The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 29, 1906, Image 4

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And it’s a record to be proud of ! Good line of deposits and a good general bal ance to your account. 11 beget frugality. How many, though, never open an account at a bank ? If they did, at a bank like •i 1 • i ours, it would be Try us to their financial interests. National Bank of Gaffney, Gaffney, S. C. D. C. ROSS, Prest. J. A. CARROLL, Vice-Prest. MAYNARD SMYTH, Cashier. C. W. HAMES, Ass’t. Cashier. w w v « v v v yg -w • • tr~w,w~w w f * w w w -» J w v w w ■w - " —~w w -w--w-w~~ww~w~w r Pure "tF I Powder! i I 1 ft FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Two store rooms o» j Robinson street. Webst & Jefferies March 6 tf. In using Talcum you always want the best ar ticle the market affords. We don’t claim ours to be the only Talcum, but it is as good as is made. “ B Y - L O n Try It. 4 FOR RENT—A desirable store on Grenard street. Harry Byars. Aug. 17 tf. WANTEU. WANTED—Agents to sell Stereo- seopes and Stereoscopic Views. Best bargains ever offered. Write today for particulars. Jerome B. King & Co., Pinners Point, Va. Aug. 8-4t-pd WANTED -- 200 cords of good pine wood. GLOBE MFC. CO. Aug. 3-tf. f K I Cherokee f 1 Drug Company Our perfume stock is omplete. We represent some of the largest and most substantial companies and would like to write your husines. 5-14-tf. Smith & Lipscomb, Agents MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotiate loana on mproved farms for a term of yaare n amounts of $1,000 and upward, at 7 per cent, and from $300 to $1,000 at I par cent. Apply to J. C. JEFFERIES, Gaffney, t. C. DR. W. K. GUNTER, U K K T I ST )ffice in Star Theatre Building, Phone No. 20. Crow- and bridge work a specialty. WILLIAM S. HALL. JR., Attorney at Law, Office over The Battery. Gaffney, S. C. Prompt attention riven to an bnetneee DR. J. F. GARRETT, DENTIST. Moved to new office over Fretforle ♦ eat Front of tho Battery. ’Phone In Office and Reeldenee. ANSEL LEADS IN GOVERNOR'S RACE. MANNING SECOND AND BLEASE THIRD. * Lyon Leads Over Both His Oppo nents—South Carolina Knocks the Dispensary. Columbia. Aug. 2!b—3. a. in.—With about 50.000 votes heard from out of a possible 100.000 the result of the De mocratic primary yesterday is fairly well known. For governor, Mr. M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, has a long lea l and his n arest competitor is Senator Richard I. Manning, of Sumter. These two will make the second race. Mr. Manning distanced his next man by several thousand votes. In the race for attorney general Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, of Abbeville, is far in the lead, and it is very likely that he will be elected over both bis oppo nents. but tin* large vote received by Col. Leroy F. Youm.ans was a sur prise to many people. For secretary of State it appears that Mr. R. M. McCown, of Florence, may be elected on the first ballot over ail opponents. Col. Boyd a Winner. Col. John C. Boyd, of Greenville, lias run away from his opponent, for adjutant general. Major Lewis W. Hiskell, of Richland, .and is an easy winner. For comptroller general the race is very close between the incum bent, Mr. A. \Y. Jones, of Abbeville, and Mr. C. L. Walker, of Greenville, but Mr. Jones has a majority of the votes so far reported. The s~ oond race for railroad com missioner wil] be made by Col. John H. Wharton, of Laurens, incumbent, and Mr. J. M. Sullivan, of Anderson, unless the result is changed by later returns. Tillman Scratched. Senator Tillman whs s'evorely scratched all over the State, but in many places the vote for Tillman was not counted, owing to the interest, and it is impossible to sav what is the extent of the scratching. Union county seems to be the banner coun ty in the scratching line. The contests for county officers and for the legislature excited more in terest of the voters than the State contests in many counties and the counting of the county ticket first has delayed the returns on the State ticket The Dispensary. It is impossible to tell at this time what will he the sentiment of the next legislature on the dispensary question, hut theye are significant facts standing out. For instance: “Hub” Evans is not elected to the house from Newberry, where Fraser Lyon for attorney general hailed with a fine vote. In Anderson, Belton Wat son is defeated for the senate by G. W. Sullivan, an anti-dispensary man. In Union B. F. Townsend, dispensary, appears to have defeated L. J. Town send, anti-dispensary, for the senate. In Richland F. H. Weston is elected to the senate over Col. John C. Has kell. Whoopinp It Up. (Tacoma News.) Miss Fern Gleisnef, of Cannon street gave - novel party in celebra tion of her seventeenth birthday. An epidemic of whooping-cough has been raging among the children here for several weeks, and as members it was necessary to invite only child- —'m who had the disease. The party was called a whooping- cough party, and between par ox ysms of coughing the voung people en’oyed themselves hugely. Notice to Advertisers. Owing to a change in the hour of going to press our advertisers are urgently requested to get copy, in for advertisements early Saturday after noon and Wednesday afternoon. We desire to accommodate our adver tisers In the matter of changes, but we cannot insure prompt changes if copy is delayed beyond the hour of going to press. This change has been made imperative because the postof- flee authorities made a change In the matter of handling mail to and from this point. Advertisers will kindly govern themselves accordingly. KILLED GILA MONSTER. - * " ^ An Excitinq Time at Toxaway Mills in Anderson (Anderson Mail.) Bob Griffin, who is manager of the company store at the Toxaway mills, was told yesterday afternoon that some of the children were trying to kill a snake under one of the cot tages in the mill village, and that they wanted him to come and help them. He went. When he look-ed under the house he almost jumped out of his skiu. For it wasn’t a snake that the