The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 27, 1907, Image 1
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GAFFNEY. S. C-, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1907.
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THROUGHOUT THE -
PilMETTO STITE.
ITEMS OF INTERST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
WHITE DIAMOND LITHIA SPRINGS.
Happnings AH Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
..Told to Ledger Readers.
Gov. Ansel Friday notified all
sheriffs that Crescent Ale. a drink be
ing sold at many places in the State,
has been analyzed and found to con
tain three percent alcohol, and he
calls their attention to the fact
that its sale is in violation of the
Carey-Cothran act. He directs that
it be seized wherever found.
Gov. Ansel Friday appointed Wal
ter H. Wells, of Florence, to be solici
tor of the Third district, succeeding
Hon. John S. Wilson, who was elect
ed a circuit judge by the last session
of the Legislature. There was a
spirited contest for this position and
several delegations have called upon
the Governor to urge the claims of
the candidates. •
Col. j. W. Simpson, of Pendleton
county, has resigned as president of
the board of trusitees of Clemson Col
lege. and Mr. Allan Johnstone, of
Newberry, has been elected to suc
ceed him. Col. Simpson has been
president of the Clemson board ever
since its organization, and doea not
now leave the board bat only roUrat
as the presiding officer of that body.
The Piedmont Electrical company
of Anderson has gone into bank
ruptcy. At a meeting of the stock
holders of the company held on the
19th inst., it was decided to take this
step and Mr. C. H. Geiger, the refe
ree in bankruptcy, has adjudged the
company bankrupt and has called a
meeting of the creditors of the com
pany to be held in bis office in the
30th. inst.
Sheriff McMillan, of Greenwood,
Friday arrested J. B. Watson, a white
man wanted in Vance countv. N. C.,
as an escaped prisonti. who was held
in jail there under a sentence of
twentylfive years for murder. Some
time ajro Watson moved to Green
wood county with his family, assum
ing the name of J. E. Brooks, and
since his residence there his conduct
has been good and his reputation is
that of an hanst citizen.
Some of %e finest cotton fields in
the lower portion of the State have
recently deteriorated to a remarkable
extent from the ravages of a plant
disease with which farmers in that
section are unacquainted. The mat
ter was reported to Congressman
Lever, who has promptly enlisted the
aid of the experts employed by the
bureau of plant industry, national de
partment of agriculture.
R. F. Peterson, of Spartanburg,
president of the Photographers asso
ciation of the Virginias and Carolinas,
is making preparations for the annu
al convention to be held at the James
town exposition, October 1, z. 3 and
4. The association this year will
award six handsome silver cups and
the edd medals for the best photo
graphic work. The prizes will be con
tested for by some of the best known
photographers in the south. The
cups and medals were ordered through
A. W. Biber, of Spartanburg.
Magistrate Fowles, of Columbia,
has called to the attention of Attor
ney General Lyon the fact that South
Carolina hat at this time no law
whereunder a man not a licensed
druggist, who sells poison to a minor
can be prosecuted. The matter came
up in connection with the inquest,
conducted July 2nd by Magistrate
Fowles as acting coroner, inu> the
death of C. E. Herbert, the mill man
from Washington, who committed
suicide in Columbia July 1st. by tak
ing two bottles of laudanum. p
Ollie Bosch, a white man claiming
to be a locomotive engineer, was ar.
rested in Columbia Friday morning
b - Constable Knox, upon a warrant
sworn out in 1904 before Mr. J. F. Le-
Grand. who was at that time a magis
trate in the mill district. The charge
is privily stealing from the person.
S ,>sc'n was given a preliminary before
agistrate Fowles, with the result
that in default of bail In the sum of
$200, he was sent back to jail, to
await trial at the court of general
sessions commencing the first Tues
day in September.
Wm. E. Hendrix, the railroad me
chanic arrested in the Sentz jewelry
establishment in Columbia Wednes
day morning by Policeman Duncan,
on a warrant for bigamy from Magis
trate Fowles’ court, is in jail. He has
not yet asked for the preliminary
hearing, to which he is entitled. Mrs.
Hendrix No. 1, who will be the State’s
•tar witness, is still in Atlanta, but
should Hendrix demand a preliminary
before she'arrives, the prosecution is
confident that a case strong enough
to warrant holding the accused can
b made out anyway.
