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it. V ' * The Gaffney ledger. A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. Ifc 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C* TUESDAY. APRIL 28, 1908. i i $1.50 A YEAR* IT IS SOMEWHAT EMBARRASSING. CONGRESSMAN SIMS' PERTINENT REMARKS. The District sioners and Magnates. of CoJumbia the str eet I Commis- Railway another s ent leman in high official l station, who must necessarily have , -n at influence in legislation, had be come a large stockholder in the Wash- i i'.igton Electric Railway Company, ! which company also owns the Elec tric Eight and Power Company. Wlho i is he? William Loeb. Jr., of New York. Who is William Loeb, and what are his qualifications for office? The re wspapers show that he was elected a director of this company, and the newspapers further say that he is to ! he president of the company. The re port, which is sworn to, shows that he owns 4,700 shares of the stock of the Washington Electric Railway MUZZLE THE DOGS. A popular Superstition In Regard to Rabies Exposed. ' Washington, April 25.—In this mer ry spring time, when ‘The plough man near at hand, whistles o’er the fur rowed land, and the milk maid singeth blithe,’’ and “the deep mouth'd bloodhound’s heavy bay resounds up the rocky way,” Mr. George H. Hart, assistant in pathology and bacteriolo gy in the pathological division of the Bureau of Animal Industry strikes "THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF LIFE" Company, owns the Electric Light and ,.. . . Power Company that sells its service ! t le warnin £ notc ^ dt dogs ia Washington. April 25.—Congress is to t h e government of the United j the United states should be muzzled, supposed to regulate and govern the States, as I have stated, to the amount | He has just prepared an interesting affairs of the District of Columbia. °f about $] 42,000 for public lighting. al .tj c ie on “rabies,” which every dog „ ' . , This stock, at face value, of $100 per generally through tne members of share amounts t0 $470,000. What the Senate and House an.] specifically ;,re his qualifications for the duties of through the Senators and Representa- director?’ tives composing the District of Colum- Sims then read from the Con- bia committee. But it would appear Directory the sketch of that the corporations hold sway here, ! WIlham Jjoeb, Jr., in which the prin- BASKET PICNIC AT ELMWOOD 1 MAY 9. owner should read and ponder. This article explains that in recent years there has been a perceptible increase in rabies, despite the many scientific precaution which have been f»Tnnha»d7p«i was his 'pffi-! intende d to P revent th e danger and as elsewhere, a person who has not hl / aI ract emphasized was his em illiterate it. Muzzling is his solu- visited Washington since the mam- | tion to this unsolved problem. Cows, moth ne w Union station was opened .' r ‘ ,1 ] . f (1 the President ' vol ves, sheep, dogs, cats and human up last December would naturally i ,u J on ''P to the President , lftin!rs hav^Tieen the snfTererc frnm think that in a town of this size, and of the United States. Mr. Sims then the nation's capital, to hoot, all one j would have to do after alighting from beings havfc'been the sufferers from this disease. Mr. Hart admits that the Pasteur Institute hag demonstrat ed the efficiency of its treatment, but “His whole qualifications are those the coach would he to grab his grip of a stenographer. This fits him for (lt . c ] areg that frequently persons bit ar valise, find the way up the steps : h” qualifications ofj private secre- (ten by ma(] dogB ' are t ' he habit of ie great glittering white taiv. and I understand that he is one ug j n ahso and into th# thus en- ahsolete methods, Angering their lives. The writer harps on the fact that a universal muzzling law would thoroughly wipe out the disease, and prevent any possibility of infection eai giiuenng wnue 1 —~ usinir station rooms and finally to the exit j °f ii ,e most efficient that ever served . dangerii r.nd here ratoh a street car and for President. But why should he be five cents be quickly carted to his ”>ade a director and mentioned for destination. But the street car*don’t Die presidency of a. corpoiation that “run right by the door" 0 f the Union >» part sells its service to the govern- station. and there is no probability i an<1 would in consequence make it a of such a condition exisiting soon. 8ulat ^<l al " nf by th ^ '" w , s if thing of the past within a year. You have to walk two good long JJ ink , tb b " u ‘ I 11 A popular superstition In regard to squares to catch a car. or get a cab 1 w Ji h Pfll har 1 rables *’ hic h > Ir - Hart is desirous 10 or hack and they know how to charge P‘ J l 1 )n ,1 J' thls - Ih 11 not niljal correct is the belief which a great for such accommodations here. The : ,ahh{n «■ No*. 