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■■rrir 1 • thk largest circulation of Any Ntwxoaptr In tha % fifth CongraMlonal Olp^rlet af tb C. tVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE r FHE ledger. SEU'WEESLY—PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. A N a wap a par hi AN (hat tha Ward Impllaa anN Pavatai ta tha Baat lnt«r«at of tha Pajpla af Charokaa County. ./« QUARANTBB TNI ftBUABlLlTV af Cvarv ANvartlaar Who Uaaa tha Cofumna af This Qtrr ADVERTIEINO MEDIUM. ESTABLISHED FEB. If, 1SS4. OAFFNEY, E. C* FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1907. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOGAl INTEREST, m . EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. Recent Happenings In and Around th« City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local New* Editor. A party of young people from Gaff ney s|pent yesterday in a pleasant outing at Gaston Shoals. Henry Wjilkerson has resigned his position with Shu/ord & LeMastfu- to accept one in Florence. A party of young men leave today for the mountains of North Carolina where they will spend two weeks. Roland Little is being touted the champion Nimrod since his success ful booking of a fourteen pound carp in Broad river a few days ago. J. W. Brawley, of Greensboro. N. C.. an experienced insurance man, is in the city for a short while with the Gaffney Trust Company. Ralph Gastou, of Blacksburg, has accepted a position with the local freight office in this city. He en tered upon his duties Tuesday. Two games of baseball were play ed at Limestone Park between the Gaffney and Reidville negroes Tues day and Wednesday. The Reidville team won both games. The three-year-old daughter of Mrs. AJbernathy, who was severely burned some time ago. died of Its injuries Monday night. The funeral services were held Tuesday. A. C. Moore & Company are now occupying their new stables on Robertson street. This building Is modern in every particular and thoroughly meets the needs of a livery stable. Street Overseer Coyle is doing some good work on the sidewalks of Limestone street. This work was badly needed, and the town council has the thanks of the people of the town for havine it done. The Antioch Baptist Sunday school will have their Children’s Day Tues day, August 13th. Dinner and re freshments will be served on the grounds. Everybody is invited at tend and enjoy himself on that day. An engine was overturned at Thickety Wednesday requiring the services of a wrecking crew to get it on the track again. The track was soon cleared and trains were little ^ delaved as a consequence of the mis- hap. There will be a concert at the Irene Park Saturday evening, August 10th. by the Bessemer City brass band. Refreshments will be sold to pay expenses. Music begins at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially in vited. Mr. R A Jones has contracted with Contractor J. H. Curry for the erection of a brick warehouse, the dimensions of which will be 331-3 in width and 125 feet in length. Mr. Jones will use the building for storing heavy j^-oceries, grain and hay. Mr. S. L. Hopper, of this city, who has had charge of the White Dia mond Lithia Springs since the open ing the first of June, has given up the management and returned to Gaffney. Mr. Hopper says there is quite a large crowd at the springs now. An important K. of P. meeting will be held in the hall on Monday night at 8:30. Important work in the second degree, etc., will be done and all members are urged to be present. Several visiting members are expected to be present and after the meeting a supper will be served in the hall. At a meeting of the trustees of the Gaffney public schools on Wed nesday night the contract for the brick work on the addition and re pairs to Centra] school and the buildr ing of the-new school building to be erected was awarded to Spurgeon & Curry. The wood worb will be done by Scruggs Lumber Company. IB L. Jones, a colored shoemaker, was arrainged before Mayor Little • Monday on a charge of selling whis key. The accused demanded a jury and the case was continued until yesterday. The case was again call ed yesterday but again a continu ance wa * the result it will be called again today. Magistrate B. F. Camp tried a case last week in which watermoloml were the chief feature. Four negroes and a white man were charged with ‘heft of watermelons and all were found guilty. The white man and a A negro contributed good coin to the ^ officials while the other three negroes will contribute manual labor. A* a result of the framers meeting w'bich was held here a few’ days ago a committee is looking around for a suitable place to erect a cotton ware house where the farmers can store their cotton Instead of being forced to sell H when the price 1* low. This it on