The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 25, 1905, Image 1
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mUSHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE
«TEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Happenings All Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
W. J. Harley, who shot the negro
at Harleyville on Monday, has not
been arrested and bis whereabouts
are not konwn. The negro, so far as
known, still lives.
Hampton Zeigler, of Hamberg, who
was shot Saturday night by Marion
Black, died Monday morning. At the
post mortem it was found that the
bullet had pierced the- intestines in
three places. No motive for the kill
ing developed at the inquest. Both
men were drinking at the time of the
shooting. Zeigler’s dying statement
was that there had been no quarrel
and he did not know why Black had
shot him. Application for hail is to
be made this week, provided some
body will go on his bond.
The people of Kershaw community
were aroused by another alarm of Are
at the cotton platform Thursday after
noon about 4 o’clock. About 30 bales
of cotton cm the platform near the
cottm warehouse where the fire oc
curred sor.e days ago were consider
ably damaged. Owing to the prompt
ness and thoroughness of the fire de
partment, the fire was prevented from
being communicated to the warehouse
and to other cotton cm- the platfohn.
The fire Ifj thought to have originated
from the southbound freight train,
which had just passed.
A very sad accident happened at
Bamberg Monday afternoon when
Sammie, the little 9-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. N. Z. Felder, was killed
while playing ball. The little fellow
bad started to run with a stick, which
he was using for a bat, in his hand.
Tie stumbled and fell and the stick
stood upright, catching him under the
throat. His neck was discolated just
at the junction of the head with the
spine, with accompanying concussion
of the brain. Physicians worked wuth
him faithfully to save his life, hut
nothing could he done to save his life
and death took place about four hours
after the accident, he never regaining
consciousness. The burial took place
at the Zeigler burying ground about
two miles below Bamberg.
For the second time within a year
Johnston has suffered heavily by fire.
Eire* which started there shortly after
3 o’clock Friday morning destroyed
property in the heart of the business
section valued at about $13,000, upon
which there is $3,000 insurance. Two
splendid brick stores and four wood
en buildings were* completely wiped
out. The principal losers arc* L. B.
Asbell & (to., drugs, and groceries,
loss $10,000, insurance $1,000; D. T.
Out/., four buildings, loss $3,500, insui-
ance $2,000. The goods in Dr. Mob
ley’s drug store and those of Edwards’
bicycle store were moved out in time
to escape the flames. Almost every
merchant in town sustained some
damage by the* removal of goods. But
for a fortunate* southerly wind the
entire* town would have been swept
by fire.
E. S. Crosby ,of St. Louis, with the*
Boer war show, was arrested in
Florence Thursday on a warrant
sworn out by L. F. Kennedy, a citizen
of Sumter. Mr. Kennedy says ho
handed him a $5 hill there to purchase*
a ticket. The* artist by a quick ma
nipulation handed him $1. with the
statement that he could not make
change. Mr. Ke*nne*dy rc*memstrated
hut to no avail .and tit) officer was
present. .He* could not locate the man
after the show. He followed him to
Florence, blentifie*d him and ha<l him
arrested. The fellow stated that it
was a mistake lie* made*, as someone
else handed him a $1 hill at the* same
time, and in the* hurry and confusion
lie* made the* mistake. He refuneleel
Mr. Kennedy the amount and paid
his expenses, and was wl.ling to pay
more* to escape a trial.
Letter to B. Scruggs.
Ezells, S. (\
Dear Sir: What is lumber worth?’
‘'Depends on the lumber,” you say--
“what sort do you want?”
That’s how some peo;)! ■ ta! 1 : . • out
paint. They ask: “W it'll you p nt
my house for?”
The Yankee answer is: "How do
you want It painted? o <h coat” two
coats? three coats' tird-class o*-
cheap?”
The prop 1 r answer !*■•; "I want the
best paint put on m it ought to bo.”
That’s Devoej hut 'he* uoial answer
Is: “J want a.good je>l>: hut I want
It. cheap.” Which means; ! want you
to paint It for nothing. 1 want te> he
foe (led.
L* ad a’lcl-edl is the costlh'sl paint
then* 1;;: neit the* be o; it u.sed to be
the best. Dcvoe* is h'*st, since zinc
can e in: De*voe* is h nd and-zinco.
Zinc teutghens the lead and double*.;
Its wear.
Zinc ce)sts no nuiro than lead; and
w<* grind by machinery.
