The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 25, 1907, Image 1
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of Any Newspaper In the
Fifth Congressional
District of S. C.
fVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE
Fhe Ledger.
SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.
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•f Every Advertiser w ho
Uses the Columns of
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DEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
A Newspaper In AH mat the Word Implies and Devoted te the Beet Interest of the People of Cherokee County.
ESTABLISHED FEB. 16. 1M4.
GAFFNEY, S. C- TUESDAY. JUNE 25. 1907.
11.00 A YEAR.
THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE.
A SNIPE HUNT.
ITEMS OF INTERST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Happnings aU Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges an d Tersely
..Told to Ledger Readers. ,
Friday afternoon a two-year-old
child of Mr and Mrs. Frank Morgan,
of Greenville while playing in a win
dow fell a short distance to the
trround and died of its injuries Sat-
urdav morning.
On Thursday the people of Sumter
county laid the cornerstone for a
new court house. The building is to
cost $125,000. and will be one of (he
finest, if not very best, eounty court
house in South Carolina.
Mr. William I. Laval died Friday
morning at 8:15 o’clock at his home
in Columbia after a short illness of
pneumonia. He was eighty-three
years old and for three score years
served his State, with only a brief
interruption, in the treasury depart
ment
Mr. W. Meek Faulkner, of York-,
ville. has one of the oldest land u* eds
in York county. It was made by on,,
of his McElwee ancestors in the
transfer of n‘2 acres in the Bethany
neighborhood for $G. The same land
cannot now be bought for -$2<» an
acre.
Eighteen negroes, a mul,. team and
a wagon were dumped into the inlli
race at Whitney mills, near Spartan
burg. late Friday afternoon by the
giving away of the bridge across the
stream. One of the mules was
drowned hut all the occupants of tiie
w a iron escaped alive.
Col. Henry Harrison Hall, a highly
respected citizen and druggist of
Aiken, died at his home at 1 a in
Thursday, Col. Hall was a well
known member and officer of the
United Confederate veterans and was
for many years commander of Bar
nard E. Bee Camp, and was a colonel
on the staff of Gen B H. Teague,
South Carolina division.
H. L. Cox, charged with th<- mur
der of Evan' Rivers, last December,
In Wardmalaw, was declared not
guilty by a jury Thursday afternoon
in tne court of general sessions in
Chari' on it was about 2:45 o'clock
when the jury retired and after an
hour of deliberation, the verdict was
brought in. The trial occupied the
day at ’he court house, and was wit
nessed by a large number of people,
the 4 ’ellow-plantors of Mr. Cox being
especially in evidence. They shook
him wn: nly by the hand at o r tl <
verdict had been declared
New and Novel Manner 0 f Amusing
a New Comer to Gaffney.
\n old, long-ilowing, gray bearded,
patriarchal proverb says that there
is nothin® ne w under the sun. This
may be true in the main, and in so
far as it refers to the commodity in
its original state: but even in this
• nlightened (?) age there he things
that are new and ways and manners
and customs that are strange and mys-
torious to some whose pathway in
life has. perhaps, conducted them by
shady and gloomy by-ways through
wooded regions wherein lurked wild
beasts and wilder savage men. and
the stillness of whose solitudes was
broken only by the cry of the pan
ther. the howl of the wolf or the
crack of the moonshiner’s rifle, and
where the sunlight of civilization (?)
was ever an unknown quantity. To
such a one, it may he, old Sol does
occasionally shine upon something
nevv among things terrestrial.
Some few weeks ago a young man
arrived in Gaffney—which, by the
way, is nothinsr new nor strange,
-ine,. Gaffney is a thi.ving little city
and offers many inducements to
youn L r men who are looking for legi
timate employment. Something about
this particular young gentleman soon
attracted the attention of other
young men 0 f tp,, city, who are ever
ready, an,] eager, to accord a warm
welcome to others of their sex
whose guiding star steers them to
Cherokee’s metropolis. Whether or
not it was something in this young
immigrant’s general makeup that in-
spire,’ idea, will perhaps never
he known to a certainty, but in con-
sidering the manner in which they
"ouh] extend to him a formal wei-
'•eme, with the proper trimmings to
make him a full-fledged citizen of
the town with all its righis and
pi ivileges, the hoys hit upon <* diver
sion in the way of amusement known
<> the more advanced and enlighten-
e<l devotees in the world o*' sport as
a “snipe hunt.”
