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GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1905.
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MIGHOUT THE
PAIMETTO STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Happenings All Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
Gov. Ley ward Wednesday offered a
reward of $150 for the arrest of the
person who burned the barn of L. F.
Stanford in Union county on the
night of April 2nd. The offer of re
ward was made at the request of So
licitor Sease.
Mr. D. M. Bedenbaugh, of Ander
son, the young railroad man who was
arrested a few days ago on a charge
of embezzlement, has been released
on a bond of $1,000, given by J. W.
Ashley, of Honea Path. He has em
ployed counsel and the case will come
up for trial at the next term of the
sessions court in May. In the warrant
on which his arrest was made it is al
leged that he misappropriated funds
to the amount of $2,086.
The people of Rock Mills township
in Anderson county have voted an ad
ditional tax of four mills for school
purposes. Tvoio for the special
levy was unan’raous, not a single voter
having opposed it. Many of the dis
tricts in the county have voted spec
ial levies to supoort their schools,
and the i iove uem for better educa
tional facilities is steadily progressing.
In one instance at least, in addition
to the voting of a snecial levy, the
principle of consolidation has been
successfully carried out.
there is nothing about his person
which could positively tell who he is
or where he belongs. Realizing the
predicament of the police officials,
when the man entered the station and
asked that he be sent to the hospital
for treatment, he suggested that he be
called Harry Sinclair, but he added
that this was not his name. His mind
is perfectly clear about his movements
since April 10, when he came to con
sciousness in Savannah. He definitely
traced his movements to Uharleston
from that time, but still he cannot
solve the mystery which surrounds his
being.
Ezell Locals.
Ezell, April 17.—The old saying of
“March coming in like a lamb, going
out like a lion,” did not prove true
by “a long shot” this time. In fact,
we’ve had very little “lion-like”
weather in March, not a bit of ice
and very light frost, if any.
The mountains are white with
snow. Yesterday there was a snow
storm, accompanied by thunder and
lightning in the neighborhood of
Cherokee Springs.
This morning we had a big frost,
and thin ice formed on still water;
yet, strange to say, not anything ap
pears to have been hurt. We noticed
some beans, tomatoes and cotton that
were exposed seemed all right; so we
think the fruit crop safe so far.
Mrs. Myra Simmons, wife of the
late Capt. J. O. Simmons, of Henriet
A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVILLE.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
General Interest.
Wilkinsville, April 17.—If Mrs. Billy
Wisher, of Kings Creek, will please
excuse us we will say nothing more
about “big fish.” “Man,” you may
try it again or give the prize for the
largest fish caught in Cherokee county
to Mrs. William Wisher.
By private letter from Craighead
county, Arkansas, we learn that on
next Sabbath, 23rd inst., Rev. Newt
Osment will preach the dedicatory
sermon at a new church just erected
at Wood’s Center, near Dee, in that
State. Many of his old acquaintances
will gladly note that he (Newt) is
now a prominent minister of the Bap
tist church and a leader in that com
munity. Our best wishes attend him
in his new field of usefulness.
If women were made to fit the fash-
ta, N. C., died at the home of her son, ionable dresses of today what wonder-
•T. G. Simmons, of Henrietta, April 2. i ful deformities they would he. While
She was eighty-three years of age and : nothing is prettier or sweeter than a
for the last four or five years has J well dressed young lady,
been almost entirely helpless. Death I This week the chain gang will work
on the road from Thomasson’s mill
to Wilkinsville. Thank you, Mr. Su
pervisor; better late than never.
Some people are so self-conceited
and self-important that they w-ould
rather be the head of a mouse than
to her was a friend and she looked for
its coming as a blessed release from
this world of trial. She leaves two
sons and three daughters, and a host
of friends and realtives to mourn their
loss. She was buried at Floyd’s Creek
church. “Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord.”
Mr. C. Cash and several others of
this community have sold their cotton.
Somewhere near 100 bales have been
sold recently. The price received was
eight cents per pound.