'Vo have* net patent on /.Inc; hut no-
body else is treating It right. Dcvoe*
is yemr paint. Yours truly,
87 F W l)<‘ve>, - K Co
I’. 8.- Wilkins Hardware Co. s il
cr paint.
—Ke*e*p the fib's emt by buying
screen ebsirs, w indow e, e-tc., at Lip
scomb, Ooudelock & Co.’s.
Many a man wast.s a lot of wind
blowing about himself.
CORINTH CHRONICLES.
Some Comments in Reply to “C. H.”
on Reducing the Cotton Acreage.
Corinth, April 21.—We would sug
gest “C. H.,” the Antioch pencil push
er review h>is statement which ap
peared in this paper a few days ago.
While we admit from the way the cot
ton wagons are rumbling to town, as
ocular evidence, and from the publish
ed port receipts, cotton is not being
generally and rigidly held by the
farmers as in accordance with the
organized plan of the Southern Cotton
Association. C. H. intimates that wo
are too greedy for our own good.
Now in accordance with his own state
ment, the farmers of his section are
overwhelmingly breaking the record
increasing the cotton acreage this
spring. While we admit again
that the tag sales point out that an
unusually heavy purchase of fertil
izers is being made, however, judg
ing from our own actual seeing and
enquiring, we predict that this fertil
izer will be used for general crop
diversification. We believe that the
cotton acreage in Cherokee county is
being reduced 20 per cent. However,
taking the cotton belt as a whole, the
same percentage of reduction will
probably be obtained.
If we are wrong, we ask C. H. to
give us statistical evidence. We
therefore must rise or fall together
and no single class can expect to suc
ceed that undertakes to monoplize the
interests of the others. We stand for
the supremacy of the South agricul
turally, commercially and financially.
Farmers, reduce your acreage.
1 he.Sunday school at this place has
• eon reorganized with Mr. E. J. Clary
as superintendent, and Mr. R. S. Por
ter, Mrs. C. A. Spencer, Misses Eliza
Kirby and Eula Carter as his corps of
teachers. Large classes are present
on every Sunday. We wish them con
tinued success.
Mr. Z. J. Petty has had his dwelling
house remodeled which greatly im
proves its appearance.
Mr. Fred A. Garvin, carrier on R.
F. I). No. (1, spent last Saturday night
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. C.
Garvin.
Mr. W. S. Sparks has purchased a
portion of the Petty and Phillips land,
and we understand that he anticipates
remodeling his machinery and will put
in a suction ginnery before next sea
son.
Miss Maudie Kirby and Misses
Ethel and Marie Clary are spending
a few days with relatives near Etta
Jane. k.
A Pair of Fine Mules Killed.
No. 39, southbound passenger train
on the Southern Railway, ran ove.
and killed a pair of very fine mules
belonging to Morgan & Austin, of
Greenville Friday at the crossing be
tween the American Spinning compa
ny plant and the Poe Mills, in that
city. Peter Sloan, the driver, had de
livered a load of lumber at the Amer
ican Spinning company’s plant an>l
bad started back to the city. He said
the mills on either side of the cross
ing made so much noise that he did
not hear the approaching train and
that the train did not blow for the
crossing and that he did not see th-
train. Just as the mules were on the
track they were struck by the train
which was running about 40 miles an
hour. One of the mules was knocked
off the track and instantly killed. The
other- mule was picked up by the pilot
and carried two hundred feet before
it was thrown from the engine. The
driver’s escape is miraculous. The
mules were valued at ?l- r )0 and highly
prized by their owners. The wagon
was a total wreck.
A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVILLE,
PROHIBITION ANO
NO DISPENSARY
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Itema of
General Interest.
ARE
SYNONOMOUS TERMS
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
IN
I.
Wilkinsville, April 21.—Frost in the
early part of the week did consider
able damage to garden plants and
fruit. In some places it did more dam
age than in others.
The shooting scrape mentioned in
our last letter came up before Magis
trate J. R. Poole last Tuesday and he
sent the case up to the court of gen
eral sessions for trial.
At about midnight last Tuesday
your correspondent was called up out
of bed by a runaway couple who
wanted to get married. But in the ab
sence of witnesses to prove the girl’s
age or the consent of her parents, they
were informed that the marriage could
not come off and they struck out. to
some one else. It’s no use to come
here on that business unless every
thing is right. We don’t propose to
he a party to an illegal or unfortu
nate marriage if we kn< w It..
