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If'HE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. L HE LEDGER. Till National Bank of Gaffney, S. G. 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. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AHD TBIDAY. Bank Closes Evsry Day at 3 P. M. Except Saturday, 5 P. M. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Beet Intereete of tho Pooplo of Chorokoo County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. Cn FRIDAY,, FEBRUARY 24. 1905. . * •1.50 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. IS IT DOPED? Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. Near Richburg on Saturday two small negro boys eight and six years of age, were playing with a gun, when It was dlsehared. the whole load of shot entering the thigh of the younger boy. Medical attention was promptly secured, but the victim died about the time the physician reached the scene. M-" John Wherry, who lives on the old Major B. F. Rawlinson place six miles west of Rock Hill, now owned by Mr. H. J. Zinker, suffered a severe logs last Friday night by the burning of his barn and a crib in which were two good mules, pony, farming imple ments, all his roughness, a lot of cot ton seed, and his corn supply for biscuit-colored cloth, the same color- loss of $000, without Insurance. While running between G**eers and We)ford on its way north, at 3 o’clock Tuesday morning, three freight cars attached to train No. 74 on the South-1 ern Railway, were derailed near South Tiger river. No one was injured and though the trucks were badlv used up and some damage was done the track, but little time was lost in replacing the cars, and the train was soon un der way. No other trains were delay ed by the accident. John Hunt, of Hunt Bros., restaur ant keepers on Gervais street in Co lumbia, was shot and probably killed Tuesday afternoon by Chas Walker, said to be an employee in the Colum bia Duck Mill. Some time ago Wal ker, with Ott Collum and Jim Collum, half brother, entered the restaurant and created a disturbance. They were put out. The three went to the restaurant again Tuesday afternoon in an intoxicated condition, and they were again ejected. The three, re turning later, Jim Collum called Hunt out. While they were holding a col loquy the other two came up and Walker, without a w’ord, drew a pistol »nd placing it on Hunt’s stomach, »red. Hunt grabbed his assailant ^nd held him until others arrived, [unt then collapsed. The other two men were also arrested. Hunt was taken to the hospital and physicians expressed little hope of his recovery. While standing before an open fireplace in her home in Buckner- towm, Greenville, Tuesday morning, Anna Davis, a colored woman, found her clothing on fire. She screamed for help but before assistance could come to her rescue the woman was so badly burned that she died in a few minutes after the flames had been ex- tinguisehd. Her husband, Albert Davis, is employed by the Poe Manu facturing Company. When neighbors who heard the woman screaming, reached the scene, they found her ly ing on the floor. Nearly all of her clothing had been consumed, and the house had taken fire from the pieces of burning rags she had thrown about in desperate effort to rid her self of the blazing garments. It was seen in a moment by those who came to her assistance that she was beyond help and their attention was directed to the house, which was found to be in danger of destruction. While hurrying to Atlanta, his for mer home, from New York on the vestibule, Sunday afternoon, Arthur H. Locke, died suddenly in his berth, shortly after the train passed Spar tanburg. Mr. Locke was em route from New York to Atlanta to visit relatives and friends. He had been in ill health for some time and thought a trip to the South would im prove his health. He arose early Sunday morning, but returned to his berth. After the train had passed Spartanburg the conductor dis covered Mr. Locke lying unconscious in his berth. A physician who was on the train was summoned and everything possible was done for the comfort and relief of the ill passen ger, but he was beyond all medical aid and died as the train reached Greenville. Mr. Locke was about 60 years of age and was a native of this State, having been born 'in Charles ton. For a number of years he was identified with the cottoon firm of In man & Co., of Atlanta. He moved to New York several years ago where he engaged in the cotton business. Virginia Justice. (Johnston News.) The confession of ex-Ma^ir McCue, who was executed in Virginia for the murder of his wife, shows that the jury and courts made no mistake in convicting him. But it is our belief that if he had committed the crime in South Carolina his money and influ ence would have saved his neck. Why can!t South Carolina try a little Vir- ginia justice? A grave Charge Preferred Against the Chemically Pure. (Greenville News.) Liquor sold by the county dispen saries of Greenville is either poisoned or doped, according to the police. Within the past ten days nearly a score of victims have been picked up on the street. They were in a terrible shape. With bloodshot eyes, with lips purple and bleeding from gnash ing of teeth, they raved in cells and acted like demons fresh from a crazy house. Last night a white man who was well dressed and intelligent to all ap pearances, was found in the rain while making desperate efforts to beat out his brains against a brick wall. His lips were purple and he was so crazy that he could not give hi« name. A dispensary flask, par tially empty, told the story of his conduct. It was not an unusual case, judged by others which have come to the attention of the police, and the opinion is general that the cheap liquor sold by the State is driving the drunkards to the asylum. Before midnight the prisoner was trying to end his life. Grover Gossip. Grover, N. C., Feb. 20.