The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 21, 1903, Image 4
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25 °lo Off
On Boys’ Clothing
is moving them out faster than we
expected at this season of the year.
Some of the most desirable numbers
have been sold, but we still have
about SCO suits to select from. It is
no use to dwell on the quality of this
line, for “Jane Hopkins” make is al
most a household word with every
mother who is so unfortunate as to
have several boys to buy suits for. Of
course we know you will buy your
clothing of us, but see what you save
by buying now:
■AMM
$5.50
5.00
4.50
3.CO
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
Less 25
Less 25
Less 25
Less 25
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Less 25
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THE LINE FOR BUSINESS,
THE LINE TOR PLEASURE,
THE LINE FOR ALL THE BEST
(SUMMER RESORTS
Complete Sommer Resort Folder
Mailed Free to Any Address.
W. A. Turk,
Pass. Traffic Mgr.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
S. H. Hardwick,
Cen’l Pass. Agent,
WASHINGTON. D.C.
W. H. Tayluu,
Asst. Gen’l Pass. Agt.
ATLANTA, GA.
A RAPID DECREASE
IN FEATHERED TRIBE
Old Birds Killed and Nests
Destroyed.
THE LAW PROHIBITS IT-
We also call your attention to our
“Mothers’ Friend” Waist—the 50c
kind 38c; the 75c grade 50c.
This Sale will positively
close July the 31st, 1903
ilkins- Olothing
Bristow Uompany.
C. N. AVERY, Manager.
Commercial Printing
Of every description executed with 4 neatness and dispatch
at The Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New
Presses, the finest quality 'of Ink and Paper, and Compe
tent Workmen. Send us your orders.
WE WANT.
DEPOSITORS
BORROWERS
IF YOU ARE BOTH, OR EITHER, CALL ON US.
Merchants ^ Planters Bank
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Capital and Profits $85,000.
We pay 4% in our Savings Department.
A. N. Wood, Pncident, R. R. Brown, Vice-President, C. M. Smith, Cashier.
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The .Small Number of Birds in the Country
Ia ho Marked at) to Uive Kltte to the Qaeu-
tlou. What Mai) Become of Them? The
Law Agalnat Killing Birds,
What has become of all the myriads
of birds that but a few years ago in
fested the country? The decrease in
the number of the feathered songster*
has been so marked during the last
few years that many people have
asked of themselves the above ques
tion.
Not so very long ago the woods and
the fields were alive, so to speak,
with all the species of birds known to
r.hiN part of toe country; their songs
of joy and happiness echoed from
every tree ar d thicket all the day
long, and th* m^rry ‘ Bob White” of
the porridge could be heard in the
surrounding fields; but now it is all
changed, the members of the feathered
tribe are few in number, and the num
ber seems to be growing less every
year.
The cause,or causes, of this scarcity
of birds is apparent to all thinking
people : the old ones have been ruth
lessly slain ; the young captured, and
either killed outright or died of star
vation and improper care, and the
nests robbed and destroyed by that
tiorn instrument of destruction, and
the seeming mortal enemy of all cats,
dogs and birds—the small boy.
There is a law against the killing
of birds, capturing their young nr rob-
bing their nests, and it should be en
forced. The authorities of every town
and city in the country should pass a
special ordinance against the catch
ing of young birds and robbing birds’
nests and see that it is rigidly en
forced. Aside from the sin of Fuch
proceedings, the destruction of the I
birds will soon, if it has not already,
materially affect the interests of the
farmers and truck growers of the
country, insomuch as it will remove
the enemies of the army of insects
which prey upon their farms and gar
dens.
About two weeks ago the writer
was attracted by the distressing cries
of some birds near his home. The
cries came from the direction of a nesr
with young birds in it which he had
been watching with the view of pro
tecting them, and on hastening out to
learn the cause, he found two little
darkies complacently seated on the
ground near the busi. containing the
nest while the parent birds were most
piteously crying above them A closer
inspection revealed the fuel that they
had taken the youn^ birds from the
nest and had them in a hat, the birds
being so young that their eyes were
not open and they had not a feather
on them. It is needless to say that
the birds were put back in the viost
and the boys run off the place, with a
warning to never return. The writer
is also pleased to state that those
same birds have not been molested
since.
