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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. 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. "TA WLISHED FEB. 16. 1894 GAFFNEY, S. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 21, 1903. $1.00 A TEAR. THINGS OF INTERESTS TO NATION’S PEOPLE * ■ Protfable Candidates for Pres idential Honors. •f CLEVELAND AND BRYAN N 2 ■Are Not In It Any More—Cleveland, on Ac count of tienenal Prejudice AgHinataThlrd Temi, and Itr^an, ilecanse of a Change of Ifimicg from 'Thone He Advocated. (Correspondence of The ledger.) Washincw»on, D C , Au?. 20.—The recent return from Europe of the Hon Arthur P. Gorman, of Mary land, the recent speech before the 'Georgia Bar Association by Judge Alton B. Barker, of New York, the re cent birth of a boy in the home of the Hon. (drover Cleveland, the recent boom for Senator Francis Marion Cockrell, or Missouri, the recent mar riage of the Hon. William Randolph Hearst, and the recent speeches of the Hon. William Jenojnga Bryan and the Hoo. Tom L. Johnson, of ‘Ohio, have revived the talk in the national capital of democratic presi dential possibilities and probabilities. I have, therefore, made it my busi ness to see nearly every democratic memb°r of Congress and every demo cratic pclitican who has visited the national capital for the past few weeks and to get as nearly as possible the consensus of opinion concerning these men as the presidential candi date of toe democratic party in the next campaign for the purposes of this correspondence If I were to tell all the things that I Lave heard it would make exceed ingly interesting reading for the good people of the country. The national capital correspondent does not tell everything he knows and hears, how ever, for the reason that he not only would be put down as a liar by his readers, but he could not back to the Atne sources of informaiion and get another story when he needed it. I will then give, as succinctly an pos feible, the result of these interviews with public men conqVrciag the possi bilities of the above named gentle men be ng the democratic standard bearer in the campaign of I% v 4. * n * *m) far as Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Bryan are concerned, we may well riimifute them to begin with Each uf these gentlemen has many ad mtrer-> »mr>ng the public mf-n who visit the national capital. Many men who have always been ardent ad mirers of Mr Cleveland sinc<* hie first election as President, and who left the party with him in 1890 and sup ported the republicans on the money question, have told me that he is out of the running as a candidate next year on account of the prejudice again-t the third term for any man Many man who loyally supported Mr. Bryan in 1890 and 1900 agree that he cannot possibly be called a Candidas again They still admire him for hi- manhood, his brilliance cf Intellect, his oratory, his steadfastness to prin ciple and devotion to the cause of the people, hut thdy admit that he can not again be a candidate. They realise that the issues will not be the same next year and that the people have put the seal of their condemnation on some of the issues on which he twice led the party to defeat. They appear to realize that the chief issue next year will be one with which Mr. Bryan has not been sufficiently indentified—the trust is sue—to make him an available candidate * even if he had not ijeen brought uuder the ban of the displeasure of thousands of men who will next year support the democratic ticket on that very issue. Therefore, they discard him as a possibility in the next race. * * * Senator Arthur P. Gorman has many friends among the men who come to Washington on official busi ness, and manv of them have named him as the most available man for the democrats to nominate next year. Ifbey say that when he returned to the Senate last March after an ab sence of four years he was quickly •nd^iadly given bis old place as floor leader of the democratic forces in the Senate, which proves conclusively that his powers as a leader have not been dimmed by bis absence from the Senate, that it is so recognized by his colleagues, which fact gives him prestige all over the country They mention his servi so to the country in the memorable force bill • fight In 1899, his adroitress as a lead er, his long record as a democrat, his knowledge of the public me* of the country and his signal