The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 04, 1902, Image 5
AN OUTSIDER'S IM
PRESSION OF GAFFNEY
The rapid growth of Gaffney, which
has doubled itself in population in
the last five years, its magnificent
cotton factories, and its splendid
showing from a commercial stand
point, places the town in the front
ranks with the prosperous towns of
the riouth. Gaffney is located in the
Fifth Congressional District and the
Sixth Judicial Circuit. Cherokee
county, of which Gaffney is the
county seat, was created by an act of
the legislature in 1897, and formed
from parts of Spartanburg, Union and
York counties. The taws of South
raitte, president of the local demo
cratic club and United States com
missioner. He is an eloquent writer
and spanker, and a typical South
Carol.nian.
Mr. A. R. X. Folger, postmaster,
is one of the most popular postmas
ters in South Carolina. His official
courtesy and promptness in the office
makes his popularity. He was ap
pointed by President McKinley.
He has had charge of the office since
April 1899. The business has largely
increased and amounted in 1901 to
S’o.UX). There are six railroad and six
rural mails per day. Mr Folger has
added one hundred ‘and seventy-five
boxes to the office Under his ad
ministration. business increased from
$3 500 to $5 000 He was born in
Pickens county, and has always been
a republican.
Michael Gaffney, from Ireland,
settled Gaffney in the vear 1800. He
July Clearance Sale
CLOTHING AND STRAW HATS CUT TO PIECES
Bristow, McAllister & Peeler.
Carolina r. quire that to form a new was the grandfather of Mr. R
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county, there shall be an area of four
hundred square miles, taxable prop
erty to the amount of one and one
i half million doilars, and a population
I of twenty thousand. South Carolina
has six new counties. Two more are
f being agitated.
J A handsome city hall will soon be
’built, ijG.ObO having been appro
priated for same. Two cotton mills,
Michael Gaffney, who is the present
agent of the Southern railroad, and
the only one the town ever had since
the road was located. His father,
Dr. Joseph Gaffney, practiced medi
cine here up to the time of his death.
Mr. R. M. Gaffney was a gallant sol
dier in the Fifth South Carolina,
afterwards attached to a Charleston
battalion, and did duty on the islands.
J. C. OTTS,
Attornky and Counselor.
Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and
Davenport^ ftn( utesidenc.e .Phone.
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
OHice over R. A. lonee A Co.’e Store.
OM» be found at office sli davs In the week
ir^ D. P. THOMSON,
Dentist.
. |ar"Office over National Hunk.
arpet mill and Mill Supply Company 1 He was appointed railroad agent
re the prominent industries.
The splended Gaffney Manufactur-
g Company, with its 62,000 spin-
les, 1400 looms, 800 employees and
$2,000 monthly pay roll, is a splen-
d showing for a comparatively new
u.u. Two banks, two hotels, one
n .spaper and many business houses
w 1 stocked, show to the world that
Giyiey is one of the most progressive
to s in South Carolina.
e city government is ably ad-
mlitereil by efficient men who look
to .3 best interests of the people.
Hoi J. Q Little, mayor. Members
of e city council are: Dr. J. X.
Xes t, J. I. Sarratt, J. A. Carroll,
A JGaffney, Tbos. L. Brown and
Dr. J. SettRmeyer. 1 had the
pleas» of meeting Hon J. Q Little
and md him to be an up-to-date . _
mayoi He was born at Hetty Hill 1 Q of June there was a
near tffney, in 1853. Is of Scotch ! reunion of the family of Mr. Thomas
desceo rateruallv I found the | McGill at his home near Kings’
mayor be very enthusiastic about , Crefk in thi8 CO unty. At this
Gaffney.
nearly thirty years ago, and always
during that time has made full time.
He has lived to see the town grow up
fiat his ancestors founded, having
been born here in 1845. R M. Gaff
ney is one of the best citizens and
most reliable men in the city.
Mr. C. C. Harris, prominent gro-
cerymen has been established about
twenty years. I thirk he was four
years out of business. He does a
large business in the north side of the
town and is one of the pioneer mer
chants of Gaffney.
