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The -L,ei >o e w. FUUUSHKD TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. BY Ed. II. DkCaMP. NOTKS AND COMMENTS. At last coDgrusa has come to the aid of the Charleston Exposition with a concurrent resolution to appro priate $90,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary to reimburse the messengers for expenses incurred on account of the government exhibit. Of course this is nothing but just that the government should pay the expenses of its own exhibit but still this appropriation will help the fi nancial aspect of the Exposition and will be appreciated further as an ex pression of good will on the part of the general government. Had it been earlier and larger, as it might have been, it would have been still more ■^gratefully received. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mr. Sanders, of Spartanburg, in troduced a bill into the legislature that when one-fourth of the qualified voters of a county should petition for an election as to whether a dispen sary in the county should be abol ished, that an election should be or dered and-if a majority of the votes were cast in favor of such abolish ment that the dispensary in such county should be closed. As the law now stands, there is ample pro vision for establishing a dispensary but none for closing one when once established. The bill appears to be perfectly fair and just. Yet it was re-coramitted, which meaES that it was virtually killed. The dispensary is too deeply grounded in State politics and wields too much power to be tampered with. No loop hole must be made through which it might possibly slip out and vanish. How is a compulsory educational law going to be enforced? The penalty for the want of a certain amount of education is already dis franchisement, or the deprivation of the right to vote. Can the State go any further than that? Will it drag the children from their homes and put them into the schools by force? Will it then keep an officer at the fchool to prevent the child from run ning away and to see that it returns everyday? Will it put both parent and child into jali and keep them there until they give satisfactory evidence o f repentance, submission and docil ity? We suggest that the number of dispensary constables be increased to five hundred for each county and that these constables be charged with the additional duty of compell ing the children to attend school. The dispensary and the public schools have been working beautifully to gether like a pair of twin sisters, and there is reason to believe that the scheme we propose would give ample satisfaction. Our House of Representatives spent nearly all of last Friday in a wrangle over the old familiar fish bill. There has hardly been a session of the legis lature within the memory of man, during which strenuous efforts have not been made to protect the fish of the rivers against the greed of their biped enemies of another element. We doubt if legislation on the subject has ever accomplished any good. There have been .aws requiring those who build dame across water courses to construct gate-ways for the pas sage of fish, but we do not think that the law has been enforced. At any rate since so many dams have been constructed, fish of good size and quality have about disappeared from the streams in this part of the 8tate. Especially is this the case with those species that annually ascend the streams for the purpose of spawning. JSome can remember when shad were plentiful in Broad river, and even in the Pacolets and Saluda. Now about the btst that cun be done by fisher man in these rivers is to catch a few catfish in them when they are muddy, and a few perch and minnows when they ire clear. Even a two- pound sucker is now a rarity. The fist ponds with their German carp have been abandoned, and we can no longer depend on our native waters to furnish this excellent article of food. We must ship from points nearer the ocean or do like they do over the river—without. Dr. IIiiII'n Co'ikIi *yrti|> Im m hii<I « curi- fur '•ri'ii|). wIioopInK eouirh mnl liruocliltI*. No <-|i|iii »hnu!