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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The 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 Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County, ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894 GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1903. 81.00 A YEAR. »FAVORITE THEME OF CONVERSATION Is Discussion of Presidential ( Candidates JUDGE PARKERS BOOM The Leading Democrats In Washington are Indulging in Much Dixcuaftlon and Specu lation ait to the Probable Presidential Can didates—Muct>|.Vbout Judge Parker, (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Washington, D, 0., Dec. 21.—The democrats here in Washington who are the leaders of the party have been indulging in a good deal of discussion and speculation as to presidential candidates lately. It is a favorite theme of conv rsation wherever poli ticians do congregate Apropos of this subject the information given me the other day by one of the lead ing democrats of New York State may prove of intense interest to the democrats of ohe country and may guide them right in making up their choice of a candidate. I asked him the straight question about Judge Parker and his strength in the State of New York, inasmuch as the Parker boom seems to have taken on a new lease of life since the withdrawal of Grover Cleveland. He answered me unhesitatingly that there was much misinformation concerning Judge Parker and his strength in New York. He said that Judge Parker, instead of being a strong man really was a weak man. If the people want a New York man we have much stronger men than Judge Parker, who aside from hislweakness atjthe polls above demon strated, is the creature of David Hill, and is as acceptable to the trusts and the Wall Street gang as is Grover Cleveland himself, and it is from that source that the Parker boom receives strength enough to walk. Personally I entertain the opinion that William Bandolph Hearst is the strongest man in the State of New York, and will make a greater race before the people than any other man we could name. * * * An interesting figure who will go down in American history as the man who made the only unanswerable sil ver argument ever delivered ou the floor of the Senate of the United States, is the Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, who for the past thirty years has represented that State in the Senate. Since his retirement from the Senate I have had many inquiries from ail parts of the country, from his admiring friends, as to his where abouts. and what the old gentleman was now doing. 1 am now able to furnish the information based on a personal interview with the gentle man himself. I met him the other day and he said to me that be had retired permanently from politics and would devote the balance of his life to mioing industries and to teach ing the people of the country the greatness of his State of Nevada as a mioing country, and which in his opinion is the greatest in the world. He Bays that the recent gold strikes in the State have been the most wonderful of any yet discovered, and that they will eclipse the great Corn- stock Lode, which turned out more than $600,000,000 of the precious metal. He said that f)r the purpose of working for the mining interests of bis State be had opened offices here iu Washington iu the Colorado Building, with Major D. B. Harrison, Of New York, in charge. He said that thousands of dollars were annually 'wasted on fake mining schemes by the people of the country who were misled by conscienceless promoters. It was his intention, be said, to pre vent this as far as lay iu his power by giving the people who desire to oorrespond with him, correct infor mation concerning the mining prop erties of his State. He is again active ly engaged in the mining business himself, oeing vice-president of the New England Touopah Mine and Annex, at Tonopah, Nevada, and has associated with him some of the wealthiest men in the country. He oonaiders Tonopah the greatest min ing camp ever discovered in Nevada. The old gentleman is hale and hearty and bids fair to live yet many years of usefulness. * * * It is nearing the blessed holiday see eon of the year when it is meet and proper that we should think of those who deserve our consideration, and send to them in remembrance a gift that will warm the cockles of the heart. Most people recogoize this and