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. THE LARGEST CIRCULATION uf Any Newspaper in the , Fifth Congreseional District of S. C. *■ vgRV ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. Fhe Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY - PU3LI5H2P TUESDAY AND FRIDAY- #t GUARANTEE THE RELIAEIU * *v«»*y Advertiser Whs Uses the Columns sf This Paper. BG8T ADVERTISING MED'UlA. A Newspaper In All that the Word fmpHe« and Devoted to the Best Interest of the Penpl* of Cherokee County. ESTAGLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1906. •IJW A HE MEN MEET DEATH IN HORRIBLE WRECK AT BROAD RIVER TRESTLE. FREIGHT CARS AT BLACKSBURG BREAK LOOSE AND RUN INTO SECOND NO. 72. The Wreck Occurred at 2:30 Saturday Morning—Blame Rest* Entirely With Charleston Division Shifting Crew—$10,000 Damages—Rapid Work on Part of Wrecking Crews—Center of Interest Sunday. By BRIAN BELL. Oue of the most horrible wrecks in- dh w history of Cherokee County oc curred near her«> in the early hours of Saturday morning, as a result of wtiicti three trainmen are dead, viz: Bugineer O. I> WOOTEN, of To- su*. Ga. Fireman JOHN I/)OPER, of Green ville. S. C. Acting Hrakeman J. A. CAINE, of Boulton. Va at Blacksburg about two o’clock and be^an their fatal run towards this city. From Blacksburg, their start ing point, to Broad river where they collided with the freight, is entirely down grade and the cars gained speed as they sped on. A north-bound freight had left Gaffney about the time these runaway cars ieft Blacksburg, and it was seen that a wreck was in evitable. The runaway cars belonged to the 1 ville at 8 o’clock, and the one from Spencer at 9 o’clock. Superintendent McManus, Trainmaster Weston and other Southern officials arrived on tfle scene about 8 o’clock. The wrecking crews and a large force of hands employed had the track cleared and the trains passing as usual i- a few hours. Engineer O. L. Wooten, of the freight, was from Tocoa. Ga.. with headquarters in Greenville. He was found early among the debris. He was slightly cut about the head and fearfully injured, lingering in this citv until Saturday afternoon, hen he massed away. Fireman Looper, of Greenville, and J. A. Caine, a former telegraoh ope rator at Spencer, who was acting as hrakeman on the wrecked freight, were buried beneath the wreckage and were probably killed instantly. The grant engine, with a number of tour-up cars, was thrown near the spot where they were supposed to hav^ fallen, and it was near this spot that thev were discovered. Superintendent McManus was inter viewed by the writer. It was from him that the foregoing facts were received. He stated that fourteen cars were torn-up cars thrown about in wild con fusion and the contents scattered all over the hillsides and bordering on the bank of the river. Lumber, cot ton. iron pipes and waste can be seen in abundance. All day long Saturday crowds of on- ■ lookers and curiosity-seekers flocked to the scene, some spending the en- MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF tire day watching t.hp giant derricks; . owvpo rmrooKwe clear the track and the busy hands re-; lav the torn-up tra^k. The speed with | which the track was re-laid was al- j ' most incredibie. 9 «r«ona! Paragraphs Concerning Pop The number in attendance Saturday A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE, ! could not compare with those that ; hastened to the scene Sunday. All i possible means of conveyances were ! engaged the dav before and all day loug crowds could be seen leavin'” the city At the wreck they thronged the hillsides and gazed at the awful sight below, w.here cars were oiled on each other and the giant engine lay . their work. The amount of gu&ao bought this year far exceeds that of previous years. Much of it is intend- r'-’ for corn. The public roads are in bad coadi- tion. The mud in many places is axle- tree deep. I n many places there are dangerous mud holes that mi^- be filled with rocks by the regular road hands. Mesdames Amanda Lee and J. L. Strain spent the day yesterday with Mrs. Jimmie Strain. From what some newseaper corres pondents say one might reasonably conclude that the people of Cherokee county are noted “Sunday" visitors. I Per haos we all know better than wo W ilkinsville, March 30.