Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* “TTrmmmnrmlffnfflflffSWnfflfflffllMfflffmflfWflff L. D. C. ROSS, Presidfent. J. A. CARROLL, Vice-Prest. MAYNARD SMYTH, Cashier. ^ CHAS. W. HAMES, Ass’t. Cash. 3 The National Bank of Gaffney =j Ciaffne^r, Sp*. CZ.'i ^ State, City and County Depository. ^ We shall endeavor to make it both agreeable and ^ profitable for you to do business with us. 13 DIRECTORS: 3 William Jefferies, J. A. Carroll, T. M. Littlejohn, ^ R. M. Wilkins, • B. L. Hames, W. C. Carpenter, 3 Henry M. McAden, Maynard smyth, C. W. Whisonant, ^ D. C. Ross, J. D. Jones. ^ Looking- <* Backwards Over theyear just passed, it is with pleasure, pride and satis faction of the good work we have done and the liberal pat ronage extended us by all classes. There are only two more weeks until Christmas, and to maintain The Dixie’s past reputation for the Most & 3 >3t 3-) i h CKt'nhu: I) 15 we offer during this two weeks some Rare Bargains in all our linds of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing especially; also Dry Goods, Notions, Trunks and Shoes. We also keep a good line of Groceries and Feed Stuffs at lowest prices. Littlejohn Bros. AT THE DIXIE iV a The Amount Crows quickly after the first‘de posit. Before the account was opened money was spent without thought. Now it is sent to the^ The Gaffney Savings Bank wherejjit draws interest at the rate of Four Per Cent. M: .:ey deposited here cannot be 'taken by thieves or de stroyed 0/ fire. Our modern vaults will resistjjboth. The Gaffney Savings Bank Pays Four Per Cent. Interest]on Jail jDepositsT^ Ofice in The National Bank of'Gaffney.] ♦ PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. John Green, of Gastonia, N. C., is spending a few days in the city with relatives. Mrs. H. M. Stallworth, of Gaines ville, Ga., spent Sunday with her parents, Prof, and Mrs. H. P. Griffith, at Limestone. W. A. Poole, of Lancaster, is in the city for a few days. Elam Martin, of Birmingham, Ala., | is visting relatives in the cty. L. J. Hames has returned to his home in Union after spending a few ; days in this city. C. T. Gilmer, of this city, who is an engineer with the Southern Railway, ' is spending a few days in the city. Prof, and Mrs. Davis Jefferies and ’ sons, Fred and Everet, have returned to their home in Union after spending the holidays in Gaffney with Mrs. M. H. Jefferies. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burbage, of St. Paul, returned home yesterday after spending some time in Gaffney. G. Martin, of this city, left yester day for Birmingham, Ala., where he will spend a week or more with rel atives and friends. A. L. Crutchfield, of Spartanburg, was a business visitor to the city Sat urday. R. W. White, of Gastonia, N. C., was r. Gaffney visitor Sunday. Messrs. Charles and Will Boyd, of Caroleen, N. C., are visiting in the city. J. W. Sanders, of Gastonia, N. C., was in the city this week. S. M. Craig, of Anderson, was in tho city yesterday. John W. Bridges, of Spartanburg, was in the city Sunday. G. G. Slaughter, of Spartanburg, was in the city yesterday. Miss Susie Parker returned yeeter- day to Union where she .resumes her position in the public school. Cadets C. M. Robbs. A. K. Folger, J. V Phillips, J. D. Wood. J. C. Prldmore and E. H. Wood returned to Clemson today after spending the holidays in this city. Messrs. Marcellus Steadman. Wells LitMejohn, I. B. Magness. Durbin Lit tlejohn and E. F. Robbins return to Wofford College today to resume their studies tomorrow. Messrs. E. E. Corry and R. M. Jef feries. who are attending South Caro lina College, will return to Columbia tomorrow. Leon Gaffney and J. M. Humphries will return to Greenville today to re enter Furman University, after spend ing the holidays in this city. Miss lone Littlejohn returned to Union yesterday after spending the holidays with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Littlejohn. Miss Margaret Poag has returned to the city after spending the holidays with relatives in Rock Hill. D. Scott, a prominent young man of Greensboro. N. C., is in the city for a few days, the guest of J. M. Nelson and family. Mrs. V. M. Williams, of Greenville, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Folger. Miss Louise Shell of Spartanburg, is the guest of Miss Wilma Gaffney. Miss Inez Spears, of Jonesvllle, Is the guest of relatives in the city. Mrs. Geo. Blanton, of Shelby. N. C., is