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fw 1 *4. ;he largest circulation of Any Newsj. .per in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger SEMI-WEEKl.'f—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND IF ID AT Tin National Bank of Gaffnoy, S. C. State, County and City Depository. Everything of a banking nature en trusted to our rare 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 Newspapar In All that tha Word Implies and Davotad to tha Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1905. $1.50 A YEAR. LOCAL OPTION BILL Pfe THE HOUSE. ORIGINAL “BRICE BILL” VICTORY. HAS A Mr. Otts of Conditions in Cherokee- Bill Passes Speaks -Dispensary by Large Majority. The following paragraphs are taken from an account of Tuesday’s pro ceedings of the legislature published in the Columbia State of the 8*h inst: “Mr. Toole’s bill to amend the dis pensary law, a replica of the now famous ‘Brice bill.’ was taken up for discussion yesterday just after Ihi'd reading bills had been disposed of. “Mr Toole explained that it merely repeal’s the V* mill tax levy upon c •un ties which vote out the dispensary. “He criticised the dispensary for prosecuting a lobby against bills which are not in its interests. He be lieves in every county saying how lr would control the liquor traffic. Even to permit them to have high license under the dispensary law. As to the cry of letting in violation of the law’, he declared that 'he dispensary peo ple are violating it themselves, espe cially the county dlsm-n e s Where are the regulations stnctly observed? Th“ peonle ’.now what they want, n they want prohibition, let them have is the best solution of the liquor que»- tion, and when a man attacks the so- called misconduct at the dispensary he is suspected of hostility toward the dispensary and down he goe a . But let a man who is known to be a friend to the dispensary make charg es, and it will be seen that the dis pensary is not a machine. He charg es that more blind tiger liquor is sold in Greenw’ood than there is dispen sary liquor sold in Abbeville. And yet that is prohibition! He charges that in Greenwood a man will sell a piece of bacon with a bottle of liquoi hid under the skin. There are too many blatant hypocrites in this coun try, he said, after telling of a contro versy in which he had engaged with a preacher in Greenwood county. He alleged that to vote out the dispen sary without that half mill tax would be but a blind tiger system under the name of prohibition and hypocrisy it self. He is in favor of actual prohi- bition. and for that reason favors the system which throws protection around the young men.” TO PROTECT NEWSPAPERS. Bill Before inois Legislature Likely to Pass. Representative Samuel E. Erickson, of Chicago, has introduced a bill in the Illinois legislature which is for the purpose of protecting the infor mant to a newspaper of facts in re gard to crime. It is also provided that it is a crime for false informa tion to be given to a newspaper with respect to the commission of a crime. The bill was introduced twm years 'i"o and attracted considerable a*ten- ton, but there was no time to get it THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. — , , I through. It is thought the measure it, and don’t t x them for so 'oH-g- wil j reee j ve t ho closest attention from His county is in favor f e d the legislators at this session and sary, hut he heflev s in letti g others have what they want. “Mr. Otts, of Cherokee, speaking as a representative of the only c mn- ty which has voted out the dispen sary. appealed for the half mill tax to he voted out. Ho declared that the dispensary advocates in his county had not claimed any merit for the dispensary hut. had used this tax as a threat to keep the dispensary from being voted out. In reply to Mr. La- ney he declared that he wants none of being declared that he wants none of the profit for his county. All they want is to he let alone. Cherokee Is enforcing the law herself. She does not want any State constables sent there. This half mill has never been applied to Cherokee, but they do “ot want this threat hanging over the* ?gis probably be put on the statute books. The text of the bill is as follows- Section 1. That whenever any per son shall inform any editor or pub lisher of any newspaper printed or published in this State or any report er or correspondent connected there with of any crime theretofore com mitted in this State or of any fact or facts concerning such crime, which information is by such person communicated to such editor, publish er, reporter or correspondent as a matter of news and for publication of such newspaper, such editor, pub’ish- er, reporter or correspondent shall not be compelled against his will to divulge before or to any grand jury or court of Inquiry investigating such crime the name’ of such persons giv ing such Information, and the same shall be in such cases a privileged communication. Sec. 2. Any person who