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m i 0 THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. fHE SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894 GAFFNEY. S. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1903. 81.00 A YEAR. MOUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. k ALL OVER THE STATE. Kvuuts thlit Have Taken Place from One Bnd of the State to the Other Culled from Kxchaageii for ^julck Heading by Scores of Busy People. The Laurens Milling and Brokerage company, of Lauren*, with a capital of $10,000 has jusf received its char ter, the incorporators of the firm be ing Mr. J. S. Macheo, president and secretary, and Mr. H J. Martin vice president and treasurer. Tuesday morning in Bennettsville, He.ury Patrick, white, a carpenter, 35 years old, shot, his wife with a shot gun while she was lying in bed. She was about 23 years old. She lineered a short time only Patrick was imme diately jailed, it is said he was drinking when he fired the fatal shot Great indignation is felt at Bennetts ville over the atlair. The claim of the heirs of Willie Corrie, engineer of Florence, who was killed in North Carolina, has been settled with the A C. L. R. R Co., and the heirs have been paid $7,000. This is the largest award against the railroad in that section, and reflects credit upon the attorneys for their claimants, who were Messrs Bryan & Bryan of Charleston and W, F. Clayton of Florence. The body of Lizzie Jackson, white, an operative in a cotton mill at Orangeburg, was found in a well in the factory quarter of that city on Friday. It is supposed the woman had been suffering from pnysical ail ment which drove her to suicide The members of her family had miss ed her Friday morning but did not know what the trouble was until her body was found. qu ite a heavy bail storm passed over a narrow strip of country from Yorkville tc Tirzah last Friday after noon, doing more or less damage to open cotton along its path. Among the sufferers were Messrs. M. L. Thomasson, J. W Lo\e and Abel Hope. Mr. Thomasson estimates his loss is about one bale of cotton beaten into the ground until salvage was out of the question. The losses of the others were probably not quite so heavy. Mr. David Johnson, of the Point ^neighborhood of York county, hud a valuable mule killed Friday evening by lightning. A negro who was ploughing the mule went to unhitch beneath a near by tree when the rain came ou. Lightning first struck the tree and was then attracted from its deadly course to the body of the mule which was instantly killed. Strange to say, the negro who was at that mo ment unhitching, was not also struck. He, however, sustained a serious shock from which he has not yet re covered eudicieutly to walk. Mr Sidney May, who lives on the old Satterwhite, place in No. G Town ship, in Newberry county, sustained a heavy loss by fire on Friday night. His barn and stables, containing a wagon and buggy and a quantity of rough food were totally destroyed, and two mules and a horse were burn ed to death. The fire was discovered about 9 o’clock Friday night and was put out. About an hour later the fire started again and burned up the property completely. It is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Three pickpockets were arrested at the union depot in Columbia Wed nesday by the police. In the crush of the crowd a gentleman from the up country had a diamond pin of consid erable value picked from his cravat. Three men were arrested on the charge an lodged in the jail. This is the first case of the kind so far report ed to the police. A regular watch is kept out for the light fingered gentry. In this particular case the pin was not recovered from the men arrested, but it is believed that it will be eventual- iy- Tuesday morning while Deputy Collector Aiken and Deputy Marshals A. A. Phillips and J. B. Phillips, were searching for illicit distilleries in the Dark Corner section of Greenville county, a few miles west of Tigerville postoffloe, they discovered a large plant in full operation. The distillery had all the paraphernalia necessary for doing an extensive business. The property seized at the olace consisted of the following : one 110 gallon cop per still.one copper cap worm, wood doubler and copper piping connec tions. flake stand, eight fermenters. 700 gallons of beer and a quantity of low wines. Broke Into IIIn Uouite. 8. Le Quinn, of Cavendish, Vt., was robbed of bis customary health by invasion of Chronic Constipation. When Dr. King’s New Life Pills broke into his house, his trouble was arrest ed and now he’s entirely cured. They’re guaranteed to cure. 25o at Cherokee Drag Co. Sunday School Program. The next Sunday School Union of the Northern section of the Broad River Association will meet with Providence Baptist church on Friday before the fifth B Sunday in November 1903. Introductory sermon will be preached by Rev. A. D. Davidson, alternate Rev. G. P. Hamrick, at 11 o’clock Intermission one hour. 1st Query: Would it be beneficial in our churches to have Woman’s Mission Society? Speakers, Rev. F. (J. Hickson and others 2nd Query. What is the young Christian’s duty in church and Sun day schools? Speakers, K. O. Hus key and Willie Davidson. Meet Satur day morning at ten o’clock. Devo* clonal exercises by the president. 