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' •'' :r V w THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of 3. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE % The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FS ID AY O—O i» WE GUARANTEE REL» of Every Advertiser Uses the Columns This Paper BEST ADVERTISING Mi TV UM. o -o 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, 8. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1904. •10)0 A YEAR. IMOUCHOUT THE , PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. Memorial services were held Sun day night at St. Paul’s Episcopal church, Charleston, in honor of the late Rev. Dr. William H. Campbell, for 25 years the rector of the church. The services were of an interesting character. United States Senator Asbury Lati mer, who has been visiting Dr. G R. Dean, at Spartanburg, returned to Bel ton Saturday. While in Spartanburg Senator Latimer had the ring finger of his left hand amputated. This fin ger has been a source of pain and trouble to Mr. Latimer since his boy hood, due to some kind of a sore. There will be a meeting of the hoard of trustees of Clemson college in Columbia, at Wright’s hotel, today at 11 o’clock A. M., to consider mat ters pertaining to the fertilizer de partment. Representatives of the fer tilizer companies will be given an op portunity to meet the board and dis miss questions ol interest to both the companies and the college. Miss Minnie Russell, employed in the laundry at Winthrop college, was seriously injured Saturday morning, her hand being caught between the hot rollers of the machinery. The fingers and palm w r ere burned, while the back of the hand was completely denuded of skin and flesh. Amputa tion may become necessary. Miss -Russell lives near Yorkville. Mr. J. T. Rogers, one of Darlington county’s most prosperous farmers, living near Society Hill, lost hla gin hflRie and contents by fire early Sat- ulfdy morning about 4 o’clock. The origin of the fire is not known. In the gin house, which was equipped with modern machinery, there were about 15 bales of cotton and a quantity of seed^ from 100 bales. Considerable hay, etc., was also burned. The Heathington family, of' Meg- getts, 1 have offered a reward of $300 in addition to the reward of $200 of fered by Governor Heyward, for the capture of Sam Brown, who is charg ed with the killing of young Allan Heathington some time ago. The ne gro is described as being of a dark ginger color, 150 pounds, 5 feet 7 Inches, and carries his head bent for ward. He is addicted to the cigarette habit and is thought to be about some lumber mill. Sam Singletary, colored, who is charged with having beaten^ and choked a little boy near Hanna, Flor ence county, more than a year ago, was arrested at Lake City Saturday by Marshal Cole and placed in the savings department of the guard house. Sheriff Burch went down Sun day and carried the prisoner to Flor ence. Singletary had been in hid'ng since the crime was committed and felt that he could go there in safety, but found this a mistake. Thad Rising, 9 years old, son of Mr. Andrew Rising, living opposite the Dillon cotton mill, Dillon, was danger ously shot on Tuesday evening. He had been out hunting with a young man who had an old gun that was not considered safe. Just as they got near honse, in arttempting to remove the shells, one barrel exploded, and the little fellow, who was a few feet ahead, received the whole load in the back, on a line with the hips. The wound is a fearful one, from which recovery is very doubtfnL The stores of Harry Dixon, Saun ders & Co., and Atkinson’s grocery store at Bishopvilie, were broken into Friday night by several negro boys. It is not thought that much loss was sustained, although it has not yet been ascertained what these young burglars were able to get. The police man who was on duty had walked down to look after another portion of the town when the work was done. When the matter was discovered ear ly Saturday morning the policeman did some good detective work, which resulted in the arrest of several boys who are now In jail. In Darlington county Saturday night a gin house and grist mill owned by Dr. A. T. Baird, of Darling ton, was burned, together with several bales of cotton, seed, etc. The gin end mill were in the same building and wore operated by water power. The place Is known as Smith mill in the Dovesville section. The loss will amount to several hundred dollars. Mr. A. T. Gainey, who lives six miles from Hartsville, lost a gin and several bales of cotton Wednesday night. On the same night Mr. P. s. Wilds lost a barn and some cotton. Thursday night Mr. J. T. Rogers, of Society Hill, lost ^about 15 bales of cotton, a gin house and a quantity of seed. The total loss of these four fires will sum up some $4,000 or $5,000. It is Indeed singu- laK^hat these four calamities should have occurred within less than a week and all in the same community. WANTED—100 customers to buy 100 Overcoats from $2.00 to $10.00 each. J. I. Sarratt. —100 Petticoats $1.00 to $3.50 each. J. I. Sarratt. FIRST RECITAL. Piano and Song, to be Given by Fac ulty at Limestone College. The first of the series of faculty re citals will be given in the auditorium this week, Friday evening, Nov. 18, at 8 o’clock. This will be the first opportunity for the public to hoar the new music di rector and the voice teacher, poth of whom have come here highly recom mended. Miss Steedly’s work is well known here, and needs no further commenda tion. She will play several selections. It is hoped that the public will take this opportunity of giving welcome to these trtists and showing their appre ciation of good music well rendered. The cars wll leave down town at 7:30 P. M. Admission is free. PROGRAMME. 1. (a) Polonaise: (b) Funeral March: (c) Minuet; by Chopin.—Mr. Scherubel. 2. (a) Kennst du das Land? by Schubert; (b) Dites-moi, by Nevin; (c) The Maiden and the Butterfly, by D’Albert.—Mrs. Schedubel. 3. (a) Valse Arabesque, by Lack; (b) Tremolo, by Gottshalk; (c) Re verie, by Scherubel.—Mr. Scherubel. 4. More regal in his low estate, (Queen of Sheba), by Gounod,—Mrs. Scherubel. 5. The Erlking; Hark! Hark! the Lark, by Schubert-Llszt.—Miss Steed- ly. 6. Le parlated’ amor (Faust), by Gounod; Good-bye, by Tosti.—Mrs. Scherubel. 7. Kamennoi Ostrow, by Ruben- stein; Marche-Militar, by Schubert- Tansig.—Mr. Scherubel. KING CARNIVAL. The Greater Smith Amusement Com pany in the City. Gaffney's free street fair and carni val opened last night in fine style, ev erything passing off smoothly. All the shows are of the highest class and the managers are a most gentlemanly set of men. Smith’s $10,000 Carousal is a won der. It is one of the largest on the road. Baby Ethel, the child prodigy, is one of the wonders of the age. Her head measures 47 inches in circum ference. Madame Leona Bonn! gives an aerial performance twice daily, which has never been surpassed in the an nals of trapeze work. The following letter explains Itself: MAYOR’S OFFICE. Newberry, S. C., Nov. 12, ’04. To Fire Departments and Others: This is to certify that the Smith Amusement Company has just fin ished a week’s stand under the aus pices of the Excelsior Hose company, and has given perfect satisfaction in every respect, especially morally and financially. L. C. Pitts, President, H. B. Walls, Sec. & Tres., Thos. B. Stewart, Captain, Committee. Found Dead in a Creek. Friday about noon, Blanche Chris tian, a 12-year-old colored girl, was found dead in “Town creek,” near Salisbury. She was in almost a nude condition, and examination showed that she had been dealt a blow on the back part of her head, a large scar being revealed. The girl was found by Mr. John Rusher, and he reported the case to the authorities. They soon had Lydia Bates and her 13-year-old daughter arrested. The daughter had been seen the afternoon before with the dead girl, and the mother of the latter recognized her daughter’s clothes on the Bates girl. This led to the arrest of the two. There seems to be no doubt on the part of the offi cials that the Christian girl was mur dered. She was blind and an easy victim of foul play. Mayor’s Court. There was only one case before the mayor yesterday morning—two up for fighting. One of the combatants was fined $1.50 and the other $2.50, the lat ter having the additional charge of disorderly conduct against him. MONTH’S MEDICINE ON TRIAL. Generous Offer to All With Weak Di gestion or Stomach Troubles. With every box of Mi-o-na sold, Gaff ney Drug Co. give the following guar antee bond, assuring the purchaser that the money will be returned if af ter a month's use, the remedy has not given satisfaction: GUARANTEE BOND We hereby agree to refund the money paid for Mi-o-na on return of empty box, if the purchaser tells us it has failed to cure dyspepsia or stomach troubles. This guaran tee covers two boxes, or a month’s treatment. Price, 50c a box. (Signed) Anyone whose food does not digest as It ought, who has to take thought about when and what to eat, should take advantage of this generous offer of Gaffney Drug Co. Ml-o-na is almost invariably suc cessful In curing stomach trouble of all kinds, from an acute attack of In digestion to a chronic case of dyspep sia. By its use new rich blood is made, the weight increased and health restored. If Mi-o-na were not successful In 99 cases out of 100, an offer like this would be ruinous. This offer shows the great faith Gaffney Drug Co. have in the health-giving powers of Mi-o-na and you should begin its use at once. Try it for a month anyway. If It fails to help you, the cost Is abso lutely nothing, while If it does what is claimed for it, the expense Is trifling. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. PArsonal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of Qonoral Interest. Wilkinsville, Nov. 11.—The weather has been fine for farm work and peo ple generally have been making good use of it. Crops are mostly gathered. Some are preparing to sow wheat. This crop, of all others, ought to be looked after in the proper prepara tion of the land—both in plowing and manuring it. Only as we attend to this can we reasonably expect result. Mr. Rufus Estes whose illness was mentioned in our last letter is now improving some. Mr. Will A. George who has also been sick for some time is not able to be out much. An unusually light vote was polled and the election last Tuesday passed off as usual. Nothing worth noting. The no dispensary ticket ran ahead at Wilkinsville by an overwhelming majority. This was only looked for and expected. There is now a grow ing sentiment in our country in favor of less whiskey drinking. To say that this sentiment is stronger than it has ever been is mildly expressing it, and we trust that the young men will be brought to a realization of the enormity of the crimes growing out of it. We have no hostile fight against those who looked upon the dispen sary as the “best solution of the whis key problem.” They, perhaps, saw it in that light. But its moral influ ence has had a fearfully. corrupting consequence, as we see it. Some phil osophers reason thus: “Of two evils choose the least.” But it’s decidedly better, we think, to choose neither when a better way is to be had. We are glad to know that our people passed the verdict they did on the dispensary question. Now they should begin to realize that the weight of their responsibility is more than it ever has been to see that the traffic in liquors is put down in Cherokee county. Our good, hard-working friend, Mr. Gaz Wright, who is an uneducated man with a great deal more sense than the average man, was in favor of the dispensary and voted for il. In reasoning with his friends upon the subject he said: “You are all of you, or most of you, Tillman men,’ and this is one of Tillman’s laws, and now you are going to try to put it down. Don’t you know that the good book says, ‘If ye love me keep my com mandments?’ ” Little Archy Strain has been right sek this week, but is up again. Mr. Lowery Webber, assistant mail carrier on this rural route, made the trip yesterday. The Wilkinsville oil mill and gin nery are running day and night. Durng our short stay in Gaffney last Wednesday we met quite a num ber of friends from the country. Some of Mr. James E. Bratton's children have been sick, but they are getting better now. Several of our friends and neigh hors came in yesterday and we had a house-covering. We would be glad if somebody would begin voting for the prettiest and most accomplished lady in Cher okee county. If Justice is done our female sex a lot of them will get a great many votes. In talking to some of the members of Camp Jefferies U. C. Veterans, we are fully satisfied that a fair sum can be raised by the camp for the pro posed monument to the women of the Confederacy. Many old soldiers are unable, and some are unwilling, to do anything for this laudable object, but we think the others will shoulder the burden and carry It to a success- ful ending. For this or any other camp to contribute less than $1.00 per member will be a disgrace to the noble order of U. C. V.'s. By all means the State house grounds at Co lumbia ought to be adorned with a suitable monument to perpetuate the memory of the self-sacrificing devo- tion of the noble women who immor talized this Southland in days gone by. It’s due them and It ought to be bullt - J. L. S. The Secret of Succeee. Forty million bottles of Augu *t Flower sold In the United States alone since Its introduction! And the de mand for It is still growing. Isn’t that a fine showing of success? Don’t it prove that August Flower has had unfailing success In the cure of indi gestion and dyspepsia—the two great est enemies of health and happiness? Does it not afford the best evidence » ug y st F, o w er Is a sure specific and ,ntefl tlnal disor ders.—that it has proved Itself the best of all liver regulators? August Flower has a matchless record of over ^ ,n curlng the ailing millions of these distressing com- 8Ucc es» that is becoming wider In Its scope every day, at home and abroad, as the fame of August Flower spreads. Trial bottles, 25c; regular size, 75c. For sale by Chero- Co°wS G ‘*" ey: L - D ' A111,<m ’ —Don’t forget I have men’s Suits from $2.00 to $18.00. J. l Sarratt. —25 men’s Suits $2.00 each. Sarratt. J. I. PRESS COMMENTS ON THE ELECTION. WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THE DISPENSARY. Sentiments of Various Papers on Cherokee’s Act of Voting Out the Dispensaries from Her Borders. The people of Cherokee county, S. C., may now look out. They voted out the dispensary, despite Senator Tillman’s wishes.