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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. r jTHE LEDGER SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE Tbe 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. OCTOBER 37, 1903. $1.00 A YEAR. MROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing •' ■ Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. One rtvent. that Have Taken Place from Gn<t of the State to the Other Culled from Kxchangeit for Quick Reading by Scores of Unsy People. The secretary of state Saturday is sued a charter to the Carlisle Mer cantile and investment company of Carlisle, capitalized at $2,500. The company will deal in real estate and merchandise. In the criminal court in Laurens Saturday Will McClintock, colored, was convicted of manslaughter and was seuteuct d by the court to 10 years in the penitentiary. McClin tock killed another negro named Har ris several months ago. In the United States District court Thursday D. G. Hart, a night clerk in the postoffice at Spartanburg, plead guilty to an indictment charging him with making way with the contents of certain registered letter parcels. He was sentenced to one year’s con- fiuement in the federal pr’son in At lanta. W. D. Freeman, better known as Van Freeman, was convicted of man slaughter by a jury in tbe United States district court in Greenville Friday. His attorneys have entered notice of a motion for a new trial. Freeman bad been indicted for kill- ine Holland Durham in Greenville county. In tbe common pleas court iu Charleston Friday morning suit was filed against the Ashepoo Fertilizer Company, of that city, by Sam Jones, colored, for damages in the sum of $10,000. The plaintiff claims that he was employed by the defendant as a laborer, and that on June 25, 1903, while stopping cars at the foot of an incline track he was run over by a car and his right lag mashed, making amputation necessary and caus'ng him to suffer great bodily harm and preventing him from following his usual vacation in life. The store of the Assyrians, C. Heeden & Co., of Rock Hill, was en tered Wednesday night by burglars and a number of articles were stolen. Among the goods that were taken were three suits of clothing, five pairs jf)l pants, two hats, several pairs of shoes, one black steel watch with open face, the hour figures being Roman numerals, one gold plated watch fob. The entrance to the store was through a transom over the back door, out of which a glass was broken for the pur pose. and the robber who went through the opening must have been a small boy. There is as yet no clue. In Magistrate Kirby’s court Friday afternoon an interesting case was be gun—the prosecution of a negro preacher named H. F. MoEiwee, charged with assault and attempt to • ravish a member of bis congregation named Maggie Bankhead. McElwe > is one of the country Baptist preach ers, and he supplies a church near Rich Hill. On account of certain features of tbe evidence, Magistrate Kirby decided that be could not send tbe case up under present indict ment; and tbe prosecution suggested a charge of assault and battery of simple nature. This was agreed up on, and the trial was set for this (Tuesday) afternoon. After being out for nineteen hours tbe jury iu tbe Court of General Ses glous at Laurens Friday returned a verdict of not guilty iu tbe case of Jobu G. Wham charged with tbe mur der of Lafayette Ramage. It is said that one juror stood out for a verdict of guilty from tbe start, but he finally went iu with tbe majority, an acquittal resulting. Wham was forthwith set free. Tbe trial has been in progress at Laurens for sev eral days and was stubbornly fought from the beginning. Tbe prisoner set up the plea of self defence. Ram age was killed Dear Clinton in July. There were sensational incidents con nected with the killing, the name of a young woman being dragged in. A telephone message from St. Georges was received Thursday night by Constable Burton, of Charlotte, stating that three negro men had held up a white man on a public high way, robbed him and then beat him unmercifully, and asked him to go up to St. Georges and take his blood hounds to chase one of tbe highway men who had escaped. The message was received at a late hour, and it was impossible for Constable Burton to leave. The name of the white man who was held up and robbed was not ■aylven. All the information received was that three negroes had assaulted and robbed a white man. Two of the highwaymen were arrested and lodged in jail shortly after the deed was committed, but tbe third made his escape. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. Bo watch your label and the date and renew before ’tls too late. AUTUMNAL WEDDINGS. Mr. Jaines-E..Payu«, of Greenville, Weds a Gaffney Girl. Yesterday morning at 9 o’clock the home of Mr. J. L. Spake, on corner of Johnson and Jefferies streets, was the scene of a pretty home wedding, the contracting parties being Miss Avie I. Spake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Spake, and Mr. James E. Fayne. They ceremony was per formed by Rev. W. R. Potter in the presence of the relatives of the bride and a few of tbe intimate friends of the contracting parties. The bride was attired in a becom ing costume of white silk, trimmed with satin ribbon with tbe fagot stitch. She carried in her hand a pretty boquet of bride’s roses and maidenhair ferns. Tbe groom was attired in the conventional black. The bride is one of Gaffney’s most attractive young ladies. She pos sesses a sweet demeanor and a retir ing disposition, and made a lovely looking bride. The groom is one of Greenville’s most successful business men. Among those in attendance in ad dition to tbe immediate members were: Mr. W. D. Metis, of Green ville; MissGoulie Littlejohn, Mr. and Mrs. Mason, Miss Sarah Switzer, Mr. G. J. Wall, Mr. and Mrs, Felix Lips comb and Mr. Will Switzer. Tbe bride and groom left on the Southern’s southbound train, No. 39, for Greenville, where they will reside in tbe future. The bridal presents were numerous and costly, consisting of elegant sil verware, cbinaware and cut glass. The Ledger joins the friends of tbe happy couple iu wishing them a long life, prosperity and much happiness NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE OFFICIALS AMAZED AT REVELATIONS From Our Correspondent Etta Jane. at PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Cabin«88-UemplillA. On tbe 21st instant Mr. Thos. B. Cabiness and Miss Dora Hemphill were united in the holy bonds of mat rimony by Mr. Robt. Gibson, N. P. The young couple are most deserving and The Ledger joins their many friends in extending congratulations. With the Minister*. Rev. E. P. Easterling, agent for the Furman endowment fund, preached I at the . morning service at the First Baptistjchurch Sunday. Mr. Easter ling is a man of pleasing address, de voted to his high calling, and on Sunday preached a sermon that marked him as possessing great piety and ability. Sunday night after the service the or dinance of baptism was administered by Mr Cree to seventeen candidates who joined the church at the recent revival meeting conducted by Rev. Massee, of Raleigh, N. C. Rev. J. W. Kilgo will hold the fourth qarterly conference for Buford street station Wednesday evening at 7 :30 o’clock. Rev. L. 0. Ezell filled his regular appointment at Limestone Springs Baptist church Sunday. Mr. Ezell has an enviable record in this coun try. He was a gallant Confederate soldier and wears the scars of battle. He was in his younger days an effi cient and faithful treasurer of Spar tanburg county and has for many years been tbe good preacher, work ing and loved pastor of many church es of bis faith iu this, Spartanburg and Union counties in this state, and tbe bordering counties of North Caro lina. Silver Dollar Day at Dnuton Chapel, a The silver dollar day at Dunton Chapel M. E. church last Sunday a week ago was a success. The follow- iug persons paid one dollar each: Rev. F. V. Richardson. $1.00; Rev. J. L. E. Beard, $100; Rev. Jas. R. Jefferies, $1 00; David;jefferies,$l 30; Jacob C. Corry, $1.75; Thomas Gar rett, $100; W. M. Petty, $1.00; Abraham Smith, $1.00; Richard Cor ry, $1 55; Henry Bonner, $1 00; Hen ry Jefferies, $100; Alexander Car penter, $1.00; Elijah Littlejohn, $1.00; Luke Corry, $1 00; Mrs. H. E. Smith, $1.00; Mrs. Henrietta Daw kins, $1 00; Mrs. Amelia Littlejohn, $1.00; Mrs. Alice Talley, $1.00; Mrs. Mahala Littlejohn, $1.00; Mrs. t^ueen Jones, $l00;Miss Dorcas Smith,$1.00. Many of the members and friends paid smaller amounts than one dol lar wh.ch made a total for the day of $47.95. The stewards of the church and the pastor are very garteful to all who 1 elped in thi .hurcb rally. NiiUtifactlon. It is always a source of satisfaction to know of a remedy that can always be relied on in emergencies and when a;cldents occur, such a remedy is Elliot’s Emulsified Oil Liniment. It is the most serviceable