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,4 thc largest circulation of Any Nowapapor In tha Fifth ConpraMlonal District of S. C. ■VERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE The Ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FKIDAY. VS QUARANTCS THE RtLlASlLlTi of Every AOvortloor “tHo Uooo ttio Colvnuno of Thlo Paper. PEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. A Newspaper In AN Hi et Nm Weed Implies and Derates is the Beet Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1M4. GAFFNEY, S. C. f FRIDAY. AUGUST 23> 1907. |1j00 A YEAR. < NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF “HE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. W Personal Paragraph* Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section. "Wllkinsvllle, Aug. 20.—People in putting on airs frequently let their "plantation manners’’ betray them much to the annoyance of their ad mirers. The Etheopian can’t change his skin aby more than the leopard can his spots. It’s hard to reverse the current of second nature. It’s easier to show what we are.not than what we are. It’s an old saying that ’’Friday is always the fairest or the foulest” weather during the week. Last Fri day was noted for its different vari eties of weather. It was cloudy, clear, rainy, sunshiny, cool and , warm, hll within twelve hours time. By the last of this week the fodder pulling season will be ofl hand. Some people have cut hay. The corn crop Is about made and it is above an average crop It’s too soon as yet to make estimate of the cotton crop In this section, in some places it Is throwing off considerably. Mrs. Laura T. Estes spent last Fri day with her son. Joe Estes, and family. She doesn’t go often, and whe n she does we think It is worthy of mention. Of the several hundred people at Salem on children’s day we dlm’t suppose there was over a dozen who knew that a runaway couple got mar^ rled that day. It is much easier to dodge a big crowd on such an oc- 4 casion than a small one. The railroad talk has pretty well died out, but it’s no less a sign that it isn’t coming in the ‘‘sweet bye and bye.” Your correspondent has been un well far a few days—so much so that he was unable to attend the S. S. picnic at Abingdon Creek last Satur day. Mesdames Leslie and Asa Black well spent Saturday helping their mother, Mrs. J. L. S.. to wash, scour fix up for the big meeting which begins at Salem next Wednesday night. It’s &ot much credit to a young lady —a member of the church—to brag about the number of dances and par ties she attended last winter. If she would confess being ashamed of her self we could pity her. The devil doesn’t lose any sleep on account of such church members. They are i-generally of little consequence, any way. to him or any one else. Of all the pitiable object* 1 Q the world of humanity the hen-pecked htieband Is the worst. He has no mind nor right he can claim as his own. and his life from beginning to cud is one of perpetual misery. We don t like the wife beating business, but haye never yet been able to say conscientiously that a great many of l hem don't need It. for they do. It must make a young man feel bad If while helping a young lady .out of a wagon he lets her fall to the tground and get hnrt. The old song “Where Is my boy night?’” might properly be chai to “Where Is my girl tonight? child is a child. When a petition is presented ask ing for the pardon of a man who is serving a sentence for the commis sion of a crime, H is hard to refuse to sign it, though it is right to do so unless it Is clear to our mind that executive clemency should not be ex ercised In his behalf. That the abuse of the pardoning power is responsible for a great deal of lawlesseness in the land there is »o reason to doubt. It’s a mere weak ness in a man to put his name to a petition asking tor the pardon of a man who he has no ground to believe has undergone a change of heart for the better or that he will make a better citizen. In this day when pistol, whiskey, cards and the love of monev and thirst for blood are such y>atent factors in the commission of crime, it’s hard to tell where mercy and jus tice come together. Were it not for a pardoning power all of Adam’s race would be miser able In this life. But when we con- aider that divine clemency is based only upon a reformation of life, and wV< true, genuine repentence, then we are not surprised to see that it is exer cised. If we expect to see our laws respected we must see that they are enforced. ytr. and Mrs. J. T>egllo Blackwell V gave a number of their friends an ioe cream supper last Saturday night. s' Quite a number were there and they had an enjoyable time. too. The best definition of a gentleman • we have ever seen in print is that glxen by Governor Minis, of Mor- rlsania. a gentleman by birth, educa- /•Vlon, and the most lofty bearing who / on being asked for his definition of a "gentleman.” replied by repeating the followin'* poem, which we are told Thomas Jefferson copied and kept on his desk where he frequently cor wilted It. even in his bnslest hcjrs. Would it not be well for us to follow the great statesman’s ex ample? Here H Is; . '""Ms he who every thought and deed B~ rule of virtue moves; Whose generous tongue disdain* to apeak The thing bis heart disproves. "Who never did a slander forge. His neighbor's fame to wound* Nor harken to a false report. By malice whispered round. "Who vice, In all its pomp and power, Can treat with Just neglect; And piety, though clothed in rags, Religiously respect. “Who to his plighted word and troth Has ever firmly stood; And though he -’remise to bis loss, He makes his promise good. “Whose soul In usury disdains His treasurers to employ; Whom no rewards can ever bribe The guiltless to destroy.” Cut this out and paste it In your hat, young man. It will make a man of you to follow its teaching. At last accounts two of The Led ger’s York county friends were work ing on the streets of Hickory Grove. Beys such reports are suspicious un less fully understood. We are, how ever, glad to know that there are not enough sinners in the town to keep the streets In good order and that the authorities have to hire the work done and that accounts for your getting a job. Necessary work Is al ways honorable. It matters not where or what kind it is, Just so It isn’t in voluntary. Mr. S. F. Estes is complaining of being unwell. “Uncle Sill” says he won’t try to out-eat two Metho dist preachers any „more. Mr. John Foster Is spending a few days with his cousin, Charley Foster. Mrs. Ethel Blackwell Is helping her mother Mrs. J. L. S.. ca n toma toes. Mr. W. R. Walker Is putting up a stile on his Sunnystde farm that has a capacity of 2,500 stones and he thinks he can get enough material off ten acres to fill It. It Is about forty-two feet to height and over thirty feet in diameter at the base. Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Strain return ed from Clifton by the way of Hick ory Grove yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel have a right sick child. It has something like chicken pox. Thr tumip sowing season is now on hand. The ground is to fine fix for it and several of our neighbors have sown. A defect in the chain at Howell’s ferry is reported. It should be slock ed after before something happens to cause trouble. Putting off repair in such cases is not systematic econ omy. Many places In the public roads worked before the heavy rains are about as bad now as ever. J. L. S. THROIMUT THE PRLMETTO STATE. ITEMS OF INTERST OF PASSING EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A Delightful Barbecue. A delightful barbecue was given at the Lipscomb Silica Springs Wednes- dav by W. Cliff Lipscomb. About three hundred people attend ed and spent a pleasant day. During the morning hours the crowd was entertained by speeches from Representatives Clary and McArthur, W. D. Kirby, W S. Hall, T. B. Butler and Edward Lipscomb, after which the table was spread with barbecued meats, bread, pickles and coffee. The occasion was pronounced by many to be one of the most dellght- f”’ In years, and much praise was bestowed upon Cliff and his assist ants for the feast so amply provided. Many Gaffney people were present, and all had an enjoyable time. Such occasions bring the people to gether and the benefits of mutual In tercourse in innocent pleasure are not to be underestimated. The speekers acquitted themselves cred itably and to them is due thanks for keeping the assembly amused while the pot. was brewing. I jet us have more such occasions. Happninga AH Over the State Taken from Our Exchange* and Tersely ..Told to Ledger Reader*. At its call meeting Monday the count;/ commis? loners of Union elect ed tbo following public cotton weigh ers; For Union. J. C. Gibbons; for Jonesvllle. J. H. Tweed; for Santuc, J. K. Thomas. The Argyle hotel In Charleston was leased Tuesday with all Its furniture, fixtures, etc., for the terra of one year by Riddock & Byrns, the present lessees. The consideration was $6,- 000. Messrs. Riddock & Byrns are also the lessees of the Charleston hotel and the Seashore hotel at the Isle of Palms. At the annual meeting of the board of trustees of Converse College in Spartanburg, held Wednesday after noon, a resolution of thanks was un animously passed congratulating Dr. Pell and his excellent faculty upon the good work that the institution accomplished last year. The board expressed themselves as thoroughly VALUE OF SCHOOLS AMONG MILL PEOPLE EDUCATION IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THEIR LIVES. Splendid School Facilities Being Pro vided for Mill Children and Parent* Urged to Take Advantage. pleased with the work of the Instltu-, w i f h today as he goes out to meet tion as a whole last session. success or failure, is not what he has in his pocket Captain