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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The ledger. SEMI*WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. WE GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper in All that the Word Implies and Devotdd to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. MUGHOUT THE PSUffiTTO STJ1E CHEROKEEAN IN TEXAS. n EMS EVEN OF INTEREST OF PASSING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. All Over the State Taken Exchanges and Tersely Told to Ledger Readers. Hap jonings from Our T!><* .'-I'Vcn Hm‘S of tho Foul'iicin Rail way runninj; in^o Columbia known a.- ilio Savannali division will hore’f- Sr*r l„^ ' , o'-'ir r, iatnd as fin* “Colur’iV'ia division ’ tlio Stnt<- n union of the Confoder- ot<. veu>ra!i« tain s nlace this week in Columoi: Greai nr.parations bees made to entertain the old sol- •Mors, sons and daughters, -nonsors, aiaid« of honor, otc. NYIiil,. Mr. G. L. Simmons, a m t- •hant in c]; .-M r. was out. of hi-' store * short time about 5 o’clock Friday afternoon tin- buildini; was entered through a window and his •nfe ami «-sh draw* r> robbed of all the moix- eon aine.i Wft t,*^» P. (' Cannon I • y liis •Aoolin’ ear| T i> I'ront t 9 was nartanbu feo-riO!l, I v.n.s the f No clue. hot and instant M Ssturdav night l id .M i lie hi. Tim •nsai ionai. occurring eiiim- on Main saroet Writes Interestingly of the Trip to the Lone Star State. Bonham, Texas. Editor Ledger:—I left Gaffney on the night of A, ril 24th, on train No. Ho and landed in New Orleans where I took in tho old soldiers reunion be fore continuing mv trip. Leaving New Orleans on the night j of April 27th, I came by the w ay of Texarkana, afterwards changing to| Gie T. I*, road which brought me toi Bonham. On my arrival I found that! hig hearted W. G. Clark and f^m ’ ,7 | whom I was very glad to see. After recovering from a few days illness | caused by the change of water, I visited the home of one of the best; men in Texas, Striih Lipscomb. Mr.! Lipscomb gave me a warm welcome: and after remaining with him until Friday, wo went to visit Ellio Lip scomb and family where I again met a hearty reception Here 1 saw some | of tho finest turkeys in Texas. Mr. Lipscomb's daughters are typical | South Carolineans. and I must say! 'toss s the attractive featur which adds so much to a home, a good cook. His son, with all of his possessions, in mv estimation is deficient* in only one thing, a wife. When leaving Mr. !/ >seomb's on May the 7th. I return ed to ilouhani where I again visited, Mr. W. G. Clark's family. On my arrival 1 found Mr. Clark’s daughter, now Mrs James Smith, had prepared an excellent dinner and she too NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY OK.E AND CHER- MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPL E OF MOWER CHEROKEE. Recent Happenings In and Around the City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local News Editor. but five persons in the Per*nr.ai Paragraphs Concerning Pep ular People and Short Items of There are county jail. th?t Section. Wllkinsville, o<ir last letter ven e city street force is doing nretty work hi Ward Five. a in < i of th,, F hosier was used. M, is said h.* was glad lie 1 sau.se Cannon beat bis, kifo. aid i I'bi’s A win- Mil Mean him be- . mother ftud fc; <1 made improper the latter’s sister. advances to Wallace Mason, a young married ciaa of the Olympia Mill villige Co- knnbia fell overboard from a row boat* being towed by a launch on ihe Congaree opposite th« Child’s place, • few miles below that city Sunday ftftermxm. and was drowned His body has not yet been recovered. There were Miout 25 in the party, most of whom are said to have been drinking at the time. A panv of engineers of the South t Western railway arrived in Spar- tanburg Friday and will make that city headquarters for som*. time to come. The engineer- are to make a survey of tho probable route of the road in the event that It is construct ed to that city, which now seomu to be an assured fact. There was a sim ilar survey made some weeks ago and the one to ho made now will take a different