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jy r Mt LAROttT CIRCULATION of Any N«w«ptp«r In thn • Fifth CongroMlonal District of ft. C. ftVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. v>. * • \ W mmm : - The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY• ■ vv-c ^ • : r «B OU Alt ANTIC THC RCUACILI. •f Every Advortl—r Who , Uooo the Columns of This Paper. BEftT ADVERTI8INQ MEDIUM. L Walker i?io? A Nswspapsr In All that tho Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C. TUESDAY, MAY 1. 1906. $1M A FHMGMT THE PALMETTO STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SUPPOSED MURDER AT YOUNGS GROVE FRAN’ < YOUNG THOUGHT TO HAVE KILLEL HIS WIFE. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OK IE A NEWSY LETTER THROUGHOUT THE GREAT FESTIVAL! TARHEEL STATE MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF i IMMENSE CROWDS ENJOY GREAT RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN LOWER CHEROKEE. ARTISTS’ PERFORMANCES. NORTH CAROLINA. Happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. Dui'ini; a thunder storm wiiirh swept over rhe northern and eastern sections of Saluda countv Thursday ninht the barn and strides of Mrs. Pauline Wasson, who lives near Mt. Willing, were struck by lightning and burned. Two horses and a cow were also burned, as well as a lot of corn and fodder. There was a sad traged • a- Gaddy's mill, a place about, six miles east ot Hamer, Thursday morning. Two brothers, about 1 ■' and 12 years ot age. became involved in a quarrel and the younger, .securing a shotgun, fired upon his brother at close range, the loa.,1 Yoking effect in his back, rang ing upward an.l coming our jus f above Body Exhumed After Being in the Grave Five Days and Coroner Now Holding Inquest. Recent Happenings In and Around personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop the City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local News Editor. uiar People and Short Items of that Section. Twelfth Music Festival Grentest of All—Attendance Largest Yet—Cho rus Work a Feature. the collar bone hours later. Tiu* bov died two A wilful am’ occurred r,n the .thin Coleman, ilirre mile n ; *» o’clock Saturd3 , y d-bloo led murd . ation of Mr. T. 1. ; fro n Waterloo, after.mot), .lolm Richardson and Wil.ie Pyles b -ami- involved in a quarrel when-upon Rich ardson secured his pistol ami sent a bullet through Pyles’ head. 'I In* ball entered just above rhe left eye, passed through his brain, producing intant death. Richardon escaped and the of ficers are looking for him. People living in the neighborhood of Thomas (’. Pope’s residence in North Main street. Columbia, Saturday wit nessed an exciting time with an al leged “mad dog.” A common size, but which had at least a terrible disposi tion. dog gob in among a number of lirfilo children playing in on allev and without warning or provocation at tacked little Elladolia, the four-year old daughter of M. L. Andrews, in a partieularlv vicious manner. Sin- was terribly lacerated about! the face and •>< also bitten on both arms and hands. By Brian Bell. %•- Otto of tlie most startling develop ments in the history of crime occur red in Cherokee county yesterday, when the body of a negro woman, who was supposed *to have died a natural death, was exhumed, and startling though it seems, strong reasons exist to point to foul play having been done to the woman. The woman. Parry l-<“e Young, died Wednesday morning and was hurled Thursday She and her husband had engaged in rows, or rather, as the testimony went, her husband had in sisted several times in exercising his right' as lord and master i ami choking her severely. | lives were suspicious at. the time of I her death but took no stops toward Limestone Bodge No. 7-f Knights of; Wilkinsville, April 27.