As a result of a raid roade on an
alleged gambling room in Spartan
burg by the police Wednesday night,
I. C. Blackwood, a well known young
attorney of that city, and John Kirby,
appeared In the police court Friday
morning, charged with gambling.
Messrs. Blackwood and Kirby were
arrested along with two others. John
Davidson and Lawrence Lome the
case^ against the last named being
continued until a later date. There
was no evidence given by the police
to show that those in the room were
gambling at the time the raiding
squad entered and they wore die-
Secured Many Guests by a Little Use
of printer's Ink.
The following special from York-
ville to The Charlotte Observer will
be of interest to many Ledger read
ers:
“The fact that ‘advertising pays’
has been demonstrated once more,
and in a most forcible manner in this
section during the present summer.
Near King’s Creek on the Southern
Railway, jn this county, is a mineral
spring that for years has enjoyed
quite a reputation locally by reason
of the superior curative qualities of
its waters; and It was the custom of
people living in tho neighborhood to
iro there and rent the few rough
shacks that had been erected by the
owners, do their own cooking and
wait upon themselves in order that
they might drink the health-giving
water. Eventually, but by slow de
grees, the fame 0 f the spring, then
known as ‘Piedmont,’ spread to the
neighboring towns and villages and
the number of annual visitors increas
ed proportionately. Finally, about
four years ago, the property was
bought by a party of Gaffney capita
lists, who forthwith proceeded to
erect a hotel building of sufficient ca
pacity t 0 accommodate about 100 peo
ple. as well as a number of cottages
b> be rented by the week or month
to thos<> who did not care to stop at
the hotel.
“For about, three seasons the hotel
has been open during the summer
season, but notwithstanding the won
derful improvement in the accommo-
datiou s the patronage hoped for did
not materialize; and the business of
the hotel was hardly sufficient to war
rant keeping it open. The manage
ment evidently had some vague ideas
as to the advisability of newspaper
advertising, and caused Inconspicuous
announcements of the fact that there
was such a place as Piedmont Springs
to appear in the advertising columns
of one or two dailies 0 f this State and
Georgia; but in view of the fact that
the springs were not known away
from this immediate section there
were n 0 results worth mentioning.
“Before the opening 0 f the present
season the manager arranged to have
Piedmont Springs, the name of which
?. b eeD changed to White Diamond
Lithia Springs, advertised on rathur
an extensive scale in the local pa
pers. of this and adjoining counties,
and as a result it has at times been
Impossible to accommodate all who
desired to spend a time there. The
hote] has bee n crowded since about
|he first of July and It has frequently
happened that the management had
applications from as many as twenty
or thirty persons at a time who could
cot be taken care of. The cottages
nave also been full during the entire
season, and the bottling plant has
been worked to the limit preparing
water for shipment. Natnrally the
hulk of the patronage has come from
York. Cherokee. Lancaster and Ches
ter counties, in this State, and Gaston
and Cleveland counties in North
Carolina; but it is safe to say that
with an increase in the facilities for
accommodating the public and the
provision of proper means for enter
taining visitors, backed by liberal ad
vertising of the right kind in the
right newspapers, the patronage of
the present season can be increased
fourfold.
“There can be no reasonable doubt
as to the curative qualities of White
Diamond lithia water for tho troubles
for which It Is recommended, and no
better evidence of this fact need be
wanted than the fact that the people
who went there previous to the ^r^c- (
non of a hotel put up with what they
did in order to get the benefit of the
water. It is to be hoped now that
the management ha s learned that i
even «o good a thin?* as they have in
thoir mineral w.ite r will not be sought
for unless those who need ft are in-,
formed of its existence through the
advertising columns of reputable
newspapers, will make the best use,
possible of their experience and get
busy in the matter of preparing for
a larger patronage than ever next
year, and then let the people know
about it. You r correspondent has
known all along why the patronage
of the place was not what its superior
merits deserved, but as the manage
ment did not ask him for suggestions,
none were volunteered.’’
Cowpen G Rural Notes
Cowpens, Route 1, Aug. 22—Farm
ers are somewhat stirred up over
hearing that monazite is about to go
dead. We have some very good
mines.
Our farmers are rushing on since
they got through laying by. Some
are working their monazite mines,
while others are putting their cord
wood on market.
Rev. Wto. White is carrying on a
meeting at Butler’s school hoqse thlA
week in which much interest is being
taken.
Mr. Chas. Daniel is still hauling
melons to the market. He went to
Spartanburg yesterday, but did not 1
have any luck as there were too
many on market. He carried a load
to Henrietta, N. C.. one day last week.
He had splendid luck as they are very
dry over there. They were wanting
vegetables as their gardens are burn
ed out on account of not having any
rain.
Miss Mary Justice, of Fair Forest,
f« visiting Mrs. Sarah McDaniel.
Mr. Craton Va»sey. of Texas, visit-!
ed Mr. G. M. Champion last Tuesday.
Miss Camp, of Campobello. Is vlalt-
ing Mesdameg Roche and Lyt Martin,
this week.
Mr. G. M. Champion has gone to
Columbus. N. C„ on bNtlnett.
Mr. “Doc” Jolly, of Ezells, who has
had fever, is well enoogh to visit.
We are glad to see "Doo” out
C. H
A NEWS.
v LETTER
FROM WILKINSVILLE.
MOVEMENTS OF “HE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
•ubaerifee fer
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Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
tnat Section.
Wilkinsville, Aug. 23.—The merit
ing began at Salem last Wednesday
night. A large congregation was pre
sent and Rev. Mr. Matheson chose as
his text “Follow me,’’ Mark 2:14. In
troducing his text Mr. Matheson said
it was the greatest sermon ever
preached and yet there were only two
words. "Fallow me.’’ Just before
the preaching began Rev. Mr. Mathe
son united Mr. Mason Pridmore and
Miss Oregon Estes in the holy bonds
of matrimony. The bride was beau
tifully dressed and the groom wore
the conventional black. The attend
ants were Mr. Mason Smith with Miss
Bettie Mitchell and Mr. Glenn Inman
with Miss Maggie Estes. After the
marriage ceremony was over the
newly wedded couple with their at
tendants, took their seats and after
the preaching service was over they
received the congratulations of their
friends, after which they departed to
the home of the groom where they
spent the night. Though without
any attempt at ostentation the whole
was a happy affair, and they have the
best wishes of your correspondent
together with a host of friends.
Thursday morning the congrega
tion reassembled at the church for
preaching service and Rev. Mr.
Matheson preached from the text
“They were all with one accord in
one place,’’ acts 2:1. He emphasized
the fact that without a unity of hearts
and purposes it was impossible for
us to please God or render Him an
acceptable service. He quoted numer
ous passages of Scripture to support
his position, all of which was convinc
ing and clearly defined the point he
wished to make.
This is Mr. Matheson’s second visit
to our community and his preaching
and deportment have made a good im
pression on our. people. We hope
later on to report good work done by
his ministry in this section. The con
gregations have been good so far
both in size and demeanor. Mr.
Matheson doesn’t preach long ser
mons but they are from start to fin
ish full of force. He has a magnetism
about him and his preaching that
draws people to him and we are glad
to see this work going on so smoothly.
Rev. Mr. Owens is conducting a
protracted meeting at Wilson’s Chap
el. Rev. J. B. Wilson Is assisting
him. We are, at present, unable to
report results but hope to make a
good report later on.
We spent Monday night with Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Foster at Gaffney,
where we were most kindly and hos
pitably treated. Mr. and Mrs. Foster
are some of our old neighbors and
acquaintances.
Mr. James G. Garner has our
thanks for a lot of fine Cleckly water
melons which he put in our buggy
last Thursday. Mr Garner is one of
our most useful and kind-hearted citi
zens. Wie are sorry to say that he is
not enjoying good health. He, like
some of the rest of us. is getting
along in life—having passed his three
score years. »
Mr. Vaney c. Comer, of Joneesville,
night watchman at the knitting mill,
is in this neighborhood on a short
visit. He dislikes mill life. He says
it’s a bad place to raise children.
When he is absent from the mill his
son. William, usually takes his place
and does the watching.
