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' .. I THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The EDGER 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., TUESDAY, JANUARY 86. 1904. *1.00 A YEAffi > OUR LAW MAKERS AT STATE CAfITAL, Resume of Last Week’s Work JjP in the House. THE SHAD BILL PASSED. Kle«Uon livid Tlmrt«day aud the llonsv Got Down to Work—State Librarian Elected a memorial from the-State Immigra tion association. This was accom panied by a bill presented by Mr. D. D. McColl, Jr., to have a bureau of commerce and immigration. There is a similar bill iu the senate. An- ; other new bill which will attract at tention was presented by Mr. Wm. L. Mauldin of Greenville, which pro- vide* for the establishment cf dis tilleries, breweries acd blending ! plants in cities of 10,003 inhabitants. The elections were held Thursday and these troublesome matters are ! now out of the way of the legislators. elections were disposed of at Hnd Mr. Woods Mude Associate .1 ustlce— Several Bills Passed. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Columbia, Jan. 25.—The legisla ture has got down to work and if :t were possible to get in the appropria tion and supply bill this early in the season there is no reason why the the morniog session except those for college trustees, and a night session was held. There was a comic opera at the theatre that night—funny songs and pretty songs, pretty girls and laughing girls—and there were not many members at the State house. So there was little interest and much confusion in the election Mr. L. W. Boykin, of Camden, form erly a dispensary inspector. An interesting figure retires from the bouse in the election of John O. Wingo to the board of penitentiary directors. Mr. Wingo is from Green ville. up near the “Dark Corner” of Greenville county, where good corn liquor is made and never pays a tax, but Brother Wingo is a strict pro hibitionist in principle and practice. For 12 years he has been in the house and has ever been watchful of the interests of the State treasury. He is “agin” extravagance and he hates Kvent * that Have Taken Place from One sham and tricKery. Hie strenuous forefinger, which be wields so agilely THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. L0 ”“ CME " OKeE E0C,IS THROUGHOUT THE TAR NEEL STATE. •lane. general assembly should stay out the the college trustees the most im- , , .. , . n i portant result being that Senator constitutional limit of 10 days. & There have been several spirited debates during the three days in which the legislature was in session this last week. After a hard fight against it by Senator Walker of Georgetown, the bill passed last year by the house prohibiting the exporta tion of shad from the State was, pas sed by the senate. Doubtless the governor will be asked by the George town people to veto it, as shad tith ing is a large industry in their sec tion, the importance of which is not known to the people of the up-coun try. Senator Walker explained how the shad nets are placed in the bays and rivers low enough for the big steamers to passover them, a fact which shows that the nets do not Tillman was accidentally left off the Winthrop board because no one knew his term was out. Of course he will get back. Dr. T. A. Crawford of Rock Hill, who was elected to his place, has declined to serve. For associate justice of the supreme court to succeed Hon. C. A. Woods but one name was placed in nomina tion. Senator Brown of Darlington and Senator Stackhouse of Marion nominated Hon. C. A. Woods of Marion, who thereupon was elected for the term of eight years, his elec lion at the last session having been for the unexpired term of Associate Justice Pope, then elected Chief Justice. Mr. Woods received 15G votes. There were two vacancies to be filled on the penitentiary board, the terms of Messrs W. B. Love of York in debate, and bis mutton chop whiskers, as well as his faithful at tendance and attention to duty will be missed from the house. The other new member of the pen itentiary board is also a member of the house. As I said in my first let ter, it is almost impossible to defeat a member of the house for a position of this kind. Mr. Boykin did defeat Mr. Walker, representative from Barnwell, but Boykin had the ad vantage of having made a strong con test for the place two years ago and he is a popular fellow and hard worker. ' .f. h. CALLED HOME. keep fish from going up stream, as ; . the advocates of the bill allege. The j end W. D. Mann of Abneville having support of this measure comes from ; expired. the Pee Dee country