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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION . of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District, of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger SEMI-WEFKL* ...PUBLISHED TUESDAY ANT i BID AT The National Bank of Gaffneys. C. State, County and City Depository. Everything of a banking nature en trusted to our care receives our very best attention. We would be glad to have your business. Bank Closes Every Day at 3 P. M. Except Saturday, 5 P. M. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. cSTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. THROUGiHlUT THE PALMETTO STATE GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, FEBURARY 3, 1905. $1.50 A YEAR. PLANS OF COTTON GROWERS. ITEMS OF INTERES T OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. W — Happenings AH Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely j Told to Ledger Readers. The jury in Greenville court in the ; case of Tom Wakefield, charged with the murder of .la.nes Hicks at ihe Block House, near Tryon, failed to! agree, and after remaining out from 12 o’clock uhtil 5: •'!<) p. m and not reaching a verdict, Judge Gary ordered a mistrial. Sam Lipscomb Enthusiastic Over Meeting in New Orleans. Mr. W. Sam Lipscomb, one of Cher- okee’s staunchest citizens and largest and most successful planters, who was a delegate to the cotton growers’ association in New Orleans last week, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Lipscomb is highly enthusiastic over the outcome of the meeting, and ! o firmly believes that the outlook for the fanners of the south is bright nd alluring. Mr. Lipscomb said he ■ as somewhat In doubt before he went to New Orleans, but that when he reached that city and saw the great number of the country's largest plant ers and most prominent and iniluential I unuos.-s men—men from Maine to desico—he was no longer in doubt as »m , lUi ,i. to the feasibility of the movement. Tuesday i ' * 10 result of the meeting was a decis- Mr. N. .1. Roe, of Greenville was stricken down with paralysis, Satur day morning while walking on the street. He was at once conveyed to his home on Atwood street, where he! died the same night. He is survied by a widow and several children. \ His remains wore interred in th( graveyard at from the city. McCarters, on Monday. Cadet Isaac William Greenville, received his <] the United States Naval A Annapolis. Md.. Tuesday at of President Toosev dt ' ed the gradulion exorcise sented the sin p-s’.dns to C naval officers. Cadet Havre pected to arri\ in Greenvi ter part of thi. week. He v several weeks with bis pa • er and Mrs. P. T. Hayne, before for sea duty. four miles Hayne, of diploma at ademy aT ihe hands ! attend- and pre- ts. Coi. leaving ion to reduce the acreage of cotton twenty-five per cent, and to hold what was made for ten cents, or over. It vas the conclusus of opinion among the prominent cotton men that the pooling of two million bales would bring about the advance in price. Mr. Brown, a recognized authority in such matters, even going so far as to say that he would guarantee such within ninety days, if the farmers would car ry out the purpose of the organization. This pooled cotton may be used as c illatoral by the*owenr to get money hi. but he will not be allowed to sell .'m without an order from the president of the association. It. was agreed to hold township meet- i gs in evry county on Saturday, I burary 11th, and then a meeting at ■ courthouse in the county on Wed- msday, February lath, to complete ho organization and elect delegates > the State convention in Columbia, which will be held on February 21st. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest OUR LAW MAKERS AT THE GAPITAL. HOUSE GETTING DOWN STEADY WORK. TO The Brice Bill Again Rejected—The Bill to Abolish the Bureau of Immi- AT THE STAR THEATRE. gration Likely to be Killed. Ed Foster, a colored brick mason, who was run over in the Southern Railway yards near the union station in Columbia Friday evening, about dark, died Sunday morning about 1 o’clock. Foster and another man were walking down the track talking to each other with their tools on their back when the local freight from Charleston ran up behind them, knocking Foster down and cutting off his right leg above the knee and in- j juring him internally, which caused his death. The school house and Masonic hall at Cresent, Spartanburg county, caught on fire Monday and was com pletely consumed. When the fire was discovered, about noon, the roof of the building was blazing steadily and no material aid could be brought to save the building. The fire is thought to have caught by a spark of fire flying out of the stove pipe on the shingles. The loss by the fire is es timated at $700, with $100 insurance. The school house will be rebuilt by the citizens of that section at an early date. Judge Purdy filed several impor-1 taut decisions in Columbia Saturday. Among others he set aside the ver-j diet, in the case of M. P. Tribble vs. i Western Union company. Col. Trib