—Your com s- Pythians. of this cir* met Friday eve-1 pomlent has been over a good portion Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North Stat# Clipped from cur Exchanges. , By Brian Bell. ning and donated fifty dollars to the suffering Knights of Phythians who 'are in such distress at San Francisco. During a rain Friday afternoon lightning struck the building of the Globe Manufacturing company. Sev eral electric lights were burnd out and a small fire started, but the blaze was extinguished before any- material damage was done. At a meeting of the WiLkinsvill" Democratic club last Saturday ’’m following delegates were tlecic.i w> attend the meeting at Gaffnov on May 7th: A. Frank Smith. .1. L. Strain, by beating j Boyce Win sonant, W. Iv Osment, A. Her r<*!a- : G. Davis, Simpson Blanton ami .!o<’ Humphries. apprehension until Sunday, waen. at! Dr. S. L. Fort, a prominent and high- tihe advice of white people of the com- ' v respected cinzen of the oh', v** 5 inunit •• R was determined ,o davo l l,e! t 10 VK ’" m of :,n ^’.C'dent! Thursday body exhumed and see whether or not ■ hod narrowly escaped the serious. Dr anv reason existed for the suspicions regai'ilim*- foul play. Thi vas juipos siblo on Sunday, because tbe coroner could not arrive, but all preparations . , Fort, received several slight bruises as j.; ihe resulr of his horse’s fright and run" ! nin'g away, buti is now much better land complete recovery is hoped for in a few days. were made ami carried into effect yes terday. In the meantime rh ( . husband The last student’s recitfil at Lime- ami alleged murderer became fright-j stone College was rendered Friday cued ami left for parts unknown. evening in the college auditorium. When r I b(. Ledger representative i This was the fourth student’s reci!;*l reached the graveyard where the | for this season and will he Hie last body had been exhumed the physl- for 190Ci. The musical events at Lime- elan conducting the post-mortem, Dr. stone .sr<* the very best and the num- About :2b o’clock Saturday, as southbound freight train was shif’ing, near Main street, at Bethune, the 12-j year-old son of Mr. F. C. Myers, a I highly respected fanner who lives a few miles west of Bethune. w.is run j ovc - bv the train and instantly killed.' From the testimony of Policeman Hor- .1. M. Caldwell, of Blacksburg, had reached the spot, and begun his work. Immediately upon its conclusion the crowd in attendance repaired to a church nearby, where the coroner’s inmiesi was conducted 1>\ Coroner .1. S. Vinesett, of Gaffney. The first witness examined was Dr. Caldwell, who submitted the following report of his work: "I certify that I have this dav examined the body of ! Parry Lee Young, five days after ! death, ami find no evidence of violence a : on the body. 1 find evidence of blows hers rendered at this recital were well received and enthusiastically applaud ed. ton. .ho was the only witness sworn at the coroner's inquest, It seems that the bov was running across Ihe nail- road <»n Main street when the engine bumped into the cars which were standing on the crossing, knockkig him down, with the resulr. above stat ed. The sad accident cast a gloom over the entire community. Enierv Miller, a bright boy about 12 years old, met a horrible death in Dar lington Saturday afternoon about! r> o’clock, when a shifting train near ihe cotton factory literally cut his bodv in two. Ati tne time of the ac- ciden- the little fellow was swinging on to a moving car. Losing his grip, h P fell sprawling on the track, where the life was crushed out of him by the wheels of the tender and hie- engine. The wheels of the train passed over the lower mrt of his bodv cutting hi • figure almost in V If and when found a few minutes later bis head and bodv were on one sl,l P of the track and bis lower limbs on tin* other. Ben Wells, a discharged nighi watch' man of the American Spinning com pany. at. Greenville whom Deput y i Sheriff Eli Pittman had under surveil-! lance as a suspected liquor seller, at- i tempted to ambush the hitter officer j at 11:35 o'clock Saturday night on Pinckney street. Sam-Poe village. There were no eve-witnesses. As a result. Wells is dead, and Officer Pitt man lies at the point of death. It is extremely doubtful whether he will recover. At 2 o'clock Sunday morn ing he was under anaesthetics, and Drs. Pack, Walker and C\ B. Earl, of Greenville, were probing for the bul- le* in the ihdomen. from which the worst results are to be feared. That the citizens of Newberry are loyal to their institution of higher learning is evidenced by the fact that after five hours’ labor Dr. James A. B. Schrerer. president, of Newberry col lege. succeeded in raising $10.OOP in order to secure the $10,000 offer of Andrew Carnegie. But this is not all The raising of ;his sum of money will serve a twofold nurpose. ip that it means a credi: of flO'CiO towards securing the reel nt offer of $25.P.V( made by Dr. R K. Pearson, of Cui- cago. which offer provides that ’be col Jege shall raise *h on right temple, just' above the ear, and also on top of left side of the head. And also on left, oecipito-parie- tal suture. I find blisters over breast and back, cause of which I do not know.” Dr. Caldwell was seen and inter viewed and be stat.