3rd Query : What are the biudering causes of the lack of spiritual interest in our churches? Speakers. Rev. C. M. Teal and L B. Davis. 4th Query: What should be done with a church member that is able to help pay his pastor and will not? Speakers, K. D. Edwards and H. S. Mullins. Intermission one hour. 5th Query: Should we not be more punctual in teaching temperance in our churches and Sunday schools? Speakers, C. A. S. Campbell and-M. B Vassie. Question box. Sunday morning meet at 10 o’clock. Sunday school mass meatiog, con ducted by W. J. Henderson. Essays by Misses Minnie McCraw and Emma Bonner, on subjects of their own choice. Missionary sermon by Rev. R. J. Tate. Alternate, Rev. J. H. Smith. Respectfully submitted, W. J. Henderson, for com. Kzell Locals. Ezell, Oct. 2G.—Yesterday (Sun day 25th)]our first killing frost came. There had been some light frost on streams and low places before this, but very little damage done. Our farmers in this section had gathered their late fodder, and some had taken up their potatoes and were about ready for the frost. We are all verv much behind with our wheat sowing, scarcely any has been sown yet. The ground is so hard it is almost impos sible to break it much depth. The neighbors of Mr. Sain Harris, who has been and is yet very sick with typhoid fever, have gathered his crop and hauled end cut hie wood for him. Mr. Irvin brought a drove of mules up to Mr. George Spark’s but so far as we have heard, did not make any sales. Miss D. E. Lovelace had the mis fortune to lose her only cow last week She did not Know she was sick un til she found her dead. COUGHS AND COLDS. Easily Vrcvented by Fortifying the Hyateiu With Duffy's Fare Malt Whiskey. It’s a little cough or cold allowed to run on without attention that fills three-fourths ofthe graveyards of this country. Consumption is but the fatal stage of throat troubles—the little cough neglected. Consumption Is more appalling in its destruction of life than any plague or pestilence that has ever swept over the world. It works day and night, year in and year out. Its victims in a single year number more than all the deaths in the bloody battles of the Civil War. In New York City alone last year there were over 50,000 cases. One of the saddest features of con sumption is the fact that it carries off the young, men and women—from 17 to 85 years of age—the very mainstay of the nation. Duffy's pure malt whiskey is pre scribed by over 7,000 doctors acd used in 2.000 hospitals exclusively. It is an absolutely pure, gentle and invigorating stimulant and tonic. It builds up the nerve tissues, tones up the heart, gives power to the brain, strength and elasticity to the mus cles. and richness to the blood. Overcomes all weakening, wasting and run-down conditions of body, brain and muscle, giving the system power to throw off and resist coughs, colds, grip, catarrh, asthma, bron chitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, con sumption and all throat and lung troubles; indigestion , dyspepsia and every form of stomach disease ; ner vousness, malaria and all low fevers. “Duffy’s” contains no fusex oil, andit is the onlywhiskey recognized by the Government as a medi line. This is a guarantee. In successful use for over 50 years. Duffy’s pure malt whiskey is put up in a round, amber-colored glass bottle, with our name blown into the glass. Every bottle bears our trade-mark—the old chemist’s head —and there is a seal over the cork. Insist upon the genuine; refuse substitutes and imitations. See that the seal is unbroken, and beware of refilled bottles. Never sold in flasks or bulk. At all reliable druggists and cers, or direct, $1.00 a bottle. An interesting medical booklet mailed free to any one. Write to Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Rochester, N. Y. gro- NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. Interesting 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, sOct. 28.—Mrs. Good, of Hickory whose illness was reported in our last letter died last Sunday night. The trustees of school district No. 21 will meet at Etta Jane school house on Friday November 6 1039, at three o’clock p m. to receive bids for building a new school house 24x32, 10 feet high with two doors and five windows. Nothing but first class lumber is to be used. Dr. L. R. Black will be ready to move into bis new bouse in a few days Mr. Noah Buice is on the York side of Broad river taking pictures. He will take the Salem Sunday school next Saturday evening. All members of the school are requested to be present at four o’clock p. m. for that purpose. Cotton is opening slowly since the frost came, lots of the bolls will nev er opec. A dear little girl in the far away state of Washington writes: ‘‘I am going to school. My geography les son is on South Carolina and it is very interesting to me, because you live there and because my papa came from there.” Mr. Jack Byrum, of Bostrop coun ty Texas, a noted violinist, is here on a visit. He left here about thirty years ago and has been living in the Lone Star state ever since. Rev. Mr. H mn met preached at Abingdon Creek last Sabbath. Ow ing to it not being his regular day of course he did not have as large a congregation as he would otherwise have had. He preached a very ap propriate and powerful sermon. His subject was the relations of pastor and people His text Romans 15: 30. 