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r Hf LARGEST circulation o f Any Newspaper in tht F fth Congressional District of S. C. tVEflY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE. he Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY- GUARANTEE THERELIABILI c* Eve<y Advertiser V«ho Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper in All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Beet Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1906. 11.00 A YIA* THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE it EMS OF INTEREST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. happenings All Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. l)«rinR as electric storm l&ut week ■ sroup of colored serwous were ia s room ia Blackstooc aud to thoir ■wllut was a cat. which was killed br liRtitninp aud tile i>ersons were un hurt, though uomewhat shocked by fee stroke. flk)Temor Heyward hat n»ceire4 • \/mz and pitifu; aopeal from Colcough •tukes for clemency. Strikes to under d*ath sentence for having killed a white man aud the drift of his letter indicates ihat he claims to have kill ed the n»3Ti for attempting to enter his home, or for advances. Ground was broken for th#. new col- toge building in Clinton last Wednes day The student bodv had holiday aud all marched Uj the grounds where the new college is Ixdng built, liaeh of the students and professors shovelled some of the dirt where the foundation is now lieing laid. Dr. Rsun made a verw e'.oquent pray«r. ITie commencement exercise* of the Oolumbia hospital tnaining schoo! will b# held ou Friday afternoon at 4 •’dock, in the Mndowment Surgical pavillioH of the Columbia hospital. Fhe graduates this Tear will be: Miss Annette O. Benson thonorary). Miss Ma B. Hendrix. Miss Margaret Mc- Taggart. Miss Ora H. Padgot, Miss ■mily L Pinckney. file monumont* at the emptw graves oi Mr. and Mrs. Joel Covington were unveiled in th** beautiful Hebron cem etery at Bennettsviil* Saturday in the presence of a large gathering. Mr. and Mrs. Covington were present to participate in the exercises and hear the eulogies of themselves. Hon. J. P. •1bson was the orator of the day Capt. Frank Manning presided and umfle an appropriate speech, end a beautiful essay was read bv Mfss Jean Huyneroa. A deplorable affair rxiourred Satur day night on the stivets of Cher aw. Chief of Police C T. Hutchison, shot, and it is thought, fatally wofeided L. K. Croxton, of Cheraw. formerly of Kershaw. Croxton, it is said, was feinking and disorderly. When ap- %>roaehed by Hutchinson and Police man Bryan for the Purpose of arrest ing him, he resisted arrest and drew a pistol. Hutchinson also drew and began firing; some say Croxton fired also. Four balls took effect, two In fee abdomen, one in the arm and one in the leg and little hope is entertain ed for his life Croxtou, when drlnk- iue. is regarded ss a dangvroito man. A* election was held In Orange burg today on the fpiestlon 0 f japuLug bonds to the amount of $50,d00 for the putting in of ti sewc-age system fur the city of Orangeburg. Some time back a petition was gotten up asking the eitv council to order such an elec tion. and the signature^ of a majority erf the freeholders of the citv were procured. This petition was presented ♦- the citv council and the election wm ordered. At this election all giialifted registered voters are perrpit- ted to participate under th© law, aud a majority of the ballots only will be ■eeessary for authorizing the issue •f bonds for the sewerage. •aturdav afternoon some Mttie ex citement was caused on the streets •f Sumter by th© report being circu lated that Eugene Hogan. Jr., who left fee court house during tre progrosb «# his trial for assault with intent to kill Mr. D. G. Zeigler, and for carrying unscealed weapons, had been captur ed in Orangeburg. The deputy sheriff wani to Orangeburg Saturday night, bwt found that the man arrested was pot Hogan and there was no resemb- toace between the tw 0 men. Th© man •ircsted gave his name a« Price. It to cow about threp weeks since Ho- gaa left Sumter, and nothing hrfs been heard of him. A verdict of gull- to was returned aeainst him. Arthur