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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In the Fifth Congressional District of 8. 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 Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1906. tl.00 A YEAR. STATE OFFICIAL RETURNS ALL IN DISPENSARY PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MAJORITY. Claim That They Have Secured a Majority of Three Senate & For the State Dispensary. Columbia, Sept. 2.—News that the j official returns are all in and the sec ond races necessary from last week’s primary are settled and formally and officially declared and ordered, the politicians are Kettinp: down to hard work to shape the ends of the next primary, which will decide not only the gubernatorial race and the con tests for attorney general and rail road commissioner, hut, more import ant still, perhaps the tight i’ - four counties for State senator. The dispensary people, as was pointed out in this corespondence last week, figure out a clear certain majority already secured of three for the State dispensary and the likely ,r ain of one or two more in the four contests vet to he decided, and the facts seem to bear out their position. Put the anti-dispensary people are not conceding the senate vet. At h'ast not all of them. And it is quite clear from the new material that has been selected that there will at least be a merry and entertaining dd figiit in that body before either fide yields. The new senate will con ain some good scrapping material. The anti-dispensary people say Set at or Bates has been put down in the wrong column, that he favors count' dis pensary system. However, he oted for the Raysor Manning bill las win ter. Putting him down on Ihei, side they are nursing fond hopes to this effect. The anti-dispensary sentiment manifested in the local elections in Aiken, Fairfield and Dorchester will likelv scare the hold-over dispensary senators from those counties into a change of front. These senators are the two Johnsons and Mr. Bivens. All of which is clever and encouraging, but not strong in the reliability ele ment. New Race for Governor The new race between Messrs. An sel and Manning for governor is go ing to be interesting. Although Mr. Ansel came out of the first race al most two to one ahead of Mr. Man ning. the latter has some fine politi cians on his side among the dispen sary people, although Mr. Ansel seems to have the up-country, where most of the votes lie. almost solidly behind him. The dispensary people are get ting together for a determined and systematic fight for the place for Mr. Manning. They expect to change a large part of the floating vote among the mill people in Spartanburg. Greenville, Anderson and counties contiguous to those. On the other hand, however, the dispensary side will not present a solid front in this race. Senator Blease. who came out third in the gubernatorial race and who is one of the ablest dispensary advocates in the State and has a strong following among the farmers and mill operatives, will not support Mr. Manning. All of which is not at? unnatural as might he supposed. It will he recalled that Mr. Blease at tacked Mr. Manning most vigorously in the campaign, and probably did him much damage. As the members of the State Demo cratic executive committee were pass ing out of the State house the other day after the meeting, some one sym pathized with Mr. Blease on the score that he would have to go to work again after a hard fight in his own behalf, for the dispensary man in the second race. "Oh, h—,” he snorted. "I am not going to do anything of the kind. I am going on a trip to New York." He passed around Mr. Mannln" and cordially shook hands with Mr. An sel. Your correspondent asked Mr. An sel if he succeeded in the second race what method would he adopt to carry his platform into effect in case, as is likely, the Senate block's any scheme to abolish the State d* s P Pn ' sary. “I have my plans to meet that prob lem, but 1 am not quite ready yet to announce the details,” he answered. ’ I wi'i have something to say along that line in a few days." Many people would also like to know from Mr. Manning before the final voting is done whether in case the next Legislature passed a repeal of the Brice law he would veto it. There was an inactive little at tempt to dicker in the new race for attorney general a few days ago, it is said. Some dispensary politician sug Rested to Mr. Ragsdale that he with draw in favor of Mr. Youmans. that Mr. Youmans stood a better chance of heating Mr. Lyon. But Mr. Rags dale did not withdraw. He told your correspondent that he would cheer fully do whatever he was persuaded would help his side out. even to the sacrifice of his own personal ambi tion. but that the rules would not al low his withdrawi in anybody’s favor now, because under the rules Mr. Youmans was down and out. Every other member of the committee ques tioned on this point, however, took the opposite view', and all questioned were dispensary advocates. By the way, Cansler, of Tirzdah, says he has not finished running for railroad commissioner, and won’t finish till he dies or gets elected. DIES WITHOUT CARE OF DOCTOR Parents Refused to Allow Doctor to Atterrd Their Boy. Anderson. Sept. 1.