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■0—0 O O <)—o THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE -o—< The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. 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-, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1904. $1.00 A YEAR. THBOUGMT THE PALMETTO STATE The doctor, however, was too quick tor the negro. Drawing his pistol he fired three shots, two of which took effect. One broke the arm at the el bow and the other entered the abdom inal cavity. THE LIMESTONE GUARDS. A NEWSY LETTER FROM ETTA JANE, THIS STATE'S PART. JTEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers.. Two negroes became involved in a row Friday at Salem in Oconee county, an<l one stabbed the other, killing him almost instantly. Rev. Dr. John O. Wilson, presiding elder of the Cokesbury district, has been elected president of the W il- liamston Female College at Green wood to succeed hte late Dr. S. Lan der. At 1 o’clock Sunday morning the dry goods store of Sligh &. Allen, on Main street, Columbia, was accident ally burned. The stock was valued at $50,000, and Insurance $26,000. The building was valued at $14,000, ,nd partially insured. At he fire was under control. m. Fred Brown, the life term negro convict who committed suicide at the Columbia penitentiary Thursday af ternoon, was buried in the prison field. Coroner Green went out to the penitentiary and heard statements from the eye witneses and gave the authorities a certificate for bural. “Not guilty" was the verdict of the jury in Laurens which heard the cast of the State vs Broadus and Lonnie Lollis, the two young white men of Dial township, in that county, charged with arson. The verdict was rendered Thursday morning shortly before 11 o’clock the jury having deliberated about two hours. Nl Mr. c. A. Reese, who has been con ducting a large clothing business in Anderson, Friday filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States dis trict. court in Charleston. It is not stated just what, his assets and liabi lities are, but it is said that he is heavily involved. Mr. Reese has been in Anderson for several years, run ning a high grade clothing establish ment. The Cheraw Naval Stores Com pany's plant at Cheraw burned down Friday night about !’> o’clock. It is not ♦known how the fire originated, but it could not be managed at all when discovered. The plant was only partially covered by insurance and the loss falls on local investors. The plant was valued at about $12,600. The future course of the company is not known, but it will doubtless be rebuilt. Governor Heyward has been urged to attend the maneuvers at Manassas and he is inclined to go. He does not, however, wish to go unless he is ac companied by a number of the mem bers of his staff. If the replies war rant it. he will accept the invitation that lias been extended him and the members of his staff to attend. Ad jutant General Frost will endeavor to have both of theregiments that go from this State to the Manassas ma neuvers in one command. Through the influence of Mr. An drew Carnegie the Benedict college of Columbia will have inside of a few months a beautiful little library build ing. Messrs. Sams & Carter have drawn the plans and the ground will soon lie broken, as bids are now being received. The library, which is Vi cost $5,000, will he, like most of the Carnegie libraries, a one story structure of the Greek type. In the basement will be two large store rooms, furnace rooms, and closets. Thursday afternoon in the court of general sessions at Laurens, Will Motes, colored, was convicted of mur der with a recommendatioh to the mercy of the court. Motes killed John Tate, also colored, at Cross Hill last May a year ago. Tate was ac companying Motes’ wife who was his cousin, home from church. Motes met them and upbraided his wife for her conduct. Tate remonstrated with Motes for his abuse of his wife, whereupon the now infuriated hus band pulled his pistol and shot Tate dead in the road. Wednesday afternoon, during a storm, a negro, named Curtis Davis, and a 15-year-old boy took refuge un der a large tree about three miles south of Yorkville, on the Pinkney road, near the old Eli Stewart place. -The lightning struck the tree, killing ^Davis and severely stunning the boy. When partios arrived soon after, they found the boy lying across the body of Davis, and by hard work lie was resuscitated. Coroner Louthian went to the place and held a preliminary hearing over the body of Davis and concluded that an inquest was not necessary. At Marietta Thursday D- E. C. Stroud shot and seriously wounded Preston Foster, a negro. Details of the shooting, as obtainable, an* to the effect that the negro was at the village poatofflce In a partlal'v drunk en condition and was raisin!? con siderable disturbance. Dr. Stroud’s residence is near by and he went over to investigate the cause of the iow. He spoke to the negro, advising him to lie quiet and leave the premises, whereupon the negro, who was thor oughly enraged, raised a rifle which he was carrying, with the remark that if Dr. Stroud interferred with him he would blow out the doctor's brains. Win Laurels at the State Encampment in Columbia. The Limestone Guards arrived in the city at 4:30 p. m.. last Friday from the State encampment. They had the appearance of a tired crowd, but were in the very best of spirits. After marching to the armory, and af ter a brief word of praise from Capt. Otts, they broke ranks. We talked with nearly all of the! boys and all had only praise for Co lumbia. the encampment, the regulars and officers. We are proud of the record the Guards made. They made the highest average score of any company in the regiment on the rifle range, the best shot being made by Private Ben Coyle, while Private Bright made three bull’s eyes in succession. The officers of the regiment, mili tary critics and the newspapers were all united in praising the Guards. The Columbia State, in its comments, said: "The Limestone Guards from Gaffney is a new company, but drill like veterans. There is none better in camp.” Then we note that the military au thorities selected them for the ma neuvers at Manassas, where the picked troops of the whole country from Maine to Texas, will vie with each other in military deportment and drill. We feel that we have a com pany to be proud of. Gen Frost and Col. Boyd commend ed the discipline of the company. Capt. Ott< was noted as one of the strictest disciplinarians in camp, and as a whole the conduct of the men was exemplary. The boys were kept busy very near ly all day. but bad leave from 7 to 11 p. m. There was much social enjoy ment, receptions, dances, smokers, "te., for officers: and an entertainment each night at Hyatt’s park casino for the enlisted men. There were about S00 men in camp. The camp was lighted with electric ity and lights in officers’ tents. Wa terworks were on the grounds and ice water in tanks. Indeed Columbia left nothing undone to make the boys have a good time. Lieut. Young met many of his com-1 :ades of the Spanisb-American war. He and Lieut. Mauney were both made officers of the guards, while Capt. Otts served as officer of the day. This was especially complimentary, when seniority counts for so much in military, and we remember they were commissionel March 30th, last. But no men tried harder than the nrivates and officers of the Limestone Guards. They did not miss a sched uled drill; and in addition, put in all extra time possible. Capt. Otts left •amp but one night and once in day time. when he carried the boys to the State house and penitentiary. He seemed to know everybody he met, and his tent was headquarters for both military and civilians. But the highest praise b o <t *wed on our company was its selection for Manassas; and the men who go the-e must drill each Monday night. We believe they will carry their full com plement of forty-nine men. With the troops who will go will be placed the honor and reputation of our State, and we feel sure that so far as our boys are concerned it is in safe hands. We have always believed Gaffney could have a model miltary company and we are proud that such belief has been realized. The company will s a r.'e ice cream Saturday night. August 13th, to aid them in the Manassas trip. The fi nancial burden has been borne by the young men entirely so far. hut we be lieve that our citizens will come to the aid of the boys and help make this the best equipped company in the State. All who go to Manassas are required to drill each Monday night. Sergt. Wilson will call the roll at So'clock p. m. sharp. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Lockhart Locals. Lockhart, August 1.—On July 27th about 2:30 o’clock ihe little daughter nf T. T. and Laura Howell passed away. She was only loaned by the great Creator. She was a little bud of love to bloom with God above. The remains were Interred at the Bullocks | \\ : i” can remember old Creek cemetery. The pall bearers were, B. T. Porter, Jno. B. Young. W. G. Riggins, N. R. Bailey and . Etta Jane, July 30.—Today is the fortieth anniversary of the “blow up” and battle of the crater in Virginia, in which South Carolina more than .other State suffered in the loss of her troops. Doubtless Ledger readers will ex pect us to give a full report of the Children’s Day proceedings at Salem last Thursday, which was a very creditable affair and reflected honor not only on this community but on other adjoining sections, which helped to make up the sum total of the occa sion. Some neighboring Sunday schools were represented and helped to make the occasion the sucess it was. As the program has already been published in these columns, it is not necessary to reproduce it, nor to say more than that it was carried | out to the letter. The congregaion I was modestly estimated at 1.000 poo- 1 p!e of different ages, sizes and sexes. | We believe it was one of the best I behaved