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THE LARGEST Circulation of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The EDGER. SEMI-WEEFLY—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, FEBRUARY 9, 1904. $1.00 A YEAR. 2 OUR UW MAKERS AT STATE CAPITAL, The Forty Days Limit is Now Drawing Near. which dis- NIGHT SESSIONS HELD. liou.eH are Uettlni; Down to ItuitiiieNM {tight an the Knd Draws >ear, and S*.hh1oh* are Being Held Almoitt Every Night—Ad journment Expected in Two Weeks. •Correspondence of The Ledger.) Columbia, Feb. 8.—When the legislature goes to holding night ses sions it is evidence thpt that body has got down to busines, and when the appropriation bill comes in one may learn that the 40 days’ limit of the session is drawing near. This last week has seen a session □early every night, and the appro priation bill has been presented. So an adjournment may be looked for within two weeks—say on Feb. 20th. So far the only important bill ratified is the biennial sessionsjconstitutional amendment, and as Gov. Heyward recommended it no veto mav be ex pected. Each house has done a lot of hard work last week, and the re sults will be soou known. Debate has not been unusual in either house or senate, but little time has been wasted in talk. Oratory is not the forte of this legislature. THK TAX BILLS. By a vote of 89 to 18 the house passed the first of the revenue bills submitted by the tax commission ap pointed by the legislature last year to find some measures to relieve the State from its financial stringencies which have become annoying of late years. The bill referred to is the franchise tax measure introduced by Mr. Moses. The result of the discus sion was evident from the beginning, hue regardless of the overwhelming majority opposed to him. Mr. Bomar made a strong fight against the bill. His argument o the constitutional phase was very clear. The oresent- ation of the case by Mr. Moses, and later by W. J. Johnson, was very con vincing that the pace has been eet by other States, and that the revenue to be obtained by South Carolina will be in excess of the annual deficit of the last three or four years. The bill provides for a tax of three mills on the gross receipts of the fol lowing corporations, to be paid be fore the first of June of each year: Any railroad company, express com pany, navigation company, water works company, power company, light company, telephone or tele graph company, parlor, dining and sleeping car company. Upon companies which are not public utilities—such as cotton mills, banks, oil mills, and tuch institut ions chartered by the State—the tax is to be one-half of one mill on the capital stock. With the other con cerns the assessment is on the gross receipts, with the companies not public utilities the payment of the franchise tax must be made before the first day of April, and with the public utilities the tax of three mills on the gross receipts of the preced ing year is to be paid before the first of June, the time of |tbe year when the State is most in need of “ready cash.” • On the motion to strike out the en acting words the vote was, yeas 18, nays 89. The only ones who voted in opposition were Messrs. Black, Bo mar, Brown, Doar, Dorroh, Doyle. Hendrix, Lancaster, Lesesne, Mahaf- fey, Mauldin, Morgan, Pearman, Peurlfy, Potts, Siokler, Walker, Youmaus. There were 17 absentees. The house agreed to the committee amendments making this tax apply to stock “paid in” and not to stock subscribed. She following amend ments were voted down: By Mr. Pollock, to exempt electric light and water plants owned by towns and cities. By Mr. William*, to let mutual building and loan companies out with an annual fee of $10. By Mr. Bomar, to exempt non-con vertible preferred stock, which be vainly tried to show is a debt and not an asset. One of the tax commissioners’ bills was killed in the house. It is a bill to amend the bill in reference to the State board of assessors. The bill provided for one board to consist of comptroller general and of eight lay members, one from each judicial cir cuit. This would have taken the place of three boards—the assessors of real estate and personal property, the aasessore|of railroad property, and the assessors of mill property. An added responsibility would have been the assessing of banking institutions as cotton mills are now assessed. The objection to the bill as set forth by Mr. Rainsford is that it de prives saoh county of representation on