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-'f, , ' . * . ' ~ * '-'v Wf- ' ' '.wB THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congreeslonal District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE EDGER SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. Wt GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies anti Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY. S C r i ida' JULY 2C, 1906. $1.00 A YEAR. FLORENCE GIVES !HE CANOIDILTES A FEAST lecislat lire r Mil reQuirins the secre- f.»ry of State to Mvc a monthly ae on 1111 i11;x of niouevis passin.? through oilier, and another b’H putting un der bond every e'erk in the State lions:'. Congressman J. U Mllerbe. as the las* speaker, addressed his constitu- CAMPAIGN PARTY TENDERED A ont.s ot Florence rount>. BANQUET AND SMOKER. Blease and Manning Ask Each Other Questions and Mr. Jones Interrupts Mr. Brunson. Florence, July ers. arriving in thirty last night, Station by a Board of Trad* 17.—The campaign- Florence at seven were met at th£ committee from the who ushered them in to Gresham’s where an elegant sup per was served. The candidates and r 'porters are being delightfully entertained as guests of the Board of Trade at the Central Hotel. Last night at his beautiful home. Senator .1 Willard Ragsdale gave a very enjoyable smoker for the eMer- tainmont of the candidates. Alto gether. Florence iias been most hospi- to INFANT DIED IN QUEER WAY. Said to Have been Scalded Death. Columbia. July 17—Nothing new transpired todav in the case of the deul negro baby found at 721 -Plain street vesL rday afternoon by De tective Broom and Deputy Sheriffs Catheart and Thackam. Nettie Brooks, the child's mother; her sis ter, Annie Workman, and a darky named Coleman Hollis, who reported the matter to tit,- authorities, are all in jail and will be held pending fur ther investigation. Coroner Walker will hold an inquest tonight. Nettie Brooks, aged eighteen, came to Columbia from Greenwood two wtvks ago and on Saturday night or Sunday morning gave birth to a child, and if the charges alleged on circum stantial evidence be true, with the as- s:-dance of her sister. Annie Work- nn. ‘-raided th* baby to death, after- labh? () j ie sIran gors w i thin her ward burying it in a shallow hole un- gate® ,ler their house. seooped out with their The m : ng was held in tiie opera 1 mis. In some ■ wav it was disinter- house, j l HI J. \v. Rags da le, presid- re 1 after sever? 1 hours’ burial. Both iua the mother am: her sister declare Mr. \Y X. Jones , h iv in j; finished tha* the child as still-born, hut there his in' p •es^ing worl: a i the Cam- is damaging evi donee to the contrary. ta], wi 1 2 II! es nt at toda meeting. Coleman Hollis is held because the Mr. G. 1,. \\ al kor st •ongl: a ®saile I tiie ■•'oman alleges that the child’s still- poliev ot the pro <"ii e( i int rdier. hirtli was caused by a blow from him. lie sa 1 (1 M ■. Jones shot! d not come Nothing new has come up in con- before th e people 1 efore J li'i" away y.ec'ioii with tin case of the white in- with inequalities in assessmenton j personal property. Mr. Jones explain- 1 ed thai the county hoards have the final say as to th personal property. Cols. Bovd and Haskell spoke as candidates for adjutant general Mes srs. Snmmersett, Wharton. Cm-ler assessments on spoke 'eller and Sullivan spoke caii di dates for railroad commissioner Candidales for Governor.- A. r Jones savs when Senator Tillman as serts t' 1 .' t i>ore i-- a baraa n be < en prohibitiopist® and the hi-h Ikense f H'i'i'h Chiio]o y , t .rn b >; i. * Lie peon) • of tins Ft to. on Re n ai#»r Till a * - name nt w’.o-e bodv was found in an old Toe box in another quarter of th/V city the other day. MAN LOST IN COLUMBIA. people < renre.o' Tie oo* those ' dispeio") In d' stealing n k Ills ,o!p legi laUve ' ha- alwa'r ash' ».» ev* rv ’ .1! t: > up: “Ir tlii.