Accident and Emergency Liniment ever produced, and is just as satisfactory in all cases where a Liniment is required —Gaff ney Drug Cm Hlt-kneim Prevuleut. •—Sickness is becoming prevalent. You cao't help falling a prey to dis ease, but you can place yourself in a position to get pay for being sick. Se cure a Health Policy now from Jones J. Darby, agent, Gaffney, S. O. —Beautiful curtain swlsses at J.W. Tollksoji’b. in this election. Let us have them. * * ¥ Trust Company- WALL STREET SHOCKED IntereHUng Paragraphs and Recent Hap penings in Lower Section of the County Gathered Up by Oar Regular Correspon dent for BeneUt of Ledger Readers. (Correspondence of The Ledger. I Etta Jane, Oct. 24.—The Salem Sunday school have bought a lot of new song books. We are glad to hear from brother “Leroy”again. Keep The Ledger read ers posted, trother, on the Saxon mill news. Many readers are interested in the news from that place. Brother, can’t you get up another dog fight? If you can you will have the readers on tip toe again to see how it comes out. Our friend James Proctor seys the hardest fight he ever had in hie life vas about a dog fight, a fellow threw bis dog in the mill pond and Jim jumped him and they went at it. But Jim whipped him of course. Ed Edwards is getting ready to mar ry next Monday night. He thinks that a two dollar marriage fee is too much. Cotton seed is not commanding the price that tbe farmers think it ought to. It will take something like thirty cents per bushel to move many of them now. Good planting seed will bring from forty-five to fifty cents a bushel next spring, and wil be hard to get at that price. Farmers are not saying much about sowing wheat. A few have sown oats. Again we will call the attention o the road authorities to a dangerous place in the road just this side of Salem church. The earth has cavec in until wagons can hardly pass there and it needs fixing at once, or some body will have a wagon and team to get out of the gully sometime. Since the establishment of the fine ferry that is the most generally traveled road in this part of the country. Lots of cotton is being handled from the York side to the Gaffney market and the road is a public necessity. But what’s everybody’s business is nobody's business.. We sympathize with tbe good peo ple of Antioch church and commun ity who are working to get rid of a distillery nuisance alleged to be near er the church than the limits pre scribed by law. In this they are cer tainly right, and we believe they (or a majority of them) areacting conscien tiously. We think we know those people, or at least most ot them, and they are a high-toned, intelligent, Christian people who bold the house of God in proper reverence, and who would stoop to no base method to in jure any one in the pursuit of a legi timate business. But there are those who, while they by word of mouth endorse the action of the Antioch people, will allow whiskey drunk in, at, or near their own church and won’t even raise a hand or say a word to prevent it by prosecuting those who do bo for fear of making enemies of somebody. These are ‘.‘they who draw nigh unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me.” It’s nothing strange for a nice looking young man to be lugging a whiskey flask abous in his pocket and even entering the place of public worship with the scent of whiskey on his breath. Bhatne I shame! shame! The Wilkinsville ginnery began business last Wednesday. We are told it ginned about thirty bales of cotton yesterday. We spent Thursday night on the York side of Broad river. Farmers over there are finishing up their cot ton picking. The crop is an unusual ly short one. Mr. James Fcoggins and Mrs. James Good, both old and estimable citizens of Hickory Grove, are lying very low with sickness just at this time. Mrs. John Edwards is sick. Dr. Hood, of Hoodtown, was called to see h^r yesterday. Sam Lee was very sick Thursday night, but is up now and all right. Messrs J. Farrar Wright and J. H. Fowler are both getting along nicely now. They went last Thursday to see the doctor who is treating their cases. Late cotton is not opening very fast during this cloudy weather. Fortunately most people were up with their picking and a very small quantity was caught in the field when tbe rain came. Mr. James Procter, the mail car- reir from this place to Harratt, Is very prompt and the line is getting the best kind of service now. Rev. W. H. White will preach at Salem tbe first of