Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wagons and Buggies, All kinds of Harness, Bridles, Saddles Fric tionless Lace, White Oak Sole Leather, Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran, Ship Stuff, Chicken Feed, etc., Call on J. C. Lipscomb & Co. Gaffney, Sout»h Carolina. SUITS FOR MEN Where to go is an important ques tion. The average man wants the most style and vaiue he can get for his money. That is where this store is so effective First of all the TAILORING. The coats are made in the “old fashioned” way—hand finished fronts, collars, shoulders, etc. Every detail perfect. Style, any and every new shape or model. Pay Cash and Save Money at lothing ompany. w ilkins= Bristow One Price Cash Store. You Get More for Your " by reading The Ledger at $1 a year than from any other paper. WE WANT. DEPOSITORS BORROWERS IF YOU ARE BOTH, OR EITHER, CALL ON US. Merchants m Planters Bank GAFFNEY, S. C. Capital and Profits $85,000. We pay 4% in our Savings Department. SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. A. N. Woor, President. R. R. Bbown, Vice-President, 0. M. Smith, Cashier. Help! Help! A Cry which goes up out of the midst uf great calamities Like Floods, ~ ' , Pestilence, Fires and Tornadoes. In the case of Fires andTornadoes the Help is Prompt and Certain, if you prepare yourself before the disaster by taking out a Policy against loss or damage by Fire, Wind storms and Tornadoes. Can also furnish Life, Accident and Health Insurance in the most reliable companies. F. O. STACY. Til Gafnej Citj Laid and Impmement Compadj Offers for sale Building Lots in this flourishing town, Gaffney Olty; Also Farms neat by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place. In lots of from 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. V. N. B.—All persons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through or over the lands of this company, cutting and removing timber. Ashing or hunting, under penalty of law. Addressed! by W. 8. Hall, Esq., and Prof. I.ee Davis Lodge. The summer school for the teachers of Cherokee county closed Friday morning with appropriate exercises. Instead of a final examination, as was originally intended, Superintendent J. L. Walker and the faculty agreed to have a public meeting of teachers and people, and have addresses by prominent educators. At ten o’clock the exercises were opened by a song, followed by a prayer bv Prof. W. F. McArthur. Mr. W. S. Hall, Jr., was then intro duced as the hirst speeaker. He se lected as his subject. “The County School,” and emphasized the impor tance of better schools, longer terms, well equipped teachers, arrangement of the county into compact school districts and local taxation. These ideas* were offered as a means to pro mote general education, to build up the rural communities, to elevate the social, moral and financial interests of the couuty and to check the exodus from the farm to the city Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, of Limestone College, followed with an eloquent address on the subject of education gennerally, holding up to all the im portance of well trained teachers. His address was eloquent and inspir ing. This school, composed of upwards of forty teachers, active and prospec tive, thus closed the session of one month s earnest and profitable work under the supervision of Profs W. F. McArthur and R. C. Sarratt. There seems to be a general awak ening along educational lines and it is to be sincerely hoped that within the next few years our county communi ties will be able to maintain good schools with well equipped teachers and longer terms. A .Splendid Sermon. Those of our citizens who remained away from the Buford Street Metho dist church last Sabbath morning and !}he Limestone Street Methodist church in the evening on account of the warm weather have only them selves to blame for having missed probably what were two of the best sermons delivered in Grallney in many a day. These pulpits were occupied by Rev. W. B Wart in, the superin tendent of the Epworth Orphanage at Columbia. Mr. Wharton is not what may be termed a pulpit orator, but bis sermons are delivered with a divine or sanctifying grace that at once stamps the speaker as an earnest Christian gentleman. Mr. Wharton is engaged in a noble work, but he seems to be the right man in the right place and we are pleased to note that his visit to Gaffney in the in terest of the worthy cause he repre sents was not in vain. A Cutting Scrape. Yesterday at noon Anglus Nichol son and the Stowe brothers got into an altercation in the mill yard and as a result Mr. Nicholson is laid up at his home with several severe gashes. One gash in the left side is regarded as serious. The difficulty arose over the fact that Mr. Nicholson’s little daughter, who works under the Stowe boys, reported to her father that she had been mistreated by one of the latter and Mr. Nicholson approached them on the subject, with the above result. Dr. Jefferies sewed up the wounds. The Stowe brothers immediately departed for*fields anew and pastures green, with officers hot on the trail. To Printers and Publishers Please note that we are Authorized Agents l^Or Tbe National Compositype Go., Sole Manufacturers of The Automatic Type Casting ” ' L or Sort Caster With this Machine a Printer can make all his own Type from 8 to 26pt., also Borders, Ornaments, Leaders, Spaces and Quads, etc., as perfect jjin every respect and at the same low prices they now cost the Type Foundry. Write for particulars and Catalogue. The Philadelphia Printers’ Supply Co. 908 FILBERT STREFT, PHILADELPHIA, PA. A New Contractlug Firm. Messrs. Victor Spurgeon and Luther Curry have formed a co-partnership and will devote themselves to the business of contracting. They are two bright young brick masons and will no doubt make a success of tbeir business. 'Already they have a con tract to construct a building at Cow- pens and yesterday they closed with | Clerk of tbe Court J. Eb. Jefferies and Probate Judge Webster to erect their new hotel building on Frederick street. They expect to begin work on this building just as soon as tbe ma terial arrives, which will be in about a week or ten days. SHU Keaumeg Work. After a shut down of several days for repairs tbe Gaffney Manufac turing Company resumed work yes terday morning. They have enough , cotton on band to keep them going until the new crop Is marketed. While other mills throughout the . county are shutting down on account of the scarcity of cotton and the high price of the same, the Gaffney Manu facturing Company, which has estab lished a reputation for excellent management, is enabled to keep going. Fire Lom Paid. The Hamburg-Brewer Insurance Company, of Hamburg, Germany, through its local agents, Wood & Smith, have paid Prof. Griffith $25.60 insurance on some furniture which was damaged by the explosion of a lamp. Tbe claim was not questioned at all and was paid in a few days after same was presented. Notice. Owners of lots in Oakland cemetery are required to clean off tbeir lota at once. The committee on pnblio pro perty and the cemetery intend clean ing the entire ground and ask that owners of lots have them cleared off so that all the rubbish may be re moved. C N. Avery, late of tbe Wilkins- Bristow Clothing Co., is subbing for his brother at W. J. Wilkins & Co.’s for a few days. Miss Mamie Jones, of Shelby, has accepted the position of stenogropher for J. C. Jefferies, Esq. She entered upon her duties yesterday. The mayor’s court yesterday morn ing was very light indeed, there beicg but one poor unfortunate who contri buted $5 to the city exchequer. i Arciteat Edwards, of Columbia, was in the city Friday looking after tbe infirmary at Limestone and his other building interest in the city. J. W. Waters killed fifty-nine snakes on Aug. 5th and it wasn’t a good day for snakes either. This is a true story, for John is a reliable citizen. They were of the moccasin variety. Miss Minnie Lynch has resumed her duties at The Battery, where she will be glad to see all her old friends and to make new ones for “The Cheapest Store in the State.” Work has been resumed on tbe building of Mr. Sam Littlejohn just opposite The Ledger office. This work was suspended several days ago on account of lack of material. A case of drunk and disorderly con duct came up in Judge Bridfbs’ court yesterday morning but the hearing was postponed until tomorrow morn ing on account of sickness of the judge. Roland Gaines, who had the mis fortune to get his foot badly hurt several weeks ago while at work at the power house, is again able to be about bis duties, but he is yet limp ing from the effect of hi* injuries. Woikmen are going right along with the store of the Cherokee Drug Co. Already it is beginning to assume nice proportions and there can be no doubt but that when finished it will be the handsomest business building J in the city. Tbe town was pretty well supplied Saturday with watermelons, oante- loupes, fruits, etc.,from nearby farms. The prices remain good notwithstand ing the supply, but the indications are that there will be a decline in val ues within the next few days. > The many friends of Mr. Ed. Clary will regret to learn that he is quite sick at bis home a few miles east of the city. Mr. Clary is suffering from typhoid fever. We is one of the very best men in Cherokee county and a speedy recoTerjr is hoped for him. Andrew VV. Griffith, of The Ledger, is rusticating around Limestone Springs this week. This makes it rather hard on “the old man” of The Ledger, and the remainder of the force, so we will have to beg pardon for any short coming in this and the □ ext issue. A rs. W. J. Wilkins is at Jacke< n- ville, Ala. and not Jacksonville,Fla., us was stated in our lust issue. The error was a very natural one tut should any of Mrs. Wilkins’ friends rtjsire to communicate with her they might find it difficult to locate her in ; Florida when she is in Alabama. Ernest Ellis, who runs the card room engine at the Gaffney Manu facturing Company’s mill, had the misfortune to have one of his fingers terribly lacerated one day last week while taking off the cylinder heuc of the engine to make some repairs. He is suffering some from the wound but it is healing nicely. Attention is directed to the ad vertisement of the Pacolet and Clif ton Manufacturing Companies to be found in another column of this issue of The Ledger warning the public not | to molest the goods of those compaies that might be strewn along the banks of the river beciuse of the flood on June Cbh. Read it and govern your selves accordingly. The Old lieliable Remember, when you want bread Fincken’s is the place where you get it fresh, at rock bottom prices. Yours for business, j. i^. i^i^oicicrv. IF YOU WANT GOOD BREAD BUY STEAM BAKED -■ of — PARKER (Sk TOLLESON or* COO Look for Wagon. i t i i t i i i i i i t t SHOE. VNIOK Mi SHOE. CM ION M A. D EC . £ OY J. R. TOLLESON & GO. s2 SHOE. U N ION MA.DB. SHOE. CM ION M A. D19. £ * F * * 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 F^ebv- Oth, 1903, $209,603.73/ We solicit the business and good will of everybody in Cherokee county. F. G. STACY, President, J. G. WARDLAW, V.-Prest.. D. C. ROSS, Cashier, MAYNARD SMYTH. A. C. Before tbe Referee. Reference in the case of John M. Gaffney, et al., against tbe Southern Railway, et. al., is called for the 26th inst., before W. W. Lewis, referee. Tbe court will be held in Gaffney. Nearly every attorney In Gaffney is engaged in the case on either one side or on tbe other. ROAST Surloin Tenderloin Round Rump Rib Chuck • 10 cents. Misplaced Economy Economize the things at the edge of house keeping. Don’t economize on the good health- and strength-producing things like Meat.. I lealth smiles on those who are particular about their diet. LET US SERVE YOU with the best MEATS on the market, STEAK Tenderloin Surloin Round 12 1-2 cts. Porterhouse Tealoin Chuck lO cts. THE PEOPLES MARKET DHLOJVEJ i7. We discontinue each subscription prompt- y at its expiration. So watch your label and lie date and renew before ’tis too late. Commercial Printing Of every description executed witli neatness and dispatch at Thk Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compt- tent Workmen. Send us your orders. FREE! A BUCK'S JUNIOR RANGE ON SEPTEMBER 5TH. BUCK S 7^ rnjkNITlM CURSING CONTEST wfcj« /W5L COM? G No. to No. xi No. 12 The interest is increasing, little girls, in the contest for THE HANDSOME BUCK’S JUNIOR RANGE. It's a little lieau - ty and well worth your time working for. The puzzles are not hard; every one suggests some article in our mammoth house furnishing establishment. So get to work and try and lie the winner of the handsome prize. If you have not seen the Range call at our store and we will take pleasure in showing it to you. We invite the mothers to call and show the little ones through our mammoth stock; it might be of benefit to them in seeing the different articles carried ,in our store. Call we will be glad, to show you through. Respectfully, ACME FURNITURE CO.