ble sued and got a verdict of $1,500 because a certain telegram informing! him of a death in hi« family was not ; promptly d gave several aside tin' V one, pet hap verdict to bi has been or represented and Messrs. Col. Tribble. “Ball” Ca actor of Ge tencod to jail for contet ment is real game proserv holm, a New brated huntoi been killing many years amis. When leased the si elivered. Judge Purdy legnl reasons for setting! •rdict, but the principal! i, was that he held the ■ excessive. A new trial j lored. Mr. P. H. Nelson! the* telegraph company Crawford and Muller j due a well-known char- i [orgetown, lias been sen-1 air months in Charleston j >nipt of court. The punish-1 Lily for poaching on the i ■vos of Alexander H. Chis-1 ■ Yorker. Caine is a cole-j >r of Georgetown. He has ducks for market for | and has lulled thous- j Chisholm and others i looting privileges in his section he refused to recognize suite- 1 rior rights thus acquired and con tinued to hunt ducks. He was taken before Judge Simonton who issued a special injunction against him. Hoi refused to respect tills injunction, and he was taken before Judge Pritchard' for sentence, the judge going to j Greenville for the especial purpose; of disposing of his case. Wade Wilburn, a negro, who lives near White’s mill, in Spartanburg, will be tried in Magistrate Kirby's court on charge of beating his wife. The woman swore out a warrant for her husband in the magistrate’s court Tuesday. She stated that Wilburn beat her unmercifully and knocked her down with the butt end of a rifle, threatning to kill her. “To think he’d do me that away, after we’d lived to gether so long and 1 Imre him 24 chil dren,” she said in stating her case to the magistrate. The woman affirms i that she was the mother of twenty- four children. A South Carolina cir cuit judge, in passing sentence on a wife beater recently, stated that a person guilty of such an offense ought to he hung. Afraid of Strong Medicines. Many people suffer for years from rheumatic pains, and prefer to do so : rather than take tin* strong medicines usually given for rbfmmatiNin, not knowing that quick relief from pain may be had simply by applying Cham berlaln's Pain aim and without taking any medicine Internally. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Mrs. Hampton Pridmore Entertains. On Thursday evening, from 7 to fl o'clock, Mrs. Pridmore < ntertained her i nly friends This cozy home never looked more enviting than on this oc- cosion. "Hearts” being the game of the evening, the house was beauti fully decorated with these. Suspended from the ceiling was a large heart, with a smaller one in the center. The guests were given cupids. bows and :avows, and were blindfolded and told to pin them on the heart, the one near est the center winning the prize, a box of Lowneys best; the consolation prize being a heart cushion. The dining room was decorated in hearts, and the table with carntions and hy acinths, while the soft glow of the candelabras made a scene not unlike a fairy grotto. Here a four course luncheon was daintily served. The color scheme was red, white and green. Beneath a bower of evergreen with tiny hearts here and there, Mrs. Rosa Roundtree served punch. Mrs. Pridmore, gowned in green silk hand somely trimmed in lace, was assisted in receiving by the following ladies: Miss Leila Curtis, in white silk; Mrs. W. C. Hamrick, in brown silk elabo rately trimmed in champagne silk and buttons; Mrs. A. R. N. Folger, in blue and white silk and lace. The invited guests were. Mesdames. N. H. Littlejohn, R. S. Cook, W. W. Gaffney, T. Littlejohn, J. V. Sarratt, j. F. Garrett. R. M. Gaffney, W. J. Wilkins, R. A. Roy, Will Turner, J. T. Darwin, .1. A. Willis. G. G. Byers, J. A .Carroll, W. C. Carpenter, Floyd i.. Baker, T. Brown, W. Humphries, (’. Humphries. T. B. Butler. W. S. Snarks, N. Moore, E. T. Wilkins. M. !’. Hamilton. J. C. Otts, W. Phillips, A. N. Wood, R. S. Lipscomb, Arthur Kendrick, B. Brown, E. LeMaster, J. G. Pridmore, C. S. Wood. Dr. Griffith, B. Harms. W. II. Gooding, G. Brown, J. S. Liitlejohn, Edna Harris, Pratt Bier: on, J. G. Jefferies, Dr. Fort, Etta Jefferies. J. N. Nesbit. Frank Laney. Misses Inez Sarratt, Effie Hopper and Katherine R ichardson. Weary Willie Walker. Of ail the modern comedies which. - ve he m presents! of late ; ears, crit ics are unanimous in declaring that there -is none more genuinely funny, while at the same time wholsorne and entirely devoid of even a suggestion of the risque, than “Weary Willie Walker,” which comes to the Star The- : tre tomorrow night for one night only. Here is the comedy that forces laughter through its intrinsic worth and is not dependent upon “slap-stick” play for its mirth provoking qualities. A distinctive plot which piles up amusing complications, runs through out and is only unraveled towards the end of the last act. There are screams of laughter from start to finish and ev erywhere the clever company has ap peared, even the most blase theatre goers leave the opera house with a smile and the satisfied feeling that an evening was well and profitably spent. If you want a good hearty laugh and at the same time want to profit by the unique philosophy expounded by “Weary Willie Walker.” then don’t miss the opportunity when the New York company, with its great comedy minus to tin* Star Theatre. Press re ports show that crowded houses have ruled wherever the company has ap peared, and it would be a wise provis ion to secure your seats early. They are on sale at The Ledger office. Matinee tomorrow (Saturday) after noon at 2:30 o’clock. Wilkinsville, Jan. 31.