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W*w*. *- ■ 7 /HE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newt^^per in the Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEHI* WEEKLY —PtlBLI&HED TUESDAY AND Fit ID AY. liu NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY Gaffney, S. C., Slate, County and City Depository, With resources March 31, 1905 of over $300,000.00, respectfully solicits your banking business. ESTABLISHED FEB. 1C, 1SC4. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Beet Interests of the People of Cherokee County. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1905. $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE •TEMS OF INTERfeST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. in a wagon shohp. Recently he and a neighbor set up a repair shop of their own. He was about 40 years old, while Godfrey is about 60 to 65. It is a sad calamity to both families. TWO GOOD SERMONS. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. Bob Smalls, white, recently convict ed of killing a respectable and indus trious colored man, Frank Scott, was hanged at Darlington Friday. On the same gallows Sam Marks, a negro, who killed Hillary Lanston, white, paid the penalty for his crime. If Jerome Williams, of this State, can l)e located there is a sum of money awaiting him in Columbia. Williams enlisted in the Philippines. He filed a claim with the government on account, of some special service and after two years the government has allowed it. However, Williams cannot he located and the department has written Mr. W. Boyd Evans, of Columbia, to bunt him up. Several weeks ago Mr. P. S. Camp bell, of Marion county, was assaulted on the, public road and robbed of about $75 in cash. Since then the of ficers have been on the trail of the robbers, and Tin sday two men were taken to Ma-ion and lodged in jail. At a preliminary hearing li fore Mag istrate ! >. .1. Oliver, they were held for irial at the next term of court. The men are Harvey Bethea and Henry Walker, both negroes. Wednesday night some one of the clerks or managers of the company store at Arkwright Cotton Mill in Spartanburg, discovered that some one was in the store. They opened the door and soon discovered their man. They ordered him to surren der, but he attempted to escape. They fired on him and brought him down. The ball glanced around a rib and it is not believed that the wound is a very serious one. The burglar was a young white man who lives in Spar tanburg. Tom Wakefield, white, charged with the murder of James E Hicks, of Union, was acquitted in the Gen eral Sessions court in Greenville Thursday. At the first trial the jury could not agree. The crime of which Wakefield was charged was committ ed near Tryon a year ago, while a cocking main was In progress, and at tracted widespread attention. Edward Wakefield, a brother, is also under indictment, but escaped soon after be ing arrested and has never been heard from since. The suit of the State of South Car olina against Mcilwane, Unkefer & Co. for $200,000 for alleged fraud in the construction of the State capitol, has been continued. The motion was made Wednesday afternoon on the ground of sickness of Mr. Unkefer in Atlanta, and accordingly the continu ance was granted. Until the case is tried there will bo no work done on the State house roof, as it will ho used in evidence by both sides and it was deemed best not to change it or make any alterations. At 10 o’clock Friday morning Mr. Thomas Howsee, aged about 17, was found dead in the gasoline house be longing to the Bailey Lumber Manu facturing Company at Union, where he went Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock to get some gasoline for that firm. It is supposed that he either fainted and fell in the water which was in the pit where life gasoline was, or that in descending his foot slipped and he fell in, spilling the liquid all over his body, so that when found the skin peeled off his body like the peeling of an apple. He was the son E C. Howsee and a handsome young man, and was a favorite among baseball players, he having be longed to the nine at Union. Warrants have been issued for eight negroes as a result of the riot at the negro union meeting near Saluda on Sunday week, and It is said that they will he prosecuted