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ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY, 8. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1904.
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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.
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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
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