-d w> the reporter ilia; ue could not* possibly say v. iu iiie, or not the blow referred to in bis tes timony caused the death of the wo man, as he knew nothing of her prev ious symptoms or state of health. He was also unable to state as to whether or not. anv disease w*as ap parent in her system. Dr. Caldwell was not the attending physician hi the time of her death. *- North Carolina physician being in charge. The next witness examined was Abe McBrayer, father of the dead woman, who was with her in her hist illness. He was possibly the star witness. His testimony was as follows: “Frank Young phoned me Tuesday j In good health, that Parry Lee liad the fever and to conif, down. When I got there he was planting cotton seed above the house. He came to the buggy and I asked him how was Parry rx*e. He said she was poorly. I went to the hous-> and asked Parry Lee how she was. She replied. Oh. napa. I’m most gone: whai* made you stay so l<l!!g'. , ’ I told her that I didn’t A negro bo.’. Munns Landrum was tire victim of an accident in the city Friday that came very near to being tho last accident ho would engage in. He was assisting a teamster in draw ing some heavy material down Robin son street*, he standing in the wagon essaying to hold the cases of good in the wagon, standing at Ihe same time at rhe side of one case, when one, top pling, threw him out and caught him under the way. The injuries received were slight, although tho escape from serious bodily harm was very close. Chief T. H. Lockhart, of the local police force, while in a conversation with a Ledger man Saturday remark ed that! tho citizens of the city would do well in the future to look Into Ihe way In which their cows were allow ed to eat the grass throughout! the city. He stated that it is permissable to have them along the streets when in the care of a boy to keep them in hand, but that ir was strictly against the laws of tho city to have them tied across or near Ihe streets where they ot tiie territory that goes to make up lower Cherokee and he has never seen such "scrapped up” farming—that' is. ; so many patches planted and so much land lying out. Lots of land that has ; been cultivated heretofore is left out. ! Not so much on account its worthless ness as for wain of labor to work it. However, with good seasons and health, there will be very little less corn and cotton made tui-; year than usual—or, a; least, it looks taat way at present. Never have the farmers set io work to intensify their crops an.l farming methods as they are ing now. It is the intention ot i-v farmer we have talked to to try and make ;i hah* of cotton o 'he a ore this "ear. and more too, if i- can he done*. In iiianr cases more than double the amount of fertilizers (commercial) are being used. Add to this a liberal quantify of home-made manners an 1 j :nis coupled witn deep plowing, will enable one to calculate on results Our people are to be commended for their judgment, in this partieular. Th.* i poores; calculalors have come to the! conclusion that if dim pounds of for-j tilizer will give a profit on om* acre ! titttt pounds will -.ri ve a still greater if I list*,| on one acre, thaa if applied two acres. Farmers make great mis takes as do other people and t.iis mav be a blunder that they mav regre; hut we harlv think so. One tiling is cer tain. rliev will save the trouble and ex pense of working that extra acre. Of course the picking will he the same. Never before in the history of ‘his country have farmers <as a general thing) seemed to think that brain power was any use on a farm. They have depended entirely on muscle. Very little wheat is sown Ini' it looks well. Most of it is well ma nured. The oat crop is largely, if not ! Mrs. Irene Craven, widow of the . late Baxton Craven, founder of Trin- S pa ran Imre. Gaffney's near and I'L’ colb e. died Saturday night at her fairest neighbor, has for the past i