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I >. “HE largest circulation of Any N«w«pap«r In th« Congressional District of S. C. tVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE ledger SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. /C GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY of Every Advertiser Who Uses the Columns of This Paper. &E8T ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In All Hurt the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best interest of tho People ef Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 1«, 1M4. GAFFNEY, S. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1907. 11.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. PAPER FROM COTTON STALKS. ITEMS OF INTERST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Happnings AU Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely . .Told to Ledger Readers. During a niuh storm of rain, "hail and wind near Ohoster Saturday afternoon, tho dwelling of Mr. A. N. Grant was struck by lightning, a por tion of the roof and the weather hoarding being torn away and a mem ber of the family slightly shocked. Mi. L. \V. Perrin one of the most prominent members of the South Carolina bar dropped dead at a base ball game Tuesday afternoon at Ab beville. Mr. Perrin, was an interest ed spectator at a game between teams from Greenwood and Abbeville and had two sons playing with the Abbeville team. George Malms, a prominent young white man was assassinated as he was passing through a pice of woods On his return from his mill to his home near Hatesburg. last Saturday night. Three loads of buckshot were fired into his body. Lee and Cliff Fallow are suspected of the crome. It is thought that the killing grew out of jealous rivalry for the hand of a young lady in the neighborhood. The Fallow boys were seen going toward tiie spot about dusk, with the taken down parts of a shot gun con cealed about their persons. The town of Blacksville, in Barn well county, has been profoundly stirred over a scandal involving its Baptist clergyman, itev. hr. C. M. Billings, who has left for parts un known. to run away from the crash of exposure. His church having positive proof against him, has ex communicate,] him for his infidelity to his invalid wife, a pretty domestic being involved. He took the n (, xt train out of town after his church acted against him—it being impos- silil,. for even the most blindly faith ful in his flock to believe in his in nocence. Vie left his wife and child to bear the shame. Kershaw county, of which Camden is the county seat, on Utsr Friday voted out th e county dispensary and prohibited the manufacture of liquor within the county limits. The mti- jority against the dispensary was about 100. it is understood that one of the principal causes of the action of tlin people in the matter was the fact 'hat after he legislative dele gation had fought from first t,, last against tin- Carey-Cothran law. when it became apparent that the measure was going through, they secured tin amendment that gave them the right t<, appoin: m* uiber of Mi" board <>f control instead of leaving the elect ion of these members f ( , the qualified voters. Mr. Jesse h Hardin, an aged and hie lily e-teemed citi/en and one of the most prosperous farmers of Ches ter county . .vas thrown to the ground and seriously hur* a few days ttgo bis hor -■ ai;ing frigin: while he was alighting from his buggy. He is c.owly recoverin'- it may be men tioned tiiat Mr. Hardin is (he sole tmrvivor ct ■ ,<■ niginal ‘ix mem of the iinnl of State trustee (Teuisoj, Coie ge. defied j n ]&f)] has always taken most lively active inten - in the welfar'- of A sickness. cry serious runaway took place Carl le. |nioti county. Monday fif'i-rnonn whil« * Mr. Mr K. 1 r Ru Ue\ \ horse throwing Mr. b'igg au ain st a t n skull" and 1m*; iking • • driving, the nith from the fracturing his ur ribs, while Mr. Bailey warf fortunate enough to jump from the vehicle before flic horse became so unmanageable and was sav d from being .-•Tiwu.