The chain gang ha finished the
work in this section and gone to the
Asbury neighborhood to work.
Corn and cotton seed are bein
planted as fast as fa • ners get their
lands ready for it .
Just now it is difficult to tell what
the reduction in acre; ge will amount,
to in this neighborhc d. it will he
less than last year we think. Though
some will plant as much as ever.
The .Mean’s g-ass was killed last
Tuesday morning by the frost.
Last Sabbath afternoon Mr. J. J.
Robin on, of Yorkville, and several
others, saw a bald eagle Hying along | South
leisurely just above the 'ops of the
trees. It went from this side of the
river and was going in an easterly di
rection. We don’t want Hamp
more to think that he had his rations
with him for he will find plenty of
them in York county. He was not
like the ill-fated crow, which is re
ported to have passed over this sec
tion several years ago. He took a
different direction aud v e trust will
come out better than the crow did.
Supervisor Wm. Phillips came down
last Tuesday and brought two recruits
to the chaingang.
For the last few days we have had
dry weather and the ground is get 1
ting hard again.
We understand that our friend and
neighbor, Jeff Blackwell, has cotton
up. Too soon, Jeff. Ix).*k out for a
cold snap next full moon.
Today is Good Friday, and garden
ers will dt most of their planting.
Jim Smith, who was
melee last Sabbath, is
Public Sentiment Decidedly Against
Liquor in Any Form—Special Legis
lation.
Mr. Editor:—When we penned that
article the other day in reference to
the liquor business in Cherokee coun
ty we had no idea it would be noticed
or dignified to the extent of provoking
a controversy. Such certainly was
not our intention. The state of the
public mind was all that we wished
to recall—nothing more nor nothing
less.
But when “One of the Old Guard”
says “halt” we must either retrace
our steps or advance and give the
countersign.
The first we are not willing to do.
and the second we are not afraid to
do. In this we are somewhat lik
the fellow who. during the late war
wanted to pass a post on which an
irishman fresh from ‘‘the ould conn-
three” was on guard. The Irishman
bringing his gun to the proper posi
tion, rolled to him. ‘‘Halt, ye!” The
fellow stopped and the Irishman said:
•’Coo* , torrid an i gev the coonter
ign. ’ The fellow said, “I don’t know
hat it is.” The irGbmn” rcs.'Ld:
“I tell ye, coom 1 rrid and g *\ m
the eoontersign at once.” The fellow j
repeated, "I don’t know what it Is”!
The irishman then said: “Ef ye don’t
say ‘Foort Soomter’ I’ll shoot ye."
Now, we are called upon to say
something and we don’t, know what
il is. unless “One of the Old Guard”
will tell us.
fo the average man or woman in
Cherokee county, or elsewhere in
Carolina, prohibition and no
dispensary are synonymous terms so
far as the people are concerned. But
when reviewed from a legal or legis-
Prid- lative standpoint they are very differ
ent. The first is an absolute wiping
out of the liquor business, in tofo:
while the second only refers to the
snle of liquor through or by the dis-
| pensary. The distillery provided for
'by the dispensary law Is part and par !
! cel of the latter, in spirit they are)
|one, while in letter they are different, j
, We are confident “One of the Old
Guard” will agree with us in this con
clusion.
against his will to get out of his
house and off his premises, the fellow
replied, “I can do so, Mr. Holland, if
you say so.” “Well, I say so, and I
mean for you to stay off, too, when
you get off,” replied the old man.
That's the kind of orders the people
gave the liquor business when they
expressed themselves at the polls last
fall in voting for "no dispensary.”
Now. we do not censure our repre
sentatives for failing to do what we
expected. They perhaps did all they
could; but we failed to see in the
daily papers any attempt off their part
to bring the matter in which we* feel
an interest to an issue.
There may be certain constitutional
environments which prevented them
from asking for “special legislation”
for Cherokee county or any other
county. The legislature is not made
up of constitutional fawyers. There
have, no doubt, been good laws en
acted which did good service for
years and years and at last when their
contitutionality was tested by the
supreme court they were set ashb*.
This will no doubt be the case again.
Common sense is good law. anywhere,
and in any case. Law is the perfec-
tion of human reason; if it is not its
poor law.
W»* did assert and now reassert that
"The majority of the people are vril
ling to do their duty if they only
know it. But they don’t propose to
I >>'* made a laughing stock for the rest
I of the world.”
.'Orr, brother, in tee fi,st place, they
have done their duty !y voting out
j the dispense y by ..n overwhelming
joriiy. They wo ked hard that
at. nuisance ignt he blotted out
THROUGHOUT THE
TARHEEL STATE
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
tl
and their
i cessful.
t In n
t
•Torts
were abundantly suc-
^ ‘Cend phtoe, a lew
a uetghuoiiug ionn
la*
and
ago
su r-
vri.ile ia
1: ’>ded by half a dozen men, we were
subjected to a catechist leal examina-
j tlon of which the following questions
and answers are a fair sample:
Question. How is prohibition
ting on in Cherokee?
Answer. It’s all right.' Not one
case of drunkenness can be found in
our town or on the road to or from
it when a score or more could
seen less than a year ago when
had the dispensary.
Question, How c’o you fellows
get
be
we
along without liquor now?
gi
doing
hurt
Answr. Better than with it.
Question. Don’t jou think
away with the dispensary has
the business oi the town?
Answer. No, it hasn't (ion** it yet.
jonly in one particular, and that is it
jitas materially reduced th<* fore*, on
J the ehaingang.
Question. How -it ;.v disiil-
jlery you are going to have over there?
Answer. Wb* are not going to have
any. You fellows and the rest of the
Statt ' '
The men who vote “No dispensary”,
are termed “prohibitionists.” This j j , ‘ ar . e ,,oin g that; and we are go
they are if in their motives they are i’f U, ^’ ,vt ’ y,,u Ik ^ 01 marching orders
sincere. " |'\ln*n the ^proper tune comes.
The dispensary when first instituted you got. plenty
as a compromise measure on the liquor ’ .* in ' ,, P there?
business was dubbed "a step to-'- A swer ' Perha P
wards prohibition." It was never in
tended to go beyond that, and perhaps
wounded in the j not even that far if all motives could
nursing a sore!have been fully understood.
CHEAP RATES
arm. It's probable other prosecutions j When the law was enacted by which
w1 ]' 'the people could vote it out of their
Air. Bill banders in speaking of the respective counties if they chose there
mule says a right good plug of a mule, I w as nothing said about how long they
grade, can he bought for! could keep h out; and hence it re
quired such legislation as would set-
bushel of! tie that point by making its departure
permanent and continuous one.
instance, suppose a sufficient
her of voters would change their
Mr. Jim
big grain
Via the Southern Railway to the Fol
lowing Points.
Kansas City, Mo.—Southern Bap
tist Convention; May 10-17, 190:,
Rate one first-class fare plus 50 cents
for round trip. Tickets on sale May
7 to 11, Inclusive; final limit May 23,
1905.
St. Louis, Mo.—National Baptist
Anniversary, May 10-24, 19or,. Rate
one first-class fare plus 25 cents for
round trip. Tickets on sale May 11-
15-10, with final limit May 27. 1905
Asheville, N. C.—South Atlantic
Missionary Conference, May 17-21.
1005. Rat/* one first-class fare plus
25 cents for round trip. Tickets on
ale May 10, 17; final limit May 23,
1905,
Fort Worth, Tex.—General Assem
bly Southern Presbyterian church.
May 1X-20, 1905. Rate one first-class
fare plus $2.00 for round trip. Tick-
<*ts on sale May 15, 10, 17; final limit
May 31, 1905.
Hot Springs, Va.—Southern Hard
ware Jobbers Association June 0-9
1905. Rate one first-class fare plus
about third
! $175 at Union.
Mr. Sam J. Strain got a
seed cane from his friend
Smarr. It’s the old-fusioned
variety.
Housewives complai. that It’s hard
to get the right kind of bean seed.
Most of that in the markets is husky
and doesn't give the satislaction the
old-fashioned tender bean does. They
make u mistake in depending on the
market while they should gather their
C <1 from tin* field.
If the signs of the times an
index to the future prospect of
cotton market, there will be
J.OOO.OOO bales in the way of
j ear's cotton crop, and it will be
innate for the cotton growers if
i..n’t. Fanners can’t bo depended up-
< a to carry out their pledges unless
they an' in position to do so. They
cin’f well organize and stick together.
When they need money they sell for
h:;t they can get. and that’s the n a-
son many of them are not holding out
now. Should a frost or other disas
A*!- co.)::* upon the <01: n after p’s
too late to plant and they pm tiio hind
in corn and raise* a good crop, th
will not be such losers at
Wheat and oats, what
sown, look well.
