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mm 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 alt that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1894 GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1904. $1.00 A year; q OUR LAW MAKERS AT STATE CAPITAL. — ^[any Measures Disposed of Last Week. A THOUSAND MORE BILLS. lloMt*. Iliitl Kece.s SrtturdHjr on Account of galeaditjr—Very Few of the Many Kill, will be Fa.ieU Upon thin Scion Memorial Hxerci.e. Tbur.tl.ty. . lOorresDondence of The Uedicer* CoLTTMltlA, Feb 1.—The legislature hae takeu auorher recess—this ti.ne on account ot salesday, adjourning Saturday until Tuesday While there have been a good many measures disposed of this last week there are stili about 1 000 bills on the house calendar. Very few of these will be passed during the next three weeks of the session and many of them are merely campaign material •for use next summer. One of the surprising results of last week was thenfusal of the house to accept any of the measurr-s looking towards relieving the congested condition, of the courts. This matter was last session referred to a special commit tee of one lawyer from eajb circuit, and this committee reported a bill creating two new circuits. Tnere was a similar bill alsoon the calendar and both were considered at the same time, together with one introduced by Mr. DeBruhi proposing a new ar rangement of the courts. Mr. De* Bruhi’a idea is to separate the tivii and criminal courts, providir g eigut circuits of the courts of common pleas as now, and four for the general sessions. He contends that the pres ent system is unconstitutional and that the judges and solicitors are holding two offices when they con duct both the common pleas and gen eral sessions courts. The lawyers were divided upon ine validity of Mr. . DeBruhi’s position and they could not agree upon any of the measures V before the house. Having also killed the bil 1 to repeal the statute provid ing for special judges, the prospect now is that the court situation will remain untouched at this session, and if the people want relief they have to demand it in the summer campaign. There is a bill pending in the senate similar to Mr. DeBruhi’s which is fathered by Senator Mclver, the son Of kho late Chief Justice Mclver. It il barely possible that this may get through both bouses. The only other measure of the week which is attracting attention conspicuously was Mr. Herbert’s bill to provide 124 additional scholar ships in Clemson College. The bill originally stipulated that these scholarships should be confined to tbe agricultural department, the ob ject being to increase the attendance upon that department, but after a long fight it was so amended as to in clude tbe mechanical department al so,and in that form passed the house. This bill gave the opportunity of quite a general discussion of Clemeon college and tbe fact was brought out that very few of tbe students are tak ing the agricultural courses The bill has not yet been considered in the , senate. Tbe bill introduced b$ Mr. Morgan to place telephone companies under tbe control of tbe railroad commis sion has been amended beyond re cognition and its passage through both houses is now very doubtful on that account. This is a favorite method of killing bills. Their op ponents knowing that it is impossi ble to kill them by a direct fight seek to insert amendments which will make the measure unacceptable even to the originators thereof, and thus succeed in bringing about their re jection. The telephone business in this Btate is gradually getting into tbe bands of the Bell monopoly and the framer of this measure doubtless intended to meet this situation. Tbe corporations are usually bit very frequently by all kinds of bills in the session preceding an election, but there have not been so far very many antagonistic measures. The special commission appointed to de vise some means of incieasing the State's revenue has reported in favor of placing a small commission tax on corporations in addition to the tux which they may pay upon their property. While this is the only measure proposed for increasing the revenue and there are no propositions looking to a decrease in the appro priations, this bill is by no means sure of passage. Mr. Moses, it should be mentioned has introduced a bill levying a tax on inheritances, and while this is in lice with other Brutes 4 it would not bring in a great deal of money to Booth Carolina, where large fortunes are by no means numerous □or undivided. Tbe