ability as an ''Organizer, having, as chairman of the ' democratic national committee In 2884 brought victory to the party They claim that he will be very strong to the eastern states, where the party oeedi votes In order to win, and all •eem imbued with an Intense desire to win next year. They claim that Senator Gorman was regular in the campaigns of 1896 and 1900, and sup ported the ticket loyally, yet be would make a very ac;eptable candi date to the conservative business interests of the East. * * * The boom for Judge Alton B. bar ker, cf New York, seems to have been frost-bitten by being planted too early. The judge, himself, has lately taken a stand that practically eliminates him from the race as a candidate. Still, he has some warm admirerers and friends among the democrats who visit the national capital and who claim for him that ne is the most available man to lead the democratic forces next year. They have not much to say of him concerning his record, as that is con fined almost solely to the judicial bench, but they say he is a most amiable and learned man. Those who prefer some other candidate, in discussing Judge Parker, say that he is tied up with David B. Hill, and would be controlled by him and they distrust Hill. Judge Parker’s name may go before the convention, but it is not likely that the State of New York "Mil present him as the candi date of that State. Everything now indicates a trend away from Judge Parker. Charlbs A. Edwards. nUGHOIIT THE NEWS OF THE WEEK PALMETTO STATE. IN LOWER CHEROKEE : Items of Interest of Passing From Our Correspondent at Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. 3tta Jane. between the states. The Enquirer has published the rolls of all but one township—Catawba. Miss Jessie Strain is quite unwell. Messrs. Joe, Rufus and Jeff Estes attended the educational rally at Tirzah last week. j l s. TIDINGS FROMTROUGH. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Mr. ami Mrs. MitthfM KuU rtain. Ravrnna, Aug 19.—An ice cream supper was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Mathis last Saturday night 1 the 15. It was quite a pleas ant social affair and was thoroughly enjoyed by each and every one pres ent. Those present were, Mieses Genie, Minnie, Eva and Bertha Burgess, Blanch Littlejohn, Julia Mathis, Maggie Goforth, Bessie,Nannie, Lelia and Ila Mathis, of Ravenna; Misses Sallie aud Lona Green, of Pacolet; Messrs John Brown, Eddie and Claud Burgees, Sylvester Spake, Douglas Kitchens, Fred Brown, Lau ar Little john, Hiliard Bonner, Baxter Brown. Henry Petty, Albert Mathis, of Ra venna; Messrs. Janies and Clide Crocker and Bennie Goforth, of (toucher'; Mr Claud Sparks, of An bury; Mr Robert Carter, of Pacoiet; Mr Walter Green, of Union; Mr. Bunyou McLamore, of Lockhart. Wliii; lltii IteiiiN (Correspondence of The Lertcer.) WHit Hill, Aug. 18 —We are hav ing plenty of ruin, low, all ovsr this section. The colored neople of the M. E. church are holding a protracted meet ing. The Rev. R. C. Campbell, of Gaffney, is down'wsth Rev. K. O Fredericko. Fruit has been plentiful this sea son, and the people of this section are specially well supplied with peaches. Corn around Whig Hill is looking well and cotton is doing fairly wol!. Watermelons are few in number, just now. The members of Mount Zion ohurch (colored) have given their pastor a vacation. a u. g. A Sweet tilft. W. J. Thomas, of Thickety, came in to see us Wednesday. Mr. Thom as is a tried and true friend of The Ledger and never fails to vLit the of fice when he is in the city. This time he brought with him a basket of de licious peaches, of the "oid-time” variety, which he kindly presented to The Ledger force. The peaches were greatly enjoyed, and .Mr. Thom as has the thanks of all The Ledger “boys” for his gift. f Hack From Mountain Trip. Waddy Roundtree, Ezekiel Web ster. Monroe Webster, Wade Humph ries, Clarence Elmore, Will Camp and Jim Sentell, who have been in the mountains for two weeks returned home Wednesday night. They made the trip by private conveyance, go ing as far as Chimney Rock, and their outing was a most enjoyable one. invents that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other CuUed from Exchanges for Quick Reading by Scores of Busy People. The Southern Railway’s trestle over Middle Tyger river between Wel- ford and Duncan was washed away Tuesday, thus blocking traffic on the main line. The secretary of State Tuesday granted a charter to the Kemper to bacco warehouse of Marion county. The capital is $2,000 and the presi dent C. P. Hayes. Some five miles south, extending a few miles beyond, of Bennottsville, is a dry streak—a strip of territory on which no rain has fallen for five weeks, and crops have been material ly damaged. With 'this exception rains have been pretty general throughout that county, and the crops are indeed fine. W.