John B. Capers, Comrals- In his head, sioner of Internal Revenue, Tuesdaj | It is a hopeful sign that there is to make other demands upon them; but the same business tact used by them in reference to attending school that is used in the mill business would give precedence to our mill officials that but few now have. The mill enterprise Is making such rapid development that the question of holding help is a difficult one with manv mills; but it has bee n proven beyond a doubt that the mill whose officials take the greatest interest in the educational welfare of the child ren dependent upon them will be the mill sought by the best peonle and the one that will always have the best. help. It is to the credit of many of our mills that they can number among The time has passed when the so- their people many who have moved cial standing of mill people is ques- them to get better school advant- tionably referred to. ages. The miH that thus draws peo- The girl at the loom, who is earn-; p]e to , t will a i ways b e in demand, ing her living in an honest way, is . (mr m ji] people maintain such an regarded as high socially as the girl | attitude towards the schools and in- who is employed as stenographer in |tellectual training of the children the office, or at anv other honest oc-jthat. our high schools and colleges cupation. i wil] look with pride upon our mill The young man employed in the i K)yg an(1 gi r i s a s they number them bank or counting house and the ; | )V the thousand as their representa- young man workto" his way in the tj V o students. mill are both earning an honest liv-. observer. ing and both stand equal, socially, in | the eyes of the world, however, there Note9 Fr0m T | mbeP pidge may be a few so very ignorant that; Timber Ridge. Aug. 21—Mr. and they are not able to reason other- j p t. Porter gave the young ... .1 People of this community an ice This is right; Jor there ^is nothing | S1 |pp f ,r Saturday evening which was greatly enjoyed by all who at tended. Delightful music was fur- nis’.ie-i which added a special charm tr> the occasion. Those present were Misses Ha and Ophelia Jamieson, Nancv Brannon, Mary Bramlet, Olive, Mamie and Flora Tate; Messrs. THROUGHOUT THE TARHEEL STATE. RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA. in the world dishonorable except ignorance and sin. Wherever these are found, It matters not where, they will detract from the social standing of any hoy or girl. The great ques tion the world confronts a young man today as he goes out to meet Location Changed. At a meeting of the directors of the Merrimac Mills on Tuesday It was. decided to change the location of the mills from the site formerly selected to a point near the Lime stone Mills on the opposite of the Souher,, Railway. For a number of reasons the new site Is preferable to the one formerly selected. The con tract for the erection of the building was, Tuesday morning, let to Con tractor J. H. Curry, who will Imme diately commence the work as It Is the purpose of the directors to have i the mill i n operation bv the first of 11908. The work will require a million and a Waif of brick. The site now selected is nearer the city than the former one and Gaffney will be bene-i ft ted more. announced the appointment of Ms* E. W. Screven, of Columbia, to b • revenue ftgent in charge of vhe into nal revenue service for North an South Carolina. Mr. Screven Is tt present deputy collector of internal revenue for South Carolina with headquarters at Charleston. He will now have headquarters at Greens boro. N. C. In the second primary Tuesday G. Heyward Mahon received the nomi nation for mayor of Greenville by an overwhelming majority, defeating Avery Patton nearly two to one. The campaign has been one of the hottest Greenville has ever known, arid the victorious cohorts of the mayor, who Is soon to take his seat for a third term, celebrated with fireworks, a torch-light procession, and much speech making. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fincher, widow of the late Jesse R. Fincher, died Saturday at her home, a few miles north of Union, and was burled at Fair View church Sunday. Mrs. Fincher had reached the advanced age of ninety-three years, and her direct descendants numbered two hundred and fifty-five souls. She was the mother of fourteen children, and before her death her great grand children had children of their own. Mr. R. A. Garrison, who lives on the plantation of Mr. W. Banks Glad den, near Rlchburg, has what the residents of that section claim Is the biggest hog for Its age ever see n in South Carolina. The hog was far rowed last December, and is now therefore only a little over eight months old. The creature now weighs between 325 and 350 pounds and Is Increasing In weight every day. it is of the Berkshire variety. A new and important enterprise Is to be established In Lancaster, to be known as the Lancaster Savings Bank and