—Baxter Hayes, tlm ten-year-old son of Rev. and Mrs. I R. B. Hayes, died here today aft<T an illness of several days. The boy was without medical attention, his parents refusing to let a physician attend the sufferer. The people of Anderson have for several days been much wrought up over the matter and there is great indignation felt here, many claiming that the lad died from want of proper attention. The child had been critically ill since Wednesday, and his parents firmly refused to let any physician give the child medical attention. Mr. Hayes is an evangelist of the Wes leyan church and is a firm believer in the faith cure. He says that he and his wife have always treated their sick children without resorting to a physician, relying upon thefr faith in Ihe Lord to .answer their erayers. Baxter Hayes was visiting his aunt in this city when h~ became ill. He had an abcess on the brain. A phy sician was sent for when his cond- tion became alarming. The physician stated that no relief could be oh t.ained except through an operation. This the child’s aunt objected to without first consulting Mr. .Hayes and his wife. They came to the bed side of their sick son when summon 'd and then refused to let the physi cian make any further visits. The matter was ro|K>rted to Mayor McCully, who at once proceeded to have the child properly attended to. A physician w f as sent to the resi dence hut the preacher curtly inform ed him that lie was not needed and would not let him administer to the child. He said that the I»rd was his physician. The man and his wife made frequent prayers for the resto ration of their child, which could be heard by the neighbors. NEGRO GROUND TO A PULP. Elbert Roland Killed by a Train i n the Spartanbum Yard. Spartanburg. Sept. 1.—Elbert Ro land, a negro from Roebuck, was run over bv a shifting engine in the Char leston and Western Carolina rail road yards here today .about four o’clock and was literally ground to pieces. The man was mutilated in such a manner as to make it a hard job to collect his remains. He was ground beyond recognition as a hu man being and resembled a mass of sausage meat. Tlte negro was in the employ of the road, being a member of one of the section gangs. He, with a number of oth< rs, was at work in the yards near the freight depot. The man was stand ing on one of the tracks and it is thought at first he did not see the rapidly approaching yard engine. When the engine was close upon him the negro stood upright and seemed to be paralyzed with fear. Eye-wit nesses say that the man stood as if made of stone as the engine bore down upon him. The engine was go ing at a lively clip and when it struck the man he was thrown directly be neath the wheels. The result was the negro’s instant death. He prob ably did not know anything after the first shock, as the engine struck him. The remains of the negro were re moved to Floyd’s undertaking estab lishment and the coroner notified of the accident. Owing to the fact that the coroner was in another part of the county, the inquest was set for to morrow at 9 30 o’clock. Laurens Mule Stolen. Laurens. Sept. 1.—Will Kern and .Inle Gillespie, two white im-p living in Young’s township, were committed to jail today by Magistrate J. M. Hudgens on a warrant sworn out by Sam Barnett, of the same neighltor- hood. The offence charged is grand lar ceny. It seems that on last Sunday night, during a meeting at Gray’s church, in Young’s township, in the upper part of the county, a mule, bug gy and harness belonging to John Harnett, were stolen from the church grounds. The outfit was captured near Henderson, N. C., onlv a few days later by some fox hunters, and the sheriff of the county wired the Laurens countv officials to that ef feet. Mr. Sam Barnett, brother, of the owner of the property, w* nt to Hendersonville and identified the property and brought the prisoners back to Laurens. It is understood that tie prisoners -exist'd arrest and some shots were fired, but no one w'as i it. Is Not a Dispensary Man. Aiken. Sept. 1.