-h inn i in the least. Tnis i> an unfor ; unato affair and Mr. Smith, while slid living, is in a most criiical condition. Little hopes art* entertained for his reeover. Both M;e e gentleme,, are residents of Carlisle, Mr. Smiih i about uC years old and is a brother of .Mts. Dora 1a. I'owdl rnioli. w. S. Schiffhiiuer, charged with thfe milder of Jo.-Cph KiV( i s, ai Cliarlcston, v\;ts acquitted Tuesday. Tills wa his second trial a i this term of Mi' .court, tin, lieating a wcl, ago having resulted in a mistrial. 11 i devot'd wife whom lie liad evidentiy forgotten when in* was visiting n tho tendeiloin section of tlui: city, v\Infe he killed Livers without pro vocation, claiming that he thought Biv' j won a highwayman, look the stand for hd- husband Tuesday, but sli** could east li'tle information on tho eritm a.- she war, in Pittsburg, h r liotm when Seiiifflmuer was th'-re, engaged on an Mrs. Schilfeuuer fain ea-,, wa i given to the her iiusbiAnd also et>lli MtKViii eio i- vh' n tie reached, but later he WHS removed to electrical job. ed when the jury and later ipi'-d. lie was verdict was he recuveii d and Ixittrding house. Invention Said to be One of Great Importance. The Charlotte Observer of Wed- ! nesdiiy contained the following in I reference tx> the cotton stalk fiber I machine invented by Messrs. Daniels jam! Kuhne, of this city: "Messrs. J. L Daniels and B. O. Kuhne, of Gaffney, S. C., spent yes- ! t**rda / in the city in conference with Mr J Frank Wilkes, of the Mecklen burg Iron Works, relative to a ma- I ehine which they recently invented r,, separate Hi,, bark from the wood pulp of the cotton stalk. "If this machine will do what Its inventors claim for it. it will revolu tionize the manufacture of certain qualities of paper and open a new source of revenue to the Southern farmer. The pulp of the cotton stalk is said to be equal to any w-ood pulp in the making of certain grades of white paper. Not only will this in vention add to the South’s wealth in making the heretofore worthless cot ton stalks articles of value but will i result in a great, saving to the coun- j t ry at large in preserving the forests. Those who have looked over the plans, pronounce the invention a practieal one. Messrs. Daniels and Kuhne, are expert engineers, and ; have been working on the machine | for months. Only recently they per fected iheir design, a corporation, known as tho Ootton Stalk Fiber Machine Company, w T as immediately organized with a capital stock of $in.000 t„ put the machine upon the market. The officers of this com pany are Messrs. J. E. Jefferies, pre sident; j. a. Carroll, vice-president, | ami J. L Daniels, general manager. The construction of the first ma- i chine w ill he commenced at an early date at th<* plant of the Mecklenburg Iron Works, on West Trade street. It will be finished and ready for field | tests by the last of October. "The machine consists of a num ber of saw’s set on rollers and so ar- ranged as to crush every particle of tbo stalk as it is fed in. The rollers an* built so as to afford at one place an outlet for all the fibrous and at another, an outlet into a reservoir where all the pulp will he stored. It is estimated that from Sr, to 90 per cent, of the stalk is composed of pulp, the rest being hark. An average acre field of cotton will fur nish from 900 to 1.200 pounds of stalk. The wood pulp used in mak ing white paper is worth from $10 to $12 a ton. The machine first to be built wdll have a daily capacity of from 10 to 12 tons. "The machines will be so design ed as to permit of being placed on wagons and thus hauled about the country from place to place. A 5 horse power gasoline engine will be amply sufficient for thejr operation. They' will be managed very much 1i>;i- a threshing machine, the owner moving it from place to place pur- cha 1 'intr the stalks in the fields and ^rinding them up, as he goes. “Tim idea is a brand new one. An Inventor in Atlanta. Ga., some time :i"o d' -igned a machine for cni-dng cotton stalks but it was not a suc- oo It did not