—The wet observe what Is forbidden in the weather is putting farmers badly be- fourth commandment, which, accord- ular People and Short Items that Section. of hind with their work. The newspapers now-a-days are filled with more or less "Buncombe,” especially in their dealings with the ing our catechism, is: "The omis sion or careless performance of the du- 'tes required, and the profaning the dav by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our o" one side near whero the two un- su h]ect of so-called labor and capital, fortunate young trainmen lay, buried ! ^ s disgusting to see to what extent beneath the cars and an avalanche Political aspirants will go to accom-1 worldly employments or recreaticwB.” of dirt and rocks. An estimate places Phsh their purposes. Some, it seems, j The health of this community is ex- the crowd during the da at several woul <J even P !af * the country on the, ceptionall 7 good for this time of the thousand. Numbers reached the scene v crv verge ot anarchy if thev can oros- shortlv after breakfast and remained P er by the deal. \N ith the merest ex ception. it is now universally admit ted bv the best informed that labor is in the saddle and it intends to stay. • * iwm; 1. * /. mmm I kV /> /> A Scene at the Wreck. Fireman Looper and Brakeman •aiue were killed instantly, while En- finer Wooten lingered until Satur- •av Aifteruoon before he died, in this «itv. where he had been removed. FV>ur tramps, who were hoboing on the train, escaped unscathed and are Mid to have rendered valuable as sistance in clearing the wmeck. The Wreck. The wreck occurred at an (-arly tear Saturday morning a* what is Charleston di'ision of switch engine cat's at Blacksburg, with Conductor Metts in charge. These cars and the* nortn-bound f/eigut, with Conductor j -Means, of Spencer, N. C., in charge, came together at Broad river with the disastrous results stated above. When the cars leit Blacksburg a dis?>2ltch acquaintfing*. him with the awful situation, was dispatched to Su perintendent McManus, a* bis aead- i quarters in Charlotte completely wrecked. T '-aln Muster Weston stated that, in his opinion, the cars had reached a speed of about forty miles oer hour, white the freieht i was probably travelling about tuirtv I miles i>er hour, when the ».Wo came | together. Sunt. McManus is of the j ooinion that the property - loss will I reach $10,.*01). He stated to The led ger’s representative that the entire I responsibility of the matter rests I with the Charleston division of the until the bodies of Looper and Caine were recovered, late iu the afternoon. Tne derricks worked vigorously diroughout Sunday in an effort to move the great amount of wreckage j suft-cieutly to recover the bodies of I tue train men. Those engaged in the I work made a valiant effort to recover | ion bodies beiore dusk fell, and they | ’.ere barely successful. The shades i of nignt weru fast drawing around J those engaged in the work when they year, and the conditions of the weath er. Only a few chronic cases are worth reporting. We learn that Mr. Henry W. Thom son of Snartanburg. has sold Mr. Tom Both farmers and mills are w anting i Wilkerson eighty acres of land Just hands. Anything like an average across Broad river for $20 per acre, j-arm h-nd can get $12.50 a month an} and a tract of upwards of 130 acres board, and some go even beyond that, near Hopewell school house to the The Toney is not in it for the em- Watson brothers for $12.50 per acre, oloyer unless cotton will readily bring i From yesterday’s and last night’s fifteen cents in the market. There are 1 rain Broad river is past ferryin 1 ” at hundreds of acres of lards lying com- ' Howell’s ferry. paratively idle in Mherokee county! -If all reports are *rue there wi!’ be it;.is ve.ir for want of labor to work j ? full crop of candidates in the field it M.