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( I’’''. -F'i ■-Hoe v--'». The Gaffney A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THB WOMB IMPLIBB ANB OBVOTBO TO THB BBBT INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OP CHEROKEE COUNTY. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C* TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1908. 11.50 A YEAR. > LYNCHING WHS NARROWLY AVERYED MOB MADE DETERMINED EFFORT TO LYNCH NEGRO. passing a slump of woods when seiz ed by Irby and dragged into the woods. She fought him desperately but was overpowered. She was also robbed of several rings. A large crowd of people came over from Greenville this afternoon ex pecting to see the negro lynched. The Morgan Rifles, of Clifton, arrived on a special trolly to-night and have quarters in the jail. “MERRY WIDOW” FANS. Deputies and Mob Exchange Shots and Several Were Wounded Among! Them Being the Sheriff. Spartanburg, Oct. 10.—In the heart of Spartanburg, with its 20,000 popu lation. a mob of infuriated citizens, at tinH-s numering a thousand or more, fought today and tonight with the military and civil authorities for the possession John Irby, a negro, who is alleged to have attempted to ravish Miss Leila Dempsey earlier in the day while the young wotoan was on her way here from Saxon Mill village, three miles away. Four persons were wounded, one of them seriously, and Johh Sparks, a restaur- anf keeper, was arrested and held without bail on the charge of shoot ing Sheriff Nichols, who was slightly wounded in the exchange of shots between the mob and the authorities who were protecting the prisoner. Beginning about noon the crowd, sullen and bent on vengeance on the negro roamed about the court house square, approaching at times the very gates of the high wall enclosing the jail. Late to night the situation became alarming. The crowd was augmented by 500 people from Green ville. There w’as some shooting in the street and the mob moved into the public square. The first shot came from a win dow of the jail and it was followed by others from the same quarter. An answering shot was fired from the crowd. This broke a widow in the Jail and slightly wounded Sheriff Nichols. Sparks was accused of the shooting and immediately taken into custody. His attorneys offered 31,- 000 bail tonlfeht, but this was refus ed. The Wounded Youths. Those wounded by the officers when they fired upon the crowd were: Grover Fowler, 14 years old, shot In the arm and hand; Ernest Foster, 20 years of age, seriously wounded in the side and shoulder, and — Garner, 22 years old, slightly wounded In the hip, all mill operat ives. Just before nightfall the guard at the Jhfi was augmented by the ar rival of the Morgan Rifles, fifty 1 strong, from THfton, a suburban mill town, and later by a company of State troops from Laurens. Hamp ton Guards, forty strong, the local company of State troops, had been at the Jail since 1 o'clock today. A hundred regulation army rifles, pro truding from windows, doors and porches of the building, presented a formidable proposition for the con sideration of the mob leaders. As this is a prohibition town the main source of supplying the demand for liquor is through the office of the Southern Express Company and that establishment was closed early this afternoon in so far as the delivery of whiskey was concerned. There were threats of dynamiting the jail, and precautions were taken to have all known supplies of the explosive guarded. While today's crime of the negro Irby was the chief cause of the mob’s fury, the presence in the Jail of two other negroes against whom there have from time to time recently been threats of violence added to the ex citement. One of these negroes, Clarence Agnew, wrecked a passenger train on the main line of the South ern Railway two weeks ago near Duncan. S. C., and the engineer and fireman were killed in that wreck. It was expected that Agnew would be tried at the last term of court, but for some unexplained reason he was not tried. The other negro, will Fos ter, was twice convicted of the re volting murder of John Young, a white man, last November. Girl Identifies Negro. Irby’s arrest was