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WATCH Tons and tons of desirable merchandise rolling in on every freight, consist ing of everything carried in an up-to-date dry goods store. These goods were bought right and will be sold right. Visit us and we will save you from 20 to 33i. per cent. J. O. Ratliff. A RUSHING TIME AT THE BOSTON STORE. New goods arrive every day. Extra help employed to open up new goods. We have the pleasure to an nounce to the public that we have the largest stock we’ve ever had. We can cheerfully boast that we have bought at lower prices than any merchant in the State, and we will hold to our old motto, “Buying cheaper than anybody and underselling everybody.” Our line consists of the following goods, viz: Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Trunks, any one in town. M. Poliakoff, Proprietor. GAFFNEY CITIZENS HONOR THE DEAD, Houses in Mourning and Flags at Half Mast. MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD X ('oiiSTregHtinn Ht Klr*t ’ Chnri'li miimImv Nitjlit ’'ay Tt-HmU-t«> Hit; Mr L'r,**-'s aixt fuller Appropriate ^peei-lies,. There has beeti much sorrow man ifest ii by ’.hr people of CraiSney over the death of President MeKinley. 1 Aldermen Cotton and Baiter, Post- : Valises and Ladies nurnishing Goods. We have the master Foiger; Billy Alien and Sam-i most complete line c* Collars, Cuffs and Neckwear of u<i R*ed honored the faiier. chief by draping their homes in mocrhine. and planting Hags at half mast upon 1 Yours for business, | their houses. Postmaster Folger has also placed in the posto3B.ce ao ex cellent pon rmt of the President which is draped in black. Sunday t ight appropriate memor ial services were held iu the Firsi Bauti-t church in this city eoramern- or.itive of the death of President Mc Kinley. An immense crowd was pres ent, and tne auditorium and other rooms of the church were taxed to their utmost capacity to seat the con gregation. The pulpit and choir loft were draped in black and two small I’nited States Sags hung at half mast over the rostrum. An elaborate and appropriate musical program had been prepared fur the occasion and under the leadership of Mrs. Harry Gooding this was render ed in a manner befitting the nature ot the occasion, and, in its peculiar fit ness, formed one of the main features of the ferviees A male quartette. con> sting of Messers Osborne, Hum phries, Lipscomb and Richardson, suog with much feeling and etfect, Now »he Day is Over.” and this was followed by a sclo by ,Mrs. George Garratt Byers, in which she beauti fully and pathetically rendered the w ll-known song, * One Sweetly Sol emn Thought.” After this was an anthem by the choir, “Servant of God Well i)one.” Just before Mr. Cree’s memorial address, which was touching in the extreme. R^v. W. R Potter, pastor of t .e Presbyterian church, read some very apprupriate scriptu.es and made a fitting prayer. The main feature of t he services was the memorial address by Rev. Arch C Oree, pastor of the church. In the introduction of his address Mr. <’ree spoke in a touching mariner of our nation’s great, loss and said that in such a solem hour partisanship should he swallowed up in patriotism and the entire nation bow down as one man and do honor to the mem irv of the virtues of our departed chief. The speaker then tjave a full review of the President’s hfe a: d followed his remark* on trial a glowing tribute t,. We have just received one ^ros> of these brushes imported from Paris, France, with our name stamped on each, which we guarantee to give per fect satisfaction. Price, 25 Cents. Your money back if you want it—after having tested one. 11 AdROWA RI 2d. 1st. T::e Giioicssl Fa'irics, Pal'enis anil Siyles To be found in cur stock of ill 1 i‘ s *»* 1 fliitu tttiiliUWii The most popular patterns worn during the Fail *nd Winter sea.sor. will be rather quiet in it noted for good taste and quiet elegance. 