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" ' ‘A?-;?*' ,# ■ , THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE -O—O—O —( The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY ...PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND E BIDAY. -©—O'—O— O 'O- O 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, JANUARY 3, 1905. $1.50 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE fTEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ami -50 feet depth, while the dimen- ions of lot No. 4 arc? 83x170 feet, a rear lot. These lofh cost the firm of Taber & Lawton $10,00. The vacant lot retained by Mr. Cannon fronts 22M> feet and its depth is 150 feet. It is said that he will erect a handsome business structure thereon. This is one of the most important real estate deals that has been consummated iu Spartanburg within the past few' years. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Happenings All Over the State Taken fiuut Oui Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. The Columbia Trust company Thurs day declared a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent, on the capitalization of $100,000. This company is the treas urer of the street railway company, and is closely allied with the National Loan and Exchange bank, which has just declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent. « It is stated on good authority that the city of Union will some time dur ing this year have another national bank with a capital stock of $100 000 The promoters do not want their names mentioned until the plans for the organization have been fully per fected. This will be the fourth bank at Union, which shows that the city Is still rapidly increasing in popula tion and business. A number of the white friends of the late Alex Johnson, the imgro barber of Anderson who died a f* w months ago have erected a neat headstono over his j ■ grave in the colored c aietcry. John son was held in esteem by t e whites | because of his good work among the | negroes in 1S7(>. He was a staunch i Democrat, and did much t> prevent i disturbances among the negroes and succeeded in bringing many over to the support of honest government. Charleston experienced Wednesday the coldest weather of the season, the temperature getting down to 29’ de grees, which is four degrees below the lowest register of the thermometer this winter. The weather was dry and fcciear and the low temperature was not felt so keenly as even higher temper atures on days with easterly winds and rains. While the temperature is the coldest of the season, no records were broken. * City Auditor Allen, of Columbia, is making strenuous efforts to have all bills of 1904 presented to his office be fore the end of the year, so that they may he audited and recorded as such. If they are presented later than the last day of the year they will have to be paiA out of the appropriation for next year and will lessen that, appro priation, as no funds from the appro priation of this year w'ill be available after the year is out, no matter if the appropriation has not been exhausted. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, lieutenant general and chief of staff of the war department, has written to Gov. Hey ward urging that this State adopt some regulations as to deserters from the militia service. He suggests that a law he passed depriving a man of the right of suffrage, with the provis ion that upon the return to service the deserter may have his citizenship re stored after he has served out the .original enlistment and has served a time equivalent to the period of de sertion. Jim Russell, the 14-year-old sou of Mr. T. S. Russell, who resides nea* Holly Hill, accidentally shot himself Wednesday morning with the proverb ial “unloaded pistol.” in taking his father’s old pistol, which was belli ved to be unloaded, from a bureau drawer, it was accidentally discharge !, th • bal 1 passing through his hand ana entering his leg just above the knee. The baP was not taken out’but the boy is rest- ing quietly. The wounds are not thought to lie serious, but will he some time in healing. James Holmes, colored, aged about 50, was found dead at an early hou*- Tuesday morning in a pathway a short dlstanco from the Ladies Island Oys ter factory at Beaufort. He iiad been employed for years as fireman in the factory. He had been a hard drinker for sometime. He is said to have bought ’We quarts of •,.tis!;e ,r on Sat- urday night raid the consumption of th- s* me resulted fatally. Coroner K R. Sams viewed the remain- and ex pre st 1 the opinion that over-drink inf; caused Holmes’ death. The inquest proceedings over the re mi-ins of George McAllister at Appe- lachie mills, Spartanburg, conducted Wednesday afternoon, did not throw an;.' great amount of light on the trag ed;.. other than has already been re ported. Several witnesses were ex air.ined. One testified that prior to Wednesday’s tragedy and after the dip mnsal of one of McAllister’s family MeAUister struck Leister in the face, and that the quarrel was renewed that morning, resulting