<L Huckabee, a good andpromi- neot citizen of Lowndesville, died very suddenly early Saturday morn ing. He had been in bad health for some time. He arose feeling some better, ate his breakfast, took bis seat near a window commenced reading a newspaper and died instantly while sitting iu his chair. Interefttlng Paragraphs and Recent Hap penings In Lower Section of the County Gathered Up by Oar Regular Correspon dent for Benefit of Ledger Readers. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Aug. 18 —Lynch law— its causes and effects, is one of the leading questions of the day, and the literary world is full of fugitive reasonings and remedies for the evil. The highest order of States craft and the best minds of the age, have ex hausted their reasources in trying to solve the problem and establish a rule by which this evil can be over come, yet nothing but failure is writ ten on every attempt. We have read with much interest what John Temple Graves, Ben R. Tillman, Brer Burton and a score of other intellectual giants have had to say on the subject, and we must con fess that not one of them fully meets the requirements of the case in all its aspects, or oven touches upon the root of the evil—much less suggests an absolute remedy for it. Until the proper remedy by the] proper method is applied, the history 1 of our country must necessarily be full of crime and bloodshed. The Work of Rebuilding ia Making » Very Fair Show. Trough, Aug. 17—Regular show- I era have been NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. . falling since the 1st inst., and things look, at present, as though they had not suffered in the least from drought. Saturday night, last, we had a heavy rainfall, caus- Interesttng Items Concerning Oar Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers Dillsboro Milling and Manufactur ing a swell in the river which washed q 0 ( Dillsboro, was chartered The pulpit with its gospel warnings Forty-four Chinese prisoners were | has been set aside, if not ignored, and taken through Spartanburg Tuesday the platform with its demagogic cant, afternoon on the late Southern train, has taken its place. Commercialism oc their way from Norfolk to China, has taken the place of Christianity via San Francisco. They slipped in- an <j the mob is trying to do what to the country by way of Canada, and the church ought to do,and must do, were gat hered together from different ,f the remedy is ever effected. Dread- parts of the haet. They were care- f u i a8 it to acknowledge, it is never- fully guarded oc the train. theless true that “mene, mene, ' The sewerage system in Columbia i tetiel u P harB ' n ” might properly be is practically completed aud iy i he ^ inscritied u P or) d°or posts of our end of the week it is expected that dwellings, our State capitols aud the- the contractors will turn over the capitol of tue nation, work r,j the city. Approximately the cr ' H i s the Apostie Paul out a cofferdam and turned the cur rent into the wheel-house, and (those who know, say) caused another month’s work to ne done. The work ot rebuilding makes a very fair show. The boiler house is ! ready for roofing, ani t he br-a' t> in trie wall is up to tne third siory. A fev days since, we had the pleasure of meeting ‘ J L S” and son, James B , at Clifton, where we all spent about sixty hours together at the hospitable home of Mr. C A Sparks and family and in ixploring the regions of the flood ; and by some persuasion got th«-m by home with us for a short s ay. Rev. Sam T. Creech, who has been assisting Rev. J. N. Isom in a pro tracted meeting at Cherokee Springs, came home with sore throat. He re ports u meeting full of lively interest in progress H£ will return today, taking his family with trim lor the remainder of Lis stay. For several years past, there has been a great cornpiaint on account of the ravages of garden pes.s—insects. A great deal of time has been spent in "finger picking,” ani a consider able amount of “insecticide” has been used for their extermination, but all proved a fruitless. But since so many people have moved away, and leaving but very few to molest them, ; the birds, of various kinds, and in j considerable numb<r-', h«ve come in |aud about “cleaned up” ti e riiraui tbis week with $25 000 capital. H. 8 Harkins, principal incorporator. The Piedmont Springs Lbr. Co., Mor- tranton, was also chartered at $100- 000 capital, W. C. Hunt being local incorporator. Tuesday at one o’clock a freight t an on the Southern was pulling a new locomotive to the Spencer shops. When the trestle over the Otter R.ver was reached, seventeen miles south of Lynchburg, the rear trucks of the new engine jumped the rails and tore up the trestle, about a mile of track being also reported injured. No one was injured but traffic was delayed fifteen hours. The fact became known in Ashe ville Tuesday that Otis M. Coxe of that cUy went to Knoxville, Tenn., Monday night to be married to Miss Gertrude Jones, a trained nurse of Ashevi'le. Miss Jones and her moth er went to Knoxville on the same train. Mr. Coxe’s marriage has caused a great deal of comment. He is the eldest son of the late Col. Frank Coxe, and was several years ngo divorced from his wife, who was Miss Mary Connolly. ers to the extent that plants uusily system has cost over $155,000. For wou,d 8tt y- ‘' B ‘ } not o™™ 0 ™* 5 of evil, some time the system, or most <of it, overcome evil with good.” has been iu operation and many have ! Thm ' ttre few - if *ny, of our read- J already connected their property with who have not heard of* the snatch the sewer. game.” But we doubt seriously whether any of them ever ssw it | Live Stock Co. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sirs : The way to reckon the cost of paint is to put both costs to gether; the cost of the paint and the cost of putting it on. It would save this country hun dreds ot millions of dollars a year; it would save you alone (if you iiappen to be a victim) several dollars u year. See how it works. It costs as much to put-oo one paint us another, don’t it? Yes, if you use the same number of gallons. Well, don’t I? No, you’ll use t vice as many gal lons of adulterated paint as of Devoe; aud you’ve got to pay twice as much for putting it oo. < Mr N Avery, Delhi, N Y , has two houses alike and in same condition. Painted one house with Devoe: 6 gal lons. Painted the other house with a paint that was half adulteration : 12 gallons. Same painter, Geo. Gilbert, did both jobs. One cost $27! the other $54. Better go by the name. Yours truly 12 F W Devoe & Co At the lotal United States army re cruiting office in Spartanburg since last Friday 86 out of 40 applicants have been rejected by the officers, a fact somewhat peculiar when it is only required that an applicant have norma 1 physical qualities to be ad mitted in the service. The recruit ing sergeant said that the principal cause was weak lungs. Governor Hey ward Tuesday com muted the sentence of John Pickens, of Richland county, who was senten ced to 12 months. Pickens was sent up for stealing u bicycle The peti tion, signed by the prosecutor and county officials, set forth that he was drunk and picked up the bicycle iu the presence of Witnesses, rode a short distance and fell off, having no intention of eteaiing the wheel. Judge Klugh and Solicitor Thurmond thought that he hud been punished sufficiently. Edward Mikeil, a colored barber, setting himself up us good as any white man and passing the preposi- ' tion in an offensive way upon J A. Storer, alderman from Ward 12 in Charleston, was given a hard punch ! in the face by Mr. Storer Monday morning while the two were riding oo a trolley car. Liter in the day Mikeil 1 sought Mr. Storer at his store on Kicg street and attempted to renew the discussion, drawing a razor. Hei was knocked down, remaining uncon-! ecious for some tirm. The judgment of t he circuit court in the case of J. L. Carson, of Green ville, vs. the Southern Railway com pany has been affirmed by the su preme court. It will be remember ed that on August 18th, 1902, Mr. Carson’s right, arm was crushed be tween two freight cars at Converse. A novel feature of the suit was the joinder of rhe engineer and conductor with the railway company ss defen- infested now seem most flourirhing I This simple deed ot the littie crea tures teaches us that wo need a law, rigidly enforced, for tneir protection. Such a law would, in time, prove more beneficial to public good than some that are now inscribed on the statute books of the State. It is shatm-fu), the manner In which such harmless and useful creatures that render us played successfully. A young man of this community, who is somewhat of an actor, is giving lessons along that line as he has seen it played re- 8 ? ch a,d m the f arb , ot our oro P*< and cently. I t’s laughable in the extreme | cheer U8 10 our iouel y “oments with to see his maneuvers. If he would attend at the city hall and give a per formance we know he would have a i It; crowded house and seats would not go begging. He ought to give the Cherokee county people an entertainment for the benefit of some laudable object. He will only have to give one per formance in order to get his reputa tion up The rains have been general throughout the county and surround ing country, we think, and crops are doing well. The protracted meeting closed at Abingdon Creek church iast Sabbath with live accessions to the church. Rev. Mr. Hammett labored zealously for eight days and his work was well appreciated by the people of other de nominations as well at his. Sam Lee has about finished his roid working contract, but still much needs to be done to give us anything like passable roads in this communi ty- Mr. Will Westmoreland finished painting the inside of Salem church lust Saturday and the building now has a respectable appeartnee—espe cially for a country church. Rev. T. F. Boozer preached at Hickory Grove last Sabbath and came over yesterday and went fishing with the boys. Dr. L. R. Black has bought, land from Mr. W. A. Whisonaot and is fix ing to build on the road leading from Owens’ ford to Star Farm. This will put him in the center of his practice and he will be reached by ’phone from many points. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes visited friends and relatives at Sharon last dants, thus keeping the ease for »rial week and returned home yesterday, in the State courts. On December (Juite a number of wagons are em- 4th, 1902, a verdict was rendered for | ployed hauling gold ore from the their melody, are so brutally and wantonly destroyed. We wish these who take such great pleasure In their destruction vould go over Into Wis consin or Minnesota or some of the other northwestern States and hunt awhile till game becomes more plenti ful in our own State. And if they only should take such a trip, I would feel perfectly safe in giving them the assurance that when they returned home again, they would find themselves more expert in the use of a sledge hammer, than in that of a shotgun. LkRoy. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. The young ladies of the Smyrna A. R. I*, church announce that they will serve ice cream at Piedmont Springs next Saturday, 22nd. inst., and requesi the Gaffney people and the public generally to attend. W. A. Harvey, who recently moved to this place from Pacolet Mills, has erected a neat storehouse on Lime stone street, just beyond Hughes Brothers’ establishment, and opened up a stock of groceries. He expects to handle fresh meats, too, later on. The man who earns a dollar a day, and smokes five-cent cigars, and drinks several glasses of beer each day, stands a mighty slim chance of buying a seat in the Senate. PutM an End to It AIL A grievous wail oftimes comes as a result of unbearable pain from over- j Robbins case, butl’ostmastVr Ven" taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache, Liver complaint and Gonsiipatnn. But thanks to Dr. King’s New Life Pills thev put an end to It all. They an gentle but tnorougb. Try thim. Only 25c. Guaranteed by Cherokee The county commissianers of Meck lenburg have at last settled the Vt-xed problem of selecting a new site for i the county homo by deciding to pur- I chase the McGinnis farm, comprising 500 eereg. and situated on the Sails-. oury-r 'ad. eight mih-a i> " Char lotte. The price to be pur.i (or the property is $7,500. On the farm is & (rood residence, stable, barn and other buildings. The residence wiil be oc- cuoied by the superintendent of the i county home and two additional buildings will be erected for the in mates. Wallace Davis, who admits that ho was once a pal of Will Harris, the Mecklenburg desperado, was in the police court in Charlotte Wednesday morning charged with carrying con cealed weapons. When Sergeant Far rington arrested Davis, he huu tae gun up his sleeve with the point of the barrel in his hand. The officer thought Davis was making ready to fire so he called to him to put down his weapon or he would club him This brought Davis to his senses and he handed over the gun to the officer who escorted the negro to the lock up. Elder Monday, Thomas Pe r sons and two women—one known as St. Anna and the other as Holy Angel,, had the spirit move them to trouble in Southern Pines Sunday afternoon. They began preaching loudly, and Marshall Dillehay, with the assis tance of an extra policeman, Ruff Chatterfield, interfered, and as a re sult Elder Monday and Holy Angel spent the night in the lock up. They were taken before Mayor Fergerson next morning and assessed with the costs—1.95 each—with a pronrse to keep quiet from then on. They call themselves Seventh Day Adventists. A postoffice inspector has been or dered to Rocky Mount to make an official investigation of the employ ment of four members of Postmaster Robbins’ family in the local office there. While it has been decided that only two members of the Rob bins family can continue in subor dinate positions in the office, no of ficial action will be taken until the report of the inspector is forthcom ing. First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Wynne has been handling the $0,500 against the railway ccmpaoy and releasing the engineer aid con ductor of any liability. The Hunr^me cour, how.-ver, sustained this verdi’t 0.) appeal. Flour Higher. The late government report makes the wheat crop thirty-five million bushels less than iMt year. This means vtry much higher Hour until another harvest in 1904. AH flour is higher now, hut tho advance on Bransford’s “Clifton” has not yet been as great In proportion to oth*r flour. However, it is a mighty good time to buy a supply before It goes still higher. Fresh flour constantly received. W. J. Wilkinb ACo. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly nt Its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before 'Ms too lato. Brown mine, on the York side, to Hickory Grove for shipment. Our Methodist brethren expect to start a protracted meeting at Mesopo tamia church next Sabbath morning. Mr. Hump Ltowry, of Gaffney, is spending some time with relatives and friends at Wilkinsvills. Mess. J. E. Foster <fe Company will bring their saw mill here to saw for the oil mill company, and others who need lumber. Mrs. J. L. S has been complaining with rheumatism for a few days. She don’t complain often. Gllky creek is coming oat of its banks this morning and cattle in the pasture are being, taken to higher ground for safety. The York county U. 0. veterans have finished the work of enrolling the men what county sent to the war Drug Co. Bob Webb, eral Payne himself is interested in the family arrangements at that place and no action will be taken without consultation with him. Postmaster Rollins, of Asheville, . says that the mountains arefilled with —.— people from the South, who are there ii7 uu * I? colored, sot; of Dolly to spend the hot season. Not only is Webb, o Fayetteville, a haub on 'be ! this fact indicated by the amount of steamer City of Fayetteville, was mail handled, said Maj. Rollins, but missed about o clock Monday morn- jt i f confirmed by the agents of the mg on the trip bp the river He is Postoffice Department. Free Delivery supposed to be drowned. His father Inspector Roberts, who has visited was once a pilot on the Cape Fear no t only most of the towns in the ^ive^ • : wes . rn part of the State, but many Fr««h Flour ail the Time. : of the rural districts as well, says The celebrated “Clifton” flour is that even the farm houses in some sold only to the retail merchants hod, i localities are filled to the doors with as they buy in small quantities, the visitors. He says he saw one house flour is always fresh. Bransford’s in the Mills River section wnere there “Clifton” Is strictly the flour for were about 40 people, and it did not family use, and If your bread, cake ** though the house had been and pastry are not made of It yon are built to accommodate more than half certainly the loser, stock regularly W. J. We keep it in Wilkins & Co. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at its expiration. So watch your label and tbs date and renew before ’Ms too late. this number. To Cure a Cold In One Bay Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s sig nature is on each box. 25o.