The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 09, 1907, Image 1
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CSTABL1SI ED FEB. 16. 1894.
GAFFNEY, S. C, TUESDAY. JULY 9. 1907.
•1.00 A YEAR.
THE CELEBRATION
GREAT SUCCESS.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
E/ GOVERNOR EVANS MAKES A
SPLENDID SPEECH
M.
"esm—Other Features
l c‘0’!i'.-‘- ':.\F)eot<-(l, Mu*
\ W'i ro. all; c»‘l<*bratod
iui The celebration was
• ■ ys as the indomitable
i- found throughout
f'herokoe would not al-
of such a nature at-
any tiling hut a success.
From early morning until well toward
Gaffney Eea:
C.
A. Bai
of
the Day.
As
was <i
Four]
h of .lul;
in G
affney ai
a gr*
par succ
spirit
which
Gaffn
ey and
low
anythine
tempted to
ed
noon crowd could be seen Hocking
to the beautiful and historic grounds
of Limestone. As a famous visitor
to the city for the day remarked to
the newspaper representative: "These
grounds hallowed as In y are hy
memories of former days and this
representative crowd is a combina
tion that cannot he heat for an
occassion of this kind.’ The day
passed off quietly with absolutely no
brawls or o'her disturbances. The
first event of the day was a baseball
game between Grassy pond and a
team composed of players from
Corinth and th f . Gaffney .Manufactur
ing Company. The game resulted in
a victory for the Grassy Pond team.
Following the baseball game Hon.
John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg,
■x-Goverm r ,,i' South Carolina, claim
the atunuori of three thousand
icople who lb- enod attentively to
ivory word of the distinguished
ponker After being introduced in
l few well chosen words by Capt. .1.
Roll for more than an hour he do-
Ighted his audience with a speech
hat was replete with wit and wis-
k.ni. Many people who heard the
r oech of Governor Evans pronounc
'd i: the strongest argument they
u.il heard in years.
Following the oration of the day
.he majority of the people dined
rom well filled baskets, another
’eature that is typical of Cherokee,
tftor dinner the special events of
he afternoon were pulled off The
rreased pig was first loosed and after
i difficult ehasp wuas rounded up by
jlias. Duncan. The lamb race was next
n which many charming little mhses
howe,] how ileet they were of foot.
Irace Mosoly captured the lamb. In
ilirnhing the greasy pole Grady
"’oyle showed himself to he an adept
it this peculiar accomplishment.
Two barrel races were Indulged in
dip horizontal and one quarter mile
ace. Broad us Lipscomb was the
vinner in the fir^t while Clayhurn
lumnhries was victor in second.
Ule n Humphries and Tvuiis Elliot
icd in the wheelbarrow race and
livid ej the prize money. Lester
’hillip:- won the pota'oe race Louis
Elliot wa i the winne r in the quarter
iiilp foot race. Going Hays won the
mat. race Ray Campbell was the
vinm r in a quarter mile race. The
including feature of the day was a
jaseball game between Gaffney and
he strong club representing the y
d. C A of Spartanburg. Thp asso-
dation men put ip a game fisht but p! a ; ri; ,.d
hey were no match for the “Indians”
if Gaffney who never let up and
vlien the smoke 0 f battle had cleared
iway it was discovered hat Gaffney
lad epured six run while Spartan-
mr:.- had to he sati fled with three.
iVood who twirled for Gaffney had
visitors a* hi mercy throughout
at no time was h" in danger of
ing his game. He yielded hut four
s and forced six batters to swing
vain for the elusive sphere,
acham, for Spartanburg yielded
*ve f hit? and struck out five
id v E G Ross leaves this morn
ing for Union, when* he goes to visit
hs brother He will he accompanied
bv Mrs. Ross.
Misses Maud and Jenelle Thomp*
i ori afe at home again after a visit to
their sister. Mrs Stanley Mason, in
Richmond, Va.
W p Lister and Thomas Haynes,
(,• Hiffside. x. G., were in the city
Saturday.
Har'-nec p Sullivan, of Anderson,
was in the city Saturday.
\Y s. Wofford, of Charlotte, N. C.,
uw in the city Saturday.
W D Dent, of Greenville, was in
t ie city Saturday.
Roy P Brown, of Greenville, was
in Gaffney Saturday.
A. M Pettit, of Alachan, Fla., Is in
'hi city visiting his many relatives
and frinds. Mr Pettit has just re
turned from a trip to the Jamestown
• iposii ion.
Gapt. J. B. Bell was a business
.a iior <o Spartanburg yesterday.
Jessie Bradley visited the Ledger
Office yesterday with two cotton
blooms One opened on July fifh and
ih" other July 8th.
Mr and Mrs. W. F. Humphries
li ave todav for Waynesvllle, N. C.,
where they will spend the summer.
Mis.i. Belle Littlejohn, of Converse,
was in the city last week the guest
of her sisiter, Mrs. H. Ij. Spears.
^fnlli H Si-pitch, of Mt. Paran,
U the attractive guest of Miss Cyn
thia McCraw.
E. L Cole t, as returned to the city
after spedng hir vacation in New
York.
Mipc Georgiti Young, of Forest. City,
X. C spent July Uh in C.affn«>y.
Misses Pearl Lookout and Jessie
ITamhriaht pent the tth in Caffney.
Mr and Mrs. George p. Thomas.
r Grover. X C. v >re in Gaffney for
the ft h
it B Whitesides, of Smyrna, was
Gaffney visitor last week.
J M McGill, of Hickory Grove,
was in the city ^riday.
P L Thomas, of Paoolot. was in
'he city for the events of the 4th.
Dural pinkerd, who has been with
Carroll & Byers for some time, has
returned to his home in Greenville.
Miss Lucy Tolleson, of Spartan-
luirsr. is the charming guest of friends
in this city.
Messrs. Loon Tolleson. Willie
Wrigtsom Sam Black. Wilbur Can
non Jimme Layton, Clarence Tolles-
son. R Hopkins and Irwin Magnoss,
of the Y M. C. A. baseball team of
Spartanburg, wer© registered at the
Commercial Thursday.
W A. Sutton, of Columbia was In
the city Friday.
Messrs. F. H. Sexton and M. C.
Sanders, of Union, spent several
days of last week in Gaffney.
John T. Stephens, of Kershaw, was
iii Gaffney Friday.
•Mi's Louise Shell, of Spartanburg,
is the guest of Miss Wilma Gaffney.
Wells Littlejohn, of S’arr. Is the
guest of his parents. Dr and Mrs. C.
M Littlejohn.
W. J. Moorehead, of
was In the ci'y Friday.
Miss Laura Duff has
the city after a visit to
Blacksburg.
Pressly Duff of Baltimore. Md.. js
the guest of his father. Mr. J H.
Duff os- Ea t Fred.Tic]; street.
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER
OKEE.
Blacksburg,
returned to
friends In
L.st of Letters.
Recent Happenings | n and Around
th* City and Other Event* Gather
ed by the Locai New* Editor.
Rev. C. F. Felmet will conduct
services at Draytonvllle church on
next Sunday.
Mayor’s court Saturday morning
had one case on deck. A white man
paid one dollar for a. little too much
fun.
When the mayor called for mayor’s
court yesterday morning nobody re
sponded hut the police officers, city
clerk and Ledger reporter.
The jury In the case of Setzler vs.
Spake was dismissed Thursday
morning. They failed to agree on a
verdict and a mistrial was ordered.
Judge R. O. Purdy left Saturday
evening f or pig home in Sumter, after
having been the presiding judge in
Gaffney for the past two weeks of
court.
The regular serviceo will be held
at Limestone Springs Baptist church
next Sunday at 11 o’clock. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all hy
the pastor. Rev. E. C Ross.
Xo meeting of the city council was
held Friday night, which was the
regular meeting nig] t The council
will meet tomorrow evening.
