Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. THE SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLIS] A Newspaper in All that tho Word Implies and D< ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8. C, THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 3Kl&>r. THE STATE FARMS. Happenings All Over the State Taken * from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. A dispatch was received in Colum bia Saturday by the relatives of young Fred Green, who was drowned in the St. John river, near Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, saying that the body had been found. It was sent to Columbia for burial. y M. S. Scruggs, in charge of the west Greenville dispensary, has re signed his position and expects’to be relieved by October 1. In giving up his position Mr. Scruggs refers to the fact that the dispensary election is not far off and that the dispensary is virtually doomed in the county and this is one of the chief reckons for seeking other business. Fire destroyed the small w’ooden storeroom of J. P. Burnett in Green wood Friday morning about 1 o’clock. The building was occupied by J. W McCaslan, groceries, and S. F. Cooper, meat market. The losses were: J. P. Burnett, $2^0. no insurance: J. \V. McCaslan, $l.h00, insurance $700; _S. F. Cooper, $')0, no insurance. The building burned was very near the Southern Cotton Oil company, but luckily the wind v’as blowing in the opposite direction and the mill did not catch. “Dump” Scott, alias George Ran dolph, who two weeks ago shot and killed George McMillian, an old color ed man at Pacolet, and who made his escape immediately after the killing, was lodged in jail in Spartanburg Sat urday night by Sheriff Nichols and Deputy Sheriff White. Scott, or Ran dolph, was arrested in Oconee county and the prisoner, accompanied by officers, was taken to Spartanburg Saturday night and placed in jail. P. L. Vaughn and J. W. Henderson, two white men, have been arrested in Columbia by Deputy Sheriff Cathcart and Officer Knox for the attempted murder of J. D. Haw’kins, near Clem- son College. The arrest was made Thursday afternoon after the receipt of a telegram describing the outrage, and the two were sent to Greenville jail Friday night. J. D. Hawkins is a mill operative of Greenville and was found near Calhoun beside the rail road track in an almost dyng condi tion. W. M. Pecan, an aged wffiite man, was struck by a through freight train as he sat on the S. U. & C. track at Inman Friday and instantly killed. It appears to have been a case of pure negligence on his part. He was seated on one side of the track at the end of a small trestle when the freight came by. He made no attempt to move and was hit by the locomotive and hurled down an embankment. His body was somewhat mangled up. The verdict of the jury was that he came to his death by being struck by the train and that it was due to his own carelessness, and further that there was no negligence on the part of the railroad company or its em ployes. Somewhat of a sensation was caused in Marion Friday morning by the re port that Melvin Wiggins, a respect able young farmer, living acrc%s Cat fish creek, five miles west of Marion, was found dead in the road not far from his home. He had been to Mar ion in the morning and purchased three shells loaded .with buckshot, and in somewhat an intoxicated condition reached home in the afternoon. He went to the house 06 his uncle and neighbor to borrow a shotgun. It was loaned him, and the next heard of him was when his body was found Friday morning. Magistrate Oliver was sum moned to hold an inquest, the jury finding a verdict that the deceased came to his death by his own hands. A new mill will be built at Beau mont, near Spartanburg, to be known as Beaumont No. 2. It will cost $125,000 and will be equipped with 5,000 spindles. Th new building will be located directly across the street from the old one, which is located in the northern part of Spartanburg, near the main line of the Southerp Railway. The directors have had in contemplation the addition for some time, but only recntly have they de cided to act in the near future in re gard to the matter. Under the pres idency of Mr. J. H. Sloan the Beau mont mill has been brought out to be one of the most valuable industrial properties in Spartanburg county, which is dotted about with prosperous cotton mills. A negro of suspicious appearance, using insulting language to Mrs. John L. White, at her homo on White street. Rock Hill, Wednesday morning, was shot at twice by Mr. White, who happened to be sick and in the house at the time. The negro asked for food but wag refused. The door was shut but Mrs. White saw r through the glass that the man was returning towards the house. She opened the door and found the negro kneeling and looking under the door. She ordered him away, whereupon he stated tbnt he would go when he got ready. Mrs. White called for a pistol: the negro said he guessed he had one, too. Mr. White then came out and fired but the bullet went wild, as his wife had caught his arm. The negro ran and made his escape. Some Estimates of Crops Growing in Sumter and Kershaw Counties. Hon. W. D. Kirby returned last week from Columbia where he had been to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the State penitentiary. A part of the business of this meeting was the inspection by the board of the State’s farms in Lexington, Sum ter and Kershaw counties, besides the one at the penitentiary. All the farms were found to be in a prosperous con dition, well kept, with fine growing crops w’hich gave every promise of abundant yields. Some statistics given by Mr. Kinby may prove interesting to Cherokee farmers. These figures refer only to the farms in Sumter and Kershaw counties, and in no way include the crops growing in Lexington county and at the penitentiary. In these two farms there are 1,100 acres in corn, which it is estimated will make about 35,000 bushels; 600 acres in cotton—about six acres to the horse—which will produce a bale or more to the acre; between five and six hundred acres in peas; thirty acres of sweet potatoes, which will yield in the neighborhood of 5,000 bushels; seven acres in ribbon cane, and twenty-seven acres in orange-top cane, from w'hich molasses will be made for the use of the State convicts Besides the products named above, nearly 19,000 bushels of oats and 2,000 bushels of wheat have been made on the two farms this year. Aside from the growing crops on all its farms, the State still has a sur plus of forage and roughness on hand; this. too. after selling a lot of it and feeding it to the stock on the farms. Much of the grain is also sold, and al ready 101 bales of new cotton have been sent to the market. Besides tho argicultural products of the farms, there are now on the two in Sumter and Kershaw counties, thirty-two young mules, from four months to five years old; sixteen mares: about 200 head of hogs; ISO head of sheep: 120 head of cattle, and 125 goats. Seventy-five mules are in use on the two farms, and about 145 hands are worked. Mr. Kirby says that everything about the farms had a prosperous air, and that the health of the people on them was splendid, not a single case of sickness having been reported among the hands in some time. The managers of the farms, who have been in their present positions for about seven years, state that the finest crops are now being grown upon them that they have seen during the whole time of their management. Mr. Kirby brought home with him some specimen ears of corn from an 850-acre field on the Wateree river, and some stalks of sugar cane. The specimens were taken at random from the fields; and while they were fine ones, Mr. Kirby thought the average yield would be even better, FEDERAL GRAFT IN THE PUBUC ETI “I AM GOVERNOR.” South Carolina’s Chief Executive Re plies to Charges of Tillman. Columbia, Sept. 17.—Governor Hey ward was asked tonight what he had to say about Senator Tillman’s speech at Marlon. Although on his way to Virginia for his family, he did not like to leave the State without responding to the request for his view;s. He re plied that he had read the report of the meeting and added: "I have noth ing to say in reference to his remarks concerning me. except I will do my duty as I see it.“ Continuing, the Governor said: “The legislature appointed a committee to investigate the affairs of the dispen sary and this committee has been probing for facts, though the work is, as yet, unfinished. It is not mv pur pose to be so unfair as to remove the men elected to these positions in the dispensary by the legislature, when such action on my part, would be based on rumors as to their offi cial misconduct and dishonesty. But I do not hesitate to say, as I have said already, that if proof is produced, w-hich will justify me under the law, in taking action. I will act, and act promptly. “In reference to the Senator’s charges as to mismanagement as to the conduct of the dispensary, I have only to say that the charges he enu merates have been specifically entrust ed by the general assembly to the com mittee for full investigation. “I am Governor of the State and I propose to discharge the duties of my office in such manner and at such time as I think right and proper. I am not unmindful of the importance of this situation, but I certainly pro pose to adhere to my own convict ions as to the proper discharge of my duty.” Have Made an Irishman of Him. (Fairfax Enterprise.) Our admiration of The News and Courier, always great, has been sensi bly augmented by its touching loyalty in defeat to its whilom candidate, the Hon. Kimsey O’Huskey, of Grassy Pond. Rheumatism, gout, backache, acid poison, are results of kidney trouble. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea goes directly to the seat of the disease ond cures when all else fails. 35 ^ents. Gaffney Drug Co. —Ask to see our Negligee Shirts; strong line from 25c to $1.00. J. R. Tolleson & Co. —Everything nice to eat at C. C. Humphries,’ the high-grade grocer. / "Get the Habit,” go to NELSON’S. —Just received full line of Fancy Cakes and Crackers. C. C. Humph ries. BELIEF THAT MORE SCANDAf WILL COME. Disclosures of Graft in the Agric| tural, Postoffice and Printing Of Departments. Washington, D. C., Sept. 14.