-ch of this has been sown in 1 this summer and a livml? time may o?.ts, from which the ’and owners or ! reasonably be exnected. ! rente s exF p T to realize something of Mrs. Sam .T. Strain is visiting the 'a profit. It •viT take something more I family of Mr. W. C. Blickwe’l t *ay. J than wind-work aud political strategy Those who miss th-' reading o' ^ev! i to cor . ct this state of affairs. If Frank DeWitt Talmage’s sermons lose ; some efforts were being made to unify j more than a hundred times tb® nrire and con?oii late the Interests of these j of the paper. The present Dr. Tab ; two great pi’la s of our material wel-1 mage is truly a scion from the o»4 } fare, a much better state of things j stalk, and his discourses are i-nch woul 1 be the outcome. As it is. dem- j more than a fiow of elegant language agogues and th' ir allies are at work, couched in well rounded sentences, to widen the breach rather than to , Lis sermons are not mere jargon.; of Dour tne oil of contentment into the j ecclesiastical nonsense. We pity the open, aching wounds which sooner or ; intelligence of the man or woman who later will sap the foundation of our j thinks they are. Tli<. ten gronest materia: prosperity and b'ing desol a- I preachers of the world, from the be- Uon, discord and ruin to our country, j ginning of the Christian era. were: Wu would not be understood as claim-! Paul. Whitfield. Massillon. Bassnret. ing that some causes for discontent- i Luther. Spurgeon, Beecher, F'uller. ment do not in some measure exist, i Tar lor and Luox. There is no doubt but they are, no doubt, magnified to a j hut that Talmage will occupy - high great extent by those wh 0 expect to , position among those of the twenUetti i thrive by fanning the flames of dis-1 century laiil succeeding centuries, j content. i Through the pulpit and press he As the Confederate reunion is soon j counts his auditors bv thr> mi'lkms. 1 to be held in the city of Columbia, we i He has preached to more people than would most respectfully suggest to the any of his predecessors, except it be committee in charge, of the same, tna* * s e p«h.i se—--ons are they require of each veteran attend- 1 translated into several different lin ing (who expects to enjoy all the priv-j images. Th P responsibility that such iliges usually accorded haem) thtat a man must carry with him to the fi- thev present a certificate of member-1 rial judgment no finite mind can corn- ship of good and regular standing in i prebend, estimate or imagine. Iu eur some camp of United Confederate Vet-1 travels we find every now and then a eraus, in this or some other State. Be' i boy named Talmage. This is an evi- sides its social leaures the Confeder-1 dence that the parents of this c 3a dry ate Veteran Association has certain) are not altogether ignorant of the financial obligations to meet in order ' greaness of the man. % *F / . * Jj# ' € . V iivi-. irW kb’ , * .' Wk m m ■ W that the organization may be keot up. This is only fifteen cents per member —a very small affair, but considered enough for all practical purposes. No veteran will consider it an indignity to present his certificate. He will do that with pride, and we don’t think the suggestion an unfair or unreasonable one. It will be a*' little trouble for the committee to 'ake up th I cates as to hand out the badges. And j besides, in this way a list of veterans present will be kept. 1 In computing the Ume it will be be- i fore another February comes that will i have no full moon, one calculator says ! it will be two million, five hundred j thousand years. ! M'e regret to hear that Mi ;a Perla Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Wood, of Spartanburg, died at her home last Saturday after a Ion*” and "tinfii] illness. She wag a .-ounp - ladv of high intellectual attainments, a member of the senipr class in Con verse college, and w P want ng better authority than thai of Or. Pell for s:\- ing: "She was the brightest girl In her class.” This is no reflection whatever on her ckoolmates. J. L. o. FRED DESTAFFINO ACQUITTED. Former Gaffney Bov Charged with Lar ceny of Diamonds in Alabama. The following clipping from the Montgomery Times win prove of in- tens*. local interest, a s the F>ed L. La- cert ifl- tham here referred to is well known in Gaffney, where he was known as Fred L. DeStaffino. The announce ment of his acquittal will be a scarce of gratification to his friends here. It will be remembered tha* he wa^ ar rested in this eitv rml taken back to Montgomery som P time ago to stand 'Hal. 't is good new-, to hear of the acaulttsl. as DeStaffino w*Te in the mtv h?d always seemed to be a v un'” man of good^rha-a^te.