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r s j ...SXIOK TO THE I?VHII.„ There is an old saying in the huckleberry country that if you wish to fill your vessel you must stick to your bush. This is an old saying and will apply to other things as well. STICK TO THE BATTERY, where you can get more goods for the same money and the same gobds for less money. Flat pulses will soon begin to bulge with the money saved on each and every purchase. New Goods Rolling in On Nearly Every Freight.' /-i Listen! Listen! Children’s Shoes as low as .. . . 10c a pr. Overalls for men . 25c a pr. Boys’ Knee Pants . 13c a pr. Men’s Extra Pants . 49c a pr. Ladies’. Dress Skirts . 49c & up Yard-wide Percale 5c a yd. Good Checks. . 4c a yd. Extra Heavy Sheeting . 4£c yd. Boys’ Straw Hats 5c each. Men’s Broad-brimmed Rush. . . 10c each. An Elegant Line of Beautiful Read On. Spring Dress Goods. The following articles for One Rusty Penny each. Embroideries by the Box. i paper Pins. 13 Slate Pencils. Swiss and Cambric. i paper Needles. 1 Fishing Line. i Tablet 2 Lead Pencils. A beautiful Line of Ladies’ Summer Vests. White Lawns from 4c up. A new line of Millinery just received. i box Tacks. r pr. good Shoe Strings. i box or bundle Hairpins. 1 Ladies’ Handkerchief. Shoes! Shoes! i quire Note Paper, i pack Envelopes. 1 box Safety Pins. 1 Memorandum Took. We have just landed a large shipment of Ladies’, Miss- i Comb. 2 Penholders. es’ and Men’s Oxfords and low cuts. i Thimble. 2 Balls Thread. Clothing, Clothing, for Men. Boys and Children at the of Rock-bottom Prices. Come, and come quick, for the goods don’t stay long in our store. W Cheapest Store in the State. J- C. Ratliff, F*ropr. £ $ SPRING SALE Special Low Price Sale commencing Tuesday, April 28th. Come and be on hand first, last and every day. ONE LOT MILL SOLD DIMITY, very pretty, r A styles 32 inches wide, worth 10c. per yard. ■ - -’IP ' • ..Our special price,xper yard, 1 Lot Calico, 1 Lot Lawn, 1 Lot Muslin, 3 Vc yd. 31c yd. 31c yd. Ladies’ Shirt Waists, 25c. and up. Nice line Boys’ and Gents’ Hats, 10c. and up. Fancy Parasols, 15c. and up. l^or One Cent. 1 doz. Dress Buttons, 1c, 1 good Comb, 1c. 1 Spool Thread, 1c. 1 Paper Pins, 1c. 1 Package Hair Pins, 1c. 1 Box Hair Pins, 1c. New lot Boys’ Suits -just received, will go at- a bargain while they last, 98c. and up. One lot worth $3.00 to go at $1.98. New lot Millinery just in this week. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS! D. J. HOLT A. N. Wood. President. it. It. Brown. Vice-President The Merchants and Punters Bank, OF GAFFNEY. S. U. Capital $75,000.—Surplus and Profits $1 0,000. STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY. We solicit the business of people of all occupations. e. IVI. SMITH, Cashier. The Best to Eat. NONE BETTER White Satin of Virginia. White Satin of Tennessee. We feel no hesitency in saying we keep the BEST and FRESHEST stock of things to eat of anyone. This part of our business satisfies the appetite of thousands of people in Gaffney and Cherokee county. Please give us a call. THE COMPANY STORE. National Bank of Gaffney, Capital Stock, - - $50,000.00 Surplus and Profits, - 25,000.00 Stockholders Liability, 50,000.00 Total, - - - $125,000.00 Deposits IPeby. bth, 1903, $209,603.73. We solicit the business and good will of everybody in Cherokee county. F. G. STACY, President, D. C. ROSS, Cashier, J. G. WARDLAW, V.-Prest., MAYNARD SMYTH, A. C. MINING IN CHEROKER. The ItesHemer Iron Ore Company Working Near llroad Kiver. The Bessemer Iron Ore Co. of Blacksburg now have twenty-five bands in what is known as mine No. 2 on the property of the late Col. John L. Black, on the east side of Broad river, near the iron bridge in this county, which they now have con trol of. While the work is being done in developing the property the principal object of it is, to study the geological condition, and for that pur pose the work is being done under the supervision of Mr. L. D. Finn, an experienced mining engineer and ge ologist. The ore in these mines j» gr»y netic and is A3 fine .’ich as there iy/u the world; it is (July equaled by the famous Swedish and Russian ores and appears