Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i ,- r " 1*^1 THS LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Now«pap«r In tho Fifth CongroMlonol Dlatrlet of S. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE fhe ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY —PUBLI8FEB TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. 'i -— -— - ^ ' I aUARANTSI THE RELIABILITY • ’. 4 ij of Evory Advorttoor Who Uooo tho CoHmmo of Tnlo Popor. ftEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. IP AM Ibo Word ImpHoo and DovOtod to tho Boot Intomot of tho Po.plo of Chorekoo County. ESTABLISHED FEB. IS, 11 GAFFNEY, S. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1907. 11.00 A YEAR. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. A GOOD WOMAN DEAD. ; Mro. D. A. Thompg CoH*4 to Hop Heavenly Reward. The hearts of all Gaffney people were Immeasurably saddened Friday morning when it became known that Mrs. D. A. Thomas had passed away ITEMS OF INTER8T OF PASSING during the night before, and the sym pathy of Innumerable friends went EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. out to the bereaved husband and son whose Idol she was. The sad intel- i ligence was not wholly unexpected, , i as it was known that Mrs. Thomas Happnlngs AH Over the State Taken was g^ci^n wlt j 1 paralysis a iew A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OP LOWER CHEROKEE. ular People and that Section. Short Items ef Wilklnsvllle, Aug. C. Sparks has been very from .-Our Exchange, and Tersely i ago and had been In an en- 11 , tlrely helpless state since; but the ..Told to Ledger Readere. expectation made the shock no less keenly felt when It was announced Engineer W. W. Pitt, engineer on that the end had come, passenger train No. 41 from Spartan-1 Mrs. Mary Wilks Thomas was burg to Asheville, figured in an acci- j the wife of our esteemed townsman, dent at the Southern passenger sta- Mr. D. A. Thomas, and mother of tlon in Spartanburg at 7:35 o’clock , Sheriff w. W. Thomas, and she was _ . - Friday morning which resulted in | i n her sixty-eighth year at the time ^ 8 women and we hope for her breaking his left arm. of her death. She was a native of a r ® 00v ® r 7- . _ i Baton Rouge, Chester county, being (... boys got no a fox race near The district convention of th ® the eldest child of the late Capt I th ® 8teen City and ran it for several Ipiights of Py«ilas will be heW ^ ■ Thomas and Mrs. Sarah Crosby ’" Pacolet September 13 and 14 and de-, Wilks—one of Chester’s oldest and legates will be present from all the moB ^ prominent families. Her father. ang in Richmond, Va., in 1896. A crowd of us had taken lodging and occupied a room at a boarding house kept by the Misses Martin in the heart of the city. They also furnish ed meals to itinerants. Whenever the bell rang a rush was made for the dining hall and it was crowded to overflowing—the parlors and hall were also filled with guests, so much so. that the ladies couldn’t provide for their regular boarders. One of the ladies appealed to Col. H. P. Grif- Person.i Par.flp.Bh. p An ‘ flt h (who was one Of our party) and Personal Paragraph. Concerning Pop ^ hlm what a dllemma they were THROUGHOUT THE TMHEEl STATE, IN in—that they couldn’t manage such a crowd and didn’t want to offend any one and they wanted him to tell them what to do. Col. Griffith understood j verdict to the effect that the j came to his death from pistol wounds | inflicted by Hugh Postelle. The barns of Messrs. T. J. Orrand S. B Smith, both prominent men of i MSatthews in Mecklenburg, were burned to the ground a little before midnight Friday night A fine hone and mule belonging to the former were consumed with the large store of feed-stuff in the building. Mr. Smith lost a quantity of corn and Item, of Interest Concerning Our J “roughness,’ but succeeded in getting I his animals out in time to save them Neighbor in the Old North State ! from the flames. No doubt exists la ninr,.