course in enterin'' the city. The electric power plant of the An derson Water, Light Power Co., lo cated at Portman, eight miles from Anderson, was seriously damaged bv fire earlv Friday morning, resulting from a bolt of lighining. The trans former house was completely d*> gtroved and the coils of the dynamos in the main building were burned. It will be impossible to estimate ihe money loss until examination, but it Is believed that the act al loss will lira exceed $10,000. The case against L \ Csimm, an op tician of Spartanburg <• uarged with violating the medical laws of the State, by practicing without license, was dismissed by Magistrate Kirby Friday afternoon after hearing the evidence offered by the prosecution. The charges were brought by Dr. 1 )orso\ burg. There was a largo crowd in the •ourt room when the case was called and intense interest was manifested in the proceedings. knows spent alwav> The here i Don’t a full drowned out. crop will have how to cook. Tha' 1 night I with Smith Lipscomb where I feel like I a.m at home, greatest disadvantage 1 find the excessive rain and mud. see how the farmers can make <rop this year, as the land F A great' portion of th< to he replanted. Dr. .. T. Darwin, who has been con fined to his home by illness, has so far- recovered as to be able to be no and about his home. The first brick on the walls of the new I mestono mill was laid last Thurso iy. The foundation has been laid with stone and concrete. Rev. G .P. Price, of Asheville, an able preacher of the old school, preached at the Cherokee Avenue Bantfst (hurch Sunday in the absence of th#, p; stor. Mrs. W. F. Brown announces that it is nee* ssary for certificates of sol diers desi ing crosses of Honor to be presented Jus week in order that they mav be secured by June *rd. May 11—We at Converse. Passing som e through Clifton and Cowpens, w cam, over to Beaverdam church to the “Educational Rally’’ and picnic there lav, was late in the at Beaverdam and) of the exercises were over with,! Quite a large picnic was enjoyed at ., , . , Springs Saturday, in which a. i Gaffney joined. The 1 „ r( last Saturday. It i when we arrived much iso w< ; are nimble to give the report of them. \V<- thought, however, some one else would havp done so. Tho church was full of people and Hon. R. j C. Sarratt had l he fioor and was speak ing when we got there. As s xm at i he closed, dinner was announc d and a sumptuous repast was spre.t i un der the inviting shade of trees and ai) were invited to come forward and partake. It was our first visit to Beaverdam chinch bur \vc were very favorably impressed with the people of that community. Hon. J. C. (Rts deliven d an :.d dress in the afternoon. Ii was re- ; nlete with good sound logic and gave 'long at a time. He has a rheumatic ! affeetjon. Mr. Ligy Howell died last Sabbath ; with Bright’s disease, and was buried i at Mesopotamia last Monday. ! A report has gotten into some of the newspapers that both Mie Baptist ; and Methodist churches at Clifton ; No. 1 were burned, ft’s a. mistake. 1 Wc were there last Saturday and only th Methodist church is burned. It was struck by lightning week be fore last and burned down before any thing could be done to save it. Master Archie Sparks, aged about ten years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Char- i lev Sparks, of Clifton, is a natural burn mechanic. He has invented a closedi turbine water wheel that In all prob abilities will sonic day take its place among the great inventions for driv ing machinery. The Ledger should be proud of this young man. He is on P of Us youngest and most attent ive readers. Perhaps in him the world nia,- yet find another Whit»ey. an Arkwright, a Marconi, or :.n Elli son. Who can tell? Go it, young man: a]] tho world’s groat men have not been born yet. THt TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Items of Interest Concerning Neighbors in the Old North Clipped from cur Exchanges. Our Stats Strawberry shipments from East- j eni North Carolina Saturday amounts ‘ ed to 100 solid car loads, making the | record between 900 and 1,000 for the week, it Is estimated now