visiting relatives in this city. Ye Editors Complaint. (Pickens Sentenel Journal.) When ye editor was learning his trade the Sentinel was handed ar ticles to publish about fat hogs, or weddings, but a nice quantity of meat or cakes galore, were always handed in at the same time, hut in this day of cheap notoriety and fast living, whole columns are pushed at us about the “lovely, beautiful and charming bride,” and the “manly, gallant, court ly and handsomo groom.” a fine “O. I. C. hog bought from Mr. — eighteen weeks old that was killed by our genial, well-to-do. neigyhbor. Mr. So and So, which netted him 720 pounds of fine meat. Such rot. does not in terest any one hut those directly in terested. and it takes un space that coul 1 he filled with better stuff—ad vertising that would enable the man ager to make the “ghost walk” on Saturday nights. Hereafter we will cut down gashing marriage notices, obituaries and all such to tho space they deserve. Cards of thanks will not be inserted unless accompanied by one dollar, the fee for same, and notices of big hogs will be “sidetrack ed” unless a mess of sausage, back bone and spare ribs accompanies it, “not for publication but as anevl- dence of good faith.” Seasonable Goods At Actual Cost! I am still selling Men’s Youth’s and Boys’ Suits at Ac tual Cost. This is not an odds and ends sale but a Clearance Sale of new and up-to-date Suits. I am also selling all Ladies’ Jackets, Skirts and Coat Suits at Ac tual Cost. My reason for selling these lines out at cost is that I am going to discontinue handling same. I can suit anybody in Dress Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats and Gents’ Furnishings generally.* Just received 200 barrels of Flour which will go at $2.25 per 100 lbs. Everv sack guaranteed. Full line Groceries Jand Hardware. See me before making your purchases. J. I.SARRATT. The Tragedy at Gaffney. Not only in Gaffney did the horrible murder of Mr. Bennett and Mr. Davi son arouse intense indignation, but all over the State was this disgraceful af fair deplored. Two men In defense of their sweethearts were shot down like beasts. A hotel keeper Instead of protecting his guests became their aggressor, making an attempt to crawl through a transom of a lady’s bed-room. And when Mr. Bennett said that he did not deem such an act of a gentleman, he was fired up on and killed, while Mr. Davison sus tained wounds that proved fatal. We sincerely trust that the law will deal with the proprietor of this crime as ho should be dealt with. Murders in South Carolina are too frequent. Men must learn that a human life is worth more than the life of a dog: we must not have our citi zens shot down maliciously and 1 bru tally. For the justice due two men now sleeping in the dust, for the cause of humanity, for the honor of South Carolina may the law be vin dicated.—Camden Chronicle. Rural Trustees to Meet. Attention is directed to the "Money to Loan” advertisement of John B. Palmer & Son, of Columbia, which ap pears in another column. Also to the notice of the meeting of rural school trustees to be held at the courthouse next Friday, 5th inst. Mr. Wood Resigns. Mr. A. N. Wood has tendered Ws r cignatlon as president of the Mer chants and Planters Bank of this city. The matter will be acted upon a 1 a meeting of the stockholders, to be held next Mond .7. Our best welfare has seldom been welcome at Its first coming. He who finds no cause for gratitude probably causes none. The Honor of a Woman. Such a tragedy as that at Gaffney Friday morning is shocking. It ia hor rifying. Somebody is to blame for such an outrage. As for George Has ty. we are not prepared .yet to say whether he is guilty of a foul murder or not. He may have thought himself justified in killing Musical Director Bennett of the "Nothing But Money” theatrical company. The answer Is for the courts, and until a jury has pronounced a verdict, we have noth ing to say as to the guilt or innocence of this man who is said to a joint pro of this man who is said to be a joint proprietor of a lodging house. The law guarantees Hasty a fair trial, and he should have it. The law also guarantees the dead man retri bution. if retribution be justice, and if Davison lives he will be in court to demand justice and has a right to expect it. He is said to be a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pyth ias order. That is evidence enough for us that he