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>J* *1 *f&^jUt'‘d&a> tfSsi* £%Lkiiik&!HS&d&x W@t<™ -■•'■v - THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. Ledger SEMI WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY A YD FRIDAY WE GUARANTEE THE R£UABILI * Fvery Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of Thi* Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ti£TM3LISHED FEB. ' 16, 1894. GAFNEY, 8. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1906. tTOO A AH ACCOUNT OF THE GAFFNEY KILLING. ; V >;AT BRINGS OUT NEW INCI DENTS IN THE AFFAIR. 1 to furnish a bottle of liquor to anyone ! who could pay for It. He was never arrested for so do ing, but merely “accused ” He was believed to be a successful poker player. He did not belong natively to the town of Gaffney. He had been there but a short time, and in that time had become v*ry un- Miss Sheridan. They conversed in tones so lew that a man who stood for a moment within four feet of them heard none of their words. In the meantime, Davidson, igno rant of the whole affair, asked Miss Sherilan for an explanation. She told him what she told everyone later, of Hasty’s attempt to enter her room, and told a pretty strong story. Miss Bishop added something to it of an NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. RAVENNA NEWS. popular and finally killed two men. ■ , ,. . . . ... . In accordance with the promise| c ^ aract ^L aQd . t J?‘ 8 ._ Ca . US . ed i made above to herein present what'Davidson to throw his eyeglasses un- ap^eared to me at the time to be the I (,n Die table, j-ush into the balk and, real facts in the case, and which will | 11 <s a.le^ed, strike Hasty a powerful paper Man Who was in Gaffney at; very probably he verified at Hasty’S; EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER- OKIE Locals and Personals From That Prosperous Section. Ravenna, Feb. 21.—Mr. M. W. , Brown, one of on- popular mer- | chants, spent last Friday night with relatives in Jonesville. Mr. L. D. Bonner made a return | trip to Spartanburg last Saturd?y. Mr. T. G. Chalk, principal of the ! Antioch school, paid his family his ! usual visit from Friday to Sunday Story of the Affair as Told by News- Recent Happenings In and Around evening. Miss Addie Brown, a popular . .the City and Other Events Gather- Cherokee teacher, after spending 14 fioi ; ~ hpr^wltii retold ini It was then, according to the claims | . , c ! Saturday and Sunday here with her r»™"wh.nifrereTma n n^r from | «»«**•»• , tt “ t , fT > !ra “' )eJ n hl ,7: ' ? 11 ’rents Mr. and Mrs J B Brown, Ga»na ? , S.C.. Fab. 17.-(S»ecmO-| c. you bava already nab- I ,-r. My. Lee Littlejohn, of Pacolet. the Time of the Killinq. FUNERAL OF MRS. WARDLAW. Ob the morning of Friday, De- 1 r._ ptt killed in the hallwav *» the head, and while thus helpless; ceaiher 15, a double murder was com- f . if ! hp Piedm. nt Inn directly in front to protect himself by other means, he ! Mr. Claud Wilson, who was report- , e nt last Saturday and Sunday ..Wt 1 i iHio Tho ,!r e , Prir tho rnnm necnnlei bv ^rejv his revolver and fired two shots.ed in our last Issue as having been here with his friend. Mr. F. K. Go- t,<M 1,1 tt “ s *»»”• Th » T,Ct m “ : l“ e vi“I Sh^fdaT The cMef wlf-ibbe of them piercinE the center of painfully Injured by falllns from an forth, uere the star. Davidson, the musical • s . . ne . ii., tv ’ Davidson re- Ifennet t’3 heart, producing instant engine at Blacksburg, are glad to) Miss direetor, Bennett, of the “Nothing But PP j S y e( j a ^j s d eat b wound at the same fi ea fb- tbe other entering Davidson’s; report as doing well Money” theatrical organization which j t irT , e am j pi aC e. I loft side and lodging against the I snTno. ..n.icinrr bis death thirty-six Pau'ine Pettit has been I called to school near Jhickety Moun- had played in the town the previous At the time Hasty fired the death ; " ’ H I dealing shots he was on his knees, j hous aftemard Mr. Anthony Sarratt. who has heretofore been with The R S. Lip- Hasty Denies Charges, scomb Shoe Hasty denies all of Miss Sheridan’s oesltion and he will engage tain, but it seems tha?i she is unde cided about accenting it. Services and Interment at th« Cew- etery in Yorkville. The following Yorkville special to The Columbia Slato under date of February 19th, is of local interest to readers of The Ledger: The remains of Mrs. Joseph G. Wardlaw, who died at Barnwell Fri day. arrived here Saturday morning on the 9:48 train from Chester. The body wa^ taken from the depot to the city cemetery, where a moet beautiful and impressive service was held, conducted by Rcy. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the First Pres byterian church. The church choir sang several selections during the ceremonies. Although this was one of the coldest mornings of the season there was a large attendance and tk>s crowd at the cemetery showed the love and esfeerr. in which this lovable woman was held, as well as the sympathy exhibPed for the noble, stricken h»e- i band, Col. Joseph G. Wardlaw. a»d lr. Brown and little son, i Charlotte, Greenville. Columbia, etc. ..1 ^-.1 4-4 lOCJT ... . - Karle, visited relatives here sast | ^y or jj at jjj e yq,-^ cotton mill was Sundav. Miss Eva Burgess has returned They were killed by George Hast- ! ^ vid^n ^^0 vX Mm^his t a borther of the nronrietor of the noli;!e(1 rPa(ly to deliver a powerful | cn * rKes < ?« ain3t hlm - Piedmont. Inn. at which hostelry they ^jck but before the intention of the ‘ S ? T er , n asseits positive 1 The Christian Crusaders have were guests. ; aetoi- could be executed, he had been 1 th ^ d ^ closed their meeting a: the court , P , . .... , n limit 8 n’clock 1 s b( >t to death and his colleague. Ben- 0 a id son are dead as j, ouse ij nt w {jj continue their services Pke killing occurred about 8 o clock ^ lgy . UT)on the noor phot throug h a result of her complaint and Ben- for prob!lh , v ten (lays longer at the , and by 9 o’clock, or one hour later, the center of the heart.’ i nett’s eleventh hour prollection. ^ Limestone Street Methodist church, one could hear as many explanations That Hasty was on his knees has Protection were required. of how and why the apparently atro- bPen am j wj ,] a^ainbe proven. Itill is now U P to the attorneys to Yesterday was February 22nd and cions crime had been committed a*! r , )f ' pp claimed'"that he had assumed i P resent the facts to a jury who will j Washington’s birthday. The day he foiind men to tell It to him. if a ' a ttjt 1]( j e 0 f prayer It. will he|^ ec ^ e whether or not George Hasty was observed by the postoffice oh there are 5,000 people in Gaffney, | c]airnod and very 'probably oroven at! actually committed unprovoked, cold serving Sunday hours and the there was nearly that many stories I as to ohe details of the killing. This was because the crime had 1 - _i . vj— nnr Hven cm. „ s unned the oeonR and whr.t .was at i th ° 0 Tntended assault unMl | had nothing but Miss Sheridan’s The fire alarm a few days ago day aQd Sunday here with relatives j the beginning a suggestion or theor' jt . made. It will also be claimed word to act upon, and the other who brought oRt a number 10 ascertain the an( | f r }^ nds became a positive assertion by every j a d nrobal) j‘ p r0V en. that although ! ha(i occupied the room all night with cause o. the alarm. The discover Capt. I. M. Smi one who heard and repeated it. and i b _j Fai^pa nuietlv with Hastv for, ber ' ^ or the purpose of protecting her, that it was a ilue in the rear of tbe tended religious s r. Q vM«nn-« ! but who did not protect her at the residence of Mr. J. L. Alexander Simdav . suspended out of respect for Col. home after spending last week with relatives in Gaffney. Mr. Claude Lipscomb, of Goucher, was a salesman with Carpenter dur-j ing the ten days sale. Minnie Burgess, the popular 1 Wardlaw. the honored president and 3 his trial, that be had been knocked to Wooded murder or whether his act schools of the city and Limestone, teacher of the Macedonia school, j b , lsinegs quallfi( . ations aml rhris his knees by Davidson, who had spok- w* 3 committed in self-defense against college enjoying a holiday. with her friend, Miss Marie Smith, cl , aracter an(l lho wholo comm * word tn him nor given anv m-! ihe assault of two men. one of whom _ . ... .._Ja charming young lady, spent Satur-1 svmnathlzG8 with himin hi , „ mith of Thickety. at- services at. Goucher each time it was so altered that when mid-af tor noon came, it was the gen erally accepted belief that Has*-' had without justification, cause or reason taken the lives of two innocent fel- lowmen, that he was a fiend incar nate and the bitterness felt and shown toward him by the citizens of Gaff ney was balanced only by their sym pathy for and efforts in behalf of the then- living, hut fatally wounded Da vidson, and for the surviving mem bers of the “Nothing But Money” company. On the night of the day on which the killing occurred, there was tele graphed from Gaffney, long newspa per stories, conforming very closelv to the popular septiment of the peo pie of Gaffney. Two women members of the theat cal demonstration toward Hasty, and occurred, and not until he was about extinguished and quiet restored. j was among’'her friends at Goucber | ville; Capt Robt 0 Sams Sam Lipscomb, a young negro em ; last Sabbath. general manager. A majority of the operatives of this mill attended toe burial services, showing much feel ing. Col. Wardlaw is held in the higto- | est esteem bera for his integrity, Christian community sympathizes with him in his great This sympathy espeeally "oes out for the bright, intelligent little son, 5 years old, who is left without a mother’s tender care. The following relatives and frieitos York- of Gaff ney, father of the deceased and a Tire Hn «« until he saw that he ready to leave Gaffney, was reinforced and in a position to incident whichocpurred orip^y^ hy^e Gaffney Lime Company,' Diss Bertha Mathis and brothier, distinguished Christian educator administer chastisement to the sustained a severe fall Tuesday while j : Iu ^ ,ne ' vl3iteJ ' tho * r r elalives lhere Messrs. M. R. and M. B. Sams, of ney man. I Si CommLcl». Sef’-t tin engaged at work on the engine shed ‘ast Saturday and Sunday. Jonesville. brothers of Mrs. Wart- If these contontions are maintained J b bD^^ ercia l ^ 1 at Gaffney will at the Hme k . lns Hp fel] frorn it whi i w j Miss Pauline Pettit one of our! )aw; Mr8 Rowland Brown, of Paco- it will be for the jury to decide wheth-iha 0 ^ 1 ^ Interesting. Members of the i jngtal a ne w . 3rao ke S tack and broke I D ?P ula r y o“ng ladies, has been quite j lei an( , Mrs Wm M. Webster, of er or not Bennett and Davidson ^d : NotMng But Money company in- hig ]eft arm j sick for a few days but we hone she (}affney am , Miss Eva Sam « ot any right to chastise Hastv for his ® he D^ n ’_ j will soon^ well^again^ _ | Chapel Hill, N. C., sisters of ths -le al lege d misconduct toward Miss Sher- J ’ 1 idan and Miss Bishop (women mem bers of the show party) or whether, in the face of his disbelief in such about the room. Miss Sheridan at- Tij e weather man Wednesday serv ' Miss Nellie Littlejohn, a P 00 ^ 1- !ceased: Mr. Samuel L. and sister, tempting to write a letter, but even r | ed Gaffney people with weather, that young lady, accompanied by her broth-j iyjj ss Margaret Miller and Mr C. W moment or two laying her head on j to say the least, was to be wondered er, Mr. Otis, of Cedar Springs, visit- i Moorman. G f Columbia. in me v.*. .*10 — , er arms aa d sobbing. She arose al _ one moment the old fellow | ed relatives here last Saturday and i j^jgg Mildred Hobbs of Yorkvilbe. right Hasty was justified in defend-j "om one of these post rues and re- would be scowliugi ft-owing with Sunday. 'a talented trained nurse and a most’ ing himself. K m «TQ»b to a companion. j miserable weather and dripping rain. Mr. Dwight Smith of Cedar Springs. excellent! Christlan and e ym pathetic As to Misconduct. [ _ th , e ; _!? aP ^T s are , rK)0 , r beo , p A e The next he would be all aglow witn visited our section last Sunday 'young lady, who so tenderly earei Louise for Mrs. Wardlaw through this and an >? nf i 1 other illnesses, came to Yorkville _ .. v r _ , cLixcui 10• ( lfr , T . m v _ senoe 1, Y\ r itthe s3ddonecl ^ Deal party had » r iven their testimony, b | m5 . e jf towards women? Had he ; The 1 e ^ e ^ of this remark upon the W hiff of spring in the air and this: last. Sundav afternoon. i m be f 0 ii 0w ing gentlemen acted as before the coroner who had held an USJed bad language to them? And had several Gaffney people present i n the pi easan t, surprise brought nearly Mr. Byron Smith, of