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GAFFNEY, S. C* FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1907.
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A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WIIKINSVILIE,
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Personal Paragraphs Concernlnq Pop
ular People anrf Short Items of
•hat Section.
Wllkinsvllle. April t.—Now that „ D v.«, uc , cu
Tpai Harris hag been hanged and ment among the superstitiously in-
and it may be the writer or the
tyoes have got the names confused.
Dr. Gunter should be Dr. Hunter,
B thesda church should be Beersheba
church, and Uncle Billy Gilkerson
should be Uncle Billy Wilkerson.
About the fnte of Dr. Hunter’s rid
ing mare Nellie we can’t recall but
the other facts in the case are iden
tical with the reports we heard in
our childhood from men living in
that community when it happened.
All the tale Is too much to be couch
ed in so short a letter as this and
we must necessarily omit It for the
present and will perhaps give It
later. Dr. Hunter was a brave man
and his becoming frightened by a
ghost created a sensation which old
people told us caused much exclte-
MR. W. D. BARRINGER DEAD.
1h© law has triumphed in Cherokee
•©nnty the next matter of public in
terest is what were the amount of
■al©a and how much money did the
•rewd that assembled in Gaffney last
Friday spend there. We presume
that if any blind tigers were In oper
ation they did a lively business. But
w* have heard nothing of the sort
•e yet
_ ^e passed the farm of the Messrs.
®e©rge boys last Monday and found
Mem putting in guano. Mr. James
®*°rge. a one-armed young man,
was plowing—making a full hand.
is one of the most enterprising
TMne men in Cherokee county and
fne loss of an arm will never inter-
■ere with his making an honest liv-
admire the pluck of such
ciined living in that cummunity at
that time.
Miss Bonnie McCluney will have
an entertainment at her school
house sometime in the not far dis
tant future. Miss Blakely, who Is
teaching the Hopewell school will al
so have an entertainment at her
school too. Of both these entertain
ments we hone to give our readers
a full "write up.”
Th« Ledger's report of the hang
ing of Tom Harris and the attend
ing circumstances was a very clever
piece of journalism appearing as it
did in such a short time after (he
execution took place.
We are told that the publication
of Talmage’s sermon cost the paper
about $200 a*vear, and we must say
— v. i V4V. rv ft ULII - T " ~ .*.**«*,
A man with one arm or one that it is worth more to those who read
lesr. who has good health and can’t |‘t carefully and InteiMr-entiy than a
sake a living is of no account. We i v, ’l 10 !e cart load of cheap stuff too
kaow plenty of men who the loss of ! oft, ’ n f °und in secular papers,
a limb has inad-* a man of. The old fros t this morning has stirred
Mffang that "Providence provides for ur) Gardners and fears are entertain-
8k© Lome and the lazy,” is literally
■me in many respects.
The bright newsy letter of the in-
■eingent, accomplished and beautl-
*** Annie Laurie” which grace the
Sr 0111 ?? an< * °ther papers
•or which sh~ writes, are both inter
esting and instructive and our mak-
ed that the fruit is badlv damaged.
Several people have bedded their
sweet potatoes.
One of Mr. Jeff Blackwell’s boys
who was very sick a few days ago
is much better.
We r-gret. to learn that Dr. T. B.
Whitesides, of Blacksburg, is danger-
assertion is by no means a 1 ol,s 'y Whitesides Is one of
raneetlon 0n our 0 t{j er correspond-1 OUr 0 ' r l school and playmates and
***• I we hope for him a speedy recovery.
Corn planting began last Friday Mrs. S. F. Estes has got up again
jag continued through "rotten
Saturday." Mr. W. T. Osment says
•©eo planted on Saturday following
Qo°d Friday (which is rotten Satur
day) will do no good. But if the
saasons. ground and worb it gets are
what it needs the result will be
otherwise. w e are satisfied.
«ood Friday as a planting dav in
and Is able to look after her domes
tic affairs though she is very weak
vet.
Owing to the cold wind last Sab
bath the Salem Sunday school was
not in session.
The session of Salem church will
meet next Sabbath at 2 o’clock p. m.
to elect a delegate to Enoree Pres-
k‘Mii 1111^, uajr in •* i i tjft-
kurdens has largely played out ex- 1 hvtor y which meets at Clifton on the
nv -i .• • > .. . . t i. a. n. _
•o»t by t ne "old forgirs” who think
* the day of all others that seed
rtwuld be planted. All such ideas
9th inst. at 7:30 p. m
Some unknown friend has kindly
sent us a marked cony of The Na-
korder closelv on superstition though Uonal Tribune, Washington. D.
you can t find one in a hundred who i which has some “war reminiscences”
win acknowledge it. j from a fed°ra] standpoint of which
an ^ J. N. Strain and ; w e know something. Such kindness
cnildren went to Gaffney last Satur- i I s highly appreciated, but will be
! more so with the senders name.
Dne of our neighbors narrowly es-' Camp Jefferies XT. C. veterans will
®*ped a severe case of nhumphulgious | meet at Wilkinsvlllo on Saturday
from eating a raw tater a dav or X3th * n!3 t- a t 2 o’coclk p. m. to elect
two ago. The timelv Tise of soda a PTionsor and delegates to the State
being serious or severe, reunion and for the transaction of
The action of the Unity people in ) other routine business. We hope
a, ‘° win 5 « orT1 Xlarris who was ; f°r a full turnout of the members at
wianged at Gaffney last Friday to be ! that meeting.
©oried in the graveyard thus re-1 J. L. S.
•altft an incident in the life of the
late Bob Ingersoll. Ingersoll found i Notes From Timber Ridcie.
tH had Se^'lnJo 3 wv’ h L C , h Timber Ridge, April 2.-As Timber
khtllolv tv, „ ' a * ^' l r ! " Ride" doesn’t boast of a corresnond-
«lelltv said u Mm- G ° f lnfi ' er, t to vo, >r paper. I thought I would
Join* fit ” "Kell aTe J°" i eivp yon a f,!w Jots from this section.
Mild the Irishman “BiiV'! The far mers are all busily engaged
you beatin" o, it nnw ar , e i in n,,tt * ns: CTia no and gettingtheir
"Oi, r ver- nce - *'%''« ,w
re river mce. | The weather nrnnhetc
©aid the so n of the Emerald Isle. "I
Wen Known Gastonian Succumb#
After Battle of Many Weeks.
Mr. W. D. Barringer died at his
home on West Air Line street yes
terday afternoon about 4:30 o’clock
after several weeks’ Hines;; from pa
ralysis. For the past several days
Mr. Barringer’s friends had been un
easy about his condition and late
Sunday afternoon it was thought
that his death was only a few hours
distant. Several weeks ago Mr Bar
ringer was strucken with paralysis,
hr’ Hg condition was not considered
serious until recently.
William Deems Barringer would
have be^n ol years of age on the
19th day of next July. He was born
T" Row’an county and was the son
of the late John V. Barringer, a fa
miliar figure in Rowan county. He is
survived bv two brothers John V.
Barringer. Jr., of California, snd R-
L. Barringer, of Salisbury; four sis
ters. Mrs. Louts© Linker, of Con-
- -d: Mrs. W. E. Dunham, and Mrs.
R. A. Bird, of Salisbury and Mrs. D
P Keever. of Snencer. He is also
survived by a wife who was former
ly Miss Della J. Snencer. and three
children. Mr. Arthur Barringer and
Misses Trene and Louise Barringer.
Mr. Barringer had for s°vp' , al
years nast been a travelin 0 ' repre
sentative for the piano house of
Chas M. Stleff whose Southe--» head-
ouarters is at Charlotte, and was
welt known and very nonuP** among
a large arauaintance of traveling
men. He was a famPiar fi7ny? ’4
the business life of Gastonia. He
wag both a Mason and a Hentasonh.
The funeral services are being con
ducted with Masonic honors this af
ternoon at 3:30 o'clock- at Main
Street M. E. church. South, of which
he was a member, bv the nastor.
Rev. Edwin L. Bain, and the remains
’’•ill he intered in Oakwood ceme
tery.—Gastonia Gazette.
Mr. Barringer was well known in
Gaffney, he having married a daught
er of Mr. Thomas Snencer. of this
county, who was a sister of the late
"Doe’’ Spencer, of this city.
Am taiehing the doortv hoithen to
*m;w that there ia a poonishment af
ter death.
Tou can’t turn an Irishman down.
Dnole Jimmy” Roundtree said:
Tou never found an Irishman hunt
ing an azy job.”
iAst Saturday night the weather
The weather prophets who pre
dicted a cold sp^ll about Easter did
not miss it much, as it is very cool
at this writing.
Thp Timber Ridge school will pre
sumably close In about three weeks.
Mr. L. B. Davis, the teacher, has of
fered a oriz* to the one that, spells
the best on the last day.
A few people from here went to
turned eon! n-.n QaKKo\u. j A > PW People irom here went to
: ™td wo-„ S h ,,av we h 1 last Friday to witness the
» coia rain witn some apperance of • • - —
H» turning to sl^et or snow and the
vegetation looks sickly.
Hr. W. C. Kirby is threshing out
®is rveas. He hag plenty of sweet
potato seed and is one of our most
energetic and progressive farmers.
H© sent Mrs. j. L. S. some of his
Rne potatoes to make a pie which
w©, us and family enjoyed verv
tn»ch.
Ifr. Sam J. Strain has b°en suffer
ing with toothache and a swollen
jAW.
The rain last Sabbath, though a
cold one. wa a a gr eat help to oats
a a«1 wheat.
Mr. T. Jeff Hughes passed here
hanging of Tom Harris. As grave
ag the charges were against him
there still seemed to be an und°r-
current of sympathy for the unfortu
nate man.
Mrs. R. M. Littlejohn gave the
voting neonle an Easter egg hunt
and pound simper last Saturday eve
ning which was much -nloved by all
who attended. Those present were.
Misses Keziah Belle and Bertlo Por
ter. Pa and Ophelia Jamieson. May^
me. Olive and Ethel Tate, Messrs.
Brooks Porter. B. F. Tate. W. B.
Tate and C. V. Tate. Roland Mabry,
B. F. Jamieson. J. S. Carter. Will
T?te and Frank Webster.
Mr. I. C. Tate and son. B F. Tate,
Grindali Gossip.
Grindall, April 1.—The cold wave
struck us on schedule time. The
birds and flowers called to each
other that snring had come once
more, but old Boreous shook his
head, laughed and said, nay, you
shall not be left in peace lust yet.
Once more you shall feel the sting
of my lash and cower in my pre
sence.
The Easter ege hunt passed off
pleasantly. There were 125 eggs
hidden and a*! were found exrent
five. Mr. Oscar Horn won the prize,
he having found the largest number
—eleven. Master Wm Goudelock
came next, he found eight. The eggs
were equally divided as near as pos-
slble. After the hunt a short enter
tainment was given, the object be
ing to raise some money to help
build a monument a t Jonesviile to
the Confederate dead. The program
,..i" ag follows:
Song America—Mrs. VirgieHughes
and Miss Sunie Mabry.
Incidents of the Cival war.
First speaker, W. E. M. Kirby.
Serond sneaker. J. O. Tate.
Song. “Just as the sun went
down”—Mr Leslie Fowler and Mrs.
Mavr°tta Kirby.
Objoct of the meeting—Mrs. May-
retta Kirby.
Collection.
Thanks. Mrs. Mayretta Kirby.
Miss Mattie Jones and Mrs. Eugenia
TTameg were appointed to aid Mrs.
Kirby In securing funds for the
monument.
Mrs. Janie Bowens and dughter, of
Jonesviile, visited Mesdameg Virgie
and Lillie Hughes Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Sunie Mahrv spent Sundliy
with her little friend Irene Kirby.
School will CIOS'* th's week. The
scholarg are showing their love for
the teacher. Mr. Thos. Chalk, by
presenting him with remembrance
cards and he In return wil 1 treat
th“m. Annie Laurie.
SHORT NEWS ITFMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER
OKEE.
RAVENNA READING.
Recent Happenings | n »nd Around
the City and Other Events Gather
ed by the Local New* Editor.
There will be regular services at
Midway Saturday and Sunday at 11
o’clock.
Vic Spurgeon is building an un-to-
date barn on his premises on Oak*
land avenue.
Col. T. B. Butler went to Columbia
Tuesday to appear before the par
don hoard to have the death coutoo-
ce of Ed Rainey, colored, cummuted
to a term in the penitentiary.
The postofflee department has
made a change rural route No. 8.
effective April 16th, whereby the
oner n tives of the Globe Mill will be
supplied daily by Carrier Sarratt.
It was an error on our part in an
nouncing that “Enchantment” would
tie n r oduced at the Star Theatre.
We were a little previous, as the an-
ticinated arrangements did not ma
terialize.
C. H. Robbins and A. C. Moore &
company, the livery men. have swap
ped stands Mr. Robbins having nur-
e> aced the building and lot lately
occupied by Mr. Moore, while the
latter has rented the one formerly
occupied by Mr. Robbins.
Mrs. M. J. Byars yeoterdav sent to
The Ledger office the first strawber
ries of the season. Anril the 4th is
nretty early for strawberries, but
Uncle George Byars, that’s Mrs.
Byars’ husband, is a hustler when
It comes to gardening.
W. C. Hopper, formerly of this
citv but now of Glendale. G in the
city renairing the store room now
orcunied by Shuford & LeMaster.
He is practically placing a new found
ation tinder the building and when
finkhed it will he almost a« good as
new.
Rome neonle have been assiduous
ly circulating the report that all the
soats for the Clansman had - been
sold. This Is an error. Up to yes
terday there were something more
than two hundred reserved seats yet
to he sold, to say nothin? of the
"'"'oral admission tickets that will
he sold at the door next Wednesday
night.
The people of Gaffney have no
reason to eomntain of the attractions
eiv'n them in the Star Course. Vic
tor’s Venetian Band was. as one en-
thusiatsic musician said, "the best
thing ever booked at the Slar Thea
tre” While we will not subscribe
to the utterance in full we will say
it was one of the best attractions
ever brought to Gaffney. Everybody
was delighted.
BOND ISSUE CARRIES.
Two Hundred Maiorlty m Favor of
Bonds.
I Thp election held ypqfpr'lov n*i
| Question of issuing $25,000 worth of
bonds fop improving the public school
buildings of Gaffney carried by a
vote of 239 to 39. Many people w ho
were not interested remained awav
from the noils entirely. The banner
voting precinct was at Limestone
Mills where 96 votes were cast for
bonds and against bond" The
vote bv prednts was as follows:
vesiorriav nn hie TTniII ilu ^ '• L- j ate ana son. B. r . rate,
• load of chlckona and oS Uncle “ flyl " e tr,,> PaCO ' rt M ° , ‘'
jT^o'r^nTmondJ h T”a" e r ! , h Mr /rL'rd'” ^
til he is reported dead. , this section Saturday and Sunday.
Hr. and Mrs H B McDaniel and' R , ert J e P nrt «r spent Saturday
rfAiUmr. of Hickory Grove, came , p d w "wlbeT* 111
over Saturday on a visit and return-i ^ Webater - Gaffney,
©a home yesterday monlng. busirift<,s trio 10 th,R section
1 Ab the sad thing had to take place ' n, r, ni , r»T,h a n «
w© are ffiad to know that Cherokee . w, 1 a a, ll? Ophelia
county's first hanging was a verv v s ^ Mkeej* Keziah and Belle Por-
creditable affair and conducted in ; ’c un J ay ; 4 _
Btrict conformity with the law. We . ^' ,nr1ay Behool at Gefhsemane wiil
don’t suppose the same witnesses— j AnrlT^Th ^Tlm^h^PidtrA
all of them—will be anxious jo see A ? r ', . T h Timber Ridge Sunday
another hanging—their curosity is i ^ ch0 ? ll ^ as P 0 * 8tart ^ yet > bu t hope
satisfied. , 51 ' v,, l ,n tbp ne ar future.
Mr. W. C. Blackwell has two curl-! vrP r .io H ’ T ? te ° , 1 T, ? u & b ‘ 8nent
oslties few people ever seen th- like , n n i / r . n If b ^ bere witb bis brotber *
nf O n cn fa A t V> 1 cr <r A nfl\9 n A L. 1 , O
we will
A Fight for Better Rates.
W. A Turner of the Merchants
Orororv company of this citv. and
his attorney. T. B. Butler, anneared
before the railroad commissioners at
Golumhia Wednesday and presented
facts and figures, which thev claim
will substantiate their statement
that Gaffney Is being discriminated
against bv the railroads. In the mat-
'■* freight rates from cities In
Virenia. The figures ’esented to
the commission ■’ 'W ;! at the rate
to Gaffney and to Spartanburg, which
ar> practically the same, are higher
than to other towns in this imme
diate territory. The commission
will take the matter under consider
ation at its next meeting.
For
Against
Limestone Mills
96
0
Holt’s store
49
3
Harris’ store
81
29
Gallager’s store
13
7
Total
239
39
I
Ro thp Inadequate school buildings
will Improved, much to the credit
of the voters.
of. One Is a three legged calf and
the other Is ft calf without tail.
Wltk these excentions both of them
are well develop'd calves but they
are none the less curiosities.
^ It was ft great disappointment to
chose who had treated themselves
with fine Easter hats that thev didn’t
Ket to- show out last Sabbath on ac
count of the rain. Hold on “Sissies.”
■aster will come again next year.
In th© Weekly News and Courier
(Charleston) of last Saturday we
tnd a “ghost story” which we are
©oocelred la one we heard nearly
a© far back a© we can remember.
If thk appears In print
trv to write a longer one next time.
Suppess to The Ledger and all Its
readers. Blue Eyes.
Best thing on earth for colds and
grin. Nature’* Cough Remedy and
Grip Tablets. If a 50c bottle of Na
ture’s Cough Remedy and a 23c box
of Grip Tablets don’t kuock that
cold we waII refund that 7Ec as
cheerfully as w© took It. Gaffney
Drug Co.
Subacrtb© for Tha Ledger; $1 g year.
Death of Mrs. Vassey.
Mrs. William Vacsev, an aged and
highly respected ladv. died Sundav
morning March 31st, at her h<jme
n-'ar Goforth, and was burled at
Corinth Bantist church Monday. Dr.
A. M. Simms conducted the funeral
services. Mrs. Vassey leaves her
aged husband and several grown
children to mourn their loss to whom
The Ledger extends* sympathy,.
Doing Busines* Again.
“When my friend- thought I was
about to take leave of this world, on
account of Indigestion nervousness
and general debility.” writes A. A.
^hlsholm. Treadwell. N. Y., “and
when it looke-t as if the-e was no
hone left. I was persuaded to try
Electric Bitters, and I r°Jolce to sav
that they are curing me. I am now
doing business again as of old. and
am still gaining daily.” Best tonic
medicine on earth. Guaranteed by
Cherokee Drue Co. 30c.
W© g© not do an kind© ©f printing
-w© d© th© GOOD kind.
First Baptist Church Notea.
Regular service next Sabbath at
11 a. m. by the pastor. At 3 p. m.
there win be a conference of the
church for business and all members
are requested to be present.
At night the song servlc® which
wag arranged for last Sabbath night
will be held. The rain last Sabbath
revented the service.
The Sabbath school meets at 9:45
a. m. and the new literaturp for the
quarter Is on hand for all classes.
Death of An Infant.
The four*w«eks-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. McClure died last
Thursday afternoon. The bodv was
taken to Grassy Pond Friday for In
terment. There was no funeral
service.
A strike of trainmen on 40 West
ern railroads seems more Imminent
than before.
“Pneumonia’® Deadly Work
had seriously affected my right lung.”
writes Mrs. Fannie Conner, of Rural
Route 1, Georgetown. Tenn.. “tJhat
T coughed continuously night and
dav and t’ie neighbors’ prediction—
ennsumotlon—seemed Inevitable, un-
Ml my husband brought home a bot-
Me of Dr. King’s New Discovery,
which In my case proved t" be the
only REAL cough cure and restorer
of weak sore, lungs” When all
other remedies utterly fall, you
may still win In the battle against
lung and throat troubles with New
Discovery, the REAL cure. Guar
anteed by Cherokee Drug Co. 80c
and $1.00. Trial bottel free.
Local Items and Personal® of Gen
eral Interest.
Ravenna. April 3.—Mr. J. B. Brown,
one of our best farmers, was a Gaff
ney visitor last Friday.
Mr. H. D. Mathis, a well known
Pacolet river farmer, attended the
Harris hanging last Friday.
Cant. J. B. Brown and daughter.
Miss Ella, spent Monday in Gaffney
visiting Masses Edna and Minnie
Brown.
Misses Bessie and Nannie Mathis
attended the Sundav school conven
tion at Cowpens last Saturday and
Sunday. Miss Bessie was a delegate
from our Sunday school.
Mr. J. M. Green, our bustling mer
chant of the Dixie store, attended
the Cowpens convention last Satur
day and Sunday, being a delegate
from here.
Misses Eva and Pearl Burgess
shopping at Gaffney Monday.
Misses Leila and Ila Mathis were
Pacolet shoppers last Saturday.
Misses Maggie and Carrie Goforth,
accompanied by Miss Eunice Smith,
of Goueher. were Pacolet visitors
last Saturday and Sunday.
Master Smith Kitchens, of Paco-
1 visited his grandmother. Mrs. C.
E. Kitchens, a few days la°* week.
Mr. M. W. Brown, our merchant,
was a business visitor to Oaffney
Monday.
Mr. Charles E. Pettit, of Furman
University. Greenville, spent Easter
" ith his parents. Mr. and Mrs B. L.
Pettit.
MY. and Mrs. R. B. Chalk, of Gre°r,
spent Easter here with their parents.
Prof, and Mrs. T. G. Chalk. They
went down to Jonesviile v«ster.iay
where thev spent the day with their
sister. Mrs. Geo. Brown. v
Mjsg Pauline Pettit, who has so
instructed the scholars of the
Gowdeysviile school, spent Easter
here with her many relatives and
friends.
Mr. 1^. D. Goforth was a Pacolet
v’rttor Monday.
Misses Addle Brown and Mary
Louise Chalk, after successfully
t"3c v *n w out thier school at Goueher,
closed yesterday. We learn the pu
pils have learned verv nicelv which
"mk c the teachers’ hearts rejoice.
Mr. Saul Goforth carried off the
prize on attendance, not missing a
sinr r, o dav during the school term—
four months. The next best attend
ance was Master Charles Brown, who
missed only half a Jay.
Mr. Calvin Bonner, of Pacolet, has
been visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Bonner.
There wag a considerable frost
yetserday morning, with a thin skate
of ice and a light freeze which has
damaged fruit and vegetables con
siderably.
Easter here was very quiet, and
h'ing a rainy day, most everybody
was housed in causing sad hearts, as
nearly every one had a new suit or
new dress to sport on that dav. hut
such is life—full of sad disappoint
ments.
Mr. John R. Wilkins has about
completed his new cottage.
There was a business meeting of
the Goueher church last Friday eve
ning and your correspondent being
a member of that body, attended the
meeting which was a warm one.
Prof. Woodruff of Pacolet. was elect
ed chairman and Mr. M. W. Brown
made secretary. Cant. J. B. Brown
wa-- asked by the chairman to state
to the church the cause of the
meeting and he did so very ably,
and in our opinion, made the best
speech of the meeting, although
Prof. Woodruff and Mr. Tom Green
also made good speeches Rev. Mr.
Guy. of Lynchburg. Va. was nomi
nated and elected pastor of the
Goueher church, taking effect June
1st. or sooner if possible. There was
some lively talk about the salary
but $300 was pledged for that pur^
pose.
Mr. Guy now has three churches.
Goueher, Pacolet Station and Paco-
let Mills.
Mr. Carvlll Chalk was an early
visitor to Pacolet vetserday.
Prof. Chalk’s scholars of the Homes
school have presented him with
many beautiful cards and other lit
tle tokens which he most heartily
envoys and he says he has a school
made un of a class of peoplo whom
he loves.
The Ledger was the first paner ar
riving here with a complete account
of the Harris hanging. We congra
tulate the editor and printers for
such a nice, clean account of the
hanging and more especially pictures
of Harris before and after th** trial.
Our county naner covered the execu
tion equal to a daily, even giving a
minutely account of the days pre
ceding. But when they are ahead of
Tho Ledger. If It is a semi-weekly,
they must get up and more than
hustle.
Mr. “Chris” Tate and eon. Mr.
Ben. of lower Cherokee, were in
town Monday.
Mrs. C. E Kitchens spent 8atnr-
day and Sunday in Spartanburg with
her children. Mr. and Mrs J. T.
Kitchens.
Mr. W. A. Kitchens has Joined the
United States army and left last Fri
day for New York City.
Mr J. A. Goforth, a BarracA was
a Gaffney visitor yesterday.
Messrs. M. W. Brown and R- D.
Kitchens were JoneFiville vllstors
yesterday afternoon.
“S. ” of Clifton, keena poking fun
at us through The Ledg«- b*»t what
do we care, as the young ladies are
backing us up. “S.,” give us “another
round.” since we are surrounded by
so many beautiful ladles, who are a
blessing to any community. We
hone “8.” will not get mad as we
like to tease as well as be teased.
Mr. “State” Brown, who lives two
miles southwest of here, bad the
misfortune to lose his house by fire
yesterday morning. Th© flr© started
from a fin© and only • few things
were saved, as the wind was fnrloa©-
ly blowing, adding onlv fuel to the
flames. Mr. Brown’s store Almost
joins his house, but it seema, from
re ’•♦s. he saved his store only by
heroic work. We cannot 1 *‘in
whether his house was insured Of
not. but, after all. is made homeless
bv the blaze.
Mr. Brown is a brother of out
neighbor. Capt. J. B. Brown, and Is
well known here. We extend ou»
sympathies to our neighbors accost
the way by their loss in yesterday’s
fire. Ql
BOOKED FOR JAMESTOWN.
“The Clansman” Goes to Norf©Ht
Soon After Its Vi«jt Here.
The la^t onportunity to s^e “Th©
Clansman” In this vicinity for some
time to come will be at the StAf
Theatre next Wednesday evening,
Anrll 10th. Immediately after this
engagement the company g—■ north
to prepare for an extended ran ol
“The Clansman” at Norfolk In com
nection with the Jamestown Ter-Cen-
tennia] exposition beginning April
29th. Following this all sununeT
run the plav Is booked for an entire
season In the far we*-* and on th©
Pacific coast
“The Clansman” company win Ar
rive in Gaffney and depart therefrom
bv its own special train, consisting
of day and Pullman coaches baggage
cars and accommodations f^r Its
troop of Ku Klux cavalry horse*.
The company is traveling two hun
dred miles a day on its northward
journey and Is forced to have Its
own eouipment and special trslft
service *o as not to lose any towns..
Th^v come direct from Atlanta. Ga.
and go hence to Wilmington. If. C.
Thomas Dixon. Jr., author of “Tha
, Clansman.” writer to his r^oresenr
tative in Gaffnev th*'* he is Immense
ly ^leased with the success of the
I nlay in its home territory. In Char-
j iotte, Spartanburg and Greenville,
: where It showed three weeks ago. th©
■ theatres were by far too small to
I hold th'- crowds that wished to at
tend. A large party of Mr. Dixon’s
; “home folks” from Shelby. N. C..
1 will come down to Gaffney next Wed-
mesday to see the play. Thera win
also be parties from King’s Mourn
(where the scene of the play Is
supnos°d to be located). Blacksburg.
Cowpens and Yorklvlle.
The Broad River S. 3. Convention.
The fourth annual session which
wag held with tho Cownens church
last Saturday and Sunday was a fine
meeting. The attendance was good,
the reports were good, the brethren
who snoke were generally prepared
and tho spirit, of the meeting was
excellent. Thera is no mistake
about the Sunday school woix: of the
convention being on the up grade.
The day was a bad one so far as
the weather was concerned but the
P'-onle filled the house and the exer
cises were verv helpful.
The exhibition of primary work as
done by Mj«s Mae Green and her
sirtor wa^s vow much on loved bv the
congregation and the classes showed
good training.
Rev. Mr. Crocker spoke at 11
o’clock on “The Scriptures as a
source of Inspiration for life” and
made an excellent address which
was followed by a good offering for
the Sundav =choo] convention
Th- 1 writer left before Dr. Lodge
snoke In the afternoon hut he hears
that he made as good address ag usual
and that he had a good house In
suite of the heavy roin fall at the
time.
The pastors conference which
met on Saturday night was the best
yet held. Eight ministers were Pre
sent and the meeting was a spiritual
help to the people present as well as
to the pastors.
* B. L. Hoke, of Blacksburg,
ict°d chairman of the pastors
ace for the ensuing year and
. T. Thompson was made aea-
Sundav school convention re
elected Prof R. O. Sams as presi
dent. Mr. W. H. Wilkerson. as aee-
retary and a Mr. Bridges as assist
ant. while W. T. Thompson waa een-
tinued as treasure.
The next session of the convention
will he with the State Line church
m-"* spring.
The Cowpens choir furnished some
rrood singing and the hospitality ol
the neonle was cordial and excellent
s'* that all who attended fe’t sorry
they could not go back to CowDsns
next year.
The nan rt r by Miss Ellis on organiz
ed class work and that bv Miss Mas
Green Op primary work will be nrlnh-
• v '' In the minutes of the convention
The Price of Health.
“The price of health In A malAr
rious district Is lust 25 cents; the
cost of a box of Dr. King’s New Life
Pills,” writes Ella Slayton, of No
land. Ark. New Life Pills cleanse
gently and Impart new life and vigor
to the sj'stem. 25c. Satisfaetioa
guaranteed at Cherokee Drug O®
The Alaska Packers Assoelatkm
are about to introdnc" the Argo Red
Salmon in this market. T.iey are
the largest Salmon canners In the
world, employing an army of 7,500
men. with a fleet of over sixty v©*-
r o 1s. and the Argo is the choicest
Red Salmon packed. It is caught
m the Icy waters of Bering Sea. Tha
flesh Is verv firm: of a beautiful rad
color and delicious flavor.
April 1-5.
There *re many tonics In the tea
As by the papers you can se
But none of them can equal
Hollister’s Rocky Mountain T<
—Try the Williamson Plan
ouf Dixie Dent Corn—It’e a li
ylelder. Gaffney Dr-- Co.
•ubaerlb© for Th*
r: $1 a