The weekly ledger. (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1894-1896, October 29, 1896, Image 7
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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER 20, 1890.
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That is the Way a Stock is When You Are Constantly Buying and Constantly Selling.
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We U«ive
^osne < >clcl^ «incl ICiicIh
of old goods here and there in our large stock, hut when we
strike them we will not hesitate to paralyze the price to
make them go—therefore they are few.
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Of OollstrH
worth of goods must move out of our store between- il-ow and
Xmas. Our biggest lever must be the price. We do iToi
protend to be the cheapest people in the world. We would
not dare ask your patronage if we were. The cheapest never
was or will be the best.
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I Goods
is no small department of our store. Quite a run we have
had because our styles, quality and prices are right. When
you get an all wool Serge, yard wide, at !»0c; all wool Tricot
Flannel, :>(» in. wide at 2de,; double fold fancy Dress Goods
at 1 dc; d.l in., all wool lilling, Oashmer at loc, you are get
ting good values and the full worth of your money—good
line colors. Excellent line of Mack Goods 10c to $1.3.’) per
yard.
I >rv G i >od h.
Having bought our Plaids, Sheetings, Outings, Calicos,
Ginahams, ttc. when prices were at the bottom, we can do
you good. Pest 1-4 Sheeting in this county at oc, Plaids 4c
to die. Yard after yard and bolt after bolt go out of our
house every day but many more must move in the next few
weeks. Now is the Flannel and Linsey Season. All wool,
red twills P2V,4•">, 20, 2. r > and 30 cents. Linseys 10 to 2oc.
Glotliin«£.
$4,000.00 to $5,000.00 in Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s
Clothing. “Quite a stock,” you may say, “for this town.”
But it will not be so large in a few weeks. Prices will make
.them go. Men’s all wool Suits $4.50, $5.00, $5.50, $0.00,
and so on, up to $10.50. No trouble to see prices are right
when you look at the goods. Boys’ wool Casiniere Suits
$3.n0 and up. Children’s Knee Suits 75c and up. Wool
Cheviot Suits and Fancy Weaves $1.25, $1.50, $1.05, $1.90
and up to $0.00.
Groceries, •
Hardware and Crockery.
300 barrels Flour fresh from the mills. Sugar, Coffee,
Bice, Meat and Lard, and we are always as low or a little
lower than anyone for same-grade of goods. Nails, Mule
and Horseshoes, Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Guns,
Powder, Shot, Caps, Loaded Shells, and in fact most any
thing you may need in the Hardware line, and you can rest
assured we can meet anyone’s prices.
affney, S. C., Oct. 29. '96
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A Novel Trip.
Young. Francis Moore,
Pavkl Ihimbriek, Jack Jenkins, all
well-to-do fanners, living in the
neighborhood of Boiling Springs,
Cleveland county, N. C., left their
respective homes last Tuesday, Oct.
2o, in their covered wagon for Co
lumbia, S 0.. on a pleasure trip after
the stylo of “ye olden times,” when
railroad tnmsportation was unknown
|*in this section. They carry no load
ing excipt their provisions and bed-
(diog. The special object of their
[trip is strictiy one of pleasure, and
to retrace the trodden paths of their
yhood davs, and the days of their
fathers. Tin y carry with them all
the good things you could wish to
eat and drink, and will shun hotels
and home comfort—making it a
camping trip altogether. They ex
pect to ret uni in time to vote for
Bryan ami rfewall. Who would not
like to be with this crowd of jolly
good old-1 ime gentlemen. They will
**• through BulTalo, Blacksburg,
Yorkyille, etc., on their route.
CAN YOU BE CONVINCED?
for
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ylitor J. L. Montgomery of Mar-
PhaMHlll.) Democrat, states that for
Jy year.; he guttered untold agony
from Dyspepsia. At last he began to
take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and by the
time ho used six bottles he was as
well as ever. Cures others, will euro
you.
Farms to Rent.
'A1!MS ’i'<) i; I'XT. Several splendid farms
to rent. Apply to F. Stacy.
For Sale.
T OS\VK MOM\Y. live well and be happy,
use the i':ty Market Meats. .1.(1. Spencer
IFST KKt l.l \ F.li \ nice line of Harness.
Jandtlcy hiu-i he old. Examine them ht‘-
vjore liuyliii.'. .1. ti. Spencer.
F OU SALE I ean ■'<•11 yon (ineintilditiji lots
in all i)ari> el the city from lifty toilve
liundred dollars, .lames J. Claffney.
F OU SALE, t.ood farm. acres, H miles
from (i.iii'ney. with ^ood orehanl and
dwelling. It. S. Llpseomh.
