The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 27, 1905, Image 2
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THE LEDGER.
Tuesday and Friday,
Ed. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher,
A. W. Griffith, Local Editor.
The Lodger is not responsible for
the views of correspondents.
Oblturaries will be published at
five cents a line.
Correspondents who do not cpntrl*
bate regular news letters must fur
nish their name, not for publication,
but for identification.
All correspondence should be ad-
dessed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager.
ticular person in mind just now. An
agent, whom he had never seen be
fore, went to him and succeeded in
Interesting to Gaffneyltes.
The following letter is sufficiently
self-explanatory to need no comment
from us, and we feel sure it will be
Crops Burning Up.
Mr. Editor:—We are getting along
very well with our farming, after hav-
selling him a lot of worthless stuff. At rea( i W j t h interest by every true Gaff- iSl,ch a ,,anl wlth Lhts grass.
We invariably Cilscontlnue sending
r he Ledger when a subscription runs
tfut, for we have 90 way of knowing
that a person wants it except by re
ceiving his or her renewal. We ur
gently solicit a prompt renewal, on
the ground that the paper is worth
the money. We are trying month
by month to make it better and bet
ter.
any rate he charged several times jeyite:
what the goods were worth. The Washington, D. C., June 24, 1905.
“sucker” preferred ^o place confidence ,,on- T,1 Qaffney S^C^’
in Mr. Agent rather than trade with)
his home merchant, whom he had
reason to know was honest and who
would have sold him the same goods
at a much smaller price. But it’s the
old story of a fool and his money,
and we will grow gray headed trying
to solve the problem; and when we
leave this earth it will be unsolved,
because a new fool is born every
hour. But we hate to see it just the Subscribe for The Ledger;
same.
Dear Sir:—I desire to assure the
people of Gaffney that the Southern
Railway has not overlooked its prom
ise to give them a new passenger sta
tion, and we now have the matter
M Co at “! or ™ - my tlme hlll cxplred .
Host tmsslble moment. • i agaln ' c . w . „ orgM
C. H Ackert, T ” ne 26th -
Fourth Vice President.
Corn and gardens and watermelon
patches are buring up, although I
have had a ripe melon. It was fine,
though small. My patch is on the
standstill, suffering for rain. Wheat
crops are also short. I haven’t seen
or even heard of a thresher being out
yet.
I have been somewh t lost by not
getting the paper for the last week
I will
$1
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Killing time is a good way to create
a year, i a ghost to follow you later on.
tfOTES AND COMMENTS.
You have a cordial invitation to
visit Gaffney on July 4th. An attract
ive program will be arranged and ev
erything possible will be done to|nished
make you have a good time.
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A new series of the Cherokee Build
ing and Loan Association is soon to
be opened. Young man, make prepa- •;
rations to take a few shares and set
how easily and quickly your money
will grow.
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•aiHAsmoq o\ duj. v
Fern Grove, Ind., June 15, 19*)5.:
Editor Ledger:—This is a beautiful
place sixteen miles above Louisville,!
on the Ohio river. My son and I came
up on an excursion; will return at 7
P. M.
Louisville is the nicest city I ever:
saw, with the best sidewalks and ‘
parks. The population is 30,000. The
l 7 . C. V. reunion is a big thing: some I
say the best of all. They want it in
New York in 1900. We had a safe ^
trip to Louisville; arrived 10 .A. M.
on the 13th inst. and got a nice fur-j
room near headquarters at I
fifty cents a day each, four in a room.
Crop prospects for cotton are very
poor, so report our comrades from all i
cotton growing States. Wheat is
good in Kentucky and Tennessee, in
some sections. Corn is poor.
There were three wrecks of trains j
coming to the reunion: two killed ^jj
and many wounded. Will tell you
more about it when I get home.
W. R. L.
As An Illustration
Of My
The absorbing question in South , .. The System .. Responsible.
Carolina just now is the dispensary! (Kingstree Mail.t
question. Preparations are being The voting out of the dispensary in
made in about half the counties to likens most significant. Whether
vote on the quest 101., with all ndica- f or t j le victory we can not say,
tions jxdnting towards victory for 1 but we 1 tel lev e that the great scandal
manhood, honor and sobriety. attached to the system Is the chief
* * * j cause for its overthrow. The action
t-.,-. ^ ^ t v 1 I Cherokee and Pickens will be felt
Edit'C- A\ • D. Grist, of the York- j t h rouK i lou t t he State and unless there
ville Enquirer, visited The Ledger j s a change for the bettor in its man-
Up-to dateness in supplying
Men’s Furnishings in general,
I’d like for you to see my latest
display of Neckwear and Shirts!
in particulnr. You are hard to
satisfy if you cannot be pleased
here.
Ties, Scarfs, Bows, Shirts,
Hard-to-Beat and Royal make,
stripes and styles are so plentiful, so tasteful, so stylish that
We 0*111 Aleet Overv I >ein«incl
coyncur
rmc
Central Life Ins. Co.
Of CMneiniiiit i. Ohio.
Great Policy-Holders’ Company
Lowest Premiums, Biggest Dividends,
CHAS. P. LIGON, District Manager.
