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V- ' '•» /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 AMD FBIDAY. THE NATIONAL BANK OF 6AFFNEY Gaffney, 8. C., State, County and City Depository, ^ tb resources March 31, 1905 of oyw $300,000.00, respectfully solicits your banking business. 1 A Newspaper In All theft the Word Implies end Devoted to the Beet Interests of the People ef Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. It, ISM. GAFFNEY', 8. C„ TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1905. $1.00 A YEAR. TWO NOT GUILTY OF MURDER CHARGE FIRE AT FAIRFAX. LOUIS PINCKNEY AND P. T. BUL LARD ACQUITTED. BLACKSBURG BREVITIES. Pinckney Was Charged Wtih Killing a Woman and Bullard With Murdering a Negro Tramp. Columbia, June 10.—Louis Pinckney, the young mulatto who was tried yes terday and the day before for the murder of Belle Morris, colored, was acquitted of the charge of murder and was convicted of carrying concealed weapons. Judge Gary sentenced him to 30 days on the county chaingang. or in the penitentiary, or to pay - fine of $50. Pinckney will probably pay the fine. In pronouncing sentence the judge told the boy that he had a*nar- row escape from conviction and gave him a scathing reprimand for carrying a pistol, and told him that although the jury had been able to find some doubt as to his having fired the fatal shot there was none in his own mind that he killed Belle Morris. The defense, instead of admitting the killing and alleging that it was done unintentionally, as was generally expected, denied the responsibility and introduced witnesses to prove that the only shots fin 11 by Pinckney were fired at the corner of Gat^s and Laurel streets, four blocks away. Belle Morris was killed on the day after last. Christmas by a shot fired by an unknown person while she was walking along Washington street near Gates. The police soon gathered, suf ficient evidence to show that the shot had been fired by some young negro who was celebrating Christmas by in discriminate shooting near the corner diagonally opposite and who ran up Washington street toward Assembly when he saw that one of his shots had taken effect. The next day Pinckney heard that he was wanted by the po lice and went to headquarters and sur rendered. Ginnery and Sawmill Burned Down at That Place. Fairfax, June 9.—The ginnery and sawmill operated here by Messrs. H. M. Hardley and J. W. Sullivan was burned today between 1 and 2 o’clock. It Is not clear how the fire originated. The saw mill was being operated this morning, but shut down for dinner about 12 o’clock and the fire was dis covered about 1 o’clock. It is said that the fire started in the seed ware house and it is claimed that it was set by a passing engine on the Seaboard Air Line Railway, but as the sawmill boiler was fired up the lire may have been set by that. A high east wind was blowing and carried fire from the burning mill to the-residence of Mr. G. S. O’Neal, a distance of 250 yards, and set it on fire, but fortunately it was extinguished before any serious damage was done. No other building was burned.. The loss of Mesc“s. Hardley and Sullivan probably amounts to between $2,000 and $3,000. An empty freight car be longing to the Seaboard Air Line Rail way company was burned to ashes and another car loaded with lumber was set on fire and the lumber was slightly damaged, but the car was rolled to the water tank and the fire extinguished. PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED. Personals ,and Locals from the Iron Ctiy Across the Broad. Blacksburg, June 12.—Mrs. J. G. Black is visiting her son, Dr. Black, at Wilkinsville. Master Richard Bridges is visiting his sistdr, Mrs. J. B. Sherer, in Rock Hill. Mr. W. B. Moore, of Yorkville, was In town Saturday. Mr. W. A. Blalock end dauehter, Miss Mayrpe, made a flying trip to Gaffney Saturday. Mrs. D. S. Ramseur and little son, Dave, are visiting relatives in Shelby. Mr. James Bettis, who is working at Athens, Ga., was in town a few hours on his way home to spend Sun day. Messrs. Tom Buice and Tom '* T|T - kerson were in town a few hours Fri day on their way home from Wofford College. Mr. L. G. Wylie spent Sunday in Hickory Grove with his parents. Miss Beatrice Hoag, of Grover, was in town Saturdav shopping. Messrs. Will Ward and N. McDill, of Hickory Grove, were in town Fri day. Mr. M. H. Morrow has gone to Louis ville, Ky., to spend a few days. Mr. -Thos. Knox, who is working in Spencer, N. C., was in town Saturday. Rev. I. T. Newton and children are visiting relatives in Fayettsvllle. N. C. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Portonal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular Paopla and Short Itema of General Interest. NEGRO KILLED IN ACCIDENT. Young Colored Boy Fatally Injured by Explosion of Soda Fountain Tank. Charlotte, N. C., June 9.—A very dis tressing accident occurred a little af ter the noon hour yesterday at the works of the Brahnon Carbonating company, located just In the rear of the new Highland Hotel prope.rty in this city. Charley Lyles, a negro boy 15 years of age, was fatally injured by the bursting of a soda water fountain tank, that was being charged with gas. The ten-gallon vessel was sitting on the rear platform of the factory, in company with a number of others that were to be re filled with the carbonic acid gas. Mr. J. W. Bailey, who was FELL 70 FEET AND LIVES. Wilkinsville, June 9.—Some cruel _. nonsensical editor or other person has 1 the w 1 ork ’ ' 0scar . .. .u ...... i Alexander, and several colored boys made the assertion that old maids are who were employed about the factory, Mr. Morrison Fetzer Has Miraculous Escape from Death in a Mine Concord, N. C., June 8.—This even ing Mr. Morrison Fetzer, son of Mr. P. B. Fetzer, the electrical engineer at the Miami mine, about nine miles south of here, fell down a shaft 70 feet deep and is cut and bruised consider ably. It is hoped that no serious in jury is the result. Dr. Young was 08116(1 and as yet has not returned and his real condition is at present un known. The reports say that he is not injured very badly. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. unappropriated blessings.” He had bet ter not come this way with mu<;h talk were standing near. When this par ticular tank was reached, it seems that if he would like to sleep in a whole were aware of the fact that it was hide. If he had said they were bless-1 a defective one. The charging, bow ings in disguise we could have accept ed it with much better grace. That old maidenhood has its blessings, its independencies, and its pleasures, which far excel those of matrimonial bondage, he nor no one else can well or truthfully deny. ever, was begun. Young Lyles was standing beside the tank, watching the pressure gauge. As the gas w'as turned on, and the tank begun to fill, sudden ly a terrible explosion occurred that was distinctly heard by a number of people standing on Independence Mr. Paul G. McCorkle Victim of Runa- away Accident. Chester, June 9.—Mr. Paul G. Mc Corkle, a leading cotton dealer of this city, formerly a resident of Charlotte, was seriously injured in a runaway accident yesterday afternoon. He was thrown from his buggy and kicked bv the horse several times. He was kicked in the face, one eye was knock ed out and his skull was crushed. Mrs. McCorkle, who was with her husband, escaped with slight injuries. This afternoon Mr. McCorkle is still unconscious, but the doctors say he is a shade better and may recover. A later account says: The condition of Mr. P. G. McCorkle. resulting from injuries from terrible kicks of bis horse yesterday, remains very serious, indeed extremely critical, this morning. I The consensus of opinion of the at tending physicians, four of them in consultation, is that there is the barest possibility that his life can be saved. Why The Ledger so often fails to 1 Square. The negro was literallv hurled come on schedule time W’e are unable | th,> bis right arm was broken to say. We are reasonably sure that! above the elbow, his right leg mangled, .e.auv^ ... rnyt-LLsv..,e ^ ^ k is Promptly mailed from the office, i b la /‘gbt side and chest fearfully Mr *Luther Bla 1 r wh^ has been'at- 1 Yet h is oftPn a ,la > behin;l tlme 111 h K \ nise< \ an ^ torn - Bailey and Mr. trading school a. Wofforrt Coll^ waa! reaching ns. Accidents and mlshahs! Al««nder narrowly escaped. A small in town Friday on his way home. ... . ,. (J . ^ _ , 1TL .Miss Lula Smith, of Hickory Grove, | thp >' fhouldn t be too irequent. When was in town a few hours Saturday on I one bws occur in the printing office her way to Grover N. C. so as to de, ! iy the l88U, ng of the paper Miss Ethel Maxwell, of Charleston, at ' ' lP P r °P^ r ^*ne a note of ex plana- is visiting Miss Mary Anderson. tion is made of that fact and thus the * Misses Bessie and Maude Greens- rna ^ ,PI 1S u|1< l er8 tood. We would not will, of course, occur sometimes, but i ne Sro boy, Dick Leach, was knocked lade si»ent Saturday in Smyrna with Miss Dilla Whisnant. Mr. W. C. WMlburn. of King’s Creek, was in towm Sunday night. B. Tried Twice for His Life. Marion. June 9.