November, and the Salem Sunday school will observe Thanksgiving day November 26, and will take up an offering for the Tbornwell Orphanage. Tbe debating society meets at tbe school bouse tonight at 7:30 o’clock. J. L. 8. There are oceans of unshed tears here over tbe decopitation of Major General Henry O. Corbin. Corbin, the boss, the bluffer, the bully of the MidphvLfltp PrpqidPDt of a i Arm y- h a9 been banged between the iiLaae oy Laic rTesiuent oi a eyeB an( j t i) rQ8 f, through the ropes. After years of scheming and bullying and blundering he has failed at the moment he seemed surest of success. It 'means that the famous comic opera known as the "reorganization of the army” is to be played like "Hamlet” with Hamlet left out, for the reorganization was for the sole and specific purpose of boosting Cor bin into absolute control of the es tablishment, and now Corbin is pitched into a sideshow tent by being sent out of Washington into com mand of the department of the East on Governor’s Island in New York harbor. General Miles, who was sacrificed to the ambitions of Corbin, will gain nothing in official recognition by the sidetracking of his ancient enemy, for his retirement has eliminated him from the situation, ' but if revenge possesses any of its traditional sweet ness for General Miles, he surely has need of great sweet tooth capacity today. Chaki.es A. Edwards. Morgan, Schawb and Partners iu Finance Engaged in a Gigantic Cheat Against a •‘Confiding Public’'—Ohio Republicans Scared—General Corbin Decapitated. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Washimgton, D. C., Oct. 26,— Official Washington is amazed and as tounded at the revelations made un der oath by Leroy Dresser, late Presi dent of tbe Trust Company of the Republic, relative to the thimble-rig ging in connection with the sale of the Bethlehem steel plant to the Shipbuilding Trust. It has shocked even Wall street, hardened as it is, and appalled the people. According to Mr. Dresser, J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles M. Schwab, and their part ners in "high finance,” in return for a property worth $7 200.000 received $30,000,000 in the securities of the trust, together with an agreement that none of the stock or bonds of tbe trust was to be marketed until the holdings of Morgan, Schwab, et al. had been sold to the confiding public. What was this but a double-intended cheat on a gigantic scale? A cheat on investers by taking their money for water, and a cheat of the stock holder of the trust by depriving them of a market for their securities until tbe holdings of the “captains” had been transmuted into money. What is the difference, to its moral quality, of the action of these “captains of in dustry”—these financiers who prac tice arts for the pillaging of the com munity, from those which land small swindling rogues in jail? Yet these discredited men have held, and still hold, the financial wtllfare of multi tudes throughout the United States in the hollow of their hands. And among these are persons, who posed as democrats during Mr. Cleveland’s last term, and were conspicious among the goiters of 1896 and 1900. They are the same smug hypocrites who have the brazen effrontery, the ineffable gall, to attack an American patriot like William Randolph Hearst. They are the same bandits who unctuously talk about protecting tbe conservative business interests of the country, who want to pass upon the “safety” forsooth, of the demo cratic presidential candidate, and who, under cover of a sanctimonius demeanor want to put forward one of their tools as the standard bearer of Jefferson’s party. The Shipbuilding Trust's records show that “Mr. Mor gan got his first.” * ¥ * The republicans in Ohio are getting scared. Hanna has lost his head and is swearing and storming at Tom Johnson like a maniac. He answers logic and reason with curses and epi thets. Verily, "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” The republicans are going to import about 1,800 spellbinders into the state to demolish Tom Johnson and John H. Clark. One of these spell binders is Mr. Roosevelt’s Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Leslie M. Shaw. The voters iu Ohio seem to be try ing to arrive at an honest conclusion in this strenuous campaign and they are asking many questions. The republicans are trying to make the campaign on national issues and endeavoring to dodge state issues. It is presumed, therefore, that the hon orable