Mrs. Mary T. Whitson.
Atlanta.
A REUNION.
The Di'KCfudstnt* of Mr. TIioh,
Him Honor.
Magill do
J. E. WEBSTER,
Attorney- A.t- l_.aw,
fflce m Court House. (Probate’Judjre s office
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practices in all the courts. Collec-
fdona « MnAofaltv . rn —
Williams. Hall, Jr- James A. Willis.
HALL & WILLIS,
attorneys at law.
X-C L-c INi IrC"V , isl. C^.
Notary Public In office. Prompt attention
given to aL business.
Office over R. A. Jones A
DR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney,
S. C.
Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store
In office from 1st to 26th of each
jnooth:
J
R SHINGLES, BRICK, SASH,
DOORS, BLINDS
md all kinds of Building Ma
terial, Faints, Oils, Etc. for
■sale at a small per cent, above
oost for cash. Estimates made
without charge.
L. BAKER
JUNE H. CUR,
artistic photographer
Studio at 812 limestone St.
Gaffney, S. C.
Best equipped studio in this
r section. High grade photog
raphy in all its branches.
Call and see “Artist Proof,”
| the latest and handsomest style
of photograph ever made.
Finishing for amateur pho-
togiaphers solicited.
Telephone 176.
the fQre of Gaffney. He took
charge the office in March 1902
He decree that property has never
depreciiii in value since the town
startHd^nd that the future was
never f-hter. I heard it said by
tizens that Mr. Little
for Gaffney than any 1 Rev. J. L. Oats. Mr
the town. He says that [
. , .. Jaffney cannot be sur
passed at-here. A splendid artisian
well five'undred and fifty-five feet
deep. senVjp water through a solid
rock. Mir Little is a plain, prac
tical m-itjO nonsense or airs and
well off a3 ( this world’s goods.
Dr* J. Nesbitt, member of the j
drug firm frawiey *fc Co., was born
in Spartantr county, South Caro
lina, in IStf He graduated at the j
University It’enn., at Xashviile, in
1889, began actice at Greenville
which contiid for nine years. He j
came to Gaf\ five years ago. He j
is a Mason.: of p > member of the i
Fraternal Woodman of the ,
World and *mber of the South
Carolina MedlAssociation, is State
and United St, physician for Che- i
rokee county.
Mr. Thus. Brown, wholesale j
grocer is th#,uogest man ever
elected to the:icouncil, and is one
of the most suO.ful young business
men in GatliiHJHe is serving his 1
second term in, council. He was
born in 1879 aiwas elected when
twenty-three yt 0 |d He does a j
business of abc^HX^OOO a year.
He is a member- .Baptist church .
and K of F’s. i va8 educated ut
Furman Uni veil
Hon. J. G. Ott 11 one of the most
brilliant attoroe ^be bar. His -
well trained ieg^iq has given him |
a State promine^: L)d his aggress- j
individually.
181
Id at David-
He was
1894 am}
the same
. At the
(ember of
tiiion of
^Mnittee of
JTor-*
Building and Plastering Lime
Coal, and Plaster Hair.
Planter Pans.
Boaendale Clement,
Portland Cement,
Dynamite,
Blunting Powder. Fane
and Dynamite Cap#, call on
_ ■ . V f IIT 1-
CARROLL & CO., Lessees.
jatapbonn IT.
iveness has givei
Mr. Otts is one |
neut ex-memberij
lina legislature,
owes much to hit
sistently and hei
bie for the creati
Mr. Otts was bor
South Carolina
Ridge section
celebrated Presby
J. M. P. Otts and i
who was a teacher
son College, Xorth
admitted to the
elected to the legi
year from Union
age of twenty-six he
the constitutional
South Carolina and
county and committejftj^ rn ^ t , n ^
and military. He mo*|, re after
the formation of CheM c0UDtv
He was captain of t|» 4 ftidge
rifles During his terui ■ j i(J .
lature and in the constiMj C0Q .
vention, he was seconds Cf)m .
