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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newipaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger V SEKI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE RELIABILITY of Every Advertieer Who Usee the Columna of Thle Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. V A Newspaper In All that the Word Impllee and Devoted .to the Beat Intereete of the People of Cherokee County. " ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., TUESDAY. AUGUST 16, 1904. f $1.00 A YEAR. FINAL HEARING D0U6ALL-RICE CASE. HELD AT BLACKSBURG LAST WEDNESDAY. The Hearing Came Up Before Magis trate Gold and the Rice Woman was Bound Over to Court. Blacksburg, Aug. 15.—The final hearing in the case of the State vs. W. "Jack” Dougall, alias Smith, alias Monnett, and Hattie P. Rice, charged with adultery or fornication, was held by Magistrate Gold at this place on the 10th instant. As heretofore, the defendant, Hat tie P. Rice, who had demanded a hearing, was conspicuous by her ab sence, because of indisposition, al though having gratified the gaze of the curious during the interval be tween the hearings, by driving sev eral times a day in her stylish turn out through the streets of the ‘‘burg,” accompanied by Mr. Dougall, alias Smith, alias Monnett, and "Buster,” the attractive bull pup. No cer tificate of the “family” physician as to her indisposition was presented on the 10th. Counsel for the State offered cer tain evidence to prove the marriage of Dougall, Smith or Monnett to Mrs. E. C. Smith. This was ruled out by the magistrate, though he had pre viously stated that such would have been admitted at the former hearing had it been offered at the proper time. Then followed testimony to show what had occurred at the cot tage upon the return of Dougall and the Rice woman from their trip to the North, i. e., what was said during the disturbance by the different par ties, going to show by admissions that Mrs. Smith was the wife of Dou gall, and he not the brother of Hattie P. Rice, with whom he was living. This was followed by testimony as to Dougall’s handwriting. Then a letter was introduced in evidence written by Dougall from Blacksburg to a woman in New York. In substance it referred to the work he was doing here in connection with a certain en terprise at Blacksburg, from which he expected to realize a large amount of money, and upon which they would then be in a position to hold the same relationship towards each other that they had befc. e. (Then followed that which is too obscene to go into print). That closed the testimony for the State, and argument by counsel followed. Counsel for State reviewed in detail the testimony introduced. At this point counsel for the de fense asked that as it was near the usual hour of adjournment thit an adjournment be taken. This the mag istrate did. Upon reconvening, coun sel for the defense reviewed the tes timony, but the letter and its objec tionable contents seemed to be a source of annoyance or irritation, and after briefly attempting to show that the letter was written from New York years ago, was not in the hand writing of Dougall, was either writ ten by Mrs. Smith or purloined by her, he turned upon The Ledger for its publication of the proceedings of the case and especially the state ments of that paper’s correspondent at Blacksburg; an illustration of what a yellow journal and its corres pondents would do; that there was nothing to justify statements in the articles published and that it had all been done with the purpose of not only gratifying the appetite of a mor bid set of subscribers, but to aid in the arousing of the indignation of Blacksburg’s residents, and he ap pealed to the magistrate not to be Influenced by the opinion of the “street loafers” of the town nor the indignant protests of the respectable women of Blacksburg. At the conclusion of arguments, Magistrate Gold bound Hattie P. Rice over to the next term of the Court of General Sessions at Gaffney. Since the final disposition of the case here it is said that in conse quence of intimations they have re ceived to the effect that the climate of St. Petersburg, or some other town, would prove more beneficial to their health, the couple contemplates leaving at a very early date to go to their beautiful residence which Mrs. Rice U said to have recently had built at the corner of 2nd Avenue and 15th Street, St. Petersburg, Fla. It is also said, however, that the Rice woman has expressed a strong desire to drive—just before her departure for more pleasant climes—through the streets of this little burg, in her stylish turnout, accompanied by “Jack” and the cute bull pup, “Bus ter,” with a sign on the back of the vehicle which will express in words more forcible than elegant her opin ion of Blacksburg and its inhabi tants, female especially. E. A. T. The Christian never serves Satan better than when he raises a dust over a molecule of sin and lets a mountain of iniquity go by. It has been decided to consolidate the Columbia division of the Virgin- ia-Carolina company with the Char- Iweton office and the offices in Colum bia will be abolished. This is follow ing out the policy of the retrench ment decided on at the last meeting of the board of directors. All the clerks at the Columbia office will be dlsfjilssed with three months’ notice the manager, Mr. Izlar, trans- WOMAN DROWNED. Her Life in Colored Woman Loses Buffalo. Last Friday afternoon Clarinda Webber and Cora Williams, two col ored woman living on Buffalo creek, in Cherokee township, a few miles from its mouth, while attempting to cross the creek on a foot log while the creek was full, fell from the log into the swollen stream and the Wil liams woman was drowned. The Webber woman by mere chance caught hold of some limbs of bushes and finally succeeded in getting out on the bank and saving herself. She at once gave the alarm and told the first one she met that Cora was in the creek. Search was made for her body, but the creek being very full it was not found till Sunday morning. It was about a quarter of a mile be low where she fell in and was lodged against a stump. It was secured and Coroner Vinesett and Sheriff Thomas were sent for, which indicates sus pected foul play. They went at once and on their arrival the coroner im paneled a jury and began the inves tigation. The only witnesses sworn were Dr. D. S. Ramseur and Clarinda Web ber. the woman who fell in the creek at the same time the drowned woman did. Her testimony showed that Cora fell off the log accidentally and pulled her in at the same time; that she, Clarinda, saved herself by get ting hold of a limb, and that while striving to get the limb Cora disap- peared. Dr. Ramseur, being duly sworn, said, “I am a regular practicing phy sician. I have examined the dead body of Cora Williams and find there are no marks of violence. From the appearance of her body it looks as If she came to her death by drow ning. “D. S. Ramseur, M. D.” The jury then retired and soon ren dered the following verdict: August lltb, 1904. We, your jury, decide that Cora Williams came to her death by drowning. W. A. Jones, J. J. Moss, H. J. J. C. L. C. R. M. Putnam, D. Wilson, C. Jones, E. Blackwell, H. Sanders, S. Blackwell, E. Gibson, A. G. Turner, E. C. Henderson. J. N. Blackwell, J. C. Holt. Liptcomb-Haynet. The following from a Murfrees boro, Tenn., paper of recent date will be of interest to Gaffney people: “On last Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock at the residence of Mrs. Jose phine Burgdof, Miss Alice Louise Haynes and Mr. Robert C. Lipscomb were united in the holy bonds of mat rimony in the presence of only a few witnesses. Rev. T. A. Kerley per formed the ceremony. The an nouncement of their wedding did not come as a surprise to a great many of the young people of Murfreesboro for it was believed by a great many that the union would ultimately oc cur. The bride Is one of the prettiest and most charming young ladies of Murfreesboro, having a vast throng of admirers. She is the daughter of the late W. H. Haynes, and was uni versally admired for her beauty and many charms. Mr. Lipscomb is a progressive young business man, be ing identified with the insurance bus iness. His home is in South Caro lina.” Mr. Lipscmb is a son of Mrs. A. E Lipscomb of this city. He is a young man of high moral character, possessing fine business qualifica tions, and these with his genial dis position and gentlemanly deportment made him very popular with Gaffney people. His numerous friends and admirers here wish for him and his bride all happiness through life. Would Hurry When the Lord Came. “It is an awful good thing to obey the commands of the Lord,” said a member of the recent Methodist gen eral conference from Pennsylvania to a Washington Times man, “and when ever I think of this I am reminded of a Pioneer Methodist named Valentine Cook, who was a power in his day, and who got off many odd sayings. “Once there was a terrible up heaval of nature in the shape of an earthquake, and Dr. Cook woke up, finding bis bed jostling and turning. He believed the end of the world near and made a bee line for the door. His good wife, in great agitation, called 'Valentine, wait for me! Wait for me!’ “ ‘No, my dear,’ he answered, ‘when the Lord comes I’ll wait for nobody. Good bye,’ and out of the door he shot.” A Continual Strain. Many men and women are constant ly subjected to what they commonly term “a continual strain” because of some financial or family trouble. It wears and distresses them both men tally and physically, affecting their nerves badly and bringing on liver and kidney ailments, with the atten dant evils of constipation, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, low vitality and despondency. They cannot, as a rule, get rid of this “continual strain,” but they can remedy Its health- destroying effects by taking frequent doses of Green’s August Flower. It tones up the liver, stimulates the kid neys, insures healthy bodily functions, gives vim and spirit to one’s whole being, and eventually dispels the physical or mental distress caused by that “continual strain.” Trial bot tle o' August Flower, 25c; regular size, 75c. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. THROUGHOUT THE A NEWSY LETTER PALMETTO STATE FROM ETTA JANE. ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. LOWER CHEROKEE. Happenings All Over the State Taken Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop- from Our Exchanges and Tersely ular People and Short Items of Told to Ledger Readers. General Interest. Thieves broke into the Arcadia mill store at Spartanburg Thursday night and stole about $25 worth of goods. No attempts were made at safe cracking or money drawer rifling. No clue has been established as to the guilty parties. Commissioner Watson, as a result of the advertisements placed in the newspapers of Scotland is receiving numbers or inquiries from prospec tive settlers. All the letters show' that those who intend coming to this State are of the most intelligent class. An inquest was held Thursday f'- ternoon at Stuhr’s undertaking estab lishment in Charleston over the body of Joseph R. Bouyer, the white Etta Jane, Aug. 13.—The meeting at Wilson's chapel is still progressing with considerable interest being manifested. It will close today and begin at Mesopotamia tomorrow, and continue for a week. Rev. Mr. Leitch and Mr. Marshall have been kept quite busy since they came to this section. It’s too soon yet to sum up the results. We hope, however, to be able to make a full report before long of a glorious work being done. Mr. N. J. Blackwood is visiting friends and relatives at. Lowryville, Chester county. There is an abundance of water melons in this neighborhood and, some of them have been very fine, both in size and flavor. Messrs. Asa Biackw-ell and Sam known better than we are loved. With Mrs. J. L. S., we spent the I best part of the day Thursday with j the family of Hon. C. W. Whisonant, | of Wilkinsville, where we were en tertained in royal style by our host and his family, who know how to make people feel at home with them. We have started a Sababth school at Owens’ ford, where those who are too far away from any of the neigh boring churches or Sabbath schools can attend regularly. We trust that this little group will receive such help and encouragement from the ad joining sections and people as to make it a power for good in the land. The boys have planned another fox hunt on the York side of the river, and will doubtless have Reynard up and running for dear life today. Farmers don’t fancy dogs, men and horses charging through their fields and knocking the squares and bolls off their cotton and injuring their corn, and we don’t blame them. Every day or night for more than a month we have had rain in sight, if not at home. J. L. S. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. [III 111! '4 ■■ t v 'XT: HI Y&h ANNIE MILDRED SANFORD, Business Manager and Dramatic Director of the “Little Princess.” a Fairy Spectacular Play, Preparations for the Presentation of Which at The Star Theatre Are Now Being Made. BEAUTIFUL BASEBALL. Gaffney Gave Arcadia Two Defeats Last Saturday. The Arcadia baseball team, accom panied by a number of enthusiastic supporters, came over Saturday morning and played two games with the local team. The first game was a rather one sided affair, but the sec ond was filled with excitement from the beginning to the end. The steady and at times brilliant playing of the home team excited the admiration and elicited the applause of the crowds that witnessed the games. In the last game the Arcadia team played splendid ball and their gentlemanly deportment both on and off the diamond made them many friends here who will be delighted to have them call again. The first game resulted in the score of 15 to 0 for Gaffney, and Arcadia tapped the wire for additional play ers. Only one man responded, how ever, but he was a star player, and we can assert that we have never known the addition of one man to so materially strengthen a team. The players in the first game were: Arcadia—Smith, Fry C., Fry R. Martin, Shores V., Keller, Barnett Shores E., Bridgeman; Gaffney Green, Sutton, Sparks, Hopper, Ham rick, Richardson, Henderson, Little, Price. The score was as follows: Arcadia .. .. 00000000 0— 0 Gaffpey .. 60301302 x—15 Hits—Arcadia 1; Gaffney 15. Struck out by Shores, 1; by Hoper, 8. Um pires, Brown and Humphries. Scorer, Humphries. In the second game the players were: Arcadia—Smith. Fry C., Fry Fry C. C., Barnett, Bridgeman R.. man who was seriously burned by an explosion of a gaso line tank on board the small launch Curlew, at the foot of Council street in that city, early Wednesday morning. The man died at the City Hosiptal at 10:45 o’clock Thursday. Magistrate T. J. Lyon, of Green wood county, who killed Ed Stevens, his son-in-law, some time ago, has been acquitted. It will be remem bered that the killing of Stevens took place at Longmire’s, in Green- wood county, three weeks ago. The two men became engaged in a quar rel at a picnic, and later when Lyons was returning to his home he was met by Stevens, and the trouble was renewed, resulting in the death of the latter. At 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon a white woman, apparently between 25 and 30 years of age, of rather coarse appearance and weighing perhaps 125 pounds, was discovered in a dying condition in a three-room cottage on Plain street in Columbia, with a stab wound in the top of her head and her body black and blue from blows sup posed to have been dealt with a 1 broom handle found in the bed room. There is no clue to the identity of [ the woman or of the person or per sons inflicting the wounds. The wo man died shortly after being discov ered. Jacob Kind, the restaurant keeper, whose body was found in a cistern in Charleston several days ago, is said to have been a resident of Greenville some four or five years ago. A brother Is now living in An derson and went down to assist in the investigation. There is no doubt of foul play, for the man’s body bore marks of violence. Eddie Kennedy, a clerk in the establishment, who dis appeared Just before the dead man was discovered, was implicated by the coroner’s jury, and Governor Heyward has offered a reward of $200 for his arrest. Subscribe for The Ledger. Strain with Misses Jayne Bell and Jessie Strain, are visiting relatives and friends at Clifton. Mr. H. Horton, of Bullock’s Creek, and bis son, DeKaJb, passed bere this week from a visit to the Maud section of our county. Miss Grace Whisonant, who has been teaching in Yorkville this year, is now visiting her friend, Miss Fant, at Campobello. Mr. J. Quinn Webber, wife and child, of Cherokee Falls, have been visiting friends and relatives at Wilkinsville. They returned home Thursday evening last. The mud has been half spoke deep in many places since the rains set in, and travel is much retarded by this means. Such conditions make the good roads movement very popu lar with country people. So much so that we hardly think there would he any perceptible opposition to raising a tax to macadamize all the bad places at least. There is ,in our opinion, a feeling among the masses of the tax payers that good roads are indispensably a necessity and cannot longer be done without, and those aspiring to legislative honors will do well to devote much thought to this all absorbing topic. We heard a tax payer and a property holder in this community say recently that he was willing to pay an extra tax of one hundred dollars a year on his prop erty for the next five years if it would he the means of securing us good roads. That’s the kind of talk that means something. We are having a great deal of rain now, and vegetation generally is tak ing on a rapid growth It is quite a pleasure for us to meet with people with whom we have no acquaintance whatever and hear them speak so flatteringly of our poor attempt at journalism. When we hear this so often It’s hard for us to restrain the impulse of bigheaded- ness. However, we generally recog nize the compliments by telling the reader he or she doesn’t get very much out of our writings. Of one thing we feel quite certain—we are Shores V., Horn. Gaffney—Wood Richardson, Hopper, Hamrick, Price Henderson, Green, Sparks, Mode. The score was as follows: Arcadia 1010030 0 Gaffney 2000004 0—6 Hits—Arcadia 5; Gaffney 10. Struck out by Fry, 4; by Hopper, 9. Umpires, Brown and Gaffney. Scorer, Humph ries. In the last game the Arcadia boys kept the Gaffneyites guessing from the first and at no time did they have a cinch. The home team wanted to call the game at the end of the sev enth, but Umpire Gaffney compelled them to play the eighth inning, after which the game was called on ac count of darkness. Hopper and Hamrick made a star battery, while the individual playing of the other members of the team was very good. For Arcadia C. C. Fry did the star playing in the last game, while the battery work was excellent. Wood, Richardson, Sparks and Henderson played good infield hall, while the outfield was faultless. Today Shelby, Gaffneys’ old rival, will come down to try conclusions. The game will be called at 5 o’clock at. Jefferies’ ball park, and a large crowd should go out and see the game. These two teams will also play tomorrow. 6AFFNEY DRUG CO. GUARANTEES MI-O-NA Cures Dyspepsia Even More Quickly Now Than at Other Seasons. The point of least resistance is the proper place of attack. This holds good either in West Point tactics, or in the treatment of disease. The summer is the best season in the whole year for the treatment and cure of stomach troubles. The out door life, the common use of fruits and vegetables, and the lessened strain upon the digestive organs all help the cure. Just take a Mi-o-na tablet after each meal and complete the cure. This remedy mingles with the food you eat and aids digestion, it soothes and heals any inflammation that may be present In the lining of the stom ach, gives tone and strength to the digestive organs, builds up the nerv- ous system, and soon restores com plete health. Gaffney Drug Co. have so much confidence in the curative powers of Mi-o-na that they guarantee to refund its cost in case it does not effect a cure. Two weeks' treatment costs hut 50c. Use it regularly for a month and if you are not more than satisfied with the results, take hack the two empty boxes to Gaffney Drug Co. and they will refund your money without question. A guarantee like this shows the confidence they have in the remedy. Now is the time to get well by us ing Mi-o-na. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North 8tat« Culled Expressly for Ledger Reader* The First National Bank of Lum- berton will open its doors for busi ness September 15th. The new hank, with Mr. R. C. Lawrence, Pres.; Mr. H. M. McAllister, cashier, and Mr. Worter, of Raleigh, teller, will supply a long-felt want, and it will do a good banking business. The canning factory owned by E, W. Guiles & Son, at Pinnacle, Stokes county, was entirely destroyed by fire about 2 o’clock Saturday morn ing. The loss is estimated at be tween $4,000 and $5,000, and there was no insurance. It is thought the fire originated in the dry kiln. The trial in Marion of Elisha Gar land for killing the Calicut boy, end ed Saturday morning, the jury re turning a verdict of guilty of,man slaughter. Judge Allen sentenced Garland to the penitentiary for 10 years, from which sentence the de fendant appealed to the Supreme Court. An unknown negro tramp was run over and his body horribly mangled, about 5 o’clock Friday morning, op posite the penitentiary in Raleigh, by the eastbound Southern passen ger train. The body was literally ground to pieces. One foot was car ried on a car wheel a quarter of a mile up the road to the entrance to the Union depot shed in the c&y. , F. C. Ebbs, of Madison county,- who was on trial last week itt- the" Supreme Court of Buncomb county at Asheville, was Saturday afternoon* acquitted of the charge of embezzle ment. Ebbs was charged with eit?' bezzling $7,000 from a minor, James Blain House. Several years ago the boy was injured in a railroad wreck and recovered $7,000 damages. Ebbs was made guardian and it is claimed invested the money in the firm of F- C. Ebbs & Co. The firm failed and Ebbs was indicted for embezzlement* Mrs. Sarah Jane Floyd, mattrer of Mr. Forrest Floyd, of the Ifrery firm of Floyd & Anders, of Gastonia,- was found dead In her bed Salcrrday morning about 6 o’clock by a mew- her of the household, who had gone into the room to administer to her wants. An invalid for more fh*n four years, Mrs. Floyd was helpless, requiring the almost constant care of an attendant. When she retired Friday night there was no noticeable change for the worse in her con dition and her death was a surprise. The deceased had suffered" several years from a nervous trouble. The Barringer gold mine, located near Gold Hill, Rowan county, was suddenly flooded with water late Fri day afternoon, causing the instant death of eight men employed in the^ mine. Tl^e dead are: Will Canup^. Will Stli ewait, Joseph M&grum, Bob Deberry, Sam Price and three others whose names are unobtainable. Nine men were in the mine shaft when a large pond located near the en trance to the mine suddenly broke loose, the breakage being caused by excessive rains, the waters rushing in teriffic and deadly force to s depth of about a hundred feet upon the men who were powerless to save themselves. The finishing department of the Southern Chair Company,, of BFigfs Point, one o^ the largest manufac*- turing plants in the State, was de* stroyed by fire Friday nfglft The* alarm was given at 8 o’clock and at' first it looked as if the flames would! soon he subdued. A half hour Hotter the explosion of several barrel* of benzine caused the blaze to becc/ne* beyond control. The engine, machin ery and rooms and warehouses of the company were saved. Neighboring factories and residences also had narrow escape. Loss about $20,000. There was a large lot of manufac tured goods on hand. The burned portion will be rebuilt at once neces sitating about 60 days delay. The cause of the fire was a lantern: ex ploding near a benzine tank. A fire broke out in Newhern Sat urday in a negro tenement house that was fatal in its results, besides de stroying the building in which ft ori ginated. At 1:14 o’clock an alarm was turned in and when the fire was discovered the whole house was en- volved in flames. The mystery that surrounds the fatality was that n. white woman about 52 years of age was burned to death in a front room of the house while the fire started in the kitchen. It is also known that she was seen alive before the flames reached the front room. When her body was discovered by the firemen she was down on her knees as if in the act of praying. She was burned black and unrecognizable. It was generally thought that she had con siderable money and jewelry. —Lovers of good chewing tobacco can find the beat on earth at J. R. Tolleson & Co.’s. “Buckeye” is its name. 8-15-4t Tues. —Why do you pay as much for comimm tobacco as you can buy "Buckeye’ for? Get It from J. IL Tolelaon & Co. 8-15-4t-Tues.