—We are having some very rough weather <his winter; the roughest for several years. This reminds us of what we have heard old people say of how the winters used to be. Owing to the bad weather, busi ness has been somewhat dull at our little town. A few of the fanners had begun plowing before the rough weather set in. There is, and has been, a lot of sickness in our little town and com munity. Some have measles, some pneumonia and quite a number the grip. The Grover Mercantile Co. have opened up in B. O. Jenkins’ new stand. They are doing a good busi ness and will handle all kinds of gro ceries, dry goods and farmers’ sup plies. Mr. Dave Bookout, of this place, has purchased a planing machine and gasoline engine with which he is doing some good work. He also has a blacksmith and wood shop and is going to put up a corn mill. He can soon accommodate the people in several ways. His planing machine will be a great accommodation to the builders around here. It will save them the trouble of hauling their lum ber all the way to King’s Mountain to get it dressed and matched up. We learn that Martin & Martin Co. have got their engine repaired and are now ready to saw and grind again. Mr. E. B. McSwain, of Antioch, has leased the telephone department for three years and says he is going to try to give good satisfct.ion and increase the number to 150 ’phones. We wish him much success in his undertaking. A number of farmers met at this place on last Saturday for the pur pose of organizing a cotton growers association. We do sincerely hope they will make a success in reducing the acreage and causing the prices to advance to 10 cents. The farmers ought to raise less cotton and raise more corn, wheat, potatoes and peas, etc., and they would be less trouble than to get a good price for their cotton. Of course the wheat crop has been almost a failure for the last two or three years, but keep trying, farmers, for it certainly don’t pay to raise cot ton at seven and eight cents, to buy flour at $3.20 and $3.40 per hundred. M. H. B. Poisons in Food. Perhaps you don’t realize that many path 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 pols- of undigested food—or money jk. 26c at Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug >re. Try them. Pool Cotton to Build Mill. (Gastonia News.) A rathe! 1 unusual plan for the erec tion of a cotton mill is on foot in Sul phur Springs, Texas. At a meeting of the business league of that town, recently, m organization was started to build a factory. The details of the tdans are: Th:- merchants and business men of Sulphur Springs propose to buy one-half or such a matter of (his 3,- (•00 bales, paying the current market price and the farmers are to put in a similar number of bales as their pro rata, this cotton is to be taken off the market entirely and will be manufac tured into goods by the factory. Each party taking stock in the ente-- prise will be given stock at the rate of ten cents •per pound for his cotton and it is the opinion of the promoters that it will do much to relieve the opprssion in the cotton market. Good Show is Coming. The Crescent Comedy Co. will open a week’s engagement at the Star Theatre next Monday night. This company presents a number of roy alty bills and comes to us highly re commended. The opening perform ance will be “Utah,” and will be pre sented with special scenery. The company pays a high royalty to present this bill, and those who at tend the performance are assured a very pleasant evening. As a special feature the Hawthorne Sisters will present their celebrated musical act, including illustrated songs. Special- tie* will be introduced between the acts by other members of the com pany, making it a continuous per formance, no-long waits between the acts. Popular prices will prevail. Seats on sale at Ledger office, 15c, 25c , 35c. Ladies accompanied by gentlemen with paid admission will be admitted free. A TRIP TO ATLANTA ON A LOCAL TRAIN. FROM CHARLOTTE THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA Interesting Observations of a North Carolina Editor Who Recently Pass ed Through These States. (Spartanburg Journal.) On a recent trip too Atlanta, the editor of this paper took the local train, because he wanted a chance to see the country and meet the peo ple, says the Charlotte Chronical. It was a vastly more entertaining trip than would have been on the through train, which shoots by the small sta tions and stops only at the more im portant towns. The first stop was made five miles south of Charlotte and on an average stops were made every five miles thence to Atlanta. We had an excellent opportunity to see the country and hear the people talk. As a general thing, conversa tion on a railroad train is the real stuff—people talk what they think about with restraint—and if you wil elievbe us, every single cover- sat ion that we overheard between Charlotte and Atlanta was about cot- tono and the devil or ten cents, one or the other, to pay. That was before the New Orleans convention and the burden of the old grangers who got off and on as the tra.n sped along was that they would let their cotton rot before it should go for less than ten cents. Of course there were drummers aboard sucking their pipes or cigars, and encouraging the farmers to hold their grip on cotton. But here is one observation we had in mind when we started this article. Between Charlotte and Atlanta there are about eighty stations. With the exception of Gastonia, Blacks burg, Gaffney, Spartanburg, Green ville, Seneca, Toccoa and Gainesville all are small towns—typical country depots. At only one of these eighty odd stations did we fail to see one or more bales of cotton. The cotton was not on the depot platforms, but simply dumped out on the ground to await the pleasure of the owner to sell it. The bigest pile was at a sta tion near Chick Springs, where one hundred and ten bales were counted piled about in a grove adjacennt to the depot. Cotton! Why, between Charlotte and Atlanta, they may not have it to burn, but they have got it to rot—or fetch ten cents. Another thing that the people who go through on the fast flyers miss, is the lights of the cotton mills. They may see a streak here and there, but they do not have a good five minutes’ time to see a southern cotton mill il luminated and to hear the subdued rattles of the machinery over the puf fing of the temporarily resting engine that pulls their train. At almost ev ery other station between Charlotte and Atlanta there is a cotton mill. At Gastonia, King’s Mountain, Bessemer, Blacksburg. Gaffney, Clifton, Spartan burg, Greenville, Central, Seneca and other statioons there are clusters of them. All these mills are run at night and the view from the local train is something worth remembering. One mill is particulary interesting. Tt is lighted by incandescent lights, while the upper stories are aglow with the white rays of the arc light. The effect is a beautiful one. Passengers on the vestibuled through trains may have a good time anj “get there quick,” but those who take the local train are the ones who see the country and the beauties thereof. THE PIEDMONT MINERAL SPRINGS. PLANS MADE FOR IMPROVING THE PROPERTY. Sign No Papers. [Progressive Farmer.] Just now when there is much money in the hands of the farmers, adroit agents will be on the road. They will have the best and only clocks, sew ing machines, steel ranges, improved churns, and other useful articles, all of which can be bought at home. The writer saw two negroes a few days ago who had just finished the last Installments on $C0 sewing machines, which could have he«n bought for $20 or less. agents make an Ig norant NKpieel that the last chance has come io secure the article they I have for salq and then by giving two : or three years’ time they deceive the | purchaser completely. They have chat- | tel mortgages which are iron-clad, and 1 once signed there is no way of evad ing payment. Those agents generally demand the cost of the article the first payment. Never sign any papers of that sort. The price asked by these agents are generally three times as much as your local dealer will ask. Those mortgages printed in such small type that the ordinary farmer cannot read them, are dangerous and decep tive. Company Organized to Erect a New Hotel and Cottages on the Premises and Make It a Summer Resort. A meeting of the Piedrtiont Mineral Springs company was held recently in the office of Mr. P. V. Gaffney, of the Cherokee Commission company, and the following officers were elect ed: J. A. Carroll, president; W. W. Gaffney, vice-president; P. V. Gaff ney, treasurer and manager. Direc tors: J. A. Carroll, W. C. Carpenter, W. W. Gaffney, P. V. Gaffney, R. M. Wilkins, C. C. Harris, W. J. Wilkins, R. M. Gaffney, L. U. Campbell, of Gaffney; W. S. Forbes, of Richmond, Va., and J. A. Ware, of King’s Moun tain, N. C. The capital stock of the new en terprise is $25,000, divided into 500 shares at the par value of $50 a share. It was decided at the meeting to erect a handsome new hotel building hnd new cottages at the springs, and to otherwise improve the property; making it a general summer rjsort. w ith places for the amusement, pleas ure and recreation of the guests. Plans for the new hotel have already been drawn up and an order placed for the necessary material, and work will be begun at once. Manager Gaff ney says he wants to be ready to open up for the summer by June 1st to 15th. The company is composed of strong men financially and of long experi ence in the business world, and it is safe to assume that nothing will be left undone to make the Piedmont springs vie with any of the other first-class summer resorts In the south. The location is a most de sirable one, being situated in the midst of a fertile and prosperous sec tion of the country, fanned by cooling and health-giving breezes from the surrounding hills and mountains, and easily accessible to mail and railroad facilities. The new hotel building will he a model of comfort and convenience, with the offices, parlors and dining room all on the first floor, and the sleeping apartments arranged on each side so as to receive all the air and ventillatlon that may be desired. A number of neat cottages will also be erected nearby for the benefit of any wtm may wish to avail them selves of the advantages of the sprins and at the same time enjoy the privacy of home life. All In all, the prospects for the new enterprise are bright and alluring. Mr Ligon Resigns. Mr. Charles P. Ligon has resigned his position as assistant cashier at the Merchants and Planters bank of this city. He will sever his connec tion with that concern on the first day of March, and will at an early date go into the insurance business, as dis trict manager of the Union Centra! Life Insurance Company. Mr. Ligon has been connected with the Merchants and Planters bank for nearly two years, and during that time he has made a most faithful, ef ficient and courteous official; and by his gentlemanly deportment, courtley manners and genial nature he has en deared himself to all the people of Gaffney with w’hom he has come in contact. The best wishes of his host of friends here will follow him In his new’ field, and they hope that he will at least make his headquarters in Gaff ney. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. People Going and Coming Beyond the Broad. Blacksburg, Feb. 20.—The J. T. So ciety was delightefully entertained by Miss Gaston at her home on Chero kee street Friday evening of last week. The game of the evening was "Shel- lock Holmes,” which furnished amusement in plenty for the mem bers. A delightful three-course luncheon was served before the evening closed, and by all the meeting w’as pronounced the most pleasant of the season. The society has recently been organized and the young lady members are en tertaining with enthusiastic hospe- tality. Miss Ethel Maxwell, after spnding some time in Augusta, Ga., returned home last week. Mr. Luther Davis returned to Na ples, Texas, Thursday night. THMUGHOIIT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OP NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Another Wreck! There has been another wreck on the Southern! Another freight train j tumbled, into the ditch down about (Gainesville, Ga., Wednesday night, and blocked the road for several ! hours. No. 36, the northbound pas- i senger, which usually comes in any where between 8 o’clock In the morn- | a nd 4 o’clock in the afternoon, gave it up altogether yesterday and didn't come at all—or, was run as the first section of No. 12, and passed Gaffney about 6 o’clock In the atfer- : noon. Next! —Ladles Coat Suits at freatly re duced prices, at J. I. Sarratt’a. Car Jumped the Track. A freight car jumped the track near the depot here yesterday after noon, but was soon gotten back on the track without any material damage being done. The accident happened just as the train was coming on to the main line from a switch. Meeting of Bible Class. The last meeting of the ladies Bible class of the First Baptist church was j held at the residence of Mrs. Dr. S’mir 4 '. The gathering was purely a social one; and it is the custom of thte ladies to have these meetings every two or three months at the home of some member of the class. This social feature of the organiz ation is a good one, as It gives the members opportunities of enjoying a respite from their household duties and cares which they might not have j otherwise, and which many of them no doubt need. Blacksburg, Feb. 23.—Misses Brown and Wilson, of Gastonia, were the guests of Miss Lillian Smith Wednes day afternoon. Mrs. Bomar Whisonant and tittle daughter of Rock Hill, are visiting Mrs. C. S. Whisonant. Mrs. Arthur McLure, of Lancaster, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Dr. Gwin. Tom Whisonant spent Wednesday with his sister, Mrs. W. A. Graham, in Rock Hill. Mrs. Kelly Hardin is at home again after a few days stay in Rock Hill. Mfss Lue Webb, of Spencer, is visit ing Mrs, A. C. Lee. Dr. T. S. B. Ward, of Hickory Grove, is in town on business. Prof. Johnson, of Gaffney, is in town for a few days on business. Mrs. D. M. Williams left Monday for a visit to relatives in Georgia. Miss Easterday, of Jefferson City, Md., was the guest of Miss Mamie Gaston Wednesday. M. S. The Right Spirit. (Sumter Herald.) • “A very gentlemanly young man representing a printing office in Green wood came to Anderson Wednesday to solicit orders for job printing. “He tackled Col. J. N. Brown. ‘No,’ said Col. Brown, pleasantly; T have nothing for you.’ ” “The young man was persistent, and then Col. Brown took it upon himself to talk plainly. Col. Brown can talk quite plainly indeed when he chooses. “ ‘Young man,’ he said, ‘I have been practicing law here in Anderson for more than forty years. During all that time I have never sent any printing away from home, and I have had a good deal of it done. I have never yet had any job of printing that I could not get done right here in Anderson in good shape and at reasonable prices. And then, I think it is a pretty sorry man that will send his work out of his own town, anyway.’ ” “The young man did not bother Col. Brown any more after this.” The above Incident Is taken from the Anderson Mail and it Is respect fully referred to some people In Sum ter who send their printing away from here. We are glad to say that we have but few of this kind, for most of our business men recognize the fact that they can get just as good work here and at as reasonable prices, qual ity considered, as anywhere outside of Sumter. Col. Brown is exactly right. It is a pretty sorry man that will send his work out of his town, aw’ay from the people whom he certainly expects to help him. CURES WITHOUT STOMACH DOSING 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 this treatment proves it equal to the final tests. The folly of taking medicine into the stomach to cure catarrh of t^e 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 he 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 l«ngs, 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 muen faith in the power of Hyomei to cure catarrh, that they are selling It under their personal guarantee to refund the money if ft does not give positive re lief. Items of Interest Concerning Out Neighbors In the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Reader* Sheriff Julian, of Rowan, delivered three prisoners to the Raleigh peni tentiary Tuesday. One was the young white man, Risdon, sentenced for 18 months for embezzlement, another white man for ttyee years for setting fire to a box car, and a negro is in the party sentenced for 10 years for kill ing his wife. The bill introduced in the North Carolina legislature by John S. Cun- ingham, to use the convicts of the State on the public roads involves the sale of the State farm, which Cuningham contends is not a money maker. It is said it will require from $30,00(( to $35,000 to rebuild the dykes there, which were swept away some years ago by floods. The Secretary of State Tuesday is- -ned a charter of incorporation to the Petty Reid Company, of Greensboro, with capital stock of $50,000 and paid ill) capital of $7,000. This corpora tion is to manufacture and deal In all kinds of farm implements and ma chinery. The incorporators are: R S. Petty, J. E. Logan, B. S. Campbell,’ T. R. Hardin, B. F. Reid and J. P. McAdams. A secret marriage of two well known young people in Winston-Sa lem has just come to light seven months after the cerqjnony was per formed. The romantic young couple is Mr. J. Frank Ireland, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ireland, of that place, and Miss Amy Mayberry, of Huntersville. The secret of their marriage leaked out a few days ago when the bride came home on ac count of illness from Virginia College at Roanoke, where she had gone to complete her education. A friend of one of the young people furnishes the information that the marriage occurred at Fort Mill, S. C., June 8, last. Late Tuesday afternoon, Edward Yarborough, aged about 45, commit ted suicide at his home in Raleigh. He placed a shotgun ki a rocking chair, with its muzzle at his throat, holding it there with his left hand, while with his right he pressed a stick against the trigger, while he was laying on the bed. Death was in- stantaneous, and his head was parti al! > blown away. He was a member of a prominent county family. His grandfather built and owned the Yar borough House. A relative of the same name committed suicide in a hotel here 12 years ago by taking poison. Yarborough kept a bar in Raleigh a number of years, and has two young sons in business here. Last week William Lihass secured a horse and bu"gy from R. B. White, a liveryman of High Point, promising to return it next day. He claimed to be a revenue officer, and was going in the country on business. Mr. W hite grew suspicious when the team was not returned as promised, and, upon inquiry, found that the man was not a revenue officer. Cir cular were isseued and sent broadcast giving description of the man, horse and buggy, offering $25 reward for the return of the man and property. Monday afternoon Mr. White learn- *1 that the horse had been sold in Winston, and the buggy in Kern rs- ville. and left immediately for these places to secure his property. The thief, however, is at large. Son Calhpbell, a half-grown negro j boy, lost his right foot under a freight ! car near the junction of the Southern ! tracks, north of Charlotte Monday, j doing a stunt on a moving train when the accident happened. Witnesses of the affair claim that R^ldy and Son were pulling and contending with each other for the side rod on the rear end of a car, when the negro lost his band-hold, and slipped beneath the wheels. The left foot hung fast to a clamp on the train, while the right dangled along the rail. As a knife, the running wheel severed the boys’ foot from the ankle. The cock was all that held the two sections to gether. The rallrod people took charge of the little chap, and saw that his wounds were dressed. Only a natural-born hypocrite Is ca pable of laughing heartily at an an cient story. —Special prices on Quilts and Blan kets, at J. I. Sarratt’s. 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. Agonizing Burnt are instantly relieved, and perfectly healed, by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. C Rivenbark, 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. —See us for Blankets and Quilts. J. R. Tolleson & Co. —Just received, a big shipment of Shoes. Bought before advance In prices, and will be able to furnish them at under prices. W. C. Carpen ter. Grave Trouble Foreseen. It needs but little foresight 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 *ras 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. —Rubbers for everybody at close prices, at J. I. Sarratt’s. —I have on display an up-to-date line of merchants’ tailoring samples and a man on the spot to take your measure. W. C. Carpenter. A compliment is not a compliment when it is paid by a man who wants to borrow money from you. t,.-*