mittees. It was largely IT bi(j
hard fight for small coq thal
Cherokee county is in 61 t0 .
day. He is one of the •' can
didates for the legislature fe )0kee
county now
Capt. J. B. Bell, was bo 1
coMoty, South Carolina, 18
admitted to the bar in lb
a son of Major Thos. J.
lant Confederate officer,
ced law in Yorkville up to
Papt. J. B. Bell was ed
King’s Mountain, N. C., anc
in Yorkville with C. E Speni
came to Gaffney just after t
tion of the county seat,
great military man and
lieutenant of the Jenkins r
Yorkville 1887-89 Mr. Bell
captain of the Gaffney Light 1
which disbanded the latter pi
1S99 Capt. Bell Is secrets
| treasurer of the county executiv
in tins county. At tnis re- i
union all his living children, five (5)
in number, eighteen (18) grand-chil- ,
dren and two great-grand-children !
were present to comfort and do hon
or to their venerable and worthy sire,
and with them were several friends
McGill’s pastor,
who made a suitable address for the
occasion. Among the grand-children
was Rev. J. Meek White, of Lancas
ter county.
To add to the pleasures of the oc- |
casion these dutiful descendants of i
this worthy old gentleman had pre |
pared an abundance of the good j
things of their boun’iful homes and |
spread them out in picnic style and '
enjoyed them on the spacious old |
plazas where they had played their !
children games in the days of their >
youths. AM present entered the fes- !
tivities of the occasion with zeal, and
none more se>, than the venerable old
father in whose honor bis children
had met.
Mr. McGill’s long and upright life ;
is worth a notice in this connection. ;
Mr. McGill is a son of Capt. Wil- !
liarn and Mrs. Martha McGill, nee j
Henry. He was born on Crowder’s !
creek in York county on June tne j
24th, 1813. and, as will be seen, is j
eighty-nice (89) years old. He moved
with his father’s family in 1832 to
his present home on Kings creek a
short distance south of Kings Creek
postoffice where he has spent his
long life.
On the 24th day of January, 1837,
he married Louisa X. Galloway of
Clark's Fork She was the second
daughter of Alexander and Mary
Galloway. The ceremony was per
formed by his wife’s grand father,
William McElwee. Esq. Ten chil
dren Wrre born to them, five of them
are dead, one of whom died in 1801 |
while gal'antiy serving his country
in trie Confederate army.
Mr. McGill joined Bethany A. R P.
church in 1838. In 1843 Rev. R. C.
Grice organized Smyrna A. R P.
church. Mr. McGill then moved his
membership to Smyrna and was or-
most promi-
i South Caro-
okee county
worked per-
[nake it possi-
L iail counties,
ion county,
n the Pea
epbew of a ! darned an elder. He has been a con-
ivine, Rev. | sisteut member ever aince and during
ames Otts 1 these many years has served bis
church in many capacities and has
lived up to bis high standard of a
Christian gentleman, dignified man
hood and good citizenship. He has
been useful to his church, his neigh
borhood and bis State, having once
served her ten years as magistrate.
Ail join in wishing Mr. McGill
many more years on earth where he
is still a pleasure and comfort to his
dutiful descendants.
Need More Help.
Often the over-taxed organs of di
gestion iry out for help by Dyspep
sia’s pains, Xausea. Dizziness, Head
aches, liver complaints, bowel disor
ders. Such troubles call for prompt
use of Dr. King’s Xew Life Pills.
They are gentle, thorough and guar
anteed to cure. 25c tt Cherokee
drug store.
There are several kinds of talking
machines on the market, but none of
them can hold a candle to those in
evedeuce at an old fashioned sewii.g
circle.
Wlit-ii Other Mrtlh-liir* llavr KmII<-<1
Take Foley's Kidney Cure. It has
cured when when everything else has
disappointed Cherokee Drug Co.
The kleptomaniac believes in taking
things into his own hands.
Hound kidneys an safeguards of
life. Make the kidneys healthy wllh
Foley’s Kidney Cure. Cherokee Drug
[Co.