<l i»t lt-lt to MiiflVr tin- tor'un-H of tin v Hllmt'nttt. wlit-u u<ruiitM vun tret tills tviiii'trrful n-nit-dy for rents. Notice. My boy. Oeorir*'Whltlnif, 17 yrnrs old, has l<'lt lionH- without CUUM-. I for old itnyoni* )i irUu lrornr K'vine him t-tiiploynn-nt. Inform ation coiH'nrniua his wheri-ttbuut* will Iw up- prrrluti'd. Jamkh Whitimu. l-l4-luwk-2t (iaITiit-y, H. C. f he value store Beginning today we offer Fine Hamburg Nainsook and Lawn Embroideries and Insertion, 5, 6, lYz and 8c, your choice at 334c. 10, 1234, 1 5, 20 and 25c Edging and Insertions, your choice at 9c. 1 case yard wide “Cannon” Heavy Bleaching at 69c for 10 yards for tomorrow, Wednesday. This sale will continue just one week, or while they last. Early comers of course get first pick. NEW FIRM. We sell only for Cash, so if it’s bargains you are after we’ve got ’em for you in all our var ious lines. A few Overcoats to go regardless of price. Ladies Jackets and Capes at and below cost. Men’s suits from $3.00 to $5.00 less than you pay clothing houses for same quality. Nice line Dry Goods, Notions, Hatsand Shoes at prices that defy competition. Staple and Fancy Groceries at prices that move them. When in need of anything usually kept in a General Merchandise stock come to the Spot Cash Store at 818 Limestone Street, Gaffney, S C J. I. SARRATT & CO. CONSULT Your own interest and see me be fore you insure. • I WRITE Fire, Life, Accident, Health, Plate Glass and Liability Insurance. Rates and other information are cheerfully given. JONES J. DARBY. Office in Tolleson Building. F. G. Stacy. President. • .1. O. Wakdlaw. Vice-President THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL, - WAO.OOO. fukit.i;h and profits, • iu,ooo. &*la.te. Countar and City Depunitory. Deposits solicited from Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every aceom modatloti extended to customers that their business and responsibility will warrant. I >• C. I<< Canim-*- A. N. Wood President K. R. Brown. Vice-President. XlerehiintH £incl I*Uniterm ii^iiik: OF GAFFNEY. H. O. CAPITAL, 050,000 -HURPUXJS #4,000. State and County Depository. Does a general Ranklnif and Exchange bus' ess, Is well fitted up with Fire Proof Vault and Burglar Proof Safe, with Autoniatlc Time Lock We solicit the business of people of all occupations C. TVI. Will ITH. Cashier. An *" TO KAISK SUPPLIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 1902-1903. Be It ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town Council of Galfuey in Council Assembled and by authority of the same: That a tax to cover the expenses of the said town from the first Tuesday In March 11*02 to the first Tuesday In March HkM, to be levied and collected in manner and form following: Sec. 1. There shall be paid on each dollar of the assessed value of all real estate and personal property tin sum of two mills for general purpose?; the sum of two mills for retiring Town Hall. Electric Light and Wa terworks bonds, and the sum of four mills for tin- paymant of the Interest thereon; milking a total of eight mills. Sec. 2. Each and every able bodied male person, between the ages of is years and rO years, except ordained ministers in actual charge of a church, shall pay on or before the first Tuesday in March, 11102. the sum of two dollars for road or street exemption; and any person, liable to ibis tax, who shall fiiil to pity t be same within the time specified shall l>e required to work on the street of said town six days under the direction of the street overseer; and any person liable to said tax. and who falls to pay said tax as provided herein or to perform |sald labor shall be subject to a iincof not less than $10.- "" or imprisonment not exceeding twenty days. Itinerant Tbaders and Auctioneers. Sec ;i No more than fiVOO, within the dis cretion of tiie Mayor, shall be paid per nay by every itinerant trader or auctioneer of- fering lor sale within the corporate of the town of Gaffney, at auction or otherwise, any goods, wiires or merchandise to others than the trade, to be paid each day in advance; iind every itinerant trader or auctioneer 11- able to said tax, w ho shall fail to pay the same sis herein provided,'shall he lined not more than !?40.00or be imprisoned not more than thirty days for each and every day or fraction thereof he shall so offend; Provided, that this section shall not bo held to apply to dealers in grain, fruits, potatoes, poultry, earthenware, or manufacturers of like char acter raised and produced on the vender’s own farm. Special Taxes. Sec. 4. No person, firm or corporation shall be engaged in. prosecute or carry on any business or profession hereinafter mentioned without having first paid a special license tiix therefor, as follows, to-w-it: Agents for and dealers in fertilizers for sale 100 tons or less ? 