Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 . I ' H ' J| (Ml $ ?: vvvy'^vy♦*♦%%*♦*♦ v%vy»*»%*7vri ill WE 1 a.ii r WANT YOU To take advantage of the facilities for doing business being afforded by the NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY Deposit your money with us, pay your bills y check on us, and always have a receipt for what you pay out. Your money will be absolutely safe and whei: ou? can get it at any time. If you haven't an accou... with us open one at once. National Bank of Gaffney Gaffney, S. C. D. C. Ross, Prest. J. A. Carroll, V.-Prest? Maynard Smyth, Cashier. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST, EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. , &<* ** ''j?'?' ■**,**-* ■ '-T** f v > • v .. ' " -i— U»f fciO 4 A TREE Even is alive to the value of our SAVINGS BANK, so as to proclaim a large amount of our INTEREST to pass- ersby. INTEREST ON A DOLLAR Isn’t much to begin with, but let it grow and add other dollars to it and time will show the results. Start an ac count with us today. ONE DOLLAR is enough to begin with and get a book, and you can add to it along. We pay FOUR per cent INTEREST on ALL deposits, COM POUNDED FOUR TIMES a year. The Gaffney Savings Bank Office in National Bank of Gaffney D. C. Ross, Prest. JJ. A. Carroll, V.-Prest. Maynard Smyth, Cashier. ;V y >:4 >1* •I' 'I' Buy A Piedmont Wagon? I * They use a little better paint and varnish than is used on other wagons. : They are better ironed than other wagons. They are built of a little better material than other wagons. : : : : They are built with a little more care than other wagons. • . : : They are built to wear and run lighter than other wagons. : : : : These are some of the reasons why we sell them. These are some of the reasons why you should own one. Let us show you them today. : : : : : :i >T«i WILKINS-WATSQN HARDWARE C0.ll [3 _ _ _____ E:j: ^ 1 ^ ^ A M—J& A—A fc —4 . .A-A 0k A—A - 1 v ! $ iTzz.ivzxmiiri THE PEOPLE’S 6. & L. ASSN. Will Open Series No. 2 This Month. We want one thousand shares in this series. Every man, woman, girl or boy getting wages \ should have a few shares. The reason you do not carry some B. and L. stock is because you do not take the trouble to look into it. Call at once and subscribe. .*. M. WILKINS, President. R. S. LIPSCOMB, See. and Tress. Recent Happenings in antf Around Uv City and Other Events Gather ed by ths Local N«w. Editor. No mayor’s court for three weeks. Who will say now that Gaffney is not an orderly town. Mr. R. A. Jones has repainted and renovated his store from ton to bot tom and now has one of the most at tractive stores in the city. A large number of Gaffney people have signified their intention of visit ing the exposition next month. Octo ber will be the most pleasant time to go. The first entertainment of thfl sea- I son comes to the Star Theatre next ! Friday night when John Thompson, : the impersonator, appears in *en dif ferent characters. At the meeting Sunday at Drayton- ville Baptist church, the congrega- ; tion decided to erect a new church : building. They also called Rev. E. G. Ross to minister to them during the coming year. The Gaffney Jewelry Company has : the painters and decorators at work ! both inside and outside of its build- i ing with the result that it has one of i, the most attractive stores of the kind I I in the up country. It is rumored that Mr. John L- Alexander has sold his bottling works on account of poor heaun. we are sorry to hear that Mr. Alexander will retire from business but hone for ; him a speedy recovery. That Broad Gaines has been in Gaffney is evidenced by the presence of several tasty signs which appear on Limestone street. Broad has a style which is very distinctive In its excellence and attractiveness. Prof. Harold A. Loring and wife nee - Miss Elma Zeigler. of Lewana Farm, j Orangeburg, arrived in the city Satur- j day. Mr. Loring comes to take up h‘s duties as director 01 music at 1 Limestone College. I We are having the editorial, com posing and press rooms of The Led ger building overhauled and repaint ed and when finished we will not be ashamed to invite the most fastidious individual into our sanctum. Joseph Jolly was tried before Ma gistrate Bridges Thursday for com mitting an assault upon a oou of Mr. Andrew Bonner. Jolly entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 or serve ten days on the gang. He paid up. It is reported that Jones j. Darby, our popular insurance man, is soon to be married. We have not heard the name of the fortunate young lady, but there is one thing certain, she will get a husband who stands high up among his fellow men. In the list of Gaffney boys who are attending school elsewhere, given in our last issue, the following were omitted: Rob Darwin, Wofford Col lege; Wm. Walker, Furman Univer sity; Arthur Neil, Davidson College, and W. T. and B. M. Davidson, Fur man. The Merchants and Planters Bank has issued a neat and tasty folder showing its condition at the close of business on September 7th. The showing is a very creditable one, and the officers of the institution are to be congratulated upon its condi- tlon. Mr. J. R. Tolleson is moving his stock of goods from the building on Limestone street next to Galloway’s store to his Frederick street store. Mr. W. H. Spearman will open a fancy grocery and! confectionery store in the building vacated bv Mr. Tolleson. Frank Ledford and Miss Belle Beck- nell were married Sunday by Rev. E. G. Ross at his residence in Gaffney. He also married on the same day Mr. Hayden Martin and Miss Ruth Petty. This popular minister has united in marriage twenty couples this year and the end is not yet. In a game of ball played at Lime- «tone park Saturday afteirnoon be tween Midway and the Gaffney mill team the score stood, mill team 9 Midway 6. Batteries for Midway Young and Welcbel, for mill team, Parker and Corry. Feature of the game was base running of Sparbs. I Umpire, O. S. Henderson. J. B. Cash, a school teacher of the < Ezell section, was before Magistrate Bridges yesterday chared with un- : mercifully beating Clarence Jolly, one of his pupils. Owing to the ab sence of an important witness, the case was continued until October 8th. The State was represented by J. C- Otts. Esq., and the defense bv Butler ft Osborne. The Electric Manufacturing Power Company has now secured all the rights of way between Gaffney and their power plant at Gaston Shoals. The settlements were all made with out resorting to Juries to settle the Issues. The company i, to he con gratulated upon securing tuese set tlements wlthou having to resort to legal proceedings. The district meeting of the Odd Fellows of this district will be held in Gaffney on October 18th. Twenty lodges of this popular order will be represented on that occasion, which fact will insure a large number of delegates. Many prominent members of the order are expected to be here, and the exercises, such of them as will be public, will doubtless be largely attended by the people of Gaffney. The W. J. Wilkins Company have finished removing their large stock 1 of goods to their beautiful new store building on Frederick street. Mr. J. C. Ratliff, the hustling and wide-a wake proprietor of the Battery, is having the store room vacated by Mr. Wilkins renevated. and will move , his stock f goods across the street this week. Mr. J. c. Blanton brought to The Ledger office last Saturday some cot ton blossoms and squares that were full of insects that were destroying the cotton. The insects attack the blossom and the squares and cause j them to fall off. Mr. Blanton says these insects have very nearly ruined the August top crop. We have the insects on exhibition and anyone in terested is invited to call at The led ger office and inspect them. The people of Gaffney will learn with much regret that Mr. Oscar Shanks and his excellent family have left Gaffney to reside in Spartanburg. We commend this excellent family to the good people of our sister city. Mr. Shanbs is one of the most affable gentlemen whom we have ever met, and Mrs. Shanks will be greatly miss, ed by the music lovers of our city who have been so often charmed by her sweet singing. A negro named Chamney Wilson was before Magistrate Bridges on Saturday, charged with cursing on the public highway in two cases and assault. He was found not guilty of cursing on the public highway in both cases; but was found guilty of assault. The magistrate imposed a sentence of thirty days on the public works of the county or pay a fine of twenty-five dollars. Col. Butler, bis attorney, gave notice of appeal to court of general sessions. “Old Man Gus’’ Folger in talking of leavng Gaffney. Some of his friends are seriously considering the advi sability of bringing an action against him for false pretenses. The only weak place in the indictment will be that “Old Man Gus” did u ot know that the pretences were false when he was making them. The legal man of the Ledger suggests that if we can not get him on the charge of “false pretenses” we can at least get an injunction from Judge Bridges restraining him from moving. Claiborne Humphries, the sixteen- year-old son of J. J. Humphries, left home last Saturday night and his pa rents are very much worried over his absence. He is small for his age, and when he left home was wearing a pair of blue overalls, and a white straw hat. He has two small gold fillings in two upper front teeth, and has a bad scar on the end of his left thumb, caused by a mash. Mr. Hump hries will be very thankful for any in formation as to his whereabouts, and will gladly send transportation for his return. I Mr. T. O. Harrill, who lives neat Gaffney, had the misfortune to losd his barn and entire contents by firs Thursday night. Up to a week ago the barn was situated within twenty five yards of the house; but Mr. Har rill deeming it too close to bis dwell ing moved it some fifty yards fur ther away. But for this fact the loss of his dwelling would have been in evitable. The loss falls heavy upon Mr. Harrill. His entire wheat crop and about 5,000 bundles of fodder were consumed. In addition to this almost all of his terming tools were destroyed. Mr. Harrill is confident that the fire was acused by an in cendiary. as none of his people had been at the barn since late in the afternoon. OWN YOUR HOME \ Many of the most substantial fortunes are made by the advance in prices of real estate. If you own your uwu home you not only save in landlord’s profits, but take advantage of an in crease in the value of the property. Begiu at once to save money to buy a home. A small weekly or monthly de posit in this bank will soon enable you to make the first payment on a plat 0 of your own and you can arrange to pay the balance in monthly instalments which you will meet easily as you do the rent you are now YOUR II11IU HD BANK ACCOUNT THE SAVING HABIT paying We have depositors wbo now own their own Homes, and they began in just this way. MERCHANTS a * d PLANTERS bank GAFFNEY.- S.C. » O R JV E §«► Two 5-room cottages. One 7-room residence. Tag city farms. Seven beautifully located lots that are not five minutes walk from depot, Farms and lots everywhere. FOR RENT—One 10-room dwelling with*water, baths and electric lights. Brick store room with rooms overhead. If you are contemplating building a new house, call ai my^office and see many new plans. SAM L. FORT, Real Estate and Fire Insurance OFFICE OVER NATIONAL BANK IV Subscribe for The Ledger. $1 a year. Would YOU like for ypur Stationery to be neatly printed and promptly delivered? If so. will you let us prove to you that our work will THE LCDCER. Gaffney, S. C. Please? Office in MerohanN and Planters Bank Building, Gaffney, S. C. PISO S CURE* FO OPENING'! AT MRS. W.N. AUSTELL’S " STORE Tuesday, ‘ ‘ . and Thursday,. September 17th, 18th and 19th. An elaborate display of a full and complete line of Pattern Hats and the new and exquisite Millinery Novelties that portray all that is fashionable in gay Paris, New York and at home. Seeing is believing—be on hand promptly to make your selection of a becoming Hat. Miss Knode, one of the most experienced trimmers from the fashionable centers of the north, will be on hand to give you the benefit of her artis tic knowledge and long experience in the Millinery World, and experienced trimmers will meet you both in front and in the work room ALL OUR WORK GUARANTEED There will be no cards, but evei has a special invitation to atten for inspection at 9.00 A. M., Tuesday ry lady in Gaffney and Cherokee county id this opening. The display will be ready uesday tne 17th. AIKS. W. N. AUSTEI^L