During the month of July we will offer
our entire stock of Men’s and Boy’s
Clothing and Straw Hats at prices where
cost does not figure. The stock is broken
after our spring business, but we still have
a good stock to select from and it must go
to make room for fall goods. We sell goods
for cash only, and all goods are marked in
plain figures and one price to all, so you can
make no mistake in the price.
Men’s suits that were $20.00, now $ 1 5.00,
Men’s suits that were 18.00, now 13..00
Men’s suits that were
Men’s suits that were
Men’s suits that were
Men’s suits that were
Men’s suits that were
Men’s suits that were
Men’s suits that were
Boy’s suits that were
Boy’s suits that were
Boy’s suits that were
Boy’s suits that were
Boy’s suits that were
Boy’s suits that were
Boy’s suits that were
Boy’s suits that were
Men’s pants that were
Men’s pants that were
Men’s pants that were
Men’s pants that were
Men’s pants that were
Men’s pants that were
Men’s pants that were
1 6.50, now
1 5.00, now
12.50, now
1 0.00, now
7.50, now
6.00, now
5.00, now
$6.00, now
5 00, now
4 00. now
3 50, now
3 25, now
2.75, now
2.25, now
2 00, now
$ 1.50, now
2 00, now
2.25, now
3.25, now
4.00, now
5.00, now
6.00, now
12.00.
1 1.00.
9.00.
7 50.
5.50.
4.50.
3.75.
$4.00.
3.75.
3.00.
2.75.
2.50.
1.95.
1.75.
1.50.
$1.00.
1.50.
1.75.
2.50.
3.00.
3.75.
4.25.
One=Third Off on All Straw Hats.
REM EM BER that selling goods strictly for cash
we can always save you money over credit
stores, as we have no bad debts for you to
pay for and no bookkeeper’s salary for you
to pay. No old goods to offer. Everything
new and clean. We’re new—but we’re pro
gressive, and we want to get acquainted
with everybody that wears clothes. We
sell Good Clothing—well made and perfect
as to style and fit at a small profit.
We Don’t Want to Get Rich too Quick.
Keep Your Eye on Os, We Will Do You Good.
Bristow,
& Peeler.
One Price Casli Clothiers, Gaffney, S. G,
ISO'I IOK, me- HAIvK
Foi tin'next thirty <lays 1 will sell Inner
tulies for Tie; pwli'U tVie per pair; #t»2le tulie
tin- f,,r Jl.jtt hmcIi ; npoke# -c; chains '><»»•;
handle hats with expander ;»)i'; without ex
pander 50<-; saddles ..-v to ..*e; axles to 4oc,
eomplete with cones and nuts; llrst-class
lamps *ne; rork and leather wripps * to 15c;
ruhher nr I pus .’.V: hand Dump# 15c; foot
pump# .15c; rim k*ii« 10e: ruhher _lue 5c; vic
tor nipple wrench l-ic; lomr seat, part with
expander anc; hall# 1c; lamp brackets tine;
chain icraHtc 4c; tire tape 4-'; nuts find
washers J Ut 4c: seal part :ne; locks with
l ch iln and two keys I.V: and just everythlnif
you wish fora bicycle I have «ot it ami will
sell at reduced price lor cash • nly. I will
Hell a hh-ycle for •!« cash. I have a few
f.ni hlcycle I will sell for #£> cash. Come and
see mo In the limited time and tret a hai'iratn.
I want to sell out and make room for more
new sttitf. for the Ith of July is comltur and
it must jf-t out. Don't forget the pine*.
American Rlevclc Shop, m-xl door to Nu-
llumil Hank. I'hoiie No. £k
w. J. MAWKttS.
COME! COME!
We are at the Wilkins Hardware Store, when you want a
Rock Hill or Yorkville buggy, and if we haven’t the spring
or color you want in stock, we can get it for you ou short
notice. You can also find Screen Doors and Windows and
Screen Wire Cloth here, or almost anything in the Hard
ware Line.
Yours truly,
WILKINS