Several of the young folks have the
The rails in the new railroad con
necting Union with the Seaboard Air
Lino are now being laid rapidly. A
large force is already at work without
the corporate limits of Union, and the I marrying fever and it sterns .to be
rails would be run right into where the | ca t c M n 8-” following couples
have been recently married by Mr. H.
Z. Hicks, N. P.: Mr. George Cash
and Miss Christine Overcash; Mr. Com
modore Scruggs and Mrs. Polly Ruppe;
Mr. Elijah Byars and Miss Edna Rodg
ers. We wish them all a prosperous
journey through life. L.
right
new station will be located were it not
necessary to. build a trestle in the
rear of L. G. Young’s residence. This
trestle will be an especially heavy one,
about 45 feet long, and will require
about two or three weeks to be com
pleted. For several days Capt. D. J.
Griffith, a railroad contractor, who has
been grading out for the new r railroad
yards, has been working ahead of the
track gang in order that the roadbed
would be in first class condition.
Harley, the young white man who
shot a negro at Harleyville, Dorchester
county, is still at large. Gov. Heyward
Tuesday received a letter from Mr.
M. S. Connor, of St. George, a promi
nent lawyer, who conveyed official in-
tVdligence of the shooting. Gov. Hey
ward communicated at once with the
sheriff of the county. Mr. Connor says
in his letter: “Last afternoon I re
ceived the following telegram from
Magistrate J. W. Cummings, of Harley
ville, this county: ‘Inform Gov. Hey
ward that one W. G. Harley is wanted
here for the shooting and cutting of
two men. Sheriff without assistance.
Have failed to arrest him. He has de
parted with a single-barrel, breech
loading shotgun and believed to be
gone to Charleston or in that direc
tion.’ From what can be learned here
Baseball. «
A very interesting game of ball was
played at Jefferies’ park last Tuesday
afternoon betw r een the Graded School
team and a picked team known as the
“Down Town” team. Some nice plays
were made on both.sides, and for a
time it looked as if the score were go-
ing to mighty close, but the Graded ; jng the Russian-Japanese campaign
School went up in the air and the old- 1 - - -
the tail of a Hon. They must be the
mastodon or nothing. Whoever the
shoe fits may put it on.
Mr. Dick Harris is ditching for us.
He says he never could work by the
ring of the bell.
Petitions are out asking the board
of control not to allow the establish
ment of the Jenkins distillery or the
manufacture or sale of whiskey in
Cherokee county in any way or under
any name whatever. Every voter
who wants ten cents for his cotton is
invited to sign it.
A person who examined the eggs of
one of our setting hens found an egg
pipped at the little end. Is it' possi
ble that the chick is coming out at
the little end?
Man’s chief end nowadays seems
to be to humbug people by keeping up
appearances.
A few historical facts may not be
out of place and interest some of our
readers, especially when they surpass
anything on record, not even except-
it seems that Harley shot a negro at
Harleyville Tuesday and defied arrest j Down Town: .. 0300020 3 0
and took to the woods.” j Graded School. 10000002 1
It is probable that Isadore Thompson '
of Greenville, will have a hard time j
In the Pennsylvania campaign dur
ing the late war between the States,
Gen’l. J. E. B. Stuart marched a por
tion of his command ninety-six miles
in twenty-four hours in order to join
Gen’l. Lee at Gettysburg, and Gen’l.
Pleasanton, of the Federal army,
marched his cavalry seventy-eight
miles in the same time to take part
in that great battle. Gen’l. “Stone
wall” Jackson marched his command
from the valley of Virginia at the
rate of four miles an hour to join
Gen’l. Lee in the seven days battle
before Richmond; while the majch of
Longstreet’s corps from East Tennes
see to meet Grant at the Wilderness
is unprecedented in the history of
ancient or modern warfare. Gen’l.
Halleck, in his work on military sci-
Fir«* ru u m * ence states that Caesar marched his
nr F 8t ® aptlst 9 hu , rc * Notes - Legions from Rome to Sierva Morena.
Dr. Hamilton arrived Tuesay after-, i n Spain, at the rate of sixty miles
Hill fl Tlrl its M ft T Tt 1 it rr FL/'t. 4- /-v , __ *■
timers batted out a victory.
