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v‘ * THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The *4 SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND PBIDAY. 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.IS. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. 1903. 81.00 A YEAB. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. I?ems of Interest of Passing Events. rallies. new$ Qf THE mf excellent SLOGAN IN LOWED CHEROKEE FOR REPOOUCINS. BIG BAPTIST MEETING. ALL OVER THE STATE. NEventa tlu»t Have T»k«n l’l»ce from One End of the 8tate to the Other Culled from Exchange* for ynlok Heading by Score. of Bnay People. Considerable new life was infused into the State Live Stock association at Clemson College Wednesday after noon. The organization was perfected and officers elected who will try to make it a factor in live stock circles In South Carolina. The second deer hunt of the season occurred last week on the plantation of Mr John Grego.'ie, five miles from Yemassee, toward Combahee. There were fifteen gentlemen present, and three deer were shot. After the hunt the sportsmen returned to tbe plant ation where and elegant dinner and choice liquors were served. Thursday night Sarah Polite, col ored, and two children were killed by lightning at Brogdon’s, in Sumter county. The woman was in the act of closing a window when killed. The infant in her arms was knocked across tbe room and seriously injured, but it was alive Friday. The other two children were on the opposite bide of the room. The first bale of the South Carolina cotton crop was sold in Augusta Wednesday for 20 cents per pound. It was bought by A. B. Baxter & Co., of. New York. H. H. Cabiness, of the Chronicle, was the auctioneer It was consigned to Pope & Fleming, of Augusta. It was made the occa sion of a great gathering of the cotton men, who cheered the opening of the season. Jerome Stark, of Columbia, a line man in the employ of the Bell Tele- pnone company, came in contact with a live wire in Charleston Thurs day afternoon while at work on a pole and fell a distance of sixty feet to the pavement. Fortunately his fall was broken by coming down upon a fellow worker and he suffered no serious bodily injury. His right hand was badly burned by the wire. Abraham Reed and Olive Parry w^re committed to jail Thursday on the charge of assaulting Constable Lykes of Columbia. It will be re called that these negroes were in charge of one of Chico’s wagons some weeks ago, and when the constable atfcemped to stop the horse to exam ine the wagon the negroes beat the animal which knocked the officer duwn and confined him to h:s bed and room for some time. The ne groes will be tried at the court of general sessions. Ike Kelly, an IS-year-old negro of Newberry county, was convicted at the last term of court of assault and battery with intent to kill and sen tenced to pay $25 or serve three months on the county chaingang. While he was in jail he overheard a conversation among some prisoners who were conspiring to kill Sheriff Buford and his deputy and was after wards asked by one of their number to join in the plan. Instead be in- formed the sheriff of the plot against his life and has now been pardoned. Wednesday night Mrs. Anna S. Tylee, a bride of two hours, died sud denly in Charleston. Wednesday was scheduled for her marriage. She was { ill but it was decided that the mar- 1 riage should not be deferred. It took place at 8 o’clock, she getting up and wearing tbe wedding dress which had been made for the purpose before her illness. After the ceremony, which was a quiet affair, she was driven to her new home and a short while after entering it sho died in a chair where she had dropped in a faint. She was 19 years of age. Gov. Heyward Saturday pardoned John Brooks, an aged negro who has been serving a sentence of one year on the chaingang for larceny. Brooks was stealing a bushel m potatoes from a neighbor’s yard and was de tected, the policeman of Newberry ^shooting him three times. At the time of his conviction in November, 1902, he was very ill and the bullets in his body. They have never been removed and he has been a sufferer from rheumatism ever since, having served his sentence thus far by re maining confined in tbe county jail. Tbe first bale of the fleecy staple of the crop of 1903 was marketed at Bamberg Tuesday afternoon. It was grown on a plantation of H. C. Folk, fivV'miles from town, by Abe Sim mons, colored, who enjoys the dis tinction of having marketed the ear liest bale ever grown in the Stati. It was marketed at Bamberg on July 27, about the year 1896, and shipped by H. C. Folk to F. W. Wagoner & Go., Charleston, S. C. The bale marketed Tnesday weighed 498 lbs., and classed good middling. It was remarkably dry and tbe staple was good. Somethlug lu Which Everybody Should Feel and Manifest Great Interest. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) New Pleasant, Aug. 14.—I notice that tbe county superintendent has given notice that an educational ral ly can be held in tbe different locali ties of the county just as the people want them. This is for tbe purpose of establishing graded schools in tbe This is a thing everybody should feel and manifest an interest in. It will give longer terms, and with lon ger term* education will advance. With these special levies a practical business education will be in tbe reach of every boy and girl. Longer terms will demand better teachers. When this is once realized then we will see young men and women pre paring themselves for teachers as a profession, but as long as tbe terms are as short and salaries low those that teach are looking forward for something better. There is not a living in teaching tbe common schools now,the way tbe average school runs, with the present salaries. If the schools ran nine to ten months a year teaching would be pursued with greater interest. With long terms, and better salaries, teaching would be made a profession; men and women would follow teaching In pref erence, to many other things that are pursued. A community is advanced be yond estimation where the ed ucational advantages are all that could be expected. Instead of mou, and the best men,'moving to town to educate their children, they could 1 educate them in the rural schools. Let everybody come together and provide for this liberal and grand way of education. By a special levy of only a mere pittance added to what ; there is now collected the schools ; could run almost all the year. As to the amount a man would pay over what he already pays, it would not be missed. Only a few mills on a dol lar is a very small thing. We are nooonly benolitted with edu j cation but property is advanced ! in value. Men rent land will try ! to get in these districts,j:.lying better j rent for the advantage of good schools. Let’s hear from others on ; this subject. Baylos. From Our Correspondent at Long Etta Jane. Live the Statute Limitations. of PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Interesting Paragraphs and Recent Hap penings in Lower Section of the Connty Gathered Up by Our Regular Correspon dent for Benefit of Ledger Readers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Aug. 15.—On Thursday evening last we bad a fine rain and crops are growing finely now. Cotton is taking on a good crop and young corn on the low lands is exceptionally fine. But few of our neighbors have sown turnips yet. Mrs. J. L. Strain has been com plaining for the last few days with rheumatism. We regret to learn that our young friend, Perry Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Black, is too unwell to at tend school this week. Miss Mary Huggins is teaching the school at Lawn. Messrs. Terry Estes and Asa Black- well have gone on a pleasure trip to Sedalia. Something must be up. Mr. Will Westmoreland finished painting the inside of Salem church this week. Mr. Vaney C. Comer, a leading trader of lower Cherokee, cleaned Dr. Sam Foster up in a horse swap one day this weekf* In the account of our Clifton trip we incidentally omitted tbe name of your former townsman and typo, Tha Broad River Association Meets With the Macedonia Church This Week. Delegates from the Baptist churches in this end of the State will gather next Thursday at the Macedonia Baptist church to hold tbe annua session of the Broad River Associa- ! tion. Tbe past year has been one of CLABKSON IS AFFOINTED. f great prosperity aod progress with these churches. Splendid revivals Surveyor of Port of New York Much to the ha vs been held in many of the AstonishmentofciviiserviceReformers— churches; many have been added to Republicans Barred from Prosecution for i the membership; and more has been THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. |,Their Misdeeds. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Washington, D. C., Aug. 17.