The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 26, 1908, Image 1
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The Gaffney ledger.
A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THB WORD IMPLIM. AND DEVOTED TO THE DEET INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED FEB. IS, 1894.
GAFFNEY. S. C-, FRIDAY, JUNE 26. 1908.
$1.50 A YEAR.
SEVERE RAIN STORMS
IN LOWER CHEROKEE.
GROUND CONSIDERABLY WASHED
AND CORN BLOWN DOWN.
Hail pell But No Serious Damage
Wa 6 Done and several Tress Were
Struck by Lightning.
Wilkinsville, June 23.—Rev. li. R.
Ratchford preached at sj a l eri1 l as t
Sabbath and again on Sabbath night.
Good size congregations attended:
both services. In company with him
'your correspondent went over on
Sabbath evening to the York side of,
the river to see Mrs Martin Mitchel,
i
1%ho is lying very low at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E.
Good. She has stomach trouble
which she went to the hospital at
Charleston to have treated, but could
get no relief. Dre. Youmans and
Hope, of Lockhart, treated her case.
Mrs. Mitchell is an excellent Chris
tian lady ana she and her family have
our sympathy.
On our way we stopped at the home
of the Smarr family where we were
most kindly treated and enjoyed a
splendid dinner. (But our readers
must understand that as they were
brought up in a Presbyterian borne
the principal part of the cooking wa£
done the day before). That’s Presby
terianism.
On Sabbath evening during the
ctorm a tree standing within a few
feet of the chimney of Mrs. J. R.
Poole (who lives at the Tolleson
place) was struck by lightning. No
damage was done the house or family
only some 0 f the family were stunned
considerably.
On yesterday a tree standing in the
yard of Mr. Dolph I^anier was struck
by lightning which shocked his wife
r considerably.
We have had some severe rain
storms lately and the ground has
been washed an^ corn blown down.
Some hail has fallen in sjiots but no
eerious damage was done in the neigh
borhood. The farm of Mr. Brewing^
ton on the Woolbright place was con-
•rtderably injured.
Miss Fay Wbisonant, who has been
at Chicora College, is spending her
vacation at her home at Wilkinsville.
We are having some very warm
weather now and grass is growing
fast. The farmers will have their
hands full from now until they finish
their crops.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Blackwell spent
last night with us.
Mr. T. J. Estes lost his dwelling
house key last Sabbath and the find
er will do him a favor by returning It.
Tlie corn is silking and tasselling.
This crop Is generally good, much of
It on lowlands is being drowned out.
There are several cases of measles
in this section. Mr. Dock Webber’s
children have them and several others
have gotten through with them.
Mr. William H. Webber is selling
a shoe and harness reparing outfit
that every farmer should have in or
der to cut down expenses they have
to meet along these lines.
The children are getting interested
in. Childrens’ Day and making pre
parations for It. We hope it will not
be a disappointment to them.
A young lady on the York side
wants to know how long it takes ua
t© write one of our letters to The
Ledger. That depends entirely upon
Circumstances and the humor we are:
In, good lady.
By the last of this week we may
hear the katy dids—“three months j
till frost, ’ is the old saying, when
they first make their appearance.
Yesterday Sam Strain, our R. F. D.
carrier, was caught in the storm and
stopped at Mr. W!m. C- Sparks’ with
his mail until it was over.
Mir. Jack Smarr will no donbt make
a business trip to Olivet this summer.
■What that business is we won’t tell
Just now. People will find that out
later. "Watch Jack,” is our advice to
the young ladles. Jack is a good fel
low.
Mrs. Lottie Smarr. of Hopewell,
hqp been visiting her parents, Mir. and
Mrs. C. F. Inman.
Mrs. Mary Mildred Sherrer Is
•pending a few days with her sister,
Miss Lyl Smarr.
Esquire and Mre. J. Rufus Poole
were among the worshipers at Salem
last Sabbath. Mrs. Poole is one of
the oldest lady members of that
church. Her father. Mr. John Caro-
tkers. was an elder In It for forty-
seven years. Mini. Poole has been In
delicate health for a good while—she
is well advanced in years.