- ’• md of the poo Blease ‘-"MnTs St tc Mr. Maim n - self i) i« ,mi! tion tlial ca'.x tin for the gi fei t that M". dispensary a. it is. Question by Mr. Manning: “That is correct, is it not, Mr Ble'se”” Answer by Mr. Blease: “Th n is correct.” If the people wish to voTe for a man who does not stand for improvem nt in present conditions of the dispen sary. Mr. Blease is the man. Question by Air. Blea e: “If elect ed governor. Mr. Manning will vou use your influence to havo the Brice law repealed?” Answer by Mr. Manning: “I will recommend changing the Brice act so as to nut the question directly before the people in the Democratic pri mary.” McMahan, as a reformer of the dis pensary with a view to the curtail ment of the use of liquor, would nat Albert Addison, of Philadelphia, Dis appeared M Batesburq. Columbia. July IT—Mr. A Itay- ■ k m 'dli'-on of H'l South Front troot, Phiia lolphia. has appealed to <,<■ emur a a rd for aid in finding hjj. hr..’ Mr. Albert R Addison, i.in .•«. : a - L ' ids Lome in Phil* , lid ,i ;i ' ■ ir ago. and was last e rd of . i\ najiiths ago in Batesburg, Svit' Mr. Addi'cm writes to the < ornor in tlii' iio’Mf that he ma.v be to !nv : oini■ kind of inve liga- *ioii started. is lost brother, Mr. Addison says, a;' einjilo'icl for some time by an • iculniiMl house' in Chester, wlieth- ■ under his real name ha cannot ay. lie is twenty-two years of age, though he appears older. His height L six feet, and his weight about 1C5 pounds. Hr has a medium complex ion. light brown hair and blue eyes and is clean shaved. There is a scar from a nold cut -n the bridge of his ie walks slowly, with a nose, and slouching gait. Information will bo gladly received, either by Mr. Addison or Governor Heyward. REPLY TO MR. TILLMAN. ura.lv be fr act t T e f o-ndlv toward the Brice b- tV> dispensary people ’ Rionists should unite i an who will re- i t a minimum. sp 1 o m in re i ve i I 'S- , Xt lo a r teach- iug is th- us e ili- g a. nng men. His r< iinarks wore lustily e peered Mr Cole 1 {lease claims that Mr. Mann ng a pi uform in fav or of the (fistK . arv is inconsistent with his stab .. h- a t la he will, if el ctod pav ornor. recomrr ‘-md the chan? ing of the Brier km so as to put Un : question sqiit'i ■ ■iv L, Te -e the people in the D Hi! va tic unary. He c aims that Mr. .\ laiming voted against the child laho lav. bee use several nil] orosi- dents n b V’d Mm to do so and that he vo efi to k< .(•p interest at eight per (•(Hit , favoring hi bank. J Ir B1 ase made a fierv it tack on Mr. Manning's recc d an 1 the wd interr lit* i him s.-verai times with applause. A; he closed he was roundly ehrmrod. Mr. Brunson says C*»I mel An M’s platform is Janus faced and Air Jones’ is in pretty much the same road with Mr. Ansel. “Only a little more so.” Mr. Jones, at this, jumped un in the audience and said. “Mr. Brunson. I won’t let you misrepres'mt me before the people.” Mr. Bruson pointedly told Mr. Jones to sit down. Mr. Jones and Mr. Brun son both spoke at the same Lime for a few moments; finally Mr. Jones sat down. Warm applause was given Mr. Brunson when Mr. Jones gave him a c’-'Mice to finish his speech. Mr. McCowan received an ovation at the hands of his home and a beau tiful boquet was presented to him. Messrs. Morrison and Ragen were also well received. When Mr. J. W. Ragsdale, candi date for attorney general announced his candidacy, a beautiful boquet of llowers was also present d to him. As Mr. J. Frazier I.voti slid. “I am unalterably opposed to the state dis pensary” his words were answered Spartanburg Delegation Answers His Speech. Spartanburg, July 17.—The Spartan- burg d legation to the State Legis lature has made reply to the Columbia speech of Senator Tillman, in which he intimated that the delegation is re sponsible for the alleged graft that was discovered in this county by a r cent investigation by the legisla ture. through a. special committee. The answer is quite lengthy and gives the history of several changes that were brought about in the coun- ! *board. The reply gives the part i t’> 1 esent delegation bad in these changes and others in which i* did uoi li. ve a part. The representatives (h'ck're that the board against which so much has be n said was chosen by a former delegation and that Senator Tillman does them an injustice in holding them responsible lor the al leged irregularities. Mr. J. Wright Nash, a member, sets forth that on th. • occosiou when Sen ator Tillman tes ified before the dis pensary investigating committee lie made practically the same statement, and that when later he (Mr. Nash) called bis att. ntion to the unfairness of the statement. Senator Tillman, so Air. Nash declares, laughingly re- mu;': 1: “So vou follows are not guilty then?” Air. Na. h says that lie told Senator T!!l nan thr.t a previous delegation had made efforts to have a member of the Spartanburg board removed, but that the State board had refused \ r take action Senator Tillman turn ed away with the remark: “I wish to God that I had known that.” The Spartanburg delegation are a unit in declaring that they have never knowingly recommended a question- Lie man, ami that never intend to do so. regardless of political or any other consideration. yells in P wifi He believes favoritism shown in die ment liquor claims, some h a greater per cent, ot than others. Mr. Lyon bad passed hoops of annboKf ® wins to lie | « . "t jt j ’nn it- th. ■ he A Tragic Finish. A watchman’s neglect permitted a leak in the great North S«a dyhe, which a child’s finger could have stopped, to become a ruinous break, devastating an entire province of Holland, in like manner Kenneth Me- her. of Vanceboro. Me., permitted a li' tie cold to go unnoticed until a trag ic finish was only averted by Dr. King’s New Discovery. He writes: "Throe doctors gave me up to die of lung inflammation, caused by a neg- h cteq cold; but Dr. King's New Dls- <:(< to k ved my life.” luaranteed j Ik i cough and cold cure, at Cherokee i ( «*. » thug store. 50c ami |1.00. f rial hot lie Ir: A GUAhANfEED CURL FOR PILES itching, idle i, Bleeding, i .utrudUif * - os. Dnigbisu are author!red to re fuud mone, if I AZO OINTMENT falls to cure In 6 to 14 day*. Me ■ ■■'“ NEWS II WSY LE' OF LOCAL INTEREST, FROM WILKI EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND OK E CHER MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Recent Happening* In and Around the City and Other Events Gather ed by tha Local News Editor. A barber shop has be m opened just under the Palmetto House on Robert son street. Mr. Tom Cobb Is in charge of the tonsorial parlor. Mrs. M. S. Clarv is improving her home by the addition of two rooms and other improvements. This will not. only add to the convenience of the residence hut will also enhance its beauty. There will he an important meeting of the members of Limestone Springs church next Sunday afterimf-'- at 4 o’clock in the church. All members are expected to he present, as busi ness of importance to the church will ho acted upon. It. is announced that a match game of baseball will be played on next Saturday between Grassy Pond and Love Springs, on the grounds of Gras sy Pond. Both localities have good teams and an interesting struggle is expected. The public is invited to view the contest. A petition is being circulated for the sentence of Ed. Rainey, who was sentenced to bang at the last term of court, to he commuted. A number have signed the petition and contrib uted funds toward this end. It is yet too early to say what the result will ho. The petition is in the hands of Perry C. little, colored. A thief was able to get in some work at the store of Mr. John Hoggin, on Frederick street on. Tuesday night. An entrance was 'effected by the breaking of a glass. A quantity of goods was stolen. An investigation was made by the officers but no trace of the direction taken In* the thief in Ids flight lias been found. Amrust 2 is the date of a barbecue at Pondflehl. Barbocu s in Chero kee are always interesting and enjoy able events and in this particular in- stnnce the candidates for the various county offices will enliven things with thoir remarks, which cannot possildv ho anything but interesting and thor oughly enjoyable. The merry-go-round is rapidly get ting in shape for business and the sweet strains of their steam piano will soon announce their opening for business. Gaffnev is certain to prove an ideal place for the flying jenny, as this is one of the forms of amuse ment that is very popular in this city. An estimate can hardly be gotten on the large numbers that will ride daily on the fascinating horses. The baseball team fro in the graded school of this city will go to Spartan burg today to meet a team represent ing the Y. M. C. A. of Spartanburg. The game should be close and inter esting. Thackston will doubtless twirl for the graded school, while Linscomb will catch. The batterv will be suported by several young ball ayers developed at the graded school this year, who an* reported to be verv fast for their years. Rain has been very much in evi dence the last few* days “Have you got. an umbrella?” has been th ques tion asked every person one meets, even before you sav howdv or ask af ter their health. This was no? an unwise question either, .as iho show ers seemed to come up in a jiffy and sent the many pedestrians on the i streets scurrying to safety and all 1 si rangers could be heard eagerlv en-1 quiring the way to th<. nearest store , where an umbrella could bo purchas ed. Tlte rain is delavin" the work of the nlanters of Cherob e countv verv. much. Perscru.1 Paragraphs Concerning Pop' utar People and Short Iteme of j that Section. Wilkinsville, July 17.—The Salem ! Sunday school has appointed Friday, August 17th as Children’s Day. Jim Smarr has a good way of rec ommending new remedies, such as patent medicines, etc. He says if they do no harm they will do no good. Jim is an honest fellow but he would not make a success in that business. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel and children, of Hickorv Grove, came over Saturday and spent Saturday night with us. They attended an ice cream supp r at Mr. Joe Estes’ Saturday night. Rev. Jonah Moorehead, colored, bet ter known as “Blind Jonah,” preached at Mt. Tabor, colored, church ias* Sab" h*ith. His text was Job 10:11-20. The Abingdon Creek Sunday school will have a picnic at the church on Thursday 26th, to which the public is invited. There will b ■ speaking, sing- in' r and such other exerci-es as will make the occasion a pleasant one. The ladies are requested to come and tiring their baskets and take part in the program. Th 're are a good many people com plaining—mostly chills are the, trou ble. These have come ahead of time this season. Later in the fall or sum- j m- r we look for them. The general reports from the farm- i ers fire that their crops are better this | year than usual. It’s an evident fact ; tie’’o never was a better prosn *ct for ja corn crop. Though .bey bave had but little help (as hived hands are out of all reason) farmers have done very well. Some of them have not yet : ' finished iheir farm work, but they will ; I not sto* until they get through. \Ye ! have had some dry weather, which, | i while it did some harm to the crops, i ; it (lid more good in h dping the farm- rs to keep their crops clean. Farm ers are in better shape than they have been in many years, if ever before. But we are one of the few who at tribute this not so much to the far- s> eing and good management of men as the interposition of providence. Since early in the year we have been hearing that the good price for cot ton was just a few weeks abend, and now that the western crop is getting on the market we can’t look for any great advance in the price. Now* is the time to hold for better prices, if eve^v man who isn’t obliged to sell will hold his cotton he will help the man who is. and at the same time help himself in the outcome. To Mrs. Amanda Lee we are in debted for a lot of nice peaches. Mr. Sam J. Strain has been on the sick list for some days, though he is not had off. The Ledger, for one. has been ad- I vising a county fair. This is very ; proper and ought to engage the at tention of our people more than it j does. Thev seem backward in taking hold of it from some reason, or for ; no ‘•-.ason at all. Can’t a few of the J thrifty farmers and business men of the county get together and start the j matter? There are many reason® wiiy thev should do this. And. besides, then- are many reasons why the ladies i should take a part in this work', ! as they are equally interested in the 1 welfare and prosperity of the county, md they can do much to make it a 1 success in yetting out their wheat, of which the j (’•on is fairlv good. ! Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Strain spent i last night with the family of Air. T. I B. McCulloch. Travis, son of Mr. McCulloch, it Is 1 lei red is taking fe^er. He has been iok for a few' days. We hope those interested will not forget the cleaning off of the Salem graveyard next Saturday, 21st inst., ; and meet promptly for that purpose, , with necessary tools at 7 o'clock A. >!• J. L. S. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN j For the Week Endino 8 A. M. July 16. 1906. ! Like the preceding week, the cur rent one was deficient in sunshine. Few thunderstorms and no high winds occurred. Both the average tempera ture and the average precipitation were below normal, although exces sive precipitation occurred in the ex treme northwestern, southern and cost sections. The temperature range for the week was from a minimum of 61 degrees at Greenville on the Kith to a maximum of 94 degrees at Conway on the 9th. With the exception of on? day maximum temperatures of 90 degrees, or above, were noted over practically the whole State, the nnge of the maxi mum temperatures was from S2 to S9 degrees, and the range of the mini mum temperatures was from 61 to 70 degrees, except in the eastern por tions wh-re the range was from 72 to 77 degrees. * The precipitation was generally be- SAYS WOMAN WAS BADLY TREATED, OUTRAGE DOES NOT SEEM AS BLACK AS FIRST PAINTED. low normal, although frequent light J i> flowers occurred over the entire State and kept the soil amply sup- .died wit!: moistin' . while the exces sive clou liness and low temperatures ’'rovented tin* ground from drying out ra idly. Small streams overflowed then' banks in a few localities, but the larger river have maintained their stage;- only slightly above their nor mal gage readings, BABY NEVER RECOVERED. Salvation- Army D ; d Everything Pos sible for it. Columbia. July I*'---The white ' male child, six ■-cued omen from :• the or eight months old. Vim ki-‘ oina of colored V11\ ation A m\, the cir- c uinstaw* s having be.-n publi.-Led. * me once. She Was Not Shot; Wag Roughly Treated and Toughs “Shot Up” Her House, but That Wa 8 All. Union, July 17. Later and fuller re ports from the Coleraine section show that there seems to be real founda tion for the rumors that Mrs. Harlet Hoburn. or Cobern, was really beaten and shot by several white men. or at anv rate that their efforts to do this were partially successful. This outrage was not committed in Union county, as first thought, but was a short distance ove rthe line into Spartjanburg county. Informa tion from many sources leads to the when belief that the woman may not have committed suicide, but has gone to some town or mill. However, no defi nite information has yet been re ceived locating her. though many ef- lorts have been made. A particularly sa ’ feature of this outrage is that tne small girl, said to hav^, bgen whipped also, is idioyp. Several persons are under^suspi- eion on account of what they* have doing and saying but so far no steps have been taken, though ’’ is thought that the map ,, ■ nustice loving people of that, section and the counties concerned will not permit this matter go unnoticed and unpun ished. Mr. Ofus F. Ponder, of the Cole raine section, was in Union Saturday and when interview by a press man told a story of which the following is the substance, though perhaps not the exact words, “On the morning of July 4, between 7 and 8 o’clock, I went to A. O. Bill- t lags' house for some potato slips. As j 1 came up some of his children told j m > that somebody had tried to whip ! Mi s. Harriet Cobern—I know that is I the name, because her son spelt it for Q en cgal fe- Chief of Police T. H. Lockhart re turned from Columbia Monday night with Carson alias Kiser, who is want ed In Gaffnev for the larceny of a mileage book from the ticket office of the Southern on Jul,- ktk. He left the city immediately after and was ar- rested in Columbia by Columbia offi cers on Saturday. Chief Lockhart had traced him to Columbia, where he did some very clever detective work in locating hi® boarding place, where he was arrested bv the Columbia offi cers. He admits stealing the book, saying that he sold it to a drummer for $5.00. The book was blank and had not been filled out bv the local ticket agent. The farmers institute was held in the court house Tuesday, with a large number of farmers and others in at tendance. Two sessions were held, one before noon and in the afternoon. Rain throughout the day greatly in- terferred with the attendance, al though large crowds heard the learn ed speakers. Those in attendance were greatly benofltted by the