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t THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The Ledger. 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 HAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 8, 1904. $1.00 A YEAR* THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE, items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. Kventi) that Have Taken Place fr >m One End of the State to the Other Culled from BxchaiiReM for (julok Ueadlut; by Scons of Busy People. Snow fell to the dep'b of two inch es in some parts of the low country Wednesday for the first time in two winters. The governor Wednesday offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of James Walker, a negro, who is wanted in Blackville for tne murder of Minnie Williams, a negro woman, several months ago. A commission has been issued to the Aycock-Little Mercantile concern of Union county, capitalized at $10 000. A commission was also issued to the Citizens’ Insurance Company, of Sumter, capitalized at $1 000. with the privilege of increasing it to $5,- COO. The secretary of State Tuesday granted a commission to a large Charleston enterprise. The Lebby Shoe Company will be capitalized at $60 .000 and will do a wholesale busi ness The corporators are: R. C Lebby, I’Ou L. Rhett and W. A. Holman. The State board of directors Tues day granted a hotel privilege to High land Park hotel, of Aiken. Three distillers will be hauled up before the board for alleged violation of law These are J. H. Beard, of Greenville; R. C Gantt of Pickens, and J. F. Jenkins, of Cherokee. While out hunting near their home Wednesday morning Mr. CokeCatoe of K ershaw, accidently shot his brother, Mr. Oscar Catoe, in the arm and head, injuring him seriously Dr. W. C. Twitty attended the wounded young man and be was getting along very well at last ac count. Messrs. Smvthe, Lee and Frost, at torneys. of Chirle-tou, have filed a suit for $4 000 against the Blue Ridge Railroad Company with the clerk of court for Anderson county. Miss Jane W. Adger, of Charleston, is the plaintiff She sues for the value of a trunk which she claims was lost by the railroad company. The season for deer shooting in the State ended with Dec. 81. On ac count of the shortened season for the past few years, deer have iocreased in number in Georgetown county and the sport has been proportionately better throughout the hunting sea son. The hunters experienced better sport tbit last year thao for muoy years previously. The barn and stable on Supervisor Bpeegle’s place located about two miles trom Greenville near the Farm ers’ Oil Mill, were completely de stroyed by fire Tuesday night, to gether with a horse, cow, buggj and a quantity of feed stuff belonging to E. M. Giliesnie. Tne building was valued at $250 Including the con tents the total loss is estimated at $500. Oq Saturday while Wesley Bollin.a young white man 18 years of age, and a colored boy named Estell Frone- berger, aged 10 years, were out hunt ing near Smyrna, in the western por tion of York country, the negro boy was accidentally shot in the back of the head by young Bollin, and died from the effects of the wound. The jury rendered a verdict exonerating young Boltin from blame In the pre mises. A valuable cow belonging to £ A. Oovil, of Chick Springs, was found dead In her stall Sunday morning. The heifer was ;found at the stall door in a helpless condition. At 8 o’clock it died as tbe result of wouods on its body. An examina tion showed that the animal’s right shoulder bad been beaten almost into a jelly and the left shoulder wan also badly bruised and two severe blows bad been given on the back The club with which the animal was beaten was found near the stable, covered with hair and blood. Alex McClellan, a farmer living about three miles from Dillon, across tbe Pee Dee. committed suicide Wed nesday morning by swallowing about two ounces of carbolic acid. It ap pears that be made an attempt at suicide very early in the morning but did not succeed. An eff >rt was made by phone to procure a physician from Dillon when it was discovered that he was trying to take the poison, but eluding the vigilance of his atten dants be finally succeeded in swal lowing enough to produce