—Many republican leaders who, in the recent erstwhile, were going about wearing a worn, haggard and hunted expres- ! sion are now walking the streets of : tbe nation’s capital wearing a broad and expansive smile that somewhat ' resembles a crack in a frozen river. Wherefore? Simply because on the 31st of July last the statute of limi tation ran and they are forever barred from prosecution for the misdeeds given for missions than in any year of the history of tbe association. When the association met at Grassy Pond in 1902 it reported $426,00 for foreign missions and pledged $650,00 for tbe ensuing year. Tbe next year It met at Gilead, instead of reporting the $650,00 pledged, it reported over $800,00, and pledged over $1000,00 for this year. And this year, if all the churches come up as well as many have already doned the association will report between $1000.00 and $1200.00. Let every church, that has not already sent in its contri bution to foreign missions, be sure to send it to the association next and peculation they indulged in while week. holding positions of honor and trust i under the natioaal government three years ago. There are many men who | ought to have been indicted and would I have beeu had not President Roose- i velt told Fourth Assistant Postmas ter-General Bristow not to investigate any of the cases where the statute of limitation would run this year. It was known here also that Perry 8. Heath, the secretary of the Republi- ; can National Committee, would have been one cf the first to be indicted, along with Machen, if the republican 1 leaders had not scepped in and put a The progress in the other benevo lent interests of the churches has been very good in proportioc to the needs and extent of the various interests. Everything points to this session of the association as the best in its history. Eminent visitors will be present representing the various in terests of the denomination. Splendid reports will be made by most of the churches; harmony prevails; the good people of the Macedonia church are going to do every thing in their power to make the meeting a success and the faces of all are set stead fasti v Interesting Items Concerning Onr Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for .Hondreds of Ledger Readers In Statesville Wednesday Wilford Roseboro was convicted of murder in tbe first degree for the murder of Mrs. Beaver. He was sentenced at 9:80 o’clock Thursday morning to be hanged Septenaber 10th. Will Harris, the notrious negro criminal who has thrown tbe people of Mallard creek, Mecklenburg coun ty, into terror by his sudden appear ance in the township from the peni tentiary, is to be outlawed. Superintendent Bland, of the light and water company of Washington, was nearly entombed in an excava tion Friday. He was down in a nftfe foot trench inspecting it, when it caved in, filling in up to his neck. Tbe laborers dug him out with shovels. He was badly bruised. Stokes and Reveile Crawford, two negro boys charged with the murder of John Morgan, also colored, were put on trial in Statesville Thursday and acquitted. Solicitor Hammer did not consider the evidence suffi cient ) for the case to go thej jury and ordered a verdict of not guilty. The only evidence against the boys was that they had made threats, in too much of the inside workings of . the cogwheels and oiling that the M r. Clester Hopper, who is filling the different parts of the machine received important position of time-keeper at the Clifton mill. He is prompt and efficient at his work and we feel quite sure he will rise to a higher and more paying position. veto on the thing. Mr. Heath knows toward greater things for the future. 1 colored folks style. Avery Brothers. Still another new firm will soon open up business in Gaffney. Messrs. C. N. and G. J. Avery, under the firm name of Avery Brothers, will shortly LAWN LOCALS. Good Ginolug mid Sawing—Hall Game at Corluth—PerHonal .Mention. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Lawn, Aug. 15.—Messrs. Metcalf & Wright have moved their saw mill from this place down on the river, about five miles below here. Messrs. Metcalf & Wright have done a good business here, both with their gin and sawjmill. They ginned last season between five and six hun dred bales of cotton, and we very much their doing nearly so well at their new stand this season. We attended the meeting at Abing don Creek church yesterday and heard a fine sermon preached by Rev. Mr. Hammett from Hebrews Jl:8—“And he went out, not knowing whither he went.” His subject was “Faith in God.” an I he made a solendid expo sition of what Faithful Abraham ac complished and what it was intended for his spiritual children to learn from his action. A casual observer