shall give to any editor, publisher, reporter or correspondent of a public newspaper false information concerning the com mission of a crime and who shall as sume such information to be true shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than 310 no r more than $F*00. “Cherokee enforces alike the law against murder, against larceny and against liquor. , Dispensary is Doomed. ^[‘The dispensary is doomed. Its ad- ^Abates are afraid to go out on level ground before the people to meet the Issue squarely. Give the entire State a free pass at this question and three- fourths of the counties will vote It out. It had become so bad In Chero kee that the people by a great ma jority cast It out, despite the pen^ty Charleston’s Youthful Figure of the % mill tax. In rmuy to • _ ; Charleston, Feb. 5.—Raymond Bow- Rlchards he said that Cherokee doe man the young lnce ndiary, has passed not have to give bond of her gooa the flrst 24 hourg of jall llfe in con . faith. It is just the same P^nnlp flnement as a charge of Capt. Grad- as putting a tax of k mill in Kersn anfl he doeg not ap pp ar to he for the purpose of enforcing a ia - verv much exercised about his condi-, against lynching. Who is to he the ^ The name splrit of ])athy abides; was due to natural causes judge? The present govern arenas wilh him and he has taken kindly OUR LAW MAKERS AT THE CAPITAL. MR. TOOLE’S DISPENSARY BILL PASSES THE HOUSE. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. At a meeting of the Greenville County Cotton Growers’ association held Monday the farmers present pledged themselves to decrease acre age 25 per cent., buy less fertilizer and to hold cotton on hand until paid 10 cents a pound. At a meeting of the Greenville Bar association held Monday morning Joseph A. McCullough was unai- mously endorsed for judge, providing that congress act favorably upon the measure looking to the creation of a new federal judgeship in South Caro lina. It is reported last Saturday was rather a disgraceful day for Yorkville. The dispensary seemed to do a flour ishing business and the drinking and drunkenness was quite noticeable. The police made several arrests and several fights were reported.. The drinking was confined mostly to the negroes, some of them going to town and leaving their mules hitched up most of the day in th^ cold weather, and undoubtedly without feed or water, then riding hone after dark. The 'O’Neale Street Methodist church, in the mill villiage at New berry. was destroyed by fire about 1C o’clock Monday night. The church building with the contents was totally burned, but the adjoining chapel was saved with some 1of/-\ The church cost $2,500 and the furnishings $500, the whole being insured by the New berry Mill company tor $2,000. The damage to the chapel will amount to about $300 or $400. The parsonage, 100 feet away, was not damaged. The Minor stores, one of the larg est department establishments In Sumter, was gutted by fire Monday. The fire was prevented from spread ing to adjoining buildings by a hard fight. The loss by fire and water Is estimated to be above $20,000. Elisha Carson, secretary of the Minor com pany, was severely Injured by the heavy glass falling upon him when he entered the store to remove the books, inflicting serious cuts above the forehead and neck. The three and one-half months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fisher, who live at Glendale mills, was found dead in bed Saturday morning. The coro ner was summoned and an inquest *vas held. The verdict of the jury was that the child’s death was due to natural causes. The baby was In ac customed health when put to bed Friday night. The child slept In the bed with his parents. There was nothing to indicate but that the death FIRE IN SPARTANBURG. EeVhot gubernatoria^canuiai e | Teclion'to^vhRh I dM suddenly Saturday night at governor could send his minions and - assigned. Among his vis-, ^'‘ e a,<1 ^ ivers,(le hotf ‘' ln , Gr ?f nv J, e ‘ ihnt ofv and make the. ne He was there as a witness in the Fos- spies into that county and ’ ' ,,J I j t((rs yesterday was his father, who county pay their expenses. I he ais-! roqm . s ‘ te(J t j ie j a ji authorities not to pensary has been a power Tor evil. j let the l)oy rpad the ne w/ipapers tell- He charged that this Is not Demo- of h | g cr j n , es . The Idrt reasoned cracy. The dispensary people sav in father about the matter, effect, ‘Yes. let the majority rule in firi , jnv vioiHino’ to thp wish of his oar- your county, hut they mu penalty for it.’ He declared mently that this is the moat eonceii-j wafj esl)ec j a || y welcome to the boy, ter murder case from Greers. He contraeted a severe cold the first of lasjt week, which rapidly developed in to pneumonia. Mr. Whilden was a Baptist minister. He went to Green- iv rule in , _ • i ..f impiist iiiiiiisLrfr. nt* wcui i/j nrctju- i«t pay a fh^ wit^tbe^i'eniarb “Gee is it P as viJ1 ° originally from Charleston in >"* ,aa Tie Wslt oTwLMther >»« ”, ^ «*• H* treated d^ pot ism ever enacts into ^sespem - with som , sma „’ College and afterwards grauated law. One man is the sole judge, there , which ^ as soon invested in a f » rn P ”" r ( eton n , a ^ is no appeal He wants no Profits. tobacco and a package of ci-' ( a,,t - C Whilden. the insur . . i... tUam- wi . i _ " . . „ nnm nmnetnr \vnr» in lirPPnviIlP merely selves. the right to govern them- (.