—Senator liates, of Barnwell, was in Ail: n yesterday. When show The State and The Chronicle, in which papers his name was included among the senators in favor of the State dispensary, he said this was an error; that he w'as not in favor of the State dispensary; that he voted for the Morgan bill at tin* last session, and voted for the Ray sor Manning bill only after the Mor gan bill was killed, and his reason for voting for it was that he wa s will- in*' to give them a chance to reform the dispensary, though personally he did not believe such a thing nossi ble. He said that he had his reasons entered upon the Senate Journal at tile time, so that there could be no mistake about it. —Buy your Turnip seed from Gaff ney Drug Co. If you can't use that $f> some poor relative would appre date It A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE, MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. j Davis, and grandson, Ixtyce Estes. I started for their home in Texas Wed- j j nesday. Prof. Moss, of King’s Creek, began ' | his singing school at Abingdon Creek I church last week. He will teich the | usual ten days. All the sickness reported hereto fore in this correspondence is getting better. A few chills are still on hand. Fred Comer is added to the sick list since our last letter. He has chilis too. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section. Wilkinsville, Aug. 31—For several days your correspondent has been tin well from .an attack of malaria. The doctor has successfully treated the maladey and we are on the P>ad to recovery. The weather continues to be ■against farmers and farm work. So much so that no fodder (or verv lit tle at least) is being saved, and hay cannot be harvested with anv certain ty of its being saved. The situation is becoming quite serious in this mat ter. Cotton, too, is opening and there will soon he a great demand for pick ers* Speaking of the weather conditions a close observer says that the sun hasn’t set clear in over three months. What cabbage has been raised this year the housewives have been put ting them up for winter use as the onlv wav to preserve them. Krauting is very popular and its the only way to save them. Taken all in all this lias been a peculiar year in many ro- snects. The sacramental meeting at Salem came off (unfortunately) at a time when neither the largest congrega tions nor tlie best results could have been expected or obtained. Politics and worldly conformity are deadly enemies to the church and its work of soul-saving. Satan has made great progress in his dominion, through the special agencies of these two depart ments. They are among the most potent agencies that permeate our system. One or the other (and often both), invade the subject ar the same t i me. The politician who has his friends to look after finds the Sabbath an ex cellent time and the church a place where he can do much with little t rouble. Last Sabbath Mr. Horn, from Jones- ville, while going over on the York side on business, had his horse to fall out of the fiat in the river with the buggy attached to him and it was some time before he got out, and even then lie was one hundred yards lie- low the ferry. Mr. Horn went back home after getting his horse and bug gy out of the river and his liarness mended. This all happened while the preaching services were going on at the church and perhaps not one in tile congregation knew anv thing of it at the time. Those who attempt to save time by doing “Sunday” work as its called, always come out behind—and badly behind at that. The weeds and grass have prac tically taken possession of manv of the gardens, and turnip sowing is necessarily delayed on that account, to some extent—especially where people had no other land to use for that purpose. Since your correspondent has been in lied sick he has had a very poor chance to gather material for a news letter. However, the readers will find that out without being specially advised on that point. Will Comer, who hag been on a few days visit from Jonesville to his parents returned to his work in the knitting .nill there Monday morning last. Mrs. V. (’. Comer was called to Jonesville Wednesday by a letter to see her son Will, who is reported dangerously ill at that place. She left yesterday in the rain for that place. It will he several days before the ground gets dry enough for any out door work to be done. Sweet potato* s are reported fairly good in most places. j There were barbecues at both Wil ( kinsville and Sarratt’s yesterday during the election. The Wilkinsville Oil Mill Company has declared good dividends for the year ending July 1st this year. We are proud that this company has found it a good investment. Mr. Whisonant, the president and treas uror is a splendid manager and we expect to see the mill’s prosper under his management. ! The Salem congregation used their i new communion set last Sabbath in celebrating the Lord's Supper. For this beautiful outfit we are indebted to the younger people and children of the congregation, whose efforts were so untiring in getting them. It the young people could onlv get that encouragement and help thep