where the peo ple claim that the shad fisheries at Georgetown keep fish from coming up the rivers. Thousands of shad are shipped from Georgetown every week during the season to northern mar kets. A long debate in the house was on the subject of farm labor contracts. There is nearly every session a bill to punish violations of these instru ments and as it is a matter which vitally and nearly affects the farmers, The names of both these gentlemen were placed in nomina tion, as were the following: J. 0. Wingo, representative from Green ville; P. T. Hollis of Chester; D. B. Peurlfoy, representative from Saluda; W. N. Brown, representative from Oconee; W. I). Kirby, representative ; from Cherokee. The vote on first I ballot stood : Wingo, 09; Peurifoy, | 60; Love, 54; Mann, 17; Hollis, IH; 'Kirby, 28; Brown, 10. There were j 153 votes cast, necessary to a choice j 77. Under the new rule forbidding Bud of the State to the Other Called from Exchanges for (Jnlck Beading by Scores of Busy 1‘eople. The cornerstone of the new court , house at Darlington was laid Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock but, owing to I the inclemency of the weather, the ! full programme was not carried out. Captain D. E. Gordon, of Lane’s, , who was stricken with paralysis on ! Sunday, January 17, died from the ! effects of the same Friday afternoon j at 4 :30 o’clock, and was buried at IIn- ! ion church on Sunday, January 24, at 12 o’clock Sheriff EHUon, of Winnsboro, ar rested a suspicious negro there Fri day, who meets pretty fully the ; printed description of Howell’s slay er. He took his prisoner to Colum bia for identification. The negro was heavily armed when arrested. It is rumored on the streets of Rock Hill that a compromise had been effected in the suit of J. B. Johnson, of that city .for his son Juli an against the Southern Railway for injuries sustained in the Fishing Creek wreck on theJJrd offSeptemher. The compromise suit is for $8,500. Suit was entered for $50 000. John S. Wilson, a young man liv- ing at Sandridge, Berkeley county, well known and thought-of through- f 0ui)f j onP 0 f our neighbors out thatcounty, was killed Thursday. j he had a pttir o( t)lur woods where Deatb of One of Cherokee'M Oldest Mini Most Highly Beapected Cltl'/.eim. Mr. Holman R. Smith, one of Cherokee’s old and most highly re spected citizens, died at his home on Blue Branch, on the 23rd instant, in his seventy-eighth year. Mr. Smith had been feeble for a long time but his last illness was only of a few days, and when he passed away he left not a single enemy, hut friends of all who were fortunate enough to know him. He was a husband and father in all that goes to make up; He was in the those terms in the highest sense, and was being cut. One large limb was a neighbor in so true a sense that he | cut and Tell, striking a second limb, was endeared to all who lived near breaking it off, the latter striking Mr. him. He had been the father of nine Wilson and killing him instantly. lilind Tlgent l.<mling Around Etta Other Local New k. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jane, Jan. 23—Mr. Pierce Y. Poole has charge of the Thompson mill and will run it this year. He will be assisted, we are told, by our good friend, Man Parris. Ablind tiger has been loafing around here somewhere and making a few mysterious drunks. The dispensary don’t do all the mischief over its own counter,but it affords wonderful facil ities for others to Jdo part of the work. It’s hard for us to believe any considerable amount of the stuff is sold in this part of Cherokee county, but some of our Cherokeens can find it wonderfully easy elsewhere. Why the dispensary officers can’t find it we are at a loss to know—unless they just don’t lock for it. Until people find out that it’s wrong to pro tect or patronize these lawbreakers as they do by refusing to tell what they know about them and their business, they will keep this trouble alive. The tiger is not so much to blame as its protector if weview it fromthe moral side of the subject. The former makes no anti respectability does We have the 1 ‘Career an 1 Character of General Micuh Jenkins, C. S A,” by John P. Thomas,in,pamphlet form. It also contains a nioture of General Jenkins which is very much like him. The Wilkinsville oil mill is now at work and doing well. Every part of the machinery, we learn, is doing its work very well. A few days ago a gentleman from the upper part of the county was pas- | sing through our neighborhood and wtio said a pair of blue copperas From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. daim