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FJi. :mj Being equipped with a Hibbard-Rodman-Ely Patent Manganese Mob and Burglar Proof Safe, Which isj Locked With Two Duplex Time and Combination Locks Tfie National IM"of Gaffney — A.ISI O The Gaffney Savinas Banf; Offers to Their Depositors Every Pro tection That Could be Desir ed, and -Extends Every Courtesy and Accomodation in Ke e p i n g With SAFE Banking. • • • • N. B. - The Gaffney Savings Bank Pays FOUR PER CENT. Interest COMPOUNDED FOUR Times a Year on all Deposits. Hello. Central! Who keeps the cleanest market in town? i \ Connect me. I want to get some fresh meats. J. F. Fincken. Gaffney, jS. C., March 3rd, 1906. Mr. JONES J. DARBY, District Agt. Accident Department, AETNA LIFE ISNURANCE CO., Gaffney, S. C. Dear Sir:—Please accept my sincere thanks for check for $43.86 this day handed me, being payment in full under provisions of the Disa bility Combination policy I hold with your company Permit me to say I am very much gratified with courtesy received from your company and yourself, as well as the promptness in the settlement of jny claim for my recent illnes. , Yours truly, Sumter Littlejohn. FASTENED ROPE AND JUMPS. Newton Richardson Takes His Own Life. Canton, Ga., March 7.—M. Newton Richardson, of near Hickory Flat, In this county, committed suicide Tues day morning by hanging himself. Mr. Richardson was plowing In a field near his home when he was seen to leave the mule In the Held, take a rope and go to an outhouse on the place. His prolonged stay In the house caused members of his family to make an Investigation, and his dead body was discovered swinging from a Joist. He had apparently tied the rope about his neck, climbed upon the joist an 1 then jumped off. His toes barely touched the floor. No definite cause of his act Is known, but it is supposed to have been the result of worry concerning the delay in securing papers to land which he de sired to purchase. Negro Worked a Ruse. Cordele, Ga., March 7.—On board the Atlantic and Birmingham train ar riving here Tuesday night were Depu ty Sheriff Mathis, of Ware county, who had in charge a negro man that he was carrying to the state asylum at Mil- ledgeville. On arrival here the offi cer purchased a lunch and gave it to the negro. The negro complaining that he could not eat on acount of the handcuffs, the deputy sheriff released the negro’s left hand and no sooner than he did the negro struck the offi cer over the head and jumping from the train, made his escape, but Police man Couch arrested him and placed him in jail. Counterfeit Dollars Found. Asheville, N. C., March 7.—While the work of demolishing the old Buck ho tel building was in progress a pack age of counterfeit silver dollars was unearthed from a ecess in the wall be hind a chimney, where they had un doubtedly been concealed a number of years ago. There were ..Imost one hundred of these coins, each counter feit being carefully wrapped in a piece of tissue paper. The imitations, though well executed and of good color, were lighter than the real article. They bore the date of 1896. Grand Jury Indicts Boles. Meridian, Miss., March 7.— D. J. Boles, a young white man accused at Quitman of having poisoned his wife by giving her a box of poisoned sar dines for a Christmas dinner, who waived preliminary examination re cently, has been indicted by the grand jury at that place. Within a few weeks after the sudden and suspicious death of his wife, Boles married an other woman who had never been le gally divorced from her first husband, and she is in jail awaiting bigamy. One Killed in Collapse. Pueblo, Colo., March 7.—By the col lapse of the concrete roof over a sec tion of the huge new round house of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, which is in course of construction here, one man was instantly killed and three others badly injured. The roof had just been completed, and the men who are all carpenters, were removing the false work underneath, which is supposed to have weakened it, causing the collapse. Slaps Child and Gets Sentence. MaCon, Ga., March 7.—Because he slapped the small son of Captain W. A. Simpson, Ix-wis Carter, a negro farm er, got a sentence of six months’ la bnr or a fine of $80 In the city court after a brief trial and a much shorter time for a jury to bring a verdict of guilty. The white boy had been in a dispute with the negro's son and he interfered with the results of the trial following. Barge Burned to Water’s Edge. Atlantic City, N. J., March 7.—The barge Hamilton Fish, owned by the C. Dunham Nephew company, of New York, was destroyed by fire about 4 miles off the Barneget life saving sta tion. The captain and crew were tak en off by the tug which had the barge In tow. The vessel was left burning and the tug proceeded on its trip. To Establish Rural Routes. Washington, March 7.—Colonel Ijv- ingston has been notified that full county rural delivery service is to be installed in DeKalb, Walton and Rock dale. He will follow this up at once in the counties of Douglas, Campell and Clayton, the department having given him assurance it will reach these counties as soon as possible. Negroes Have Fatal Fight. Covington, Ga.. March 7.—In an al tercation over a game of cards John Avery shot and killed Ed Weaver, both negroes, in Rocky Plains district, in the western section of the county. Deputy Sheriff Tom Maddox went with his dogs to the scene of the killing early, but so far has not succeeded in apprehending the slayer. Violation Is Alleged. Owensboro, Ky., March 7.—Charges of violating the civil service rules have been preferred against Postmaster F. A. Vanrensselaer, C. R. Wales, of the civil service commission, and Postal Inspector R. M. C. Hosford, of Cincin nati, are Investigating. It Is alleged that Vanrensselaer hal been making assessments for campaign purposes. Was Frozen Stiff. Evansville. Incl., March 7.—A hobo was found on the top of the last car of the Evansville and Princeton Trac tion company. The tramp was frozen stiff and seemed dead, and it took an hour to thaw him out. Three little rules we all should keen. To make life happy and bright, Smile In the morning, smile at noon Take Rocky Mountain Tea at night Gaffney Drug Company. Landlord Kills Tenant. Athens, Ga., March 7—At his home in Oglethorpe county, a few miles from Winterville, J. C. Crawford Fleeman shot and killed Charley Wilson, one of his tenants. Wilson and Fleeman fell out about some rations and Wilson was throwing large rocks at Fleeman, when the latter shot him through the head. Fleeman gave himself up, but was re leased after the coroner’s jury return ed a verdict of justifiable homicide. In the spring time you renovate your house. Why not your body? Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea drives out impurities, cleanses aad enriches the blood and purifies the en tire system. 35 cents. Gaffney Drug Company. —Don’t fail to read the advertise ment of the Cole & Rogers shows on another page of this paper. Accidents Will Happen Use SLOAN'S LINIMENT ForSprains,Bruises Sore Muscles,Cuts Burns & Scalds At All Dealers Price2JfJOUflOO Dr. Earl S. Sloan Boston flassU.S. A. uni I IQTFR'Q Rocky Mountain Too Nuggeis A Busy Medicine far Busy People. Brings Golden Health .nd Renewed Vigor. A spectflc for Constipation. Indigestion, Livet and Kidney troubles. Pimples, Eczema, Impure Blood. Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels. Headache and Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab let form. 88 cents a box. Genuina made by Hollister Drug Company. Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALIOW PEOPLE COMING! COMING! Cole (Sb Rogers’ GREAT SHOWS WILL EXHIBIT AT Gaffney, S. C., Friday, March 16 I ho troope is composed of first class male and female perform ers, and the many clowns will keep the fun up to the top notch, and the educated and performing elephants, lions, dogs and ponies are a feature. DON’T MISS THE GRAND FREE STREET PARADE AT 12.30 P. M. Two Performances at 2 ana 8 p. m. Prices of Admission-Children, 25c; Adults, 35c. Gaffney Hardware Co. Is making a Special run on cook ing Stoves this week. We have a fine selection, and anyone want ing a first-class Stove can be pleased in quality land price at our store. Our remnant stock of HEATERS and GRATER are go ing at COST. We urge you to see ours before buying. : :j Gaffney Hardware Co. Jf Third Series Ready Now. 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