instant death. He was about 35 years of age, olever and industrious but addicted to otnasional sprees, and it was while od one that be took bis own life. He leaves a wife and severe! children. —Fine Pork Bausage at L. W. Me- Quluo's. MR. BUTLER’S REPLY. hutinalts Kroofu of HI* lu Dlstsll- ery Case. To the Editor of The Ledger: In your issue of recent date certain cit z^ns of the Antioch section of this county have called upon me to fur nish proof of three of my statements before the State board of control some time in December last. They desire proof cf my statement that I would produce affidavits from mem Oers of the Antioch church that Jen kins’ distillery was not a nuisance Mr. J. B. Hambright, for four years a county commissioner of Cherokee county, makes oath ‘that he is a member of Antioch church and lives within three-quarters of a mile of same and about two miles from Jenkins’ distillery, and that oc casionally he passes said distillery and that same has been concucted on a high plane and in a gentlemanly manner, and never seen any drunk enness about said distillery, and so far as this deponent is concerned <ame has never been a nuisance, and your deponent does not drink alco holies liquhrs. Further, your depo nent is informed that in the past year some several blockade stills have been bn ken up from one and one half m>lcs to four and five miles of said church.” .Mr. D. D. Dover makes oath “that he is a member of Antioch church lives in Cherokee county and lives about three and one-half miles from Jenkins’ distillery * * * and has fre queotly been to said distillery and lias seen no drunkenness there, aun hat so fur as tins deponent cun 'earn and hear said place has not the r.-pu lation of being a place where liquor can be bought and that said place is not a nuisance and this deponent can see no necessity of closing same, and your deponent is not a liquor drink er.” * * * J. 8. Dillingham mikes oath “that he lives within a mile of Antioch church, of which he is a member, and near Jenkins’ uistillery, that he has never heard of any irregularity there, that he is 78 years of age * * * and does not consider the distillery of Jenkins a nuisance. He never takes a drink.” H. Hullender makes oath “that he lives between Jenkins’ distillery and Antioch church, of which he and his family are members; has lived there ever since tbe distillery has been in operation and that he has never heard of any disturbance caused by taid dis tillery anywhere in the community and neither has the church been dis turbed by it; has never heard of li quor being sold at distillery and does not consider it a nuisance ” I will not ask you to allow me to publish all tbe affidavits of members of the church along the above line, but at the hearing before the State board on the 6:b inst , quite a num her of others will be read and after that date will be on file there, as well as quite a number from members of other churches, the mayor and chief of police of Grover, two miles from the distillery, and the chief of police of Blacksburg, an adj lining town. NeXT,, they say I said Prof. Sams was prejudiced against my client With all due respect to the reporter, who did no* take a stenographic re port of what was said 1 did not say that. I said that, “I was informed the party that carried the chain for Prof. Bums was prejudiced against my client's busine-s.” Tbe third and last question was that I said there was a “row” in the church over this matter. If the affi davits herein and those 1 will submit to ibe State board do not show a wide difference of opinion on this question. I am unable to see or know what differences are. This answers all their questions, and with this I am through discuss , ing same in print. Thos B Butler, j Gaffney, 8. C , Jan. 5 19U4 NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. A Very Clone Call. “I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain ” writes O. W Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa. “I was weak and pale, without *ny appetite and all run down. As 1 was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters, and after taking it. I felt as well as I ever did in my life.” Weak, sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Batisfaction cuaran teed by Cherokee Drug Co Price 50 cents. 