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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Nowopaper In th« Fifth Congreaalonal District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY- A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, 8- C-. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1906. 81.00 A YEAR. TRAINS COLLIDE NEAR NAMLET. FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE FOL LOWS COLLISION. Twenty-Nine Dead, Twenty-Three In jured, Most of Whom Are Neoroes —Engineer and Fireman Killed. Hairnet. N. C., July 22.-—Twenty or more were killed and twenty-three foadlv injured In a head-on collision between a Seaboard Air Line passen- Ker train and an extra freight one mile from here tonight. Nearly all those killed were colored passengers The known dead are: Engineer F. B. Lewis, of the passenger train; H. S. Byrd, baggagemaster; Fireman Tom Hill, colored, of the passenger train; negro fireman, name unknown, of the freight. Probably twenty-five others unidentified. Railroad men and thr> passenger* who escaped in jury worked heroically to recover the dead and injured imprisoned in the wt eckage. Both the second and first class coaches were overturned and it is feared that the death list, will he sadly augmented before the work of the rescuers is completed. The rescers can see a number of lifeless forms by Ihe fitful light of lant-ons and the^ they are striving manfully to reach. Fortunately the lamp* in the coaches were extinguish ed in the crash and fire was not ad ded to the horror of the catastrophe. Tims far the list of the seriously injured reaches twenty-three—five white and eighteen colored. Others may be imprisoned in the overturned coaches. The engineer and fireman of the freight train jumped and escaped with a few bruises. The coach for colored people was completely rlo moilshed and nearly everyone in it met death. Both locomotives were demolished and the baggage cars and coaches jumbled together in an un sightly mass. The tracks are piled high with wreckage and will he blocked for hours. The wreck occurred about no o’clock. The passenger train, which left Charlotte at u o’clock, was with out orders and was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour. Without warn ing the freight, an extra fruit train. w<>st bound, dashed around the curve in the deep cut one mile from Hamlet, and the two trains came together with an awful crash and roar. Engineer Lewis and his fireman were instantly killed and death was almost as swift t~ the passengers in the colored coach. The destruction was complete and rendered more horrible by the cries and groans of the dying. The dead and injured will he con veyed to Rockingham as soon as a special train can be made up and the track cleared sufficiently. Messages have been sent to everv physician in Hamlet and Rockingham, as well as in the county. It is impossible at this time to as certain the names of the dead and t Injured owing to the confusion inci- ' dent to the catastrophe. Not all the dead have been identified, hut it is stated that the list will reach twenty- nine. The chief dispatcher of tlje Seaboard at Raleigh has ordered eighteen coffins from the undertaker at Rockingham. The bLnie for the wreck has not been placed. The passenger train, it is said, had no orders to meet the freight a ad it is the presumption that the freight overlooked its orders. One report ascrib s the cause of the wreck to have been a lap ordiy. stat ing that the passenger train had or ders to meet the freight at Hamlet, while the freight’s orders were to meet the passenger train at Rocking ham. Hamlet. July 23.—Passenger train No 44 and first. No. 39, which was a freight, collided head-on one and one- half miles west of here at 8:35 P. M. tonight. Up to this hour, 2 o’clock, twenty dead have been taken from under the debris,- and twenty-five in jured. many of whom will die. Uapt, Frank B. Lewis, who was at. the throttle of the passenger train, was killed outright H. S. Byrd, baggagemaster. was the only other white person killed. Capt. .1. D. Brown was in charge of the passenger train and he is the on] one of the crew of his train that was not killed. He escaped with a few bruises about the hip. Engineer J. O. Bundv and Capt. Hunt were in charge of the freight train. Mr. Bundy jumped and was not seriosuly injured. The catastrophe is the worst that has ever occurred on the Seaboard svstem. The second-class car and the baggage car were telescoped and the passengers, all colored, in that car were killed or Injured. It took about flv-' hours to get the dead and injured from the wreck. All the doctors of Hamlet and Rockingham were dis patched to the scene aud attended the Injured. It is impossible at this hour to as certain the cause of the wreck. Capt. Bowdens says that he was given a white board at Rockingham. Capt. Lewis, the dead engineer, was one of the most beloved men of the system. He had been round-house foreman up to two weeks ago and had resigned to go back to the road. Passengers and mail were trans ferred. The Injured were sent on a special train to Charlotte this morn- In** where they will be taken care of In the hospitals there. Rockingham. N. C.. July 23.—It It stated at this hour. 2 A. M., that twenty-one dead bodies have been re covered and eight other bodies are ulnioned in the wreckage. This brings the number of dead up to twen ty-nine. It is further rumored, though the information Is not official, that the cause of the wreck w-<» the failure of the joperator here to deliver the or ders to No. 44 to meet the extra freight. REV. MR. CROCKER VISITS SCOTLAND. * AN APPEAL TO FARMERS. Convincing Arguments in Favor of Cotton Growers’ Association. i Editor Ledger:—I wish to give : some reasons why farmers who have ! the wholo South at heart and who THE LYERLY MURDER CASE, WRITES INTERESTINGLY OF THE PEOPLE AND COUNTRY. Damaqing Evidence Given at the Pre- liminarv Hearing. Salisbury, N. C., July 21.—Hardly less sensational than the evidence of little Henry Gillespie yesterday was the testimony of his mother. Fannie Gillespie, at the resuming of the pre liminary hearing this morning in the Lyerly murdor case. The woman stated that on several occasions she had heard her husband sav that “Old man Lyerly might cut his wheat, hut he'd he damned if he’d live to eat it.” The woman stated further that she heard Jack Dillingham tell Nease Gillespie that any man that treated another like old man Lyerly treated him (Nease Gillespie) he deserved to he killed. Mr. R. M. Cook, to whose home the Lyerly girls carried their little dying sister, the night of the tragedy, testi fied that he heard Nease Gillespie say on one occasion. “I will get my wheat or I’ll get old man Lyerly one or the other.” Chief of Police Miller, of Salisbury, testified to the finding of Mr. Lyerly’s ax<« under his (Lyerly’s) porch. There were blood stains both on the blade and handle of the axe. Mr. R. F. Thompson testified that lie went to the home of Nease Gilles pie and while there asked little Hen- rv where Nease’s axe was. The boy told him where he could find it. He went as directed by Henry and found the axe just where the bov said he would. This testimony is about the most important that was given at today’s hearing of witnesses. The investiga tion is still on and it is believed that the State is securing evidence that "ill certainly incriminate at least two of the men incarcerate^ in the Charlotte jail. Sentiment here has been 'very much the same as on the day the negroes were placed in Rowan jail. The large majorit/ of the people be lieve the negroes to be guilty, every one of them. A]] seem to think that there is no doubt as to the guilt of Nease Gilles pie and Jack Dillingham. Visits Seelkirk, the Home of Sir Wal ter Scott, and Talboth, the Oldest Church in Edinburgh. would not injure their neighbors, should not sell the growing crop of cotton at ten cents per pound. There is no doubt that the supply is short. The total nurnbei of bales of cotton raised in the UniL d States during the two last seasons is about twenty-four millions. Now. that gives us an average of twelve millions a year of these two crops that have been used, and at the beginning of these two large crops there was a sur plus on hand. So the manufacturing world is now using over twelve mil- A NEWSY LETTED FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. The Ledger:—I have now been in Edinburgh two weeks, and I have been seeing the town and