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/HE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District, of 3. C. * EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY —PUBLISHED TUESDAY AEPBFBIDAY. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY Gaffney, 8. C., State, County and City Depository, With resources March 31, 1905 of over $300,000.00, respectfully sollcita your banking, business. A Newspaper In All that tha Word Implies and Dsvstad to tha Boot Interests of tha Psopls of Charakaa County. ESTABLISHED FEB. It, 1834. GAFFNEY, 8. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1905. •1410 A YEAR. DRUNK MEN FIGHT i PISTOL DUEL ADE r. WALKER KILLS EUGENE LAMAR. MRS HORACE L. BOMAR DEAD. They Had Been Drinking and Gamb ling Together—Walker’s Bad Re cord. Winston-Salem. N. C., Aug. 8—At Kernersvilld, about 1:80 this after noon, Ade Walker shot, ami killed Eugene Lamar, a married man about 35 years old. The two men were in the blacksmith shop of Granville Manuels, near the Southern Railway depot, where the killing occurred. Walker was found an hour later at his home half a mile away and was arrest ed. He told the officers that he tiad decided to return and surrender to the authorities. At the preliminary trial before a magistrate and the mayor late this afternoon. Mr. Manuels, owner of the blacksmith shop and the only eye-wit ness to the shooting, testified that Lamar and Walker were drinking; that when the two men came into the shop Walker asked Lamar to play an other game of cards with him. The witness gathered from the conversa tion that Lamar had won $L5ft v from Walker in a game played this morning. Lamar said to Walker: “You are too drunk, Ade; besides you are fussy when drinking. Wait until you sober ui) and I’ll play with you again. “D it, let’s shoot it out, then, Her Untimely Death a Profound Shock to the Community. The following is from yesterday’s Spartanburg Herald: “After an illness of only a few days, Mrs. Horace L. Bomar died at two o’clock yesterday afternoon at her residence on Hampton avenue. “Few people in the city save the immediate family and intimate friends knew of her illness and the news of ner death came as a profound shock to her large circle of friends. It seems as yet impossible to realize the sad. crushing fact. “Mrs. Bomar was married a little less than a year ago. Before her mar riage she was Miss Lucile Montgom ery, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Montgomery, of this city. “The funeral will be held this after noon at live o’clock from the First Baptist church. The burial will follow at Oakwood cemetery.” The news was a profound shock to the many friends of Mrs. Bomar in Gaffney, who have known her from childhood. Mrs. Bomar was a graivu- daughter of Prof, and Mrs. H. P. Griffith and a student of Limestone College, and had spent much of her early life at this place. The sympathy of this entire community goes out u> the bereaved family. Several of Prof. Griffith's family will attend the funeral, which will take place morning instead of yester day. as announced. A NEGRO HOMICIDE. A SUCCESSFUL PLANTER. A Short Sketch of William Samuel Lipscomb. Wm. Samuel Lipscomb, the subject of this sketch, was born in the Gouch- er creek section of Cherokee county (formerly Spartanburg), April 28th, 1856. He is a son of Edward and Ma- lissa Lipscomb. His entire life has been spent in this section. He was reared on a farm and. although known as a shrewd business man, has fol lowed farming as a vocation. In 1876 Mr. Lipscomb married Miss Ella Lit tlejohn. The union lias been blessed with a family of seven interesting boys and girls. k NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVIllE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP LOWER CHEROKEE. DEATH OF CAPT. MOORE. A ROUSING MEETING IN YORK. Personal Paragrapha Concerning Pop ular People and Short Iteme of General Interest “All right, exclaimed Walker. Lamar replied, laughing then.