The following was the line-up:
Graded School:—Robbins, Byars,
Johnson, Spake, Campbell, Little,
Bell, Duff, Curry; Down Town:—Lolly,
Walker, Humphries, Brown, Snead,
Little, Pryor, Destaffino, Stacy.
Lolly and Walker were the battery
for the Down Town, while Byars and
Duff held the points for the Graded
School. Features of the game ^ere
the playing of Brown and Bell, at
first, and Campbell in the field. All
the others played well, but the Graded
School was weak at the bat.
Score by innings:
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terest of the Cherokee county orphan
age, which we are glad to learn is
getting along nicely.
Yesterday morning frost in some
places did damage to vegetation
fruit, etc.
Our people planted their melon
patches last week.
There will be no Easter services
at any of our churches next Sabbath
that we know of.
Our friend, Mr. Morgan Millwood,
has bought him a covered wagon, in
which the sun or rain can never
touch him. “Morg” is the first of
our citizens to take watermelons to
market. The man who beats him
raising them, either in size or quality,
hasn’t made his appearance yet.
“Morg” was a gallant soldier in Com
pany F, 15th S. C. Regiment, during
the war.
Little Archie Strain was taken
right sick yesterday evening.
Mr. James George was in this sec
tion with Rev. W. D. Hammett last
Sabbath evening. It’s a pretty sure
sign to see a young man riding ’round
with a preacher.
The chain gang is working out the
road leading to Howell’s ferry. The
tongue of the road scraper was brok
en yesterday. j. L. S.
AT ANTIOCH.
to get a pardon. In 1903 he killed Arch i noon a !u i j„ w n i nf , nnc+nr Tr. tun ' , 1 v a „A ne rate ° r sixf y miles
Sullivan in Greenville and was sen-j reviva i lnee tw The imnression hp i a ,lay - In 1800 Mao,lonalfl - wishin S to
tenced to serve the rest of his life fn bas madTon the nmnlr hv hil fiit i ,reve l nt , "} e ^ape of an enemy,
prison. A petition stating the case sorv j coc has beon a „ ood 0 ^ 0 H ! I ? arched 1118 command forty miles a
very strongly in favor of the prisoner f ree f rom c]aDtran mpthnd | ' ,a> ’ crossing many rivers and moun-
has been received. Acting upon his mi^.. Ii „ ,1 x. : r _ a,ns - Clausel, after the battle of
usual
petition
who
Greenv
endorsement
the
at least a sentence for manslaughter,
as there was little in the case to rec
ommend a pardon. It is declared in
the petition that Isadore Thompson
killed the man who seduced his dnugh- j
ter, refused to marry her and then
went about bragging of what he had
done. However, the jury seems to
have thought that there was enough in
the case to have the accused sent to
the penitentiary for life.
We have so far had an unprece
dentedly favorable season for farm
John E. Smith, a former citizen of
Pickens county, is in serious trouble.
He has deserted the Uid' ’ .-‘Hates
army. He was capture )
eight miles east
Cross Roads secti
near his former
years in the army
reenlisted. He
Marshal John Gritti.i and Mr. H. A
Nealey, of Pickens, vim will receive a
reward of *50 for his capture. Smith’s
story is that he never de erted, as he
had a dispute with an officer in Atlan
ta whom he told he was going to leave.
A dispute arose as to the payment of
car fare from Atlanta to Fort McPher
son, Smith claiming that the govern
ment should pay the fare and the of
ficer claiming that, it was a personal
claim. Smith says he knocked the of
ficer down for insulting him and left,
thinking that all that was necessary
■was to tell the officer that ho was go
ing to leave. He could not then, In
his opinion, bo termed a deserter.
The police and cttv ho pital authori
ties of Charleston have a problem in
their hands in ascertaining the Identity
and treatment of a man who presented
vislyto pray
and to seek a blessing.
Set \ ices will also be held in the ^ work, and it has generally been taken
College chapel at the morning hour, | advantage of.
as he may be able to attend.