For Rent.
T O KENT The live rooms np over my
stole in the |)oi:-ett linildin^. Terms
reasonahle. .1. L. Alexander.
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Brisk for Sale!
W E have a kiln o! i;ood Brick for sale, in
any nuanti-s. Apply to
J. G. Galloway & Son.
'jl ON THEIR WAV TO GAFFNEY.
They will he on exhibition for the
ladies only. It will cost nothing to
look at them, hut as they are curios-
sities you may be benefited.
They ar*- handsomely decorated
^elegantly and artistically designed,
and if you see lit »o carry one of these
visitors home with you, it is alright.
They have gone to’ many a lady’s
house and you never had a better
friend visit you than one of these.
They visit the best of families and
would not have one of
|hem h ;.vo for anything. Now we
1-111 i ;l what the above is. It is
nothing more than some more
of thoso Btnndard Sowing Machines.
^ Wo have them in Antique Oak, Syca-
K more, .Nslt and Maple woods, which
K has tlie appearance of piano furni-
■ turc. Tito cover and drawers are of
■ the special, celebrated bentwood and
g the sU.Ives are metal, nicklo plated
I in frnlt.
They also have a new set of steel
jichments, dillerent to anytliing
pr saw.
‘buy a Standard you will re*
‘ireful inutructiona from a
tent teacher at your home,
on ea.-v imyrnentH by
|. 0. LIB SCO MB 6c BRO.
(..allney, S. 0.
Read These Very Interesting Facts and
Figures.
Thk Ledger has no word of con
demnation for any man or set of men
who may not agree with it on any
question of public interest and no
man need endeavor to provoke us into
a war of words by attacking us along
that line On the other hand we ac
cord to (lie opponents of the new
county all the honesty of purpose
that they are entitled to. We be
lieve that a new county will help
every tax-payer,every voter and every
man who is called upon to perforin
the duties that fall upon citizenship.
The advantages of new and smaller
counties are so ably set forth else
where by Mr. Tillman that wo will
only talk of one feature of it this
week. In order that we might not
deceive ourselves or deceive our
friends wo wrote to Comptroller Gen
eral Norton and had that official to
send us a list of the tax rate of the
different counties in the state and
the favorably figures given below are
from that gentleman’s report. Any
one doubting the authenticacy of the
same is at liberty to call at this office
and we will take pleasure in showing
them the report or they may write to
Mr. Norton at Columbia and lie will
bo pleased to supply a copy of the
same.
By consulting that report we find
that Florence, a comparatively new
county which was formed about six
years ago, has a tax assessment of 12^
mills as follows: For state purposes,
4^ mills; for school tax, mills; for or
dinary county tax, 4s mills; a total
of 12F
Now there is no additional tax in
thatcounty. Thetax payers in that
county have built their own court
house and jail and other public build
ings. This is a comity that is in
first-class working order and they pay
out of this 12] mill tax all their officers
that are paid direct by t lie county as
well as their past indebtedness.
From this same report we find that
the county of Saluda, formed by the
late constitutional convention, has a
total taxation of 12] mills—exactly
the same as Florence—and Hint it is
divided as follows: For state pur
poses 4 A mills ; for school tax :» mills;
for ordinary county tax, 2 mills; for
jurors and witnesses, s mill;for roads,
bridges and ferries. : j mill; for court
house bonds, 11 mills; for surveying
new county and other expenses. ]
mill, a total of 121 mills.
Now we would respectfully call your
attention to the fact that there is a
tax of, 14 mills for the court house—
and we believe that includes the jail,
tlie rcqiort does not state—and a tax
of i mill for surveying the new county
amt other expenses. Now Gaffney
proposes to build the court house and
jail and to pay the expense of survey
ing the new county. These two items
will reduce the taxes of the new
county 1$ mills. 11 is not reasonable
to suppose that if Saluda and Flor
ence can run on a tax of 12] mills and
pay out of that the expenses of sur
veying and building court house and
jail that the proposed new county can
run on u tax of 12.4 mills, or less, when
Gaffney is to build (he court house
and jail and pay the expense of the
surveying, etc., a bond for which they
have already given. And let us state
right here that any one who says the
bond is not good is eitlier ignorant of
the bond or is telling a wilful false
hood, because we know it was drawn
by a man who knows his business and
who would not have accepted it if it
had not been all right.
Now as to the old counties. \Yo
find upon consultation of Mr. Nor
ton’s report, and that report is offi
cial, that the county of Spartanburg
pays a tax of 11 mills, us follows: For
state purposes, 4.4 mills; for school
tax, 3 mills; for ordinary county tax,
3 mills; for interest on railroad bonds,
1] mills; for sinking fund, 1 mill; for
new jail, .4 mill ; for county road tax,
4 mill; total 14 mills.