—We have just received a copy of the book “Recollec tions and Letters of General Robert E. Lee,” by his son, Robert E. Lee, Jr. it contains the most interesting letters from General Lee to members of his family. They cover a part of the period of his service as colonel in the United States army, and his whole career in the Confederate States army and the period that followed the war. They show, as nothing else can, the nobility and tenderness of the man. Captain Lee’s “Recollection” of his father interpret the letters, and. with them, make a most interesting picture of him, as a man, as a soldier, as a college president, and of his family life in particular. The student of his tory can never fully understand why the name and character of Robert E L.ee towers above that of almost every other American until he has read this book. His duty to God and bis fellow men are the pillow upon which he built his matchless'and immaculate charactc- which wi’l ,: ve throughout the ceasless ages. X' one word of bitterness is uttered .i ainst his ene mies that shows a spiii of undue con sideration on his part. Nothing has ever ?n brought to our attention that pa,' such a tribute to the valor, self-sacrifice and true de votion of the Confederate soldier than that c uitained in the<e letters of Gen Lee, to his family and We can furnish the ers prices. It is bourn grey and contain 44i $2.50. ’ Miss Ethel Strain returned last Fri day from a four week’s visit to Ches ter and Fairfield counties. She is fulsome in praises of the friends she met who extended to her such a pleas ant time. There are no better people on earth than those Chester and Fair- field Irish, with whom she spent the greater part of her time. Though she was quite sick for a few days during her visit, they did everything they could for her comfort and restoration, all of which we highly appreciate. We are proud of our native county and its people. May heaven’s richest ^ blessing always attend them. . /«v"*(n Last Friday was such a cold nay' only a few veterans attended the meet ing at Elbethel. The following mem bers paid their dues and were enroll ed: John D. Dixon, private, Co. G. Pal metto sharpshooters; Wm. L. Goude- lock, 1st Lt„ Co. F. 18th S. C. Regi ment; L. D. Goudelock, private, Co. F. 15th S. C. Regiment; T. Jeff Hughes, private, Co. C. 7th S. C. Cavalry; J. W. Mullinax, State re serves; J. Rufus Poole, 2nd Lt., Co. I 13th S. C. Regiment ; J. L. Strain. Cor poral, Co. C. 7th S. C. Cavalry; W. J. Vaughn, private, Co. C. 7th S. C. Ca valry. The election of officers was post roned until a hotter attendance could timate friends x)k at publish- in Confederate pages. Price be had. Mrs. Mary Miss Mattie, Mrs. “J. L. S.' ir. E. Estes and daughter, spent the evening with last Saturday. ernon Procter and Miss Lillie Blackwell were married last week by W. E. Mabry, magistrate. Mr. Mike Sellers, of Jonesvillo. and his brother. George Sellers, of King'- Mountain. N. C., were in this section last week. A. •ostor family nave Its a make a pour doctor who patient coukIi up in uiuihh* to Poisons in Food. Perhaps you don’t realize that many pain poisons originate in your food, but some day you may feel a twinge of dyspepsia that will convince you. Dr. King's New Life Pills are guaran- teed to cure all sickness due to pois ons of undigested food—or money back. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug Try them. store —-Special prices on Qullta and Blan kets, at J. I. SarrattV Sec us for Blankets and Quilts. J. R TollOHon & Co, Mr. R. measles. drs. Mollio Sarratt, of Gaffney, we regert to learn is very ill ai the home « 1 her daughter, Mrs. Joe Humpries, ai Wilkinsville. Messrs. Joe Estes and his brother, "vins. with Robert Davidson, went to G. ffney last. Wednesday notwithstand ing the cold weather. They returned Thursday. Mrs. Mary E. Hill is spending a few days with the family of Mr. H. B. Mc Daniels, of Hickory Grove. Rev. W. H. White will preach ar ; Salem next Sabbath, February 5th, at! 11 o’clock a. m. Miss Bonnie McCluney, who is; teaching school at this place, went to i see her mother’s family last Friday; evening and returned Sabbath evening. ! Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes went to' Sharon last Saturday to see Mrs. Es- i tes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Big- j ham who are both ill. •Although still frozen and rough, the roads are much better than they have been since the holidays. We learn that our old friend, Mr. Jeff Blackwell, has moved to the Doug lass place at Owens' ford. Mr. J. Farrow Wright, we regret to learn, is suffering with a cancer, we hear before was cured. Miss Stella George, of Wilkinsville, we regret to say, died yesterday after a long illness with typhiod fever. She will be buried at the family graveyard in sight of her home today. A few farmers have commenced breaking their lands preparatory to plowing another crop. Owing to the measles in the com munity, Rev. W. H.