This incident serves to show the
utter thoughtlessness, the cruelty,
the fondness for destroying some
thing that seems inherent in every
boy. The birds mentioned would
have very likely died before the
boys reached home with them, con
sidering that they were just hatched,
while the plaintive cries of the two
old birds were enough to melt a heart
of stone; though the more distressing
they became the more delighted these
colored youngsters seemed to be.
A mocking-bird built her nest with
in five feet of the writer’s door this
season, and in due time batched out
a family of five. The young ones were
carefully watched to see that no harm
befell them by passers by until they
were large enough to leave tbeir home.
They reached this stage last week,
and when they left the neat they were
promptly led outside the yard by the
parent birds—right out into danger
for themselves. A few mornings af
terwards the distressing screams of
birds were again heard, and it was
soon found that another young dusky
son of Ham bad caught two of the
young mocking birds and bad made
preparations for capturing the entire
lot, with the view of having a whole
sale selling. The agonizing cries of the
mother bird bad no effect upon him,
wbatevtr, nor even upon his mother
and older ones of tbe]family who were
presGnt—nehher djd an attempt to
shame him for his cruelty. His reply
| was, “When dey git big dey’ll go off,
anyhow/' and he seemed to think he
might as well have them as for them
to “go off.”
The law regarding the killing of
birds, catching their young and rob
bing tbeir nests, as given in the
Criminal Code of Laws of South Caro
lina, is here reproduced for the bene
fit of those who may be ignorant of
it:
Section 546. “It shall not be law
ful for any person in this State to
wantonly shoot, or entrap for the
purpose of killing, or in any other
manner destroy, any bird whose
i principal food is insects, or to take or
destroy, the eggs or young of any of
the species or varieties of birds that
are protected by the provisions of this
Section, comprising all the species
and varieties of birds represented by
the several families of bats, wbippoor
wills, fly-catchers, tbrasbers, warbles,
finches, larks, orioles, nnt-batebers,
wood-peckers, humming birds, blue
birds, and all other species and varie
ties of land birds, whether great or
email, of every description, regarded
as harmless in their habit*, and wbote
fie h is unfit for food, including li e
turkey-buzzard, but excluding the
jack-daw, the crow, the crow black
bird, eagle, and all hawks and owls,
which prey upon other birds; and
any person violating the provisions of
this Section sbaii, on conviction
thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of ten
dollars, or be imprisoned not less
than ten days, which fine, if imposed,
shall go one-half to the informer, and
the other half thereof to the use of
the county in which the offense was
committed.”
Sec. 547. “No person or persons
shall at any time or pla le within this
State take, kill, sell, expose for sale,
export beyond the limits of the State,
or cause to be taken, killed or sold,
exposed for sale or exported beyond
the limits of the State, any mocking
bird. nonpariel, swallow, bee bird,
red bird, woodpecker, thrush or wren,
under a penalty of five dollars for
each bird so taken, killed, sold, ex
posed for sale or exported beyond the
limits of the State.”
Sec. 548 “No person or persons
shall destroy or rob the nests of
any of the said birds, under a penalty
of ten dollars for each offense.”
The law goes on to say that the
penalties incurred for violation of
the above sections may be recovered
before any magistrate in the county
in which the offense is committed,
and that half of the amount collected
shall go to the one who reports the
offense to the officers of the law and
the other half to the treasurer for
the use of the county. In case of
failure to pay the fine the offender
shall be committed to jail for a
period commensurate with the fine
imposed.
Let the law be enforced, and thus
put a stop to the slaughter of inno
cent creatures and ^he wanton de
struction of tbeir nests. .
FINCKEN CHEAP STORE.
Do you realize what you are
losing by not trading with
me? A trial order and you
will be convinced. :: :: ::
Fincken’s is the Place.
PHONE 71.
COLD STORAGE MEAT
FOR DINNER
Surloin
Tenderloin
Round
Rump
Rib
Chuck
Try our Hamburger Steak.
Finest on Earth.
£
Supper and Breakfast
Tenderloin ^ 0
Surldin
Round
Porterhouse
Tealoin
Chuck
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We keep Western Beef on ^
hand all the time. We are fs
the hustlers. If you haven’t ^
seen our cold storage ask ^
your neighbor about it or
come down to see for yourself. If you want the proper kind of meat on the shortes
possible notice phone No. 17. Yours to please,
PEOPLE’S MARKET.
Are You Administrator
and have the settlement of an estate? If
so, request of the Judge of Probate that
youradvertisement be placed in :: :: ::
Young Harper Dead.