—Court of general sessions is being held here this week, having convened Monday morning with Judge R. C. Watts presiding. There were quite a number of cases on the criminal docket, including six homi cide cases. The grand jury finished their work Tuesday aftemoon with the unprecedented record of having found true bills in all cases before them. Be sides the six homicide cases in which hills were found by the grand jury at this court, there were three other cas es brought over from last year, making a total of nine homicides on the cal endar. This state of affairs so impress ed the minds of the grand jurors that they made special references to dt in their report to the court. The case of P. T. Bullard, who was tried and acquitted some years ago for killing his neighbor, Mr. Waitus Altman, was the first to come before the court Monday morning, a true bill having been found against him at a previous court. He was charged this time with the killing of an unknown negro tramp, and as in the former case, pleaded self-defense and was ac quitted. The trial consumed two days, though there were no eye-witnesses except Bullard and his son, both of whom were subjected to severe cross- examinations by Solicitor Johnson, who made one of his strongett sjjeech- es in presenting the case to the Jury, The defendant was ably represented by Messrs. J. W. Johnson and W. P. Stackhouse, and Bullard is once more a free man. WHIPPED GROOM; TOOK BRIDE. Irate Father Treats Young Couple oung Harshly and Lands in Union, June G.—Never were the words, "Love will find a way,” more fully exemplified than yesterday when quite a romantic marriage occurred. The contracting parties wore Miss Julia Edwards and Mr. Robert Justice. This couple determined to marry while the parents of Miss Edwards were away from home. They came to the city, but not being able to find a min ister secured a horse and buggy and drove four miles in the country, but when they got there the minister was absent, so they must needs hunt an other. They drove ten miles to Jones- ville and there secured the services of Rev. D. E. Camack. The then happy couple started for home, but their hap piness was short. After reaching about half way home they met the father and mother of the fair bride, who at once hauled the couple out of the buggy and administered a sound thrashing to the young man and took the young bride on home. But the groom was deter mined not to be downed, so he swore out a warrant against his father-in-law for assairit and battery and had him lodged in Jail. The groom then agreed to release the father if he would give him back his fair-won bride. This he did and all are now happy. WANT SOUTHERN RY. ENJOINED. Suit to Restrain It from Operating the South Carolina &. Georgia Railway. Charleston. June 9.—Suit was filed in the United States Circuit Court here today on behalf >'f H. H. Cummings, of Agusta, Ga., asking that the South ern Railway be restrained from operat ing the South Carolina & Georgia rail- lay the blame on anyone unless we knew where it was. Sometimes one subscriber gets his paper and another does not, when both are delivered on the same route. We understand this 1,u t Httle hope of his recovery and he down by the escaping gas. *He suffered no serious injury, however. A large crowd of people were at- tracted by the heavy explosion and by the cries of the wounded boy. Three psysicians were soon on the scene and everything was done to relieve his sufferingg. An ambulance was sum moned and he was removed to the Good Samaritan Hospital. There was is the case with both The Ledger and Cherokee News subscribers. We un derstand, however, that different pack ages of The Ledger come to Wilkins ville to be distributed on this route. This may cause the trouble, for some of them may he left or get on other routes before leaving Gaffney. Mr. Lowery, we think, tries to do his duty on his route. The weather is getting seriously dry Against the Dispeneary. Greenville, June 6.—The dispensary in Greenville county seems to be doomed. At a meeting of the minis ters’ nnion held In the par’ors of the Mr. McCorkle Is quite well known in Gaffney, and was here on a visit not very long ago. His friends here re gret very much to learn of his mis fortune and hope he may soon recover. The Pickens Dispensary. Columbia, June 10.