—Charlotte Observ er. • • • Bravo, Cherokee, they have voted the dispensary out of their county and Gov. Heyward says he will keep the constables out of the county if they act as they voted—this paves the way for other counties to fojlow suit.—Dorchester Democrat. • • • When Tillman spoke in Gaffney he was criticized by some State papers for "hedging” on the dispensary, some of them going so far as to say that he was preparing to turn it loose. This was the way they summed up his cri ticism of the way the dispensary was conducted. Now the same papers claim that Cherokee has slapped Till man in the face. Tillman's newspaper friends interpret his remarks to suit the occasion.—Yorkville New Era. • • • The Cherokee county election is a most remarkable affair and looks like a bombshell in the political camp. For the dispensary to be knocked out by such an overwhelming vote, about 5 tp 1 we believe, is a genuine sur prise. The earnestness of the vote, too, is shown by the fact that it was given in the face of the imposition of the extra half mill tax required by the dispensary bill. It must be remem bered, too, that this thing is done not by Charleston or Richland counties but by Cherokee county, a purely rural county. It looks like something has dropped.—Orangeburg Evening News. • • a The people of Cherokee county at the election Tuesday voted by an overwhelming majority to drive the dispensaries out of that county and by so voting they have placed upon themselves an additional half mill tax to pay for the enforcement of the law according to the provision of the Brice bill. And all this was done contray to the advice of the Hon. Benjamine Ryan Tillman, the great daddy of the dispensary, who went to Gaffney and made a speech in which he advised the people against doing away with the great moral institution. Possibly the people will make up their minds in 1908 to get rid of the Hon. Benja mine Ryan himself.—Darlington News. The defeat of the dispensary by an overwhelming majority in Cherokee is the most significant result of the election in South Carolina. Under the terms of the Brice law the people of that county have voted to give up the dispensary profits and to tax them selves half a mill In order to have prohibition. The profits last year are said to have been $1,203.50 and it is estimated that the special tax will produce $7,750, so that the people of Cherokee are willing to pay $3,000 in order to close the dispensaries. As the vote was six to one in favor of the change it seems that public sentiment should be strong enough to sustain the prohibition policy.—Greenville Mountaineer. • • • It seems that the people of Chero kee county were really In earnest about getting rid of the dispensary. About six to one was the proportion for and against, and this regardless of the law imposing a tax on those who would enjoy freedom from this horrible nuisance. But will that tax ever be paid? We haven’t the slight est idea that it ever will. The people of Cherokee will pay it all right If they are required to do so; but the legislature will ever dare insist on such a requirement. Even had a ma jority of the old members been re turned, they would not have had the temerity to insist on the tax provision in the face of such a protest as this. This election may very properly be regarded as the beginning of the end at last of the rottenness In connection with the dispensary system.—York ville Enquirer. * • • “What’s the news?” queried the fa tigued reporter of “Boots” at the Southern depot yesterday afternoon as the slow drizzling rain sot in for good and the two stood under the sheltering front of the Southern cafe Now “Boots” is a sturdy, honest! hard-working white man of the Jim Bludso type. He wouldn’t cut much of a figure at a swell pink tea, nor dazzle a brilliant dinner party with a vivacious bon mot. In fact society men pass him by without a glance, and Boots is as much relieved thereby as the “would-be chappies.” Whats the news?” repeated “Boots,” well, I II tell you, business is look- ng up in the liquor line—that’s all I know. Since the rain queered the game on the new hang-out,” (pointing to the now depot) "we’ve noticed nothing today except the tremendous run on Capt. Lancaster’s Joint.” (dis pensary No.^3.) 111 tell you when the train comes In from Gaffney at any hour from sun to sun, there’s all kinds of business going on. They buy liquor, and it’s no vest pocket quarterly. They leave with big supplies. Say, If the Green vlllo, I aurens and Union dinpcnHarie^ were to shut down, extra railroads would have to bo built to the city, and I believe that would solve the problem of rapid transit.” The reporter caught a street car and left “Boots” standing in front of the cafe, vigorously puffing at a cob pipe. —P. H. Fike in Spartanburg Herald. * * • Prohibition in Cherokee. [Anderson Mail.] A good deal is being said in the State about the action of Cherokee county in voting out the dispensa ries under the terms of the Brice bill. According to the law when a county votes out the dispensaries a special tax of one-half mill is levied, which may be used by the governor if nec essary in enforcing the law against blind tigers. Governor Heyward says that for the present he will leave the matter en tirely in the hands of the people of Cherokee county. If they will en force the law, he says, he will take no hand in it, and will return the half mill tax levy into the county treasury. We are glad the governor has made this announcement. It will put the responsibility of enforcing the law squarely upon the people of Cherokee county, where it belongs. If they will enforce the law—that is if they will show they were sincere in voting for prohibition—they ought not be taxed. If they have played fast and loose, however, if they want the name and not the virtues of prohibition, then they nor anybody else can object with good grace to any tax that may be necessary to enforce the law. Let us hope that the people of Cherokee county will show to them selves and to the world that prohibi tion can prohibit. There have been occasional demonstrations of this, but they have been few and far between. Prohibition can and does prohibit whenever the people in the communi ty want it bad enough to enforce it themselves; but unless the people enforce it it is never done. A five mill tax would not rai^e money enough to enforce prohibition in any county unless the people of the county wanted prohibition, and if they want it bad enough to enforce it there will be no necessity for any tax ation. * * * The Dispensary. [Yorkville Enquirer.] The proper solution of the dispen sary problem is now the most serious duty that confronts the people of Sr.uth Carolina. Cherokee is the flpF-t county that Mer had the opportunity to vote di rectly on ‘.he question as to whether she would rather have the dispensary or prohibition. She had never tri°d prohibition; but had tried the dispen- •sary and the result of the voting shows that she is satisfied that prohi- bition cannot be worse. The rottenness of the dispensary system begins at its heart, the great central establishmtnt in Columbia, and that is the point at which the people must begin their attack. With the central establishment wiped out the situation will begin to clarify and the people will find but little difficulty in arriving at the right thing. The Enquirer stands for prohibition; but before it is a prohibitionist it is a believer in the rule of the majority We do not doubt that there are many counties inthe State, in which the voters have not been educated to the desirability of prohibition and we would not have prohibiten forced up on them against their will. But let us down with the central atate machine and leave each county to do with the dispensary as it will Where a county prefers to continue «km: qu ° r buslne8s on its own respon sibility and in accordance with the provisions of the State constitution let 1 u.uP*’. and where It prefers absolute prohibition let absolute prohibition prevail. In spite of the desperate efforts of the adherents of the central machine in Columbia, the Brice bill has com menced to get in its good work, and when the senator amends that bill, as he probably will, so as to abolish the state machine and leave it to the counties to decide for themselves whether they will have independent dispensaries or prohibiton, the situa tion will begin to resolve down to about the rihgt condition. A Bold Pickpocket. It was reported Friday morning that a bold pickpocket had gotten in some clever work at the Southern de pot the night before. Mr. John Harris, a young man who lives in the north ern part of the city, having been the victim. The particulars were about as follows: About 8 o’clock Thurs day night J^r. Harris was standing in front of the depot, presumably waiting for No. 40, a northbound pas senger train which arrives a little af ter eight, while several little darkies and one larger one were playing about the tracks. The larger negro seemed to be chasing the smaller ones, and finally the boys ran around behind the depot and were lost to sight. The large one then ran up to Mr. Harris ripped open his trousers pocket with a knife, or some sharp instrument and three silver dollars fell to the ground. As the negro stooped to pick up the money Mr. Harris caught him and attempted to hold him; but th^ negro was “too much” for him, and flnaiiy succeeded in getting the money and making his escape. Mr. Harris did not know his assail ant, and in ,the darkness could not Ret a good description of him. It was a bold act; and It Is a pity that the robber was not caught and pun ished for his crime. The majority of our mistakes would never be noticed if we did not cal! attention to them. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL S ATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors In the Old Nortn State Culled Expreasly for Ledger Readere Deputy Sheriff Ott Wells reruraed to Asheville Tuesday night fro n the Asheville Farm School, located ten miles from the city on the S. annar noa river, taking with him two stu dents of the school, Colin ^ trehea and Willard Gosnell, who a:e charged with attempting to bun :.o school buildings about 11 o’cloc Friday night. The boys are no' vo than 16 years of age and have on stu dents of the school for ^ time. Friday night, it is alleged, t ey went to the basement of the du eitories and piled a lot of rubbish on he floor and set fire to it. Another student was awakened by the smell o' smoke and located the flames. The fl -e xMtb burning slowly when discove’-ed and was soon extinguished without loss of property. Harry Prilou, a negro meil carrier for the Seaboard and Carolina & Northwestern Railways, was fatally injured at Lincolnton Saturday at noon while he was engaged in the performance of his duty. There was a freight train on the Seiboard track, and it had been split in two sections, leaving a gap through which passengers were to pass across the track on their way from the Seaboard station to that of the & Northwestern, a short distance away. It is a disagreeable expedient at any time, but passengers often resort to it as a short cut, to enable t ’em to catch a train. The mail carrie", all In a hurry, was pushing his way through the gap, when the section to vhich the engine was attached bad ed into the opening, cutting the mau’s body virtually in two and killing him at once. The dead mail carrier was about 55 years old and inarrie 1. For years he had filled his position cred itably and was much liked and re spected by white and color'd •>. ike, A diabolical attempt to wr< ck the rolling stock of a railroad, wi h par tial success, occurred near Asheville Friday afternoon when Raze Love, a negro 18 or 20 years of age, un coupled three loaded cars of the Bee Tree railroad, loosened the brakes and started them on a wild run down the Craggy mountain. The Bee Tree road runs from Swannanoa station five miles into the mountains, and was built for the purpose of getting chestnut wood to the works of the United States Leather Company at Old Fort. Love had been employed by the company, but was discharged Friday morning, and attempted to take revenge. The loaded cars were standing at the top of the long grade and the engine with Engineer Jack Edwards was pulling up to them to couple, when the negro uncoupled the cars, then climbed on top and loos ened the brakes. The cars started on a mad run down the mountain and Mr. Edwards, seeing the cars coming and realizing the danger, pulled his throttle wide open and succeeded in outrunning them. The cars were wrecked not far from Swannanoa by smashing into each other. The dam age will amount to several thousand dollars. After turning the cars loose Love ran, but was caught by Deputy Sheriff Jarvis near Bfltmore station about 6 o’clock. He is now in jail. Friday night about 10 o’clock there was an attempted jail delivery at Laurinburg. It seems that about this time Chief of Police Hubard heard quite a noise in the direction of the jail and at once set out to see what was the matter. Upon his arrival there some one called out to him to come up, that something had that white man, evidently referring to a white man by the name of Priest, one of the trusties, generally left in the run-around. About this time the mier awoke, and he and the chief w< , *>t up to investigate matters. They r o’md one George Ray, who stands charged with the murder of Robert Sinc’air, in the run-around with Priest. It seems that when the jailer went to lock hig prisoners up for the night Ray managed to hide himself on top of his cell and in this way remain in the corridor. An examination of the Jail showed that Priest and Ray had managed to remove the facings f-nm a window and in this way get one of the weights with which they el’her intended to make their eenne through the wall, or to, after mn’ ing a noise and causing the Jailer to c me up, overpower him and make ‘he r escape in that way. From the n they made it seems that they had ’e elded on the latter way. They d «'»- greed on their plan of escape, ' • ever, and Priest used the weight n-»Oe freely on Ray’s head, claiming th ’ - had to do so in order to save his n life, Ray hav[ng assaulted him. v is the negro arrested a few day and for whom the governor ha'* fered a reward of flort, while p >•« Is charged with looting a mail l»n W ^ TED - 300 ,a(, y customer buy 300 Jacekts from $1,00 to ’ • each. J. I. Sarratt. .150 ladies’ Skirts to go at $3.50 each. J. I. Sarratt. Subscribe for Th# Ledger $1 a