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GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1905.
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A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVilLE.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Pertonji Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
Qenerat inter set.
Wilkinaville, Aug. 2‘J.—The weather
for tiie past tew days has been fall-
lil.e, anu thick clotning is comfort
able.
We were travelling on the south
of Tnickuy creek yesterday and fpufid
iara.ers Lusy itli their fodder, much
of which has been considerably dam
aged by tiie rains. A good deal of
It is yet to pull.
We took dinner with our good
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Janies T. Moore-
head. Mr. Moorehead had just killed
a tat bee., and our readers will better
imagine than we can describe, how
we enjoved it. Mrs. Moorehead is
not only one of the best of Cherokee
county’s} ladies, but she is one of its
best cooks, too.
Mr. Anderson Byars is sick. The
doctor w as in, to see him a few days
age.
Messrs. (». Andrew Byars ami John
Black wo t are bn Idin.. a ne w school
house at Gowdeysvilio. li is 10x30
feet in M/re, and will be an up-to-date
bu.lmng ..hen ttnidieu and furntsh.'d
with the latest and most imuroved
school furniture. We understand that
the patrons speak of having a barbe
cue and picnic when the house is fin
ished and the trustees meet to receive
it. This will be, no doubt, a pleasant
occasion lor all who attend.
Messrs. Man Parris, Enloe Dover
and Dick Harris, a delpctable trio, are
renalring the dam at Thomson’s mill,
which was damaged by the late
freshet.
Prof. Moss closed his singing school
at Abingdon Creek last Saturday.
Quite a large crowd gathered to heai
the class sing. Prof. Ray closed his
school at Ararat last Thursday. A
general turnout of the neighbors and
patrons of the school w r ere present,
and your correspondent called and
heard the class sing a lesson. They
made good music.
A protracted meeting is now in
progress at Skull Shoals, Rev. Mr.
Humphries is conducting it. A very
large congregation was there last
Sabbath, and also yesterday. It will
continue the most of this week, so we
understand. *
Messrs. Tillet Hartford and Sam
Strain returned yesterday from a trip
to Clifton and Spartanburg, where
they report having had an enjoyable
time.
One of Randall Jones’ boys, colored,
was badly hurt one day last week by
getting his leg mashed or torn with
a wagon. The flesh was torn from
the bone and several stitches w^re
taken to sew r it up. The boy is now
doing very w r ell, so we understand.
Farmers are very busy just now.
Fodder is on hand and cotton is open
ing fast.
We got very badly insulted yester
day when Mr. Ligey Howell peeked
under the seat of our buggy to s»*e 4
we didn’t have something to drink.
Ligey thinks a man should always
have a little for snake bites, which
might happen any time,
Mr. W;n. J. Vaughn and his grand
daughter, Miss Jeanette Vaughn re
turned yesterday from a visit to San-
tuc, in Union, and Whitmires, in New
berry county.
Mrs. lion. C. W. Whisonant returned
today from a visit to relatives in
York and Kershaw counties. Mr.
Boyce Whisonant, her son. met her
at Hickory Grove. Boyce lil.es to go
on the York side anyway, and we don’t
blame him for it either.
Mr. Essel McKown, sen of Mr. G.
W. McKown, is at home spending his
vacation. He will return to South
Carolina College next month, where
he expects to complete his education
in due course of study.
All along the Thickety and Gilkey
creek valleys there are symotoms of
chills. Mr. Jas. T. Moorehead and
his daughter Misa Bessie, have both
been having them. They are not con
fined to the creeks, but along the river
there are some indications that they
will set in before long.
Wo loam that Rev. F. F. Boozer,
of Gaffney, will fill Rev. W. H. White’s
pulpit at Salem next Sabbath, as the
latter has been given a month’s rest
by his congregation.
Mr. Jack Kendrick is putting up a
new ginhouse. It Is made of corru
gated iron and is fire proof.
Mr. James Proctor lives at Old
Hickory Place, where he has made a
crop this year. He is one of our right-
hand men and is a clever fellow’.