There will be no prayer meeting
service on Wednesday evening at
the Limestone Presbyterian church hut
services on next. Sab hath at 11 a. m.
and 8:30 p. m.
There, was a splendid congregation
at Midway Sunday. There was one
addition hy letter. A protracted
meeting will commence at this church
o n the first Sunday in August.
Superintendent of Education J. L.
Walker announces that he has a
scholarship at Meridian College
worth sixty dollars which he will
give to some worthy young lady.
A force of carpenters were engag
ed Friday in repairing the office of
the postal Telegraph Company which,
when completed, will improve the ap
pearance of the office very much
Hon. W D. Kirby was called to
Cedar Springs Saturday to attend
the funeral sendees of his oldest sis
ter, Mrs. Lizzie Smith, wife of Mr.
T>. M. Smith, who Hve? near Pauline.
A treat is In store for the citizens
of Cherokee county this month. On
July 3lst E. D Smith, r. H Weston
and T H Hyatt will be in Gaffney
to address the Cotton Growers Asso
ciation.
An effort is being made by the
management of the Gaffney Base
Ball Club to arrange a game of base
>al] for this week with Blacksburg.
of this year. On all three the thermo
meter hovered in the top of the
nineties un ( ] even night brought hut
little relief. Summer, though late in
i arriving, is here now in all her fury.
Mr. A. W. Dog.-ctt, who for years
has been a familiar figure } n Gaffney
business circles, has sold his grocery
business on Limestone street to Mr.
K. B. Wetherford. of Augusta. Ga.
who now conducts •]),, business. Mr.
Doggett has not yet announced his
future plans.
i;
A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVIK F.
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Car.iorSphu Ooeeerrinn Ron
Only one ease mnm-ared in mayor’s
court Friday morning, that of an
automobilp owner who had exci* ih il
the speed limit. This is the first in
stance of an appearance on this
charge since the ordinace regulating
the speed of the machines was nas«-
ed by 'he council.
The summer term of the court of
common pleas adjourned >>n Satur-
dav evening. The la«* case tried ,v*is
that of Davis vs. Nnthonv This case
resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff
in the sum of $17’ This was a land
case in wnch the difference in nrice
of some land figured.
All members o p Elbethel church
are requested hy the pastor to be
present on tpo firs Sunday in August.
Services will be held in both fore
noon and afterno m with dinner on
the grounds. A meeting of several
days will tip coni .’"need Saturdav at
3:30. The pastor will announce his
help at a later date.
The court of common pleas was
engaged Friday morning with the
’rial of Rippy vs Southern Railway
for damages sustained i, v him while
engaged i,, working for the ilef.'ml-
ant at Blacksburg \t the dose of
the plaintiff’s testimony the in-nal
motion for a non suit was mad" and
was granted. Tlr ii.akc.s tit" third
non nit which the Southern has ob
tained at this term of court.
Notwithstanding the extreme heat
pf Sunday morning a large congrega-
gation greeted the pastor of Buford
Street Methodist church for the
regular communion service. Mrs.
Shanks’ rendering of Gounod s “O
Divine Redeemer,” calling for intense
expression and at tnies great power,
was artistic and much enjoyed by all.
There were no services at night, the
congregation wishing to join in greet
ing Rev. J. F. Matheson, the new pas
tor of the Presbyterian church.
I and he is always busy doing some
thing.
A few families on the York side of
!the river have chills.
Mr. T. Jeff Hughes broke a lot of
! eggs last Tuesday while crossing at
Howell’s ferry. In getting In or out
of the fiat his chicken box turned
movement^ C F -HE PEOPLE OF over on his eggs and broke several
dozen of them and we can’t think he
’ is In a very good humor about It.
Mr. Bob Stinson, from across the
river, told us Monday he had cotton
(’looms. He has a fin P farm on the
f’-irv place on the York side.
Mrs. Mildred McDaniel, of Hickory
Grove, has an exceptionally fine crop
of onions both in size and flavor.
