Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/HE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District, of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger SEMI-WEEKLY "•PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND » KID AY THE NATIONAL BANK OF 6AFFNEY Gaffney, S. C., State, County and City Depository, With resources March 31, 1905 of over $300,000.00, respectfully solicits your banking business. A Newspaper in All that the Word Implies and Davoted to tho Boat Intaraata of tho Pooplo of Chorokoo County. ' £8TABLI8HED FEB. If, 1»94. GAFFNEY, 8. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1905. $1.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE POLK’S CHANCE FOR THE ROAD. »TEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledper Readers. Mrs. John Gorman was killed by T. C. Israel Thinks that County Has Best Opportunity it Ever Had. (Polk County News.) T. C. Israel, deputy marshal, of Hen dersonville, 'who came here Wednes day on revenue business, is an enthu siastic advocate of the Apalachian In- terurban railroad. He thinks there is no doubt but that the road will be built and that Polk county has the I greatest opportunity that it ever had l to get a railroad if it will offer the I right inducements. Saturday has been set for the day to organize at Hendersonville. More i than the $5,000 required by charter ! has been subscribed and nearly all of , it has been subscribed by Henderson lightning in her house near Clio, Marl- county citizens. After organizing,and boro county, Thursday afternoon. Two | electing officers the company intends other ladies were badly stunned. ; t() i ()Se n( ) time in getting to work. , „ i. • , Henderson county will hold an elec- As a result ot chemical exam na- t}on at an early date to voto bonds for lion, State Chemist Burney found ar-j the bulldin> , of tbe r()a ,i other eoun- senic in the remnants of the cabbage j ^ where the roa(1 !s likely t o go dinner which was given the prisoners ( th h wlll do likevv i 8e . of the State penitentiary, which made Mr Israel said that the Gaffnfiy> s . more than 100 hundred of them ill., r cltlzens wore anxious about the The superintendent discovered elwtric line and that every few days Fudge Ewart received letters from A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS QF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA. IN of Paris Green on a window sill in the kitchen. Suspicion points to one of the convicts as having poisoned the food. The programme of the thirty-first annual meeting of the South Carolina Press association has been issued. The meetings will be held at White Stone; Springs July 11-14. The management of the resort have made ample ar- ! rangements for the accommodation of the gathering, and nothing will be left! undone to make the stay at White Stone a pleasant and enjoyable one. This year's meeting 'dds fair to be largely at ten* • d »y ’ te n uiGts of . displaying their confidence in a the Fourth Estate throughout South 1)rartical way Carolina. G(K) ^ Gash, of Tryon. said that, he believed that the Interurban railroad would be built, and when asked for his opinion about the business ability of the men behind the project he said them asking what progress had been made. Gaffney always means business ami there need be no fear about it doing its full share .in fact, it has a reputation for doing more than its part in all enterprises that tend to build up the country. It is a progress ive place and is full of enterprising cit izens. The fact that, nearly all of the $5,- 000 subscribed has come from Hender son county citizens is an evidence of the confidence and interest Henderson has in the proposed road. The'" think it. will he built and are not backward church gf»es into effect in this country we may look for a much less attend ance of the female sex. In too many cases it’s the hat that takes the wo man to church. A nice shower of rain fell here last Wednesday evening, which made the j ground hoe and plow splendidlv It was getting hard in places. Mrs. John H. Fowler Is right sick, j A doctor has been a called in to see her. Mrs. “J. L. S.” has plenty of beans in her garden, although the weather items has been very unfortunate for work-, ing them. The young men’s p ’ayer-meeting is; held at the new school house every ; Wedenesday night. The young men do-! serve much credit for their persistency ; ... , . , in this work while they get so little i a,u S P ’ at . e ^ ednesdayaf ter- 1,„P and encouragement front .be old-. er people who, it seems, think they j' * t- are already good enough. J. L. S. i BLACKSBURG BREVITIES. “ISABELLA.' Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular Paopla and Short Items of General Interest. Wilkinsville, June 2.—The questions are frequently asked, “What has be come of the Cowpens Memorial Asso ciation and monument? Has it died a natural death?” It seems so. We are unable to give a direct answer to either of these questions. But it's lost its impetus it seems and it’s time something was done. A few years ago the people of Cherokee and neigh boring counties were enthused over the matter and what little was said and done we thought might lead to a greater ending. Finley is ready to do., (r , . . , , , all in his power for it and can be do-1 Isjlhella - ^ iven b >' honu ‘ talent " n - pended upon still to promote the work i <ler the direction of Mr. Allen Darling- as long as there is any hope of a ton O’Bryan, of Rock Hill, was pre- successiul ending of the matter. A st . n ted to a good-sized audience in the committee was formed in this county star Theatre Friday night. The play to start the work and keep it going, j wag ]j k ed so well that it was decided and it’s unlair for it to fail after what' t 0 repeat it, and last night it was has been done and said in its behalf.! gy&in \vi of Interest Concerning Oui Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers Gen. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, was ikpn nn r fci j]| He was attended by a physician, and rested well during tlie night, lie was considered better next day. Played Two Nights in the Theatre to Good Houses. As advertised in previous issues of' woman, and one of them drew a pistol A colored excursion from Washing ton, N. C., arrived at Goldsboro Friday. When near Parmele two negroes be came involved in a dispute over a The Ledger, the spectacular play, and shot the other in the breast, kill- j ing him instantly. The slayer then jumped from the train and escaped. The remains of the dead man were left at Parmele. toi V ws \5: The deed of A. C. Tuxbury to the Tuxbury Lumber company, of Charles ton. of lumber contracts, rights, etc., was recorded Friday in the ollice of the register of mesne conveyance. ie contract for the machinery will >e let in a few days and it is expected that the big lumber concern will be in 10 ,,f> - full operation by the first of the new year. The plant will be one of the most complete and improved of its There was a terrific storm at Scot- an 1 Neck Thursday night at 7 o’clock. | A heavy hail did great damage to " a ' , i crops. Cotton had greatly improved r„... nr three irrand celebrations were 1 ~" ei i 1 a f a n ’ Wlth ,be adjlmon ot song f i ur j n g t h e past ten days and was look- iwo or tnree grand ceieurauons were, s p ec j a ] t i es by -yi lss Nlae O’Bryan, i,,,, . v ,,n i, lir . vhpp# , rll „ } .,. n „i. if held on the grounds a few years a^o, ags jted by Mr. Julian B. Johnson, of Ueem* cut } n if Vll the telouhone con and even this spark of patriotism has o ock imi ^.jfu t ij e ( q ar i ne t CUt a , ne cou ' MU* BPAmtuo-iv Wdip it not » inn, \\un uit ciannei. n'''".ions were cut off by the storm and died out seemin 0 ly. \\ .Ule it is not As on Friday night, the pertormance; n „ , v Ponld be gathered from the reasonable to expect every battlefield was witnessed by a good-sized audi-;,, tl ‘i'e B 6 of the Revolution to be crowned with ] as t night, and every one present districts into town. It was reported that the storm was not so a project of such magnitude is i went to the Gaffney library. out only to invite failure. Hundreds of patriotic men and women will do their duty in this as they see it, but they can never enlist a sufficient amount of interest and means as will meet the ; natural requirements of the case or To Users of City Water. i ] )r j n g { k(? enterprise to a successful It has become necessary to clean I ending. When Uie local committee Personals and Locals from the Iron Ctiy Across the Broad. Blacksburg, June 5.