The remains of Mr. James Good,
who died at Gaffney last Wednesday,
were taken by here yesterday on
their way to Woodlawn where they
were buried yesterday afternoon.
Miss lymifse McColIough is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Strain.
If people (especially those women)
who tal/e so much time and pains in
“primping up’’ and putting on their
good looks by dressing themselves so
as to gain the applause and admira
tion of men. would exert themselves
even half so much to prepare their
minds, hearts and souls to win the
approbation of their Creator a Penta-
eostal outpouring of the Holy Spirit
would take the place of so much
pride, and untold and unmeasured
blessing would Inevitably follow as a
result. To such It really seems that
a week’s scouring, washing, starch
ing and ironing affords more pleasure
than an hour’s worship; while with
some men it seems that fifteen cents
cotton Is more desirable than their
soul’s salvation. Much as we may
hate to acknowledge it these are facts
all the same.
W© had a very heavy rain yester
day evening and there was no service
at Salem last night
A few have begun to pull fodder.
Corn crops are exceptionally good,
especially on upland where the corn
has bee n porperiy worked.
While in Gaffney la#t Tuesday we
had the pleasure of meeetlng Mr. W.
H. Smith and hear him tell of bis
western trip which he made recently.
He is an intelligent man and his re*
port is very interesting. He thinks
that before visiting Europe to seethe
beauties of the Orient. Americans
should visit the places of Inters* to
their own country. We were sorry
we could not talk with him longer.
Toe Wilkins boys have built a
magnificent store room to Gaffney.
We are glad to see them succeeding
so well la business, k should en
courage others. They wore raised
poor boys on the farm: left orphans
while they were very young, but by
going to work and keeping at it they
now rank among the leading business
men of the county.
Mr. Charley Foster pulled over 300
bundles of fodder last Tuesday.
Mr. T. Jeff Hughes is spending a
few days with his daughter, Mrs. Joe
Estes, and family.
£and in the river at Howell’s ferry
makes ferrying very difficult when
the water Is low.
Mr. T. J. Estes is speaking of hav
ing a new well bored at his home.
His old well has filled up and has
been useless for a good while.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McDaniel and
children of Hickory Grove, attended
preaching service at Salem last Wed
nesday night.
We learn that Mr. and Mrs. Dag-
nall. of Hickory Grove, have gone to
Blacksburg to keep a boarding house.
Mr. Ram Lee sold a load of sweet
potatoes at Gaffney last Tuesday.
They were of the Nincy Hall variety
and fine ones. too. This cron promis
es to b e an abundant one in this
country this year if the seasons con
tinue favorable.
Mr. John Foster started to Gaffney
yesterday but after meeting a corpse
and seeing a rabbit cross the road
he thought he had better no eo and
turned back. j. l. S.
THROUGHOUT THE
TARHEEL STATE.
W. O. W. PICNIC.
Large and pleasant Gaitherina at
Corinth Saturday.
An immense crowd gathered ar
Corinth church Saturday, at the
Woodman of the World picnic. It
had been heralded far and wide as a
time when joy would be unconfined
and a]] attending would be guaranteed
a day of enjoyment; and it is safe
to say none was disappointed. From
all the neighboring communities, and
from a distance, crowds flocked all
during the morning. Probably a more
congenial crowd was never gathered
on a similar occasion. Good cheer
flowed everywhere and no on« was
seen by The Ledger man who was
not enjoying himself to the utmost.
Speeches were first in order, and
all the orators were in fine fettle.
Col. T. B. Butler wa s the first speak
er, and although current report has
it that the Colonel is a probable can
didate, on this occasion he eschewed
politics; and. as is always the case
whe n he speaks, delighted his audi
ence with some forceful utterances on
subjects connected with and of vital
interest to the many Woodmen In the
audience. Capt. W. N. Clark follow
ed Col. Butler, and he too spoke on
Woodcraft, to the delight of his hear
ers. Hon. D. E. Finley followed with
a speech of an hour 0 n Woodcraft,
and at no time during the course of
his remarks did he leave his subject.
