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to 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. 16, 1894. RESOLUTIONS GONE INTO EFFECT OLD ONES WRECKED AND THROWN ASIDE.

Wilkinsville getting switched off on some other route. Usually three packages of Ledgers come to this office and we understood that only one came Tuesday. Your correspondent's paper was among the missing ones. But we have lived long enough to know that accidents will happen some times with any of us, however careful we try to be. Mr.

and Mrs. Lowery Webber will move to Sedalia, Union county, soon. hate to lose them from our community but wish for them all the suc- Comments on the Proverbial New cess and happiness they so richly deserve. We commend them to the Year's Resolutions--Tribute to people of Union county among whom they have cast their future lot. Gen.

Hemphill-Other News. A few farmers have gone to work most of preparing for another Now is Wilkinsville, Jan. us new resolutions are in order brother farmers. Make every lick count this your time for deep, close, plowing, morning. Looking back over the for something and you will find less past year, and even our past lives cause for complaining next fall nothing but the debris of winter.

The merchant, printer, lawyer, banker, mill man and doctor all wrecked resolutions to do better and put time and it tells in their lead more orderly lives. business in winding up the year's The trouble is, and has been, we work. Lost time is lost money. make the time too long. We are We found Edward Littlejohn, one very weak creatures at best and have of our colored Ledgerites, busy no control or influence over the un- Christmas Eve fixing up for a Christ born future.

A year, a month, a mas tree. Ed says he can't do withweek, a day or even an hour is too out The Ledger. long a time for us to manage success- Rev. P. R.

Davidson, colored, has fully. But we can, with the prompt- his ministerial work nearer home this ings of the proper spirit, control one year. He is a zealous worker in moment at a time. Let each conse- church and is always glad to help his cutive moment as it comes to us bring race to a higher and better life. If its own resolve to do better and lead we can only enlist the support of more consistent, orderly lives.

If such influential men as Rev. P. R. this rule is adopted and strictly ad- Davidson, Edward Littlejohn, Newton hered to no regret will haunt us when Burris, Randall Jones and a host of another new year arrives. Try it others we might name among the friends, and hold us responsible for colored people to make it a point to results.

hunt up and express certain acts of Mrs. Sallie B. Estes spent today lawlessness going on about their with Mr. and Mrs. S.

F. Estes and churches on meeting days they would family. do much to help the officers of the Mrs. J. L.

spent last Tuesday with law to rid the country of a set of her daughter, Mrs. Jessie Blackwell. nuisances both white and black. We Mrs. Lizzie Mitchellaren, hope they will look at this as we do Grove, visited and act accordingly.

friends and relatives on this side of No matter about the color of his the river this week. skin, the kind of clothes he wears Messrs. Robbins and Cash, of the who he kin to--whether rich or Battleground section of this county, poor. went over on the York side last Mon- We intend, by the help of God, and day and bought a load of pigs from the support of the good law-abiding Mr. Jim Smarr.

They went back people of both races, to make gambhome Tuesday. ling, razor, knucks and pistol toating, Mr. Sam Strain was on the rick selling whiskey and its long train of list last Tuesday and his assistant, concomitant evils too expensive a L. Blackwell, carried the mail luxury for any to indulge in. These Mr.

J. for him. practices have become notoriously Christmas week has generally prevalent in our country and we ask all friends of law and order to cobeen fine weather. General Robert Reid operate with us and see that they are The death of which took place at his put down. Hemphill, home in Abbeville last Monday action re- affray, Two number shootings, of one disorderly throat moves from the stage of one drunken and best Gen- brawls and a horse and saddle stolen of our greatest served as an officer go to make up the list of Christmas eral Hemphill in the Confederate army, besides he so as week casualties, far heard attain- from.

was a man of great literary profound Some low down, dirty thief entered ment, a brilliant writer, a companion, Mr. R. A. Foster's house near Hickscholar, and an agreeable of of the im- ory Grove last Sabbath and stole the with a knowledge most portant events connected with the affol of a fine hog he had killed but a history of our State both in peace a day or two before. At last counts he had heard nothing from it.

and war. At the time of the theft Mr. Foster It was our good fortune to room with him during one of the Confeder- and children were at Sabbath school; ate reunions in Columbia a few years his wife was visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.

F. Estes, on this side ago where we made his acquaintance of the river and his Saland formed an excellent opinion of mother, Mrs. him. He descended from "Scotch Irish" ancestry from which he inherited many of the qualities that make it proverbial for its brainy and brave men and lovely, noble women. It will be a long time before the State has a man to fill the place of Robert Reid Hemphill as as gracefully as he did in the several capacities he was called to act.