Owing fo so much rain and high
w’ater the crop of forage will necessa
rily be light this year. Thousands
of bundles of fodder rotted in the
field both after and before it. was
pulled, and the grass was overflowed
on the lowlands so that it is
utterly worthless. However, there is
a- large crop of pea vines and sugar
cane sow n that will be saved if the
weather continues favorable at the
cutting season.
Last Thursday Mr. Robert D. Alex
ander. of Birmingham, Ala., arrived at
the home of his mother, Mrs Capt. W.
D. Alexander, of Lawn, on a visit. He
has been gone for several years.
Though a little grey, he looks well
and natural
Mr. Jeff D. Hughes, who h&s been
confined to his room for three weeks
from a fall from and a kick by a mule,
is able to ride out now, though be Is
l)v no moans entirely recovered from
his injuries.
We bad the pleasure last Friday of
congratulating Mr and Mrs. Man Par
ris on their connubial relationship,
which, for obvious reasons, we. didn’t
make public at the time it hapoened.
Mr. Singleton Clary, an old ana
worthy ex-Confederate veteran—a
member of Company F, 15th S. C.
Regiment—is in very poor hea^h just
at this time, and we think that his
more fortunate comrades ought to do
something for his relief.
Mr. P. S. Webber has been on a
several days’ visit to relatives and
friends in Iredell county, N. C.
Your correspondent has been travel
ing some lately, selling books. He
will continue this work as long as it
proves successful, lie wants to supply
every family in Cherokee county
with the best reading matter in the
market. Among the most popular
books on war historv he handles are:
“Reminiscences of the Civil Waih,” by
General John B. Gordon; “Story of
Stonewall Jackson,’ by William C.
Chase; “Four Years Under Marse
Robert,” by Major Robert Stipes;
“Heroes and Spies of the Civil* War, -
by David Humphreys, of the original
Stonewall Brigade, and later captain
in Ashley’s cavalry; “Letters of Gen’l.
Robert E. Lee,” by his son, Robert E
Leo. Jr.: “War Songs and Poems of
the Southern Confederacy, 1801-18(55,”
bv H. M. Wharton, D. D., private in
General Lee’s army, author of “A
Picnic in Palestine,” “A Month JVith
Moody,” “Pulpit, Pen and Platform,"
"Gospel Talks,” “Mother, Home and
Jesus,” etc. Besides these all kinds
of religions, historical and other use
ful books will be sold at publishe; s'
prices.
As we find time between nans we
ill try and let our Lodger readers
■ no.v something of what w T e s£e and
•ioar going on in Cherokee county—
fbe kind of people we meet and every
thing calculated to make The Ledger
'•eaders feel an interest in their home
and county affairs.
J. \j.
THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE
REPUBLIGANS ARE
GREAT JOGGLERS.
ITEMS OF
EVENTS
INTEREST OF PASSING
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
IS
ROOSEVELT A
FAKIR?
POLITICAL
S.
Miss Gorham Entertains.
On Wednesday evening from 5 to
7 and from 8 to 10, Miss Pablita Gor
ham, assisted by Miss Mable Gaines,
f Yorkville, charmingly entertained
her young friends at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Daniel,
on Petty street. A little novelty in
the way of amusement was offered in
tn following manner: Half as many
familiar verses had been selected as
invited guests. Half of each verse
being writeen on separate cards. Af-
tF'r distributing the cards containing
the first part of verse to the young
gentlemen and the latter part to the
young ladies, a lively time followed
in finding partners for refreshments,
as each young man anxiously sought
for the lady whose card contained the
other half of his verse.
Miss Sadie Lipscomb and Parniece
Brown daintly presided at the punch
bowl. The following were entertain
ed from 5 to 7: Misses Sadie Lip
scomb, Parniece Brown, Helen Good
ing, Marion Cole, Ruth Littlejohn,
Vivian Sarratt, Sarah Littlejohn, Lil
lian Boozer, Mario Moore, Mary Sliu-
ford, Fannie May Jones. From 8 to
10: Misses Mabel Mercer. Myrtle Lit
tle, Christine Baker, Julia Sarratt,
Emma Wood. Tiois Spears, Alice
Gaines. Lucy Wilkins. Carrie Stewart.
Ix>la Gaffney^ Messrs. Edwin Lip
scomb, Dlvian Brown, Charles Jones.