in the death of Mc Allister. The verdict of the jury was that deceased came to his death from a gun-shot wound indicted by Arthur Leister. The Mills property on east Main street, in Spartanburg, opposite the Argyle hotel, was sold by (’apt. O. P. Mills f?» Mr. A. C. Cannon Wednesday morning for $25,000. The trade was conducted by the law firms of Carlisle fr Carlisle, and Nichols & Jones. Im mediately after the purchase Mr. Can non divided the property into four lots and sold them as follows: The lot frontlifi, Main street, feet wide and running back 150 feet parallel to the S. U. & C. railroad, with the brick store room occupied by Fleming as a furniture store, sold to Thad Dean for $10,200; Taber * Lawton bought lots 2 and 4. Lot 2 has a 22-foot frontage “Going ‘Abroad’—Go South.” [Charlotte Observer.[ Under this caption The Chicago Tri- Imne lias a most excellent editorial which reads as follows: “There are some Northerners who know more- about Germany and about Italy, and perhaps about ‘the romantic and picturesque Balkan peninsula.’ than they do about. Georgia, and South Carolina, and Texas. Consequently Urey show more sense when they arc talking about lese majesty, or about the temporal power of the Pope, or about Turkish oppression than they do when they are talking about the right of the negro to Vote. “It is so easy to think that just be cause you live in a country you must understand it. The Southerner and the Northerner are fellow-citizhns. They owe allegiance to the same flag. Therefore the Northerner is perfectly competent to toll the Southerner how to settle the negro question. “The fallacy in the logic is that be cause of the presence of the negro the social condition of Charleston, S. C., differs from that of Boston, Mass., more than that of London, England. \nd a citizen of Boston gets on better than he does in Charleston. "The negro question is greater than ,y other question in America. And it is not only greater hut more deli cate. It is a matter of social as well as of political and industrial life. So, more than almost any other question H at could be imagined, it needs per sonal experience. The occasional ne gro of the North is not an adequate basis for studying the negro of the South. Iu the South the negro in many communities out numbers the white, and there is a possibility of ne gro rule. “Therefore, Northerner, if you have time and money to visit new scenes, visit the South. Some of your fellows have gone to the South and have lived there for a few years. They don’t feel now quite as you do. See if you can find out what it was that modified their opinions. "Go South and the Washington, Madison, shall, Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Polk and Lee while they, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, are working out, with errors of mind and with errors of heart, but with Aemerican pluck and hope, the greatest domestic problem that ever ate into the heart of a civi lized people. Then come back, and if you still think that they are wrong you will say so in a different tone.” This indicates a breadth of view and a conception of Southern conditions to which we are not altogether accus tomed from our friends of the North and West. The writer of the edito rial above sees The Southern situation as it is and gives excellent advice in ! telling the South’s critics that they i should come here and see for them 1 selves. Faling of that, they should, if I they desire.to know the truth, write some of their former neighbors who j have settled in this section. That, in- j deed, would he better than making a hurried trip for personal observation. A recent writer in The New York Sun, a German, addressing it from his pres- ! ont home in Alabama or Mississippi, i said that no one could become famil- ! iar with the pecular conditions of this J section otherwise than by a residenc ■ of at least two years here. This com munication has been dismissed with a toploftical sneer by some of the edi torial writers who, sitting in their city offices, think they know all about the South, whereas they know nothing at all; but as a matter of fact the corres- j pondent told the exact truth. If the ^ South were better understood it would ! bo less hastily judged, and none can understand it excepting those who rub up against its people and look its proit- , lems straight in the face. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. constituences against any and all un just discriminations. For the amusement of our readers we give the following and request that a diagram of the orchard he sent The Ledger. The diagram with the names of the solvers will appear in a subse quent issue of this paper. Here it is: A sturdy farmer said to me, “Dear sir. I’d like to know if you can plant j an orchard out with three trees in ! . a-h row. The rows you make must j number ten, and they must all com-, bine to show that all the trees you I plant will number only nine. The tre n s | you are allowed to .place at equal or | unequal space. J. L. S. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE BLACKSBURG BUDGET. RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA. IN Items of Interest Neighbors in the Concerning Out Old North State descendants of Jefferson. Mar- Wilkinsville, Dec. 30.—Character ] whqt a person is, and reputation i what others think he is. Mrs. Mary E. Hill and Miss Ethel Strain are visiting friends and rel atives at Blackstock and Cornwells in Chester county. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Mitchell and Master Ward, of Hickory Grove, spent the day with us last Wednesday. They returned home yesterday. While on this side Mrs. Mitchell renewed her subscription to The Ledger for another year. Miss Attie Kirby has invited her young friends to a pound supper at her home tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby are among our best people and the young people will have an enjoyabl" time no doubt. They will have no fiddling and dancing there. Mr. Sam Strain went to Gaffney on business yesterday. Messrs. Sam Lee, R. A. Foster, Dan Lattimer. Dr. Chess Leech and Agur Bankhead went to Dekalb. Kershaw <<)! nty, on a fox hunt this week. They left Hickory Grove Wednesday morn ing and expect to be gone a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Fowler gave the young people a singing last Wednes day night. Last Tuesday night quite a storm of wind and rain passed over this sec tion. Mr. George B. Estes, who lives in Brookston, Texas, renewed his sub scription to The Lodger for another year upon his arrival at Gaffney last Saturday morning. He, with his little ;irl, Mary Bee, will make a thirty- days’ visit in South Carolina. Mr. Bascomb Osment, of Dee, Ar kansas, went to Hickory Grove yester day on a visit. William M. Roberts and Amos Hemp hill, two industriouh and well-to-do colored citizens, of Sunnyside, have renewed their subscription to The Led ger. The roads are very muddy and travel is quite difficult in many places. It’s only at such times as this that people enthusiastic good CLIFTON CHRONICLES. the Otts Liquor Law. In re the reckless importation of all kinds of liquor in to this State. J. C. Otts, of Cherokee, will introduce at the coming session of the legislature, a bill to require all common carriers who bring liquors into this State to have the liquors inspected before de livery. to the consignee. There will ho no attempt to restrict the importa tion of liquors. Mr. Otts says that can not be done, but that it is a valid exer- rise of the police power of a State; but that the State may require an inspec tion by State officers of all liquors, be fore delivery to the consignee, on the same grounds as food inspection. He lias consulted several lawyers, who agree with him that it will meet the rerairements of the Interstate Com v Clause of the Federal Con- stltu Death of a Boy. Grady Swafford, the thli teen-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Swafford, died Friday morning at 5 o’clock after a very short illness. His burial took place at Grassy Pond cemetery Satur day at 12 o'clock in the presence of a large gathering of relatives. The fu neral services was conducted by Rev. G. P. Hamrick. The bereaved family have our tender sympathies. Mayor's Court. Only three cases were tried before the mayor Monday morning. Two rases of drunk and disorderly, fined one $2.50 and the other $5.00. The third case was for drunk and disorder ly and carrying conrqaJ£iL^ttilUP u > fined $10. iNmr What is “Eg Nog?” Try it. generally become roads advocates. Mr. J. Farrow Wright and son, Leslie, went to Gaffney yesterday on business. Prof, and Mrs. J. Thomas Moore spent the day with us yesterday. They lu-ought their instruments with them and gave us some good music. Mrs. Laura T. Estes entertained several of her friends, young and old. with a turkey dinner yesterday and all enjoyed themselves. The rabbit hunters have had some success since the holidays came in. John Barleycorn has been conspicu ously absent this Christmas. His room is good company with the ma jority of our best citizens. Mrs. Amanda Let- and Mrs. Sallie Mitchell s-p^nt the day with Mrs-. Orrie Estes yesterday. Mrs Estes is aj daughter of our old army comrade T Jeff Hughes and one of Cherokee coun ty’s very best ladies. Some one dropped a bottle nearly half full of old-fashiorred booze at the Tloey ford on Gilkey (-reek one night this week. The finder will be pleased to return it intact to the owner when called upon. The bottle hears the dis pensary trade ma#k with a cob stop per. Mr. Bascom Osment, of Arkansas, bought an otter skin from old uncle Wright Good which ho expects to take homo with him. Mr. Jefferson Blackwell, we under hand. has gone into the mercantile business at Jonesville. ' Since the holidays set in our mail 1 as been very light. We have missed P veral copies of the Greenville Daily News altogether. We received a copy of the Davidson College Bulletin. It is a newly gotten up pamphlet and a credit to that fa mous institution. Under the caption: “One way to cure drunkenness,” The Charleston News and Courier has a very sensible editorial which ought to receive the attention of the