The children are training for Chil
drens’ Day at Abingdon Creek and
Mesopotamia. We don’t know that
the days have y°t been set for these
delightful occasions to come off but
we take the liberty to invite the gen
eral public and especially The Led
ger force and correspondents to at
tend and see what our lower Chero
kee section is doing to encourage our
young folks in their landable under
taking. We’ll assure them a cordial
welcome from the good people com
posing both these churches and con
gregations. We ask for the little
folk a respectful and attentive hear
ing.
Last night we had another rain ac
companied with thunder and lightning,:
and the storms are full this a. m.
Dog days will soon be on hand and
the weather prophets will be giving
at predictions for the edlficatbn of
their followers.
The answer to our last problem is
five hogs at $10 apiece, one sheep at
$3 and ninety-four geese at 50 cents
apiece—making a total of 100 head of
stock for $100.
The Hopewell Sunday school is In
a flourishing condition. They have
a good enrollment of scholars.
A letter received from Miss Ola
Estes, who is staying with her sister,
Mrs. Maggie Black, at Glendale,
during the sickness of the latter, says
that Maggie is getting along nicely
and will be able to visit her parents
this week if there are no changes in
her condition for the worse.
Mrs. J. L S. was picking and can
ning blackberries last week. She has
her winter supply laid up now.
Very few people nowadays dry
fruit in the sun in the old way before
the canning process came into use.
If farmers have no mishap they
will finish “laying by” earlier this
year than usual.
Though we had much cold weather
early ii> the spring crops are well
enough advanced for the time of year.
Corn planted since the oats came off
the land, of course, will be late and
need plowing in August.
We notice some cotton in our
travels that haven’t been thinned out
yet. It looks well though for the
chance It has had.
Jlr. Morgan Millwood has a fine
looking watermelon patch. His vines ;
are running and It will not be long
before he is in market with his pro
duce. As a watermelon raiser he is
among the finest and best In the
county, and he makes a good deal of I
money out of them, hut It takes labor
and close attention.
Mr. Tomas Millwood has a fine bean
patch. He could supply a good size
market with them. Tom Is a good
worker and a good farmer and he has
an Industrious wife and set of chil
dren to help him. Mrs. Millwood Is
not a stout lady. Her health Is not
generally good, but she does all she
Is able to do.
If some people in plowing don’t get
tired “hollering” at their mules they
needn’t on account of the work they
do. It’s by no-means the man who
makes the most fuss that does the
most and best v.orh. j
The roads in this section (some of
them at least) need boxes or terra
cotta to carry off the water or else
bridges over the gully drains.
There are a great many holes In
the road that need filling up. We
call the attention of the road authori
ties to this because we think it our
duty and they may not have noticed
how badly such improvements are
needed.
In our letter in last Friday’s paper
the type make us say that Napoleon
II rather than Napoleon I commanded
the French army at Waterloo. We
make this correction because the pa
per is read by too many historians
who will note the error. When we
make statements we want to be cor
rect as far as possible.
Some people have no use for' friends
but to make a convenience of them.
When they can’t do that their friend
ship ceases to exist. Candidates for
office might frequently pray: "De- ■
liver us from our friends.” They do
more harm than good. It’s like Jim
Smarr recommending a certain me
dicine. "If it does you no barm It
will <j 0 yo u no good.”
Mre. J. L S. has a quilt upon which
she spends her surplus time quilting.
She is never idle.
Mrs. V. C. Comer has been helping
Mrs. J. N. Strain to can blackberries.