^ a, - ^ the minds of the people of Matthews Clipped from Our Exchangee. ; that MT Orris bar n was fired by som# culprit. The flames were first dle- RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE NORTH CAROLINA. lodges in the district. The conven and h6r f our brothers, Allen C. Wilks, Uon will be presided over by J. B. now of smithville. Texas; William Carlisle, district deputy grand chan- Mu n ro , Tomas, Jr., and John C. ce l lor - W|lks. of Winston county. Miss., all •vmiTur Mflrrrvw nf Melrose N C 1 res P°nded promptly to their country’s who eloped with Miss Itobinson, of i p"’ fp a d “ d ra f rved / er the Rich Hill, several days ago, going to | Confederate army, all but one Landrum, where they were married! fbe entire war William will not be prosecuted on the charge “<> d,ed i* th ® arm7 = A ^ om8 f’ Jr -. of abduction, the parents of the young lady having decided to withdraw the ease. died since the war, and Allen c. and John c. survive the deceased. She had only one sister, the late Mrs. „ wnat to do. Col. Griffith understood Tired of life tired famiiv 30.—Mrs. the situation but was unable to give which he had forsaken ann loaded ^overed shooting out of ttie apex of , . , y sick for the them any advice. Pointing out Mr. j with whiske-/ the building, evidencing the fact that last few day* but wag better yester-! Hopper to them he said “He’s a about 30 vears^HHo^iS?™^ 8 ^? the blaze originated in the lofLamoBg day. Dr. L. R. Black Is treating her i hotel man and if anybody can tell tered th* dmo- 'stn-L d # th e hay and fodder. There Is. how- case. She !■ one of Cherokee ooun- h. m Svf m^hoV ! P©r and told him of the trouble they ounce vial of laudnum Doctors ll f Tln, n ^ ad ^ pr tll° U # had to contend with. “Oh,’’ said Mr. | worked and used an electric battery i ^ ^eSS^of 0 tha^ sUtto? ^ ^ Hopper, 4 that s an ^asy matter to do. j for three hours, a current of 50 volts* ^ ^ Hereafter when your meals are ready , being turned on the man. He was, hours when a gunner shot it Some j ugt opeD the dining room door but I however‘Tn - , ! Convincing a Road Knocker, of them got fighting mad about It. so J do?’ t °ring thl ^Hour iestoVaTa^ ^ Carl0 ° 8 condlt,onat We uke the following from the Convincing a Road Knocker. we learn. go in one or two at a time and fill the Mies Ethel Elmore has our thanks tables and you’ll have no further for a delictoiTs melon she on to ourltrouble.” They thanked him and buggy yesterday. Ethel is a lucky s adopted his tactics and after that ame for a gin they had no further trouble and still - r8, J- L.S. ana Mrs. Jessie Black* they fed an immense crowd at each well visited Mrs. T. J. Estes yester day. meal as long as the reunion lasted. The man who says “Uncle Sam” Hop- If the people of Gaffney don't mind don’t know how to manage a ho- the country people are going to keep tel successfully don’t know what he market wagons. A long distance telephone message at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon Hattie Anderson, of Lowry ville, a PPl« wagon was m town and a coun- da7a behind this year cotton is begin W. G. Chandler, special repersen-i Chester county; and her youngest try man bought a peck of apples. This n ing to open, in ten days the picl tative of the Southern Power com- brother. A. H. Wilks, died a few years started others and the rush was so i n g begin Dorchester Eagle: While Samuel C. Lancaster. A government good roads expgrt, WM from Editor r’ C. Bivins, of the An-! lecturln * a t Spokane on htiprorod sonian. at Wadesboro. carried the in- 1 highways, he said, according to the formation that the prohibition forces I Spokan* Review: of Anson county wo n a victory in the “There are some excuses made for election, held throughout the county I P Q t having roads. While engaged one Saturday, by a majority of at least ^ a7 ’ w blle we were sitting, under the - r -v, — w oucv^.u.iy uuur kuuw wnai ne 300. At 2:30 every townsmp In ine l8bad ® of some trees an d talking wltii them from getting any country pro- ig talking about or is a little careless 1 C0 'J n ty had bpen heard from and “ e “ W ^ ) a duce. especially from North Carolina In handling the truth p very onp is said to have