The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, January 01, 1909, Image 1
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The Gaffney ledger.
A NEWtPAMIt IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIED ANN DEVOTED TO THE EBET INTEREST OP THE PEOPLE OP CHEROKEE COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED PEB. 16, ISM.
OAPPHEY, S. C^ FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1909.
11^0 A YEAR.
HOLIDAY PLEASURE
IN LOWER CHEROKEE
A BOX SUPPER AND OTHER
CHRISTMAS “DOINGS.”
Old-Time Auction of Pretty Girls An
Interesting Feature—A Marriage—
Parties and Sociables.
Wilkinsville, Dec. 29.—New Year’s
greetings to one and all. The incom
ing year, 1909, will be one of unpre
cedented happiness and prosperity
to all if orfly the rules of equity and
common sense are observed:
There are two stones we may not
dare to cast:
The &one of stumbling in our
brother’s way;
The stone of judgment at our broth
er’s past;
We, who, ourselves have gone
astray.
In order to know who is our neigh
bor, we must show ourselves neigh
borly—the spirit of love knows no
limitations.
One of the pleasant functions of
the holiday season was the “box sup
per” at the school house on Satur
day night at which quite a crowd of
well dressed and well behaved peo
ple—young and old—gathered to have
a good time. The pecuniary object of
which was to raise funds to buy a
clock for the school house.
We did not attend and the report
of the same we hope will be written
up by The Ledger’s gifted correspond
ent who was present as an on-looker,
merely.
She can give a graphic pen picture
of the same and we will not spoil it
by any advance report further then
tto say there was an abundance of
edibles on hand—much more than
could be eaten and every one present
was invited to take part. The girls
were put up and sold to the highest
bidder—in regular old-time auction—
block style. The bidding was spirit
ed and the prices generally ranged
about the same. A fellow couldnV
afford to see his girl “knocked off” to
some other fellow and so it was that
a nice sum was realized.
Mr. James Sanders and Miss Da
I Peeler were married last Sabbath
evening by J. L. Strain, N. P. Both
the contracting parties are Chero-
keeans. Our very best wishes attend i
them through their life’s journey.
The North Pacolet S. S. Convention
at Abingdon Creek has been post
poned until the fourth Sabbath in
January.
Mr. M. C. Reynolds moved, a load
for Mr. L. M. Hartford to Spartan
burg last week. He left Wednesday
morning and returned Saturday eve
ning.
Mrs.R. A. Foster and children have
been visiting her parents, M!r. and
Mrs. S. F. Estes.
Mrs. Maggie Black, of Glendale,
spent Christmas with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. M. Estes.
The chaingang took Friday and
Saturday as holidays. It is still sta
tioned at Wilkinsville.
Mr. Forest Huggins, of R. F. D. No.
6, was among the lower Cherokee
friends during the holidays.
There are a great many things we
might speak of as part of the Christ
mas doings but many of them would
form distasteful reading and we pass
them by in silence. When we can
find nothing better to write about we
will keep silence. /
The mail riders will get a “day off”
next Friday—January 1st.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Strain’s baby has
been right unwell again.
People are still moving. Many of
them haven’t got to their new homes
yet.
Miss Bessie Moorehead gave a par
ty to* a number of her young friends
Christmas night. We understand
they had a nice time. How could it
be otherwise when Miss Bessie was
at the head of it?
We received a post card from “Flaw
Picker” last week. We want old
Flaw to write something for The Led
ger. Write, “Flaw.” A letter from
you just now will do your old friends
and Ledgerites much good. So let
us have it.
We have nothing to say about the
price of cotton. Those who have it
to sell and those who have it to buy
will do just likes Jonas Swink’s
voters—“Just as they please,” about
it and all we may say will not effect
either of them , one iota. i
We hear many kind words said
about The Ledger and its editorial
department which is very encourag
ing to the paper. Keep up your edi-
^ torial writing, Mr. Editor. Those who
may differ with you on some of your
views give you credit for courage and
impartiality. This is no bouquet, as
you may be pleased to term it.