-White will post pone his lecture at. the Hopewell school house until another time. We haven’t heard anything about the groundhog yet. Next Friday his hogship will be out and as he comes so near on the new moon, perhaps we may have some disturbance in the weather. /' J. L. S* Subscribe for The Ledger, only $1.50 Columbia, Feb. 3.—The Brice bill has again been rejected, the income of Clemson lias been reduced, the com pulsory education bill has been hard hit and a number of minor measures have been disposed of. This tells the tale of the last few days In the legis lature. The Brice bill, famous from its emasculation last year, was brought up in the rfenate yesterday morning and the author, Senator J. Steele Brice, of York, n^de a vigorous speech in its support and attacked the whole dispensary system very strongly. In opposition the chief speech was made by Sen. Cole L. Blease, of New berry. Sen. Mauldin, of Greenville, who has himself introduced a local option measure, also supported the bill. The consideration was postponed until the night session and then the bill was killed by a vote of 18 to 11. as follows: Against the bill, Senators Bivens, Blake, C. L. Blease. E. S. Blease. Car penter. Christensen. Davis, Dennis, Douglass, Hay, Manning, McGowan McLeod, Raysor, Stackhouse, Talbert. Walker, Williams,. For the bill. Sen ators Black, Brice, Brooks, Brown, Hardin, Hood, Holliday. Hudson, Maul din, Mclver, Wells. The Raysor compulsory education bill seemed on test votes to have a majority in the senate but yesterday a motion to recommit the bill prevail ed. This is usually a hos'ilo motion but it need not be and ! t is possible that the bill will yet pass the senate. The author. Senator Fyso-, has fought very hard for his measure. In the house the principal debate has been on the bill by Mr. Pollock to reduce the income of Clemson College by divoting a portion of the fertilizer tax to Winthrope. This discussion was said by one who has attended the sessions for the last seven years, to be the best debate he had heard in the house, the freest from demagogy and conducted in the best spirit on all sides. After several propositions made, when it was certain that the bill would pass, it was finally agreed that out of the tag tax Clemson should re ive $75,000 a year and that the bal- nce should go to Winthrop Accord ing to the statement of President Mell, Clemson last year received from this tax the sum of $100,730 besides about $30,000 from other sources. It is thought, however, that on account of the proposed reduction in acreage the tag tax will not bring so much this year. The house yesterday spent consider- able time discussing a bill by Mr. Pichards providing that to any school district which raises $300 for a new school building the county board of education should give $100. The bill was amended so that any district which raises $100 for a new building M'.all receive $50, and in this shape it passed. The immigration question has not come up since the debate last week, the friends <>f the bill to abolish the department seeming to be fightin • for time. The prospect for the defeat of Ibis bill seems better now than it was a week or more ago. The senate has received a report from its committee appointed last year to investigate the advisability of the State establishing a fertilizer factory. The committee recommends that the ulan be adopted, as it says the fertili zer trust now controls the situation and there is no other way to fight it. rr he commission from both houses appointed last year to make the re pairs to the interior of the State house has also made its report, repeating the allegations made last summer as to the insecurity of the dome and ex plaining why the work has not been finished. The report is lengthy and technical. Mr. L. O. Patterson, of Greenville, has introduced a bill to establish a reformatory, the cost to be $15,000. To show how the house has been working it may be stated that on one day, at the morning session, forty bills passed the third and final read ing, being then sent to the senate. Night sessions from now on will be occasional. The joint committee on privileges and elections has been in session afternoon and night consider ing the Calhoun county election, the fight for and against the new county having been brought to the legisla ture. It seems to all hinge on the question whether the proposed new county has the area prescribed by the constitution, and surveyors who have been over the ground have been the principal witnesses. J. H. Weary Willie Walker Tomorrpw Night and Matinee. The comedy of today is too devoid of plot, depending instead on a series of amusing incidents, rushed together so rapidly