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w m <rw9m BALDWIN PIANO FACTORIES AT CINCINNATI. ANWOU NOKNI EDN'T. THE B ALDWIN COMPANY was aw-ir<1e<! by the loterimtloniil Juries of the Wo*. Fair. St. Louis. 1904. TWO OKAND HUZES: The Grand I'rize f »rthe BALDWIN PIANO, for its superlative artistic tone, quality and scientific construction, and the Gr ind Prize for the BALDWIN FACTORY EXHIBIT, illustrating the super lonty oi Bah. win materials, processes, and methods In Plano and Organ construction. These, together with the Grand Prlx. I* .ris. 1900 , are higher honors than were ever taken In the piano industry of the world, and are ofli dal e vidence of the superiority of the Bald win product. The Baldwin products consist of: BALDWIN. £2 ELLINGTON, !2 HAMILTON. S HOWARD, S VALLEY GEM, O- And is represented In the South by w. T^. JOH HAMILTON. MONARCH. ] to txD i rr SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Oeiffney. O. L.woo'D'a ■stsfl WATER MELON SEED' V* yOU: GROWN IN THE SUNNY SOUTH. Green rind, red meat, full of juice and to sweet. 1 if you want quality, sweetness, and the best melons that it 'possible to grow, plant our southern-grown melon seed. Northern or western-grown melon seed doesn’t begin to compare, when ^coflsider the quality and product of the fruit produced. .. n v Three Ounces—Three Best Varieties—Hailed for 25c. (Wood’s Descriptive Seed Catalogue toll.: about the be-t southern melons, and all other Farm and Garden Kt eds. It’s mailed free for the asking. We are headquarters for Cow Peas, Sorghums, Seed Corn, Ensilage Corn, nillet, Seja and Velvet Beans. Write for Catalogue. W Wood & Sons, Sudsmcn, ~ Va, W. J. WILKINS CO. GAFFNEY, - SOUTH CAR. Solicite your patronage on the princi pal of FAIR DEALING; good goods at as low prices as they can be sold at and do a safe business. If you are not already acquainted with us and our methods, we want you to give us an opportunity to convince you that you can do no better than to make our place your headquarters We are putting in a medium priced line of CLOTHING that we will be glad to show you. Our prices are right, quali ty and style right. Our Dress Goods are extensive and varied. We willbe glad to show you through. Our help x is reliable and you can depend on what they tell you. We do not allow misrepresentation. Val Laces, two-tone Laces, net tap Laces, appliques Braids, all-over Laces and Embroideries, and other things in the trimming line. Shoes and Slippers to suit and fit all, at prices consistent with the goods. Let us show you. W. J. WILKINS CO. GAFFNEY, - SOUTH CAR. Preaching at Fairview Chapel next i Sabbath at 3 p. m., by Rev. W. R. Pot- ! ter. I Services cond ucted by the pastor at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath at 11 a. m. There will be services at the Epis copal church Sunday at 11 a. m., and at 4 p. m. All are cordially Invited. Several bales (f cotton were sold on this market Wednesday and yesterday. The price was about 7^ cents for the best grades. R. A. Jones is having his residence on Frederick street remodeled and repainted, which adds very much to its appearance, as well as its convenience. Paul Morgan is making airangements to install a bath room in connection with his laundry where the male element of the c ty may get rid of some of their “real estate’’ at so much per month. The Gaffney Hardware Company is opening up its new stock in the building formerly occupied by W. V. Humphries & Co., on Limestone street, and will I soon be ready for business. Mrs. J. N. Lipscomb has returned from I Fair Forest, where she was called last week by the critical illness of her father. We are glad to know that he wjus much (better when she left him, and that he is still improving. Accidentally Killed. News reached the city Wednesday that a son of Mr. Burl Jolly, who lives a few miles above the city, bad accidentally shot himself and died instantly from his wound. The young man was out hunt ing, or in the woods, and, it is said, was poking the stock of his gun into some bushes, when in pulling it out, with the muzzle toward him, the hammer caught against a limb and the gun was discharg ed, the load tearing away some of the fingers of his right hand and entering his throat and chest causing his death. Tiie accicent was a deplorable one, and the young man’s parents have the sympa thy of their entire neighborhood in their trouble. Arreated for Blgaiey. J. J Porter, who has been running a restaurant here, was arrested this week by Sheriff Thomas at the request of the sheriff of Anderson, where he is wanted for bigamy. He was locked up here until Wednesday when a deputy from Ander son came over and carried him back to that city. Porter, it seems, didn’t deny his guilt, and wife No. 2, who was here with him, said she was married to him and that they had been living together about five years. Wife No. 1 lives at Anderson, and she was the cue who swore out the warrant. The Lipscomb Reunion. The Lipscomb reunion, which had been arranged for Wednesday, was held on that day at the old residence of Prof. W. F. McArthur on Victoria avenue. About thirty of the Lipscomb family were pres ent, representing three generations, and the gathering was a very enjoyable and congenial one. Excellent coffee and other refresh ments were furnished in abundance, and the time was most pleasantly