country u °'j Ton hales of American cotton every der the most favored nation clansi, i y ear it i s now' verv reasonable to as we say in China. I suppose that there will not be more . . ...... . than eleven million bales raised this; , 8 . CTan( ^^ a ^ er a chair bottomed year under very favorable circum- Ptrtonal Paragraph* Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section. ; win have meats cooked by that vet- i eran barbecue man. Mr. Dap Gallman, who is an expert at the business. Messrs. John O. Tate and J. H. Gault. eandida*td for coroner and heuse of representatives respectlva- ly, passed through this section this week looking after their political fences. Mr. A. J. McCraw, candidate for sheriff, was also In this communi* ty this week on some business, While in Gaffney Wednesday we called at The Ledger office to see how the boy 8 kept house while the old man was away. We found every thing all right, getting along as if the boss was there. We missed Brian Bell but found Ernest Peeler at the helm running the business like A veteran newspaper man. Besides, we heard several parties congratulate him on the mechanical make-up and general appearance of the Tuesday’s issue. Our people are now getting water melons. though they are not so plen tiful as common at this season of the year. We met Mr. J. H. Littlejohn, of Jonesville, at Gaffney Wednesday. We enclose herein a sample of Mr. was the stron"hn!d of safety Then i w " our icauci’s will be j J. N. Strain’s cotton blooms. It is the town extemled down the slope of ^ Xt I hor ° 5s no depre ? sion in ! ot l to bellev ^ Ge °rge objected to : taken from his King cotton and re- the hill enclosed l7v wnHa ThL th ° market , f °r cott ° n soods. hut cot- living at the cotton mills because j "resents the five locks it has. street called High street was once K ” od8 °, eVery v SO, ' t are advanc,nR ’ th ® y r ,mrrv tbe,r dead - Mr. H. Terry Estes started to Sha. the aristocratic cenHe the dwelK Dd there , ,s anoth ® 1 ' verv stronc rea ' We n,el 0, »- tdd comrade, Mr. Ed- ; ron this a. m., but couldn’t cross the . i ' ,1 (j JC. the duelling 80n W h v farmers should not sell, and ward Lipscomb, of Goucher, at Gaff- river and many bJL. that .'» the cos t of .production is very nev last Wednesday. He is hale and Rev. L. R. Gaines is conducting » Wilkinsville, July 20.—George Pet ty. of Cowpens. whose veracity is not a matter of question, speaking of the longevity of “Meam grass.” says that My brother-in-law here has shown me many of the sights of this wonder ful old city. Perhaps some who read I The Ledger have visited this place, j and if you have, you will recall many things. The city evidently was foun- with the roots that lasted thirty years, stances. This will leave a shortage of | It was left out one wet night and next one million bales. I noticed a state- morning the roots had sprouted. Of ?npnl fi-nm a larc-t* fJpi-innn maniifapt- i ment from a large German manufact-1 urer which stated that it would take course we are not going to add a ded in the old times when war was , thirteen million bales of American ' dou,)t °» this wonderful freak of na- t?L= eV ^ V cotton to supply the manufacturers ture that many of our reader |” ard ^ d ’ Mary ’ s bed w ; th the cl ° th - -oduces very little cotton and has a ancient places and retics “one thing yerv !arg0 an,0Unt ° f y i,,vesled Bonner ha * b een leading a singing iinnressed 5b Cotton niil!s - rlass (,f old using the old Queen of SroUK "didn* 8 * • 0f course the cheaper the mills , “fossolaw” hook and tunes for the I comfort in her nainee in^ 1,,iy cotton the better it is for the amusement and edification of the days as most families have in Gaffney j ^.?. C ^ , . ,ld ^, a . nd ^ , ^”! 