It is hoped that a work of spiritual
power may develop. Certainly those
who bear Dr. Hamilton will be helped
it they follow the Word and the
Spirit.
Evervhody
is invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blackwell went
to Gaffney last Saturday on a shop
ping tour.
Mr. Jeff Hughes made his trip to
! ! nion last week with chickens, eggs
.and butter, and returned Saturday.
It will not be long until we can
i d .. .■ n ; have home raised strawberries.
I iu r h\ r, !7 ,a °uT ] '™ n WOrk ‘'' vis ^^ this" slate forborne time"
i.j tl , wl * , i . i . \ , J i i expects to start for her home in Eta
Farmers Beginning to Plant Cotton—
Personal Items.
Antioch, April 19, 1905.
Mr. Editor:—Please allow me space
in your good paper to give a few dots
from the section around about An
tioch.
The farmers are beginning to plant
cotton; but we think they had better
wait until after winter breaks, or
they will not have to reduce the acre-
a £e the frost will reduce it for them.
Sunday night there was a frost in this
part of the county, which killed ev
erything green. There is not. a peach,
apple or anything else left on King’s
creek. It would be better for the
farmers if onothalf of the cotton would
get killed, as it seems as if they are
trying to put everything in cotton, and
forgetting other things. They are
too greedy for their own good. One
will say: “Well, others are not going
to plant much; so I will beat them and
get ten cents.” Nearly all of them
are in the same notion and they try to
see which can plant the most; and
if something does not happen they will
have to take five cents for their ten-
cent cotton.
Mr. E. B. McSwain, manager of the
(trover telephone system, has started
an extra line to Blacksburg, which we
hope will be completed soon. He also
is preparing to run one to King’s
Mountain, which will be of great ser
vice to the people at Grover.
A large crowd of young people from
£”“ 06h ar e going to Bethany next
fifth Sunday.
Mrs. Hughes, from near Yorkville,
is visiting friends here this week.
Mr. E. L. Hardin has received his
bee hive. He is going to give the
busy bee” something to do to fill
up all he has.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hambright vis
ited Mrs. L. E. Hambright Sunday.
Mr. B. O. Jenkins says if he has
to move his still any more he will
t6 trover and ship if'away.
I hat will be the best thing that ever
happened.
Mr. Carl J. Hambright and Charlie
Hardin will attend Clemson College
ihis fall. We wish them success in
their studies.
It looks as if fall were here The
leaves are falling off the trees, which
night.- ki,led Sunday aml Monday
M ishing The Ledger and its readers
success, c jj
Buford Street Church Notes.
Sunday school at 9.45 A. M.; preach
ing at 11 A. M. The sermon Sunday
morning will be appropriate to the
Easter occasion. There will be spec
ial Easter music.
No evening service owing to the
revival services at the First Baptist
church.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all strangers.
THROUGHOUT THE
TARHEEL STATE
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE
NORTH CAROLINA.
IN
Cheated Death.
Kidney trouble often ends fatally
but by choosing the right medicine;
D- H. Molfe, of Bear Grove, Iowa,
cheated death. Ho says* “Two
years ago I had Kidney* Troubles i at t , ne preHmInary investigation Wed-
which caused me great pain, suffering; n <? sc1ay - ,° a th e warrants, the names
and anxiety but I took Electric Bit-1« severa ^Utmians and South Caro-
ters, which effected a complete cure i - ns , W6r e endorsed by the commis-
I have also found them of great bene-! I s , ner for sab Poenas as witnesses for
fit in erenorni HoKtm,. i (he government.
Items of Interest Concerning Oui
Neighbors in the Old North State
Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers
George Williams and Will Tucker,
dsperate negroes of Goldsboro, were
bound over to court Monday in a $200
justified bond. They had robbed an
old colored man who was standjng on
a corner counting his money. ~ They
grabbed his money and jumped on an
outgoing passenger train, but were
captured and taken back to Goldsboro
with the above result.