the Hue advocated by Messrs. Jordan, Smith and Hyatt of the Southern Cotton Grow era As sociation. A large congregation met the pap- tor of Buford Street M. E. church last Sunday morning, it being the regular monthly communion day, and the sermon was able and suited to the occasion. The music, in the absence of most of the members of the regular choir, was furnished very acceptably by the young ladies of the Sunday school, the only exception being a solo, “Come, Weary Soul,’’ rendered with sweetness and feeling In- Miss Annie Johnson, ,Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Doggett and two daughters, Misses Lucie and Mary, had a narrow escape from a very serious accident while driving from Shelby, N. C., to Cleveland Springs. While crossing the rail road tracb a train was seen approach ing and before the horses could be restrained one fell across the track and was killed. The carriage and occupants had a narrow escape. Happily the party escaped with a severe shaking up and no serious in jury. Mr. James Henry Rice, who now represents the Audubon Society in South Carolina, has bee n in Gaffney for the last few days, and wishes it understood that he will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law any persons violating he law in regard to the sale of dynamite. Mr. Rice says that it is frequently the case that persons use dynamite for the purpose of killing fish in the streams, and that he intends to use every means in his power to stop this per nicious practice. The stockholders of the Merrimac Mills at the last meeting appointed a committee to select a suitable site upon which to locate the structure, and that committee in company with two engineers Tuesday sheeted a tract of land belonging to the Gaff ney Land & Improvement company just north of the city, and adjoin ing the grounds of the Globe Mills. Work will commence on the build ings just as soon as the material can be gotten on the ground. It Is the purpose of the management to have the mills in operation by the first of next January. THIOUEHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. ITEMS OF INTER8T OF PASSING EVfNTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. TRAGEDY IN ASHEVILLE. White Ma n Shoots Woman and Commits Suicide. Asehvllle, N. C., Aug. 7.—A terrible tragedy was enacted here this morn ing shortly after 10 o’clock, when Robert Murdoch, a white man, 45 years of age, with a wife and several children, shot to death Mrs. Laura Ray, proprietress of the "Success Inn.” a large boarding house of this city, and then turned the weapon on himself and sent three bullets into his heart. The only motive that can be assigned for the murderer’s fear ful act was a debt due him by Mrs. Ray and temporarv insanity from the effects of drink. The double tragedy was commit ted in Mrs. Ray’s room in the Suc cess Inn. Murdock fired eight Shots in all, taking time after sending four bullets into Mrs. Ray to break the pistol, reload and fire four addition al shots, three of which went into the madman’s own body. The wounds made by the three shots that Mur dock fired at himself could almost be covered by a postage stamp. Mrs. Ray was shot twice through the arm and three times through the body. Intense excitement wag the result of the shooting and shortly after the tragedy a great mob of people gathered at the scene and were only restrained from forcing their way in to the death chamber by the pre sence of several blue-coated officers and deputy sheriffs. At the inquest the testimony of three material wit nesses was taken. Patrolman Lomi- nac, who was passing the house on a street car at the time, alighted and rushed into the building and was directed by a boarder to room No. 4, where the tragedy occurred. He pushed the door open and viewed a scene of horror. Mrs. Ray lay on her side, gasping for breath and struggling, while MurdOck lay on his back also struggling and with his clothing on fire. The blaze was extinguished and a couple of minutes later Murdock died. M^' „Qav lin gered for five minutes, when death ensued. E. P. Hudson, a boarder at the house, said he was sitting on the porch reading a magazine when a negor servant came screaming out of the hall saying that "Mlirdock is killing Mrs. Ray.” Hudson heard two pistol shots and rushed to the scene. He opened the door half way and saw the man ind woman, be came scared, he said, and beat a hasty return. The firing of the pis tol continued. Hudson said that Murdock told him yesterday that Mrs. Ray owed him $300 on account and that he was gning to square ac counts with her. The attending phy sicians stated this afternoon that Mrs. Murdock, widow of the mur derer and suicide, was in a very seri ous condition as a result of the shock, incident to the horrible affair. Endorsed by the Country, “The