1 . e h Pe _ OP if. wh ° , i°. w , thlnk thi 1 8 antl ‘ We notice that our old friend. Geo. today. i sell his growing cro r i for ten cents in quated work on music a nuisance, j order to iniluence his neighbor who George is one of the old timers who Queen Vietnrio n, i oruer to iniluence tiis neighbor who George is one or the old timers who nalaee wli. n «i. a vi«fteV S E\P t i n th S does not rc ‘ad and does not know knew how. and wasn’t afraid to use and not Ion- it? KlnV Frtaton’I anythInK of tbe conditions that pre-! that so-called relic of barbarism— ""j NK ,,, J J'’ n ,^, n l. h ™ Ward “V 1 ?: vail. Of course 1 do not blame the the Mrch-in the school room to com. the place yo?i see parties KuWe took " ,tl0 “ U ‘ r '" ,ylnli cnl1011 <ls ob< "" nci - t0 an '' ,r >r the in hand, walking about cheap as they can. but. farmers, as I rules. He would take up an “obstrep- nnintimr J I honest men. how under heaven can ferous” bov (who at this day would verv wise and learned you sel1 your cr0I) at lei1 cents when ; consider himself a mam and when he you s7en n nn i Mi h you see vour neighbors standing set him down he would be as quiet as land ask "whS L ,)arti f ^ b on1der to shoulder in the noblest a sucking lamb, you come from?” they will tel^ you 0 7' ln J 7 ' at, 1 P n that was ever entered Speaking of old time singings Dr. j you are i cans. FIREMAN KILLED AT SALISBURY. Harvey M. Smirley Crushed Beneath His Engine. Salisbury, N. C.. July 21—As a re sult of the derailment of an engine and four freight cars, about three miles from this palce. last night. Fire man Harvey Smirley is dead. En gineer L. V. Lucas is badly scalded and Brakeman E. M. Parker has a broken arm. The dead and injured were of the crew of extra freight No. 91 that had been sent out to Granite Quarry to bring in several loaded cars. The train was returning to Salisbury when " point three and one-hnjf miles not mistaken tliev are Am'eri. L nto t,v bones t toil-ridden men—the ; M. W. Smith can tell how Aleck Har-| from the station the engine jumped ■ j Southern Cotton Association? Don’t binson used to do at Old Sardis and the track, turned turtle and four of sell your cotton for future delivery; Ararat. At that time Thompson the cars followed it. up to the^on^f ^rfhur’s^Seat ^inl we neod your tbe association. Humphries was one of the leading Fireman Smirley -- — — - ■ - ’ a f hope vou are too intelligent at this I music teachers ip this county. He tween the THE CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE. Where Candidates for State Offices Speak on Dates Given. Following is the schedule of the State campaign for the rest of the time; Bishopville, Tuesday, July 24. Bennettsville. Wednesday, July 23. Chesterfield, Thursday. July 20. Camden, Friday. July 27. Lancaster. Saturday. July 28. Winnsboro, Monday. Aug. 0. Chester, Tuesday, Aug. 7. Yorkville, Wednesday, Aug. 8. Gaffney. Thursday. Aug. 9. Spartanburg, Friday. Aug. 10. Union, Saturday, Aug. 11. Newberry. Tuesday, Aug. 14. Greenwood, Wednesday Aug. 15. Abbeville, Thursday, Aug. 10. Anderson. Friday, Aug 17. Walhalla. Saturday, Aug. 18. Pickens. Monday. Aug. 20. Greenville. Tuesday, Aug. 21. Laurens. Wednesday. Aug. 22. Crags. Holyrood. and many other places of interest. Little two- year-old Maggie walked all the way to the top of Arthur's seat, and she enjoyed seeing the sheep browsing on the grassy slopes. I had a walk down “High street” from the castle, and got a picture of John Knox’s house;—the home of the famous reformer. We passed the Tal- booth, and the oldest church In Edin burgh. Now that fine street with its tall old stone houses, and aristicratic histoiy is the home of the poor, and the "great unwashed” now occupying the ancient mansions of the nobles. Aiistocratic Edinburgh has moved to other quarters, and has its Princes street and west .end. Edinburgh impressed me as being solidly built, with wide, clean streets, and altogether a nice comfortable city to live in pressed me most lamentable. “Who is my brother’s keeper?” If you have been more fortunate than devotion to duty history has made wrenched. His right arm is badly indisputable. They were the Pat- j scalded. , ricks the McKowns. the Services, Brakeman Parker who was stand- your neighbor and have inherited the Parkers, the Dunns, the Mont- ing on one of the cars that left the landed estates which enable you to ! gomery’s. the Lockharts, the Macom- track, had a very severe fall His sell vour cotton at ten cents are you not still fast bound by those ties of neighborly love and Christian graces to help your less fortunate friends? I can’t help but think that a man who has no other income than his farm and who will sell his crop at ten cents for future deiivei'v is a very selfish being and has not the proper care nor respect for his fellow man. “Come over and help us” is the cry. Let me repeat: we need you. Every interest in the South will be promoted by raising the price of cotton. Let cotton goods advance, let labor ad vance. let the products of every in- sons. the Smiths,^ the McCullouchs r ior ht arm is badly broken and he re- ' v ' , ved other painful but not serious injuries. The accident took place on what is known as the Norwood branch of the Southern Railway. The cause has Invincible Gaffney. The Grassy Pond boys arrived in Gaffney Saturday to play a game of baseball with the Gaffnev team. Gaff- nov essayed the contest with a badly crippled team, but won by u score of eleven to eight. The team was in a badlv crippled condition, with a num- ber of stsfr players out of the game. Grassv Pond has a strong aggrega tion. Features in this game were conspicuous by their absence, al - though one or two plays deserve special mention. For Gaffney the bat ting of Mack Robbins, base running of Hopper and the work of Lipscomb behind tbe bat. and Clary in the out field were especially good. For Gras sy Poml the pitching of Magness and catching of Swafford were good. The batt lies were: Gaffney—Snead. Rob bins and Lipscomb: Grassv Pond— Magness and Swafford. The line tip ' for Gaffney was: Robbins, M„ lb; Clary, cf; Snead, p; Lipscomb, c; Robbins, C.. 3b; Spake, ss; Bell, If; Hopper, 2b: Campbell, rf. Umpire. Little: scorer. Littlejohn. - The thinrthat im. dustry "*™nce. just so we can keep 3st was the wav thev ! ! he I)rice of 00110,1 advanciQ £- Can’t The first Sundav after 1 nreval1 ° n e ve rv farmer in Cherokee •rival, after living nearlv^ seven ’ e°* Dt ^ to , be , at 0Ur next meeting, on in China, when we went on the I August* 7 fl - r8t ^.°? day .J“ and a long list of others we might mention, most (if not all) of whom, have representatives left. As we drive over the county and pass the old homesteads or through __ the cemeteries and on tombstones not yet been determined, read the names of those we once j Fireman Smirley, who n. ‘ such a knew, we realize that horrible death, was a resident of I Spencer and is survived by a wife riends aav ® been scattered, like ■ and one small child, roses in bloom, I Some by the bridle and some by the j POLITICAL RALLY AT GLENDALE, tomb 1 _____ Mrs. Sill Black put up a lot of I Ben ™ l ™* n Regimental Band saner kraut Wednesday. She had at Past a wagon load of white head cabbage on hand and more in her gar den. If Govan had such a wife as Sill has he wouldn’t have to be look ing round for one. He’ll strike the right one some time, no doubt. Will be Chief Attractions. Spartanburg. July 21.—The prepara tions for the political rally which will be held at Glendale on next Wednes- dav are being made and it is expected that the largest crowd v ’ irh ha; been In Spnrtanzurg in years will be sTroet "Sunday' ir«emto ' u „ wl » ■» a W~r. time verv queer to see the streets almost' W th / 0U ' Co * me ’ whether tou are a full of well dressed people on the. • ! nf t" 01 ; W , e W,n 2° y0U g ° od - ^ ,anu no leuing now xar way to church. Church bells were : nn« ie f W be buBiness of very great i, evon( jj the ^ } ^ abundance The regimental band of the First rlmf,,,. many .MrocUone ato tall .<*>’ to? TT'’ ? T muddv as we ever see thc-m i» the ' .. en en * aR ^ d dad u arrhe 'n the From the Wilkinsville school house ai G,enda ]e upon that day to hear to Gaffney (and no telling how far aator Til, man. hats and long coats were much in . K d be b,telli K en tlv rep- evidence. There are about two hun- i , re8eaU ‘ d at our next meeting. Come dred and seventeen churches in - n - ker ’ come - nianufacturer - come a11 - besides numerous hails and missions. Farmers, if you are interested in winter rime. In many places the ' dty on evening of the °4th. so a« cotton is almost drowned out or run- 1° ° n band next day. The ning too much to weed. But most of j ~ and !?. , ! nder ,he leadership of Prof. Ibero are nearly four hundred | oin Ju® 1 ^ 0 /^ 0 ^. 1 ^®’ c ?