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 colds are caught while sleeping too cold at night. Dt-ep sleep causes sluggish circulation which renders the system f usceptlble to change of temperature. To prevent colds, sleep u^der plenty of cover. To cure colds use Rydales Elixir, It lessens the severity and shortens the duration of a cold and prevents Pneumonia, Brnnchith and Consumption. Gaffney Drug Co. Next to cash a man’s best asset Is confidence. Intert-Htlng I’HragrHphM and lt«-cent Ilap- penlngH in Lower Section of the County (lathered Up by Our Regular Correspon dent for Benefit of Ledger Readers. 'Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Jan 6:—Messrs J. F. Wright and J. H. Fowler, two of our neighbors, who have been so success fully treated for canjer by Miss, Dora Joyner, of Rlcnmond, Va., ( >r e of Dr Daniel’s assistants) are both about well now and their many friends are njoicing with them upon their recovery. In her treatment of these cases Miss Joyner refutes the argument that cancer can’t be cured except l y the k» ife. Should this announc;- went fall under the eyes of any sufft r- < is from this death d< aling ma'ady and cause them to seek tbe Pent fit of her treatment we w.ll be abundant!} rewarded for our trouble. We as-urt such we have no motiv 1 in making mention of these cases except our in terest in suffering humanit}. Mr. and Mrs. J F- Bigham, of Sha ron, are spending a few days with their daughter, Mrs. Bailie B. Estes, and family. Mr B. L. Estes killed two fine poikt-rs yesterday. Several fine home-raised hogs nave been killed in this section. Mr. Farrow Wright Killed one 10 months old which net led 324 lbs. For a young man to ask his girl’s father to curry her a box of candy, we imagine would be as hard for oue to ask as the other to refuse. It’s amusing to hear those who gather their ne«s from the phone tilling of the rows they hear on trie wire. Eavesdropping is a profession with some folks. ihe death of General James Long street removes from our ranks one of the greatest American soldiers of the 19 b century. The only thing upon which talka tive women are usually silent is their ages. Yesterday morning was the coldest weather uf the season. The thermom eter stood 10 degrees below the freez mg point at sunrise. Our people came home from Seda- lia last Monday much pleased with their trip. 1 hey speak in highest terms of the reception occorded them by the people of Uoion county and 'hey will doubtless tfant to go again Tney enj >yed themselves so well that we scarcely bear anything but praises of the people they met with ou tiieir trip. The editorial remarks under the caption “Mistakes’ in Tuesday’s Led ger is one of the best, broad-minded, liberal articles we have read lately, and we commend it to those “big I and little u” oeople we fiud in all parts of the world and in more or less every v a.k and occupation in life. Some people are so bigotted. mean and sell conceited that if they were permitted to write their own epitaph it would be ‘Perfection absolutely perfected.” We think one of the best articles we have seen in any of our religious papers during the holidays, at least, is that published in the Southern Pres- byttrian of Dec 81,under the heading “Presbyterian Dancer Factorless.” li is well worth a reproduction m an} of our secular papers. Without mak ing any special selection of any of its parts we clip a section of it and re produce it here as a fair sample of the whole:— “ That the round dance is tire most prolific source of prostitution is prov *d by the testimony of matrons of Rescue Homes for fallen women, mis stonary woikers in tbe slums, con verted dancing masters, chief of po lice of our large cities, and Roman Catholic priests who hear the secrets of the confessional. I need not speci fy on this subject. Any one who so desires can secure abundant evidence of the truth of this statement from competent authority. Not only is tbe danger imminent for young girls, but it is for young men as wt li. Tbe preside!, t of a famous university says: “The foot ball field is a safer place for a young man than tbe ball room I” Oo tbe other hand, when I looked around at the condition of tbe Church at large, as