effected shortly after the commission of his crime and close to the scene of his attack. He was captured by mill operatives, was taken before the young woman, who immediately identified him, and was then carried into the woods. His captors were about to lynch him when mounted police arrived and wrested him from the crowd, not, however, before the negro had been badly beaten. The negro was taken to the jail and almost immediately the storming of the jail began. Sheriff Nichols swore in a number of deputies and the militia was or-, dered out. The mob tried to gain i ingress by means of step ladders, i but that, too, was ineffectual. During the afternoon the mob In creased in numbers, for during the day the news of the assault upon the young lady spread through the mill villages in the county and factory operatives poured into the city in large numbers. Threats of blowipg up the jail with dynamite were mad*. Solicitor Sease, Senator H. B. Gar- lisle, Judge R. C. Klugh and Dr. H. R. Black addressed the mob. the iat- not accomplish his purpose and that ter assuring it that the negro did not accomplish his purpose and that the girl was bruised about the throat and face. Solicitor Sease told the mob he would do all he could to have f term of court and a speedy trial. Judge Klugh also assured the mob of speedy Justice. saihid Etenipsey the young lady as saulted, is book-keeper in the cloth * Saxon Mills, locked on t£!S S her homl ?h« ,ty Wh,,e en ro “*« to her home this morning she wm Members of Company Engaged In Baseball Practice Monday. (Brian Bell, in Columbia State.) If Mr. Charles Pusey—who de lighted Columbia theatregoers with his interpretation of the part of Po- poc, the Marsovian ambassador, in “The Merry Widow,” at the three performances given in Columbia— were not endowed with a physique that resists contact with mother earth or born under an unusually lucky star, this pleasure would have been denied them. During a 20-minute wait for din ner in Gaffney while “The Merry Widow" company was en route to Greenville Monday, severa. mrmtx- of the company while discussing pe ereat race for the pennant in the National league decided to indulge in an exhibition of the great Amer ican game. They secured balls and gloves and took their position near their private car and were putting up quite a creditable exhibition when Mr. Pusey in leaping in the air after a wild heave jumped too far and went over a nearby embankment to the street below. To make the story complete, he should have made a grandstand catch of the ball—but he didn’t. He made a rank error. The ball fell beside him in the dirt. At the Columbia performances Mr. Pusey seemed none the worse for his hard fall. Al though considerably jarred, Mr. Pusey was able to get on his feet unassist ed and to resume the game. It was observed, however, that he went af ter no more wild heaves in the di rection of the bank. THE LATEST NEWS FROM BLACKSBURG DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR SISTER CITY. A YRI8UYE TO THE REV. J. A. McMURRY Brief News Notes and Personal Para* graphs Gathered by Our M lron City" Correspondent. MRS. SALLIE C. WALKER DEAD. One *of Union’s Oldest R’etffTCnTs Passed Away. Union. Oct. !).—Mrs. Sallie C. Wal ker, one of the oldest residents of this city, died at her home in North Union quite suddenly yesterday af ternoon at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Walker had for some time been quite un well, but her condition was not gen erally known to be serious, so the news that while sitting In her chatr : she unexpectedly passed away as j , . the result of an attack of heart! A Powerful Preacher and a Thorough- to some one who attends to other trouble has come as quite a shock to, . _ „ people's business. We are glad to ly Consecrated Christian—Other hpar froin Mr Wa i ker any way He j carries a level aead in his business affairs and his idea may help some Wilkinsville, Oct. 9.