Wilkinsville, Julv .' -The death of Th ^ ar ° a purple red color and are
Mr. John ’1 v Colton, of Union has
i ;.’ov"d m < ’'°r of our army com
rades for whom we always entertain-
a ' igh re ’ bo;h ns a soldier
p... ^
oat Scctior,.
s»-.
; o.|
r.H'Hai c i He man Mthough
he was a mere boy when lie entered
the army h" was always "present”
o" “accounted tiw" at “roll call.” He
as largo as tea cups. They a r '" begin
ning to rot.
Several people from this section
a:tended the celebration of the Fourth
at Gaffney, while others “ f o does”
nearer home. We staid a* home
with the “old oman.” The Fourth
has got to he a threat day, whether
rod.- r,ito mil; 7, horseback to loin know what it means or not.
the army-from his home in Union , ^ Minnie Moss of Hoiewell.
w-unty to 1’ n".v'- V U 'James
river below Ricbmoad, Va. Col. A.
C. Haskell, of the 7th S. C. cavalry,
mad • hi.;’ one of his eopriorc and he
va- with Col Hash*
n
wounded on the Dariiytown r ..id
mark of which on his
carry to his grave.
has been spending a few days with
Mrs. T B. Whitesides, a t Blacksburg,
-inee the doctor’s death.
Tmlependance day dates from
be was Thursday, July 4, 1776. Since that
t j7 lime the 4th of July has come on
fare he w iH Thursday twenty times.
Da by d v our ranks tire thinning,
One by one we disappear:
And at each succeeding roll-ca'I’
'•m vc]- coiv-ado'i answer. “Here."
of
M r
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trip
into
Yo*
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is
week. F
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h;ive boon
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burly work-
ed.
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the senreitv of lalior farmers have
We would he glad to call the atten-
tl i of our road authorities to those
gully bridges which are badly in need
of repairs.
’i' n; of the low lands along Gilky
. :.i| Thif .ety creeks are practically
drowned out. and Us getting too I a f®
to plant them over now
Tie- ire y.i- in April killed our flg
irees down to the ground and we will
have no fruit of that kind this year.
Housewives are canning black-
•ni"s for next winter’s use Mrs.
l L S. is kept busy at that work.
Mr. W C. Blackwell’s folks nad an
ice cream supper last Monday night
dope their own work and are. as a t() wpict, a number of their friends
r "neral rule jp better fix than it
was
one tinio thought the> would be.
We congratulate our colored friend
Watson Armstrong, for being the
first to furnish The Lodger with a
cotton bloom Watson has the repu
tation of being an Industrious man
and a good farmer and we wish him
much success. He works with Mr.
William \. Goudelock- n f ' a r Gowdeys-
ville.
Misses Claude Sims and Oliver
were invited
Mrs. Jessie Blackwell has been
laid up for a few days with a sore
jaw occasioned by a defective tooth.
it hasn’t yet been announced on
what day Rev. Mr Matheson (the
new preacher) will preach at Salem,
but wr. suppose on the third Sabbath
of thL month. Notice will he glv«n
as soon as ’he announcement Is
made.
Tv following is rh" list of tin- It it- hoped that the contest can be
ie
id
letters remaining In the
(>affr;"Y postoffico for week ending
July Sth, 1907:
Miss \lma Black. Miss Bridge
Banister. Mr- Nancy Brooks. Mrs.
The Score.
GAFFNEY
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Lipsi ouiP
Bell lb
Byars, 21
Davis ss
Littlejohn
Campbell,
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Vila Donos. Mrs.
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Mrs.
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1 1 Humie Brack,
Mrs.
Faunif. Rug:.'.-
Miss May taler,
R B
Bryant,
Geo R
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L D
1 loltlies.
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A' i. .laves, S. B.
Lnee.
E. L
Miller,
Henry Martin.
Deck
Melurf
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Mnlatmx. Moses
McGo
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Mrs
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Mrs
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Frank
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Kopp"
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SPARTANBURG
AB R H PO A E
Wright-on 3b
Black, lb
Hopkins, ss
Tolleson r
Cannon, rf
Layton. 2b
Boneham, p
Tolleson C If
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Totals
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Three base
Beacham Two
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Biacksburg Beats Yorkville.