As soon as tjj, idea was conceived
and the details arranged, a committee
was appointed to wait upon the young
man and acquaint him with Hie na
Mire of the entertainment gotten up
fur his especial benefit, and to learn
his pleasure i n the matter. Being a
uew and novel mode of amusement
<o him, in which he could scent a
large amount of fun and enjoyment,
lie readily acquiesced, and became
very enthusiastic over the prospects,
eh n i ■ m was further
heightened by the assurance of the
committee that a contract had al
ready been made in advance for the
game in sight, (in Hie mind’s eye!)
A certain night was agreed upon, and
promptly at the hour, as the show
bills say, the party, with the young
man in tow, repaired to the hunting-
groump decided upon, and there pro
ceeded t (> eomple-to the arrangements
for entrapping his snipeship. After
a considerable heated controversy
over who should have the honor of
Willie’ii Rutherford,
negro train
holding tin stu
were i xpected to
profusion, it was
confer thk-: privih
han<i
was found in an unconscious
of honor, a
condi' i
( n with bis head bady crush-
Hom d a:
ed in
rhe caboo e 0 f Conductor Gll-
an excel!**
lespit.
• In 1
inst ruction
f*nee l
Friday morning. Upon investi-
fot h<*fs
U-'a’iei
it was found that his skull
d.ov'* thci
had 1<.
• m crushed in with Hie < yt of
1‘ youth
in axe. which was found in the car
od stt on the ax
[t is s-ated that Rutherford had con
siderable money on his person Thurs-
tiav afternoon end wa.- showing R
1. \Vh<
pock* s bad ' . a rilled and it is
thought that 1 ■ wa- struci in the
bead anil then robbed and 1-fi for
dead. There is no clue : 0 the per-
petra’ors of tne deed, bu? it is thought
that Men* • f ' ‘ ''bun
with
a nee
mane!
uf an an liquated
this occasion. <
Wh' Tot:i
‘•111
did the
is wa>
un ter
nt ly laying
une and wen
bnel.
camr
tlw...
Tie annual meuting of the South
Carol!i a lb: • in u niice a ociat ion.
which wa- held in Columbia last
■wee|< adjourned on Wednesday. It
■was the lan:! and me:-* sticee ful
meetings yet leld, then- being as
many as eighty delegate.- present.
The fob' wing oilic. were re-elec
ed: P. T Ha\ne.'o1 Greenville, pre-
t-
burg, vie-pi 1 -idem; s. M. Grist, of
Yorkvilie, secretarv and treasurer
Tlie executive commiMe". in addition
i,
B Ueevs, of Charleston; C. B. Him-
inons. of Columbia: O Frank .loua
t in; c. L. S(
Marion: G. E Hayne-worth, of .Sum
ter, and J. W. Ashurst. ol Aiken
This distribution gives one from euch
convex i'inal d ir.ct
Wednesday afternoon about 5
o'clock at tiic begin * ns of a livid
thunde r storm. Sam \nd'-rson. tl.e
bright sev'enteen-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs George B. \nderson, of
Rock Hill, was struck by lightning
hikI instantly killed. At tne tune he
was a --isting ’he workmen who were
building his father’s new residence,
which is nearltv the present home of
, Ml ol the workmen eji
cept one had. gone down fiom ’he
second story as the roof had not
been out on. Young \nderson was
standing near the corner of the house
end nailing on the studding. 1 he
holt struck him on the left temple
and followed that side into the shoe
tearing hi clotning and setting P
on tire The workman with him was
Inn ci •<] ilo'vn niJ'l not
i ' iou-'ly i.oi ••■! ij ' hop
The: is nothing nicer packed than
Argo Red Salmon, and Vt the price
is within the reach of all.
June 25-28.
cea -•
-c
uid finding himself
orange land" he \aca
viili ii or
manner of hi -
ti-ndi •'••hearti'd
waveriinr tooisl
from w 1 ose
‘wh'i'e he wa
11 1m riiiai ion a-
'ood ti'
going!
fate
ops to
inmates
> at.”
to ’hi
'n (laffnev ; a ml
lil's I
birthday last S
ha!,.
niiil ii'*ai*ty anti
pen
and confidence
llilll.
Sunday his
bo \ s.
all of whom '<
“alone in a
d his pnsitio-i
upon the
A kind ami
directed his
a farm hmise.
he learned
together with
■ mos* direct
he arrived in
DUZIER FINDS
KAINIT MINES.