this semi-judicial board. Mr Thomas and Mr. Fraser made strong arguments to show that this would be better, but the bouse voted the bill down by a majority oosed of it entirely. LIljUOK BILLS. Two important liquor bills were presented in the house. One of these came in the nature of a committee report. Mr. Peurifoy had introduced a bill permitting the people of a com munity or of a county to vote a dis pensary or dispensaries out of a com munity. The committee on dispen sary, through Mr. Tatam as chair- min, brought in a substitute bill, which is Mr. Peurifoy’s, with the added provision that in counties in which there are no dispensaries and in counties voting the dispensaries out there shall be a tax of one-half of one mill to pay the cost of the con stabulary in enforcing the law. .A prominent legislator stated that Nle substitute bad been prepared by Mr. L. J. Williams, chairman of the board of directors. The otner liquor bill was intro duced by Mr. Hinton, of Pickens, and provided for a tax of ten cents on every gallon of liquor manufactured or sold within the State, and one cent on every gallon of beer. Mr. Holman introduced a bill to cut down the limits of distance of distilleries from churches and school bouses to one and one-half miles instead of two as at present. Under Mr. Kendrick’s bill the revenue is to go to building roads. The friends of Clemson college got together in the house and killed Mr. De s champ’s bill providing for experi mental stations in the several coun ties in the State. The bill has many good features and might accomplish much good in the State, but it was thought to be foreign to the best in terests of Clemson, and was recom mitted on third reading after having passed second reading in the house without a word of protest the day be fore. The recent proposed legislation af fecting Clemeon apparently has wor ried the management of the institu tion very much and on the floor of the house in the last two days have been seen the president of the board, Col. R. W. Simpson, of Pendleten, and the following members: Col. D. K. Norris, Mr. J. E. Tindall, of Clar endon, and Col. M. L. Donaldson, of Greenville, who have expressed thejr fear at the outcome if some of the bills should be passed. The house of representatives passed Mr. King’s bill to require riders of bicycles or automobiles to get down or get permission before passing a conveyance; Mr. Richard’s bill to in crease tue value of each scholarship at Winthrop from $44 to $100; Mr. Kibler’s bill to provide for the office of insurance commissioner, and Mr. Mauldin’s bill to repeal the law which drove the Southeastern Tariff Asso ciation out of the State. This rtpeal is conditioned upon certain require ments. HITTING THE SOUTHERN. There was an interesting and im portant discuBsion over the bill in the senate, introduced by Senator May- field, to require the attorney general to enter suit to test the constitution ality of the lease of the South Caro lina and Georgia railroad by the Southern railroad. The bill was in tended, so the author explained, to { bring an end to constant suits to test; the constitutionality of leases of rail roads by others. Under the present law whoever brings a suit on the con stitutionality question is given half the ptnalty which may be imposed. The bill intends that the whole mat ter shall be definitely settled by the courts and prevent constant tion. Much interesting discussion occurred and tLe bill was passed with only one dissenting vote. THE TELEI’HONE BILL. The bill originally introduced by Mr. B. A. Morgan to place telephone companies under the supervision of the railroad commission nas excited about as much interest as any other measure this session. As is well known, the Beii telephone company has within the last two years bought up a number of local competitors. Since the introduction of this meas- nre it is said that companies up to that time independent, have been ab sorbed also, so that at present the Bell has practically a monopoly in South Carolina. This prospect was the justification of the bili, and as it it is a natural proposition under the circumstances, it might have been passed without much interest being manifested had it not been lor the exceedingly active efforts of the agents of the monopoly to defeat the measure. It is probable that more “lobby work’’ has been done in oppo sition to this bill than in connection with any other measure this session, the Bell having bad some very agree able and genial representatives. Nevertheless the bill will, it seems, become a law. It has passed a sec ond reading in the bouse, end in tbe senate it basjbeen amended so that it now provides that telephone compa nies must be subject to the railroad commission so far as regulating tbeir business in this state is concerned; the amendment to the original bill providing rates being eliminated, leaving it to the commlssiou to fix rates, it Is further provided that fur ther connection should not be made except when reaeonable and practica ble ; that where oontraote exist now between city or town councils with telephone companies as to rates, the rates cannot be increased. Tbe tele phone is a utility now in general use, both in town and country, and this measure is one in which the whole state is very much interested. This is interesting but it does not quite put South Carolina in the Hearst column. As yet South Caro lina is not for anybody in particular —except a winner. The Brooklyn Eagle has had (its political writer, Mr. N. 0. Faflning, down here search ing for sentiment favorable to Judge Altoc B. Parker, of New York, whom The Eagle is booming, and Mr. Fan ning found what he came after, of course. That wis what be was sent to do. Nevertheless the plain South Carolinian who keeps up with South Carolina politics doesn’t hear much about Parker, save as a last resort. The prominent “leaders” doubt less have their preferences, which may mean much or little. Whether Senator Tillman has picked his choice is not known. It is safe to say, that however, Senator Latimer has a liking for Senator Gorman and Gen. Willie Jones, the State chair man, leans the same way. These two have been mentioned along with Senator Tillman and Gov. Heyward as delegates at large to the St. Louis convention. Gov. Heyward is more interested in whether he will have opposition for bis own office than in national politics. As for the preferences of the peo ple, that is another matter, but an incident may be interesting. A few nights ago a comic opera drew to the Columbia theatre one of the largest crowds that has ever beep in that house. As an encore one of the women sang a topical song, in which she made a few bits at Roosevelt, mentioned Bryan, not unkindly, and then sang a verse rather laudatory of Cleveland. The ridicule of Roose velt was well received, Bryan’s name was heard in silence but mention of Cleveland brought down the house in a roar of cheers and applause. The audience was composed of all sorts and conditions of men and women, and was representative of all classes. I recount the incident for what it is worth, not having participated in or been pleased by the demonstration myself, since personally I prefer any body to Cleveland. This suggests the statement that nearly all the theatrical companies which introduce “specialties” of this sort make fun of Roosevelt, and that they do so is a pretty good indication that they take well. It is as common in New York as in the South. GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. If South Carolina does not get a grandson in the presidential chair she may have one as the governor of Georgia pretty soon. There is a talk now in Atlanta of John Temple Graves running againt Gov. Terrell, who will offer for re-election. Mr. Graves, now editor of the Atlanta News, is a native of South Carolina, born in Abbeville I believe, and was practically educated in Greenville. If he runs it will be as a “Ring Bus ter,” for the Georgia machine, of which Governor Terrell is tbe man- ager. OUR OWN CONTEST. So far no one has intimated an in tention to oppose Governor Heyward for a second term. Ex-Solicitor Mar tin F. Ansel has his eye on the ball all tbe time, and if he does not get in the game again this year he can be counted on for sure in 1906. At that time Lieut-Gov. Jno. T. Sloan hopes THE PALMETTO STATE. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. Atoyeuieuts of People In the City Beyond the Brond, (Correspondence of The Ledger.! Blacksburg, Feb. 6.—Miss Ellen McKown went up|to King’s Mountain Tuesday and will return Friday. Dr. Garland, of Gaffney, was in town Tuesday night. Mr. Will King is in Charlotte for a few days. Mr. George McKown, who has been Events that Have Taken Place from one here for a few days, has returned to End of the State to the Other Called from , King’s Creek. Items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. THROUGHOUT THE TAR HEEL STATE. From the Mountains to The Sea. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. to set up into the Governor’s place and it is quite possible that speaker Mendel L. Smith will have a try for it then. These are three breezy speakers and good campaigners. It is not known, either, whether Lieut-Governor Sloan will (have an open field for re-election this year. Mr. B. Arthur Morgan, a representa tive from Greenville, has been men tioned for the place, although hereto fore he has been suspected of de signs upon the job now held by Con gressman Joseph T. Johnson. That Speaker Smith should run for Lieu tenant-Governor and then Governor in a plausible supposition but not a safe prediction. Anyhow, all this is a long ways off and time alone will tell. None of the State offices will go begging. J. H. In The Merry Springtime. In the merry Springtime the fes tive malaria microbe goeth forth de termined to colonize every human organism. If this arch foe has In vaded your system allow us to sug gest Rydale’s Tonic. This remedy frees the blood from malaria microbes eliminates poisonous matter from the system, strengthens the nerves, and restores robust health. Rydale’s Tonic is guaranteed. Gaffney Drug Co. —Just received—a nice assortment of fancy cakes and crackers at C. C. Humphries. —Have you tried my 15 coffee? If not, try it. C. C. pbries. cents Hum- with —Go to Tbe Gaffney Drag Co your prescriptions. —Go to The Gaffney Drug Co. for garden seed. ExchangeH ;for (Joick Reading by Scoreti of Busy People. A telegram Friday morning to Mr. 0. B. Van Wyck of Anderson from Atlanta conveyed ttve sad news of an accident in which his mother, Mrs Margaret Van Wyck, was severely in jured by a street car Thursday night. Later reports stated that Mrs. Van Wyck was in a very dangerous con dition. The accident occurred while she was crossing the track. Be fore she cleared tbe track she was struck by the car and knocked vio lently to the pavement. Mrs. W. K. Smith, of Maysville.was terribly burned on Tuesday night. She poured kerosene oil on a fire and the can exploded, setting fire to her dress. Before it could be extinguished she was so fearfully burned that she died Thursday night at 9 o’clock Mrs. Smith was before marriage Miss Lillian Deveaux of Summerville. She was married only a few short months ago to Mr. Wallace K. Smith, one of Sumter county’s rising young men, and the sympathy of that entire com munity is with him. Circuit Judge James Aldrich, in an order filed Saturday with tbe Clerk of Court of Charleston in the case of R. D. Wieter against Dispensary Con stables, on an action for damages, rules, that suit may be brought against the bonds of the constables and that tbeir^sureties are liable for them. The order is very long and in corporates the complaint, motion to strike out and copy of the bonds of the constables. It is made applica ble to the several cases against the constables brought by Wieters. R. Thornton, a white man from one of the cotton mills of Anderson, was kille* about nine miles from that city Wednesday morning by either falling or being* thrown from a wagon and the wheels passing over his neck. He was moving to tbe country tc farm this year and was on a wagon by himself when tbe accident occur red,to which there were no witnesses. He was said to have been drinking and was driving very fast, and was evidently suddenly killed as his body was found a very short time after he had passed a house by tbe road side. He was 51 years old and leaves twelve children. At tbe preliminary hearing held Saturday morning in Magistrate Kir by’s court in Spartanburg, Thomas Adams pleaded guilty to breaking in to the store of Mr. A. O. Simpson at Glen Springs and stealing a quantity of articles of general merchandise therefrom. He insisted that he had no accomplice or assistance, but that he made tbe several trips after his forcing an entrance the night of tbe robbery until the day following. He was bound over to tbe next term of sessions court and remanded to jail in default of bond. About $100 worth of goods were stolen from Mr. Simp son’s store tbe night of tbe burglary. H. Rudiak is tbe name of tbe white man whose body was found in a box car in tbe Southern yards at Spartan burg. over a week ago, while tbe car was being unloaded of hales of cotton which caught on fire while being shipped through that place from Mississippi to Gastonia. After tbe inquest the body wai carried to a lo cal undertaker’s establishment where it was embalmed and has since been kept await