legislators have been visited this week by a delegation from the Dillon section in behalf of the new county seat. Dillon, which is in Marion conuty, has for some years been desirous of becoming a county •sat, and Its people charge that In tbe two elections already held the new county schema has been defeat 1 ed by fraud. Senator JStackhonse of Marion has introduced a bill to change the constitution so as to mak(- the required distance of a new county ! line from an old courthouse ten miles i instead of eight This proposition is looked upoa as a scheme to defeat tbe Dillon project, which would be its effect if that is not Its purpose The senate has not acted upon this resolution and when it does come up there will bo a hard fight. There is an unfavorable Report on|the resolu tion. The senate has accepted Senator Warren’s resolution for a commission to inspect the phosphate deposits This is a preliminary measure to the establishment of a State fertilizer factory but its passage does not indi cate the sentiment of the senate upon tbe main proposition. The work of the senate so far has not been spectacular nor even inter esting to the general public. Its ses sions eacb day hive been short and devoted almost exclusively to the consideration of minor and local measures. There is never much de hate in this body and the conditions are very different from those existing in the house, where it is talk all the time. It ought to be possible for both houses to transact a great deal of business in the next three weeks, as the committees have had amble time to consider all measures and put them in shape for consideration by the larger bodies Thursday there will be held memorial exercise* in honor of the late Mr. John McMaster 1 of Richland county, who died during! the last year while a member of the house. J. H. THE PALMETTO STATE. Items of Interest of Passing Events. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN LOWER CHEROKEE From Our Correspondent at Etta Jane. ALL OVER THE STATE. PERSONALS AND LOCALS. THINGS THEATRICAL. The Urc»t Georgia Mlnittrel*. The King of Fuu-Mukliig. Minstrel lovers will be pleased to hear of the coming of the original Billy Kersands and his own big Geor gia Minstrel Company, at the Star Theat-re Thursday night. There will be a grand street parade at noon. The Times Shreveport, La., of Oc tober 18th, says : ‘‘An audience tnat crowded the Grand Opera House from gallery to parquette, greeted Billy Kersands’ minstrels last night. Those who attended the performance were more than repaid for their trouble, for this aggregation is un questionably the best equipped negro minstrel organization mat has ever visted Shreveport. Somehow or other, tbe name of Billy K-rsands seems one to conjure with. The big mouthed minstrel has been on the American stage for many years and each suc ceeding year seems to add to his pop ularity. Kersands has surrounded himself with a company of men of rare ability, evidently selecting tbe best material afforded by the negro minstrelsy of this country. Tbe show is admirably staged and tbe costumes a decided improvement over tbe conventional variety. Kersands himself is tbe centre of attraction. He is as mirth- provoking and fun-loving as ever and bis work last night was enthusiasti cally applauded. Tbe first part of the performance is especially praise worthy. Kersands has some excel lent balladists and tbe soogs sung are new and catchy. No improvements on the specialties could be suggested. There is a total absence of suggestiveness in tbe num bers succeeding the first part and all of the performers are first-class. The work of Craig, the contortionist, is worthy of special mention. He is an acrobat of rare ability and contrib utes materially to the success of tbe performance. Altogether the Ker sands minstrels deserve the patronage of those who take an interest in this class of amusement and they will un doubtedly get D throughout the sea son.” CHEROKEE DRUG CO. SUC CESSFUL. Induced Ur. Howard Compituy to Make Special Trice. After a great deal of effort and cor respondence. the Cherokee Drug Co , the popular druggists, have succeed ed in getting the Dr. Howard Co. to make a special half-price introductory offer on the regular fifty cent size of their celebrated soecifio for the cure of sonstipation and dyspepsia. Dr. Howard’s specific has been so remarkably successful in curing con stipation, dyspepsia and all liver troubles, that the Cherokee Drug Co. are willing to return the price paid in every case where it does not give relief. So