"Eart has one spirit less, Heaven one inmate more." Peace to his ashes and calm to his memory. stole B. Owens' horse and One night. this week somebody Mr. W.

Coleman Kirby's saddle. It is very reasonable to suppose the two went together. We have heard none of the particulars but suppose some one well acquainted with the premises of each of these gentlemen is the guilty party. For several years we have been boosting of the quiet, orderly makeup of our neighborhood. But its seems that it is not the case now if all reports are true.

We are fully aware that a reign of terror has existed in certain places and with certain people that give emphasis to the spirit of lawlessness. We are in position to know that what we speak is true. This country is badly in need of men who are men to put an end to this state of affairs. It's a shame for some things to be just as they are when they could be made otherwise. Apparently some people think it not to their interest to interfere with lawless mobs which operate in their community and even in the presence of their families.

We have actually heard men say they were afraid of being "burnt out" if they exposed the unlawful doings of certain characters. That's all the lawbreakers want to know--that they terror to the community in which" they live or choose to operate. We pity such men, if they are worth calling men, for they are to be pitied -poor fellows. Taken all together we have had a delightful spell of weather during the holidays. Several people- especially children-have bad colds and some of these are bordering close on pneumonia.

Mrs. Ethel Blackwell had several of her friends to take dinner with her last Thursday-the closing day of the year, 1908. By some mishap, several copies of The Ledger failed to come last Tuesday. Not over onshalt of the patrons on the Wilkinsville route got their Ledgers. This was perhaps caused of the packages intended for GAFFNEY, 8.

the Nimrod of olden times could come back to this world he would learn something about hunting don't suppose he ever knew. Enloe caught a possum a few days ago which weighed twelve pounds. tracked it to it's den and dug it out. He never takes a dog with him a possum hunt, has no use for it. Messrs.

Tom and Jess Kirby, ter spending the holidays at home with their parents, returned to Clemson last Saturday. Mrs. Mitchell and family, Hopewell, have moved to the home they bought near Tirzah. We hate to lose them from our community. Mr.

and Mrs. Will Comer, Union, spent last week with relatives and friends in lower Cherokee. Most every one you meet has bad cold, but there is no serious sickness in this community that we know of. The fox hunters made things lively last week. Reynard must hunt new quarters if he expects to have any rest soon.

People keep moving about. There are several still to move in this section. Mr. E. F.

Kelly, of Jonesville, is advertising a lot of lands for sale. His circulars are being distributed generally over the county. The State legislature meets next week and we expect some lively debates on different bills that will come before it. Some of our neighbors who have been engaged in cotton raising will turn their attention to raising cattle. They say that cotton cannot be made for what it brings on the market.

That's right, gentlemen. Rest your land and reduce your expense. It will pay you. No arrangements have yet been made for preaching at Salem this year that we know of. Prof.

Madison Sarratt, of Gaffney, and his sister, made a visit to friends on the York side of the river last week. At the Wilkinsville school house next Friday Miss Craig's pupils will have a debate. We understand the query reads thus: "Resolved; that it is better for the United States to reclaim the swamp lands in the South than irrigate the arid lands of the West." This is the sense of it anyway. It's a good subject and if our National legislators would give it more consideration, their time at the capicol would be better spent than in discussing a great many questions that come before it. That the South is yet to be the money producing centre of the world there isn't a particle of doubt.

It's that now if our people were in position to control it. New Englands has found this out long ago and its money is pouring in wherever it finds place for investment, and it will continue to do so, as time rolls on. For agriculture in its several departments, we have a soil and a climate that surpasses any other section on the American contiment. It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that we can raise nearly, if not all the necessaries of life we need. Our own people are solving the problem.

When a bale and a half to two bales of cotton; fifty to one hundred bushels of corn; three hundred bushels of potatoes or two and a half tons hay can be made on one acre of land, its time for us to realize what advantages we have over other countries and how better we appreciate them. This is no vogue dream-its a reality. Girls, those of you whose matrimonial aspirations failed last year, don't be disheartened. You will have another chance in 1912. By that time the plea of your being too young will perhaps not be interposed.

We spent Monday and part of yesterday in Gaffney where we met many friends and acquaintances from different parts of the county. If some comrade or friend who can give the company and regiment of Willis L. Linder, of the Confederate ary, will drop Mr. W. R.

Tanner, of Cowpens, a card to that effect he will confer a favor on the widow of the deceased Confederate soldier, who lives in Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Linder, we understand was in the Western army during the war, but his widow don't know the ment. J.

L. S. A Benefit Concert. A benefit concert for the pipe organ fund will be given next Thursday, January 14th, at Limestone College by Director Henry Foote Perrion. Prof.