separate tpo wood from the pulp and hence the paper we* brown. "M'.s'ts Daniels ami Kuhne hope to It" able lo give visible evidence of tbe success and practicality of their invention early in tho fall. A Sunday School Convention. T’ 1 <■ North Pacolet Interdenomina tional Sunday School Convention ■ with Draytonville church in regular session June 2‘trd. Iti the bers absence ; of W. F. M He The and ron 'Mo! mi the lain. the Song 1 amt will nitty ex- Readiti •ent- Praye r ARGO AKGO AUGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO. Juno 25*28. Opened?” Short talk by \V. F. McArthur. Son"i am haopy all the day.’' Enrollment of schools. Miinirdon. W f Osment. superintendent; Corinth. E. 1 Clan snperinb ndont; Draytonville. will Hu key. mp< rln- (indent; Gethsemane. j s Carter, ea* rin'<•ndent; Sardis. \ G. Davis. ;i,,ir rtnt'udent • Wilson Chapel C \V. Whlsonant, superintendent. Vi'io o-n for dinner. \ fternoon. Seng “Vore about Jesus.” t* ■ h\ W. E. Osment. Son:' ‘Itle -1 d assurance. Review of the (piarter’s lessons bv • r >fcArt ur Soul' "W'c slmll b,. gathered by and by." i lues 1 ion. Ho ,v io ni' I " Cue Sun day school attractive, discussed by W F McArthur. On account of the cloud the con vention adjourned to meet at Ararat <> , tit,, fourth Sunday in September. W. E Osment Secretary. Bisohp Caperc Stricken Hi hop Ellison Capers was stricken .'it'n pnraly is at ids summer home at Cedar Mountain last Saturday. The paralysis first attacked the left side and has since been spreading lowly n is feared that the bishop eanno] serv.ve the attack. You can't tell a woman's ig • af t r she takes Hollister’s Rocky Moun tain Tea. Her complexion is fine. She i round, plump, and handsome; in fact she is young again. 25 cents. Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co V/e db not du all kind* of yrintmw we Jo tke GOOD Mod ANOTHER COTTON TRIAL MILL FOR GAFFNEY FOR KILLING DEAL, A TEN THOUSAND SPINDLE MILL CASE BEGAN IN CHEROKEE IN SIGHT. COURT YESTERDAY. Over Fifty Thousand Dollars of the Stock Subscribed—To Run bv Elec tricity, At a meeting held in the city hall Wednesday night a new mill for Gaffney was launched. There were only about fourteen persons present, hut more than $50,000 of the stock was subscribed on the spot. The I meeting was presided over by Mr. A. N. Wood, who is one of GaEney’s best business men and who can be depended upon at all times to take an interest in any enterprise that means for the upbuilding of Gaffney. Mr. J. Eh Jefferies acted as secretary of the meeting. Enthusiastic talks were made by each one present. Subscription lists seeking subscrip tion to the capital stock were placed in he hands of a number of different persons yesterday. R is determined to build a mill of not b*ss than ten thousand spindles, and just as much more as the stock sold will warrant. No discussion as to the probable lo cation of the new mill tool:* place. It may be located within the city lim its and it may he located just out- sid,, the city limits. Tho motive pow er will be electricity. The mill will In* built with that idea in view from tho start, thorofore it will m-cessari- ly be model in every respect. Dr. W. C. Hamrick, who is the secretary and treasurer of the Lime stone Mills, which, by the way, is olio of the best paying pieces of mill property in the State, is largely In- terosted in the new mill, as are also, Mr. J. A. Carrol] and Mr. .j C. J<*f- feries, both of whom are largely in terested in mills in this section. All these gentlemen command the res pect of til'* business world and there will not be tiie slightest difficulty in securing all the money they may need for the enterprise. OUR MINERAL WEALTH Few People Aware 0 f Its Immense . Proportions, We take the following from tiie Columbia Record of last Monday: "Few people in Mouth Carolina are aware of the enormous mineral wealth of th<Mr State. It is regarded by those who an* posted as being one of the richest in that respect in the country. Reside^ gold, silver, iron and tin. whirfi have been mined with abundant success, kainit in large ouantities lias recently been dts- cove-ed near the toot-hills of the Piedmont The Ross ti M mine near Gaffney is bein*r worked with great profit by Capt. S. S. Ross, it.s owner, lie has made sevral shipments of the ore to England. Next week he mak' another shipment the value of which i>- $ 12.00b. Tiie* Haile gold mine. i.