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n 8 THE WE^IJPaY LEDG^Bi OAFFKEY, 8. C., MARCH 13, 1806. HATS, . SHOES, NOTsONS, . OXFORDS, CLOTHING, DRESS GOODS, GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, in fact we carry almost any- thing you want and will do our best to please you. we want your trade. Yours resp., H. L. PARKS & CO. Sprier Clot Fine Dress Goods. instance to be We have added to our immense line of General Mereliandi.se, a fine line of Spring Clothing, suited to all tastes, and an ex cellent line of the latest patterns in ladies These goods we can reccommend to any one and we guarantee the prices in every As Low as For variety of style and finish of goods ^ . they will equal any in the state. A pur- il iUOWeSt. chase from us is an absolute guarantee of Satisfaction. We sell goods to retain good customers and not for a catch-nennv trade. ■». «/ RF.M II'dBEU, we have only a few bushels of those genuine Texas Red Oats left at 4*2.fc per bushel. When you need any- ihing in the General Merchandise line don’t fail to remem- iior the hustlers, TV u i> 1 &BRO. W 0X1 net ocl Are the feelings of a man who, after pur chasing his goods elsewhere, comes and cees our prices, the difference is so great that he can’t understand how I sell SO CHEAP, but it doesn’t matter I iovvr \ do it just so you get the value for your money. 'Tills* . Ninety-three pairs of Ladies’ Shoes to be sold at 75c, formally sold at $1.00. 50 Doz. Handkerchiefs, formerly 10c, now 5c. Special Bargains in all Winter Goods. Clothing at a sacrifice. Call and see my stock. • Yours for business, K. 'Folleson. Two car loads of the best Flour in town for the money. R. A. JONES & CO. * Choice Texas Red Rust Proof Oats that we are offering very low. R. A. JONES & CO. Everything in Heavy Groceries at rock bot tom prices, at R. A. JONES & CO. • Our line of Furniture is complete and at bottom prices. R. A. JONES & CO. If you want the best Buggy on earth, buy the “Carolina” from R. A. JONES & CO. The best Wagon on wheels is the “Old Hickory,” for sale by R. A. JONES & CO. ... ’• *’ *\ ‘ j NEW COUNCIL IN SESSION. THEY MET ON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. The Various Committees Appointed and Other Business Transacted by the New Coucil—Po licemen Elected. The new city council met for the first time to transact business last Friday night, Mayor X. H. Littlehohn and Aldermen R. A. Jones, J. A. Car- roll. L. Baker and W. II. Richardson being present. Alderman Jones was elected mayor, pro tem. Alderman Carroll was elected treasurer. J. E. Webster, Esq., was re-elected clerk for the next two years. The council then went into an elec tion for police. B. F. Camp was re elected chief and B. A. Lipscomb was re-elected assistant. This insures the city excellent police protection as it would bo diflicult indeed to get two more conservative, conscientious and efficient men than these. In fact, it would be impossible to improve on them. No other men are more zeal ous and at the same time more court eous than they are. The election of a superintendent of streets was postponed. Mayor Littlejohn appointed the fol lowing standing committees: 1. Ways and Means—J. A. Carroll, L. Baker and R. A. Jones. 2. Streets, Public Grounds and Cemeteries—R. A. Jones and L. Baker. 3. Accounts—L. Baker, W. H. Richardson arid R. A. Jones. 4. Electric Lights and Water Works —L. Baker, W. II. Richardson and R. A. Jones. 5. License, Guard House and Po lice—W. H. Richardson, R. A. Jones and L. Baker. 6. Town Property—L. A. Baker and R. A. Jones, with the mayor as chair man. 7. Contracts—R. A. Jones and J. A. Carroll, with the mayor as chair man. The hog law, of which so much was said during the recent campaign, w’as repealed, so now there are no restric tions on raising hogs within the city limits. • The meeting was perfectly harmon ious and, all in all, the new council bids fair to do a good work as servants of the people. More Election News. The limited time between the de cision of the judges and tho hour of going to press last week prevented us ^rom giving anything like as good a report of the election as we desired. However, these matters cannot al ways corn© out just as we would like to have them so we meekly bow to the inevitable. The following is tho tubulated report of tho judges: FOK INTEND ANT. N. II. Littlejohu 188 J. Q. Little 187 N. Lipscomb v 37 FOR WARDENS. L. Baker.