We regret to learn that
I’kixico died at h<*r home
■ an
the
no
this
for-
it
a
! For
1 nun
! minds and join in and make up the re
quired number of petitioners to have;
the dispensary reestablished in Cher-!
okee county, where would the p-ohibl- j
tiomsts or anti-dispensary people be?
How could they help themselves?
I Public sentiment at present in this!
'county is decidedly against Honor in J
, any way, and we are glad of it, ami!
' hope it will remain so. But who can
tell but that another generation tun*
come forward that may not feel so.
We neither time nor apace to
go into general details, or point out
_ s so. A single one
much more than a plenty
Question. Well, don’t, some of your
p«*ople buy and drink liquor just as
they did before the dispensary was
closed ?
Answer. No, I think not. If they
do they must go somewhere else to
“< t ;t and they don’t among the bet
ter class of citizen* who V
affliction with them.
Question. Do the officers enforc
the law against the liquor traffic?
Answer, i think they <jo. The
cant afford to do otherwise.
Question. 1 our schools don’t get
tny of the dispensary fund now, how
do you people like that?
Answer. Splendidly. We don’t want
lb We don’t propose to educate
children at the expense of
mothers, wives and neglected
tering children, to say
have no
v
our
weeping
and snf-
nothlng of the
victims,
you no
pha *e
d' the case now before
only one reasonable eon-
bo reached, and that is the
t know its duty
■ r all.
liitlo
iey
are
Mr
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a sister
t. Alien
Sharon
jo Air.
25 cents for round trip. Tickets
sale June 3, 4, 5.; final limit June
on
13,
Ravannah, Ga.—National Travelers’
Protective Association of America,
May 1(5-23, 1905. Rate one first-class
faro plus 50 cents for round trip.
Tickets on sale May 13-14; final limit
May 20, 190.5.
Savannah, Ga.—Fourth Annua!
Tournament Southern Golf Associa
tlon. May 9-13, 1905. Rate one fir t
class fare plus 25 cents f<
trip. Tickets on sale May
1905; limited May 15, 1905.
The Southern Railway is the mo t
direct line to all of tho above points;
operating pullmnn sleeping cars,
M"h hack vestibule coaches, with su
perb dining car service
For detailed information apply to
any ticket agent of tlds company, or
R. W. Hunt,
Division Passenger Agent.
Charleston, ti. C.
ror roun 1
7 S 9
if Wf • ,
After might has prevailed
ed right b> those who were
thereby.
It Is cull-
benefited
yesterday. She was
John J. Robinson.
The .Siau* ;mi'li-hing company, of
Louisville, Ky., is collecting th *
ia: .(*,: or Uonfedi rate veterans who
were living at the beginning of the
twentieth century, and we have been
engaged as a "labor of love’’ to assist
t hem. These names will lx* published
n book form. We will he glad to have
ail the names we can get for this
work, a it will most likely ho the only
correct li.m ever published and it will
< OM you only a postal card (or letter)
f idrd out as follows: Full name;
l*. <). address; when horn; date* of
' Mb; occupation; first entry into Con-
if derate service; tank; commands, or
m whose command; how long In the
er-vlee; number of camp U. <\ V (if
'tty); number of camp officers; rank
tit any) In U. C. V.; and give a.s much
Information as you possibly can and
end to J. L. S., YVilkinsvillo, S.
Old we’ll do the rest. This should be
done w'tldn (he next two or three
' eks at the outside, so tint all the
information can be placed In the hands
the company in time to get it in
•ho book. We already have a long
list and hope to got others. It will
cost you nothing but as above stated.
Vo one is required to take the book
tiiless he sees proper to do so. But
Ills name, etc., will appear in it all
the same. j, r, 3,
eve
us.
Then* i
elusion to
legislature either didn
nr failed to sm* Its opportunity to fas
ten upon (he statute hooks a law that
I nothing else could undo. We would
I not have anyone to think our repre
sentatives ar«' not the equals of tin."
: -her county or counties in tin* R'at'*
n their integrity, honesty, fidelity,
• character or any other accomplish-
ont that fits them for the duties they
j were elected to perform. But they
I'ti’e finite creatures just like the ro-’r
'id us, and it ■ v"ong to criticise them
j lor not being able to look into the ftt-
tuic ami tel] what is yet to come cr
I provide against emergencies
i neither thoj r.or their con
jo:,Dented <■> arise,
j .'list q few d".' t ago in talking of
Uhis matte to one of the'two men who
dh' more than any other fifty men to
hriiig about the sentiment that routed
out the dispensary, ho said he never
thou::ht of any one putting a distiller,-
blood of murdered
Question. Have
Cherokee now ?