IMPORTANT PROSPECTS IN THE
PIEDMONT
in wnich the 1 irds
'-talk in endless
finally decided to
uji m the guest
'a 11ai was considered to he
nr point of vantage, with
to h >id his ground till
rounded up the birds and
n in to him. The guile-
tool.; libs s'and and held it
a patient staici m ami endur-
thiit would have made a Co-
e Indian turn grec,, with envy;
hu 1 . as Hie enlightened ones know,
the “snipe" is a timid bird grown so
iiv ha ving !>ci n for s,, li.tir
victim
and on
his no-
the
CUSIO’
pccialk
appalling to
who was so jjersist-
for him. The hours
ind then went and
rain, and with them as
. . .! : -appeared in the light in the
• a ’ which heralded the birt'^ of a
i:i■ w da; 'be (.the,- hunters vanished,
leaving Die watciier. whose per-
sevorence was worthy of a better
cause, “with the hag to hold,” so to
i P ,:il.; Rut patience sometimes
, to he a virtue, and as the
d i vii began to steal upon the
ami -'ill no snipe in sight:
■ ai• city with 'he morning shadows
i basing him.
\nd his ‘'snipeship’’ is sijU waiting
for Hie next one!
M r Vnssey Ce'ebrates His N at a| Day-
Mi. .Iona. Vas-my passed his sixty-
first. iiirthdav last Saturday. He is
i . . ■ ' , ... s...... .i... ■
is
res-
»w
en
•■-,11.meil o surprise rue oni genue-
man. so they gathered at his house
wjili their families, taking a well fill-
. ,1 basket, and enjoyed a family re
union ii was ono of those iamily
• /fair that mjikcs ;t mat) proud that
he has lived to rear a family of
children that love, honor ami respect
him The Ledger wishes Mr. Vasse-•
man, happy returns of the <lav
You can’t tell a woman’s ag ■ af
t. r she tak*s Hollister’s Rocky Moun
tain Tea. Her complexion is fine.
She is round, plump, and handsome;
in fact she L young aga'n. 35 cents,
Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co.
Was Looking For Coal When Dis
covery 0 f Kainif was Made in The
Blacksburg Section.
The Columbia Record of Friday
afternoon con'ained the following in
teresting item concerning the min
erals pf this county.
Kainit, one of the most costly and
important ingredients of commercial
fertilizers, very likely exists in untold
quantities among the foot-hills of the
Piedmont, according to Mr. L. B. Do
zier. formerly head of the big whole
sale machinery and plumbing supplies
concern of the L. B Dozier company
of this city.
Mr. Dozier recently went to Gaff
ney and Blacksburg, as the result of
representations made to him. by Dr.
R. kb Lee and other expert miner-
altogists and geologists, and what he
found by personal investigation sur
prised and gratified him. although
he already knew something in a gen
eral way of the immense and practi
cally untouched mineral resources of
the Cherokee hills.
Mr. Dozier is very much pleased
over the prospects, not only for kainit.
hut baukrite, thorium and other min
erals. and is satisfied Hia* before many
years some great fortunes are going
to be dug from the Cherokee slopes.
He is still pursuing his investigations,
hut is naturally not very communica
tive as to his plans or as to the ex
act location of the prospects in which
he is interested.
Mr. Dozier’s explorations among
tlie Cherokee hills were undertaken
with the primary purpose of ascer
taining whether the coal deposits, of
which indications had been found,
were sufficiently extensive and of
such quality as would make it com
mercially practicable to develop them.
He has had no reason to doubt the
existence of workable coal beds there,
bo says, and will continue bis pros
pecting in the neighborhood.
The immense value that a mine of
food steam coal at Blacksburg would
have may readily he recognized
when it is remembered that Blacks
burg is in the very heart of the
Piedmont textile district—only a few
inile s from Charlotte, the Lowell of
’he South, and is tlie junction point
of the main line , t f the Southern rail
way ami of the Southern's line from
Kingville. S. C to Marion. X. ('.
the old Three C’s —and that, further
more. the long ’ranstnontane line of
Hk- new South and Western road,
now building, will also pass Blacks
burg.
Practically all Hie kainit used in
the United States—and va-t quanti
ties are annually pu* into the ground
straight. t 0 say notbiiur of the greater
quantities used in factories—is im
ported from Germany being brought
over by shiploads, loose in the hold.
Probably one-third the sailing ves
sel- which mai e the p'irt of Charles
ton hriii;: kainit cargoes. The pro
duction or Mu. product in this coun
try is but a- a drop in the bucket.
\ considerable deposit would there
fore l>e a source of groat riches.
Mr. Dozier has been unwell for
-everal weeks and this time, except
tor ’he few day consumed by his
trip.- to Black*burg, has been spent
at Chick’- Springs, \fter a few days
be re () |, bus in < s ■- Mr. Dozier will re
turn io Chick- Springs, leaving there
north for a Tip that will take tip
the remainder ol the summer. He
will visj: Washington, Baltimore,
Jamestown, Philadelphia, New York
and Saratoga, and hvor will -ail from
Quebec for Scotland. Sine*' his re
tirement from the presidency of the
L B. Lozier company. Mr Dozier has
-o anan-.ed hi- affairs tha Miey do
’ !• require ■l- const an’ personal at
tention.
An Ugly Affair.
Las! Thur-do;. Join! Jones and
Sn :’h John .on. iwo eoiori-u men.
lad a difficulty <m the other side of
the river Friday Jones walked to
Gaffiiiy and went to ihe come of
1 is brother-in-law, who lives on
Mt'U. S. S. Ro--' place, and lx-row
• d a shot gun. saying lie wanted to
shooj a guinea. I| ( . went hack to
where Johnson was and emptied the
(ontent.s of Hie gun into Johnson.
The shot took effect in the knee.
Jones then proceeded i<> heat Ids
i.elpless victim and had it not been
for Hie interference of others, would
have finished him. He 'hen went to
King's Creek and going into the
tore of Wilburn Company, leaned
ids gun against the door facing and
went over to Hie counter to make a
purchase. When he started out he
was confronted with one of 'he at
tache.- of the store, who had picked
no the gun. and told that he would
have to stay there until an officer
could arrive and take him into cus
tody A telephone message wa-- sent
'o Chief of Police Hope Duncan, of
Blacksburg, who went down and took
Charge of the prisoner He was
brough' to Gaffney and lodged in
jail.
N'ews reached the city yetserday
that Johnson had died from his
wounds. An inquest, was ordered to
be held and Jones was held for the
murder.
W. C, CARPENTER
IN A BIG DEAL.
SYNDICATE CLOSES OVER THREE
MILLION.
Many a sweetheart turns on; to be
a bitter disappointment as a v,ife.
Kentucky Timber and Coal Land
Bought For a Song an d Sold at a
Big Profit.
For months rher e has been rumors
of a big deal in Kentucky timber and
coal lands in which one of Gaffney’s
ties* known business men was inter
ested hut not until yesterday was
The Ledger given permission to say
anything about it.
Several months ago Mr. \Y. C. Car
penter ami his brother. J. Kit Car
penter. who is well known here,
journeyed over into Eastern Ken
tucky. In the course of their pil
grimage the'- took note of the wonder
ful coal a no timber lands that lay
dormant along their route and they
arrived at the conclusion that there
were “millions in it.” At Winches
ter. Ky.. •hey formed the acquaint
ance of a real estate agent by the
name of C. E. Smith. The three
formed a co-partnership ami began
purchasing and taking options on
this land It lay in a rough moun
tainous country ami was being offer
ed at. ridiculously low prices. All
together these gentlemen purchased
and secured options on 23i.ino acres.
They then went, to Pittsburg, Pa.,
and offered the land for sale. Foi
several months they dickered with
a N'orthern syndicate and finally
closed out a large part of their hold
ings at $20 per acre. 1 hi* deal
amounted tc ever t.TaO.OiJO. and the
three partners realized over $5,000.-
i")0 profit.
This is the story. It reads like a
chapter from the Arabian Knights,
but it is a truthful statement of facts.
The Ledger was made acquainted
with ’he deal almost from the first,
but these gentlemen did not want
unvthing published until all the de
tails had been arranged, and. since
, is the dut of all good newspapers
• 0 k-eep inviolate any secrets entrust
ed to tiiem we would not publish the
storv until given permission.
Messrs. W. C. and Kit Carpenter
have a hos’ of friends here and there
L no on- who knows them who will
not rejoice in their good tortune and
congratulate *hem o : . their business
acumen.
CHEROKEE COURT.
Assault an d Battery Cases Take Up
Time 0 f Court.
Th< - ourt of General Sessions for
cherokee county convened at 10
o’clock yesterday morning Judge R.
() purdv presiding. Solicitor T. S.
F-aso and Court Stenographer L. L.
Mott were on band promptly. The
urar.d jury was one short because
man had moved out of the coun
ty. As soon as a legal grand jury
had bee n secured they were handed
a ba’ch of indictments. Among the
true bill*- found was one against W.
H Mills for the murder of C. Frank
Dual. Mills was arraigned and his
ea.-e set for Thursday morning. This
•a ill he the most interesting case at
this term of court.
John Black plead guilty to selling
•vlii bey. S-ntenee had not been
pa - -ed a * Hnif. of going to press.
State vs. Andy Peeler for assault
and hatter* with Intent to kill upon
the person of Babe Kirby at Gaston
Siioals on the 18th of May. Guilty
(•‘ ac-ault am] battery of a high and
aggivated nature.
State ys. Odell Laney for larceny
o some clothing from a pressing club
at Blacksburg. Guilty of housebreak
ing and petti* larceny.
Staff vs. Josephine Brown, charged
with assault and battery with in-
torn to kill on the person of N’ellle
Sowell.
State vs. Joe Brunson for assault
and battery of a high and aggravated
nature; plead guilty Sentenced to
; r-o months on Hie road or nay a
fine of $50.
Staff* vs. Will Foster, compound
1 (•••:iy; plead guilty.
Program 0 f S. S. Convention.
Following is the program of the
Fa.''em and Central division of the
Broad Riv-r Baptist association to
!"* held with the \lt Paran church
on Saturday and Sunday June 29th,
and 30th:
Sa unlay 10 a m. Devotional ser
vices.
10:50. When is a Sunday school
a success? Rev. P. H Pernell.
• 11 The responsibility of officers
and teachers. Dr A. M. Simms.
11:30. What part should the pas
tor take i n the Sunday school? E. R.
Sapoch.
12. Dinn-r on the ground.
l:3u j). m. Child training—paper
hr Mrs. B. L. Hoke.
2 p. m. Jesus as a teacher. W. T
Thompson.
2::m p. m. The best way to have
large Sunday school. General dis-
sion.
Sunday 9:30. Regular Sunday
school.
11 a. m. Missionary sermon. Dr.
\ M Simms.
l:5u. Missions and the Sunday
school. Rev. P. H Pernell.
People often ask wha; is a good
m ind of Salmon. “Argo Re<l Sal-
•non" is tii- best possible answer.
June 25*28.
"WHITE DIAMOND LITHIA.”
The Indications Point to a Most Suc
cessful Season.
I^as* Friday’s Yorkvilie Enquirer
contained Me* following very interest
ing item concerning the White Dia
mond Lithia Spriims of which our
fellow townsman. Alderman P. V.
Gaffney. i s general manager, and Mr.
S L. Hopper, o this city, is manager
of the hotel:
“The Piedmont Springs. no.v
known a*- the Whit,. Diamond Lithia
Springs, are -oing to have the pat-
ronaue their generally conceded
ment.s deserve this season, or the
managemen> is going to konw the
reason why.’
"This is ’he substance of a state
ment that Mr P V. Gaffney, general
manager of the Piedmont Mineral
Springs company, made tfi a repre
sentative of The Enquirer on one of
the cool breeze-swept verandas of
the White Diamond Lithia Springs’
hotel last Wednesday afternoon; and
from what the newspaper man saw
during the stay of fourteen or fifteen
hours, lit* is pretty well satisfied that
Mr Gaffney and his associates will
not he disappointed
"The hotel is being operated this
year under the direct supervision of
the owners, the Piedmont Mineral
Sprintrs comtianv. Mr S. L. Hopper,
who lias had many years’ experience
in the conduct of hotels at watering
places, and mountain resorts has the
executive management of the place
and id* daughter. Miss Lillian Hop
per also thoroughly qualified for the
nosition. is his able assistant.
Wednesday night was the occas
ion of Hn* opening hall of the season*
Tlie event had been well advertised,
and was largely attended, notwith-
st:,ndin<r the fact that a heavy rain
which fell in the afternoon prevent-
<*d the seuinc on* of many who would
front Yorkvilie.
Hickorv Grove
other points. In spite of the
have otherwis,, gone
Blacksburg. Gaffney,
and
rain, however, there were more than
a hundred people present and the
dance went on .hist the same, and
was very much enjoyed
participants. The music,
very good, was furnished
hand from Rock Hill.