Trust Company. A com mission has been issued by the Sec retary of State and the boobs of sub scription were opened Thursday. The corporators are: R. C. Wylie, T. S. Carter, j. D. Funderburk. E. M. Cuxton, Ira B. Jones and Chas. D. Jones. The capital stock will be $25,- 000 divided into 250 shares of $100 each. It Is the purpose of the com pany to do a general trust business, carry savings deposits, deal In real estate, develon properties, and also hardly a mill village In our South land that cannot point with pride to numbers of young: men ambitious to succeed, who have chosen the mill occupation as the one in which their ho*''”- are to be realized. And why not? from a busings point of view, I know of no occupation that bolds out such flattering prospects as the mill business. Why not look to our mill boys for men to fill the prominent places in our State and nation? Nearly every mill village is being provided with good schools and school facilities. Three-fifths of the best qualified teachers have, willingly and without fear of social ostracism, chosen to give the best of their lives to the education of the mill children. To day the poorest boy who lives at the mill has opportunities of school train ing that our fathers never even dreamed of. With schools provided nine months in the year, well graded, well equip ped, In a stone’s throw of as many bright. Intelligent children as can be found anywhere, may we not expect great things from our mill boys In the next few years? From the mill villages that dot our country we must look for our manchlnlsts, our mer chants. our bankers, lawyers, legis lators and statesman. But with all th# advantages that are provided our mill children, they are not getting out of the schools ,what other communities with even les« advantages are getting This should not be. Of course there is a cause somewhere, and the sooner It Is located the better it will be for thenii One cause, however, seems to be apparent even to the most casual Observer; namely, the bread and meat question. Not that the mill people should give any more.'atten- tion to this than any other class of people. But the fact that many of them do It to the exclusion of their better interest Is Why I am stressing this particular cause. However earnest teachers may be m urging this great question of edu cation upon them and the Importance of taking advantage of the schools, niey are put to a groat disadvantage Shell and Lyance Littlejohn, B. F., hut what he nas I \v b. and c. V. Tate, Wallace Foster. B. F. Jamieson and I*ee Dixon. Misses Eva Tate, of Gaffney, and Flora Tate, of Trough, have been visiting relatives here. Miss Nancy Brannon, of Chester, is visiting the family of Mr. J. F. Jamieson. Messrs. C. V. Tate and Lyance Littlejohn attended services at Dray- tonville Sunday. Mr. Shell Littlejohn and Miss Ila Jamieson, Mr. C. V. Tate and Miss Annie Crawford. Mr. B. F. Jamieson and sister Miss Ophelia, all attend ed the association at Beaverdam last Thursday. Little Miss Lois Carter had a birth day party at the home of her uncle, Dr. T. O. Tate last Tuesday. A num- be- of her little friends were Invited and all enjoyed themselves immense ly and wish her many more happy birthdays. Mr. Lee Dixon, Q f Gaffney. i 8 visit ing Mr. B. T. Porter and family of the mill. ., YhW Timber Ridge school will close this week. Misses Belle Porter and Mary Bramlet spent last Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Ila and Ophelia Jamieson. Miss Devinnle Littlejohn has been suffering a great deal lately with toothache. . ^ e , , are ^ a d to report our sick bet ter this week, with the exception of Mrs. I. c. Tate who doesn’t improve very much. Mr. I. C. Tate made a trip to Paoo- let Tuesday. We are Indebted to Mias Ophelia Jamieson for kindly remembering us with a fine cantaloupe last Monday !l e8t w i shes f or The Ledger and all Its readers. Blue Eyes. Arrival of Mall Trains. The following is a correct schedule of the arrival of all mall trains In Gaffney; NORTH BOUND. No. 36 due at 8:05 A. M. No. 12 due at 4:20 P M. No. 38 due at 7:08 P. M. SOUTH BOUND. No. 39 due at .. .. .. 9:45 A M. No. 8? due at 12:48 P. M. No. 43 due at 10:43 night Mails for above trains close thirty minutes before train is due, except No 43 which .closes nine o’docb at night. Gaffney v*. Grassy Pond, in a very good game of baseball at Limestone parb Tuesday afternoon Gaffney defeated Grassy Pond by a score of 7 to 1. Grassy Pond has * he season without a defeat until this game and had a lone string of victories that it might well be Pfoad of. The game had no espe cial features. The batteries were Mabry and Mabry for Grassy Pond. Robbins and Lipscomb and Hamrick , ■— - o- ~-i : for Gaffney. Barney Clary, the well because they can’t see anything tafi-, known local authority on baseball meinli^ or . ,f U has any umpired the game to the complete ^ all It Is exceedingly ; satisfaction of both players and spec- \ague. Not that our mill people are tafors. no^ willing to accept a good thing an Insurance business. Another new manv nf V.hp S ^a^ U v. ^ ac } Gaffne v *t Jamestown, enternrise will aLn no lannoVip/i t-Vioi-a .. P > P,'.