are glad to comply with the dic tates of the heart in this regard. In strange contrast with the actions of most people is that of the great United States Steel Corporation, known all over the earth as the steel • trust. Last year about this time they gave to their workmen a Christ mas present by allowing them to buy preferred stock in their corporation at 82£, which today is selling at 52£, thus losing for their men over thirty dollars a share on what they bought. At this Christmas they have reduced rha wages of all their men, about 150.000, about twenty per cent, thereby taking out of their pockete about $12,000,000, and just at this time when the cost of living is thirty per cent, higher than at any time for years. Such is the Christian feeling of this gigantic monopoly. When will the people elect a democratic administration and Congress that will swat this giant? They may ex pect these things until they do. Charles A. Edwards. THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. The Minstrels. On account of the absence from \ae city of the theatrical critic (?) this newspaper neglected to mention the very successful performance of the Pap Lipscomb minstrels last Wednes day evening. This was an oversight. The performance was a most enjoy able one. Those taking part in the perfor mance were: Messrs. Jesse Green, Walter Avery, Junius Parrott, John McAlister, Green Avery, Albert Har ris, Charles Hames and Anthony Bar ratt.end men; Messrs. Pap Lipscomb, Ed Eison, Maynard Smyth, Joe Os borne, Dan Stanford, Emile Harley, Jones Darby, Henry Jumper, Need ham Avery, Algernon Culbertson, Frank Parrott, Ed Lipscomb and Miss Sadie Lipscomb. Mr. Charles Ligon was interloctuor and Miss Eva Ross pianist. Kttv. J. U. Carter Dead, Rev. John Gaston Carter, perhaps the oldest citizen of Gaffney, died yesterday morning at 8:30 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. P. Sides, on North Granard street. Mr. Carter was born in Chester county the 31st of July, 1822, acd was 81 years old, He was a descen dant of both of those honored old pioneer families, the Carters and Gas tons, of his native county, and pos sessed the high characteristics chat have always been inherent in totb|of them. He was a man of strong Christian character, was active in the ministry of the Baptist church for more than forty years, a strong, hard-sense preacher, and had the confidence and love of all who knew him. His re mains will be buried at Providence today. We are promised a sketch of Mr. Carter’s life, which we hope to give to our readers in an early issue of The Ledger. Baptist Church Detllcatiou. It was announced on Sunday at the First Baptist church that the pastor in his campaign to raise the debt was within $100 of the end. This means that the congregation of the First Baptist church has raised about $6 000 on the church debt in the past two years|and nine months. Arrange ments are being made for the dedica tion which will take place next Sun day. There will be services in the morning at 11; in the afternoon at 3:30; and in the evening at 7:30. Some of the old pastors will be pres ent and Dr. Simms, the pastor-elect, will also) be there. Mr. Cree will give full program in our next issue. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWEB CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent^ at Etta Jane. YOUTH AND PLEASURE. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. How We Catch a Cold. A cold is sometimes contracted while remaining inactive for a while in an uncomfortable room or a cold draft and by falling to sleep under like conditions. But most coids are caught while sleeping too cold at night. Deep sleep causes sluggish circulation which renders the system susceptible to change of temperature. To prevent colds, sleep under plenty of cover. To cure colds use Rydales Elixir, it lessens the severity and shortens the duration of a cold and prevents Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Consumption. Gaffney Drug Co. Events that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Called from Exchanges for Quick Heading by Scores of Bnsy People. The secretary of State Sat urday commissioced the People’s savings Bank, of Abbeville, capital ized at $25 000. G. G. Thomas, G R Neuffer, R. E Cox, H G. Ander son and C. C. Gambrell are the in corporators. The secretary of State Friday char tered the Palmetto Buildidg and Loan Association, of Rock Hill, having a capital of $10,000 with an ultimate increase of $100 000. J. M. Cheery is president, R. F Fewell, vice-president and Ward Albertson, treasurer. News was received Thursday from Sheriff Moss, of Pickens, who went to Gainesville, Ga., Wednesday in search of the Newry^safe blowers, say ing that a woman had been arrested at Gainesville, Ga.. and Richard Daw son in Columbus, Ga. Dawson is the man who also passed the bogus check on a Seneca merchant and taught an Anderson man a lesson of caution papers as soon as possible from Gover nor Heyward. A dispatch from Washington Thursday night says: United States District Attorney John G. Capeis stated tonight that he had sent to the office of the State, in passing through Columbia, a brief statement, denying unequivocally that be had attended the Hanna banquet at Washington, and* saying further that it was his purpose to prtpbre a statement em bodying an affidavit to the effect that he was not at the banquet. A. J. Caldwell, who lives three miles from Campobello, had his barn burned Wednesday night at 1 o’clock, with contents, about 200 bushels of corn, a flne mule and two cows, one carriage, a wagon and other stock, fodder and forage, cotton gin, lumber and haruess. The orign is unknwn, but it is supposed to be incendiary. It was discovered by a neighbor, who went to the bouse and found all asleep. The loss is estimated at be tween $1,000 and $1 500. There was □o insurance. In the United States circuit court in Charlotte Thursday two impor tant cotton mill cases were consider ed. The first was the answer to the Dearing complaint against the officers and directors of the Olympia Cotton Mills. The second mill matter be fore the court was the appointment of T. C. Duncan as receiver of the Dekalb Cotton Mill at Camden. The mill is declared to be insolvent and the receivership proceedings are taken with the consent of all the parties in terested. The plant has closed down. A special to Union Wednesday afternoon, said that Wilkes Steven son, who was badly cut by George Wilkes last week at Lockhart, is slightly better. Both parties are young men and Wilkes was a student in the business college here the past summer. The cause of the trouble is said to be that Stevenson insulted a younger brother of Wilkes some months ago, and when spoken to about it, hot words followed, when be was cut by Wilkes, who was the next day arrested, but released on a $200 bond. Constables seized, Saturday morn ing at the Southern freight office in Colombia, five barrels and 1,000 half pints of corn whiskey consigned to W. H. Selers, an alleged blind tiger dealer. l» Beauty Only Skin Deep? Beauty is only skin deep, but the forces that create beauty are as deep as 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. Rydales Liver Tablets keep the Liver healthy and the Bowela regular, prevent the blood becoming ladened with bile and waste matter, make the skin clear, eyes bright and Beauty more than skin deep. Gaff ney Drug Co. For a pure Havana smoke try C. H. 8. For sale by I. W. Richardson, Boyd Sarratt Commercial Hotbl and Gaff ney Drug Co. /m —How about a fine Meerschaum Pipe for a Christmas present for a gentleman? We are selling ours cheap. The Gaffney Drug Co. —Yes we can show you, a package of perfumery of any style and price that you could wish. The Gaffney Drug Co. Thurscay night about 7 :80 o’clock the large barn of H. 8. Lipscomb at Pacolet was destroyed by fire. In it was consumed 15 head of horses and mulea, two cows, three hogs, 1,500 bushels of corn, 1,000 bushels of cot ton seed, 100 bushels of sweet pota toes, two car loads of bay, two bug gies and a two horse wagon. The building was valued at $1,000 and the contents were worth $4,000. Mr. Lipscomb had no insuranoe. The origin of the tire is a mystery and there is no reason to suspect inoen diarism. A man was seen to leave the building early Wednesday morn ing, but that was 36 hours before the fire. A dispatch from Seneca Thursday night stated that Richard Dawson, who was wanted in that town for swindling, had been captured by the police of Columbus, Ga. Dawson rep reseated himself as au Insurance agent, and went to one of the leadlog merchants of Seneca, from whom he purchased a gun. In payment be presented a check for $100, showing hie check book with a deposit of $250 therein. He received $75 and the gun for hie cheek, which upon presenta tion at the Seneca Bank was found to be