Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 OLD AND YOUNG Find in Pe-ru^na a Reliable Friend. Forthe Debility of Old People— The Catarrhal Diseases of the Middle Aged—The Coughs and Colds of Children and the Var ious Ailments of In fants—Pe-ru-na Is Used and Recommended. 7 Z*/ UA "K «i WW <*:v 'm hi* * i ZU MW MRS. HELEN DAWSON AND GRANDCHILD. A Grandmother Who Has Used Pe ru na in Her family for Years. .A CD V" Mrs. Helen Daw&on, Snydor, Tex., writes: ••I believe Peruua to be the best tonic In use for a rundown system or general debility, also for all throat and lung trouble, and ailments origi nating from colds. “I believe Peruna and Manalln would cure anything. “/ have used them In my family for years and never have a doctor bill to pay. “/ know the medicine to be all that Is claimed for It. ••I recommend It to all. ” Conklin, Midland, Ohio, [ against them, and they did not affect him more than an ordinary cold. “J^eruna did the work for him and I shall ever speak :n favor of Peruna and Dr. Hartman’s treatment. Mr. Caleb writes: ••After studying and watching my grandson’s case, I can truthfully say he Is a well boy with no symptoms of mtarrh at all. “Before taking your treatment, he was constantly clearing his head and throat and gagging. The glands of his throat were swollen badly and he was very pale. “He is quite a different boy now. The rest of ns had heavy colds during the past winter so as to he laid up for several days, but be seemed to be fortified “He took only a little over two bot tles of Peruna. “It brought the color to his cheeks almost immediately, and, O, what an appetite!” For free medical advice, address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of the Hart man Sanitarium, Columbus. Ohio, who will give all letters prompt attention. PARKER TELLS SOME INSIDE FACTS. HE DECIDES TO TALK RATHER i! THAN GO TO JAIL. Committee Refused to Back Up Mr. Lyon—Would Not Sustain Efforts to Get Name of Alleged Grafter. Columbia, June G.—The dispensa ry investigating committee struck a hot trail today. Mr. Lewis W. Parker, who manages one-eif r >” of the spin dles in South Carolina, was put on the stand to tell of something which the committee believed that he knew. He declined to talk and was arrested on motion of Mr. Lyon. Habeas cor pus proceedings were instituted and at a special meeting of the supreme court this afternoon th witness was placed entirely in the custody of the committee. When it was put up to him to talk or to go to jail he told the hottest evidence that has been put up yet. ■ He stated that as president of the Olympia mills of this city he had had consultations with S. J. Lanbarn, of Baltimore, and that in four occasions Mr. Lanham had complained to him that notwithstanding his 'business interests in South Carolina, his firm had received very little business, and he hfnted to Mr. Parker to suggest the name of an agent in this State, who would be influential with the board. Lanham had stated that he had thought that he had had every thing arranged once when he had se cured the services of Mr. L. W. Boy kin. then a member of the board, but later Mr Boykin had told him that another whiskey house was doing well by Mr. Boykin's brother-in-law, Mr. J. M. Cantey, a son-in-law of Mr. W. G. Childs. Mr. Lanham had ex plained to H. H. Evans and the latter thad sworn that Mr. Boykin would lave to stick to his proposition, ae [he board had everything arranged. Jr. Lanham made statements of this |ature to Mr. Ellison Smyth, of Pel- yr, and E. W. Robertson, of Colum- and they had declined to give any advice in the matter of the firing a middle man. Jr. Parker stated that on one occa- [i when Mr. Lanham was complain- of the bad treatment which he received, he declared the board secured at least $5,000 at that King. The committe declined to ^ Mr. Lyon up in his inquiry as to une of the man secured by Mr. after he had been turned by Mr. Boykin. Mr. Parker fd that the salary was $2,000 a for this middle man. There was king twisting and turning by the irs of the committee as Mr. pushed the question, for it is |et• d that the party is a member le legislature. Mr. Parker ad- that he is some kind of an of- Lbolder. Lyon this morning made a manly statement in which h# Ithat his attention had been called to the fact that inadvertently, on his mrt, he had asked witness Thacks- ton. of Spartanburg, some questions which had unintentionally reflected on John Fary Evans. Mr. Lyon de clared that it is not his desire to re flect on people that way and had he had any desire to reflect on Mr. Evans he should have made Ms state ment directly. The committee has prepared Mr. Lyon’s