voted for r° ad8 ’ onemansaid he didntbelleve - The other day an ^TZughthe crop has been several] the abolition of whiskey in the coun- bar J P* .a and a conn- beUnd thi, vear C o„oa in beata-l tv bv a aood majority. ^"a .tS la S^oiSra’Suia’SS! Major Guthrie, colored, whose trial road, that he was a poor man and has been in progress in the courts had a small farm and was earning pany, has been in. the Spartanbrrg | ago in Winston county. Miss. istrong the fallow thought, they want-j . Mr. ^and ^Mrs^.I^ N. Strain jmd [ of^ Durham'fo/'t'hrpast ‘two^dayl wal rnTreVanYe wuTd fn "anyTth^W Mrs. Thomas was a graduate of!f t ^ to entrap him and make him pay | children spent Tuesday nif^at section for several days, locating a route for the feed wires of the pow-1 Limestone College under the Cur- license and he left. One man ran j Mr and MrB Blackwell, er company to Spartanburg. The Uses—then the Limestone Springs ! him some distance but got no apple®. ^ are glad to welcome our voung Southern Power Company is engaged in erecting a power plant at Ninety- Nine islands, on Broad river, and will he ready to furnish electric power to Spartanburg some time this winter. Saturday is the 21st anniversary of the torrible Female High School—in the class of Perhaps he bad some apples in liquid 18o9, with second honor in her class, form and that caused bis fright. Mrs. Clark Waring 0 f Columbia, tak- Mr. Ben McCulloch says that Mr. ing the first. She was a consistent and Tom Sanders has a fine piece of corn consecrated member of the First Bap-! planted on the “Williamson plan” but tlst church of this city, she having worked on Tom Sanders’ plan. It friend and neighbor. Mr. Jess B. Kir by. to our corns of Ledger correspond ents. Let us hear from you often, brother. y is the 21st anniversary oi transferred her membership from the;ha 8 no fertilizers under It, and the and Canada Dr John Bell has le earthquake, which caused j church of her childhood home, which, only perceptible advantage it gets to notice, if not entirelv ignon of 20 odd people outright in t.he joined very early in life. She from the Williamson plan is the mineral waters In this, now Ch convicted of murder in the first de- and I said to him: gree Friday, the jury bringing in a “ Smith, what is the matter? Why verdict shortly after 10 o’clock. The are you against this proposition?’ argument began Thursday afternoon, ! “He said. ‘Mr. Lancaster, I own a and the case was handed to the jury little farm, and I have some wood Friday morning at 11:55. The evi- on that farm and during the winter _ ... . , dence against the negro was purely months, when I can’t do anything In his history of th e mineral and j C j rcurniH | an ^j a ] Guthrie was con- else. I haul the wood to town. Now, thermal springs of the I ni’ed Sta ; es v j c t P(1 of the ^rder of his wife. The vo u build these roads and anybody failed j t ragedy was enacted at the home of ca n R«t to town at any time of the tiie death Charleston with a total death, list of several times this number and the des truction of property of the valuue of at leu*t 15,000,000. The fact was ed the defendant last Mav. . . ... , Cherokee was. indeed, a devout Christian wo- width of the rows and distance In county The book was published in man in every sense of the word: and tha drill during her thirty years of residence Mr. James G. Garner has been re in our midst sh© had endeared her* i pairing the dam at the Thompson commemorated in that city Saturday self to everyone, both young and old mill which was damaged by the with whom she came in contact, all. recent high water In Thickety creek. of whom will deeply feel her loss and will long cherish her In their mem ory. The remains were laid to rest in Oakland cemetery at 5.30 o’clock Fri day afternoon, the funeral service be ing conducted by Rev. W. T. Thomp son, assisted by Rev. Dr. Simms, of the First Baptist church. The floral offerings were many and beautiful, brought as loving tributes by those who loved and revered her, and placed upon her mound In snch profusion that, truly, she “sleeps beneath