31 and 32 verses. He gave a good account of his work in the Southern part of the state during the past few weeks where much was done for the Master For the short time he has served our people be has made quite an impression on them, and the Ab ingdom congregation have called him for their pastor for another year. Ed Edwards, colored, won two cakes by marrying. Misses Ethel Strain and Mattif Estes, each prom ised him a cake if he would marry and he held them to their contract. From what we learn there is going to be some lively bidding on the mail routes in this county this season. As the law is now the professional bid ders- (those who bid to re-let or sub let wl not monopolize the business as ths. Ahave been doing for several years past and causing our people to get very intfflcient mail service will stop. Thanks to the powers that be for this great change. The Oil Mill Company have gone to work in earnest. They gin about thirty- bales of cotton per day, and are giving the highest market prices for cotton seed. Sam J. Strain is sick with cold. Cottoc picking is pretty well caught up with for the present. There are a good many bolls of late cotton to open yet, but It depends upon the kind of weather we have whether it will do so or not. The Wilkinsville Oil Mill company are running several wagons hauling cotton seed from York county. Mr. Robert Enloe and Girst Reyn olds attended the S. 8. and C. E. society at Salem last Sabbath. Salem churh bad no representative at Synod, at Cberuw last week. The Synod will meet at Clinton next year. We understand that the gamblers have begun^their work in a certain portion of our county. Why don’t the good people interfere and stop this most damnable practice. It's a shame on the citizens. Wc will set up a great howl about something we can’t remedy, and what we can remedy we lot merely alone. The boys of this county who ought to be in the Sunday school and day school where they might learn something to benefit them through time and eter nity are being led to ruin by the low est down characters of the land. Gambling holes have more or less their devotees in every community and If the people will assert their power a rout will be put to them. The state offers a reward for every one that is caught and convicted of the crime. The Informer gets half the fine. We bear men say they would inform on gambling if they knew they would get their pay. The naan who has do higher aim thao the mooey he gets out of It Is worse thao the gambler. J« L« 8. COMING ELECTIONS IMPORTANT EVENTS Will Show the Drift of Pub lic Opinion ON POLITICAL ISSUES. If the Republicans Hold Their Own It will Show that a Majority of the Voters of America are Satisfied with an Unclean Administration. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Washington, D. C., Oct. 29.—The coming Fail elections are important as showing the drift of public opinion on political issues, and especially how the voters of the states in which elections are held view the erratic course of the Republican Adminis tration. If the republicans hold their own, it must be taken for granted that the majority of the voters of the United States are satisfied to con tinue the extortion of the trusts through the protective tariff and the continued high prices of the cost of living. By endorsing the Repub licans, the voters will sanction the program that the leaders of their party have agreed upon, of allowing Congress to take no action other than to pass the appropriation bills and adjourn at the earliest day practic able. That would mtan the transconti nental railroads have sufficient in fluence with the Republican leaders to prevent the building of the Panama or Nicaragua Canal; That no action will be taken upon treaties which President McKinley so ardently wished to see ratified, to ward off the inevitable reform of the tariff, which he foresaw must come unless some relief from monopoly was granted; That the much-agitated labor legisla tion is again to be postponed, and that the promises made in the Re public*:) platform are again lo be broken ; That no investigation of the frauds in the departments is to be undertaken; That the financial legis lation that has been declared so necessary to prevent a panic will not be attempted, and that Secretary Shaw can continue to loan the sur plus, without interest, lo favored banks and continue to disobey the law for the protection of the United States by receiving doubtful security in place of United States bonds, which the law plainly commands. Why is this Republican Administra tion afraid to legislate on these and other matters? Being in league with the trusts and combines, they dare not legislate against them. They fear the people. If the Democrats show gains in the elections this Fall, it will indicate that the voters are determinsd to turn out the Republicans, with their numerous scandals, and inaugurate the reform that is so necessary for the public welfare. ‘ Equal rights to all and special privileges to none” is the Democratic slogan, and as the voters are beginning to see that trust prosperity