"Among those present
a number of both ladies
men who did no; register
hotel register for tlie day
trade fin the
water by way
not like the
change.’ said
cause of our
virtue of our
of had results.
THROUGHOUT THE
TARHEEL STATE.
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN
NORTH CAROLINA,
by all the
which was
by a string
were quite
and gentle-
hut the
made a
handsome showing, the names enter
ed after 12 o’clock Wednesday up to
9 o’clock Wednesday night, being as
follows:
“Kyle Davenport, Mr and Mrs. P
V. Gaffney and two children Mr. and
Mrs. Shelr Sparks. Vic Lipscomb. Har
ry Wheat. Ralnh Sarratt. Will Lip
scomb. A. L Curry, r h Austell.
Chas. L. Walker. S. L. Fort, and
Mrs. Will Wilkins and wo children.
Gaffney; J. S. Wllkerson. J. C.
SiaLighter. J D. Good. N T . McDill, T.
V Wilk-erson. Hickory Grove: J. R.
Osborne, Louisville, Ky.; H- Hughe*,
Chapel Hill. N C.; j. M Hughes,
Yorkvilie; J I). Hamilton. Sharon:
Miss Kate Hamilton Gaffney: Miss
Lil Hamilton. Holly Snri'.crs. Mis*.:
S. H. Daniel D. c \i: lerson, E.
T Mlllen. Gastoi Shoals R. r\ Mui-
linax. Miss j ilia Mullinax Miss Glad-
dys Purnell, Miss Carrie Purnell,
■* N u : i v, Patterson, j. O.
Plonk Jo* Rohh!n«, King’s Mountain,
X* C.; C. D. Pearson. Charlotte; Ab-
n** r N’ash. A L \lexander. B W.
Wilkes, R. R. Leggett. Ninety-Nine
Islands; G. B. Major Washington.
11 C.; J L Baber 81 C.;
J M. Pollock J. c. Thomson. Mrs.
Lucy Blake, Mist: Marv Anderson,
Mrsl D G. Black. Black* burg: Miss
Agnes Harris. Atlanta; MiS'<*> Free
man and Lula Garret* j®ssi Lip-
comb. Lucy Carpenter Ehteleen
Wilkins. Wlnni- Davenpo.’’. Gaffney.
“The dunrin® took place in the
arge dining room of ’he hotel and
e-minimd intervals mi'll 12 o’clock.
' v hen * he participant'- began to drop
out. 1* was sonietimo aft> fwards,
however, before the piazzas and r :rn '
menades wer ( , final!*.* deserted.
Everybody seemed to enjoy fhe oc
casion immen-ely
“It was a capital siipj„. r that Mr
Hopper furnished pis guests Wednes
day night. Everything wa' of ’he
■est, abundant, well prepared and
nicely -erred. Some fifty or sixty
people took supnej* Hia* night. Tb-ro
were not so many ne\’ morning but
they fare,) a - well a. Me night before.
“Mr. J. S. Wilker.'On had quite an
undertaking on his hands to get the
hi® crowd of people to and from the
trains; but he had half a dozen or
more teams at his disposal and he
kept them goinc back war ! and for
ward over the two miles between
King’s Creek station and 'he hotel
until everybody had been transferred.
‘‘Inquiry of Mr. Hopper developed
’hat the springs are as popular as
ever among the people of the sur
rounding country, especially on Sun-
da’--. they coming miles to drink the
water and spend a pleasant afternoon.
“On being asked why ’he company
had seen proper to change the name
of the springs to ‘Whitt* Diamond.’
Hr Gaffnej explained that the change
had beep made with much reluctance;
hut that it was necessary for busi
ness reasons It seems that theft*
are several springs, including one in
-North Carolina and another in Vir
ginia, claiming the name of Pied
mont.’ anti as the repu'ation of tb *
wate r () f the York county springs has
become spread far and wide, owners
of the other springs had begun to
name and sell their
of substitute. \Ve did
idea of making the
Mr. Gaffney, ‘but bo
unbourvled faith in the
water, w** have no fear
ltem s of Interest Concerning Our
Neighbors in the Old No-th State
Clipped from Our Exchange*.
Ex-State Senator Pe;er McRae
died at Laurinburg at 2 o'clock Fri
day morning in his 78th year.
Frank Shaw, a negro restaurant
keeper, of Raleigh, has been commit
ted to jail to await the July ‘erm of
Wake criminal court on the charge
of stealing $125 from Abdalla Man-
sour. a Syrian shop-keeper next door
to Shaw’s restaurant.
Through his attorneys. Stewart &
McRae, Mr. Frank Jones, of *-he High
land Park* Mill, Charlotte, has enter
ed suit against the Charlotte Elec
tric Railway Lignt and Power Com
pany of that city for $1 500 on ac
count of injuries alleged to have
been sustained in a collision jetween
a street, car and a Seaboard Air Line
passenger train some time ago.
The Anson county lynching case
is to !»e tried at Monroe at a special
term of court, beginning July the
15th. Judge Peebles will preside.
Much interest is being manifested.
This is the biggest trial of the^hind
that b as ever come up in the State.
People ar e guessing what will be the
outcome. There are about twenty
men implicated, and each A ‘o he
tried separately.
Mr. W G. Hall, aged 35 years, was
found dead in bed at his nome in
High Point Friday morning. Mr.
Hall had been a sufferer for some
time with heart, troubh* bu: Thurs
day night when he retired he :nade
the remark that he was feeling bet
ter than usual. However, when his
wife called him next morning there
was no response and upon investiga
tion ii was found that he was dead.
popular
• 2 miles
main line
i iaught-
a promi-
was run
Friday
29. the
1-4 mile
<. walk-
nds and
lid the
Mis
...iss Ella Huneycutt. a
young lady of Harrisburg.
North of Charlotte, on ’he
of the Southern Railway ..n
er of Mr. Calvin Huneyeu”
nent farmer of that place
down and instantly
night by passenger trai : No
Southern's Florida Exp’*'""
south of Harrisburg. ?a*- ' v
ing the track with some • *
failed to get off in tim** a-
others of the party.
The State Board of V- • r.: mi Ex
aminers and North Cat " n;; \ eteri-
:.ary Medical asMieiatio: v.' meet
in Charlotte. July 3rd and -:;n. All
arrangements foi the me«?”.r.g have
not been perfected, ' 1 '• 4 a local
tommittee is i ' : ' •• 'be
ae of erinarians P» ea »*
ant one i 11 every d“’;'.:- - •-
' al fes ture s of « e< nv >n will
be the examining of can l. m es tor
State licenses.
Coroner J. P. Turner
High Point Thursday m .*
took up again the inve-
•hc killing of the negro <>-
whose body was found m
King in Mo* woods eas 'a*
witl~ a bullet hole in his
back of t' ie Par When
it \*,u> though
came to his death over t
cards or crap, but after :
all ay -session the coron* :
un* J a vedict to thp
o-car Kerns came to h -
pistol shot wound fir<m
y .-hrest. of High P° :; '
a - held without hail
• :*,.' making preparations
habeas corpus proceed.tK-
release on hail.
•
and
imr ion of
t*: Kerns,
Monday
- a* town
i -.id. just
dy was
a* Kerns
era me of
i .’ding an
's jurv re-
fKer that
by *
offio-r
geehrest
-orneys
institute
for h’.s
His Modesty FO’ tare
v certain well known hum >rist re-
ttnded
, ■ t < Bid< . '
seemed to have a mos
tetllng. .
1 p*
and had • J
for oach course clear d- ^ ^
unqt.efort Thehumori'* ' n
but did not , ,
mm-ot FlMltv t ■ '
. ,t ced the p ac : tl ' s not
-vcitin® any expressions mir L
and being one who was ’ a an a
*ticfej with diffidence, he ^
‘Say. old man. what - Hi^matter
with my stories, an .. ’ ’ ° l
haven’* cracked a smile ov- •• any of
Them.” . .
•‘If 1 haven’t seemed frv’.reciate
our stories vou will hav » b;ame
mv modesty." ,, „
Your modesty? The' • *= l • nt’.g
about any of the stores “v? ’old
*• a* ought to interfere " ’h any-
bodv’s modesty. i f that !
ii of then ""f 1 51
sake tell me. I told r. • v every
one of them to a lot o' ' “ n
ntlier night”
‘There’s nothing a* H' ’ * • 'at'er
wirh thm They’re good el“an sto
ries. X'everthless. m • ' o r-
*dds me to laugh ar 'he wrote
them.”
Argo R' d Salmon f“ ma
teria! for the muscle and rain and
does no r hea ; the blood Look in
'oar grocer's window fo: ' * ’rans-
pareucles of Arg > Red Salmon