home in I rinitv in her eighty-third week thrown open her gates to the j VeU1 She was greatlv esteemed by a stranker and given herself up to en- hirge circle ol relatives and friends. up | joyment and to the pleasant task of , making pleasant the visit of tin- man- I strangers within her gate*-;. Early in the week Spartanhur"- don- ; ned festive attire and proceecd to s r j h ' - sons and daughters at rhe work of i making the twelfth music festival th j greatest in every wav vr and on • that j would distance 'he eleven grog sue- ; Information received last week do. i that had gone before. In this i f r , )In tf 1( . v ir j oUS s ,, c n ons of - Buncombe ....(if is now conceded Tint she has been j county relative to the fruit crop, is Vegetable growers in the immediate vicinity of Wilmington are complain- I ing of the drought. English peas I seem to he suffering most. Beans 1 and peas are recovering nicely fiom I the frost but they are not doing so I wt 11 for tin* want of rain. mstldi. ■I c •ing. ; successful, and Spartanburg mav | mu he * oars with the knowledge | she nns beta weighed in the balance I Flat ! ami not found wanting when hospital- rhe ’• it*- an 1 cood wil* were required, which | !’"as I'o’t icnming to the thousands of | will | laitors who have visited Spartanburg ! i during t ' e greatest music event the | V ; .-’o'! h wi'l have this season. Beauty ! ■ id chivalry joined h inds and hearts . for the ga - we *k and Spartanburg j vei v gruccfu'.lv did them homage. | The great music festival, he event I tha* : lie cut ire music-loving South s looked forward to for months, to I ononed in all its bean y and "randeur Wednesday evening of last! week in the h><iiiiiui Converse college audi- iorium. The opening was an ausni- ciou on** an 1 was made bot’o**o the grea-est an lienee that has ever as-j sembled in th.is handsome auditorium i for a similar purpose. Spartanburg as n whole is liwrallv wild ami over- . (lowing with irrepressi-blf. joy at the! *t*tu) in the country. He died in ,ho great success attained by the festival | hospital after a brief illness with a* this season. Greater crowds in attendance, the ar’i-t*- ver ter voice, the Convert * t'horal Ghorus were better trained rhun ever before All circumstances tending to make entirely, of the spring sowing. lt's|;b' s vf ‘' u " ! ’*e 1! “ v ''" 1 forgoTten. too soon to calculate on the yield yet. • hose in attendance c:i:m* trom u’l The seasons must determine that. .over the Son..) and uearlv vm-y city An old and experienced farmer who : \ n( i ’own in '• m S^ate of Sou'h uro- bas tried it. says that salt or kanii is "‘.‘h ‘ V‘ *. '. ’' ! the Democratic perty and that in the future he will affiliate himself with the Republican party. kanit is a splendid fertilizer for corn. It also prevents tbe cut, worms from playing havoc with it. Another says that, al most anv kind of commercial fertilizer will do tin* same if used in sufficient* quantities. The wo».ns can’t stand it. Geologists and others hav H gone to work to inform the people of the caus es. whys and wherefores of the earth quakes, volcanoes, etc. Their theo ries ma*’ all be well enough in their places but we wonder how many of them will refer their readers Psalms lk:7 and 104:32. Miss Bonnie McOluney finished her armers in Asheville F.-l- 11 *1 dav from French Broad. Fairvlew and Greek townships report that all •e tches in ihos,, seel ions have m-en killed and that the apple crop will Im short. W. H. Slain., a well-known farmer living in Swift Creek church neigh borhood. near Raleigh, committed sui- r ude Sa'urdav b - hanging himself in rhe woods near his horn**. Ill health is supposed to have been he cause of the action. \V. \Y. Ctiley. \ son-1 n-iaw of rhe dead man. is mailing clerk in the Raleigh post office. The remains of the late James C. Lord were taken Saturday night to Louisville. Ky.. for interment. Mr. Lord was formerly chief clerk in the passenger department, of the Atlantic Coast Line at Wilmington and was re garded as one of the best passenger were 1 pneumonia. bet Charles French,Toms, of Henderson county, a life-long’ Democrat, and one of the most prominent members of ; that part,- in tha: section of the State, | Saturday afternoon centered to Gqj*» Glenn his resignation as a nemrtaci'of | the State senate, and in the course of the letter, announced that he has left lina were generously r- presented. |. Gaffnt'v joins with other cities of the State and South in extending conga- tillations to Spartanburg who has in deed done herself proud in the effort i Arthur Wehb, a young painter for- she has pin forth succeeding in eclips- j nmrlv Of Hickory but now residing at Forest City, was arrested md lodged ing anything that has heretofore been don** in (he music festivals in Spartan* burg. i:m; in her life. Never Lad (he care of a doctor. He had been beating her ever since their marriage, although when approached about it he would deny it. Sli*. rarelv talked about him. I know that she was afraid of him.” The next, witness was Mattie Ellis, si •!<*>• of the deceased negro woman. Iter testimony was as follows: "1 ,/ that she was j never saw him bet he. I was .he:’? sick. Her feet were awfully cold to I when she died and part of Tuesday, her knees and I went to work o warm | She was complaining of her head them. Her I'**** w -r<* sticking out when I went to her. She didn’t tell from the bed and were out from tin-; m© what caused it to he sore. She der the cover. 1 goi water and filled was continually complaining of a mis- jugs ;o warm her feel. This took melei’y in her head. I asked what caused until about I wo o’clock I l ad gotten | there about ten o'clock. She talked a right smart -hat eve ling but she was j frenzied mo q. of the lime. She; talked almos all the evening Sin* said. ‘Papa. Frank uns just hen and choked (ind bruisml mo un i now I have to lav here and suffer with it. Papa, take your knife and cut them out*.’ Every once in a while she would say, ‘Frank, von oughtn’t do m© that way.’ This was very weak, and she would cry. This about all I know, although she talked all night. She lived until next day t W* dnesday). She <lied Wednesday morning at 9.05 bv their dock. Her husband w is in different. He quit work and came in the house but was in an 1 out. He phoned for a doctor af:or I came. Doctor bad been there Monday and cam© back Tuesday eventeg after I got there. Only remark Young over made was to nay. ‘Parry, you arc not as crazy as you make out.’ She said that he was gone Sunday and that she are impediment t- traffic and tend 1 sc bool last luesday. She "ill cake a to mar the beauty of the sidewalks, i ,,e st for a while. Capt. J. D. Jefferies, ot Asbury. has paid ids dues and been re-enrolled as but promising not to do so again if a member of Camp Jefferies U. C. V. she would go back and live with him. A shower of rain, with some hail, Sh© wen: back. She had always been, Ipassed over this section yesterday Was never sick a day evening. The rain put. (he ground In tints 1c: scribed from Dr ving it <m in order t Pearson. -> sunt of .min * (( secure 'In* was very bad while ho was away. I never saw him strike her: only know what she and others said regarding him striking her. I don’ii know of anybody lifting here Sunday. Heard of Young going away Sunday night To Close at Seven O'clock. A petition asking the merchants to Iclos© rh< ir places of business at 7 '’dock was being circulated yoster- lay. The Ledger is pleased to note it the petition was being signed by ie merchants. Sm-h action Is bene- liai to both merchants and clerks, for le reason that during the summer le average merchant hardly make; lough off what he sells to pav the cbt bill and it enables the faithful inlovefts to have the evenings for sreatlon. ii t. HV I until midnight. She did- w as called fc n* several Imm * d ateiy af*i r*r I got 1) rought in Ii y the shf 10 where You pg was '*■,' ort'h C:!r*ilirui docior in s< *•**1 and >a d to 1 ! *tm, t' •ndanc** to arrive fr< l do you m**aii ■ , ,t 1 i©re V '.’hen lh<*v a> rived 1 r© m os* dslng'' I* arry d u<* to procc ed. howi '© tii 1 iiiouing. Th* 1 1 he fl I-!** :o ?tav until Its tll*‘W of him mil si rea ting c PTisequcntlv oanno’i She cattle home 11st * n •:ilnd(»r of 1 he Inque :aid he had b< ‘fit and T he inquest was held Her throat' was H \V( died Ignat'**! as Young's SO. went plaining colt* ’’Frank, What and vour wlf Leo won't llv 'phoned. I k her before, spring and k choked her, up on thi 1 : side, (Indicating the right side of his face). He cam© after her at that time, bogging her to come back and acknowledging mistreating her about eight miles. it but six* didn’t answer. Only said she bad been working pretty hard. Talked ail the rim** before she died. She sang a religious hymn jus. b< fore the end eime and jus: before she be came speechless.” Anderson Moss, a neighbor, was "She (Parr\ Lee) has coin© to my hous© and said he (Frank Young, her husband) bad neat her. Tills was when he had worked n ©rop for Mr. Holt in 190(1. Ite didn’i deny beating her. She came to niy lions© late one nigh* and w<* jet her in. She said she was bean half to death. Shortly after Hiai h© cam© and called for ' or to co.n© out. lie called for m<* to make her com© ent, I refined o <! > this. I wouldn't let him com© in. I •am confident' that he abused her with out cause, 1 often heard screams. 1 heard screams on ihis oceassiou and starte t to go over and stop him from beating her. I threatened to prose cute him. He was very slv n his abuse. Would always hear her in tin* middle of the night. [ once knew of his beating his wife j n a field because she wouldn’t kill a snake. My wife went to her then to stop him from beating her *to death ” Ai this point of tho iuquesi •! hall- witnesses to lie ■riff an I for the who was in at*- n Earl' s, N. G. he liiq’ie t was ■ver, 1 was un coml.isi'in, and furnish th© rc- t in this issue, at a ehurch •lo ti rove and the man and'•wife lived near this grove, th© distance from Hi© city being about the distance from this city being good plow order an.l vegetation looks welt ti)j s morning. The Wilkinsville oil mill will run next Tuesday. The grinding and oil working season will soon be over. Mr. Whisonant says he can’t keep a suf fice©' amount of cotton seed meal on hand to supply his customers. Mr. James E. Bratton is pianting l a; r..„ .,1 r’.vrr ' ''Moms in corn. The land is in good fix and he is making ii. good job of It. Mr. Morgan Millwood will perhaps h© the first, to sell home raised water melons in the Gaffney marker this year. He has a large area of I4111 ’anted in melons of different kinds.^ We don’t, see whv there are not mor© Ledger correspondents in other parts of the county. Lower Cherokee j has h«*r share of ihoui in the field, j and cmi nut as manv more if necessa-* ry. We like to read their letters. o' are inclined to think this count j will have a fao*lv good representation , at the Columbia reunion next month. ' in* tim© set doesn't, suit farmers gen Music at Star Theatre. The entertainment of the Gaffney Music Club at the opera house on to | Thursday night was a success In ev ery sens© of the word. Tills was t*he initial entertainment of H club, and it is natural to expec; improvement in the future. The work of the orchestra was far above the average amateur organization. The choruses too, were good, very good indeed, considering the difficulties under which they labored. Prof. Herndon’s work was. as ir always is. very fine. His performance alone was worth many times the price of admission. Mr. George Hayes, who trained the lilti© girls in the pretty play. “Snow White,” deserves a great deal of credit as the rendition was splendid. Sadie Lipscomb, as Zephyr, bringing down the house more than once. Especial mention should be made of H* playing of Miss Loulie Potter, who rendered all the accompaniments. Her execution of the very difficult mu sic was excellent, and we predie for this talented young musician a bril liant future. It is :*> be hoped iliat. the club will give another ©ntertainnnm: in the near future. in jail in RuHierfordton Thursday ev ening charged with rii© larceny of $25 from the Southern railway depot at H’e latter place about six months ago. The nreliminary examinairion was waived bv the defendant, and the case will com© up for trial at the next term of court. Mr. Webb gave the required bond Saturday morning a Jn was re leased from jail. Durm' r an electrical storm Saturday afternoon on the main lin© of the Southern railway three miles north of Spencer lightning struck in t*he camp of Lane Brothers’ company. Jones & Day, contracrorg on the double-track ing force, and severely shocked Mrs. R. L. Day, wife of one of the members of the firm, who was taking in one of the tent® at the time. The bolt struck a team of horses belonging to Fisher Brothers of Salisbury, anllkilled one instantly, while another wA so badly injured that it w^s necessary to kill the animal. Two men who ive-e work ing at a blacksmith shop near the camn were knocked down and severe ly shocked. Alice, the six-vea”-(>U daughter of How Japs Keep Strong. ’• r erally, as thev are needed ati home, especially when labor is so scarce. However, several of them will go, no 1 doubt. j .\te. Charley Dorman, of Gowpens j has a pecan tree growing in his yard. , It is small vet but of vigorous grow h Mi*. W. G. Fowler is quite unwell II<* has been sick for several days. 1 keep well Mr. J. G. Garner lias caught about nliirtv large rats at Thompson's mill, tl© has converted a barrel in*o a trap with a fall door. He says h<- has thin ned them out. Mr. Malcolm Lowery, our I! F. P. mail c mtUt. was caught in th© hail yesterday evening. Mr. G. W Whisonant is d liaulej from :1k •r ro his ©ii mill. 'i> are anxiou Ledger Readers Can Learn Something of Value from This. Such a thing as a weaklin - is hard ly known in Japan. The wonderful endurance of the Japanese soldi'rs laud sailors in the recent war has keen tk© marvel of all nations. Both men and women are well, happy and strong The reason for this, so careful in | -tlgators tell us, is that th<> Japa I nes,. from childhood up know how to through care of the dig f *st- i iv© system. If thev have trouble with ! indigestion, heartburn, wind on the I stomach, loss of a ’'elite, sleepless ness, headaches, rheumatic pains, ! back-aches, or Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Dunaway, who was fatally burned at Spencer Thurs day night, died early Saturday morn ing from th© effects of the bums, after intense suffering for mor© than thirty pours. Interment was made in the Spencer cemetery Saturday afternoon. It wa., firs:, intended 10 bury her in Richmond, but Mrs. Dunaway was un able to leave Spencer on iccoun: of being badly buine* 1 in attempting to cxthrMiish the flames which caused the death of her daughter. Together j | with his family. Rev. Dunaway, went o Spencer from Emporia. Va.. where he was nastoi of ’lx ’> teti.’i church. • te had a’.-o liv.*,j ju I’lenmond. !©•; caused by a \ mg ton 1 ii !>' a mi lana: ini: ■at themselv iueiji.al re . a st imach ren largo sale in Gf g Go. i uniformly sui been in ourir any of ti tie other troub- ‘ tie- a weal: stomach . th *,’ ger ■os with some * >f the 1 fer lies that. comnosc . Mi o- one The m-oule residin'- i© the neigh borhood of St*. Andrew's Episcopal church, in Greensboro, were surprised Saturday night to see the church lighted up about 9 o’clock, ’“heir cu riosity v as only heightened when two carriages drov© up. It proved to b© a ! surprise wedding, the eon'racting par- 'ming Mr. Harrv T of the Greensboro company.’and Miss •urnTon. m; 1 tia- aggage trans- Garrie Coffin. iedv fine that, has already v nt The Gaffney lei ha- the rem- 1 stomach troub- h i* fl with the teftertes In* t *1 1 * ing is a list >1 a few : n .,riv ir i ‘d i a accordance lir 1 VI ar, cot ton w'eddln : w i. ] tei.nolt is giV(>p with in per: ; hird, leather: b >x, that Tho Qrjff Dr y Dl’Ug Co. 00,ten. seventh, woo ten; ten. - i .© a r;uai with every ,•!■.©, ilk; /Hi 0 n. c’’\ ral: * <*ir V 1 •') r.Tio id tho money china ; t went 'livo silver: i 1 . > 1 i-o na fails to 1)* n-fit 1, pear : lorfict; . rul ies; fif- T 1*?,- take all t H* ri '1:. If you have oldmi; seventy fi th, ( ond. anv stomach we akm 4 S S, re nervous 0• selecl io i of Rica mon < . Va., as fear that some a:a i "lcs of f('Od Will c© for t he nex* 1 110. ; t: ig of the cans© trouble and indig estion, here's •rate v< tornns m \'t v« ar meets lio opportunitx to get well without if Grensboro’s most popular young ladies. Only th© members of the, hn- modlat© family were present. The beautiful Episcopal ct rerrtony press!veiv perfortru*' 1 ly th* Row Sanders R. Guigna !. Mrs. Thornton d'r Sa a wedding trip to nor -n was ina- li © re o’or. Mr. and niglu for cities. headac lister's Is the season ol h-s- and spring d Rocky Mountain ’"•eventative. Makes you st: vogorous. 35 cents. Tea or Gaffney Drug Co. list© ssness. iMiJers. Hoi- tea Is a sure on-' and Tablets. I unanimous approval of Camp It, (\ veterans. J. L. S. risk in"' a cent. Thor© who use Ml-o-na an* able to ©v anything digestible without fear of 111 results. . —Dr. J. M. Hunter, of Rock Hill, will b© at the Commercial Hotel on Wednesday, May 2. Persons desiring to consult him should call on that day.