—Miss Lucy Black, who has been attending school at Dillon, arrived at home Saturday. Misses Belle and Mattie Leach, of Hickory Grove, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Peak. Miss Estelle Stewart has returned to her home in Prosperity after spend ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stewart. Mrs. D. Albert and children, of Rock Hill, are visiting friends and relatives in town. Miss Mabel Nichols, of Earl, N. C., spent Sunday in town with relatives. Misses Addle and Allene Blace, of Charlotte, N. C., are visiting relatives in town. Messrs. Clarence Borders and W. C. Wilburne, of King’s Creek, spent Sunday in town. Misses Ruth and Flora McGuinn, of Gafiiit-y, spent a few. days last week with Miss Mayme Blaylock and atten ded commencement. Misses Sallie and Della Camp, of Gaffney, spent Saturday and Sunday in town with relatives. Misses Jewel and Eula Well, of Mt. Paran, attended commencement here Saturday night. Miss Mamie Werner, of Central, is visiting Miss Mamie Hardin, of this place. Mr. Gus Hardin and family, of At lanta, Ga., are visiting relatives in town. Miss Janie Culbertson, who has been attending school ar. Limestone, is spending a few days with Miss Mary Pollock, on her way home. -Mr. John Byars, of Cherokee Falls, has been attending commencement here. Mrs. Mary Earl, of this place is visit ing relatives in Greenville. Miss Elizabeth Lenord, who has that they were men who knew what they were about and who generally succeeded in anything they undertook i Governor Glenn fixes the dates of, . . T . _ the encampments of the National te ' a , chm s school at Lavonta, ^Ga., Uinani as follows: At Wrightsvllle. : Jlal)el Eamgeur „„ „ „ ome spent a few days last week with Miss . E. Hidden, of Newark. N. J„ j beginning July 20, and continuing six j Gi al b 1 ! he city yesterday. The object! lays, the Second and Third Infantry; \ r - 0 .’ kind, giving employment to 500 men. j out and repaint the city’s standpipe, | anGc jp a t ed th e action congress would The Old Betchler Mint. Mr. W was in the of Mr. Hidden’s visit to this section! at CharLutte. beginning August 5. and of the country is to secure data rela-! continuing six days, the First Infantry live to the old Betchtler mint, which | and the Light Battery. It is expected was operated at Rutherfordtou. N. C., that target practice will be quite a It will be located on the Ashley river (and the work will be done this week, and will cover about 40 acres. It. will For that reason, Mayor wAPU- i . .,-.i .-i. , many years ago; and he is also pur- feature of the encampment Gaffnev ri ! )r ° ba u y th ‘‘ ^ 1 t0 chasing all the Betchtler uannev IC tho hnttlofiolfl onnvprtprl inM a . have an output of 80.000 to 100.000 feet a day. The workmen are progressing in. have the battlefield converted into a quests all those who have pipes m j j )ark atu i build a monument upon the their houses, or places of business, ,n : grounds, we thought and said, that use the water as sparingly as possible! the resu i t WO uld most likely be a fail- old coins i greatly needed. ure. In this we have not changed our mind one iota. Now that congress, or rather the IT. S. government, is taking measures leading to a topo graphical survey of this and adjoining he can find. It is his intention to write a book on subject, giving a full account of the Betchtlers and the oper ation of the mint from the time of its as it is Fhe adjutant general had a conference Friday about all the matters 'vith that accomplished sol dier. General Woodruff, l T . S. A., who is at headt nat ters at Raleigh on duty. until the work of cleaning out shall laying the foundation for Pacolet mills have been finished and the pipe refill- N«. 