** , . « i Walker drew his pistol and tired twice. Lamar drew his gun and began shooting, emptying his weapon At this juncture the owner of the black smith shop decided that he was in dan gerous territory, and he ran oot in search of an officer. When he returned Walker was leaving and Lamar was down on his all fours groaning. A physician was summoned and he ar rived before the wounded man died. Lamar was shot three times, but the wound that proved fatal was from a ball which entered the right breast. It was found just under the skin in the back. One ball took effect in the right leg and the other in the left leg One of the balls fired by Lamar went through Walker’s left leg just above the knee, another went through the coat and another grazed his right ankle. Walker was ordered to jail without bail until the next term of court. He was brought to Winston- Salem tonight. Walker is known as a dangerous character when drinking. He killed a man in Winston-Salem a few years ago, but was released on the plea of self-defence. He also killed a negro a number of years ago. About four years ago he pulled down on Deputy Sheriff R. C. Hunter, of Kernersville, with a shotgun, peppering him in the face and breast. Walker claimed that he did it Just for fun, though he admit- ed that he resisted arrest and told tne officer to move on. Walker served a term on the roads for the latter offence. LARGE ENGINES FOR SOUTHERN. Will Be Placed on the Road Soon for Heavy Traffic. Columbia. Aug. 8.—The Southern Railway is about-to place # in use on its division in this section of the South new and larger types of engines to pull both its freight and more im portant passenger trains. The new engine for passenger service is to be used <for the heavy traffic such as is now' being handled in sections in or der to maintain schedules more closely With the present engines it is prac tically impossible to maintain sched ules, and the necessity for improve ment along tnis line lias been more and more apparent. Two new freig engines passed through this State a few days ago on their way to Atlanta there to be put in shape for immediate service. Th*. new freight engines are giants by the side of the present big four-wheelers, which were considered giants a few r years ago. They are built on much the same pattern, but are larger in every way. the principal improvement coming in the increased capacity for producing steam, which w'ill enable them to more easily and rapidly Jerk the heavy freight trains now necessitated by increased busi ness. The new engines are not only capable of pulling a train of great length and weight fast, but they are grade-climbers such as have never been placed on the ro.ad They are the largest engines yet seen in this State and with the exception of one or tw’o built bv way of experiment are the largest in the world. FINED FOR KILLING BIRDS. George Fincher Kills Two Blue Mar tins and i* Fined Two Dollars Charlotte, N. C.. Aug. 8.—Mr. George Fincher, a resident of Charlotte town ship. appeared befo-e ’Srptire D. G. Maxwell yesterday to answer the charge of violating the Audubon law which has reference to the killing of certain birds out of season. Game Warden J. E. Garrison had tho warrant issued, alleging that on 'he 10th of July. Fincher shot and killed-five blue martins. Tho evidence before the mag istrate’s court was conclusive. Fin cher himself admitting that he had violated the law, but declared that he liad killed only two birds. A fine of $2 and the costs was imposed and the defendant was allowed to go. The game law states that a fine of $1 shall be Imposed for every bled destroyed. Having killed two birds, Fincher was fined $2. . * George Gore Shot and Killed Henry Shell in Union County. Union. Aug. 7.—George Gore, a well- to-do negro of the Bogansville section of this county, shot and killed Henry Shell, colored. Saturday afternoon at 7 o’clock. The killing was on the Alex Rice place and arose from some con tention over a baseball game. Shell was under the influence of liquor though Gore was not. The former was about 25 years of age and the latter 30. The shot entered Shell's left side, glancing to the heart, and causing im mediate death. Gore immediately came to Union and surrendered him self to the proper authorities and will be tried during the first week in Sep tember. He is respected in his com- munity and is married, having three children. The inquest was held yes terday morning and a verdict render ed in accord with the foregoing facts. W. SAMUEL LIPSCOMB. ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING. While Out Hunting One Young Man Shoots Another. Union, Aug. 8.