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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—FUELJSHED TUESDAY ANT TBIDAY. WE GUARANTEE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ♦4AFFNKY, 8. C., MU DAY. MAY Li. 1904. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894 $1.00 A YEARS THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE NEW PROSPECT NEWS. Crops and Gardens Doing Well—A Few Words to Farmers. New Prospect, May 11.—The Led ger is a welcome twice-a-week visi tor in the homes of hundreds of Cherokeeans; and the boundry lines of Cherokee county is not the limit of the circulation of the dear old Led ger, but it reaches far beyond, carry ing the news to many w r ho live in other states. It is a paper of which we should all feel proud. The recent rains a i warm weather have been a great help to The contract for the ship fitters’ vegetation. We notice that cotton shop at Charleston has been awarded is coming up nicely. If the heavy by the government to Mr. Grant Wil- rains do not cause the grounu to QUIET PREVAILS IN PART OF A NEWSY LETTER FROM ETTA JANE. ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. LITTLE EXCITEMENT ON AC COUNT OF RUSSO-JAP WAR. The Chinese Sympathise With the Japanese—Progress at Chinkinag and Railroad Projected. Chinkiang, China, April 2. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items o* General Interest. Ezell Locals. Ezell, May 9.—After the warm S showers of Saturday and Sunday last, I crops and crabgrass are coming up with a boom. We are all about done ' planting with the exception of a few. who have new grounds and low bot- tom land to plant yet. The cotton acreage in our community has not been materially increased. Farmers generally have prepared their lands I better than usual this year. One of our farmers said he was going to change his methods of farming and instead of trying to cultivate the whole farm, he would prepare what he did cultivate well, if it took him until June to do so. We believe that that is the idea and that thorough prepartion of the soil is more than half of the battle. Gardens are very backward. If 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 Wilmington’s business last amounted to over $40,000,000. year Etta Jane, May 11.—On the fifth _. . . . . . . _ i Sabbath of this month—the 29th The Ledger: I am pleased to ' inst — Rev A A James will preach _____ all quiet here in our part of to c Jefferies U C Veterans, at | Gardens are very backward. If p r of. John S. Ray, a prominent edu- kins of Atlanta, Ga . at $140,000. The bake and retard germination, ti. ^re China. The war does not, at this Elb ' th( ,j church Th e public is mo^t: nothin ^ happens we will have a good catori jjed at Kernesville Tuesday work is to be complted in fifteen cal- will be a stand in a few days; (th " time, seem very exciting. We gener- cor(liall j nvitt . d to attend and es- deal of fruit noth withstanding the morning, aged 75. He leaves an aged endar months. is already a stand of crabgrasi- . ally get the best and often the latest ia]] the la(]iej . who are expected col< i freezes that came this spring. invalid wife. Lookout, boys; we will have to hustle news by way of London. The uni- r. i, r i n2 their baskets. Mr. W. L. Some of our friends over on Broad Governor Heyward Tuesday morn- now versal sympathy, almost, among the Goude i oc j. who was adjutant of the river are catching some fine fish. ing received a telegram from Savan- Gardens are looking fine. Since Chinese and nearly all the foreigners. is with the Japanese. survivors of that regiment to The Russians are not greatly loved In hehalf of ,ie by the people world. You will be interested to know that in nah stating that his uncle, Colonel tbe wa rm weather has set in all xeg Clinch, was rapidly sinking, and that station seems to have new life in little hope was entertained for his j t T be woods are getting green fasi recovery. Governor Heywarl left for and they are filled with many feather Savannah at once. ed songsters who sing their merry . , , songs and tell us of the happiness at Chinkiang we are making some Fire was discovered on the roof of Q j spring-time. little progress. There is to be a in Sumter at s.lo -r V want to ston writing un- market established, and there is to 18th S. C. regiment, specially requests Minor’s drug store this part of the be P resent : a,so ’ in beha,f of tht ^ church and camp he extends a cordial invitation to all other survivors of the Confederate army, and their fam ilies, to he present. Don’t forget the hour of meeting—11 o’clock a. m. With many of the old veterans their last meet- is proposed to Mr. Robt. Buff caught two recently that weighed twenty-two pounds. One seven and the other fifteen and a quarter pounds. Mr. V. E. Mc Kinney caught one that weighed eight pounds. smoke and water is estimated at about $5,000; covered by insurance. The secretary of State Wednesday commissioned the Carolina Construc tion Company of Anderson, which concern will build a trolley line through Anderson county. The cap ital stock is $00,000. G. E. Coughlin, A. T. Smyth and R. S. Ligon are the petitioners. in our day and time, and it is difficult *his way, and the report is that it is rriahe ^ a P rodtal ^ e an,i (>r - to write anything on it that has not to he begun this spring. How nice J ca ^ n - announce that Mrs already been to the press. First, let s it would be to see a tram once more. _ T if , .. wnii friends and think of an increased acreage, and Ve see plenty of steamers; boats of ... J yesterday, the result; let it be in corn ton, or both. It means first all the time on the part of and his faithful mule, and stock causes a greater _ —,, — . , muscle, which calls for a larger an it was always a fine sight to see' ,n ' nest ' r county, quantity of food, and Joe McKinney, a young white man given, when the crop well known about Anderson, was bad- will see mules and horses Iv cut about the head and shoulders condition, weakened down and worn four hundred miles up the river from j ^ “Y«r a mrthree“MnsTnd i (May 22n<U and abdomen Tuesday night by Geo. out and almos* worthless. In nine here, across the country to Peking,! ® b . e v _ e _ S Kt a . vears a „ 0 ! preparatory Murphy, a white barber who was em- cases out of ten you will see a poor- and also one is projected to ! Te a hnshiind three sons an i ployed in the Hotel Cbiquola shop jy culivated crop and in the fall when through the interior to Canton. The ^he ^,J J b their' loss at Anderson for some months It is it is gathered, you will get on an Chinese do things very slowly. At i aau>?n , 1,1 ,urn , , ?ean°d that McKinney will die as a average one bale of cotton from WuChang, not long ago, the Manda- |he was a life-long member of the result of the wounds every two and a half to four acres rin ordered all the native schools Presbyterian church and died as and ten to fifteen bushels of corn, closed and ordered the teachers who L! 10 ' 1 * 11 sbf ' . ia< rI J fere *> sone to sleep. R. Webb Thompson died at his while farms properly cultivated will did not smoke opium to come for ex-' , be f _f a _ ia _ !i 0 * vas home at Pacolet at 2 o’clock Tuesday produce a bale of cotton to every amination, and free schools are to be of Bright’s disease, at the age of 50 acre, and twenty to forty bushels of opened, and the children are to be years. Tbe funeral services were corn. If cotton were worth fifteen compelled to attend! Wonders are conducted by Rev. W. P. Smith, and cents all the time it doesn’t pay to still happening. They are also open- interment was held at Z o’clock at tend three acres of land to make one ing a girls’ school, and the girls are Pacolet Wednesday afternoon. A bale; but if we get only eight cents not to bind the feet. There is aeon- wife and three children survive him.. for it and make a hale on every acre siderable movement towards unbind- Mr. Thompson served the Trough of land tended, it does pay. The ing the feet now in many parts. I Shoals and Clifton Manufacturing writer has in mind a renter who went was in the hospital one day, and a Cos. for a number of years as sales- to a gentleman to rent a farm. He little girl had been having an ulcer- man in a very commendable manner, could tend only a one-horse farm and ated foot attended, and 1 suggested the gentleman asked him how much ! why did she not leave it unbound, so The company flag of company “A” land he wanted to tend in cotton, it could get well. No, she would not, 13th regiment of Confederate veter- "Eight or ten acres,” was the answer; and she was very strong in her op- ans, of which Captain B. T. Brock- and upon being asked, he said that position to having it unbound. She man was captain, has been in the he usually tended fifteen to twenty was willing to undergo the suffering sheriff’s office in Spartanburg for acres in corn and then seldom ever in order that fashion’s mandates some time. As to how it came and made enough to bread him. The might he obeyed. A Chinese teacher how long it has been there is unknown landlord then asked him this ques- told me the other day that the to the sheriff. The flag is valuable tion: “Which had you rather do, Chinese do not consider the woman on account of its historic associa- tend five acres in corn and make to be a human being, “pu tong ren,” lions. It was saved on the night of plenty to do you, or half tend fifteen which means, “not counted a man.” the evacuation of Richmond—April and not make enough to do?” The They are inferior, they say. They 2, 18(<5, by Dr. T. A. Lafar and pre- man decided that he would rathef tpld me last night in the chapel while sented by him to the State of South tend five acres, which he did and I was preaching that a slave girl Carolina. It was made by the sisters made plenty of corn for his own con- amid be bought for six dollars. Some of the gallant commander and daugh- sumption and some to sell. of them sell for as much as two hun ters of Capt. David Anderson, of Spar- Second, let us think about what dred Mexican, or about ninety dollars, tanburg. Sheriff White is anxious to we want; fertility of the soil is what The best thermometer of a people’s know who left it there and who se- we need and of course is what we moral character is the way they treat cured it from the State, in order that want. We are truly glad to see so their women. My heart sometimes it can be returned through the proper many of our farmers working to this goes out to those little girls at home channel to its rightful owner. end. We might suggest several ways in Gaffney who work in the mills, and by which tbe soil may be enriched, the question comes to me as I think At 5 o’clok Sunday morning at but will not this time. of those fathers who stay out to help Neals Shoals, in Union county. Bob Mr. J. C. Jones went to Spartan- , do errands and to cut wood and carry Henderson shot and instantly killed burg today. Garfield Hopson, both negroes. Tbe Mr. L. R. McMillin will go to Spar- deceased was shot four times. Each tanburg tomorrow, ball entered through or near the The North Pacolet School will give heart. Five shots were fired. It an entertainment at the close of the seems that the quarrel between the school, which will be some time in two started about a belt said to have June. Pet. cost only 10 cents. Early Sunday The corner-stone of the Faircloth building at the Baptist Female Uni versity at Raleigh, will be laid May 17th, in connection with the dedica tion ceremonies. Mr. Henry Nance killed a very large eagle on Mr. Jetton’s farm Mon- The congregation of Arrowood are t i ay , not'far from Cornelius, in Cum- going to remodel and carpet their , berland county. There were two of church. ^ them, but one escaped. Mr. Nance Mr. Geo. Scruggs and Miss Etta billed an eagle near the same place Thrift were married Sunday at Ar- a bout a year ago. rowood by Rev. John Smith. 1 ’ „ j Messrs I^e Webster and Otho A store house and contents owned McKinney, of Cowpens, were visiting i b y ^ r - Thomas W. Allen and located relatives at Line. N. C.. L. in Clear Creek township, Mecklen burg county, was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. The stock of goods was valued at $3,000, and there was no insurance. Tuesday morning Judge Peebles issued a rule to be served on the lawyers of the Lumberton bar, to show cause why they should not be The Lord’s Supper proceeded against for contempt. The Services at the Presbyterian Church. There will be preaching at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath by one of the visiting ministers of the Methodist conference. The members church and congregation ar^ brated the 4th Sabbath at 11 a. m. Services to the communion will be conducted in the Sunday school room of the church on Wednesday at 8:15 p. m. and Saturday at 11 a. m., of next week. morning, it is stated, Hopson found Henderson with a belt on and when asked for it refused to give it up. A few oaths were passed and the de- Union Sunday School Picnic. The Sunday schfjols of the First Baptist church, the Buford Street M. E. church and the Presbyterian ceased drew a pistol and three times church will join in a picnic at Lime- attempted to shoot, hut the pistol stone on Friday May 20th, beginning failed to fire. Henderson ran, but at 10 o’clock a. m. Only the members during the day he secured a pistol of these Sunday schools and their somewhere and at 5 o’clock in the af- families and the college girls and fa- ternoon tb^ two met and Henderson culty are invited to attend, shot on sight of Hopson, and then Ever member of each of these Sun- made good his escape. day schools as well as the families of which they are members are urged At a picnic some four of five miles to be present and are specially urged distant from* Lamar, in Darlington to bring a basket well filled with good county, Wade Plummer, a boy of 15 things, as dinner will be eaten ab years, rescued John Gibson, a son of together pic nic fashion on the the pastor at Lamar, from a watery grounds, grave in Lynche’s river. A crowd had pleasant assembled for a fishing party and ourse. several had gone in tbe river sein- program The day will be spent In games and social inter- There will be a suitable the dinner pail at noon, while the girls make money that supports the family. Are those little children with such fathers any better than these heathen slave girls? They certainly have a harder time than most of tbe slave girls, and the man, (?) the head of the house, takes advantage of their helplessness in the same way that the heathens do. I think a man who is willing to let his little girls work for him in the factory, while he sits around the store and whittles sticks and chews tobacco and helps his wife a little while she does most of the work—such a man is worse than any heathen I know of. The condition of our women at home in general certainly is almost heaven compared to that of the heathen wo men. Christ is woman’s best friend We have been having some specia meetings here for the last week or so. We meet three times a day, and generally have an after meeting, in which we try to learn a verse of Scripture, and get its meaning. There seems to have been a great blessing on the meetings. We have many enquirers. We are working and only a change from the old to the new life. Her many friends within The Ledger’s circulation will join us in extending to her bereaved family our sincere sympathies. We were greatly disappointed in not getting to attend the occasion of tbe laying of the corner stone of the Confederate monument at York- ville on yesterday. To us it was a sore disappointment. There seems to he a water famine coming in this section. Several wells, we are told, have failed or are failing. Some people think that it is caused by so many tubular wells being bored in different places. But that’s all bosh. We have had an unprecedent edly dry winter. No rain of account since last June. Mrs. Morgan Millwood, we are sor ry to learn, had a stroke of paralysis last Friday and is yet suffering very much from its effects. She is a good Christain woman who never has harm to say of anyone. She has, and deserves, the sympathy of her friends and neighbors in her affliction. Rev. Dr. Simms will preach at Ab ingdon creek church next Saturday at o'clock p. m., and Rev. Mr. Ham mett will preach on Sababth morning next at II a. m. The public is invited We suppose the reason whiskey flies to some people’s heads so quickly is because it has more room there than anywhere else. Amid the memorial scenes we see and hear so much of, we remember this is the fortieth anniversary of the mortal wounding of Gen’l. J. E. B. Stuart at Yellow Tavern, Va. J. L. S. GIVEN UP TO DIE. of music rendered in the Ing. Among the number was Mr. college auditorium In the afternoon, Gibson, 19 years old, and although he as well as some appropriate speeches, praying for fifty baptisms this year, was an expert swimmer he took A more extended program will be and I want, through The Ledger, to cramp and began to sink. That published next week. Don’t forget ask the brethren and sisters of Broad brought forth screams and exclawa- May 20th. tions from the bystanders in their ex- i citement for assistance to go to Mr. New Tin Company. Gibson. Men of mature age were The secretary of State has coin- present, but no one would venture missioned a new tin mine company of save Wade Plummer, who swam to this city. It is the Carolina Tin and him, reaching him as he sank the sec- Development Company, with a capital ond time. The drowning man clutched ►lock of $25,000. Tbe corporators him and both went down together, are D. C. Ross, J. A. Carroll, W. C. Tbe father of Plummer called to him Carpenter and M. E. Gettys. The to turn Gibson loose else both would corporators are all of this city and be drowned, hut not until he had are men of energy and fine business sunk under the water a second time did he heed the admonition. On aris ing above tbe water the second time he swam a short distance and paused to take breath, then be returned and made two dives before he succeeded in finding Mr. Gibson lying on the bottom of the river in water soine 12 or 15 feet deep, being the fourth aud last time be sank. He raised him and swam with him to the shore to the great gratification of all present. Bick headache results from a dis ordered stomach and is quickly cured by Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Alison, Cowpens. qualifications. A Startling Test. To save a life Dr. T. G. Merritt, of No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a startling test resulting in a wonderful cure. He writes, “A patient was attacked with violent hemorrhages, caused by ulceration of the stomach. I had of ten found Electric Bitters excellent for acute stomach aud liver troubles so I prescribed them. The patient gained from tbe first, and has not had an atack in 14 months.” Electric Bitters are positively fluaranteed for Dyspepsia, Constipation and Kidney tnmbles. Try them. Only 50c at Cherokee Drug Co. River Association to Join with us in the prayer. Will you not In your church, all together, pray at least once specially for this one thing Our God is able to do better things than we ask Him. We have just se cured a house in Chu Yung, our coun try place of work, and we are opening a small Christian school there as w "11 as a preaching place. There are some twenty enquirers out there in the city, and others in the country We have a good number of enquirers here, 1 should say some thirty or more. It is a great pleasure to preach the love of Christ to these people, and they sit for the sermon and listen nearly always with great attention. The other night when gave the invitation, one man in the audience laughed, leaned over and whispered to bis friend, wriggled In his seat, laughed again, and as tbe invitation was pressed, finally popped up. His laughing meant that be was touched. We try in preaching, to stick as close as possible to the main truth—the death and resurrec tion of Christ. W. E. Crocker. But Our Grqat Cod Liver Oil Prepa ration—Vinol—Cured Her of Consumption. Mrs. J. G. Brown of Anderson, Ind., writes: “Our daughter Mary was on the verge of the grave with consump tion. Our family physician had given her up—said she could not possibly recover. She was so weak she could take only half a teaspoonful of nour ishment at a time. We read an ad vertisement of Vinol, and decided to try it as a last resort. She has now taken eight bottles, and her health has been restored In a marvelous manner, and she is as well as ever she was. Words are inadequate to DO NOT DOSE THE STOMACH ■vT ^ MISS M. BROWN. express our gratitude to you and your valuable remedy, and we hope that other dear ones may be saved as ours was.” The reason that Vinol acconjplishes such wonderful results in throat, bronchial and lung troubles is be cause it contains in a concentrated form all the vital principles of cod liver oil, but without a drop of oil to nauseate and upset the stomach and retard its medicinal value; the weak est stomach can retain it and it is de licious to the taste. Vinol Is tbe most valuable prepara Ion of cod liver oil ever discovered, and we ask every person in Gaffney who has had a hard cold, hacking cough, throat or bronchical troubles to try Vinol on our guarantee to re turn your money if you are not sat isfled with the results. Cherokee Drug Co. Cure Catarrh by Nature's Own Meth od—Every Breath of Hyomei Brings Relief. Nearly everyone who has catarrh knows how foolish it is to try and cure it by drugging the stomach. Tempo rary relief may be given, but a cure seldom comes. Until recently your physician would have said the only way to cure catarrh would be to have a change of climate; but now with Hyomei you can carry a health giving climate in your vest pocket and by breathing it a few minutes four times a day soon cure yourself. The complete Hyomei outfit costs hut $1.00 and consists of an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket, a medicine- dropper and a bottle of Hyomei. The inhaler lasts a lifetime, and if one bottle does not cure, an extra bottle of Hyomei can be ob tained for 50 cents. It Is the most economical of all remedies advertis ed for the cure of catarrh, and is the i* such a remedy. Of many only one that follows nature in her remedies for headache which I method of treating diseases of the re- have triedFe-no-pep-zone is much the spiratory organs. best. It Is pleasant to take. It Is a Gaffney Drug Co. have sold a great Ba f e remedy even for a person of very many Hyomei outfits and the more sensitive, nervous temperament. Ills effectual for any headache that re sults from loss of sleep, excitement, weariness, or indigestion, and It leaves no bad effects behind It. For sale at Dr. S. B. Crawley & Co.’s at 10c and 25c; also by the dose at 5c. 4-22-1 mo. rule is returnable at Fayetteville to morrow (Saturday). Frank Knight, a negro employe of the Swannanoa Hotel, in Asheville, was arrested Monday by Postoffice Inspector Entermann, on a charge of raising a money order. The order was raised from $3 to $30 and Knight’s bond was placed at $300. The jury in the Madison murder trial case in Asheville has returned a verdict finding all three of the de fendants guilty of murder in the sec ond degree. John and Gus Murray were sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary, and John Rice to 10 years. P. J. Hart, a member of the North Carolina general assembly of Hender son county, Tuesday was found guilty in the United States court of running a moonshine still in Henderson coun ty. He was sent up by Judge Boyd for twelve months. It is generally be lieved that Judge Boyd will remit the sentence. Sheriff Edwards, of Alleghany county, offers a reward of $100 for the capture of Fred Johnson, who killed a man named Keesler, in Alle ghany, a few Jays ago. Johnson was arrested hut escaped Sunday. Dur- ng a fight between Keesler and John son, the latter was seriously if not : atally stabbed in the abdomen by Ceesler’s brother. Samples of the ore from the mine at Indian Trail, Mecklenburg county, were exhibited in Charlotte Wednes day. The ore is very rich in gold, ead and copper, assaying about $90 to the ton. The free gold is extracted by a stamp mill, but a smelter will he required for the other metals. The owners of the mine are well pleased with the developments so far and are convinced that they have a good thing. Seventeen young men were gradu ated from the North Carolina Medi cal College of Charlotte and received their diplomas and their degree of Doctor of Medicine Tuesday night. Three young ladies were also gradu ated from the Presbyterian Training School for Nurses, the graduating ex ercises of the two institutions being combined. The nurses together with their diplomas received the degree of Graduated Nurse. Rev. L. M. Roper Bays: Rev. Dr. L. M. Roper, pastor of the First Baptist church of Spartan burg, S. C., tells the people of Gaffney and Cherokee county of the superior Ity of Fe-no-pep-zone. He writes: “I have been looking for severa years for a headache remedy that re lieves the pain and at the same time removes the cause of pain. Fe-no-pep they sell, the more convinced they are that they are perfectly safe in guar anteeing to refund the money If Hyo mei does not cure. You don't expect your friends to be struck on your jokes If they are ^int- less. Foley’s Honey and Tar is peculiarly adapted for asthma, bronchitis and hoarseness. —Big drive in men’s Linen Collars, sizes 13 to 17*4; all 4-ply linen, Plu- ett, Coon & Co.’s make. 5 for 25c, at J. C. Lipscomb & Co. A charter has been issued to Moun tain Park Cemetery Co., of Wilks- boro, with a capital of $10,000, J. T. Pruden and R. A. Spainhour are the principal incorporators. The Rowan Chair Co. has been incorporated with $25,000 capital, to operate a chair factory at China Grove. J. L. Randle- man is a large stockholder. The Rhode Island Co., of Spray, has in creased its capital to $125,000. B. Frank Mebane is president. There was filed with Governor Ay- cock Tuesday another bid for the lease of the Atlantic & North Caroli na Railroad, it being from an Ashe ville capitalist whose name is with held at the special request of the bid der. Neither are the terms of the bid made public. President J. A. Bryan, Superintendent Dill, Director C. E. Foy, States Proxy J. W. Granger of tbe A. & N. C., were In Raleigh Tues day In consultation with Attorney General Gilmer and other counsel for the A .& N. C. Company, preparing tbe answer to tbe complaint of Jno. P. Cuyler, on which the conmany is cited to show cause May 21st why a receiver should not be appointed for the road. To Farmer and Stockman. For Farmers and Stock Owners, use Elliott’s Emulsified Oil Liniment | —is the best ever produced. You get —Men’s 4-ply all linen Collars I a full half pint for 25c. and you’ll find Pluett, Coon A Co.’s make; sizes 13 I it a very satisfactory linlm<-nt for use to 17*4; 5 for 25c. At J. C. Lip | in the family and on animals. Gaffney scomb & Co. —Fine Kansas City Beef—a little higher, but much better. At L. W. McGuinn’s. Drug Co. —Fine Kansas City Beef—a little higher, but much better. At L. W. McGuiun’s.