11 is anlaw J ul ^ j many people hold in the well known people in Washington are clamoring own these shares of stock, but sup-. .. n;a ^ gtone ., This n)ad stone is a for the street cars to he run out to P <,se the private secretary of the the station. The two traction com panies here an- willing as Barkis ever was, hut only cn their own conditions. The House of Representatives con ferees, however, demand universal Speaker o, .ha ahoaM o«» It I ^ a„ ;1 tariesTwned ^tock? Well' whv lt? c,,0 ‘* s ’ -hich is found in the bite and the sufferer is led to believe that its if it is right for one member of a component art8 are a Clire for h dro . - - legislative body to hp d stock in a p)lol)ia Ag P a matte,-of fact. Mr Hart transfers—something that ought al-1 P'‘hhe seivice corpoiation it is light (0£p ] a j n8 the v i rtue of the mudstone WW t0 ,,aV * ' ,een C ““ m herC . t ^« r I si'a7a,^d S PraaMeit’;,;;™;/ ««* ,h " '"'"""I *1™* '"1- «■* who above all his predecessors, if possible, has made the highest char- of all place:-;—and certain track ar rangements. The most important de mand, or of equal importance to uni versal transfers, is that a kind of supervisory jurisdiction he vested with the District of Columbia Commission ers over th<- operations of the two street car companies. Now the Sen ate members of the District commit- In ,egard the method of contract- n ‘j s l, r CU ‘V ing the disease and its svmptoms. Mr. aeto r for absolute and unquestionable Ha , t sa that the teeth of a sufferer honesty, who has brought d shonsty ;tre prar(icaI1 the ( ^ v a tg ® ! piaces low and hum,Hated it whic} , the d y ise ase can he nassS in the eyes of the world—and yet his will not agree to this and the •''* dietary is a director in a public House is equally obstinate in hold- service corporation in this District, ing out: so there will lie no franchise where Congress alone legislates and issued for extending the tracks to the controls it. It is not unlawful, but ich the disease can fie passed along, and the symptoms principally noticed are a change in the voice, pa ralysis in the throat and nervousness. He says that no animal can become infected suddenly. Like any other Union Station this session. This mat- ln y ^ od ; !) ow jt restrains and embar- ( ]j sease ca „ x ht by infection, the germs r;issf*s ;i ronlViv** whf»u trv- . . . 9 .° ter was up in the House a day or two pisses a conferee when he is try- ago, and some interesting little talks to do something tor the people were made—about as spicy as tie who have no vote and no legis* speeches of John Sharp Williams, power. John Dalyell. Joe Cannon et al in The President recommends that their way. One member of the House *” pass a child labor law. God bless District Committee is H^ n - Thetus bim for it. He follows the House in W. Sims, of Tennessee, w-ho has been ’‘ at recommendation, because we in Congn-ssi te,, years. He is a splen- !>* ; ssed such Jt law last year. ] am did exponent of'the prudent, honest, anxious to pass it again, but I want require a certain amount of time to travel from the (mint of entering to the brain. Playing the Game. In a game of baseball at I^-xing- Ton, Va., last Tuesday between the University of North Carolina and the Washington and Lee University of conservative business man. and in ad- ,,J do something that will make child Lexington. Brian Bell, a Gaffney hoy. dition to his excellent qualities he is bibor b-ss necessary in the District, distinguished himself, as the follow- a Democrat of the Rrvan type. Inj Ar< - going to stand here and let ing extract from a dispatch "in the speakhfig on this trackage bill Mr. Sims, among other things had the following to say. two grasping, greedy corporations, Lynchburg News shows; while nominally independent, but “Carolina's only run came in the really working together, say “We de- first inning, when Janies hit to short, “For three months or more we have f v you.” that ir is unlawful; that it is went to second on error and scored considered this bill What are the 11 violation of the Constitution of the on Hobbs’ single to rigid. Washing- differences’ The material differences I l n,te d States. They have repealable ton and Lee evened up in the third are two The demand on the part 0 f barters. I Ka >' to them, “We will when Steward walked Bell, wh i went the House for free transfers for the i i' ( peal your charters, and we will to second on Warthen’s hit. was ad- passengers The other is that the I charter a ne w company, and that new vanced by Brown's sacrifice, and railway companies of the District of company will have restrictions on it, crossed the pan when Hood sacri- Columbia ^all be subjected to a rea-! and one of them will he that no of- Heed. In the ninth, Luhn bit for two sonable and just mandatory control, ficie r of the government of the United bases Anthony single, both were ad- 1 States will he a stockholder or a di- vanced by Wladdill. and Captain Luhn rector in it.' If it is right for one came home with the winning run on member of Congress to own stock, it Montgoremry's inability to handle is right for all. If it is right for the ' Bell's hot grounder.” Secretary to the President of the' Brian played right field. lodged somewhere, in some commis sion, capable of exercising it—the bill provides the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, because they are the local managing board, so to U speak, of such matters in the Dis- * cited states, on the pay roll of the trict. But when these gentlemen, the governments of the United States, to officers of these companies, come be- lj e a director in a public service cor- fere the committee, they say that they poration which is selling part of its have no objection to the present Com- service to the government, it is right missioners. They are opposed to bir every secretary to every cabinet lodging power in the Commissioners officer to do the same, and it is right that require expert knowledge. ,or us to do it. Now what would we Central Academy Commencement. The present scholastic year will Hose on the 12th of May with the fol lowing program; Saturday evening. May 10th, the annual sermon will he preached in the auditorium of the M. E. church. “Now, how embarrassing it is when loo >< l,l< ‘ J ? If it Is right to own jiart , JV ftevlf,R. (’ raV( , ri of Henderson ongresg or a committee of Congress. °f Hie stock, it is right to own it all. n ' Congress or a committee of Congress. °f Hie stock, it is right to own it all even the present committee of con- If Hiis is right, let us pass a law that ference of both Houses, have to con- v :‘'* bear the stock, buy it all in, ;md slder matters pertaining to the fran chise corporations here whose emo luments grow out of grants of legis lation. to find high officials of this Government stockholders in these very corporations. It is very embar rassing. it is not unlawful for them to hold these stocks, it is not unlaw ful for a member of the House or a member of the Senate to be a stock holder In these franchise corpora- ti( ns, but it is exceedingly embarrass ing. One of these companies is but little short of a monopolistic trus.t. It combines in its ownership a number of street car companies, as well as the , electric ’ight olid ]>ower yompany. The electric light and power compimy is furnishing $142,000 worth of s^r- 0 f-ock m vice to the Government of the United f-tstes, a nd the District of Columbia way of public lighting. Each of these street railways perform service for the government of the United C t States and the District of Columbia. “What do I find in reading over j then we will own ft and pass laws to feathe r our nests and replenish our pockets. I>et it be distributed among all of us. How long do you think iv mid be in this body or in the other? “I am not making a personal at tack on these gentlemen. God knows. I do n °t want to; hut a sense of duty compels ni<* to tell the truth, even if C. On Monday morning. May 11th. Dr. Wt I. Cranford, professorof philo sophy at Trinity College, will deliver the annual address in the college au ditorium. * Monday evening, at s o'clock, there will be a declamation contest in the town hall for a gold medal to he given to the most successful speaker. On Tuesday. May 12th. there will jt i s i.jtter even if It Thi* >e ,)f * ld in Hie open air on the Central «*“»»*•»*" **• '«"««*• friendship nr personal like or dislike ‘ t » stand in the way. Fike. Memorial Exer c i£es at Elbethek Next Saturday. May 2nd, al *,; Art Attractive service. At the Pythian service to be con ducted by Rev. S B Harper on the third Sunday in May there will be a bass solo by a Pythian and a quar tette also by Pythianx. Miss Nannie Gunter, who is a cousin of Dr. BiHle Gunter, and who will graduate at Converse College this session, will 20 there will he momorlal exercises at Elbethel church. I Devotional exercises by the pas tor, W. T. Thompson. 