5 00 Agents for or dealers in fertilizers, from 100 to 200 tons 10 00 Agents for or dealers In fertilizers, for each additional 100 tons or fraction thereof over 2000 tons .. 5 00 Agents, resident or itinerant, solic iting mill operat ives to leave em ployers iind go elsewliere 25 00 Agents selling or dealing in patent rights, whether in store or on the streets i*; 00 Agents or dealers In Iron safes 25 00 Agents or dealers in sewing ma chines 25 00 Architect, surveyor, civil engineer. or either 25 00 Auctioneer 10 00 Auctioneer, replenishing stock from time to time as the same becomes diminished 50 00 Baker 00 Halls, public, when admission is charged, per night 5 Banks, private 50 Banks. National, il.50 for each $1000 capital stock Barber, 1 chair 5 00 Barber, second chair. 2 50 Burlier, for each additional chair over two 1 00 Bicycles, dealers In or agents for the sale of 10 00 Bicycles, persons running establish ments for hiring or renting 5 00 Bill posters, local or Itinerant....... 10 00 Blacksmith, for one forge 5 00 Blacksmith, for each additional forge over one l 00 Boarding house, transient 10 00 Boarding iiouse, private, except for students or factory operatives exclusively. 5 00 Book agent, per day, $2,00; per week, 5 00; per year 25 00 Boot or shoe shop, making or repair ing 5 00 Brick manufacturer 15 00 Broker, dealing in bonds and stocks alone 25 00 Broker, dealer In cattle, horses, or other live stock, not paying a license for sale stables or stock yard, per day, t2o0U; per year 25 00 Broker, merchandise • • • 10 00 Broker, pawn 50 00 Billiard Ji>r bagatelle table, for one table 25 00 For each additional table 15 00 Building and loan associations or agents for same 15 00 Butcher, dealer in meats, fresh or salt, less than 20 days 20 00 Boot black l 00 Chiropodist, per day 1 00 Circus or menagerie, per day In ad vance .Vi 00, to 150 no in the dis cretion of the Mayor Circus, side show, per day, in ad vance... 15 00 Circus, street parade, in advance, not more than fifty dollars in the discretion of the Mayor Any person or persons who shall ex hibit or assist In exhibiting any circus or menagerie In said town without having first paid Die 11- license tax therefor shall each be liable to a line of flOO 00 or Im prisonment notSmore thun thirty ■ diiys, for each day or fraction thereof such show or exhibition eontluues Coal dealer 10 00 Coal and wood dealer 15 00 Commission merchant lo 00 Contractors for contracts less than $500.00 10 00 Contracturs, for over {Vki and less thun $2500 00 ... 20 HO Contractor, for over $2500 00 50 00 Cotton seed oil mill. $1 on for each $11100 INI capital stock Carpet factory, 1 00 for each 1000 00 capital stock ' Conveyancer, drawing deeds, mort gages! Hens, contracts and other legal instruments of writing 10 00 Cotton factory 1 on for each lono 00 capital stock C-otlon gin and press... 2000 Dogs, to be paid for by t he person or persons on whose place the dog Is kept 2 00 The police of the town of Gaffney are hereby authorized and empower ed to seize and contineevery dog running at lnrg< * iind m n hr ivlng on the'town ba <ig< fo r cu rrent year; and fore* /ery do K SO tak- en up by the pol ice 1 00 addl tion- al shnll be |iald Dei tier In building i SUpplle s.... 10 00 Dei tier In wagons, other vel htrle s, ex- cept manufacturers . 10 Of) Dentist 10 m Dy ers 5 00 Ex change, bucket s hop. fir m or Indl- vidual, currying r nil the biu Iness ,of dealing In opt Ions m futu resin • cotton, grain, pi •ovisioi is or oth- er supplies, or margin is or oth- erwlse. 300 00 Exhibitions outside of Opera House, per day. not exceeding 10 00 Express company, for business done within the State, and not includ ing that done without the State, and not government business ... ;i5 00 Fairs, concerts or festivals (except for religious or benevolent pur poses) per day 5 00 Fresh fish and oysters, or either, not sold In connection with market by regular licensed market men 5 00 Fruit trees, agents for, per day,.. inn per week 5 00 Gun and lock smith, repair shop. . 