The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 02, 1907, Image 4
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Are shown by the fol
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National Bank ? Gaffney
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Gaffney Savings Bank
Capital Stock, $80,000.00
53,000.00 $133,000.00
351,021.79
Resources, $448,500.00
We Invite Your
Banking Business
The Gaffney Savings Bank pays |FOUR
per cent, on ALL DEPOSITS, compounded
FOUR times a year.
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Last Call!
FOR —
Friday and Saturday
We are going to sell two and three piece
Suits in all the best styles and colors of
the season. Prices that will appeal to
every man and boy in Cherokee County.
$8.00, $10.00, $12.50, $13.50, $14.00 and
$15.00 Suits will be placed on one table so
you can pick out what you like for $5.98.
We have gone through the stock and
placed more rare bargains on this table and
Remember They Go at One Price $5,98
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W. C. CARPENTER CO.
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SHORT NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST,
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER
OKEE.
Recent Happening* In and Around
th A City and Other Event* Gather
ed by the Local New. Editor.
(.'arl Sarratt has tJikt'u O 1 ** agency
for the Piedmont Steam Laundry of
Spartanburg.
Ju.y 4th being a legal holiday, all the
t anks of the city will be clo ed, as also
I the local express office.
The musical service at the hirst bap
tist church on Sunday night was greasy
enjoyed by a line audience. The music
was rendered entirely by young men.
Kugene Wood has accepted a po-ition
at the store of the GalTuey Manufactur
ing Co. He will have charge of the
ladies' shoe department.
country. The next I’nion will meet with
Ararat church the last of September, and
will be a missionary rally,
A game of hall was played Satur
day at Corinth between the Gaffney
, Manufacturing Comapny’s team and
| Corinth, resulted In favor of Gaffney
mill teftm by a score of 7 to 1. Hat-
teries for Gaffney mill. Price and
Sparks- Corinth, Burgess and Mabry.
Price for Gaffney mill struck out
fourteen men and Burgess for
Corinth, struck out leu. The game
was umpired by Mr. \V. B. Williams.
Preparations fpr the gigantic celebra
tion to he launched in Gaffney of July
Fourth are about complete. Among the
many features, the triumph of the day
will be the barbecue. Mr. R. S. Porter,
who is famed for his skill, will serve the
barbecue, and this insures a feast of the
highest quality The base hall games of
the day will he closely contested, and the
laurels all the more dear on this account.
In addition to the base hall games, other
athletic sports, will be endulged in. A
treat is in store for the many who will
hear Hon John Gary Evans, the orator
of the day. Business will t>e suspended
at the following places: Gaffney Manu
facturing Co , Irene Mills, Limestone
Mills, Globe Manufacturing Co, Southern
Express Co., post office, National Bank
and Merchants and Planters Bank.
Mrs J. F. Carson, who has been very
ill for the last three weeks with typhoid
fever, is much improved uow aud will
dismiss her nurse today.
Watson Armstrong, colored, living on
! Mr. W. L. Goudelock’s farm near Gow-
| deysville, sent The Ledger a cotton
bloom which bloomed June 23rd.
The five negroes convicted of various
misdemeanors at the term of court just
concluded, were earned to the chain
gang yesterday by Overseer Allison. The
longest term is for two years and the
shortest for three mouths.
The two negro women receiving sen
tences at the last term of court for man
slaughter and assault of a high and
aggnvated nature, serve their respective
sentences of two years and ninety days
in the county jail.
The (?) Club was entertained in a most
charming manner last Thursday afternoon
by Miss Bessie Kendrick. The special
feature of the afternoon was a guesuug
contest, which afforded a great deal of
amusement,. Miss Marion Morgan asked
to entertain the club at its next regular
meeting.
The Sorocis Club held its last meeting
for the year on last Tuesday, June 25th,
at the residence of Mrs. Oscar Shanks.
There being no regular program, little I
was done other than plan for next year’s I
work. It was decided to take up the
study of the South, in rll of its phases as ,
the next course. The members expressed
their appreciation of Dr. Snyder's .ec-1
ture, and hope to hear him again next
year, as he is especially interested in
Southern literature.
Dr. Simms reports having a good time
at Mt. Paran. The attendance was fine
and everybody seemed to enjoy the meet
ing and the social feature of the occasion.
The region around Paran is thickly set
tled and they are a good class of people.
The Doctor was greatly pleased with his
visit and with the appearance of the
Buford Street M. E. Church Note*.
A congregation so large as to demand
the raising of the Sunday school room
partition, greeted the pastor of the Bu
ford Street M. E. church Sunday morn
ing. The sermon was delivered by Rev.
T. H. luiwards, of the N. C. Louference,
1 father of Mrs. H. M. Johnson, of thi*
city. The special music was unusually
good, comprising the beautiful anthem,
"Evening Prayer,” by Schnecker, with
Mr. Hames as soloist, and “Beyond the
Vale of Tears," a soprano solo, delight
fully sung by Mrs. Hames.
At the night service Miss Annie John-
and Mr. Hames sang with much feeling
aud expression, Huntley’s duet, "Raise
Me, Jesus to Thy Bosom.’’
Osborne-Wilkins.
At the ome of the bride’s parents on
West Frederick street, this city, tomor
row morning, Mr. A. Roy Osborne and
Miss Millie Wilkins will he united in
mairiage. The ceremony will he pet-
formed by Rev. S. B. Harper, of the
Buford Street Methodist church. The
ceremony will he private, only a few
relatives and friends of the contracting
parties will he present. Immediately
after the ceremony the couple will leave
for the West on a bridal tour.
Mr. Osborne is the efficient local agent
of the Southern Railway, and a son of
Mr. and Mrs, O. A Osborne, of Blacks
burg. He is a pleasing gentleman who
has won many friends since coming to
Gaffney. M'«s Wilkins is one of Gaffney’s
pretties young women, gracious in man
ner, charming in face and figure, and
her friends are limited only by the scope
of her acquaintance. The Ledger ex
tends congratulations.
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WE PAY YOU TO SAVE.
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The semi-annual interest on Savings Deposits
lias been placed to the credit of all savings
accounts. Depositors will please present
their pass books for interest credits.
If you are not one of the fortunate ones who
will receive this four per cent on their saving*-,
this announcement may suggest that if you
begin now, the first day of January, 1908, will
see a snug little sum to your credit with an
added four per cent, all of which will draw
another four per cent in 1908. : : : : :
MERCSANTS^PLANTERS BANK
GAFFNEY.. S.C.
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If Yob Owb Monet
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on your home or war.t to build, we are pre
pared to make loans on easy’paymeats. You
can pay it back and hardly miss it. Start in
now with a few shares. : : : : :
Building & Loan Association
^ R. M. WILKINS,
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R. S. LIPSCOMB,
ISec. and Treas.
Office Merchants and Planters Bank.
Would
YOU like for your Stationery to be neatly
printed and promptly delivered? If so, will
you let us prove to you that our work will
THE LEDGER, Gaffney, S. C.
Please?
We Have Just Received Another Car Load of the Celebrated
LEADER STOVES AND RAN(jES
Two 5-room cottages. One 7-room residence. T ao city farms. Seven
f>eautifully located lots that are not five minutes walk from depot. Farms
and lots everywhere.
FOR RENT—One lo-room dwelling with water, baths and electric lights.
Brick store room with rooms overhead.
If you are contemplating building a new house, call at my office and see
many new plans.
FORT, Real Estate and Fire Insurance
OFFICE OVER NATIONAL BANK
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The “Star Leaders,”
"Crescent Leaders”
and “Matchless Ranges”
Need no introduction in this county, as we have been sell
ing the “LEADER” Stoves for nearly twenty years and
they give entire satisfaction as to service and fuel savers.
In buying a Stove or Range, first consider the QUAL
ITY, then the PRICE. We have them to suit everybody
ranging in price from
$10.00 UP TO $50.00.
Each Stove has its price, and that the lowest to al^
alike. Come let us show you through our stock, whether
you are ready to buy now or not.
Our Stock of
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JIs always complete. New goods always arriving.
SHUFORO & LeMASTER
FURNITURE, STOVES, UNDERTAKING.