Perrin will be assisted by Rev. S. B. Harper, who will deliver a lecture on music and popular recitations. There will also be a duett by Mr.

and Mrs. Hames, a solo by Mrs. Hames and music by the new quartette. The admission fee will be only 25 cents; and tickets may be procured of Mrs. G.

G. Byers and Mrs. W. C. Hamrick.

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Brief News Notes and Personal Paragraphs Gathered by Our "Iron City" Correspondent. Blacksburg, Jan. Mamie a Blalock returned to Winthrop College Tuesday night after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.

A. Blalock, on Pine street. Mr. and Mrs. C.

A. Stewart and daughter, little Miss Ida, were called to Newberry on account of the death of the former's father, Mr. H. S. Boozer, who has been in declining health 'for some time.

The many friends of Mr. E. A. Bridges, a former citizen of this place, will be glad to learn of his promotion from the Spencer machine shops to superintendent of the Durham and Southern shops at Dunn, N. C.

Misses Addie and Alene Black returned to their home in Charlotte, N. Tuesday afternoon spending several days in town with relatives. Mrs. Martha Moore and grandson, Master Lollie Albert, left Monday night to visit the latter's mother, Mrs. D.

Albert, in Rock Hill. Mrs. Alice Easterday, of Forest City, N. is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

D. D. Gaston, on Cherokee street. Miss Dora Gaston, of the Buffalo section, visited her cousin, Miss Della Rhyne, this week. Mr.

Willie Rhyne returned home Tuesday from Gastonia, N. where he has been visiting relatives. Mr. Allie Osborne and family spent Tuesday in Gaffney with his brother, Mr. A.

R. Osborne. Miss Lucy Black left Tuesday for Charlotte, N. to visit relatives. Mrs.

D. A. Gold and children left Wednesday morning to visit the former's mother at Lowndale, N. for a few days. Miss Duff Whisnant, of Creek, is boarding at Mrs.

I. Bridges' and attending the graded school here. Mr. and Mrs. R.

E. Knox and son, Edwin, of Spencer, N. visited relatives here last week and returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.

O. A. Osborne spent Tuesday in Gaffney with their son, Mr. A. R.

Osborne. Miss Willie Sherer left Tuesday night for Rock Hill where she will resume her studies at Winthrop College after spending the holidays with her mother here. Mrs. D. S.

Ramseur left Wednesday morning to visit relatives and friends at Shelby, N. C. Miss Jean Whisnant returned to Winthrop College Tuesday night after spending her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Sallie Whisnant, on Cherokee street. Misses Victoria and Clara Mintz, of the Buffalo section, visited their aunt, Mrs.

D. D. Gaston this week. On Monday night a number of Miss Mamie Blalock's friends gave her a surprise party, it being the last night before she would return to Winthrop. The time was spent in games and music.

Gathered at Gowdeysville. Gowdeysville, Jan. that the Christmas festivities are ended and a new year has come, we guess everybody will settle down to business once more. We have enjoyed ourself better this Christmas than we have in quite a while. A party of men and boys serenaded our home last Tuesday night.

It was quite a surprise to us, though we didn't get scared. Mr. Willie Procter acted Santa Claus and created a lot of fun. They also serenaded Mr. D.

R. Hughes and family. After two weeks vacation Prof. J. R.

Kirby resumed his duties this morning as teacher of the school at this place. Rev. W. T. Thompson will fill the pulpit at Rehoboth next Saturday at 11 o'clock a.

m. and Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. Strangers and visitors are cordially invited to attend. We attended one of the finest dinners that we have seated ourself to in some time at Mr.

and Mrs. J. L. Blackwood's of Wilkinsville, Route 1, on New Years day, it being the third birthday of their little son, George. There were nineteen guests present.

Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Orr, who have been living on Mr. Will Walker's place, moved to Jonesville Thursday. Misses Martha and Hope Ivey and brothers, Messrs.

Vantt and Milton, attended the Sunday school entertainment at Mt. Joy Thursday night and report a nice time. Messrs. Joe and Charlie Barnett have put a new coat of paint on the Gowdeysville school house roof. We were pleased to meet "Annie Laurie" at Rehoboth Sunday school Sunday afternoon after an absence of three months.

Best wishes to The Ledger and all its readers. Edna. Attention K. of All members of Limestone Lodge No. 74, K.

of are urged to be present Monday night at lodge meeting, as business of importance is to be passed upon. $1.50 A YEAR. YOUNG WOMEN ARRESTED. Taken to Walhalla to Testify in a Murder Case. Greenville, Jan.