We trust that our several regular
correspondents will continue their
letters next year to The Ledger and
make It (if possible) a better paper
than it has ever been, and that others
will come in and Join the band. We
are willing to divide the space so
generously accorded us in order that
others may be heard from. So,
friends, donlt stand back. Let every
section of the county, at least, be
heard from. Thus, too, letters from
friends at a distance will be gladly
received and read.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Estes are vlslt-
ing friends and relatives at Sharon
this week. They went over there on
yfeeterday.
Postmaster Thos. Heeter, of Gaff
ney, very properly requests the pat*
rdns along the line of the meQ route
from Wilkinsville to have their w»sfi
addressed to Wilkinsville instead of
Gaffney No. 9 or Gaffney, as the law
forbids the forwarding of second,
thiid and fourth class mall matter
without additional postage. There is
a lot of mail directed to Gaffney that
ought to be addressed to Wilklnsvdle
and it is often delayed at Gaffney
through no fault of the officials in
that office. It is very kind in Mr.
Hei&er to call attention to this mat
ter atid our people should appreciate
it. We thank him for the timely and
kind reminder and trust all our peo
ple will follow his advice and save
themselves any unnecessary delay in
the vransmission of their mail. It
will also save the postal officials at
Gaffney a great deal of trouble and
annoyance in distributing their mail.
When an official shows such an in-
terert in his patrons it’s as little as
they can do to show him their appre
ciation of his services.
The boys went fox hunting down
in "the fork” this morning.
Mr. Sam Strain is on 'the sick list
this morning.
The Confederate reunion will be
held at Chester next summer. The
death of Major General Thomas W.
Carwile, commander of the S. C.
Division U. C. Veterans, is a great
loss to us. The command of the di
vision fall upon Gen. Zimmerman Da
vis, of Charleston, late commander of
the First Brigade who has been suc
ceeded by Col. U. R. Brooks, of Co
lumbia. At its next meeting Com
mander G. W. McKown, of Camp Jef
feries U. C. Veterans, will appoint a
committee to draft suitable tributes
of respect for comrades A. Frank
Smith and J. R. Peeler, and also Gen.
Thos. W. Carwile, and we hope for a
full turn out of the camp on that oc
casion. j. l. S.
NEGRO BANK GOES TO WALL.
MAIN LINE TO COLUMBIA.
C. C. & 0. Road to Pass Under the
Southern Near Blacksburg.
The following from the Charlotte
Observer of last Monday:
“Coal cars loaded with freight
from the Clinchfield mines in West
Virginia will be running into and
through Charlotte certainly by the
flr^c of, March and possibly during the
latter part of February. The officlgtls
of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohiio
road have intimated that trains would
be in operation through from Marion
to Bostic sometime in February, but
this is not regarded as probable. The
road to Bostic has been all graded
and the rails and cross ties laid in
places, but much work, particularly
that pertaining to the finishing, re
mains yet undone. The new road
will pass under the Seaboard near
Bostic and the main line will likely
pass under the Southern near the
broad river not far from Blacksburg,
S. C. There will be a line running
into Spartanburg which is now in
course of construction but the main
line likely will pass on to Columbia.
Coal docks have been built in Spar
tanburg capable of holding as much
as 10,000,000 tons of coal. These
would hardly have been built had the
management contemplated running
the main line through. Spartanburg
will be used for the great island dis
tribution centre.
“That Bortic is to reap a great bene
fit by reason of the building of the
new line is evidenced by the work
that is now under way there. Ap
proximately 200,000 yards of dirt are
being moved there now to provide
suitable yards. The Seaboard will
be reached by means of a long fill.”
He “Killed a Nigger.”
Greenville, Dec. 30.—"Cap, is this
Mr. Gilreath’s office?” asked a negro
man apparently about twenty-six
years of age as he entered the
sheriff’s office at the court house yes
terday morning.
“It is, do you wish to surrender?”
replied the sheriff in a jocular mood,
supposing that the negro had come
to see him for the purpose of having
some one arrested.
“Yes, I killed a nigger Sunday
night on Mr. J. R. Harrison’s place
in Fairview township,” said the ne
gro.
This was the first information that
Sheriff Gilreath had received of the
killing but he immediately took the
negro into custody and lodged him in
the county Jail. Upon making an in
vestigation the sheriff found that the
negro, whose name is Sam Burnside, |
had really killed a negro by the name i
of Arch Locke on Sunday night at a
house on the plantation of Mr. J. R.
Harrison in Fairview township.
The cause of the killing could not
be ascertained yerterday as Burnside
wouldn’t talk of the affair and the
testimony taken at the inquest has
neft yet been received. The inquest
was held by Magistrate Wood of Fair-
view township Monday.
Sheriff Gilreath was very much sur
prised when the negro answered his
question, which had been asked in a
jocular vein, in the affirmative and in
a serious manner. The negro said
that he knew the sheriff would catch
him so decided to give up. He will
be tried on the charge of murder at
the January term of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions.
Deposits of Patrons Have Never Gone
Beyond $400.
Orangeburg, Dec. 29.—The Zion
Savings Bank, of this city, has been
placed in the hands of a receiver as
the result of an examination of its
affairs by the State bank examiner.
Mr. J. Stokes Salley, a prominent
young attorney, has been appointed
receiver and his bond fixed at $1,000.
Under ordinary conditions a bank
failure is a serious matter from a fi
nancial point of view, but the clos
ing of the Zion institution will not
produce even a ripple on the sea of
local commercialism, nor is it an in
dex to the general condition which
exists in this locality. The Zion
Savings Bank was organized and man
aged entirely by negroes, its founder
being Alec D. Dantzler, who has
gained considerable political notorie
ty by several tjmes contesting the
seat in Congress of the Democratic
incumbent. Another of Dantzler’s
ambitions was to become a bank
president, and his desire was grati
fied, principally through his own ef
forts. The bank has been in exis
tence about one year, during which
time it depended upon the patronage
of negroes, but the promoters of the
enterprise were disappointed in the
amount of encouragement given by
their own race. The several state
ments issued , by the bank have been
the objects of ridicule, the amount
of deposits probably never going be
yond $300 or $400, in soige cases be
ing less than the item of expenses.
The principal assets are the furni
ture and fixtures, consisting of a mod
ern bank safe and other creditable
office paraphernalia, all of which is
worth about $1,700. Loss to the
stockholders will be very slight, if
anything, as only about $1,700 of the
capital stock of $10,000 has been
paid in. Dantzler is the party mainly
interested.
THE WEST NEWS
DOINGS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR
SISTER CITY.
LIVED WITH BROKEN NECK.
Walter Canning was Medical Study
to Surgeons.
After living 20 weeks with a brok
en neck and his right side paralyzed
Walter Canning, a 15-year-old athlete,
whose case interested surgeons
throughout the country, died yester
day at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Mary Canning, at 349 Lexington
avenue, Brooklyn.
For 10 weeks the boy, who was 6
feet in height and weighed nearly 140
pounds, was a patient in the Kings
County Hospital, where, alter the
posterior bone structure of two of the
crushed vertebrae had been cut away
and the spinal cord exposed, he was
visited by scores of physicalns.
While swimming in Sheephead Bay
on August 13, young Canning dived
from a high platform and struck his
head on a submerged pile. He was
saved from drowning by life guards
and hurried to the Kings County Hos
pital, where at first it was believed
he would not live 24 hours. The up
per end of his pinal column had been
driven into the skull.
WANTED AT AIKEN.
