The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 24, 1904, Image 1
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION
of Any Newspaper in the
Fifth Congressional
District, of S. C.
EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE
The Ledger
SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY,
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.
~ ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1904.
$1.00 A YEAR.
THM6H0UT THE
PALMETTO STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
Happenings All Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
Dr. Janies B. Allison, of Yorkville,
experienced a sunstroke Sunday and
his condition is now considered quite
serious. He is an old and highly es
teemed citizen, and is a brother of
Mr. R. E. Allison, of Lancaster.
The brick work on the walls of the
Williamston College, of Greenwood,
was finished a day ahead of time
The time set for this event was June
15th, but Builder George W. Buchan
an had a day to spare. All work is ,
being pushed forward rapidly and by from J. C. Lipscomb & Co., Dr. C. A.
September 27th the building will be Jefferies has bought a superb buggy
ready. from the same firm -
With a curse on her lips, Lillie The court this week was the short-
Gray fell, shot to death by Roxey es t term ever held in Cherokee. The
Sudds on the back porch of her house criminal business was disposed of
in the Cripple Creek section of Green- Monday, and the equity cases were
ville about 11 o'clock Wednesday a n heard Tuesday and Wednesday
morning. Both are negro women, forenoon. Judge Gary dispatched the
At the inquest held at the scene of business rapidly and left for his home
the shooting, but little could be Wednesday afternoon.
Tuesday was the longest day in
the year.
Rev. L. C. Ezell will fill his regu
lar appointment at Limestone Springs
Baptist church next Sunday at 11
o’clock a. m.
Workmen are engaged in excayat
ing for the foundation of the Nation
al Bank building on the corner of
Limestone and Frederick streets.
On account of ulcerated feet the
.pastor of Limestone M. E. church
has not been able to do consUnt pas
toral service and will likely be indis
posed in that respect for some time.
The county Democratic executive
committee will meet in the court
house Saturday, the 25th inst., at 11
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of ar
ranging the county campaign, num
ber of campaign meetings, etc.
The recent purchasers of vehicles
in Gaffney seem to be going for high
er grades and styles. In addition to
the fine buggy bought by Dr. Steedly
A NEWSY LETTER
FROM ETTA JANE.
THE FLORENCE MILLS BAND.
nerly $900.00.
his instrument
Each member owns |
and is an artist in |
Its Marvelous Progress Under Lead- his particular part. A. A. A.
ership of Capt. Barnette.
Forest City, June 23.—Forest City
lays no claims to a boasted popula-
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
General Interest.
its base. By the indomitable spirit
Etta Jane, June 22.—Congressman of her people she has steadily grown
Finley was jn this section yesterday in size, population and usefulness, un
locking after the needs of his con- til today we see around as a busy,
stituents in the matter of postal ser- hustling mass of people, numbering
vice. He is much pleased with the thousands, who are daily actively en-
working of the rural free delivery gaged in all the different occupations
mail service and recommends that it of life, from hammering at the anvil,
be put into operation wherever the pushing the saw, to driving the ma-
same is at all practicable. This con-! chinery of cotton mill, planing mill
gressional district is largely supplied and furniture factory. These indus-
with this kind of mail service and tries are very essential to the
Mr. Finley hopes to extend it to growth of any city or town, and
other sections soon. Route Agent we greatly appreciate the same in
Arnold, of the postoffice department, our midst. Yet other institutions
is now looking over the various routes are equally as essential to the town’s
going out of Gaffney and contiguous popularity and progress as those al-
thereto, and upon his report of their ready mentioned,
condition, etc., will largely, if not We have our graded school, our
New Prospect News.
New Prospect, June 22.—There has
tion, neither does it pride itself upon ij een some n j ce weather for the past
borrowed or assumed merits. It f ew f or working crops and we
simply stands upon the undisputed ,.
reputation it has achieved through noUce that most of the farmers have
the unyielding efforts and untiring ma ‘ ,e S 00 ^ use ^f it.
energies of its people, who do not r( ? ps ar ? J 1 ^ ne con, lition and are
believe in doing things by “halves.” growing nicely, due to the unusual i
It was only a little way-side village f,t honey dew which fell dur- |
of a few dozen people in the 70s, and ! n « <; he I> a *t t'vo or three weeks. Cot-
was not known a hundred miles from to ” has . not > f e % growin ? , very fas . t '
The honey bee? are doing their
work faithfully, now, while there is
so much honey dew. Some of our
THROUGHOUT 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
A terrific lightning storm burst
people are living “high” now on over Graham Monday afternoon. Two
honey. Mr. Bob Alverson took out houses were struck and a number of
250 pounds at one time the other day. | persons shocked, but no one seriously
Wheat is a little slow about rip- j hurt,
ening, but there is a great deal of}
it already harvested. Walter Hough, the slayer of George
Gardens are doing well now, and Hartsell, was given a preliminary
we presume the rain which is now hearing by Justice Lore, in Concord,
falling will cause the plants to do Tuesday morning and released on a
better. Some of our neighbors have three hundred dollar bond,
been eating beans for some time and A large barn belonging to Fall
have white-headed cabbage. Brothers, near Muddy Creek station,
on the Mocksville-Mooresville divis
ion of the Southern, was destroyed
by fire early Wednesday morning.
Two horses were also lost. It is be-
a few
We are sorry to report that Mrs.
Bessie Putnam, who has been sick
for some time, is worse. Mr. Free
man Coggin is also worse.
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson is very
entirely, depend the kind of service churches, our stores, our hotel and . ‘ r . '
we are to have in the future. boarding houses and restaurants; but s us! . 1 , ing .'
gathered from the testimony as to
the cause of the trouble.
Sunday afternoon about C o’clock
the city of Spartanburg and several
sections of that county were visited
W. T. Poag has sold his interest
in the Gaffney Live Stock Co. to H.
M. Johnson, which leaves Mr. John
son the sole owner of the business.
We are glad to state that Mr. Poag
Ly a heavy rain and wind storm and will remain in Gaffney and in a short
at places the hail fell in large quan
tities, destroying the young cotton.
Death followed in the wake of the
storm. On the lands of Mr. Ander
son, near Moore, a colored woman
named Addie Beden, was killed by
lightning. The barn of Alfred Aiken
was struck by lightning and a mule
killed.
Saturday afternoon at C o'clock,
just four miles west of Rapley, in
Laurens county, near Green Pond M. '
E. church, the home of Mr. Miller
Curry, one of that county’s best
known citizens, was totally destroyed
by fire. During the afternoon consid
erable quantities of provender had
been moved about in the barn and a
part of the crop of oats put in shel
ter. It is supposed that some one
while will be in the horse and mule
business on his own account.
The fields have been too wet to plow
all this week till yesterday afternoon,
and some of the more careful farm
ers will not start their plows till this
morning. Some of our farmers re
port some grass in their cotton. But
generally the fields in the county are
pretty clear of grass, and corn and
cotton are reported to be growing
The Gaffney Manufacturing Com
pany has got its motors at its reser
voir out on Cole creek, connected
with its power plant in the city and
is pumping all the water it needs
right into its big finishing mill. The
Gaffney Manufacturing Company has
glad to know that
Gaffney is going to celebrate the
Fourth of July, which brings to our
memory the birth of our nation. It
strikes us that we should celebrate
lieved that the barn was struck by
lightning during the night.
The proprietors of the dry goods
store of Boylan, Pearce & Co., in
Raleigh, say that Tuesday night’s
fire damaged their stock to the
There has been a considerable the one institution above all others of
amount of lightning and thunder in which we justly feel proud, and of
the last few days, but no harm done which we have never before taken oc-
in this immediate neighborhood that casion to speak or write, is the
we know of. We learn that a mule Florence Mills’ Concert Band,
was killed over on Pacolet the other For the special amusement and en-
day by lightning. tertainment of its citizens, every
Rev. W. D. Hammett preached at town should have a thoroughly
Abingdon Creek church last Sabbath trained and well equipped band. Wo
morning and at Salem in the after- have one of which any city in North
noon. He had good congregations at Carolina might justly feel proud, for
each service. It was his first visit we have had the pleasure of listening , .
to Salem (where he had kindly been to every band in North Carolina, and often driven to desperation in case of wa lk across the dam at the Henriet-
invited by the Presbyterians), and hundreds of others in other States, accident, resulting in Bums, Cuts, ta MHl^ 1 uesday morning, lost his
we are glad to note that he made a but are frank to admit that we have Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in a supply hold and fell head foremost sixteen
good impression on our Salem people never had the pleasure of listening of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It’s the ^ eet onfo the rocks below. Both
and we think he was equally im- to one inside or outside of the State best on earth. 25c at Cherokee Drug arms were broken between the wrist
that day each year, and not merely amount of perhaps $20,000, nearly all
for sport, but with reverence. by smoke and water. The stock was
p e t valued at over $50,000. The stock
of carpets, valued at $8,000, was
nearly ruined.
Driven to Desperation.
Living at an out of the way place, ^ r - Andrew Hicks, a young man
remote from civilization, a family is about 20 years old, in attempting to
pressed with the attention and com- that ever excelled our boys in render- Co.’s Drug Store.
smoking dropped a spark, since the the best equipped plant in the south,
„ . . , , . \ an/1 la making fin** DTin/lft «« n FP
fire originated in the barn.
Mr. John Pearson was struck by
ligntning and instantly killed Tues
day afternoon about four o’clock at
his home in Summerville. The de
ceased was about 30 years of age
and had lived all his life in Spartan
burg county in the vicinity of Wood
ruff. Last fall he moved to Summer
ville and was engaged in farming.
He married Miss Electa Montgomery,
a daughter of B. L. Montgomery, of
Enoree, and a niece of the late Capt.
J. H. Montgomery, of Spartanburg,
who survives him, together with*
small children.
and is making as fine goods as are
made out of cotton.
BLACKSBURG BUDGET.
People Coming and Going Beyond the
Broad.
Blacksburg, June 23.—Mrs. Ken
dall ,of Shelby, N. C., is here visiting
her sister, Mrs. Chas. Baber.
Mrs. Hudgins and little daughter,
Kate, returned home Tuesday after
spending several days in Atlanta and
Gainesville Ga.
• Mr. Frank G. Lavender, who attend
ed Furman University, Greenville,
the past session, arrived here Mon-
The finding of the dead body of ( i a y spend vacation with relatives
a negro man in a ditch on Spring an ‘,i friends.
street in Spartanburg early Monday Miss Eth el Maxwell left Monday
morning occasioned a sensation, and nig b t f or Bluefield, Va., to visit rela-
crowds of people flocked to the spot. Gves and friends.
The dead person was Wylie Smith, Miss 0 ra Rudisill, of Shelby, N. C.,
who was a quiet, industrious negro S p en f Tuesday night in town with her
employed by Mr. J. B. Martin. It is f r i en d, Miss ' Mabel Ramseur. and
thought that the negro succumbed lett Wednesday morning for Greens-
to an attack of heart disease. He was boro, N. C.
in accustomed health and fine spir- Messrs. Baber and Major Whis-
its the night before. Near the body nant 0 f Gordon, Ala., arrived in
was a pair of shoes, which the de- t own Tuesday morning to spend some
ceased in all probability had been | tinie wit b relatives and friends,
carrying along with him, as he c. A. Stewart went up to Mar-
started for his day’s work. io n, N. C., Wednesday to spend the
Pat McGee, negro laborer employed day.
on the farm of Mr. Henry Summerall ! Mr. Pete Shiver w r ent to Spartan-
near Aiken, was struck by ligntning burg Monday on business,
during the storm on Sunday night. Messrs. Dave and Broadus Moss,
McGee says he was standing on his of Earl, N. C., were in town Wednes-
porch washing his hands when the day on business .
bolt came, and he was knocked insen- Mr. Ralph Turner, who has been
sible for some time. When he re- quite sick at his home in North Car-
gained his senses he found that the olina, returned here Wednesday very
bolt had struck him on the right much improved.
thigh and made a “burnt” streak Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, Misses
down his left leg, and, leaving his Della and Mary Rhyne and Miss An-
body had torn his shoes off. It seems na Sherer went down to Piedmont
that the electric fluid did not enter Springs Thursday to enjoy the fresh
his body. McGee will probably bear air and the fine mineral water there
the scars of his first experience with for a day.
lightning to his dying day. Miss Helen Whisnant, one of our
It was currently rumored at Sum- most popular young ladies, and Mr.
merville Monday that the town of George G. Eaves, Jr., an efficient mail
Jedburg. situated about four miles clerk on the Charleston division
west of that place, on the Southern the Southern f tail way, were quietly
Railway, had been disturbed the married Wednesday night at the
night before by an earthquake, and home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and
that its good people, by reason there- Mrs. C .S. \\ hisnant, Rev. N. B. Clark-
of, were in a state of confusion and son officiating. A\ e wish for them a
consternation. Investigation, how- long life and much happiness,
ever, showed that about 8:45 o’clock Mr- A. J. Blalock and son, Darwin,
Sunday evening a slight shock, ac- went to Gaffney Wednesday on busi-
companied by a rumbling noise, ness.
passed through the settlement, the Mr. and Mrs. Mill King are in
tremor lasting but a few seconds, North Carolina visiting relatives and
neither exciting alarm nor causing friends,
damage. The quivering sensation, in
passing down probably to the sea,
was felt by people in Summerville
without surprise of annoyance.
George W. Gossett, aged G7 years,
and a well known resident of Spar
tanburg county, committed suicide
at his home near Pacolet Tuesday.
He severed his juglar vein with a
The band that will furnish music for the Fourth of July Ceb bration.
CHOKING CATARRH CURED.
Your Money Back if Hyomei Does
Not Cure You.
“Use Hyomei and be cured of ca
tarrh,” is what all who have tried it
for that disease say to their friends.
It is the easiest thing in the world
pocket knife and death ensued from to stop catarrh at its beginning if
loss of blood. He had been in fail- you use Hyomei. Just breath the
ing health for some time and it is
thought that the continued illness had
impaired his mind and in a moment
of despondency the rash act was
done. A short time after breakfast
members of the family heard a gurg-
health-giving, balsamic air for a few
minutes and your catarrh wdll be
cured.
In this city and neighboring towns,
there are hundreds who can testify
to the remarkable powers of Hyomei
ling sound enanating from the front to cure catarrh. Many of the
porch whither he had gone immodi- staunchest friends of this remedy to-
ately after finishing his morning day began its use with little hope that
meal. His daughter hastened to the they would be cured, but as Gaffney
front door and was horrified to find Drug Co. offered to refund the money
her father with a gaping wound in if it did not cure, they decided to try
the throat and his life blood gushing
from it.
it on that plan, and
stored to health.
were soon re-
tesies they extended to him. In each |ing classical and up-to-date music.!
oi these services he preached good. ‘ They may have some equals, but they
plain, practical sermons. His subject are few. Under the directorship of
Kings’ Creek Items.
Kings Creek, June 20, 1904.
Editor Ledger;—Thinking per-
at Abirtgdon Creek was “The Founda- that sterling gentleman, Capt. E. J. baps a letter from this section would
tion and Power of the Church;” text. Barnette, superintendent of the Flor- be of some interest to some of the
Matt. xvi:18. At Salem i- was, “Our ence Cotton Mill, this band was re- Ledger readers, I will try to give a
Relation to Christ;” text, Acts i\:11— organized in March, 19«>:], and out of uttle news.
and elbow’, his skull fractured and
his face badly bruised.
The State charters the Colossus
Gold Mining and Milling Company,
of Waxhaw, Union county, with a
capital stock of $1,000,000, stock
holders, J. Marshall Young and Ma
nassas W. Shaffer, of Easton, Pa., and
Edgar F. Shaffer, of Waxhaw. The
company is to purchase or lease min
ing lands in North Carolina, Virginia
or other States, and reduce and
smelt minerals.
The State charters the Kinston
$50,000, the principal stockholders
Lumber Company, with a capital of
being J. W. Lynch, of Winston; Geo.
W .Montgomery, of Brooklyn, N. Y.;
B. B. Ellington and C. R. Guy of
Richmond. A charter was also grant-
I ed to the Bank of Morganton, with
a capital stock of $100,000, to do a
commercial and savings business.
The principal stockholders are Geo.
B. White and M. F. Morppew, of Mar
ion.
Mr. J. W. Morrisey, of Winston,
died in Greensboro Tuesday afternoon
as the result of taking an overdose
of morphine. Mr. Morrisey was one
of the Winston delegation to the
convention at Greensboro. Upon ex
amination it was found that GO of the
100 tablets of morphine that had been
5 in a bottle were gone. That moans
that the man must have taken fifteen
grains of morphine. Mr. Morrisey
was a prominent broker of Winston-
Salem.
Freight Brakeman Thomas Allen,
j of the Norfolk & Western, was "tin
over and almost instantly killed at
Walnut Cove Monday morning by his
own train. The freight was coming
to Winston from Roanoke, Va. It
made a short stop at Walnut Cove
and Engineer Wilburn failed to re-
“Behold he prayeth.”
We have not seen any cotton
blooms as yet, but learn that our
neighbor, J. D. Hughes, found one
tin? other day.
Mr. Sam J. Strain began laying by
this morning. We have had fine
seasons and the ground is in first
rate plowing order.
Mr. Martin Roberts, another of our
young farmers, hauled two loads of
fodder to Gaffney yesterday and sold
it.
chaotic confusion he has materialized Crops over here are looking fine; cei '' e , a necessary signal from Allen
one of the best equipped and well- C0 tton is held back some by the cold and he went back to investigate. The
trained bands in North Carolina. All
the members of this band, with the
exception of two, are directly con
nected with the Florence Mills.
For several years the boys of the
town had endeavored to organize a
band here, but failed to ever reach
that stage in practice which would
enable them to venture to give a pub
lic musical entertainment, notwith-
weather. Wheat is being cut; it is
the finest crop of wheat that has
been cut on Kings creek in several
years.
. We had a nice shower of rain yes
terday, that was very much needed
engineer found Allen on the track,
badly mangled. He died in five min
utes after Engineer Crews reached
his side.
A negro named Tom Love entered
the residence of Mrs. H. M. A Rogers,
Mr. Walter H. Arnold has been on on Main street, at Waynesvnle, Sat-
a visit to his home at Woodruff. urday night between 12 aqd 1 o’clock.
Misses Maggie and - Lena Caldwell, When Mrs. Rogers awoke the negro
two charming young ladies, spent was in her bed and passing his hand
This is a hopeful sign that the standing they spent hundreds of dol- ] as t Saturday with their friend, Miss over her face. She sprang from the
county is and will be self-sustaining lars for the services of an expert
if properly managed . band teacher; yet when Mr. Barnette
We saw, however, somebody haul- took charge of the scattered and dis
ing loads of hay home from Gaffney turbed fragments of the old band in
Monday. March, 1903, it was through his per-
Several of our over the-river friend: sistent and untiring efforts that the
and acquaintances were in town Mon- present hand was materialized,
day. Among them was Chief of Po- Their old brass horns were thrown
lice Duncan, of Blacksburg, who hard- aside and new ones bought, costing
ly ever misses hav ing some violator nearly $900. Each member buying hi
of the law before the court. He is own horn, thus making it absolutely
a terror to evil doers and the State necessary for them to become inter
ims few such faithful officers in its ested in the enterprise. Mr. Barnette
employ. was not long in getting the boys in
Mr. E. R. Sapoch, of Mt. Paran sec- shape and properly under training
tion. gives a good account of special- orders, and the result is today, we
ist Dr. Daniels’ treatment of several have one of the best bands in the
cases of cancer in his neighborhood State.
during his recent professional visit The membership and instrumen-
Lula Borders, of this place. bed and gave the alarm. The negro
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Plaxico spent was arrested and placed in Jail. The
Saturday night at Mr. Jason Thomp- excitement next day was intense and
son’s, on Clark’s Fork.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Smith, of
Yorkville. have been visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, at
this place. L.
If
open threats of lynching were heard.
Love was placed on the train and
hurried off to Asheville in the cus
tody of Sheriff Noland and three spe
cial deputies.
,— _ _ nrrrn ^ r - an( * ^ rs - Beck, of Con-
FAIREoT KIND OF OFFER. cord, were called to Stanley county
—— Monday to attend the burial of Fred
Mi-o-na Does Not Cure Dyspepsia, Newbaum, who died Sunday night
to that section. This we take pleas
ure in making mention of for the ben
efit. of sufferers from that dreadful
malady, who would like to geek re
lief. Mr. SajK)ch is well known to
the people of this county and is the
kind of a man who will take pleasure
in giving any information in his
power to those needing it.
Rains have been pretty general; in
some places rather heavy, but in
most places gentle.
Messrs. Sam Lee, Joe Estes and
Robert' Foster went fox hunting yes
terday morning; We haven’t yet
heard whether or not they got up a
race.
We think a good sized crowd from
this section will attend the Fourth of
July celebration at Gaffney.
J. L. S.
tation is as follows:
Roland Padgett, solo B flat cornet.
Garland Jackson, 1st B flat cornet.
J. L. Hunter, E flat clarionet.
W. P. Hurt, 1st B flat clarionet.
T. L. Padgett, 1st solo alto.
J. L. Burley, B flat French horn.
G. W. Rollins. 1st B flat trombone.
E. J. Barnette, 2nd B flat trombone
and musical director.
H. A. Padgett, euphonium and slide
trombone.
D. O. Brackett, 1st E flat tuba.
W. P. Short, 2nd E flat tuba.
C. R. Simmons, snare drummer.
W. C. Blanton, bass drum and cym
bals.
T. L. Saunders, drum major.
Cecil R. Simmons, mascot.
The Instruments used by this band
are of most popular make, triple sil
ver plated and engraved, costing
Get Your Money Back at
Gaffney Drug Co.
You run no risk whatever in pur
chasing Mi-o-na, Nature’s cure for
dyspepsia.
i
GUARANTEE
We hereby agree to refund the I
money paid for Mi-o-na on return
of the empty boxes, if the pur- 1
| chaser tells us that it has failed
to cure dyspepsia or stomach I
j troubles. This guarantee covers I
j two 50c boxes, or a month’s treat- |
j ment.
Signed I
under very unusual circumstances.
Fred was a German boy about 20
years of age, whose family has been
there several years. A neighbor
came by his home on his way to Al
bemarle and asked Fred to repair a
pistol for him, telling him that one
ball was in the pistol. He attempted
to repair the pistol. He attempted
loaded cartridge in it, and by some
mishap it went off, the ball passing
through his body. This was on Sat
urday evening, and he lingered until
Sunday night, when he died.
Mineral Option Granted.
We leant that on last Monday Mr.
John L. Mintz, a prosperous farmer
living near Blacksburg, gave a min
eral option on his lands to a Mr.
It is Mr. Brad-
Take Mi-o-na for a month (a 50c
box contains two weeks’ treatment)
and if it does not help you, bring back Bradley, of Virginia,
the empty boxes to Gaffney Drug Co. ley’s intention to develop the prop-
and they will return your money 'in erty and if he finds valuable miner-
accordance with the guarantee. ale, especially tin, Mr. Mintz is to
receive about ninety-two thousand
dollars for his mineral rights.
There are probably other valuable
mineral lands adjoining Mr. Mintz.
Some smokers would quit if they
thought the women of the house liked
the odor of a cigar.
I