child ren were trying to kill, hut ,a great big lizard, about eighteen inches long and with a color like that of a highland moccasin. It had four feet and was built much on the plan of an alligator. When the thing saw Mr. Griffin it stood on its hind legs and hissed like a goose. Mr. Griffin has ,a good nerve. He met the emergency. He got a piece of scantling and killed the strange reptile, and then he yelled for Wiley Strickland, the village policeman. The policeman came on a run. He’ took one look, and then said that he hadn't been feeling very well for several, days and that he guessed he had better go up town and consult a doctor. Griffin begged him to take th>* dead animal along with him, and that Strickland agreed to do. You see. he knew he would tell the people wlnt he had seen and he fear <1 they might not believe him. He thought it best to take the thing along as proof to those who might doubt his word. He tied a long string around the dead creature and dragged it. up to the business part of the city, and there it attracted a great deal of at tention. A large crowd quickly gath ered. and all hands looked on in won der. Finally one man said, “Why, it’s that thing they have had down at Buena Vista park, or one just like it." A telephone message to the park brought the information that the gila monster, a recent addition to the zoo. had gotten away. Nobody knows how it sot out of the cage in which it had been confined. There is a sus picion that it must have been deliber ately turned loose by some evily dis posed person, as the cage was very stout and had no holes through which the animal could have escaped. The gila monster was placed in the park some weeks ago through the kindness of Mr. C. Frank Bolt. He saw these animals while on a visit to Arizona about n year ago, and has been trying to get one for the park ever since. He got Rev. C. Wardlaw, who recently moved from this sec tion to Arizona, to help him. Mr. Wardlaw got a man in his country to capture one and shipped it to Mr. Bolt bv express. The gila monster, as it is called. Is peculiar to the dry. arid plains of Arizona and New Mexico. It belongs to the lizard family, hut is much arger than the ordinary lizards of this country . The adults are about two feet long. They are copper colored, and their bite is very poison ous. This is said to he the onlv liz ard whose bite is poisonous. They live on birds, frogs, etc. The breath of the gila monster is ’’“ry odorous and it is overpowering to small ani mals and insects. The gila monster captures its prey bv getting within a few feet of the bird, or whatever it wants to capture, and blowing its breath on it. The fumes of the rep tile overcomes the bird or fro" and then the reptile ambles up at its leisure and takes its meal. The reptile that was at the paib was a most vicious looking thing. It appeared to he a cross between an alligator and a ratlesnake. and those who saw it in its cage were disposed to keep a respectful distance from it. The one at the park was the only one ever seen in this part of the country. It was a great curiosity and attracted much attention, but it is not at all likely that another one will he secured to take its place. In fact, it is certain that there will never be another gila monster at the park. There is general relief that there will never be another gila monster at the park. There is general relief that the only one Anderson ever had has been killed. President Raymond, of Union Col lege, in his baccalaureate sermon at Schenectady. N. Y., told the students that the corruption against which so great an outcry has been raised was not new but that ther^ had been a change in the world’s etica! stand ards. —If you want to be in the style you will have to wear one of our stylish Hats that we are now showing. Company Store. IV W [♦' I a | !V V V * V V y L | y v v * W £ ’i "Poverty and shame shall be for him that refuseth instruction.”—Solomon It’s not what we make, but what we hold, That eases life’s burdens when we are old. Suppose you begin to prepare for old age (which is sure to come) now, by open ing a savings account with the Merchants and Planters Bank Savings deposits draw 4 per cent, per annum. Interest compounded four times a year. T C. M. Smith, Brest. A. N. Wood, V-Prest. ‘R. S. Lipscomb, Cashier. A. Louis Wood, Asst. Cashier. >] .♦4 V - i-A.Jfc A- ju a m a A. jl A-JkZJtJJ itMWMMMMMMMMMH REAL VALUES FURNITURE! \\ e sell the most substantial Furniture to be had. We always carry a lar^e assortment in stock, so you can’t fail to he suited. We have Bedroom Suits from - Sideboards from - - Dining Tables from Hall Hacks from - - Dressers from - - - Stoves from ... $ 9.50 to $85.00 1 2.00 to 45.00 2.00 to 25.00 1.25 to 20.00 5.00 to 20.00 1 0.00 to 40.00 You should see our line of Matting, Rugs, Window Shades, Lace Curtains and Toilet sets. Shuford & LeMaster, Furniture, Stoves and Undertaking. >i< 'j DID YOU KNOW Smith Hardware Co. Made Harness, Repaired Harness, AND MadeOld Harness Look New? Pry us. We make the best. Our line of Buggies and Surries are the best made in the South. Tyson & Jones, “White Star.” High Point and others. See us before you buy. : : : : : : : : Wagrons! Watsons!! Our Hardware stock is the most complete and hug est in the upper part of the State. See us lor Screen Doors. Always see us for the best and what you want. 4 si Smith Hardware Co. k b k f k f k k k Friday We Begin Our August Clearance Sale OF ALL SUMMER SUITS. This is the “beginning of the end” of the greatest and most successful Summer Sale ever held here. Do you real ize what a tremendous saving this August Clearance Sale means to you? If you do, we know you’ll be here bright and early to get the best choice of the noted “EFF-EFF” Clothes which are, in every detail of construction, strictly custom tailor-made and worth any mans wearing. Since the closing of our Mid-Summer Sale we have carefully re-adjusted our stock and marked the price in reach of all. So come early and get the best choice. W. C. CARPENTER, - Gaffney, S. C. 915, 917, 919 Granard Street CUw YoA.