communities where this gratuitous crime is so prevalent. Drunkenness is nothing more nor less than a crime and if it was punished by the courts as such, there would he less of it. Won’t our legislators look upon it as such and act accordingly? Congressman Livingston, of Georgia, deserves the thanks of the farming communities and especially of the cot ton growers of the South for the fight he is making against the government’s method of making crop reports. We fully endorse what the Atlanta Constitution says about it. A statistical guess which costs the farmers of the South millions of dol lars and which has had seve ral disas irons precedents, must not go unchal lenged by those who have the South’s welfare at heart. No government has the right to take sides with one class of its citizens tegainst another following as legitimate a business as the Southern farmers are doing and will continue to do. The well established laws of trade and commerce will regulate themselves without the assistance of outsode in terference. We believe that our representatives will do all they can to carry out the measure and protect their respective Happenings of Interest Around Theree Big Mills. Clifton, Doc. 31.—Christmas has ; passed over very quitely and the peo-1 pie have turned their attention back j to honest work again. M. M. Howe, of Spartan Mills, died : on the 22nd from the effects of a stroke of paralysis on May 28th, 1904, since which time he had been a helpless in valid. Three children survive him. I His remains were buried in tlie ceme-j tery of the Baptist church at Pacolet Station on the 24th inst., Rev. A. A. James officiating in the funeral ser vices. Rev. T. H. Harrison and family are visiting relatives in Florence county, from whence they will return next week. Your correspondent went out to Sax on .Mills for a few hours stay last week, and found everything on a boom. But found very few people there that were twelve months ago. The "mov ing element,” (as mill operatives are called), seldom stay a great while in the same place, but move, they claim, “to find out what amount of property they noss<‘Hs.” The county chaingang has been at part of the month of September, and work around here ever since the latter they are getting the roads in splendid order. At the present time they are grading a road around the hill between the Methodist church and the river, making a short line between the Clif- tons Nos. 1 and 3. Mr. John M. Reynolds has been af flicted for some considerable length of time, with an attek of rheumatism from which he has been suffering greatly for the last month or longer. During the snowy spell of weather, two or more weeks ago, Logan Mize and John Fowelr claim they killed twenty-eight rabbits and sixteen part ridges They say they tired of eating rabbiu, and made the rest into sau sage, which they say is a dainty ar ticle of food. We have noticed in several instan ces, wherein one branch of industry is auxiliary in the promotion of the suc cess and profit of another. For in stance farming is, to a greater extent, the mainspring of all occupations. But agriculture like manufacturing, is for its greatest facilities, highly indebted to the founder and machinist who in turn are dependent on the miner for material, etc. And so we find that the liquor traffic is the lawyer’s “golden argosy," and without the medical pro fession the undertaker could scarcely make a living. The Christmas tree erected in the opera house in Spartanburg on the 2(!tli, for the purpose of giving the children of destitute families a treat, w a-•. without doubt, the finest thing of its kind that we have ever seen. It was a cedar, about ten feet high, and hung to its utmost with hooks, toys, ar ticles of attire, etc., and was profused- ly lighted with tapers. Under the tree and all over the stage, were piled up about out} hundred baskets filled with fruits, candies and various other ar ticles. Before the presents were handed down. Professor Gamewell, of Wofford College, delivered a very interesting and encouraging address to the chil dren. Many little hearts were made glad that day, for which the people of Spar tanburg deserve credit. Mike M a money. People Going and Coming Beyond the Broad Blacksburg, Jan. 2.—Misses Anna and Gertrude Sherer spent Thursday in Spartanburg. Mr. Jordan, of Charleston, is the guest of Mr. John Blalock for a few days. •Miss Lucy Knox returned Friday , from a pleasant visit to friends iu Charleston. Mrs. J. B. Shiver returned Saturday 1 from a few days stay In Rock Hill. Mrs. Arthur McLure spent a few Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers days last week with her mother, Mrs. Guimo. Miss Esther Moore, of Sharon, is vis iting her cousin. Miss Willie Shiver. A dance was given at the Cherokee Inn .Monday night for the young peo ple and was very much enjoyed by those who attended. Mrs. Eva Harris, of Spartanburg, is visiting Mrs. D. D. Gaston, of this place. Miss Addle Blalock after a delight ful visit to relatives returned to her ^ home in Charlotte Friday. / n Miss Eva Turner, of Sharon,N. C., visiting