are en titled to from we older ones much ad vancement woul.i be made along these long neglected lines. Give your young nun and women a chance, tint! all the encouragement and help they are en- do something. We are not one of those old fogies who kick at every thing that is new or progressive, es pecially when local pride demands a cliiinge. To Rev. F. C. Hickson and the young people of Salem congrega tion we owe a debt we can never nay. We have a nice house of worship. It. is completed and painted and has much money in the bank' to put an other coat of paint on as soon as the weather conditions will permit. To Bro. Hickson for his scathing ar- raingnment of a congregation who are contented to meet and worship in an old karn-like meeting house, we are indebted greatly f m* the newly repaired house of worshi” and the un tiring efforts of our young folks to better the state of existing affairs. What has been done at Salem has also been done, and is still being done, at Skull Shoals, Sardis, Reho- both and Ararat churches, and we ex pect soon to see the other church buildings in our section improved and beautified. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage once said that he could read the history of a people by their churches, school houses and public roads. There is nothing better for anv one to be gov erned by. If these are neglected it is a sure sign of moral decay or general apathy on the part of the community in which they exist. We met "Bachelor.” of Buffalo, in the r<>ad the other day but did not recognize him until after he had passed. This must be a sign that he is going to get married, if the old say ing is true. Bachelor is well able to take care of a wife and w*e commend him to the girls who are In the mat rimonial market as one for whom they might set their caps. He is a good manager, a farmer, and will make any deserving lady a good living. Be sides, he is no fool, like so many of those who think that marrying is all a man has to do to be happy and make the world easv about him J. L. S. Too much rain has given the cot ton and cornfields .a fall like appear- FREEMAN JONES TO HANG. anc". We feel like shaking, and shaking, and shaking that man’s hand who proposed to take tlte place of candi date Joel E. Brunson the other day at Greenville when that brutal and cow ardly attack was made upon him by candidate A. (’. Jones, for guberna- • ural itonors. Though the backwoodsmen and mountaineer may be ignorant in manv things they know when right is right, and they generally have the courage to maintain that right. We long to see the time when swaggering bullies will be taught to know that they can’t rule this conn try I). their tactics and that other l> ople have rights they are bound to respect. Mr. Joel E Brunson is a high toned t'hristian gentleman, representing a cause in which tiiis country ought to feel more interest titan any oth* r man before the people of South Caro line. Messrs. Damp and Martin Mitchell, of Hopewell, York county, have been on this si le of Broad river looking round with a view to buying land and s< tiling in 1 a is county. We always welcome such citizens as Hamp and Minin Mitchell and their families are. Mr. James G. Garner is altout the only one of our neighbors who has watermelons yet, and his crop is get ting rather slim. Mr. Sam !><*e has a force of hands working the road. The weather lias been so continuously Aet that he has done but little work in several days. The election Tuesday passed off very quietly. The largest vote was polled at Wilkinsville that has been voted there in many years. We haven’t heard of a single election dis turbance at. any of the precincts. Mrs A. G. McCulloch and her son. Judqe Moore Fixes November 2nd as Date of Execution. Durham, Sept. 1.— l^ate this after noon Judge Moore passed the s'-n tence of the law on Freeman Jones, colored, convicted of burglary in the first degree by the jury widen re turned a verdict last night. He is i sentenced to hang November 2 be tween the hours of in o’clock in the morning and J o’clock in the after noon. His counsel first asked for a new trial, which was denied. Then motion was made for arrest of judg ment on the ground that one of the grand jurors that found the bill against this defendant was drunk. The counsel was too late; that this matter ought to have come up before this late stage of the proceedings. The notice of appeal to the Su preme Court was given. In praying fo- sentence of the court the solicitor said he would not interfere one way or the other; that he had developed the fact and it was for the people of this community and the governor decide as to the fate of this man. If the people think the canital oenalti is necessary then he will hang, it not then a proper appeal to the governor will save him. In passing the sentence of death Judge Moore expressed much th same sentiment The truth of the matter is that, whib the evidence is against the prisoner, there is a sentiment that he was so much under the influence of whiskey that he should not die. Scrub yourself daily, you’re not clean inside. Clean Insides means clean stomach, bowels, blood, liver, clean, healthy tissue in every organ. MORAL: Take Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tab lets. Gaffnev Drug Co. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OK-E Recent Happenings In and Around tho City and Other Events Gather ed by tha Local News Editor. Ben Goforth, who has been engaged with tiie Isaac Turner Furniture com- lany. has resigned ids iwisition. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Eis<>n will occu- "v the house on Race street formerly occupied by Mr. L. f T . Campbell. Good congregations attended all the cit\ churches Sunday and they were repaid by hearing good sermons from the various pastors. The inclement weather of last week retarded work on th“ Isaac Turner Furniture company's new building. Operations were resumed yesterday. Remember that the city schools o ien up today. Send your children. The indications are that this will lie tiie best scholastic year in the history of the schools. There were two trifling cases be- !ere the mayor Saturday morning. John Hallman, a young white man. naid $l."o for swinging tiie train, and Fred DeStaffino contributed $2.5d for a little d and d. Mr. Kimsey O. Huskey lias accept ed a position with Mr. C. C. Harris, the popular Granard street grocer. (’. C. certain y has a team—Sam Hop per and Kims'ey. They are a clever ' 'dr and no mistake. Superintendent West, of the Gaff- ne;\ lias isstmd a neat pamphlet giv- im* valuable information about the schools. These pamphlets will tie dis tributed among the patrons of the school. Buffalo Lodge No. 27, Junior Order t’nited Mechanics, will give a picnic next Saturday at Rocky Springs school house, four miles north of Blacksburg. There will also be speaking. The public is invited. Mr. \V. j. Wilkins left yesterday fop Richmond, Baltimore and New' York, where he goes to purchase bis Fall stock. Mr. Wilkins is one of Gaffney’s progressive merchants and caters to the wishes of ills trade in an admirable manner. Sam Fort lias succeded to tiie real estate business of R. toitta Parish. Sam is as clever as the cleverest, has big ideas and proposes to conduct and up-to-date real estate and insur ance business, the principal business being the buying, renting, leasing and selling of real estate. Mrs. Howell and Miss Christine Baker went to Spartanburg Thursday and returned yesterday. Mrs. Howell went as a delegate from the Ladles’ Missionary society of the Buford Street Methodist church to the dis trict missionary conference in Spar- tanburg. O. P. Richardson, familiarly known as "Ope.” one of Gaffney’s bright young men. has a “stidy job” with the Merchants and Plan tors Bank. Ope will make a valuable addition to tin* already clever clerical force of that safe and sane banking institu tion. E. P. McArthur, who lias been liv ing at Clinton for several years, will return to the city today and will make Gaffney his future home. Ed. is a chip off tin* old block, and. like all tin* McArthur boys, is well lik 'd and he will be very welcome to his old home. Mrs. George M Phifer, went to Kings Mountain several weeks ago to visit friends. Mr Phifer is in re ceipt of the intelligence that Mrs. Pilitcr lias become sick. There is no occasion as vet for alarm, and Mrs. Phifer's Gaffney friends will anxious lv look for a speedy recovery. A slight error occurred in the ad dition of the figures of the election returns in regard to the vote received by Mr. Webstor, for probate judge. He should have been credited with fourteen at Buffalo instead of four, and those ten with the other correc tions make his vote 907 instead of 857. a difference of fifty votes. Gaffnev was the scene of a small wreck on one of the side tracks near the citv park late Thursday evening when an engine was thrown from the track and partly buried in the dirt. Many viewed the disabled iron mons ter during the forenoon of Friday, but tiie arrival of the crane and wreck in' crew of this division of the South- ♦"•n soon set matters right. The surveying corps of the S. & NY. railway which has been camped about a mile from the city, passed through Friday following a route from Rutherford ton, N. C.. to Yorkviile. The route was bv tiie old over-head bridge and pass-d a short distance from the Irene Mill and right at the residence of Pol. Sam Jefferies. Col. Jefferies informed a Ledger man that *.he men passed through his garden and excellent |*otato patch. Yesterday was l^abor Day. In this connection it might he well to state that the legislature of South