a wilderness of flowers”—the sweetest tokens of love and affection among the nations of the earth. The pallbearers were: R. m. Wll- The bridge at Thomson’s mill Is In need of a new covering, new tanis- 1853 at which time but little was known of the mineral waters in this section. Not even the Limestone springs is mentioned which at that time had a reputation second to none in this part of the country. The sermons preached by Revs. R. ters and some new plank* In the T coit and Qeo F. Robertson, of flooring of one of the approaches.! charlotte, N. C., on the “Second We don’t know whose dutv It is to bring this to the attention of the county authorities, consequently we voluntarily mention It. If the county authorities will do their duty to the public our roads and bridges win re ceive more and better atteetion than they have been getting in many places. Coming of Christ,” as published In the Tlmes-Democrat, of Aug. 26th, is the clearest elucidation of the subject we have seen, and we heartily com mend them to our readers as worthy of their most serious consideration. By taking up such matter the secular newspapers do a work that the pul pit can never accomplish—they go in with special services of thanksgiv ing in all the Catholic churches of the city, in accordance with the custom initiated on the first anniversary of the disaster. Post A. T. P. A., of Spartanburg, held a very Interesting meeting at their hall Saturday night at which it was decided to have a joint meet- in* between the T. P. A’a. and the TJ. T. 0’s. on geptemeber 14th to dl*®®** the 2 1-2 cent railroad rate and other matters which they wish to bring before the next session of the legisla ture The chamber of commerce will Le asked to meet with the traveling men on the fourteenth. A special in vitation will be given to Senator Car* lisle and the other legislators of that j kIna 7 T ^ ^ “ r ™ , Thos. h. Lockhart, Tom L. Brown and Mrs. Mamie McMahan, wife of B>e i W. H. Ross. McMahan, who lives at Mt Zion, dis- appeared from her home Thursday 1 Resolutions of Respect, night between the hours of 10 and At a regular meeting of Limestone 1 o’clock and no trace of her has Council No. 17 Junior O. W. A. M. been found, though every effort has held Thursday, the 28th day of Au- been made to find the missing wo- gust. 1807, the following resolutions man. A search for Mrs. McMahan was were unanimously adopted. instituted Thursday night, or rather Whereas it has pleased our Heaven. L. Blackwell have the worst sections g o"’ McKeown and Mr*. Lewis, of A great deal of the work done on; ^ ha nds of and are read by peo- the public roads is practically worth- p i e who seldom, if ever, go to church, less. While it has been done honest-1 following clipping from the ly, there is very little Judgment Chester Lantern of last Friday. Au- shown In a great deal of It The 2 3rd, will send a thrill of grief work done by Mr. James George has! m , n y hearts throughout the scope stood the test better than any we of The Ledger’s circulation: have seen. His ditches are a proper i -Mrs Elizabeth McKeown. of the width and depth to hold the water Cornwell neighborhood, died yester- and the fall sufficient to cany it off. day after a long illness. The burial In many places the nature of the wJ1 i ^ at Be thlehem today, funeral land Is such that it is impossible to ' services being conducted by the Rev. make the work stand such heavy H L gmgleton. Mrs. McKeown was rains as we have had in many places. the mo ther of a number of children, Messrs. W. C. Sparks and John among whom are Messrs. Mayo and year, and everybody will be hauling wood, and my wood won’t be worth The local firemen of Winston are gg mU ch.’ enthusiastic over the prospect of hav- didn’t pursue the argument in* the next meeting of the Natiorai there, I simply left. And the next Firemen s Associaion in that city, winter, when the roads were real bad, They feel that Winston-Salem nas a j went out with my camera to get splendid chance to get this big meet-. some Photographs to Illustrate tome- ing. Chief R. C. Taylor left Satur- thing