2. Music under the supervision of sing a solo. Mrs. J. B. Foster. Mine Gunter is totally blind, but vt n °^ f ’ r r °bection by Mrs. E. G. this misfortune has not prevented McCulloch. i her from becoming a most accomp* this list of stockholders here? In the : . v Address by Messrs. T. M. Lit- fished musician. This service will be Capitol Tract km Company one Sen- ,u H°h a T. B. Butler. very attractive, and Buford Street fvtor Is renorted as the owner of over Distribution of flowers ator is reported as the owner of over a thousand shares in his name. These arc reports made to Congress. I am telling no secrets amj disclosing noth ing that you do not or cafcnot know. That stock is worth $120 per share. That Senator is a member of the Dis trict Committee of the Senate, and wields one-thirteemh of the legisla- lative power of that body, and ap pears as the owne r of $120,000 worth of property in a public service cor poration that Congress control*. I have got nothing to say about him except to commend him. He has the courage to have the stock in his own name, wfcat else? Why last fall the papers were Tull of the story * that conduct- Methodist church wifi doubtless be ed by Mrs. Kate Jefferies. taxed to its fullest capacity in order All who have loved ones sleeping to accommodate those who will at- a* Elbethel and the public generally j tend, cordially invited to he present. Bv .‘■quest of Ladies Society. W. T. Thompson. Death of an infant The two-year-old son of Dr and Mrs. John E. Chalk died at Langley, S C., Saturday. The remains were conveyed to Pacolet Sunday and inter red at Goucher Creek church vestefr- day. Dr. and Mrs. Chalk have many friends in Cherokee who will deeply sympathize with them ie their af fliction. A Horrible Accident. Mr. John Weiss, the miller at Mr. W. Sam Lipscomb’s mill, on what is known as the McAbee place on Paco let river, met a horrible death last Friday. While working about the machinery he was caught in a belt and killed before the machinery could be stop ted. Mr. Weiss was about fifty-two years of age. He was a nard working and thoroughly res pectable man. The remains were in terred at Cowpens Saturday. It is Proposed to Organize a County School improvement Association— Othe r Notes. Wilkinsville, April 24.—On Satur day, May 9th. at the close of Miss 'Bonnie McCIuney's school at Elm wood (Etta Jane) there will he a big educational rally and basket picnic on the grounds to which the public, and especially the teachers and friends of education, are cordially in vited. An effort is being mad^ to have able speakers for the occasion— those who are eminent educators and actively engaged in the work. It is imped that every teacher in the coun ty will be present and become active members of the County School Im provement Association which it is proposed to organize that afternoon, as an anxilliary to the South Carolina School Improvement Association. Of this association and the work it is designed to do it is not necessary for ns to speak fully just at this time as it has already been introduced to the reading public by the leading ; newspapers of the State. • The thoughtful reader wifi at once see and understand its object is to bring the work of teaching, in its various de partments. up to the highest stand ard of proficiency, and enlist the sym pathy and help of both parents and pupils. This i t s a work we have long since seen the importance of and hope to seo it take strong hold of our people. The movement lias solely for its object the betterment of the rural schools—the long neglected country districts where, for sundry reasons, it hay been impossible for the child ren to get the benefit of the education it is absolutely necessary for them to have in order to meet and fulfill tne various duties and responsibilities of life and citizenship. This duty we owe to the little folks if we expect them after we aje dead and gone to rise up ana call us “blessed. Miss Bonnie McC'luney is the prime mover in this undertaking and we owe to her and her allies our best efforts and hearty co-operation. We will per haps say more later on as