spent in a social way, talking over the incidents of each others’ lives. Free Library at Buffalo. Miss Gus Brohawn has established a free library at her school at Buffalo, which contains many good and useful books. Washington’s birthday was observed at the school by appropriate ex ercises, consisting of songs, recitations, etc., all of which were well rendered by the scholars participating. The patrons of the school who attended were well pleased with the manner in which their children acquitted themselves, and the progress they are making in their studies. In the Mayor’* Court. Mayor Gaffney had a gang of chronic offenders before him Wednesday morn ing in the familiar forms of Lige Brown, Charles Reynolds, Will Agers. John Har ris and Davis Petty, all colored sports, whose propensity for courting the smiles of the goddess Fortune is constantly get ting them in trouble. Four of the worst ones were retpiired to pay ten dol lars in cash or thirty days’ labor to the city streets; and the others were let off with $2.50 or five days. The latter paid. The Gaffney City Land and' . ' Co. Offers (or sale Building Lots In this flourishing town, Gaffney; also Farms ce 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 Farmilpurpcses For full parti 1 ulars 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 or Ashing, bunting, under penalty of law. A Play at Limestone. There will he a play at Limestone Col lege this (Friday) evening, entitled “The Deacon.’’ It will he under the manage ment of the Cooper Literary Society, and a small admission fee will he charged, the proceeds of the entertainment to he devoted to some worthy purpose in con nection with the college. Go down, hoys, and give the younq ladies some “tangible assistance.” At the Theatre. The Crescent Comedy Company has been playing in the Star Theatre every night this week to pleased audiences. The company is an excellent one and its performances are clean, clever and full of interest, and the increased patronage it is receiving here each night attests its pop ularity. Still, the patronage has not been so good as it should be fc a company. for so good Age for Road Tax. Treasurer Gooding says that the act recently passed by the legislature, chang ing the age of those liable to road tax from 18 to 21 yeais, does not go into effect until next year, 1906. THE BiTTERY If big freezes indicate good “craps” we may certainly expect a fine one, with no cut worms, boll weevils, “tater” bugs or cabbage bugs to molest. Fact is, all the bugs are “friz” up, except the humbugs. You can't freeze them out, the best way is to stay away from them and take your dollar to : : :::::: THE BATTERY where every dime and every dollar is made to do double duty. Our buyer is just back from the Northern an?l Eastern markets, and the greatest avalanche of bargains ever known in Gaffney, is being dumped in : : THE BATTER “Underbuy and Undersell” is our motto, and your money back if you want it. Visit The Battery, the cheapest* store in the State. J. CL I *r'oj>Eie to THE DIXIE’S GRAND CLOSING-ODT SALE Will Be On For The Next Few Days And I will sell anything, and everything included in this stock at prices that will sell REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY COST. The stock consists of Clothing, Extra Pants, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions, Trunks and Valises, Ladies’ H'.ts, Cloaks and Skirts, Etc. If there is ANYTHING you need, or EVER WILL NEED, join the procession and come to The Dixie. : : : : : : Positively these Goods Must be Sold. * 4 SUMTER LITTLEJOHN, IKTOR. 11 in mi mirr n t 'j&smssKBz LIST OF PETIT JURORS. Writ of veire facias for thirty-six petit jorors for second week of March ter of court, 1905; C. C. Webber. Buffalo. B. G. L. Pettit, Ravenna. B. R. Metcalf, Lawn. Z. R. Phillips, Star Farm. M. W. Goforth, Thickety. L. Allen Turner, Macedonia. J. P. Shuford, Gaffney. J. D. Bearden, Gaffney. E. C. Kennett, Gaffney. Boyce V. Whisonant, Wilkinsville. R. F. Garrison, Thickety. R. G. Byars, Gaffney. J. H. Palmer, Thickety. A. D. Hammett, Maud. J. A. McKown, Mercer. T. E. Wright, Wilkinsville. W. L. Self, Gaffney. T. J. Sanders, Sarratts. W. E. Poole, Star Farm. A. Bettis, Blacksburg. J. H. Williams, White Plains. Price Martin, Blacksburg. P. G. Dickson, Antioch. Cameron Littlejohn, Ravenna. D. A. Gold, Blacksburg. M. E. Gettys, Grassy Pond. James E. Spencer, Littlejohn. Noah Wisher, King’s Creek. H. S. Mullins, Thickety. S. L. Stroup, Mercer. R. H. Taylor, White Plains. R. B. Lemaster, Wilkinsville. J. W. Byars, Macedonia. W. H. Perry, Gaffney. J. A. Whisonant, Antioch. S. J. Whelchel, Draytonville. % I »> 'l;S! I !* There is no Place like Home Men make themselves ridiculous by claiming to he what they are not. ,♦ 4 4 4 ,4 4 4 4 : : 4 4 4 4 : 4 4 4 I 1 l * E * AND THE Cherokee b. n.' ' /L Enables Wage Earners to have One of their Own AND SAVE RENT MONEY. IT WILL PAY INVESTERS NINE PER CENT. Glad to Explain Details—Is Purely Mutial. CHAS. A. JEFFERIES, President. W. H. GOODING, Secy, and Treas. 1 Wj V4%%vXV4%v r 4vyyv4V4vi I I v ’> W 1 V ! fv v v 1 : ; ♦ 4 Fourhanded Buyers of Garden Seed More and more the people appreciate the advantage of buying their gar ,ro m D. M. paca*. Seed, Wood-. d„ lk Saad. ^ ^ «"* »' a 8S a,, m an', ixr d8to r ,r “ h r are r ‘r*^ ou »'<? Cherokee Drug Company,«»«Dn®as.