Sam Strain, superintendent of the
Sabbath school, met the children at
Salem last Saturday evening and
gave out pieces for the Childrens’
Day exercises. The children of the
neighboring Sunday schools are in
vited to take part In these exercises
by recitations, songs or reading as
EX-PRESIDENT
they choose. The object is to make
it a general “rally day” for the lit-;
tie folks and every effort will be,
made to encourage them. Rev. Robt. 1
Adams, D. D., will make an address w ■ ■»^»n»•»
on Christian education and other dis-
tinguished educators will be present i
to adj a word of encourgment. The PASSED AWAY AT PRINCETON, N.
programme will be published with
CLEVELAND DEAD
the proceedings and we hope to see
the names of many of our little
J- ON WEDNESDAY.
ence to Mrs. c leve,ancl —Arrang«-
fnends connected with it. Mothers, ^
see that your children are In line and ^ us aw
don’t think that because they can’t
dress like some other children they
will not be made welcome. Many a ments for the Funeral.
bright child is cheated out of its man-; p rinceton . N j. ( June 2 4.-Grover
hood or womanhood bv the false
pride or its parents. ' J. L, S. i C,evela “ d - ,orme r of ' he
| United States, died suddenly at his
GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. •, home at Westland here at 8:40 o'clock
- this morning. Death was due to heart
Cases Tried an d Sentences Handed fallure C0Inplicated wIth other dis .
Out since Monday.
i eases. The passing away of Mr.
The first jury case to be tried in (ji eve i an(1 was not immediately an-
the court of sessions was that of the
State against Virgil Thomas, charged; ■>»' «» «<*>!*« “■“« «» of-
with obtaining goods under false pre- stnte.nent h. d been prepared
tences. Thomas is a young white ^7 Phyisician who had been at-
man who lives near Thickety in this tiding him in various periods of his
county. The testimony of the State , ^ lness -
showed that Virgil Thomas presented following statement signed by
a card at the express office in Gaff- ^ r- J° se Ph D. Bryant. Dr. George R.
ney which had been mailed to John Lockwood and Dr. J. M. Carnochan
Thomas, notifying him that there was " as y' ven out; “Mr. Cleveland for
an express package for him, and at Inan y years had suffered from long
the same time telling the express of- landing organic disease of the heart
ficials that his name wa s John Thom- an<1 kIdne - V8 - Heart failure, compli-
as, whereupon the box was delivered cated "’ith pulmonary thrombosis and
to him, and in a few days the genuine oedema, was the immediate cause of
John Thomas came to the express of-' d ‘ s deat h.
flee anj exhibited a receipt from the Wthile Mr. Cleveland had been se-
FLAGS AT HALF MAST.
Washington, June 24.—The unoffi
cial notification of the death of former
president Cleveland was flashed Im
mediately to Oyster Bay for the in-
formaton of President Roosevelt. The
White House received the first news
of the death from the Associated
Press. Secretary Cortelyou, senior
cabinet officer in Washington, at pres
ent is now the acting head of the ad
ministration. The first word that
votes on the second ballot, a large
body of independent Republicans de- •
dared themselves in his favor, but
the assertion of this new element wae
partly offset by the defection of many
Democrats. Cleveland received 219
electorial votes against 182 for his op
ponent, James G. Blaine. Besides thq
Southern states, he chrried New York,
New Jersey and Indiana. He was In
augurated March 4, 1886. In June 2,
of the following year, he was married
came to Secretary Cortelyou from' to Mis s Florence Folsom.
Oyster Bay wa s the instruction, which His term as president was charac-
the Secretary at once promulgated to terized mainly by his opposition to
all the executive departments, to i what he considered unworthy bill*.
Place the nations (lags at half mast. During his term he vetoed, or “pocket-
It is probable that they will thus re- ed.” 413 bills, 297. of which were prl-
main for a period of thirty days. vate pension bills. During the first
session of Congress he directly anta-
CORTELYOII’S TRIBUTE. gonized the Senate by refusing to give
Washington, June, 24.—Secretary to that bod y bi8 reasons for remov-
Courtelyou, confidential stenographer ' n £ certain officers, or to deliver up
to Mr. Cleveland, paid a high tribute ; the £r° und tba t under the Constitu-
to the \ former president as a “fine tion - tbat the President is not amend-
Ameriean type, rising from obscurity a * de Congress for such acts, and
to the highest office of the people’s that the papers were not official do-
gift through sheer force of character.” cuments. His supporters maintained
He said that his death i s a very great that - considering such an undertaking,
loss to the country. his civil service reform pledges were
Secretary Strauss said: “Another carried out as consistently as pos-
of - the great fathers of the republic ^bl®-
has gone to his eternal home. His He was renominated for the Presl-
fame and his services belong to the ( lency at St. Louis. June 7. 1888. but
country and " ill he handed down to was defeated, receiving only 168 elec-
a grateful posterity as an inspiration f01 'ial votes to Harrison's 233, though
and as an example of unswerving de
votion to the country’s welfare.”
riously ill from time to time, the an
nouncement of his death came like a
thunderbolt to those who had been
watching his illness.