—We were one _else to leave off cotton and try PASSED AWAY ON LAST TUES DAY AT SHARON. tie and have his pasture lands jmt [ In cultivation next year. "This is a mistake in part. I am selling only the natural Increase of ' the cattle and will not put in cultivat- ! Ion over thirty acres of pasture. I am making all my plans to double my herd of cattle and also of hogs, j Live stock pays so much better than I cotton that I plan to carry all the live stock I possibly can and let the ^ other fellow raise cotton.” ' We don’t know how we got our in formation unless it was by listening circle of friends In this her large county. ! Mrs. Walker was about 73 years of ! age and prior to her marriage about News from Lower Cherokee. Blacksburg Oct 12.-Miss Mayme j 50 years ago to Mr. F. 8 Walker was very much sho( . ke( , Ia8( Wednesday McBrayer, of Shelby, N. C., is here Miss Sallie Caruthers. of York cpun* , . ^ . Uncle Sill is visitng her sister, Mrs. Dan Davis, ty. After her marriage Mrs. Walker n,ornin s "hen the news reached us He says the ot ‘relatives and took In the millinery openings there. Mrs. McCubbins antf iffffghter,' Miss Lunnette Townsend, spenf Thursday in Spartanburg, shopping. Mrs. E. D. Houser is spending a few days in Rock Hill with her moth er, Mrs. J. R. Barxtell. Messrs. Sam Gault and Montgom a very observant man. marriage Mrs. Walker —' — — 1 " 'ne only raising some child- on Cherokee street. | lived in what Is now Cherokee conn- that Rev. John A. McMurry, pastor ren get is when they are pulled up Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Osborne spent 1 ty. In a section known as Sunnyside, °f the Woodlawn and Blacksburg by^the ears. last Wednesday in Spartanburg witn ‘ , ~ • years ago, and after several years suddenly the evening before at his much when taken, she moved to Union and has since home at Sharon. 1 If those who have money would been living in her handsome home R (, v. Mr. McMurry assisted Rev. deposit It In the bank and pay it out on the high knoll just north of the George R. Ratcnford in a series of by checks there would never arise Presbyterian cemetery. meetings at Salem last August during any misunderstanding about theft 1 Mrs. Walker was a member of which time he endeared himself to accounts being over or under paid. Grace Methodist church and was a ihe people of Salem both as a min- The check would be a receipt that woman having many lovable quail- ister and a gentleman of the highest couldn’t be disputed, ties. She was the mother of Mr. W.' order. His preaching was clear and; Besides their money would be ab- ery went over to Gaffney Sunday af- R- Walker, the well known Southern strong—convincing and convicting solutely safe from loss either by ternoon on No. 11. representative of Ginn & Go., the big sinners of the error and danger of theft or fire. Robbers would go out school publishing concern, and of their ways and as a result several of the business. Money deposited In Miss Minnie L. Walker, who is wide- joined the church. If we are any either of the hanks at Gaffney can was a thoroughly' never be touched by any one except Mr. H. W. Hood spent Saturday afternoon in Gaffney, shopping. Mrs. Gooper, of Grover, N. C., spenf | ly known in literary circles in this judge of men he At the Star Theatre. i Thursday here with her sister, Writ. ; cRy. R. G. Gettis. Mr. D. D. Gaston has returned from Spartanburg where he spent 1 Gommencing Thursday night the them: : several days on business. Demorest Gomedy Gompany will Mrs. Morgan Leach, of Hickory i open a three-nights engagement with here, the big scenic Grove, spent last Thursday here. | the big scenic play, “The Miner's , , ., .... . , - . — — - She had on display some very pret-1 I^«8hter.” This is one of the best l . 1 ‘ , fou ^ h ' 'he tight. the victory won, anywhere else than the ■ ty hats at Mr. W ' _ " .J. Moorehead’s. j popular priced shows touring the entered into rest. consecrated Christian. We sympa- its owner or the bank officials, thi/.e with his bereaved family of six Though a fire or cyclone might blot, motherless children anil can say to the town out of existence the money would be safe. We have seen their vaults and know whereof we speak. His toils are past, his work is done. No more honorable or trustworthy Ami he is fully blessed; «: men can be found in the State or gentlemen Miss Whitesides was at the bedside south. They carry half a carload of of her mother who was very ill. special