Negro Wanted for Murder Surren
ders to Officers.
Aiken, Dec. 29.—Yesterday Sam
Gibson, a negro, wanted for the mur
der of John Morris, another negro,
near Eureka, came to the city and
surrendered to the officers of this
county, and he is now in the Jail to
await trial on the charge of murder.
Morris was killed on the place of Mr.
S. L. Plunkett Saturday a week ago,
the negro dying from the wound in
flicted by a pistol, on Sunday follow
ing the killing. It is stated that Gib
son has been in the vicinity of the
killing, in hiding, since he commit
ted the homicide.
For the first time in several years,
there were no homicides in this coun
ty during Christmas. For several
years It has been an annual occur
rence for several homicides to be
committed about Christmas time, but
up to this time, none has been re
ported this year.
CONSTABLE ADMITTED TO BAIL.
Rank Foolishness.
“When attacked by a cough or a
cold, or when your throat is sore, it
is rank foolishness to take any other
medicine than. Dr. King's New Dis
covery.” says C. O. Eldridge, of Em
pire, Ga. “I have used New Discov-
ery for seven years and I know It is
the best remedy on earth for coughs
and colds, croup, and all throat and
lung troubles. My children are sub
ject to croup, but New Discovery
quickly cures every attack.” Known
the world over as the King of throat
and lung remedies. Bold under guar
antee at Cherokee Drug Co. 60c and
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
Killing of Negro by Officer Appears to
Have Been Justifiable
Lancaster, Dec. 29.—Constable John
K. Hall, of Pleasant Valley, who shot
and killed a negro, Jim Reid, a few
days ago, as published in The News
andCourier at the time, was admit
ted to bail today by Associate Jus
tice Ira B. Jones in the sum of $1,500.
According to the evidence submitted
the killing was justifiable. The negro,
for whom the officer had a warrant,
resisted arrest and was advancing on
Hall with an uplifted axe when shot.
A little negro boy, about 9 years
of age, named Willie Stover, was ac
cidentally shot and instantly killed dur
ing the holidays by a negro man,
Mack Duncan, in Cedar Creek Town
ship. Duncan was fixing his gun to
shoot a hawk, when the weapon sud
denly exploded, the entire load
striking the lad in the stomach.
NEGRESS KILLS HUSBAND. v
Claims Man Was Trying to Carry
Off Her Child. ‘
Anderson, Dec. 29.—Della Dill, a
negro woman, is in jail here, charg
ed with the murder of her husband,
Walter Dill, at Piedmont. In jail
with the woman Is her eighteen-
months-old child, who, she says, Dill
was trying to carry away after hav
ing fired three times at her with a
pistol, when she fired a load of shot
Into his side at short range. The
couple have been separated and Dill
had gone to the woman's home from
Greenville. The Shooting occurred
Sunday morning, and Dill died In the
afternoon. The woman was arrested
and brought here last night.
Brief News Notes and Personal Para
graphs Gathered by Our “Iron
City” Correspondent.
Blacksburg, Dec. 29.—Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Logan, of King’s Mountain, N.
C., spent Christmas with tlffe latter’s
parents, Mr« and Mrs. R. A. West-
brdBks.
Mr. Ralph Gaston, of Gaffney, spent
Sunday afternoon here wfth his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Gaston.
Miss Edna Darwin, of this place,
and Mr. P. C. Hundley, of Clifton,
were married on Wednesday after
noon at 5:30 at the home of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. S. A. Darwin,
on Carolina rtreet. Miss Darwin is
originally from Woodruff and is an
accomplished young lady having
taught school at Clifton No. 1 for two
years. Mr. Hundley, formerly of
Virginia, and of one of the first fami
lies of that State, bufc now holds a
responsible position as manager of
the Company store at Clifton No. 1,
is a promising young man. All wish
for them a long and happy life.
Mr. and Mrs. John Byars and little
daughter, Mary, spent from Thursday
till Sunday at Earl, N. C., with rel
atives.