is a good citizen, no matter whether he comes from Chica go or Gaffney. The country .has been stirred bv the awful details of the tragedy, and South Carolina and Gaff ney wi.l be expected to see to it that there is no farce in the courts when Hasty faces a judge and a jury. There are women on the stage who are not above reproach. There are women who never saw a play house who are also not above reproach. On the other hand, there are hundreds of women on the stage because they have to earn their daily bread. There are hundreds of ladies, in the purest and best sense, appearing before the footlghts for the entertainment of the American people. An actress is a. woman, and in these days she is gen erally a pure woman. She deserves the consideration due her sex. If a man makes improper approach es to a pure woman, it is his turn to look out for pistol bullets; not the other fellow’s. The only protection of an actress, traveling without friends or relatives, are the male members of her troupe. These men know whether she wishes and deserves their nrotec- tion and if the facts as told by Miss Sheridan, Miss Bishop and Mr. Davi son he true, the musical director and the comedian showed more clear grit and manhood than anything we have heard of in some time. If what the witnesses said he true, the musician died in defense of a woman’s honor, and Davison is wounded, mortally, perhaps, in the same cause. We have not heard Hasty’s defense vet. He^ may completely vindicate himself. It is very evident that both Miss Bishop and Miss Sheridan were grossly insulted by someone. They declare the same man attacked both, and that man they say was George Hasty one of the proprietors of the inn where they were stopping, and a man whose duty and whose interest it was to protect them from insult and harm while they resided beneath his roof. We are not prepared to defend the character of the two actresses, except, of course, on general principles. The men who knew them best in this part of the world were Bennett and Davi son. And those two men showed no hesitancy in defending them against an alleged Insult. Nadinola Perfect J < i -'4 1 Complexion > ' ■> Beautifier warranted to produce a perfect Complexion, re moving all facial blemishes, and it makes a pretty addi tion to the toilet table. Read their add in another column. For sale and guaranteedjby us only, in Gaffney. Phone us or ask to see it when in the store. The ^ I Gaffney Drug Company, R. C. GARLAND, Mgr. Opposite Hotsls and Depot. Merchants a Planters Bank OAF'F'JMEJY, S. C. CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $90,000.00. J. Q. Little, R- A. Jones, A. N. Wood, DiF?E:o'roFes w. C. Hamrick, R. M. Wilkins, W. C. Carpenter, J. N . Lipscomb, R. R. Brown, C M. Smith. Your Business Solicited 4 per cent, interest, compounded quarterly, paid on SAVINGS DEPOSITS. COTTON LOANS A SPECIALTY. A. N. WOOD, Brest. R. R. BROWN, V-Prest. C. M. SMITH, Cashier. Fire Insurance and [Bonds Written] ' WAGONS AND BUGGIES, Harness and Saddles, Turn Plows, Middle Breakers, Cook .Stoves, Heating Stoves, * W v Sewing Machines, - AT Gaffney Hardware Co. JONES J. DARBY PROTECTS Business, Income, Salary’and Family DISTRICT AGENT Accident and Liability Dept. Aetna Life Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn. Gaffney, S. C. Christmas Holiday Excursion Rates VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY On account of .Christmas Holidays, Southern Railway will sell tickets from all points east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio rivers and to St. Louis, Mo., and intermediate points at rate of ONE AND ONE-THIRD FIRST-CLASS ONE WAY FARES, PLUS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for the round trip, (Minimum rate 50 cents). Tickets to be sold December 22nd,’ 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, 31st, 1905, and January 1st 1906, with final limit January 4th, 1906. Tickets for Teachers and Students of Schools and Colleges will be sold December 17th to 24th, 1905, with final limit January 8th, 1906, upon presentation and surrender of certificates signed by Superintendents, Principals and Presidents of the various institutions of learning. For further informations apply to any Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or BROOKS MORGAN. Assistant General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. R. w. HUNT. Division Passenger Agent, Charleston,^. C. ja. t