Plans have been completed for the
third annual May music festival to be
held at Greensboro, beginning May
18th. Besides the best vocal talent of
that city, such eminent vocalists as
Dr. B. Merrill Hopkinson, of Baltimore,
and Anita Rise, of New York, will aid
in one of the concerts. The chorus
will consist of 100 singers from Greens
boro and nearby cities, and a large
number of these have been training
on the “Messiah.” Handel’s matchless
oratorio, ever since November.
The date fixed for the corner-stone
laying of the Crittenton Home, situ
ated on the corner of McDowell and
Ninth streets, Charlotte, is Easter
Monday, April 24th, at 5 o’clock in
the afternoon. Mr. Cfias. Crittenton
will be nresent and participate in the
exercises on this occasion. Many
Charlotte people who remember Mr.
Crittenton and the great meeting that
he conducted there a year or more
ago, will doubtless be present, togeth
er with a large number who have not
yet had an opportunity to see the site
and the commodious building now
nearing completion.
Telegraphic reports Tuesday night
to The Carolina Fruit and Truckers’
Journal, from many points in the
strawberry and vegetable district of
North Carolina, indicate that the dam
age by the cold weather and frosts
of the past two days is general
throughout tlW belt. The old berry
plants suataii&d but little damage,
but those of last year's planting were
rather hard hit. the damage being es
timated at something like 25 per cent.
The average injury up to the present
is estimated as follows: Strawberries,
15 to 20 per cent; Irish potatoes, 35
to 40 per cent.; beans, peas, etc., 50
to 60 per cent.
A year ago the stockholders of the
Modena Mills, at Gastonia, authorized
the president of the mills, Mr. J. D.
Moore, to build a new mill. Friday
afternoon the directors met and de
cided to build the mill at once. It will
be known as Mill No. 3. The building
will be 75 by 150 feet, and will be two
stories high. It is to be built of Fort
Mill brick, and will acommodate
10,000 spindles, 8,000 of which will be
put in at once. The two old mills have
216 looms and 9,072 spindles. When
the new mill is completed, the three
mills together will have a little over
17,000 spindles. Then night work will
stop, and only day work will be done.
This new mill will give employment
to all the present night hands. Work
is in progress on the building and will
be completed by cold weather.
Postoffice Inspector Hardy Gregory
Tuesday night at Greensboro swore
out United States warrants against the
wounded men held at Wadesboro as
suspected postoffice robbers. One
warrant was sworn out against Charles
Cross, alias Charles L. Blackburn, alias
Missouri Charley, and is for a postof
fice robbery in Gordonsville, Va..
March 28th. The other is against
James Fisher, alias James Shaffer,
alias James Vincent, alias James Vi-
yen, alias “Connecticut Shorty,” who
is charged with robbing the postoffice
at Latta, S. C., Feb. ?5th, 1904. The
latter was badly shot when the pur
suing party captured him, but has
improved sufficiently to stand his trial
at the preliminary investigation Wed
BLACKSBURG BUDGET.
People Going and Coming Beyond tha
Broad.
Blacksburg, April 20.—Miss Mary
Pollock is visiting her friend, Miss
Edith Redwin in Greenville.
Mr. M. H. Morrow made a business
trip to Spartanburg Tuesday.
Mr. N. M. McDill, of Hickory Grove,
was in town a few hours Tuesday.
Mr. J. B. Blalock and son, Boyd,
spent Tuesday in Gaffney.
Mr. J. W. Reid, after spending a
few days at his home in Catawba, N.
C., has returned to his work in this
place.
Mrs. M. H. Morrow and her sister,
Miss Lucy Pollock, went to Gaffney
Wednesday shopping.
Mr. W. J. Moorehead
day in Hickory Grove.
Colonel T. B. Butler,
was in town Tuesday.
Miss Mable Ramseur
day in Gaffney.
Messrs. J. B. Shiver and C. L.
Whisonant left last night for Camden
where they will attend court for a
few days.
Dr. J. T. Darwin, of Gaffney, was
in town Monday evening.
Mr. A. Osborne, of this place, spent
Wednesday in Hickory Grove.
.Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Whisonant, ol
King's Creek, spent Monday night in
town with their son, Mr. A. Whiso
nant.
