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i THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. Fhe ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY WE GUARANTh The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Wortl Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894 HAFFNEY. S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER U, 1903. $1.00 A YEAR. ATTEMPT TO FIRE MR. PERRY S, HEATH Will Be Made by Republican ^ National Committee. HANNA VS. ROOSEVELT* The R«*i>urtof lion. Joe UrUtow Hah Stirred Up the Ureaideut and He Saytt He Must Uo, While Senator llaona Says He Must Not be Disturbed. vCorrespondence of The Ledger.) Wasuinodn, D. O., Dec. 10 — There is gohig to be a whole lot o( fun here on or about the 11th and 12th of the present month when the Republican National Committee meets for the purpose of selecting the time and place for holding of the next Republican National Conven tion!). There is going to be an at tempt made at that meeting to fire the Hon. Perry S. Heath, Secretary of the Republican National Commit tee. The late report of Hoo. Joe Bris tow. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, has thrown the harpoon in to Mr. Heath with ail the energy of a man who wanted to get even for some things, and that rep >rt lias stirred up the President to the sticking stage, and he says that Mr Heath must go. Senator Hanna, the Chairman of tne Committee, is the friend of Heath, and he is as insistent that Mr. Hettih must not be disturbed. This presents an issue at once between the Presi dent and the,Senator from Ohio, who is the real leader of the republican party. The President apparently forgot that he did not make up the present National Committee of the republican party, which wields the influence and controls things until its successor is elected at the next DLtiunal republican convention, but that it was made up by McKinley and Hanna. This being the case, the committee will accept the dictum of Hanna and refuse to “fire" Heath. That will discredit R >osevelt and at the same time place the Republican party in the attitude of working in the interest of a man who nracticuily has been indicted tor boodiing in the Post Office Depanment. There is going to be a warm time and much republican dirty linen will be washed for tbe delectation of the general pub lie. It will be a straight fight be tween Hanna und Ruosevelt and Han na is going to win. Watch the game. * * * The letter of Grover Cleveland ab solutely declining to be considered as a candidate for the Presidential nom ination on tbe democratic ticket is causing much comment here, and the attempt of the people who were tout ing Cleveland to make Judge Parker, of New York, tbe residuary legatee of Cleveland, has bad exactly tbe oppo site effect on tbe leaders of the dem ocratic party here, that they expected and hoped it would. It has shown up those people as opposed to the true principles of the party. As was stated in this correspondence some months ago, the attempt to tout Cleveland was simply an effort on the part of the reorganizing element of the party in tbe east to feel the pulse of tbe people. They had uo idea that Mr. Cleveland would stand for renomination, but they wanted to see how far tbe people would stand for tue idea. After they had worked it as far as they desired, they would bring out tbe real man behind the movement, a man who is entirely sat isfaotory to Wall Street interests. It seems that Judge Parker is the man. The democratic leaders in Congress are laughing at the efforts of these people to stampede tbe democratic party to a m in who is the choice of the men who manipulate stock and bonds and all the new-fangled get- get-riob quick) games that originat'd in tbe Maelstrom of Money. They say that if that is the game of those people, they will have none of Judge Parker in theirs. They see no differ ence in a republican and a man who is acceptable to the Wall Street gang In tbe democratic party. They say we may as well have a republican in the White House as a man who has to go to Wall Street interests and get the money with wtich to elect him and who must make ante elect ion promises in order to get it. In coo •equtooe of this feeling tbe stock of tbe Hon. William Randolph Hearst as the candidate of tbe democracy in tbe next contest, tbe only man so far mentioned for tbe nomination who is not dominated by that gang of com merciai pirates, who bate him oordi ally, has gone up several peroeptiable points. * • * Tbe Panama deal is still a topic of > political discussion here, and the democrats are as determined as ever to make it an issue 1l tbe next cam paigu. If they do they will show up one of the most stupendous outrages ever attempted by this government. From tbe looks of things this will be supplemented by.aauther attempt on tbe part of this republican adminis tration to grab 8ao Domingo The recent troubles down there have made things ripe for the deal that a few men in this country have been trying for years to pull off. It is not gener ally known, but nevertheless it is the truth, that the bonds of San Do mingo, the negro republic, to the ex tent of hundreds of thousands of dol lars, are owned in this country and are controlled by Senator Matt. Quay of Pennsylvania, and his copartners in the grafting game. If this govern ment takes over the island of San Domingo, those bonds, which cost the