Last night there was a slight flurry
express company showing that he had
shipped the box wiiich Virgil Thomas
had obtained from Greenville, S. C.,
to himself at Gaffney. Mr. Fisher at
once took steps to recover the box of
goods and found it at Mr. Jasper aillon g the friends of the Cleveianac
Thomas’, the uncle of Virgil Thomas, that something was seriously wrong
where it had been taken by Virgil. ex-president. This was oc-
Upon examination the contents of the casioned by the visit of Dr. Bryant, of
box it was discovered that something * s ' e " - York, Mr. Cleveland’s physician
over twenty-eight dollars worth of the for inan y y ears - Mrs. Cleveland later
goods had been taken therefrom.! th e evening, discussing Dr. Bryant’s
Thomas admitted getting the box but j visit > sald that there was no occasion
said he thought It was intended for f °r a,arm an d that Mr. Cleveland was
his brother. John Thomas, and his S ettin g along nicely. This reassur-
brother John testified that he had ' ance totally unprepared their friends
told Virgil to look out for his mail, ^ 0r an nouncement.<of his death,
etc., for him. John Thomas, who was Mrs - Cleveland was at home when
the owner of the box is an Assyrian, ber distinguished husband passed
and is a brother-in-law of S. R. Suber, i awa 7- Tb e children are at the Cleve-
and as John does not speak English ,and summer home at Tamworth, New
very fluently, Suber was sworn as an Hampshire. The Cleveland’s came
Interpreter, when John gave his tes- bere from Lakewood, where the fonn-
tlmony. The defendant testified that, er president lay sick for many weeks,
when he learned that a warrant had ; on ^ une first, and Intended to go to
been issued for his arrest he left the tbe *r summer home as soon as Mr.
State and went to Tennessee where Cleveland had gained sufficient
he lost a leg in an accident on the s f ren ffth to travel,
railroad. He was arrested in Tennes- 14 belived that the terrific heat
see and brought back to South Caro-, ot tbe last few days contributed in a
llna for trial. Solicitor Sease prose-1 great degree to the sudden death of
cuted this case In his usual vigorous 1 Cleveland. As soon as the widow
manner. His defense was ably con-; coul d recover hersqjf she summoned
ducted by J- C. Otts, Esq. The Jury a servant and asked that Professor
after remaining out for twenty-six West - °f Princeton University, a close
hours were discharged and a mistrial intimate friend and neighbor, and
was ordered. Prof. Hlbbin, also of Princeton and
Roach Dawkins w as tried and found a neighbor, be sent for. They came
guilty of violating the dispensary law. instantly and rendered whatever as-
He was sentenced to six months on sistan ce they could. Telegrams were
the public works and to pay a fine of Prepared to Mrs. Perrine and the
two hundred dollars. His attorney,^ children at Tamworth and about a
C. p. Sims, Esq., gave notice of In-: dozen otbe r relatives scattered all
ten tion to appeal. ! ove r the country.
Matt Manning was tried and co®* Hme no one outside of
victed of selling whiskey ahd was sen- H* 6 Cleveland, West and Hlbbin fam-
tenced to pay a fine of one hundred Hi® 8 kne w what had occurred. Mrs.
dollar or three months on the public Cleveland then requested Prof. West
works. inform the Associated Press of the
Wade Mc.Tunkin and Estelle Hen- deat h of her husband, which accord-
derson were convicted of larceny and ingly was done. Mrs. Cleveland Is
receiving stolen goods, and were sen- prostrated and only a few of the
tenced, McJunkin to two years on the sympathetic neighbors have been able
public works of the county, and Es- see ber -
telle Henderson to two years In the Those at the bedside when the end
State penitentiary. came were ^irs. Cleveland and three
physicians. Doctors Bryant and Lock-
A Gaffneyite in Canada. wood, who came here from New York
L. Y. Randall returned to the city yesterday afternoon, remained at the
last week form a trip to Washington, Cleveland home all night. While Mrs.