John Mercer, Albert Fincken, Frank
Folger, Norman Jones, William Fol-
ger. Wallace Steadman, Robert Dar
win, Eugene Wood, Hazel Wood.
Anderson Wins.
The primary election Tuesday
a very quiet affair and a light
was polled. The following is the
elated retn-ns:
was
vote
tab-
Antioch 10
Allens 8
Blacksburg .. .. 100
buffalo 14
Cherokee Falls 83
Draytonville 25
Ezell 16
Gaffney No. 1 18
Gaffney No. 2 115
Gaffney No. 3 7
Grassy Pond
King’s Creek 28
Littlejohn’s .. .. s
Macedonia 8
Maud 6
Ravenna 20
Sarratt’s .. -
Thickety 3
Timber Ridge
Turner’s 12
White Plains 17
Wilkinsville • 26
Wood’s
’eoto] 509
238
Preaching at Presbyterian Church.
Rev. R. T. Listen, of Oxford, Ala., will
preach at the Presbyterian ch\irch
next Sabbath morning and evening.
\ cordial invitation is extended all to
attend these services. Mr. Ljston is
personally known to some Gaffnev
people, who delight in saying tint be
is a splendid preacher, and we trust
Gaffney will do herself proud by giv
ing Mr. Liston a large congregation.
Llke # Finding Money.
Finding health is like finding mon
ey—so think those who are jirk.
When you have a cough, cold, sore
throat, or chest irritation, better act
nromntlv like W. C. Barber, of Sandy
Level Va. He says: “I had a terri
ble chest trouble, caused by smoke
and coal dust on my lungs; hut. aft'-r
finding no relief in other remedies,
I was cured by Dr. King’<i New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds." Greatest sale of any cojugh
or lung medicine in the world. A*
Cherokee Drug Co., drug store: 50
’<nd $100; guaranteed. Trial bot.tle
free.
Happenings All Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
Told to Ledger Readers.
Mr. Chas. Iceman, the promoter of
the cotton mill for Cheraw, was there
Wednesday looking over sites for the
mill. It is said there that sufficient
capital has been subscribed to build j
the mill at once. Capital $100,000. i
In a free fight at a negro Baptist
church near Wagner Sunday night, a
negro named Fred Davenport was kill
ed by Gross Ready, also a negro, and;
several unknown negroes. His holy
was cut in a number of places but a j
wound over the heart caused his |
death. Several other negroes re-1
ceived knife wounds, but they are i
not serious. All of the negroes that,
did the killing escaped and up to this |
time have not been caught.
In a row w Jich occurred in New-{
berry on Saturday evening, Denson
Renwick, colored, was slash. .1 across ;
the breast with a knife in the hands '
of his step-son, John Glenn. The j
wound was Ion.; <;nd deep, au/1 the
man came near bleeding to death. Thej
sidewalk where the^difficulty occurred)
looked like a slaughter pen. Glenn
has not yet been caught. On the!
mie afternoon another negro. Frost)
Brown, had his throat cut. by Jim
Gall.nan, colored. The cut was deep,
but missed the jugular vein. Gallman
was arrest 'd.
It is rumore.’ that Mrs. Ed Deaton,
of Chester, is moving to get a pardon
for her husband, who is serving a
long term sentence in the State pris
on on the charge of having killed J.
T. Patterson at Fort Mill. The wo
man’s case is a sad one, and yet
shameful. The grounds on which she
will try to get a pardon are that she
killed Patterson herself. She claims
that she had wronged her husban i
and that Patterson was to blame.
She had killed Patterson in despera
tion, so her appeal will state. Maj-
Hart, her attorney, is dead and she
has no one to assist her. She .is said
to be working in a mill and endeavor
ing to raise seven children.
Mr. .1. A. Watson, Chesterfield’s
most progressive anad prosperous
planter, told a correspondent of the
News and Courier that his cotton crop
will be 100 per cent., while his neigh-
bors will make not more than 50 pei
cent. Mr. Watson bought his planta
tion fifteen years ago, and this same
place up to that time had never been
known to raise more than a bale to
every three cultivated acres, while he.
has six hundred acres in cotton this
year and will gather nearly 700 bales,
while his croppers will make about
400 hundred bales, making a total
of l,d0t) bales raised. Jlis corn crop
is about 50 per cent. Mr. Watson
farms in an up-to date manner, using
•ill modern conveniences. His plant
ation is about the most valuable in
’hesterfield county.
