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1 / /HE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In tho Fifth Congressional District, of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AHT3FBIDAY. THE NATIONAL BANK OF 6AFFNEY Gaffney, 8. C., State, County and City Depository, With resources March 31, 1905 of over $300,000.00, respectfully solicits your banking business. A NEW INDUSTRY FOR THE SOUTH. CONCERN TO MANUFACTURE PRESS CLOTH. ARTICHOKES WANTED. A Contract Has Been Awarded for the Erection of a Press Cloth Factory in Columbia—Only Three in South. Columbia, Aug. 19.—As soon as the arrangements for a site are completed Columbia will have a $50,000 factory to manufacture an article now supplied by only three other factories in this country. The concern will be known as the American Press Cloth company and among the principal incorporators will be Messrs. John .1. Seibles and B. R. Taylor, of this city. Press cloth is an article manufact ured from camel's hair and mohair, both imported articles. It is used in manufacturing cotton seed oil, wines, refined oil and any other kind that has to go through a pressing process. The three other factories in this country are located at Brooklyn, Boston and Houston, Tex. The latter was erected and is now owned by Mr. A. F. Parker and he has secured an interest in this connection and will give it his expert supervision. The contract for the erection of the fae*ory was awarded to Waring and Co. today and the work will begin on it as soon as the arrangements for the site are completed. They expect to be ready to supply the trade in the next few months, and on account of the large number of oil mills of various kinds in this section of the country will secure the bulk of the businses. The arrangements for this factory have been going on quietly for some time, but those back of it did not care to make any announcement until they had organized and closed up the con tracts. It will mean the employment of expert and high priced help to be brought here and consequently means just that much benefit to the city. A RATHER SINGULAR CASE. TO TELL OF LIQUOR STOCK. Commissioner Watson Wishes to Hear from Those Who Grow Them. Columbia, Aug. 19.—Commissioner E. J. Watson is exceedingly anxious to have every person in South Carolina who is growing artichokes this y.ear in any quantity from one bushel up to communicate with him at once. He has received a request from a pickle factory who wishes to secure arti chokes for pickling purposes this fall, and this concern wishes to secure the tubers in any quantity from one bushel to 5.000 bushels to the shipment. The factory has offered 75 cents per bushel for the ground artichokes ship ped either in hags, barrels or baskets, delivered at the port of Charleston. This offers an opening to those who have only a few bushels of artichokes raised in their gardens to place them upon the market and should finally lead to the establishment of quite an industry in the State. At present arti chokes are raised in Sou‘h Carolina very largely for home pickling and for feeding to the stock. The commission er is sure of a permanent market if the people will furnish the product. Commissioner,Watson is very anx ious also for all those who have scup- pernong grapes to communicate with him. For some time efforts have been made by 'he department looking to the development of the grape-growing in dustry and the efforts have resulted in the opening of a market for the na tive scuppernong, shipped in various quantities. Only recently the depart- men received an order for a solid car load of scuppernong grapes from a large concern in Missouri, which is prepared “to pav as good a price as is paid by any large wine grower for scuppernong grapes.” Young White Man Who Says Pleaded Guilty Through Ignorance. Columbia, Aug. 19.—Gov. Heyward has received a petition for the remis sion of the fine of .7. Y. Davis, of Bates- burg. charged with violating the dis pensary law. If the statements in the case are true, there are State consta bles who should be discharged. On the other hand, if the constables have been misrepresented, the fine is none too heavy. It appears from the papers sen* to the governor that Davis is a young white man 20 years of ago, and cannot read or write. It is alleged that he is industrious and has been trying to accumulate enough money to buy a little place. It. is alleged that con- stables had him arrested on the charge of violating the dispensary law and put in jail, where he was ap proached by the constables and was *old that they would withdraw the charge of retailing if he would plead guilty to the charge of transporting liquor. This he agreed to and was fined accordingly. The prisoner claims that all that he transported was a flask in his pocket. His aCorneys, retained since the trial before the magistrate, have made out a very nice case, but the constables may have some evidence to show that they did no* overpersuade the young man to plead guilty to a charge of which he is innocent. WILL DEFEAT DISPENSARY. to SHOOTING IN LEXINGTON. Supervisor Miles, of Spartanburg, Order Election in a Few Days. Spartanburg, Aug. 19.