great is the demand for this specific, that the Cheiokee Drug Co have been able to secure only a limited supply, and every one who is troubled with dyspepsia, constipation or liver trouble should caL upon them at once, or send 25 cents, and get sixty doses of the best medicine ever made, on this special half price offer, with their personal guarantee to re fund the money if it does not cure. Killed. There is not an ache or pain chat ;an be 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 tbe pain will soon disappear. Full 1 2 pint bottle, 25 cents. Gaffney Drug Co. Kventa that Have Taken Place from One Knd of the State to the Other Called from KxchaiigeH for Qnlck Reading by Scores of Hnsy People. W T. Mathias, who resides with his family at Hurleyville, was arrest ed there Saturday night by the police and lock-d up for attempting to hoist i himself out of this vale of tears via the knife route He tried to cut his throat, but did not succeed in dam aging it seriously. The petition for reduction of bail in the caae of John Hayes, in jail in Columbia, charged with pickpocket ing, which was refused by tbe su preme court has been granted by Magistrates Moorman and McMas- t.er, of that city, and he has been re leased ou a $500 cash bond put uo by a young woman who said she came ir on New Yolk abd that she was ms sister. In an altercation Saturday night at the Columbia Engine House No 8, in Columbia. Fireman He} wood Hooper was seriously but not fatally cut by Fireman Jim O.uey. The quarrel occurred over a dispute of the small est nature and up to the time the men had been on friendly terms. Olney, it is said, wa? becoming und*-r the influence .'-pi whiskey, a. raged, pulled out his pocket knife and.,./8fashed Hooper about tbe right arm and side of the head. S.renuous efforts are being made to secure the release of James Polk, the young white man who was arrested in Columbia during fair week charged with stealing Irom the person of Dr. 1 M. Hair, of Union, a $200 dimoml pin. Solicitor Thurmond, while ai home in Edgefield last week, was ap proached by tbe boy’s mother, woo had with her, it is said, the written consent to have the prosecution drop ped. The mother of Polk wrote a vi/ry touching letter to the solicitoi in which she told of the death o( Po k’s sister in the Iroquois theatre fire in Chicago. Pardons have been granted Joe Rathell, of Oconee, convicted in 1903 of burglary and given a sentence oi five years; C. H. Calder, convicted in 1903 in Horry of hog stealing and sentenced to 12 months on the chain gang; Geo. A Blanchard, convicted m 19o3 of manslaughter and senten ced to two years in the penitentiary ; Eddie Sanders, convicted in a peit> offense and pardoned in order tnat he- might testify in another case, and Juo. L. Matthews, convicted in Wil liamsburg of violation ot tbe dispen sary law. The case last named was a commutation, the original sentence of $100 being reduced to $50. Governor Heyward, like governors who preceded him, Das refused to pardon Robert T. Jones, who is in tbe penitentiary for life, sentenced for killing the Presslev family in Edge- field couity in 1887. Every governor since the sentence was imposed has had applications for pardons submit ted to him and the statements of tbe solicitor and judges who tried the case and jurors who heard the case have been used in the petitions to the governor None such have ever xe- commended the oardon, but petitions witbout number have come in from others. One of the most notable ap peals for this pardon comes from the governor of Georgia to tbe present governor of South Carolina. An Associated Press disnatch to The Charleston Evening Post from New York Saturday said: ‘ Robert DuPont Cater, of Charleston, S C., son of Julius M. Cater and grand nephew of Gen. Francis Marion, of ■revolutionary fame, is dead in this city from pneumonia. An effort was made to perform a marriage cere mony in the hospital between the young man and his .second cousin, Miss Anna Cater, an art student, but before the minister had gone far the groom tainted. Oxygen was used and every effort was made to restore the dying man so that h's last wish could be gratified, hut he sank rapid ly, and died in a few tiours. His body will be shipped to Charleston.” Several burglaries were committed at l immonsville Thursday night. The thieves first entered the residence of M r Eugene Hallford on Market street at about 7 o’clock. They were seen and frightened off before they had secured very much. Later in the night they entered the largo store of the John McSween company. There the extent of their depredatior s could not, be ascertained. The clothln ' de partment had been visited but it was impossible to tell just how much was taken. In order to show their bold ri*8H they visited the residence of Magistrate G. vV. Watkins and re lieved the judge of several articles of wearing appear). Every effort ha- been made by tbe local police to locate the parties or goods, but as yet the guilty ones are still at large. ; '■ lutert-Htlng ParaKraphft and liecent Hap- penlngH In Lower Section of tlie County Gathered Up by Onr Itegular Correspon dent for Iteuelit of Ledger Headers. ACorrespondence of The Ledger.* Etta Jane, Jan. 30.—Congressman D. E. Fiuiey has sent a lot of garden seeds from the Agriculture Depart ment to the patrons of this office, for which he ha- their thanks. We don’t suppose there is a mure vigilant representative in congress than Mr. Fiuiey is, or one who takes a greater pride in serving bis constituents Mr. P. Y. Poole has charge of the Thomson Mill and expects to run it this year. It is not to be expected that cotton will ever be as cheap again as it has been in former years. Farm labor is so scarce the farmers just can’t raise it. A great deal of fuss is being made about our road machinery and the work being clone on the public roads, but those who have much hauling to do over these macadamized roads for the rest of the winter will not join in condemning the roao machinery or its ork. A0? n rding to some people, next Tuesday ^- b * 2 ) ‘ groundhog day,” and if that au,i2t'l comes out of his den and sees his shadow ho goes back and will remain until ‘vile spring opens, but if he dosen’t see his shadow he will remain out, as wifil-er is broken. Mr Mike Sellers and Mr. Reuben Jenkins always called Feb. 3ul groundhog day. The Wi'kinsville oil mill has gone to businejs right. Some of our peo ple have gone to see it work and some who have seen it say they don’t think they will ever want to eat any more bought lard. From n'-w on wo will bo likely to have bad roads and plenty of mud. Up to this time of year we have never seen roads so good, in fact Cherokee county roads are better on an average than any county in the State we know anything'of. There are several places yet which need repairing, but the rest is very creditable to those who have had this work in charge. Rev. W. H. White will preach at Salem next Sabbath, Feb. 7tb. Mr. Vernon Procter carries tbe mail from this place to Sarratts. Last Thursday morning we found the ground covered with snow when we awoke, and since then travel has been nearly suspnnded unless it is a compulsion. Rabbit bunting has been a very popular sport with the boys since tbe snow. Willie Blackwell has gone with bis fox bounds trying to get up a race in tbe upper part of the county. He has with him,we learn, some of the Gaffney boys who will doubtless en joy it Lookout, Reynard. Farmers have been complaining of bad stands of wheat. The ground has been dry since it has been sown and it has never come up yet. Several of our people sold their cot ton at Hickory Grove this week for 15 cents. Why is it that places re mote from factories can give as good or better prices than the manufac turers can give right at tbelr places of business is something we cbn’t under stand, but with the cotton problem it seems that supply and demand have nothing to do with the market, neither are cause and effect any longer factors in its solution. Mesdames Mary Estes ana Mamie Strain are still sick—and pretty bad off We don’t take any part in tbe old sayings that are brought uown to us by our predecessors. Nearly everybody has a cold and some people are right sick with it. Dr. L R. Black has been right bad uff himself with it. There have been several changes among the farm hands this year. There are some casts of whooping cough in this neighborhood. Our thanks are due Miss Emily Bankhead and Mrs. S L Estes for some fine potatoes which we, us and family enjoyed very much. There has been some sickness, we understand, among the cows in this vicinity. We are gisd to know that the Gow- dysville school is now getting {along all right. They have had some trou ble in agreeing upon a teacher, but we understand they are all right now. With much profit and pleasure, we have read General John B Gordon’s ‘‘Reminiscences of the Civil War.” Those who knew General Gordon, or have ever heard him lecture, will find many of the Incidents he related re produced in this book. It is truly exciting to follow such a writer or