purchasers about twenty-five cents on the dollar, will be worth par They .therefore, will make some three hundred per cent profit. The game is worth tbe candle. Look out for developments in San Domingo. * * * The Sugar Trust is again in full control of Congress, and is corrupt ing tbe legislation now, as frequently m the past. It dictates every move made by tbe republicans in Congress. The people do not know it, but be hind the innocent proposition to take a vote in the Senate on the Cuban Reciprocity bill, stalks the Sugar I'rust. The vote on this bill will oc cur in the Senate, under agreement, on December 16th. The bill and trea ty cannot possibly take effect before ihe 26th day of December, and prob ably not many days thereafter. This means about $2.OOGPQOO in fhe pockets of the Sugar Trust and a gain to all the Senators who are on the deal, and are now engaged in buying sugar stock which has been going up steadily since th postpone ment of the vote on the bill. Is this not a disgrace? And this time tbe White House participates in the dis grace, for, while the President most strenuously insisted on the passage of this legislation, he has never even suggested the removal of the differ ential duty on refined sugar. How do the people like the picture? Chakles A. Edwards. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent, at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Hart In a Kuuaway. Monday evening about sundown Mr. John Allison and one of his sons left the city in a buggy, driving a young mule. In going down the Pennington hill, on the Providence roHd, they lost control of the mule and it ran off. The young man jumned out when the mule first started b it Mr. Allison held on to it until the buggy was turned over, and then held to the lines till he was dragged some distance and severely h jured about the face and head A ph sician was summoned, and Dr J* fferies went to his relief and made him as comfortable as possible, and then carried him home. We are glad to state that Mr. Alii son’s infuries are not so severe as was first reported, and that he is now get ting on very well and will be himself again in a short time. Death <>f a Veteran. Mr. Garland Pmith, a native of Chester county, and a member of the Palmetto Regiment that distinguish ed itself, every soldier in it and 8outh Carolina in the Mexican war in the forties of the last century and a sol dier of ‘‘the lost cause,” died at his home near Paris Texas, on the 6th of ast November, in his 80 year. Mr. Smith lived in Texas only a few of the last years of his long life, having spent nearly all of his life in his native county where he was well known and loved for his many good traits of character. He was always a lover of his country and a true pa triot. Urc«-<1 to Hold for 15 Ueuta. E 8. Peters, president of the Texas Cotton Growers’ Protective Associa tion, has telegraphed to large pro ducers of cotton stating that the bu reau of statistics estimate of the crop is over tbe indicated yield He urges growers not to part with their hold ings at less than 15 cents. right Will be Hitter. Those who will persist in closing their ears against the continual re commendation of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, will have a long and bitter fight with their troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Read what T. R Beall, of Beall, Mass., has to say: “Last fall my wife had every symptom of consumption. She took Dr. King’s New Discovery after everything else had failed. Improvement came at once and four bottles entirely cured her.” Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Price 60c, and $1 00 Trial bottles free. la Bewatjr Only Skin Deep? Beauty is only ikin deep, but the forces that create beauty are as deep ms the fountain from which they flow. When the Blood is charged with im purities Beauty disappears, when the blood is pure Beauty blossoms In face and form Rydalee Liver Tablets keep the Liver healthy and the Bowels regular, prevent tbe blood becoming ladened with bile and waste matter, make tbe skin clear, eyes bright and Beauty more than skin deep. Gaff' ney Drug Co^ —When you have tried Nature’s Cough Remedy, you won’t believe believe there is anything “ju^t as good ” Guaranteed by The Gaffney Drug Co. IntcreHtlng Paragraphit and Recent Hap- penlngo In Lower Section of the County Gathered Up by Our Regular Correnpou- dent for Benefit of Ledger Readers. ‘Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Dec 9—Everyone who can, ought to hear Gen. John B. Gor don at the Star Theatre next Monday night. No one who admires a fine speaker, a true soldier and a true man will be disappointed. His theme will never grow old nor weary an in telligent audience. He is today the most prominent living American. Let Cherokee county give him a good audience. It may be the last time he will ever be amongst us. We beard one of our farmers—a middle-aged man—say the other day he never had sold a bale of cotton for 10 cents per pound before this year, and now he can get 12 cents for it. The Fowler brothers haven’t got done hauling corn yet. W’e undejstand that the contrac tors for taking Cherokee county’s part of the iron bridge at Skull Shoals out of Paoolet river gave up the job and went home. There is one man in Cherokee county who is a prodigy. He says he got all he^wanted for his cotton, II 90 Where will we find another who can truthfully