His discussion was pronounced by
many to be one of the most comprehen-
sive discussions of fhe spbj/fiDt eve|r.
heard. At the close of Mr. Finley’s
speech. Mr. E. J. Clary, who presided as
cnainna n with the ease and grace of
a veteran, announced mat dinner
would now be served, after which
speeches would be delivered by Capt.
J. B. Bell, h. K. Osborne, Esq.,
w. T. Slaughter. Esq., a nd Hon. R.
C. Sarratt. Of the dinner, enough
cannot be said in its praise. The
* a( ^ es the vicinity had enough
edibles on hand to feed an army, and
much time was spent at this, one of
the most pleasing events ot the u«ty.
Just as the crowd was leaving the
dinner table to adjourn to the sneak
ers stand for the speeches after
dinner, the blessed rain came down in
fi 0rl ij Dts ’ 10 the intense relief of the
timid speakers who in fear and
trembling had been watching the
heavens and praying for rain.
After the rain had subsided it was
decided to indulge in no further
speech-making, but to repair to the
baseball ground where two ancient
i rivals, Corinth and Grassy Pond,
were to battle on the diamond. The
game started with much snap and
ginger, and it was seen that the
j struggle would be a hard one. For
(three innings the score ^was close. 1
to 0. in favor of Cori^itf: but in the
, fourth inning the aspect of things
1 was considerab’^ changed. Grasey
Pond had .«'6d one run, tieing the
score air\* wild excitement. Follow-
ng tbV with the bases crowded the
ball -was lost in the grass on a hit,
and before it could be recovered the
men on bases and the hitter had reg-
l istered, at the plate. The final score
! was eight to four in favor of Grassy
! P°nd. The work of the two batteries,
Mabry and Mabry for Grassy Pond
and Burgess, Parker and Whelchel
Jor Corinth, was a feature.
The day as a whole was a most en
joyable one, and none who attended
will fail to be present on a like oc-
casgion should the opportunity oc
cur. The good people of Corinth de
serve great credit for the success
that the day proved as the result of
their efforts.
List of Unclaimed Letters
The following is the list of un
claimed letters remaining in the
Gaffney postoffice for week ending
August 24th. 1907:
B. O. Berry. Lizzie Criy. Estate of,
O. N. Diape, M. R. Doriet, Fannie
MjcIJlly Evans, W. K. Bills. Ooe. Go
forth, C. W. Gentry, (2), Fanny
Hatchet, Lela Lambrlgbt. J. D. Han
ford. (2). Mary Medley, W. H. Man-
Ing. Ha Mattin, G. Robbins, Mill Roo-
son. Rhenber Robison, Other RJch-
erd, James Sullivan. J. F. Shifty. John
E. Stott, Slnthy White. Bessie Wil
son. Dorthla Williams, W. R. Wil
liams. (2).
Call for advertised letters. One
cent due on each.
A. R. N. Folger, p. M.
FOB best prices on bicycles, see
W. J. Ms ness, Gaffney.
Aug. 28 tf ap.
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RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
ltem E of Interest Concerning Out
Neighbore in th« dd North State
Clipped from Our Exchanges.
Near Spring Hope, in Nash county,
(Thursday Henry Wliyeless was shot
j ■(> death by his broAer-ui-lav. named
j Champion. At the ?ame time Champ
ion was mortally wounded. The fight
was the result of drinking. Both are
white.
About three hundred feet of the
track of the Southern Railway be
tween Gulf and Cumnock, on the A.
Y. division, was washed away by
the heavy rains that fell in tha- vicin-
itv Thursday afternoon. A force of
men was sent from Greensboro to
j repair the track 1 . Truffle was delay-
j ed for many hours.
Mr. James Hickerson was serious
ly and more probably fatalh kicked
by a. mule late Thursday evening
| near Patterson The mule kicked
him on the head and quite a little of
the brain was knocked out. He was
si ill living "ru last account but uncon
scious. He has charge of twenty vo
more teams belonging to J. M. Bern
hardt, which haul lumber.
The North Carolina Pine Associa
tion controlling the‘leading lumber
mills in North and South Carolina,
Virginia and eastern Maryland, which
discussed at Norfolk without action
early in August the question of a cur
tailment of the lumber output by the
closing down of the mills of the as-
sociation, has been called to meet a-t
Wilmington September 4th, for final
action in the matter.
News reached Durham Saturday
night of the suicide of Thomas G.
Skinner. Jr., of Henderson, son ofex-
Congressman skinne r and nephew of
Col. Harry Skinner, attorney for the
eastern district of North Carolina.
The young man, who was about 20
years old, fired a ball through his
heart, death following instantly. No
cause is assigned for the rash deed.
Young Skinner was a student at the
University.
A bold robbery wag done Saturday
night Just before 10 o’clock when a
farmer. Mr. W. J. W. Terry, who lives
near Durham, was sand-bagged and
robbed by a negro. The robber se
cured what money the farmer had in
his pockets, this amounting to a few
cents over $18, and then took his
pocket knife and half plug of tobacco
for good measure. R was a bold
Piece of worb and the police believe
that they can work up the case.
Eastbound passenger train No. 4 on
the Norfolk & Southern ran over and
killed a white man named Loftin Bar-
field Friday afternoon shortly after
leaving LaGrange. Barfield’s home
is at Lenoir Institute, Lenoir criunty.
He wa 8 drunk and sitting on the track.
His neck was broken and one leg cut
off. He was taben to Kinston and
turned over to the undertakers; and
the remains were later sent to his
family at Lenoir Institute for burial.
Mr. John c. Grist, of Gastonia, a
brakeman on through freight No 72,
was dangerously Injured Thursday
morning abom 9 o’clock, by being
knocked from the top of his train,
his head striking the overhead bridge
just north of Concord. A hole was
knocked in the back of his head, frac
turing his skull, and his collar bone
was broken. He was taken to the
Salisbury hospital on No. 36. and was
istil. unconscious when left, but it was
! thought that he would recover. This
was Grist’s first run north of Char-
j lotto and he did not know that the
| bridge was there.
Aunt Jane’’ Cunningh<nn. aged
1 nearly 90 years who lives seven miles
ifrom Charoltte, died while traveling
between her home and that of a
neighbor last week. Falling by a
wayside, she lay there througn the
j night and wa s found the next morn-
'ng. She had a sort of premonition
and a few days before her death
when she was asked to come to
church on a certain day to aid in
cleaning off the graveyard, she re
plied: “I will be there. I may not
have a shovel but I will be there.”
The unusual thing about it was that
s he was there as a corpse that day
^ ur ^ e ^- She belonged to the
faithful of her race.
A sudden and peculiar death oc
curred in Asheville Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Effle Ingle, while attempting to
administer a thrashing to her 12-year-
old son, wag struck by the boy, be
came overbalanced and, falling to the
floor, ruptured a valve of the heart
and died in a few seconds. She had
instructed her son to bring in an arm
ful of wood; the boy refused, when
the mother, with a small baby In her
arms, attempted to whip the lad for
disobedience. The boy fought his
mother and struck her several times
about the face and body. One of the
blows overbalanced Mrs. Ingle and
with the baby in her arms she fell
backward full length on the floor.
A ghastly sight was found in Gon*
cord Friday morning at 10:3d o’clock
by Mary Stafford, a 12-year-old negro
girl, when she stumbled over the dead
body of Man gum Martin, a well-
known business man of that city. His
throat was cut and ton ballet wounds
were In his head. A pistol boldine
one cartr^lge with four empty cham
bers was found lying loosely in tbs
left hand. Mr. Martin left his place
of business with $400 on bis pe-sou,
more than $100 being In gold coin.
A small pocket knife, a box of mor
phine tablets and 70 cents In money
were found on him when the exam*
ination was made. It Is believed bp
a great many that Martin was mur
dered for bis money, and the pistol
placed in his left band to make it ap
pear that the man committed suicide.
OLD RELICS,
•‘Uncle sam’» Hoppe P Has Som« Rs*
minders of “Days that Were/'
“Uncle Sam’’ Hopper, of this city,
ha s in his possession some Interesting
relic* of the stirring times ei the six
ties which he is proud of. and. as he
says, wouldn’t take a gold guinea for
them.
One of these relics is a furlough
for sixty days “to Cherryville and
hack to Charlotte’’ issued to him
when he was wounded, bearing date
of February, 23. 1865, and signed by
Daniel F. Wright, Sr., surgeon of the
board of examiners, on the back is
written; “Way hospital No. 2, Greens
boro. N. C.. February 26, 1865. one
meal. H. H. Hunter, surgeon in
charge,” and below that, “Way hospital
No. 6. Charlotte, N. C.. February 28,
1865; one-third ration issued. Jno. W.
Ashby, surgeon i n charge.”
Another relic, and one which “Uncle
Sam” prizes very highly, is a pocket-
book 1 that he purchased In Virginia,
from Perry Humphries, for 'he sum
of $3.00, and carried through 'he war
with him. It was stolen from him
once by a room-mate in Lynchburg,
when it contained his hard-earned
pay in the sum of $60. The thief did
not have an opportunity at the time
of purloining the book to make way
with it as he wished, so he dropped
j it between two logs of wood at a
woodpile in rear of their quarters to
Lynchburg, where it was soon found
by a little colored girl, and returned
to the proper owner. “Uncle Sam’*
felt so elated over the finding of his
treasure that he rewarded the hon
esty of the girl with a crisp, new ten-
dollar bill.
This book is still in a splendid
state of preservation, showing rjfetlt
was made of “good stuff;’’ and it is
now filled with old papers, many yel*
: low with age, and most of them re
minders of losses he has sustained, in
the shape of notes for considerable
sums of money which the writers fail
ed to make good—though they have
since paid the debt we all owe
These old reminders of the “days
that were” are very interesting to
the younger generation, though -the
older ones love to look at r.he m as
well. “Uncle Sam” prizes his pos
sessions. and says he intends t# hand
them down to his posterity.
A Merry Morning with the Mayor.
The case of disorderly conduct
against William Parks and Leper
Thompson, which has bee n an item
on the city clerk’s docket for some
time, was called yesterdav morning
in mayor’s court. This is the oase
that was first called for trial some
time ago but owing to the condition
of Mr. Parks, who had been struck
on the head with a rock and unable
to appear, it had been continued un
til he could appear. Since this Thomp-
son has been plaoed under a three
hundred dollar bond to appear
.tore the clrtsult court on the charge
of striking Mr. Parks with a roch.
Owing to this fact, his honor, the
mayor, dismissed the case Three
young negroes, Walt Petty, Alex
Dawkins and George Martin, were
called on a charge of gambling. It
was ’ Uowerer, a case of calling; when
nobody came as. the annougeetnent
of the case by the clerk brought only
a response from one of the spectators
that, “Dey ain't here.” They were
represented by a substantia! bond
which was sacrificed by their non-
appearance.
At Cherokee Avenue.
There will be a meeting of muc
interest held at Cherokee avenue ui
uer the auspices of the achoo!. nei
Saturday night, August 81st
It will be a meeting especially <
the patrons of Cherokee Avenu
school and of tbos£ Interested 1
education.
Special music consisting of soloi
duets and violin music, will be rer
dered ou the occasion, together wit
some recitations.
Prof. E. C. Elmore, of Spartanbun
will be present and will deliver on
of his entertaining and beneficial le<
tures. Those who attend the meet
mg may expect an hour of pleasur
and profit
Ice cream will be served on the o<
caslon for the benefit of the libran
A Snake Story.
I O. C. Dorman, who lives a few mile
above the city, was among ch« vii
l^Tfi at The Led 8er office Saturdaj
While here he related a ‘‘snake story
which sounded a little out of the 01
dinary; but he vouched for the trut!
or it, and he is known as a mai
whose veracity canno;; be questioned
Le killed the snake on Friday, somt
where near his home and upon exam
Ining it closely was struck with it
aonormal size and peculiar shape
This determined him to investigat
the cause, and when he cut the bocp
of the reptile open forty-five younj
snaksog were found Inside;—and al
a healthy and lively condition
Who can beat that?
First Baptls#’Church Notes.
Dr. Simms extFtetg to fill his pulpit
next Sunday storntog and night Tbs
night service will bo at 8 o'clock
Dr. Simms also hopes to moot Us
class in tho Sunday school iff (he
morning.
Mrs. ghnms and Miss MotOo also
bo DO to bo with <hoir ciaMMs All
members of .the congropUon and
school are asked to bo present