Gaffney, was a nallbearers: John A. Latta. S. M inquest on the remains of Bennett j be ^ force an entrance to r o° m was like an electric shock and; every b G jy that could come out to (Welcome visitor in our Sunday schoo. McNeel, O. E. Wilkins. B. N T ! Moore their stories were accepted as Miss Sheridan’s apartment, as she [heir sentiments were voiced by en j oy f ti last Sunday. , W. W. Lewis, Tbos F Mellow R the complete and whole tru’h by L lairaed Landlord Parish, who had thrown; Mr. G. E. Goforth, from Glendale. ; c AllejT1 M c wm , T ,, the citizens of Gaffney, and thus the: I( . Js j lot my nur pose to impose up- open his hotel to the unfortunate ac-| The Ledger “force,’ as well as all, snen t Saturday and Sunday here, with and “ Dr q. White T' f elders matter ba« rested until the present on your readers any views of my own tol ’ s fre e of charge. who enter The Ledger office, these hi s cousin,. Mr. J. A Goforth. , ar , dea cons of tho First Preshvte 1 • I_ nri.aonF tho Addressing Miss Sheridan in a voice days are wonder struck with a mam-! Mr Pa’ll! Brown left, here Sunday rian cburcb of wb j ch Co ] ward to. w ^ ^ ^ by *. — * - I W 1 , a , T, EAT TTT'jr 1, T1 .. T TAEAEATA , h. ,. EAT.EA TTATe. TTAEA C-MEA1A I El /A I EATAAEATA 1 a Cl TWA . . , . , 1 ' — kail ' As to Misconduct. jacK, tne rtastys are poor people -p be nex t he would be all aglow witn visited our section last Sunday • ' But the interesting, the main, and | “^hey couldn t raise a hundred dol- ; sm ji eg and i )eam the brighit sun Misses Olive Gresham and L ! the controlling feature of the whole la rs, I in told, so they can’t buy their ov.er everything. Yesterday, however, | Sibert. two able teachers, were a ‘affair 1b: had Hasty misconducted v ^v outl of thi 8 - i came out bright and fair with the, their friends in our Sunday s in this connection but to presynt the Addressing Miss Sheridan in a voice; days are wonder struck with a mam-| Mr. Pa^l Brown left here Sunday cj’d facts as rf'-essed by myself and, trem hHng with emotion, he said: moth lemon that has found its way n i g h t for Jonesville. where he has •’C-‘i a . , , t d othersand *88 inld to me by Miss " w « a to not that kind of people here, into the shop. The lemon Is a hot- ce p ted a po?1(ion . bearers Sheridkn at Gaffney j Don’t make any more remarks like (house one and was grown by Mrs.! Air. John Price, of Macedonia, spent Miss Sheridan claimed in her tes- 1 or you will lore every friend you J. H. Turner. We are informed i ast Sunday with his friend, Mr. C. Pine Grove News timonv before the coroner and stated have in this town. We will do all we | that the one we have is not .he only R Pettit. i Q Feb r ^ Fdi to Tim -IS I newspaper reporter that ca n for you, but don.t intimate that one, but that the tree haB proba’. 1 Miss Mary Burgess, of Pacolet I.. 1 * U0 ii Vir ‘ . allt,r • Hastv’s annoying importunities had our-men wilt adjust this matter ae- a half dozen or more of equal size. Mills, visited relatives here last Sun ‘ 1 va^able^pane' T'wiTviveTfew ioto j j _<• cordmer to the amount of mnnev the T t is a mammoth one the lareest. v/e a\aiuapie 1 " l;i .- ,Ive a xew «ots time. On the court calendar at Gaffney ap pears this entry:' “George Hasty, murder, first de gree.” On Monday, February 2G, thi* case will be called for trial, and then, ac cording to the witnesses on hand, and the skill of the attorneys for and against Hasty, the true, com leto and unimpeachable facts will be brought iivi | om to t }ie time she left her room to go to 1 so<ie and made no more reflections seen one that will equal It. It 1 It, will then be determined whether tl i e dining room. !,f)on the DeonJ e of Gaffnev. n.s if it might be useful as we or »ot George Hastv wilfully and ma- At 2 o’clock on Fridav morning (thai Gaffney Folk Sympathized. .ornamental, and serve its original saw . llciouslv murde-ed Davidson and Bee- date of the murders) William Hasty, | Perhaps at no time and at no place purpose very well. It is an undis-, M r nett, or whether, as he claims, their landlord and sole owner of the Pied- '‘ va -s popular sympathy ever more puted fact that it would make quito fine horse, which adds to his already f ard death occurred as the result of