Wright, colored, stabbed Bark Satterwhlte and Joe Ruff, also colored, to death in Scuffletown, a ne gro settlement just, northeast of the corporation line of Columbia, at 9 •’clock Saturday night, and escaped through an alley. The police, coroner cud sheriff’s officers, after working at Hi© °' > ene for three hours, were un- aWe to, get anv satisfactory account •f the killing, and are entirely in the dark as to the motive for the crime. It. i» presumed that the double mur der occurred in a vacant lot where tli© bodv of Ruff, stabbed through the heart, was found. A s in addition to this evidence Wright was seen run- uipg across the road from the place a few minutes before Satterwhlte dragged himself In front of a negro •tore, a block awv»y. and a c Ued to lie down, and died without another word. Neither of the dead men were armed. Thro© bottles of beer were found at thp head of the man in the lot. The dead men were draymen. Have vou pains in the back, inflam mation of any kind, rheumatism, faint ing spells, indigestion or constipation, Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea mak"K yoc well, keeps you well. Su cents. Gadfney Drug Co. THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. A Lara* Crowd in Attendance—The Club Rolls. Yesterday was the date for the meeting of the county Democratic con- ventfon. Notwithstanding a drizzling raiu which fell throughout the day, a large crowd of delega'es assembled at the court house when the kour came for th© calling the body together. Tlie convention was called to order by the county chairman, J. B. Bell. T. B. Butler was elected temporary <*iairman without opposition. A. W. Folger was elected temporary secre- SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST, COLONEL STRAIN ON HIS TRAVELS EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER- OKIE HE WRITES OF WHAT HE HES/kRS AND SEES. Oa motion it was ordered ♦hat th© committee on credentials be com posed of three. The following gen tlemen were appointed to serve: J. C. Otts, R. P. Scruggs and B. J. Gold. Committee on credentials repaired to a room for consultation. During their absence several candidates present wens enthusiastically called on for adfreseuk but none responded. This caased some comment in the audience, one bystander remarking that it) was unusual indeed to se© a candidate for political honors at all bashful. It was agreed that they would hardly continue bashful very long. After deliberation the committee oa credentials submitted the roll tbep bad nrepared, after which a recess wats taken for the public sales, which were to take place on the courthouse steps, after which business was re sumed. On motion the roll of delegates as reported by committee was adopted. * Nominations were then put in order t>r a county chairman to serve for the next two years, the term of the pres en* chairman, J. B. Bell, expiring at tills time. Capt. J. B. Bell was nomi nated for re-dectlon. and Judge of Probate J. E. Webater was also nomi nated. A rising vote was taken, with J. Parrott and A. Folder .a» tellers. Th© result of the Vote was forty-nine oast, with forty-tbrc© for Mr. Bell and six far Mr. Webster. $Ti\ Bel was de clared elected. Mr. A. W. IVdger was nominated for secretary aud was elected without epposlUon Delegates P— the State convention were »©xt electefl. A motion was made that a conimih to» of three be aotmlnted to recom mend delegates and alternates to the State convention. A committee wa£ chosen «oni4sting of E. It. Cash. H. J. Clary and J. B. Bell. The following recommendations were made and adopted: T. B. Butler, J. C. Otta, F. C. HfeVoa. W. S. Hall. B. G. Clary, A. N. Wood, »s delegates; J. B. Bell, J. Q little Dr. Wm. Anderson, K. O. Huskey, 5. B. Brown and Gee. B. Scruggs, as alternates. T. B. Butler wag elected member of the State exec utive committee. Announcement was made that fwo new preclnctg bad been created at tke last session of th© legislature—Lime stone Mm club and at Gouaher; and that the precinct formerly at Turners’ h^d been removed to New Midway school house, the name Turner, how ever, to remain. The following is the roll as report ed b - the committee: Allens