—The prohi bitionists and anti-dispensary men are working earnestly and energetically to the end of having an election or dered for the voters of Spartanburg to pass on the issue, “Dispensary or S3 Dispensary.” To make assurance doubly sure, the leaders are sending out the registra tion list, as copied, to the precincts, to some responsible party, who, on making the corrections, send back with the paper an affidavit that such correction is correct. Then new pe titions have been sent out within the past two days, and already some of these have been returned with large numbers of signatures. Within two weeks the matter will be brought to the attention of Super visor Miles, and it will be up to him to act upon it, and order the election. There is a strong sentiment in the city and county against the dispensary un der its present condition and environ ment. and it is a safe speculation 9hat if the issue gets to the voters they will wipe the institution out of Spar tanburg. Wm. Haymore Dead. Winston-Salem. N. C., Aug. 18.—Mr. William Haymore, one of Surry’s best- fcnown citizens, died Wednesday night, three miles west of Mt. Airy, at the ad vanced age of 97 years. The deceased was sheriff for 18 years. He also rep resented his county in the legislature two terms Mr. Haymore made two trios to Indiana on horsehaak 70 years ago. He leaves a number of relatives and a host of friends to mourn his death. The funeral services were held today, the intermen*, being in the old family graveyard. Jim Hall, Jr. f Probably Fatally Shot by Policeman Adam R. Metts. Lexington. Aug. 19—Young Jim Hall was shot and perhaps fatally wounded tonight by Adam R. Metts. policeman The shooting occurred at 9 o’clock in front of the postoffice and created quite a lot of excitement. Metts fired four times, three of the shots taking effect, one in each arm and a third in the back opposite the heart. The lat ter will probably prove to be a mortal wound. One arm was broken. Jim Hass is a mill operative, as is his father and his brother. The three were quarreling in a wagon yard this afternoon over some family matters when Metts attempted to settle the disturbance and became involved in a fisticuff with young Jim Hall. Both parties were bruised considerably and Metts lost his pistol in the melee. Subsequently the pistol was returned to its owner and it was thought tha* matters had been quieted down. But tonight young Jim Hall came back up town and the quarrel was started anew between himself and Metts. The altercation occurred in front of the postoffice. The wounded man is said to have been sober, but the elder Jim Hall and the other son were drinking. Jim Hall, Jr., is a mar ried man and a native of Lexington county. All of the Halls are mill op eratives. Metts surrendered to Sheriff Corley and is now in jail awaiting the result of the injuries of the wounded man. Statement Will be Issued Showing Big Amounts Purchased by Board. Columbia, Aug. 18.—Messrs. A. L. Gaston and D. A. Spivey, of the leg islative committee appointed to inves tigate the dispensary, have been in the city for several days preparing for the coming session of the commit tee on August 22. It is said that no witnesses will be summoned, but that the sub committee will exhibit a finan cial statement from the wholesale dis pensary showing the amount of sui>- plies on hand, the amount in the retail dispensaries and the amount ordered recently. The statement will be com plete and will show in detail the trans actions of the board of directors . Along this line it may be itneresting to note the controversy as to county supervisors on petitions handed in for a vo‘e on the dispensary. Today Sen ator Brice, the author of the bill which allows the counties to vote on this proposition, wrote to the attorney gen eral’s office on this question. He want ed to know whether the county super visor should use the registration books alone when it came *o a question as to the number of signatures. It is held that the books are prima facie evi dence as to a voter, and if his name is not on it he has no right to sign the petition. However, the supervisor can go outside of this to determine whether a signer is fradulent. The county su pervisor is the sole judge and if he turns down the petition it is settled under this law. Next Tuesday the county hoard of Union will formally declare the result of the election and it is expected that ps soon as this is done, W. Boyd Evans will raise the point that the election was unlawfully ordered and take the matter before the courts. 1 NEWSY LETTER FROM WiniNSVILLE, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. GIRLS IDENTIFIED. DR. F. M. MILLER DEAR. One of Cleveland County’s Most Prom inent Citizens. Shelby. N. C.. Aug. 19.