means the piling up mil lions in the pockets of the favored few and no fair share to the many, it is only reasonable to expect the vot ers will demand a change in political conditions. That the Republican leaders are frightened to the point of desperation is plain enough or Presi dent Roosevelt would not have au thorized the speaking members of bis Cabinet to take the stump for Hanna in Ohio and to bolster up the rotten Lodge machine in Massacbu- srtts, and to aid the disroputRble crew in Kentucky that call themselves the Republican party in that state. The disagreement between Russia and Japan and the utter breakdown of the much-heralded “open door” In Manchuria has alarmed the export merchants of tne United States, and they have sounded a note of warning to President Roosevelt and the Re publican leaders, that instead of aid ing the enlargement of our business | in Asia, they have virtually closed the door that was at least partly open. That Russia will ever with draw from Manchuria is not within the realm of probability; she owns the railroads and the banks there; the Chinese authorities are subserv ient to the Russian representatives; in d word, Manchuria is Russianized The boast of the Administration that the treaty just concluded with China gives us two open ports in, that coun try is. therefore, worthless, unless Russia opens their doors, for she has the key to both of them. Even if these two ports were open, are they of value? Mookden, one of the two, is on a small river a hundred miles from the sea, accessible by a scow, and Niu Chwang, at the mouth of the stream, is occupied by the Russians. The other is a village on the coast, but there is no harbor, and so shoal is the offing that no man-of-war could approach within twenty miles. The merchant who tries to get any trade through these “open doors” will Dot bless Joho Hay aod the Republicao party. Ghas. A. Edwards. RAM’S EXPERIENCE THNOUGHOUT TNE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. With a Young Lady on a Trip from Danville to Greenville. Many men think a railroad journey is rendered really pleasant by -the companionship of an unprotected female. I accompanied one on my trip. She insisted on counting her bandboxes and traveling bags as we got seated. She counted and the^e NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. were just two; I counted and made; no more nor less. Then she wanted her parasol put into the rat a, her shawl folded up and her bandboxes counted again. I counted and there was just exactly one bandbox. As we got started she wanted to know if I was sure that we wore on the right road to Greenville. I was sure. Then she wanted her traveling things counted. I counted once more. By this time she wanted the window up, and asked me if it was not a very hot day. I said it was Then she felt for her money and found it was safe, though she was sure she had lost it. While counting it she related how Mrs. Graffs in go ing East five years ago lost her purse and three dollars. She w oued up the story by asking if it wasn’t a hot day. I said it was. Then she wanted that bandbox counted and I counted “him”—he was stil one bandbox. There was a pans : of Rvt minutes, and then she wanted a drink (of course it was water), i got it for her. Then she wanted to know if we were on the righi road to Greenville I assured her that I was positive of the fact. The porter hi-re called out th i name of a station in such an indistinct manner Jtbat the lady wanted me t> go and see what the name really was I went; Cowpens was the station She wanted to know if I w** sure it was Cowpens I put my hand on my sacred heart and assured her 1 wnuid perish sooner than try to deceive her. By this time she wanted the traveling bag counted and I counted “her”— she figured up as before. 1 had just finished counting when she w-c fed to know if I didn’t think if ■ .. t. • day. 1 told her I did. Wo gui, very well for the mxt ten minutes, as I got her to narrate a story about how she got lost in the woods eigh teen years before. But as soon as she finished she wanted to know if I was sure that we were on the right train to Greenville. I told her that I hoped to p* rish with the Lars if wo were not; and she was satisfied. Mr. Alfred S. Galloway, while on Then the parasol fell down. She ^is way from Pelham to Dr. J. J. wanted me to change a ten-cent Keesee’s store early Monday morn- piece; and the window had to go j D g ( f ouu( j a dead negro on the rail- d0 * n ‘ . , ^ ... , road track near Pelham. The negro VV hen we arrived at Greenville, she wa8 identified as Sanford Thompson, wanted to know if a more appropriate wh0 n ve d near by. and his body showed marks which indicated that he had been killed by the train. The Interentlng Items Conceruing Oar Neigh bors Beyoad the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for Hundreds of Ledger Readers Monday while sitting in front of th* fire in her home on Robinson street, ’ Fayettevi'le. Pattie Williams, a colored woman, crippled from paral ysis, ignited her clothing and re ceived burns from which she died that afternoon. Dr. J. V. Jay, the Buncombe coun- tj physician who on October 17 killed his three children with a clawham mer, was arrainged in court in Ashe ville at 2 30 