i wanted to say about good day night for Oklahoma City, Okla., roads, and I met Smith with his ton ™ where the convention is to be held and a load of wood coming into town, this year. Chief Taylor says he feels He had on that wagon a cord and a much encouraged over the outlook quarter with an ordinary learn of for landing the convention. He had a mules, and I began to laugh when I .talk with Governor Glenn Friday saw the man, because I remembered night over the telephone, and the his statement, and he began to smile, governor promised to send an invita- I said to him. ’Smith, how much wood tlon, urging the assoclaton to meet have you on that wagon?’ in Winston next year. 1 “He said, ‘About a cord and aquar- One of the most horrible accidents - « An , ... In the recent history of Durham was eet f d v r?7 dId J 0 ® aBed 10 enacted Friday morning when little .. ■ Thr Z e u I n ni^.' J as ^® d him - Ethel Horner. 4-year-old daughter of! « R. D. Horner, who lives on Roxboro ” Three an/°a Sjf» toT 11141 ' street, was run down and killed by an “ d a hfW- automobile bstog driven by Mr. T. 0r j 3 be ^ re £1 Edgar Cheek, assistant cashier of the to ^ hl ^ Citizen’s National Bank. The Httle f « r ^ree cLUddW not live more than i5 minutes then able to haS three i^dg l after being atruck by the powerful where before he was abl« w machine. To make the terrible affair one. 6 D 6 to haul but fj 1 "*£5 tortW®. th« *»tk er of “Road,, can be buJ i t la any the dead girl was at that time on the community which will o Jury that was trying Major Guthrie, den to that community 1 tot toe? i colored, for his life, and he could not have seen it 8 S?ral times over^her 1 go to his family and give the almost the town had issued ^ds som£ crazed wife and mother his support times large sums before the roads Friday morning, immediately after her i y Father to remove from our midst to keep up we have been over. The tb j 8 county and Mr T B McKeown, -- — disappearance was discovered by her our brother. D. F. Phillips, who de- man who will devise the best plan of i n( jian ’ Territory. She was 77 • Governor Glenn refused to pardon completed enough revenue had husband and neighbors, hoping to parted this life in Gaffney on the 13th to keep up the roads at the least years old and has been confined to j Fleming Blevins, who was convicted in In tbe shape of investment find some trace of her, but no clue of August. ;cost is the man for the Job. It’s an ber for a i on g time.” °f murder in the second degree in rj: a ir 1 ® increased citizenship to pay has been discovered that mav lead to Resolved 1. While we bow in hum- eas y matter for politicians to go Sbe was a strong-minded, educated Mitchell county for the second time 14X68 whIcb wer e made bet whereabouts. ble submission to the will of Him who round over the country -and speak or 1ad and ^ wItb other am i a ble qual- a nd sentenced to two years in the n ? D a f co ®nt of the bonds Tnhn n Tfellv Tr son Of Mr John ru,et h a!1 things, we realize that in for newspaper men to write and Jtief . of head and beart p]aoed ber penitentiyy. The Governor believes ry ror tne roads.” n Kellv well*’ known real ebiate the deat h of our brother we have theorize, but getting the work done far above tbe average m uer sex. the Jur-fight.in its verdict and says — — Charleston, won Senator. ^ft a ^ aD d .true member, the it takes bratos. money She wa s one of our very best earthly | n „his^option tbe jentence^ of ^two 0n gaturdat morni 0 C0UPt ' .— » a — j * ^ J* H). Bmc©, TTlman’fi ap^lntmentTn competi- a devoted husband and' the and labor and a great deal of each fHend 3 '"anrreiativ'es*. tive examination last weeV will ch [ ldr ® n a foad an d loving father. to make^ the roads what we want None knew her but ^ love her. be awarded the cadetshiff at West That this council extend to the, Point. A dozen applicants were ex- f feaved family ourt heart-felt con-1 amined at Columbia, Including some dolence and sympathy in their hour of the brightest vouths of the State v orrow. and ask tbe Divine bless- H < c trpeatlv tn Afr Kellv’s credit ngs upon them from Him who alone f° d L ® h o,i?d have mad- the Iveragl can console their broken hearts. Wall Street in New York city is that h • did and won the place with ” J l . 