^»^® as yet make The following. Gaffnrtyltes left 'to 0 r. J n L population have moved Tuesday evening for Jamestown ™ the farm or elsewhere, to bet-i where they will enlov w-nnHoM er ^ eir condition from some such of the great exposition- Miss Lucv standpoint, as the bread and meat | Wfrod Mr and Mrs r r unmnViHoa ni.fstlon, and bein B dominated by Mr and M?" A T. p£.ij T w uch an idea ar G still careless when;A. Peeler. Miss Lila Sarratt Miss school^ fip0 . ken to about 8en< ltog to i Genie Peeler. Mr. Edgar Peeleh. Mr. H M. Johnson. Mi«s Louise Johnson, J. J. Magness, Miss Miss Agnes Walker, The Limit of LW#. The most eminent medical scien tists are unanimous In the conclusion that the generally accepted limita tion of human Hte 1* many years be low the attainment possible with the advanced knowledge of which the race is now possessed. The critical period, that determines Its duration, seems to be between 60 and 60; the proper care of the body during this decade cannot be too strongly urged; carelessness then being fatal to longevlQr, Nature’s best helper after 50 la Electric Bitten, the sdentle tonic medicine that revitalizes every organ of the body. Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. Me. enterprise will also be launched there this week, the Gregory’ Slaughter Stock Farm. The corporators are: W. T. Gregory. A. J. Gregorv and C. O. Slogner. Capital stock, $12,000, divided into 120 shares of $100. A clever anj systematic series of small robberies at the Palmetto Drug I company in Union was brought to I H^ht bv the arrest of a small negro ! i>oy. about 14 years old, by the name of Ben Thomas. He Is now In jail, having been arrested as a result of liaving been caught fitting a false key : in one of the private drawers of the company’s safe. For several months the members of the firm, who have separate drawers In the safe, had ; noticed at various times that thea# , drawers were unlocked, but each sup- ! posed that he had the only key to ! his box. Mr. Renwlck’s, treasurer of the firm, being the one that ap- ! parently was oftenest tampered with. The police were nut on to the game, and after a little close watching, the boy wag caught to the act. The mat ter will be thoroughly investigated and everything will be done to find out whether any other persons have been implicated In the stealing. "Regular aa the tun" Is an expression as ola as the race. No doubt thc rising and setting of the sun is the most regular perform ance in the universe, unless k lathe action of the liver and bowels when regulated with Dr. King's New Life Pill* Guaranteed by Cherokee Drug Co. 26c. This problem mav be solved In a round-about way by educating the Mr. and Mrs. Kate Magness, FOR beet prices on bicycles, see W. J. Man ess, Gaffney. Aug. 28 tf np. parents to sep the value of education; i Mr Will Walker, j. d Jones Mr Nor but iiniegB there Is a more direct way j man Jones, Mr. Richard Jefferies of getting the children in school, I and Mr. Kit Carpenter. many bright boys and girls from our — mill town are yet to be forced to' meet unprepared the problems In life the solution of which means suc cess to them. To* my mmd it Is a sad picture to see ambitious boys or girls trying to succeed without having the privilege of golnj* to school while young, and yet such plc- tures can be seen far too often in our mill towns. It is not to be denied that our mill officials have almost absolute control of the mill population, not only In the mill, but of the homes as well, as they own nearly all the houses occupied by the mill people. If our mil] officials would take as much interest l n seeing that every child under twelve years old Is placed to school as they do In seeing that every one who Is old enough to work. Is employed, our legislators would have to mabe compulsory education tf laws tor the country people only. Our. mill schools would then be set ting models for school attendance for all the schools of the country. it U a fact that thev do not have any right to compel the parents of children to send them to school, neither do they have the legal right Revival Service*. A series of revival services will begin Sunday morning at the Buford Street Methodist church. Rev. Jno. W. Speake. of Latta, will assist the pastor. Mr. Speake Is a forceful and entertaining preacher. Two services will be held dally. The public Is oor- j dlallv Invited to all services. Letter to J, T. Soeare. (Gaffney, s. C. Dear Sir; Will you give ' your Arithmetic class—and Algebra class —thl* problem? If average paint !