can’t but he im pressed with the idea that the Wil- kinsville oil mill is a fixed fact when he sees the work done and being done for it. Much of the building material is now on the ground and still it is coming in from all quarters. Hon. W. Judson Harratt is having his mills on Thickety repaired. Mr. Hemphill Bigham, of Sharon, has a team on this side of the river doubt hauIin 8 lumber for ibe oil mill com pany. We gave The Ledger a “pop call” last Thursday and found everything ; in the last two national campaigns. He might, as Ratbbone threatened to do, “Pull down the pillars of the tem ple,” and that would be dangerous to , many in high places and leave the re- occupy the Sparks J: Byars building, publican skeleton exposed in all its adjoining Carroll, Carpenter A- Byers hideousness. The man who invented 0 n Granard street.with a line of cloth- the statnie of limitations should have a monument erected to his memory by the republican leaders, for they know how much tribulation he saved them. The next convention of that party should pass the hat around, and no one should be more liberal in his donation than President Roosevelt, for it has saved him a world of annoy ance and publicity, that might have jeopardized his political future. An , excellent slogan for the republicans next year would be : Vive la Statute of Limitations! * * * When President Roosevelt appoint ed “Ret” Clarkson Surveyor of the Port of New York there was a general gasp of astonishment by civil service reformers, and a good deal of surprise was manifested by the lees truly good politicians. That Clarkson paid fcmt little attention to the duties of his office, but was making secret trips to Mr. “Doc” Anthony and family, of all right. The genial editor and print- the southern states, with a strong in the Blue Branch section, were visit ing relatives (in this section this week Corinth's second nine and Drayton- ville’s first nine crossed bats last Sat urday on the Corinth diamond, with a score of twenty to thirteen in favor of Corinth. They expect to play again Saturday, the 22nd inst., on the Draytonville grounds. It seems that the Corinth teams, both first and second nines, are sweeping every thing before them this season, and we want to say for Draytonville, that theyjplay good ball for their practice. er boys gave us a hearty handshake and we felt at borne. The editor showed us his subscription book and we were surprised at the long list of clination to confine the society he sought to “black-and-tans” and “lily-whites,” who were known to be important factors in selecting dele- cas i subscribers (he takes no other) gates to national republican conven- orftfinftrAfi rinr.it.Hioaa ** pttQicky ** 1 - • . gathered during these times in money matters. The genial clerk, W. Henry Ross, showed us through the new council chamber, which is not only a credit to the town of Gaffney but a daisy in point of architecture. We went to Bates’ mill, on Gilky, one day this week and had the old soldier-miller, Billy Thompson, to Now What do You Thlukof This? In the cent-a-word column of this issue will be found an advertisement for 1000 bushels of peach seed. The tions, occasioned no amazement | amongbt politicians. They regarded him as the personal representative of che President, and on what may be called a secret service commission for him. Clarkson regards public office advertisement was brought in yester- as a private snap, and althoujh Presi- day by Mr. Perry Holmes, of the dent Roosevelt is supposed to have Holmes & Thomas Co. The announce- other and opposite,views on the duties of public officers, he evidently does P?® 0 TP 8 .. « .k ■ ■ u not disapprove ot the ClarksoD tbe o' the ' “graft” of drawing a good salary without much, if any, return to people who are taxed to pay it. Clark son is an old political p^l of Post master-General Payne; they have been mixed up in some similiar deals —obtaining delegates on former oc casions—so nobody will be particu- | lariy suprised at the information that “Ret” Clarkson is the official who furnished the revenue cutter for Post- l0 ut fifteen years. uo, ’‘ ce ^ ^ve supreme j master-General Payne and his family 6 l uou K“ c JI U8e J a We also had the pleasure of shak- forth 08e haughty, stuck-up to take their late summer outine day being ut,lized - bo 8ave y° ur That revenue cutters were not il peach eeed and take tbem t0 the Rev. Mr. Folmet, assisted by the S r ^ nd ua 8° In c homemade flour. “Un- Revs. Wiat Neal, of Union county, c ^ e Bidy” understands his business and J. P. Whelchel, of Cherokee and he nover fail8 to give satisfaction Falls, is holding quite an interesting to reasonable customers, series of meetings at Corinth this ^he beautiful and accomplished week. young widow who has been visiting We had the pleasure of meeting the f r * ec d8 in this section returned to her Rev. Wiat Neal, of Union county, last ho me recently, no doubt carrying Sunday. Mr. Neal is a former resi- w 'th her some man’s heart. We will dent of what is now Cherokee county, ^nd this out later, perhaps, but has been away for about twenty It’s an old adage, “the best way to years. Ho has been in the ministry ^ um ble a proud man is to take no i about fifteen years. > notice of him.” We have We also had the F .. - F ; ing the hand of the Rev. J. P. Whel- disdainful people who think they are i chel. “Pink” is not so pretty, but there is nothing iu beauty. We be- ! luve that he comes as near “present- | ing his body a living sacrifice” to the Master’s cause as it is possible for one to do in this old world of ups and 1 downs. perfection absolutely perfected,” when everybody knows they are noth ing more than empty-headed, cold- heartpd diabolical nonentities. Well might Robert Burns have said: “Oh for a mon the |gift to gie us, to see ourselves as ithers see us.” A farmer found a $5 bill which, find- ! ing no owner for, he paid to his mer chant for goods; .this merchant paid Letter to R. P. Roberts Cherokee Falls. Dear Sir: The cheap paint to buy bill of freight with it and the R. R. you company gave it to one of their me- is the one that covers more than think; the cheap one to wear is one that is young when old. Mrs Moore, of Kelsey, N Y, bought 16 gallons Devoe to paint her bouse two coats; her painters said it would take that. Had 6 gallons left. Mr James Ackley’s house, in Cairo (Catskill Mountains), N Y, was panited Devoe; it wore 14 years; aad tbe paint was in good condition then. He was going to paint, tbe last we know, though. That’s tbe way to preserve a house; repaint when there’s no occasion. Yours truly. 11 F W Devoe A Go the chanics who|gave it to bis butcher,and , be in turn gave it back to the farmer ; (who found it) for a yearling Fin ally it was discovered that the bill was counterfeit; and in the mean time its rightful owner was found, who was one of those above named who had handled il. Now who lost or gained anything in the transac tion? We will send The Ledger three months to the first one answering this question. j. L . s. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before 'tls too late. tended for private use does not seem to have troubled the elastic political consciences of either Clarkson or Payne. It is through this loose idea of the private snap, that high officials regard as their political perquisites, that tbe grafting and looting in the Postoffioe and other departments have grown to such serious scandals. Yet Mr. Payne is supposed to be investi gating this sort of thing. When will tbe people awake? Charles A. Edwards. At 11:30 Thursday night an excur sion train of 11 cars returning from Wilmington collided head-on with the caboose of a watermelon freight on the main line of the Seaboard.' The flagman on the freight went to sleep and failed to flag the excursion train. The caboose was burned and . the engine, tender and first cuach de molished. Flagman L. F. Jones of Lumberton, and a negro passenger named Gardner were killed. The injured are: Will Friday, Henry Fri day and Newman Probst, all colored. Mr. Alexander Auten, of Long Creek, townthip, Mecklenburg coun ty, who was shot and fatally wounded by Sol. Shuford, colored, Sunday afternoon, died at the hospital at Davidson .where he was carried for treatment, Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock. The attending physician, Dr. J. P. Munroe, had realized from the first that it was a hopeless case and the relatives and friends of the unfortunate man were prepared for the end. The bullet, which entered Mr. Auten’s left side, penetrated the kidneys and liver and lodged in the muscles of the back, inflicting wounds that were beyond the reach of human aid. Fifteen prisoners iu the Beaufort county jail escaped before daybreak Friday morning. Two of the men are alleged murderers and one is a perience in their line is sufficient to ^ e deral prisoner, all the others being insure them the success they deserve, charged with minor offences. The ’ sheriff immediately offered rewards for them. The escape was made through a small hole in the back of tbe building, where