6s0 l Ved a ® 5 iark ^ respec f 6a, l 6d ji]*™ a _! t< i!l 6 n Wa !!.^ ,< ^. at success. There were close to them to be. None named her but to praise. Mr. D. E. Boney, of the Mutual Life j. l. S. Insurance Company, passed through this section Tuesday on official busl- Picnic at Wilklnsvllle. _ _ Wall Street in New York city Is ^iiTdav ^was V Resolved as a mark of respect R o called from a stone wall which at 8 * ^ a l7 «?, years for taking human life Is not ex- . cegsive. and tha t he can find no evi- f ^[^L° teDdent tb c Gaffney Manu- dence of any undue influence on the ^exunne: Company, gwore out & wap> jury, as claimed. He refutes paidon ^l a ^ s t ra to Camp charg- to John Hawkins, convicted of larceny , McGuinn, a well known in McDowell and sentenced to a y£ar ' 1 dealer and crocer of this city, Wilkins- on fhe chaingang. He fays the man d n, b r6Ce l 8tolen aoods. In ad- comnlete appears to be guilty and the sentence r ‘ p b,s other business Mr. Mc- > tr five not excessive. Because Hawk-ins ’J lri bas . aeen buying old iron, brass cannot work on the chaingang it does r;d castings. For some time the Sn mnc>, oomnetition The alternates a nd esteem a memorial page be set an early date was built across Man- « c ce ss- _ reBe n t an d on every work on the chaingang it does a ca.ungs. For some time the a^e^uV^rRi^of noronS fnartfor the recording o’ these res- bat tan Island. W« mention this that of ™ tb 5 b ® been^^r ^^JW l •o^Gr ^ ^vlV' ,0^,fUC,^, ''itoions'and thatTthey be published those wlmbave so much to say about JXTnd SnlsT"^ "xcS* ! Pri^n. a^so ‘thV Governor re* bra88 from its pla*^ and B. F. Poe. of or nvine. jn the c<junty pai(ers and a oopy be Wa]! gtrP e t will know how it got Its h ”r- refuses pardon, but changes the sen- a “ d H was believed that the parties FSnr applicants for the county forwarded to the family of our de- narno. scholarship at the South Carolina ceased brother. Military Academy were examined Fri day. The candidate were Edward Huge T Carpenter, p. Hamilton. Gads den. Barnwell Rhett Legge and John Frank Oglesby. The examination was conducted by* Coupty Superintendent Saturdav Nion . of Education E. P. Waring and Mr. ^ , ,77 , , „ 11B ., D . v , W. M. Whitehead, jot the county board At , n 0 c, °P k . Satu r da y n, ^ h ^ f flr I e Jessie Blackwell spent the dav with PbHes. of education. The applicants are all s toe family of Mr J A. M Estea. dinner was served. It embraced bar- . . „ becued meats and contributions from ' ce fr om tne chaing ng to Ja.l. and it who were purloining jt were dispos- 'Og of It to Mr. McGuinn. hence the Committee, A. J. Rogers. T. B. Butler, D. J. Holt. Edward Gibson, a young whiteman warrant. When’ the case was called The professional gossip is like » thp bountlfnl larderR of the planter8 r« pitman on g r 'S'.rnS.s aDf J It had he™ well prepared by the v , Walnut rove, was arrested several" wial^rw^ notes and ^n^n manHetn” o? «l*« and daughters Speeehe, .ere and taken to Martinsville Va and Mr. McCuInn was hound Tver to more or less local interest escane made bv Sovereigns T. B. Butler D placed in Jail. He is charged with courts Mr. McGuinn anticina’es no our notice until it is too late to nut it E F,nle7 and W ' T - Slaughter The being tho man who shot and fatally difficulty in establishing the fact'that 1 speakers were introduced and the j wounded a negro by the name of Ah in case he has oureha^vf an^TV..-. bright young men. and it is expected ^ ilk ins in ward 5 rhe fire had en- y our or^rrespondent couldn’t well in nrint ni/wancrH weru .w.w.w,uuv.cu —“ j nwuuucu a U-GKI'J UJ nauin <JI uaoo he has purchased anv brans ' Idtist Tuesday Mrs. J L. S. and Mrs. ^‘"g P reBi ^d over bv Joe Hum- to^ston o n th e N & W. trota near o r Iron from parties who Bt ole it from Martinsville on Saturday night. It the Gaffney Manufacturiug Comnanv seems that the negro came in_ the or others that he did so innocently Bitten by a Mad Doa. white folks car and was drunk. Some and without knowledge tr,* r\Y\ c. c 1 - cj ,3 mr Vi a 4 V. n • O t c» /-I In «r . <- The county governor, new county tional _ _ bVordSed th Tbif is^toe^w VuX * bad7y bu JJ ed ^ank^yom ^.