3d. The always-popular Sack Suit will, of course, be the most worn of any style, and we have a beauti ful showing in warm Cheviots, serviceable Cassimers and handsome, dressy Worsteds.. 4tn. We have only such garments as are thor oughly reliable and they have our reputation behind heHv.ms At rim cP*v of Mr ^'t-< each and everyone. ter’s r^mrtVKs th- cwigr, g ttioti ros*, 4 and sang wifi, mm* m .rnt.-st h-eiir g,. We want every man who can. to come tc our sior My 0 am 1 > in-( .1 in. ^ ’ and see how the clothes he wears should look. 1 he Cor.gr-u&Moa inen d'amiaa- , -d. and we venture the usberiion that | V/e have selected' carefully ; have a large stock for you to choose from,, and we have some pattern or f- joicing owr his tail But now dn iereiit v,i f ti (laI’f'l'-Ja. and more so witu Mr Kinley a* a whole nation, nriwed in grief and droned in inoarn- lotr. pays tribute tso otir deat Presi dent. At 'he concluet'-oft of Prof. McAr- thur':‘remarks, (’^'t J. G W;rrdJuw in a strong and pointed speech, pan) a glow-irg tribute ro Mr. McKinley a.- a gentleman He s«id that ?h'u;ah one of the busiest rs->o of rl>e .’ai'oi-. burdened wfth treaset,dous i;»spon- sibilitias his mind engaged wirh the most intricate problems; y-t as oresident. citiz-ti, friend and huahand ne wa- ever the same courteous. Ici. d. hougi: fui and attentive gerif 'on*- Dr. Lee Davis Lot'^e, of Limojtone v'ollege, was t(< lituve made a snu/1 talK, bi t he with rhe young ladies of the college, was unuble to attend the | services In his ahstmce. Rev. Mr Potter brought the soeecheS t3r> a f close with a few vj-r- appropriate a^ d . well-timed r- u.arK* n whu-'i he r, - : minded the audier-cfr it,at me 'ottbir j is *till here im I thai G"M is in r he coming r £ -*v •*> , C -• i O o L there was not one h-eart in that im- j mengw crowd which did no’ b^at with sorrow fo« tie tragic ; nd untimely style that Will Suit Or please yOU; end of the nation's chief exccuiiv, and with profound sympathy for the devoted wife, so suddenly here f t of a husband's love and protection, whose grief lies too deep for utterance and whose sorrow ul condition is such ae to excite the pity of the most callous hearteT Last night the citizens af Gaffney held an informal meeting at the Graded school building and pass ed resolutions of sorrow xiver the death of President McKinley, of in dignation against the cowardly as sassin who murdered him and of tee pest sympathy for Mrs. McKinley n her sore distress and great suffer ing'. We take special pains to fit the hard-to-fit.. No matter how tall, how short or hc?jv hard you;are bo fit we can fit you. The Company Store. I"- 0. Stacy. President. J. G. Wahdlaw, Vice-President. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAIm - 950,1)00, SLKPnyS AND PROFITS, - 10,000. State. Oowntx and City JLieponitory. Deposits solicited from Farmers. Merchants, Mariufrtct urers and others. Every ACCom- naxlation extend-si to custonn j>-ihat their business iirnli responsibility wiii warramt U C. Ca«*ii**r * . ■ — — NEW CLOTHING T vory man, woman and child in Cherokee ! subject with a glowing tribuie kot K nil'e, aim We want to sell e county something in the hardware line. We keep from a Buckeye Mower to a oc i vo try to cut g<»ing ami corning. We will name just a lew things we carry; Buggies, Wagons, Flam* **, Apex and Little Dandy Cook Sieves, Tinware, Rubber :md Leather Belting, Steam Fittings of all kinds, Lace Leather. ‘Locks and Hinges of all kinds. We want your business. Wilkins’ Hardware Store Wiliium McKinlvy its a man, as a Ciir stian, us a husband, as a presi dent. Thu speaker could not trust bimse'f to *ay aught of the daslardp deed of the cowardly assassin, but left him in the hands of a just and