say the same? Rev. W. H. White preached at Salem last Sabbath. His text was: “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Prov. 20:1. In his usual, quiet, yet firpi and positive manner he plead with the wine bibbers to desist from their prau tice and turn back while time and op portunity is afforded them to get rid of such serious bondage. Mr. Sam Strain went over to Hick ory Grove yesterday on business. Messrs. Foster & Co. have taken the fi it for Skull Shoals down Broad river and up Paoolet to the Shoals this week, and we suppose it is now ready for services. This, though a public convenience, is not so highly appreciated as one not familiar with the circumstances would think Many think the money thus used,$60, should have been put into a bridge. A fsw of our people have cotton in the fieldjet and some are not through gathering corn. Now that Tbe Ledger is holding out indu aments to club makers, we ex pect to see a general hustling among i be little ones to get the offered prizes. Miss Oregon Estes is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Mitchell, of Hopewell. The last of the cotton crop will soon be in the bands of tbe cotton dealers and the farmers will be cry ing over the spilt milk. A view of the business would indi cate that some men are trying to build their “mansion in the skies” out of the misfortunes of their poor neighbors whose hard earnings they manage to take under a so-called legitimate^business transaction. The recording angel can’t be fooled. Amongst our neighbors are some irst-class stock ratsers—we think them better capacitated to raise stock than cotton. The Abingdon school will have a Christmas tree on Christmas eve. Mr W. G. Fowler is attending court as juryman this week. Mr, Matthew Bankhead is very unwell with pneumonia. He has been sick for some time. Miss Emily Bankhead had a very fine fattening hog to die the other day of cholera. Dr. L R. Black will soon have a ’phone in his office. Twelve cent cotton has done much to help out the half crop and make it possible for most farmers to pay out. iVehear constantly about small pox being at the towns and factories. This is the case every ytar—it’s the same old song we have been hearing a long time. Our friend and worthy mail rider, Mr. James Proctor, went to Union and took sick while down there. J L 8. KventH th>»t Htii’e Taken Place fr'in One Kurl of the State to the Other Culled from EichaugeH for Quick Reading by Score* of Busy People. Gov. Heyward Tuesday issued a nroclamation ordering an election on Dec. 80th to decide whether or not a portion of VVilliamsburt: county sbal he cut off and given to Florence. The store of Z. T. Lynch at Cowards, which is in the territory to bo voted on, has been des'gnatcd as a voting precinct. Mr. H T. Crigler. a highly esteem ed citizen of Spartanburg died at his residence in that city Tuesday night at 11:30 o’clock after a protracted sijkness. Ho was 75 years of age and his widow and three ebilrin n sur vive him. The deceased was a of Virginia and had resided in Spar tanburg for the past 20 years. He was an honorable, upright gentleman Monday morning before daylight a gang of hunters succeeded in haultn^g and killing a bear at Landrum in Spartanburg county. This animal had been tracked by dogs shortly af ter dark on Sunday until next morn ing when he was brought to bay and killed He was a fine specimen of the black mountain bear and drifted down from the mountain perhaps on account of the forest fires which hive been feen on those rugged summits of late. has received, together with the con tributions of kind friends, has been the source of the small amount that has been necessary for him to eke out a mere existence. There was a pecular instance in connection with his burial. Tne lot selected for his interment in the Presbyterian ceme tery was overrun vmh vines, and the persons to whom was entrusted the digging of his grave dug into the grave of a fankee soldier who died at that point when a trrop of cavalry was en camped then in 1865. GEN. JOHN B. GORDON THROOGHOOT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. The state constables swooped down like a wolf on the fold on a barrel containing fifty-five gallons of corn whiskey, lying in the moon’s pale ray at the foot of picturesque Hog Baca mountain Tuesday night. There was not a sound to mar the moonshine until nature’s nocturnal stage set tings were rudely disturbed by the constables’ tramp. The liquor was brought to Spartanburg and shipped to Columbia Tuesday. No arrests were made. Joe. Simmons, the man wanted in Georgia who is resisting ex'radition. is still in South Carolina. There was a hearing in his case Tuesday before the governor and. Hon. J. O. Patter son. of Barnwell, who represented Simmons, claimed that he was bent on staying in South Carolina because there were charges of the same na ture against him in this State, and he demands a trial here before the other is begun. The Georgia authorities will be given another opportunity to get the fellow back to Richmond county in that State, where he is wanted for horse stealing. Sylvester Brown, colored, who was shot by Ben Lockhart, also aolored, at a hot supper, near Starr, in An derson county, several weeks ago, died Satiflday night. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that the de ceased came to his death as the re -ult of a pistol shot wound at the ands of Lockhart. Lockhart fled the night of the shooting but wa- captured soon after in Elberton coun ty,Georgia.He was brought and lodged in Anderson jail, where he has been smee awaiting the result of Brown’s i'juries. He will now be held for trial on a charge of murder. Sunday afternoon at the Presby terian manse at Winnsboro. Mr. W. W. Irby, of the Greenbrier section, whs married to Mrs. M T. Fuller of Raleigh, N. 0., by Rev. 8. C. Byrd. There if- a little romance in connec tion with this marriage. Early In the summer Mr. Irby went to the hospital at Columbia to be operated upon. The operation was performed, and Mrs. Fuller, who was a trained nuroe, was the one into whose hands he fell to be cared for. During obe period that he remained at tbe hos pital a very kind feeling for each other was formed and this continued to ripen with the result mentioned above. A Frightened Horse, Running like mad dotvn the street dumping abe occupants, or a hun dred other accidents, are every day occurrences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable Salve bandy and there’s none as good as Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Burns, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and Piles, disappear quickly under its soothing effect. 25j, at Cherokee Drug Co. —It cures your cough or you get It free. What? Nature’s Cough Rem edy, from The Geffnev Drug Co. —Nature’s Cough Remedy Is sold by The Gaffney Drug Co., on a pos itive guarantee. The grand lodga of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina convened Tuesday in annual session In Charles ton with a large attendance. Tbe ad dress of Grand Master W. M. White head, which was a particularly able and interesting paper, was read and referred to appropriate committees. Past Grand Master J. T. Barron, of Columbia was appointed the cnairman of the committee on jurisprudence, cne of tbe most important in the grand lodge. Tbe night session of the grand lodge was especially Inter esting on account of the discuasion of the physical qualifications for mem bership in the order. Mr. Charles Muller, of Winnaboro, who was accidentally burned a few days ago, died Friday evening from the result of his burns. He was about 80 years old and served in the war between tbe States, donning tbe gray. Though a jeweler by trade he has been in very destitute circum- stances for several years past and the amall pittance of a pention that be Will Lecture on “Tile KirMt Days of Hie Con federacy.” Gen. Gordon is the foremost figure amung us today who is left us from war times, and is at the top of the ladder as an orator and a leader among men. Gen. Gordon, with one exception, is now the sole survivor who he ld high tank in either army and prominently participated at the close of the great struggle who is capable ot giving to the people a vivid picture of these thrilling events Gen. Gordon must necessarily ac- complisn greut good by bis ledure native I tou. , as well us furnish to the young men of the country the only oppor tunity perhaps ttiat will ever occur of earning of th*si great events from a living, capable and faithful witness. •IL n. Join; B Gordon. The young men of Augusta bow in divotinn and Jove today in bidding right royal wel come to Gen John B. Gordon. How grand lie is—this noble gout’t • man—as W” behold liun—us our father* beheld him thirty-eight years ago. Bold in war; brave in peace—(lie loyal son of this Southern country his valor taught us to love so well is revertrd by us as he is revered by our fathers. It is a proud privilege to see him, hear him, to uo honor to him ”—Tb“ Augusta, (Ga.) Htraic, (Editorial) March 1, 19U0 “ Ihe lecture by Maj. lien. John B Gordon in City Hall on Saturday night for the benefit of the fund which is being ruistd for ’he improvement and care of ine soldo ra’ and sailors’ lot at Mt. Hope cemeterv, was at teudtd by more than 1 DUO persons — one of the largest ienure audiences seen in Bangor since the distinguished soldier’s last appearance here; his sunject was ‘The First Days of the Confederacy,’ and the address proved to be equal in interest to bis other topic, The Last Days of the Confed eracy.' Gen. Gordon when he took the plat form was again accorded tumultuous applause and it was several minutes before he could begin his address When finally the outburst of enlhu siasm bad subsided sufficiently he commenced, saying: “I speak now as an American who loves his country. What is that country? It is wherever that banner floats! (applause). Every acre, whether in contiguous lands or in the far off lands of the sea, where the flag floats is our country. It floats over the Philippines, and if it is ever hauled down there it must be by other t hands than these ’ Gen. Gordon then told of the causes of the war, speaking to some length upon the opinions which prevailed in the North and the South in regard to state rights. After referring to slavery as one of the causes be said: ‘But all that is past—gone forever, and by Heaven’s decree, and as a Southerner, if by one stroke of my pen I could restore slavery I would not do it.’ “I want you to build your mouu ments, and the higher you build them the higher the tribute you will pay-to the barefooted and ragged heroes who held you at bay for four long years. I wish that those monu ments might hold their heads among the stars. The descendants of both armies will see to it that wherever the flag of the Union may wave, on laud or sea, it shall be more and more re spected by the nations of the earth, and that it shall move onward and upward in its benign mission to hu inanity.' Gen. Gordon toik his seat amidst another outburst of applause and cheers.”