“ l#and the corn looks well. From Wilkins- C . U .T b , 6te n aT J d Wl11 glve a concert preachers, and the city has about eve/form^ vil,e this way (80uth l have had Park on the evening of three hundred thousand of popula- morp t „ vn „ d H : mtaps splendid rains but not too much, aud c “ 4tb ’ tion. The above figures Include | y0 ,“ a ^ a yo “ r chl,dren _ tha “ the con. crons are better than they Se nator Tillman will be met on the I>eith, the port town. It is a city of Se f tS vou the have b ^*n in twenty years, we think ; T Uf ° f the 25 ! h . at the dep ? t by churches and whiskey. Those two 1 r!. 1? y0U ’ 11 e ch u rch excepted. Mr william Fowler went to Gaff- ' th<1 cItIz ens committee and will be things strike me most of all. I have ‘ h' ?i? re K ® neroua ’ | ear ” “ or ^ of ney this week. This is the first time c3rr l ed direct to Glendale in a special snoken twice in Edinburgh, and have f V th ® r 8 , , bur ' he has been out from home any dis- car ’ T’ h,ch be d eeorat d for the another engagement on Wednesday ? 7 eniov each otuer 8 bless- tance in s; > vera i months ’ occasion. At the nark there will be night at the Baptist church, but we SS' eI ? brac e tbe d ^n op-, Mias Maud Smith, of Hickory seve , ral a neech^s. with Senator Till- go to Fifeshire on Saturday for the I ,7 f ra,sI « p ‘? tbe noblest vo * Grove, came over to visit Mr C W ,nan 8 afl tbe ma!n card - and ^ add l* f^ 110 ! 1 tbat ^ as ever K iv e» m an. from Whis/jnanfs family last week’ ’ ,ion to the m u 8i c there will be a Die- the lowly state and disrespect into Mr8< c . V. WhisonaiR is visiting n,Pd,nner ’ A Tempting Menu. The* young men engaged In Intro ducing the Chautauqua school and kindergarten work in this immediate section of North and South Carolina, held a convention in the city Satur day afternoon and evening They enjoyed a sumptuous and tastefully prepared dinner at the Pal metto hotel Sunda” at 1:15 o’clock. Tlie following menu was served: Pickles. Soup, Olives; Trout. Baked Apples; Sprine’ Chicken with dressing, Roast Beef a la Jus. Potatoes, Rice, Tomatoes. Sugar Corn; Fruits. Pie, Cakes. Ice Cream; Tea. Coffee, Cherry Cocktail. The representatives present were: Messrs. J. C. Clark. A. G. Roper, F. M Stephenson. O. W. Myers. H. W. Moor**. A. L. Ivy. A. H. Johnson, W. G. Roper and J. *5 Beatty. Strange that seats on the water wagon are not more attractive, since they are free. V t.- » n j i likes about flirting is she is never sure but maybe she means it rest of our holiday here, so I hope to get a rest. I wish I could take you with me on the visit we had to Seeklrk. We vis ited Mrs. Crocker's cousins down which it has fallen, to the high and be“<te U ghter' MVs John P Wh te at honorable portion « >*'«»’ «* : il er . a ®H emer ' * Mrs ’ J °hn P. ^ hite. at God-given right which it. by a Yorkville. ought to occupy. Hon. C. W. Whisonant spent a few Madame Shumann-Heink. * ”• a eousms uown ... . ,'' , vy. *». wiiisunani spein a xew Spartanburg, July 22.—A contract there and they took us out for a i Tw ’ i oxp f ct you ^ Bbo , w , days in Columbia this week. He re- has been closed by Prof. A. L. Man- drive on those beautiful roads, and through that beautiful scenery. We drove along the Tweed, visited Ab bot’s Ford, Walter Scott’s home and saw may things of interest. Scott was sheriff of Seelkirk for many years. Did you ever wear a Tweed suit of clothes? Well, that cloth comes from the Tweed Mill* at Seeklrk, Gala shiels, and other places close by. Let me warn you. that if ever I get a chance in Cherokee county, I am going to speak in favor of good roada. No county can be without them. What a beautiful country, it is here, and such fine country roada every where! You know I have got to be a son in-law of Scotland now. so I can gee it in a sympathetic way. I am in some doubt as to Just what most Scotchmen think of America, that you intend to be a good, noble | turne<1 Wednesday. and generous citizen by joining the association in order to help yourself and thereby to help others. I am yours very sincere].. R. C. Sarratt. Columbia Bank Gets Big Deposit. Columbia, July 21.