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Al- Cleveland did not wish to alarm her
bany, New York City and other points, friends last night by telling them
He was gone about ten days. Lucius Hiat her distinguished husband was
his popular vote exceeded by mol's
than 100,000 that of his opponent. On
the expiration of his term of office he
SECURE IN HISTORY. resumed, in the city of New York, hlg
Wilmington, Del., June 24.-Judge practice of ,aw ’ but stl11 ^ in touch
with the political interest of his party.
At the National Democratic conven
tion of June. 1892, although opposed
by the delegation from big State, ne
was nominated for the Presidency on
the first ballot, and in November was
elected, receiving 277 electorial votes,
against 145 for Harrison (Republic
an). and 22 for Weaver (Populist).
During his second term, in the face
Gray expressed his grief at the news
of Cleveland’s death and said: “The
wisdom, conservatism and courage
which characterized his two admin
istrations have made his place secure
in American history.”
GOV. JOHNSON’S REGRETS.
Ottawa, Kans., June 24.—Governor
. ohc*,,,. Of Minnesota, s aid ; “I am a)1 , hp vlolPnt 0( tlie
. eei.1, sheeted to hear « Cleveland’. ma8s 0 , „„ „„ artv he
death. I regard h.m as one of the- hlmself u „ mncWnslv (or rtle ma|n .
wZ'm. CT men and , ' ‘"■o'' 1 ,ena " ce of tbe To thl,
»hen his history Is properly written end he called a special session of Con
Srea* t p^wenfs- 0 ” 6 ^ ,;r " S ' n the S " m, ” < ‘ r of I893 ' *” d »'
greatest presidents. cured the repeal of the Sherman Act
Sketch of HI® Life. of 1890, requiring the government to
Grover Cleveland was the twenty-1 make large purchases of silver bul-
second and twenty-fourth President Hon. He maintained the gold reserve
of the United States. He was born at by the successive issues of goverh-
Caldwell, Essex county, N. Y., March ment bonds.
18, 1837. In i84l his father, the Rev. When the Democratic majority of
Richard F. Cleveland (Yale, 1824), a Congress passed a tariff act. he al-
; Presbyterian minister, removed with lowed it to become a law without his
his family to Fayetteville, near Syra-. signature, considering it inadequate in
cus, N. Y., and afterwards to Clin- many of its provisions. During the
ton, N. Y. t in the school of which great railroad strike in Chicago in
place he was a scholar. The death of 1894, he ordered out the United
his fatehr in 1863 obliged him to earn States troops to "prevent the ob-
bis own living, and the first position struction of the mails,” although
that he had wag that of a teacher in Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, who had
the New York Istitute for the Blind, not asked for the troops, protested
A little later he started for Cleveland,, vigorously against the measure.
Ohio, where he expeced to study and In the domain of foreign affairs,
practice law. While passing through Mr. Cleveland’s second adminlstra-
Buffalo he was induced to remain tion was signalized by his withdrawal
there by his uncle, Lewis F. Allen, from the Senate of the Hawaiian An*
who secured 'for him a position with a nexation Treaty, negotiated by Pres-
prominent law firm. He was admit
ted to practice in 1859; became as
sistant district attorney for Erie
ident H&Prison; the upholding and ad
vancement of the Monroe • Doctrine
by hie vigorous and successful insis-
county in 1863; was Democratic can- tence upon the submission to arbitra-
i didate for district attorney in 1865, tion of the long standing boundary
but was defeated at the polls; and In dispute between Great Brittain and
1870 was elected sheriff of the county. Venezuela, and the promulgation of
In November, at the conclusion of the Behring Sea arbitration award,
his term of office of three years, he In consequence mainly of Mr. Cleve-
resumed the practice of law, with land's position on the currency ques-
marked success. In November, 1881, tion, his administration was not en-
he was nominated as Democratic can- dorsed by the Democratic National
didate for mayor of Buffalo. The city convention of 1896.
was strongly Republican, but long- In the ensuing campaign he sup-
continued tenure of office had engen- ported General Palmer, the candi-
dered flagrant corruption, and good date of the Sound-Money Democrats,
men of all parties joined to uproot While Mr. Cleveland had been In
it. Cleveland, being elected by a Poor health the last two years and
handsome majc "y, reorganized the had lost a hundred pounds in weight,
departments um his charge on busi- his death came unexpected. Although
ness principles, overcome corrupt confined to his room continuously af-
combinations, and promptly vetoed all ter his return from Lakewood, it waa
says it is a great trip and he had a
royal good time. He attended the
convention of the American Foundry-
man’s Association, which covened at
Toronto June 8th to 12th. It was a
great gathering, the ablest mechanics
in the world as well as the beet^Yersed
men in the Iron Industry being pree-
ent.
The Beet pill Ever told.
“After doctoring 15 years «for chrom
ic Indigestion, and spending over two
hundred dollar*, nothing has done me
as much god as Dr. King’s New
Life Pills. I consider them the best'
pill* ever *old.” writes B. F. Ayscne,
of Ingledde, N. C Sold under guar
antee at Cherokee Drag Go.
Tbe songs yon cannot recall are
not the good songs.
again quite ill, and in Tact assured
them that he was doing well, it be
came known today that he took a
slight turn for the worse during the
afternoon. There was nothing alarm
ing in his condition. It was thought by
the physicians, and the former presi
dent passed a fairly good night not
withstanding the oppressive heat.
ROOSEVELT WILL ATTEND.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 24.—Presi
dent Roosevelt will nrt attend the
Yal©-Harvard boat races at New Lon
don tomorrow, owing to the death of
former President Cleveland. The
President sent a message of condol
ence to Mrs Cleveland and oppressed
bi 8 Intention of attending the funeral.
The President In kls message to
Mrs. Cleveland said: ’Tour telegram
shocked me greatly. Mrs. Roosevelt
joins me In very deep and sincere
sympathy.”
measures that savored of extrava-
, gance and dishonesty. His notable
service in that office was recognized
in 1882, when be received the Demo-
not until yesterday that Mr. Cleve
land’s condition aroused uneasiness
on the part of Mrs. Cleveland. He
became worse during the night and
cratic nomination for governor oft Mrs. Cleveland was called to the bed-
New York. His opponent was Chas. *lde of her husband. The distinguish
J. Folger, then secretary of the Treas
ury under President Arthur. The Re
publican party in tbe State was di
vided, and among the independent
voters there was strong dissatisfaction
with the methods that had secured
Mr. Folger’s nomination. Mr. Cleve
land’s reputation as a reformer was
strongly in his favor, and he was
elected by the extraordinary purality
of 192.854.
His conduct as governor was mark
ed by integrity. Independence and
good Judgment, and he was early
spoken of as a candidate for the Pre
sidency. At the Democratic National
convention, July, 1884, he was the
'leading candidate on the first ballot,
and In spite of a zeakms minority of
delegs teg from his own State, secured
tbe necessary two-thirds all tbe
ed patient sank into unconsciousnees
from which he recovered at times on
ly to suffer a relapse. This continued
throughout the night and early morn
ing. The last time he became un
conscious was about two hours be
fore bis death. Death was peaceful
Just before he died, Mr. Cleveland
sought to say something, but his
words were inaudible. Among the
first messages of condolence was one
from President Roosevelt, who will
attend the funeral, which will be held
on Friday afternoon, and which, in
deference to Mrs. Cleveland’s wishes,
will be as private as possible. Mr.
Cleveland’s body will be buried In
Princeton cemetery in the family
burial ground, where lies the remains
of Ruth, the eldest of Mr. Cleveland's
children.