Mr. A. B. Cross, of Wilmington, N.
C., arrived here Sunday night to do
some repair work for the V. C. C.
Company.
Misses Lizzie and Let,tie Philips,
of near Grover, N. C., spent a few
hours here Monday with friends.
Misses Lucile and Ruby Duckworth,
of Charlotte, N. C., visited their
cousin, Miss Carrie Sossamon, Satur
day and Sunday.
Mr. Hubert Webb, of Charlotte, N.
C. t visited Messrs. Frank and Eddie
Sossamon Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland B. Black and
little daughter, Nelle, of near here,
spent Christmas with the former’s
parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Black.
Miss Irene Whisnant, of Ogle
thorpe, Ga., is spending the holidays
here with her mother, Mrs. C. L.
Whisnant.
Mr. Press Goforth, of Gaffney,
spent a few hours here Saturday with
his brother, Mr. A. J. Goforth.
Mr. Chas Whisnant, of Charlotte,
N. C„ spent Sunday here with his
mother, Mlrs. C. Whisnant.
Miss Mary Anderson left last week
for New York where she will visit
relatives for a few days and from
there she goes to Holidaysburg, Pa.,
to visit her aunt, Mrs. McCoy.
Mr. Charles James, of Macon, Ga.,
came up and spent Christmas with
his family, who are spending a while
here with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sossa
mon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Belue, of Spar
tanburg, spent a day or two last week
with Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Belue.
Miss Bessie Hardin and little
brother, of Atlanta, Ga., are visiting
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira
Hardin.
Mr. Louis Hardin is home from
Clemson College to spend the holi
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
N. W. Hardin, on Pine street.
Mr. F. M. Sossamon, who has been
in Camden, Ala., for the past few
months, is home again with his
family.
Mrs. Martha Moore has returned
from Rock Hill where she spent a
week with her niece, Mrs. D. Albert.
Mr. M. A. Metts and family spent
Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Meftts at Mt. Paran.
Mr. W. B. Ward, of Spartanburg,
spent Christmas day here with his
brother, Dr. T. S. R. Ward.
Master Tally Albert is here to
spend a week with his grandmother,
Mrs. Martha Moore.
Master Ebb Vaughan, of Jonesville,
is visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. J. Moore-
head.
Master Carlisle Moorehead is spend
ing the holidays with relatives iin and
around Union.
Messrs. Grady Humphries and Paul
Huskey, of Gaffney, visited gt the
home of Mr. R. A. Westbrooks Mon
day.
Miss Julia Herndon, of Union Level,
Va„ and brother, Mr. Plato Herndon,
King’s Mountain, N. C., spent Sunday
with Miss Clara Westbroosk, near
here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Bird and little
daughter, Ethel, spent Sunday at An
tioch with Mr. and Mrs. Roark, and
attended services at Antioch church.
Miss Gladys Bridges spent Christ
mas at Pacolet with Miss Bessie
Thomson.
Master Melbourne Rippy has gone
to Wilmington, N. C., to spend awhile
with his uncle, Mr. Claud Rippy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wilburn and
little son, William, of King’s Creek,
spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Moorehead.
Miss Jennie Mae and Bessie Tur
ner, of Grover, were visftdrs in our
town for a few hours Monday.
Messrs. Frank Sossamon and Boyd
Ross spent Friday night in Shelby,
N. C., with friends.
Mrs. A. J. Blalock and son, Mr. Dar
win, spent Wednesday in Gaffney
with the former’s sister, Mrs. ▲. C.
Moore.
Miss Florence Nichols, of Grover, N.
C., spent Tuesday and Wednesday
here with relatives.
Miss Edna Davis, of Richmond, Va.,
arrived hors the Mth and spent
several days with her mother, Mrs.
S. Davis, on Pine street. She accom
panied her mother to Spartanburg
and will, after spending about two
weeks there with her sister, Mrs. J.