five bricks had been removed. The jail was virtually iu charge of a negro attendant who waits on the prisoners and he failed to lock up the men. There is evi dence of culpable negligence and an so unusual as to attract I >“ ve8t , iga8ion wiI1 Probably be made. ! the attention of the local scribe, ? ne 0 , the P r,80 1 ners came and g ave therefore he inquired of Mr. Holmes himself up. All are negroes. as to what they were used for. Mr. j Friday evening about six o’clock, Holmes informed The Ledger man while a gentle rain was faliing, Mrs. that he was acting as agent in pur- G. C. Butler, of Kings Mountain, the I chasing the seed for a nursery and wife of Mr. W. A. Mauney’s farm that they sprouted the seeds and then j foreman, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Mrs. Butler had been sick for several months and was confined to her bed a part of each day. She was lying down with her head next to the door, when struck. The lightning evidently en tered the bouse through the tele phone, which was completely demol ished. It was in tbe hail, six or seven feet from the bed. The hair on Mrs. Butler’s head was badly burned and tbe skin broken at places as the bolt ran down the body. The shoe on her left foot was torn to pieces and thrown across the room. | ing and gents’ furnishings. Mr. C. N, Avery .the senior member of the firm, will leave for the north ern markets Saturday morning to ; purchase the goods for the new es tablishment, and it is his intention to spare no time nor expense in selecting a stock that will be up with 1 the times in every particular. He ! has been in the clothing business for a long time and ksows just how to suit the tastes ofjfastidious dressers. His brother, Mr. G. J. Avery, has al so had much experience in the busi ness world, and together they will make a strong team. It is the purpose of Messrs. Avery Bros, to keep a full, complete and most up-to-date line of clothing and , general furnishings for men—to cater I to the tastes of the “fashionable set” as well as others not so fashionable, and we feel sure that, they will merit and receive a large and liberal pat ronage. They are genial, courteous, gentlemanly and obliging young men, and this combined^with long ex- grafted tbe sprouts. This was a new industry to us and the idea struck us as something unique. It simply goe^ to show that there need be nothing w ted and that many things we for merly thought useless were in this peach eeed and Holinos & Thomas Co., hard cash for them. and get tbe Fresh Flour all the Time. The celebrated “Clifton” flour is sold only to the retail merchants and, as they buy iu small quantities, the flour is always fresh. Bransford’s “Clifton” is strictly the flour for family use, and if your bread, cake and pastry are not made of it you are certainly the loser. We keep it in stock regularly W. J. Wilkins & Co. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. So watch your label and tbe date aud renew before ’tls too late. A Dance Friday Night. The young society folks gave a dance at the Central Hotel last Fri day night in honor of Misses Hayes and Willingham, of Toccoa, Ga.. who are the guests of Miss Myrtle Gaffney. Tbe affair was quite a nice one for it mid-summer dance and the young folks tripped the light fantastic un til the wee small hours of Sabbath. Flnur Higher. The late goverumeut report makes the wheat crop thirty-five million bushels less than last year. This means very much higher flour until another harvest In 1904. All flour is higher now, but the advance on Brausford’s “Clifton” has not yet been ae great in proportion to other flour. However, It Is a mighty good time to buy a supply before it goes still higher. Fresh flour constantly received. W. J. Wilkins A Co. A disastrous freight wreck occurred oq tbe Melrose grade of the Southern railway Thursday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock by whijb Engineer J. H. Averill, Jr., and Fireman Hair were the Jewish killed oatri g ht > 11 cars loaded with ; coal smashed into smithereens, the locomotive ruined and W. B. Sherrill, brakeman, (whose home |is at Bilt- more, lost his legs, these members being severed by the car wheels. Tbe tragic happening occurred a short distance below Melrose ^station, al most midway between Saluda aud Tryou. The distance that the road bed of the Southern rises on this heavy, treacherous grade,of t five miles, from a little above Saluda to Tryou, will open the eyes of the average traveler, provided he has the time to inspect the route.