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■hi m 10 to 20 Per Gent. Reduction SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Come in and subscribe Ledger. for The Has been made in rates in a number of c asses of risks. Tnmiro IVc > w WOOD & SMITH, Agents Old Reliable Companies Bonds Written Tine Depositor' --AND T In e E?oit r^o i' are each accorded the most liberal as well as the most courteous treatment by this Bank. We would like for you to learn how satisfactory it is to do business with the Merchants and Planters Bank. A. N. WOOD. I'rest. CH AS. LIGON. Asst. Cashier. C. M. SMITH, Cashier. Mim iiiiimiii iwimuii Two Dollars and a f ; "A Shoe As Good As Its Name. ” i- Fifty Cents Buys from us the American Girl Shoe. The best \ ladies shoe on earth for the money. See the new ; fall styles at k The R.S. Lipscomb Sloe Go's.; eu^r I have “knifed” the prices on all Slippers, Straw Hats and summer Dress Goods. Now is your time to get Slippers and Straw Hats for less than whole sale price. My entire line of summer goods, con-isting of Lawns, India Linens. Batistes, Organdies, Dotted Swiss, Dimities and White Waistings in lace-stripe etl'ects will be sold at cost for cash—no goods charg- ed in this sale. I will also close out a lot of Ladies Summer Under vests at greatly reduced prices during this sale. We will offer a big lot of youths’, boys’and chil dren’s Suits at cost for the next few days. Bring the little gents around and let us fit them up in a nice suit for a little money. We will also offer a few men’s two-piece Suits at cost to close out. We have had a very flattering trade on Negligee Shirts and Gent’s Furnishings generally but still have a nice assortment to select from. See us be fore buying your shirts. Good Flour from $2.00 to $2 00 per 100—every sack guaranteed. One and two two quart Fruit Jars at prices that can’t be beat. If you are looking for goods at money-saving prices go to my store at Goforth’s, S. C., or come to my store in the city. Yours for trade, J-1- This Bank Pays Four Percent. On All Deposits. Gaffney Savings Bank. Capital Stock Paid In Thirty Thousand ollars. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Westrope are | rejoicing over the arrival of a little daughter at their home. Labor Day was observed here yes-! tei day by mechanics of all lines, but ! ihere were no public ceremonies. The county board *of registration! met yesterday. It consists of VVm. j Caldwell. A. Frank Smith and John j B. Brown. L. Baker is piling the brick into j the foundation walls of his Limestone j street store. The Gaffney Brick Com pany is doing the brick work. ! Victor H. Lipscomb and Earle J. I j Carpenter will leave tomorrow for I Asheville. N T . C., where they go to en- j ' ter the Bingham Military college. Mr. J. B. Burgess sent us two | gourds yesterday morning smaller than a hen egg. They are mature, and Me. Burgess said the vine they came off had 2G0 similar gourds on it. J. F. Nelson, the Clothier, who has been spending some time in tfie East- ‘■rn markets buying his fall and win ter stock, returned to the city Friday. He will have a nice line to offer his I customers. i The Ladies Aid Society of Buford St. church will meet with Mrs. Pier son today (Tuesday) at 4:30 p. m. The missionary society will meet at the parsonage tomorrow (Wednes day) at 4:30 p. m. A hard rain fell here Sunday night j just as people were fixing to start to church and yesterday morning at | 0:30 another hard shower fell. One man remarked, “Dog days are over; we will soon have dry weather.” In Conversation with a number of practical and observant farmers yes terday, they all agreed that owing to the wet weather the cotton of this sections could not possibly yield a greater crop than that of last year. Mr. I. M. Peeler has moved his stock of goods into the Byars building next to Carroll, Carpenter & Byers, and invites you to call to see him. *'l> ole” Isaac is one of those really good \ fellows whom to know is to love and | respect. The Limestone Guards have been | expecting to go to Manassas, but | were notified last week that it. with j three others of the First Regiment,! bad been detailed to stay at home. I They were the four junior companies i of the regiment. The Ledger inadvertently stated ; last week that Superintendent of! Education Walker would be in liis 1 office Tuesday and Saturday to let i citizens have school books. Every-1 body knows Friday and Saturday j are his office days. Z. T. Green and family, of Moore- head .N. C„ have moved f o the city I and are occupying a cottage on Cher-j okee avenue. We welcome Mr. Green ! and family to our growing city, and wish for them the realization of their! most optimistic plans. The brick work on the Settlemyer ; building is nearly finished. The masons were nearly to the top round Saturday ami i be carpenters are keep ing up with them. When finished this building will be an ornament to the city and a credit to the