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■■ -■ •’V- . ■ V:: V' —O'- THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of /.ny Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FBIDAY. WE GUARANTEE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. . 'i&wm n ^ -i 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 10, 1905. $1.50 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE .ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AN INTERESTING REPORT. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers- The State’s New Department Makes Its First Report to the Legislature. Columbia, Jan. 7.—A digest of the first report to the legislature of Com missioner Watson, of the State’s new department of immigration and agri culture. has already been published in this correspondence, but the actual net results in figures of the efforts to bring foreign born immigrants to the State has not been available until the report came out in printed form today. This summary is set forth in the report as follows: Below is the statement of the total number of immigrants brought in di rectly by the department, taking no ac count of those persons and families who have come from other States, and including a very few still on the water The dispensary profits for the city of Columbia and Richland county fo” the month of December amounted to ^ nearly $C,000. The sales at the dis-j at th( , t j nie G f the preparation of this pensarics broke all previous records, 1 report, advices of whose shipment havp according to the figures at the county | | )e0 received! treasurer’s office, and the figures will | Scotland, 132; England, 8; Ireland, A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. go wav above the estimates made by the city and county for the year. S Governor Heyward has received a letter from Sheriff Duckett, of Laur- j ens, stating that he has investigated J (the killing of a negro at Mouutville, j in his county several days ago. and has arrested five negroes The negro | (‘^^“rwise'to'cV.meTnto South Carolina killed was Dun Mller and the shei iff j () , |r j n j, t | 10 n j ne an ,i one-half months’ states that he was never officially no tified of the killing until he saw in the 1; France, 5; Germany, 4; South Afri ca (indirect), 3; West Indies, 1; Po land (voluntarily),*2. Total. 166. 204 Immigrants. Adding to the total of those who have moved to South Carolina from other States it will be seen that the total number of immigrants investing and during existence of the department is 204. I , . , . ,, , respectfully call attention to this fig- papers a complaint that no inyestiga-l ( . o as c . oml , arod t() the fi.'.O people tion of the affair had been made. brought into Maryland in the period of eighteen months prior to June. 1902. Mrs. Wm. J. Stokes, of O-angeburg, has founded i $1 '>00 Wofford College. Mrs widow of latt The founding ship at ?crie 3. Mrs. Stokes is the C( ngr< -sma" Stokes, of this scholarship is highl' aporeciated by the faculty of Wofford College. Mr St >kes is greatly interested in the e’ ication of young men and it was her interest in the education of the young men of this State that prompted her to found a scholarship at Wofford. After remaining out thirty minutes the jury in the case of J. L. E. Jones, iv a department that had been in op eration since 1896, under favorable ciicumstances, which department lias •n doing far more effective work Mure that time with the increased ap propriation. The total estimated amount of mon ey represented by the incomers from abroad was $9,145, that was represent ed by the people coming in from other States was $6,560. making a total of $16,005. the known amounts brought being used and all olli'Ts being aver aged at $50 each. This takes no cog nizance of the many investments that of Spartanburg, tried "\ ur ^ | ar e now pending, and which from the of J. M. P. Young, of that city, re turned a verdict of not guilty Friday. At the convening of court Stanyarn Wilson concluded argument for the defense and Solicitor Soase ended the speech making with a plea for convic tion. Judge Watts clearly charged the jury as to the case. After Jones had been released he was congratulat ed by a number of friends. necessity of the case could not be con cluded in time for this report. During the summer a mining property was bought by people from another State— 359 acres for $10,000. and the invest ment will be $100,000. Not Crowding Negro. “The presence of the negro has de terred the white immigrant in some measure from coming South. The -r , * u « i active demand for labor other than York county has finished pa>j n g the negro is now beginning to be un- the Catawba river bndge. derstood, and a change is being Neely took up the last note within h ; wrou ght. Again, the negro is gradu- past few days. The bridge cost rig - ]lv Kojnf r to other portions of the n lly about $9,000, and the county bor- , r * jon rowed $8,000 of this amount to pay course , anything that we in the for the work. The money was bor- Sourtiern States touch must necessari- rotved on four notes of $2.<hi0 each. J)ear U p ()n t he omnipresent negro I he extra thousand dollais was pro- the solution of which has vided out of the ordinary tax levy J uzz , ed the mindB of many statesmen. There was no specific levy on account We Southern p eople are not after driv- of the bridge note, but the a\ rag . the negro out by means of immi- payments on it equaled about ono-half Rration This S t at e is now, in fact. of one mill. ; aiding the negro to become more valu- . ble, industrially and commercially. Sheriff Gilreath, of Gi m , \v e have room for both the negro and the industrious foreign immigrant. There are thousands of acres of land to Landrum’s, in Spartanburg.county, Friday to get a negro named Lewis, who is wanted in Greenville for 1 ou.ie breaking and larceny, ed to have committed the crime sev eral months ago and since that time his whereabouts have been a mystery to the authorities until Sheriff Gil- i , nc,. today not under cultivation in this i^owis is aiH g-j sta to because we have not the popula tion and the farm help, the negro be ing inadequate to meet the demand for Irbor. While our people believe that 1 there is no help in the cotton field to ... I I I 1V . 1 v / Xo 11"./ 11V-1I/ 111 t-ll V* V * rea h received a telegram from Snat ( th(1 S(mthei . n negro> there is not tanburg telling him that the man was ^ hin , to raeet all demands in a prisoner. Lewis was taken to . , a prisoner. Lewis was taken 1 Iculture other than cotton, and in Greenville Saturday and lodged in jail t « e (iiv ersified idustries, and we must ! needs look to other countries and sec- ! tioiiAj ol our own country to find the , , ,. ... f , labor we cannot secure at home, nual report to the sinking fund com- South n( ^, 8 th^se people as no „ i i » t ,,„|Other section of the United States mended that the Sta e s-11 all of the; in agricu i tnr e. and has the remaining tracts of land now owned ; n;M)()rtimi)y t( , good American (there, for a preliminary hearing. Secretary of State Gantt in his an- king fund com mission, which met Friday, recom* i by it and on which there is hardly any income, in the past few years the in come from tin’s source has dwindled | rapidly and only $3,000 was taken in from sales and everything else in that department in 1901. Of this only $200 came from the rent of some of the land, when twenty years ago the in come averaged $lo a day in harve«t time. There are now 266 parcel most of it in the lower part of the State. If put up at public sale the State would be rid of what it now is a nuisance as a source of revenue. This land includes what is loft of the notorious commission which was sad- r itizens of them.” Mr. Eison Resigns. Ed. L. Eison has resigned ins posi tion as manager of “the Company” store, and has gone to Lockhart to as sist liis brother-in-law, Mr. W. C. Thom son. in managing his extensive farm ing operations. Mr. Eison 1ms been connected with th<' store of the Gaffney Mfg. Co. for a long time and he made an efficient manager—ever polite, courteous ami accommodating to his patrons and to all visitors at the store. His host of friends in Gaffney regret very much died o \ the (state by «he oa pet 1 j iaV e him leave; but wish for him ger government. unbounded success in his new venture. r i" e phosp'e.io royaltv has dwindled fro* i $223,0(10 in 1903 to $9,732.01 in 1904 an the royalty has been reduced to en'wurage this languishing industry from $1.03 per ton to 25 cents per ton, the money now being perverted to the sinking fund, and there are petitions be'oro the phosphate board for an abolition of the whole tax. The fig- ur s from Competroller General Jones’ report are most interesting. There are but two companies now doing