to decency while the latter Saturday morning Mr. Walter F. Derrica, one of the most substantial citizens of White Rock. Lexington county, was killed by a falling limb. He and his children were sawing down a tree when it there is always a great deal of debate j votes being changed, another ballot upon it, since every legislator has his wa3 made necessary. Before the own viewsjon all matters that affect! *Poond haliot »he names of Messrs, the farmers. The object of this bill, ' Brown and Kirby were withdrawn, which was passed, is to protect the This ballot resulted: Votes cast farmers from merchants who inter- 153; necessary to a choice 77; fere with laborers in the middle of the year. The bill as amended reads: “Any laborer working on shares of crop, or for wages in money, or other vaiuabie consideration, under a ver- ; bal or written contract on farm lands, who shall receive advances, either in | money or supplies, and, thereafter, wilfully aud without just cause fail to perform the reasonable service re- | quired of him by the terms of the . said contract, shall be liable to pros- j eoution for a misdemeanor; and, |pro- vided, the prosecution shall be com menced within forty days after the alleged violation, and, on conviction, J shall be punished by imprisonment of 30 days, or to be fined in the sum of not less than $50, nor more than j $100, in the discretion of the court; provided, the verbal contract herein referred to shall be witnessed by at least two disinterested witnesses; provided, that the contract shall be valid only between the original par-j ties thereto,and any attempted trans fer or assignment of any rights there- i under shall be null and void.” Both houses have agreed to a reso lution to investigate the advisability of the State establishing a fertilizei factory. There is a different measure in each house but both contemplate' the use of the penitentiary convicts i and the working of the phosphate beds owned by the State and now leased on royalties. The passage of the resolution does not mean that the legislature has committed the State to the scheme but only that the mat ter shall be investigated. If the en terprise were undertaken it would be necessary to take the convicts from the State farms. The obj»ct of the agitation, of course, is to secure cheaper fertilizers, and the Virginia- Carolina Chemical company, the fer tilizer trust, is the target aimed at. Mr. Tribble’s hill to exempt Con federate soldiers and sailors from paying license, which had received an unfavorable report, came up for discussion In the house. Dr. Maul din moved to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Tribble explained that there is a law exempting veterans from license in the counties, but this does not ‘.apply to towns. Mr. Maul din disavowed any unfriendly spirit toward the Confederate soldiers; he was one himself, and would go as far as any other man toward helping 'them, but the bill dots not dlsoriml nate between rich and poor, and there are ex-Confedorates who are wealthy merchants. The bill was amended to meet Mr. Mauldin’s objection and was passed. There have not been a groat num ber of new bills introduced this ses sion, and many of these are local measures A very Important matter among the new bills was the presentation of I children, four of whom are living in this county; Mr. W. H. Hmith, of this city, being one of them. Mr. Smith’s remains were buried at Goucher church on Sunday at 3 p m., i where he had been a consistent mem ber for fifty-six years, and the large ; another, which broke a limb. This atteudacce of relatives, friends and fell on him, breaking his shoulder neighbors preseot, evinced the high [ and back. He lived only about three regard iu which he was held. hours after the accident. His pastor, Rev. F. C. Hickson, R . T . Johnson, of Greenville, has conducted the funeral services aud 90 | d at; private figures 40,000 acres of preached one of his strong, cbarac- virgin timber , ttnd jn 0 conee and teristic sermons, for which he is so p icken8 counties, to the Wood Lum- well known. ber company of Baltimore. A rail- interesting con-; „ B , ef ?' e * h ® fU A n T l 8erV i°w b fr U road i8 t0 be built U P tbe Keowe ® ... . , ! I’rof. \Y. .K MoArthur and Mr. VY m. r i VHr to »Fn.> tests o( the d*y was the election of a R Upeoomb addressed the c 0 r 1(;riJ .' districts, tao- Mete librarian, which followed Ihc gm a 9l(etth of the , i( “ o( nominations were: tyss - . the deceased and giving bis many good qualities as a Christian.a citizen and a man, and pointing to his many good traits and high character as worthy of emulation by those who live after him. Peace to his ashes and sympathy for the bereaved. timber breeches on. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Watson, of Hickory Grove, had a child nearly two years old to die use Wednesday | with membranous croup. It was! buried at Salem. Mr Jim Procter ^ays to te’l those I Ledger readers who pr tier that we are going to have no lain tms year that they are simply mistaken,for ho ' lodged against got a good wetting yesterday and ex pects to get many another before the year ends. ' .Vessrs. Jack Kendrick aud Deve N. Fowler were on this si' e yesterday on business. j. l. s. go 82; Peurifoy, 81; Love, 53; Hollis, 38. One of the most YV in- Mann, LaBordo of Riohland ;Miss Annie B. Dacus of Anderson; Miss Julia Tomp kins of Richland; and Mrs J. A. .Muller of Lexington. The first bal lot resulted as follows: Mins La- Borde 103; Miss Dacus, 26; Miss Tompkins, 21; Mrs. Muller, 6. One hundred and fifty-six votes were cast —76 being necessary to a choice—aud Miss LaBorde was elected on this ballot for a term of two years. Mhs LaBorde’s election brought her the congratulation of many friends. Representatiue YV. O RESULT OF WHISKEY. OruiikMi-tl iiihI'(Tvo DituKlilerH Ite >ttul Non III. Richmond, Y’a., Jan. 21.—Inability Tatum of on the part of W. B. Brown, of Gray- Orangeburg had no opposition in the 80U comit t0 ab9tttin from driDk ba8 election to the two-year term of dis- , , . , , pensary commissioner and received re8uite(i 10 ,he Poetical destruction 115 votes. 0 * his whole family, the doom of each The greatest interest in the elec- member being swift, tions of the day was taken in the race tories and tanneries are to be con structed. The Benedict Land com pany disposed of its holdings in the same locality to the Baltimore com pany. Figures in the last named deal are $125,000. A terrible accident oiourted at Nor way Thursday. The fast train from Washington to Jacksonville killed Paul Lightsey, one of the best ne groes in that place. YVhile crossing near the depot in a wagon Lightsey was struck by the engine and knock ed some distance down the track, killing him instantly. His wagon was torn to splinters and his mule disemboweled. The man was slight ly deaf and was out of sight of the southbound on account of a out. conductor and engineer were arres ted. A I’utrlot at KztJil. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Ezell, Jan. 22.—1 see in The Led ger of tho movement to raise money for the Hampton monument fund. I earnestly hope that everyone will con tribute something, for surely if there ever was a man whom South Carolina could honor and revere, it wet Wade Hampton. Can we forget what sacrifices he made in time of the war, and then in reconstruction days how he labored to save our State? Her intereot aid elevation was his highest aim and never by aught of 1 im has Soutii Carolina had cause to blush j Interestlug Items Concerning Our Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Beading; for [Hundred*, of Ledger Header* William D. Weaver, a watchman for tbe Southern Railway at a street crotsing in Greensboro, was struck by a southbound passenger train Fri day evening, receiving serious inter nal injuries. He was flagging a vehicle when the train threw him fifty feet against an embankment. K. E Eller, who is alleged to have induced a produce dealer in Raleigh to re-ship birds oat of the State, which he had carried to Raleigh, was arrested in Greensboro Friday night. He gave bond in $200 for his appear ance at Raleigh today (Tuesday). Two hundred more birds were seized there Friday night. Friday morning about I :10 o’clock there was a small sized wreck at Efiaud. near Durham, in which train No. 112 was delayed several hours. A wheel on a box car of train No. 184 was bursted and caused a cur to be come derailed which blocked tho track for several hours. Train No. 112 was held up for several hours. A hold attempt was made to wreck the Florida special. No. 29, at the north end of the yards in Greensboro Thursday night. Some party or par ties, unknown, placed two large new’ crossties directly across the track of the main line, which were discovered by a colored fireman of one of the in dustrial plants of the city, who was going home after finishing his day’s work. Will Adams, charged with the mur der of the negro w man, Bridgers, and her two you* c r iron, was cap tured early Satu;u^>. iio was locat ed in his home and made a desperate resistance. A posse fired into tbe windows and were beginning to break into the house when Adams surren dered. He