that the crop will go beyond 3.000 car loads. Two freights on the Knoxville di vision of the Southern hit head-on Friday morning near Olivette, seven mile from Asheville. Only one per son, a negro fireman, was injured. age and the tracks several hours. were blocked for Wp recemly inet one of t ic* gioat- There was considerable property dam- i est living men of the day, if what h'N ! says of himself he true It’s not nee-; | essarv for ns to give his name. The world will find him out. From what Ihe says be was born in Virginia: was] : a member of the famous “Stonewall” Brigade during the war between the j (States - was one of General Lee’s I trusted scouts; was in all the prin-j cinnl battles in which the army of, Northern Virgina was engaged: was; jv.ith Genera! “Stonewall” Jackson i when he received his mortal wound at 1/jve Springs Saturday, in which a number fro - a Gaffney joined. The 1 event was t i all-day picnic, and was greatly enjoyed bv those participat ing. at. - .de a G’orougl nd v i>. his subject. f. Davidson closed his school there hist Friday, which we learn was a very successful one Such On the 8th I went to Paris mar county There I met Duncan. Georg, Gaviness and Caviness. The next day I \v and Thomas Scruggs and family found to bp doing well. On my way back 1 called by and saw Bessie Mc- Oarthen, who married Mr. McErvin. Slip is still the same Bessie. She bad just returned from flsbing on ■ Red river, but f think she had fisher man’s luck, as there wer,» no fish visi ble. On thp 10th I returned to Bon- hafn. where 1 met mv old friends. When next limp T visited Mr. Clark 1 regretted to learn that Mrs. Hark bad been called to attend some of h<?r sick relatives. Miss Agnes Hark has been teaching I school in Lamar county, but her school expired on the 2<lth of April. Afterwards I visited the home of Mr. Jas. Smith, who married Mr. W. G. dark’s daughter. Mrs. Smith Is also h fine cook and t»he writer of this likes that best of all. T C. P. Buford St. Methodist Church Not«s. The Epworth League will ko.-i its ’•egular meeting Tuesday night a' the home of Mr. J. V'. Sarratt. There were two baptisms at the morning service last Sunday. Miss Lockwood, a student at Lime stone College, sang at the morning service, and -Miss Flov Sarratt ren derod a solo at night. The Enworth League officers were installed at the evening service, as j follows: Mr. Floyd Baker, president: Mr. G W. Speer, 1st vice-president; Miss Era Littlejohn, 2nd vice-president; j Miss Louise Sarratt, 3rd vicepresi-, dent: Miss Myrtle Gaffney. 4th vice- an optician, also of Spartan- president; Miss Freeman Garrett, secretary; Mr. Wells Littlejohn, treas - urer - Mr I/awry Walker. Epworth Era I Agent. in La- The Junior Epworth Lea Worth Buford Street Methodist, church, k, Davis dulged in an afternoon picnic at Irene visited Park Friday. This is a lovely place niten,1ml whom I for such a picnic and all enjoyed the Monday, affair immensely. I from those best qualified t<, know ;»rc ue, of the always gratifung to us. May 3. 1803; was of the li ter bearers who carried ill-fated hero off the field; was mk wken lii arm was amputated I and sojod at the foot of the dying report' . itbed when he uttered these im- 1 Chancmlorsville one 1 the pres Mr. William C. Moore, of States ville the mail agent who suffered severe injuries in the head-on collis ion near Swannanoa last February, has entered suit against the Southern Railway for $20,000 damages. The case will be returnable at the Mav term of Iredell Superior court. pent SaHrdnv night. ight in Gaff htbb odDD.iiit iiignt. in )ja:...i y. anu the county convention ou and drove up to George D. j Scruggs’ that afternoon, where we j l H|)om the night. Early next morning Mrs. T. C. Wood had whitehead cab- Mr. Young came in and reported) bage of her own raising for dinner "Frost, plenty of it.” Tuesday we! Sunday. This is pretty early for this .took dinner with Mr. J. A. Sc.uggr- vegebable, but MrA Wood is an ex- and attended the funeral of Mrs. Mor-I pert gardner and knows how o take gan Sprinkles, wife of Mr. David H-i ailvantage of the seasons. Sprinkles, that afternoon at New Pleasant church, about a mile from The industrial edition of The Led-; the battle ground. Mrs. Sifrinkles died ger will comp forth next Friday. The; in Columbia, where she had been tak-; cuts have arrived and nothing but aj en for treatment. A very large I serious break down in the office will crowd—fully five or six hundred j nrevent the appearance of this much people—was present at the funeral heralded Issue. ' Rev. A. J. Tate, the pastor of the' mor: river i U'* J e ■il words: ami rest "Let ”s piss over the under the shade of the s." Followed General Lop and the I fortunes of Hie Confederacy till all; was ended at Appomattox. Since the; I close of that war he has travelled; iover all this countv and been in some' of the most disastrous nail road! wrecks on record. He claims |to bej the author of one of the famous Con federate war songs, but unfortunate ly bis name nor the song he com-j posed doesn't appear in “‘War Songs j and Ppetns of the Southern Confeder acy” by H. M. Whorton, now on sale' in this county. From the best information we have there are in the sections of country we have recently visited not less than | i twenty-seven agents selling the San 1 Francisco disaster or calamity by Trov Williams, a neero who went to Asheville from South Carolina a short time ago, sat down on the side- walk Friday night to rest on the cor ner of Eagle and Valley streets, and died. He was walking a’ong with a negro woman, when he paid he was tired and sat down on the curb. When ! the woman started to arouse him he i wn i dead. Th- boiler room of the Apex Lum ber company, of Hamlet, was burned Friday morning at 4 o’clock. The or igin of the fire is unknown. The room was some distance from tho i main plant, consequent!'’ no other buildings caught. The loss is $500, fully covered by insurance. A number of young men compos ing the class in geology at Wofford College, were In the city yesterday en gage 1 In Inspecting the Hn mine, limp quarries and many other points ,,f ♦’-o—' n-onnX Hip pi*v Mr. A. W. Griffith, formerly a prom inent newspaper man of both North and South Carolina, bufi who is now engaged in clerical work with the Pacolet Manufacturing Company at Snartanburg. sjient Sunday with bis ( narents. Cap*. ?n<l Mrs. H. iff Griffiib. in this city church, conducted the funeral service, L arthquake and fire, and this fact has which was a very solemn one and tm-j Iled tbt> twen ty-eighth agent in th P Irene Park is ’he mecca of thos< who seek an attractive spot on Sun flav afternoon. The neople of Gaff iiov are much indebted to Mr. Wheat der the circumstances it was made perhaps more so. The house was crowded to overflowing, quite a num ber having to stand up during the «ervice. Prof. Bookter Ray led th°! singing and Miss Scrugigs presided 1 tit the organ. The music was select ed from among the favorite songs of th,- deceased, who was a prominent and useful member of New Pleasant church and Sabbath school, and the eulogy pronounced upon her life and character as such by her pastor was a great, comfort to her friends and ac quaintances. Rev. Mr. Tate chose for his text an appropriate theme: spoiled making. Rome people go so far as to -av *hat cuts must have been made and the hook written before the thing occurred. Capt. John T. Sparks, of Texas, is on a visit to friends and relatives inj this State. He was commander of Company A. 12th S. C. Regiment, at the surrender, and wishes to see all his old comrades—about fifteen of whom are living—before he returns to his home again. Captain Parker is a son of the late Eleazer Parker and «• brother of Mr. Meek C. Parker I am Mrs. S. Q. Sarratt. of Gaffney, and .T. H. Hodges, the Durham wife- i slayer, has changed his mind about '•’anting to he hung, a statement made bv him a few minutes after he was captured on the night of the homicide, and attorneys have been employed to defend him in the court this week, wh^^e he will he arraigned and tried for his life. Two large firms have been employed to defend Hodges. The boiler at Mr. L. W. Page’s saw mill, four miles north of Hamlet, ex ploded Wednesday afternoon -nd * ,:i - mollshed the entire plant. There were eight men at work under the shed at the time, but* no one was hurt. Pieces of the boiler weighing 2.040 pounds were thrown 200 yards Mr. Page says he will havp to sell the boiler and en gine for scrap iron. Tha damage amounted ‘o about $2,000. 