Club—E. J. Clary. Antioch—R. M. Roark. Blacksburg—M. C. Byrfis, G. B. Pheifer. Albert Bettie, J. H. Rhyne, B. J. Gold, M. H. Morrow. .1. D. Kennedy. James Martin. Cherokee Falls—<E. M. Bvara. Dr. i^cKown. Buyer’*—R. B. Davto, W. W. Hop per. Draytonville—J. J. Jenkius, F. H. Morton, J. W. Alexander. Hzelle—Scott Jolly. M. B. Scrcggs. Jack Allison, J. A. Bcrugge, R. P. Scruggs, J. A. Martin, H. Z. Hicks. Grassy Pond—Landrum Allison, K. O. Huskey. Limestone Mill—R. F. Gibson. J. E Byars. L- Burges©. Macedonia—J. L. Clary. Thickety—Preston Wool, D. !. Vct’- sey. I. M. Smith. Turners—H. H. Camp. Ravenna—J. B. Brown. Wilkinsville—J. L. Strain, A. F. Smith, A. G. Davis. Simpson Blanton, Jo» H. Humphries, Boyce Whiscnant, W. E. Osment. Gaffney No. 1—C. T. Bridges. W. L. SeHlemyer, C. W. Kirby. J. C. Otts, John Broome, L. I). Rippy, S. W. Cla ry. M. V. Fitzgerald, Robert McSwain- Gaffney No. t—R. C. Sarratt, R. M. Gaffney. S. F. Parrott, W. J. Seotell, C. F. Deal, Geo. Elmore, A. W. Folgur, T. G. McCraw. J. J. Gaffney J. Q Lit tle, J. V. Whelcbel, A. N. Wood. T. G. Stacy, W. J. Wilkins, B. p. Clary, J. V. Sarratt, T. - Robbs. G. W Speer. W. F. McArthur, J. B. Bell, J. B. Bearden, T. B. Butler. Clubs not represented: Goueher. Kings Creek, Littlejohns, Viand and Buffalo. The executive committees are as follows: Allens J. B. Carter; Antioch, J. R Dickson; Blacksburg, B. J. Gold; But ler, W. W. Hopper; Draytonville, J. W. Alexander; Ezells. J. A. Scruggs; Cherokee Falls, Dr. McKown; Grasfcy Pond, L. F. Allicon; Gaffney No. 1, E. R Cash; Gaffnev No. 2. R. M. Gaffney: Gaffney No. 3, J. B. Bell; Llmestn- Mill, J. P. Crow; Macedonia. J. L. Cla ry; Ravenna, J. B. Brown; Sarratt, J. L. Walker; Thickety. I, M. Smith; Turners,* . R. Campbell; Wilkinsville, J. L. Strain. Recent Happenings In and Around the City and Other Events Gather ed Oy the Local News Editor. . Tlie Griffith society of Limestone Colleg© will give a idaer Friday, Mav 11th, at 8 P. M. The voting precint heretofore known as Turners’ has been changed to New Midway. This precinct ia about four miles west of the city. j A case in which a negro woman, Annie Nesbitt, was charged with ap propriating clothes which had been : consigned to her care for washing. : was before Magistrate Bridges for trial on Saturday afternoon. A satia- fcetorr settlement was arrived at aid 1 the magistrate consented to the ease being compromised. “The Rivals” w«e the attraction i delivered by the Cooper society of Limestone College in the ceWcge audi- j torium on Friday evening. A number were in attendance froip the city and t.raise for the attraction was very much in evidence. Another play will I be presented next Friday evening.! This time by the Griffith society. | Mr. J. „B. Daniels has returned to tke city from Kings Mountain, where be has just completed the Installing | of a modern and up-to-date concentra- | tion plant for the Blue Ridge Tin oorporation, of that place. It has a , capacity <*f o»e hundred tons daily. , ' A larg© crowd which congregated on Limestone street Saturday were; greatly struck by the immemse size of a «arp which floated peace fully in a large tub of water in front | of Carroll ♦ Byers’. Mr. Daniels,' book-keeper for this company, had purchased this tremendous fish, which when weighed, tipped the scales at fourteen pounds. The catch was from ' Broad river. R**v. G. W. Painter, the brilliant j lecturer who has delighted st^veral I large audiences during his brief stay ' • th© city, left Saturday for Spar- taaburg, where he lectures. Mr. i Partner ha© been in China for over j ; thirty years and is well ve r sed in Chi-1 nese lore and he has few equate along ; this line. During his star in our city h© delivered appreciated lectures iu the Presbyterian church a*d at fee Ceutral school of the public schools.! Public Meeting Lodg e Historical Club- The following program will be ren dered in th© colleg© auditorium on Mav 10th, at 4 P. M., the occasion I ing a public meeting of the Ixxlge Historical Club: »>ng, “Dixie.’’ Recitation, "The Conquered Ban ner,”—Miss Annie McLaurln. • Song. “Maryland.” Address—Capt. H. P. Griffith. Piano solo—-Miss Jessie Lipscomb. Our Flag. A 8ERIOU6 RUNAWAY. Miss Cerri© Goode Painfully Injured by Jumping from a Buggy. Frederick street in this city was kii© scene of a most horrible runaway 1 ou Friday afternoon that narrowly averted *a fatal ending. Mis© Corrle Goode, a young ladv residing in the Northern part of the city, with Two compaaions, was returning from fu neral services at Corinth, when their liorse became frightened and ran away. Hardly a more terrifying place for a runaway can be imagined than j the steep hill on Frederick street where this occurred. The hors© im- i m^'tiatelv after becoming frightened I began to kick, when Miss Goode sprang from the buggy, striking on her head aa 1 shoulder. The other two oc cupants, Mr. G. E. Broome and Miss Ida Farmer, remained in the vehicle until thw frantic kicking of Hi© animal 1 succeeded in almost demolishing the 1 n Mr. Br ,•:* 1 c/:' and pulled Miss i‘'armer out with him. Th* horse continued to run several hundred yards and through the shed at the Victor cotton oil mills, imti; be K w.as either entangled o»* exhaust-d and fell tw the ground. Miss Goode was lifted in an uncon scious state and carried f o a ueigh- ; boring house, where medical aid was hurriedly summoned. Fortunately for the voung lady, her mother was rid- ing^in the buggy just behind th© one figuring in the runaway and s’.^e was promptly at her bedside. At first the worst was feared as the | result of the accident, as the young ladv was unable to speak and the on lv audible sounds that coul<k be gath-i ; ered were faint moans of pain. Her condition on Saturday was such that an effort to remove her to her home was deemsd advisable and she was i carried to her home, where she now has good prospects of recovery should 1 no’unforseen develonnients or compli- i cations arise. * Mr. Broome, th© voung man driving | tie buggy, was seen and interviewed , b\ The Ledger’s representative iirnm* diatelv after the accident occurred -and he stated that he had been ap prehensive as to the safety of the horse throughout the journey L> and ( from the funeral and was even alarmed before leaving the city. It was stated that the mother of the young lady had suggested a change of buggies before the return trip but th© advice had not been acted upon. | Tke universal opinion of eye witness- e-, is that the escape of Miss Goode from instant death is to be considered ; marvelous, as the frightened animal was going with fearful momentum. Have you weakness of any kind— stomach, back, or anv organs of the body? Don’t -lope vourself with ordi nary medicine. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Is the supreme curative power. 33 cents. Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co. Is Impressed With Poem Which He Believe© Should be a Guard Against Moral it Produces. Converse, May 5.—Yoi*r correspon dent, after spending a week at home, started out last Monday morning on h : - rounds. Took dinner with Hon C. W. Whisonant and made his way to Gaffney in the afternoon, aad drove out three miles and spent the night with Mr. Forrest Petty, where he was most kindly received and entertained. Mrs. Petty was formerly Miss Ellen Kirby, daughter of the late LaFayette Kirby, whose tragic death has already been mentioned in this correspon dence. She is on© of Cherokee coun tv’s most estimable ladies. Next day we returned to the city and drove out to the home of Mr. .las. 0 Hill, on© of our old neighbors, who. With hto mother. Mrs. Drucilla Hill, lives at the old Petty homestead, no owned by Capt. Charles Petty, of Spar tanburg. We were sorry to find Mr. Hill suffering with p painful wound in hie side, which cost him a broken rib. They did wbat they could to mak© our star pleasant. That night we found ourself at he hospitable ifoote (rf Gapt. Alfred H rls. where we were kindly treated by that good man and iiks family, f’aot. Harris one of our county’s most progressiv© farmers asid business men. His Iona and usefal life tells ndt only in his own family but the community in which be lives. His home is pro vided witn all the comfort© to make it a modpj home. By bis energy ami good management he has accumulated u handsome property. Beside©. Mr. Harris is one (rf the best informed men in