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ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894
GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY S3, 1904.
OUH LAW MAKERS
HAVE ADJOURNED
THE FORTY DAYS’ LIMIT EXPIRED
*' ON SATURDAY.
The Labors of 1904 Closed—Usual
Rush of Business .During the Last
Days—The Capitol Controversy.
(CorresDomlence of The LeOKer *
Columb'a, Feb. 22.—The general as
sembly h.is completed its labors for
1904, having adjourned sine die Sat
urday night.
Looking back over this session and
the last, it is quite plain that this leg
islature is as far from being radical
as any that has been elected for ten
^ years. The house is composed of an
average set of citizens, men used to
work and used to business, and there
are fe\^,among them of brilliant parts
or attainments. Such men as Mr. Alt-
amont Moses, of Sumter, chairman of
the ways and means committee; Gov.
W. L. Mauldin, of Greenville; Mr. F.
S. Rainford, of Edgefield; Mr. T. V.
Williams, of Lancaster; Mr. Huger
Sinkler, of Charleston—these and
others like them have by reason of
their long service and intelligence left
their impress upon legislation. Then
there are men of few years and more
limited experience \*ho have come to
the front within the last four years,
among them being Speaker Mendel L.
Smith himself, who makes a good pre
siding officer; Mr. B. A. Morgan, of
Greenville, one of the most influen
tial men on the floor; Mr. Horace L.
Bomar, of Spartanburg, one of the
clearest thinkers and strongest speak
ers. Then there are the quiet mem
bers, such as Gen. W.E.James, of Dar-
ington; Capt. J. Hampden, broker of
Greenwood; Mr. E. H. Aull, of New
berry; Mr. Cornelius Colcock, of
Beaufort; Mr . Jeremiah Smith, of
Horry, whose influence is often felt.
The senate contains some very
strong men who have had large ex-
rience in public affairs, such as John
C. Sheppard, of Edgefield; Robert Al
drich, of Barnwell; S. C. Mayfield, of
Bamberg; J. Q. Marshall, of Richland;
LeGrand Walker, of Georgtown; Geo.
S. Mower, of Newberry. Younger
men who are listened to attentively
when they speak are T. M. Rayser, of
Orangeburg; R. I. Manning, of Sum
ter; E. R. Mclver, of Chesterfield; D.
E. Hydrick, of Spartanburg. Some of
these will go out of office this year
and a few of them will not offer for
re-election.
The Last Days.
During the last days of a session
there is always a rush and more or
less confusion. Members whose pet
measures have not been considered
endeavor to get them through at the
last moment, and it requires no little
mental ability to keep tab on the pro
ceedings. Very often some “fine
Italian band” puts in its work in the
reports of the conference committee,
which decides the fate of bills upon
the amendments to which the house
senate have not agreed.
The Capitol Controversy.
On the very last day the reply of
the commission to complete the capi-
tol was received, and while its na
ture had been expected it created
quite a stir. It is ntirely too long for
insertion here and no synopsis would
do justice to its vigorous English; it
is sufficient to say that in the main it
follows the line which was predicted
in this correspondence a week ago.
The assembly has provided for suit
to be brought against architect and
contractors, and the joint committee
to conduct that suit is composed of
Senator Aldrich and Mr. T. Y. Wil
liams, both of whom were members
of the investigating committee. The
assembly has also provided that
$45,000, if so much be- necessary,
shall be expended upon further re
pairs to the capitol. This appropria
tion will be used to remedy defects
in the plumbing, etc., the condition of
which is undoubtedly a menace to the
health of the occupants of the build
ing. The bill to provide this money
was introduced by Senator Marshall
and Senator Von Kolnitz and Repre
sentatives Moses, Colcock and Lan
caster.
In the closing hours the senate
agreed to the house bill to levy a tax
on dogs, at 50 cents a head; the bill
to require railroads to transmit
freight in a reasonable time after its
consignment; to make the operation
of slot machines unlaw ful: to tax cor
porations upon their franchises. The
senate rejected the house bill to ex
empt building and loan associations
from taxation, although Senators Von
Kolnitz and Walker made a hard fight
for it.
Nothing was done toward making
any change in the court system. The
senate, after long discussion, passed a
bill providing for two additional cir
cuits but the house rejected it. For
several sessions the condition of the
courts has been a subject for discus-
sin, but ..he legislators are not able to
agree upon any measure of relief. At
d’fferent times both houses have pass
ed bills to establish additional circuits
but no one measure gets through
house and senate. The issue will
doubtless come up in the summer cam
paign.
As has been the case for ten years,
the most animated debate this ses
sion was over the dispensary. This
time the particular proposition was
tp allow a county to vote upon the
removal as well as the establishment
of a dispensary, and while the gen
eral proposition was not fought di
rectly by the friends of the dispensary
the bill was so amended as to place
a tax of one-half mill upon any coun
ty voting the dispensary and to de
prive that county of its share of the
dispensary school fund after the de
ficiency is made up as provided by
the constitution.
A Long Fight Ended.
The bill to submit a constitutional
amendment for biennial sessions pas
sed early in this session, thus ending
a fight that has been on for eight
years. The people will vote upon the
proposition next fall. While this
amendment received favorable con
sideration, no provision was made
for changing from two to four years,
the terms of the legislators or the
State officials in case the biennial
sessions proposition is endorsed at
the polls.
The Third House.
It is said by those who have been
around the house for years that never
have there been so many lobbyists as
graced the capital’s halls this year.
Not only have attorneys and repre
sentatives of railroads, cotton mills
and other concerns appeared before
the committees—which is legitimate,
proper and necessary—but agents of
corporations and special interests
have been exceedingly busy button
holing the members. Representatives
of the Southern railway, the telephone
company, and the dispensary have
been particularly conspicuous. As a
matter of fact, it is safe to say that
two of these three concerns—the
Southern railway and the dispensary
machine—could have come very near
blocking any legislator that either of
of them might have cared to oppose
in the general assembly that has
just adjourned. J. H.
HEART OF ALABAMA.
To be Presented by Local Talent at
Star Theatre Friday Night.
The cast of local talent under di
rection of Mr. J. O. Champion, the dra
matic director who is to produce the
beautiful southern play, “Heart of Al
abama,” at the Star Theatre on next
Friday night, is rehearsing daily and
there is not the least doubt but that
this will be a treat seldom given in
Gaffney, as the cast is progressing
very fast, and the play and costumes
are very catchy and pretty.
The story of the play is purely
southern flavor and has a plot that
never fails to attract, and one that is
watched with interest from the rise
of the curtain in the first act through
out the play. The proceeds of the en
tertainment will be donated to the
public library, and not a citizen of
Gaffney should fail to witness this
production.
The Spartanburg Herald, in speak
ing of the play, says: “It was the best
local production ever presented on the
Spartanburg stage and the prettiest
play given in Spartanburg this sea
son.”
“Heart of Alabama” at Star Theatre
next Friday night. Prices 25 and 50c.
Reserved seat sale opens Wednesday
at 9 a. m at the usual place.
The Aull Rural Library Bill.
Section 1.—Whenever the patrons
and friends of a free public school
shall rajse by private subscription and
shall tender $10.00 to the county super
intendent of education for the estab
lishment of a library to be connected
with said school, the county board of
education shall appropriate $10.00
from the money belonging to that dis
trict, the State board shall then add
$10.00 to the fund in the hands of the
county superintendent of education for
the library in the district.
Section 2.—The local board of trus
tees is to purchase the books with the
$30.00 thus raised. Purchases are to
be made from the lisi^, adopted by the
State board of Education, which shall
make the rules for the government of
the libraries.
Section 3.—The trustees of every li
brary shall carry out the rules and reg
ulations for the proper use and preser
vation of the books, and shall make
provision for having all books,when
not in circulation, kept under lock and
key.
Section 4.—The trustees of two or
more libraries may, by agreement, ex
change libraries, but no exchange
shall be made oftener than once in
six months, and r.o part of the ex
pense of exchanging libraries shall be
borne by the public.
Section 5.—Not more than twelve
schools in any county shall be entitled
to the benefits of this act in any one
year and no school district shall re
ceive any moneys under its provis
ions, except schools operated under
the general free school law o, the
State. The schools receiving this ben
efit shall be decided by the county
boards.
The appropriation will not be
available until after the 11th of March,
when the State board will meet and
adopt books for the rural libraries.
J. L. Walker.
A Change of Base.
John R. Killian, who has recently
bought an interest in the Blacksburg
spinning and knitting mill, was in to
see us Saturday. Mr. Kllian will lo
cate at Blacksburg, and thinks he will
have the mill running in three
months.
Lost His Grip.
When a man has lost his grip on
the affairs of life, feels incapable of
per f orming the ordinary duties that
business requires, body languid
brain dull, his liver is out of order,
Rydales Liver Tablets are what he
needs. One dose usually will, two al
ways will, restore normal condition of
body and mind, and fit a man for the
duties and pleasures of life again. Ry
dales Liver Tablets are easy to take,
pleasant in effect, satisfactory in re
sults, economical. 50 chocolate coated
tablets in a convenient box, 25 cts.
Gaffney Drug Co.
THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
POLITIGU NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
AND THE TRUSTS.
Happenings All Over the State Taken Secretary Cortelyou Persists in lg-
Ramon’s English Cough Syrup cures
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis and all
kindred troubles. 25c.
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
The senate committee on commerce
Thursday authorized a favorable re
port on the nomination of W. D. Crum,
a negro, to be collector of customs at
Charleston.
The new No. 3 mill of the Clifton
Manufacturing Company at Converse,
is being rapidly pushed to completion,
and if the weather is favorable, will
be ready for the roof within the next
thirty days. The contractors in charge
of this work are T. C. Thompson &
Bros., of Birmingham, Ala.
Ike Swindler, a colored minister who
lives about four miles from Spartan
burg, was taken to the insane asylum
Thursday. Swindler went crazy over
the subjct of baptism. His actions for
the past several days were such that
his colored neighbors deemed it un
wise to allow him to continue at large
At a negro house on the Capers
plantation on St. Helena Island,
Thursday evening, Emiline Green and
Sarah Lockwood, sisters-in-law, had a
quarrel over the ownership of a spoon
w’hich resulted in Emiline fatally stab
bing Sarah with a pocket knife. The
Lockwood woman died*shortly after
wards as a result of her wound.
In the court of general sessions at
Abbeville this week Mr. R. E. Frier
son, a former Anderson man, was tried
on a charge of murder. Mr. Frierson
now lives at Calhoun Falls. One night
last fall he caught two negroes in his
field stealing coton. He tried to cap
ture them but they ran off. He fireJ
at them, but his aim was truer than
he intended, for he killed one. He was
promptly acquitted.
There is a terific fight on for mem
bership on the board of dispensary
control for Spartanburg county. The
terms of two members are about to
expire and there is a warm tussle be
ing had as to their re-appointment.
The members, whose two years’ term
will expire are P. M. Wall, who is
chairman of the board, and Charles O
Smith. The other member of the
board, Mr. Avant, has a year yet to
serve.
A fatal cutting affray, in which two
negro women were the principals, oc
curred in Newberry county on Wednes
day nigth. Laura Mitchell and Rebec
ca Neal, who live on the Mark Nichols
place, near Utopia, had a quarrel
which grew out of some jealousy, the
Mitchell woman cutting the Nehl wo
man to death. The Mitchell woman
has surrendered to Sheriff Buford, of
Newberry.
Jim Hicks, a white man, was shot
and instantly killed Thursday night
about 8 o’clock by a man whose name
is said to be Wakefield. The shooting
occurred near what is known as the
Block House, an old distillery near
Tryon, in Greenville county. Hicks
was second hand in the weaving de
partment of the Union cotton mills and
it is said has also worked at Whitney
and for the Spartan mills. He leaves
a wife and one son 14 years old.
J. Henry Kfrby was found dead in
his bed at his home at Woodruff Sat
urday morning. He had been in about
his usual health and his death was
very sudden and entirely unexpeted.
It is supposed to have been due to
heart failure. Mr. Kirby was a son of
Maj. A.H.Kirby of Spartanburg and
was born and raised there, where he
had many friends. He leaves a widow
who was Miss Janie Chamblin, of
Woodruff, and nine children. Mr. Kir
by’s business was that of a cotton buy
er chiefly and he was unusually capa
ble as a judge and buyer of cotton.
He was about 40 years of age.
Mr. Walter Barton, one of the most
popular young men that ever lived in
Anderson, and who has been a fire
man on the Southern railway for sev
eral months, was seriously and pain
fully hurt near Central Thursday
night. The engineer on the train no
ticed that Mr. Barton was lying on his
seat and not doing his work. He went
to his side and found him unconscious
with a terrible wound on the side of
his head. It is thought that Mr. Bar
ton was looking out of the cab window
as the train was speeding through the
darkness and was struck by a mail
crane. He was unconscious when the
engineer found him, and was carried
in that condition to Atlanta and placed
in the Grady hospital. An operation
was performed on the young man and
he is doing as well as could be ex
pected.
Deputy Collector E. A. Aiken, with
Deputy Marshal A. R. Phillips, Con-
stables Henry L. Bell, and W. D. Whit
mire, made an excursion to Glassy
mountain in Greenville county on Mon*
day afternoon, and Tuesday morning
they made a large haul at five separate
distilleries, three of them being in op
eration when they reached the happy
himting grounds. The location of these
stills is beyond Highland, which was
used as a base of operations for the
officers, so to speak, and the locality
is in the neighborhood of Bud Moon,
Pittman, Barton and the Rectors, but
the constables are entirely ignorant
as to who were the owners of the whis
key outfits. Not a man was visible
when the raiding party was at work,
and they had to be content with what
was in sight, including several coats
recently worn and some dogs that
were lying around without an ostensi
ble owner. The raiders discovered in
the mountain hollows four 125 gallon
steam boiler outfits and one copper
•till.
noring Suggestions of Democrats—
338 Million Stamps for World’s Fair
Washington, February 22. — The
question Is being asked why the
new department of commerce and
labor has not succeeded better in its
quest for “bad” trusts which it pur
posed to scare off the face of the earth
by getting the facts concerning the do
ings of those trusts and giving them
publicity. That department has been
doing business now for more than a
year and not one line has been printed
about trusts. Secretary Cortelyou has
been told times innumerable where to
fish to catch a nice string of trusts,
but he persists in ignoring the sug
gestions of Democrats. If he really
meant business and it ever was in
tended that he should proceed against
them, he could have collected all the
data necessary for a report that would
have made the trusts sizzle like a wot
cat flung into hades, but the new de
partment has been as idle con
cerning the trusts as has been the de
partment of justice. It simply shows
unmistakably that the Republican par
ty has concluded to “stand pat” on the
trust question as well as upon the tar
iff questi(»i and all other questions
that will enter into the campaign this
year as the vital issues. If the people
of the country want anything done on
any of these questions they must vote
the Democratic ticket and elect a
Democratic president and a Demo
cratic house of representatives, or
they will have the same vicious laws
left on the statutes and will experi
ence no relief from the present tax ex
actions and the present license of the
criminal trusts of the country to rob
the people. In electing a Democratic
president and a Democratic house of
representatives, the people need not
be alarmed lest tariff reduction and
trust-busting under Democratic aus
pices, will disturb business. The
leaders of the party are not going to
jump in and tear things to pieces.
They are not going to blow up the tar
iff wall with dynamite, they are going
to begin gently to lift the rocks off one
byTme until the wail is not so high
that the people cannot see over It and
see the tariff protected industries of
this country selling goods to foreign
ers cheaper than they do to home con
sumers. I am rather close to some
of the party leaders here and I know
that their policy is conservative and
not radical. They may not be radical
enough to suit some tariff reformers,
but we are all traveling the
same road and if all will
go together, then we will accomplish
in the end something which will be of
real benefit to the tax payers of the
country. If we do not then the same
old game will continue and the Repub
licans will laugh in their sleeves at the
split between the conservatives and
the radicals which continues to let
them have their own way. When will
the voters of the country who really
want reform learn some sense?
* • *
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
or St. Louis World’s Fair, is beginning
to occupy considerable attention of
the people here who make the laws.
They are beginning to find out that the
fair is to be a bigger thing than they
anticipated. They have lately ascer
tained this fact because the builders
of the fair have come here and pro
duced the evidence of the wonderful
outlay of cash that has been expended
on the fair, which far exceeds that of
any previous fair in the world’s histo
ry. This great expenditure has com
pelled the fair management to ask for
the loan of four and a half millioa dol
lars from the general government to
be paid back to the treasury by a lien
on the gate receipts. Such a measure
has been introduced and undoubtedly
will pass the house as it has passed
the senate. It will meet with some op
position from the men who are the
strict constructionists, but it will
pass just the same and the fair man
agement will not be crippled in its
endeavor to give to the people of the
world the best exposition of the
world’s progress that has occurred in
all its history. This being the case,
and so many of the interesting things
about the fair emanating from and
finding their source here in the na
tional capital it is meet and proper
that the fair and the things concern
ing it which are of interest to the peo
ple should find a place in this letter
occasionally. For instance, I learn
from Mr. P. V. DeGraw, the eastern
press representative of the exposi
tion located here, that the World’s
Fair Automobile Transit Co., which
has a consessior. for automobiles on
the exposition grounds, has ordered
100 electric broughams and hansoms,
seating two to four persons each.
These carriages are to be rented by
the hour, day or week to private par
ties, families and individuals. The oc
cupants will be permitted to enter the
grounds in the vehicles. It is expected
that the automobiles will be engaged
like hotel rooms, in advance. For in
stance, a chauffeur in an automobile
will meet a party of ladie^ at Union
station upon their arrival, taking them
first to their hotel or stopping place
and tben to the exposition grounds,
entering without leaving the vehicle
and viewing the beauties of the ex
position without leaving It. This is a
convnience that the people of the
country should know.
Another item of Interest to the peo
ple is that an order for the first issue
of the new Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition postage stamps, which are to be
placed on sale ar J1 postoffices in the
United States, May J, has been sent to
the Bureau of Engraving and Prinling
by Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Madden. It calls for the printing
of 90,000,000 of the 1-cent stamps, bear
ing the portrait of Robert R. Livings
ton; 225,000,000 of the 2-cent stumps,
bearing the portrait of Thomas Jeffer
son; 7,500,000 of the 3-cent with Mon
roe’s portrait; 9,5000,000 of the 5-cent
with McKinley’s portrait, and 6,500,000
of the 10-cent stamps with a minature
map of the United States, showing the
territory acquired by the Louisiana
purchase.
Charles A. Edwards.
EZELL LOCALS.
Newsy Items About People in the
Upper County.
Ezell, Feb. 18.—Mr. Ed Linder has
removed his gooi ; from Humphries &
Lenum’s mill. The people in that sec
tion Will miss this very much, as it
was a great convenience to go to
mill and to the store, too, with one
trip. We believe if some one would
put up a full stock there and give it
his personal attention he would be
sure to succeed.
Mr. Sidney Johnson lias bought the
Lee Thorn place adjoining Arrowood
church lot, and has put up a nice store
there. Mr. Johnson is a son of T. E.
Johnson and is a very energetic young
business man. He will be a great
help to any neighborhood he is in. He
is lately from Boiling Springs. We
extend to him a cordial welcome and
wish for him success.
Mr. Joe Wilson, from the Lone Star
state, is visiting relatives near Arro
wood. Mr. Wilson is a former resi
dent of tills county. He is looking for
a place now, and if he can find one will
move his family back this spring. He
says owing to the boll weevil it took
ten to twenty acres of land there to
make a bale of cotton.
Mr. T. C. Martin lias broken his
stump puller and lias ordered another,
which will lie a good deal larger than
his first one. Mr. Martin has more
work than he can possibly do this
spring if his puller were here now.
Our farmers are awaking to the great
benefit this improvement is to their
farms and are taking advantage of it.
Mr. E. L. Archer, one of Spartan
burg county’s most prosperous farm
ers, wants Mr. Martin to pull the
stumps from about throe hundred
acres on his farm near Spartanburg.
Mr. Martin’s brother, of Arkansas, was
here on a visit a few weeks ago. and
was so well pleased with the work of
the stump puller that he is going to
order one.
We hear that Mr. C. Cash is going
to put up a sawmill. We hope this is
true, as it will lie a great thing to
those whose timber is blown down.
Mr. T. C. Vassey and Mr. H. Z.
Hicks were in Gaffney yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Hicks returned
form Spartanburg yesterday, where
they had been visting relatives.
Mr. V. E. McKinney and son, from
Line, N. C., came over yesterday and
had a fine bird hunt with Mr. Will C.
McKinney, Jno. Lovelace and Pryson
Lovelace.
Mr. Simeon, a horse drover from
Oklahoma, came to Mr. H. Z. Hick’s
yesterday with a drove of horses and
mules. Mr. Simpson was formerly a
drover from Tennessee, but last year
went to Oklahoma. He has been
bringing mules here for several years,
and usually has a good trade for them.
Mr. F. L. Parris is now rejoicing
over the advent of a new baby girl at
his house.
WANTED: 50 MEN AND WOMEN.
To Take Advantage of Special Offer
Made by Cherokee Drug Co.
Cherokee Drug Co., the enterprising
druggists, are advertising today for fif
ty men and women to take advantage
of the special half-price offer they
are making on Dr. Howard’s celebrated
specific for the cure of constipation
and dyspepsia, and get a flfty-cent
package at half-price, 25 cents.
So positive are they of the remark
able power of this specific to cure
these diseases, as well as sick head
aches and liver troubles, that they
agree to refund the money to any cus
tomer whom this medicine does not
quickly relieve and cure.
With Dr. Howard’s specific at hand,
you can eat what you want and have
no fear of ill consequences. It
strengthens the stomach, gives per
fect digestion, regulates the bowels,
creates an appetite, and makes life
worth the living.
This is an unusual opportunity to
obtain 60 doses of the best medicine
ever made for half its regular price,
with the personal guarantee of a well
known business firm to refund the
money if it does not give satisfaction.
If you cannot call at Cherokee Drug
Co.’s store today, send thoai 25 cents
by mail, and they will send you a
package , promptly, charges jjaid.
Supervisors of Registration.
The supervisors of registration for
this county for the next two years are
John B. Brown, of Ravenna; Wm.
Caldwell, of Kings Creek and A. Frank
Smith, of Wllkinsvllle.
Letter to Company Store.
Gaffney, S. C.
Dear Sirs: There are these five
ways of badness in paint:
(1) stuffed-out with chalk, or some
thing like that;
(2) barytes, better than chalk, but
no covering in it; nobody knows it’s
there;
(3) benzine in the oil, or water, or
other such stuffing;
(4) too thin—too much liquid, what
ever it is, for the solid;
(5) short measure;
Now will you buy by the price per
“gallon?”
We furnish our agents with a state
chemist’s certificate of analysis that
tells what’s In Devoe. Yours truly
F W Devoe & Co
46 New York
THE
TARHEEL STATE
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Items of Interest Concerning Our
Neighbors in the Old North State
Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers
J. P- Lamm, *of Wilson, was con
victed Friday of wilfully and malic
iously attempting to destroy the good
name of Miss Leetora Finch, and
fined $100 and the costs, amounting
to $250.
Dr. J. V. Jay, of Asheville, pleaded
guilty of the killing of the other two of
his little children in court Friday
morning. Judgment was suspended
and Dr. Jay will go to the penitentiary
for 30 years on the original charge.
The grand jury at Winston as re
turned a true bill against Rufus Robin
son, charging him with murder-kill
ing Herbert E. Hasten. The prisoner
will be tried at this term of court.
The case will be probably called Fri
day.
Some leading Methodists are start
ing a movement to have the Greens
boro Female college moved to Ral
eigh, declaring that to be the proper
place for it, there being three other
leading denominations of female col
leges in Raleigh.
Friday a big negro swung under
the big trestle of the railroad bridge
near the French Broad river near
Asheville to escape a train. He was
unable to get back and fell about
forty feet. He was picked up more
dead than alive.
Governor Ay cock has not yet re
ceived the application for the respite
of .label Register, the murderer under
sentence to be hanged at Whiteville,
on February 25th. Register made a
full confession, implicating a white
man named Smith.
Six of the seven white men who
murdered Insurance Agent Jones, at
Wilson, last May, were placed in the
Raleigh penitentiary Friday for man
slaughter. They will serve from 6 to
10 months, the longest term being
that of Rich, who it sooms, fired the
fatal shot.
In the superior court at Salisbury
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Beulah H. B.
Tyler, of Salisbury, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Barker, was granted
an absolute divorce on the ground of
abandonment from her husband, Har
old W. Tyler, of Charlottesville, Va.,
once a resident of that city.
In the Western Union Telegraph
Company’s office in Charlotte may be
seen one of the youngest operators
who ever manipulated the key. He is
Master Archie Phillips, and his age Is
14 years. Master Phillips is a native
of Rockingham, in which town he mas
tered the art of telegraphy.
News has been received in Winston
that one of the passenger trains on the
Roanoke & Southern division of the
Northern and Western railway, killed
Rev. T. J. Smith, of Franklin county,
Va., Saturay night. It appears that
Mr. Smith was driving across the
track near Pullman, in that county,
when the train struck him. His team
escaped.
Greensboro Female College, destroy
ed by fire early Thursday morning:,
was found to be on fire in three differ
ent places at the same moment, there-
were evidences of oil having been used
and the hose was cut bj an unknown
party after the arrival of the firemen
and after the water had been turned
on. This statement is made by Miss
Ellen Thompson of Charlotte, who was
in the building at the time of the fire.
At a recent meeting of the board of
trade of Lumberton, it was decided to
build a cotton seed oil mill at that
place. Temporary officers were elect
ed as folows: Presidnet, O. C. Nor-
ment; directors, Messrs. B. Goodwin,
Q. T. Williams, K. M. Biggs, S. Mc
Intyre, Frank Gough, G. B. McLeod,
and W. J. Prevatt. As soon as the
charter has been secured a permanent
organization will be effected. The cap
ital stock will be 25,000 and the plant
will be ready for operation by the
opening of the cotton season.
One of the most spectacular fires in
the history of Charlotte occurred in
that city late t Thursday afternoon,
when property to the amount of about
$8,000 was destroyed on the corner
of East Eighth street and the rail
road. The fire was discovered shortly
after 4:30 o’clock in the old batting
factory, in the rear of the Dowd &
King Supply Company, and owned by
Mr. John B. Ross. The structure was
of wood and corrugated iron and
burned rapidly. It is thought that the
fire originated from a can of benzine
which was used for the purpose of
cleaning old bagging and ties.
A serious and perhaps fatal cutting
affray took place in Asheville Thurs
day night about 8 o’clock, when Police*
man Buckner, of that city, was stabbed
five times in the left side by a man
named Steph. Steph was employed
by Mr. Buckner In the capacity of a.
carriage driver. Thursday night the
patrolman had occasion to reprimand
the driver, when Steph drew his knife,
and. before the officer was aware of it,
stabbed him in the side. Hastily draw
ing the knife, Steph plunged the blade
into the officer four more times and
then ran. After stabbing the officer
Steph escaped, but was captured at
10 o’clock by Sheriff Reed, at his
home, on Haw creek, where be was
in bed. He admits his guilt.
Rheumatic pains are Quickly re
lieved by applications of Ramon’a
Nerve ft Bone Oil—try it; 25c.