-, enstraslpg an extraordinarily nleasir. ,d 4 -ess and sinmfi-rlv g rod rersonal'ty. Th e dip- pin" follows: “Fred L. Latham, a white barber of f tIs eity. is i*ow g, liberty after ian- miishinr in the jail here for sev. ral months. , “Fe wus cha^d b- his landlady. The | ’■! Mattie Tem-Je. a boarding in/use high esteem in which =he was held j keeoer here, with ti-c larceny was evidenced by the entire bodv of; diamond and Pearl rings val • onverse students, together with that ♦l.'O. But the iurv a- n-:>n t? of the city sdools of Somanburg at- j tendin~ her funeral, which o*ok place f rom th<» Firs; Baptist church of that 1 citv-. The funeral service was ron- | ducted by Fey. L. M. Roper, ber pas- ! tor. r~ m uiav cnoose a shining Though Death n*ark. Th P Christian need not fear; The hand i;rt stills the heart Is one that cannot err. of four valued at But the jury a* 3:30 Thursday af'ernoon acmtiGed it’ - ' of the charge, iu the criminal divi;io» of the city court. ‘There wer<> some s'-nsational ff-at- ure-, in the evidence and a large crowd was present during the trhl. “The Hv/ye s fr,- the defc-’is'*. '*111, Hill Matthews, set up the fact that Mrs Tem'ni3 hrd given f e e i^w»ls robbing ' 18 r'omentoc s o' her af : on f or him. a nd nrovr.j t to the •rt»'*f.".ction of the 1 rv ” R Our botrtfelt sympathy goes out *n ■family of the decease^ in this hour of •.•.dr great bereivement. I - American Rae-ath Union, i T ^' ^* * ,c '”hort r i« lulling 'Mrs Wood was well known ‘o « o; , th T T‘ v * e>dr. _ l s . : k 2 ?'■ 1 " ' W ^ ’ or^i a»T) r>\ cr •fjcae. •camouir deL.ij-.ua-ed* as Iboau river trestle. ai>out louj- miieH from Gifl aeL tvew,; of the accident roacaed •afawr earl/ in the morning, and -at crowds began to flock to the e rile reached tne scene, soo* af’ei ne wrecking doriic.es from ffre*nriiii i C., ..uj 3ponc<*r N. C., h&d arrived and U n th*-ir opera Boat F^oni tlie facts gathered then |« ap- .geaiA that h bunch, consisting of six ft mis escaped from the yards , Drraji River Trestle. fr»«r < :at i*>. add tp ou. th cl. are v | goo-’ hi > escape, i Me'-srs. Sal) L r l 1 was bvVenteen later the ctra and freight met. ns a re/dt ul aiiic.i in t 'p ota thf rear of eei'.uA the uiipatch informing uim ‘ vi^.cf - cm tber r. !e that th.- care ^eiv runuiug wild L»e- twien Gaffney ;.nd Blacksbur*” on a down grade, gaining momentum at ever' rpv'>b*Moi of the whe-w*. Hue, wheu, had It been proper iii*t a wreck wa* inevitapte, Ruuer- th.. caid .vou’d heve run off at ! intetideut •Ic.wanus ordered out the 1 du»i* inatead of r/uciiing the wrecking derricks '»'iU tlubr cr<*ws | Hoe ut all. from Bpencer aud toeenville. Taese i TTia spot where the wnck occurred dorricks arrived, tne one irom Greea-1 u a scene of cuaos. with Lrokuu and p-IiV by ku impioo ft r t.;. 'la.' end l r . 1 iov'e. t the tT V t ’;.J [, . w ..ich ir a * bii!/ a: no.,t Bid*, o / side. The they Loui 0 B V#'L1 fe .C.Jij.) oenoa th a cur and om- wi't, VV oen i i tad t iiu ov . .’turned en- itch . -lot .i wete L:i;-icd be.icutli i ho ,,. ,♦ i . > •» ar.d . Jilt; VvilJ uartl \ covered 1 by r.ain -r\ ^ 1 'n.rrttis cyliad er PtP/ '• « 8ft. <ouor j .ad aci’ii ireatlv sustain*: -d a ckii' < ii nu ilv U«lCi v van sii ally cut . al- a al n tliOU gb he fc jerm d to be in rnucb bet- ter CO.I .1 .in than Lain ie, v: ao w as ,, . , Limestone Pres!.-vie im , ro sn**, ! ® r church in Gaffney a. 8 oVoc,. «„ » -d- F-rda - morri ig. br t he trade | Bdav Aori] <th . A „ , re int* rested are cordially imiied t ■ *>e • resent. 1 Ip? p .su^r a'ul cw>ue “ ''a- Hon of th P -Bu/o'd Sir c” M^fho bst c ur<h are expected to at " d. i* is to ; ' P regretted tbai 'his T i , «-tiii« r will se-m to conflict w-itu i p re-- jii ervices now - g(*i'*g on iu Gaffney. i>ut it. is unavoidable. (Cor.ttuueq on paq e 5.) frain and I^esli** .... *1| rf-nt T> Gr.ffncv tj’av ot: dr.e-s. r l e almost jnees tn vaiu ' 'a v c e k « 1 “pt your corrcspondei.i la-doo s. o* Ciif- rev. J. bins-at la'.nno in t' at he- co.’ lit I'm, iproved. Tlr.t. u. ited to f n r c Tlie f’iep.'s o tea. ere g’-eatlv indt ?. Knox, of Coin ibia ‘.be hospital for th P city and report ine wnich i^ somewhat ! Ti p most pitiable and contemotlblp object in the world Ik a “smart Aleck” clad in eilico. Could she but see her- s' lf as other people do. a reformation in her conduct would be Inevitable. Ffarmers are getting lehi.id with —See my line or .D. if n need of Lre -..- j i > ir* rail. —Shoes fjr eierytfud* at alku^mer prices at J. I. Sarratf* — Big lot of Quilts from io $!. at ^ I. Sarratt’s.