As a result of a whiskey-drinking
and gambling spree, Jake Grant now
lies dead at his boarding house in Mul
lins. It seems that on Saturday night
Jake Grant and Henry Thompson, who
room together, got into a dispute
over some money which Henry had
borrowed from Jake. A row started
at. once. Jake took a chair to Henry
and Henry used a 32-calibre revolver
on Jake. The shot took effect in the
left side of the abdomen and ranged
downward, severing the intestines in
at least ten places end finally lodging
n the back about two inches
below the brim of • the pelvis.
Drs. Brailsford, of Mullins, and
Utley, of Marlon, operated on the
man, giving him the best attention
that was possible, but the poor fellow
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died during the night,
have been a steady,
negro, and expressions
his untimely death
oveery hand,
been arrested.
He is said to
hard-working
of regret ovei
are heard on
Thompson has not yet
l ist Wednesday night at Walterbo
ro, while Mr. S. J. Heirs and his fam
ily were attending church. Many
Green, a colored boy 18 or 19 years
old. went to his home and stole one
of his horses. The theft was soon dis
covered and Mr. Heirs and a party of
tiis friends got on the thief’s track
and pursued him and recovered the
horse at Jacksonboro Ferry, where
.ho thief was trying to cross the Edis-
to river. The thief escaped and is
still at large. Mr. Heirs will pay a
reward of $10 for bis capture and de
tention until the f’olleton authorities
ran send for him. The thief is about
4 feet 6 inches high and Is black: his
hair is cut short and he lias a sharp
face, with the front teeth full, with
the corners of the two middle ones a
little broken, fornrng a “V.” He was
wearing when last seen a light col
ored hat, black coat, and slaie colored
Hints. He has a habit of clearing un
bis throat after anyone sees him. If
arrested. Magistrate J. E. Bryan, of
Walterboro, should be informed.
Got Off Cheap.
He may well think ho has got off
cheap who, after having contracted
constipation or indigestion, is still
able to perfectly restore his health.
Nothing will do this but Dr. King’s
New Life Pills. A quick, pleasant
and certain cure for headache, consti-
nation. "etc. 25c at Cherokee Drug
Co.’s drug store; guaranteed.
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Our Washington Correspondent Seems
to Think So—Mr. Francis As a'
V J
Presidental Possibility.
|
Washington, D. C., August 30.— j
Of all the juggling with the inter
ests of the people that ever has
cursed the country, the same is
going on right now In the ranks of
the Republican party leaders who will
control the things that are to be
done by the next congress./ The Re
publican president promises much to
the people, while the men wlio will
do the performing have their fingers
to their noses and are winking both
eyes at once.
They know he takes no chances
in promising them the great round
earth for a plaything. So does tr\
That’s why he is so prodigal in his
prnniL , 's. If lip me''nt to keep any
of them he would have called that
extra session last spring or at iho
farthest in September, but we have
seen him think every time the party
leaders went after him, until finally
when he had made np his mind to call
it on the 11th of November, they
went after him again like a chick m
after a Jufte bug, and he has, as I
sail he would, flunked again,
and there will be no extra session at
all. The trouble with Roosevelt is
that he has more side tracks on his
line than any politician in the coun
try, and has no terminal facilities.
He also is a great poli’ical fakir.
When he starts out he means well
and to Jo the tilings be says he is
going to do, for be thinks straight;
but when he gets so far, some politi
cal mountebank meets up with him
and throws tiie switch and he is
afraid to protest and flounders where
he is. In this he shows the spirit of
the political coward and the oppor
tunist. He fears to make mad the
leaders of the party and at the same
•ime he is bending to their wishes, he
is making a grand stand play for the
people’s delectation. He cares nothing
for the people or their interests. He
is working for his own glorification.
Hjp is standing in with every play the
political leaders of his party is mak
ing. and whether he is playing for a
renomination or attempting to work
the party so that he may .lic’ate his
successor, it is yet too early to pre
dict and will be until we read his
message next. December.