—In the death of Mr. Francis M. Miller, of Waco, Cleveland county has lost one of its most honored and useful citizens. He •lied yesterday afternoon after an ill ness of two weeks of typhoid fever. He was in the 50th year of his age, and was, up to the time of his illness of two weeks, known as one of the most successful business men in the county, l or thirty years he had been a cotton buyer, and eleven years ago he opened a mercantile business, and all his efforts had been crowned with success. His wife and nine children survive him. his eldest son. Mr. Er nest Miller, having been associated with him for some years. He had been a constant member of the Baptist church for thirty years, and for twen ty-five years a deacon. His death will create a serious vacuum in the com mercial, social and religious circles of the community in which he lived. Three Children Ran Away From Or phanage at Greensboro. Thoraasville, N. C., Aug. 18—Three strange girls, aged 8, 11 and 14, re spectively, were identified near here yesterday as the three girls who made their escape from the North Carolina Children’s Home Society, at Greens- boro, a few days ago. These children were taken from Marshall. N. C., to this home in Greensboro last Saturday. They soon became dissatisfied with their new home and, in order to make good their escape, engaged in a game of hide and seek with a little boy com panion. While the boy was blind folded and counting the “fifty,” the girls ran away, and bareheaded. Sun day night they arrived at Mr. H. W. Turner’s housp about 10 o’clock. Mr Turner lives in the northern edge of Thomasville. On the next day they started in a western direction towards Marshall and finally took-up with Mr Burgess Edinger’s children, where they are at present. Yesterday Miss Bilveu, the collector of the society, tried ‘o take the little girls home with her, but so hard did they resist that she decided to leave them at Mr. Ed inger’s till next Thursday, when Mr. W. B. Streeter will come after them. This North Carolina Children Home Society is doing a good thing for the homeless children of our State and de serves the hearty support of all North Carolinians, regardless of politics or religion. / KILLED BY TRAIN. —Umbrellas from 45c to $2.25 at J. I. Sarratt.' “Get the Habit/’ go to NELSON’S. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Judge Memminger’* Opinion as to the Confederate Veteran License. Charleston. Aug. 19.—Judge R. W. Memminger filed his decision today in the circuit court on the action brought by the city of Charleston to have the Confederate Veteran license exemp tion act declared unconsti’utional, overruling the demurrer of Coropora- tion Counsel Moffett. Since the pas*- age of the exemption act by the leg islature, a number of veterans have given the use of their names, in some eases to negroes, especially In green grocery businesses, to get around the payment of the Inspection tax imismcd by Hie ordinance. The claims of ex emption have become too numerous, and tin* loss of revenue so considerable that the city authorities determined to test the legality of fhe act. especially since it appeared to cover cases of fraud. The corporation counsel will probably carry the ease *o the supreme court, in the endeavor to provide relief to the municipality. Leonard Sumner, a Brakeman on the Southern, Ground to Deatn. Statesville. N. C., Aug. 19.—1.. T Simmer, a brakeman on west-bound freight No. 73, was run over last, night about 12 o’clock near the station here and received injuries which resulted in his death three hours later. The train was shifting at the station when Sumner fell from a box car. The ac cident happened near the switch west of the depot, but is not known how he happened to fall, as no one saw him at the time. His right leg was crushed at the ankle, his left leg was crushed the knee, and his left hip was cruhsed. Dr. T. E. Anderson, railroad surgeon, was summoned at once, but he could do nothing more than relieve the in jured mati’s sufferings. He was con scious and talked to Dr. Anderson and seemed to realize his condtion. Sum ner was about 20 years old and had been married six months. Spartanburg Man-Slayer Pardoned. Columbia. Aug. 18.—Gov. Heyward today pardoned Tom Moore, of Spar- ‘anburg, who was sentenced to two and a half years. The condition of the prisoner’s health was the reason. The governor is in Virginia, but took the papers in the case along with him. Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a yoar. DIED IN BOARDING HOUSE. Cumberland County Man Expires at Greensboro. Greensboro, N. C.. Aug. 18.—Mr. Jr*. I). Worrell died at 3 o’cloek this morn ing at the boarding house of Mrs. Green, on Keogh street, as a result of an attack of typhoid fever. Dr. Harri son, the attending physician, seeing his condition when first called in. en deavored to find out if he had any rel atives. but was unable to do so. Wor rell declined to give any Information about himself, but Dr. Harrison ascer tained that he came here from Cum berland county, though, beyond this, nothing is thus far known. Dr. HarrK son is pursuing Investigations and says VVorell was worth $2,0>M) or $3,000. $50,000 DAMAGES. Was Administrator of Man Who Lynched Brings Suit. Chester. Aug 19.—Mr. W. T. Castler. of Chester, administrator for J. T. Morrison, who was lynched at Ker shaw about a year ago. has brought suit against Lancaster county for $50,000 damages, through Messrs. W. H. Newbold and J. C. Wilborn, attor neys. The papers were served today. —Rare bargains In Embroideries and Insertions, 2 to 18c per yard, at J. I. Sarratt’s. —If you want Shoes at under price go to J. I. Sarratt’s. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Iteme of General IntereaL Wilkinsville. Aug. 18.—Night before last, while returning from Mesopotam ia church, coming down the hill at Thompson’s mill, the mule that Will Comer, Bob Osment, Will Blackwell and Fred Comer w r ere driving to a one- horse wagon, took frigh* and ran away, running into Mr. W. C. Blackwell’s buggy and smashing things up general ly. Misses Maud and Zella Blackwell were right seriously hurt; so were sev eral others more or less shaken up. One buggy wheel was smashed into kindling wood. Fortunately no limbs were broken nor lives lost, but it was a miracle that they all came ou* as well as they did. F)or a while pande monium reigned supreme. Buggies, horses, men, women and children were piled up in one indescribable mass on and about the bridge across Thick- ety creek. “Mike Marooney,” our Clifton cor respondent for Th? Ledger, is vitft- ing your correspomlent. “Mike" don’t come very often, but he is always wel come. Mr. Jimmie Strain is building his new house. Messrs. John Kennedy and H. T. Es'es are doing the wor^c for him . Your correspondent has been riding about for the last few days and meet ing the Cherokee people at their homes and on their farms. Mr. John L. Strain and Masters Jesse and Archie Sparks, of Clifton, are visiting in this section. Mr. and Mrs. John Wright, of Flint Hill, are both sick with fever. Mr. Wright has been sick several weeks but his physician dismissed his case Wednesday. Mrs. Wright was taken sick this week. Both of them were in bed yesterday when your correspon dent called at their home to see them. Township Commissioner G. B. Wright is having some rock work done at the Guyton ford, on Abingdon creek, which has long been needed. While we often speak of Cherokee county and its resources, we seldom, if ever, hear anything said of its nat ural and beautiful scenery. Yesterday your correspondent went to McKown’s mountain, which, though not much noticed or spoken of, is a beautiful and picturesque place. Running nearly at right angles with the Smith’s foril road it reaches some distance both mirth and south of it. From its sum mit many miles of the Broad river valley can be seen, and the river wind- <ng its way toward the sea. Also a groat part of Western York, qntj quite a huge part of ( herokee county, are seen Itoni it. Near the summit of the moun tain we came across Prof. R. O. Sams with his surveyor’s oirfit. He was dividing up the Upchurch lands. At the northern end of the mountain range we made a descent of several hundred feet, where we found Com rade G. Wash McKown with a lot of teams and hands hauling saw-logs up the mountain side and to the saw mill. I'iie plucky mules never failed when called on by the drivers to “get up there! One log at a time made a good load for the teams to pull up the i mountain. A moonshine distillery might run for nearly a life-time in this locality without the slightest dan ger of being interfered with. We also called at Mount Ararat, where Prof. Roy is now teaching a singing school. Quite a goodly num ber of the young people were there and it seemed that the classes were intent on the study of the lessons, filiey sang a few pieces while we were with them. The school has just start ed. We hope to call on them later when they have practiced i little more. i’rof. Moss will close his singing school at Abingdon Creek on Satur- day of next week. Crops are looking well. Cotton lias too much weed and is throwing off squares very badly, so we are told. We regret to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mftchcfl, of Hickory Grove, have hist their baby, six or eight months ‘»bl. It. will he buried at Salem today. 1 he North Paeolet S. S. Convention will meet with Sardis church on the fourth Sahba'h of next month. We spent Wednesday night with Rev. Simpson Blanton, at Smith's Ford. He Is one of our progressive farmers, who has some cotton of last years crop to gin yet. There are still a few hales in the Mercer neighbor hood to gin. Rev. Ixmic Gaines will conduct a protracted meeting at Lehohoth church next week. Aft«*r this week your correspondent expects to give his Ledger readers a respite for a month or two, while he rides around to see his old friends and, if possible, make gome new ones. And after awhile he will give a gen eral “write-up” of his travels. We have been thinking for some time of taking a trip throughout the county, and now | H the lies* time we can get Rev. Mr. Moss, of Orangeburg, fath er of Mrs. Prof. J. Thomas .Moore, is visiting the latter at their homo near Sarratt’s. He was at Mesopo'am- la yesterday. We learn that Union county voted ‘••it the dispensary by a large major ity Iasi Tuesday. Fodder pulling is going on as rapidly as Hie condition of the vyea'her will admit of. W. P. Mammson Esq.. Is having his well made deeper, by drawing the wall and blasting i*. out. Mr. Jim Adkins is doing the work for him. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes’ child is getting better. Mr. Tosh Foster has moved his saw mill to Mr. J. R. McCulloch’s, near Wilkinsville. We visited Mrs. W. T. Osment last Wednesday. She is very low yet with dropsy. W e have never seen the mud so deej) at this time of *he year as it now is. The freshly worked roads and almost continuous rains have made travel almost impossible in many places. We have discovered a cheap and ef fective way of getting rid of Miller or candle flies: Set a dish of clear wa ter near your lamp and they will drop in it. and *hat is the last of them. Mrs. Simpson Blanton gives the plan. We have never heard of so much fruit spoiling after it was canned. Most of the housewives have used new rubbers, but to no effect. Mrs. E. P. Macomson recommends new tops for the jars. The Sardis choir met at the home of Mr. J. R. Kennedy last Wednesday night to practice and make up a sing ing school for Prof. Alfred G. Davis. They are getting ready for the Sun day school convention which comes off at their church on the fourth Sabbath of next month. Lately your correspondent has sold a number of Bibles. With a large ma jority of people the Bible is the leader in the book trade and we are glad to find such a desire among the common people to know more about Its teach ing. It will sell where histories and scientific books fail. Often we meet people who want a better style of print than thex are used to, and fre quently their fillbes show signs of constant use. J. L. S. NEARING THE END. A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. Last of the Famous Emma Postofffce Burglars, a Physical Wreck. Asheville, N. C., Aug. 19.—Riiss Gates, the last of the famous Emma burglars, now serving a life sentence in the State’s prison, is a physical wreck and raoidlv nearing the grave. Sheriff Reed, who returned from Ra leigh yesterday, where he went to place three prisoners in the peniten tiary. saw Gates while at the institu tion and the officer says that had Hb not known the prisoner well he would never have recognized him. When Gates left here to begin his life sen- tene he was a strong, active and well- knit man physically and looked good for many years. Now he is afflicted with some spinal disease; his back is terribly bent and the utmost labor he able to perform is light work, such as peeling potatoes and stringing beans, while sitting in a chair. When Sheriff Reed shook hands with Gates the ftris- oner was seated in a split-bottomed chair and was unable to raise his face. Gates told one of the prison guards that he wished he had gone at the end of a rope as did Frank Johnson and Ben Foster, his pals In crime, declar ing that Johnson and Foster were more fortunate than he. Shortly after Gates went to the penitentiary, taree years ago, he was sent to work on the railroad construction in Mitchell coun ty and ‘here contracted a disease that will shortly end with the grave. Gates is the last of the four men who. on a winter’s night four vears ago attempt ed to rob the postofflee at Emma. Ben Foster and Frank Johnson, who actual ly entered the building, were hanged ’ in the jail yard here, while the death sentences of Harry Mills and Russ Gates were commuted to life impris- onmen*.. Harry Mills died at the pen itentiary last year and now only Gates is left. Goldsboro Woman Runs Aaway from Home and Weds Old Sweetheart. Goldsboro, N. C., Aug. 18.—A roman tic marriage took place in Wilson to day shortly after noon, the contracting parties being Miss Maggie L. Wells daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H Wells, of this city, and Mr. Ed Newell, of Greene county. This announcement will be read with genuine surprise by many who little dreamed of such an occurrence. Miss Wells was engaged to be married and the invitations had already been sent out to her wedding to Mr. Manley Baker, of Florida Tues day evening. August 22. and every ar rangement had been made for the hap py event when a telegram, received by the family this afternoon, announc ed that she was married. Several rel atives of the family had alread ar rived to witness the ceremony and were greatly shocked at the announce ment. as were the entire family. It seems that while the family were at breakfast this morning a hack drove up to the house and Miss Maggie was hastily driven to the depot and took the “shoo-fly” for Wilson, where she, met the groom and the two were made husband and wife. Mr. Newell and Miss Wells had been sweethearts from early childhood and it is but another case of where love conquered. The news was telegraphed to Mr. Baker and it is probable that he will not come. LARGE PULP MILLS. At the Blacksburg Opera House. Tonight week the theatrical season will open at Blacksburg with the ap pearance of the little Misses Motz. a clever trio of entertainers. Mr. O. A. Osborn ha» again assumed the man agement of the Blacksburg opera house, and this alone is sufficient guar antee that the very best possible at tractions will be secured for that house. Of the initial entertainment to he given there the Elberton Star says: "The concert given by little Misses Inez, Marie and Margaret Motz at the opera house last night, consisting of recitations, dialogues and charac*er songs, was most delightful indeed, and the large crowd present thoroughly enjoyed the performance. The exer cises would have done credit to grown actresses. We have never seen the equal of these three iit'le tots.” Northern Capitalists to Establish Large Factory at Canton. Asheville. N. C., Aug. 19.