The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 02, 1907, Image 2

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En THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday. DeCamo. Editor and Publisher ^Hi« h vour lal>H an.) |hp date Aitd renew before ‘tla too late. If 'here b® an error. <;oo’t net man Renort U> us—we ll mnke you alaci Rem mber, ’tin our aim to ple.iae Bm errors are like neskv Hea*- Thev will creep In In *plte ° r fatfc Therefore, watch 7«)ur label and rh* date. —Original NOTES AND COMMENTS. W® haven't heard of any steps be- hig taken toward the organization of that business club to promote the advancement of Gaffney. Let’s get • * * In the death of John Wakefield Jones. Gaffney loses one °f her old est aid most highly respected citi- «ens. He was a good man in the truest sense of the word. He will be missed in the family, the church and the community. He loved every body and was loved by everybody. What greater honor could any man tlcsire? Peace to his soul. • • • Gaffney has quite enough sins to answer for without the Charlotte Chronicle laying something at her door that belongs elsewhere. In the *ssu» of the Chronicle dated March 85th is a dispatch from Spartanburg telling of the shooting of a doctor at Union by a n n gro woman at Union, but in the headline the Chronicle $avs it occurred at Gaffney. Take it back! Mr. Chronicle. We have trouble enough of our own. • * * Next Thursday is the day to vote on the question of issuing school bond*. The indications are that the bond Issue will carrv. We an* sor ry. however, to note that theta are lom'- who are opposed to this bond issue 'Vo need an educated citizen- shin as much as anything else. Ig norance an( l crime £0 hand in hand and-if we want to advance our citi zenship to the highest degree of r—rfection we must sacrifice a few dollars for the causo of education. * • • A gentleman of our acquaintance who nossess a vain of humor remark ed to his wife last we°k that every woman in Gaffney would be as mad as a March hare at Dr. Simms be- rams* he announced that there would be no service at hi* church last Sun day and as the Methodist and Pres byterian churches would not hold all tfce ladles In town they would be un- ab> to disnlay their Easter bonnets. The weather man came in. however, g- • relieved the genial pastor by dish in" out such weather as to pre clude the possibility of the ladles goin» out on dress parade even if Dr. Simms had hMd a service. That’s on® time Providence interposed and saved the doctor’s scalp. • • • When it comes to doing things The Ledeer is there with the goods. Tom fTarrls was hanged last Friday, the dron fal’lng at 11:081-2: the physici an pronounced him d n ad at 11:14, and at 12:00. less than onejabour. The 1 odger wa* out with ^^Railed account of the execution. ^^B^torv of 'he crimp and the Ilf' 1 o^^narris. p~ o-rnat was the demand for the pa per that wp had to print almost two tlnrif*- t'l® usual edition. We are un der obligations to Mr. S F. Parrott of thp Cherokee News, for assistance rendered in preparing the story of the execution. Pardon us for throw ing this boqu°t at ourself, but the truth is we felt somewhat “chesty’’ at the achievement. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Misses SalHe and Lillie Goudelock of T r ough. were among the callers at tt.’s office °atnrday. E. P. Hollis, of Greenville, Is In *' -“■» the guest of Mr and Mrs J. H. Turner, on Smith street. Was No Gentleman. (Washington Post.) “I wanted to asl> you,’’ he chippe< in a* the sea osota’n was telling a yarn—"I wanted to ask you If in your wanderings vou °ver came across an old salt named Hoke?’’ “What. Jim Hoke?" queried the cantain. “Yes. Jim Hoke, a short and broad backed man ” “Did he have red hair and a cast in his eye?” “H® Did.” “Was his left thumb gone?” “It was. You must have met him.” “I certainly have. Was he any thing to you?” “H® wag my brother, tlr.” “You don’t say! Well, he sailed with m® on my last voyage and I mn<»t tell yon. brother or no brother, that Jim Hoke was no gentleman. He was fbr. fur from it.” “How do you mean, captain?” “Why. when the ship went down w« took to the vawl After we had been knocking about for fourteen days we got short of grub s"d drew lot* It fell noon vour brother Jim t- die for the benefit of the rest of r hut whIU we were fflvlnr him time to settle, what did the cuss do but vo overboard end let tb« sharks /•-* him nn» v«., are hi® brother - •«» yo« look llko a decent man, bat I’m telling vou that we no* It to a rote then and ther”. and It waa unan Imons’v carried that Jim Hoke was a *00.1 deal of a dumed hog and mighty little of a gentleman.** Followed Directions. Like many others who have achiev 'd weepiness, or have had greatness thrust if them, the head of Gen eral James F. Smith, governor gen ial of the Phllinnlnes. is Innocent of hirsute adornment. According to a Mory which the general tells on hlm- elf It so happened that on one cold, • then Attorney Smith) reached his San Francisco office, he was in any thing save a good humor. One of the first things that attract ed unfavorable att°T'*«on was a fresh niece of fly paper Iving on his desk. “Here.” he asked addressing his stenographer, “.vhat Is this doing h^re?’’ “Why. you told me to put It there yesterday,’* retorted the stenogra pher. “Well, take It away.” ordered Smith, gruffly. "Hut where shall I put It?” “I don’t give a hang.” saL’ the not vet great lawyer, “so you put it where I can’t see it!" The stenogranre whos^ propor tion of Irish blood was equal to that of her employer, nicked un the of fending flv-naner. balanced it a brief moment thoughtfully on one hand, the back of Smith’s hairless head. After which she seized her hat and coat and wandered out into th« cold. f ogwv morning in search of another position. Companies represented at JONES J. DARBY, Agency The Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, Life Mudby Juncti°n. __ (Philadelphia Press.) A. J. Cassett, late president of the Pennsylvania railroad, told at a binebeon at th Philadelphia Coun- *rv club a railroad story. “A western broker,” he said, mov- from the oitv out into the conn- *rv. Up moved far out, and. since ''-’p railroad was small and ttm train . -e-viee noo r . ho traveled to and from Brin * fS 6oi£len Hej|m “ ntl Rei,evwl v ’ ffor ' 'own hv r-Trriiw® nr nntomohiln ev A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, TJvei i n carriage or automonne ex , Rn(; j Kj ( i ne y troubles. Pimples, Eezema, impure Muslvelv. j Hiood, Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Headache “Deciding after a time to keen ] aQ d Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab -'hiebons, he ordered a patent, chiih- Accident Department of Aetna Life Insurance Com pany. North British and Mer cantile Insurance Company. Royal Insurance Comp’y* Springfield Fire and Ma rine Insurance Company. Union Assurance Society. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. Quality! Ail Perfect. What More Can Any Woman Ask For? Your Business Solicited ra ^ HOLLISTER’S ! pn Rocky Mcuntair. 'ea Nuggets w A Biisy Mediche fjr Bu y p eopie. 8 Utz & Dunn Shoes and Oxfords Are “It” Price S2.00, S3.50 'm coon, and on the dav it was px- •meted g Q t out in a dray to fetch it ^o^p from the freight office. “He reached the railroad station, which he had pev o r seen before, af- an hour’s drive. No one was In ^glit. but there was his chicken coon, and with his man’s heln soon had it 'm the dray and set off homeward a"-a ? n. .et term, 35 cents a box. Genuim maiie bv Hollisteu Oitco Compant, Madison, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALIOW PEOPLfc DON’T FORGET i you cm b* cur«d of Cancr, Tu- i I mor or Chronic OKI Sorea. Ten I I thousand CHeet treated. It la tbv • I surv»t cur® on earth. Delay t» 1 | I fata! How to be cured? Juat i “A hundred yards or so down the i | writ® I road he met a chan in a blue uniform. I i q. b. GLADDEN. Grover. N. C. > vitb the t u ’c ‘station master’ in gold $ letters Op hi* blue can. “Upv, there!’ exclaimed this chan. «xeitedly. ‘what the dickens have you • T 0t on that dray?’ “ ‘Mv new chicken coop,’ the brok er calmly answered. “‘Chicken coon he hanged!’shout ed thp station matser. ‘That’s Mud by Junction.’ ” It Is awfully easy to be good eatured when things are coming vour way. DR VV. K. GUNTER, jgj )ftice in Star Theatre Building Phonk No. 20. Crown and bridge work a specialty Whites an:! Colors IN- Cliildrens, Misses and Womens .Canvas Goods. There Is a great difference be- ‘-voon having fast friends and friends •hat are fast. ^ubserlb* for Th» Ledaer: t? a year. WILLIAM S. HALL. JR., Attorney at Law. Qaffnky, S. C. Office over The Battery. Prompt attention giver to all huirine*' STATEMENT Showing the receipts and disbursements 0/ the TOWN OF GAFFNEY, S. C., from March 8, 1906, to March 8, 1907. Receipts. Cash to R. A. Jones, Treas. Scavenger Cemetery Cotton Weighing 345.95 Advertising Dog Tax 114.15 Charity .. Fine^ Street Tax Interest Tax ... ..... Common Tax .. 9332.58 Snecial Tax 3277.61 Incidentals Light Dues & Supplies , Water Dues & Supplies -- Expenditures. 289.43 Notes Outstanding 3-7-6 .. 7000.00 14.63 Police 2177.15 29.50 Streets and Bridges 2870.57 and Stationary 180.18 48.34 954.25 Attorney 100.00 968.80 Hose 353.75 2333.13 Salaries 1409.96 Refunded Street Tax .. .. 6.00 Refunded Tax 13.06 499 55 Interest 4005.92 6193.83 Liverv and Feed 234.57 3522.72 Incidentals 314.42 Bills Payable 4400.00 Electric Supplies 741.26 Water Supplies 1057.27 Oil 253.47 Labor 2984.62 Fuel 8458.88 Cash on Hand 3-8-7 64.73 $32276.15 $32276.15 W. H. Ross, Town Clerk. W W m I0SSE2SE SSSSSSSESESESSSEBB 333S?<S3S?<S3S?<SI<S?<22S:2S:220 Fit Guaranteed CARROLL & BYERS Gaffney, South Carolina Easter g HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on the basis of the actuaries’tables of life expectation, and ther*.fore, absolutely fair is the only kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” d.vtdends, no ‘’participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, but strict and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of a man’s family by providing an immediate cash estate cn his death, the time of all times when they will need it most keenly. It is every man’s sacred duty to carry life insurance for the benefit of those de pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no South Carolinan need go out of his own State to get it. The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by the State of Sou’h Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governing Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in this State. It is an old line, 1 gal reserve, Straight Life Company of tae soundest kind, and should have the supjiott of the people of the State. . Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Mar ( 16th, (Spartanburg, S. C. All colors off both tablets and paper. Free from poison. Easy, sim- p I e, clean. 5c package. h Buck’s Stoves Heat Quickly Here’s a real Stove advantage that every good housewife will appreciate. A thin Stove top means quick heat. Buck’s Cook Stove and Range tops are thin, i^ht and strong. They are made of Scotch and Southern grey iron and are extra heavy ribbed, which prevents breaking and warping and insures light nest, strength and rapid heat conduction. A parlor match will heat a Buck’s Stove hd hot. And there’s no wasted heat in a Buck’s Stove This is one of the several reasons why you should own one. Let us show you one today. WILKINS-WATSON HARDWARE COMP’Y mm -.iiefcasj Z. A. ROBERTSON For a bargain in some de sirable City Property. CHEROKEE i__ DREG COMPANY, j | F' O R. is A. E> 8«- Easter Cards. One entire block on Depot and Logan stree s, with tiro 6 room cottages and a 7-room house on same. See me quick 0 if you want a bargain in the block. This property must be sold. One city farm, containing 13 acres with good house on same. One lot just off Depot street, 110x120, very de sirable location. One lot on Fredrick and Logan streets, 180x200. s beauty. One farm 8y4 mi ^ out with be t im provements, containing 200 acres. One farm, containing 140 acres, 4% miles out. Sumter Littlejohn house, six rooms, corner Sumter sad Johnson streets. : FOR RENT—Two city farms. SAM L. FORT, Real Eatate and Insuranoa.