thoughts suggest themselves. In the retirement of Rev. F. C. Hickson, associate editor of the Union Times, from the field of journalism, the state loses one of its most bril liant and fearless writers. Farmers have idanted most of their cotton crop this week. There is no doubt hut that the cotton acreage has been reduced considerably in lower Cherokee. Several of our farmers have plant ed corn. Mrs. James Morris has had a nice biood of young turkeys to come off this week. Cut worms are doing considerable damage to gardens while the potato hug has attacked the Irish potato crop and are giving much trouble to housewives. Mr. John H. Fowler laid his Irish potatoes by this week. He has the finest looking tops we have seen. He iias protected them by the use of Fails green. Your correspondent passed another milestone ine life’s pilgrimage last Wednesday. Its not necessary for him to tell the readers how old he is only that “few and evil have been his days.” Rev. Mr. ^IcMurry, of Woodlawn. spent Wednesday night with Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Estes. \W spoke recently of “Young America - ’ and now is the time for us to say something of the negotative side of his fife, a great deal of which is negative when he is fully sized up in its true light. In man kind generally there are two natures —tlie good and the had—the positive and the negative.' Its with the nega- t've side we wifi now deal by throw ing out a few hints which wifi no doubt be useful to him in his after , fife. $o here we go: Always try to get up an argument with those whom you meet—parti cularly those who have had an oppor tunity to know more of th<* world and things of the world than vou have , had yourself. Y 0 »i may in this way be able to make them think you are a genius in Some p articular—es pecially in making a donkey of your self. ^ 1 Be certain to use enough profanity ;:nd vulgarity to emphasize your ideas ■ anj attract the attention and ap- ; plause of st i angers. Be sure to talk 101 your private, personal and family .affairs foi* they will of course be 1 anxious to know about them. Don’t ; c onfine yourself to the truth when an exaggeration suits just as well or even better. If the person to whom you are talk ing is not up on grammar and makes a mistake correct him; particularly if there are several present to hear you—they will think that you are smart. Never talk as If you wished only those near you to hear what you say. Let passers by have the advantage of your ripe thought. Your ideas are worth too much to be wast ed on just, a few “numb skulls.” If one of your auditors puts in a wb-d just talk on for fear you will forget what you want to say. You must draw other people’s words in order to drawn their ideas. When for a mere break in the monotony of things you give the other fellow a chance to talk don’t look at or listen to him, and when he gets through he sure and ask him to repeat what he has I just said. It will be pleasant for him jtr do so, of course, and you want to be civil—no doubt of that. And be sides, this will show that you are greatly interested in what he said d- is saying. Always make it a point to make fun of your neighbors and own home affairs. This will greatly endear yoq to them. Should you ever take a notion to go to see a girl with the view of making her your wife (provided you jean find one anything like your equal, : which of course is very doubtful) give her to understand Jit once that I you are both wise and rich and that you know just how to make her com pletely ha.ppv by placing her above a need, and she .shall not look to her parents oy kinsfolk for anything vou'il attend to all that. Impress her with the idea that you are a Vander- bilt and a Solomon too and may be she'll be fool enough to marry you. If she does well leave this part of ycur history and that of her own life for her to write up with a pen * dipped in tears. ! But we are a little too fast. Let us go bacl> am] not close tjiis chap ter too soon. While you are "splurg ing" round hunting a wife make your self Njust as contemptible as the. means at your disposal will admit of. Be sure you call your father and mother by some nick names—f'old man" and “old woman” will do if you can find nothing more appropriate. If your father wants you to do some kind of work that is distasteful to you. give him to understand you are not going to do it. and show a hold front. He'll soon find out that you are a man. Treat your mother in