scenery, and each play will Rev. J. J. McMurry, who has been , * )e properly staged with beautiful pastor of the Presbyterian church ! here for some time, died at his home i in Sharon Tuesday of heart failure. ' Mr. Jack Ward spent Sunday In Charlotte, N. C., with friends. Caught Big Fish. Messrs. Worth Little, M. L. Ross, Gus Abernathy, Roland Little, Henry Parris and Lee Little went to Ninety- Nine Islands, on Broad river, on a fishing trip Saturday. They cauffllt forty-seven and a half pounds of fish, most of which was carp. The larg est one weighed about eight pounds. Lee Is our authority for the state ment that he fell In London creek and got a ducking. On the way back the vehicle got. In deep watf: and some of the paraphenalla began to float off and he went after It. He says he Is no bird dog but ain’t going to lose anything that is hart) to cet in a prohibition county—and that’s what they were about to lose*—the halt. Verdict for $2,000. Sunday’s Spartanburg Herald con tained this item; “In the case of Brown vs. the Southern railway, which was con cluded in the court of common pleas Friday, the jury found fof the plain tiff $2,000. The suit was for $20,000 damages on account of the death of Dan Brown, colored, who was run over and killed by a train on the Southern In 1906 at Greer. S. C. The plaintiff was represented by Butler, Osborne & Brown. The railroad was represented by Messrs. Sanders & DePass. The case cofiTOThed two days of the time of the court.” special effects. The company num bers fourteen people and high class singing, dancing, and musical special ties will be introduced between the when she had chills any length of „ . VT , time she “couldn’t stand to sit up.” acts. No long waits, continuous per- Wh( . n tol(1 that (hat who manage their affairs. To say i his is no reflection on others in the hanking business In other places. We take it for granted we are talk ing to Gherokee county people—those Mrs. .1. I.. S. .ol.l some friends .hat ,,anks are ,he mo8t In talking to a gentleman who has some money he thinks he can ‘ake Then let our sorrows cease to flow— God has recalled His oVn: But let our hearts in every woe Still say. "Thy will be done." —, — —, ..— — i- — iii-ii ium i nai ujcti was not gram- , ., Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Roberts have for mance. Popular prices will pre- matk . al she sai(1 she dldnt talk to , n f h n Hnyooa 3 r e,se ’ we incidentally referred to the 111 fate of Mrs. Hortensia DTorgan and said: If moved in the house with Mrs. Martha | s „ „ , * talk grammar but to be understood- Moore, on Shelby street. I Th *s company was in Gaffney last old Graimv Mitchell’s way Mrs. Martha Moore left Saturday vear and proved to be one of the best We received the following card TJl e L had ,n . th ® bank ® be morning for Rock Hill to visit her! Popular price shows ever visiting one dav la8t week whl( . h we appre- f”f Qv her T ? ay ® r . ml ^ ht be alive neice, Mrs. D. Abbert. th,s cit y- Concerning them a Selma. piate vprv h j„hiv. 1,0f i a > • Then the following callegory Mrs. Rice Whitesides is very m Ala-, paper says: "Bonham Tex * 9-28 1908 | place between us. He said; at her home on Garolina street. “There was another large crowd .. Mr j L Strain ’ ’ i You are a Presbyterian and of Messrs. James vVblsnant ana ; a * Ulkdale park last night to winess "Wilkinsville, S. C. b tV ev * in ‘Predestination.' Bright Rataree spent the week end j f be production ot the four act comedy. “gir-—I want to say to vou your i 7°}}/ course I do. we fauerTp.^r' 0 " 1 ' * C ' tke ! well* pfeaaed’^wttlT’tbe ^^Ightful mj.' J! Mr. Ralph Gaston, of Gaffney,' ner J n Tb^A^.w? 8 Presented. The came over Saturday and spent the night with hia mother, Mrs. D. IX Gaston. He spent Sunday <. In Rock Hill with friends and returned to bis work on Monday. Miss Lillian Smith left Friday for Lancaster where she will visit rel comments heard from those in at tendance after the show were all very favorable and many were heard to remark that they had paid a dol lar and fifty cents lots of times and seen much worse shows. “Miss Ona Demorest, as Rose How- atives for a month or six weeks and ; f 1 rd ’ a P d ^ 88 Helen DeVere