—Bangor (Me ) Daily Com mercial, February 12, 1900. Revolntlou Imminent. A sure sign of approaching revolt and serious trouble In your system is nervousness, sleeplessness, or stom ach upsets. Electric Bitters will quickly dismember the troublesome causes. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulate the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate the Liver, and clarify the blood. Run down systems benefit particularly and all the usual attending aches vanish under its searching and thorough effectiveness Electric Bitters is only 50o, and that is returned if it don't give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by Ohero kee Drug Co. —Our prescription department Is as complete as you will find In any city. We dispense your drugs sc curately at reasonable prices. Give us a trial. The Gaffnev Drug Co. We discontinue each subscription prompt ly at Its expiration. So watch your label and the date and renew before ‘tls too late. Interesting Items Concerning Our Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for |Hnndreds of Ledger Readers The State charters the Henderson Ligt & Power Company, of Hender sonville, with a capital stock of $50,- 000. The stockholders are R. M. Oates and others. Mrs. Ashe, widow of the late Capt. Q. 8. Ashe and a pioneer of Kern county, died Monday at her home in Bakersfield, Cal-, aged 82 years. Mrs. Ashe came of a noted southern fami ly, being the daughter of Prof. Mitch ell, scientist and member of the fac ulty of the University of North Caro lina. The city aldermen of Greensboro Tuesday night voted unanimously to accept the Carnegie offer to build a $30 000 Jibrary, provided the city would guarantee $3,000 per year for its maintenance. The matter has been hanging fire two years, and the action Tuesday night was the result of a petition a*king that it be accep ted, signed by a majority of the qualified voters. The corporation commission in Raleigh issued an order Tuesday that the Southern railroad had no right to refuse to place cars on tbe siding of the Greensboro Ice and Coal Co., because the latter refused to pay certain demurrage charges the rail road claimed due them and,charging a fine of $500 a day against the South- . rn for not complying with the for mer order of the commission. This will mount to St veral thousand dol lars. The case bids fair to develop a long a: r’ ' i t.int litigatioj. Tbe c■ / iiiuittee, which has been endeavoring to bring about a settlement of the strike of the street car conductors and motormen, of Charlotte, Tuesday retired and will have nothing further to do with the matter. The decision was reached when President E. D. Latter of the treet car company stated that none of the new men would be discharged to make room for the strikers The cars are now maintaining their reg ular schedule, but it is claimed that few people are patronizing them. Because he had been discharged from the service of the road for just causes, John Odom, white, of New born, went to the shops of the Atlan tic & North Caroliua Railroad Tues day and committed a murderous as sault upou E. P. Avery, fon-mau of the shops, by hitting mm twice over the head with a soldering iron, in flicting a serious scalp wound and fracturing the skull. Avery is se riously wounded and his condition is very grave. Odom was committed to jail without privilege of bail to await developments. In response to a call by a commit tee representing the North Carolina Manufacturers’ association, over 100 cotton manufacturers, representing 244.392 spindles aud 8 065 looms lo cated throughout the southern States, met in Charlotte Tuesday and inaugurated a plan for the curtail ment of the production of cotton goods bj the mills of tbe entire country. A committee of 15 was named to meet a similar committee from other sections and agree to de crease production throughout the United States Even before the meet ing was convened it was evident that the one purpose of ihe session would be to curtail production or to make an effort in that direction by a joint resolution. Tuesday evening in Raleigh, when Jaihr Parham, a one-legged ex Con federate. went into jail to take sup per to ten Federal prisoners, be was seized by Wilson Hayes, who was in the cell corridor. Two other prison ers. Frank Vidello and John Murdock, aided Hayes, and Parham was canght by the throat, forced into a cell and bis (keys demanded. He gave op the keys, but only those to tbe inner doors. Hayes rushed to the inner door to unlock it when Parham and bis little son cried for help. The »her- iff and several deputies ran to the jail and were on the point of shooting Hayes as he was altempticg to open tbe door, but police and other persons came to his aid and Hayes and the two other prisoners dashed back into their cells. Hayes will be punished for his mutiny. A CoHtly Mlntalte. Blunders are sometimes very ex pensive. Occasionally life itself is the price o' a mistake, hut vou’ll never be wrong if you tske Dr King’s New Life Pills for Dyspepsia. Diz ziness, Headache, Liver or Bowel troubles. They are gentle yet thorough. 25o. at Cherokee Drug Co. Subscribe for Tbe Ltdger.