••••••«••••••••••••• 22o It. A. J ones.............. 212 J. A. Carroll••••••••••••••••• 18b W. H. Richardson 171 T. Davenport 170 W. 0. Lipscomb lt>8 Wil.l Wheat 107 J. G. Wardlaw 165 J. I. Sarratt 03 Moses Wood 85 It will be seen from tho above that no full ticket was elected. L. Baker’s popularity is demonstrated by his leading all the other candidates. Mr. ^Wood’s small vote is probably due moro to the fact that he did not do any electioneering than anything else, as he is a popular and highly esteemed citizen. A Preponderous Engine. ' A Ledger representative went over to the new mill one day this week to admire its huge proportions and the beautiful, wonderful machinery. The master piece is the big Corlis Engine with its giant like propeller moving as a thing animated with life and driving the thousands of spindles which turn cotton into yarn and the looms which turn yarn into cloth. The dimensions across the face is 108 inches and it is twenty-eight feet in diameter. The full horse power is 15,000. W. G. Gregory is the cour teous foreman of the engine room and is ably assisted by the genial J. B. Turner. Death At Earles. Miss Lila Runyans died at her home at Earles on Sunday March 1st at the age of eighteen years. Sho was a daughter oj J. M and Alice Runyans, and was most highly es teemed. Hers was a pure lovely Christian life and she made many friends, winning her way into the hearts of all who eame in contact with her. Her remains were laid to rest Monday. Have You Paid Your License? If you.haven’t paid your license to do business for the ensuing term now is a good time to do .so. The license are due in advance, and to save the authorities the embarrassment of notifying you it would be a good plan to call on them. Other Local Hews oo Page 1. APPROACHING THE CENTURY. A Host of Relatives and Friends—A Natal Day. Last Sunday quite a number of rel atives and friends assembled at the home of Mrs. Mary Petty about tlm e miles from Gaffney. The occasion was the celebration of Mrs. Petty s birth day. She is among the oMe.sl people in this country, and naturally the return of another birth day was full of interest to all her relatives and friends. Mrs. Petty was born March S. 1805. and has just passed her l)3d year. She is tho eldest of her father’s chil dren, but has survived them all. She has come to this ripe old age with un usual strength and v itality. Her mind is vigorous and seems to possess tho activity of younger days. This ninety-third celebration of her birth wasamost pleasant one. Many kindred and friends were present with cheering words and tokens of esteem and love. By prearrangement the excellent dinner was brought and spread in Mrs. Petty’s dining room and tin- sight of mother, grand-mother and great- grand-mother, all seated at the table, was an imposing spectacle. After dinner was served a few words was spoken by her pastor, Rev. J. H. Grout, which Were appropriate to the occasion, and then ail joined in sing ing her favorite hymn, “Jesus, lover of my soul.” This was followed by the administration of tic sacrament and prayer, after which friends aud relatives bade each other good bye. —- - — Unclaimed Letters. List of letters remaining in oliice uncalled for to date: W. M. Anderson. Robert Ettcrs. M. Chain. • John Ford. Miss Huso Jhson. John Jones. John Karaker. C. W. Lipscomb. O. B. McSwain. W. A. Morrisson. N. B.—Persons calling for th'-ie letters will please say advertised in The Ledger. T. H. Littlejohn, P. M. March 9, 1896. * Marriage of a Fun-Maker. Augustus T. Lewis and Mis; I Bryan were joined in wedoek Sunday. March 8th at tho resid m of W. A. Wheat by the Rev. 1*. Robertson, of the Baptist ehmx The ceremony was perfermod in ; presence of a few friends of tho r tracting parties. Miss Bryan i charming young lady and e:. j largo circle of friends while Mr. I. enjoys the distinction of being on:- the best amatuer min-1-els in i South. May no clouds oast a shad across their sunny nature and th dream of lovliness be one f i ter, life. WILL THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES STAND? Determined Men Make,a Determined Ltan—A Law Suit the Prob able Outcome of the Election. :• • £ - ....w Lart Saturday the attorneys for J. ft. Little served notice of contest of tlio recent election for intendenl on the town council. They claim that fraudulent ballots were cast and that as a consequence the whole election was illegal. The notice goes on to cite certain parties as having voted illegally and also that they have reason to believe they voted for Mr. Littlejohn. The counsel for the contest* e have been in the- city severaldi.Terent times working up th evidence. We do not know what course will be pursued in the matter, or how it will have to pro ceed to reach the courts. In the meantime tiie council continues to conduct business, and whether or not the courts will order a new elect ion cannot be determined. The question that arises i > “Should the courts si:.-- , tain the contesteo will the work of tho present council be legal?” f > i one seems to know anything about it. Tim '-out os tee and council and ibier.s seem conlLdent of win- II A IDiCINE ’JLATOR. Don’t do . is the time you yout Liver. A ■ n 'Malaria, Fever end many other v institution and •get the word Yons Liver , he word REG* from all other is, SIMMONS -ulatorofthe rk, that your : condition, e SIMMONS tiie Pest blood v it and note the RED Z nt fmd it on e is no other ons Liver m/cr Remedies. • ia, Pa,’ : sympat nin-r in i p- end but the defendant is no l; .