bu dness in the State, the Central and the Stono Companies, and they to gether mind 29.664 tons. • The re port shows that there was some stone left over from last year, the total amount shipped being 38,928 tons, a decrease from last year of 28,818 tons. On the shipments this year there was a royalty paid the State of $10,784, of which the two companies now in business paid $9,730.01. The royalty last year amounted to 710.17. $16,. A Marriage Tomorrow. Mr. P. M. Caldwell, of Smyrna, and Miss Matllo E. Plaxlco, of King’s Creqk, will be married tomorrow (Wed nesday) afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of the bride’s father, Mr. R. M. ftaxico. Rev. J. L. Oates, of Hickory .♦Grove, who is pastor of Hickory Grove and Smyrna A. R. I*, churches, will perform the ceremony. The marriage will be a quiet home affair* What la “Eg Nog?" Try it. Mr. C. C. Stacy succeeds Mr. as manager of the business. Eison Burned With Oil. News reached the cily yesterday lhat “Bob” Beason had been seriously burned yesterday morning at the home of his uncle, Mr. Jim Beason, near Boiling Springs. It was the same old story of starting a fire with kerosene oil. Bob had arisen early with the in- t'ntion of coming to Gaffney, and in using oil to kindle a fire, the can ex ploded, burning him badly. Mrs. Beason was notified by ’phone, and left Immediately for her husband’s bedside. We have not heard just how badly Bob is burned, but hope it may Ik nothing serious, and that he may «oon be out again. Died from Operation. R. L. Webb, a son of Judge J. L. Webb, of Shelby, N. C„ died In Char lotte at the Presbyterian hospital Mon day morning at 6 o'clock. He went to Charlotte last Tuesday morning and was operated on for appendicitis. His age was twenty-four. HD remains were sent to Shelby for interment to day. Kyle and Miss Winnie Davenport, of tills city, went to Shelby yesterday to attend the funeral of Mr. Webb, who was their cousin. The young man came home from Birmingham, Ala., to spend the Christ man holidays and took sick. He was In the insurance business In Birming ham. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Wilkinsville, Jan. 6.—We spent two days at Gaffney this week, and took the night with Dr. M. W. Smith. The evidence of prohibition can plainly be seen on the streets of the town, for we didn’t see a single man the least under the influence .of liquor, and there was quite a crowd there both days. Those who claim that prohi bition doesn’t prohibit can’t prove it by visiting our county seat. Dr. Smith has two interesting sou- \enirs which he brought home with him from Richmond, Va. One is a hickory walking stick cet- from the Seven Pines battle field. It was cut by Mr. J. E. Lyne, who resides at Seven Pines, and who keeps a lot of relics in his museum there. It has thR inscription on it: “Cut in the centre of Seven Pines battle field, where 15,000 soldiers were killed May •3( and June 1. 1862. Battle fought by l .oe and McClellan.’’ The other souvenir is a calvary sa- bro picked up on the battle fie! 1 of Urasier’s Farm, near where Jenkins’ command fought during the seven days battle around Richmond, June 26 to July 1, 1862. These trophies the Doctor prizes very highly, and we hope lie will conclude to place them in the museum at Jmestone, where they will be kept lor the future as mementos of that great struggle. Mr. Ben McCulloch and daughter, Miss Janie, also Mr. Davis McCulloch, of Texas, spent Wednesday night with Mr. S. F. Estes and family. They, with Mr. George B. Estes and daugh ter. Mary Bee, went to visit relatives in York county Thursday. Miss Stella George and brother, Al bert. are both lying very low with ty phoid fever. The last cold snap put a stop to out door work. The farmers who haven’t sold their cotton are very much depressed by the fall in the price and will hold on to it if they can do no better. Some of them are making rash promises to burn it rather than to take present prices. This is all buncombe. They don’t mean a word of it. Like sensi ble men, they should try to improve this condition by planting less of it this year and making more provisions and feed supplies. When we hear people talk about burning their cotton in order to spite the mill men and cotton speculators, we wonder what has become of the fool-killer. The most sensible resolutions we have yet seen or heard tell of touch ing the cotton situation a^o