oercifu God. In the conclusion of hi- >udress Mr. Cree pronounced the foil w ug eulogy on our fallen chief: “Tr u r greatness, purer character, loftier ideas, more chivairic spirit, have seldom been met with in pubic- life Statesman, sag“ and saint pat riot, philosopher, and philanthropist Ch.is ian the higoeg style of man ’ with bov.cd head and bended knee lei us do reverence to his memory ; for •*11'* I fe wan m-title; and the elements So m ' e i in him. that nat me rnliiitl slund up An > *uv to all tin world, ‘This was a man’." Mr. Cree was followed by I'rof. W. F McArthur with a spirited and liberal time rates; Aiso Atfrlcultur&l Lands t< rent for Karn. pi ► ^ tluiCiV talk in which h< vorly fbe Gaffney Citv Land and Improvement Company ■ for sals Butbn ntr Gits In this tlounshiiiK town. Gaffney O'ty 1 Also Kariut tie.,, i t In reach of ih« Sebools of Limestone Hprlnirs and i'f »idr place. In lots of fr c partleulars apply to A. W »* A HTTL sntttp and »mi *1 n« t'rnoar. flshtnwr». 'amlsof ttiIs comiian* • - Mr. . pointed out the progress of education in that when I'reslUPiit Lincoln wi>* M—a^slnated the feeling between North and ."oath was so intense and uniorgivltg that thtre was gctiral A Personal Tribute. Rev. Lewis M. Roper, of Spartan burg. writes of the dead Presidetit: • “I met Mr. McKinley in Canton. Ohio, just a few weeks after I hecarr e Dustor of the First Baptistchurcn of that city 1 officiated at the funeral of Julius VVhitiug, the oldest ban iter of Oanton and warm personal frieod of Mr. McKinley who served a* active pall b arer. That wa u in iSiHy, only a few days before Mr McKinley wks nominated for president the first time. I saw him frequently after-, _i r*j. ai 1 wards and he never faded to mo,- antee to please and fit the hardest - to-fit or biz*- me He remembered names and f >ces with marvelous accuracy I did not have. o f course, an oppor- 'iinity to b- com • intimately acquaint- <*d with him. I saw him in his own home, upon the streets, at political meetings and in church. He was al ways the same, dignified, courteous j considerate of others, true to his ! friends a typical Christian genth- i man I saw his devotion to his wife j and mother, and I have never seen anything more beautiful. The tenderness anrt sacredness with which he and Mrs. McKinley cherish ed the Avmory and watched the graves of their three children who 1 riled in Infancy has never been stir- | passed by any father and mother. As | a man I knew him to be brave, ten- ! der, upright in all his dealing wirh others. I liv^d In Canton four years; many of his oius st friends were friends of urne. He was a faithful and consistMOt member of the First, i Methodist Church He loved his ! Bible he whs a rmin of orajir. no body doubts that he was a Christian F<»r his Christian character, for his pure devotion to Ins wile ami mother, i for hi* honorable bearing toward po- 1 liiic.il enemies, (he had no personal I enemies) for ids faithfulness to his friends and for hi* wisdom and ability as prehideti) I honor him. ) I would gladly twine the fairest flo»'rtl wreath ami lay It with th»>ua- l amis of others upon the grevt of « i e I of the world’s beat arid gfeatt si — Lewis M Roper. New Fall and Winter sample books from Fred Kauffman, M. Born & Co., and Lomm & Co., the Finest Tailors in America, who guar- you need not take them. We have just re ceived 207 Leys' and Mens’ Suits, handsome and durable: bought at cut prices, and we will sell at a small profit on first cost for spot cash. They are now ready for inspec tion. Call and see them before buying. Yours truly, J. R. Meson k Go. /Etna Life Insurance Company, or If A KT KO K I>, Is the Largest Company in the World Writing Life, Accident and Health Insurance. In case of Accident or Sickness please notify jorsicss J. I>AI* BY\ OsAffn^v, <3*