the n, ont i nn wa s summoned to Miss elaborately shown than by the people a mouthful if one should evidencoa ; argQ herd 0 f stock. , 'i piesen necessitv they imposed upon him of Sheridan’s room where he found the'°f Gaffney when by the death of Da-(desire to eat it. i Rev. F. C. Hickson filled his usual 0 * », r R defending himself from their unwar- young woman and Milan Bennett, who vldson and Bennett the “Nothing Bub 01TnA DMe appointment ■. at Goucher last Satur- p^L p'- LIurdav TOg^r Fete-nal-' ranted assault, from which he could requested that he (Hasty) furnish Money comnany became stranded m PERSONAL P, RAGRAPH8. day and Sunday. K Lancail s batnreav mglit. hete not escape and feared, therefore, them some lunch, which he did. At 'hat town. More than three hundred Mrs. J. B. Brown has twenty-seven 1 mi - great perrsonal injury to himself. the invitation of Miss Sheridan, Has- dollars was contributed by the neo- W. H. Webber. R. F. D. No. 6, (little chickens, and she kills one of: occurred during tb evening of her ar- cording to the amount of money the It is a mammoth one. the largest we day. f rival at the hotel, upon her return U? Gas,y s can get.” . ^ ' ve ever seen, and spectators who, Mr H . D. Mathis, one of our bust-j lro ™ tn « ]ar _ crhool tkis her apartment after the show and uo */>** Sheridan Profited b- the epi- drop | n remark that they have never M ng farmers, visited the Carpenter ar l ha ' 10 f a fi f f v 0 a ‘oil -> — J ' Ti looks sa i e a t Gaffney on- day last ak. He' p,ace - lb ere aie ntty-sevenon roM oil as Pays phat sale beat anything he ever am ‘ Lie greate. ot the rtoinai I to school every day. Miss Bel n -o Bello M. T. C. Green his purchased a Peop1 ^- of Mathews. N C is owr teacher. Saturday night, Fehrnar- rwt perrsuuwi injui.r iw m , ine mviiauon oi ansa oncriua.ii, nao- t — -----— • ^ G Webber. R. b. D. No. G. j little chickens, and she kills one of * . ; narr i p ! We lnesda^ ubiSt It is certain that, Hastv’s side of ty ( t, he landlord) remained in the Pie for the relief of the actors and to was in the city yesterday on busi- them once in a while, as she is notiO, 1 ' 1 matriea ;; ey "’ Yl; the story h is not vet been ma le nub- room f 0r thirty minutes, conversing, the lasting credit of Manager Walsh ness. . keeping them for the candidates, a « H« amd will not be until it Is done in W ith Miss Sheridan and Bennett., U thorough ^ntleman), and the, Mr. and Mrs. Jo e Montgomery, of some correspondent of The Itodger ^® 8 I.. court, where he will appear in de* ( Neither of them reported to him hav- °tner male - members of the company. Laurens, spent a few days this reports that Mrs. Afoorehead was do-; * „ ^ T ii viqm.v Ammto fease of his life and liberty on Feb- lng been annoved bv bis brother or' they refused to take a penny of this I week with Miss Htheyleen Wilkins, ipg. , ceremony, i n© nap v couj.k. .wm ruary 26th. i any other person. Miss Sheridan tes-j n»>*iey. but turned it all over to Miss j M rs . Montgomery was formerly Miss The well driller at Brown & Co.’s to ior .. ihbuwi Your correspondent was by chance titled that Bennett remained in her , Sheridan and Miss Bishop. , Maud Hart, of Spartanburg. store at Pacolet have attained a depth; ^ 1C - e > " 1 in the town of Gaffney at the time of room and s ] e nt on her bed all night i G° Sunday evening. December 17th. Edgar Wilkins, who has been en-! of 20,1 feet without striking water. | ° • T Pr .* m _ astired . ^ t . the killing and worked on the case as f 0r the purpose of protecting her i almost the entire population of Gaff-, Kaged in rai i road wor k in Virginia Mrs. H. D. Mathis and Mrs. Martha , Ltalk that mew iust below Tis a newspaper correspondent. None f rom George Hasty’s attempts to gain ney assembled at the Southern depot for some tlme is af horae on a visit Brown visited Mrs. M. N. Chalk hicil . ne " surfcd lline f eer ' M «j of my work, however, anpeared in the an entrance to her room. to bid good-bye to the departing show newspapers in the vicinity of Gaff-1 she " T as not asked by the coroner people, to reiterate expressions of: to his family. Mr. Richard Thomson and Miss Monday Messrs. Miles Camp and John Cox h\e l ncbes Ip height. ney and it is the purpose of this cor- : why she did not complain to the land- sympathy and to beg them to considr.