was taken to Raleigh 8at- urday afternoon. It is reported he lias made a partial confession, ac knowledging the crime. There was a bad freight wreck at Uooleemee, on the Mocksville-Moores- ville road Friday afternoon. It was the southbound through freight which left YVinston-Salem at 1:15. The engine jumped the track and turned over. Engineer Carl Armfield escaped injury by jumping. Capt. Harry Fayson was in charge of tbe train. Several freight cars were de railed and badly damaged. The track was torn up for some distance. In a decision in tbe Superior Court handed down in Raleigh by Judge Brown YVednesday, it is decided that what is known as the “anti-jug law,’* passed by the last Legislature under four coun ties, really applies to eveiy county in the State which has prohibitive liquor for the office of chairman of the board of dispensary directors. The nominees were H. H. Evans of Newberry, presented by Mr. Kibler, seconded by Mr. Colcock, and |J. A. McDermott of Horry, nominated by Mr. Jeremiah Smith, seconded by Mr. D. D. McColl. Of the 155 votes cast Evans received 99 and McDer mott 56. The next race attracted much in terest, the election of two members of the liquor board. There were four candidates, and tbe running was neck and neck, particularly for the second place. There were 154 votes cast, 78 being necessary to a choice. Of this number Jno Bell Towilljof Lexington received 95; L. YV. Boykin of Kershaw received 81 ; Joseph B Wylie of Ohester received 70, and R. H. Walker of Barnwell received 62. The most Interesting phase of the election is the retirement of Mr. L. J. YVilliams from the dispensary Brown lived in the little town of Fries on the Norfolk ifc YY’estern rail road. Several days ago one of his daughters was taken suddenl) ill with a fever which has proved very deadly in that locality. Whiskey was prescribed for her, and her father started for it. Ho obtained a large bottle, but on his way home the de sire for drink overcame him aud he indulged copiously, becoming intox icated. His son, who had been sent to look for the father, met him on tbe road. The latter was in a savage, dangerous mood, and attacked his son with a knife, inflicting terrible wounds. When the news of the tragedy reached the man’s home, his daugh ter who was not sick became violent ly insane and died in a short time. Five hours later her ill sister also died. Brown himself and his wife fell victims to the fever and the man died in 12 hours. His wife is so ill board, of which lie has for four years from tho effect of the fever and from been tho chairman, and a member grief that there Is little chance of her ever since the present system of man- recovery. agement was Instituted. Mr, YVil- — Bums is from Edgefield and will be a candidate for congress in his distrief this sammer. He is about the shrewdest man In 8outh CuroBna politics today—always cool, never rattled, intelligent, a good judge of human rature and possessed of the' happy faculty of knowing when to talk and when to keep quiet. The financial success of the dispensary is undoubtely largely due to Mr. YVil- Bams. His successor as chairman of the hoard is the justly celebrated “Huh” Evans, who Is tho friend of every body. He has been on the board for four years. The other members sre Mr. John Bell |Towill, the youthful editor-legislator from Lexington, and Darlington county shows the bal ance of tbe State what can be done. Mr. E. McC Williamson, of Darling ton, Thursday turned over to Col. Marshall one thousand good dollars, as Darlington s voluntary contribu tion to the Hampton monument fund. Mr. Williamson reported that there was no begging in Darlington, but that tbe people were simply given the opportunity of contributing to the Hampton fund, and that the thou sand dollars was readily raised. The money is not raised on paper, either, but is actually iu bank. What Dar- Bouton can do, any other county forfhatue. Can we forget wh, n his , a Utle which riaraed on , home was iu ashes, and wht . his frier Is wanted to compensiiti him for his past services? ho had the | lttW8> It prohibits the shipping by courage (and heroic courage it was, jjq Uor dealers in the State to prohibi- for there was honor as well as com tion territory in the 8tate and wil | The P eDriti Uon in what they offered him), apply to fifty or more counties. The to refuse? His answer ought to be i ca8e ha8 been appealed, engraved in every heart, ”1 only did T ., u . . ... my daty.” I thank God *e have bad „ !