Answer. Not a single case ha
docketed since the dispensary
out of business that I
heard of.
Question. How are you
ing
'i tin
murders in
been
Items of Interest Concerning Out
Neighbors in the Old North State
Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers
A mysterious fire which originated
in an unusual room in the Fleming
hotel at Marion, was discovered about
10 o’clock Wednesday morning and
extinguished before much damage was
done.
C. K. McLelland writes the Char
lotte Observer that the report that
students of the A. and M. College at
Raleigh have formed a milk trust is
not true; that “The Capital City
Dairy” handles only about 30 per
cent, of the milk sold in Raleigh.
The dead body of Autney Morrison,
colored, was found hanging to a tree,
in the woods near Thomasville, Wed
nesday morning. He had been mis
sing for several days. He had’ taken
off his overalls ami with these made
a rope and hung himself. His mind
was impaired.
Superintendent Mann, of the Raleigh
penitentiary, reports the escape from
the State farm of John Watson, a
white man serving 2.5 years for mur-
- . froin Vance c'u'uty, sentenced in
and \* id Diiiith, colored, sen
tenced in 1904 to 10 years f: ,.: Lenoir
county, for house-breaki g.
Right Reverend Alfred Augustin
Watson, bishop of the Protestant Epis
copal church of the east Carolina
diocese, died at his home in Wilming
ton at 3:25 P. M. Friday, after an ill
ness of nearly two years following a
stroke of paralysis. The end came
peacefully after a period of uncon
sciousness of several hours.
For two years or more Guilford
College, at Greensboro, has been raisr
ing an endowment fund with gratify
ing success. Now comes the announce
ment that Andrew Carnegie has of
fered $45,000 on 'condition that friends
of the college will duplicate that sum.
This donation was granted in response
to the application of the trustees of
the college through President Hobbs
and Air. J. Elwood Cox.
President F. P. Venable, of the
State University, says work on the
new $45,000 laboratory building began
Tuesday, Contractor Underwood, of
Durham, doing the work. Dr. Vena
ble says he Is receiving letters from
alumni in all parts of the country
pledging themselves for donations to
ward the raising of the $50,000 neces-
*ary to he raised in order to secure
the $50,000 from Andrew Carnegie for
a library building. He is confident of
securing the amount.
The Oxford Water & Electric Com-
pany was chartered Friday morning
with $50,000 capital for the purpose
of constructing water works for the
town of Oxford. The incorporators
are Harry L. Millner, of .Morganton;
W- T. Sherman, W. E. Richardson, of
Washington, I). C. The department of
State also granted a charter for the
Newbt*: n Iron Works, capital $20,000
subscribed, by W. \. Alclntosh. E. H.
A loams, Vv. T. Brinson, for tne pur
pose of doing a general iron foundry
inrl machinery business, Including
contract work.
Know or
! G'l
j You
(and
: now
An
sary.
j pensary. or i uppo-sed to lx* operated
jumicr dispensary regulations, which!
a'i tlx* same so far as we can see
’ - we understand R tlx* hoard of
j oontr "l !s tlx* court to pass upon tlx*
(case and if that be so we (for 0 ],
Fite Upper boors of the four three-
story buildings on Market strt t, Wil
mington, next we-f of Front treet,'
occupied by Samuel Bear, Sr.. &■ Sons,
went j wholesale grocers. Cause Schfik r,
have j saloon proprietors, and E. Warren &
Sons, confect loners and ic * cream
were fired last. Sat-
1, aid
were
water,
iously
39,(tin),
0 l<f
ep that distillery
fro
un oper-
unlay morning
about 10 (
;'o!ocl
()V(‘
r there?
the stocl
ks on
the lower
boors
S \w,'
By using
all t
he
lawfit!
; badly damaged
by smoke
and
is ai
our disposal:
< ausing
an am
iregate los
s var
*’sffo
n Suppose t
here
is
U'» la .
"stlmatei
1 at fr
om $2b,0xu
to ?:
inly
voted to close
the
dis
P< us ury
■ili prett;
. well
covered by
insu
-aid
nothing alxxn
Mu
* di
Istillery
is that?
Willie
Phifer,
a colored
boy
swer
. We didn’t
thin
it 1
t n ‘:*'‘S
It years
old. w
as Saturda
y nig
Th
e distillery js
pa-t
of
the di
. c* or; ~
nt Pitts
and (
v.hb
•n n
reasons) seriously doubt tin* out
It s the sentiment of th
'lot ihe letter of tho ktu
J we base- our hopes for
1 success of prohibition.
! Nov , Brother "One of
j Guard,” we are for prohihffh
| signed that petition long
bvtotts
come.
• icople and
upon which
Hie ultimate
in Cherokee county after such
overwhelming majority for "no
■in
heard from yo
do all in our p
honorable to
the
>n and
before
pensary.”
Why, my dear friend, don’t you i
know that sin is immortal’' It will
never cease to exert an influence over I
men and nx'asur s in this world tint;’
the devil is dead. When you put :t |
'h;et out of your house you shut
anc
object
Will;
t sets forth,
insvilh*, April
t. and will continue
over that is legal, rii
carry into effect
Oil
had
we
to
ht
he
’ Henderson, of Charlotte, for
eeny of a cm and belt, the
of the Carolina Clothing (
The hoy had only been
from the chaingang about t
ago, his offense at that time
been rock-throwing. Ph.it
the store, apparent’ . to look
and to make purchases. He ta:
witli him an overcoat, ben Rh w
he hid the purloined articles, j
'tons created usplcion, an.' ;
fleers were called in, who
search, the* result of which
immediate confinement in th
Notwithstanding the bov
out
ar-
o.'r
the hir-
property
! ompany.
dismissed
o mouths
att-
19. 1905
J. L. S.
reputation is rathe
s *
doubtfi
aving
itered
about
led
ich
ac-
e of-
nia.de
d his
di-up.
.':1s
11s
Wouldn’t It!
1ft
»
the
door behind him and close the vvlndo*"
to prevent his reentering. (We do
not use tills expres: I( n to convey the
idea that .1 man, or set of men. who
would put up a distillery in Cherokee
county belong to that class, hut only
to illustrate the point In‘question.)
If tho legislature had followed up
the success of prohibition at the polls
with a proper prohibitive enactment
it would have closed the door behind
the liquor business and made its exit
permanent and its return ImiioHslble.
When old man Holland told tho fel
low who was courting his daughte’
1 ti
"Tlx*
ii!*d to
tiger ti
sician
book.”
a.s had
No Indeed.
(Charlotte Chron
Greenville. 8. <’,, \
prohibition town of
decl with * new brand
e other day- ,1 watxb 1
with his lit tit
This Is bad, but not allot
as "Tillman’s fuss X.”
says:
arloffe
of blind
i#x phy
prescription
ther
Cultivate your crops with a
tivator at one half the oxp-nse by b.n
lug your cultivators
Goudelock & Co.
of Lipscomb.
- Special prices on Negligee Shirts
and big lot to select from nt J. I
Sarratt’a.
Subscribe for The Ledger, only |1.00
(Ulx
^ster
Lantern !
l
I.:*
S. I \\
’(.* K
I brot
* larg;*
distilleries
\ or
* des
t <X(
1 in
v 1 rpf*n Vj,
!' ■ co nty
by t
h * U
8. 1
even
no office
-. together
V. 1* Il
3,00
1 .* ;J ]
lions
of beer h
nd nt g tl-
Ions
of n
e'.vly
mad
e corn v!
d ! y. R
T!f JP*
tiot
apm
•nr t!
on’the 11
rohibRion*
Yds
had i
any U
dug 1
to do wit)
) th. 'aid.
\ i
they!!
do M
ledinr
W
hy s]
fimtlr
; the;
1 •> .1,
’vi;ie i < n
di • p(
'•'tsar
y eo
unty.
\nd. by
' the ■ ay.
it (hi
us m
>t up
pear
(hat the 1
lUpen ary
fell
- b'W
1. rr
vti'in
to do
vith Uto
raid.
R
••t 11
r thi
t had ht
PP'-nml in
Cher
•<)!'. ct*.
VP
'thin
t (R huv
been a
(V (*(
*t mo
srel?
~~I have a line of
Globe Tailoring Co.
bavo your measure taken
suit. J. F. Sarraft.
sample:
8e<j ijj,.
for a
1 from
m and
spring