speakerjtbroughthe lucid accounts he. gives of bis battle scenes. As a writer he was no less Interesting than aa a speaker. Of his book there is no I part of it more interesting than another. Sometimes the reader is convulsed with laughter, sometimes; Struck with awe and then again the tears will ‘ unbidden flow.” It is laughable to hear him tell about be ng wounded at Shurpsborg. This he told In his first lecture at Gaffney — Mrs. Gordr n was with him all the time, or at least, near by where she could be readv to uesi-t him in easel he needed her helo. She came to him after h? was carried from tbe field of aharpsburg wounded in five different places, one of which made the fright- i fu) gash on his face. speaking of this, General Gordon j THROUGHOUT THE TAR NEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. she would be greatly shocked. As she reached the door and looked. I saw at once I must reassure her. Summoning all my strength, 1 said Here’s your handsome (7) husband; been to an Irish wedding.’ Her answer was a suppressed scream, whether from anguish or relief at finding me *ble to speak, I do not know Thence forward, for tbe perio 1 in which my life hung in the balance, she eat at my bedside,tr\ ing to supply IntereKtlng ItemH Concerning Onr Neigh bors Rleyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reacting; for .Hundreds of Ledger Readers Dr. J. W. Jones, one of the most e, died at Tarboro Thursday at the resi dence of his son, Paul Jones. Dr. Jones was 73 years old. Afire alarm at 3 o’clock Sunday morning called the department to the Southern :depot in Charlotte, where fire had broken out in the kitchen of Gresham's restaurant, which is in a oortion of the depot building. The flames were making good headway when the firemen arrived, hut were knew i soon subdued. The lose was not large. Isays: '‘Mrs Gordon was soon with .me When it Was known that the ' promineDt phy8ician8 of the 8tat ! battle was on, she had at once siarted toward tbe front. The ' doctorseru were doubtful about the propriety oi admitting her ! to my room, but I told them to let! her come I was more apprehensive of the effect of the meeting upon her nerves than upon mine. My face was black and shapeless—so swollen that one eye was entirely hidden and the o’-her nearly so My right leg and left arm and shoulder were bandaged and propped with pillows. I At the preliminary trial of C. F. Lewis, of Reidsville, who was arrest ed on a warrant sworn out by Game j Warden Parish, for shipping birds I out of the State and in violation of | the Audubon bird law, the evidence i was Sufficient for the mayor to bind Lewis over in a bond of $50 for his appearance at the February term of Rockingham Superior Court. A large amount of tobajeo was sold concentrated nourishment to sustain on ^ ie Durham market Friday and ! Saturday. Sales were blocked Satur- me against the constant drainage. My own confidence in ultimate re day for the first time since the open- covery,however, was never shaken un-, P ret = er, t tobacco season. Some 70,000 pounds of the weed were left on tbe floor of one warehouse and was sold Saturday morning. The prices are such as to please most of the farmers. The grades were not ex tra fine and for that reason there were no fancy prices but the average was above the past few months. ••• I^was drunk and didn’t know what I was ridtotf.-” Tbi- ’ ne excuse given by G. N^ Njcnuisou, of Fayette ville. who ran away a $250 horse belonging to J. C. CodilF^j-* A Broth er of Charlotte and was i&feBid at Pineville. Immediately after appearance of Nicholson on the horse Mr William G Ross, manager of the livery stable, began ’phoning in va rious directions, with a view to se curing the arrest of Nicholson and the recovery of tbe horse. The horse was secrued. Conductor Charles Fisher, of the Asheville Street Railway Company, received news Thursday afternoon to the effect thac his cousin, Martin Fisher, and two men named Bill Deal and Joe Towerly had been killed Tuesday evening in the Sooth Moun tains section of Burke Connty. Ac cording to information received by Conductor Fisher, a number of men became involved in a row, when Ju lius Fisher killed his uncle, Marion Fisher; York Fisher killed Bill Deal, and a man named Ed Hunt killed Joe Towerly. Particulars regarding the affair are meagre, and it is not known how the row started, or whether any of the participants in tbe killing have been arrested. Petitions to Governor Aycock both for and against a commutation to life imprisonment of the sentence of