—A sad accident oc curred near Mount Tabor, ihis county, latae yesterday afternoon, when Doug las Johnson, aged 17, son of W. C. Johnson, a prominent farmer, while hunting shot Joseph Baldwin, aged 15, son of Mrs. F. M. Baldwin. The load entered the young man’s jaw. He died this morning. CHARTERS AND COMMISSIONS. Several Issued Tuesday by the Secre tary of State. Columbia, Aug. 8.—The secretary of State issued a charter to the John Rugheimer Company, of Charleston, a tailoring concern. The capital stock is $20,000 and John P. Rugheimer is president and August Rugheimer sec retary and treasurer. A charter was, also issued the Lan- neau Art Store, of Charleston, with $10,000 capital. W. S. Lanneau Is pres ident and treasurer. A commission was issued the Sum ter Fair Grounds Association, with $5,000 capital, and also to the Sumter Automobile Agency, with $3,000 cap ital. The Ledger believing that i‘s read ers would be somewhat interested in a man who has achieved as much as Mr. Lipscomb lias, sought and obtain ed the above facts from him. The event that awakened our interest was the fact tha: he sold 282 bales of cot ton not very lone ago at one time. The man who has the ability to accu mulate that much cotton and to hold it until the price goes from seven to ten cents is no ordinary individual. Say what you please, the fact must lie admitted that no other man in Chero kee county has anproached, let alone duplicated, his performance. Mr. Lipscomb ,star*ed out for him self in 1877 with two mules and one horse and 600 acres of land purchased from the sale of his father’s estate. He now pays taxes on 4800 acres in Cherokee county, besides sixty head of stock, farming implements, etc., in proportion. Last year he made four hundred bales of cotton. The crop, including the seed, brought about $21,000. Mr. Lipscomb is an enthusiastic cotton association man. He is broad minded and liberal. He wants to make money (a laudable ambition), and he also wants others to make mon ey. He is progressive and a trader. Gaffney owes a debt of gratitude to him for the erection of a substantial brick building on Limostow' street just below The Ledger office, on a spot that was an eyesore to the community. Like all men who accomplish any thing. he has critics, InU he goes on doing things, paying no heed to them. It would be well for others to emulate his example. SPEEDY MURDER TRIAL. THE FIGHT IN \(VILLIAMSBURG. More Than Enough Names to Petition for Dispensary Election Kingstree, Aug. 7.—The committees appointed some time ago to make a canvass of Williamsburg county for the purpose of securing petitions nec essary to obtain an election on the dis pensary question under tho Brice law made their returns today and, whilst all the petitions circulated have not yet been returned, those reporting so far show the signatures of more than 1,0(M) votes of the county, a num ber easily’within the rule for the pur poses of securing an election, and even this number will lie largely increased by the petitions yet unreturned. Asheville Negro Convicted in Twenty- four Hours After Crime. Asheville, N. C. Aug. 8.—All records for speedy trials were broken here to day when Ah Doughtery, colored, was sentenced to the penitentiary for 12 years within 24 hours after killing Mose Williams, also colored, of which crime he was convicted. The homicide occurred near the city late Monday af ternoon. The coroner’s inquest was held the same evening atid at 3 o’clock in the morning the coroner’s jury re turned its verdict, implicating Dougli- erty. He was already under arrest, and was brought to this city and tried in the superior court tills afternoon, the grand jury having found a true bill tliis morning. The man pleaded guilty of manslaughter and was sen tenced immediately. LUTHER WOODSON IN JAIL. A NEGRO KILLED. Walter Lark Shot by Joe Washington Near Belton Sunday Afternoon. Anderson, Aug. 8.—Walter Lark was shot anl killed Sunday afternoon at the camp of the Belton Power cogipany on Saluda river by Joe Washington. Both parties are negroes employed on the power plant at Holliday’s shoals. Nothing is known here of the cause of the difficulty. Washington escaped af ter the shooting and has not been cap tured. Fiendish Suffering is often caused by sores, ulcers and cancers, that eat away your akin. Wm. Bedell, of Flat Rock. Mich., says: “1 have used Bucklen’s Arnica Sal^e, for Ulcers, Sores and Cancers. It is the best healing dressing I ever found.” Soothes and heals cuts, burns and scalds. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co. —I have just received a lot of latest design picture and room moulding, picture hooks, wire, etc. Come and see them. L. R. Gaines. —Rare bargains In Embroideries and Insertions, 2 to 18c per yard, at J. I. Sarratt’s. —Umbrellas from 45c to $2.25 at J. I. Sarratt. Subscribe for The Ledger, 11.00 a year. Slayer of Wister Pack Surrenders to Sheriff Green, of Anderson. Anderson, Aug. 8.—Luther Wood soy, the young white man who killed Wis ter Pack, a f 'llow employe in the cot ton mill at 1 elzer, came into the city yesterday and surrendered to Sheriff Green. He fled immediately afte? the killing and the officers had not located him up to the time of his surrender. He is now in the county jail. Mrs. Burgess, at whose house the tragedy occurred, has also been lodged in jail as an accessory to the murder. ATTEMPT AT WRECKING. Obstructions Placed on Sullivan’s Is land Trolley Line. Charleston, Aug. 8.—An attempt was made late last night to wreck a train on the seashore division of the Con- solid ited company near Station No. 11, on Sullivan’s Island. Fortunately the motorman saw the obstruction on the rails in time to stop his car. before the clanks and stone which wore on the rails were struck. An effort will be made to anj>rohend the guilty party or parties. This is the first time tha: any attempt has been made to wreck a ear on that road. Wilkinsville, Aug. 9.—Last Monday night this section was visited with a splendid rain, which came at a time lie crops were suffering greatly for it. Cotton had begun to suffer and wilt so as to greatly discourage the armors. Youtfg corn on the low lands is doing very well where it has been regularly worked. it is now bunching to tassel. There is still some sickness in this mdghborhood but no serious cases that we know of. Mrs. Ben McCulloch was right bad off last Sabbath and a doctor was called to see her. She is better now. Mrs. J. H. Fowler is get ting along about as usual. The doctor comes to see her occasionally hut he hasen’t dismissed her case yet. The meeting closed at Salem last Sabbath evening with two additions to the church. There was a very large crowd at Wilson’s Chapel last Saturday, the oc casion being the Children’s Day. It was not the good fortune of your cor respondent to be "’■esent, but from those who were there, and who are competent judges, we learn that the exercises were excellent and that everything went to make the occasion a very enjoyable one throughout. Several of the boys started fox bunt ing the morning. They go to DeKalb. in Kershaw county. The party, as we understand, consists of Messrs. D. C. Painter. Sam Lee, Robt. Foster. Dan Lattimore, Ager Bankhead, Dr. Chess Leech, and perhaps others. They take the train at Hickory Grove. They have a large crowd of dogs that will make things lively for Reynard. They report to he gone about a week. Last week Mr. Painter s'arted *o go through the country with his wagon and team but by some means his crowd got scattered and so he re turned and will go on the ‘rain with the others. The protracted meeting is now in progress at Wilson’s Chapel. It be gan last Sabbath. Rev. Mr. Elkins is assisting Rev. Mr. Wilson in the meet ing. Children’s Da" will come off at Mes opotamia next Saturday. It will be followed next week by a protracted meeting at that church. Early cotton is beginning to open. The dry weather has caused it to ripen fast. While in some places we find good stands of cotton, yet the greater part of it is very poor as cop\- pared with an average crop. Upon the whole if one-half a crop is made this year it will come up to the high est expectation of the most sanguine. Mrs. W. T. Osment, whose illness has been repeatedly mentioned in this correspondence, is still living but is very feeble. Mrs. Isabella Smith, of Smith’s Ford, we are sorry to learn is in very fee ble health. She has been in bad health for sometime. She is one of the most estimable of York county’s long list of good women. We have known her since our boyhood days. We