Mr. J. F. Jenkins, of Grover, was
in town a few hours Tuesday.
Dr. W. E. Anderson spent Wednes
day in Gaffney. F. B.
spent Tues-
of Gaffney,
spent Tues-
A UNIQUE OPERATION.
Skin Gratfed Upon the Foot of Mr
Frank Jones.
Mr. Frank Jones, son of Comptrolle
General Jones, of Columbia, is out o
the hospital again after having expc
rienced a painful but successful or
eration. Some time ago a part of hi:
foot was cut off by a train on the Sea
board Air Line. The wound neve
healed successfully and the youni
man was taken to the Columbia hospi
tal where skin was taken from unde
his arm and grafted on the wound
The operation was successful and tin
skin is growing over the wound.
Ravenna Notes.
Ravenna, April 17th. 1905.
Ed. The Ledger:—We have ha
some right bad weather recently an
all rhe farmers are behind in the:
work. There is no corn nor cotto
planted yet. and c omo grounds arenc
fixed for planting.
We had some snow here the firs
of April, and my parents say the
never heard of such a thing in thei
lives. It thundered and lightened a
the snow fell.
The prospects are good for lots c
apples and peaches, and just plenty c
cherries this season, if the caterpillar
do not destroy them. I never knei
of a caterpillar being in a cherry tree
but there are more of them this yea
than I ever saw before.
Wheat crops are very fine and s
are oats. My father has the bes
wheat this year that he has had i:
years, and he says he never will pu
cotton seed under his w’heat. agair
He intends to use guano.
I am glad to say that gardens ar
doing finely. We have beans and Irisl
potatoes up and radishes and kai
large enough to eat. We have beddei
our sweet potatoes, and some an
sprouting. Onions and turnips ar'
looking w r ell.
I have been going to school. W<
have a fine school and a fine teacher
Mr. Tom G. Clyvlk. He certainly is i
good teacher, both in the school am
Sunday school. We have one of th<
best Sunday schools in the country
and I go every Sunday. “Ravenna’
is my name, and if I wmre to miss
Sunday school one Sunday, the nex
week would seem like a month t<
me. We have six Sunday schoo
classes; the teachers are Mr. John B
Brown. Mis? Sallie Chalk, Miss Addi<
Brown, Miss Rossle Foster. Miss Bes
sie Mathis and Miss Pauline Pettit.
Mr. John B. Brown is quite unwel
with a very bad cough; and his wife
is very ill, too. We miss them verj
much from our Sunday school.
Chickens are hatching well now and
the little chicks are growing fast. W«
have a yard full of little ones.
Wishing all The Ledger’s friends
good luck,
A kittle Blue-Eyed Girl.
debility and nerve
trouble, and keep them constantly on
hand since, as I find they have no
equal. Cherokee Drug Co., druggist
guarantees them at 50c.
H . S .
„
, w,fh t, '° rosu,t as k. R. Black out the ball out. Jim will
struck
near
stated
The wound was treated bv the
railway company’s surgeon, Dr. S. D.
Crawley, and the county physician,
Dr. J. N. Nesbitt. The patient is re
ported to bo getting along ns well as
could be expected.
A Daredevil Ride
often ends In a id acrid* nk To he il
accidental Injuries, use Bteklen’s
Arnica Salve. “A deep wound In my
foot, from an accident,” writes Theo
dore SchueJo, of Columbus, O., “cans-
himself Tuesday morning at the police od me great pain. Physicians were
station. It Is a case not of ciDtabe helpless, but Bucklen’s Arnlea Salve
but of what might be termed unknown , quickly healed it ” Soothes and heals
T.c at Cherokee
identity. The man’s mind Is nn nb >• bums like magic,
lute blank fin every mailer which Drug Co.
might Identify him. He has forgotten
his name, residence, relatives ami Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a year.
not likely be aide to work soon. It’s
(h*‘ old song—women, whiskey and
pistols—the delectable trio that has
done more to promote crime than all
other agencies combined.