her brother, Mr. Ed Turner. Prof. J. Allen Holt’s model residence at Oak Ridge was destroyed by fire Monday night. It caught in the ser vants room. The loss is $8,000, insur ance $3,000. Prof. Holt was there when the fire occurred. While out hunting with one of his [ friends Mr. Duncan Stewart, a student of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Laurinburg, was accident-J ally shot in the leg, and while the wound is not serious it will be som time before ho will he able to return to his work. is The hoard of aldermen of Marion | I met Wednesday night and awarded I contracts for putting in water works 5 : in the town. The water commission-1 ! ers decided on wells for supply of wat er, as the gravity system would cost ! ' more money than was voted for the 1 j erection oi water works. The board I divided up the work to different bid-j ders, and did not award it all to one i bidder. They want to he ready to | turn on the water by the first of May | i or June. j Prof. J. Allen Holt, of Oak Ridge. 1 lost his handsome residence by fire on : rite evening of Dec. 2<’>tli. The dormi- ! tories and institute buildings, however, j worn savod. This fire will not inter- ! fere with the opening of Oak Ridge In stitute on January 3rd. as no dormi tories were destroyed and complete ar rangements have been made for table board for the Saunders’ Hall boys. ’J he prospects are good for a full at tendance. Tito thirty-day time limit after the i sale of the Central Hotel in Charlotte has expired and as no one has appear ed to make a higher bid. Capt. W. B. Ryder remains the purchaser for the Central Hotel Company, for $120,000. 1 There is now nothing in the way to interfere with the contemplated im provements which, it is promised, will make the Central one of the best equip ped hostelries in the State.' Plans are now under consideration and work will commence as soon as they are agreed upon. Permanent organization of the High lands Hotel ontpany, of Charlotte, was effected at a meeting of the stock holders. Thursday at the Colonial Club, where 855 shares or much mote than a majority wore represented Capital stock $200,000. Directors were chosen a:td after the meeting tit-y convened and elected officers as fol lows: Mr. T. \V. Hawkins, president; Mr. Robert A. Dunn, vice-president; Mr. Walter S. Alexander, secretary and treasurer. Work towards the con struction of the tourists’ and commer cial hotel will be pushed with all pos sible despatch. Col and will this To Increase Subscription Rates. I Greenwood Journal.) The December number of the South ern Publisher contains the information that three weeklies announce that they will increase their subscription rules from one dollar to one dollar and a quarter and one dollar and a half. These papers are the Gastonia Ga zette. the Mill News, of Charlotte, and The Gaffney Ledger. We have been satisfied for some time that it is im possible to got out a creditable weekly with the subscription price at one dollar. Of course, papers are pub lished at this price, but it is done at the expense of the Job department and from the advertising. Drinl^ a Day in Gaffney. The increase in the shipment of whiskey by express to Gaffney, since the lawful sale of whiskey was voted out, has been about three hundred per cent, and the average is about 25 gal lons a day. There are about 32 drinks in a gallon of whiskey. Make the cal culation and it will be seen that 800 drinks a day reach Gaffney by express. The population of Gaffney is about 4,("Mi and about one-fifth of these or 800 are men. So it will he seen that there is one drink for every man in Gaffney every day.—Abbeville • Me dium. —Ask for "Eg Nog" town. Dealers have all anywhere got it. in —Millinery at half price at Carroll, Carpenter & Byers. Adversity bulls the market of hope. What is “Eg Nog?” Try it. Wednesday afternoon the certificate of incorporation for the Gray Manufac turing Company, of Gastonia, was sent to the Secretary of State in Raleigh, for his signature and approval. The incorporators are Messrs. George A. ‘ Gray, J. H. Separk and C. J. Huss, all of that place. The new concern will he one of the finest and best equipped cotton mills in the State, if not in the South. The new mill will l>oth weave and spin, and it is expected that a very fine grade of goads will be manufac tured. Already $75,Orta worth of stock has been subscribed and the balance will be snapped up very quickly no doubt. An important arrest was made at Fayetteville on Saturday. Dec. 24th, by Deputy Sheriff Monagan, witieh just came to light Wednesday, as the offi cers have‘been keeping things quite in the hope of apprehending others of the burglars. Two stores, Nimocks & Co., and A. E. Rankin Company at Fayetteville were burglarized, but the thieves secured little. This, however, led to the arrest by Deputy Sheriff Monagan, of one of the most noted negro criminals in the State. Will Harris, alias Will Jones, by which name he was known there, is an outlaw ot the most desperate character. He is an escaped convict from the peni tentiary. also from the chaingang at