—According to reports received from Canton, on the Murphy branch of the Sou*hern Railway, some 30 miles from ^ ville, is to have the second . wood pulp factory for tb- rna n U faeH,re of white paper in country> North . ern capitalist^ including Messrs. Hor ton. Holloway. Thompson and Smi‘h,. have purchased a tract of 70 acres- north of the railroad track at Canton, where it is proposed locating the pulp mill. The land was purchased from J. M. Meese and others and it is said that the buildings to be erected will cover 20 acres of this tract. The pro moters of the paper plant have taken an option on a water power on the Pigeon river, three miles from Canton. The river will be harnessed and the plant operated by electricity. The raw material for the pulp mills will come from two large boundaries of timber lands embracing 100,000 acres or more, recently purchased from Ramsley & Company and McCrary. Young & Company. One of the boun daries is known as the Shining Rock tract and is said to contain millions of feet of balsam, the wood from which it is proposed *o make the paper. The timber tracts are said to have cost $1,000,000. Woodmen in the employ of the pulp concern have already been sent into the forests to cu* 400,000 feet of *imber to be jised in the construct ion of the mills. Shoals in Pigeon river will be knocked out and the logs for use at the plant floated down the stream. PLEASED WITH THE DISPENSARY. Fertilizer Factory For Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Aug. 18.—The F. S. Royster Company, manufacturers of fertilizers, have purchased from John B. Cleveland and others four acres of land at the Spartanburg Junction, on the railroad, and will establish an ex pensive guano plant here. The work of building the factory will begin in the near future. The Royster company has factories in the following ci'ies: Norfolk. Va., Tarboro, N. C., Columbia. S. C., and Macon, Ga. Little Mountain’s First Bale. Little Mountain, Aug. 19.—The first hale of new cotton was brought here late yesterday evening and ginned by the LPtle Mountain oil mill. The hale was owned by Mr. W. C. Shealey, who is a very hustling farmer of this com munity. The cotton was sold to Huff man & Derrick for Hi 1-8 cents. From the present outlook there will lie a good many bales sold here within the next week. New Bank for Shelby. Shelby. N. C., Aug. 19.—Shelby Is to have another bank in the new brick building which is now under way of , cons'met Ion. Tbe hank will be called the Shelby National Bank, and will j open for business October 1st. —Big line of Traveling Bags and trunks at “away-down” prices at J. I. Sarratt's. —For bargains in all summer Dress Goods go to J. I. Sarratt’a. —Baskets, all shapes and sizes, 5c to 25c, at J. I. Sarratt's. Subscribe for The Ledger; $1 • year. Georgetown Said to be Satisfied With the System. Georgetown. Aug. 19.—The senti ment of the people of Georgetown county is favorable to the dispensary. It may not be putting it too strongly to say that there is practically no fuel ing against the system as it is admin istered here. Good men have always been put on the local board of control and good men have been the dispens ers. The result has been most gra'i- fying from a moral as well as finan cial standpoint. There is no question but that habitual drunkenness has di minished to a considerable degree in Georgetown since the days of the bar rooms. Prominent men who are them selves to*ai abstainers, are free to ex press approval of the Georgetown dis pensary system as the best thing for this coun'y. All agree that local op tion is ‘he correct idea and that those towns which believe they can control the s : tuation without a dispensary should be allowed to try the experi ment. But Georgetown is sa'isfled with the dispensary, and the manage ment courts the fullest investiga'ion of Ps methods. The present dispenser Is a thorough business man and the condition of the dispensary’s affairs was never in bet ter shape than since ‘he beginning of his administration one year a£o It is worthy of note that this county was originally ultra. Conservative in poli tics ami blrterly opposed to the dis pensary. DEATH OF DR. BARRON. The Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlotte, N. C. Charlotte, N C., Aug. 20—Dr. A. C. Barron, for nine years pastor of the First Baptist church of this cifv, died at the home of his daughter. Mr> \V. C. Graves, at Somerset, Va.. at fi o’clock last night, after a short illness. The body will arrive here tonight at 10:10. T'e funeral services will he conducted from tho church at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, by Revs. J Q. Adams and L. R. Pruett. The officers of the church will act as pall bearers. “Gat the Habit/’ go to NELSON’S.