Nothing has as yet been done that
we know of to bring the pftrties to
trial. A healthy court prescription
’d iced in the hands of Capt. Dick
Jol’.v would doubtless restore the
country to its former quietude. Prof.
H'Ut Hallman could perhaps locate
(he germ of the disease, or, at least
P event its recurrence. We hope he
will make the effort to do so. It’s
about time the clerks of court’s arse
nal was being recruited.
Rev. W .D. Hammett filled his pul
pit at Abingdon Creek church last
Sabbath and Sabbath night. Rev. L.
K. Gaines was also present In the in-
An advertisement that doesn’t ad
vertise is not a good advertisetnent.
He Kept Up in the Race.
James S. Barron, President Man
chester Cotton Mills, Rock Hill S C
writes:
“In 1883 I painted my residence
with L. & M. It looks better than a
“reat many houses painted throe
years ago.”
Don t pay $1.50 a gallon for linseed
oil which you do in ready-for-use
paint.
Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60
cents per gallon, and mix it with
Longman & Martinez L. & M Paint.
It makes paint cost about $1.20 ner
gallon.
Wears and covers like gold.
Every Church given a liberal quan
tity when bought from Smith Hard
ware Co., Gaffney: Blacksburg Drug
Co., Blacksburg.
Hall & Willis Dissolved.
I he law firm heretofore existing b
i (wen W .S. Hall, Jr., and J. A. Willi
under the name of Hall &■ Willjs* - h?
been dissolved. Mr. Hall still occ
pies the offices in the National Ban
building: Mr. Willis is in Barnwe
now, and it is not yet known whethf
or not he will remain in Gaffney.
—Cultivate your crops with a cul
tivator at one-half the expense by buy
ing your cultivators of Lin°rnnib,
Goudelock & Co.
Special prices on Negligee Shirts
and big lot to select from at J. I.
Sarratt’s.
Asheville witnessed a touch of law
lessness late Saturday night and early
Sunday morniug, that resulted in the
killing of a negro named'Butler .Max
well, on Mountain street: the serious
and perhaps fatal wounding of W. M.
Atkins, a white man. on Southsfile
avenue: the attack and serious injury Last Hope Vanished
of another negro on Valley street, and I When leading physicians said th
the shooting of two women and a ne-1 W. M. Smithart of Pekin la h
gro hoy on “Greasy Corner.” Three of incurable consumption his 'last” ho
the crimes, including the unprovoked j vanished; but Dr Kind’s New C
killing of Maxwell, are believed to covery for Consumption. Cough- a:
nave been committed by two white | Colds, kept him out of his crave I
men, non-residents of Asheville, who savs: “This preat specific c- mpl* t
went looking for trouble and who afte ■ I ly cured me. and saved mv life Sim
finding a succeeded in evading Jfhe j then. I have used it for over 10 year
consider it a marvelous thro
and lung cure.” Strictly seiontil
cure for Coughs. Sore Throats i
Colds; sure preventive of Pneumoni
Guaranteed, 50c and $1.00 bottles
Cherokee Drug Co. Trial bottle f-e
police and malting their escape. The | and
killing of Maxwell was the last of the
desperate acts of the men and occur
red shortly after 1 o’clock Stinlav
morning. Mac Brooks and Walter
Barber, two white men of the Avery’s
Prec*k section of Buncombe county,
have been arrested, charged with Max
well’s murder and the stabbing of At
kins. Brooks was arrested late Sun
day evening and Barber Monday after
noon. Both men have been identified
.as parties seen on Mountain street a
few minutes before the homicide. The
coroner’s jury refurend a verdict find
ing that Barber killed the negro and
that Brooks was his accomplice.
—Keep the llicg out by buying
screen doors, windows, etc., at Lip
scomb, Goudelock & Co.’s.
—Nelson, the Star Clothier, is r
ceiving big shipments of new goo*
every day preparatory to Inaugurate
a big ten days’ sale, which he Intent
to begin next Friday. He wants tf
or twelve extra clerks to help hi
during the sale.
—I have a lino of samples fro
Globe Tailoring Go. S'^e them ar
have your measure taken for a sprlr
suit. J. I. Sarratt.
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