worthless. Dawson la believed to be the leader of a gang who blew open the safe of the Courtenay Cotton Mills near Seneot Monday night, securing over $2 600 In cash. Sheriff Moss, of Oconee county, left for Co lumbus to bring the criminal to South Carolina. Interesting Paragraphs and Recent Hap penings in Lower Section of the County (lathered Up by Onr Regular Correspon dent for Benefit of Ledger Readers. <CorresDondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Dec. 18 —The choir met at Mr. T. J Estes’ last night. Mr. William A. Robinson, of Sha ron, visited his son. Mr. J J. Robin son, this week. Mr. Robinson is one of the oldest landmarks of York county, and his friends wish for him many years yet to live. The C. M. E. Conference has as signed Rev. A. J. Lyons to Cross Anchor church. Before taking hii* departure he subscribed for The Led ger and took a copy of "Story of Stonewall Jackson’’ with him. A young man going \to see bis sweetheart—the daughter of a dairy man—asked the old man timidly: “How is the milk maid?” The ira:e father said: "Our milk isn’t made, we get it fresh from the cows.” If a man is known bv the company he keeps, how is it witn women? Some people are busy turning their stubble lands for next year’s crop. Let all join The Ledger’s brigade for next year and thus make it more interesting to the young readers than ever before. Hon. D. E. Finley, M. C., has our thanks for congressional records indexed from March 5 to Marcn 19, 1903, also November 2 to December 7, 1903. Mrs. Minerva Orr, of Mississippi, is on a visit to friends and relatives in this county. She is a sister of Mrs. James T. Moorehead. She has been gone several years. Miss Oregon Estes is visiting her uncle, Dr. Mason W. Smith, of Gaff ney. Mr. John F. Estes has gone to Cross Keys. Look out when he comes back. The year’s work is pretty well finish ed up with the farmers and the poli ticians are beginning to look after their fences for next year's crop. The Wilkinsville oil mill is about ready to begin operations. There is no reason we can see why it can not be successfully operated in the coun try. Wood is cheaper and there is no town or city tax to pay. and this will largely if not entirely offset the hauling bills. Our friend and neighbor, J. Rufus Poole, Esq., made a business trip to Gaffney this week. Prof. J. C. Jefferies is teaching the Wilkinsville school. While in town last Wednesday your correspondent didn’t have time to call at The Ledger office and see the boys. Dr. L. R. Black has his ’phone line in operation and Mrs. Black has been entertaining her friends along the line by playing on the piano. She is a flne performer. Christmas will soon be here and twistificationists are beginning to enjoy skipping upon the fantastic toe. We have some graceful dancers who would make a professional feel ashamed of himself. The Cross Keys girls won’t take a part on the floor. If our note taker will give us the dots later on perhaps we will be able to write up a modern Christmas campaign this season. Next year is leap year and the girls will have the right of way. Some of them, however, have been infringing on the rights of the boys this year It will be 196 years before the alma nac makers can cheat them out of another leap year. Jacob Byars and Sopbronia Little john, colored, were married Thursday night by J. L. Strain, magistrate. With this letter we close our la bors for the holidays and thank our readers, brother correspondents, one and all for the kind, and considerate manner with which they have treated our journalistic efforts. If we have unjustly said or le(t unsaid anything to give offense to any one we take off our beaver and ask pardon. We wish our readers and friends, one and all, a merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous New Year To the editor, the manager and the entire working force of The Ledger, we are grateful for courtesies shown from time to time. May a long list of paid up subscrib ers and advertising patrons ever mark the euooees of the paper and the edi torial puree never be free from the pangs of acute plethorism, is the wish of j. l. s. Mr. and Mrs. E-ten Entertain in Honor of Lady Visitors. (Correspondence of The Ledger./ Etta Jane, Dec 18—On last even ing just as the last rays of a beauti ful sunset were rounding out all tbe cares of an autum days the home of Mr. T. J. Estes, of this place, made a scene that beggars would dare not try