owner. Col. J. G. Wardlaw, Lt. Col., of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Malitia. has gone with his regiment to Manas sas. Col. Wardlaw has a military education and lias long been connect ed with the volunteer malitia of the State and is one of its most efficient and popular officers. Prof. Edward Scherubel, of Wiscon sin. who studied in Leipsic, Germany,! and is a member of the Musical Asso- j ciation of London, lias been secured as musical dirtetor at Limestone Col-1 lege. Prof. Scherubel is highly roc-1 ommended and will be cordially re ceived at the college and in Gaffney. | I T. B. Thackston, land and indus trial agent of the Southern Railway,; was in the city Saturday and favored ! The Ledger with a call. Mr. Thacks-i ton knows this country z well. He j knows its active and latent powers, ! and Saturday he was making close! enquiries into new enterprises which ! are giving promise of success here. Mr. W. R. Willis, of Blacksburg, has the contract to plaster the Settie- myer building and the National Bank! building. Mr. Willis is eighty-four years old. Is a veteran of both the Mexcan and the Civil War. He was ! in the United States Army in the first and in the Confederate Army in the j last, and notwithstanding his age, he is yet an active worker and can do! about as much plastering as the av-: erage plasterer, and he does it well.! A. M. Richardson, route agent of the Southern Express Company, was in the city Friday and Saturday I moving the office of his company from the little cramped up place in the passenger depot to the Parish Ho tel temporarily. The corner room i next to the depot in the new Settle-! myer building has been secured and ! as soon as finished the express office ; will be located in it. Mr. C. E. Fisher j has charge of the office. D. C. Ross, Prest. J. Q. Litti.r, J. A. Carroll, B. L. Hames, J. G. Wardlaw. Vice-P. Directors. J. N. Lipscomb, R. M. Wilkins, W. C. Carpenter, D. C. Ross. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. William Jefferies, J. G. Wardlaw, O. E. Wilkins, Commercial Printing Of every description executed with neatness and dispatch at The Ledger office, Gaffney, S. 0. New Type, New Presses, the finest quality of Ink and Paper, and Compe tent Workmen. Send us your orders. A Private Sanitarium. Dr. L. G. Corbett, for so long at the | head of the Keely Institute in South ! Carolina, and of late connected with ! the original institute at Dwight, 111.,; has returned to South Carolina and established at Greenville a sanita rium for treatment of nervous dis-1 eases, and the drug and liquor habits. His friends and former patients know that his ability is unquestioned; and as he is enabled to give this service at a more reasonable cost than is usually .paid, many afflicted with these maladies are availing them selves of the benefits to be derived i there. Andrew W. Griffith, of The Ledger staff, left for Manassas yesterday and will represent The Ledger during the army maneouvers at that place. G. W. McKown, of Mercer, was a prominent vistor in the city yester day. Wm. Borders, a prominent Kings Creek planter, was in the city yes terday. The Misses Faulker, two promi nent and charming young ladies of the Kings Creek section of York county, were shopping in the city Saturday. W. C. S. Wood was in the city yes terday. Magistrate John W. Alexader was in the city yesterday. L. C. Mabry, of Ashury, made a business trip to the city yesterday. G. W. Lemaster came up to the city Saturday. T. F. Addis and his little daughter, Miss Louisia, favored The Ledger with a visit Saturday. T. G. Chalk, of Ravenna, one of Cherokee’s most worthy citizens, was in the city Saturday. He called to see The Ledger and renewed. Vaney Comer, the efficient and ac commodating ferryman at Howell’s Ferry, spent some time in the city Saturday. E. P. Macomson, of Mercer, came to the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed McArthur, of Lau rens, are in the city visiting their pa rents. P. C. Garvin, of the Corinth section, spent some itme in the city Satur day. Mrs. M. M. Tate, of Webster, was shopping in the city Saturday. D. C. Phillips, a hustling Drayton- ville farmer, came to the city Friday on business. . Howard Carlisle, a prominent at torney of Spartanburg, was in the city on legal business Friday. Hon. Stanyarne Wilson, of Spar tanburg. came to the city Friday on professional business. D. R. Bird, a prominent citizen of Blacksburg, came to the city Friday. W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury, spent some time in the city Friday. Junius Sparks, a successful farmer of Home, was a city visitor Friday. John H. Brdges spent some time in the city Friday. L. F. Blanton, one of Cherokee's best farmers, came to the city Fri day. N. W. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, came to the city Friday on legal bus iness. J. R. Healan, of Blacksburg, was a city visitor Friday. Wade F. Parker, of Cherokee Falls, paid The Ledger a visit Friday and renewed. J. C. Painter, one of the most ac tive and successful working farmers in the county, was in the city Friday. He said lie felt like lie was getting old: but he didn’t look it. O. P. Richardson left Wednesday afternoon for Wake Forest College. N. C. Joe L. Wingo, son of Rev. I. AV. Wingo, has been visiting Capt. W. H. Richardson’s family the past week. Miss Emma Wingo. of Landrum, visited her uncle, Capt. W. H. Rich ardson, and family, last week. Miss Nannie Cora Richardson left Friday morning for Reynolds, N. C., where she goes to teach. Waite Hamrick left last Wednesday for Wake Forest College, N. C. Mrs. E. H. Gaines and children, who have been visiting Mrs. Gaines’ pa rents in Virginia, have returned to their home in the city. Mrs. Dr. B. B. Steedly has returned from a visit to relatives in Athens, Ga. Mrs. Nellie Taylor, of Statesville. N. C., is in the city on a visit to her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. De- Camp, on Victoria avenue. E. A. Trescot, of Blacksburg, was in the city yesterday on professional business. Vernon Baker, who has lieen in charge of the electrical department of the Lancaster Mills, arrived in the city yesterday to spend a while with his parents. Wm. Caldwell, a prominent citizen of Kings Creek, was in the city yes terday. “Uncle” T. D. Goudelock was a salesday visitor in the city yester day. John V. Price, of Macedonia, came to the city Saturday on business. Landrum Clary, of Algood, a prini- inent citizen and farmer, spent some time in the city yesterday. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge went to Spar tanburg yesterday. “Uncle Joe” Price, of Ezells, made a business trip to the city yesterday. Messrs. J. E. Fite and W. Sykes, of Philadelphia, who are interested in the Gaffney Carnet mill, came to the city the last of the week to attend the sale of the mill yesterday. Our friend. Mr. June Huskey, who spends a great deal of his time in Tampa, Fla., arrived in the city Fri day and is receiving hearty hand shakes from his many friends in the city and country. Fred A. Turner left yesterday for Covington, Ga., where he goes to buy cotton the coming season. Mr. Turner lias had several years’ expe rience in the cotton business and we wish for him his usual success. Architect W. A. Edwards, of Colum bia. was in the city the last of the week on professional business. Miss Nelle Wilks, of Baton Rouge, Chester county, is in the city the guest of her relatives, Sheriff and Mr*. W. W. Thomas. A Season of Danger. A ou 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 the 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 serve you in any line. IX C. Ross. 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. Wo 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. t Prescription Druggists. Cor. Limestone and Frederick Sts., Gaffney, S. C. The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Co, Offers for sale Building Lots in this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farms ne by and in react) 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. w ilk or ride through or over the laudsof this company, cutting and removing timber. Ashing or hunting, under penalty of law. Do You Wish to s?ii Real Estate We will serve you in large or small transactions. We do the advertising and selling. Southern Field Real Estate Exchange, J. H. Carlisle Jr., Secy, and Treas. 8-30-3 mo LAND FOR SALE 213 Acres of Well Improved land lying on wa ers of Buffalo Creek, in Cleveland County, N. C., three (3) miles west ot Grovet, two (2) miles of Earls 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 infor mation apply to 8-23-1 mo o. a. TrureivFCi*, Blacksburg. - _ . South Carolina. Engagement Announced. The following announcement in the Baltimore American of the 1st inst., is of Interest to Gaffney peo ple: “Mr. and Mrs. John Brohawn an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Helen Wright, to Mr. Floyd Lee Baker, of Gaffney, S. C.” I ^ PISO'S CURE FOR N> la tlma. Sold by druggl.u ^ CONSUMPTION ^ Picnic at Piedmont Springs. Mr. Editor:—There will be a pic nic at Piedmont Springs Saturday, September loth, at which the young Ladies' Christian Fnion of Smyrna will sell refreshments. The follow ing young ladies compose the com mittee: Bessie McGill, Anna White- sides, Belle IMaxieo. 'All are Invited to attend and have a good time. is creating a demand for Cough Medicines. We just want to remind vou that if one 50c bottle of NATURE’S COUGH REMEDY doesn’t cure your cough, cold or bronchial affection, that we will cheerfully refund your money. We prepare this medicine from carefully selected, vegetable drugs and sell every bot tle on a guarantee. It is a perfectly safe remedy. It is the only prescription filled in Gaffney that is sold on a positive guarantee. Only at Tin Gaffney Dim Co, Prescription Druggists. I-„ooVc fioj- tilts McDr'«-*ts»-il i c >cs i n Subscribe for The Ledger, SI,08 a year