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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
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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.
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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.
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