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4 4 Miritfn i i nrTiMruH I * '' ' 8 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER 31, ^ "THIS ^ Presents a most animated scene from early morn till the closing hour. Every department loaded with bargains. Every department crowded with customers. The old way wont do. You can’t raise cotton at 5 to 6 cents a pound and pay large profits on what you have to buy. You must buy from that firm who keep in touch with the manufacturers and sells you goods the cheapest. /■* i iia i $7.50 buys an all wool black or blue clay worsted satin piping nicely lined and perfect fitting. We make a specialty of $4.98 and $7.50 suits. It might be well for your pocketbook to see us before buying. We have other suits at $2.50 and $8.50. 50 odd coats, sizes 35 to 40 and price $1.50 to $2.75. Odd vests only 49c ; pants to fit any body. Large line of overcoats and mackintoshes. We have bad fine sales on boys clothing and no wonder, when we sell those jersey blue suits for $1.50, and those pretty brown-checked ones, from 5 to 14 years, for $1.98. All wool, double seats and double knee, sizes from 10 to 10 years, only $3.25. Other suits from 75c. up. Dry Goods. Our incomparable values make an impression on all who see them. Worsted in all colors, 10c, 15c, 25c and up to fine black henriettas and novelty goods at 45c, 05c, and 75c per yard. 500 yards of fleece lined goods in remnants, three to eight yards in a piece, beautiful for wrappers and jackets, sold everywhere at 10c, our price only 74c. All wool red flannel 124c, 15c, and 20c. Canton flannel 5c, 74c and 10c. School boy jeans 10c. Heavy yard wide sheeting or white cloth 4c. Plaids or checks 3c. 1000 yards dark calico, fast color, 24c and 3c. per yard. Como to our store and see what money does. Shoes. Notions. We could usn one half of a page in talking to you about shoes we have so many. Ask for Zeigler Bros, fine shoos for la dies, for perfect fitting and du rability. We have them in lace, button, tan and black, sizes 1 to 7. Zeigler Bro’s. shoes for men can’t be excelled in comfort and wear. Children’s small button shoes only 15c. pair. Woman’s polkas 75c. Boy’s shoes all Nos. and prices. Do you wear a number 3 or 4? Just received 100 pairs all 3 and 4, ladies’ dongola button, some tip and some patent tip worth $1.50 per pair. We will sell as long as they last for 75c. This shoe is just as represented, numbers only 3 and 4. The force of attendance in this department is large. Al ready the public proclaim wo are selling trimmed hats, chil dren’s “tains,” and baby caps, ribbons, etc., cheaper than any other house in Gaffney. “Tams” with a feather in the side for children and misses, at the low price of 10c each. Others 19c, 25c to 50c. Big lot of little woolen sacks and hoods for ba bies. Ribbons one inch wide, all colors, silk or satin, cnly 3c per yard, never was known to be sold less than 5c. Beautiful ribbon, throe and four inch wide, at 10c and 15c. Visit the cheap store. This department is chock full of useful little things. 20 doz. ladies’ hose, fast black, Louis Hermsdolf dyes, seamless foot, double heels, sold everywhere for 20c,we mark—124c a pair. The same thing in men’s half hose. Children’s hose 5 and 10 cents. Men’s socks, 2 pairs for 5 cents. Big lot of sample gloves to be sold at 10, 15 and 25c a pair, worth one-third more. What Will a Brovoie Bay ? A cake of soap or four lead pencils, ten slate pencils, ball of thread, tablet, two pen points, card of hooks and eyes, one bunch of hair pins, two boxes of tacks, or almost anything else you can carry home. Hats % Caps. We are showing a full line of men’s hats from the cheapest wool hats at 25c to the nicest alpines and derbies. We claim to sell the best 98c and $1.25 men’s hats in town. We have sold out one shipment of men’s and boys’ caps and will have in another big lot for Saturday at 10, 15 and 25c. Tranks and Valises. Trunks from the 25 cent ones to the zinc-covered ones an $1.48 $1.98 up to $4.50. Bags and telescopes in all sizes. The can vass telescope is taking the place of cheap trunks more and more every day. Plenty of them to be found here. OO^OI-^XJ^rON.—The arrival of Jack Frost is expected at an early date. From every quarter his decorations may soon be seen. When frost begins to strip the trees, drop the flowers and decorate the housetops the people usually begin to ask where is the best place to make winter purchases ? From every quarter the October breeze wafts the answer : 11. I v. & Co N Are Youv® looking for the best place to do your trading? If so you will find that my store is the place you are hunting. Come \ns® AN INTEKESTING ABSTRACT. and price my goods and you’ll soon see that no one else in Gaffuey will sell you or can sell you goods any cheaper than I. Yours truly, J. N. LIPSCOMB. “KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. Now there’s lots of truth in this saying and if you have any “knowledge” of the whereabouts of our store and the “power” to get to it, it will pay you to light right out and come at once as we mean to sell goods this week in accord ance with the low price of cotton. If you don’t know where our store is—ask ! Anybody can tell you and when once you’ve traded with us you will see that your “knowl edge” which brought you to us gave you the “pow’er” to save more of your money than you could possibly have done elsewhere. Look for the big sign and come to J. R. TOLLESOH 4 CO./S CHEAP STORE to do your trading. The Personal Property of the Citizens of Cherokee County. We are indebted to Auditor Camp and Treasurer Jones for the following intereeting figures concerning the personal property of the citizens of Cherokee county : There are in the county 976 horses valued at $33,590: 3.974 head of cattle valued at $34,* 877; 1852 mules valued at $71,905; 336 cheep valued at $338; 1,902 hogs valued at $4,045; 284 gold and silver watches valued at $4,152: 176 pianos and organs valued at $7,595; 1,651 carriages and buggies valued at $28.- 387, and 993 dogs valued at $4,990. We have $105,530 Invested in prop erty appertaining to merchandise; $62,685 of property appertaining to manufactories; $475,590 is the value of the manufactured articles on hand; the value of moneys, including bank hills and circulating notes is put at $23,675, while the value credits is $12,475. There seems to be very few holders of the stock of companies outside of the county, except national bank stock, as it is placed at $85, while the bonds not exempt from taxation are placed at $160. The value of all other property is placed at $87,711, making the total returns $957,740 or $42,260 short of $1,000,- 000. This does not include the land and railroad property in* the county, which, in round numbers, will amount to $1,959,134 making a grand total of $2,916,874 worth of property in Cherokee county. Four Generations. While in the city last week Artist Rokling, the photographer of Colum bia, made a photograph of Mr. Jas. Wood, Mrs. Sallie Lipscomb, Mr. It. 8. Lipscomb and little Miss Jessie Lipscomb on one card. The quartette represents four generations and the picture is a credit to Mr. Reckling’s ability as a photographer. Resides this Mr. Reckling photo graphed the Gaffney Light Infantry in a body and did considerable other work while here. Paying Taxes. Treasurer J. R. Jones has begun the collection of taxes for this year. Mr. Hugh Moore, our venerable friend from the Providence neighbor hood, waa the first man to pay taxes, while his old friend, Mr. M. M. Glover, was the second man to pay. Cherokee has no better citizens than Messrs. Moore and Glover. ’S C ClSte- In tlnm, hr SruzcUu. •‘War a Good Warfare.” At the Presbyterian church last Sabbath evening Rev. C. E. Robert son, who is the chaplain of the Gaff ney Light Infantry, preached the first annual sermon to the military com pany. The church was comfortably filled. The military made a remark ably good showing and were the re cipients of many compliments. Chaplain Robertson never spoke to better advantage and his discourse showed much thought and study. His subject was "War a good war fare," supplemented by several other appropriate texts and bis audience, as well as Capt. Bell’s boys, paid him marked attention. His Throat Slashed. Thursday afternoon a well known negro character named Pete Ross, who lives on Capt. 8. S. Ross’ place a few miles bslow the city, and Ed Gist, another negro who lives on the same place, were in the city together. They took on a little too much dis pensary or original package stuff and aft»r leaving the city became in volved in a difficulty, during which Ed slashed Peter across the throat with a knife, almost severing the jugular vein. Petor is living and may recover, although he ib in bad siiape. Ed has thus far eluded cap ture. One of Two Ways. The bladder was created for one purpoae, namely, u receptacle for the urine, and as such u Is not liable to any form of disease except by one of two ways. The lirst way Is from Imperfect action of the kidneys. The second way Is from careless local treatment of other diseases CHUCK CACHE In healthy urine from unhealthy kidneys Is the chief cause of bladder troubles, ho the womb, like the bladder, was crested for one purpose, and If not doctored too much Is not fiahle to weakness or disease, except In rare cases It Is situated back of and very close to the bladder, therefor* any pain, disease or Inconvenience manifested In the kidneys, back, bladder or urinary passage Is often, by mistake, attributed to female weakness or womb trouble of some sort The error Is easily made and may Ik- as easily avoided To Und out »s»rreetly. set your urine aside for twenty-four hours; u sedi ment or siiitllug indicutes kidney or bladder trouble. The mild and the extraordinary effect of !>r. Kilmer's SI trump-Root, the cn »t kidney, and bladder remedy is s<)ou realued. if you need a medicine you should have the best. At druggists fifty cents und one dollar. Vou may have a sample bottle and pamphlet. Is.lb sent free by mall. Mention The l.touEic ami send your address to Dr Kilmer A Co.. HDiKbumton. N. ^ The proprietors of this paper guarantee the gen uineness of this offer. Yellow Jack Preventative. (Juard against Yellow .lack by keeping the system thoroughly dean and free from germ breeding matter. Casearets I'andy I'aibar tic will cleanse the system und kill all con tagious disease genus. Klee's (loose Cl reuse l.lnament, cures ult aches and pains, hold and guaranteed by ( HMtOKEt. DML’O I'O. If Klee Goose Grease don't cure your aches and pains, burns, bruises and sprains, we pay you money hack. Dl'Phe Dmuo Co. “THE KNELL OF PARTIN6 DAY” may suggest to some a sorrowful sound, but it is just the time when we are are lookiug over our immense stock to see how’ many bargains we can offer to the ladies of Cherokee county on the morrow. We found lots of things last night that cannot fail to interest you, and if you’ll call aud exam ine them you will profit by it. Remember we have the most complete and ’up to date stock in the city and that it is no trouble to show goods. Call on us, Yours Ac., CARROLL & CARPENTER. EVERY DAY IS BARGAIN DAY_ at our store and if you wan’t to save money on Groceries, Tobacco, &c., be sure to call on us. Yours truly, J. L ALEXANDER & CO. N. B.—Special inducements to country merchants. YOU SHOW YOUR WISDOM~~ When you come to our store to buy your groceries, because we are the people who keep them always pure and fresh. A trial will convince you. Yours truly, . BYARS & SPARKS, Exclusive Grocers.