| Kershaw county, b prob ably the richest east of th'* Missis- sippi. It is the most scientifically worked mine in ttic world, and pays large dividends to ii owners. The oid I torn gold mine, now known as the McCormick mine, in Abbeville county, was. before the war, the best paying mine to be found anywhere in tin* United . ;ates It is now in tie* hands of Northern capitalists, and we believe jt js being worked with profit. The b'of iron ore to be found, out oi which the linesi teel has beep produc'd js right here in South Carolina. Many of the projectile^ used during tiie war in tin* defense of Charleston, .so we have fieen inform'd, were made of native iron. "In all tin* counties of the Pied mont region, graphic, huukriu*, tho- ium and many other minerals have been di 'Covered. The State Is also rich in precious stones. Aiiiethysis and garnets are abundant in the ti 'Mintains; but. in addition to tin -e commoner stones, emeralds, rubies mil diamonds have bee n occasionally picked up. ‘ Tiie statement of these tacts, known n, geologists and mini ralo gists, will doubtless |,c received wi ii incredulity by those who have never known any other source of wealta tiian cotton planting, it would be nnicli ■ a'iei'. iherelore, to interest ieup o U *■ -abject of <•> tubli iiing a iideai ‘cotton banks’ than it would he on the mineral wealth of their Stale. Rut tiie attention of others "iiidde ifi ( , State is being attracted to tbb wealth; and some fine morning our people, wedded p, their ancient idol cot'on. will wake up to find th •mselvi dispi ssegsod of it. These liciie. are bound to ia* b’.iuglit io the surface sooner or later; and, while we naturally desire for our own people to profit by them, we shall rejoice to see the mineral ■.vealt.b of the State developed no mallei* wiio doe- it." Firt,t Baptist Church Notes. I'lii ie will be no preaching Sun- da> morning as Dr. Simms will be a Ml. Parati church attending th** i ii Sund; III' '1*1 i Ml At night th r< »,11 be a inu-uca! service b;. tiie choir. Sunduj school at 9:4*> a. m. People often a* k wha- is a good brand of Salmon. “Argo Red Sal mon" is the best possible answer. JuUe 25-28. Taken Up Afte r Argument Between Counsel and Several Witnesses Testified—Other Cases. The trial of VV. H. Mills for the killing of Frank Deal was the draw ing attraction of the court. The court house was crowded, every Available seat and all the standing room was taken. The interest was in'ense, and every particle of the testimony and every move of tiie lawyers is being watched with in terest. T. J. Lavender was the first name drawn from the box. Objected to by the State. J. R. Jefferies was objected to by the defense. J. W. Smith was also objected to by the defense. Geo. S. Pooh* was the first accept able to both sides. M \V. Brow n met th'* approval of both sides. John A. Moore was sworn on his voir dire Objected to by the de fense. James T. Harmon was sworn. T. G. Huskey objected to by the defense. John T. Burgess objected to by the defense. C. M. White was called when Mr. Wilson made a motion to quash the venire on the ground that the venire was not properly drawn according to the statute, and asked that the offi cers who drew the jury he examined in open court. The request was granted and Auditor W. D. f'amp was examined, after which the judge ruled that tin* jury was a legal one. Mr Wilson gave notice of exception. G M. White was then sworn on his voir din*. Objected to by the de fense. W. G. Garter was sworn on his voir dire and accepted. Henry McCullough was sworn on his voir dire and was excused by the State. John M. Cooper was sworn on his voir dire and was objected to by the defense. J. J. Montgomery was