Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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pa r A OHE.C'K. BOOK. I A.IVKI>;Cx And it’s a record to be proud of ) Good line of- deposits and a good general bal ance to your account. U iVOITTS beget frugality. How many, though, never open an account at a bank ? If they did, at a bank like ours, it would be to their financial interests. Try us. Naiional Bank of Gaffney, Gaffney, S. C. D. C. ROSS, Prest. J. A. CARROLL, Vice-Prest. MAYNARD SMYTH, Cashier. C. W. NAMES, Ass’t. Cashier. n." m ■*tb " ysr-~nr-ir » •»- ♦.^ T^”.^. •.• . T w .^ 1 . V V ''W'7 w ^ ^ w"rtr FOR SALE. If T^a want to buy a pood house convenient to graded school and Limestone College, address “House” care Ledger. Sept 3 tf. FOR SALE—Seed wheat. Apply to J. V. Sarratt. Sept. 7-tf. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Two store rooms O' Robinson street Webst & Jefferies March 6 tf. WANTED. WANTED—White woman to do cooking and housekeeping for small family.* Address ledger X. Y. Z. WANTED — 200 cords of good pine wood. GLOBE MFG. CO. Aug. 3-tf. LOST. LOST—Between 5 and 10 cents store and W. C. Carpenter's store, ladies’ small brown purse, containing about $1.50. Finder please return to this office. MONEY TO LOAN—Apply to W. C. McArthur, guardian over Mer chants and Planters Bank. NOTICE, Parties submitting free milling or sulpherde gold, copper and silver ores for tests must furnish not less than fifty pounds, or over one hun dred. All samples or ores submitted must be from owners of the property, as we will deal only with the owners. L. U. Cambell. Sept. 4, Imo. Fire Insurance! We represent some of the largest and most substantial companies and would like to write your buslnes. 5-U-tf. Smith & Lipscomb, Agents MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotiate loans on Improved farms for a term of years In amounts of 91,000 and upward, at 7 per cent, and from $300 to 91,000 at I per cent. Apply to J. C. JEFFERIES, Gaffney, S, C. DR. W. K. GUNTER, de; rc t i ft t Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. Crow- and bridge work a specialty. WILLIAM S. HALL, JR., Attorney at Law. Office over The Battery. Qaffnty, 8. C. Prompt attention given to all business DR. J. F. GARRETT, DENTIST. Moved to now office over Frederic ♦ set Front, of the Battery. ’Phone In Office and Residence. You will want to know where to get your School supplies. We have every thing that you need. Text Books, Note Books, Drawing Books, Color Sets, Pencils, Tablets, Inks, Pens, Slates, Slate Pencils, Sponges, Eras ers, Satchels, Book Straps, Copy Books, Companions. All of the stock is new and selected with care to give you the best goods for the monev. Cherokee Drug Company Agency for The Builders Supply Co. Successor* to L. Baker, Will furninh your Building Materia. >f the best that the markets afford an4 4t the lowest living prices No. 1 leart pine Shingles and Laths, Guar inteed Pure White Lead and Zinc ind Pure Linseed Oil. Nothing bettei to paint your house with and cost* ess than mixed paints. When in nee,] jf anything in the building line, cal ind see us; we’ll treat you oour teously and make your estimates for lotting. Iv. H a k e i-, MANAGER. AN AUSPICIOUS OPENING. Attendance at the Graded Schools Is Splendid. The graded schools opened Tues day with a splendid attendance. Nothing pertaining to school work was done save the organizing for the year’s work. At the Central school Rev. S. B. Harper opened with prayer and appropriate remarks were made bv Revs. Dr. Liston, Dr. Simms, and ’Squire J. C. Jefferies. The other branches were also opened with ap propriate exercises. There ar® nearly one thousand little children in at tendance upon the various schools. Supt. West will inject some new i< 1<j as Into the schools of this city. One of ills pet theories, which ap pears to be good, is the idea that the children should do more studying In school and less at home—especially the little fellows. The prospects for a successful session arq indeed bright. Th e Lightning’s Work. This section was visited Monday af ternoon by a severe electrical storm. A colored girl, daughter of Jack Ser vice, a respectable colored man liv ing near Draytonville, was instantly killed while nursing her mother’s baby. The baby was severe!- shock ed and portions of the bod- were blistered, but it win recover. Mr. Prayor Humphries, while on his way home from Gaffney, stopped at Mr. Jud McCraw’s house to shelter from the storm. A flash of lightning killed one of Mr. McCraw’s cows, stunned a mule belonging to Mr. Rob in McCraw, and also shocked Mr. Humphries. In the Maud section the storm w-as very severe, but there are no fatal ities reported, although large trees were blown down and considerable damage was done to the growing crops. An Artistic Mechanic. Mr. Wm. H. MacCullough, traveling time lock inspector of the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co., was in the city Wednesday inspecting and clean ing the time lock of the manganese steel safe of the National Bank. When a Ledger man saw him at work the table on which he was working represented a watchmaker’s bench more than anything else. There were little screws, springs, wires, etc., scat tered about In what appeared to be endless confusion, and how in the name of common sense he ever got them all back in their proper places again—if he ever did—Is a mystery to the writer. However, the thing Is working all right, and this Is evidence that Mr. MacCullough is an artistic mechanic. Thirty-One Addition*. Rev. W. T. Thompson has Just closed a most successful series of meetings at his various churches. The combined additional membership is thirty-one, divided as follows: Shiloh fifteen: Bethesda eleven, and Unity five. Mr.