■ worth $1.60 a gallon; and goes two-thirds as faraa Devoe. and wears half as long, what Is Devoe worth put on, painters' wages being $3.50 a day and a day’s work a gallon of paint. The answer Is $11.80 a gallon: but don’t tell ’em that. Yours truly 43 F W DEVOE A OO. P. 8. Gaffney Hardware Company sell our paint. W# 4e net de all kinds of sHwtlan —we da tbs GOOD kind. Items of Interest Concerning Our Neighbors in th« Old North Stats Clipped from Our Exchanges. C. L. Martin, of Wilmington, charg ed with kidnaping a young girl from her home to Norfolk, Va., was ar rested Tuesday night. The name of the girl, who was turned over to her ■ brothers, is withheld by the police. ! She is said to be of a good family. 1 Herbert McDonald, son of the late D. M. McDonald, died In his chair at the home of his mother at the corner of Russell and Gillespie streets In Fayetteville at 8 o’clock Tuesday night. Heart disease was supposed to be the cause. The young man was in his usual health. Two findings of the coroner's Junr in the Auburn wreck case, in whlcn i Chief Dispatcher D. P. Ketchum an d | Dispatcher Victor Parvin were in cluded with those responsible for the wreck, came as a surprise to Durham, t- was not expected. The two men were in Durham Tuesday, and on duty as usual, but it was expected that they would be arrested next day on a charge of manslaughter. A long distance telephone message was received in Charlotte Tuesday night saying that while out on a mountain trip Miss Della Williams, daughter of Mr. E. S. Williams, of that city, fell out of a wagon In which she was riding and received serious injuries. The party was on Its way from Caesar’s Head to Brevard, re turning supposedly from a day’s out ing, No details as to the extent of Miss Williams’ injuries could bs learned. Hope Mills Manufacturing Com pany. operating four cotton factories at Hope Mills, in Cumberland county, has pooled its holdings with the Aber- j foyle Manufacturing Company, of Philadelphia and Chester, Pa .The capital of the n e w company is $1,600,- 000, capital of the Hope Mills Com pany was $412,000 common, $150,000 preferred stock with a bonded d«’bt of $10,000. There came near being a negro kill- • ii- at Scotts, ten miles from States ville, Saturday afternoon. Two negro youths, Ed and Tom Woods were in Mr. T. L. Watt’s store when Tom, i the younger of the two, picked up a rifle. He was told that the rifle was loaded and to fie careful, but he con tinued to handle U carelessly until the- weapon was discharged. The ball took effect In the left leg of his broth- i er, Eld Woods, passing through and lodging against the skin, where it was cut. out. The wound is a serious one 1 but U is not thought to be very dan gerous unless complications set in. James Rucber. the confessed negro * rapist, was executed in the jail yard In Asheville Tuesday afternoon short ly before l o’clock. The negro main tained his nerve to the last, retused a hyperdermic of morphine offered by the attending physician, walked with steady tread from the jail building j to the scaffold, mounted the gallows without any assistance and wen*, to his death without a tremor or the twitching of a muscle. Rucker was ; probably the coolest and most indif ferent person at the execution. The trap was sprung at 12:35 and Rucker was pronounced dead in twenty-one minutes. He was given a drop of six feet and seven inches. Joseph W. Brunson, Jr., railway conductor running between .uahevllie and Columbia, was badly gashed about the head and face Tuesday evening by a knife to the hands of Ed Miller, a young white man of Asheville. Brunson received five gashes. He knocked Miller down and took the knife from him. Miller was imme diately arrested. The indications are that Brunson will recover. The fight was the result of an altercation fol lowing Brunson’s asking why Miller did not pay a debt he owed Brunson. It is said. Brunson Is a popular rail road man. He is connected with sev eral Important business concerns in Asheville. There Is much Indigna tion among railroad men. Falling to give a bond of *690. Robert R, Taylor, manager of ’ ,i e Robert Fortner Brewing Company of Alexandria, Va„ is i n jail In Salisbury on a charge of embezzlement of the funds of the company. 'Hie case was tried before Harry J. Overman Tay- lr has been about twenty years In the service of the comany and was regarded ag a good man. His record had stood crucial tests many times but a few days ago he discharged a clerk who Informed the bonding com pany that something was wrong and examination showed that he waa short $300 or more. The matter was heard by Mr. Overman and he pur sued the course above mentioned. Mr. Taylor was unable to give the bond and was sent up to a higher court Card of Thanks. We take this method of kindly thanking one and all of our friends for the kindness shown us In our sad bereavement to the death of our hus band and father, and tor the alee purse oor friends sent us through Mr. Robertson. May the Lord deal gently with all is our bumble prayer. Mrs. Dock Phillips and Children.