those passed by the York county people. Some repairs of the gully bridges on the public road leading to Gaffney would be a very good thing for our authorities to look after at once. Wo would not be surprised at some time to hear of a suit being brought against the county for damages to stock or wagons, if not for bodily in jury to some one. A word to the wise is sufficient. The fox hunters who went down to DeKalb last week were disappointed in their trip. Rev. W. H. White preached at Sa lem last Sabbath. On Saturday night before the 1st Sabbath in February Rev. Mr. White -.ill probably deliver a lecture at the ' ell school house. Mr. J. Leslie Wright has taken charge of Mr. W. R Wt Ike stick farm near Sunnyside. Our York county neighbors have (’one more farm work tin n any section v% e have visited. They have a good portion of their lands plowed and much clearing up done. They are a progressive, go-ahead people. Mrs. Mary E. Hill and Miss Ethel Strain, who are visiting in the Black- stock neighborhood, are enjoying themselves very much. Farm hands are in demand in this s ctinn. Several changes of hands have been made, and no doubt others will be made before planting time un less this year is to he an exceptional ope. Your correspondent can’t promise more than one letter to The Ledger a week for the next two months. The Ledger is to he congratulated on the Immense subscription list it is making up. The advance in the price of the paper is taken as an evidence that it will be a better paper, if pos sible. In the future than heretofore. Messrs. Gist and John Howell, of Hopewell, returned from Spartanburg yesterday with a fine young mule they bought for $155. Mr. Graves has left Gaffney and moved back to Sharon, where he will be employed by Mr. W. L. Hill in ids store and on the farm. Camp Jefferies IT. C. Veterans is called to meet at Elbethel church Fri day, 27th instant, at 11 o’clock A. M„ sharp. J. L. S. B. & L. ORGANIZED. A Movement That Means Much for the City of Gaffney. Quite an enthusiastic meeting was held last Saturday night in the rooms of the National Bank of Gaffney, by the stockholders of th^ Cherokee Building and Loan Association. Ten thousand dollars was subscribed at this meeting; since then ten thous and more Has been secured, and it is still growing. This puts Gaffney in the class with other progressive cities, such as Spartanburg, Charlotte, etc., and now you want to watch Gaffney grow. This is a small beginning, but everyone, big and little, white and black, ought to take stock. Take a lot of stock’ if you can; if you can’t, then take a little. The officers of the association are, Dr. C. A. Jefferies, president; D. C. Ross, vice-president; W. H. Gooding, secretary and treasurer; directors, C. \. Jefferies, D. C. Ross, W. W. Thomas, W. H. Gooding, J. A. Willis. J. F. Finck- en and Ed. H. DeCamp THE TARHEEL STATE BLACKSBURG BUDGET. RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA. IN People Going and Coming Beyond the Broad- Blacksburg, Jan. 9.—Mr. J. Randolph Crown, of Agusta, Ga„ is visiting his Friend, Mr. Hamlin Briggs, on his way to New York. Miss Mary Faulkner stopped here Monday on her way to Gaffney. Mrs. E. A. Woody, after spending a few days with relatives, left Saturday ! for her home at Spartanburg. Miss Lula Borders, of King’s Creek, left Saturday to attend Limestone Col- ; lego this session. Mr. Clarence Borders was in town I Saturday on business. Mrs. Cora Camp, of Gaffney, spent Will Springs, colored, the slayer of Saturday and Sunday with her sister, Rural Police Officer S. E. Cole, of Jlel- Mrs. Wm. Blalock, mont Park, Sunday afternoon, has i Mr. Broadus Moss spent Sunday at been captured and is in the hands of his home in Earl, N. C. officers of the law. The arrest was) Mr. Hastur, of Charleston, came up made at Fort Mill, shortly after noon ^ Friday on railroad business. Items of Interest Concerning Ou» Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers —Carroll, Carpenter & Byers Cost Sale begins now and continues (ill January 20th. —Ask for “Eg Nog’’ anywhere in town. Dealers have ail got it. —Good warm blankets at COST, at Carroll, Carpentej* & Byers. —Millinery at half price at Carroll, Carpenter & Byers. What la “Eg Nog?" Try it. The Cotton Grower’s Meeting. There was a meeting at the court house Saturday of the business men and cotton growers of Gaffney and Cherokee county, the