5. at Trough Shoals, and a large ed. force is engaged. The necessary ma- The water is now being pumped into terial is on hand, and with favorable ! the mains throughout the city, which ^ o weather conditions the mill will be must be kept ready for use in case of j counties of this''State and North Caro- tbe m int " a facsimile conv oY hVslaVt I Greens,,or o early from Durham Friday erected by the fall. This mill will | fire. Una it will not be a difficult matter, in to111 mY aiorurranh nnu J morning and impatiently awaited the have 25,280 spindles on stan lard sheet-1 | our opinion, to get something done for ’ nis am °srapri, ami pictures ot lug 2.85 yards to the pound, with about ' Leo Little, who Is now in business tho carrying out of our long cherished s eenes around Rutherfordton 500 looms on the 36-incii widths. Its ; in Charlotte, stopped over in the city | pi ans an( | hopes. To this we might establishment till the death of the last! and whose experience and views are member of the family who owned it.! of such msvked value to the National Mr. Hidden has already secured much Guard, information, as well as a photograph ! of the elder Betchler who established Miss Carrie McCord, of Lattimore, spent Sunday night with Mrs. W. F. p, ay!ick. Messrs. P. M. Daniels and Edward Blalock, of Spartanburg Business Col lege. are visitintr the latter’s parents and attending commencement. Mrs. B. F. Logan, of Patte’ 4<?0n Springs, is visiting her daughte^ ! D. s. Ramsenr. i Miss Kate Torrence of Charlotte, is visiting her aunt. Mrs. S. W. Dillard. , Cenrgie and Mollie Sapoch, ; of Mt. Paran. are power will be directly applied from two horizontal waterwheels with a to tal capacity of 1.200 horse-power at 27-foot head. There will be no auxil- ery steam plant, and the mill is de signed to run entirely by the means of water. That section of Spartanburg county around Campobello, Goansville and North Pacolet river was visited by a severe wind, hail and rain storm Wed nesday afternoon. Considerable dam age was done in some sections small houses and fences were blown down. No lives were lost, though a colored family who were in their cabin about five miles from Campobello, eating dinner at the time the storm came up, had a narrow escape, the wind blowing off a portion of the roof of the house. yesterday, and went on to Greenville this morning. M. L. Gaffney, who has recently been with the Cherokee Falls Mills, went to Spartanburg this morning to engage with the Arkwright Mills. Julian B. Johnson, of Rock Hill, came over yesterday to lie in the play, “Isabella,” at the theatre. There are many in this community who have seen and heard of the Unclaimed Letters. List of unclaimed letters in Gaffney add that there is a prospect of a new A , railroad being run through the battle- Betchtler gold corns The operation of ground section that will increase the sucb a nnnt was not exactly legal, but value of the property along the line ? S .. T 10 f "ere not counter- many thousands of dollars without feUs of T ni ed States money the gov- costing a single individual along the I'nment did not la,r>r ^ ere w ] tb th ei r lino a red cent. These incentives man " faR V ,r t- | Mr -B^den had severa ought to actuate our people at once to l,f Biem in bis possession, and several renew their efforts to bring this much! ® m,n , a < , lm , a ,* deserving and sadly neglected object ."'l 1 ' oxcp Pt the thin coating of gold postoffice for tlu 5th, 1905: John Bates, Wesley Graham, Thom as Hendrick. Rome Paris, Tome Mar- mo, Jack Lipsey, John Kennett (2), H. A. Jones, Armstead Jones (2), L. I. Jains, Miss Sarah Jones, Miss Mary Kirsy, Miss Magie Powol, Miss Mary McRorins, Miss Hanna Rose, Miss A big piece of timber fell upon the j ^one Tate, Mrs. I/>ttie Wilkins, into a position that justice may be done not only to it but the entire week ending June! county of Cherokee as well. The States Publishing Company, of Louisville, Ky., Is still receiving names of Confederate veterans who were liv ing at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is estimated that between 50,000 and 00,000 of them were then had worn off. He will write his book more for the interest he has in the work than for the money he exnects to get out of it. visiting Mrs. Peter Brodie L. Duke, of Durham, reached | Sapoch. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turner, of Sha ron. N. C., spent Sunday in town with their son. Mr. Ed. Turner. -Messrs. Guss Fronebarger and Robt. Faulkner, of Cherokee Falls, spent Sunday afternoon in town. Dr. Tom Whitesides went to Hick ory Grove Monday on business. Martin Gower Slaughter, of Hick coming of the south-bound train from New York. Mrs. M. \V. Duke, his sec ond wife, from whom he was divorced, arrived on that train from California. The two were together in friendly companionship at the Benbow Hotel during the day, taking a carriage drive to Guilford battleground in the after- ! ory Grove, spent Saturday a'd Sun- noon. Mrs. Duke left at 7 cfclock for; day with Carlile and Hughe Moore- ner old home in Chattanooga. Tenn.. Mr. Duke accompanying her to the train. He returned to Durham at mid night. Pending divorce proceedings head, of this place. Mr. Tom Lockhart, of Gaffney, was in town Saturday a while. Joe Camp, of Gaffney, spent Sunday r Bla- Two New Teams. A movement is on foot to organize two more baseball teams in Gaffnev. One will he known as Cherokee News table and crushed the dishes. | The safe in the Coast Line freight depot at Bennettsville was opened i Thursday night and robbed of a pack-; age containing $208.50 in money and | $572.20 in checks. Two other pack ages cortaining about $50.00 were not disturbed. The safe was found un locked next morning. On account of the combination being hard to work it was left Thursday night as usual, with only the day lock. A transom over the hack door of the depot was brok en but it is the general opinion that a man could not have entered there. A hasp was broken off a slide door on the inside, Nightwatchman Henry | Webster reported Friday morning that he heard a noise during the night and found the transom broken. Tho freight was checked up and found undisturbed. Webster then left with a friend in a Please call for advertised letters. One cent due on each. A. R. N. Folger, Postmaster. • A Safe Prediction. (Wateree Messenger.) Two elections under the Brice bill have been held in dispensary towns, and in each the dispensary was over whelmingly defeated. In this connec tion an exchange remarks: “It is a safe prediction that there will not be so many candidates next year ’endorsing’ the dispensary ‘as the best solution of the whiskey prob lem.’ ” living and it is the intention of tho | team and the other as The Ledger company to place every name in thei’* > teaai - B * s proposed to select about book, if possible. Your correspondent! t' ve !''P good men for each organization, has sent a long list but there are afl( ) ^ a* l p ast once a week others who ought to be reported. The! an ^/] ten< l r as occas ° n ma ' warrant, only thing for which the publishing This, ot course, will afford much company charges Is for portraits.! amusement for the older “boys” These cost $10.00 each, which includes ; J. h ® : SUn ?, mer , ni ? nths ’. ar } (1 the price of the hook to be sent. The ; following is the form of the blank to be filled out: THE STATES PUBLISHING CO. Louisville, Ky. Reward is Sure. (Gastonia News.> An editor works 165 days in a year to get out his paper; that’s labor, buggy for Cheraw. Soon afterwards! Once in a while somebody pays a the robbery was discovered. There is) subscription; thats capitak And no clue as yet, to the robber, or rob- °nce in a while some son of a gun j of a dead beat takes the paper for * years and vanishes without paying .Tayfus Maoomson. colored, a priso-' b"' ft; that’s anarchy. But later on ner in the county jail at Spartanburg,: justice will overtake the last named under death sentence for the murder creature, for there Memorandum I for book. Confederate Veterans who were Living at tlu* Beginning of the Twentieth Century: ! Name I Address Where horn I Date of birth | Occupation I First entry into Confederate service spirit of friendly rivalry which will exist between the two teams will serve to inspire the players to put forth their best efforts. Push the movement ahead, boys . Rank .. .. ! Commands, or in whose commands I I How long in the service I Member of Camp U. C. V 1 is a of Catherine Williams, died In his cell: he will get his deserts; that’s hell. Thursday. ’He had been in had health' . , .. . .J for a considerable time past, and was It is easier to applaud than it is to given proper care and attention. Ma-' "’In applause, comson’s case is an interesting one. place where No. location of camp Official rank (if any) in IT. C. V. On