Secretary of the Treasury will confine his speeches to national is sues of finance and taxation. In that case suppose some good farmer should invite him to answer these questions: Is it just to continue taxing the people $50,000,000 a year in excess of the needs of tbe government? Would it not be better as well as more equitable to leave the money not required for these penses of tbe government in the pockets of the people who earn it, rather than de- pcsit itin favored hanks without in terest? Why should not Congress at the coming session repeal or reduce tbe duties on steel and other trust-made products that are manufactured cheaper here than they can be abroad, and are actually sold in for eign markets at prices lower than to our own consumers? Wheni wlll the republicans repeal or reduce duties that are no longer needed for either revenue or protec tion, but that, in the language of the Iowa republicans, “shelter monopo ly?” Does the Secretary think the * ’day after never” a satisfactor/ date? Or is it bis opinion that the time and the character of tariff revision should be fixed by the monopolies that bene fit by tbe duties? Candid auswers to those questions without quibbling or shuffling will open tbe eyes of thousands of voters THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE, From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. MOTHER FOLLOWS CHILD. Mrs. E. M. Wessingrr Dlt-s From Appurent Poisoning. Last Tut-iday morning little Nellie Wessinger died. While she was lying cold in death, her mother, Mrs. E M. W'essinger, was critically ill in an adjoining room. The death of the little child was kept concealed from the mother, lest the shock might sever the tender thread nf life. Fri day morning the mother parsed away and was buried at Clifton be side the bodies of her deceased hus band and little daughter. Littie is known as to the cause of their deaths; some symptoms indi cated phosphorus poisoning, and the cause has been attributed to some pills taken by them the week b* tore, but as no autopsy was held, and us tbe pills have not been analyzed, it is not safe to assume that the pills were the direct cause of their deaths. Seven fatherless and motherless children are left, one of whom, Julius, the eldest son, is ill in a hospital in Columbia, where he went to undergo an operation. Fortunately for the children, their parents, by their frugality and indus try, have left sufficient property to support tbe family, and all the chil dren will remain together in their home on the corner of Jefferies and Joboson streets. After the death of her husband, who held a responsible position in tbe Clifton Mills, Mrs. Wessinger re moved to Gaffney, and built tbe handsome residence where the chil dren now reside. Since they became citizens of Gaffney they have made many friends, who mourn with the children in their sorrow. Many kind friends administered to the wants of the sick members of tbe family, and aided in performing the last sad rites of burial. Death of Mr. John Rnppe. Mr. Joseph Ruppe, an old and highly respeted citizen of this coun ty, died at his home near Maud, in this county, Sunday afternoon, after a lingering illness of several months, and was buried at Cherokee church yesterday. Mr. Ruppe was of one of the oldest families in the county and was pos sessed of the high traits of character possessed by it for several genera tions. The bereaved ones have our sym pathy. Mr. Cree Called to Louisville. The Baptist Argus of Louisville, Ky., iu its issue of last week announ ces that the 22nd and Walnut street Baptist church of that city has called Rev. Arch C. Cree of this city to its pastorate. This is one of tbe largest churches in that city and has been served by prominent men. The re tiring pastor. Dr. Dement, goes to a professorship in the Baptist Univer- s ty of*||TexH8. Mr. Cree left for Louisville yesterday morning to look over the field. Interesting Items Concerning Oar Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for ..Hundreds of Ledger Readers 8. H. Terry, who killed his son-in- law in Wilmington, some weeks ago, shooting him down while he stood in his own yard, asks for a change of venue to a neighboring county. Saloon men in Raleigh and other cities in the State that have voted for dispensaries, have retained able attorneys with tbe view of testing in the court! the constitulionality of tbe Watts law. • Fire destroyed the barn of Mr. A. F. Biles, at