—The dispensary at Pickens has not yet been closed, as was told in the Pickens correspondence of The State yesterday, but it is prob able that the place will be ordered closed today. Mr. G. H. Charles, clerk of the State board, stated yesterday that no official statement of the elec tion had been received by the board, and the only communication which has been received through the office at the State dispensary was a conv of a letter sent to Gov. Heyward. However, Mr. H. H. Evans, chair man of the board, has the matter un der advisement, and if he is assured that the election has been conducted in a legal manner the place will be ordered closed. It is expected that Mr. Evans will issue the order today. Mr. Charles said that there is an in- snector working in that territory, and he will be ordered to Pickens at once. It is said that the State board has arranged for the stock at the Pickens dispensary to he shipped to one of the Greenville dispensaries and there to be disposed of with the other stock. New Prospect Paragraphs. New Prospect, June 10.—Aft^r spending nine months very pleasantly In school at Bethel Hill, N. C.. I am now at home again, plowing and work ing some in the harvest field. Study ing is hard work, but not so trying on the muscles as farm labor, especial ly that of using the scythe. If I looked as old and frail this morning as I feel, surely I could draw a nension, but I am glad to say that my face hasn’t changed very much, only by the sun’s tanning it. The wheat crop Is very sorry in all sections where I have been. There has been too much wet weather for It I suppose, and the rust is doing it a great coal of damage now. In a hotly contested batfle, in the al most scorching rays of the sun, our patriotic farmers have about defeated General Green and the battlefields are now beautiful with promising looking crops of cotton and corn. The general health of our community is \ery good at present. Pet. Killed in a Sawmill. Ruby. June 9.—Tom Gill, colored, an employe at the Diekson Lumber com pany’s plant, about two miles from town, met with a fatal accident yester day afternoon tbout 1 o’clock. While bearing off lumber and trying to ride on the log carriage, he was thrown against the saw and had one leg com pletely and the other nearly severed near the knee Joints. Drs. Nesbitt and Moore were summoned and amputated both limbs, hut to no avail, and he died about midnight. road, and that a receiver for the latter property be appointed and the road an< ^ man y plows are at a stand- sold at public auction. The suit is' stl11 on account of the hard ground y based upon alleged conflict of the ^ ot ^ on * n nian y places is still In the Southern Railway’s operation of the Krass and can ’t be worked out until South Carolina & Georgia with the a rain comes. Hands are scarce and anti-trust laws of the United States,! ’V 11 *' 1 to » rpt s for cither love or money, it being held that the operation of the! 1 aken a11 ln a11 il ’s a serious time road is in restraint of trttde. The case Wltb f armers - will be heard before Judge Pritchard. We hear but Bttle about reduction sitting at Asheville, on June 2fi. | of the cotton acreage now. Any amount — j of the cotton planted has been thrown Voting for the Queen. ou t and not a single row of it will he Union, June 9.—Voting for the queen worked - People juts haven’t got the , « « n 1 • « a ^ A *«r*\%*l* i 4- a-a a • 4- la.. ... a. _ X. - died a litMe after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The tank, which seems to have been veVy old. was a defective one and hence unable to stand the heavy pres sure to which they are subjected. Tv e explosion was a tremendous one, thi entire side of the vessel being blown K. O. Huskey will leave today for Rock Hill to attend the summer school. Mrs. R. C. Sarratt and two children are in Spartanburg visiting relatives. Wells Littlejohn, who has been at tending Wofford College, at S ^’•tan- burg. came home Friday for the sum mer. James Darwin, Ed Corry and Helen Goode have gone to Smyrna on a visit to relatives. E. H. Gaines came in from the road Saturday and spent Sunday with his family. Mrs. L. Baker and Mrs. Floyd L. Baker returned Saturday from a visit to relatives at Greenwood. They were accompanied home by Masters Stan ley, Ralph and Kenneth, sons of Mr. Kenneth Baker. T. B. Cole, who is now with the Clif ton Manufacturing company at Con verse, spent Sunday in the city. Superintendent of Education J. L. Walker, of Sunnyside. spent Saturday in his office at the courthouse. Gregg Susong, of Star Farm, was in town Saturday. John T. Stevens, a prominent lumber man of Kershaw, spent Sunday in the city. Li C. Warmoth and Dr. W. K. Gun ter spent Sunday in the Gowdeysville community. George Jefferies spent Sunday among friends in the Corinth and Dray- tonville sections. Chas. F. Johnson and little son Cecil, of Freemont, N. C., are visiting Mr. R. E. Johnson, of this place, brother of away. The escape of the young men Mr. Chas. Johnson. standing near was miraculous. $50,000 SCHOOL BUILDING. of the floral festival took on much ad ditional interest this afternoon on ac count of the heavy voting done for Miss Cornelia Greer, the popular daughter of Probate Judge J. M. Greer, Miss Annie Rodger still being in the lead, however with Miss Medora Dun can third. This contest closes on Mon day night at 9 o’clock and it is* under stood that friends of the other young ladies in Jfre race will do some heavy balloting before the end comes. Most of the business concerns are now hard at work preparing their floats, and the indications point to their being quite elaborate, as well as novel. force to work it out. In most cases it is claimed that the weeds and grass have about absorbed the strength of the fertilizers. We like to be cheerful when we can be, but there Is, or can now, be but little hope for anything like a half crop. This comes from a train of circumstances over which man kind has no control whatever, and we may just as well make the best of it. We regret to state that Mrs. Mary George’s youngest son is sick with the fever. The people of this and all other communities sympathize with her and her family in their great affliction. Last fall they had sickness and two of the children died. If any local The announcement has been made cause wb y they have so much sick- that the Union cotton mills will close uess bas be en detected we haven’t down both afternoons during the festi- beard it. • val at 3:30 o’clock in order that the Morgan Millwood, our champion more than 1,200 opei*atives may enjoy watermelon raiser, says his vines are the festivities, and though nothing has been heard officially from the" other mills, except the Jonesville Manufac turing company, of Jonoeville, which will close for half a day (probably Thursday! it is more than probable that they will also close down on the days named. doing no good. He will not be likely to have any melons in market by the 4th of July, unless his prospects in crease rapidly after this. Yesterday the wind began to change to cooler and this morning it is really cold. The first of the week was ex cessively hot, the themometer standing in the neighborhood of 96 to 100. Cot- Where South Carolinians May Send to » looks sickly. Their Donations Columbia. June 10.—The people of Georgia have a^ked the people of the south to unite with them in erecting a monument to the memory of Gen. John B. Gordon. Yesterday Gov. Heyward received a letter from the secretary of the Gordon Monument association, Mr. Jos. T. Derry, in which he says: There are still some complaining, but the sick reported in our last letter are all improving, we are glad to say. We have a fine spoil of weather for hay making. Our friend and neighbor, Mr. V. C. Comer, came near having a very se rious disaster at his house night be fore last. Upon retiring some of the “I have been instructed by the board c hUdr e n left a lighted lamp on the of directors to request the chairmen tabl e in the room, where it caught of committees to send to Mr. E. H. i some articles of clothing and finally Thornton, of the Neal bank of this city, our treasurer, at the earliest nossible d,ate the amounts collected in their re spective territories for the Gordon spread to others until the room was filled with tire and smoke. Mr. Comer was aroused by the roar of the flames Just in time to save his house and monument. We are giving out con- family. Much of the family clothing tracts for the work, and wish to have ! was burned or rendered worthless by all funds in hands.” j the fire, among which were the dress ! hats of his two daughters which they Mill Hill Note*. had worn only one time. Had Mr. Old Uncle Jack Byers is now enjoy- Comer not awoke just when he did in ing good health in his 79th year. He all probability bis entire household^f- Tried to Break Jail. Aiken. June 9.