Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cotton $ It 1 : .V When you decide to sell, don’t take your money home with you. Leave it with us where it will he safe, if only until you are in town again. Every dollar of your money is insured, and kept in a Hibbard- Rodman-Kly Patent Manganese Mob and Burglar Proof Safe which is locked by two Duplex Time and Combination Locks, which makes our funds as safe as it is pos sible to make them. If you want to hold your cotton and need any money, we will be very glad to accomodate you. Let us serve you : : : National Bank of Gaffney, Gaffney, S. C. A COAL FAMINE. ft D. C. ROSS, Prest. J. A. CARROLL, Vice-Prest. MAYNARD SMYTH, Cashier. C. W. HAMES, Ass’t. Cashier. [♦V*? ‘•Cv * i:pt kigm i _ : . u*V A CLEAR ROAD TO WEALTH is assured whoever starts riidit. (let in line with those who are piling up a surplus Do it by becoming a patron of our Bank. The Accumulated Savings of our depositors is enormous Their beginnings, though, were small. Open an account with us, will be the forerunner of a competency. Start now and time will prove it. Results tell. We pav FOUR per cent, interest on ALL DEPOSITS compounded FOUR times a year. The Gaffney Savings Bank GAFFNEY, S. C. Office in the National Bank of Gaffney. D. C. Ross, Pn*st. J. A. Carroll, V.-Prest. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. Irene Mills and City Power House Shut Down for Lack of Coal. The strike on the Southern Rail way is playing havoc with the coal ! business in this section of the South. ’ Locally the supply of coal is exhaust l ed, with the exception of a small re- i serve supply at some of the mills, j The Gaffney Manufacturing C(jmpa- | ny, the Limestone Mills and the j Globe Mills each have enough to run | them for some weeks yet, but the ! Irene Mills was compelled to close down yesterday on account of having j exhausted its supply. The city light and water power house is entirely | out of coal and wood, even the chips and trash around the house having been fed to the hungry flames under neath the giant boilers. For several nights the current supplying the in candescent lights h^s been cut off at 10 o'clock, and the arc lights have not been turned on at all, in order to save fuel, but now it is all gone, and unless some fuel can he obtained at once there will he no electric lights in Gaffney tonight. And the situation is critical, for with no steam at the now r house the water pumning ma chinery cannot run and Gaffney may face a water famine as well as a coal - famine. The coal supply at the Vic tor cotton oil mill is very low, apd unless they receive coal soon they will also have to shut down. The local coa' dealers are entirely out of coal and families using coal at jtheir residences have to make-shift as best they can to keep the fires burn ing Wood is also scarce and it is diflicu’t to get any hauled at this season of the year when the farmers are busy with their cotton. Spartanburg and Greenville have also suffered a coal famine and it looked very much as if Uiq mills at ; these places would have to be shut down, but the railroad commissioners wired the officials of the Southern ! as to the critical condition and the Southern rushed coal into these nlaces Sunday. Solid train loads were sent to these places, and the conditions ] are now somewhat relieved. The coal famine is due to the in- | ability of the railway to get enough engines to haul the freight that is so | heavy at this s"ason. Since the strike ! of the machinests and helpers of the i Southern ah repairs on engines have ceased and engines are lying idle in | the shops. The strike has now been | settled, the workmen resuming worb | yesterday morning all along the line, ‘ but still it will be some time before j th" accumulation of freight can he j straightened out and conditions re- j sunie their normal shape again. In the meantime consumers of coal Jin Gaffn y will have to “say nothing | and saw wood." The Faculty Recital at Limestone. The faculty recital at Limestone College Friday evening was a musi cal trumph for those who participat ed. The singing of Miss Hlgley, the vocal teacher, was of such a charact er as to captivate the splendid audl ence which attended. The following is the program of the evening: PART I. Piano—Sonata in F Major. Op. 10, No. 2 Mozart Allegro, Allegretto, Presto. Mr. Loring. Song—Nymphes et Sylvains Bemberg Miss Higley. (Miss Dew at the piano.) Piano—(a) Berceuse Grieg (b) Notturno .. .. .. Grieg Miss Churchhill Piano—(a) Caprice Espagnol (b) Valse in E Major Moszkowski Miss Dew. PART II. TMano—Concert Etude in D Flat Major Liszt Miss Churchhill. Songs—-(a) Wiegpnlied ... Brahms (b) Songs my Mother Taught Me Dvorak (c) Spring Henchel Miss Higley. Piano—First Movement of Sonata in E Minor. Op. 7 Grieg Mr. Loring. BANIUNC BENEFITS No progressive community can exist without hanks. Th© credits established by the hank enable each locality to transact business with the outside world. A merchant in an interior town may buy a bill of ^oods in China, and pay for it without going further than his local batik. You can send money to all parts of the world o»- collect money from any point through your bank. The bank guards yours deposits’ it keep.