congregations of its size we 'ever met at Salem. By an unexpected fatality incident ! to journalism a copy of the address | of welcome delivered by Sam J. Strain • which we had procured in order to complete our report of this Children’s Day exercises at Salem got mixed up ! with the manuscript of our report of the picnic which took place at the school house last Saturday, 23rd, and it appears in print as part of that fes tive occasion. This is altogether our fault and we have no one to blame for it but ourself. The printer simply printed what we sent. If our readers will refer to the last copy of The Ledger they will see that which should have gone into this re port of the Children’s Day—the ad dress of welcome by Sam J. Strain. A young man referring to this says someone may think that we are hav ing a protracted picnic. Besides the regular order of exer cises at Salem last Thursday, there was a fine spread, which was amply sufficient to feed everybody present. Nearly every part of the church grounds w-as covered with picnickers who did ample justice both to the I name ami occasion. After a suitable intermission a large ! part of the congregation re-assembled in the house, when Rev. Amos Clary and Hon. W. D. Kirby made addresses. And thus ended another important chapter of old Salem’s history. At the close of the exercises Rev. W. H. White announced that ten of the children had collected for the “Lopsey boat fund” the following sums, to-wit: Robt. Fowler. $1.71: Douglas Wright. 5i>e: Mary Robinson, $1.26; Jemima Robinson, $1.25: John nie Fowler. 50c: Ed Blackwell, 69c; Josie Brandon, 50c; Bee Comer. 86c: Frank Estes, 88c; Hemphill Estes. 64c; Total, $8.86. All these are en titled to certificates and will receive them soon. A clear profit of $31 was realized from the sale of ice cream, lemonade, etc., more than enough to carpet the church and furnish extra lights. To the young men and young ladies who took this work in hand and carried it through so successfully we are in debted not only for the success of the occasion but for the splendid example in church work they have set. Miss Jayne Bell, of Blackstocks, is visiting friends and relatives in this community, where she has an abun dant welcome. It’s her first visit to this section and the young people are determined to make It pleasant for her. Messrs. Johnnie and Arthur Estes, of Sedalia. Union county, are in this neighborhood on business, presumably that of forming a life partnership with acceptable partners. We are very glad that our Clifton correspondent has given us some in formation in regard to the John Har- ington matter and hope that he or some one else will turn on more light. Mrs. Lucy Neal and hearing her tell of that ne gro riot and the stampede it caused i in this section. This incident had Several South Carolinians Will Speak for Parker. Columbia. July 26.—According to reports received from Washington, South Carolinians will take a promi nent part in the national campaign this year, especially in the West. There has been considerable interest in the announcement, because of the rumor that Governor Heyward would be asked to stump some of the close States in the North and West in the | interest of the Democratic party and in the hope of winning the hundreds of independent voters by his well known ability. Governor Heyward however, is a very busy man, and ever since his return from St. Louis has not been in the best of health. Consequently it is not at all likely that he will be able to accept, al though nothing would please him bet ter than helping the party. Congressman Lever, who w-as used before, will travel through the North and West, where the hottest fights are expected, and Senator Tillman, be cause of his well known ability on certain topics, will be used where he will do the most good. His throat is not in the best of condition, but it has not been necessary to perform an operation on it again, and he will be in demand nearly all of the time. It is rumored because of the promi nent part taken in the Parker nomi nation by South Carolinians several THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE DEATH OF MISS CRAWLEY. RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. by of them will receive nice Federal po sitions should the Esopus man be elected, and developments along tint line will be watched with interest. Ezell Items. Ezell, July 29.—The drouth was broken up yesterday by a heavy, and. as we think, a general rain. Early corn has been hrtrt considera bly by dry weather: cotton, tot), to some extent. This section seems to have suffered more than any other. Wells ami small streams were drying up and pastures getting bare. We were thankful, indeed, for the rain. Mr. Win. Woodruff, of Pacolet. is again our teacher at Simpson. He is a fine teacher and has a very large attendance, which goes to prove we are aware of our good fortune in se curing such an efficient teacher. Mr. H. Z. Hicks is having his house repaired. Mr. C. Cash i« having his gins sharpened so as to be ready for th-* ginning season. Mr. Cash is a busi ness man. You never catch him nap ping; lie is wide awake and keeps up with his business all the time. The friends of Misses Litia and Maggie McKinney will be sorry to learn that both are '-e-iously sick. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McKinney’s baby, which has had meningitis, is getting better. The protracted meeting at Ar- rowood will begin on Tuesday after the first Sunday in August. L. The Tin Mine People Pull Up Stakes. [Kings Mountain Herald.) Last Monday morning the American Tin Plate Company pulled up their stakes and abandoned work at the tin mine here. This was quite unexpected and a considerable shock to our town. The miners had an eight-months contract, the diamond drill was start ed up only last Saturday, the prospect was all that could be expected and there seemed on Saturday evening to be no barrier to the work. What can be the matter? was the general pass word Monday. And we are still in the darkness, save guessing and rumors. But the foreman tells us that it is a lack of being pleased with the pros- neets. This turns the options back to the Gaffney company and next week we may be able to give our readers some more defiinite news. Messrs. Seaman and Holland at the Jones mine have their shaft down to a depth of 100 feot and have tunnelled out and again cut the vein. It is over three feet wide and rich. They will again go down fifty feet more in their shaft and cut the vein. The prospect there is very flattering. The mill company is building a Ttin i s j n( . e passed from memory. house, where they expect to install a complete set of ginning machinery by the coming ginning season. There are three candidates for the office of magistrate at this p ! r,ce—Jo seph Bailey, Wade H. Barnes and Jo seph H Hogers. James T. Hodges has resigned a 1 - overseer of the cloth room to accept a similar position with tin* Buffalo mills at Union. A. P. Rogers, one of our efficient loom fixers, has resigned and expects !o take a tour in the mountains of North Carolina. With best wishes for The Ledger I am, as ever, Erkhart, Midway Matters. Midway, Aug. 1.—Mr. H. P. Painter and family returned to their home at Union yesterday, after spending sev eral days visiting Cherokee rela tives. Mrs. Minnie Nance, of Spartanburg, is visiting in this section. C. O. Spencer, of Lawn, spent. Satur day and Sunday in this section. Crops are looking fine in this sec tion. In fact, we don’t know that we have ever seen them much better. Jairus. Mr. H. Terry Estes is right sick. He has been complaining for several days. State Constable W. F. Moore was in this section last week looking after the interests of the dispensary law. and his visit has had a very salutary effect. While he may not have en tirely routed the tigers he has made them lie low. If our so-called law- abiding people will come to the help if these officers the of the law such nuisances as drunk and drinking men will soon be a thing of the past. Mr. Moore comes from the staunch old family of people who have the courage to do their duty when they ■M it. J. L. S. Some Hope for the More Humble. [Wilmington Star.) A writer asks derisively, "What be comes of all those awfully smart, chil dren?" The smart, girls grow up sweet and pretty, ami cutely scoop us in with their matrimonial nets. The smart boys grow up shrewd and sell us gold bricks In various forms, get our small change by working a hall under a shell, or knock on the back door ami are fed by the smart girl wives which scooped us in with their little nets. This is no Joke. Blasphemer Regains Speech. [Shreveport, La., Special to Philadel phia Record. 1 Julian Rcnfree. the young student who lost his speech and hearing at Chicago while defying God to give him a personal demonstration, had both senses restored today. Renfree wrote on a slip of paper last week in reply to a question that he believed God would restore his senses on Thursday at 3 o’clock, and today the , time set. his statement was verified precisely at the hour mentioned. It was at the home of his mother • he opened his lips ami shouted, "The : Lord he praised!” When the n^ws of his -''eovery was j learned the streets leading to his i home were filled by excited people, who prayed on the way. It was an nounced by his friends that he would address the neighbors next Sunday. — A Sunday Marriage. Mr. C. J. Key and Miss Bessie Fair- child were married Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock at Mrs. Agnes Wood’s hotel by Rev. A. M. Simms. It was a quiet wedding, only a few friends of the contracting parties being pres ent. Mr. Key is one nf the bookkeepers of the Gaffney Manufacturing Co., and Miss Fairchild is one of the stenog raphers of the same concern. They are both worthy young people and prominent in society circles. They have the best wishes of their many friends for their future haplness and prosperity. A man can’t he a thief and a Christ ian, but he can’t be a church member. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers Charley Brooks, a very respectable negro of Chapel Hill, was killed in a row on an excursion train, which was returning from Greensboro early Sat urday morning. Frazier, the preacher charged with forgery and who was to be tried next week escaped from the Shelby jail Friday night. Bill Buff in the same cell, escaped also. There is no clue. The sheriff is hunting for the men. Colonel T: W. Taylor, aged about 7b. and who was for <-onie y°ars sher iff of Henderson county, died Thurs day at the home of his son-in-law, Jo seph Bryson, at Brevard. The re mains were taken to Hendersonville for interment. Friday morning William Faggart and Jacob Litaker were working on the Tides mining property in the southe-n part of Cabarrus county, \vh<m the scaffold fell with them and and injured both of them considera bly. One of the men got his leg brok en and one received a severe wound in the head. R. W. Bingham, son of Col. Robe t Bingham, of Asheville, was re-nomi nated by acclamation by the Demo crats for the office of county attorney of Jefferson cou« f y. Kv. Tie* city of Louisville is in Jefferson county and the office has a salary a’tached of $5,00b. The Democratic n'ci'ination this year is equivalent to an elect i ni. Mr. K. S. Czzell, of Wayne county, killed himself at Sandersville. Ga., Fri day morning about 3 o’clock. Tele grams failed to st'*t Q any cause for the rash act. Mr. Czzell was a man of pleasant manners ard was well ed ucated. being a graduate of th“ State University. He is a brother of Mr. A. T. Zzzell, of Goldsboro, a member of the last legislature. The State charters the Elk’s Con struction Company, of Newbern, T. C. Daniels and others stockhr! 1 — : capital stock $50,000, for the n'Tw - of building a temple. Also the 1'.. mers’ Consolidated Gin Company, of Vanceboro; and the Ryan-Aycock Company, of Wilson, capital $50,000, to make vehicles, etc., W. R. Ryan. C. C. Aycock ami B. F. Aycock stock- | holders. After being out for about eight hours, the Charlotte jury in the case ! of W. E. Breese, late president of the First National hank of Asheville, ! found him guilty of abstraction and misapplication of the funds of the I bank, and Judge Keller sentenced him I to seven years in prison. Defendant’s attorneys filed bill of exceptions and gave notice of appeal to the United ! States circuit court of appeals at i Richmond. ' Posters are out announcing the an nual reunion of veterans at Mt. Zion i church. Cornelius, Mecklenburg county, Thursday, August 4th. Gen eral Julian S. Carr is to tie present and make an address. The Steel Creek Band will furnish music for the occasion. There will no doubt be a large gathering and a big basket din ner will be spread. F. C. Sherill. Esq., is chairman of the committee of arrangements. Capt. Frank Bennett, commander of the camp of Confederate veterans of Wadesboro, died at lb:45 a'clock Fri day evening of Bright's disease. Cajit. Bennett was 64 years old and is survived by a wife, a daughter and a son. He has for some time past ! devoted his entire time to the work ot the camp and was its most faithful : and zealous member. In the army he was a captain and was very distin guished as a soldier. ; i Charles Wilkins, of Goldsboro, was before Chief Justice Clark in Raleigh Saturday under habeas corpus pro ceedings. He is charged with mur dering Gus Speight, of Goldsboro, Sunday night. He was quickly dis charged. as there was no evidence against him. The evidence procured that Speight was fatally stabbed on the sidewalk in front of the house ef a negro woman, his paramour, and she was seen afterwards with her hand cut in two places. Speight, when found dying, had an op*m knife blood covered, in bis hand. Tim woman ha- since disappeared. The Moffit Iron Works Company, of Sanford, which has just been char- ■ tcred by the State, with a capital of! $25,000, is erecting a brick building 240x280 feet, which it expects to oc cupy within the next three months. The building will be of modern con- ‘■•tHictlon, with st *arn heating, first- class equipment, etc. The firm of Moffit Bros., founders and machinists, the name by which the business ha c been known for years, has an exten sive business and is among the old est concerns in Sanford, and their much enlarged establishment means much in the material advancement of that section of the State. A Sweet Young Lady Gone to Her Reward. Miss Bird Crawley died at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Crawley, corner of Petty and Jeffer ies streets, in this city, at 5 o’clock Saturday morning after a painful ill ness of four weeks of typhoid fever, and was buried at Oakland cemetery at 11 o’clock a. m., Sunday. A short burial service was conducted at the grave by her pastor, Rev. A. M. Simms. The pall bearers were, R. C. Garland, Lewis Wood, R. M. Rogers, Algernon Culbertson, Harry Byars and C. P. Ligon. The procession left the house at 10: 30, and it was one of the longest that ever attended a funeral in Gaffney. It was composed of the many city friends of the family and many from Greenville and Spartanburg counties, and a number of Miss Crawley’s col lege friends from other counties, who attended Limestone College with her. The service at the grave was short but appropriate, and the "wilderness of flowers” placed on the grave at tested to the high regard, admiration and love that pervaded our whole community for the deceased. Miss Crawley was the elder daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Crawley. She was a young lady of high charac teristics. of extraordinary mind and attainments, and of most lovable man ner. She graduated at Limestone College in June and was just entering a promising life when she was cut off. The bereaved family have the sym pathy of a large circle of friends, in cluding The Ledger. Marrying for Beauty. [By Dorothy Dix ] Nobody will dispute that woman's most potent charm for man is beauty, and that so long as she has a rose- leaf complexion, golden hair or jetty tresses, sparkling eyes and a sylph like figure, man is her abject slave, and he will adore her and serve her, though her head be as empty as a gourd cruet and her heart as cold as |p.n icicle. The first question a man ever asks of a strange woman is not: Is she intelligent? Is she good? Is she affectionate? but is she good look ing? Before Jumping at a conclusion be sure you see your finish. Saints are not made out of mud. It takes a smart bunko man to un load a gold brick on his wife. A wise man isn’t known by the com pany he refuses to associate with. Now as a matter of fact, the beautj r is seldom intelligent, amiable and lov ing. Nature strikes a Juster average* than we give credit for, and when she bestows beauty on a woman ghe generally evens things up by giving her a scant supply of brains. Nor is the beauty often long on amiability, because amiability is a virtue that is born of the necessity of having to rdease people by a cult; ated charm. The beauty never has to do this. From her birth she is petted and flat tered and spoiled with the inevitable result of making her selfish and ca pricious, and hard to please. As for loving, the beauty is capable of but one passion in life, and that is for her self. From the cradle to the grave she is true to this one sincere affec tion. and she values other people just in proportion as they minister to it. A man, then, who marries for beau ty marries simply to gratify his aesthetic taste, and at the l^est he can only enjoy this pleasure for a very limited length of time. A beautiful wife may be a living picture, but she is also a dissolving view. A few yea r s at most dims th<* bright eyes and dulls the fairest complexion. Time will plow wrinkles in the round est cheek and streak the hair with silver, and then all that is left of the beauty are the airs and poses and sel fish demands of the woman who never realizes that after she has lost her crown she has no right to the homage of a queen. The man who marries for beauty is bound to lose out, ami it is for him to decide whether a brief period of pulchriture in a woman is worth a life-time of homely virtues. Most men think they marry for beauty, but this is a mistake, as the number of plain-faced ladies who have good husbands abundantly proves. Somewhere, before he reaches the altar, a man’s guardian angel gen erally steps in and saves him from marrying a woman for her skin. A Currituck Giant. [Uh?qel Hill News.] Mr. M. B. Forbes, of Camden coun ty, w r ho is attending the summer school, boasts of teaching the most ponderous nunil this country has ever produced. His name Is Lewis Lewark, son of John Lewark, a fish erman on Albemarle Sound. He is 21 years old and weighes 710 pounds. When he went to school to Mr. Forbes he weighed over 500 pounds end his mother told Mr. Forbes that Lewis weighed 150 pounds before he was weaned. He exhibits himself some times, going to Virginia Beach. Nor folk and other nearby places. He will not venture far from home—Is afraid of an accident or that he will get sick He sleeps on an iron bed stead, and has a chair especially con structed for his use. He snends his time with his father on the beach. Asbury Victorious. Asbury, July 30.—The Asbury base ball aggregation played Pacolet Mills and Pacolet Tuesday and. as usual, came out victorious, by a score of 24 to 5. Asbury played a shut-out game after the first inning and Pacolet was only allowed to score in the first in ning, before our boys had gotten to gether and commenced to "play balk” They have three more games to play, and if victorious in these are going to give Gaffney a chance to break their record. The protracted meeting at Asbury closed Thursday. It was a good mem. Ing and fairly good congregations attended. Crops are looking fine, especially corn on the river and creeks, which is said to look the finest for this sea son of the year that it has In years.