—Fed^ al graft in its various forms Is j now insistently before the publ Here in Washington the belief is t before the ssession is ended there be a stirring up of scandals that w place the Republican party on tr before a grand jury of all of our ci| zens. The very recent disclosures graft in the agricultural departme those more remote in the post offl department, the printing office e dences of favoritism, and echoes past scandals in the navy departme still ring in the ears of the people a demand that some serious attentii shall be paid them. I do not know but that this railro rate regulations agitation, which h been instrumental in uncovering t evils of the operations of the bej trust, has been a good thing in calli attention to its possibilities under t increased powers which w’ould be g en to the political commission. Raj ways in their operations use a lot patented devices of various kinds a their selection might be made a dium for one of the juiciest lot of gr operations that tho country has y known. The commission has recen suggested that on all freight trai more air brakes be put in operatioj Suppose we had a political comm sion in Washington that was to t the railroads what air brakes were be used. Could not somebody get rake-off that would be worth sever) million dollars by specifying that t "Belkins” air brake, for examplj would be the only one that wou prove satisfactory? Then suppose t! commission should desire that t present buffers and coupfers were n^ just what they should be but th “Belkins” had a make that was absi lately perfect and would prevent a| accidents. Would there not be chance for another good, handso rake-off? And judging from what h; been done about type-setting mi chines, mail chhtes, crop statistic! river and harbor appropriations, a: mor plate selections and a dozen oth things, haven’t we a right to belie in the light of the evidence now o: ening up that a political commissioi with these pickings at hand woul be apt to grab more of the plums Under the Esch-Townsend bill, th plum tree could be shaken in a wa; to cause ripe plums to fall because 1 specifically declares that the Inter state commerce commission shal have control of “any regulation oi practice whatsoever affecting trans portation of persons or property.’’ I that were a law, it would certainl; open up an opportunity for the big gest lot of graft that this country, o: any other for that matter, has eve seen, and judging from the peopl who have held office in the past, then might be one or more members of board of seven who would take ad vantage of it. I te” you, brethren, this act to re u ulate commerce .that the Republican: are agitating for means a heap mor< than shows on the face of the bill. I is not only a political proposition t make and unmake sections, to rui and build up communities or to wori all sorts of political chicanery, but 1 is just about the ablest thing in thi way of possible graft that has loome up since Noah got a corner on th circus business and held up the whol world in the animal trade. • • • I would not pluck pne leaf from th laurel wreath that has been placed o: the brow of the president of th United States for the part he took I bringing about peace between Russi and Japan, but the slathers and bar^ r^ls and loads of intellectual dltc w£ter and tom my rot that is bein. poured out upon the heads of the han-| less people of this county about the great thing the president has done would turn the stomach of a turkey buzzard. The president well may say: “Angels and ministers of grace” save me from my fool friends. The presi dent simply asked Russia aiypffapai.' to come over here and get tTP^ther and see if they could not patch up peace. There never would have been any peace and all the efforts of the presi dent would have been in vain, if Ja pan had not seen that to continue the war simply because Russia would not pay indemnity would have lost her all the prestige she had gained with her great victories, because she would have been placed in the attitude of fighting for blood money, and the world would have pointed the finger of scorn at her. Knowing this she quit and not because the president asked her to do so, but because she had the good sense to see the point. Give the president his due, but do not slobber on him and the people. • • • #Hite a number of Democratic members of congress have been here lately and discussed the future of the Democratic party with me and others in a very frank and open manner. A good many of them are of the opinion that if the Democratic party is to do anything in the next campaign it will have to cut loose from tho East as well as the West and ignore both sec tions when it comes to picking out the standard bearer of the party in Wl GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY •f Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Cherokee County. $1.00 A YEAR. THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. oarratM^RichmNRcT R. C. Sarratt, president otthe Cher okee Cotton Growers Association, has returned from Richmond, vhere he went last week to attend a session of the Farmers National Congress. One of the main impromptu speech es of the occasion was m*de by Mr. Sarratt, and it is needless to say that he ably and warmly uphe.d the agri cultural interests of the Sruth. National Bank Examiner. Mr. Hull, a national bank examiner of Washington, D. C., was .n the city Friday. He examined th< affairs of the National Bank of Gaffney and found them, as usual, satisfactory, and the business of the bank in a highly prosperous condition. Are you lacking in strength and vigor? Arc you weak? Are you in pain? Do you feel all run down? The blessing of health and strength comes to all who use Hollister’s Rocky Moun tain Tea. 35 cents. Gaffney Drug Co. —Fresh new Humphries’. Mackerel at C. C. “Get the Habit.” go to NELSON’S. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Culled Expressly for Ledger Readers. John Patterson, a negro employed in the new Highland Park cotton gin, near Charlotte, was caught In the shafting of the seed room about noon Friday and at a late hour Saturday night was still unconscious as a re sult of the accident. A shocking accident happened at the merry-got-roimd in Wadesboro, which bad just started up, Thursday night, when the small son of Oscar Little, colored, was caught in the belt ing and thrown against the engine, crushing his skull, James McDaniel threw a steel roll er from a second story window of the White Oak cotton mill, in Greensboro, about G o’clock Friday evening and struck Charles Conklin on the head, inflicting serious injury, though the attending physician says the wounded man will likely recover. Both parties are white and had been quarreling just before the assault was made. ‘ Conklin left the mill and was walking away when McDaniel threw the roller at him. McDaniel escaped and has not yet been captured. Mr. Max Jasspon, of Alpena, Mich., who went to Charlotte some mon hs ago and secured from Dr. C. L. Alex ander, an option on the well-known Yellow Dog mine, south of Charlotte, has struck a very rich vein at a depth of 110 feet, the ore from which he de clared to be of exceeding richness. The Yellow Dog mine is located on the same general vein with the Rudi- sill and Catherines properties, from which a remarkable amount of the yel low ri]t^al has been taken. The new ak orgomuraf^lFh Jasspon* has discovered is about four feet wide. A sad death occurring Friday af ternoon was that of Cleveland Holler, a cotton mill operative at the Brook- ford Manufacturing company’s plant, in Hickory, who accidentally lost his life by shooting himself with a double- barrel shot gun, with which he was trying to punch an apple from a tree with the breech. The barrel was just high enough for the load to enter his breast, tearing out his heart, part of which fell to the ground. After a few steps Holler^fell dead without anv outcry. The deceased was about 22 years old and leaves a wife and two children. Will Adams, the negro wife mur derer, was hanged in the jail yard at Raleigh Thursday morning. He was very brave, made no confession, chew ed gum constantly, smiled and led in the singing of th%hymn on the gal lows. His wife saw him a few minutes before the execution and created a scene by her screams and weeping. Five hundred people were around the jail but only 40 saw tho execution. Adams’ neck was broken. His wife took the body and will bury it. The husband of the woman Adams mur dered was a deepl" interested witness of the hanging. Mr. W. A. Bethune, of Bond, Miss., who is a refugee at Aberdeen from the yellow fever, was accidentally killed Friday afternoon by his own gun, while rowing in a boat in Bay’s mill pond. It seems that he had at tempted to place the gun in the bottom of the boat, when the hammer struck .the side of the vessel, causing the |gun to dfscharge and emptying the whole load in the upper part of his head, killing him instantly. Mr. Be thune, who went form the Aberdeen section to Mississippi three years ago. was fast attaining prominence in his profession. His mother, three sisters and two brothers live at Aberdeen. In court in Asheville the jury in the ease of Ernest Thomason, of Old Fort, against the Southern Railway compa ny, returned a verdict Friday after noon at 4 o’clock in favor of the plain tiff, awarding him $27,500. Nine of tho jurymen stood out several hours for $30,000. The suit was Tor $50,000. Ernest. Thamason, a boy 18 years of age, living at Old Fort, was injured on a turn table owned by the South ern Railway six years ago. Several small boys, including the plaintiff’s younger brother, were playing on the table. In turning it around the plaint iff’s brother was in imminent danger of being crushed. William Hicks, Jr., a hrakeman on local freight train No. 64, of the South ern Railway, died at Lexington Thurs day evening at 6 o’clock of injuries received at the depot Thursday while ho was engaged In coupling cars. The remains were sent to Raleigh for burial. His grand father, Col. W. J. Hicks, superintendent of the Oxford Orphan Asylum, was at Lexington and accompanied the remains. The father of tho deceased lives at Blscoe. Tho unfortunate young man was but 19 years of age and was unmarried. It Is not known how tho accident oc curred exactly. Before his death young Hicks said he was coupling cars and had signed to the engineer, and while between the cars the train backed suddenly and crushed him. —Don’t fail to see our new lino of fancy tailor-made Vests for men and boys. 98c to $2.00. J. R. Tolleson Sc Co. BLACKSBURG BREVITIES. Personals and Locals from the Iron City Aoross the Broad. Blacksburg, Sept. 18.