to describe, the occasion being one given in honor of some visiting young people in this neighborhood. By an early hour, the cosy rooms were filled with bouyaut youths and gentle maidens who never seemed more fair and beautiful. Music both vocal andj instrumental flowed forth in happy strains on the winds of the night ; that would have done justice to one in dreamland. Those present were: Messrs. N. J., J. L , C. A. and Willie Blackwell, H T. Estes, Arthur Estes, J. L. Wrights S. J. Strain and WillieJComer, Misse, Vlatcie and Dorothy Lee, Ethel and Jessie Strain, Mattie, Stella and Ada Estes, Maud and Mary Blackwell and Florence Wright. Then after a few hours of enjoy ment and the selection of “Home Sweet Home” the crowd dispersed un ier a radiant starlit canopy, to g<> home and to happy dreams. May ir, be our good luck to be present on many more ^uch occasions. The weather continues cold but it is very dry and not so bad as if it were muddy under foot. Mr. Arthur Estes and two sisters, Misses Stella and Ada, left this morn ing for their home at Sedalia after a very pleasant visit to relatives here. No doubt but they have left behind an aching void that no other’s pres ence can fill. Samro. Drowned at Cherokee. Last iSaturday night about 11 ! o’clock,justjbefore the Cherokee Falls cotton mil) shut down for the week, Mr. Benjamine Lindsey, a highly re spected employee, while crossing a bridge over the mill race, fell into the race and was drowned. His body was not recovered till Sunday morning when it was placed in the first story of the mill and Coroner Vinesett'sum- moned. He went at once to the mill and summoned a jury composed of Farmer Moore, W. L. Gaffney, T. L. Neale, E. E. Hardin, John Dilling ham, J. N. Caldwell, D. M. Wilkins, C Q Webber, J R. Roberts, T. W. Roberts, J. F. Smith and S. S. Gaff ney. A number of witnesses were sworn and testified, after which tbe jury re turned a verdict in accord with tbe above statement. Mr. Lindsey was an old man of high character, was a gallant veteran THROUGHOUT THE TUB HEEl STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. —Now is tbe time to take Nature’s Oough Remedy. You don’t want to be worried Xmas by a bad cough. Tbe Gaffney Drug Co. —Don’t fail to see Tbe Gaffney Drag Co.’s display of Nunnally’e Candy in pretty boxes and baskets. of "tbe lost cause” and was loved and honored by all who knew him. He leaves four children, two sons and two daughters, all grown, who have the) sympathy of.their father’s and tbeir own friends in their .bereave ment. North Carolina’s Greatest Christmas Tree. The 28 Raleigh saloon-keepers who are to retire December 31st, in favor of tbe dispensary, will give tbe big gest Christmas tree Raleigh bas ever seen, as tbeir farewell offering to the poor children of that city. Tbe tree will be in the city ball and tbe gifts on it and around it will be many and various. There will be quite a scat tering of the saloon men when the new year comes, some going to Wash ington, some to Richmond and some to other points in the State, while a few will engage in other business. Some have already closed up tbeir business. One saloon keeper, by far the wealthiest of all in Raleigh, re tired from tbe line of business about a year ago and it is said in worth more than $100,000 Revolntiou 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 tbe stomach, regulate tbe Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate the Liver, and clarify tbe blood. Run down systems benefit particularly and all tbe usual attending aches vanish under its searching and thorough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is only 50c, and that is returned if it don’t give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed by Chero kee Drug Co. It is thought that tbe negroes who broke open and robbed several South ern Railway freight cars in Charlotte last Sunday night have been located in Concord. Police Officer McCall and Detective Haney, of tbe South ern, went to Concord to make the ar rest. Safeguard Against Accident. The best safeguard against accident is to use good judgment in directing every act. But, accidents will often occur in spite of every effort to pre vent tbem. The best safeguard against Injury resulting from aoci dents is Elliott’s Emulsified Oil Lini ment. It is tbe most serviceable ac cident and Emergency Liniment ever made and Is tbe most satisfactory Liniment for use In tbe family