excused by the St a *e. M. L Bridges was put on dire and proved acceptable sides. J. J. Thomas was put on and accepted. S. W'dls was placed on and sworn. D. George was placed dir'* and accepted. B. Burgess was placed dire and was excused bv his voir to both h i s voi r hi- on his on his the fio- placed on Waters was dire and sworn. G. Wells was placed and sworn. D. Hughes was excused bv on his the dire J. (lit',* J. voir J. voir f* use. L r voir J. dire J. StiP e. .femes John hi- voir dr-fen se. (\ S. Wood was sworn and mad ‘he twelfth juror. >1. W. Brown was '* an l GKri. of Gourt Jeff indictment. i)i* J. M. Caldwell was the first wifne.-s Dr. Galdwell reached Deal shortly after tiie shooting and made an examination. Hi* found three wounds one in tin* breast, one in a flesh wound In the He said that he was thirty to forty min- declared it was all Mills was trying to incused him of being S'rain wa<? sworn Upchurch was placed upon dire am! objected to bv the ade foreman ries read the the check ami : right shoulder, with Deal from ii t e that Deal ; •* istak’e; that bribe him and .* too intimate with his f.Mills) wife. D'* f'aldw"li a a- on the stand about twenty muiutes. ! T. I r on wa*- the next witness Mr Ligeti is a magistrate at Blacks burg IN' met Mills on Sunday be- tt. ^hooting and the two had a general conversation in which Mills him ::s a 1 if he knew Deal, and if Mason. He asked if Deal was a Knight of Pythias. The bal- :1111. of In* conversation was a gen eral <in ( . In which Mills told him of his travels, etc. Mrs Smith Williams was the third iuie-3 sworn. Mrs. Williams te-'i- fied in effect that “he saw Mills Sun- day morning before the shooting; t)ia' \Plls asked Mr. Williams at the dinner tab!,, if Dea) was not well t<> do; that Mr. Williams re plied that he was pretty well off Tha h'* kept ;> boarding house In Placi.sburg now and also in Gaffney t, a ear. Mrs. Mills spent some time with iter in Blacksburg. That while sin* was keening house here Mrs Mill- -pet)' two nights in May and two in June with her. That Mr- Mills spent three of those nights in her room and the other night with of money. After that he told Frank Deal thei',- was some talk about him and Mrs. Mills, that Deal denied the charges and said if he knew where Mrs. Mills was h<* would write to her alsiut it and that somebody was liable to be sued for slander. Henry J acumen took the stand and identified a diagram of the Whitta ker Cotton Mills and explained the same. Saw Mills in the mill about 10 o'clock. Saw Mills and Deal “landing outside talking; looked at Deal’s work nm] saw it was in a mess and went out to where Mills anil Deal were to tell Frank to go to hL work. When he got out there they were fighting; could not say bow many shots were fired; to the best uf hi> recollection there were three shots. When Mills shot the first time Frank was in the act of getting up; it looked like he had been down; Mills kept going hack and Frank was following him up try ing to catch the pistol; Mills kept shooting until Deal fell and then got on top of him; Mills was on top and was holding Frank by the throat; I told him to let Frank up and lie said ”1 would but he ruined my family.” Mr. Wilson put the witness through a severe cross-examination, but Jacumen was a splendid witness and no amount of cross examination could shake his story. Jesse Frye sworn said that he saw .Mills and Deal leave the mill to gether. Deal going first. They did no* seem to be angry. He after- '-* ards heard shots in the yard and saw Mills fall and Deal on top Alexander Hall testified that he saw Mills and D' iil leave the mill to rn her*, that Mills had a smile on his face and that neither appeared to be angry. W. E. Green saw Mills after he had gotten into tin* mill; saw him go to I leal; could not hear them speak; did no; see them shake hands, but it looked in him like they s|>oke to each other. There was too much noise t'or him to hear, as the mill was pinning at the ; j an.. Nevei saw them any more* until he saw Mills fiat of his back and D<*al on