Gaffney, S. C.
ELLIOTT ESTES, Gen. Agt.
ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr., Cashier,
6-30-Aug w
Spartanburg, S, C.
Get the Hal)it-go to
E L S O
last Sunday. We were delighted
have Mr. Grist with us. He and his
associates publish the best semi-weekly 1
in South Carolina, and the correct
business principles which they main-1
tain is an object lesson to all pub
lishers. We wish there were more
like them engaged in the newspaper
business.
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Now that Gaffney has been forced
to celebrate the 4th of July, we hope
that everybody will fall in line and
do his part toward making the cel
ebration a success in every particu
lar. But let us learn a lesson from
this. We are a little too late this
to i agement
bered.
the dispensaries are num-
Punishment Here Below.
(People’s Paper.)
Do we get a part of our punish
ment in this life? It looks as if we
were doing so. Bill Fife hit the city
to the tune of a nice sum with lie
pipes on paper. Dr. Payne struck us
for a nice sum with his brass band
and his 24 horse power pain killer.
Daily a new wind-jammer hits the
street with a closed Bible under his
arm, anil tells us all about the hot
hereafter, and all close with a cash
collection.
The Star Clothier.
Perish, We Reckon.
(Spartanburg Journal.)
1 Tin* Ledger says that Gaffney Is
year to meet with that success we | about to have a water famine. What
would have attained had we started
earlier. Many people had made up
their minds to go elsewhere for the j
day. Some will go and some will
change their minds and celebrate in
Gaffney, We hope each and every one |
will stay at home and help along the;
celebration. We have about fifteen
thousand white people In Cherokee
county: ar least half of them should!
be here, if not all of them. With five
or six •housand present we can have
a big ado. so let everybody In Chero
kee attend the celebration in Gaffney.
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There is one thing that puzzles us
very much, and that is this: Why
will people put confidence in perfect
strangers rather than in ^ men of
known integrity with whom they may
be acquainted? We have a par-
will the Cherokee capital do without
either whiskey or water
Private thoughts do not always
please the conscience. Men fight
their appetites and desires every day.
and are strong only when they con
quer self.
The less weeds the less hoeing 5 ,
less drones, less work for the bees.
—See our Straw Hats in the window
-all at cost. Carroll & Byers.
Subscribe for The Ledger, $1.00 a year.
NOTICE.
We will let out school house build'
ing at Gov.devsville 1st of July.
J. Ed. Gault.
J. G. Hames,
D. B. Hughes,
Trustees.
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It is a company which does not meet competition; it beats it. Beats
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it with low rates, high surrender values and large annual dividends,
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The Mutual Benefit has satisfied generation after generation of
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Within Reach
ist he money to your credit in
the Gaffney Savings Bank.
But remember that it is your
reach only that it is within;
your w ritten order is neceasary
to obtain it. Burglars and
thieves have no chance to
get it.
The Gaffney Savings Bank
would like to open an'faceount with you. One dollar
will do for a start, your own pride will make
it grow. We pay four per cent, inter-
est on all deposits.
The Gaffney Savings Bank.
Office in The National Bank of Gaffney. iw
w’. ?;<i !!♦:’
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| The Gaffney Citv Land and Improvemenf Go.
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Offers for sale- ItulUJini; Lots la this ttourishiuit'. town, '.alTney; also Farms mar
liy and In reach of 1 he Schools of Limestone Springs and of lids place. In lots of iL
to ItX) acres n lil>eral i ime rates; also Agricultural Lauds to rent for Farm purpos**,.
For
1 part uiars apply to
J. V. SARRATT, Agent.
N B.—All p* rsons are forbidden to enter on. walk or ride through nr over the landsof th
company, cutting and removing timber or fishing, hunting, under penalty of law.
JONES J. DARBY, Agent.
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WATER USERS TAKE NOTICE
On account of a scarcity of water,
patrons of the city water works are
hereby notified {.hat they must not
use the city water for any other pur
pose than doinentic. Stop all lawn
sprinklers, watering the garden, etc., jeet any and all bids,
until notice Is given that water may be • A. S. Goudelock,
used for such purposes. This order J. A. Hames.
is imperative and unless obeyed may J. E. Foster,
- • i School Trustees for Dist. No.22
Supt. G-23-2t.
NOTICE.
\Vo will let contract for building
school house the first day of July,
905, at 10 o’clock at the Gowdeystllle
'“*•—» house. Right reserved to re-
cause a water famine.
VV. B. DuPre
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tRPENTER/S
As July 1 st is my Regular stock taking time, and as I want to reduce my stock as much as pos
sible by;that time, beginning the I5th and continuing until July the 1 st, I am going to offer a
discount of 20 per cent on all Men’s, Youth’s, and Boys’ clothing, Men’s and Boys’ straw Hats
Men’s, Ladies’ and Children’s Slippers. Also everything in Wash Goods, Lawns, in fact every’
thing in Spring and Summer Merchandise. The people of Gaffney and Cherokee county know
what this means, and now is your opportunity to take advantage of it.
Remember, you get 20 per cent, off at
CARPENTERS.
. GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA.