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THE ALUMNAE OF
LIMESTONE COLLEGE
TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK A
GREAT DAY.
The Occasion Was a Reminder 0 f a
Confederate Veterans Reunion in
Some Features.
Tuesday of last week was a great
day for the Alumnae of Limestone
College. The day was devoted en-
-
tirelv to them, and they came to
gether in considerable numbers from
various parts of the State to renew
old friendship, revived sacred mem
ories. compare notes from experience
and look after the welfare of their
Alma Mater.
The occasion reminded one of a
reunion of Confederate veterans in
some of its characteristic features—
the joyous greetings, the enthusiastic
spirit and the manifest devotJor to
the cause which had called forth the
meeting.
At 10 o -lock a. m. a business meet
ing was held in the college audi
torium at which about sixty-five
members were present. The class
of this year, twenty-seven in num
ber, joined In a body—an event
which, has not occurred before and
which was a source of much en
couragement to the meeting.
Mrs. Charles Petty, of Spartan
burg, an alumna of the Curtis days,
presided with elegant ease and
graceful dignity, the president, Mrs.
Hannon, being absent. The principal
matter discussed was a plan for rais
ing funds for the purchase of a pipe
orgau„ to he placed In the college
chapel, and a liberal cash subscrip
tion was made which, before the
close of commencement, was aug
mented to $618. Besides this amount,
now deposited In the bank, there are
unpaid subscriptions enough to swell
the amount to. $1,000. It Is confi
dently expected that before the
opening of next session a fine organ
will be purchased and put Into place.
The following officers were elect
ed to serve another year: President,
Mrs. G. G. Byers, Gaffney; vice-pre
sident, Miss Eunice Ford, Marion;
recording secretary. Mrs. J. Edgar
Groce. Wellford; corresponding sec
retary, Mrs. s. h. Griffith, Gaffney.
Hdltor of the Alumnae department
of the Limestone Star. Miss Aurelia
Lodge, Limestone College; assistant
editor. Miss Jennie Reid. Spartan
burg.
The Alumnae Banquet,
Perhaps the most enjoyable oc
casion of all was, the Alumnae hjrn-
nuet. sup'-rintended by Mrs. TT. K.
Osborne, of Gaffney, and spread in
fite oollesre dining room on T’lesdav
evening. TTen* after a half hour’s
reception in the coll^tTe parlors ail
of the Alumnae present, with a few
invited rpepfs, assernbl^d at i> o’cTheb
!>nri for about two bour? abandoned
themselve.' to "a fog ?* r^t-on and
f'ov of ‘mme." The following was
the menu-
Roiled TTam Baked Chicken
Greet, Pt-as
Bread n Putter isandwleb Cranberries
Gherkins Teed Tea
Chicken Salad
Sarah v Potatoes Olives Crac' prs
Neapolitan Cream
White Cake Fruit Cake
Cheese Wafers Cafe Noir
Mrs. Charles Petty presided as
t'>a«t mistress and Mrs J. u Mont
gomery. of Snartnnburg. was the
guest of honor The following was
the regular order of toasts and re
sponses. though It was voiced by
voluntary contributions of apnro-
priat-^ sentiments and some sallies
of wit by the toast mistress:
Madam President. Alumnae Associa
tion and Friends;
l>et us stand one moment and
touch glasses in honor of our presi
dent, Mrs. R. A. Hannon, who is not
with us. Wo regret her absence;
but we can jointly wish her peace
and happiness. May her days he
filled with love and charity and con
tinued loyalty to her Alma Mater.
It is through your generosity her
mantle has fallen to me on this oc-
easion, however feebly I may wear
It, I thank you for the honor. It is
a pleasure to be with you, and have
part in the initiatory banquet.
It is an epoch In the history of the
association, dating the beginning of
an era full of signal and lasting im
portance. Let it become your mecca,
drawing you together yearly—the
old and the new; the former full of
experince, the latter of great ex
pectations and prove a benediction
to us all.
I announce as the first toast “Our
college. The foster mother that re
ceives her children as they leave
the homo circle and family fireside.
She widens our life, enlarges our
vision, teaches us to look up, not
down, and says lend a hand. Tis
wisdom to be loyal to this second
mother, of which Miss Lola McClain
will tell you more.’’
Madam Toast Mistress, Honored
Guests and Memebers of the
Alumnae Association:
The universe i 8 a morocosm. our
college, microcosm. The same prin
ciple of life and love running through
the universe and making it one, a
unity, runs through th' 1 history of
college. Ijooking backwards through
the dim vista of ages gone by, we
» c, e the great mind souls of men,
such as Plato, Aristotle and Dante,
who have made for us not a dead
past but an eternal now. It is with
in the sacred walls of our college
that the memory of these great world
minds is cherished* it was our Alma
Mater who put us in vital touch with
them thus making our life within
these secluded walls a little republic
—may, not a little republic, but the
republic of republics, because it is
the republic of the mind.
No mean honor is it then to drinb
to our Alma Mater, who has given
us our citizenship in the great mind
—'republic, and with no less honor,
and with a still deeper affection do
we pledge our loyalty and our love
to those rare spirits of oin* republic,
who have over been our help and
our inspiration—our senior profes
sor and our president.
Response by Miss E. Neves:
“Raise the bumper once more for
you have not yet drained its deep
depths. You have drunk to our re
public of the mind—our Alma Mater
—you have drunk to those rare
spirits guiding our republic; you
have not drunk to the principles of
the constitution of our republic, nor
the deep motives of those who have
drawn up the constitution, and who
ever inspire Its citizens to abide by
It. Then here’s to you dear teacher,
for though the years are gone your
comradeship lingers with us still.
In this mind republic you even for
mulate the guiding principles that
give to the world the woman with
her high and noble aspirations, with
her freedom of thought and action,
who constitute the backbone of our
world republic.
“Our hearts compel us to again
drink, and drink deep to the two
lights of Limestone, to the two who
are and have always been the bright
est anq greatest lights of our college,
to the two who come first in the
hearts of every Limestone College
girl to the two who stand for every
noble and high principle, to the two
w'hom not only we, but the foremost
educators of the South appreciate
and delight to honor. Need I call
the name of our brilliant and peer
less president, Lee Davis Ixrdge, and
of our noble, ever faithful and well
loved senior professor, Harrison Pa-
tillo Griffith.
“Last and perhaps greatest to us.
we drink again to ycu dear old
IJmestone, for we love you. You
have given to us all which is most
precious and dear. You have so
long sheltered us and given to us
the priceless heretage. To us you
are the greatest and most peerless
college of colleges. May you ever
climb higher and higher in the world
of education, and always remain, as
you are now, without a peer in our
whole Southland.'’
Lavender and Rosemary: “Ah,
•es; that means come out into the
garden—an old-faf4hioned garden,
vith sun-dial and an arbour and lit-
le well-kept paths, that lead to the
lower beds! All that eornor will
'ie full of roses in June—old-fashion
ed ropes—blushed and cinnamon and
sweet brier. I love them all- niig-
nonefto and forget-me-nots, belong
together sweetness and memory,
''‘own by the gate are sweet heHrE
and simpl, marjoram, thyme, Rose
mary and lavender. Lavender comes
first; it is sweet and has association
but Miss Eunice Ford will tell you
of ‘Lavodor and Rosemary’ ’’
Madam Toapt Mistress and Friends:
“Tis not the glass filled with
water, nor yet tho one filled with
wine, that I would ask you to raise
to your Ups: ’tis the great crystal
hiving cup of joy and sorrow one of
whos 0 slender semicardiac handles are
held by the radiant spirit, imagina
tion; another, by her who is wedded
to him in snirit, pale-cheeked mem-
TV. The third handle remains, my
f riends. will each of you take It, and
in the presence of that, wedded pair,
alone, raise on high this great crys
tal loving cup of bitterness and of
sweetness, in whos 0 clear depths He
th« crimson tear-drops of our own
heart’s life
“Clasp the handle and with poig
nant grief and exquisite joy, pledge
with me an undying devotion to that
land to which we are borne an
image of fanev by the perfumos of
Lavender and Rosemary, the en
chanted land of long ago—a land
made still dearer to me because I
have seen It with ttm eyes of a dwel
ler therein. And if you will open the
ears of your soul I will describe it
as it was given to me. ‘A land that
is silvered with moon-light, sheen,
and wreathed in the mists of vanish
ed years and peopled with spirit
forms—* land where foot-steps
awake no echo, where melting music
in minor chords steals over dream
ing Las, and where thought unaltered
is no less imperfect, a land where
the tides of passion break in ripples
’he peaceful shore and the heart
is soothed from sorrow by the mem
ories of love.’
“Once more raise tnis cystal lov
ing cup of joy and sorrow to your
lips, and drink to those who clasp
its two slinder semicardiac handles
—the weaver of dreams. For the
’■ealitles of life are theirs, and theirs
alone, only through them do we find
the true and the beautiful. To them
he’ong the best of every heart. <|f
every soul. They take us for their
own and we cap never completely
belong to earth again. They, and
♦hey alone, fre^ us from ‘the years
viCi which humanity would bend us
to earth.’ They glv > us the only
et'wnity—the eternity in which we
live. They give us that which can
not lie lost, because it. Is our own—
that which !s no symbol but the very
substance of the HO,1 l—that which
r. akes the hearts of all the dwellers
of the land dark with dreams to heat
as one, and that in union with the
almighty heart of life and love.’’
Response by Mrs. J. E. Groce:
Responce to memory. Here’s to
the memory of our school days—the
seed time of life. May we ever
cherish it and may the seeds of
learning sown a t dear old Limestone,
warmed by the sunshine of youth
and happiness, watered by the dews
of love and civilization, take deep
root and burst forth in rarest blos
soms of Intellectual womanhood.
Sweet memories the fragrance of
which permllates our lives and
converts age Into a day dream of
such exquisite joy, such blissful con
tentment, such peaceful reflection
that age is no longer a dread but a
safe anchorage from the rushing bil
lows of life.
As we sow in youth, we shall reap
in age. Then let each of us make of
our lives a beautiful whole, combln-
in-- the past, present and future Into
one, making the individual.
Oh! woman ought we not to feel
grateful for what education and re
ligion have done for us—lifted us
from the womenity of barbarism In
to the very highest sphere of
idealism. Noble womanhood! the
most consumate flower of civilization.
M!ay the memory of the past be as
a banner on which Is inscribed the
word, excelsior, and holding it aloft
may we press forward towards the
high ideal of perfect womanhood,
cherishing ever the old gold and
white. Then life the golden gatlet
to your lips and drink deep of the
truths of life.
By the toast mistress to our seniors:
“Let us turn to the practical. Mrs.
Edna Harris has a message to our
latest recruits, the senors, now out
of college to enter the great universi
ty—the world—with multi-plus re
sources, opportunities and responsl-
bilitied.
Now comes the response from the
youngest and brightest of the debu-
lants. Judging from honors thrust up
on her. class president, editor-in-
chief of Alumnae department In the
Star, she seems well equipped for
work In the greatest school she now
enters.
Response by Miss Aurelia Lodge:
Madam Tost Mistress, Ladies of the
Alumnae Association of Limestone
College:
In one of the battles of Egypt
during the Napoleonic war a drum
mer boy was mortally wounded. As
he lay dying upon the field the sol
diers of his regiment passed by. He
cried to them: “Men of the 49th,
teach me how to die*”
Sometimes more can be dojie fur
a country or an Institution by living
than by dying. So we, the class of
1907, who have so recently joined
your number, call upon you, the
Alumnae of Limestone College, to
teach us how to live for Limestone.
We have spoken so often of the
breaking of ties at graduation, of the
tearing asunder of the tendils (hat
have bound heart to heart. We bring
Lo you the enthusiasm of our young
hearts to add life and vigor to all
your activities. We know that you
will not allow the flora of our zeal to
he quinched in the ice of indifference.
We pledge to you the energies of
our young minds the overflowing
affection of our young hearts and the
constant support of our wills.
Here’s to the class of 1907, rooted
On earth to flower in heaven.
Here’s to the class of 1907 dear
Limestone’s pride, the sad world’s
leaven.
By Miss Annie McClain: •
To our honored guest, Mrs. John
ft. Montgomery, Sr., to tho Alumnae
of the Curtis days; of whom our
charming toast mistress is a repre
sentative—that type of womanhood
which was the fairest flower of our
noble South: her comfort and stay
in her darkest days; her glory and
her pride forever—at her feet we
lav the tribute of lasting affecion and
r verence. Serea j n caelum redeant!
By Mrs. Boyd L. Hames:
Here's to the club dramatic, the
faculty in the play, may e ach of their
names be greatest among actors of
th day!
The following was the closing
toast offered by a member of the
faculty and received with hearty ap
plause;
Our Toast Mistress: A jewel In
the chain that binds this association
to a glorious past; when the chain
shall be broken may the jewel still
shin** with even a purer and brighter
lustre In an imperishable setting.
Minks Among the Chickens.
On last Friday night the chicken
house of J. J. Vassey, who lives a
few miles out of town, was visited
by what must have been a number
of minks, judging from the appear-
-nce of things next morning. Mr.
Vassey, on going out to his hen
house found that sixty-three chick
ens had been killed, ranging from
the largest down to the smallest,
which he estimated the value to be
about $20.
Monday morning Mr. Vassey went
out hunting, hoping to be able to lo
cate the den of the minks, and was
aot on his way long before he suc
ceeded In .his undertaking. While
Mr. Vassey doesn’t think he was so
fortunate as to kill the entire flock,
he is rejoicing to know that he put
four qf them out of business.
A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVILLE.
MOVEMENTS OF -HE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Argo Red Salmon readily adapts
itself to the requirements of break
fast, luncheon, dinner, or supper, and
giv » seasonable variety to every
meal.
Jur e 4-7.
—Bargains in mattings, rugs and
carpets, June 7th and 8th at Carroll
ft Byers’.
Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Itema of
that Sectloa
Wilkinsville, June 5.—Mr. Leslie
Blackwell has curiosity in the way
of a four-footed chicken. It was
hatched last week. It is apparently
fully developed In every other way.
One of Its legs and feet are all right.
The other leg is forked—on one
prong of which th- re are two feet—
the other one. This is its only de
formity.
We have had an abundance of rain
and the plows and hoes will be Idle
for a f«w days while the cron of grass
gets a good start.
Com and cotton both look well
considering the cool weather.
Mrs. Ed. Millwood, of Hickory
Grove, who has been sick for some
time, is still very unwell. She is the
mother of Mrs. Charley Foster, who
went to see her last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Vassey and
children, from down in the fork, spent
last Saturday night with us.
MVs. Janie Bowen, of Jonesville,
and Mrs. Joe Hughes, of Gowdeys-
ville spent Saturday night with their
brother, Mr. John Hughes and family.
Rev. C. M. Teal was not at Abing
don Creek church last Sabbath.
Though the weather was threatning
min there was a fair turn out at the
church.
Mr. J. A. M. Estes, who went to
the Richmond reunion last week, re
turned Friday, reaching home on
Saturday.
Tho R. F. D. mail route from Wil
kinsville has been changed to Gaff
ney No. 9 and has been extended
down the Pinckney ferry road to
Mr. W. R. Walker’s place and back
ini/) the Howell’s forrv road at Mr.
W. C. Kirby’s.
Mr. Rufus Estes, who has been sick
for some time is n<> better. Mr. and
Mrs. Asa Blackwell visited him last
Monday. He is a very sick man.
Owing to the high water in the
little crook at. Mr. Andrew Byars’ the
mail did not get. to the Gowdysville
section last. Friday. Thickety and
Oilkey creeks were both high. Land
and crops were badly washed in
many places and some may have to
b > planted over again.
Oats are looking well. Very little
wheat Is sown in this section and that
is not very good.
Mr. Phillip Robbins, of Cownens,
passed here on Monday with a milk
cow he bought on the York sido of
tho river.
As we predicted they would do
this year, the locusts have come and
in many places they keep the woods
ringing with Pharaoh, Plia-raoh, Pha
raoh.
The extension of the R. F. D. mail
route to Mr. VV. R. Walker’s place
has already added several new sub
scribers to The Ledger’s list. This
convenience i* 1 the mail service places
newspapers i n the hands of many
who heretofore haven't enjoyed that
luxury at. so little cost of time and
trouble in getting their mail.
Mr. J. x. Strain went to Jonesville
last Monday on business.
Mr. j. Ed Leech, of Hickory Grove,
is in this county selling books. He
has a good assortment and can fill
the hill of almost all classes of read
ers.
Mr Ed Eison and Dr. Steedly. of
Gaffney, passed here Monday evening
on their way to see Mr. Will Thom
son who is sick at his home In Ches
ter county.
Mr. Bill Johnson, of Pearlige, came
over on this side last Saturday.
The next grand rennlon of the TT.
C. veterans will he held In Birming
ham. Ala. The South Carolina vet
erans voted solidly for Birmingham.
It Is generally conceded (by this
State of course) that the Palmetto
State sent the nrattlest girls to re-
n»*e8ent her at the Richmond reunion
of anv of the Southern States, includ
ing Virginia, and that is no reflect
ion whatever on the beauty of the
fair daughters of our «iete»- States.
It’s natural for each crow to think
its crow the whitest.
Wle subscribe fully and unreserved
ly to the sentiment set forth In the
following editorial clipping from The
Union Times:
“Whiskey and pistols! This is the
combination that is working havoc
with law and order. How long will
our people refuse to see that here Is
practically the whoi^ trouble. It was
last this combination that produced
the horrible murder at Carlisle last
week. It Is the combination that Is
making it more and more difficult to
restrain the lawless. Whiskey and
pistols! a mixture that produces
horrible crimes and blights peaceful
•lo-ies.’’
The man who carries a pistol as
the badge of a hero and has to “tank
no” on liquor for courage to display
It. is as devoid of physiclal courage
ns a Bengal tiger is of the Christian
graces.
We have illustrations of this near
er home than Carlisle—instances in
which the pernicious practice ofcar-
•V Ing pistols anq whiskey to places
where good and law-abiding people
assemble even for the worship of
Almighty God Is fast bringing hoary
hairs down In sorrow to the grave.
Shame, oh shame, on such a state of
affairs. We could, if necessary, call
up scores of cases where the pistol
and bowie knife “toters” who made
themselves a terror to the communi
ties in which they lived by "bullying’’
over their peaceful and better neigh-
iK)rs, when called upon to face an
invading foe in mental combat, were
simply “not in It.’’ They had busi
ness somewhere else. This charact
eristic hasn't changed one iota in the
progress of time and so-called civi
lization. Yet in the face of all this,
we are fre e to admit that this spirit
of ruffianism so prevalent in the' and
justifies the more respectable and
peaceable citizen to go prepared to
defend himself against the attacks of
this lawless element. But no ex
cuse can he given for the liquor an
nex to go along with It.
Another monstrous evil with which
this country will some flay have to
contend is that growing out of the
nunch howl. This may as yet be in
its incipiency. but th° harvest time
is coming and a word to the wise is
sufficient. To this the W. C. T. U.
has virtually subscribed and sound
ed a note of warning.
From efficient repels we have the
voices throughout the cotton States
and the poor crop prospects has
caused the staple to jump up in
price.
Farmers will, have plenty of grass
now since the rain has come and
kept them from work for several
days. But with good health and fair
sunshine they will soon be up with
it. The farmers as a general thing
have leame/i not to overcrop them
selves—one acre well worked is
worth three half worked.
J. L S.
CHECK AND SPIEL ARTIST.
J. J. Wells Scattered His “Paper 1 *
About Asheville.
Asheville. N. C.. Juno 4—J. J.
Wells, the smooth proposition with
fetching ways, who camp here last
week, took a house for the summer,
cashed a number of checks on a
Florida bank, hastily left the city
and subsequently was brought back
in the custody of an officer, now lan
guishes in Buncombe county jail In
default of $400 bond, awaiting the
next term of Superior Court for the
trial of civil cases. After returning
to Asheville Wells visited all the
persons who had cashed his checks
and made good their apparent losses.
He also paid the $2f> reward which
one Asheville merchant had offered
for his capture. After paying up
Wells had about $7 left. Now he’s in
jail. He was given a preliminary
hearing before Magistrate Gudger.
The persons who had cashed checks
were present, at the hearing and tes
tified. The trial.while something in
♦ho nature of tragedy for Wells, was
comical to an outsider. The differ
ent spiels that Wells gave th<» check-
cashers were recite,] nt some length
! *nfl not infr< ouently to laugher. The
hearing ove r Wells was held In $l0h
Itonfl in each of four cases. He aaifl
that he eouU not at present make
the bon,] and went into the hands of
the officers and subsequently to jail.
The case of Wells has pyeited no
little interest here. Just what sort
of a man he is has aroused some
snecidatlpn Wells who, when ar
rested carried f n his grip a couple of
Bibles, holds that he !.« the victim of
| some sort of underhand work. Not.
however. n n the part of any one in
Asheville, in defense of his course,
he declares that he believed a per
tain sum of money to be in the Fer-
nandina, Fla., ban!* when he o-o y rj { Vj p
checks: that his brother-in-law had
promised to deposit $300 in the
bank an,] that on the strength of h^
promis,, he gave the cheeks, thinking
that the money was there. This
Jtory is given little credence, how
ever. Some of the officers believe
/that Wells has operated extensively
And that there may be other devel
opments. After Wells had been In
jail for a time one of the officers was
asked how h^* took confinement.
“Oh. just like he was at home.” was
the reply.
A NEGRO'S SKULL CRUSHED.
Claude Gaither .Brains .Jim .Minor
With a Stone.
Asheville, N. C., June 4.—Jim Mi
nor, a negro stableman in the em
ploy of a local livery, is in the Mis
sion Hospital In a critical condition
with a crushed skull. Saturday even
ing two negros, Jim Minor and
Claude Gaither, were Jesting or quar
reling near the corner of Asheland
avenue and Patton avenue when
Gaither suddenly seized a rock and
hurled it at Minor with t°rriflc speed.
The missile went wild, but Gaither
l n an instant, so bystanders say, had
picked up another stone and before
anyone could interfere had struck
Minor a vicious blow in the head.
The victim fell to the ground with
out a groan, while blood flowed free
ly from the ghastly wound. Gaither,
realizing what he had done, tamed
and fled. Two small darkies, how
ever, followed the man, to his home
on Gudger street, where, after tell
ing his wife what he had done, Gaith
er picked up his coat and fled to-
wards the French Broad river. Those
who witnessed Hie assault summon
ed Dr. d. E. Sevier, who after mak
ing a hurried examination, caused
the removal of the Injured man to
the Mission Hospital. An examina
tion of the wound at the hospital re
vealed the fact that Minor’s skull
had been broken and that he was ser
iously hurt. The police went to work
j on the case In an effort to apprehend
i Gaither, but thus far their search
has failed of result. The negroes
are about 30 years of age and no
cause other than a petty quarrel can
be assigned for the murderous as
sault made on Minor by the escaped
negro.
i
SUNSHINE WANTED.
Lands Badly Washed by Recenlt
Rain 8 i n York County,
Yorkville. June 4.—There was no
rain in this section yesterday and
I everybody i s hoping that the turning
' point has been reached and that
there will now be a week or two of
dry, warm weather in order that the
; crops may receive much needed at-
| tention and start to growing. It Is
j s aid that in many sections of the
county the land was badly washed
i by the recent heavy rains.
A dog. supposed to be afflicted
i with hydrophobia, after having bit-
j ten several other dogs, was killed in
town last week, and as a result them
I has been a considerable slaughter
i among the the bitten dogs, the work
being done either by or at the in
stance of their owners as a precau-
| tionary measure.
The outlook is that if the day Is
| propitious there will he a great
i crowd on next Friday to take part In
I the ceremonies incident, to the un
veiling of the Confederate monu
ment. recently erected here under
the auspices of th3 U. D. C’s
Steamer Tourist Burred.
Elizabeth City, x. C.. June 4—.The
steamer Tourist, one of the passeng
er steamers of the Leroy Steamboat
line and one of the finest steamers
to ply these waters, was burned to-
da’* at 1 o’clock in Albemarle Sound
whil on route to Columbia.
The steamer left here on an extra
run to Columbia this morning at 9
o'clock and about 2 o’clock telegram
was receivofl by the company here
from the agent in Columbia announc-
*ng the fact of her burning and that
the crew was saved. Beyond this
ihr. telegram gave no other informa
tion. The Tourist was one of the
most palatial passanger steamers to
ply these waters and wag one 0 f the
swiftest in the sound country.
Desperately Wounded.
Gastonia, x. C.. June 4.—Ben Isen-
hower. an operative of the High
Shoals Cotton mlil, lies desperately
wounded at his home as the result
of knife wounds sustained Sunday
morning at the hands of Will Holla-
fleld, an operative of the game mill.
Hollafield made good his escape In
company with his brother-in-law. a
man named Jamieson, and so far the
most vigilant search of the officers
has not sufficed to cause his appre
hension. Isenhower was cut twice
and stabbed once in the back and
his wounds are of such a nature that
his recovery is a matter of grave
doubt. Deputy Sheriff Will Rhyne
and Sheriff Shuford both went to the
scene of the trouble but Hollafield
had made his escape. Just the cause
r>f the trouble cannot be learned,
though It Is probable that mean
whiskey was at the bottom of the
whole affair. Saturday night and
Sunday, it Is said there wag much
whiskey In evidence and rowdyism
held sway.
May Die From Wounds.
Statesville, N. C., June 4.—New
reached Statesville yesterday of
very serious cutting affray in OR
township Sunday afternoon, it seem
that Tom Lambert, white, who H
cently moved to the Olia neighboi
hood, was at the home of Mr. Doc!
Daniels, was drunk and made som
remarks which Daniels reseated, j
fight ensued and Lambert drew hi
knife and stabbed Daniels a numbe
of times, it is said that Lambert b<
came sober Immediately and secui
ing a gun and a revolver, left fo
parts unknown. He came to Ihi
Olin section from Ashe county an<
it is assumed that he went in tha
direction.
Hundreds of people have told the
grocers that the Argo Red Salmon
is the best Salmon that they have
ever eaten. Ask your neighbors If
they have tried it.
Jun e 4-7.
Killer by Shifting Engine.
Spartanburg. June 4.—John Wi
Hams, colored, was instantly kille
early Monday morning by beln
struck by a shifting engine of th
Southern road, and .Tames Brysoi
white, was seriously injured. Th
me n were in a buggy and were a
tempting to drive across the track
of the Southern in the upper sectio
of he city, when a passing yard ei
glne struck the buggy, hurling Wi
Hams against a telegraph pole, crus!
ing his skull. Mr. Bryson sustain*
a dislocated shoulder and bruise
about his body. The horse was kll
ed by the train.
—Don’t miss the carpet sale at
Carroll & Byers’ Friday and Satur
day of this week.
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