a® Lil lian DuPrce were splendid In their acting as were also Vernon Wallace as Jim Howard, Gbas. White, Col. John Gray and Hugh Lashley. The actors showed marked ability in their several lines and received much ap plause. “The dancing of Johnnie Williams received much applause.” while there she will atteud the wed ding of her aunt, Mrs. . Kittle Ross McKay. Mr. P. B, Whlsnant, a freight con ductor on the Charleston division spent several days in town last weak with his family on Shelby street. Mrs. E. D. Houser and Miss Edna Bridges spent Tuesday in Gaffney, shopping. Mrs. M. E. Shiver, who has been visiting friends here for the past two weeks, returned /o her home in Rock Hill last week Mrs. W. W.. Duncan and daughter, of my girlhood days. The old^^^ tb ®. . fo ^ no ^J ed S« « churches Salem, ElBethel, Abingdon h T : ’ s 5 ,1 0 he _ # , 4 Tt * wafl t0 Creek. Corinth, Limestone, Gaffney, j J* ™ , ac ® 0 ^. lng „ to ?® ur etc., all make me think of ‘Home of Not at all. we said, “Mrs. Morgan being I a ‘free agent’ chose the course she jdid in keeping her money about her Madam, glad to know that you ap- ; b ™ 8 ® ° r f ° n b ® r P ers ®"‘ rt K 7** a0 predate them and we will try to ; that c bolce she them more taUP« t h,i in ™ '»-» Sweet Home.’ I can’t spe to read any more but I have The Ledger and Spartan read to me. Will Study in New York. Tomorrow morning Miss Lula Pot ter will leave for New York where she goes to pursue her musical stud ies. She will take a post graduate course in one of the leading music schools. Miss Potter Is a graduate of the Limestone School of Music. She is a young lady of rare musical ability and Is destined to make her mark in the music world. In addition to her music accomplishments she is a most charming young lady and many there will be who will miss her while she remains away from dear old Gaffney. musical talent of the country. To little Miss Ruth, visited the former's; ' h ," i mother. Mrs. E. R. Turner. In Rock I ."if ” !! ”, 18 :,. 1 Hill lest week, returning home Mon-; whW| %, be g|veD mgS ' t ; 1 October 21, In the Grand Opera We appreciate the card not only on account ot its written contents but also for the cut of the magnifi- dent Confederate monument at Bon ham, Texas, it contains. Mr. James Cobb, of Hickory Grove, has made us a new shoe. Since the death of Col. W. D. Camp we have rp. n-T,v,w,,o smiik «. i had no one with whom to buy shoes * ,olr? n n P v nf ^ partnership. One pair did both a company of men who are lovers I . of good music and who wish to have OI UB * the opportunity of hearing the best Owing to the freshet the hay crop on low lands In most places is com paratively a failure. Mrs. W. F. Vassey and Miss Louise McCulloch spent last Sabbath with us. Rev. C. M. Teal preached at Abing don Greek last Sabbath and Sabbath night to good congregations each God knew choice she would make and He, in faithfulness to His word did not interfere in her case.” It’s man’s ‘free agency’ rttat the devil takes advantage of to get in his work. There is where we get. our doctrine of predestination.” J. L. S. HOWE’S GREAT LONDON CIRCUS. vr“rain rn oSv" “ 1 ”' m Su "' ls, ' : *** have uecurad Mum. Now ' Mr O () Williams of Shelby N rtlfa ' the world renowned prlmn don- ] C “’.pen, 0 - S^daT'o Vowo ^wmi, ^ by ow “ ; A hw hales of ThT havt alao eon.rac.ed for l,ak ™ “> a ' arka < thls ^ k - cotton has been I friends. Miss Revis Blalock, of Spartanburg . Junction, spent Sunday In town with | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bla lock, on Pine street. Mrs. G. A. Stewart and little i daughter, Ida. returned home Thurs- i day after spending two weeks In Spartanburg with Mrs. A. E. WooffV. Mr. J. N. McDill, of Hickory Grove, j came up Tuesday night and took a degree in Masonry. j Col. T. B. Butler, of Gaffney, was In town Monday on business. r ! We hope our Gaffney buyers will of t he L \lefrnnnlIt!,n’ nnerf st ind 0,1 ,he t0 P r0Und of lhe mar * et In ^neflr in P vm er?her ladder and pay the highest prices for Xho b a ? d H M ^ e ithe staple. For the best market cot- Jomelll, who was so enthusiastically i Ko „, „ „ „. Q , rQ received last year at Greenville and , Spartanburg, will be with