talks from the Professors of Clemson Col lege. who clearlv demonstrated that they know whereof they speak. Live stock on the farm came In for a good ly share of the discussion and the opinions set forth on this subject showed ur- at thought and considera tion from several standpoints. The (•••rs of the college were on a siding I" the cltv and many thronged to In spect them throughout the dav. Thev contained specimens of work and oth er very Instructive articles that wore of great interest to the many who carefully examined them. so far as their work is concerned. We don’t like to appear presumptions, but while on this sub ject would say that committees of both men and women might lie ap- ! pointed whose acceptance would se cure the success of the enterprise and of these we would suggest, Capt. : S. S. Ross. Messrs. H. D. Wheat, Ed. ill. DeCamp, Dr. John G. Black. Al- 1 fred Harris. Capt. J D. Jefferies and I Capt. W. P. Love. To this list could ; be added a score of names of persona I who would bo good workers in such ian undertaking. The boundless re- s"-ices of Cherokee county in min- erais, agriculture, horticulture etc., make it eminently proper, and nith- ing will lead to their early develop ment sooner than a county exhibit. At Piedmont Springs the water sells foe twenty cents a gallon. In Chero kee countv ther. are thousands of gal* Iona running off daily timt might be made profitable to the owners and a blessing to consumers. We have received the official re ports of Gen. E. Mickle, adjutant gen eral and chief of staff of the United Confederate Veterans’ association. There are now 1,608 camps in all, 1.47C of which are alive and in work- in^ order. Master Wood Mitchell has been, aand still Is. quite unwell. He has heart trouble. Yesterday, we understand Mr. EJ. Stinson was at Mr. W. S. Wllker- son’s a little ahead of time and inci- dentally remarked to Mr. Wilkerson, that every time he eat dinner there they had a rain. Mr. Wilkerson, thinking It would cause a rain, offered Ed. a lunch (as It wasn’t quite meal time) Ed. told him that nothing but “a good square meal” would count. Mr Wilkerson told him to bold on then and get it. which he did. and to day we had the finest rain that has fallen (many people say) since nlant- ine time. Bully for Ed. Stinson and Billy Wilkerson. Mos.ir,. Goforth A Co. have bought i Hirosher and will begin work soon ik'd >•.sierdav afternoon at the resi dence of Capt. NY. F Brown, of the 'nny. As related a 'he time the- child had b- en abandoned by its moth er and given in care of th colored wo me- who were in it her suitable nor equipped to properly train it. The little thing was nearly atarveef when found. The women work-rs of Salvation Army gave it every care and attention possible and had phy sicians constantly attending it, but the case was almost hopeless from the start. It died yesterday after- , “Mrs. Billings was hack behind the ' house picking blackberries, and after speaking to her, 1 went to the Coher'd i wonn.u's house to See if she was iiurt. ! -She told me the night before three | white men had come to her door and ; hollered “Hello, honey 1” and that she ; said “There Is no honev here for you,” the hut opened the door and one of them tried to grab her arm and drag Her. out and hit hor with some thorn bush* but she said she held the door so they didn’t hit her much. One of them shot then. noon and the bodv will be buried this . “I saw two bullet holes in the afternoon in the cemetery. Rev. Mr. door, and a bullet which she had pick ed up. It was a 32 calibre. The bul- Pike will conduct the services at the residence of Captain Brown. As already related, the Salvation Army has two other children in mind which it wants to get away from ne gro women. They do not want to give them up. The army has brought these cases to the attention of the court and the question will be argued tonight at 7 o'clock at the court house. COL. FULLER RESIGNS. Wants to Become Member of Facu'ty at Staff College. Columbia, June 16.