-ntifv ance adjuster, who died in Greenville : garotte papers that he might gratify ; „ , ; , , „„ | Four Bills on a Marriage License Law Were Rejected—Bill on State Re- formery Passed by Large Majority. Columbia, Feb. 9.—After a defeat for the justly celebrated Brice bill in the senate by a majority of six votes, an identical bill has passed the house by a majority that was more than two to one. This bill had been introduced by Mr. Toole, of Aiken, and not only the author but others made a strong fight for It while the dispensary forces, which oppose the bill, had no leader in the house able to stem the tide. The opposition to it was led by Mr. Gaston, of Chester, and Mr. Richards, of Kershaw, both young men of in fluence and fine standing, but the on slaughts on the dispensary were heavy. Capt. John C. Sellers, an avowed prohibitionist from Marion, made a straightout prohibitio-i speech; Mr. Otts, of Cherokee, told how the Brice bill was put into ef fect in his county and asserted thaf though she had to pay the tax if It was put on her, Cherokee was satis fied to get rid of the dispensary; Mr. Nash, of Spartanburg, made a clear argument on the constitutionality of the present tax on any county which votes out the dispensary. The bill was finally passed by a vote whico votes out the dispensary. The bill was finally passed by a vote of (58 to 31; last year it was defeated by a vote of GG to 49. The original bill permits a county to vote upon the question to close the dispensary without having the half-mill tax imposed upon it for the enforcement of the law, but as ame id- ed it provides that a county voting out a dispensary or a county which has not now a dispensary shall not share in the surplus school funds from the dispensary profits. To this amendment there is not much objec tion on the part of those who have endeavored to get the bill passed, as it is considered equitable. For the fourth time this session the house has rejected a marriage license law. The four bills on this line were different in their specific provisions but the house each time put itself on record as opposed to any thing in the form of a marriage license law, fearing that it will lead to a divorce law. The bill to establish a State re formatory passed the house by a large majority—78 to 20. This is the measure advocated by the Women’s Clubs, led by Mrs. Martha Orr Patter son, who Is a quiet but brainy and industrious member from Greenville. It is Intended to start this work on a small scale, giving the youthful criminals of the State an industrial training instead of close confinement, and the amount asked for in the bill was only $15,000 but this was reduc ed to $5,000. The institution is to be controlled by a board of seven members, three to be women. The senate has spent the best pai-t of two days in discussion of the birl passed by the house to establish two new circuits. Several lawyers in that body have raised the point that a judge or solicitor cannot be made to serve in any circuit except that for which he was elected, and this point has been the question at issue. There does not seem to he dangerous oppo sition to the bill itself, and the sen ate has amended it so as to meet The Bank of Spartanburg Consider ably Damaged Wednesday Night. (The Herald, 9th.) The Bank of Spartanburg was dis covered on fire about 9 o’clock las night and the department, responded to the alarm, while a sleet storm wa^ raging. After three hours of steady, faith ful work the spread of the flames wa» checked; but the roof of the building was entirely burned in and the wall- somewhat demolished. The bank fix tures and furniture, the greater par; of which was destroyed and the re mainder badly damaged, present a vivid scene of wreck and devastation of the fire. The check of the flames from ex tending to the storerooms on either side and others in near proximity was due to the good work of the firemen. It is generally supposed that the fire originated from a defective Hue, which carried a spark into the ceil ing, for the seat of the flames was in the roofing of the building. Mr. Logan Gaffney, a member of the fire department, came dangerous ly near losing his life while trying to ext inguish the flames. He was work ing on the roof of the Palmetto book store when he came in contact with a live wire and was knocked sense less. Some of the firemen, observing the young man fall, hastened to his relief. At first it w’as thought that he had been killed outright by the electric current, but he subsequently was resusetated. He was carried to the end of the roof by the firemen, who skillfully piloted the stricken youth on a ladder to the ground, when he was carried into the Palmetto book store. Medical aid relieved his sufferings and it is thought now that his injuries are not serious. The loss to the building is estimat ed at from $3,00ft to $4,000. It was insured. The furniture and fixtures of the hank were destroyed and in surance was carried on them. The stock of M. H. J. Shoemaker and the dry goods establishment of Capt. R. L. Bowden were both damaged to some extent by the water. The Bank of Spartanburg opened for business as usual yesterday morn ing at 9 o’clock, at the office of Mr. W. S. Glenn. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. JUMPED FROM A WINDOW. Dwelling Burned at Eutawville, the Occupants Narrowly Escaping. Eutawville, Feb. 5.—Saturday morn ing at 3 o’clock the alarm of fire was given and the handsome dwelling of Mrs. H. W. Koopman was discovered to be on fire. The citizens responded quickly despite the weather, and he roic work was done, but the fire burn ed so fiercely there was very little of the furniture saved. Mrs. Koop man kept a boarding house, and there were quite a number of boarders who escaped with but one suit of clothes, one man having jumped from the second story. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is estimated at $5,000. There is some insurance but the exact amount has not been made known. TROLLEY FROM MOUNTAINS. Mr. Irby stated that he had b^en j T ^ p 1,ahs ° n f Bmokintr a few years Jigo and was a member of I these technical objections, changing boy spends soimf’of his time Jig* 1'“”1* "MO the gronplps ,,[ the eonntles to Electric Railway Prospected From Hendersonville to Gaffney. A bill was introduced last night in the senate by Senator T. B. Butler, o; Cherokee, to incorporate the Chero kee. Spartanburg and Union railway. This will probably be an electric rail way which will run from Henderson ville to Gaffney by way of Chimney Rock and via CliffsIJe. The capital is $250,000 and among the corporator's are Senator Butler, A. N. Wood, 01 Gaffney, John B. Cleveland, of Spa.- tanhurg, W. A. Hamrick, of Spartan burg. Whether or not the motive power will be steam has not yet been doll nitely decided. nut Wlth the constabulary and he had iae l)0 y "ther nris nem In the low-country. He gave his some extent. Until the bill is finally out with the constam r . v , ging, sky larking with the other Prls^ , life t h , anf , preachlngi though disposed of it will be only confusing s « the cell section during the I * condition of his to the average reader to give the a- seen vim m«i that, although the dispensary law of more than $40,000 and endanger ing large property interests and life as well. The i>ollce and fire departments get much satisfaction out of the arrest and confinement of Bowman. The de tectives state that the boy was not caught a bit too soon, as he >vas about to leave the city, presumably for At lanta. The firemen were kept busily employed for days In severe weather and they were showing the results of la due to Detective Brennan, who ar rested him. Is enforced in the State yet there s ^ that they are flowed to exercise evident, a terrible determination on tn j thp corr j,j ors anp, as stated, he part of the blind tigers to violate the 1 law. What then would he the effect if the dispensary law should be re pealed in a county? The constabu lary even now is self supporting out of the sales of confiscated liquors. What would be the effect if there should be no restraint placed on the liquor trust in its efforts to get young men to drink liquor? The dispensary is the best solution of the liquor ques tion. A county ought to have prohi bition when it asks for it, hut tt should be willing to go down in its <pockets and pav for prohibition in or der to enforce the law. “Mr. Otts said in reply to Mr. Irby that since the dispensary has been run out of Gaffney there has been but one case of drunkenness reported against 28 for the same length of time when the dispensary was in ex istence. , “Mr. Irby gave incidents to show that liquor is being sold in rural dis tricts, even in counties where the dis pensary Is In operation. “Mr. Otts wanted to know what the magistrates and their constables are doing, why are they not stopping this Illicit traffic? “Mr. Irby gave as an instance ox the eagerness of the blind tigers that he had seen the constables bring In a $10 sack of coffee in which was a half pint of liquor, showing that so determined are they to sell liquor that they would jeopardize property of f&r greater value. Mr. Irby oppos ed local option, however; ‘if a county wants prohibition, let's have It, hut ijfet’s don’t have the old barrooms mi lder the name of prohibition. Don’t let’s be hypocrites.’ He denied em phatically that the dispensary is a political machine. The reason It has appeared to be a machine is because the majority of the people believe it ! health was such that he could not . * i ■ r > a rr v' on tho work does not seem to bo seriously annoy- '’' ,l v - ed by ’he consequence of his acts in ; Late Monday afternoon on the setting so many fires, causing losses | road leading to Oats and about four miles from Darlington, a negro was shot in the thigh and seriously wound ed by a white man named Small, the weapon used being a shotgun. Small and a comrade were returning from town to a saw mill about seven miles where they work. The cause of the shootng is not known. The negro was driving a wagon loaded with cot ton seed and when shot was on the ground picking up seed. Mr. Fuller Howie, treasurer-elect, was on his the severe strain when Ihe incendiary way home and seeing the trouble he was captured, for which much credit spoke to the men telling them “the act Grave Trouble Foreseen. It needs but little forslght to tell, that when your stomach and liver are badly 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; “I had neuralgia of the liver and stomach, my heart was weakened, and 1 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. —Ladles and Misses Jackets cut prices, at J. I. Sarratt’s. at —Grand Opening Sale at Carroll A Byera’ new store Wednesday, Febru ary 15th. —Carroll A Byera keep groceries, staple and fancy, at their new store and the old National Bank building. was cruel,” whereupon one of the men fired at Mr. Howie, hitting his horse in the hea.l with small shot. The animal it appears is not seriously wounded. News was received in Newberry Tuesday of the killing of John Atkin son by his son, John Atkinson, Jr., Saturday night at Goldville, Newber ry county. The father and son oc cupied a house of the Goldville Manu facturing company and both worked In the mill, the father being boss of the card room. The weapon used was a shotgun. The father, It is said, was drinking on Saturday and quarreled with his wife. It Is alleged that he threatened to kill her, chasing her from one room to another, breaking down three dooors. As a last resort Mrs. Atkinson ran Into the room oc cupied by her son and his wife. The son locked the door and told his father he must not come in, if he did he would kill him, in the protection of his mother. Paying no heed to the warning the elder Atkinson knocked the door down and rushed for his wife, when the son fired the shotgun, killing his father instantly. rangements of the counties as thev are placed In the senate’s plan. Though the bill has not yet passed both houses, the campaign for the offices created is on. The house has put in a whole day discussing the bill, also by Mr. Tooie. to make the legal period of employ ment in cotton mills, etc., ten hours a day. The law now stipulates eleven hours. The mild sensation of the week is the report of the legislature Investi gating committee as to the condition of the books in the office of secretary of State. There is no wrong doing charged as yet and there may not be any such charges, and Secretary of State Gantt has sent in a reply hearti ly protesting against what he says is merely insinuation and innuendo. The appropriation bill is In and It provides for lesg expenditures than last year. After the next day or so this bill will be the chief and practi cally the only matter of importance to be considered. J. H. An old bachelor says -that if a man i doesn’t know of any reason why he shouldn't marry, all he has to do is to attend his own wedding and he’ll soon ; discover one. CURES WITHOUT DOSING STOMACH Afraid of Strong Medicines. Many people suffer for years from rheumatic pains, and prefer to do so rather than take the strong medicines usually given for rheumatism, not knowing that quick relief from pain may be had simply by applying Cham berlain’s Pain aim and without taking any medicine Internally. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. % 1 —Special prices on Quilts and Blan kets, at J. I. Sarratt’s. Hyomei Cures Catarrh by Simple Breathing. The Gaffney Drug Co. Re fund Money If It Fails To Cure. A long stride toward solving the mystery of curing catarrh was taken with the discovery of Hyomei. In fact, the percentage of cures by thL treatment proves It equal to the final tests. The folly of taking medicine into the stomach to cure catarrh of the nose, throat and lungs, has been real ized by physicians, but not until Hy-' omei was known, had they a practical method that would obviate stomach drugging. A complete Hyomei outfit costs but $1, and consists of a neat pocket in haler that can be used anywhere with out attracting attention, a medicine dropper and a bottle of Hyomei. Ex tra bottles of Hyomei cost but 50c. Breathing Hyomei through the in haler, every particle of air that en ters the nose, throat and lungs, is charged with a healing balsam that soothes and allays all irritation, kills the catarrhal germs and enriches the blood with additional ozome. The Gaffney Drug Co. have so much faith in the power of Hyomei to cure catarrh, that they are selling it under their personal guarantee to refund the money if it does not give positive re lief. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Reader* W. H. Leonard, a Winston-Salem jeweler, was Monday adjudged bank rupt upon his own petition In the United States Court, and Judge Boyd referred the matter to J. 'E. Alexan der, referee. Liabilities about $14 000 assets $9,000. * News was received in Charlotte of the death of a colored woman at the advanced age of 108 years, on the farm of Mr. Bob Wallace, at Eastfleld, Cabarrus county, Wednesday. The old woman had been helpless for a long while, but had been well cared for by white and colored friends. It is said that there is no fake about her age. Judge Boyd Monday ordered a special term of the United States District Court at Charlotte, to begin March 15th for the trial of the cases against J. E. Dickson and Wm. H. Penlaml, known as the Asheville bank cases. It is understood that Judge Keller, of the southern district of West Virginia, will be designated to preside. Charles Evans, a middle aged negro man, was found frozen to death in a buggy Wednesday morning, six miles from Davidson, by the side of a road that leads through the farm of Mack Mowry, who committed suicide sev eral weeks ago. The horse had been unhitched from the buggy. The ne gro was found in an upright position In the seat, frozen stiff. Ex-Congressman John D. Bellamy went to Raleigh Tuesday and secured a charter for the Southport & North- western Railway, which he says the Waccamaw Land & Lumber Company will build through its vast timber lands between Southport and White- ville via Whiteville to Sanford and that It will connect with the South ern, Seaboard and Coast Line rail- The authorized capital stock Is $2,000,000. Bills have been introduced in Ahe House carrying appropriations for the State Hospital—total for the Wes tern Hospital, $219,000, Including new building for males; $12,200 for Golds boro, Including $38,000 for new bulld- fag; $218,053 for Raleigh, including $90,000 for land for farm; Normal and Industrial College, $103,000, Including the expenses of replacing the burned buildings, the annual support not be ing included in this bill. The Tar Heel Club, the recently organized Republican social club in Greensboro, is sparing no effort to make'its approaching banquet on February 22nd worthy of the State and worthy of the distinguished guests io be entertained on that occa sion. The club has contracted with Cobh & Frey, proprietors of the Guil- , ford-Benbow Hotel for a spread of j 300 covers including music and appro priate souvenir menu cards and decor- ! at ions. Ground has been broken for the i erection of a handsome building for J the Hendersonville Commercial Bank at Hendersonville. The site is on the ! west side of Main street, opposite the city hall and half a block from the postofflee. The building will be a two-story structure of pressed brick with facings of native granit r> . A. Ficker, a well known Hendersonville merchant, 't^ll owet a brick building adjoining the new bank. The bank has received its charter and the stock holders have been elected. Two young white men about 20 i years of age, named Victor Fink and. ! Eugene Hilton. Tuesday evening had J a difficulty near the depot at Concord.1 Hilton struck Fink on the forehead with a hammer and fractured the skull and he is in a serious condition and may not recover. The police ar rested Hilton and he is in jail await ing the fate of Fink before a prelimi- ! nary trial will be held. It Is said that Hilton admits the deed, but says that Fink was coming on him. It is said that both were drinking. Both men | live near Cannon Mill. Fink is a married man: Hilton has been at Con- cord only a few weeks. The chief of police at Lynchbrng:, Va., Tuesday afternoon telegraphed Sheriff Julian at Salisbury that he had captured Chas. Caldwell, a negro boy about 14 years old. The boy last week stole from the private safe of Mr. W. W. Reid, a wealthy real estate owner. Mr. Reid lives with his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Barnhardt, and is very old. He sometimes failed to lock hi^ vault and the negro knew this. Just what amount was takeb, could not be accurately determineq. hut it exceeded $200. The Lynch burg officer said that $200 had been found upon the boy criminal. Cald well was taken back to Salisbury. —See us for Blankets and Quilts. J. R. Tolleson & Co. —$10,000 worth of Muslin Under wear at under price at Carroll A Byers’ Februsry 15th. . —Bargains, bargains in every de partment at Carr.M A Byers’ Wednes day 15th to Saturday 18th. •—A'll new perfect goods at Carroll A Byars’ Opening Sals Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th. Agonizing Burns are instantly relieved, and perfectly healed, by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. C. Rlvenbark. 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 h«als all wounds and sores. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. —Ladles Coat Suita at greatly re duced prices, at J. I. Sarratt’a.