comprised that evangel! cal denominations, I am not sur prised that “certain of our Presby terian schools” should have joined tbe crowd which is thus catering to “the world, the flesh, and tbe devil.” It is only in keeping with the general fi tod of vorldliness which Is the bane of all the churches. These schools rnuat be “In the awim.” and their grudaatea must be able to maintain the reputation of their alma mater for turning out finished products for ' fashionable society ” Such Insti- tutlona do not regard It amlas^to edu cate the legs, as well as the brains, of their students, and some of our churches, indeed, judging from the antics of the members might proper ly be styled; “The Church of the Limber Legs,” or, lo sanctify tbe performances, “The Church of the Holy Heels!” Bah! What a stench in the nos trils of the Almighty must be the religion of these card-playing, thea tre going, and dancing church mem bers. Just observe how devoted they are to church work (especially to the soul-winning church fairs and vaude ville entertainments!) How faithful their atlendence upon all the service of the sanctuary in all kinds of weather, and how fervent their piety ! How eagerly the conscience-stricken sinner seeks their advice when he is seeking the Lord! How tender and profitable are their ministrations to the sick and dying, comforting the one with precious promises from God’s Holy Word, and pointing the other to the mansions of tbe blest! What an advantage they are to any church ! How greatly they encour age their pastor, and how they long and pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Truly “Mr. Worldly Minded” is in large evidence in the Church of Christ today and these ‘Presbyterian Dancer Factories'’ are adding to the output.'' A man is known ao less by th< company he keeps than the books unr pani rs he reads. During our recent visit to Pacolet min we called upon Rev, and Mrs Sam T. Creech and bade them good txe Mr Creech is a good friend to The Ledger and never fails to put in a w >rd for it when the opportunity comes round. He goes to another field- n Anderson county, from which we hope to hear a good report of hit- work. j. l. 8. A New Year’s (•reeling. Blacksuuko Jan. 7—One of the most enjoyable events of the holidays was the reception given by Mrs. O A. Osborne oo New Year s afternoon to the young people of the city. Tbe house was most beautifully decorated for the occasion. The guests were very graciously received at the door by Messrs. Roy Osborne and Wm. Anderson. As they entered the par or each was attracted by “A New Yt-ur’s Greeting” which was very artistically arranged over tbe door From the parlor they were ushered into the dining room where they were bountifully served with tbe daintiest of refreshments by Misses Mamie Gaston, Ethel Maxwell and Mrs. P. H Freeman; the punch being served in a very charming manner by Miss Msry Anderson. After exchanging many happy returns and wishing the f air hostess many more happy New Years the guests departed, declaring they had never spent a more delight lul afternoon. k k. Hlwckaburg Personala. Blacksburg, Jan. 6.—Mr. Wm. Webster, of Gaffney, was in town ou business Tuesday. Dr. Cureton, of Gaffney, was in town on business Tuesday. Roy O-borne. who has been at work in St. Louis, Mo., is at home visiting his parents. A delightful surprise party was given Miss E'hel Maxwell by the young folks recently. The boys of Blacksburg gave a nice little dance Tuesday night in honor of the visiting young ladies. John Pollock is spending a few days with his parents. Fire at Henrietta. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Henrietta Jan. 5—Mr. June Hicks’ residence, on Henrietta street, between Dr. R. Hick’s and Dr C. B. Wiseman’s residence, occupied by Mr. O B. Biggerstaff, a merchant of Henrietta, was, with all of its con tents.destroyed by fire at nine o’dock last night. It was a total loss, as there was no insurance on either house or furniture. Mr. Biggerstaff and wife had gone across the street to Mr John Le>‘’< to spend an hour with the family, when the fire was discovered and an alarm given—Char lotte News. Mr Hicks is a most highly respect ed citiz-n of the State Line section of this county, and his many friends in the county will regret to hear of his loss. Saved From Terrible Death. The family of Mrs. M. L. Babbitt, of Bargerton. Tenn., saw her dying and were powerless to save her. The most skilled physicians and every remedy used, failed, while consump tion was slowly but surely taking her 'ife. In this terrible hour Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption turned despair into joy. The first bottle brought immediate relief and its continued use completely cured her. It’s the most certain cure in tbe world for all throat and lung troubles Guaranteed BotMes 50c and $1 00 Trial Bottles Free at Cherokee Drug Co. —After you have tried Nature’s Cough Remedy you will take no other. 50o a bottle. Tbe Gaffney Drug Co. —Fine Danish Cabbage at L. W. McGuInn’a. THROUGKOJT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Intereatliig IteniM Coocerulng Our Neigh- bora Beyond the Line Which May Provi Kutertamtug Reading, for Hundreds of Ledger Reader* North Carolina had only one lynch ing in 1903 Th c . year previous there were eight lynebings in that state. The attorney general of North Car- ' olina has decided that all non-resi dents who hunt in the State mmt take out license at $10, no matter what sort of game is hunted. The hero of the Merrimac, Rich mond Pearson Hobson, will appear in Charlotte on next Monday we< k, Jan uary 18 and will delivir a lecture on the Slur Course of tbt Y. M C. A. The chairman of the R ileigh dispeu sary board announced that the dis pensary will m -ke not less thar $40, 000 profit this year The city’s re ceipts from the bar rooms under the old system w--re about $13 000 Governor Aycock has set the da} for two bangings The day set for the execution of two men is Thurs day, the twenty fifth day of February. Oo that day Jubel R-gister, white, will he banged in VVhiteville. (Jolum bus county, and VVili Boggau, colored, in VV adesboro. Both for murder. Mr. Marcus Tuttle, age 83, died suddenly at an early hour VVeduesda} merning at hi? home eight miles west ot Lenoir The deceased is the fattur of Rev D. H. Tuttle, pastor of tbe Methodist church at Elizabeth City, and of R G Tuttle pastor, o! the Methodist church at Matthewt. There was a wreck on the Southern Railway at Glass, six miles north of Concord Wednesday mornit g. No. 01 a southbound freignt, engine No. 257, was run into by the second sec- tin of No 81, engine No 511 Three cars were derailed, and the fire in the stove of the caboose ignited the cars, which were qukkly consumed. While blasting in a out on the Sea board Air Line at Powder Springs Ga , Tuesday, the blast went off be fore the men were ready. Mr. Frank Shuman,one of the contractors,whose home is in Charlotte, failed to make his escape in time. A heavy rock struck him in the side, killing him instantly. The body arrived in Char lotte Wednesday night. Charters have been issued to King Bros Tobacco Company, Greensboro, capital $10 000. principal incorpora tor J. W. King. Tbe company will manufacture cigars, cheroots, also chewing tobacco, smoking tobacco etc. Also to Merchant’s Hotel Com pany, Selma, to erect and operate a hotel. Capital $10,000 R B. Cat rington, R. J. Nob'e are aming the incorporators. John Garris, of Rickingham coun ty, a young man of good family, while attending a dance near VV’ayo- den. in that county, Friday n'gfit, asked Miss Mary Martin to dance with him. He was intoxicated and she refused to dance; this made him mad and be pulled out a pistol and shot her. She lived until Saturday morning. Garris was sent to jail Sat urday afternoon. A freight wreck on the Southern railway corthof Greensboro delayed all trains from the East Tuesday night Train 97, the fast mail from New York to New Orleans, was annuled and it came through early next morn ing, running as the second section of train No. 35. The first section of train No. 35 was more than an hour late. The wreck was not serious, further than to block the track and delay trafflo. Marshall Broadway, the Charlotte negro wbo was gored by a hog a month ago, died Saturday morning at 4 o’clock at the Good Samaritan Hos- oital, in that city; death resulting from a combination of blood poison ing and pneumonia. The hog, which weighed 500 pounds, had made a sav age attack on Broadway, crushed