14: 1 Mrs. hath done what she could. Mark i „ , 18. ali i bis remarks throughout were! captain full of comfort to those bowed with for fid.- beautiful park. It bas all thej <rrief. Her life and godly work were ap’'oln’tnents of the parks of a lame) the evidences she left behind that she Cl’ S'ot. and is indeed a most attractiv* As b result A ‘he rec* at <o ■ i- L-. tiv<* examination held at Barnwell for an appointment to till a vacancy at Ihe Fnited States naval academy from the second congressional dis trict. Hon. J O. Patterson has made the following appointments: T 0 be midshipman. Randolph Murdaugh, of Hampton county; firsfi alternate, O. 0ay M. Reid, Jr., of Vernas see; second al-' tern ate, Sidney Tisou, of Allendale. Barnwell county. Mr. Murdaugh is atj •*resent a student at the University j Mother and Babe Dead. Mrs. Boyd Orr, of Sunny Side, -t Friday, and alt ough ii’ - ' died bad been sick for some time it was not thought that her illii 'Ss was border-1 ing on the fatal. Death was evidently caused by childbirth On Thursday a little babe came into the home, Fri-, the mother went out, and Satiur- da”, while the mother was being bur led at Gilead. Union county, the soul of the the babe wended its way back | to Him who gave it). Deep is the sorrow of Mr. Orr and; A la-ge number of pupils of Lime stone Presbyterian church Sunday school enjoyed a picnic at Drayton- ville mountain Saturday. Di/ayY>n- ville is an ideal place for such an out ing and all spent a delightful da.. The clt-s was aecomnaniod bv the east or and superintendent. Mr. Henry Smith, of ubls city, who is operating a merry-go-round in Jonegville. was in the city yesterday. When asked .regarding his merry-go round he replied that it was doing 1 business in Jonesville and that he would remain there for a week or two yet, after which he would jump r M Augusta, Ga. •adot W7. •f South Garollna and Mr. Reed is a a, the Virginia Military a C cde-! lr * hla tribulation he has th- sincere sympathy of all who know him. The sixth annual convention of the South Gaiolina Bankers’ Association! met at Greenville Friday, with more 1 thai 200 representatives and other! Sheriff N. ('. Durham w-*nt to Buffalo iater<»sted visitors in attendance. The! Saturday to look into the matter of •on vent ion has grown to such large a dead negro Infant, having been that it has become a se-! discovered in a sand bar of a creek That Mysterious Death. Coroner J. S. Vinesett and One case was mayor yesterday Switzer, formerly city, was before * lt >l selling goods on the Deputy t i lH city without a license. on docket for the morniug. Morris a merchant of this the mayor charged streets of Mr. Swifz- •x*portions rious question about South Carolina cities being able to care for it, and R is known for a fact* that a resolu tion will be introduced at the present •esslon looking to the holding of fu ture conventions in the larger cities of other States. Richmond. Va.. al ready has a hid for the meeting next year. near there. The rumor also had It that part of Its flesh had been eaten h” dogs. It was discovered that such were about) the facts In the case, but absolutely nothing regarding the crime could be discovered. As to who the perpetrator of the fiendish crime is remains a deep and apparent ly unsolvahle mystery. Think They Have Frank Young Buffalo, May 14.—Frank Young, col ored, who killed his wife some time ago, is reported to be biding among the river hills near the North Caroli na line. It is also reported that lie has said that he to let him alone Davie-Poole Mr. Claude Davis and Miss Sallie Poole, both of this county, came to Gaffney on Sunday, the 6th Instant, and were united in marriage by Rev. G. P. Hamrick, jjastor of the Ch - ro- wanted the officers i<ee Avenue Baptist church. It was a long enough to kid Gretna Green affair. The young /mu- hls oldest child and two white ladles pl^ number among their friends of this community. The colored peo- many of the best people of Gaffney, was a follower of tbe meek and lowly, Nazarene, Point in"' to the seat she, usually occupied during tho preach-j ing service, he said: “Her very pres-' ence in the church was a great help! to me. for often wb-m I felt burdened' with the responsioility of deliver in'* the message from God. I knew a.'t W co going out. it: ;>ra,’- ih.t God would help me to perform my duty, and He always did so.” Af- *.