Carolina, following the example of other pro gressive States, has set aside the first Monday in September as a holiday in honor of the laboring people. The | day is not generally observed except in the cities. In this city the only evidence of a holiday was the observ ing of Sunday hours at the post- office. J. R. Tolleson A- Co. have moved their stock of goods into the store room of Mr. Tolleson on Frederick street. Workmen began yesterday to tear away the front of the Lipscomb building, formerly occupied bv Tol- R'kou A Co., preparatory to placing to a new front in this building. We understand that the new front will he in every respect in keeping with the progressive spirit of Gaffney and that Mr. Albert Lipscomb will occupy the building when the alterations have been made. Much excitement was caused in Gaffney Friday by the rumor that a Gaffney negro, George Corry had gotten into serious trouble in Blacks burg. The rumor, however, could not be confirmed and nothing could be learned of it until Chief Coke Dun can arrived in the city with his prisoner. The current rumor, how ever, had made a mountain out of a mole hill, as he had only become drunk or crazed by liquor and become rowdy, hence his arrest and fine of $17 by the mayor of Blacksburg. Some young ladies were frightened by his strange actions and barricaded their home against him wtoich led up to the wild rumors. Several of the more impulsive citizens entertained ideas of intlicting a few Lashes for his behavior which led color to the rumors, but nothing was done and he was quietly lodged in custody. WORK OF AN ASSASSIN. Mr. A. P. Hyman is Shot to Death While Working on His Books. Tabroro, N. C., Sept. 1.—About 2 o'clock this morning Mr. A. P. Hy man, a highly esteemed citizen who baq t^-od here for a number of years, was shot at Rock Mount by an un known party. Mr. Hyman recently ac cepted a position as bookkeeper for Matthews & Weeks, at Rocky Mount, and was in the store working on his hooks when some one fired through the window, killing him almost in stantly, tlv ball striking him in the breast. A policeman, in passing the store, heard a noise therein ^nd pro ceeded to investigate. H^ found Mr. Hyman in the agoni- d G f death and unconscious, Just ft fe.y minutes before, the policeman heard a shot fired iroffi direction of a passing freight train and the supposition is that a tramp fired the fatal shot, as th*-re were a number of them on the cars. Mr. Hyman, who was .a prominent Mason, will he buried here tomorrow with Masonic honors. TO HOLD FIVE MILLION GALLONS Asheville Water Commission Let* Contract fop Big Reservoir. Asheville, N. C„ Sept. 1.—The water commission of Asheville, composed of Mayor Barnard, Aldermen Randolph. Strikeleather. Lapinsky and City Engineer Lee. this afternoon award ed to the Faragher Engineering com pany, of Cleveland. Ol io, the contract for building a a.OOO.OOO-gallon reser voir for the storage of water. The contract price was $44,462. The con tract is let u)x>n the approval of plans and specifications by Citv Engineer Lee, of Asheville, 2nd Engineer Lud low. of Spartanburg. The reservoir will he of re-enforced concrete con struction. and will be located on the mountain side east of the city. It will hold sufficient water to supply Asheville for days, should a break occur in the gravity pipe line, which brings the city’s supply of water from the intake, twenty miles away in the Black mountain section. Sometimes it Does, A Hearty Meal Should Never Ar.noy or Distress. A hearty meal should give a sense of gratifioation and comfort It should never annov or distress. If von have indigestion and discomfort after **ating, it shows that your diges tiv- organs are weakened and they cannot properly care for the food which has been swallowed. If yon cannot oat and digest with pleasure and comfort three good square, h aity meals each day, you need to use Mi-o-na stomach tablets, and you should go to the Gaffney Drug Co. for a box at once, Mi-o-na is as unlike the ordinary pepsin dig* stive tablet as tiie electric light is more valuable than a tallow dip. Mi-o-na cures indigestion or stomach trouble bv strengthening and regulating the whole digestive ays tern, thus enabling the organs to take care of the food you eat without any distress or discomfort. I'se Mi-o-na for a few days and the nervousness, sleeplessness, general debility and weakness, backache loss of appetite, headache and oth< t ills that are caused bv indigestion will be banished and von will fee) well all over. Mi-ona makes ixisitive and lasting cures and is sold under an absolute guarantee that the money will be re funded unless the rented / cures. Ask the Gaffney Drug Co. to show you the guarantee they give with every 50c box of Mi-o-na. —Everybody wears Company Store Hats. Even father wears them now.