The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 18, 1903, Image 1
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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.