E. Whisnant, return here and spend
several weeks with her sister, Mrs.
T. H. Hughes, on Pine street.
Mrs. R. S. Cooksey and children.
Masters Harry and Thomson, are ex
pected to return home the latter part
of this week after spending the holi
days with her parents at Pacolet.
Mr. M. A. Mrtts left Wednesday
morning for Rock Hill where he has
accepted a position with Stewart &
Jones.
Mrs. Healan and daughter. Miss
Edna, are spending the hoidays in
Charlotte, N. C., with Mrs. Healan’s
daughter, Mrs. W. L. King.
Mrs. W. A. Blalock and daughter,
Miss Mamie, spent Wednesday in
Gaffney with the former’s sister, Mrs.
Cora Camp.
Miss Duff Whisnant, of near King’s
Creek, is visiting Mrs. McK. Alber-
eotti, on Carolina street.
Prof, and Mrs. E. A. Montgomery
and little daughter, have returned
home after spending Christmas with
Mrs. Montgomery’s mother, Mrs.
Hamer, at Bennettsville.
Mr. P. B. Whisnant wrturned home
Tuesday from Greenville where he
visited relatives for a few days.
Mr. Wofford Martin, of near Grover,
N. C., was a visitor here Tuesday.
Mrs. Sallie Davis left Wednesday
for Spartanburg where she will spend
a few days with her daughter, Mrs.
J. E. Whisnant. She leaves there
about the firrt of January for Naples,
Texas, where she will spend some
time with her son, Mr. Luther Davis
and family. She will be accompanied
by Mr. and Mts. King, of Naples, who
spent Christmas in Spartanburg with
relatives.
SHOT BY HIS SON.
Boy Interfered in Fuse Between
Father and Mother.
Greenville, Dec. 30.—Thomas Spring-
field, who conducts a grocery store
near the Monoghan village, was shot
and seriously wounded by his four
teen-year-old son yesterday after
noon. The shooting occurred at
Springfield’s home near the village
and the particulars as to the cause
were hard to obtain yerterday. It is
reported, however, that trouble be
tween the elder Springfield and his
wife led to the difficulty.
Springfield’s condition is regarded
as critical. He is shAt in the stomach
and the attending physicians is of the
opinion that the wound will prove
serious. The younger Springfield has
not been arrested as yet and no war
rant has been sworn out for him.
It is said that about a week ago
Springfield and his wife parted and
that they had a little difficulty. They,
later, settled their differences and
went back to living together. Re
ports say that they renewed their
trouble yesterday and thaft the young
man interfered in behalf of his
mother.
NEGRO KILLED BY TRAIN.
KILLING IN LEXINGTON COUNTY.
Thomas Craft Shoots Garfield Hutto
at Christmas Frolic.
Lexington, Dec. 29.—Garfield Hut
to lies beneath the sod and Thomas
Craft is languishing behind the bars
in the Lexington lai! as a resmt nf
the Christmas frolic end the Christ
inas dram. A gloom has be 0 !! cast
ov-r two households, which genera
te.ns cannot v.ipe oj and the life of
a yoeng man once full of promise,
has been blighted forever.
On last Saturday night there was
an old-time country “break-down,” as
they are termed by the average coun
try person, at the home of “Feg”
Brown, said to be a questionable re
sort in the vicinity of Swansea. There
was plenty of whiskey there, and
soon a row arose between Thomas
Craft and another young man, in
which a number took a part. Craft
became angry and left the house, on
ly to bring a Winchester, rifle into
play, which he had hid oiffside upon
his arrival for the frolic. With this
rifle he fired several shots Into the
building with the result that Gar
field Hutto was struck in the head
by one of the balls, Inflicting a
wound from which he died on Sun
day about noon.
At the inquest, which was held by
Magistrate U. W. Jeff coat yesterday,
several witnesses were sworn and the
testimony was conflicting, it is said.