never heard any one speak evil of Mrs. Belle Smith. Mr. H. B. McDaniel, whose illness has been repeatedly mentioned in this correspondence, we are glad to say is getting better. Miss Lena Wilkerson is also getting l)eitor. She lias been down about eight weeks with typhoid fever. Last Sabbath morning Mr. John Poole’s dog went mad and Mr. Pool# killed it. It is supposed by some to be a genuine case of hydrophobia. Others think perhaps it met its death by coming too near in contact with a hen’s neat. We can’t tell ^either is likely to be the case Mr. "Tosh” Foster is expected to start his saw mill at this place soon. Some parties are hauling logs on the ground. We learn that a tew Sabbath nights ago a party came across a crowd gambling near the public road in an open wood in one of the most popu lous sections of this township. A good size crowd was gathered round the fire, or light, and everything was going on lively. It couldn’t be told whether any money was changing hands, but enough was seen to satisfy any one of what was going on. We are told that next morning a piece of property was picked up on the scene and identified as belonging to a well known and long suspected profes sional. Miss Jessie Strain is spending a few days with her sister. Mrs. H. B. Mc Daniel, and family of Hickory Grove. Rev. Van Moss, of King’s Creek, is conducting a protracted meeting at old Unity church, in York county, near Hickory Grove. J. L. S. Gastonia’s Foremost Citizen Passes’Much Enthusiasm and Determination Suddenly Away. | to Vote Out the Dispensary. Gastonia. N. V., Aug. 7. Capt. J. \ T orkville, Aug. 7.—A large and D. Moore died shortly before noon yes- rous i ng anti-dispensary meeting was ter day at his home in this city. Sick! field in the court house today. The only for a slmrt time, and not danger- building was crowded and the most ously so then, his death was without | earnest attention was given to the ad- doubt the most sudden shock we have j dresses and business. There were ever had. Most of the family were at'delegations of representative gentlemen church, and only Janies D., Jr., was I f r0 m every part of the county, and with his father when the end came. Ufi e universal opinion of all was that He was a: his office all day Saturday we must get rid of the evil, and the in the performance of his usual duties sooner the better. Mr. W. W. Boyce, and appeared to be in his usual health. | G f Rock Hill, was called to the chair, Yesterday morning ne complained of j and w. D. Gist, of Yorkville, was feeling unwell and about ll o’clock | e i eC ( e d secretary, ealied in Dr R. M. Reid, his family: Senator J. S*." Brice in a ringing phjsician. In a tew minutes after | w fi{ c fi was ]u )era jjy a ppi au( j e j j the Physician reached his house and | stare d'the object of the meeting and .icfore he had time to render any ser- j a j so made a strong denunciation of \ice. apt. Moore began to vomit, j the Sraro's “rum mill ” Clnoalrorn ruptured a blood vessel stantly. and died in- the State's “rum mill.” Sneakers were called for by townships, some , j responding with appropriate talks The loss of such a man as was Capt. W h ile others rose at the call of the Moore will be felt throughonr the c fi a } rman t bug expressing their inten- Ll!'. 1 . 1 .'*-™'! 11 -? fo T r , 1P was j tion to vote and work against the dis pensary. Among the gentlemen who made most admirable and telling ad- t , dresses were: Rev. J. K. Hall, of Be- The burial service will be postponed thesda; Rev. W. B. Arrowwood of until Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 in Bet h el; Re v. R. M. Stevenson of Clo- order that relatives in and around Le- ve r; Rev. R. \V. Hafner of Bowling prominent in every walk. He was a model soldier business man. church man, and all round citizen. noir may arrive on Monday afternoon’s train. The funeral services will be held in the First Baptist church and the interment in the city cemetery. “Peerless as a peace-maker, truly Bowling Green: Rev. W. C. Ewart and Rev. Dr. J. L. Stokes, of Yorkville: Mr. F. H. Barber and Dr. J. B. Johnson, of Rock Hill; and Mr. Will E. Gettys, of Beth Shiloh. Fort Mill and Rock Hill on sympathetic, grace laid these under I t fi e eastern side expressed themselves contribution to make him a power in as r