that the audience has little time to look for the thread of a story. Not so with “Weary Willie Walker,” the great New York success, which comes to the Star Theatre on tomor row night for one night only. Here is a pure comedy, with a story that holds interest from the rise to the fall of the final curtain. It is inten sely funny throughout and yet there is a lesson t;> be learned from the unfolding of the story. It is a play that leaves the auditor, laughing as he goe* from the theatre and on the ne>;t day he laughs and retails the in cidents. In fact there is laughter in it for a week, at least, for its impres sions are lasting. The characters are taken from life. There is the philo sophical tramp, who dabbles in the occult, somewhat and gets himself in to all manner of complications-, and there is the ever clumsy servant girl, who is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. A bevy of pretty girls aid in the general mix-up of com ical situations, and the agpd father with the old maid help along, inno cently enough, the train of circum stances which results in their humil iation in the outcome. Not only is the story anil its telling productive of continuous laughter, but there are other f attires which aid in the general entertainment and excel lence of th production. Chief among these is the singing. Five distinct numbers, from as many members of the company, who are vocal artists of marked ability, round out a perform ance which the New York Sun has de clared “One of the richest in comedy and cleanest in thought on the stage today.” Matinee tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. First Bcptist Church Notes. Dr. Simms will fill his pulpit as usual next Sabbath. At the close of the II o’clock service the shurch will elect" officers for the year. Each member is requested to he present, if possible. Miss Steedly and Mrs. Gooding, with organ and violin accompaniments, will render as the offertory, “Fraumeri,” by Schumann. Evening service at 7:30. The Sabbath school meets at 10 o’clock A. M., and it will elect officers for the year. It is hoped there may be a full attendance. Death of a Young Lady. Miss Stella George, aged about eigh teen, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Mary George, of Wilkinsville, died Monday morning at her home in lower Cherokee, after an illness of about a month. Her remains were interred "I uesday in the McKown graveyard, funeral services being conducted by Rev. F. C. Hickson. Miss George was a popular young lady in her community, and many hearts are sad because of her untime ly death. Engagement of Miss Eva Ross and Mr. Harry Pritchard Shaw Announced. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Ross an nounce the engagement of their daugh ter. Eva Gertudc, to Mr. Harry Pritch ard Shaw, of Charlotte, North Caroli na, the wedding to take place in April. Mr. Holt Mov' d to Gaffney. D. J. Holt and lamily, of King's Mountain, arrived in the city Wednes day. They have taken a residence on Depot street known as the Will Dog- gett place. Mr. Holt will now give his personal attention to his merchandise business here. “FOUND.” Grave Trouble Foreseen. It needs but little forsight to tell, that when your stomach and liver are badlj affected, grave trouble is ahead, unless you take the proper medicine for your disease, as Mrs. John A. Young, of Clay, N. Y., did. She says: “1 had neuralgia of the liver and stomach, my heart was weakened, and I could not eat. I was very bad for a long time, but in Electric Bitters I found what I needed, for they quickly relieved and cured me.” Best medi cine for weak women. Sold under guarantee by Cherokee Drug Co., drug gists,at 50c a bottle. Odd Notice in Prominent Southern Paper of Interest to Gaffney Residents. j One of the best known newspapers I in the South is the “Guide." of Dunn. ; X. C. Its publisher. J. Pitman, sends j us the following clipping with request to publish: “Found,—by the editor of the ! Guide, a bottle of Hyomei, the won- ! derful treatment that cures catarrh without stomach dosing. We can speak in h ;hest praise of its remark able power to cure and relieve ca tarrh of the head ami throat. This mention is made not as an adver tisement. but in the interest of those who suffer the torture of that ter rible disease, catarrh.” In sending the clipping, Mr. Pit man wrote the following letter: “I enclose a little piece from my paper, issued today. You will see from this that I desire to push the selling of Hyomei as far as possible. I am using it in my own family, and find that it gives the desired relief, so that I take pleasure in spreading far and near the knowledge of this sure relief for catarrh.” The Gaffney Drug Co., in preparing for the catarrhal troubles of this sea son of the year, have ordered a large stock of Hyomei, and sell it under guarantee to refund the money if it does not relieve. The complete out fit costs but $1, and extra bottles can lie obtained for 50 cents. Ask them 1 to show you the strong guarantee un der which they sell it. This remark able remedy medicates the air you