“’'The^one‘Tdb^ed to the doctors declaring that it is a puzz!® posed objection™ r^r^ntoti^' wbieb it Is nrowvsed to be foiled out that she may dto The Bhadow n(iver grow less! and we as- wound eight hours and yesterday , to them that he has Ihed tnls long. of tfl e Gaffney Manufacturing Com- -5 ® b p r (»enville and Sriartanhurg fll it extin &msb d _ within ten gjirp you Bucb af , tg 0 j w ni morning the indications were that the A startling tragedy was enacted in r ,aD y looking over his purchases when from G - • minu es after the arrival of the fire npver i 01 . e their place in our heart child would not suffer any 111 effects Asheville Saturday afternoon when they approached him on the subject of hearts. Last Wednesday from the bite. was the four- counties. of which the county seat is laddies on the ground. Mr. Wiurins Greer. The report shows that the thinks that $500 will cover his loss. new county will take 247 square miles n iB a mystery how the fire original- tPPnth anniversitv of the great Au- from Greenville and 158 from Spar- p d vj b family of Mr Wilkins is ab- TPea to anniversity of tne great au tanhn-g mahtog 1 total aroa in the «*»>♦ ^ kL &ust storm which did so much dam- The following is a correct seneouje Arrival g* M*H Trains. miles. Transformation. (Brooklyn Eagle ) A tramp, a jug of liquor, A nook along thje bay; A harmless combination. On a oerft summer’s day. But note tbe qulqk transition, To the nit which habit dur: Now the whiskey’s/ in the hobo. And the hobo’s in the jug. „ 1 . c and sent a tidal wave over the coast Gaffney: o'clr ’J 1 ? .JJ® J*™ ^h^Lv re Z Um ln whlf,b several lives and NORTH BOUND. j. ( ^ d . d . 1 thousands of dollars worth of proper- So. 36 due at 8:05 A. M. does not smoke, aa d toe only theories ty ^ deBfroyed By many W in No 12 du e 4:20 P M. rot# o^nf 1 an 8 toccn d tori he k f be remembered as the Quattlebaum No. 38 due at 7:08 P» M. U ° r of aa ‘“c^diary. storm-a name given it as a bur- # SOUTH BOUND. le&que on tbe meeting he closed at Mt. No. 39 due at 9:45 A M. Card of Thanks. Vernon church the night it began, j No. 37 due at .. 12:43 P. M. We take this method of returning ; The mention of “Uncle Sam” Hop- thanks to the good people of Gaffney , per and his war relics in Tuesday’s for their kind sympatity and help In Ledg# recalls another Incident that our sad bereavement Mrs. R. M. Woody and Dually. we might mention to bis credit It was during me reunion of U. C. veter- No. 43 due at 10:42 night Malls for above trains close thirty minutes before train is due, except No. 43 which closes nine o’clock at n&sL Hugh Postelle. age 21. shot and in- stantly killed his cousin, Edward Ed wards, aged 26. The shooting occur- Young Host and Hostess. _JV- _ Last Friday evening little Miss red in H^arnc’s bicycle shoo on Pat- Margaret and Master Charley Corry ton avenue, the main business street entertained a score of their little of the city. It is said that Postelle, friends at tbeir pretty little home on and Edwards, who lived in the same Victoria avenue. At 5 o’clock quite house, had quarreled Friday about a number of little friends gathered family matters. The quarrel was re- on the lawm and began to play niimer- sumed Saturday afternoon and Pos- fuis games. This continued until telle asked for leave of absence from about six when delicious refreshments his work, which was granted him. He were served. Those who served tha returned to the shop about half an little guests wero Misses Edna Earl hour later and approached Edwards,. Harris, Elen and Eliza Gaines and drew his pistol and fired point blank at his victim. Edwards sank to the floor an d expired as he fell. At the inquest the coroner’s Jury returned a WJlMs DeCamp. At 6-A0 the guests began to depart assuring the littie host and nostaas that they had bad a delightful time.