eady to stand by Yorkville in the the church, court, in the parlor or election, and Mr. Barber and Dr. J. B. among the lowly. ’ | Johnson, of Rock Hill, said that Rock . Hill would vote out the dispensarv by GAVE UP HIS LIFE. ! a vote of 20 to 1. _ ... . , , York county is in earnest and arous- Sacrifice of Wlhiam Mooney, Engineer, ed, and as she always does,'wdll not A little forethought may save you no end of trouble. Anyone who makes i; a rule to keep Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand knows this to be a fao.t. For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Public is Aroused. The public is aroused to a knowl edge of the curative merits of that great medicinal tonic, Electric Bitters, for sick stomach, liver and kidneys. Mary H. Waiters, of 549 Rt. Clair Ave., Columbus, O., writes: “For several months, I was given up to die. I had fever and ague, my nerves were wrecked; I was weak, from useless doctor’s drugs, that. I could not eat. Soon after beginning to take Electric Bitters I obtained relief, and in a short time I was entirely cured.” Guaran teed gt Cherokee D r 'iK Co.; price 50c. —For bargains in all summer Dress Goods go to J. I. Sarratt’s. to Save Those in His Care. (From the Newark News.) John Hay's hero, Jim Bludso, the pilot, of *he burning Prairie Beil, who swore “I”l hold her nozzle agin’ the bank “I’ll hold her nozzle agin’ the bank lines which thrilled over both hemi spheres, is not a solitary type. From time to time, and not infrequently, either instances of heroic self-sacri fice to duty, even at the cost of life, shine like stars through the murk of current selfishness which character izes so much of human life. Engineer William Mooney, who de ceived by a signal which did not prop erly record a misplaced switch on the trestle work of the New Jersey Rail road over Newark Bay. succeeded only in saving his train-load of passengers yesterday by setting hard the emer gency brakes as the engines rattled over the ties, and sticking to his throttle till he rode down to death, is another splendid example. He com manded his fireman to jump, who did so with safety, but he stood fast in face of a certain fate. Had this been done to expiate .an error of his own. as seemed possible from earlier state ments. it would still have been a splen did act, for the heroic motive was there to save others at. any cost to self. It is a glory of the locomotive fraternity, as it also is that of firemen, and of the seafaring class, that when the emergency comes there are so many of them who hold personal safe ty cheap in comparison with an exalt ed sense of duty and responsibility. Mooney unquestionably saved tfie lives of the occupants of the foremost two. cars, at least, by his intrepid devotion. THE DISPENSARY IN UNION. How a Newspaper Man Was Treated by a Local Dispenser. Union, Aug. 8.—County Dispenser Howell yesterday morning refused to allow a representative of the Progress to examine his books for the purpose of obtaining the statement of sales, saying that the paper had been fighting the dispensarv and that he wouldn’t allow it to use his accounts. On con sulting an attorn*- the reporter was informed that officers, the grand jurv- men, and all citizens have the right to inspect the books of the county dis pensers. Later in the day. while in the neigh borhood of the dispensary on another matter, the reporter was informed by Dispenser Howell that the books were open for inspec’ion. The reporter proceeded to the dis pensary and obtained the desired fig ures. He was assisted in this work by the assistant dispenser and book keeper, M. S. Faucett. When Dispen ser Howell saw Faucett rendering his aid. he ordered him to desist. Some complaint is being made with reference to the daily closing of the beer dispensaries of the city. It Is said they do not close until 8 o’clock, though the sun sets about 7:15 P. M. I The Bone Yard. (Carolina Spartan.) 8 There were old frames of diseased, starved and maltreated horses on the swapping grounds last salesday that were a disgrace to their heartless owners and a shame to the city council that nermits such an exhibit of suffering horses and mules. If men are heartless enough to keep such wretched old carcasses at their homes they should not be allowed to parade them in public. Our council lias done much to improve the streets and beautify the town and they have manifested a willingness to continue ‘hat improvement, it is a nitv that children should he permitted to look on such miserable old frames of horses. Strangers seeing such an ex hibltion of ugliness and cruelty would not have a very exalted opin ion of our boasted culture and love of the .beautiful. I'nder the law of pre vention lo 'crtiel'y to animals the council would have a right, wo lie liere, to deal with the situation and to forbid such worthless animals be ing paraded on tne streets. —Baskets, all fhapes and sizes, 5c to 25c, at J. I. Sarratt’s. “Get the Habit,” go to NELSON’S. do things by halves. The addresses were applauded and there were no in- terruntions, but the best of order pre vailed. A committee of from three to ten will be appointed by the chairman at each voting precinct to work in the matter and to be at the polls and see that the votes “go in right.” Consid erable over one-fourth of the names of qualified voters are on the petitions, and the county supervisor will be re quested to call an election to be held in rhe county on Saturday, Septemb*-. 16th, next. Senator Brice was at ^ best tod having been pre- QteJ wlth a fi £ arge son h-‘ t nighr . If SoiIth Caro ; PnH does not place him in the gov ernor’s chair next time, thev will be direlict in their duty to a faithful worker for the State’s best interests. CONSPIRACY IN SPARTANBURG. Scheme of the Dispensaryites to Pre vent an Election. Spartanburg. Aug. 8.—The petitions asking for an election in Spartanburg county to vote out the dispensary, were filed today with County Supervis or Miles. The committee claim to have ample names and more than the required proportions. It was stated today that, as soon as the election is ordered by Supervisor Miles an injunction will be asked for. When the attorney was asked on what grounds the injunction would be asked for he said plainly that it would be simply to gain time, and was only intended to hold tilings in statu quo until after January, when the general assembly would change things. He said that the complaint would be that the petitions were irregular and not* sufficient, and when it was suggested that this was a matter for the super visor. it was said that made no differ ence. as the intention was merely to tie the thing up in the courts until after the fall trade, and if a reference was ordered there would be no trouble for Spartanburg to hold on to its dis pensaries and not hold the desired elections. Habeas Corpus for Wingate. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 8.—Donald Gil liam arrived here last night for the pur pose of taking steps for procuring a writ of habeas corpus for Robert Win gate. the Singer Sewing Machine agent of Tar boro, who is held in the Wake county jail for safe keeping to answer tne charge at Tarboro of assaulting a woman there to whom he was trving to sell a sewing machine, with intent to outrage her. A $5-,000 bond was gotten together for him some days ago and the Wake sheriff telephoned to release Wingate, but the Tarboro committing magistrate stopped the proceeding on the ground that he had sentenced the prisoner to thirty days in jail U»r another case of simple as sault on the woman the day before the more st-rious crime was committed. Th** application for the writ of habeas corpus is to l)e before a supremo court judge, hut the only one in town is Chief Justice (Mark and the counsel will not go before him, owing to de cided preferences for either one of the other justices. Inhaled Deadly Gas. Wadesboro, N. C„ Aug. 7.—Two ne groes. Charles Covington and George Cuthbertson, were killed by inhaling gas A-hile cleaning out a well here to day. Another man met death in the same well some time ago. Peculiar Disappearance. J. D. Runyan, of Butlerville. O., laid the peculiar disappearance of his painful symptoms, of indigestion and biliousness, to Dr.King’s New Life Pills. He says: "They are a perfect remedy, for dizziness, sour stomach, h'-adache. constipation, etc.” Giwiran- teed at Cherokee Drug Co., price 25c. —Big line of Traveling Bags and trunks at “a way-down” prices at J. I. Sarratt’s. —If you want Shoos at under nrlces go to J. I. Sarrntt’s. “Get the Habit.” go to NELSON’S.