The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 06, 1904, Image 4
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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.
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"A Shoe As Good As Its Name. ”
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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.;
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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,
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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.
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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,
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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.”
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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.
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