Ja- bel Register, comderaned to be hanged for the murder of Jim Staley and Jesse Sales, at Whiteville, Feb ruary 25th, are being circulated in Columbus and one of the number has found its way down to WilmiLgton, where the Register family is quite well known. The theory is now ad vanced that young Register is not of sound mind and it is said that the onl/ reason that plea was not entered at the trial was that the man made such an excellent witness, the wisdom of such a plea was questioned. One of the petitions in Register’s behalf is being circulated by his sister, an attractive young woman whose de votion to her brother is beautiful. A heinous crime has just been reported from the Golden Valley sec tion, of Rutherford county. Cardie Turner, who figured so conspicuously in a like crime in the same neighbor hood just one year ago,is again re ported to have given birth to a child and killed it last week. From parties who live there it is learned that Car die Turner, some time ago gave birth to a child and soon afterwards the child, was missing and tbe neighbors began to suspect foul play, and they began to search for tbe child and It was found concealed in a harrel lo the flower-pit on the premises where this Turner girl was living. The mur der was committed by tieing a nap kin around its neck so iight as to stop it from breathing, thus causing death by strangulation. This same woman has been accused of killing four or five of her offspring. Deputy Sheriff Ed. Tanner returned to Ruth- erfordton Wednesday with Cardie Turner and she is now behind the bars. Ore-mo-la is an ideal remedy for chapped fa^es, hands and lips. Ex cellent for shaving. 10c for a large box. Tbe Gaffney Drug Co. LiljJerysipelaB, that deadly-foe of the wounded, attacked mv left *nn. The doctors told Mrs. Gordon to paint my arm above the wound three or four times a day with iodine. She obeyed j the doctors by painting it, I think, ‘three or four hundred times a day. Under God’s providence, 1 owe my life to' -i+Z -"yiLv'tui'.t.rSS night an I day, and to her tender nursing through weary weeks and anxious months ” From those we have seen and talk ed to, tbe people are not very enthu siastic over the Hampton monument —not us much so as we thought they would be. When a farmer spends money now it’s for something he is obliged to have. 3. t.. a. The World i» Our Field. Merely to give our readers an idea of the extent of our business we are pleased to say that we have now in our office two jobs from Missouri and one from Buffalo, New York. We re cently made a shipment of job work to Kansas. We have done printing from people in New York State, Pennsylvania, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Kansas, and other states. We have numerous unsolicited testimonials as to tbe quality of our work and oar prompt ness in executing the same. Our constantly increasing business is a sufficient guarantee that onr prices are right.) When in need of job print ing send The Ledger yonr orders. Local Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good middling 16.25 Middling 16.00 General Reyes might find some thing interesting in the history of Agoncillo, who came to this country once as the representative of Agui- naldo. Ancient and Modern Advice About How to Acquire Wealth. The ancient sages’ ‘‘sure road to wealth” was “be temperate in all things, be economical always.” Mod ern life, with its “rush methods” in business requires that ‘ keep healthy” be added to the old adage. Everybody knows how to be tem perate and most people bow to be economical, but few know how to keep perfectly healthy. Over eating, irregular habits, neglect etc., derange the stomach, liver, and bowels, caus ing indigestion, torpid liver, consti pation, etc. Rydale’s Tablets are na ture’s beet ally when such conditions exist. Tbe Stomach Tablets will di gest your food, strengthen your di gestive organs and cure your indiges tion. The Liver Tablets will arouse your liver, stimulate your)bowels and es tablish a regular, healthy habit. Ry dale’s Tablets insure good health. Gaffney Drug Oo. Do you patronize The Gaffney Drug Co.? If you are looking for fresji. pure drugs, polite treatment and rei sonahle prices, it will pay you to do so. Nature’s Cough Remedy is the cough medicine that, you get free if it doesn’t cure. Prepared and guar anteed by The Gaffney Drug Co. —All America Khn*-H—best on the market; worth $3 50 to $1.00 now $2 90 at Carroll. Carnenter <k Byers. —All the latest styles in Men’s and Women’s Shoes at Carroll, Carpenter <& Byers.