—Joe Adams, the negro accused of burning Mrs. Welk Moseley’s barn, tried to escape from First Baptist church a resolution was] the county Jail Wednesday morning, unanimously adopted calling a mass \s Mr. Vernon, the Jailer, opened the cuts wood, brings water and does other turns about the house. Mr. W. A. Putnam is now nursing a burnt ^iand. Mrs. Alvin is on the sick list, but better at this writing. The health of the hill is very good. The mill is running on full time. Three cheers for old Pickens— So fare you well, old “Fuss X.” We hid you adieu: You caused us to wear old clothes By loving of you. Alvin. foots, with the lives of his family, would have been destroyed. Mr. Mann Parris has found another cooler’s nest, with forty-five eggs. His son. Tillman, advised him not to say anything about bis find or he would be called “Cooter” Parris. J. L. S. Durham to Erect Fine High School Building. Durham, N. C., June 8.—The Dur ham authorities are getting ready for the erection of a very fine high school building. This building and equip ments will cost $50,000, and the archi tects will be working on the plans within the next few days. The school committee has purchased a fine site on Morris and Watkins streets. The lot has a frontage of 195 feet and runs back nearly four hundred feet, con taining an acre and two-thirds. The purchase price was $10,000. The com mittee first started condemnation pro ceedings for a lot on Chaped Hill street, hut the site purchased was se cured at less cost without litigation. At the last election the citizens voted $50,000 for this building and It is pro posed to have it ready before another commencement. The building will have a frontage of 145 feet. The 9-year-old son of Mr. W. A. Er win, of West Durham, is at the Watts Hospital being treated for appendicitis. The physicians have not yet decided as to the necessity of an operation. TRIED TO KILL HERSELF. Wilmington Woman Crazed Over Ar rest of Her Wayward Son. Wilmington, N. C., June 8.—Crazed with grief and mortification because her only son, Willie Guthrie, 18 years old, with whom she lived at 213 Queen street, this city, had been locked up on a charge of highway robbery, Mrs. Fannie E. Guthrie, a widow, attempted to throw herself into Cape Fear river for the purpose of ending her life late yesterday evening. She was restrained from carrying out her purpose by friends who ran after her and were forced to use physical strength in car- ryhitf her back home, two blocks dis tant. The wayward boy is one of three other young white men of this citv locked up this week on charges of having figured in several hold-ups on the road to Middle Sound within the past, few weeks. The heart-broken wo man is said to have preferred death to being called upon to prove an alibi for her son. The boy is an only son and the case has excited not a little sym pathy in the community. meeting of citizens to be held in the court, house June 12, to take steps to wards circulating a petition looking toward the ordering of an'election to abolish the system. The ministers are lending the fight, and they are making strenuous efforts to have prohibition. Anderson is also making an effort to get a netltion be- door of the cell the negro attempted to rush by him. Mr. Vernon, aided by his family and two prisone j, suc ceeded in putting the negro back into his cell. Died at MHIedgeville, Ga. \ telegram came to Mrs. T. R'. Wilkins yesterday announcing the fore her citizens, and It looks now af''b-ath of M.’ A. McCraw’s baby, M. A., if all the upper counties will follow i J*'., at MHIedgeville. Ga. The child the examples o-' Cherokee and Pickens. 1 was only two years old. Belton Power Company. Belton, June 9.—The Belton Power company Is making rapid progress to ward the completion of the dam at Sa luda river. They are now working over 300 hands and hope to be able to transmit the power to Belton and Wil liamsburg in September, when this pro gressive town will he lighted up with electricity. -Children’s Shoe Store. White Socks at the —White Canvas Polos at The Shoe Store. Dispensary Doomed. (People’s Paper.) Indications have been rapidly multi plying for some time to show that the Christian saloon, or the Ben Tillman dispensary of South Carolina is doom ed. The best element of the State both in the country and In the towns and cities are sick and tired of Tillman and Tillmannism. When the dispensary goes Tillman goes with it. He has kept himself in power and the people under his lash through the dispensaries and their influence. He Is now play ing his last trump unless all signs fall, So mote It be! —I have a line of samples from Globe Tailoring Co. See them and have your measure taken for a spring suit. J. I. Sarratt. Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 a year. To Aid in Double Execution. Asheville, N. C., June 8.—Sheriff Reed, of Buncombe county, has re ceived an invitation from the sheriff of Madison county to assist in the ex ecution of Peter Smith and Cjiarley Stein, condemned to die on the gal lows for criminal assault, and the date of the hanging set for Tuesday, August 1. Sheriff Reed and one of his depu ties will go to Marshall on that date to assist the sheriff of Madison. The gallows now stored In the basement of the county court house and on which the two Emma burglars were hanged several years ago, and which was also used in Statesville and Salisbury since that time, will again be called Into service and sent to Marshall shortly before the date of execution. Letter to T. L. Brown, Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir: Fred .Mitchell, Norwich, N Y, and his father before him, have sold Devoe from 1832 to now. Bright town, Norwich: we’ve helped ’em brighten It. Seventy-two years Is a good long time to test paint But it's only half of our lifetime. (We're 150 years old. » G(x»d paint Is a life-preserver. Go by the name: Devoe lead-nnd-zinc. Yours truly 101 F. W. Devoe & Co. P. S. —R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. sell our paint H. H. Bonner spent Sunday in Spar tanburg. Misses Millie Wilkins and Marie Turner went to Spartanburg yesterday to visit friends. Drayton Clary and Collis Kirby a t. tended preaching at Corinth Sum' av S. S. Philips, of Lawn, w?^ among the lower Cherokeeans i^ town ’-es terday. y Pau J G ‘«ffney and June H. Carr wept, to Piedmont Springs Sunday. Mrs. S. F. Torrence, of Charlotte, N. C., is the guest of the Misses Hop per at the Central Hotel. Lynn Littlejohn attended commence ment at Wofford College the last of’ the week. J. T. Rogers spent Sunday with his son. Rochelle, In Spartanburg. Mrs. W. A. McBride, of Wilmington, N. C.. is visiting the Misses Hopper at the Central Hotel. Mrs. McBride was formerly Miss Willie Hill, and a resi dent of this place. Rev. W. R. Potter, of Greers, was in .the city Friday and Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Willis, of Gaffney, is vis iting Mrs. J. N. Cudd, on South Church street.—Spartanburg Journal. Misses Puella and Irene Littlejohn, Mr. Lynn Littlejohn and Arthur Car lisle Littlejohn, of Gaffney, are guests at J. A. Littlejohn’s. North Church street, during the Wofford commence ment.—Spartanburg Herald. Mrs. George Garrett Byers has re turned from a visit to her sister. Mrs. Arch C. Cree, In Louisville, Kyr W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury, was an early visitor in the city Fridjy. W. C. McArthur has returned from Charlottesville. Va., where he has been attending the University of Virginia. A. W. Clary and family visited rel atives near Corinth Sunday. Virgil McCraw spent Sunday on his farm “up on the river.” He says crops in that section are looking well and growing nicely. Rev. C. F. Felmet. of Converse, was in the city Saturday on his way to fill his appointment at Corinth Sunday. Miss Georgia Coffee spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCraw. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Daniels, of Troy, Ala., are in the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Harris. Mrs. Oliver Sarratt, of New York, and Mrs. Landy Hames, of Union, are the guests of Miss Inez Sarratt, on Limestone street. J. E. Webster, W. S. Hall, J. H. Crews, Floyd t- Baker and George Littlejohn were In Spartanburg .Satur day. Negro Convict Drowned. Darlington. June 9.—Harry Pinck ney, a negro convict on the chain- gang, was drowned in Black creek yesterday afternoon at Brunson’s bridge, about three miles from town, where he was at work with the gang on the bridge which was recently car ried off by the flood. He was from Sumter but was sentenced to the gang for 30 days from Hartsville for steal ing carpenter’s t«x)ls. His body is still in the creek but will be shipped to Sumter as soon as it is discovered. His time would have expired today. High Has Surrendered. Aiken, June 9.—Gordon High, the negro who killed Burrell McClain, gave himself up to the authorities Tuesday night, and was put in jail. There was some fear of an attempt hv a mob from the Bush Hill section to take High from the jail, but the night pass ed by with no demonstration of vio lence. As far as Is known, all Is quiet at Bush Hill. The Clothes Betray The Man. M. Born & Co. make clothes that enrich your appearance and add to your personality. J. R. ToiJeson & n o.. Agents. r»-9.2t