breathe, soothing and healing the mucous membrane of the air pas sages, and making a complete cure I of the worst case of catarrh. Items of Interest Concerning Otif Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers The tobacco manufacturers of Win ston shipped 1,053.834 pounds of the weed during last month. The stamp sales at the local revenue office were as follows: On tobacco, $99,230.04; on spirits. $9,320.96; on cigars, $60.75. Total, $108,611.75. A very enthusiastic good roads meet ing was held in the city hall at Gas tonia Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. It. was a meeting of the representa tive business men and farmers of Gaston county and all seemed to be heartily in favor of the bond issue for the building of good roads in that county. Fieknoss is playing havoc with the police force in Charlotte, and if dis- o ise continues to make, inroads on the officers that city will soon be without police protection. Sergeant Farring ton and Officers Mack Earnhardt and Winchester are confined to their homes by illness, while the illness of their wives is interfering with the du- th’s oi Officers Sikes, Bell and Yandle. Th coroner’s jury which was select ed to investigate the case in which Rowan Lucky, colored, of Salisbury, killed his wife, reports unfavorably to the defendant, and he will be tried. Lucky says his wife shot herself, but admits that he turned the pistol from himself while she was playfully snap ping it at him. It is pretty generally believed that the killing was accident al. . Messrs. Clement & Clement, law yers of Salisbury, Monday filed a com plaint against the Southern Railwav in the sum of $30,000. The suit is brought by Mrs. Sallie E. Brown, ad ministratrix of Charles Brown, her son, who was killed January 1st, 1903, while coupling cars on the yard at Salis bury. The complaint charges the mad with backing an engine upon the de ceased while he was adjusting the coupler, there being no admitted neg ligence upon the part of the deceased. The figures recently issued by both the Southern and Norfolk & Western Railroads show that Winston-Salem during the past year maintained its claim to the position of one of the leading freight points in the entire South. The figures referred to show that 250,000 cars of freight were han dled there last year, this showing quite an increase over the year 1903. Of course through freights are included in this total, but the amount of this kind of freight handled was not so large as in other towns of the State, and consequently the showing, as far as purely local freight is concerned, is all the better for this reason. The average monthly freight receipts at the two depots here have amounted to $125,000 during the past few months. Much interest has been manifested in Charlotte over the publication in Tuesday morning’s Observer of a spec ial front New York to the effect that John White, supposed to be a resi dent of that city, and an unknown woman companion, were found dead in a Rianes Jaw hotel in the metropo lis Monday. Death resulted from asphyxation by gas. The dead man had in his pocket a letter signed "Your loving wife” and presumably written from No. 211 East Sixth street, in Charlotte. Although diligent in quiry has been made in Charlotte, nothing has been learned that will throw any light upon the identity of the dead man. The house at the ad dress given in the letter found in his pocket is occupied by the family of Mr. J. Ht Hahn, and no tine living there knows any one answering the description of the dead man. There are several John Whites in Charlotte, but neither of them is missing. Mrs. Henry M. Watts was fatally burned at her home qn North Brevard street in Charlotte late Monday after noon. Shortly before 6 o’clock a mem ber of the household returned from a short errand to find Mrs. Watts ly ing on the hearth nveloped in flames and writhing in agony. Evidently her clothing had become ignited from the open fire. Assistance was hastily sumoned and the suffering woman was placed on a bed in the room, but before the flames could be extinguished- her clothing was burned entirely off and her body was charred fearfully. The flames destroyed almost 11 of Mrs. Watts hair and burned her mouth and eyes, destroying her sight. Mrs. Watts lingered in great agony until about 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, when death came as a relief to her suffering. She is survived by her hus band and a young son about 11 years of age. Subscribe for The Ledger, only $1.50 —Ladies Coat Suits at greatly re duced prices, at J. I. Sarratt’s. —The Big Sale at The Battery Is still going on. Agonizing Burns are instantly relieved, and perfectly healed, by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. C. Rivenhark, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., writes: "I burnt my knee dreadfully; that it blistered all over. Bucklen's Arnica Salve stopped the pain, and healed It without a scar.” Also heals all wounds and sores. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. —Ladles and Misses Jackets at cut prices, at J. I. Sarratt’s.