to the fullest ex tent of the law. The warrants charge riot and disturbing public worship. Those named in the warrants so far Issued are Ed Worts, Anthony Henly, Fele Davis .Luther Moore, Si Graham alias Si Valentine, George Brown, Henry Harris and Frank Wells. It is very probable warrants for others will he sworn out as soon as their names can he, ascertained, for it Is evident there were upwards of two (|ozen engaged in the riot from the number of shots fired. It is said that whiskey was at the bottom of the trouble as there was considerable drinking among the parties impli cated. In Spartanburg Thursday morning about 7 o’clock Thomas Godfrey shot and killed Thomas Jones. They were neighbors living on North Church street in that city. Their lots joined, and it is the same quarrel, old as the ownership of land. Several weeks ago they had trouble about grape vines* on Mr. Godfrey’s side. They ceased to speak and have not spoken for five or six years. Thursday morn ing early they had a few words about the aforesaid grape vines, when God frey fired once with a 32 calibre pistol, the hall entering the centre of Jones’s breast. He breathed only a few min utes. Godfrey was arrested and put in Jail. Mr. Godfrey is an Irishman. He has been living in Spartanburg for years. He is a repairer of furni ture. Mr. Jones was a wood workman Rev. R. F. Otts Conducts Services at the Presbyterian Church . For the past month the Presbyte rians of this city have been without a pastor, and as a consequence the doors of their church have been closed. Sunday the pulpit was occupied by Rev. R. F. Otts, of Alabama, who preached :wo good sermons. The sub ject of the morning discourse was “Character Building,” and was a splen did exposition of what is necessary to build up a lasting character. At the morning service the anthem, “Thy Will Be Done,” was well rendered by the choir, Mrs. Westrope and Mr. Pridmore singing with good effect the duet por tion. The evening service was a kind of union service, there being no services at either the First Baptist or Buford Street Methodist churches. Rev. J. M. Steadman occupied a seat on the ros trum with Mr. Otts and lead in prayer. Mr. Otts’ subject for the evenng ser vice was “Burden*,” and he delivered another good sermon. The preacher preceded his sermon with a very ap propriate kittle speech, in which he took occasion to refer to former visits to Gaffney, and praised the people for their Christian spirit, irrespective of denomination. He at once caught the sympathy of his audience and then proceeded to preach an elegant ser mon on tlie three-fold subject of each man hearing his own burden, bearing one another’s burdens, and casting our burdens on the Lord. At this service Mrs. Westrope sang as a solo “Rock of Ages,” in good style, putting an un usual amount of expression in her work. Struck by a Street Car. While running toward the square from Elizabeth College, in Charlotte, Wednesday night, car No. 16, with Motorman Stevens and Conductor Crump, struck a hack, with dis astrous results, throwing out and injuring two negro men. The occu pants were John Lataker, who' owned the trap, and a drunken man by the name of Sam Hood. Hood twisted the lines from Lataker and caused the horse to run upon the tracks imme diately in front of the moving car. Both negroes were removed to the city prison, where their wounds were dressed by Dr. Hawley. Lataker was later taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital, where h£ was suffering great pain at a late hour. In addition to a badly cut head his right arm was broken. No blame ataches to the car crew, as Lataker charges only the drunken act of his companion, whom he had picked up. DROWNED IN SURF NEAR WILMINGTON. A YOUNG MAN LOST HIS LIFE WHILE BATHING. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILIINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Arrested by Deputy Hallman. U. S. Deputy Marshal A. L. Hallman arrested John Painter Saturday near Cherokee Springs, in Spartanburg county, who was wanted in North Car olina for violating the Revised Stat utes for concealing and removing whis key on which no tax had been paid. Marshal Hallman carried Painter be fore Commissioner J. B. Bell, who committed him to Cherokee county jail to await his trial at the October term of court for the Western District of North Carolina, which convenes at Greensboro, N. C., on the first Mon day in October. Painter fled from jus tice out of North Carolina, and Mar shal Hallman arrested him on a bench warrant issued by Hon. James E. Boyd, judge of U. S. District Court of North Carolina. A Correction. In the announcement, in Friday’s Ledger, of the coming marriage of Mr. Swofford and Miss Nance, the name of the bride-to-be was given as Miss “Nannie,” when it should have been Miss Mamie Nance, The marriage will take place in the Cherokee Avenue Baptist church on Thursday evening, May 18th, at 9 o’clock. W. A. Little, Formerly of Gaffney, In Bathing at Wrightsville Beach, Was Swept Beyond His Depth. (Wilmington Special to Charlotte Observer.) Wilmington, May 7.—While surf bathing with a number of ladies and gentlemen, members of a house party at the Hicks cottage, on Wrightsville Beach, this afternoon about 2 o’clock, William Augustus Little, 24 years of age, engaged ^as confidential secretary with the MacRae interests here, was caught by a strong undertow and drowned before help could reach him. Late tonight the body of the young man had not been recovered, though friends are making a persistent search up and down the beach. As a strong tide was receding at the time of the drowning it is probable that the body has been swept out to sea, and may never he recovered. The party of which young Little was a member was chaperoned by Mrs. H. M. Croswell and consisted of Misses Sue and Florence Fain, of Atlanta; Miss Eva McCue and Miss Sara Cross- well, of Wilmington; Messrs. Little, H. M. and Earle i rosswell, J. G. Deroulhac Hamilton, principal of tlie Wilmington Hight School; H. Lacy Hunt and .Hinton James. Just after dinner today Little and several of the ladies and gentlemen went in bathing in front of the cottage. Little went out further than the rest and evidently got beyond his depth. He shouted for hell) to Mr. Crosswell, calling him by name, “Harry," hut as members of the party started to the rescue the young man was swept further and further to s i. A Mr. Armstrong, employed in building Mr. W. J. Moore’s new hotel further up the beach, saw the excite ment and quickly divesting himself of his outer garments put out for the young man, hut the distance was more than he could overcome and when within a few feet of Little, the strug gling young man went down for the last time. Mr. Armstrong was then so exhausted that he h:i:| to be brought in and revived with stimulants, iris act is spoken of as the most heroic ever seen at the beach. Mr. Crosswell. Mr. Hamilton and other members of tlie immediate party are also deserving credit for their efforts tqward saving their companion, I Mr. Little was a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. \\. Little, living near Nevin post- ofiico, six miles north of Charlotte, and came here five years ago from Gaffney, S. C,. where he had been em ployed in ti clerical capacity at a car pet mill. He made many friends in Wilmington and was held in the high est esteem by his employers He took great interest in athletic affairs and was quite well known. He was a mem ber of the Presbyterian church, and was active in the Y. M. C. A. work. His peculiarly sad death lias cast a gloom over the entire city. Mr. Little is survived by his father and mother, eight sisters and two brothers. His family and a brother, Mr. Joe Little, ot Richmond, Va., have been apprised of tlie sad death of their relative. The death is sadder still because of the laci that early in the month of June Mr. Little had expected to claim as a bride one of Wilmington's most charm ing young women. Tlie young man was provident and exemplary in his habits. Hi* carried $5,000 insurance upon his life. Mayor’s Court. Mayor Gaffney had three disorder lies before him yesterday morning in the form of three colored sports— "Peg” Petty, Jack Littlejohn, and one other of the same tribe. Jack was fined $2.50, and “Peg” and the other $5.00 each. All three paid the cash. Attention, Masons! There will be a special communica tion of Grenard I»dge No. 186, A. F. M„ Thursday night at 8:30 o’clock, at the lodge room. All Masons are spec ially invited to lie present. Letter to 8. L. Hopper. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir; Currie Hardware Co, At lantic City, N J, had been dealing in paint for more than twenty years; and last year found-out Devoe. This is how they did it. Bought two cans, took-off the labels, sent to a chemist for analysis. The cheriiist found it pure; and they took our agency. That is the way to find-out a paint; hut not every dealer can do it. There ought to he public provision for making good things known without cost. It’s a pity American citizens haven't got it. The people want, it even more than the trade. Yours truly, 91 F W Devoe & Co P. S.—R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. sell our paint. —Keep the flies out by buying screen doors, windows, etc., at Lip scomb, Goudelock & Co.’s. —Special prices on Negligee Shirts and big lot to select from at J. F. Sarratt’f. Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a year. \N illiam Arthur Little was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Little, was born 24 years ago last August, at the old Little home in the Williams Memorial chapel neighborhood, six miles from Charlotte, and was unmarried. The young man is survived by his father and mother and sisters: Mrs. L. P. Hunter, of Long Creek: Mrs. J. B. Ford, of Clover. S. C.; Mrs. L. L. Hutchison, of No. ::17 West Ninth street. Charlotte; Mrs. J. W. Anton, of Long Creek; Misses Jess'e and Ma.id Little. Master Fred Little and Mr. J W. Little, Jr., of Richmond. Va. Other members of the Immediate fam ily are: Mrs. .1. P. Carr, Mr-. \V. Al bert Alexander, Mr. (’. Henry Little and Mr. J. Mike Little. Mr. Little lived at the home of his parents until about six years ago, when he went to Gaffney, H. C.. where he remained until 19<tl. at which time he moved to Wilmington, having ao/mpt- ed a position with tlie American'Tex tile Coloring Company, and later with the Wilmington Cotton Mills, in the capacity of secretary and treasurer. He was a most capable and efficient young man of exemplary habits, and was cared for by employers anti opera tives alike, with all those who met and know him. Mr. Little was well known and liked in Gaffney, where he had a host of fit-ends, who learn with regret of his untimely death. For some time he was stenographer and bookkeeper at the Gaffney carpet mill and left this place for Wilmington several years ago. The Ledger and his friends in tills city join jn sympathy for his family. Miss Bailey’s Recital . Miss Bailey’s graduation recital will take place on Monday evening, May 15th ,at 8:15 o’clock. ^Wlss Bailey wiil he assisted by Mrs. Scherubel, who will sing several selections. The public is cordially invited. The dummy will leave down town at about 8 uV lock. Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a year. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Wilkinsville, May 5.—Incidentally we have occasionally meniioned the name of “Uncle Dickey” Woodruff— not thinking any one would pay spec ial attention to it, or even caring if they did. But as some of his alleged sayings have gained such a world wide notoriety we have been ques tioned to know whether such a man ever existed. Well, he did, and we at one time knew him well. To say "He was every inch of a man” is to mildly express our opinion of him. He belonged, during the war, to one <)1 the Spartanburg companies of the Holcomb Legion Infantry, and was at that time well advanced in years. He was a man of rather rough exterior, hut he had a polished heart and was withal a first class gentleman, a brave Confederate soldier, and, we are satis fied, a Christian. He was true as stool to his convictions and the principles he espoused, not only with men hut in loyalty to his God. His crude ex pressions were rather novel to the un tutored. His fn quent visits to out- camp, where he held devotional ex ercises, gave the men an opportunity to form more or less an intimate ac quaintance with him. He was by ny means what we at this day (or even then) would call an educated man. His motive was too well understood to admit of criticism. He was a faithful, brave soldier and always at the front, or where duty demanded. Like the immortal ‘‘Stonewall” Jackson, he never lost, an opportunity tor commun ion with his God. He was aggressive but not abusive. In his plain, simple style he met men of every caste and would converse with them on the highest and simplest duties of man kind. He carried with him a spirit of reverential awe that made the pro fane swearers and card players stand aghast. He went into battle with t steadiness of nerve that few (if any) of his boastful comrades ever felt the provenve of. ui April :;id, 1862, Governor F. W. 1‘ickney, at Adams’ Run, reviewed the command composed of infantry, cav alry and artillery, all drawn up in line, and he made a speech in which he spoke of the immense army being fit ted tip for the capture of Richmond and crushing of the Confederacy. At tlie conclusion of Iris speech volunteers "for three years, or during tlie war,” were called for, and “Uncle Dickey” j Woodruff was among the first, if not 1 tlie very first, man to step to tho front, and in a voice that could be heard li’om one end of the line to the other, he said to Col. Stevens: “Put me down for the war.” This illustrates the character and prowess of the man about whom the world has heard so much and knows so little. Emissaries of the devil have facetiously and feloniously injected some of “Uncle Dickey’s” crude say ings into his prayers as part and parcel of the same. We have heard him many times but never heard anything of the kind in his petitions. Ho ft- long, how hard lie battled For right against the wrong; ’Mid trials, tears and shadows , To help the world along! A shaft like Caesar’s ne’er will rise To give ills name renown; But the Master hath in waiting For him a glorious crown. Tuesday night and Wednesday we had another rain, which stopped the plows. Thursday morning Gilkey and Thlckety creeks were over tho low lands. Those who have potato plants have been putting them out. "In this wheat buy and buy” is the song of every consumer "before some ■'bull’ corners on the market and runs the price of flour up out of sight. The rains have washed the plowed giotind in many places badly. The young men’s prayer meeting is held at the school house every Wednes day night. The solution of the cotton problem is still one of the vexed questions of today. Many good theories have been advanced, but putting them in practice is the trouble. Tlie concensus of opin ion is that we need a market for our cotton goods before we can dispose of the staple to advantage. All demands made for them tend to strengthen the farmer’s position that much more. While we are knocking at the door of the Orientlal market for an outlet, if our ladies would resolve to use nothing in tho way of Summer dress g<x)ds but Southern raised cotton It would go a long way towards helping out the far mers. if the $9,500,000 paid annually by the Southern States for foreign goods were left in tho hands of the cot ton raisers, merchants and manufact urers of tho South dt would amount to quite an Item. Although a loss of fifty to seventy-five cents on a halo of cotton doesn t seem to he such a vorv great item, yet when put together on a whole crop of oven ten hales it is felt. W<* don’t believe in boycotting any legiti mate business or Industry; but we think charity should begin at. home, and then if rightly cultivated it en ables us to do more for those abroad. If a half dozen (or even a single one) of the. loading, Influential and strong minded women of Cherokee county could lie seen on tho streets of Gaffney or anywhere else in the South, dressed in homemade cotton goods it would se* this country on lire to Imitate their ex ample. They would accomplish more in a short lime than all the newspa pers, cotton growers’ associations $nd other agencies combined can ever do to raise the price of cotton. Now, who has the fortitude and moral courage to stem the current of popular fashion for the good it will accomplish? No poor woman can afford it. Pride and poverty usually go together. The women of the present day are of course as good as those of the six ties, but no better. It was then that the wealthiest, best educated and most popular of the land, with proud, jubi lant hearts and exultant spirits, would sing to the Bonnie Blue Flag: “My home-spun dresJ is plain I know, My hat’s’palmetto, too; But they will show what Southern girls For Southern rights will do.” These words and the sentiment that inspired them have been embalmed in our hearts of hearts. They sneak for a race and generation ot which the world is worthy. History repeats itself. Are the women of this country will ing to come to the rescue of their fa thers, husbands, sons, brothers and sweethearts? is the momentous ques tion of today. Miss Bonnie McCluney’s school is making preparations for the entertain ment next Wednesday evening. May 10th . Several of our neighbors went to Gaffney yesterday on business and to trade. Mr. Morgan Millwood went to Hick ory Grove yesterday on business. J. L. S. • BLACKSOURG BUDGET. People Going and Coming Beyond the Broad- ^ Blacksburg, May 8.—Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bridges have returned to their home in Salisbury, N. C., after spend ing a few days with friends and rela tives iti this place. Mr. M. Moss, of Earle, was in town a few hours Sunday. Miss Leila Curtis, of Gaffney, is vis iting friends and relatives dn town. Mr. James Bettis, who is working in Athens, Ga., was in town a while Sunday on his way home at Mr. Paran. Misses Millie Wilkins ami Kate Hamilton, of Gaffney, spent Sunday in town with Mrs. Huggins. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Blalock spent Sunday i n Gaffney with Mrs. Blalock’s sister. Mr. Victor Caldwell, who is now working in Spencer, N. C., spent Sun- lay in to.-, n with relatives. Mr. <■ > ••■i- snent Sunday in town with ..'a parents. Mr. Broadus Moss spent Sunday in Gaffney. Mr. A. Quinn wont to Yorkville Sun day to visit his parents. Miss Ada Brandon is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. D. Lumpkin, in Chester. Miss Mary Whitesides lias returned to her home at this place after spend ing a few weeks with friends and reia- tives in Hickory Grove. Miss Mayme Blalock went to Earle Sunday. Mr. Zob Bettis and sister. Miss Fan nie, were in town Sunday for a few hours. Mr. John Sarratt, of Gaffney, was in town a few hours yesterday on his way home from Earle. N. C. Mr. Edward Blalock spent Sunday in town with his parents, Mr. and Mrs W. A. Blalock. Messrs. Peak and Wilkie, who are working in Charlotte, spent Sunday in town. Dr. j. t. Darwin and son .Robert, of Gaffney, were in town yesterday. Mr. A. M. Bridges went to Hickory Grovo this morning on business. J. C .LINNEY UNDER ARREST. Arrested at Instigation of Mrs. Linney's Brother on Charge of Assault. (Statesville Special to Charlotte Ob server.) Statesville, May 7.—J. C. Linney, who left here on the 12th of last No vember, taking with him his baby, which was at that time about ten months old, was arrested in Spartan burg, s. C., yesterday, at the instance • »f Mr. Julius C. Martin, of Ashe ville, a brother of Mrs. Linney, on the charge of assault with intent to kili. I*ast night at 10 o’clock Sheriff \V. A. Summers received a telegram from (unstable Metcalf, of Spartanburg which stated that ho. Metcalf, had ar rested Linney as a fugitive from jus tice from Iredell county. For some months prior to the time he left here last fall, Linney was editor ot I he Mascot, of this place. There were differences between Linney and wife which was street talk a few days before Linney went away. These differences culminated in Linney’s seizing the child from its mother. He hired a team and left town with the child. Attorneys for Mrs. Linney made ap plication to Judge Cooke, then holding court here, for a writ of habeas cor pus for the child, and the writ was issued. All efforts to secure the child, however, proved futile. Linney left tho State and the public has known nothing as to his whereabouts. From the Information that can be gleaned at present, it seems that Mrs. Linney got into communication with nor husband, who has recently been at some place in Georgia .and arrang- monm were made for a meeting in Spartanburg, for a consultation as to the disposition of the child, Mr. Julius C. Martin met Linney instead of his wife, and preferred the charge that led to his imprisonment there. No arrangements have been made so inr for bringing Linney here. Iduney has signified his willingness to come to Statesville to answer the charges against him without requisition pa pers .and if either side agrees to bear the expen$e, he will probabl brought here tomo THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Items of Interest Concerning Ouf Neighbors in the Old North Stats Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers In the United States court in Ashe ville Friday', Joseph Bryson, of the extreme western portion of the State was tried and convicted on a pension fraud charge. The case was originally called at the Statesville term of court and continued until the present term. Judge Boyd has not yet passed sen tence, hut it is probable that in view oi the defendant’s advanced age he will be allowed to pay a fine and Hie costs. A new knitting mill was organized Thursday tor Albemarle, known as the Lillian Knitting Mills Company. The authorized capital stock is $50- 0O0, with $25,000 paid in. 'All the stock has been subscribed by the fol lowing incorporators: A. L. Patter- ■; ,,n - K - a t - Crowell, J. M. Morrow, J. w .'f 1 '.' : A • Cannon, S. H. Hearne, M. b. Little, and R. L. Smith. Mr. A. L. Patterson, who is an experienced ami successful knitting mill man is tiie chief promoter and stockholder. T he mill will he built at once on a lot oast of tlie court house. A char ter has been applied for. There was a shooting affair at Creedmore, Granville county, Thurs day morning at 11 o’clock'that will in all probability result fatally. Joe Konerts, of Durham, did the shooting, and the wounded man is J. L. Roberts a first cousin of Joe Roberts. The latter was arrested on the spot and taken through the country to Oxford where he is now in jail. The wounded j m , an was taken to Durham Thursday afternoon and is at the Watts Hospi tal. He was wounded in four places lour doctors attended the wounded man 1- relay night and an x-ray ma- e.line will be used in an effort to lo cate the bullets that are still In his body. Five shots were fired bv Joe Roberts. Two entered the back near hl° w n T : anothfir Passed through his left sho- , the rear, and thehmuh r eck on the right A man whom the Now fork nolice Umik is A. P. Boyd, oi Ashevnie P an! who was found Wednesday night tin- “r" oTm.I ne ,? 1 ' ,‘ lro <* I York t? , ? Ianhat tan avenue. New llC.'itai Th,?.. 1 " 0 E!,s “ ni ! ice are 3.| ay n,onun - The po “ o „P, Khl *..° n tlle theor >' that knockout drops were given him fp-T saw a man l.ving on him When fivo men around ra nuns u the five and T,r «; Io ca,lf><1 an ambulanto and Dr. Short responded. He was un able to find any marks of violence or ?e n rinL n< iCation that the man was suf- Th f-om apoplexy or heart failure. in kt man " as W(!l1 dressed, had $24 ring Vnd a I,<) p <,>t P wore a diamond *ng and a diamond stud. in one I ecket was found a membership card o n'L 0r "‘; r ,,f Klk ». with thenamo “t' address on it. An an- tops} has been ordered. W. T. Rlgsbee, well known and a arrahmed of D "rl.am, was artalgned in police court Thursday £5 -irchr T rs 'st!ffinel h h a n ef a e ? , ant ,s char Sed with slutting a ballot box in North Durham he nu^Hrl P *' f,eIng clairm 'd that h< put tickets in the box for mavor lon-Tu PP there were nineteen mote tickets in the box- than there were people who voted. When this mIITS r ma " e » »»rran, waj is sued for the arrest of Rigshee it hav- »ns been sta,ed that he ,va?'seen to >m tickets in i he I six When !ti-s- ieo heard of the charge against him ami asked'if'l! "eadnnarfers K»vo h ,i„:7| t n d ,'r C ' ,0 station ami gave bond in the sum of $500. Charles Gilbert, formerly mail ear- t r y <M an?H-7 , n B " r " S r 11 "' '»"«> co.m- ioh , ,T’ Bunc °mbe county, charged with robbing tho mail pouch last Jan ua| y <d *-Mdd in checks monly and money orders, came into "he United ?K 8 l C< ! Urt Thursday morning and de!d 8 m.ntv attornoy - Km» Gardner, sentence!! t' ' U> p,,ar>: '‘ and was n ^ months at hard labor man q?» B l? 0yd , Gl]Uen ^ « whiro ' > , ai - s of age an( 1 a not overly s 3h n<l - Hf * a l>" f ' a red in court sess l .i , 0 ??,', an ' 1 a l ) 1 K ‘ an * , l to pos. «<SS little intelligence. Last January he was arrested charged with robbing nri!„ Ina an ' 1 confessed his guilt. '•P carry «ng the pouch from Burns- ill • fo Ivy, he said, he went into the woods a short distance from the road and there made an opening in tho pouch and extracted three 1, tters con taining the money and checks. The P^hPtt^P 0n to Ivy - an(J thence to Asheville, whore the robbery was discovered. Postofflre Inspector Reddv was there at the time. m:>(1 . an Ujration of the robbery and s^cu ed evidence against Gilbert and late- a confession. Cultivate your crops with a cul tivator at one-half th^expense by buy ing your cultivators of— Y Goudelock & c<