both legs' badly, rendering such in juries that the negro would have been crippled for life if be bad lived. Nine negro prisoners escaped from Wake county jail at ao early hour Tuesday morning. Most of them were awaiting trial on the charge of lar ceny, but one wa* a federal prisoner, and another a prisoner awaiting trial for ao alleged criminal assault on a whi»e woman He had been sent to Raleigh for safe keeping. The es cape was made by prying off a section of a steel cell In the corridor and re moving tbe bricks in tbe outer walls. There is no trace of the men —You are in no danger of having your prescriptions filled with stale im pure drugs if you take them to The Gaffney Drug Co., where everything la clean and fresh. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. How Property UlmiiKeH ILmdii Among Hoay Cherokee Citizens. The followingjare the real estate transfers of Cherokee county for tbe month of December, 1903: CHEROKEE TOWNSHIP. S. G. Sarratt and A. V. Sanders to G M. and >V. T. Moss, interest in 210 acres. $716 36. A. H. P.llock to M. H. Morrow, one lot, $500. Ira Hardin, to one lot and building, $155 N. E Crawford to R. A. Cobb, 48 acres, $350 J. A. D xon to J. D. Kecnedy, 27 acres, $57 50. A. M Bridges to E. A. Bridges, one lot, $50. Amanda G Moss to Mary A Byars, 81 £ acres. $5 00. J. A EMis to D. G. Martin, 22 1-5 acres $200 * T. L Neal to D. G. Martin, 41 acres, $225 DR A YTON VILLK. R. R Brown to VV. Sam Lipscomb. 110 acres, $400. Mariab R-untree to J. F. Jamison, 100 acres. $405 J Eb. Jefferies to VV. C Millwood. 90 acres, $275 VV. VV. Thomas, sheriff, to F. 8. Spencer, 60 08 acres $191. Gaffney (fity Land and Improve ment. Co. to R. E. Parris, 19 54 acres, $332 18 S G Gault, et al, to S. L Gault, et al, 108 acres, $1 250. LIMESTONE. VV. P Self to J. T. Burgess, 67 89 acres. $943 46 VV. L Seif to J. T. Burgess, 77J acres, $1 020. W P. Seif to 8 G. Pridmore, 139 acres, $1 000. VV L Self to VV. P. Self, one acre and building, $700. Cynthia MeCrawto M. A. McCraw. 2111 acres, $565. Cynthia McCraw to M. A. McCraw, one lot, $60 66 Cynthia McCraw to R E. McCraw, 125 acres, (interest) $500 R A Jones to li a. Jones, et al, one lot, $120. R. A. Jones to J. S. Littlejohn, one lot, $1,500. J C. J- fferies to Sumter Littlejohn, 50 acres, $850. Mrs. Lizzie D Lipscomb to J. 8. and Sumter Littlejohn, one lot, $125. S. B Crawley and H. K. Osborne, Ezra , to N. Lipscomb, one acre, $1,000. A. B. Champion to T. Robbs, one I at. $8. Carl M. Sarratt to J. Eb. Jefferies, one lot, $35. . VV. VV. Thomas, sheriff, to Carl M. SarriCo one lot. $222 50 J Eo. J< fferies,chrk, to Sam Colie. 28 5. acres, $235 Claude Wright to J. N. Lipscomb, one lot. $150 J. Eb. Jefferies, clerk, t) W. T. Humphries and C. J. Dauiel, 123 acres $1,250. J Eb J. fferies, clerk, to VV. W. • rnffuey and O. S. Kendrick, one lot, $185 Sarah and J. F Gaffney to M. L R-iss, one lot $2 00. Elizabeth Ross to M. L Ross, 200 acres. $1 200 J. Q Little to Mrs. W. C. Kirby and Mollie Hawkins, oue lot, $1 000. R O Sams, et al. trustee, to J L. Al> zander, one lot and budding. $1 825 VV. F. McArthur to Mrs. F. M. Montgomery and A. V. McArthur, one lot, $3 000 Charley Petty to J. W. Waters, $56| acres, $1 686 E. Martin to S. L. Proctor, $45.2 10 acres, $300. Nannie P. Kendrick to Ola Robert son, one lot, $700. D. R Lavender to T. C. Wood, one lot and building $850 J. Eb. Jefferies, clerk, to Susau Turner, et al, various lands. GOWDEY8VILLE Arthur F K^ndrieK to David Fow ler, 81 acres, $290 R. M Bowen to J. W. Name, 87 acres, $400. Bailie VVhisonant and Julia T) Pet ty to E J. Byars,140 acres $5 00 E J. Byars to W. Sam Lipscomb. 140 acres, $600. WHITE PLAINS. Wm. M. Gr-ffin to Butler A Os borne. ^ interest in 97 acres, $150. N Lipscomb and A. N. Wood to H. S. Lipscomb, 80 acres, $400 MORGAN. Laura B. Carlisle to W. H. Powell, 10.4 5 acres, $162. Cynthia McCraw to A. C. Hicks. 388 acres. $833 A. B D<-an to J. M. Hayes. 87 4 6 acres. $450 Mrs S. M. Potter to Chas. L. Pot ter, 62 acres, $250. James Cooper to Chas. L. Potter, interest In 62 acres, $26. A Harris to C. Jr. Harris, 150 acres. $1 000 EUa B. N'cholls to Louis Taylor 90 acres, $680 —Go to L. W. McGuinn’s for fine Pork Sausage. —Try some of the Danish Cabbage at L. W. McGuInn’a.