object of which was to discuss the cotton situation and to organize a cotton growers as sociation in this county. Mr. N. Lipscomb was elected to the chair and Mr. R. C. Sarratt made sec retary, and a temporary organization was effected. Interesting and business like talks were made by Mr. N. Lip scomb. Dr. W. C. Hamrick and Mr. R. (’. Sarratt; and after an exchange of opinions by some of the most promi nent planters and business men pres ent, a resolution was passed to the effect that all try to formulate some plan by which the great production of cotton might be curtailed, and to meet again at the courthouse next Sat urday, at the same hour, to appoint delegates to the Cotton Growers As sociation. which meets in New Orleans at an early date. It is especially desired that every community in the county shall bo rep resented at this next meeting, and that every business man in the city, who can, shall lie present. Attention U. C. Veterans. Camp Jefferies U. C. Veterans will meet at Elbethel church on Friday, January 27th, 1905, at 11 o’clock A. M., sharp, to elect officers for the ensu ing year and attend to such other business as may come before it. It Is important that every member should attend in person, if possible, and come prepared to pay his camp-dues of 15 cents—10 cents to the National Feder ation and 5 cents to the State Divis ion. Owing to deaths, removals, etc., it will be necessary to revise the roll and each member will come prepared to give his name, rank, company, reg iment, division and term of service (as near as possible), also time and place of enlistment. As far as possible a list of casual ties will he made out and kept as a record of the members. By order of G. Wash McKown, Commander. ; J. L. Strain, Adjutant. January 6th, 1905. 2t Wants His Liquor. (Columbia State. Wednesday.) In liis mail yesterday, Gov. Heyward j received the following communication: “We the under sitters in our own be lief will say that one Dave Hack whom bad his whiskey seized and taken from hit t by Fran Israel a constable has to our own nolidge never sold any whis- ! key around this neighborhood whiskey was bought from dispensary quantity was one and a half gallons.” This i: signed by “J. J. Jones, Wilks Stevin- eon. Lockfiort. S. C.; H. B. Ash. Bulox (Creek, S. C.; James gault, Lockhart. S. C.; George Gant, Lockhart. S. C.” The following postscript is appended: “please let me have a hearing from you at an early Date as I want my whiskey or the money that I Fai l for sime if there is any law for me Irn going t< have it.” It is somewhat sin gular that all the names seem to bo signed in the same handwriting, and there appears to he a marked uniform ity in the misspelling of proper name Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Gaffney Po'-toffice for the week ending January 9th. 1905: Fink Agle, Lether Alexander, Martha Dishy. Jane Bridges, Susan Blanton, Bowel Byers, M. L. Cash, C. F. Clark, Agt., George Funler, Mrs. Lee Hender son, Javins G. Loney, A. Littlejohn, Massa Littlejohn, Enner Martin, Les- j ter McCombs, R. A. Proctor (2). D. F. Paris, J. P. Purcell, J. I. Puckett. Mrs. I Marie Phillips, Sam Stephens, James Bose, May Ross, J. R. Ross. G. W. Ross, Charley Smith (2), G. E. Smith Mrs. Maud Smart, E. C. Turner, Miss , Eaner Tate, Miss Laitie Willans A. K. White. Call for “Advertised Letters.” One cent due on each. A. R. N. Folger, P. M. Mr. Clary Promoted. Mr. C. T. Clary has succeeded Mr. O. L. Moore as agent of the Southern Railway company at this place. Mr. Clary first began his career as a rail road man at the old S. C. & G. E. depot in this city, and by his energy and per- severence, and his strict attention to business, he has gradually worked his way up to the responsible position he now holds. “Cliff,” as he Is familiarly called, is a model young man—strictly temperate In his habits, quiet and un obtrusive, polite and courteous in his deportment, and, withal, a manly young fellow. He will be a valuable man to the Southern—faithful to all the trusts imposed upon him—and we heartily congratulate him upon his promotion. Thursday. The American schooner Cassie, of the Bronson line, 925 tons, from Bruns wick, Ga., for New York, with a cargo of cross ties, was towed into South- port in a leaking condition by the Wil mington mg. Blanche, Friday morning The vessel struck on Frying Ban shoals in Tuesday’s gale off the coast of