and on animals ever offered. Large bottle 25ots. Gaffney Drug Co. Interesting Items Concerning Onr Neigh bors Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading for (Hundreds of Ledger Readers Mr. Charles Call, of Concord, met with a very painful and serious acci dent Thursday at tbe Gibson Mills. He is employed at tbe elevator and while going down tbe abaft the eleva tor came down from above with ter rific force and struck Mr. Calloway on tbe bead. Dr. Walker was sum moned acd dressed the injured man’s wounds and at last report he seemed to be doing very well. It will be some time, however, before Mr. Call can return to work. Fire broke out at 5 o’clock Satur day morning in tbe storeroom of J. H. Lessiter Co., leading merchants of Henderson. Owing to the intense ly cold weather and the trouble in getting water, the firemen fought the flames under difficulties. Tbe store was almost entirely destroyed, and with is the greater portion of the stock. The origin of the fire is un known. The loss will probably reach a total of $8 000, which is only par tially covered by insurance. Bud Holt, a son of Mr. Wilson, late deceased, of Greene township, Guil ford county, who was seriously stab bed one day last week by Cicero Shore, of tbe same neighborhood, is reported to be more seriously hurt than was first thought, and bis con dition is not encouraging. Tbe yonng men bad a desperate fight along tbe public road, in settlement of an old dispute of long standing. A passing neighbor parted them and prevented therebv, no doubt, a bloody tragedy. The young son of Mr. Seayman, of Moorpsville, was badly burned Thurs day afternoon. His mother had tak en the ashes out in a pot and set it on the porch, so that the coals might die before being emptied. The child in bis play knocked the pot over, spilling the coals, and falling back ward upon them. His back was badly burned, bis cloak almost en tirely consumed. The mother’s clothes were burned wtnle attempt ing to take the cioak off tbe child. It is an ugly burn, but it is not serious, and the child is resting quietly. About 40 merchants at Winston have signed an agreement, wbiob is being circulated, not to handle in anyway or at any time tbe green trad ing stamps or any other kind of trad ing stamps. Nearly all of tbe mer chants who signed contracts with tbe Trading Stamp Company have ex pressed themselves as being in favor of getting out of it, if they can do so honorably. Tbe merchants who are opposed to tbe scheme (and they are largely in tbe majority) propose to keep up tbe fight until they win, and they have tbe strong backing of tbe Winston aldermen, A blaze which started at 8 o’clock Friday night in Philip’s store, at Ben son, Johnston county, laid waste about half the business portion of that town. The damage to Boykin's Hotel was $1,800, with $2,000 insur ance. Hinton Ennis' two stores, tbe A. C. L. depot; Mrs Benson, two stores; Joe Holmes, building and stock; Hudson estate, two stores; livery stable and two stores, suffered an aggregate of $50,000 loss and in all there was about $15,000 insurance. Tbe insurance rate is high there and for that reason little insurance was carried in tbe town. It’s a long ways to go after a man for alleged oheating in a horse trade, but tbe sheriff from Chattanooga, Tenn., went all the way to Greensboro Thursday morning to meet Deputy Sheriff W. B. Cox, of Craven county, and get from him a prisoner he brought for him from Newbern. Tbe prisoner was known as J. P. Cherry in Chattanooga, but as Dr. McKinley, in Newbern, where he practiced as a horse doctor. The doctor said bis ar rest was prompted by revenge from a man who didn’t know how to trade horses. He was allowed his liberty by tbe deputy sheriff, and said if be bad two good legs he would not at tempt to escape. Boone Potter, tbe yonng desperado of Watagua county, who is charged with several morders, esoaned from the Caldwell connty jail at Lenoir eirly Saturday morning. He took advantage of a bit of negligence on the part of tbe jailer in closing the doors, and then let bimtelf to tbe ground by a sheet. He forced a ne gro prisoner to accompany him oat and into tbe country for some dis tance. Later tbe negro returned and reported tbe escape to tbe officer. It will be recalled that Potter was brought back from Montana, where be was arrested some time ago. Among Potter’s viotims was his own father. He is a dangerous, desperate cbaraoter.