o’clock Tuesday after noon, three true bills having been re turned against him by the grand ju ry. W. J. Cocke, Esq., attorney for the prisoner, stated that the plea of the Jefence would be insanity, and asked that time be given to summon expe ts to testify. Quite a large surprise was sprung upon the people of Goldsboro Tues day. It seems that a number of draymen have been stealing system- aticali'- for a long time. One was caught in the act Tuesday, and be has im plicated two others. One is now iu jail, the others having given bond. Three others have been ar- rieied, charged with receiving stolen property, all of whom gave bond for their appearance. Other arrests are likely to follow. All parties are col ored. • Mr Alfred Rumley, who conducts a livery business at Winston, met witn a painful accident Tuesday af ternoon. He was driving very fast down the street and when he at tempted to turn a coi r,. : bis wagon struck a mail box, thru .,.j nim out, also the negro driver who fell on top. Mr. Rumley’s nose was broken, a gash cut in his lip about an inch long and a very bad hole knocked in his forehead. The negro received no injuries at ail. Mn Rumley’s injuries, though very painful, are not considered critical. namo for Cowpens would not have be3n Morganton, after the famous general who fought the battle there ; in time of the Revolutionary war, in 1770. God bless the lady I left at Green- 1 ville; and if these lines come under her eyes a line would remove all an xiety from my breast. Ran. Limestone College. The first pupil’s concert of the sea son took place yesterday afternoon in the Auditorium at Limestone and was a great success. The first item, Schubert’s great duet for piano, was composed in 1824 and introduces three national airs; it breathes the Hungarian element. It was played in fine style by Miss Georgia Steedly and Prof. G. Fryatt Mountford, L. Mus.. members of the faculty. Two of Mendelssohn’s Leider ohne woyte were faultlessly played by Misses Cooner and Timmerman. A very marked feature of the con cert was Miss Montgomery’s render ing of ‘’Husheeu” and a new song. ‘‘Fair Daffodils.” Herrick’s fine poem, with music fittingly set by Prof. Mountford. It is a very melod ious setting and there is some good counterpoint in the accompaniment. negro attended church in Ruffin Sun day night and it is thought he had boarded a freight train to ride home. The train did not stop at Pelham, and be must have been hurled under the wheels while trying to alight. The boy was abut 22 years old. Mr. Galloway notified some people of the section of his find and an inquest was held. Mr. L. C. Crouch, of |Winston, who is conducting a menagerie tent at the fair grounds there, was bitten twice by a rattlesnake Tuesday, and is now dangerously ill at the Presbyterian Hospital in that city. Physiciana came huriedly to his aid,and first gave him rapid injections of permanganate of potassium. His arms were tightly corded for several hours, the bands being released in ordei that the pois on might not be confined to too smalt a portion of the body. Crouch’s hands and arms to the shoulders are several times their normal size. He had sinkinglspells, and his heart be came so badly affected that it was necessary to inject strychnine repeat edly. It was stated at L80 o’clock next morning that Crouch would probably recover, though be is still in a very precarious condition. He will tbebo,piul The other item* were exceedingly a Love Letter well rendered by the pupils, and the Would not interest you if you’re concert showed that careful study looking for a guaranteed Salve for had-been given to the music and re- Sores, Burns or Piles. Otto Dodd, of fleeted great credit on the Director of Ponder, Mo., writes: “I suffered Music and Miss Steedly with an ugly sore for a year, but a box of Buckien’s Arnica Salve cur*d _, 1 Mm Ku^, " , • me. It’s the best Salve on earth. The saw mill of Messrs J. A. and B. : 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. 0. Randall, situated on the east sice | of Broad river near Gaston shoal, was Women destroy their power over a burned Monday night, which entailed man by an arbitrary exercise of it. these .oerg-tlo young men cnf,..ioa. or. r,ta,. otiH-OO to *M0 dollars. I he cir- : R ev . j r0 . 8. Cox, ol Wake, ArV., eumetaneej ind cat. that the hre >oa« writ .. For I2 year , , su | Ier ’ d , r0 ^ \ Z ,1 idiary. III -a*! Ye|lo ; , aundlc / j 00MU , ted a num . we hope the miscreant will be found out and punished. • Woman is the masterpiece.—Con fucius. HatlNfactluu. It is always a source of satisfaction to know of a remedy that can always be relied on in emergencies and when accidents 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 oases where a Liniment is required —Gaff ney Drag Co. her of physicians and tried all sorts of medicines, but got no relief. Then I began the use of Electric Bitters and feel that I am now cured of a disease that had me in its grasp for twelve years.” If you wan 1 ; a reliable medicine for Liver and Kidney trouble, stomach disorder or general debility, get Electric Bitters. It’s guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Only 50c. —Antiseptine Camphor Ice is an Ideal remedy for chapped faces, bands and lips. 15o. The Gaffney Drug Co.