o*r county. He ha san exten sive orchard of almost all kinds of fruit, grown in the temperate ejimate. Next day (Wednesday) w« made our way to ihe battleground section, where w© met quite a number of tile yeomanry of our county, taking dinner with Mr. W. T. Horton at his home We found him the field plowing like & yocng man. Mr. Horton is one farmer who makes his own supplies. Literally he lives at home. We wero sorry to find Mr. George D. Scruggs’ family afflicted. He has a very sick child. Hr. Scruggs lives at the homestead of the larte Ja.mes H. Ezell, one-fourth of a mil© from Cowpens battleground. Mrs. Wofford Price, we are sorry to •wiy, is in a very low state of health. We failod to ttee Uncle Jo© Price. He was out on the farm somewhere. We spent Wodnaeday night with Mr. Jesse Jarret-t and family. Mr. Jar- rett is a well-to-do farmer aud is sur rounded with all th© cormfort© of life. H© is one of Cherokee’© most estima ble farmer* and citizens, Thev gave us a cordta] welcome and made us fell perfectly at home with them. Thursday w© visited the Huckleber ry mill, on Island Creek. This is the Mary Louise Mill, of which Mr. Ball Wilkins is president and general man ager. We took dinner with one of our old neighbors, Mr. Boad Reynolds, who lives with Capt. John Dewberry, two miles from the town of Cowpens. Boyd has a family of boy© sufficient to manag© his ow f n farm and do ell his work independent of hired labor. His cotton (mfch of it) i© ready for the thinning out process. His farm is well cared for and his work is done in a fane like manner. * Thai night we spent with Mr. Char- Lv Desman, and hi© family. Charley is 'Viother of our neighbor boys who is making good use of his oportunities. H© is a first-class mechanic and gats all the shop work he can do. He and ids father, Mr. M. C, Dorman, have built hindsonn- residence© on lots of their own in Cow pen*. From thence w® went to Converse and on to Mount Zion, wh re we stop ped and took dinner with Mr. D. N. Fowler, a ''isit to whose 4iome we mentioned in a previous letter. We found his sister. Mrs. Louise Fowler, of Kelton. visiting thqpi. That night (Friday) we spent with Mr. Joshua Cudd. of Converse, Mr. Cudd is one of the best fixed men we oet. He has a fin© lot of land and all (or most of it) is In high state of im provement—orchards, garden, houses, etc., all up-to-date. He has strawber- rle© without number. Mr. Cudd is aJi old Union county man and so is his wife a Union county lady—a daughter of the late William Coleman. Mr. Cudd is on© of the R. F. D. mail car riers from Cowpens through the west ern section of Cherokee county. He is a genial good fellow and is full of himself. Has plenty of wit and hu mor. In the short space of an ordinary letter is is imuossible for us to give a full account of all we have seen» heard and done. Many things we'd he glad to mention must necessarily be omitted. in our going round we blundered up <>n the following poem whltten by an eye witness to a scene that was no less pitiful than ludicrous. W© rePro- -lucc it. not so much for its rymthic elegance, as the moral it teaches those who depend on raising cotton to buy theJr supplies.' Here it is: The scene was sad the other day. To see the sight and hear them say: "This horse was fed on bought corn ’ and luay.” Their faces shone sadlv with dismay, For what to do no on© could say, They gathered around and began to pull. For all their hearts and hands were full; They pulled and surged with all their might. But still no h^lp came into sight; But sad and pale the owner looked, Nothing but failure in all they under took. At horn© he left a wife and children, he said, Deoending on him and the horse for bread: Guano bought and land all rented, looked forlorn and discontented: Character at stake and debts unpaid. He could se© the constable and sheriff coming to his aid. There was no cause for alarm or sus pense. All this happened just for want of sense. The man who feeds on bought corn or bacon Will like this man be sadly mistaken. The farmer who hauls to trv and get rich Will like this man fail in the ditch Moral:—The man who xhises his own supplies will always do good and will never be entranped in such a sillv mood. This scene was laid in an adjoining county, where the poetaster found some men pullicg a herse and wagon loaded with guano out of a mud hole, when the animal was unable to move it. J. L. 8. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. A SPECIAL RALLY. A Gt-eat, Day With the Unity Baptist Church. Suadav was a great day at Unity Bantist church, York county. Rev. W. T. Thompson, of this city, is the pastor, and be is held in greit favor by the people The special occasion Sund-u - was a rally, the exercise* of which took up the greater part of the day. The Sunday school exercises wer« especial! / interesting, the hon or© being carried off bv DeWiU West moreland. the !>«.by of the school. Master DeWitt is but two years old, but to illustrate the precociousness of tha lad the following storv is told: When asked why Adam bit the apple, he replied. “Cause he had no knife in his nocket to cuit it with.” There was an overflow of people at the 11 o’clock meeting. The pactor nreached a strong se-mo© on "Power,” from Acts 1:8. A recaps of one and a half hours was taken for dinner and handshak ing. both of which was a success, es pecially the former. The magnificent display of good things to cat proved that the people are in good circum stances and the tempting manner in which it was prepared showed that the ladies know how to reach the hearts (if the men. At the evening service the pastor preached a strong temperance sermon on tb« theme. “What is My Prayer,” illustrating in forceful style from the scripture that it should be the prayer our Saviour taught His disciples. The collection for the day amounted to $41.67. All In all t!i© event is one long to b© remembered bv both pastor and people. Harmon-Hazzard. The following invitations have been received by friertds of the bridav cou- nF in this city: Mrs. M. J. Harmon request* the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Effie Jessica to Mr. Thomas Burnace Hazzard Wednesday evening. May sixteenth nineteefi hundred and six at six thirty o’clock at the horn© of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Burgess Gaffney. South Carolina. This is a marriage in which many will b© intensely interested, owing to the popularity of the lurony couoie and on account of the many attractivo- qualities they jxjssess. Take Time To Eat to Hurry at Mealg Will Send You Gaffney Drug Co, for Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets. “Eat in ha*te and repent at leisure” is an old saying brought up to date. Hurrv at breakfas* means a bad start for th© day, and if you hurry also at the other meals, you will soon suf fer with loss of apoetite. sleepless ness, nervousness, furred tongue, soecks before the eyes, headache©, backaches, weakness and debility, in- .li^tAdion. or other ills that are caused bv an abused stomach. Here in Gaffney, as in thousands of other places over the country, burr at meals increase? the druggist’s bus iness. Not a day passes that Gaffney Drug Company do no’ sell several packages of Mi-o-ua stomach tablets to thos© who hav© ruined their dige a t- ion bv not taking time to eat. Of course indigestion has many other causes, but whatever the cause, th© remedy is the same, Mi-o-na. It cures anv acidity theme may bo, in creases the flow of the gastric .lulces, and actually gives strength and tone to the whole digestive system, so that *m can soon eat anyhin" at any time without f©ar of indigestion. Gaffn©;' Dru© Co. hav© seen so many cures madp by Mi-o-na that the/ sell It un der an absolute guarat©© that it will be successful in ever*/ ©•;«© wrere it h- used in accordance wi’h directions, that is. one tablet before each meal and will refund the money to anyone whom it does not help. A large box Qf Mi-o-na tablets costs but 50 cents if it cures; nothing if it falls. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Clipped from cur Exchanges. Crarles Earl, the 12-yearold son of Mr. W. M. Earl, had his left foot ! crushed under the wheels of a train o- which he was beating a ride near the Spring street crossing in Greens boro about dusk Saturday evening. He was removed to his home and Dr. I Brodnax attended him, amputating the injured leg near the knee. On -account of iced cars not reach ing Cradbourne the situation there is growing serious. Planters are be ing forced to sell at reduced prices. The corporation commission has bemi wired to go there to take step© to relieve the situation. Berries are doming in freely and ere being placed o- the ground. Before Justice Collins Saturday at j Greensboro was held th© preliminary hearing of Will Stewart, Tom Whit- fleM and Crarlos Cecil, charged with highway robbery in taking Noble Don nell’s watch awav from him Friday morning. Cecil was discharged and Stewart a*d Whitfield were bound over in bonds of $180 each. Mr. Claud Hall, aged about 24 years, of Danville. Va„ an employee of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was seriously hurt Saturday after noon, at King, Stoke© county, by a falling pole. At first his back was supposed to !>© broken. Dr. Dalton, oi Tobaccoville, was summoned and af ter ©xamining the Injured man. seated That no bones were broken. Mr. Hall rested fairl- well during the night. Last Tuesday Mr. J. T. Rogers, of Martin county, took hie wif© to Scot land Neck to consult a physician. Thev did not go to see the physician at once but w*?m into a store where Mrs. Rogers was examining some good*. Suddenly she dropped to the floor and was dead instantly. A phv- sician was summoned but nothing could be done. The bodv was sent horn© for burial. She leaves a hue' band and ftv© children. Highway robbery i© the charge that stares Tom Whitfield, Charles Cecil and Will Stewart in the face at Greensboro. All three defendants are colored and were arrested Saturday morning by Deputy Sheriff Seymour Jeffreys at a point on the maia line of tha Southern Railway near Brown’s Summit. They were taken to j Greensboro and nlaced in jail to await a hearing Monday morning at 10 o’clock before Justice Collin*. A© a result of the ehooding at Rougemont Saturday, in which A«- drew Poole met intaant death, John Lewis, whose name was given veeter- ■lav as John Moss, died Sunday moan ing at 6 o’clock. The hilling took place in Orange county, just across th<- Durham county line. The quarrel which resulted in th© tragedy grew out of the renewal of an old feud be tween tlW two. Th© trial of Victor Rube, a waman on the revenue cutter Seminole, who was jailed in March, charged with mutinous conduct and with disobeying orders, was concluded in Wilmington late Friday afternoon. He was acquit- ted of mutiny and sentenced to jail for six mcntlis for insubordination. Rube enlisted at Mobile. He was ar rested on March 15. while the Semi nole lav alongside the schooner Myr tle Tunnell. which was in distress on Frying Pen Shoals. • The spring term of United State© district and circuit court win con vene in Asheville today with Judge Boyd presiding. It was slated that there were only about fourteen new cases on the district court docket and | that these, with the old cases, will consume probably a week of the term. The remainder of the tim- will be de voted to the trial of civil eases. Sev-* era! of the old cases on the docket that will com© up for trial at this time are important and will be hard io tight. Reubep Crane, a student of the Asheville school and the son of wealthy Cincinnati oarents, met with a serious and perhaps fatal accident in Me woods near the school campus Saturday afternoon. Young Crane and several other fellow s.udents had gone to the woods to gather dogwood blossoms. Crane’s companion, armed with a hatchet or small hand!© axe, climbed the dogwood tree to cut the 1 ranches and the blossom* While handling the axe in the branches of th© tree with Crane standing beneath, one of th© students accidentally let th© weapon firtp from bis hani. The ax© fell on Crane’s head, the blade penetrating the skull. infUflctinc a dangerous wound. The injured *ad was ablo t© walk to th© school build ing. but upon arrival ihero th" school faculty immediately summoned medi cal aid. Thre© surgeon** were sum moned ro th© school lat© Saturday ev ening and Mrs. Crane was telegraphed for. When a girl is pretty you don’t I her so tnat she will know it, hut that she will know that you ate kind of man she likes.