- Thompson serves these churches one time a month each, viz: Shiloh on the fourth Sab bath, Bethesda on the second Sab bath, and Unity on the first Sabbath. Mr. Thompson’s work has been sin gularly successful. He is a preacher who is working for the Master be cause he feels be is called, and his work is being blessed. * Swapping Places. T. H. Westrope, the jeweler, is get ting a hustle on himself. He and his neighbor, D. A. Young, the baker, and groceryman, are preparing to swap I> cations. For several days workmen have been busy making suitable changes in both store rooms and the exchange will probably take place to day. Mr. Westrope has given an or der for splendid Jewelry store fix tures and says that it is his mirpose to have the finest jewelry store In upper South Carolina. And Mr. Young will continue to make the finest bread and the most toothsome cakes made in Gaffney. A Business Change. Mr. John G. Bramlett, of the firm of Bramlett & Gallagher, has pur chased the interest of his partner. Mr. J.‘J. Gallagher, in the grocery busi ness heretofore conducted by them, and will continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Bramlett anticipates making some improvements in the place and will bend his energies to ward building up a flrkt class busi ness in his line. It is not know what Mr. Gallagher’s future plans are. The Steps Gave Away. While the members of the congre gation of the Presbyterian church were preparing to depart for their homes Sunday night several persons congregated on the steps of the west 'mtrance and the weight became so great that the steps, which had been there several years and had decayed underneath, gave way, precipitating a number to the ground. Some of the ladloQ were badly frightened l)ut no one was seriously hurt. The proper ty will be repaired at once. Arthur Hasty’s Arm Broken. Arthur Hasty is carrying his right arm in a sling as a result ot a differ ence with a Souther- Railway con ductor. Arthur’s version of the affalf is about as follows: Last Thursday night he bought a ticket from Gaffney to Greer, where he now resides, and got on the train and went to sleep. H~ was carried n ast Greer, and when he awake he was near Seneca. He asked the conductor to give him a pass back to Greer on No. 36, but the conductor conceived the idea that he was trying to beat his way. Hasty insisted that he went by the station unintentionally and went on to Toe coa. Ga., when the conductor insisted on his getting off. Hasty get the wron hat on leaving the train and started back into the coach to ex change hats, when the train started* off. The conductor, being under the Impression that Hastv was insisting on beating his way, told him to get off. He tried to explain, but his ex planation would not be acce-ted. and the porter pushed him from the steps while the train was in motion. The fall hurt his back and broke one of the small bones of th- wrist. Hasty insists that he w-as raising no disturb ance, and that the account in the Greenville New s in erroneous. Large Families. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt! commonly known as “Teddy,” the president of these United States, made himself fa mous some time ago by giving words of - encouragement to the energetic parents of large families. It cap truthfully be said that there are at least two firailies in Gaffnev who give no encouragement to the race suicide idea. Mr. John Ballard is forty-six'years o’-d. and some one re ferred to his children the other day by saying he had a whole yard full. In fact when The Ledger pian asked John how many children were in his family he had to stop, scratch his head and think a little while before answering "thirteen.” Nine of them are living and give life and variety to the household. There are two sets of twins. And John wouldn’t part with one of them for all the wealth of Carnegie or John D. Rockefeller. Mr. A. B. Smith is a machinist at the machine shops of the Gaffney Manufacturing Co. He and his good wife boast of their sixteen offspring, fifteen of whom are living, breathing, animated pieces of humanity, one having gone to the great beyond. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been married about twenty-four years. When it comes to a question of large families Gaffney is hard to down. Thought Something Was Wrong. Mr. Lawrence G. Potter, the clever secretary of the Gaffney Manufactur ing company, had business over In Gastonia the other day. While per ambulating the streets of that thriv ing burg the attractive display of a haberdasher’s window caught his eye and walking in he told the pro prietor he would like some shirts like those displayed in the window. He «rave the merchant his number and without further ado the shirts were wrapped up and Mr. Potter brought them on to Gaffney. A few days after he decided to put on one of the new shirts, when, lo and behold, to his dismay and discomfort he found that the shirts were open from the collar to the tall. Mr. Potter's first thought was that the shirts had never been finished, but closer inspection re vealed the fact that thev were of the new style, the kind that you put on like a coat. He said it reminded him of the Westerner who had always wore hickory shirts opened in front. Some one sent him a linen bosom shirt opened in the rear and the fel low put It on backward, wearine the bosom on his back, and it looked so slick and pretty that he had the mip of Texas painted on the bosom. First Baptist Church Notes. Regular services by the pastor Sun day morning and evening. There was one profession at prayer meeting Wednesday night. Visitors and strangers are cordially invited to attend. It sometimes happens that after a man gets his price the law steps In and compels him to hand it back. Pl&CrS CURE FOR. For Thin, Poor Blood I Bast cm* WHERE *U ELS • EAlLS. Cough Syrup. Taste* tlood. ’J» Bold by dragtrUtts. In tlmn. CONSUMPTION You can trust a medicine tested 60 years! Sixty years of experience, think of that! Experience with Ayer’s Sar saparilla; the original Sarsa parilla; the Sarsaparilla the doctors endorse for thin blood, weak nerves, general debility. lint rxm thU grand old madlclne cannot do Ita bed work It the liver la iuactlve and the Ixiwela roiiati|>utfd. For th« beat poaatble re anil*, y»u cliouUl take laxative dotea of Ayer’l Fill* while taking the SSraaparilla. Hade br 3.0. Ayer Co.. LoweU, Haas Also manolhoturera of 9 HAIR VIGOR. 1 i 01*0 AGUE CURE. O CHERRY PECTORAL. We have no aeoretal We publish the formulae of all our medloinee. Should You Need to Borrow Money for any purpose, call on us. We will accommodate you upon liberal terms. When you have money to deposit, bring it to us. All business with us is confidential. We are equipped with the best burgular proof safe, secured by an automatic tune lock, the safest device known to the banking world—absolutely safe. Remember , Our Savings Department. Secured by our entire capital, surplus and profits, $95,000.00, wherein we pay 4 per cent, per annum, and compound the inter est four times a year. Such deposits are subject to withdrawal at auy time. : : : : ’: : : !V)» i : Write Us About Banking By Mail. We accept checks on any bank, anywhere, on deposit, at par or face value. : : : : : • ': W h e 11 e 11 i 11 $£ Y our o t t o n Bring your check to us. We will cash it for you at face value no matter what bank it is drawn on : : : : Merchants & Planters Bank lO U R WINNERS School Shoes For School Children Our Children’s Shoes are built for wear. They’re made on stylish foot-form lasts by ex pert workmen and embody all the good points that are found in the bt st School Shoes. Qual- ityjbacked by the only exclusive Shoe house in Gaffney. Conservative but trim and neat, com bined with a full easy tread, style and comfort. Humphries Shoe Company | Feet Fitters. This space belongs to W. C. CARPENTER I>R. J. HTTrvrKK, — Of Rock HH1, South Carolina Makes a specialty of Cancers, Tumors, Chronic Ulcers, Scrofula and Rheumatism. Diseases of Liver, Kidneys, Dyspepsia and Indigestion and Diseases of the Genito- Prinary Organs. Treats without the Knife, loss of blood and little pain to patient, Terras of treatment satisfactory. Twenty-five years, of practical experience. • ■ — " Reference To A Few Cases Treated- 1 " ■■■--= K. A.Clark, Cancerof nose .Rock Hill. S. C. I Mrs. Ellsaltetb Tracy. Cancer of breast Oaff- .1 .1. Neely. Cancer of neck Ttrzah. 8. (J ney, 8. C. kr».J. D.Williams, Cancerof fitceTlrxah.K.O. J. K. Hambrtirht. verocose ulcer of lee, Hrs. S. R. Nelson. Cancer of nose.Ogdon, B.C. Black-.burg, 8. C. Miss Ida Van T issell, Cancer of breast Outli- I K. G. Green, cancer of face. Moorsboro, N. rlesvlIle, S.C „ ’ G. \V. Hendricks, dropsy and asthma, Gaff W. A. Mulllnax, Cancerof face King sCreek, | U ey, 8. o. S. <■. W. W. Stroup, Cancerof face Lowell, N. C. Mr*. Barliory McCraw. Cancer of forehead Gaffney. 8. C. 8. B. Hanna. Cancer of n«ck. Gastonia. N. C David Hawkins. Cancer of nose Guff ney, 8. C. .1. L. Bairnn, Cancerof f «ee. .Gastonia. N.C. I>. H. Cobb, cancer cf lip Smyrna, 8. C. Mrs. Minnie Mode, Rheumatism, Gaffney,S.O. Mrs. Mary White, chronic ulcer of leg. Gaff ney. 8. U. Mrs. N. 8 Adams, cancer of shoulder. Lowell, N. O. Andy H. Blanton, scrofula . .Gaffney. 8. C. G. W. Green, cancer of neck. Mooresboro. N.C. r* 4 W. TOLL son: Gone to Market. Look Out Bargains!