statement In the John Black affair, presented in the form of an af fidavit, and has given to Governor Heyward the names of Mr. Wright and Mr. Desportes. of Wright’s Hotel, as witnesses to the threatening atti tude to Major Black. GAFFNEY MAN WEDS. Mr. C. T. Clary and Mjss Lillian Westbrook Joined in Marriage. The marriage of Mr. C. T. Clary, a popular Gaffney young man, and Miss Lillian Westbrook, a charming young Lady from across the Broad, was solemnized at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Westbrooke, two miles east of Blacksburg, on Tuesday evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Di A. M. Simms, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, the groom’s pastor. The ceremon/ was performed in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives of the contracting parties. Mr. D. M. Clary, brother of the groom, officiat ed as best man, while Miss Alma Westbrooke .sister of the bride, was maid of honor. The attendants were Miss Effie Bird with Mr. A. B. Kirby, aand Miss Nettie Clary, sister of the groom, witH Mr. Victor Westbrooke, brother of the bride. The presents were numerous and costly, testifying to the high esteem in which these young people are held bv all who know them. They will re side In Gaffney, on East Frederick street. Gaffney welcomes Mr. and Mrs. Clary to this city as their home. Mr. Clary being one of the most popu lar young men of the city. In his du ties as freight agent for the Southern he comes in contact with numbers, •all of whom are steadfast friends and are busily engaged in congratu- ‘lating him. Miss Westbrooke is one of the most attract! ’e and popular if the young ladies of Cherokee county. Satisfying Explanation. (Lippinoott’g Magazine.) ‘‘See here, Aunt Dinah, I sent two brand new shirts of my husband’s to the wash last week and you have brought only one back. Now, what have you done with the other?” “Yes, Miss Lulu, ma’am, I was coming round to the ques’ion of Mat dar shu’t. You knows dat I ain’t a pussun dat pretends to one thing and pretends to anudder, so I’se agwlne to tell de truf ’bout dat shu’t. It was dls way: My ole man he up and died last week, end de Bur’al Sassletv dey didn’t do nothing but cavort 'round and I neher had anyt’ing to lay dat man out In. So I helps myse’f to dat shu’t for a fac’. An’, oh, Miss Lulu, honey, I des’ wishes you could hah seen how dat nigger sot dat shu't off!’’ —A Truss that does not fit la good. W e guarantee to fit Trui properly. Gaffney Drug Co. CHEROKEE’S FLOATING TIGER. (By Edward Several yea's ago an effort was made by the old Three C.’s Railroad to build a railroad from Blacksburg, by way of Gaffney, to Spartanburg, thereby paralleling the main line of the Southern between Charlotte and \t! nta. However, through a change .ii the ownership of the Ohio River '’a:! Tbarleston Railroad, which had iccerle 1 the old 3 C.’s, the road was •nl built from Blacksburg to Gaff- ne'\ crossing Broad river below the ol ’ Cherokee ford. The trestle cross- a pretty island about midway in e river. Some of the officials of he road were impressed with its at tractiveness as a place of amuse ment with dancing pavillion, etc., to be used by the young people of Blacksburg and Gaffney. According ly the numerous goats living on the island were removed, the trees trim med up and a pavillion built. After a season, however, it was abandoned. In the meantime the branch road had passed into the hands of the Southern Railway Company. The pavilion has since gone to ruin* and the steps lead ing from the trestle to the ground has fallen away. The undergrowth has greatly Increased and the island is apparently only occupied by goats, while the frequent high waters of the Broad continue to cut into the island, almost dividing it in two. Now, there has been for sometime —just below this island and apparent ly swinging out in the full current of the stream—a house-boat. It is alkmt thirty-five feet long and eight feet wide, with a room in the middle. At first glimpse it resembles the every day tow path canal boat of the North and West, only it is crudely built and not painted. Such an outfit is an unusual thing along the shores of the upper part of Broad river—but to day it is only the attention of the stranger that it attracts, because the boat has been in that immediate neighborhood for more than a year, and abont two years farther up on the stream. Besides, a boat similar In structure, but with canvas covered sides and top, had drifted along the stream about three years before. As a result of the inquiries of the many strangers as to who the party really was, and is, and what his real object was and is, it has developed that there is considerable variance in the statements of those who visited him, and whom he is said to have taken into his confidence. As is gen erally the case in all such matters of 'this kind, there is a large admixture of romance, fiction and facts. To the reader shall be left the pleasure of segregating the chaff from the real material. By some it is said that the owner of this boat was raised in a small log cabin far up on a mountain side timbered with balsam and fir—a clear stream at its base; that his pa rents had died early and he had fal len in love with a girl who lived some distane« up the great divide—one of those simple, lovely maidens w r ho are not uncommon among the blue moun tain peaks. For some reason, how ever, his affections were not re turned and he conceived the idea of building a boat, the floating of it down the stream into other and greater ones, into a greater world!— St. Louis and Its exposition! His craft was built, launched and drifted down the stream. A few miles be low where the waters of Buffalo creek empty into Broad river was, up to the building of the county bridge several miles further down, a ferry, which constituted the only means of communication, except for the ford ing of the river at the old Cherokee Falls Iron Works, between Blacks burg and Gaffney. The land on each side of the ferry is the finest kind of bottoms, and, up to a very short time ago, there stood upon a. shaded hill side a house made famous by Simm’s "Horseshoe Robinson.” Now, it was near this ferry that the dreamy Hf e of those living in the neighborhood was one morning dis turbed. They awakened to behold a rough looking little boat, with a can vas house resting quietly on the bos om of this, at that time, peaceful,- slowly running stream. The curios ity of the people was not long in reaching a high pitch. Visits were at once made by both black and whites. On the boat they were met by a white man, though of dark color and slight build. He was at first re serve, but frequent visits brought about a familiar friendship and he stated that he was from the moun tains of North Carolina, where he had built his boat, and intended go ing to the St. Louis exposition, but it was only in apparently un guarded moments that he intimated his love affair with the lovely maid far up in the mountains. It was not, however, but a very short time after wards that one day while the owner of the boat was away, there suddenly came a terrifflc storm of wind and rain, ripping and tearing the canvas cover of the little boat into shreds and wresting the craft itself from its moorings. Down the sTeam it rapidly drifted, only to come In contact with a large rock jutting up in the river. It struck and came back, revolving like a rubber ball, then it disappeared from sight. Un dismayed, undaunted, the owner calmly announced a few days later, his intention of returning to the mountains, building another boat and again make an effort to reach the St. Louis exposition. To Rhe ignor ant the tales of his intention to visit the exposition, carried with It the impress of truth; they heard of a “big show’’ somewhere and never thought of the navigability of Broad river even as far as Columbia with its immense dam. To the more intelli gent and better informed the man was either a crank or had some mo tive other than the one he announc ed, in loitering for two or three years along a stream which was not only subject to sudden dangerous rising, but was.s’ndded with islands, innumerable rocks and dams. Tim© had passed, and the man and his boat was almost forgotten, when, A. Trescot.) in the following spring, he appeared again upon the river in a larger and stronger boat with a wooden house. The various places along the stream that he had frequented, there he again dallied. His story was the same—to the exposition! Maqy call ed attention to the misfortune that had befallen him on his prior trip and advised him to make as much headway as possible before the rise in the river, of which there was every indication, while others told him to wait until there was a good rise and drift down the dam below the numer ous islands and jutting rocks. To all he listened attentativ«ly, said noth ing in reply and did not stir. !• Jun- one of the hardest storms that had ever visited this section, made its appearance. And hut a few hours later, Broad river, fed by Its numerous tributaries, commenced to rise rapidly. Muddier and muddier became the water, carrying with it smaff trees, fence rails and pieces of timber. The owner of the boat seemed undisturbed, while the velo city and felocity of the stream with its floating burdens seemed to be come greater. Where the finest corn had stood, nothing was to he seen hut a ceaseless, rushing of muddy water. As on the former occasion, the owner of the boat was absent. It parted from Its moorings, drifted towards the left bank, struck the tops of some pine samplings on the hill side, and rebounded slowly and out into the stream. There it caught the full force of the raging current and went down the stream drifting clear of the county bridge, as also that of the Gaffney branch of the Southern, hut turned into a kind of cove on the east side of Goat Island. There it stayed, resting on the quiet waters while its owner is said to have re mained quietly with one of his numerous friends along the stream until the water ceased to rise; re mained steady for a time, and then commenced to drop. For several days he wandered along the banks making inquiries. At last he heard of his boat. When the stream had settled to its norma) condition, he found that it was fast on sand and rock. For that reason he abandoned the idea of taking in the beauties of the St. Ivouis exposition and is now contenting himself with repair ing watches and bicycles. So much for the i omant ic and pic turesque side of this mysterious indi vidual from the sweet scented moun tain coves of the old North State. It is hard, unkind, and at times cruel to destroy a picture which may ap peal to tile idealist or h- who is fond of indulging in pipe-dreams. Yet, from reliable information it annears that this poor love-sick mechanical genius with but one thought and de sire. that Is. the famous St. Louis exposition—there to enjoy the mani fold mysteries and pleasures of that great fair—has another object in view. It is said that while hugging the shores of the Broad river in those two eventful trips, his callers weer of both colors and sexes. Fur thermore. that this boat has never been on a rock or sand bar. and to day swings out into the full current of the stream; that some nichts a pistol shot has beep heard and then shortly afterwards a little “dug-out” has been seen to make frequent trips between shore and the boat. On Sunday, while church bells in the cities are ringing and the good peo ple are wending their way to divine service, the crowd that gathers on the bank near the craft “get happy” during the numerous trips of the dug- out to the boat, while the sun sinks below the horizon and the moon be gins to shed its rays on nature. The air is soundless but for the cease less murmur of the stream on its way to the ocean, blended with the joyous melodies of the banjo and song that ever and anon come from the little craft. Later on, however, some leave, managing to roach the shore, while others, overcome by joy ousness, remain, and. as day breaks with that, cool breeze that is wafted across the heated brows of those re clining figures on the <teck. these un fortunate mortals depart—as silently as they came. The foregoing may prove rather disappointing to the fervent advo cates of prohibition in this arid ter ritory of Cherokee, hut it is never theless, a fact—an actual condition— not a theory. A Good Farmer. Cherokee News.) Mr. G. W. Baker, who owns four acres of land In the northern suburb of Garffney, last year rented two acres from a neighbor and went to work and from these six acres, after sup plying his rather large family boun tifully from his farm, he soil from on" and two-thirds of an acre 340 bushels of sweet potatoes for $272. From two acres of land in cotton he sold $98 worth, and from his snap bean patch he sold $35 worth of beans, making a total of $415 in cash received for the surplus products made on this small farm. Besides the above Mr. Baker made fifty bush els of corn and killed 500 pounds of 'pork, which he grew at home and fat tened with the products of his farm. During last year Mr. .Baker worked much away from home. Among other things he earned enough by work away from home to pay for a one- horse wagon and mule, with which he made his crop. We had often beard about Mr. Baker’s cron, and a few days ago we asked him about it. The above facts we obtained from him, and no one who knows him will doubt anv statement he makes about his work 0£ anything else. The sincerest tribute that can be paid to superiority is imitation. The many imitations of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve that are now before the people prove it the best. Ask for De- Witt’s. Good for burns, scald;, chaff ed skin, eczema, tetter, cuts, bruises, boils and piles. Highly recommended and reliable. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney; L. D. Allison, Cowpens. RAILROAD PASSES. A Railroad Mar. Expresses Hi 8 Views _____ on the Subject. Special to The Ledger. It seems that the senate has at last gotten down £o the root of the rail road’s most flagrant sin. and that Is the practice of issuing passes to the wives and children of the men who labor in their service day and night and during all conditions of weather. Writing from the standpoint of a railroad man and being one of the many who wired their respective senators protesting against the clause in the rate bill affecting, as it would should this bill as it now stands be come a law, depriving us of one of the few courtesies shown those who dt on our daily labor for their living, it seems that our esteemed senator from South Carolina, who has always made such a noble stand in behalf of his infant industry of de moralization in South Carolina, bet ter known as the Great Moral Insti tution, took particular pains to dwell on the yellow streak that was visi ble on the floor of the senate the morning of June 4th. calling atten tion to the fact that us bloated and over-paid employees of the railways were being shown too many favors ‘»y our employers, and it seemed that he thinks if he can pass this bill and stav the wicked railroad man from getting transportmion fior his wife that Its great mission will be ful filled. Now, who will reap the bene fit from this? The ijiilroads of course, and no one else, and it is more than likely that they have been lobbying for this very move to wring from a n underpaid employee some of the hard earned money for trans porting his wife over the same rotd that he has given the best part of his life in its service, on a salary that will hardly tide him over from one pay day to another. This yellow streak of which the senior senator of South Carolina turned o n with his pitchfork was the cleanest streak that has mingled with that body for lo! these many days, afcid was voiced by five hundred thousand men in the railroad service of the United States. No* begging for favors, hut protest ing for their simple rights, and if in transmitting some of those protests were sent dead-head or franked, ft was done by the telegraph operators of the railroads and Western Union on their ow n responsibility, and not ny the authority of any official trank er. There is no class of men that see the pass evil in a saner light than the railroad man, when it comes to the indiscriminating - o and abuse of the passes granted to national and btate representatives in part payment for services that the-- are sure to he called on to render the giver in the form of misrepresenting the people who elected them, throwing their In fluence to the man with the pass and the graft hag, but It looks to an out sider like the final reaction has set in; and I wish, as one of the com mon herd, that I could be in charge of the muck-rake. I would like to start in the United States senate and not stopping until I drifted down In to the grand o!A state of South Caro lina and raked the mtchfork senator’s master creation of crime—the dispen sary—from the borders of our State. And this will be done, not by any thing in the form of a vellow streak, but the ballots of our better class of citizens. And when the last door Is closed it win be a proud day for old Cherokee to know that she started the rake. J. R. g. l subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. K. O. Huskey. For Clerk. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Clerk of Court of Cherokeo county, subject to the results of the Democratic primary. M. A. Sarratt. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. If a corporation is without a soul a trust must b & without two of them. To Beautify Your Complexion nr TKV DAYS, C8B MADINOLA THE UNEQUALED BEAUTIFIER. .Formerly advertised and sold as Satinola.) NADONOLA is guaranteed and moocj refunded if it faib to remove freckles, pimples, tan, sallowness, liver-spots, collar discolorations, black-heads disfiguring erup tions, eta, in twenty days. Leaves the ikin clear, soft, healthy, and restores the beauty of youth. Endorsed by thousands. Price 50 cents and $140 at all leading drug stores, or by mail. Prepared by National Toilet Co.. Paris, Tenn. For sals only b-- THE GAFFNEY DRUG CO. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Announcements placed In this col umn until the primary election for $5.00. AH cards must be accompanied by the cash to Insure proper atten tion. For the Senate. Believing that Cherokee county and South Carolina need the services of J. C. Otts. Esq., In the State Senate, we present big name to the voters of Cherokee county, subject to the Dem ocratic primary election. Tax Payers. I hereby announce hyself as a can didate for the office of State senator for Cherokee county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. W. S. Hall. Jr. For House of Representatives. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the House of Representative. I am a candidate for Clerk of Court of Cherokee county, subject to the Democratic orimary. Z. A. Robertson. With the consciousness of having nerformed the duties of the office of Clerk of Court in a faithful, efficient and economical manner, for the best interests of the countv and to th^ sat isfaction of the public, and on tb« rec ord I have made as to merit end fit ness. I solicit the support of all the votei - of the county, for re-election in the ensuing Democratic primary. Respectfully. J. Eb. Jefferies. I announce myself a candidate for Clerk of Court for Cherokee county, subject to the action of the Democrat ic primary. J^C. Hollis. For Probate Judge. I am a candidate for Probate Judge of Cherokee county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. G. W. Speer. Thanking the voters of the county * for their confidence reposed in me in the past, and feeling better qualified by experience in the office to dis charge the duties thereof. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re- election to the office of Probato Judge for Cherokee county, subject, however, to the rules of the Democrat ic primary election. J. E. Webster. I announce myself a candidate for the office of Probate Judge of Chero kee county, subject to the rules of the , Democratic primary. Will D. Thomas. For Coroner. I hereby announce myself a "inJi- date for re-election to the office of Coroner, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. J. S. Vinesett. I hereby announce mysel* a candi date for Coroner, subject to the rulea of the Democratic primary. J. O. Tate. For Supervisor. < hereby announce myself a candi date for Countv Supervisor subject to rules of the Democratic primary. E. Felix Lipscomb. The friends of J. V. Whelchel, rec ognizing the valuable services ren dered b”' him while supervisor of Cherokee county, hereby announce him as a candidate for that office, sub- jp"' to the rules of the Democratic primary. 1 S' 11 I am a candidate for re-election to the office of County Supervisor, sub ject to the rules of ihe Democratic primary. Wm. Phillips. For Auditor. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Auditor of Cherokee county, and will abide by the result of tha Democratic primary. D. Both Hughes. G. B. Daniel is hereby announced as a candidate for Auditor of Cherokee county, subject to the roles of the Democratic primary. Having been assured by many friends and having a clear consdenoe of haring fully performed the duties of Auditor of your county, I respect fully announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Audlrar, subject to the rules of the Democratle primary election. I feel grateful to my many friends and thanking them for former support I must kindly soli cit their support In the present elec tion, I am, your humble servant, W. D. Camp. 1 hereby announce myself a candi date for Auditor, subject to results of Democratic primary. George D. Scruggs. For Sheriff. Profoundly grateful to the people of Cheroke* count? for the honors they Imve already conferred on me, I an- nouncp myself a candidate for re-elec tion to the office of Sheriff of Cherokee county and I promise to be govern- bv the result of the Democratle primary election. W. W. Thomas. Standing on my official record as an officer of the past and being assured by many friends of my satisfactory services. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff of Cherokee county, subject to results of Demorcat* ic primary. A. L. Hallman. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Sheriff of Cherokee county, subject to the rules of Democratic primary. R. J. Foster. Having been solicited by people from all sections of the county to become a candidate for Sheriff, I have decided to do so, and herewith announce myself a candidate for that office subject to the rules of the Democratic party. A. J._ McCraw. For Treasurer. I announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Treasurer of Cherokee county, • subject to the Democratic primary. I take this oc casion to thank my friends for their unwavering loyalty, and point to my record in office to merit their continu ed support. W. Harrv Gooding. For Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Superintendent of Education, and tako this opportunity to thank the people most kindly for the honors already conferred. I will abide bv the rules of the Democratic primary- J. L. Walker.