the same way and you’ll hear but little from her along the line of your do mestic duties as she understands them to be. This will place you and your conduct above p ar with the other hoys and young men of the town or neighborhood. Neve ; - condescend to treat an old man or old lady with what silly peo ple call becoming respect. This is beneath the dignity of a gentleman of your calibre, and standing in so ciety—it would he a disgrace to you. If you find a hoy or young man who seems to respect and obey his parents tell him how silly he is and what he will accomplish by doing otherwise—like yourself. When you get your father in proper dread of you tell him you want a pistol and must have the money to buy it. He'll get it up for you and whenever you need money for other things just as t essential, tell him it. must come. He’ll he afraid to refuse you. Should ! you ever conm to think little enough of yourself to go to church, be sure that you attract the attention of the minister and congregation. They will no doubt he cruel enough to think i your behaviour is unbecoming a gen tleman. Try to keep up all the fuss and nojse you can even if you have to talk out during the service. A bot tle of whiskey will come in very well to help you raise courage for such J an undertaking. This is all right too. j Some young girls like a boy of that 1 stamp—one that is rowdy and rough THE DEMOCRACY. The Various C'ub sMet Saturday and Elected Delegates. The various Democratic clubs of the city met Saturday afternoon pur suant to the call of the county chair man. Club No. 1 elected C- T. Bridges, president; Ed Reid, secretary; W. Dl Kirby, executive committeeman and the following delegates to the coun ty convention: C. T. Bridges. D. J. Holt, E. C. Ramsay, Ed Reid, M D. Kirby, Hamlet Crocker, James Wells, Clarence Harris and Charlie Elmore. Club No. 2 elected W. S. Hall, Esq., president, and G. W. Speer, s ecretary. D. A. Thomas was elected executive committeeman. The following were elected dele gates to the county convention; W, H. Ross. R. C. Sarratt, T. Daven port. W. S. Hall. Jr., W. K. Gunter, W. J. Daniel. K. O. Huskey, J. C« Otts, W. T. Humphries, Junius Par rott, A. C. Pridmore, N. H. Littlejohn, W. C. Hamrick, W. H. Smith, T. L. Brown, G. W. Speer, R. A. Jones, J. E. Webster. J. C. Jefferies, B. G. Clary, G. W. Webster, O. A. Allison, T. H. Littlejohn, J. Eb Jefferies, R. E. Le Master. Club No. 3 elected Moses Wood, president; J. J. Gallagher, secretary, and T. B. Butler, executive committee man and the following delegates to the county convention; T. B. Butler, J. B. Bell and J- H.. Turner. Limestone Mills club elected J. B. Crow, president; C. E. Hamrick, sec retary; E. R. Cash, executive com mitteeman. and the following dele gates to the county convention; C. E. Hamrick, J. E. Byars, R. L. Bird and W. G. Jones. BUY PLANT AT SPARTANBURG- Pittsburg capitalists Acquire street Railway in south Carolina. A Pittsburg special to the Chrles* ton News and Courier under date of April 26th, say*: “Pittsburg capitalists, forming the Electric Power and Manufacturing Company, have purchased the plant of the Spartanburg, S. C-. Street RaR- v/ay, an,] Electric Company at that point. The plant was bought from Park & Jennings, of New York, and the purchasing price is said to have bten $r/).(Xi0. The Pittsburgers al ready own a water power station at Gaston Shoals on Broad river, near Gaffney. S. C., and are already sup plying power to Gaffney. The com pany Is also considering the advis ability of extending the company’s lines twenty-five miles to Gaffney." yours. Give i stand that ^ in his manners. Some of the boys, as well as the girls will look upon you as a hero i and will admire you th> more for it. I If you go to town order the clerks in the stores (or others with whom i you come in contact) about as if : they belonged to you. They will be jalraid to get in a row with you for ifear of being turned off by their em ployers. But be careful not to do anything on!the street to provoke the police. They have no more raising than to “raise you.” j Always carry your pistol and make people think that you will shoot on ( the least provocation. This will ! cause those to respect you wno otner- vise might not he io do so. Never treat your parents with the same respect that some timid, cow- ardly boys do who think they, owe it to them. That's not your style. You are too manly for that. If your parents are sick or distressed in any way you need not trouble yourself about them. It’s their affair, not your sisters to under- tney must have your j (Icthes. meals, etc., always in readi ness fop you and according to your “style of liking." Get the best up-to-date “cuss words" in the vocabulary and with them drawn so you wifi not forget them when they can be used to great advantage in showing off before other people—particularly the gentle six. Don’t fail to “bully over” people who are not physically able to contend ' with you in a fistcuff in case one might result from your nieeting with them. If yon find a fellow who is not ; afraid of you. you had better pass him by. He’s not the man you are ; hunting. Should you ever take a no- i tion to join the church to be identi- fied with the “so-called'’ good people lr need not interfere with your cus- j tomary way of doing. Just drink, I “cuss.” dance, play cards and ‘‘rip i round” generally as before. No one i will think enough of it to have you ' dkcipllned even if they dare eo. The ; minister;- can’t do it all himself and j you’’ have enough friends to prevent i your summary dismissal. There are other matters we might suggest but they are not necessary now. Too many of them at one tiifie might not find a lodgment in your already over- erowded/dirain. However, don't lose sight of the fact that you are the “beati-idear of beauty and the sum- mum bonum of perfection. This 1* what it takes to conitltato “Young America” and young American ideas which some old fossilized and untu tored cranks call “the negative side of life.’* j. 8. Negro shot at Gaston Shoals. Considerable excitement was caus ed yesterday morning by the circula tion of the report that the sheriff of Union .county had been shot at Gas ton Shoals while endeavoring to ar rest a negro at that place. Later the excitement was intensified when it was reported that it was not the sheriff of Union county at all, but that it was Deputy Sheriff Henry H. Lockhart, who was shot. It develop ed that there wag absolutely no truth in either of the reports hut that one negro had shot another at the shoals. Upon investigation it was found that a negro known as “Alabama Kidd.” was shot by a negro named Willis. “Kidd” is shot in two places, in one of his arms and in his side. His wounds are considered serious. Willis wag later captured. He was brought to the city late yesterday af ternoon and lodged in jail. Magistrate Busy. Magistrate B. F. Camp had a busy day yesterday. Silas Lipscomb. Gus Farmer and John Sanders, three colored sports, pleaded guilty to play ing cards and were sentenced to pay fines of $20 each or to serve on the public works for thirty days. James Glenn, colored, was tried and found guilty of trespass, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or serve thirty days on the gang. S. S. Sweet, a colored tough, who hails from Ala bama. was tried for carrying a con cealed weapon and was found guilty and received a sentence of $25 or thirty days on the K ang. He paid the fine and went on his way rejoicing. pension Money Now Ready- The total amount of the pension money for Cherok-e is $6,3920. There are 218 pensioners in the county. (’)fcrk of Court J. Eb Jefferies now has this money on hand and is ready to pay it out whenever called on. He will require a written order from all those who cannot call In person. HERE’S THE PROOF. But Besides catarrh, nyomei Cures Grip, Coughs an d colds, c r °up and Asthma. Read; If You Are a Sufferer from Catarrh, Reason an d Reflect. “My wife and I wifi swear that Hyomel cured me of the worst case of catarrh that ever existed. I used ‘to cough constantly at night anj had • a dropping in the throat, which kept me awake a great deal, l raised thick phlegm, and was in a horrible coudi- £on. However. I am entirely cured solely through the use of Hyomel.” Dr. Philip Z. Hail, Laconia, N. H. • Reader, this is one of thousands of testimonials praising the marvelous , curative power of Hyoinei. if you are a sufferer, why not try it? The Gaffney Drug Co. gurante*-H it. and will refund your money if it fails to cure. Hyomel is not a stomach nos trum; it is dry antiseptic and medi- i catej air. and all you have to do to cure any disease of the nose, throat or lungs, is to breathe It in through the Hyomel inhaler. A Hyomei out fit, including a scientiflQ inhaler, only costs $1.00. Get one today. Subse quent treatment is # only jo cents a bottle. Get one now. The Gaffney Drug Co. takes ail the risk. They guarantee it.