him. Mills had Deal by the throat. He went to them and met Mills leaving Deal. He followed Mills *> Mr. Whisonunt’s house; was running, trying to catch Mills; borrowed a gun on tin* way. Got to Mr. Whisonant’s house abou ? tin* same time Chief of Police Dun can did; followed Duncan into the house and found Mills hid behind the head board of a bed. Mills came out and said: "I give up.” Chief Dun can asked him why ho pad shot Deal and he said; "Deal cursed me for a s— of a b— and put the roa t on Tn P of it and T could not take it.” There was blood on Mills’ face. He had gotten jt off of Deal. Vt tins juncture court was adjourn ed until this morning at 9 o’clock. The remainder of evidence, tn- ge'her with the verdict, will he print ed in next Tuesday's ledger. The grind at the temple of justice for Cherokee county goes merrily on and the mills are grinding exceed ingly fine. Every case so far tried has been guilty except one—that of a little negro named Vance Smita. who was charged with burning a barn. The following are the cases disposed of since Monday: Stack Wilson, against whom there is an indictment for murder, was re leased on his own bond. \\ ilson is sick with consumption and his con finement in the county jail endanger ed the lives of others, therefore this plan was adopted. The case against Monts Smith for assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying concealed weapons was nil prossed. Will Foster plead guilty of house breaking and larceny and wa- sen tenced to eighteen months. Josephine Brown tor assaulting Nellie Sowers was found guilty of assault ami battery of a high and aggravated nature. Will Byars wa - found guilty of assault with attempt to kill. Mat Byars and Tom Byars were indicted on the charge of violating tho dispensary law and maintaining a nuisance. Tiie verdict of th'* jury ■,. 'Me Bya guilty Tom B a. guilty on second count.” Tom By ars was sentenced to pay a fine of £lnil and to three months on chain- gang. Sentence on Mat Byars not yet passed. John Henderson was charged wlta robbery and larceny and assault and battery with intent to kill, to which charge he plead guilty and got off with one year. a -n* lady in th,* house Sin* Mover aw anything approaching undue intimacy between Mrs Mill and Mr I leal. Smith Williams testified substan tially as follows; I am tho hu band of Mrs. Williams who has just l'*ft tiie stand, (in Sunday bet ire Frank Deal was killed Mills ''ai- at my lioipe While at dinner tie* conver- a tion turned to Deal buying or sell ing cotton that fall and Mills asked if |>'*al was not pretty well to do and I said yes, that ids mother had plenty rand jury having finis! >1 its made Us final proscntnient afternoon and wa- H** duties Wednesday charged. Tuesday Matt and Tom Byars were tried and found guilty of sell- big :i;d keeping whiskey at Gas’on Shoals. During the trial of this cas,* one of the witness- for the State, Mr. Canlff. testi- fiod that he got some whiskey, ir something .which was called whis- from Tot Byar nd vhei i > e,i if it would make drunk come, answe "d tha it gave one a 'oolinir of Paradise, and that his name for Ik stuff wie Broad River Delight ” John Jome. th" negro who killed Smith Johnson a' King’s Greek last Friday wa tnaiuged Wednesday mo iiing; hi- ea o was continued un- I G"* next term of court. | engaged 1 in the trial of Jim Eop“ for killing i wife in a co ’on field last Decem ber. Tills j- tin second trial of this ,*:i * * the jury at tm* last term of coin having found Epps guilty of manslaugi **i wiih a teconinictida Continued on page 4.) THRUU6HQUT THE TARHEEL STATE. RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Item s of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in the Old North State Clipped from Our Exchanges. A negro errand boy, sent from one of the stores in Wilmington for a bucket of water out of the river, fell from a ferry fiat Wednesday after noon and was drowned. Ernest Farlow, who was struck by a ball in a game at High Point is finite sick and will probably be taken to the hospital for treatment. At first Mr. Farlow thought his wound only slight but has been gradually getting wors(, since. Mrs. Sarah R. Deaton died at her home in Charlotte Wednesday night at 11 o'clock in the 72d year of her age. She had been ill for two weekg. The funeral was held at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at T ryon Street Methodist church and the interment took place in Elmwood. A freight wreck occurred on the Southern Railway early Tuesday morning at Fun.