them In January, other artists will be ob-; talned during the season. ton raisers will haul it a long ways. We would be glad If some of our friends In the Western and South western States would drop The Led- These are rare nnnort.mltlPB to ' ger a ,,ne occasionally giving the real IrfL wlf condition and prospects of the cotton crop in their respective sections. We know they can. We have no confidence in the cor- hear the best artists on the concert, stage and should be improved by all music enthusists of this section. Special rates on all railroads have Lide-Koger. Cards were received in this city last week announcing the marriage of Mr. Evan James Lide and Miss Francis Koger at Spartanburg last Thursday. Mr. Lide is the proprietor of the Garolina Spartan and has visited Gaffney several times. He is one of the most popular newspaper men in the State. The bride is a sister of Mrs. Julian Percival Mc Creary and is a young lady of unu sual attainments. The Ledger ex tends its best wishes. \ Spencer-Allison. Last Wednesday night at the home of Magistrate G. T. Bridges, Mr. Jno. Spencer and Mrs. Alice Allison were united in the bonds of matrimony, Magistrate Bridges officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by a num ber of friends of the contracting parties. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are worthy and respectable people who have the best wishes of a large num ber of friends. M ‘ 88 [° nary Society of been applied for and will doubtless the Baptist church, had a very inter-j be granted. Programs and full de- esting meeting on last Sunday after-! tails will be advertised in these noon several good pieces were read columns. and Mrs. Shiver made a very inter-! esting talk. Delegates were then j Bitten by a Dog. elected to the Missionary (onvention Saturday afternoon about four at Charleston as follows: Miss Eliza-' o'clock. Miss Rosa, the flfteen-year- beth Bridges from the L. M. S., Mrs. j 0 | d daughter of Mrs. P. L. McGraw, John Cline, from the Sunbeam Band, i W as bitten by a pet flee dog. Miss . and Miss Bessie Thomson as alter- j McCraw noticed that the dog was 1 na « ‘ ^ „ ! acting queer and thinking he was Mr. Frank Sossamon spent Sunday i choked ran her finger down the dog’s t on verse. t hroat, with an idea of relieving it. The Part the Clown Plays in a Big Circus a Feature in Its Success. The clowning part of a circus pro gram is not understood by the out sider. There are times during the show when there is not a clown In sight, and then in the next instant the hippodrome track will almost swarm with them. They seem to spring from the ground, and they will disappear as quickly. The pre sence of the clown Is appropriate and is desired with most circus acts, and again there are some features which would be ruined If they were allowed to be clowned. Clowning Is a fine art. The best clowns are born, not made. When Intermingling with citizens on the streets they would not be sus pected of being wearers of the loose robe of a fool, but when they appear in the circus rings with their make ups on they laugh and the crowd laughs with them/ They help to 'in- rectness of many of the government load, temporarily, at least, the cares at Miss Mabel Webber spent Satur day and Sunday at her home near when the dog bit her. The dog was really having a fit and died within Spartanburg, returning here Sunday! five minutes after biting the young afternoon on No. 12. ; lady. The death of the dog created Messrs. Gus Fronerberger, Will I alarm In the minds of the family as Good, Levy Plaxlco, of Cherokee ( 0 whether or not the dog was pos- Started to School—Got Married. Miss Minnie Bell Huskey, daughter of our good friend, Mr. Tillman Hus key, left three weeks ago for Bolling Springs, N. C., to enter school. Mr. Huskey received a 'phone message Sunday to the effect that his daught er had married that day. The Led ger could not learn the young man’s name, but we were Informed that the courtship was lees than three weeks as Miss Huskey had never met the young man until after she arrived at Boiling Springs. Falls, took a degree In the K. of P. here on Monday night. Miss Nan White spent Sunday at her home at Hickory Grove, j Mr. J. L. Plaxlco, o( Gherokee Falls, spent Sunday at Hickory I Grove. Mrs. Ghas. Baber and little daught er, Margaret, visited the former’s mother, Mrs. Revire, In Shelby, N. C., last week. They returned home Saturday night, accompanied by Mrs. i Revire. Mrs. R. S. Cooksey and children re- : turned home Sunday after spending , a week with Mr. Cooksey’s parents at Converse. i —Most popular little girl gets the 'loll. Gaffney Jewelry Go. sessed with rabies. Miss McCraw was taken to the home of Mr. B. B. Lowe where the now famous Lowe mad stone was applied. When The Ledger man called yesterday morn ing he found the patient In a cheer ful mood and the madstone still stick ing. In all It bad adhered to the wound more than forty hours. It is hoped that there will be no evil re sults as a consequence of the young lady’s desire to render aid to her suffering pet. —A beautiful doll to be given away by Gaffney Jewelry Co. At the Presbyterian Church Tonight. Rev. Mr. Richardson, the pastor of the Presbyterian church at. Greer, will preach at tne Limestone Presby terian church tonight. Mr. Richard son is one of the foremost young ministers of the day and those who ro ;o hear him will be well repaid. He is a fluent speaker, au apt scholar and a brilliant man. Ho should be greeted by a large coagragation. reports we get. Mr. James O. Garner has been run ning his gin at the mill and makes a fair sample of lint. Mr. G. M. D. Jetton, representing The Southern Presbyterian was in this section last Wednesday. This paper has a wide circulation through out the Southern States. Its now published in Atlanta, Ga. The weather is fine for picking cotton. Farmers will want to begin sowing wheat soon. Last fall they waited until the rain set in and very little—comparatively none, was sown. We hope It will not be the case this years. It’s a very poor wheat crop' that doesn’t pay something. Our people are highly pleased with the action of the county board in the bridge matter last Monday and hope to see the matter carried to a successful ending in the near future. Thank you, gentlemen. We also ex tend our thanks to The Ledger and Yorkville Enquirer for their valuable work in placing this project fairly before the people of their respective counties. Again, gentlemen, in be half of the people of lower Gherokee and Western York we thank you one and all. After a period of one hundred and twenty-eight y*%rs duration, the gov ernment of the United States has acknowledged the battle of King's Mountan as an important factor in securing its* independence. Won’t it now do the same thing for Gowpens? Let the good work go on. • in our letter of September 29th published In The Ledger of October 2nd, we say: Mr. W. R. Walker, we learn, will dispose of a large number of his cat- from the minds of thousands Pf peo ple These men who appear so dig nified and quiet upon the streets and out of the circus ring would never oe picked out as being clowns on the road, but they are. The work of the clowns with the Howe’s London Show is not the same day after day, as they take de light in springing new jokes and new tricks upon their co-workers, which entertains the members of the 'roupe as well as the audience. Howe’s Shows will be here Tues day, October 20th. They will exhibit at the baseball park. Death of Mr. Harold Gibson. Mr. Harold Gibson, one of Gaff neys aged and respected citizens, died at his home In this city 'Hiurs- day afternoon at 2 o’clock after an illness of some weeks duration. Mr. Gibson was well known in Gaffney. He served on the board of registra tion for Gherokee for several years. He was well Informed and a great reader of current literature. He was In his eightieth year and only lack ed one day of celebrating the fifty- fifth anniversary of his marriage. Deceased leaves about eighty descen dants. The funeral was held from ♦he First Baptist church Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, Dr. A. M. Simms, pastor, presiding. The inter ment was at Oakland cemetery. The pall bearers were grandsons of the deceased. Peace to his ashes. ITCH cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Ix>tlon. Never falls. Sold by Gaffney Drug Co. 10-1ft-6in.