In Union County wo find that
there is a tax of 17] mills, ns f dlows:
For state purposes 44 mills; for
school tax, 3 mills; for ordinary
county tux, 4 mills; for interest on
railroad bonds U mills; for sinking
fund to retire bonds, 2 mills;
road tax, 1 mill; total 17.4 mills.
On a basis of this report the new
county tax would be 114 mills, as
follows: For state purpose, 4.4 mills;
school tax, 3 mills; for ordinary
county tax, 4 mill (and that is the
largest assessment for county pur
poses of any section that is to be
effected by this new county.)
The tax for ordinary county pur
poses will in all probability be less
than 4 mills, as 4 mills is decidedly
above the average. In order to prove
the correctness of that assumption
we again consult Mr. Norton’s re
port and we find that out of the
thirty-six counties in the state but
eight of them have a tax for ordinary
county purposes of ! mills or over,
while twenty-eight have a tax for or
dinary county purposes ranging from
14 mills to 33 mills, the average
being about 3 mills. In all candor
wo believe the new county can be run
on 3 mills but we have placed the
figures at 4 mills in order to be safe.
Now assuring that the total taxation
will be 11] mills while it is more
likely to be but 104, those persons in
that section of Union county to be
cut off would save <> mills in taxes,
to say nothing of the conveniences
to be had. Those in Spartanburg
would save 2] mills, while those in
York would pay about the same they
now pay.
These are facts and figures and we
have always been taught that figures
do not lie.
Another thing. Some of our op
ponents are circulating the report
that in case we get a new county wo
will lose the public school fund.
That is not so. The school tax will
be distributed in the new county
just as it is in the older counties.
The state would not dare to collect a
tax if it did not give us the same
benefit as older counties.
You men who are in favor of a
new county study these figures so
you will know them by heart. You
can then tell them to you neighbor
wlio opposes us; and you men who
are opposed to a new county study
them so you will know them. It
will do you no Harm to post your
selves. \Ve are satisfied no man op
poses the movement except as it ef
fects himself. That is perfectly
right, and if we cannot convince you
that it is to your interest to have a
now county we don’t ask you to sup
port it.
HAMES-ROSS.
In His Name.
At the Cottage p.ayer meeting on
Monday evening, the Gaffney Benev
olent and Reform association was or
ganized with Kd. II. DeCamp as pres
ident, Mrs. \V. O. Carpenter treas
urer, and Miss Minnie Goforth as
secretary. The object of the organi
zation is three-fold : First, to render
assistance to the distressed in our
city the coming winter; second, to
protect our merchants from imposi
tion by beggars, and thirdly, to pro
mote the cause of religion. All con
tributions will bo absolutely volun
tary. A soliciting committee of
three and a visiting committee of five
was selected. The association is en
tirely lion-denominational. Your aid
and co-operation is respectfully solic
ited. There are no fees, and you
only give as you feel able to give.
(IW ,.f
V . SliortoiiH labor,loxsen* pain,
, , dlminlshrs ikuiBcr to life of
both mother ami child and leaves her In condi
tion moro favorable to speedy recovery.
•• Stronger after than before confinement"
says a prominent midwife. In the best remedy
FOR RISING BREAST
Known ami worth tho nrlce for that alone.
Endorsed and recommended by mldwlvca and
all ladles who have used It.
Bcwuro of hubaiituusrt and Imitations.
Makes Child-Birth Easy.
S«nt by Expreas or mall on receipt of price,
•t-J* MU*. Book "TO MOTHERS"
mailed free, containing voluntary tcatimonUU.
MUMIBLB BBflULATOB CO., ATLANTA, QA.
•OLD BT ALL DRUM IK*.
A Romantic Marriage of a Popular
Pair.
Last night a week ago a marriage,
different from any other in the re
spect that I ho couple wedded three
weeks in advance of the lime set,
took place af the First Baptist
Church. Tilt* usual mid-week prayer
meeting was held and in the congre
gation were a young couple who had
been regular attendants for some
time. They were Mr. Boyd L. Humes
and Miss Annie Laurie Ilo8<. After
the regular services were concluded
Mr. IJames and Miss Ross, accompa
nied by Misses Jennie Iloss, Minnie
Carroll and Olive Surratt and Messrs.
F. (i. Stacy and \V. \V. Galloway re
paired to the ante-room of the church
and there the Rev. B. B. Uobcrlson
performed the ceremony.
The announcement of the marriage
caused much surprise as it was
known that cards had been issued for
the 11th of November. However the
young couple determined to have no
display so adopted that course.
Mr. and Mrs. Humes left on the
midniglit train for Jonesvillc where
they went to visit the parents of the
groom. They were accompanied by
Misses Olive Surratt and Alic Ross,
the latter a sister of the bride. Mrs.
\Y. \Y. Galloway, accompanied by her
little son Franejes, had proceeded I ho
party a day and had prepared Mr.
and Mrs. Hames for the reception of
their son and daughter The party
returned to tho city Friday afternoon.
Tho bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. S. Ross, of this city, and a
most charming young lady. She is
famed for her genial, sunny nature
and Mr. Humes is indeed fortunate
in securing so valuable apprize.
The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. L. Humes, of Jonesville. He is
an excellent young gentleman, pos
sessed of many noble traits of char
acter. lie is book-keeper for Carroll
it Co., Lessees, and has held tho po
sition for some time.
The Ledger extends heartiest con
gratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. I lames will board
with Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, on
Frederick street, for the present.
Mr. and Mrs. Hames were tendered
a reception by the bride’s parents
Tuesday night.
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Why will you buy bitter nausciillu^ tonic'
when drove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is as pleas
ant as Lemon Syrup. Your ilrutrgist au
thorized to refund the money In every case
where It falls to cure. I’rlcc, .ill cent s.
[there is a way
to make
DOORS, SASH & BUNDS
f V^kiuw onfy bow t°l
^kethrmnghl-dtm’ovanttol
the Oln^T W3y» . /star I
cflcct thotouRnly Kun
That’s the kind you want.
Send for Brice L»*t.
AUGUSTA LUMBER CO.. ,
AUGUSTA. GA-
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SttrliMf Hr.tnJ.
WHETHER
BRYAN OR McKINLEY
gets elected, whether we get
THE NEW COUNTY
or not, whether we have a
Silver or Gold Standard,
the people of this country are going to live and eat three square
meals a day. They are going to wear
Clothes, Shoes, Hats, &c.,
and as Winter is coming you will wunt some good, warm Fnder-
wcar. Ladies’ nice Union Under Suits from 50c to
$1.25 each. Undervests from 5c to $1.00 each.
Gents’ Undershirts from an Sc cotton
one to a line Camel’s Hair all
wool one at $1.35.
When it rains
No Need to Get Wet,
either hotly or foot. Mackintoshes with Gapes $3.00 to $7.50.
Rubber Shoes for Children, Roys, Misses, Ladies and Men. .
Blankets from 50c to $3.50 per pair. A few
more of those 10lb Kits of Mackerel
at 75c. A beautiful line of
Children’s All Wool Underwear,
both Vests and Pants, also Shirts and Drawers for the Roys.
Jeans and Jeans Pants at unheard-of prices and
Bargains in Everything.
Respectfully,
J. J>. Ooudoloolc.
I > i fferent W ’
of Talking'.
Some people talk with their mouths and others with their
fingers. We talk through our goods, so call at “The 2 Johns”
Store and see our nice line of goods.
A fresh lot of Canned Goods and Barrel Pickles just in,
also a big line of Tinware of all discription, cheaper than
the cheapest. When you are in town he sure to get our
prices before leaving.
Yours for business,
Spake & Blanton.
fTos-sli iVfeatts
of all kinds constantly on hand and delivered at short notice. We
solicit your patronage, guaranteeing our Beef, 1'ork, Mutton and Saus
age to bo equal to any. We also handle live hogs.
IMiVJXOSs*!
GUir>r cV I^onclrK'k.
OI*G
A Hearse
is a gruesome thing to look
upon, hut there comes a
time that we all are obliged
to either use one or some
thing in its stead. 1 have
a first-class one and my
rates arc reasonable.
EVERYTHING that comprizes
a First-Class Livory Stable
is to ho found at my place.
M. G. Montgomery.
Johnson’s Music Parlor,
Rear Carroll & Stacy’s Bank.
A fr<-,b MMsortmont <>f Yoriil and In»truiiiuntul Music Just received and will lie
lidded to montlily.
I'nplls on I’lanus, Violin or Vocalization received at any time. Eor terms call at my
parlor.
\V. JU. JOIIISHOIV.
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LIMESTONE * SPRINGS * LIME * WORKS
CARROLL & CO., Lessees.
Manufacturers of
BUILDING, * PLASTERING * AND * AGRICULTURAL * LIME,
And Dealers In
Coal, Shingles, Lathes and Plater Hair.
Oymamite, blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps.
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