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Do You Wish to lefi Bool Estoto We will serve you in large or small transactions. We do the advertising and selling. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Southern Field Real Estate Exchange, Spartstnburg, 5? J. II. Carlisle Jr., Secy, and Treas. o. 8-30-3mo LAND FOR SALE 213 Acres of Well Improved Land lying on waters of Buffalo Creek, in Cleveland County, N. C., three (3) miles west of Grovel, two (2) miles of Karls and four (4) of Blacksburg Contains thirty (30) acres bottom and ninety (90) acres upland in cultivation. Two good dwellings barns and cabin on premises; good spring near each house. This land will be sold as one tract, or divided into two lots. Terms to suit purchaser. For further intor- mation apply to S-23-nno O. T LTRreiSI*, Blacksburg, - - - South Carolina. Rural Mail Boxes. Go to R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. for your Engine and Steam Fittings; Gaudy, Rubber and Leather Belting, Cane Mills and Evapora tors; Wagons and Buggies; Barb Wire, Wire and Cut Nails. Don’t fail to see us before you buy your hardware—We want your business. P R. M. Wilkins Hardware Co. Buggies, Harness and Wagons For the next sixty (60) days we will offer bargains in Buggies, Harness and Wagons. Come to see us, and get our prices before buying :: :: :: :: Lipscomb, Goudelock & Co. Au*,'. 23, 1 wo. The Gaffney City Land and' . ' Co. Offers for sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farms ne by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, in lots of 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm purposes For full particulars apply to J. V. SARRATT, Agent. 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. “When Money Gets Plentiful,” as it usually does in the Fall, you will probably have more than enough for immediate needs. Isn’t it clear to you that it is the wisest, safest and most satisfactory plan to put your money in Bank until needed? it costs you nothing to have us care for it, be re sponsible for every cent of it, pay your checks for you, etc. Call and let us tell you what we can do for you. “ ' ' and Planters Bank. Have You Symptoms of any Kidney, Liver or Bladder disease? If so, we have a cure for you. HOT SPRINGS KIDNEY AND BLADDER CURE will promptly relieve and cure the most stubborn cases. Lookout for symptoms of these troubles. These organs are often fatally diseased before one realizes it. Keep a bottle of this great medicine on hand and take a few doses when you have backache or any symptom of a KIDNEY DISEASE. You will soon realize that it is a great medicine. The Gaffoey Drug Co Prescription Druggists. L/Oolc fYjr* tlie; HTorMewl-ioe SBigrn. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. The dispensary was closed yester day on account of campaign day. A. Harris, of Algood, attended the campaign meeting yesterday. Ira Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, was at the campaign meeting yester day. Keenan McCulloch, of Mercer, came in yesterday and went down on the petition asking for an election on the dispensary question. Misses Alice and Gertrude Burnett returned to their home in Spartan burg yesterday. Mrs. Atlanta Bryant and son, Fred, of Pacolet, visited her sister, Mrs. Sallie Lipscomb, and her brothers. Messrs. A. N. and Moses Wood, the last of the week. G. B. Spake, of Union, was in the city yesterday, the guest of Mr. J. H. Lipscomb. T. J. Hames, of Asbury, came in to see us yesterday. j. R. Healan, of Blacksburg, was a city visitor yesterday. D. Baxter Wood, a prominent busi ness man of Pacolet, spent some time in the city Friday. J. L. Strain, Esq., called to see The Ledger yesterday. W. P. Love, Esq., of Love Springs, was in the city yesterday. Bryant B. Lipscomb went to Cow- pens Sunday to visit relatives. Mrs. W. B. Potter, Mrs. J. T. Lip scomb, Mrs. Hobbs and Miss Oro Wilkins, of Cowpens, were in the city yesterday, the guests oi Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lipsconu, on Petty street. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Goforth, of Goucher, and Mrs. Harrison Fergu son. of Greenville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lipscomb Fri day. Sam J. Fort, one of our bright Gaff ney boys, who is in the hotel busi ness in Lancaster, was in the city the last of the week visiting his pa rents, Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Fort. S. B. Vassey, an energetic young man of Thickety, was an appreciated Ledger visitor Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Turner and Mrs. W. W. Thomas went to Charles ton Saturday to spend a few days at the Isle of Palms. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Osborne and children returned to their home in the city Friday from a few weeks visit to the former’s parents at Bre vard, N. C. James R. Service, of Mercer, fa vored The Ledger with a call Satur day. J. J. Kendrick, of Sarratts, one of Cherokee’s old and worthy farmer citizens, paid The Ledger an appre ciated visit Saturday. W. T. Moss, an over-the-Broad far mer who farms, favored The Ledger with a call Friday. D. S. Lipscomb on ins return from the Broad River Association at An tioch spent Friday night with his daughter, Mrs. R. S. Cook, on Gre- nard street. J. C. Jefferies, one of the county school board, was a Ledger visitor Saturday. C. W. Moore, of Maud, was an ap predated Ledger visitor Friday. Frank Smith, a prominent live stock man of Dandridge, Tonn., was in the : city Friday looking after business for the fall and winter. Dr. A. M. Simms, pastor of the First Baptist church, leaves today for Waynosville, N. C., for a two weeks’ vacation. C. C. Hughes, a citizen of Cherokee township, in this county, with busi ness headquarters at Gastonia, N. C., was an appreciated Ledger visitor Friday. E. W. McKown. a young Cherokee farmer, was in to see us Saturday. James Mason, of Lawn, was a bus iness visitor in the city yesterday. C. A. Spencer, of the Corinth sec tion. came to the city yesterday. R. T. Morris and Summie Alexan der, both veterans of Jenkins’ Bri gade of the Confederate States army, were in the city yesterday. Mr. Wm. Jones, of Richmond, Ky., is in the city visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. R. Potter, on Grenard street. A. S. Smith, of Love Springs, was a Ledger visitor yesterday. H. B. Carlisle. Esq., of Spartan- burg, was in the city yesterday on legal business. Maj. J. D. Kenendy. of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday. R. S. Moore, of Mount Paran. fa vored The Ledger with a call yester day. E. R. Goforth, of Ravenna, came in to see The Ledger yesterday. Maj. W. M. Foster, of Spartanburg, was in the city yesterday the guest of Mr. N. C. Snead. L. C. A. Clary, of Algood, was a prominent visitor in the city yester day. Kenneth Baker and children, of Greenwood, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. Baker, returned to their home Saturday. R. S. Littlejohn, of Goucher, was in , the city yesterday on business. Will J. Magness. of Spartanburg, was in the city Sunday. E. IT. Gaines, salesman for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., was in the city Sunday and Monday. M. C. Lipscomb, of White Plains, was a prominent visitor in the city yesterday. . . . Investigation of Scuppernong Grape. Miss Mabel Games returned to her Tho Unlte(1 States department of !?.T 0 Tork\llle Saturday after a agriculture is investigating the Scup- There was a large and well behaved crowd at the campaign meeting yes terday. Sunday and yesterday were fine days—clear and cool enough to be pleasant. Oscar Moore, of Gro’ has found a folding key, wh. -.or can get by describing. Two trains of soldiers for the Ma nassas encampment passed through Gaffney Saturday afternoon. There was a political meeting at White Plains Friday, which was well attended. It was a routine affair. The examination of contestants for the scholarships due Cherokee in the Citadel, was held Friday. There was only one applicant. The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Osment died Sunday of mem- braneous croup at the home of its parents near Wilkinsville. R. A. Hawkins sold a 66-pound watermelon in the city a few days ago. It was seventeen pounds lighter than his largest one last year. Some fodder was ruined by the re cent rains, but the weather is fine now and if it continues much good fodder will be saved this week. Bishop Isom Isom, who has been sick at his father’s, Rev. J. N. Isom, for some time, is convalescing and hopes to return to business in a few days. We are indebted to our friend, T. F. Addis, for some fine specimens of his onion crop. They are as large as we have seen this year and were grown from seed. Rev. T. G. Herbert, of Greenville, arrived in the city yesterday. He preached last evening in Buford Street Methodist church. He will preach daily at 4:30 and 8:15 p. m. Rev. T. F. Boozer will preach at Salem next Sunday. Rev. L. R. Gaines will also be present in the interest of his orphanage movement. A full congregation is requested to attend. Wilber, the three-months-old son of Rev. and Mrs. Ernest G. Ross, died Friday evening at 7:20 and was bur ied at Oakland cemetery Sunday at 10 a. tn. The furenal services were conducted at tho grave by Rev. G. P. Hamrick. Lightning struck a tree at. the cor ner of the piazza on Mr. John Mill wood’s farm on Gilkey last Friday and shocked Mr. Millwood, Mrs. Gaz Wright and Mr. Bedford Mooney. All of them soon recovered and are suffering little inconvenience from it. The Limestone Guards will leave Gaffney Saturday for Manassas. Its officers and men will compare welD with any company that will b* 1 on that historic field, and no doubt the hoys will look with pride upon the ground from which their fathers twice so gloriously hurled the invad ing armies of the United States. Mr. Roland Little and Miss Lola Green, both of this city, were marritd in Blacksburg Sunday by Magistrate B. J. Gold. Mr. Little is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Little, and his bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Green. They are worthy and popular young people who have the good wishes of their host of friends, including The Ledger. George Gifton Wood, a prominent young man of Cleveland county, N. C. , died last Thursday at the home of his parents after some weeks’ affliction of typhoid fever, which he had contracted at Wake Forest Col lege, where he was a theological stu dent. Mr. Wood had many relatives and friends in this county who join his bereaved parents in their sorrow. Uncle Manuel Elmore, an old and worthy ante-bellum negro, died at ins home in this city Saturday. He was respected by all who knew him. He was once the property of the late Hon. Fraklin H. Elmore, and one of tho iron workers at Cherokee Ford when Mr. Elmore had an interest in tiie iron works there. He was nearly ninety years old. Peace to his ashes. 10 to 20 Per Cent. ~ 1 Has been made in rates in a number of classes of risks. ■ Insrxre WOOD & SMITH, Agents Old Reliable Companies Bonds Written A Season of Danger. You’re wise if you have an Insurance [Policy safe and sure. If you have not, you run a good deal of risk. The excessive heat, storms and cyclones, and the dangers of travel at this season, all make life a little more uncertain and property unsafe. I SUCCEED tiie late F. G. Stacy as agent for all the companies in Fire, Life, Tornado and Accident Insurance represented by him, and shall be pleased to sen e you in any line. ~ OSS. ..If We.. Could Impress on you what we know about Black Cal Stockings you would buy no other. They are the best made. The Shoe Store New School Supplies Our fall stock of Stationery and School Supplies is here, and exceeds all past assortments. It certainly pays to buy at headquarters. We are headquarters for School Supplies. No one who knows can question this. We have an immense line this year and it was bought right. Experience and buying in quality counts in this branch as in any other, and to the selection of school supplies we bring the experience of many years. Bring in your list of needs and let us see what we can do for you. Cherokee Drug Co., Prescription Druggists. Cor. Limestone and Frederick Sts., Gaffney, S. C. 1 Love You No More. I say not regret me— You will not regret; You will try to forget me— You cannot forget; We shall hear of each other— Ah, misery to hear! Those names from another. That once were so dear! But deep words shall sting yon That breathe of the past. And many things bring you Thoughts fated to last; No hope, no repentance— My weakness is o’er, It died with the sentence— ‘‘I love you no more!” visti of a few days to Miss Tablita Gorham. She was accompanied by AH kinds of Job Work done at The Led & er office neatlv and at prices commensurate with high grade work* Try us. pernong grape with a view to deter- , . ... , . mining the best vffMeties, methods of , Miss Gorham who will spend several ! cultlire> pruning, training, etc., as days in \nrk\illo well as the uses to which the fruit \\. A. Jones, of Buffalo, attended ran 1)e p, lf Q ne nf the f ea tures of i the campaign meeting yesterday and this investigation which is considered’ ruled o see 1 lie Ledger. I of particular importance is the local-i , . , ...... ing of vines of this type, either wild ic June >ug always lnnks he is ()| , in cultivation, that are known to i ping on the meeting. excel in productiveness, size, color or! » I.* d • * I. quality of fruit, or in some other im- n x .v," i? y i . . ‘ x .u portant particular. u v rains of xf ,h “ In this connection, the viticulturist season <11 Friday afternoon. Man> t he bureau of plant industry, who i ranMlv jrr 8 "V^ T" V I haS th ‘‘ W(>rk Will he glad rilni on, > ^ t( > receive reports on such vines from P i h ,^ ^ rs o aw t y l i W ° I Persons who know of their existence, low l»n«l^s one the Ross bridge. statlnK the facts regarding them and across V!' 0(! orook - aa<1 th ® oth ® r the points of special merit that have ™ m , n l across Blue branch. l)een observed , n them h * wind blew the corn down consid- Correspondence regarding vines (TV'on „,rh ii *1 r< an \ a i^i er > 0 not Should bo addressed to Geo. C. Hus- high enough to do material damage ma viticulturist, Bureau of Plant to a Kreat deal of corn on the low- Indus t ry , u. s . Department of Agri- 1 lftna8, 1 culture, Washington, D. C. The department will, upon applica tion, furnish special mailing boxes and franks with which specimens of choice varieties can be forwarded to tho viticulturist for examination without cost to the sender. AH The Details 4* necessary to the safety of our customers, stockholders and directors are carefully followed at this bank. If vou are seeking courteous attention, liberal treat ment and absolute security, let us have your business. We will be glad to confer with those who wish to open an account, let the amount be large or small. NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY, GAFFNEV, S. C. STATE, COUNTY AND CITY DEPOSITORY. Capital, $50,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, 33,000.00 Stockholders* Liabilities, 50,000 00 Protection to Depositors $133,000.00 D. C. ROSS. President. MAYNARD SMYTH, Cashier. J. G. WARDLAW, V.-Pres’t. CHAS. W. HAMES, Asst. Cashier. . _ imgh Sirup. T*»wi Uc*>!l*b» In time. Sold bi drugglau. true. Hold by drturfflsU. iJiaiiffhxjM: 1 ■ Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledger office, Gaffney, S. C. New Type, New Presses, tho finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Comp*, tent Workmen. Send us your orders.