April 20th, 1903, he shot and killed -100 pairs Oxfords and Ties for j CatheVine Williams, his paramour, and | Ladies, our best selling numbers, up at the June term of court following to $2.50, choice June Sale $1.50. Car- other side he was tried and convicted of murder 1 r °ll & Byers and sentenced hang. His attorney, Mr. R. J. Gantt, who ( was apoolnted by the court, the prisrinor being with out funds, appealed to the supreme cou.t, and pending action of that tri bunal the sentence was stayed. Two months ago the supreme court dis missed the appeal, and the prisoner was to have been resentenced ami ex ecuted: hut an effort to have his sen tence commuted to life imprisonment , was on foot This petition had been signed by the judge ,and a rtumber j of jurors on the case. The solicitor ^ <vas not averse to the agreement, and j it seemed that the governor would | have acted favorably In the matter; but the case did not. reach him. The death rtf Macomson stays tin* execu tion and sends the prisoner before a higher judge. Give as much information in above spaces as you possibly can. If more room is needed, write on the —Going away? Are you going out To any one who will send us a of town for your summer vacation? stamped envelope addressed we will If so let us fit you out. Carroll & j by return mall send him one of* the Byers. ! blanks: or if the foregoing is properly and legibly copied and sent the pub- —If you are going on a trip in June, Ushers it will, we suppose, answer let ns fit you out at our June Sale, their purpose. Carroll & Byers. Mr. Will Smarr, of Hickory Grove, so Mr. Comer says, has put. five fur A Land Deal. Spartanburg, June 2.—Mr. Horace Brown, of Cowpens, has purchesed the old Cowpens furnace tract of land in Cherokee county, which contains 1,100 acres of land. The consideration was $12,500. The property was owned by the Misses Johnston, of Asheville. Mr. Brown will develope the tract into a model farm. r . .. - , _^,atSii between him and Alice Webb Duke in ! in town with his cousin, Walter New York, it is said, cannot be termi- j lock, nated for six months. Mr. Duke to I Miss Sadie Smith, of Richmond, Va., talk. j is visiting her sister, Miss Bessie | Smith. Mrs. W. A. Jackins, of Charlotte, N. The trustees of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh arrang ed the budget for the college next year, setting apart $56,000. The salary of Prof. Stevens, who is regarded as one of the strongest members of the faculty, is increased, and it is hoped he will not accept the offer from the Canadian government. It is decided not to increase the rate of board of students at the college. The trustees elected four new assistant professors, among these being J. Osmond Morgan, assistant in - agriculture, and Farm Su perintendent W. F. Kirkpatrick, bot any. Prof. D. H. Hill was made vice president at the request of President Winston, to assist in discipline and act as president during Winston's ab sence. It was decided to ask the War Department to detail a young officer on the active list as instructor of tac tics to succeed Capt. Phelps, whose term has ended. OPPORTUNITY FOR A YOUNG MAN. The South Carolina College offers scolarships in the Normal Depart ment to two young men from each county. Each scholarship is worth $40 in money, besides remission of $40 tut ion and $18 matriculation or “term” fee. The money is naid at tho rate of $5 a month for eight months, to assist in meeting the ne cessary living expenses. Examination will be held Friday, July 7th, before the County Board of Education. Applicants should be at C.. is visiting Mrs. C. L. .Whisonant. Miss Winnona Phifer, of Gaffney, is visiting Miss Marie Goforth. Miss Edna Moss, of the Buffalo sec tion. attended commencement here Saturday night. Mr. Burnett, of Edgefield, is visiting at the home of Mr. A. J. Goforth. Mr. Pink Reviere. of Shelby, is visit- visiting in town . Misses Florence and Bertha and Mr. John Porter, of the Buffalo section, at tended the commencement Saturday night. R. F. B. Can You Tell Why? (Washington Post.) Why do we always talk of putting on our coats and vests, when we al ways put on first our vest ami then our coat? Why do we refer to the coverings of our feet as