“ “■? Charlotte »uob a mao as Wade Hampton, ol Friday tbe ,ory in the oases ol Me whom we can say “Here is a man in whom was found no guile.” Surely South Carolina will honor him, for in honoring him she will honor herself. South Carolina’* Herord of Crime. H'oluniltiu Special to SpurtanbiirK Herald. I The attorney-general has completed the compilation of the criminal sta tistics of the State comparing the number of crimes of each succeeding year with the one previous from 1888 to and including 1903. The com- l.ocal Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good middling 14.60 Middling 14.37J Killed, There is not an ache or pain that ;an bo reached externally that cannot be "Killed” in a few minutes by the use of Elliott’s Emulsified Oil Lini ment. Rub it on the affected part and the pain will hood disappear. Full 1-2 pint bottle, 25 cents. Gaffney Drug Co. —The Gaffney Drug Go’s. Laxative Cold Tablets relieve that chilly feel ing and headache that you have when you are taking a fresh cold. with its patriotism ought to dupli cate. The people of Walterboro have been shocked by the perpetration of a das turdly deed which was brought to light Thursday morning. In the back yard of Mr. 1). B. Block of that place the body of an infant was discovered by the cook. Upon investigation it was found,that it had been concealed under the front piazza, from which place it had been dragged by a dog and horribly mutilated. The dog had eaten its head and upper body. It was indeed a ghastly find. Upon in vestigation by a conoror’s jury, em- pannelled by Magistrate Bryan, it was found to be a fully developed in fant, from the testimony of Dr. YV. 0. Ackerman, and it had been dead for two or throe days. Every one is very much wrought up over this affair and the town oouncll have offered $100 re ward for testimony leading to convict the party or parties guilty of the per petration of this heinous crime. This reward has been supplemented by a reward of $25 offered by Mr. D. H. Block. —Duncan Clark’s is the 1 jt aud largest burlesque and vaudeville com pany traveling. parison is not encouraging, and in deed in some respects it is a showing that must give all law-abiding citi zens cause for serious concern over the seemingly increasing tendency to lawlessness. The crime of murder shows an awful record,there being 222 cases of manslaugnter reported for 1903. This record was exceeded in 1897 when there were 225. In 1900 there were the same number. Mr. Gunter is preparing a compartative table as to manslaughter in other States, and the deplorable fact has developed that we lead. In North Carolina last year there were 91 such cases and they thought that a fearful record. The Central Hotel in Charlotte caught fire at 1:45 o’clock Saturday morning, but the flames were extin guished iu a few minutes, without any material damage being done. — The Gaffney Drug Co. will cheer fully refund your money for every bottle of Nature’s Cough Remedy that doesn’t come up to the guaran tee. Graw and YY’hite against the South ern Railway Company for $2,lKX» damages each repor f ed that they had failed to agree, and Judge McNeill ordered a mistrial. This case was be gun YVednesday, and was given to the jury Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock The mistrial was ordered at noon Friday, the jury standing 10 for damages for the plaintiff and two holding out for the defendant com pany. G E. Nicholson, of Cumberland 30unty, tendered Saturday afternoon a check for $255 in payment of a horse belonging to J. C. Cochrane A Brothers, livery men, of Charlotte. While Mr. YY’illiam G. Ross, the manager of tho stable, wont around tos-'eif the check was good, Nicol- son jumped on the horse und rode rapidly away. Mr. Cochrane and friends, including officers,went in hot pursuit, but so far have not arrested either the man or the horse. Nichol son is a good looking yonnr fellow, about 24 years of age. Louiaburg, in Franklin county, had a $15 000 fire Friday morning. About 3 o’clock a restaurant in the base ment of the Ponton building on Court street caught fire and this building, together with the two adjoining buildings, was burned The Ponton building was used as a clothing store by Deitz A Culmentrltz aud a meat storage by Hwift A Co. The Aycock building contained a restaurant and barber shop, while the Clifton build ing had three mercantile stocks and two barber shops. The total insur ance is $8 000, well divided among all the losers, except that there was none on Ayoock’s building. — Fhe press everywhere speak in —Laxative Cold Tablets are quick praise of Duncan Clark’s Company. re n e ( | or a cold in the head. Gaff- The specialties are all first class. Dey i) ra g q 0