Mr. Younger H. Harper died Fri
day at tb home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. 3. C. Harper, in this city,
after a loig illness contracted in the j
United £ateo army, in the 20th year
of his aga. He was buried at Glendale,
in 8part inbarg county, on last Sat
urday, iu the ^presence of numerous
friends iind relatives, Rev. G. P. Ham
rick, of this city, conducting the
funeral services.
Mr. Harper had served three years
in Company D. 7th Infantry of the
United States army, about onu year
of the time in Alaska He returned
to his parents as soon as his time in
the army expired, about a year ago, i
but his health had broken down and
he has been an invalid since, until
the end came Friday and relieved
him of his suffering. He was a good
citizen and soldier, and his bereaved
parents have the sympathy of a large 1
circle of friends.
Dftiitt) of Mrs. Dillard.
Mrs. 0. H. Dillard, of Spartanburg,
died at Tryon, N. C., last Saturday
and was buried at Belmont, in Union
county, her old home, Sunday. Mrs.
Dillard was an old and most estimable
woman and her departure will be a
crushing blow to her relatives and a
large circle of friends. She was the
mother of Mrs. Snmter Littlejohn, of
this city, and Mr. Jeff Dillard, a
prommet business man of Spartan
burg. Mrs Littlejohn attended the
funeral.
It has the largest circulation of any paper
in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional
District.
I A jVT ^ Made on Real Estate ..in City of Gaffney and
I.-vV/ZmI nCounty of Cherokee. Abstracts furnished.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Star Theatre Building.
TlieMurrh of FroKrea*-
Ah long as people knew no better,
they were content to do without the
railroad, the telegraph, the tele
phone. etc , but. who, in this pro
gressive a?e, would dispense with
these necessities now? So it is with
flour. As long us you use inferior
flour and know nothing of the merits
of Branaford’s “Clifton,” you may be
satisfied with your bread, cske and
pastry, but if vou try one Sick of
“Clifton” the “cake is dough” with
all inferior flours.
W. J. Wilkins & Co.
Straw Hats and Slippers.
I have decided to close out a lot of Straw Hats
REGARDLESS OF COST. Also a lot of Men’s, La
dies’ and Misses’ Slippers to go AT YOUR OWN
PRICE. See them; they are rare bargains.
• A few 5 and 10 gal. kegs Tennessee Sorghum left. It is the
genuine article and only 35c a gallon in 5 gallon kegs.
Biggest line of Shoes in town at lower prices than you pay
elsewhere.
Clothing, Hats, Dry Goods and Notions at prices in keeping
with the times.
I have as complete stock of General Merchandise as can be
found in the city and only ask that you call and get prices and 1
am sure of a customer.
Respectfully,
J. I. SARRATT
The manager of one of the most
successful furniture houses in
Greater New York was asked to
what one thing, in- his opinion,
the success of the concern was
most due. He replied:
“The founder of the firm was a great
believer in advertising, and to this fact
may be ascribed the enormous business
we are handling.”
There is no business, however
small, that cannot be increased
by judicious, systematic, per
sistent advertising. The giant
oak does not gain its strength in
a day. Magnificent buildings
are not reared all at once, nor
can their strength and beauty be
appreciated until the finishing
touches are put on.
Is "your business satisfactory?
Are you making headway? Are
you using to the best advantage
the greatart of all business lev
ers—advertising? If you are
satisfied that you are, well and
good; if not, drop in and talk
it over with us.
We hare advertising space .
to sell, and
advertising is s pert of out InwhiMi
Perhaps we can help you.
?ne Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company
Offers for sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney City ; Also Fartua near
by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place. In lots ot from
aOtolOO acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Land* to rent for F •.•••.! pur
poses. For full particulars apply to
J. V. ©JVlCKATrr, iYtftsm..
N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of this
company, cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting, under penalty of law.
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If You Want The People To See
Your Advertisement,
let it be legal advertising or otherwise, you
must necessarily place it in The Ledger.
It is the only paper in Cherokee county read
by the masses.
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National Bank of Gaffney,
Capital Stock, - - ^$50,000.00
Surplus and Profits, - 25,000.00
Stockholders Liability, 50,000.00
Total, - - - $125,000.00
Depoaita 6th, 1903, $209,603.73,
We solicit the business and good will of everybody in Cherokee
bounty.
F. G. STACY, President, D. C. ROSS, Cashier,
J. G. WARDLAW, V.-Prest., MAYNARD SMYTH. A. C.
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