—Mrs. J. M. Caldwell and children spent Friday in Gastonia. N. C., with relatives. Mrs. J. G. Black left Sunday for Dillon where she will visit her daugh ter, Mrs. W. W. Nichols. Mr. L. G. Wylie spent Suaday in Hickory Grove with his parents. Mr. L. D. Hord left Monday for Ope lika, Ala., where he has accepted a position with the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. We regret very much to see him leave, but wish him much success in his new work. Mr. W. J. Moorehead made a flying trip to King’s Mountain Monday. Walter Belue, who is attending school at Clemson College, spent Sat urday and Sunday in town with his parents. Mr. Grover Baber, who is now work ing at Pendleton, spent Sunday in town with relatives. Mr. Sam Roberson, of Earle, was in town a few hours Friday on his way to Hickory Grove. Mr. Harris, of Spartanburg, spent Saturday night in town with Mr. Ed ward Blalock on his way home In Henrietta, N. C. Mr. Chas. Hardin, of Grover, spent Monday in town on his way to Ruther- fordton, N. C., where he will attend school. Manley Moorehead spent Sunday in Hickory Grove with his aunt, Mrs. L. Moorhead. Miss Della Camp, of Gaffney, was the guest of her cousin, Miss Mayme Blalock, Sunday. Mr. Govan Cline, of Greenville, was in town a few days last week. Misses Anna and Reola Faulkner, of King’s Creek, were in town Friday shopning. Miss Ovida Keeter, of Grover, was in town a few hours Friday. Some Notes from Dr. Simms. Wife and myself left home to go to the upper French Broad valley but, finding just before getting to Hender sonville. that w e could not get to our expected destination that da}', we changed our minds and went Waynesviiie, N. C, ? \ v nere we ha 1 '* 1 - spent several ^snmme^^ ^ We all mountain resorts more crowded than usual and that the people will linger longer than common on account of the yellow fever in so many south ern sections. Waynesville is in one of the most beautiful sections of the mountains and has an elevation which renders the summer climate delightful. It is becoming one of the leading summer resorts. Not only is the scenery in general very fine (being in the midst of the Balsam range), but the “Eagle’s Nest,” on Junaluskie is one of the most fascinating places in the moun tains. Nearly all the people who go to that section of North Carolina take in Waynesville at some time in the trip The apple crop is reported as one- fourth short by the government, but there is a good crop about Waynes ville. We saw one orchard from which the owner expects to ship 10,000 bushels this year. It was a de light to see the trees bending with the highly colored fruit and to catch their sweet aroma as one drove along. With my brother I spent three days with Mr. Robert Campbell, on the head of Jonathan's creek, some ten miles west of the town. It was a de lightful time we had in Mr. Camp bell's nice new home, situated in the midst of a splendid farm with the mountains climbing up all about you. Next year Mr. Campbell will take hoarders, and we can most heartily commend the home as a delightful one in which to rest. Mrs. Campbell is an excellent lady, and her personal attention is so given to the house and table that one eats with delight. We found Mr. Campbell and his brother both excellent companions, and under their guidance we succeeded in en joying the squirrel hunting and trout fishing. We found the new Baptist church building so far completed that the congregation was using the Sunday school room. They hope soon to com plete the main auditorium. It is an ornament to the town and a great credit to the church. The Presbyte rians are also beginning to build a handsome house. Mr. Hill Resigns. Mr. O. P. Hill, who has had charge of the county home and farm for the past four years, has tendered his res ignation to the county commissioners, to take effect January 1st, 1906. Mr. Hill has made an acceptable superin tendent His successor will probably be elected at the meeting of the board of county commissioners to be held the first Monday in October. Letter to J L Alexander, Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir: Here’s a sample: how Devoe upsets things. Littletown, Pa, was a cheap-paint town up to a year ago, when Messrs. Basehoar & Mehring took our agency. They send us the names of the paint ers now painting Devoe: A C Bollinger A Win I'nger Joshua Beihl Kdw L Kellenberger John F Kellenl>erger J B McSherry “ John G Frev G C Lawrence ~ 1 Charles Steich L C March and forty names of property-owners painting Devoe: and every-one of the painters tells why he paints Devoe. They are not mistaken: Devoe is the cheapest paint in the world—so far as we know the world and paint. If painters everywhere knew it, they’d paint it, every man of ’em. Yours truly. 121 F W Devoe & Cc P. S.—R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. sell our paint.