*' your books and lends the money neces sary for keeping business lively. There is no man, woman or child to whom the bank may not be a benefit. This means YOU. If you have not formed business con nections with a bank, you are mi-sing an important part of what is due you as a citizen. Start an account with us, no matter how small, and see how it helps. Ik e Smith’s Birthday. Sunday was the birthday of Colo- i el Ike Smith, of Thickety. He cele- I rated the occasion with a big ’pos- rum dinner. The ’possums were bak ed good and brown, with sweet pota- 1 >es laying all around. It was a dish fit for a king, or any other human be- iig. Colonel Ike said before dinner, when asked how old he was. that he was one thousand and one years of age and ready to die. After dinner I e said lie had concluded to live three i undred years more. He weighs about three hundred pounds now and hows the effects of good living. He deserves to live as long as anybody. Those who attended the dinner were: N. H. Littlejohn and family, J. E Ezell and family, \V. H. Ross and Cam ilv, and Dr. J. N. Nesbitt. It was a day long to he remembered and all who know Colonel Ik<> will wish him many happy returns of the day. HERCHANTS am> PLANTERS bank GAFFNEY. S.C. Delightful Weather. ' The delightful weather of the past few days has been ideal for out- | door work and building operations in : the city have been going apace, j The r- 'und of the saw hammer and trowel can be heard on all sides. ! Farmers are actively engaged in ' getting their cotton in a marketable | condition. Lots of them are storing their cotton in the warehouses in I Gaffney, holding for higher prices. The Court of Common Pleas. The court of Common Pleas for Cherokee county is still in session. The time of the court has been occu pied since our last issue with the Gaston.Ioffes mill dam case. Yester day the jury in this case visited the site and insp cted the premises and the land of Mrs. Jones, which it is alleged is being damaged by reason of the existence of the dam. The case will probable he completed to morrow. The cotirt was engaged yesterday in a mental anguish suit, the case being that of Ellison Curtis the Western Union Telegraph Co. CURES WHERE All ELS' FAILS. Bust Ci>u«h Syrup. Tastes Good. Vse In time. Sold by drusnrlsts $1,000 Insurance On Your Life For 10 Cents s Week or $5.20 a Year And in a Home Company managed entirely by home people whom you live among, know, have confidence in and can find at any time. Absolutely the only Home Company in Cherokee County and it wants to help you in two ways. ist. Uy furnishing yon in Insurance cheaper than any other reliable company. 2nd. By helping you build up your own town and state, by keeping vour money at home, thus making money more plentiful. This Company insures against Death, Total and Permanent Disability and Old Age. This Company insures all temperate men and women between the ages of 12 and 50 years of age who are strong and wed and follow healthful occu pations. The name of this C’diipany is the Carolina Mutual Benefit Association And its Home Office is over the Merchants X; Planters Bank. Gaffney, S. C. Notice Its Officers and Directors. A. N. Wood, Prest. (V -Prest. M. N P. Bank.) \V C. McArthur, V.-Prest. X: Gen. Mgr. ( Kx-Supt. Pub. School. * C. M. Smith, Secy, and Treas. 1 Prest. M. X: P. Bank.) B. B. Stkkdi.y, Medical Director, M J).) Jno. C. Lipscomb, (Leading Merchant.) R. 1. LrMasTKK, I Prominent I'.irmet ‘ W. G, Carpenter, W. G. Carpenter. Test Clothes W, G, Carpenter, Not W. G. Garpente, Talk! SPECIAL Wright's Health Underwear 83c. You know talk is as cheap as it ever was. Advertising has made it cost more, but not worth more. Carpenter’s Clothing talk may have been equalled many times, but not the Clothing talked of. SPECIAL Wright’s Health Underwear 83c. So we say, test the Clothing, not the talk; and we’re always glad of comparison for in no o*her way can superiority assert itself than by contrast. Men’s Suits in fancy mixtures, $5.00 to $25.00. FORM TWENTY-TWO COtVfttOMT. 1ft» THE FECHHE1MER F1SHEL0CX NKW YORK “ffPCFT In Blue and Black Weaves, $6.00 to $25.00. Hanan Shoes $5.00 and $6.00. Just Right $4.00 and $5.00. All the new shapes in Stetson Hats $3 to $5. Our Overcoats in Blues, Blacks and Mixtures, $3.50 to $20.00. Rain Coats in Black, Grey and Mixtures and the Herringbone Stripe $5.00 to $25.00. FORM THREE THE FECHHEJMEk'nSHELOO. MW YORK “CFMFF" Dry Goods Phone No. 3. w. Grocery Store Phone No. 206.