Smithfield, where he was serving a five-years' term for burglary: also wanted by the United States authori ties for robbing the mails at Smith- fleld of $3,000: On Saturday morning Mr. Monagan gave a negro from the country one dollar and pocket knife and sent him to negotiate with the sus pect for a trade for a pocket knife and a razor, which he had reason to believe were on the negro’s person, being stolen goods from Nimocks & Co. and A. E. Rankin Company. The man fell easily into the trap, making the trade in front of the Hotel LaFayetto; Mr Monoghan, who was standing in the Brothers' Furniture Store, watced the Brothers’ Furniture Stqre, watched the negro two knives and a razor for Mr. Monaghan’s knife and one dollar. Af ter the trade Mr. Monaghan stepped forward and arrested the negro. Mr. Monaghan drew his pistol, a 38 Colt’s revolver, and ordered the negro to throw up his hands, but only one hand went up and with the other he threat ened with an ugly looking razor. Mr. Monaghan drew a second gun and the man’s hands went up. Mr. Oren Moore, of Davidson lege, is visiting his parents, Mr. Mrs. Frank Moore. Mr. W. T. Moore, of Yorkville, take charge of the drug store for year. Dr. W. E. Montgomery, the for mer druggist, having accepted a po sition with the druE> company in Cow- pens. Mrs. Kate McElwarth, of Greenville, is visiting Mr. Dave Gross and family. Miss Ovifa Keeter, of Grover, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Baer. Miss Ada Brandon is visiting her mother. Airs. Joe Haden. Dr. W. E. Anderson, E. K. Belue and I’. R. Freeman, spent one day last week in Charlotte. On Thursday afternoon a two-story dwelling belonging to Mr. George Moore was completely destroyed by fire. The property was insured. Prof. Phiffer left last week for a few days stay in Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Joe Osborne, after spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. New ton. left Saturday morning for Earl, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteford Duncan are visiting Mrs. Will Finley at Marion. I N. C. I Miss Della Rhyne and little brother, Willie, are visiting Miss Dorah Gaston, of Buffalo, N. C. Mr. Will Anderson, after spending a few days with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Anderson, has returend to his duties at Pacolet. Mr. Mad Metz, after spending a few days with his parents, left Sunday morning for his home in Little Rock. Ark. Mrs. C. A. Stewart and little daugh ter. of Rock Hill, spent Saturday night with Mrs. A. M. Bridges. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Blanton, of Sha ron. N. C., spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in town. Mr. Creed Moore has bought an in terest in the livery business here, and will make this place his home again. Y r e are always glad to welcome back old friends. Rev. Derrick will serve the M. E. church for this year. Rev. N. B. Clark son, former pastor, being sent to Dar lington. Mr. Roht. Rippy left Monday morn ing to attend a singing school ae Caro- leen, N. C. Miss Mattie Moore, of Grover. X. C., is the guest of Miss Lizzie Phillips. Mrs. D. M. McLeod, of Union is visit ing the family of Mr. J. M. Guyton. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes, after a pleasant visit to relatives in town, re turned to their home in Atlanta. Ga., last week. Miss Lizzie Phillips left Monday to vMt relatives U Earl, N. C. Mr. Fi* Ids Youege, of Cheroke’ Falls, spent Sunday afternoon in town. Cherokee Clippings. Cherokee R. U. D.. Pec. 29.—Owing to the had weather, Christmas has been rather dull. An unusual number of marriages have taken place. Mr. James Hollifield gave an enjoy able musical entertainment Wednes day eve. On Friday Mr. B. T. Hicks gave an entertainment. We have not heard, but we know it was a success, for the Hicks band is noted for its music. A sad accident occurred today in which Charlie Parris, sen of Mr. Swan Parris, of State Line, lost his life. He with a number of his friends was shooting at a spot, when his gun burst and a part of it struck him in the temple. He lived four hours after be ing hurt.- He was probably about rughteen or twenty years of age. His remains will be buried at State Line church where he was a member. Our sympathy goes out to the bereaved family in this sore trial. While under mental depression Mr. Ed. Williams tried to commit suicide by taking laudanum. His family dis covered it in time to get medical aid and frustrate the attempt. J. The store building and stock of goods of Mr. I. W. Somers, at Stony Point depot, half way between Taylors ville and Statesville, \yas burned Mon day morning at 3 o’clock. The loss was more than $1,000, on stock of goods and $250 on building. No cause is known for the fire and it is sup posed to be the work of incendiaries or some one robbing the store. What is “Eg Nog?” Try —Three months to wear goods. Buy them at cost at. Carpenter & Byers. winter Carroll, —Dress goods of all kinds at Car- roll. Carpenter & Byers. M '•Li —Good warm blankets at COST, at Carroll. Carpenter & Byers. What i« “Eg Nog?” Try it.