-ton Siding, thirty miles from Raleigh. Twelve cars were derailed and damaged, and be ing in a deep cut the track could not be built around the wreck, and pas sengers on all trains up to noon Tuesday were transferred. John Glodfelton. a carpenter, em ployed on the Elks temple at New- bern fell 31 feet Wednesday striking the fioor of the building and break ing the temporary flooring. He suf fered a dislocated shoulder, a broken hand, fearful bruises on the head and body, a fracture at -he base of tlm skull and internal injuries. He is in a very precarious cond'tion and it. is doubtful if he recovers. During a storm in the western part of Forsyth county Sunday evening lightning struck a large barn belong ing to County Commissioner Albert Wharton, near Clemson, killing seven horses, besides destroying the barn, wnich con mined valuable farming machinery, feed, etc. The storm ex tended into Stokes county and did much damage to th" Ejiiscopal church and other buildings Jn anJ around Germantown. Hundieds of trees were uprooted ami many valuable orchards were destroyed. Wednesday morning nmc Black Creek, Wilson county an unkawwn n* .-To diessed in overalis a'-onipted assault on Mrs. Sco't, a very r<*speet- :i b.* .ady Th<* arf*va i of a party who beard Mi's. Scott - screams prevent ed the brute from aoc<i npli“hinL’'his I* impost* cis h»* had .\! *■>. .Scott bv th6 I he negro ran and parties ;; re hunting in,. Mirruundlntr country. If he is caught, speed) work will pn uably follow. The negro be lieved to be one of the liar ing on th" new* ra road. ' was not hurt. w*ork- Soctt l *oli iiiel \ rid row- o*' ry,;. ; ;ui( j all of the corporation *,)!• .:ii<“ioners have gone to Asheville to at’end the railway rate trial. Much "S: in h*' ease is manifested by State offi cials iTi Raleigh. When Mr confer- ‘ tie . ,ill passed the S* !ia*e several lawyers in that body stated in iirgu- menr that failure to read :i ,* Ml! in corporated in the coni'"; '-"iiort 'hi(*<• times on separate days, made ir ope,, ty a probably - iccessfiil at tack* .n tiie courts. Who-her they or ': Lieutenant Governor was right will now be determined. At Piedmont Sn'inqs. The following L t!.,* ii- J arrivals at the White Diamond Li'''In Snriiigs H"'<*1 Sunday; Dr f ''.at’ott and Miss Freeman Garrett D Ross, A. G. Pr'dinon*. Mis- My-He Gaffney, Miss Bt ssii* Kendrick, Dr. \V C. Hamrick and wifi*, Ernes* Humph ries. Miss Sue Turner, o }: Oslxirtie and Miss m Wilkinn. of Gaffney; Mr. ami Mrs E. Giinharp and four children. 0 f Rock Hill: Miss Florida Bowen. Robt. Herndon and John Dickson. T. M, Galdwel' and Roy Williamson, of Yorkville; \. h. Pol lock and |>. h. Freeman, o H. Os born** and wife, Allie Osborn,* and family, j. m. Rhyne, Mi“- Callie Lu Sonias, of Blacksburg: E. P. Camp- b"l! It. M Wilkes. E W. Hobbs and family. R. R. Liggett. .MLs Myrtle WbLonant, Miss Lucv Borders T. R. Wilkes. M. B. McGill. W T. McGill, of Ninety-Nine Islands. Those who are in cotiac.*- Mrs. W S. Sparks. Saliie Graham Sparks, E. G. Byars and W. S. SnarL- Jim r.-own and wife, Tom B"own and wif. and children. Mis. W J. Wilkins, and children, of Gaffney. Ti ** White Diamond Lithia Springs is meeting with marked success this ,son. Mr. S. L. Hopp* : . a gonial host and takes pride in furnishing or -ts with a s;>! ad id bill of fare and looking after heir every comfort. Argo R' d Salmon f irni-hes rna- t,*i iti 1 for the muscle and brain and does not hea- the blood Look in your grocer's window for tn<* trenn* pure cies of Argo Red Salmon. Juno 25 28. Subscribe for The Ledger. $1 a year.