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/HE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the F‘tth Congressional District, of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY ANI'M'BIDAY. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY Gaffney, 8. C., State, County and City Depository. With resources March 31, 1905 of orcr $300,000.00, respectfully solicits your banking business. A Nawapapar In All that tha Word Impllaa and Davotad to tha Bast Interasts of tha Psopla of Chsrokaa County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1S94. GAFFNEY, 8. FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1905. 91.00 A YEAR. T10MJT THE PHMETTO STATE «TEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Hanpenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. The residence and outbuildings of Mr. Thomas Carotners, who lives near the Catawba Power Company’s plant, six miles north of Rock Hill, were de stroyed by fire Saturday night about i States during this summer U-n o’clock. It is supposed thaj the, dates have already been applied for LIMESTONE COLLEGE. The Music Department Growing Rap idly Under Present Instructors. The music department and the college in general have grown so far that all the rooms now occupied by the music department are needed for bedrooms, and the new musi_c build ings will be erected this summer to ac commodate the large number of new music students who are coming here this fall. The erection of a large pipe organ this fall for the auditorium is also contemplated. A young lady violinist, one of the best in the country, at present study ing abroad, will be engaged as violin instructor in Limestone College at the next session. Professor and Mrs. Scherubel and the violinist will make a concert tour through this State and parts of near-by Many fire was of icendiary origin. There was little insurance and almost all of Mr. Carother’s belongings were de stroyed. The city council of Spartanburg has passed an amendment to the license ordinance, to the effect that agents soliciting employees or laborers for manufacturing companies, railroad companies or any other companies or individuals, where these employees or laborers are to work outside of the city of Spartanburg he exacted to pay a license of one hundred dollars. During an electric storm in Green ville Tuesday afternoon lightning ran down a wire into the Conyers build ing on Washington street, and enter ing the cellar set fire to a gas jet in which there was a small leak. The fire larm was sounded, the depart ment got on the scene quicklv and flooded the basement with water, ex tinguishing the fire with small dam age. Miss McLaughlin, of Charleston, as sumed the white veil at the Ursullne convent in Columbia Tuesday and was formally declared a nun. The ceremonies were presided over by Rt. Rev. H. C. Northrop, bishop of Charleston. Father Budd and Father Lannigan, of Charleston, were there for the occasion. This is one of the most beautiful ceremonies of all the stately rites of the Catholic church. The annual stockholders’ meeting of the Clifton Manufacturing Compa ny and D. E. Converse Manufacturing Company was held Wednesday morn ing at the office of the Clifton Manu facturing Company, in Spartanburg. The meeting of both companies was well attended, several out of town stockholders being present, among whom were F. J. Pelzer and Edwin B. Forest, of Charleston, and Capt. A. H. Foster, of Union. A. H. Twichell was re-elected president and treasurer of both the Clifton and the D. E. Con verse Manufacturing Companies. Watt Nobles, Boyce Stone, white, and George Downes, colored, were placed on trial Tuesday in the Gener al Sessions Court at Greenville for the murder of Policeman Foster at Greers on July 2, 1904. The first trial, after having proceeded for three days, had to be abandoned tiecause of the illness of a juror. The selec tion of a jury consumed the entire time of the court Tuesday, but twelve men have been selected and the tes timony of the prosecution began Wed nesday morning. Four of the jurors summoned declared that they were opposed to capital punishment and were excused. Besides the solicitor there are ten attorneys engaged in the prosecution and defence. The trial is expected to continue through the week. Tillman Wetherall, a desperate ne gro prisoner in jail in Columbia, com mitted suicide at 12:05 Wednesday. He spent the night before pacing his cell, pistol in hand, and dared any other prisoner to approach him. Wednesday morning Sheriff Green attempted to enter the cage and was warned that If he opened the door he would be shot. Jnst before noon "Wetherall ordered the other prisoners to clear the hall. They huddled in terror into a small cell, and Wether all picked up a blanket, walked into a cell on the eastern side of the cage and lay down on his back on the cot. In a few moments a pistol shot rang out, and prisoners rushing into the cell found blood spurting from a wound in his breast, his Smith and Wesson 32 calibre pistol still grasped in his hand, which was lying across his chest. In a few moments he was dead. Alfred Free, charged with complic ity in the killing of M. M. Morse in Saluda county last October, is said to have been arrested in Arkansas. Free left the State the night of the killing, and his whereabouts were learned be cause of his writing a letter from • Perris, Ark., to •> friend in Saluda. Morse was killed while riding in a buggy on the highway, and there was considerable talk of his having been shot down without provocation. He attempted to defend himself, and wounded W. L. Henderson, who is In arrest on the charge of being the principal in the affair. Morse was killed with a bullet from a Krag-Jor- gensen rifle, it is said, and It is be lieved that Free fired the shot. Sher iff Sample, of Saluda county, was In Columbia Monday to get requisition papers for the extradition of Free, who was arrested on instructions from his office. A Creeping Death. Blood poison creeps up towards the heart, causing death. J. E. Stearns, Belle Plaine, Minn., writes that a friend dreadfully Injured his hand, which swelled up like blood poisoning. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve drew out the poison, healed tho wound, and saved his life. Best in the world for burns and sores. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. by churches, clubs, etc. Spartanburg, Columbia, Charleston, Union, Green ville. and about twenty other places will he visited. The first concert will he given here in Gaffney at the opera house, on Monday evening. May 22nd, at 8:15 o’clock. Admission will be free, but by tickets. Those desiring tickets can obtain them from the di rector at the college. Misses Steedly and Dew will play at this concert A fine grand piano has been fur nished for this tour by a well-known manufacturer. This instrument will also he used at the concert here at tho opera house. A fine programme lias been arranged, which will please those who do not enjoy the strict classic, as well as those who do. It is hoped, therefore, that all who have tickets and who ask for them will attend, as this will be the musical and social event of the season. A programme will be given in next week’s issue. SORROW AND GRIEF AT THE CAPITAL. OVER THE DEATH OF GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. i Gen. Lee Was a Favorite With Every body and His Untimely Death Cast a Gloom Over Washington. Washington, D. C., May 10.—There has been sorrow and genuine grief here in the national capital this last week on account of the untimely Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of General Interest. Wllkinsville, May 9.—We have had rain almost incessantly for a week and farmers are getting behind with death of General Fitzhugh Lee. who j tehir work. The roads are very mud- was a general favorite with every-j dy and travel is difficult in many body. Although nearly seventy years | places. CROP BULLETIN. In reproducing the clipping from The Yorkville Enquirer that appeared in our letter last Friday the estimated horse power of Broad and Catawba rivers is put down 2,000,000 instead of 200,000. People are reaefy to begin chopping CORINTH CHRONICLES. Reducing the Cotton Acreage— Personal Mention. Corinth. May .7—It is doubtless true that some of the counties will not re port a reduction of cotton acreage this year at all. However, as we intimat ed when we penned the article a few days ago, it seems that “C. H.” has made a special effort to foster our prediction. Indeed, it was noT our in tention to insinuate that his people were the only people in Cherokee county, or South Carolin:., who were not reducing the acreage. We have several who, we assure our friend, are not reducing the acreage. But to sub stantiate this statement, we would fur ther say that we have many more of the self-prudent class that we believe from the statistical evidence that we have gathered are reducing the acre age from five to thirty-five per cent. It was not our desire to provoke a controversy with anyone, therefore we refrain from further comment or criticism. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Clary were the guests of friends in the Antioch sec tion a few days last week. We have a copy of The Gaffney Sun, a paper gotten out especially for and devoted to the best interests of the colored people of Cherokee county. We hope the paper will be of great benefit to the race in our county. Mr. Z J. Petty, with his sons. Mas ters Winford and Claud, visited rela tives at Pacolet last Sunday. Wheat is looking very promising at present. Quite a heavy rain visited this sec tion on last Friday evening, which did considerable damage to the lands in the way of washing them. Fortu nately there was no wind mixed with it. Mrs. B. F. Petty, of the Beaverdam section, visited her mother, Mrs. J. S. Littlejohn, last Sunday. While plowing last week, a horse belonging to Mr. J. B. Carter became entangled in a wasp nest, which caused it to run some distance with the plow hooked to it. resulting in a gash being cut on one of its legs. The horse is getting along all right now. K. Saved by Dynamite. Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by dynamiting a space that the fire can’t cross. Sometimes, a cough hangs on. so long, you feel as if noth ing but dynamite would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Calhoun, Ga., writes: “My wife had a very aggravated cough, which kept her awake nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds, which eased her cough, gave her sleep, and finally cured her.” Strictly scientific cure for bronchitis and La Grippe. At Cherokee Drug Co., price 50c and $1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle free. A woman can’t understand why a man should want to wear tailor-made clothes when the other kind are cheaper. Letter to W .S. Hall. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir: What’s the penalty for selling adulterated paint in your State? What is adulterated paint? Is clay paint? Is chalk ’'Tint? Is barytes paint? Is lime paint? Is ben zine? Is water? Is soap? Is mud? We know what Is; what is not is the question. Apparently nothing is not; hut we’re only a paint manufact urer, not a lawyer. Devoe Is paint, all paint* and full measure; no whitewash; no nothing. We know what is; what is not is the question. Yours truly 92 F W Devoe & Co P. S.—R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. sell our paint. —Special prices on Negllgdo Shirts and big lot to select from at J I Sarratt’s. old, his was one of those sunshiny na tures that refuse to grow old, and vou did not realize his age. His was a life of activity, many parts, courag^e and manliness all the way through. Many honors had come to him, yet he was always the same cheery, companion- i able and kindly gentleman. He ne. r erj out cotton as soon as the land comes acquired the swell head, and if any-1 in season. thing was calculated to give it to a | Rev. T. F. Boozer assisted Rev. W. man it was his reception here in 1898,; H. White in the communion meeting after he left Cuba and just before the 1 at Salem last Saturday and Sabbath, breaking out of the war with Spain. 1 Rev. Mr. Boozer preached the pre- There never was greater honor paid j paratory sermon on Sabbath morning to any man in this country, and it Irom Luke 22:15 and 10. His dis- took a big man intellectually to with- course was replete with encourage- stand that kind of applause from the ment to the communicants to go to people. One of the most conspicuous j the Lord’s table feeling their unwor- figures in two wars. Governor of his i thiness. If we stay away until we feel State, and the best consul-general, ourselves worthy we will never par- ev«>r sent to Cuba, he has left a heri- j take of His supper. There is no bet- tage for his children in his good name j ter place for us to show our allegi- that any man may envy. Whatever j ance than at His table, and there is he did he did with all his might, and, no better time to secure forgiveness he died working too hard for the suc-j for our sins than while commemo- cess of the Jamestown Exposition, of; rating His death and suffering, if we which he was the directing head. I on b r approach His table in the right I have often heard the dear general; spirit. If we have resolved to live better lives there is no better place to go to seek His blessing and help than at His table. But let that re solve he in earnest: it must be in ear nest. The communion service is not many as it ould have us understand it. If our past lives and tell good stories, but the best one was on himself. He said that shortly af ter he was made a major-general of volunteers in the Spanish-American war he met an old trooper who rode with him around Richmond in the wild I as 'y e R understood by days of ’G1 to ’65, and after looking | snould be, or as He w steadily at his brilliant new uniform ... of blue the old trooper said to him: : conduct have been at variance with “General I hope I will die before you pod s teachings and wo have not do.” “Why, my dear fellow?” said j been making that, preparation of heart the general. “Because.” answered he, 1 R} a t we should for this solemn ser- “I want to be over there when you [ vice it does not deprive us Qf the priv- with that blue uniform on | Hcge of making it now. To give a old Jubal Early will j synopsis In full would take too much say .. j Efface in this letter. He was loved here and I know he During his stay with us Rev. T. F. w iU he loved over there. Requiescat «ooe p r put out his “trot Ime” in in pace. . j T.uckety creek and caught a very The selection of ex-Governor Atkin- Report of Condition of Crop* Through out the State. Columbia, May 9.—The temperature during the week ending Monday, May 8th, was much above normal, and the J daily maximum ranged generally j above 80 degrees during the last half | of the week: the night temperatures were also slightly above normal. The precipitation was heavy, in many places excessive, and damaged lands bv erosion and flooding. Farm work was impracticable during the greater part of the week, as the lands were too wet to plow, plant or cultivate. The prevailing high temperature and copious rainfall caused crops of all kinds to grow rapidly, and were par ticularly favorable on small grain and truck crops, and for transplanting. Many fields have become foul with grass and weeds and stand in urgent need of work, this being especially true of early planted corn and cotton: though much early corn has received its first cultivation. Corn has good stands as a rule, but bud and cut worms are thinning stands on low lands: some corn is turning yellow from too much rain. Cotton planting is not finished in the western parts, though practically finishel in the central and eastern counties, except on bottom or low lands that have been too wet recently to plant. Stands vary greatlv being practically good for that planted since the April killing frost, and very poor for the early plantings, much of which is being replanted. Some being re planted on account of cut worms, and some on account of being too foul to rid of grass and weeds. Some cotton has been chopped. Tobacco transplanting is about fin ished. and is doing well generally, though grasshoppers and cut worms have damaged stands locally. There has been a marked improve ment In oats, which is quite promising. Wheat is not doing so well on account of the Hessian fly and some rust. Truck crops and gardens have im- provetk rapidly, though melons are still poor. The-weather was favorable for rice. Peaches are dropping in the eastern and southern counties, with enough left, to make a good crop; in western counties the fruit prospects are very noor; apple and near treos are blighting badly. Pastures are fine. The shipments of beans, oeas and strawberries are heavy. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. come in and hear what Subscribe for The Ledger, 91.00 a year. son, of West Virginia, by President Roosevelt for a seat on the bench of the Court of claims, will increase the dissatisfaction with the President s attitude toward these iYnportant ap* point ments. It lias been hard enough to understand why Roosevelt, the civil service reformer, should have thrown his principles to the wind in dispens ing army patronage. But his lack of discretion in dealing with the most important judicial positions is certain to hurt him, particularly with the le gal profession. The scandal of Judge Kohlsaat’s appointment In Chicago was bad enough. There Mr. Roose velt’s surrender to the Illinois sena tors and to his friend, H. H. Kohlsaat. was perfectly plain. In the case of Atkinson it seems equally apparent that he turned the office over to Sena tor Scott as political spoils. From Mr. Atkinson’s record I submit that he is in no way fit for the place bestowed upon him. Moreover, the Court of Claims is at this time particularly in need of strengthening. Had Mr. Mc Kinley, or even Mr. Harrison, made an appointment of this kind, it would have excited surprise and distrust. Coming from Theodore Roosevelt, it must make the average lawyer rub his eyes in amazement. One point that has been persistent ly made during the hearings before the senate committee on Inter-State Commerce is that the present Inter- State Commerce Commission has not attempted to enforce the laws on the statute books to prevent railroads from allowing discriminations to fa vored shippers. Had this been done, admit the railroad presidents who have been heard, there would he no public clamor about rebates and dis criminations. “Why has not the Commission done this if they had the power?” Is a ques tion frequently asked by the man in the street. The answer by politicians of the Republican stripe is that it would not have been good politics, and se reveals the true inwardness of this whole ag itation. so far as the Republican mem bers of congress go. They want a big club with which to beat the rail roads for campaign contributions. A threat to reduce freight rates unless the railmads open their dough bags is the best possible one In sight. So the Commission has been howling for power to regulate rates as part of the programme. That’s the extent of Re publican sincerity in this whole busi ness. The railroads assert that they are obeying the law. both in letter and spirit, and therefore are not proper subjects for this sort of treatment, and refuse to he held up in this fash ion. So they are fighting the Esch- lownsend hill, which was devised and passed for this purpose is well as an incidental sop to public clamor. It is the general belief here, howev er, that neither the Esch-Townsend bill nor any other drastic legislation like it, which would give tho Commis sion such a club as they wish for, will reach the president. It’s only a scarecrow. Efflective legislation will only be se cured when the Democrats again get control of congress, and indications are bright that this may soon come about. Tho Republican “bluff” will be called by the people themselves at the next congressional election. Charles A. Edwards. large eel last night. Dr. Mason W. Smith, of Gaffney, came down Friday and was present at the memorial meeting at Salem on Saturday. k • We have just returned from a short trip into York county. The people across the river are plowing and chopping out cotton right along. Good stands of cotton are found al most everywhere. Some cotton Is still to be planted. A very large force gathered early at Salem last Saturday morning to clean off the graveyard for the memorial services. This is one thing we can commend the Salem people for—re specting their dead. As the time for the Confederate re union approaches we hear of a few who speak of going to Louisville, Ky., next month. One old veteran says we can get plenty of good whiskey there. If many such spells of wet weather come, farmers will be compelled to throw out some of their cotton land. Perhaps a satisfactory reduction will yet be made in the cotton acreage. The Wilkinsville oil mill is run ning on full time and wagons are hauing cottonseed to It all the time. Wheat and oats are making a fine show’ since the rains set in, but the former shows some signs of rust. The creek meadows have been ov erflowed and lots of the grass ruined by the high water. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel and children, of Hickory Grove, came over to the memorial and communion meet ings at Salem last Saturday. Mrs. J. F. Wright, who has been spending some time with her child ren at Patterson Springs, In Cleve land county, N. C., came home last week. She is not much improved in health. Mr. W. C. Blackwell and Willie, his son. went to Gaffney today on busi ness. Crows and cut worms have been playing havoc with the corn during the wet weather. The potato bug has made its ap pearance on the Irish potato tops. Miss Eliza A. Garner, of Mount Joy, Union county, sent a large amount of flowers with which to decora'te the graves of the . Confederate soldiers buried at Salem. We learn from good authority that Union county officials are ready, and have been for a long time, to replace the bridge at Skull Shoals If Chero kee will only do its part. This is a much needed convenience, to which the lower Cherokee people are justly entitled. J. L. S. f There I* a Difference. The difference between Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar and all other Cough Syrups Is that it moves the bowels, thus expelling a cold from the system. This relaxes the nerve- tissues and by Its healing effect on the throat and lungs the cough Is re lieved—cured entirely. Kennedy’s is the original Laxative Honey and Tar and contains no opiates. Good alike for young or old. Tastes good. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. —First Patent Flour $5.75; Second Patent Flour $5.40; Family Flour $4.50 per barrell, at Carroll & Byers’. —Flour at underprise at Carroll & Byers’. Blacksburg Locals. Blacksburg, May 11.—Mrs. J. R. Kil lian spent Tuesday in Shelby, N. C.. with friends. Mr. W. J. Moorehead went to Hick ory Grove on business Tuesday. Misses Lillian Smith and Lizzie Phillips spent Wednesday at Patter son Springs, N. C. Dr. W. E. Anderson spent Tuesday in Hickory Grove. Mrs. T. B. Whitesides and her little nephew, Tom Peak, are spending a few days with friends and relatives in Hickory Grove. Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Hardin are visit ing relatives in Rock Hill. Mr. E. K. Belue spent Wednesday in Gaffney. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rippy spent Wednesday in Earle, N. C. Miss Lucy Knox left Wednesday for Charleston where she will spend a few weeks with friends. Misses Mabel Ramseur and Marie Goforth went to Patterson Springs, N. C„ Wednesday to spend the day. Mrs. D. F. Bridges and family went to Earle, N. C., Wednesday to visit friends and relatives. Mr. J. E. Sapoch, a merchant of near Grover, was in town yesterday. Mr. Ben Logan spent Wednesday at Patterson Springs, N. C. Dr. Ward, of Hickory Grove, spent Wednesday in town with friends. Some of those who attended the pic nic at Patterson Springs. N. C., Wed nesday were, Messrs. Victor Roberts. Oren Belue, Will Shepard, Grover Baber, Whiteford Duncan, Reddick. Mr. Toih Weeks, of Charleston, was in town a few hours Tuesday. Mrs. B. Thomson left this morning for Augusta. Ga., where she will spend a few days with friends. T. CATARRHAL TROUBLES PREVALENT Spring Months Cause Sickness. Breathe Hyomei, and Be Cured of Catarrh. Catarrhal troubles are more com mon at this season than at any other time of the year. The sudden chang es that come during the spring months are productive of many cases of ca tarrh that without proper treatment will become chronic. The pleasantest, most convenient, and only scientific method for the treatment and cure of catarrh, Is Hyomei. Simply put twenty drops in the little pocket Inhaler that comes with every outfit and then breathe it for three minutes four times a day. No dangerous drugs or alcoholic concoctions are taken into the sys tem when Hyomei is used. Breathed through the inhaler, the balsamic fragrance of Hyomei penetrates to the remote cells of the nose and throat, and thus kills the catarrhal germs, heals the irritated mucous membrane, and gives complete and permanent cure. Thousands of testimonals have been given as to the astonishing cures made by this remedy. J. S. Nugent, treasurer of the New York Life In surance Company, writes: .“Hyomei has completely cured my daughter of catarrh, from which she has been a sufferer for years.” The complete Hyomei outfit costs but one dollar, and as the Inhaler will last a lifetime and there Is suffi cient Hyomei for several weeks’ treat ment, It is the most economical ca tarrhal remedy known. Extra bottles can be procured for. fifty cents. Ask The Gaffney Drug Co. to show you the strong guarantee under which t they sell Hyomei. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North Stats Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers Atlantic Coast Line train No. 18, northbound, and passenger train No. 49, from the North, due to arrive at Wilmington at 6 P. M.,were in head-on collision at Warsaw Tuesday evening. No one was hurt, but the engines of both trains and several of the freight cars, loaded with berries and vege tables, were partially demolished. Exclusive of Southern Express ship ments, 161 cars of strawberries passed through South Rocky Mount Tuesday and forty-odd empties were returned to Chadbourne before night. Howev er, the truckers say the car famine is not yet wholly relieved and that some fruit is still spoiling. The greatest complaint now appears to be late de liveries on the Northern markets. Eliza Johnston, colored, was taken to the county jain in Charlotte Mon day afternoon, violently insane, for safe-keeping. The woman’s condition was brought about by a shot-gun wound inflicted by her husband. The husband, Henry Johnston, shot the woman with a collection of nails, glass and scraps of iron and inflicted serious injuries. He served five years for the crime. The Vaughn-Crutchfleld Company, of Winsron-Salom, is chartered to con duct a wholesale grocery and jobbing business. The capital is $100,000 au thorized and $30,000 subscribe^. The W. T. Carrington Lumber Company, of Durham, is also chartered, with $12,000 capital, and the Farmers’ Gin ning and Supply Company, of Gill’s Station, Vance county, canital $15- 000 A, Dowers principal Incorpo rator. At a meeting of citizens Tuesday night in Greensboro it was unanimous ly decided to hold a second reunion of non-resident native North Caroli nians at Greensboro, beginning Octo ber 8th, visitors radiating from this point on arranged railroad schedules to their native counties in all sections of the State. The old hoard of manag ers was reelected and authorized to at once begin preparations for a sec ond reunion. H. F. Forbes and his sons, Clyde, Brady and Edison, in company with Herbert Wright. F. E. Clinton and Mr. Smith, all of Gastonia, went fiohing in Crowder’s creek bottoms on the land of the first named Friday after noon. They were equipped with pitch- forks and spears and succeeded in capturing 47 carp on tho bottoms, while the water was over them. The fish ranged in v eight from 4 to 19 1-2 pounds. Tho whole lot weighed 375 pounds, and they were taken Gas tonia and sold at 10 cents per ,pound. Outlawed, a fugitive from justice, hounded at every turn by the officers of the law, Melvin Angel, counterfeit er and all-round bad man, Monday night tired of the strenuous life and sent word to the United States au thorities at Asheville that he wanted to give up. He carried out his agree ment to the letter and early Tuesday morning placed himself in the custody of Deputy Marshal Ben Barnes; was ta; en before United States Commis sioner McCall, waived examination and gave a justified bond in the sum of $500 for his appearance at the No vember term of Federal court. A few days ago an old man. an ex- Confederate soldier, was killed by a Seaboard Air Line train at the Pee Dee river bridge, five miles west of Rockingham. Shortly after the acci dent, H. C. Paucke, the Seaboard Air Line Agent at that place, Lacy McNair, the section master, and a negro start ed to the scene of the killing on a handcar. They were going at a rapid speed, when, on rounding a curve, they saw a freight train coming at full speed, only a little way from them. The men had difficulty in get ting off the hand-car before it was struck. The car was torn to pieces. Announcement was made Tuesday of the purchase by Frank Loughran. proprietor of the Hotel Berkley, of the §wannanoa Hotel, in Asheville, from R. R. *Rawles. Mr. Loughran’s purchase also includes the building on South Main street, adjoining the hotel, formerly belonging to the Ashe ville Warehouse Company, and the adjoining frame building on Anson street. The parties to the trade de cline to make public the exact consid eration, but it is stated to have been between $40,060 and $50,000. Mr. Loughran said that the purchase of the Swannanoa Hotel would not inter fere with his project of building an other hotel on Haywood street. Terrific Race With Death. “Death was fast approaching,” writes Ralph F. Fernandez, of Tampa, Fla., describing his fearful race with death, "as a result of liver trouble and heart disease, which had robbed me of sleep and of all interest In life. I had tried many different doctors and several medicines, but got no benefit, until I began to use Electric Bitters. So wonderful was their ef fect, that In three days I felt like a new man. and today I am cured of all my troubles.” Guaranteed at Chero kee Drug Co.; price 50c. —We pay highest prices for chick ens and eggs. Carroll & Byers.