Wil mington. The schooner was run Mrs. Dr. Black returned last week from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Nichols, in Dillon. Miss Bessie Smith, of Richmond, has accepted a position as teacher in the Blacksburg high school. Rev. Derrick filled his appointment at Cherokee Sunday morning. Mr. Cameron left Monday for a few days’ stay in Lattimore, N. C. , , Mrs. A. A. McFadden, after spend- ashore in Southport harbor to prevent; j ng a few weeks with relatives in Rock her being waterlogged. They have been agitating the matter ' of a dispensary for the town of Lex- ; ington. A big mass-meeting was held : Sunday night, and. according to The I Disnatch,' “before the close of the meeting a ris ng vote was called for. | asking all persons who were opposed to blind tigers, a dispensary or open saloons, to please stand to their fe -t.” The heading to The Dispatch’s account | of the meeting is : “Dispensary Not Wanted.” The first issue of Salisbury’s new | daily came out Monday, January 9th. Hill, returned home Saturday. Mr. J. B. Lane has returned from a visit to his home in Dillon. Mrs.'E. R. Turner, after a few days’ stay with relatives and friends in Sha ron, N. C., returned home Saturday. Miss May Shiver spent Friday with her friend. Miss Lula Borders, of King’s Creek. Mr. John Byars, of Cherokee, spent Sunday with his parents at Patterson. N. C. Mrs. Joel Smith died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bob Dempsey, Sat urday evening and was buried Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Deceased had The Royall Printing Company has been ^ een a consistent member of the Bap- incorporated with E. C. Arey, presi dent; J. B. Doub, secretary-treasurer, and Gabe M. Royall, general manager. Mr. John M. Julian, who has been edi tor of The Sun four years, has signed a contract with the new printing firm and began work for them on their first day of publication. The owners of the ’ present Sun have not decided upon a man to take Mr. Julian’s place. The new paper was intended to begin under the name of The Evening Patriot, but has been changed to The Evening Post. It will be printed upon the old Sun’s press, and this-machinery has been in stalled. In connection with the announce ment that the old court house in Charlotte is to be torn down to make room for a new, modern and ante date hotel, It is of interest to note that the building was erected in the year 1844, the contractor having been John Dameron. In those days build ings were constructed with a view t' tist church for fifty years. She leaves several children and a host of friends to mourn their loss. Clifton Chronicles. Clifton, Jan. 5.—The Christmas holi days passed off very quietly and pleasantly. We have no casualties to report, either from drunkenness or the premature discharge of firearms, or- any explosive. Dr. Sam Gunter returned one day last week from his old home in Aiken county, after having spent very pleas antly one week with relatives. He re ports a large amount of cotton still in the hands of farmers, awaiting better prices. Misses May and Bessie Landrum, of Landrum, two of Clifton’s capable teachers, returned last Monday and re sumed their duties. Miss Bell Littlejohn, of Spellman. Ga., spent Saturday night with Misses Mattie and Belva Allen. Her tiome is in Jonesville, but she has for stability and permanency, and thus it the past six months held the position is that the brick work and masonry cashier and stenographer for a firm doing a large installment business. Mrs. W. C. Allen and Mills Allen vent to Shelby, N. C., this week on ac count of the illness of Mrs. Allen’s fa- ’her, Mr. Rufus Roberts, who is very ieeble, due to old age. Miss Bernice Willis, a charming young lady of this place, returned from nn extended visit to her fcistor, Mrs. Lizzie Jenkins, at Easley, this week. Miss Virginia Bales, who is teidling at Silver, spent two weeks with her mother, Mrs. M. J. Bates, recently. W. C. Allen spent Monday in Inn- “’an on business. He reports every thing in a nourishing condition. Hon. F. C. Bates, of Greenville, has returned home after having spent sev eral days with his mother. Mr. William Brown, an aged and highly respected citizen, died a few days ago, and was buried at the Clifton cemetery. Ho had been in feeble health for some time. Miss Bessie Landrum entertained her Sunday school class last Saturday afternoon at 3 n'clooi; with a ia’titi’v of the old court house is In splendid eondtion tt the present time, after the lapse of m Te thnn 60 years. Previous to the erection of the old court house, the Mecklenburg temple of jus ice stood in the centre of Independence Square. The structure was torn down in 1845, about a year after the erec tion of the building which took its pla^e. The student rank of historic old Da vidson College have»been thinned with in the last few days, and tin* faculty and survivors are breathing more free ly. Something more than twenty ab sentees—four of them seniors—failed to deport themselves as had become their wont before the faculty applied the test of “comparable fitness.” The charges against the expelled ones are varied, including chicken stealing and the use and abuse of intoxicating li quors. The act of the faculty was one of the things that educational bodies ev erywhere must at times perform, in or- d“r to purge certain elements that would otherwise place them in ill favor ] repared luncheon, consisting of light retreshments, which were h a tily on- joyed by the ten young ladies comp >s- ing the party. All vote Miss Landrum a charming hoste-s. Dr. S. M. Gunter and Henry S. Drum mond went to Gaffney yesterday “on business” and returned today. We are pleased to note the iirmrov d condition of Mrs. W. J. McDowell, wh , is undergoing treatment at the John Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Mrs. Carrie Shippey, of Woodruff, spent a pleasant week recently with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Pettit. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallace Carrol', of Spartanburg, spent one day recently with Mrs. Carroll’s father. Mr. Echols Pettit, of Gastonia, N. C.. spent several days recently with his parents. He holds a good position with the Loray mills. Mrs. Ola Cooper, with her two chil dren, Iris and Basil, spent several days recently with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Allen. We are sorry to report the Illness of Mr. A. W. Parks, one of Clifton’s old est and best citizens. W. C. A. with a community and in a common wealth. So. the faculty of Davidson College took such action as the ex treme needs of its particular ca-e de manded, and the Incident is now a closed chapter. If Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Treadway, of Sandy Bottom, Madison county, are alive on the 3rd day of March, this year, there will be celebrated on that day at the home of the aged couple the 73rd anniversary of their marriage. The occosion will be a most interesting one, and it is doubtful if the duplicate will he found in the annals of North Carolina history. Mr. Treadway is 94 ! years of age, and bids fair to life’s evening shadow to linger yet awhile. The good wife, who for 73 years has observed the marriage ritul to “love, cherish and obey,” is hut a year her husband’s junior, and she, too, is hale and hearty, and although fast nearing the century mark, is still strong of mind and body. Mr. and Mrs. Tread way are without doubt the oldest na tive North Carolinians. Born in the Sandy Bottoms section of Madison county when tl\e vast territory west of the Mississippi river was little less than the great hunting ground of the Indian braves, they have spent quietly and peacefully their long lives amid the surroundings of their birthplace anl there they expect to remain till the final summons and then rest side by side till the resurrection morn. What Is “Eg Nog?” Try It. —Three month'; to wear goods. Buy them at cost at Carpenter & Byers. winter Carroll, —Dress goods of all kinds at Car- roll, Carpenter & Byers. What Is “Eg Nog?” Try It. Subscribe for Ths Ledger, only $1.50 a year. A Whiskey Drummer Arrested. One day last week a dashing young fellow, with fulsome manners, alighted from a southbound Southern train. He let it be known at once that his name was George C. Dedman, and that he represented a Salisbury disti'llng com pany, and that he came here for the express purpose of soliciting for ills house. He had taken several orders for whiskey when Chief Lockhart swore out a warrant f<m the young man for violation of a city ordinance, and placed it in the hands of Officer Lem- monds, who proceeded to arrest Mister Dedham. The prisoner put up a cash bond of $25 for his appearance before Mayor Gaffney, hut when called, the prisoner failed to appear. 4 '-'M ,2 a 'i BY 1 O 41