Essie and Blanche Pool, two young ladies who live near Walhalla, were arrested in this city yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff V. W. Mitchell, of Oconee county, and were taken to Walhalla yesterday afternoon attend the inquest over the dead body of Mann Phillips, who was murdered last Thursday night. Cleo and Dewit two young men of Westminister have been arrested, charged with the murder of Phillips. It is" thought that the two Pool girls, who were rested in this city yesterday, were with the Vandiver boys when the killing occurred.

The young women did not seem to object to returning to Walhalla to the coroner's inquest, but positively refused to make any statement here concerning the killing. The young man, who was killed, drove for a livery stable in Walhalla and it seems that on Thursday night he was engaged to drive a hack for the two Vandiver boys from West minster to the home of Mrs. S. M. Pool, near Walhalla, where they were to get two of the Pool girls to take to a dance.

Some time during the night or early the following morning, there was a row, supposedly at or near the Pool house, and it is suspected that Phillips was stabbed by one of the Vandiver boys. The wound was a small one, but deep, the having penetrated the heart weapon. depth of an inch, and death must have been instantaneous. The team was driven back to Westminster by the Vandivers, and turned into the stable, but nothing was said about the absence of Phillips. One of the Vandivers was arrested on Sunday and lodged in jail.

The other was found at the home of relative later and taken to Walhalla Monday. It is stated that the foot prints of a man and a woman led to the prostrate form, as though it had been carried by them, but the tracks leading away from the body indicate that the supposed man and the woman separated, one going toward the public road, the other toward the house. The body lay undiscovered from Friday until Sunday. The gruesome find was made Sunday near Walhalla by J. J.

Johnson, a negro preacher. Driving along the road west of town, leading from Walhalla to the county poor farm. Johnson noticed short distance from the road across a small stream and some thirty feet from a tree, an object which he took to be a fallen scare-crow. He passed on, giving the object only notice. As he returned, however, casuals attention was again attracted by the prostrate inamimate thing.

He stopped and looked more closely. Going to a white man, he told him of his suspicions, and asked him to accompany him to make an examination, but the white man, Thomas Graham, refused to go. Johnson notified others, who joined him and Graham, and when the object was reached it was found to be the body of a man lying face downward, his elbows bent so as to throw the hands up near the face, weight of the body being supported on the two open palms and one side of the face. The exposed portion of the face swollen and discolored, that part which had lain against earth that was in natural color, and as soon as the body was turned over it was discovered that it was that Phillips, a young man who driving for a livery stable minster. Officers Installed.

Officers Installed. The newly elected officers stone Lodge Knight of were duly installed at hall last Monday night as Junus Parrott, C. E. Hamrick, F. B.

Gaffney, W. K. Gunter, M. G. Huskey, W.

W. Gaffney, Arthur F. S. R. Suber, I.

of Mann had been in West- of LimePythias, the castle follows: C. C. V. C. Prelate.

W. K. of R. and S. M.

of F. Kendrick, M. of E. G. Sam Hopper, 0.

G. W. G. Gunter and W. S.

Hall Trustees. Limestone Lodge closed the year 1908 in a blaze of glory. At the close of 1907 the members numbered 103 the number of members are now 150. There are two candidates before the lodge for election, five for the rank of Page, and two for the rank of Knight. There is a nice balance in the treasury, and the Knights are with accord, enthusiastic over the prospects for 1909.

Past Chancellor Commander Gunter predicted that the year 1908 would result in 50 per cent increase in the membership of Limestone Lodge and his predictions have been more than verified. It is urged theat every member be present at meeting next Monday night, as business of vital importance will come up for discussion. Police Commissioner Bingham, of New York, decided to allow all Hebrews who keep their Sabbath to conduct business on Sunday. The Callahan and Deaton feud factions have becided to leave Jackson, without a renewal of hostilities. Brave Fire Ladies often receive severe burns, putting out fires, then use Bucklen's, Arnica Salve and forget soon drives out pain.

For Burns, Scalds, Wounds, Cuts and Bruises it's earth's greatest healer. Quickly cures Skin Eruptions, Old Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Felons; Pile cure made. Re lef is instant. 25c st Cherokee Drug Co. MARRIAGE IN DARLINGTON.

Mr. W. F. Twitty Weds Miss Martha DuBose Woods. The following marriage notice from the Darlington correspondent of the Columbia State will be of lotormerirest Spartanburg, groom, is who well and was favorably known here: "A wedding ceremony performed in the Methodist church here Sunevening, which made one the lives of Mr.

Weldon F. Twitty and Miss Martha DuBose Woods, attracted an unusual amount of interest and attention. Mr. Twitty is quite a prominent young business man of this city, holding the position of assistant secretary and manager of the Darlington Manufacturing company, a large manufacturing plant of 52,000 spindles. Mrs.

Twitty is the daughter of Mr. John Woods, one of Darlington's former mayors, during whose administraion the fire department of the city had its inception. The fire engine, ordered during the lifetime of Mr. Woods, did not arrive until the day after his death, but the honor of christening this formidable antagonist the fire fiend fell to his accomplished daughter. As a token of the esteem in which Mr.

Woods was held the department is represented among the beautiful gifts to the popular couple by one which bears the card, "When in trouble, ring Box No. 18." The church was simply but beautifully decorated. Rev. A. S.

Thomas, of Cheraw, performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Twity left. the same evening for Florence in an automobile, where they took a train for an extended Northern trip of several weeks, after which they will be alt home in Darlington." The friends of Mr.

Twitty here, alas elsewhere, wish for him and his fair ilfe-partner all the sunshine and happiness this world can afford. Marriage in Gaffney. At the residence, of the bride's parents, Mr. Mrs. J.

L. Bryant, on Grenard street, Tuesday, December 29th, at high noon, Mr. Will Jaggers and Miss Katherine Bryant were united in marriage by Rev. A. C.

Cree, former pastor the First Baptist church of this city." The ceremony was witnessed by a number of relatives and friends of the contracting parties. The parlor was tastefully decorated for the occasion. The bride wore a becoming tailormade gown of blue material with hat and gloves to match. The groom wore a handsome suit of brown. Immediately after the ceremony Mr.

and Mrs. Jaggers left the city for their home in McAlister, Okla. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.

L. Bryant, and is a semi-brunette of striking appearance. The groom is a young business man of McAlister, formerly a native of Chester county. He was atone time a resident of this city. His many friends are warm in their congratulations.

A large crowd went to the depot to bid Mr. and Mrs. Jaggers goodbye, and showered rice upon them in profusion. lie Foster, had gone to lady in the neighborhood. Wilkinsville, Jan.

say that the action of our county in truning down the petition for a bridge at or near Howell's ferry is a great disappointment to our people is putting it very mildly. They are not altogether hopeless so long as the York county board stands by its generons proposition to bear half the expense and allow us to select site. The loss of their crops along the rivers and creeks by the freshet last summer has so crippled the farmers that they can't do what they would otherwise have been able to do at the present. The people of this section are determined to' exhaust all honorable means within their power to build the bridge. In this it's safe to say they are more determined now than ever.

We have no feeling against the board, neither cursing or criticising of its action. We are fully aware it has acted strictly in accordance with the power vested in it by law and that our section is the victim of misfortune. The Providence helps only those who help themselves is an old and true proverb no man will deny. If we hadn't thought we needed the bridge and were entitled to it we wouldn't asked for it. Of one thing, however, we are proud and that is no unprejudiced or unbiased men in the county, or elseweher have ever said or thought that our request was unreasonable.

The board is the trustee of the county and if it can't see it's way clear to grant our petition we have the satisfaction of knowing we have done all we could. We learn that a mock court is to be held at Wilkinsville soon to try Jim Skates for slandering the merchants generally, and one against Enloe hunting and catching possums in daylight without the aid of dogs. Jim can, of course, get a number of counsellors to represent him without charge, but we don't know so well about Enloe, for the possum hunters and dogs may work for his conviction. generally conceded that method doesn't give the possums a fir chance. He looks for their dens which he indicates by the left at the entrance.

They sometimes climb and den in them. These the bark their claws climbing. Enloe tracks, by the way they split The squirrel, Enloe says, pulls the bark off, while the possum does not. He has long known this he says, but we never did. J.

L. S. Buford Street M. E. Church Notes.

The services for Sunday will be held as follows: Sunday school at 9:45 a. Mr. L. G. Potter, superintendent.

Morning worship and sermon at 11 o'clock; evening, 7:15 o'clock. Epworth League 6:30 p. m. Strangers and visitors will be cordially welcomed to all the services. Pythians Install Officers.

Rev. S. B. Harper left Gaffney Wednesday for Anderson where he will spend a few days. MEN ARE HELPLESS AS REN.

When Taken Suddenly -Here is a Common- Safeguard. Big, strong man is as a helpless infant when he is suddenly ill. The sturdiest chap in town usually loses his self control, and is utterly unable to regard his condition with the common sense that characterizes his every-day actions. For example: He comes home tired, eats a heavy dinner and sits down to read and smoke away a quiet evening. Suddenly he notices a weight on his stomach; then sharp pains around his heart, and a feeling of suffocation.

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