to be in almost un limited quanities. If upon investi gation this proves to be true, the company will add a steel plant to Cherokee’s already numerous indus trial euterprises. In this mine a new condition in geology has appeared. They have there, the iron ore, which is of course motalic, and asbestos, a nonmetalic mineral combined. This is a new prob lem in geology, and as they have not been found together before, their conjoint presence in this mine is in teresting scientific men, and we learn a thorough investigation will bo made. From a reliable source, since the above was written, we learn that Mr. Stone, an expert of the industrial de partment of the Southern Railway, was at the mines of the Bessemer company Thursday making investi gations. A line for a spur from the Southern to the mines has already been surveyed, and it is probable that the object of Mr. Stone’s visit to the mines includes the building of this spur. His report or action incident to this visit will be awaited with interest. A Hull Storm ou Hro»(l Kiver. The weather is still cool and some report a light frost yesterday morning. Sunday afternoon there was a heavy rain and hail storm in the . road river portion of the county which took in a strip this side of the river from Pinckney ferry in the lower part of the county to State Liue in the upper portion, and includes most of Chero kee township, which is east of the river. There was only a light sprinkle at Gaffney and we hear of none in the other parts of the county. Gentle men from the sections referred to, re port a very heavy fall of both rain and hail, and that the hail greatly damaged the wheat and young fruit and about used up the young vegeta bles. Cheater Vlaitora. John O. Darby, county supervisor, and J. M. Caldwell, T. J. Cunning ham and C. E. Fant, county commis sioners of Chester county, were in the city Friday. They went out to see the county good roads machines work. They were not talking for publication white in the city but they were evidently favorably impressed with the machines and the way they worked. While in the city they were driven over the city, taking in Limestone College, the mills and lime works. They favored The Ledger with a call and expressed themselves as being favorably impressed with our baby county and her capital. Hied In Hannllml, Mo. Charles Andrew, the fourth son of J. D. and M. J. Porter, died Wednes day night at the home of his parents in Hannibal, Mo., and was buried in that city. He was a bright little fellow, and passed peacefully away just after his mother bad sung, by bis request, "When the roil is called up yonder,” in which he joined. Mr. and Mrs. Porter are former residents of this place, and The Ledger joins many Gaffney friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family. - Pension Money Here. Clerk of Court J. Eb. Jefferies re ceived the warrant from the comp troller general on Sunday afternoon for the pension fund for Cherokee county, amounting to $4,940.70, and at nine o’clock Monday morning when the banks opened, every check had been written out and were ready for delivery. There are 202 pensioners in the county divided into the follow ing classes: Two in class A. who draw $90 each. Five in class B. who draw $72 each. Seventeen in class C. No. 1 who draw $48 each. One hundred and four in class C. No. 2 who draw $17.35 each ^.’rteeu in class C. No. 3 .Wio draw $48 evich. it clats C. No. 4 who dravY- $17.35 each. The following instructions were issued to the clerk of court in refer ence to the delivery of pension checks: “The State Pension Board re quests you not to pay applicant ex cept in person, and if unable to ap pear, only on a powor of attorney signed before proper official.”1 The clerk therefore washes it under stood that no check will be delivered unless the applicant appears in per son or sends a written order signed in the presence of a witness. Sunday Service* at Kuford Street. The attendance was good last Sun day at both services at Buford Street M. E. church. At 11 a. m., Mr. Steadman preached on the “Spirit of the Holy Ghos ,” and his sermon at night was a continuation of the same subject. The lessons to