—The secretary of the treasurv at Washington will shortly deposit in a Columbia bank $100,000, out of which payments will be made on the expense of digging the Panama canal while $200,000 will be left with the bank for circulation pur- noses. The Palmetto National bank has "urebased at a most profitable price three hundred thousand dollars worth of United States bonds, issued for the completion of the canal. The secre- (before they have visited"itl inU one tarv of th e treasury at Washington thing I do know. I have had and am ' wil1 depo »it $100,000 with the bank, having a royal welcome here But. 110 be draw “ a * the work progresses. _ j he l)ank uge tl)e 1)a j ance |200.- 000, for the purchase of the remain der of its circulation. This is a verv fine piece of financiering, arid tlu* hank will make gawd profits out of the transection, as all of the mone” may not be drawn out In ten years it is generally believ-td that It will L ke that length of time to complete this great canal. Mr. Editor. T am proud I am an Amer lean, and home is still home. W. E. Crocker. , A gossip 1h—Just anybody you may be pleased to name. „"“ w *tch my window tor bargains. W. J. Maness’s Cheap Store. 718-6L Chester, of Converse College, for the If people don’t quit bothering Capt appearance here next winter of Mad- J. B. Bell, county chairman, so much am ® Schumann-Heink, one of .the about changing the times and places greatest of the world's contraltos, of the campaign meetings, they (we Madame Sohumann-Heink will appear fear) are going to hear a few “cuss j here on December 12. under the aus- words.” The Captain’s piety is indis-1 Pices of the Converse College Choral putable and his vocabulary inexhaust- Society and it is expected that she will ible in the plentitude of his disgust i draw a very large crowd. Prof. Man- If a man wants a wholesome ■ Chester has for some time past been sudorific exercise, let him tackle a : In correspondence with the manager tough piece of cord wood to cut into °f Madame Shumann-Heink and ia very much gratfled In securing the artist. stove wood these hot days. Changing the campaign meeting from Wilkinsville to Hughes’ Spring will in no wise interfere with the picnic at Wilkinsville on the 6th of August as heretofore announced. It will go on under tbe auspices of the committee in charge Just the same, so far as we understand. The ladies wil] bring their baskets as usual. The congressional candidates have been invited to be there that day and tbe speaking will be turned over to them and any of the county candidates pre sent (and they are all Invited) will be given an opportunity to speak too if thev wish. Mr. Hughes win have a first claea barbecue at his spring on the 4th. the time tbe county campaign meets there, and he proposes to treat hit patrons right. I n all probability h« Paving Work Begun. Spartanburg, July 22.—Work has been commenced In earnest upon the $125,000 contract which was recently let bv the cltv of Spartanburg for street paving. For some time tho work has been held up on account of the fact that Chief Justice Pope had granted a temporary injunction s^ainst the contracting com pansy and the city. The Injunction now being dissolved, work is to be pushed. The t»reparation of the street for the coat of bttullthic pavements is being done and within a short time tin ving proper will be laid. was caught be- on the way saw the ruined monasL-rv V<JU are 100 luie,Jl K eiu ai 11118 ,I1,,81C teacners ip nils county, we tween tne ponderous machine and which is mentioned in Heart of Mid- ^ to day to sav tbat tbe cotton ass0 ' sto °d next to “Singing Bill Walker.” | his life was crushed out. lothlan bv Scott ‘ , ciatior has not bent fitted you. To of Spartanburg, author of "Southern Engineer Lucas had a miraculous Arthur’s seat is about 800 feet high . the ? otton ^fiatton has Harmony Aleck McPherson was ' eses-e. He stayed with his steed and and overlooks the citv and the Frith be °® fltted ,a 7 Plj tb3 whole South is another of these old tim*> singers we was thrown some little distance from of Forth. You can see the castle ,!.? sh ° W y 0 ^, r iKnorance ” to confess can remember, in our boyhood days. cab. At first it was thought that high and grim, and Calton Hill the ! >Ur pre ^ ud ce . a>?a . i n 3t tho farming ( At that time this county was peopled h ! - left arm was broken. A later ex- Saltsbury Crags. Holyrood and manv . ass ® rpeople ’ either of whjph is with a race of men and women whose amination shows that it was only .{ Provided a woman b* well >nnel- pled she has dowry enough.—Plautus.