Black hmg. July 8 On July the
Ri. Blue! - burg faced Yorkville on
heir '.round and a fast and interest
ing game of baseball was played,
i he game was very exciting until fh"
n mning. vhon the visitors fell
on ’’ Yor vill" ppeher. curing fiv"
r un He then went n
wa ^ hatted verv severely
Ft
pieces? and
The -core:
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ft 2
4 24 11 4
hy Wood, six: hy
Bn e on halls. Wood
wo.
hits Gaffney and
hasp hits. Lipscomb
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Floyd.
Smith
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First Baptist Church Notes
The service was conducted last
Sunday by Rev. J. T. Love, 0 f At
lanta, and both services were good.
In the morning the church tool: up
its offering for the home mission
work anj the amount was good and
thp responsiveness of the congrega
tion was refreshing The music at
both services was very good.
Blacksburg
Yorkville ,
Batters:
Blacksburg—Bird and
YoiTvilb—Gaines and
Struck out by Floyd ten, by Smith
fiv* Two base hits. Bird two and
Blalock. Thre e base hit Gaines.
The feature of the game was the
pitching of Floyd. No one succeeded
in stealing second as Bird was on his
toes and caught a beautiful game
Argo Red salmon is standard in
quality, quantity, color and price.
July 9-12.
ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO
ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO ARGO
July 9-12.
arranged.
The deacons at Bethesda church
will be ordained at ten o’clock next
Sunday morning Pastors and dea
cons of the -unrounding churches
have been invited to assist in the
exercises.
The following officers of Gaffney
Lodge No. 13 I. O. O. F. were install
ed Friday by district deputy V B.
Smith: T. B. Butler. X. G.. W H.
(toss, v G,. O D. Hancock secretary,
V B. Smith, treasurer
Mr. IV. .1 Wilkins was exhibiting
some large well formed tomatoes on
Friday which had been -enf him by
Mr. Joe Humphries of R. F D. No.
3. These tomatoes reflect great
credit on Mr. Humphries as a garden
er.
An auction conspicuous bv theab-
s mce of bidders occurred on Fred-
"riel- 'tree- Saturdav afternoon. A
mill** was at auction btr was not
sold. The owner would not. sell the
animal fop the amount bid—five dol
lars.
A meeting at Fhiloah church will
be commenced at 8 p. rn. July 24th.
T h* pastor wil] be assisted by Mr.
Walter Humphries and a most sur-
cc- sful meeting is anticipated The
public is cordially invited to attend
these services.
L Baker yetorday presented The
Ledger with a sample of Irish pota-
toes as grown ' n his garden. The
-ampl" weighed one and a quarter
•omuls, and was a fine specimen,
dr Baker has one of the best, gard-
ens in the city
Mi- Lillian Goforth, until recently
a saleslady with the Battery, is now
vi'h W. J. Wilkins & Company, in
the same capacity Miss Margaret
S toe bard, who ha* been with a s.
Lipscomb & Company, succeeds
Mis.s Goforth at the Battery.
In a game at Blacksburg last week
the second nine of Gaffney wa- de
feated in a score of 8 to !> in six in
nings. The game was called to al
low the first nine of Blacksburg to
practice. Davis for Gaffney secured
four hits out of as many times at bat.
Saturday, Sunday and yesterday
have probably been the hottest days
Items form Tirzah.
Tirzah. July C.—I thought I would
write a lette r to your paper. If It
escapes the waste basket I will write
again. I am a little girl, ten years
old and have three little brothers
and we hnve a lot of fun hunting
terrapins. We find one every day in
the blackberry patch. They get sul
len and won’t crawl, hut there Is a
w ay to make them crawl and If you
want to make them hit the grit, stick
fire close to them.
Crops aro looking nice and the
farmer..- are getting along nicely this
week.
