday. The White Plains congregation are a very zealous people and they be lieve in having every thing up-to date- Their church is now one of the handsomest country churches to be found in this section. Tli« Odd EellowH. The Odd Fellows met last Friday night ~nd took in several new mem bers. They will meet again next Fri day night for the same purpose. On next Friday night week they will meet again and perfect a permanent organization. A Delightful Kvenlug. Miss Addie Harvey gave a delight ful nautical entertainment at her home Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Minnie Burgess, of Ravenna. Miss Burgess’ many friends were da- delighted to have her spend a few days In the oity.