—Cr:]. Ezra B. Fuller has asked the Governor to re lieve him as representative of the government in the State militia, in or der to accept a place on the faculty of the army colb ge at Fort Leavenwortn, i to Kansas. The r< Agnation takes effect aft. r the CMckamauga i ucamoment. A® Col. Fuller's work for this r is practically over, th--' Governor will not ask for a successo''. but win leav this to tfip choice oi the next Gover nor and Adjutant General. Col. Ful ler’s leaving win be regretted through out the St He. let went through the door, smashing a bottle of blackberry wine on the shelf and the other wen* clear through the house. I didn’t see any bullet wound al>out her, and she t('' me she wasn’t hurt. Th? children wern’t hurt either. The woman told me she I didn’t know who tried to shoot or hit i her. Two fellows told her she wag I real sassy. “She said she walked all the way : from Knoxville. Tenn., except five j miles. She came to W. P. Simons’ on a Friday and the next day got his ’alighter. Miss Alba, to write a let- to a man named Robert: I don’t know his lact name, at Beaumont, S. j ('. I heird she stopped John Miller, : the mall rider on Pauline R. F. D. No 2, and got him to write a letter ihis Ro’ •rt. and she received one from him. “When I morning oi >r akfa u. up while l got to her house on the July J, she was cooking Mrs. \. C. Bilings came was talking to her. A. O. Gaffney Defeats Bessemer City. Gaffnev and Bessemer City. N. C.. met in Gaffney yesterday afternoon in a game of base ball characterized by- heavy baiting by the Gaffney team. Gaffney was able to administer de feat to the visitors by Cue decissive score of 17 to 1. Batteries for Gaff ney Davis and Hamrick. For Bes semer, Hyd man, Lindsey and Miller. The star for Bessemer was both jn eatcliing and batting. For Gaffney, the pitching of Davis, hitting of Richardson and Clary and a two base hit by Hamrick and three-base hit by Divis. The line up for Gaffney was Richardson 2b; Hamrick, c.; Clary, rf.; Robbins, M„ lb.; Snead, s®.: Robbins. C.. 3b.; Byars, cf.; Da vis, p.; Bell, If. A box score could no* be scured before The Ledger went to press last evening. Three Italians were killed by fall ing slate in the mine at Coopers. Mercer County, W. Va. The mine boss and his assistant were seriously injured, while several other mine em ployes were slightly hurt. A Hard Lot of troubles to contend with, spring from a torpid liver and blockaded bowels, unless you awaken them to their proper action with Dr. King's New Life Pills; the pleasantest and most effective cure for Constipation. The” prevent Appendicitis and tone un the system. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co.’s drug store. i Billings, who I haven’t seen since Thursday, told me this woman Cobern bad worked for him by the day or ] acre, and that she owned him $2. “M’hen I was leaving I noticed for about forty yards from the house two ; siz»>s of barefoot tracks in the wet j vlirt across a cotton Patch to the edge of some woods. One track was about i a No. 8 or 9, and' the other was an awful big one. It might have b?en a ; 12 or 13 size, but the tracks were lost ' in the woods. | "She lived in a two-room cabin near i branch about 5'K) yards from a new Miller, cut road, which goes into the Black- stock road. The nearest house is A. O. Billings’. “I don’t know what has become of the woman. Mrs. A. O. Billings told i me that Evan Tucker told her that | George Tucker, the miller at Tiim- mler’s mill, saw her July 4th about 11 o’clock In the morning come through his yard, and that she went down a path towards Tyger river. She had with her two children, a pup py and some old cans and bundle*. George Tucker lives on the Sam Me- Cravy place, and this woman Cobern’* house is about four miles from there. Lun West told me Monday that ha heard Sam Smith say the woman wm* at Enoree. “No. I didn’t know who tried to shoot and beat her.’’ TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggist* refund money If ,t falls to cure. B. W. OROVE’E sig nature le on eatih bos. IBa, Oo. Twenty Year Battle. “I was a loser In a twenty year bat tle with chronic piles and malignant sores, until I tried Bucklen’s Arnica Salve; which turned the tide, bv cur ing both, till not a trace remaln«. M writes A. M. Bruce, of Farmvllle, Va. Best for old Ulcers. Cuts. Bums and wounds. 25c at Cherokee Drug Co., dm "gists. When the law of supply and demand has a chance to look over the book* of the coal trust It feels as though It had been repealed