(. ‘be rmon was concluded, the coffin was opened and an opportunity offered the congregation to look at the remains. The people were re quested to pass out ns they did so. owing t<> the crowded condition of the house. Near the coffin sat the hus band and two 11*tie boys of the de ceased, surrounded b.\ a host of the relatives and friends of the deceased. , The coffin was literally covered with flowers. Owing to the lateness of the hour v,» were compelled to leave ; before the funeral exercises were con cluded. Wp had several pressing in vitations to stay and spend the night among the people of New Pleasant. We came to Mr. J. V. Whelchel’s and spent the night with him. where we were most kindly treated. Feeling unwell next, morning we made our way homeward, where we arrived about 3 P. M., tired, sick and worn out. Farmers In this section are begin- niii' y to chop out their cotton- Much of it has been killed, but there seems to be enough left for a stand. Some corn Is still to plant. The cold snap has had its effect on gardens. The potato hug Is doing its work as usual this time of year. Mrs. W. C. Blackwell has been using a tea made from cetlar leaves, Mrs. J. L. S. has Gharles Foster, who w’as shot near r-, „ wminovnio ! Wilson last Thursday by John Kine, nr McOlmtey of , another nogro. mod that night of hi. Parkar went wounds. It seems that the, a.tar-e!- the war. He lived for a long time in Mississippi, but finally moved to Wa- 1 (1 co. Texas. wJiere he now lives. Mr. Leslie Blackwell is right sick; this morning There are several cases ^ Postor . King of sickness in this community !>ut tf> fhe flpld wfth a (l0llblf „ ■ barrel shot gun and despite the ef- ! forts of bystanders, fired both barrels Into Foster’s body. Inflicting the Lata’ over the division of some whis key and that Foster struck King and threatened to kill him. Finally it was agreed that Kin’* go to his home none verv serious that) we know I. L. of. S. Blacksburg Beats Gaffney. Gaffney and Blacksburg met. in a good game of hall on the local grounds Friday afternoon. The game was close and exciting, resulting In a score of 3 to 2 in favor of Blacks burg. Both pitcher? were v<*r\ ef fective, which is evidenced by the fact that there was verv litth* stick work in the game, both teams getting only about six hits. The batteries for the teams were: er labored under the impression that the license of the auctioneer covered the sale. The mayor differed w’ith him on this point and a fine of ten dollars was the result. This was promptly paid. Great excitement has been stirred up throughout the country by the an nouncement of Mr. Nelson’s determi nation sale beginning Friday, ilay 18th. It will be remembered that Mr. Nalson had a big sale last November which caused thousands of out of town |>eople t<» visit Gaffnev In a conversation with Mr. Nelson he says as he has more stock and less expen ses. he will cut down prices less than used insecticide, while others have Blacksburg—Belue and Patterson; Gaffney—Davis and Robbins. Tho line-up was as follows Gaffnev Blacksburg M. Robbins . Davis Belue Bell ..lb Dempsey Little . .21). C. Robbins Littlejohn • • • . . .3h Bird Spako Duncan Matthews ... Met« Byars Byars Walker Black Umpire. T. L. Brown; scorer. Stacy. Another game between the two pie have deposited forty dollars in a hank as a reward for his capture. I* Is plainly evident that he Is of a bad, if not a dangerous, character and un der the circumstances the white peo ple of this community ought to add to that amount. It would be a - very easy matter to raise the reward to fifty or sixty dollars. Bachelor. who will wish for them long life and his former sales. Watch for Nelson’s' adds in The Ledger. A number of young people from this, city spent Saturday at a picnic at Broad river. This river has long | been famous as the really delightful teams is expected in the near future. Mr. Matthew Moyle Dead. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Lee. of Blacks burg. were called to Charlotte last week on account of the death of Mr. Matthew Moyle, a relative of Mr. I^ee. Concerning Mr. Moyle, the Charlotte Observer, of Sunday, says: “Mr. Matthew Moyle died yester day morning at 4 o’clock at his home at No 805 North Davidson street, af- t»*r an illness of several woeks. Mr. used other preventatives all L, more \f 0 yi e wag a native of Cornwall, Eng- and the plants treatments are under doing prosperity, joins. in picnic which wish The Ledger; picnicking grounds and this 1 helped to prove its excellency. Tiie following composed the party: Misses Mclnvale, Irene Montgomery, Bertha Mcl/mdon, Wilma Gfciffney, Jessie Lipscomb, Freeman and Lula Garrett, Lucy Cartpenter; Messrs. George Littlejohn. Sam Fort. Wells Littlejohn, Leo Little, Brian Bell. Have you pains in the back, inflam mation of any kind, rheumatism, faint ing spells, indlgestioh or constipation, Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea makes you well, keeps yffu well. 35 cents, Gaffney Drug Co. * or less effect these several fairly well. Mrs. J. V. W'nelche! has the best garden of cabbage we have seen this year. Mrs. L. L. S. made soap last Tues day, 8th inst, and having such suc cess—more so than she expected—; she looked at the almanac and found that the moon was just on' the full, which explains the whole matter— “full moon, full pot." Mr. William G. Fowler is still very unwell; not able to be out of bed land, and was a mining engineer by profession. He came to America when a young man and fought vali antly with the Confederate forces during the Civil war. He was seventy- six years old and is survived by his wife and one son. Mr. W. W. Moyle. The funeral services were conducted at St. Martin’s Episcopal chapel yes terday afternoon at 4:30 o’cl'K-k and the interment was in Elmwood ceme- terv." K. Blanton, of Maud, the city Saturday. was a visitor wounds. King is now in jail. James J. Monery, for years a valet to Phillip S. Henry, a former New York multi-millionaire, now a resi dent of Asheville, committed suicide some time Friday morning, by shoot* ing himself through the right tem ple. The suicide was discovered about 11 o’clock by a workman em ployed in repairing a residence on Beauoatcher mountain, belonging to Mr. Henry, where Montery had his l sleeping quarters. Althou 0, a a num ber of workmen wore on and about the place during the earliest' part of the morning, no pistol shots were heard. When discovered. Monery was lying oh the fioor, with a pistol in his hand, and a bullet hole through his head. He had not been dead long* W. B. Smith, assistant postmaster at Homersville. Buncombe county, was convicted in United States Court Friday afternoon charged with open ing mail and with abstracting! $20 from a letter written by B. F. Kirk, of Raleigh, September 27, 1905. The prisoner wag ordered into the custody of an officer and is now in jail. It seems that Smith’s talk co*. him into the trouble. After being accused of taking the $20 and befn-- anv of the government’s officers kqew of the oc curence, Smith paid back the money, denying his guilt. Among those inter ested against Smith were Miss Bessie Keith and her father. After paying hack tiip money with the tactic under standing that no action would follow. Smith got mad and made accusation against Miss Keith, saying she stole a ring. Then the Keiths got mad. with the result that tho postofflee de partment w’as Inforniod of tho affair and now the assistant postmaster will spend a timp in a Federal prison. Have you weakness of any kind— stomach, hack, or anv organs of the body? Don’t dope vourself with ordi nary medicine. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea is the supreme curative power. 33 cents. Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co.