og identification. A jury man at the inquest, in searching in the overcoat pockets of the dead man, found in tbe lining a letter written in Russian characters and addressed to H. Rudiak, 206 Delaney street, New York. Friday night between 10 and 11 o’clock, a row started up in Stobo Parks’ shop, a negro dive in Laurens, between Alex Sullivan and Tom Watts, both negroes, over a trivial matter, and it is said Watts was about to proceed to put intojexecu- tion a red hot threat to tbe effect that he woudl smash Sullivan’s face, whereupon Alex whipped out bis “38” and “let ’em roll” five times in his adversary’s direction. Alex didn’t re main to ascertain results, but those who did found that Tommie bad re ceived a dangerous wound in tbe chest and another ball had ploughed its way through one of bis wrists, and that futhermore tbe pro prietor of the joint, Stobo Parks, bad been shot in tbe thigh, making a very painful wound. Watts' condi tion was very precarious Saturday. If you need a cough medicine buy the Gaffney Drug Go’s. Nature’s Her bal Cougb Remedy. You get your money back if it doesn’t cure. —Watch our prloes on prescrip tions. Ths Gaffney Drug Co. Mi- Robt. Davis has retu.'.'ed from a plt.-dant visit with friends . jd rela tives in Greenville. We are sorry to learn thb Mr. Kelly Hardin is very sick. Dr. J. G. Black, Dr. J. M. Caldwell and Rev. G. C. Williams were elect ed trustees of the school for the com ing year. Mr. Price Martin, of tbe Mt. ’aran section, was in town Tuesday. Mr. Ed. Turner is confined to bed witb la grippe. Mr. Moss, who lives about four miles from here was’ taken violently ill on Friday with neuralgia of the heart and died on Tuesday. The re mains were buried at Buffalo on Wed nesday. Frank Deal, who is working at Interesting ItemH Concerning Oar Neigh bor* Beyond the Line Which May Prove Entertaining Reading; for ^Hundreds] of Ledger Reader* While out hunting Friday, young Henry Rufty, of Rowan, attempted to jump a ditch and accidentally dis charged his gun. The load entered the side of bis face and destroyed the use of his right eye. Evidence against J. B. Powell, of Norfolk, as to the swindle under the bis name of Jones & Powell grows daily. He ordered goods from a large num ber of firms and signed tbe cards and letters from Jones & Powell, the title tbe Raleigh firm, his card saying he dealt in ice and fuel. Fire Friday morning in a disrepu table quarter of Raleigh completely destroyed the house occupied by Em- Cherokee Falls, was at home Tuesday ma Richardson. Of the six inmates to attend a meeting of the Land and Improvement Company. He returned to his work Tuesday. Mr. A. M. Bridges has gone to Hickory Grove for two or three days. Charles We are glad to see Mr Baber on the streets again. Miss Florence Porter is in town visiting her sister, Mrs. G. C. Wil liams. iVr. Furman Belue, of Clemson College, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Miss Bessie Reinhart, of Lime stone College, came over Friday to visit her father, Mr. Reinhart. Mrs. Mary Earle went over to Gaff ney Thursday on a visit to relatives. She returned Friday. Miss Anna Sherrer, one of our charming young ladies, went over to Greenville last week on a vi-U to friends Mr. A. A. McFadden, who has been on a visit here, returned to his work in Danville, Va., Saturday. Miss Mayrae Gaston left last week for Spartanburg, where she will take a course in the Converse Business J ur y allowed K. all save one escaped injury, but Ed- i na Blackball became so excited she had to be dragged from the building by the firemen, and is badly burned. Master Flake Hicks, about 13 years of age, the son of Mr. William Hicks, of Henrietta, in company with some other boys, was carelessly hand ling an old gun of tbe muzzle-loading pattern, a few days ago, which ex ploded, filling his face and eyes full of powder, and tbe breech-pin strik ing him over the eye, inflicting quite an ugly wound. A special from Tarboro Saturday, says: Because she would not marry him, Randall Pittman, colored, today shot and instantly killed Maggie Bat tle, a widow, and probably fatally wounded her sister, Louisa Barrett. Pittman had called arui fenewed his suit and as Maggie w - h!> >ur. to con sent her sister pruieoieu, wnereupon the man drew his pistol and fired. Pittman escaped. The last case tried at court in Dur ham last week was one in which the H. Clayton,a boy yet College, of that place. Mr. Tom Lockhart, of Gaffney, was over last Saturday. Mr. J. M. Guyton spent Sunday at home with his family. Mr. D. Albert, formerly of this place, but now of Rock Hill, was here last Saturday. Mrs. Robert Long, of Marion, N. C., is visiting relatives and friends here, Miss Mabel Niebols, who is attend ing school here, spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents at Grover, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Buttles, of Parisville, Conn., are hereoi a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Ham- mersley. Mr. Will King was called home last week from Charlotte on account of the illness of his little girl. Mrs. Frank Moore has returned from a visit to her son, Mr. John Boyce, and his wife at Pineville, N. C. Mrs. Jeff McKown was up on a visit to relatives last week. She returned to her home Saturday. The Ladles Missionary Society of tbe Baptist church met with Mrs. C. S. Whisonant Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. They had a very encour aging meeting and collection. The society meets with Mrs. M. A. Metis on the next first Sunday. Local Cotton Market. The following prices prevail on the Gaffney market today: Good middling 13. 85 Middling 13.75 Ancient and Modern Advice About Bow to Acquire Wealth- The ancient sages’ “sure road to in his teens, damages in (the sum of $17,500 against tbe North Carolina , Railroad Company. As soon as tbe jury announced its verdict Judge Cooke reduced the amount to $12,500 and the company gave notice of ap peal to tbe Supreme Court. Young Clayton was hurt while at work in the company’s shops at Spencer. Biziah Morrison, colored, of Char lotte, who was arrested on the charge of arson, was given a preliminary bearing before Recorder Shannon- house in that city Friday morning and committed to jail without bond. Arson is a capital offence in North Carolina, and if Morrison is convicted in the Superior Court, he will pay the penalty witb his life. Morrison is charged with setting fire to the house of Marne Hagler, colored, in charlotte Wednesday night. C. B. Compton, an insurance agent, who bad license to do business for the Mutual Life Insurance Company in Rockingham county, was arrested at Winston Thursday morning on a war rant charging him with collecting $200 or more from policy-holders and failing to make proper returns of same. Compton was given a hearing before Justice Lenman, who remand ed tbe man to trial in Rockingham county, where tbe offence, it is al leged, was committed. The defen dant’s home’is in Caswell county. The Republican executive commit tee has decided on Greensboro as the place and May 28t.h, as the time for bolding the State convention to nom inate candidates for State officers and delegates to the national convention. Resolutions pledging support to Roosevelt and endots ng his every ac tion were adopted. A resolution of endorsement of Rollins, as State chairman, was also adopted. J. L. Morgan, a large whiskey distiller of McDowell county, was elected a member of the State committee from the tenth congressional district. S. Hill Terry, charged witb tbe murder of bis son-in-law, George Tate Bland, at tbe latter’s home in Wil mington, last September, put an abrupt ending to bis trial in the Superior Court there Wednesday afternoon, shortly after I o’clock, by committing suicide In his cell in tbe county jail. The weapon used was an old case knife which bad been sent him with his breakfast from home that morning. Tbe blade was dull and gapped and tbe physicians who reached nim soon after the tragedy say that he must have backed bis throat at least a dozen times. Death wealth” was “be temperate in all things, be economical always.” Mod ern life, witb 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 L; 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 best ally when such conditions exist. The Stomach Tablets will di gest your food, strengthen your di gestive organs and cure your indiges tion. Tbe 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 Co. —Any of the advertised patent ensued in fifteen minutes after the medicines can be found at The Gaff ney Drug Co’s. —I have a quantity of mince meat to go at only 10 cents a pound. C. C. Humphries. —3 lb can of tomatoes for 10 cents at C. C. Humphries. deed and five minutes after tbe sur geons reached him. An ugly wound, three inches long and two inches deep, was found on tbe right tide of his throat, the external jugular|vein having been entirely severed. Naanally’s delicious candy always fresh at The Gaffney Drag Co.