-! a ‘ IU * , of Thickety, visited our section last respondent to Present for the first lord about the alleged annoyance, but every home in Gaffney open to them ^ “fS r »a rt anbur g were in’ the! Sun<,av - „ u ! r thp fll nes* extent time, in your section what anpeared waP as k Pd this question by me and when they should return to testify'' rs ® al , °, „,. tnbUg ’ e 1 tDe j Miss Hattie Wilkins, of Goucher) to the fullest extoPl I want to thank Miss Sude Bird Garrison for her letter. I enjovad it to be the true facts in connection s he knew she was talking to a news-1 against Hasty at his trial. city last week. with the crime, and what will most p aP er man who would write and pub- How many of them will return and G A. S. Campbell, of Midway, was E ]j a Brown. UpmU last Tuesday ,v«h her Weu.i. i 'Veil I K **• the waste basket probably I will •e«e probably develop at the trial of u S h what she said. Haisty. Her answer was: “It did not occur The story will not be complete with- un til after Will Hastv, the landlord, out n word as to the character of the had left the room, at 2:30 A. M.” locality in which the deed was. com- j then asked her why Bennett, re mitted. j mained in her room to protect her If there is a model town in the f ro m annoyance to which she had not United States, Gaffney can, with all h ePn ag yet subjected ! what will be the effect of their tesri-! a Gaffney visitor yesterday. -Misses Bessie, Nannie, Leila and Ila; again. mony against what Hasty’s attorneys! George Littlejohn was in attend-J Mathis spent a pleasant evening last i will probably be able to show n^d not ance at the Maro entertainment in Tuesday with Miss Mary Lou Chalk. ! be speculated upon at this time. It Spartanburg Tuesday. -j The rain last night stopped all plow-; will become a matter of publicity and g am j Mercer was a Spartanburg ing around here, which has be^p School Gi«l record within a few days. If Hasty can show, as he claims •that he acted wholly in self-defenseC visitor Tuesday. justness, claim Abat distinction!. It; Miss Sheridan aswered this ques-j a’d that he wa s in bed all of the night * '"V ; _ - —i ii i„ . ,a, I,,*- on whirOi \iioo sho-man acea-Fo a,. | weoiiesaay . pushed for the last few days. Ned Linder, whom we reported in 1 our last letter as being very low, died i A. C. Davis, who is conducting a sale in Spartanburg, was in the city, A . . , „ , , _ , Wednesday ' ,ast Friday morning at 10 oclock and, is a town where liquor is not only ,i on w ith a stare and complete si- °u which Miss Sheridan asserts he _ i n . v f h ; was burled at Griffin Hill church Sat-: barred as a salable commodity, but Unce. annoyed her he will be acquitted, l rank Deal has returned from a urday noon w here a large crowd at-i where anyone who undertakes to sur-i j nex t asked her, what protection while on the other hand if Miss Sher-; V1? B to relatives in t oiumoia. ! tended the funeral and burial, reptitiously traffic in the juice of the! K fi e go t from Bennett’s presence in Man goes to Gaffnev and testifies to J. H. Turner was a Spartanburg, grain is most cordially disliked by h G r room, as she claimed George Has-1 'he indignities offered her by George visitor Monday. | nearly everyone. It is a town where ty attempted to gain an entrance to) Hasty and can corroborate her as- Misses Madge and Fay Webb, of the men respect and trust each other, her room after 2:30 A. M. Whether i sertions. then Hasty will feel the Shelby, have returned home after because they know tiheir neighbors he had then and there remonstrated I ,and °f Justice and pay the uenalty. | spending a few days in this city, to be worthy of respect and trust; it with George Hasty or whether he had | No killing in the South was ever Mr Eyle Davenport is spending C. i&tSmacA. uutMUaC CbtaM^ The Yellow Fever Germ No dan g erous drugs or aleobolte recently been discovered. It; concoctions are taken in to the stom- ls a town where the purity and splen did deportment of the women is al- done anything at all to protect her. | “ ore * url l d . ,y Presented to the public a few dayg with f r i Quds i n Shelby. Another stare and more complete than