be learned in his judgment were the necessity if unity and accord among Christians, among the individual members of the church, ana then amongst the differ ent denominations. Without such accord and unity there can be no spiritual life and progress. God’s promises are not to members, but to those in accord and in unity, though they be but two or three, who agree touching one thing. There whs a public meeting of the Epworth League on Sunday after noon. A splendid programme of reci tations and music was well rendered. Mr. Steadman again announced tne special services to begin the next Sun day and be protracted the next week. A cordial invitation was extended to all the congregations o' the town and the assurance of the assistance of the pastors of the other churches has been given. Good Koadu Machinery Satlxfactory. The county commissioners met in the supervisor’s office. They had thoroughly inspected and tested the working of the good roads machinery and being satisfied the machines were what they were represented to be, and that what they thought the county needed was fully supplied by them, they put the clincher on the trade Jor the machines and they are now the property of Chero- kup county. And to complete the outfit they bought a drilling outfit which will be run by steam and will enable the road force to keep the ma chines well supplied with rock. Home other routine business was also transacted. A New Doctor, Dr. Ben Allen, of Saluda county, arrived in the city the last of the week and will practice his profession here. Dr. Allen received a good por tion of his education in the high schools of Gaffney and bis many friends here, made in his school-boy days, are glad to have him return and make his home with us. Success to him Give It a Trial. Just received a fresh lot of “Clif ton” flour made of native Kentucky wheat, guaranteed to be the best flour in the market. Proof of the flour is in the bread, cake and pastry. Give “Clifton” a trial and you will need no argument to convince you. W. J. Wilkins & Co. SEEING IS BELIEVING When we say to you that we are selling Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Dry Goods and Millinery cheaper than any other merchant in town you won’t believe us. When you come in our store and see for yourself then you can’t help but believe us. We have JusL Received a New Shipment, of Ladies* Hats which we would like for the ladies of Gaffney and vicinity to inspect. All kinds of Dry Goods coming in every day. When in need of anything in our line come in and get prices. We are gd^d to show you wheth'r. you buy or not. The Dixie Dry G^ods, Clothing and Shoe Store. MORRIS SWITZER, Proprietor. :: ;; ;; m $ m i i a ..GENTLEMEN.. We take pleasure in announcing that we have added to our shoe department The Greatest, of All Shoes— The Cygolf Shoe = FOR MEN. -- The Best. $3.50 Shoe on Earth. Every pair guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. They come in the following leathers: Patent Leather, Vici, Velour and Box Calf. WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN TOWN WHO GUARANTEE A PATENT LEATHER. Try a pair, if they crack bring them back and get, a new pair. The Ootlet Glothing and Shoe Store. Neil door lo Merchants & Planters Dank, Will Switzer, Prop, I A |\J ^ Made on Real Estate in City of Gaffney and County of Cherokee. Abstracts furnished. Ac ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Star Theatre Building. The “Mark of the Monument.” Strouse’s “High Art” Clothing—means first and fore most, integrity of fabric and manufacture, style, fit and comfort. WEAR “HIGH ART” and you will be perfectly and accurately dressed Big Line Shoeneman Pants. They are correct in style, perfect in tailoning, and made of the best fabrics manufactured. Everything here for the men—Hats, Shirts, Collars, Ties, Underwear and Gents’ Furnishings of every description. “Bostonian” and “King Quality” Shoes for men and boys—they will give you solid comfort during the warm weatHer. A full stock of Trunks, Valises, Grips and Dress Suit Cases. Price is a second consideration with us—We give you the Quality first, and make the price to suit. The Company Store.