The Republican party has promis
ed everything to the people and will
perform nothing during the next ses
sion. It will be a do nothing con
gress. The “standpatters” will tout
railroad rate legislation and internal
revenue taifes to keep down genuine
tariff reform. That will make the op
position fight so much harder against
railroad rate legislation and internal
taxes, that there will be nothing d.mo
from any standpoint that will help
the people. When the session ends
there will have been passed the usual
appropriation bills and some private
steals, and not one thing that the
people can point to and say, it. was
done in tiie interest of the people.
The trouble with the average
American citizen is thai be will never
look at things as they ought to lie
looked at until his belly is empty.
With a full stomach he looks compla
cently on all steals and grafts by the
Republican party, but let him get
hungry and- In* will utter a yell that
will reverberate from Tadmor-in-the
Wilderness to Yuba Dam. Then it
usually is too late and the Rgpubli-
cjins have got things nailed down for
another four years. Some day their
pipe will go out and they will wake
up.
• • •
The extremely interesting informa
tion eamo floating over here the
other day from St. Louis, tha’ the
Hon. David Rowland Francis, formei
mayor of St. Louis, former governor
of the State of Missouri and former
president and great high grafter-ln-
general of the late World’s Fair,
would like to bo a candidate for the
next Democratic presidential nomi
nation. “provided Bryan was not in
the way.”
Yes, I presume he would like to be,
ami there are others like him who
will look long ami wistfully at the
nomination and then turn and make
a few desultory remarks about sour
grapes. I am not authorized to speak
for Mr. Bryan nor any other man bn
God’s f(x)tst(X)l, except my Ipimble
self, but it’s an odds on bet that Vr.
Bryan will be very much in the way
of one Francis as will about six mil
lion other good, sure-enough Demo
crats when the time comes to place
our standard bearer in the field in
the good year of 1908. Of all the
magnificently equipped and suptvnal
gall I ever heard of. it is the declara
tion of Dave Francis that, he would
like to be a candidate for the Demo
cratlc presidential nomination, and
that Is the universally expressed
opinion here at the national capital
among the leading Democrats who
happen to be here on department
business. It lias caused simply a
broad grin all the way down tl e line.
The consensus of comment on thi-
latest Franciscan assurance is to the
effect that the oleaginous and money
ed Missourian would have about as
much show for the Democratlif nomi
nation as would a eat in hadog wi*b-
out claws, or a one-legged man at a
l icking match: thr*. the men. who
fought twice for Demorcary In ’96
and 190<1, ha\’0 long memories and
that they will not forget that Dave
Francis was one of the most rabid
opponents of the Democratic nominee
in both those years and used his
money to defeat the Democratic can
didate; that while Judge Parker was
the candidate last year, of the men who
helped Francis to defeat Bryan, yet
he did vote the Democratic tickets;
but,'that Francis did ngt vote the
Democratic ticket either time; that
such a man will have to walk a long
time behind Uie Democratic band
wagon before he is allowed to ride
rg.iin.
Un’ess all slims fill h're in 'he
poetical nerve center of the Nation,
Fran ’s would do well to t-ade his
preside!*tl*.! aspirations for a yaller
dog and then lose him. He would be
the gainer thereby.
It strikes me that Teddy the First
must have had his ear to the ground
and heard the rumblings when he de
cided to abandon his scheme for an
extra session of congress. A republi-
’’•m of national prominence and na
tional consequence, too, who has just
returned from a visit to Oyster Bay,
tells me that the president has final
ly concluied that hr* has bee", milled
in his onlnion that there was a ereat
demand for railroad rate regulation
from the tannic themselves, v- in
formant savs that Roosevelt has bee"
ha vine some investigations majle on
the quiet, and be finds much to his
° -fouishment that the agitation which
ho Fitnnojed o\Dte 1 qid p.-f come
from 'he farm, the st.ire or th" f,?c-
to«’v. Its (v-lsdn w’as in f^hioacro
which wmnts to secure for itsalf ab
solute control of freight shipment^
southeast and southwest as well ns
oasi, the iqiter being now ahoo!’i ,, ol v
'n jt-; co’v-'-d. It was a d°ep laid
:c.beme and a mighty good one on
the part of tho«e Uhieago V’bber.
who "-ore looking for new markets
to make it appear that the producer
and consumer in t‘ , ad of U'e. Jobber
were the real agitators. Tn thof enH
they bad their men on the po'L'ic 1 '
stumps, demagogues and political
strikers, who were retained by prom
ises of cash or political preferment
in case they would create the im
pression that railroad rate regulation
was a popular issue. Tin* pres:de% j
emissaries have reported to him that
they are satisfied that the agitathm
had no legitimate bl »h, like iho de
mand for tariff revision, which those |
political demagogues are trying to)
suppress, but was an incubator-like!
product nursed by the middleman and
broker and brought into the world b>
the Chicago jobber who was deter
mined to grab everything in sight.
The jobber finds profit in fostering
this child of purely artificial crea
tion. and has been shrewd enough to
get Republican politicians-., and per
fectly honest men as well to help the
cause along.
Now that Te.lJ., his ili : cuvevd t e
true inwardness of the thing he has
dropped the matter like a hot pota-
toe, particularly as he found that, the
scheme to create a great political
machine, the benefit of which had
been pointed out to him by the agents
of these same jobbers, did not meet
with the approval of even the most
rabid of the politicians. Tiiesy latter
fear that the creation of a political
railroad commission with its tre
mendous power to benefit or crush
States or communities at will, would
take from them their present power
and transfer it to the railroads them
selves, who are big enough to make
or unmake politicians at will.
It has been a queer business, this
skittering about of the president on
this railroad ra’e question, and there
is no doubt that today he is less
strong with the people because of it
than he was a year ago. Roosevelt
himself is conscious of this and is
now putting forward Federal control
of life insurance companies and 4)ig
corporations as a means of helping
to regain his personal popularity.
Possibly It may accomplish his pur
pose, but j find there is a feeling
among active politicians in the Re
publican ranks that Teddy mav now
be put on their list as a dead cock in
the pit.
Chas. A. Edwards.
. THE
TARHEEL STATE
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE
NORTH CAROLINA.
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Items of Interest Concerning Our
Neighbors in the Old North State
Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers.
A private letter received in Win
ston-Salem from Wilkes county, states
that Capt. Nathan Horton, aged 80,
an old bachelor, and Miss Dula,
aged 75, who has always resided on
an adjoining farm on Beaver creek,
were married Monday ai 10 o’clock.
The groom is an uncle of Drs. H. V.
and P. E. Horton and Mesdames Watt
Martin and Thomas Watson, of Win
ston-Salem. The nephews are inclin
ed to the opinion that it must have
been a runaway match.
Deputy Marshall Carroll, of Win
ston-Salem, returned Tuesday night
from Stokes county. While away he
arrested Jerry Dunlap, of Wilson, on
the charge of operating an illicit dis-
i tillery. He was tried Monday before
United States Commissioner M. V.
Mabe. at Jewell, and bound over to the
October term of the Federal court,
at Greensboro. His bond was fixed
at $200, which he gave. Three
witnesses testified at the preliminary
l’earing that they saw Dunlap’s pl§nt
; n operation.
According to agreement between
Governor Glenn and the Governor of
Georgia, Benj. F. Kersh, who was ai-
rested in Greensboro last week on the
charge of kldnanping his own daugh
ter in Savannah. Ga., was release.!
from jail in Greensboro Thursday on
condition that he never again put his.
foot on Georgia soil and that the giri
be returned to her mother in Savan
nah. The officer who went to Greens
boro Saturday night after K* -h re
turned to Savannah Wednesday night,
taking the girl with him.
Tuesday morning as the hose wagon
of the fire department of Goldsboro
was on its way at a dead-run to a
fire, as it was passing the corner at
St. Paul’s church, the horse save a
sudden turn around the corner and
smashed the left wheel on the rear
part of the hose wagon, throwing Mr.
George B. Edwards, who was riding
on the truck, violently to the ground.
The wagon fell on him. crushing him
very badly. Ue ^as picked up and
carried to the Elk’s Club, where a phy
sician was summoned and was given
every attention that loving hands
and medical skill could render. His
condition is serious, though not criti
cal.
There is little doubt but that Peter
Smith, the Madison county man un
der sentence of death, will be hanged
two weeks on Thursday, Septem
ber 14. Reliable news from Marshall
is to the effect that little, if ;.;y, ef
fort has been made to have Governor
Glenn commute the sentence to life
imprisonment. It is said that there
is a strong belief on the part of the
people of Madison that the law should
be allowed to take its course, and
that Smith should pay the penalty of
bis crime on the gallovs. Smith, who
is a white man, near 60 years of age,
was convicted of criminally assaulting
a 15-year-old child in Madison. It Is
also believed that be murdered his
step-daughter, although sufficient ev
idence to convict him could not be
obtained.
Back to Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Lipscomb and
,Mr. Alex Lipscomb left Gaffney yes
terday for Spartanburg and will re
main there for a few days, goin.g from
there to Asheville, N. C., for a to.v
days and then going on to I^onham,
Tex., their home. Mr. Smith Lip
scomb called on The Ledger to give
us a parting handshake and he asked
us to say that the party have had a
royal good time since they have been
here. It has been a feast every day
and they go away with hearts over-
llowiug with love for the people of
Gaffney and Cherokee.
Outing at Sarratt’s Mill.
Miss Floy Sarratt compliment'd a
few of her friends on last Saturday
with an afternoon outing at Sarratt’s
mill. The perfect atfernoon and
congenial little crowd made it a most
enjoyable affair. Tlfe party consisted
of Misses Winnie Davenport, Ruth
about 4
a merchant
of Durham
some three
Wednesday afternoon
o’clock Mr. W. T. Slade,
and well known citizen
county, died at his farm
or four miles from Durham. Death
was sudden, hejirt failure being the
cause.-''He had not been complaining
previous to the time ne was stricken,
! and in a few minutes death had re-
j suited. Me had been dead quite a
while when the physician, who was
j summoned, reached his side. The
deceased was an ex-Confederate sol
dier and had lived in Durham for a
number of years. He moved Jo Dur
ham from the eastern part of the
State. He was three times married
his third wife surviving him There
are five living children, two sons and
a daughter by his first wife, and a son
and a daughter by the second. Since
coming to Durham he had been en
gaged In the mercamile business. At
the time of his death he was a mem
ber of the firm of J. C. Leigh & Co.,
but devoted most of his-time to farm
ing. living in the city. He was 65
years of ago.
Jessie Lipscomb,
Hal Sarratt and Mrs.
Helen
W. H
Sarratt,
Gooding,
Gooding.
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Attacked by a Mob
and beaten, in a labor riot, until cover
ed with sores, a Chicago street c>*
conductor applied Btieklen’s Arnica
Salve, ami was soon sound an.l well
“1 me It In my family.” writes G. J
Welch, of Tekonsha, Mich., "and find
it perfect.’’ Simplv great for cuts
and burns. Only 25c at Cherokee
Drug Co.’s drug store.
This would be a bitter world but
for our tears.
—Big line of Traveling Bags and
trunks at “away-down” prices at
J I. Sarratt’s.
—For bargains
Goods go to J. 1.
in all summer Dress
Sarratt’s.
—Baskets, all shapes
to 25c, at J. I*. Sarratt's.
and sizes, 5c
Are You Engaged?
Engaged people should remember
that, after marriage, many quarrels
can be avoided, by keeping M oir di
gestion in good condition with Electric
Bitters. S. A. Brown, of Bonnettsville,
S. C„ says: “For many years my wife
suffered intensely from dy*o»epsia,
complicated with a torpid liver until
she lost her strength and vigor, and
became a mere wreck of her former
self. Then she tried Electric Bitters,
which helped her at once, and finally
made her entirely well. She is now
strong and healthy.” Cherokee Drug
Co., druggists, sell and guarantee
them at 50c a bottle.
—Keep your eye on Tuesday’s pa-
nor for A. L. Peeler & Co.’s 5. 10 and
?5e store opening ad. They w' - have
some special bargains to offi'*-
go
If vou want Shoes
to J I. Sarratt’s.
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riens
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the Habit.**
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