tne Killing of Davidson and Ben- 1 most monumental: it is a town where Kilence was her answer to this ques-1 ne t bv Hasty, and no similar crime a fyoup of men and bovs may assem- tion. Frightfully Burned. has bears a close resemblance to the ma- larlia germ. To free the system from disease germs, the most effective rem edy is Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Gu aranteed to cure all diseases due to ach when Hymoei fs used. Breathed through the inhaler, the balsamic healing of Hyomei penetrates to tbe most remote cells of the nose and throat, and thus kills the catarrhal was ever more widely discussed. Per- Chas. W. Moore, a machinest, of! malaria poison and constipation. 25cj pr e rtn S , heals the irritated muceus ble as they do everywhere else and; These points will be presented to, ban s it wilt be shown at his trial that j Ford cj ty Pa t bad hls band fright-i at Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug store converse In a rational, sensible man-, the Jury which will try George Hastv aer. without any indulgence in coarse. How Killinq Occurred profanity or speculation in brutal language upon the character of any woman who may come into view. Gaffney is a town that the writer will never forget—for these very reas ons. The statements are made mere ly for tb purpose of doing justice to tile people of Gaffney and to make It more readily understood why the re sentment against Hasty became eo Intense as quickly as hls act became known, and why sympathy for hls victims was displayed without limit -or bounds. Talk Against Hasty. The story of the action of the kill ing follows: Bennett, Davidson. Miss Sheridan none was ever more one-sideJlv pre- j fuii y burned in an electrical furnace, sented and the public kept in denser b 0 applied BuckVen’s Arnica Salve ignorance of the true facts. Perhaps it will be shown that Gaffney was not the scene of an atrocious crime com- and Miss Bishop were seated in the uiitted by a cold blooded fiend, but dining room of the Piedmont Inn,! merely the unfortunate location of a about to partake of their breakfast, uuarrel which never should have been George Hasty entered the dining room from the kitchen and was ac costed by Bennett with a remark as to his (Hasty’s) qualifications as a gentleman. Hasty replied that he would prefer to listen to Mr. Bennett in the hallway and at once left the room. He was at once followed by Bennett and the two took up a posl- Hasty wa« accused of being able [ tion in front of the room occupied by started but which had a most deplor able ending. It’s up to the law of South Carolina. HHRVEY membrane, and gives complete and I permanent cure. Dr. J. M. Hunter, the cancer spec-! Hyomei is the simplest, most uleae- with the usual result: “a ouick and ialist, of Rock Hill, will be at the a nt and the only guaranteed cure far perfect cure.” Greatest healer on; Commercial Hotel. Gaffney, S. C., on catarrh that has been discovered earth for Burns, Wounds, Sores, Ecze-' Wednesday, February 28, 1906. and, Complete outfit, $1.09: extra boMle, ma and Piles. 25c at Cherokee Drug will be pleased to consult with anv ’50 oents. Co., druggists. who may be afflicted with cancer, tumors, or any of the diseases of TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund mousy tt It falls to ours. H. W. GROVE'S sig nature is an sash box. He. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES which he makes a specialty. Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Druggists are authorized to re fund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. 60c. —Schloss Bros. A Co. will hold a Tailoring Opening in my store today and tomorrow, 23rd and 24th, W. C. Carpenter. —Blue Ribbon, 10 cents a yard. What is it? Aek for Blue Ribbon Gin ger Ale. It's fine. —ScMoss Bros. A Co. will hold a Tailoring Opening in my store today and tomorrow, 23rd and 24th. W. C. Carpenter. For sale by The Gaffney Drug Co. Have yon been betrayed by promis es of quacks, swallowed pills and i^ot- tled medicine without results eiccdpl a damaged stomach? To those we offer Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tee. 35 cents. Gaffney Drug Co. Mudstains on black cloth will d4s appear when rubbed with a raw po tato.