> confident. It is truly one set (d determined men against another set, and. it’s a Chinese puzzle to tell i how it will terminate. But. mark 1 this prediction, it will cost the tax payers something to have it settled no matter who wins. The attorneys for the centestee are Thomasson it Bomar and Duncan it Sanders, of Spirt an burg. line for vim lists FROM -. " V 0 iUMAT S M C. H. King, Water Valley, Mi C O i J cared by Ids M Mm 5J “For live years, I sulli-red untold misery from muscular rheumatism. I tried every known remedy, consulted the host physi- ei ms. visiied Hot Springs, Ark..three times, spending SIOCO there, besides doctors’ hills; but could obn-.iu only temporary relief. My Hesli was wasted away so that I weighed only nlm-tv-threc pounds; my li ft arm and leg were drawn out of : hapo, the muscles ■ >:- — -• ■*•*- • - The Census. Census Taker J. R. Benson h finished his work and repotf ti. population of Gaffney at 3, L v -2. i in- census taken two years ago showed 2,220. leaving a net gain in tw-* y of 962. There are about forty t ew ! houses for the mill unoccuph-!. They will be occupied in hss than | two months and its a safe rah-uln! i n to say that at least 250 pr-op!e i 1 ! be added to the city from tha’ (••r. : r. which will make the pop;jhtii.''i n: , Gaffney close on to 3,50J. -• *4«*» - The Dime Reading'. Tho dime reading at tin- n s ' . <■ of Mr. and Mrs II. !). W'leuf 1, ; Thursday night was n most s ic -I affair. It was largely at'enk -d. ti: ■ spacious parlors being crowded dur ing tho entire evening. The num bers on the program were wc-il ren dered and all the refreshments were- disposed of. Altogether, the ladies < f the Presbyterian church are to e j most hearily congratulated upon fin success of their undertaking. — - -«•► • Don’t Forget Tomorrow Night. Remember the Juvenile Dime Ex-; erciscs Friday night the RJth. in*t j 7:30 o’clock at the residence of iTof, R. O. Sams. The little tots will give us pleasure and profit, by encourage ment we bring into their lives cheer and hope and deed. i, ,\ i. ! 1 ’ ■ III :-.iu-ncs .iip<rl()|- 1 !i best • I I'm- tbc ! jolbys. !-;•< vreiiy, c.<. nleON. Ap- I — Ih-Iiir twisted iii) in knots. I was unnb: - !o dicss myself, except with assistance. ;:nd could only lioiiidc about l>y usiii" ;i cam-. 1 had no apjietlti-, and was assured, by Hie doctors, that I could not live. The pains, at times, wire so awful, Hail I could procure relief only by means of hypodermic iejee- tions of morpliii-.c. I liad my iitniis bandaged in clay, in sblpliur, in poullic. »; imt these give only temporary relief. Alter tryinff everytliin:-', and sullerlng tiie most iiwli‘ tortures, i lM-g:in to take Ayer’s .Sars.-ipai Lfki. Inside of two months, I was able to vtnik without a cane. Ju three mouths, my limbs began to strenyllicn. and in the coarse ol a year, f was cured. IMy weight has iiiereasad to PIT* pounds, and I am now able to do i,iy full day’s work as a railroad blacksmith.'’ ’• e . Tur- rent. te.-ise; Hidings. : r. room • id irur- a bar- : i room ajjply : v stort* For bunk of Stacy. .ms and • i-lges, at The f;r.!y Werld’s Fair Sarsaparilla. JLVtSM’S i lLLS cureJlvinlacliv* dy to A. N. TS3 CO. Wanted. U \hf AN'I’F.I) Vv (!1 A good sei-oiid-ii:i!i'l willing illii-i- war!-; uiurL b.-cheap. Apply at '.ed-a-r otilc-c. -5(10 bitsliels of corn in Carroll it Co., Lesser:-. Just now everybody Li hcginir.g to take a Spring Medicine. And it is-n j \I/.\ XTED- good thing to do provided you take*, W Ji ]e Simmons Livers Regulator—the best | Spring Medicine. It’s tv livor that clogs the systci makes bad blood. A dose si day of than (» inches face. Carroll & Co., Simmons Liver Regulator will make lessees, a new man out of you, and a new • .y iiustnvss i. • i i'* are re* ic •lunts at V . it Dri’KK. i i Staple and li-m iry Storn l.-jdiime Bx- .‘1 mid inspect. • - ■>.* > our pat- .. I!'.1m> s A Co. I sliiggisil II/ANTED—300 < cm and I VV cross t j e9 8 ft. h good post oak mg with not less E. WEBSTER, 1 ; ':.A v-**.. t- 5 viiW, on woman too. Look for tho Red tho package. It is Simmons Liver Regulator you want. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. GafTney City, S. C. , ’lice - in all lb > courts'! Collec a sty'' k’.’t. D. AR 'S' p.-.y [you can prove ratidum of anything in ^ toaend you an estimate showing our £ lowest prices. F. ^ WE CAN PROVE The exceptionally high Rrndc- of our ^ .J t - _ ou |f you purchase of us, f-.CiH you sn unqualified guarantee^ fhat It* #><.<1* be 8,tlsfaCt0 '*• Tlicy sre made I W e!l Write for J!: r-ciu' Office ovi-r J. R. Tollescn’s new store. 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