Albemarle, Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Mr. Biles was away from home and a negro fed the stock by lantern and probably set fire (o tbe straw. All of the stock was gotten out. No insurance. The recently completed Asheville Auditorium, valued at $40,000, burned Saturday Besides tbe Audi torium, the residence of Mrs. Pen- land, valued at $10,000, was also de stroy ed. The properties were insured for $20,000. A theatrical company, which p.ayed at the Auditorium Fri day night, lost its scenery and bag- Thirteen prisoners confined in the jail in Washington escaped befure daylight Saturday by cutting their way through the brick wall in tbe rear of the building. Among those who escaped was James White, a negro, indicted for murder. Eight other pristners were left in the jail. There is strong evidence that friends on the outside furnished the prisoners with a key to unlock the cell. None have yet been rejaptund Officials at Biltmore and Kenil worth disclaim all knowledge of tbe reported Moore option on the Vander bilt estate. Edgar B Moore has been absent from Asheville for some time. It is pointed out that an ad dition to the Biltmore estate made only last Thursday would indicate that Mr. Vanderbilt had no intention of disposing of his estates. Manager McNamee, of Biltmore, is expected home'from Europe in a week or ten days. Mr. Ernest N. Farrior, who has been conducting a jewelry business in Charlotte, has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy and the store has been closed pending the appoint ment of a trustee. The petition was forwarded by Mr Farrior's attorneys, Jones & Tillett, to Col. H. C. Cowles, of Statesville, clerk of the United States District and Circuit Courts, Thursday evening. Mr. Farrior’s liabilities are about $20 000 and his assets are in the neighborhood of $12,000. A letter was received in Asheville Thursday from a prominent citizen in the northern part of Buncombe county saying that the feeling against Dr. Jay, who last Saturday killed his three children, is very strong and growing more ana more bitter each day. Justice swift, and sure, the letter stated, must be meted out to the criminal, else tbe people of that community would attempt to take the law in their own hands and in so doing they would have the moral support of the best class of conservative citizens. A CotiKh Is Only A Symptom. A cough is not a disease, but a symptom of disease. A caugh always indicates that either the throat or lungs are affected. When the mucous lining of the throat or lungs becomes inflamed the irritation causes cough ing. Don’t neglect a cough. It may be a symptom of serious throat or lung disease. Rydales Elixir kills the germs that cause the trouble, soothes the irritated mucous mem brane, gently stimulates the nerves that control the respiratory organs and thus help nature to speedily re store normal conditions and healthy action.—Gaffney Drug Co. —We bought a lot of trunks and find we cannot spare the room, so of fer them very cheap. Also a lot of window shades which, to close, will go at 17$c. J. W. Tolleson. A special from Asheville says that Southern Railroad officials are inves tigating the alleged padding of tbe pay roll of that division for Septem ber to the amount of $400 or over by an employee under Superintendent Ramseur, who is now in Washington conferring with proper officials re garding the matter. A pay car was sent from Washington to pay off at Asheville Thursday instead of sending individual checks, as in the custom. When the last man had been paid there was a discrepency of about $400 between the total of the pay roll, as sent in, and tbe amount paid out. Wednesday afternoon about *2 o’clock G. W. McLaughlen, of Gas tonia, one of Gaston county’s well- known citizens, after employing clever means whereby his family was induced to leave home for a visit among friends, made a desperate at tempt to take his life by drinking one half pint of ammonia. Before commit ting the act Mr. McLaughlen in full view of a colored servant held up the bottle of ammonia and'aaid: “lam going to drink this,” to which the negro servant replied: “What are you going to do that for?” The de praved man answered that he was tired of life and wanted to die. The negro girl, greatly terrified and wild with excitement, gave the alarm and physicians were hurriedly summoned, who greatly relieved the suffering man. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. So watch your label and tbe date and renew before 'tU too late.