The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 17, 1901, Image 4
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 *
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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.
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