But it was sworn that Craft, after
leaving the house, remarked that he
“would get somebody,” and began
firing, the second shot striking young
Hutto in the head. It was stated
that several shots were fired by
Craft,, although he says that only one
shot was fired, and that the rifle went
off accidently. He claims that the
whole affair was an accident; that he
and Garfield Hutto had been the best
of friends and he had no intention
of killing him. It is stated, as a mat
ter of fact, that Craft and Garfield
had been bosom friends, and that they
had taken several drinks together
ju«; a short time before the killing,
and that it was another young man
by the name of Hutto that Craft
wanted.
Young Garfield Hutto was just 20
years ol<J. He was a son of Mr. Je
rome Hutto, a well known termer.
Craft is 26 years of age and is a son
of the late Walter Graft
Craft was arrested early Sunday
nigth by Deputy Sheriff Miller, who
went to the scene immediately upon
hearing of the tragedy, and was lodg
ed in jail late last night.
Another Homicide in Lexington.
Lexington, Dec. 29.—Two homi
cides in two days is a pretty bad re
cord for Lexington county, but never
theless it is true. It was only lart
night that young Tom Craft, of the
Swansea section, was placed in jail
with the charge of murder resting
against him. Late this afternoon
Coroner B. D. Clark received a tele
phone message from the Dutch Fork
stating that one negro had killed an
other and that his services were
needed. No particulars could be learn
ed, but it seems that the difficulty
took place about ten days ago and
that the injured negro died today.
Both of the negroes forked on the
place of Mr. W. C. Huffman, near
the Broad river bridge, and it was
stated that the man who did the kill
ing was waiting for the sheriff to
come after him.
Coroner Clarke and Deputy Sheriff
Miller will leave for the scene at an
early hour tomorrow morning.
Section Hand Near Jonesville Stood
too Close to Track.
Jonesville, Dec. 29.—Frank Fernan
dez, a negro, was killed by train No.
14 on the Southern today, four miles
north of Jonesville. Fernandez was
a section hand working on the track
with the other hands and the aootion
boss when the train passed. Fer
nandes seemed to think he was oat
of reach of the train, but he miscal
culated his distance, and the cylinder
struck him on the head and crushed
his skull. The train was stopped and
the wounded man was picked up and
brought to Jonesville, where he died
a few minutes after the train arrived.
The man was a mute, but he saw the
train in good time to move further
off. He was working outside the end
of-the ties. The coroner held an in
quest this afternoon, and the verdict
was that the deceased came to his
death from his own carelessness,
and no blame attached to the rail
road.
NO. 35 WRECKED NEAD DANVILLE.
Engineer Killed In Accident On
Southern Railway.
A misplaced switch caused the de
railment of mail and passenger train
No. 35 on the Soifthern Railway at
Stokeland, Va., six miles south of
Danville, at 5.50 P. M. Tuesday.
Engineer Satterfield was killed and
Fireman Davis, colored, and three
postal clerks were injured. No pas
sengers, as far as is known, were in
jured.
The train, which left Washington
at 8.15 o’clock Tuesday morning for
the South, ran into a switch that
was turned into the Danville and
Western tracks, which connect at that
point with the Southern, although the
signal light was properly displayed.
The engine, baggage car and mail
car turned over.
There was no interruption of traf
fic. It is not known at this time what
caused the switch to be turned.
Loss by Fire.
(Gadtonia Gazette.)
One night last week Mr. Beverly
Hallman had the misfortune to lose
all his household goods which were
stored away in an old house in the
eastern suburbs of town. No one
saw the fire alt the time and conse
quently it was an entire loss. Mr.
Hallman and his family had gone to
Gaffney, S. C., where he was working
temporarily. His mother-in-law, Mrs.
L. L. Thornburg, is endeavoring to
raise a fund to enable him to replace
*che burned goods.
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