shoes and stockings, when the stockings are first put on? Why do we invite people to wipe thf’r feet, when we mean their shoes? Why. in the olden times. ,li*i a fath er tell his son lie would warm his Jacket, when every one knew he Nettie, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pritchard, was ac cidentally shot and killed on** mile from Elizabeth City Thursday after noon. A deer was seen in the yard of Mr. Pritchard's home the day he-* meant his pantaloons? fore and this was the cause of the gun being loaded. After putting in an Daniels-Higgins extra charge, Mr. Pritchard increased; Mr. W. W. Daniels, of Henrietta, the load by putting in a ball. He (lien N. C., and Mrs. Z. T. Higgins, o® Gaff- placed the gun behind the door, telling ney. were married Sunday morning his wife if the deer re-appeared in his about 10 o'clock at the home of tho lat- absence to shoot. Thursday about 1 j ter on Main street. The couple left o’clock Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard left the at 2 P. M. for Henrietta to spend about house, going out in the barnyard. The children went in the room where the gun was, and a moment later a loud report rang out. The mother, almost certain what had occurred, ran crying | a week and will then return t*. Gaffney and maive this their future ’’ome. least 19 years of age, and preferably to the house, and there a sight met teachers. Write President Benjamin her gaze that transfixed her with hor- Sloan, South Carolina College, Colum- j ror and from which she is now suffer bia, S. C„ for blank on which to ap ply before July 7. —Juno Sale, June 2nd to Iftth. roll & Byers. Car- —$5.00 Men’s all wool Coats and Pants, new long coat, cuff bottom Pants, Carroll & Byers’ June Sale price, $3.75. —I have a line of samples from rows to the row in his cotton to get i Globe Tailoring Co. See them and Letter to Irene Mills. Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sirs: Devue, $10 a year, lead- and-oil, $22. Mr McMullin. Info cashier of Pa- ing almost a nervous collapse. Lying tap-co National Bank, of Ellicott City, on the floor in a pool of blood, her i Md. painted his house—D**vne—in clothes singed and blackenfed and an 1885. It wore 17 years at a cost of awful wound In her side, was the lit-i less than $10 a year, tie daughter. Nettle. By her side were ! Mr Harold Hardinge, the present her two little brothers, completely cashier, painted his house—three dumbfounded, yet not realizing what! coats lead-and-oll—It wore six years. —Dunlap Shoes at Carroll & Byers’, rbl of the grass. The Yorkville Enquirer says: “Mr. —Black Goods for ladies; June sale! j. p. White has a cotton patch of sev- prices away under. Carroll & Byers.; oral acres that he has managed to keep clean of grass." We'll bet a pig to a pimler that The Enquirer won’t say that John worked it himself. If we take the had stands of cotton in most places Into the calculation, not over one-half of the crop is in a state of cultivation. If that much. If the fashion of removing hats in —New lino “Lion Brand Shirts;” you know how they fit and wear; see the new colors. Carroll & Byers. —Special prices on Negligee Shirts and big lot to select from at J. 1. Sarratt’s. have your measure taken for a spring suit. J. I. Sarratt, —New shipment Waist special prices in June Sale. Byers. Patterns, Carroll & had happened. A physician was has tily summond and Dr. C. W. Sawyer, of Elizabeth City, responded, but the child was beyond th ■ powers of medi cal ;kill. —June Sale, Juno 2nd to Iftth. Car- roll & Byers. —One lot Men’s $2.5ft Oxfords for $1.50 a pair In Juno Sale. Carroll & Byers. —Umbrellas and Parasols at special prices June Sale, f’arroll & Byers. —June Sale. June 2nd to 10th. roll & Byera. Car —2ft cents Wash Goods for 10 cents at Carroll & Byers’ June Sale. at a cost of $22 a year. He then re painted Devoe; said he wanted the palm that cost least by the year. This is important; such compari sons are extremely rare. We know the general fact, however. The paint that goes farthest, wears longest; always. Yours truly 99 F W Devoe A Co P. S—R M. Wilkins Hardware Co. -ell our paint. - The old fashion ’’Scotch I>awn*.” fhe kind that don’t fade, 31-2 cents at Carroll & Byers.