moat popular remedy In Otsego county, and the best friend of my family," writes Wm. M. Dietz, editor and publisher of the Otsego Journal, Gilbertsvllle, N. Y., “Is Dr. King’s New Discovery. It has proved to be an Infallible cure for coughs and colda, making short work of the worst of them. We always keep a bottle In th^. house. I believe it to be the most valuable prescription known for Lung and Throat dis eases.” Guaranteed to never disap point the taker, by Cherokee Drug Co, Price 60c and $1.00. Trial bot tle free. Happnings AH Over the State Taken from Our Exchanges and Tersely ..Told to Ledger Readers. In the court of sessions in Union 1 Wednesday morning the cas© against James Gallman charged with the killing of S. M. Gilmore in Jonesville on the 15th of last May w’as begun. Both parties were white, have wide connections and acquaintance and the interest in the trial is intense anq wide spread. The first cotton boll of the sea son was picked at Bamberg Monday in a cotton field near town. Mr. Fred Free found the boll in a field belong ing to a. negro named Breeland. The boll wag well formed and opened I wide. Reports from the lower part jof the county state that bolls are bursting rapidly, and that a bale of cotton will be marketed In a week or two. Mr. W. B. Franklin, who during the Civil war was a member of Com pany B, First South Carolina regi ment, and a brave and faithful sold ier, dropped dead at his home in Newberry county Tuesday afternoon Mr. Franklin has attended every gene ral reunion of Confederate veterans for the past 10 of 12 years. He was about 70 years of age. The body of Jas. Hasting was ex humed at Greenwood Tuesday for the purpose of Investigating the cause of his death. It will be remembered that Hastings was killed several months ago by a wagon running over him. There has been a good deal of doubt as to the real cause of his death, some were of the opinion that he wap shot, however the whole mystery was cleared by an examination. No trace of bullet boles could be foynd. Suveyors are now at work on the route of the proposed electric rail way from Greenville to Williams ton. The work was begun Wednesday from the Greenville end of the line and the corps of engineers is in charge of Civil Engineer Shippey. President H. H. Price, of the Green" ville Interurban Company, said that he thought the surveyors would com plete their work within the next ten days or two weeks. Tuesday the jury in the Arthur i Davis case in Union brought in a ' verdict of manslaughter and Judge Price immediately sentenced him to 15 years in the penitentiary at hard labor. There was a good sized crowd in the court room when sen tence was imposed but there was no demonstration, though before the 'trial the opinion prevailed that Davis would hang. One of Davis’ attorneys said there would be no motion for a new trial and that Davis would serve the sentence. There has been for several weeks talk of establishing a hospital for the city of Newberry and plans are on : foot which will in all probability re sult in Its establishment In the very near future. There was a meeting in the chamber of commerce in that city Tuesday evening between the | physicians of the city and a commit tee from the chamber of commerce for the purpose of conferring to gether and to devise plans for car rying out the rbject. • Charged with larceny of live stock, i William Thompson, a young white man who lives near Glendale, was committed to Spartanburg jail Wed nesday by Magistrate Coan, it being alleged that he stole a cow from a Mr. Murray at Glendale. Thompson took the cow to Spartanburg and tried to sell it and failing to find a purchaser drove the cow out to Sax on Mills, where he sold it for $19. Thompson then left Saxon and went I to Inman, where he was arrested and brought hack to the city and lodged in jail to await preliminary ; hearing. Fourteen dollars of the purchase money was recovered. Monday night about 9:30 o'clock fire broke out in Richardson’s wood- yard in Aiken and before it was ex tinguished probably 100 cords of > wood were burned, and several build- j ings and a lot of machinery were 1 destroyed, a loss of something like $4,000. When the fire was discover ed H was In some straw, and burned : rapidly, gaining such headway that the fire team could do but little other, than keep the flames confined to A i small area. Owing to the yard bo- |i“K isolated there was no danger of the fire spreading. At 12 o’clock ! the fire was still burning and to stop ' it dynamite was resorted to with some success, and the fire was practi cally extinguished soon after. There ; was about $5,000 insurance on the I outfit. A NEWSY LETTER EDOM WILKINSVIILE. MOVEMENTS OF “"HE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. "Regular as the tun" is an expression as old as the race. No doubt the rising and setting ot the sun is the most regular perform ance In the universe, unless it lathe action of the liver and Dowels when regulated with Dr. King's New Life Pills. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Oo. 26c. —Go to the "Seed Store” for your Turnip seed. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Itema of that Section. WilkiUiisvllle, August G.—There are a number of opinions extent as to when dog days begin and end. Everybody is agreed that they are forty in number, and many think that if it rains on the first there will be rain for forty consecutive days. We don’t take much stock in this theory simply because we don’t know and that ought to excuse us of course. One gentleman following the tra dition of his great grandfather and other preceding generations says dog days begin the 25th of July no mat ter about the ri.dng of Sirius or what the seven stars are doing. Rain or no rain, dog days begin with him the 25th of July and that settles it so far as he is concerned. Well, he can have It that way if he wants to, its no matter of ours. The Egyptians over 3,000 years ago concluded that the rising of the dog star, Sirus, in conjunction with the sun so intensified its heat as to make it unhealthy. The Romans came to about the same conclusion. Its all superstition regarding dog days, but the same is current amongst us today and there is no well authen ticated definition to he found in any of our books to prove or disprove anytjhing. The Imperial Encyclope dia says; “Dog days is the name given to the forty days of the year between July 3rd and August 11th (old style). The name is derived from the Latin name of the dog—Star—Sirius. This star rose heliacally about the begin ning of July and the ancients as cribed the great heat of the sum mer to tl\e influence of this star.” The Egyptians attributed the rising of the Nile to the same influence. The distance of this star Sirius from us is calculated to be ISO.OOO millions of miles, it is one of the earliest named stars in the heavens, and is supposed by some to be the nearest to the earth. But no finite mind can comprehend the magnitude of, or set bounds to infinite space. 'The Psalmist came nearest to It when he said: When I look up Into the heavens Which Thine own fingers framed;— Unto the moon, and to the stars Which were by Thee ordained. Then say I, what Is man that he Remembered Is by Thee; Or what the Son of man that Thou So kind to him shouldst be? Mr. and Mrs. Louis Waters, of Gaffney, called on their friend, Mr. “Jay” Strain last Friday. They were on their way to Hickory Grove to visit relatives. It was the first op portunity we have bad to meet Mrs. Waters and form her acquaintance. She is an intelligent and beautiful woman—the very picture of health and it isn’t reflecting on Mr. Waters ; to say he has out-married himself. We are always glad to meet our friends and form new acquaintences, especially when they are pleasant Mr. and Mrs. Waters are members of some of Cherokee county’s best families and to such we accord a hearty welcome to our community when they will visit ufe. From the most reliable informa tion we can gather, as well as the signs of the times, we conclude that the cause of temperance is gaining headway and soon will be universal ly recognized as one of the most potent agents for uplifting manbind. 4mong all civilized and Chritstlanlzed p<?<jple the saloon is doomed. The insidious evil is lurking in the “punch Twiwl” where the seed germs of imbriety are germenating and will some day bring a burden to the hands that are manipulating it. The devil hate 8 to surrender. He is now fight ing as never before to maintain his rule. Gog and Mogog have gathered themselves to battle against t$ie forces of King Immanuel and the plains of Esdraleon are drinking the blood of the slain. Rev. C. M. Teal closed a weeks meeting at Abingdon Creek church last Saturday. He had no ministeral help but the meeting was a success, reviving the old members and re consecrating them to their church vows and work. It was generally regretted that the meeting could go no longer at this time, as the min ister was called to another pan of his field to begin bis work last Sab bath. He, however, left an appoint ment for a two or three day meet ing one month hence when the *ac- rament of Baptism will be admin istered to the new converts. Rev. Mr. Teal Is a splendid man and our people like him both as a minister and a mlan and we wish for him and his work great success. At the con clusion of the meeting on Saturday three new deaens Messrs. Thomas Millwood, Hamp Bratton and Glut Reynolds, were ordanied. We fully agree with Bro. Teal that the young men of the church should be chosen to make Its officers and be put to work before the olders ones pass away or become Inefficient by reason of <M ••• aad infirmity u> tra.. the duties devolving on them. Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Strain and child, Mias Rath, and Charley Foster, went to Gaffney yesterday on busi ness. Mr. and Mra. “Jay” Strain and children are visiting friends and rel atives at Jonesville. Mrs. Ethel Blackwell is training the children for Children’s Day at Salem next Thursday. The young people of the congregation speak of buying an organ for the church. Through a party who went to Charleston last week on an excursion we learn that some of the boys who boarded the train at Hicljory Grove took part in smashing windows of the cars and turning up Jack gen erally. They defied the conductor and police and made things lively in their way. WV? are R low to believe that the railroad authorities would put up with such conduct and think the matter is exaggerated. Though these parties are none too good to do so if they were properly liquored up. Liquor brings out the ruffianism in men, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes visited Mrs. Estes' father. Mr. J. T. Bigham. at Sharon last Saturday. Some of our people were thrown into a whirl-pool of excitement one day last week when two dusky dam sels ran together at the wash place and opened a verbal fusilade on each other about a knife one accused the other of stealing. For a while, we are told, it looked as if the women, children and non-combatants would have to move out while the wool pulling went on. Fortunately “Uncle Sill’’ came upon the scene and acted a« umpire. Peliner was allowed to hold the ground while Catherine had “to move her washing. Mr. Leslie Blackwell later found the causus belli lying in the bottom of the spring where it had fallen from th > bosom of the owner while she was dipping up water to wash with. “All’s quiet along the Potomac to night.” Peliner and Catherine have heretofore been friends and this un toward breach may be regretted by those who care anything about it. William Congreve, author of ‘‘The MJorning Bride,” beautifully express es the thought: “Earth has rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a furv like a woman scorn ed.” J. L. S. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN For the Week Ending 8 A. M. Au gust 5f 1907. The mean temperature, average precipitation and sunshine were be low the normal. The week was not so warm as the preceding one. The highest tempe ratures occurred generally during the lore part of the week when the maximum was 90 degrees, or higher, except in the extreme western por tions. The last two nights were unusually cool. # The temperature ex tremes were 96*at Conway and Spar tanburg on July 30th, and 61 at on August 2nd. The precipitation was unevenly distributed. The rainfall was heavi est In the eastern half of the State where the average was slightly above the normal. Ae few places in the western part ha4 excessive pre cipitation, but the average was much below the normals Heavy rains high winds and light hail accompa nied thunderstorms In the eastern counties on the 2nd. There was considerable cloudiness {in the central and eastern portions (truing the tore part ot the week. The percenflage of sunsfhine was much greater during the latter part, especially In the central and western portions. TO STUDY THE KU KLUX. Scholar, will Visit Clansman Scenes at Manager's Invitation, New York, Aug. 5.—A historic tour of the scenes made famous by “The Clansman” will be a feature of that play’s itinerary this year. Manager Gerge H. Brenna n has invited as his guests half a dozen students of the reconstruction era in the South who wish to verify the historical state ments made in the play. They will visit Columbia, S. C., and search the archives of the negpo-carpet-bagger legislature of 18G7-69 thence to the northern part of the State and west ern North Carolina, where the deeds of the Ku Klux Klan will be studied, and finally to Nashville, Tenn., where is to be found most of the documen tary andi oral evidence regarding the origin of the Klan. Besides verifying “The Clansman,” they ex pect to unearth much new material that will prove of great value to the future historian. The students who are invited came from the leading colleges of the Blast, and some of them will base their thesis for the degree of doctor of philosophy upon the facts obtained in this trip, which wllj -comprise one month of careful and painstaking research. Gaffney Couple Wed. A surprise was sprung upon the people of Gaffney yesterday when It was learned that on Wednesday eve ning Mr. H. M. Robbins and Miss Alma Lavender had been quietly married at Blacksburg, Rev. C. C. Derrick, pastor of the Methodist church at Blacksburg performing the ceremony. The marriage was unex pected even to Miss Lavender and Mr. Robbins who. while out driving, decided to no longer postpone their j wedding day. Miss Lavender is one of Gaffney's most charming young ladles while Mr. Robbins Is an ener getic young business man, manager of the local office of the Postal Tele graph Company. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Item, of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors In the Old North State Clipped from Our Exchanges. A charter was issued Tuesday to tht Hitchcock Trotter Company, of Winston; mercantile. The incor porators. who are Reldsville men. are B. M. Hitcbcocb, H. L. Trotter, K. N. Hitchcock; the authorized capi tal is $75,000. The $300,000 bond'election, from which the city of Charlotte will get about $100,000 for street improve ments, was Wednesday afternoon au thorized by the board of county com missioners and an order ma<I‘e for j the holding of the said election. At the request of counsel of tha , Southern Railway Company Stand- , ing Master Montgomery announdsa a change of date for the beginning of the taking of evidence in the famous case of the Southern Railway Company vs. the North Carolina cor poration commission to test the con stitutionality of the new passenger rate act, the hearing to begin August 15th instead of August 10th. In the event the $300,000 bond ie- - sue in Salisbury carries at the elect ion on October 1st, it has been pro vided that O. D. Davis, cashier of the Davis & Wiley bank; W. H. Wfclte/ cashier of the First National bank; J. D. Norwood, cashier of the Peo ple’s bank, and W. F. Snider, cashier of the Wachovia Loan * Trust Co., of that city, should compose the ad* visory board to disburse the funds. 'While tearing dbwn an old log house on the lands recently purchas ed by Mb. L. A. Cline, of the St, Paul neighborhood, three miles from Salisbury, workmen found $60 hid ' in a chlldfs shoe underneath the large hearthstone. There were six ten- dollar Mils. How long the money had been there no one knows. The house is known to have been built more than 60 years ago. Z. V. Taylor, agent of the South ern Express Company, met with a singular accident at Newbern Wed nesday. He was seated o n his wag on driving and when he hit his horse with the rein the animal jumped and kicked, striking Mr. Taylor on the right leg midway between the knee and ankle, making an ugly wound. Examination showed that the bone was shattered, some 20 pieces of bone being extracted. The injury Is very severe. Ransom Godwin, a well-to-do white farmer, 65 years old, at his home five miles west of Kenly, a small and remote place In Johnston coun ty, Tuesday night about 9 o’clock shot and killed his wife without any real cause for the deed, so those who ! know the family say. She was his third wife, he having married her ' about four years ago. From the ; union two children survive their I mother. Mrs. Godwin wa?f 35- years : of age. The murderer has escaped so far. • The Southern Railway has notified its agents and other employes at Winston in regard to the new pas senger rate. According to the In structions received the new rate is to become operative at 10:01 a. m. next Thursday and is to remain in force until further notice Contrary to the general expectation there, however, the Southern announces that it will not charge for children under 5 years of age and will con tinue to collect only half fare for children between th© ages of 5 and 12 years. Engineer W. Calaway Packer, of Spencer, Instead of Charles Parker, of Greensboro, was the man killed in the wreck of No. 136 at Auburn, near Raleigh, Tuesday night. His fireman, Robert Young, also of Spen cer, instead of Will King, as men tioned in the morning papers, met death in the same accident. Both men were on a homeward run when > the fatal collision occurred. It Is said by old railroaders that Engin eer Parker was the first engineer killed on the old North Carolina rail road for 16 years. The Boston, Mass., police are searching that city and surro mding town for Mrs. Charlotte Hayes. 55 , years old, of Fayetteville, who start ed for Boston last week to celebrate old home week with her friend. Mrs. Lina Smith, of Concord Place. Her baggage has arrived, but there is no trace of Mrs. Hayes. Mrs Smith Is certain that Mrs. Hayes reached the city on be Federal Express a week ago Wednesday and was lost la the crowd at the south terminal. Mrs. Smih was there to meet her, but did , not locate her and later that day , Mrs. Hayes baggage reached Mrs. Smith's home. Mrs. Hayes was In poor health and had never been In a large city before. Trageidv in a Country Kitchtn. Full many a gem which should have raised serene Bums to a crisp behind the oven door. And many a sack of flour Is born to burst unseen And waste its whiteness on the pantry floor. •a 5 ”3 J