Oats ar A very good In this section
I wish some of the little cousins
would write to The Ledger. What a
grand time we would have reading
each others letters.
I only have one pet. That is a lit-
*]e crippled hen. She has two little
chickens.
We sell our eggs at Rock Hill and
get twenty cents per dozen for them.
M' s-rs. Allison and Smih are our
merchants at Tirzah.
Mr. Smith and family took in the
Fourth a’ Yorkville. Miss Eva
Carotherg accompanied them. There
was such a large crowd there they
couldn’t hardly get anything to eat
or drink.
Messrs. Wallace. OaM and Camp
bell are buying fox to nut at Catawba
dam for spor* this winter. They
havo engaged twenty-five
Lichtning struck a tree in Mr.
Hope's yard Sunday. al=o one in Mr.
Tim Gardners’.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gardner spent
Sunday afternoon with us.
Mrs. Will Youngblood is in bad
1; alth She is goirc to Piedmont
Springs to stay a while.
Misg Floreed Bowen has gone to
Piedmont Springs for her health.
She j< the daughter of Mr. Bishop
Bowen, our mail carrier on route
No. 7
Mrs. Barron has gone ro her home
at Shelby, x. c. She has been spend
ing some time with her brother. Mr.
Ec| ; . Frewell.
Mrs. Will Frewell has bee/i sick
l.uf i=? well again.
Mrs. j c Wallace has been can
ning means.
We have beans and cabbage In
abundance.
The health ot our neighborhood is
good.
June Bug.
Ne w paint Factory.
I»ngman & Martinez, Paint Makers
of New York City, who commenced
business 5') years ago tin 1852). one
of the largest paint makers in the
trade, have filed plans for an addi
tional Paint Factory in Brooklyn,
which will he about 100 hy 200 feet in
area, five floors in all making 100,-
000 square feet more of working sur
face.
From present indications the time
hilders, of Sarratts, aitended the j S ^approaching when respectable
unveiling of Mr. Hamlet LeMasters p 00 pi e cat) meet and enjoy them-
monument at the LeMastep grave- S( fl VOs without being disturbed by
yard last Saturday, 24th ultimo.
Mrs. Eliza Foster, who has been
laid up with a broken ankle for nearly
two months, is able to get about a
little now. Her general health is good
and she has borne her misfortune
with great patience and resignation.
the presence and disgraceful conduct
of drunken roughs and rowdies—tho
very lowest type of hunianitv This
is riot confined to the colored race by
any means—the whites are equally
ns bad if not worse. How a dirty,
elf-confessed gambler can go into a
Me are told that a general row oroW( j n f gentlemen and tell what ho
took L'a® 0 at the V alkers church, | ias y, A e n doing—how long he has
colored, last. Sabbath, their Cnildren s !ioon rardg _ an(1 what , 1(J has
Day. in which one of the peacemakers wlthoUt being kicked out of their
had several pistols he took from the !g morP than we cnn under-
would-be combatants to keep them <?tand. We ape no fighting man but
from doing harm. is too much for us to swallow
Wo are further told that prosecu-
withour ralslntr the Irish to its hlsrh-
e=f nltch
In a mens a* the entered church
near Dr Black’s a short time ago,
. , , Mose Tate a respectable well-to-do
ter opinion of "cole ed n wa drawn Into it
aga'ast h 1 -? will. When the old man
,, , , , . got his “dander” up his wife tried to
this lawlessness now becoming so q „ ipf hlm bm ho wouldn’t nulet
(sequent. worth a cent He said h" wanted to
If it could bo Investigated it would "a* n*. a few “niggers.” Mosn you
be found that whiskey is at *he hot- •‘•ou’d b'’ve had a nasty mo,ss if you
tom of it all Somebody is selling had p would have nuked m alliga
tions will be taken out. But that
will h" the P nd of it. The frequency
of these reported outbreaks are
fearfully alarming We have a bet-
people in that neighborhood than to
think they are willing to submit to
it and it ought to he stonped Ghero-
keo county ha- boon the dumping
ground for the riff raff long onough
The Mills Deal tragedy ha- created
a great deal of sentiment on both
sides and people are outsnoken It
is unlvorsall .- admitted that the trial
has been the hardest fought legal
battle ever witnessed in th" errnina!
courts of Cherokee
tor
J L. S.
Comnbmentar. to Judge Qurdy.
Before adjournment of couu on
Patn-day 'he following resolutions
which had been passed by the Bar
Association "’ere read by Cant J B.
Bell. Remarks were made hy
variou< members of ‘he bar which,
county Me , vorf> responded to h-Judge
don t know a better use to which a piir dv who seemed verv much affect-
newspaper can devote its space than b ’ y thp manifestations of regard
’lie publication of the evidence and oy^ppsep,! bv the resolutions and re
trial notes in such important cases , 1ia rl-<’ of ‘V> lawyers-
si that the reading public can ac- “At’hereas. Tien R O Uurdv. the
ouaint itself with, and form an Intel- presiding iiidge, ba c resigned the of-
ligent opinion as to the mert 1 - of the circuit judge, which resigna-
oaRO - tion becomes effective September 1,
Our old friend and watermelon iftft7 and whereas this is the last,
raiser Mr. Morgan Millwood will soon term of this eourt over which Judge
be in market with the product of his Purdy will preside; therefore. Be it
farm. He has several acres planted Resolved 1. That the Bar Associa-
in ruei onf! and his prospect for a crop Mon o p Cherokee county deeply re-
is very good grots the fact of Judge Purdy’s re-
\ coord In g to the ancients last M T od- Mrement from the bench and w -h
nesday, July 3rd, was the first dog for him success in his future field of
day. But as Great Britain did not labor.
adopt, ‘he Gregarian calendar until 2. That, by his ability, uniform
September. 1752, when, as eleven courtesy, diligence and a '•■n > o’ho
dav s had been lost, it was necessary <JntI pR of his office, be has great.y
to call the third of September the endeared himself not only to the
fourteenth, in order to bring the members of the bar, but to the court
calendar and seasons once more to- an d county officials, and to all with
gether. consequently the two days whom ho has come in contact,
are one and the same. This w f as done 2. That a copy of these resolutions
bv an art of Parliament, and leads he presented to Judge Purdy, and
to what Is called “Old Style” and that they be inscribed upon
"New style ” This arrangement minutes of the court
the
would make July 1 tth the time on
which dog days begin with us and
end on the 22nd day of August, in
clusive.
It has been twenty-five years
11882) since we have had as good an
o;u crop a- has been harvested this
vear
J. E WEBSTER.
President.
W. S. HALL, Jr.
Secretary.
Smyrna statements
Smyrna R. F D. No. 2. July 2 —
Owing to the scarcity of news i have
Mr. John Foster has been working not reported from this side for quite
on the farm for Sam J Strain for the a while.
last few days. People of this section have their
Cousin Man Parris came down to crops in fairly good shape Old corn
work a farm with Mr Mor-gan Mill- * s ' a >'‘d by.
wood this year but he returned to the J h'’ cotton crop vuL he >hort as
cotton mill before he finished It. compared wl ' ' a ^ f wars crop
"Morg's” a man who don’t play and Squares ar" ph nuf i, bu: so far no
work all at the same time. Mr. Mill- ^ C) *' m3 !,e( ' n reported yet
wood has one of the best farm hands Hoping that my next letter will
in this country—Will Sawyers—a contain more news, I remain a friend
Argo Red Salmon has ;ae “Moor- full blooded Indian, a member of the ,n ^ 10 Hedger. C. E. S
i” taste, the more you eat the Catawba tribe. He has been living'
are you want. with Mr Millwood for several years Subscribe for The Ltdger. $1 a year.
If you will try Argo Red Salmon,
you will find a Salmon tha; you can
al vayg depend upon. Nothing ulcer.
There is no better Salmon canned
at any price than Argo. One trial
will prove it.