1 00 Gas fitters or plumbers, whether by day or contract 25 00 Harness shop, for repair only J (ip Horses, persons selling at auction exclusively, per day . 25 00 Hotel 25 00 Ice cream saloon or peddler . 2 50 Ice dealer, retail 5 no Insurance company lire, life, acci dent, health or live stock, and each insurance company of any kind or any company or corpora tion or society having Insurance features other than charitable, and every .agent or agency for any such...... .... in 00 ' Individuals buying from merchants and selling to t he trade on time 10 00 Kerosene oil company, or agent or agency for same . .. ... 35 no i Land company, selling its own land exclusively 25 00 Laundry, steam in on Laundry, agent for 15 on Lawyer 10 On | Lawyer, also lending money for self or others in addition 20 00 Loans, savings or investment com pany, loaning money on real es tate or otherwise, and similar companies 25 no ! Lunch dealer ... 2 00 j Lime works 75 00 i Machine shop and f*iundi ysor cither 25 on i Marble yard, or iigenc, for same. .. 10 00 Merchants shall pay lie use accord ing to the following gross sales: Under $l,u0(i 5 00 Over $1,000 to $2.500 10 00 Over $3,500 to $5.000. 15 00 Over $5,000 to $10,000 20 00 - or each $1,000 over iind above $10,000 5 00 Mill, grist or flour, each 5 00 Mill, saw 5 00 Money lender, oilier than, bank or lawyer 20 0C Newspaper, less frequent than dally 10 00 Oculist or optician, itinerant per diiy 5 00 Opera iiouse, per year 10 00 Painting, contractor for 15 00 l> ainter, not working for licensed contractor for painting 5 00 Paper hanger or uphoisterer 5 00 Photographer, local $10.00 itinerant per week or traction thereof 5 00 Physician 10 00 Physician, itinerant 10 00 Pianos,organs and other musical in struments. or either of them dealer In 25 00 Same, itinerant 25 00 Pianos iind organs, tuner and re pairer. or either, itinerant 15 0C Planing mill or machine 10 00 Printing office. Job alone 5 00 Uailroad, for business done within the State and not including that done without the State, or Inter state commerce, and not Includ ing that done for the govern ment 125 00 Real estate agent 10 00 Restaurant 10 U0 Stove repairer 5 00 Sewing machine repairer 5 00 Stoves, Itinerant, dealer In 5 00 Street drummer 25 00 Street wagon or dray, two horse .... 10 00 Street wagon or dray, one horse— 5 00 Shooting gallery per day $2.00, per year 25 00 Skating rink 10 00 Soda fountain connected with other business or alone 5 00 Stables keeping vehicles and horses for hire only, under one roof— 15 00 Stables, feed and sale, under one roof 25 00. Stables, keeping horses for hire, feed and sale 40 00 Stables, where more than one is kept, license tax Is to be for each according to three preceding items Tenpin alley 25 00 No person shall let or hire any wag on or dray or other carriage or vehicle for transporting passengers or goods within the limits of this town without first having obtained a badge from tbeTown Clerk/ir Treasurerpay- Ipg therefor fifty cents under a penalty of 500 for each and every day that such vehicle shall be run, or five uays imprisonment for each day so run Street railway or dummy Hue 35 00 Tailor, merchant or manufacturer.. 10 00 Tailor, not merchant engaged in making or repairing 5 00 Telegraph company or agency for business done 'Within Die State and not including business done without the State or for the gov ernment 55 00 Tin or tinker shop 5 00 Telephone exchange 25 00 Tannery 2 50 Veterinary surgeon 5 00 Watch maker and jeweler for repair ing and selling, or either 10 00 Warehouse, storage—• 10 00 Wood yard or dealer 10 no All license Issued by the Clerk, as herein provided, if to a linn, shall contain the name of Die firm proposing to do business under same and also all the names of tin* individu als composing sui'li tirm. it to a corporation it shall contain the name of Die corporation and the names of the officers of same. Any persooor pcrsouscarrylngon business or occupation or running any establishment or buslni ss named In tills or proceeding sec tions, without having first taken out 11 license t herefor, us herein provided, shall be fined except in cases where special penalties are Imposed, the sum of not more than 25 00 per day, or fraction thereof,or lie imprisoned In the tow n prison or county jail, or lie sentenc. ed to hard lulior on Die streets or other pub lic works of the town for a period of not more than live diiys for each and every day orfrac tiou thereof such business, occupation or profession Is carried on Ithout su>'h ||. E cept win re otherwise specified lu the foregoing, no license shall be Issued for a !• ss period than one year from Die ilate thereof. lor any business, calling, occupation or prof* sslon not enumerated in the foregoing a license tax of riot more than 25 00 shall lie paid to flic ( I rk by person, firm or corpora tion engaging in or running same. Sec. 5. The town Council hereby reserves to itself the right to revoke any license for any cause which may seem to it just. Sec. (j. Tim t ixon real md personal prop erty provided fr in till- ordinance shall bo paid on or before Die first Tuesday iu March I'.xrj. and any pcrso.n Ha >le for the same who shall fail to pay the on rr before said date shall lie liable to a penalty of 20 per cent of such tax,and the tux and the penalty with the costs shall be collected by execution or otherwise Any person, firm or officer of any occupa tion. making any false or fiaudulent returns where a return under oath is by this ordin ance requires shall upon conviction tie lined not less than 25 00 nor more than 50 00 or oe imprisoned not more thun Diirty days, nor less than twenty days, at Die discretion of the Mayor. s e,,7.Any|person, firm or corporation, liable to the license tax hereinbefore set forth whose s.iiti tax is regulated Die amount of business done, or the amount of stock carried, is re quired to make a retern under oath to the Clerk of tm* Town Council on or lie fore first Tuesday in March. 1002, and on failure so to do, such !.er>on. or the officer or agent of such firm or corporation shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding $100 or imprisonments not exceeding thirty days, foreiteh and eve J day or fraction thereof, such person officer or agent aforesaid shall lie in default of cik-, ingsuch returns. >ec. s. All licenses issued under the •fore going sectioas are non-trunsferuble and will only protect those to whom they arc issued. Done iind ratified In town Council assem bled this tiie 3rd day of .lanuray. 11(02. W. H. Ross. N. H. LriTi.E.iOHN. low 11 C'leik. Mayor. NEW DEPARTURE. Owing to the stringency of the money sup ply and the demand for good building mate rial I am forced to require cash for such building suppliet as 1 keep in stock consist ing of Sash, Doors. Mantelpieces and all kinds of Trimming. Flooring. Ceiling, siding, H .xing, Molding Brackets, etc. N,.. 1 R. art Fine Shingles and 1 good stock John W. Mas- ury vt Sons Guaranteed Faints and Varnish, also first class machine made brick, hard and salmon. Anything in my line at a small profit over cost. No charge for making estimates Call and examine my stock *nd let me quote you prices. Very respectfully, L. BAKER NOTICE! As I expect to make a change in my business I will for the next 30 days sell you Dry Goods, Notions, Pants, Shirts, Blankets, Hats, Caps and many other articles at cost. A few Single Barrel Breech Loading Guns to go at cost. I. JVI. Ninety Per Cent. of all chronic headaches are due to eye strain. Go to Dr. Griffith at the Cherokee Drug Co’s, and have the de fect in vision correeted and thus be Quickly and Permanently Cured. Glasses fitted with scientific accuracy and all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat treated according to the latest and most approved methods. Beware of Traveling Frauds who Advertise Free Examinations. William S. Hall, Jr. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, O^tepr-IMECY. ». CJ. Notary Public in office. Prompt attention given to all business. Office over R. A. Jones A Co.'s store. J. C. OTTS, Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Javenport. Office and Residence .Phone. G. W. ,SPEER. X.TTORNEY.AT-I.AW. GAFFNEY. S. C. Office In Auditor's office at Court House. J. E. WEBSTER, (Attorney-At- l^ow. Wee in Court Rouse. (Probate Judge s office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec- unro a speoialtv Or. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. fonee A Co '• Store. Jan be found at office six davs In the week OR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, . - . s. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 20th of each month: