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OAPFNEY. B. Gn TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1907.
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» NEWSY LETTER
FROM WiLKINSVIlLE.
MOVEMENTS OF “HE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
'that none hut old soldiers can under*
| stand.
After the war the Rev. Wm. Thom
as was called to Edgefield, and when
Gen. Gary heard that the Methodist
parsonage needed furniture the neces
sary articles were soon In the house
at no cost to Mr. Thomas.
When Gen. Gary died his old friend
TO INCREASE STOCK-
The National Bank Will Dou> « Its
Capital stock.
At a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the National Bank of Gaff
ney Thursday evenlg it was decided
to increase the capital stock from
fifty thousand to one hundred thous
and comrade, Mr. Thomas, preached and dollars. It was also decided at
his funeral. ■ this meeting to pay out to the old
| Rev. Mr. Thomas did valiant ser- stockholders the surplus and undi-
|vice after the war as a soldier of the vlded profits and to sell the additional
_ ^ ' cross. fifty thousand dollars to new stock-
Personai araqraph* Concerning Pop “cussing” sergeant, too, has holders within Cherokee county. Thui
mar PeoDie anrt Short item. passed Into the great beyond and it i the old stockholders will receive about
Uiar Peop.e ann bnort item. wou i fl b e no comfort t 0 his family and i eighty pe r cent. In dividends. The
that Section. friends for us to mention his name In fbank has paid ten per cent, to the
i connection with the above incident, stockholders and has earned over
ikinsville, Oct. Those who leader will, however, observe eighty thousand dollars since Its or-
NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST,
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER
OKEE.
Recent Happening* in and Around
th* City and Other Event* Gather
A*
ed by the Local New,* Editor
The local cotton market yesterday
PERSONAL. PARAGRAPHS.
fall to read Col. IJ. R- Brooks sketch- j|i e chaplain won his promotion ganlzation on fifty thousand capital, "“'s 10.3-8.
u* a# "Hull.... !in.l Uiu ('uvulrv iti tlu> . . . ... . i- i a a.
Mrs. Lizzie Bobbitt, of Marion, N.
C., is visiting in Gaffney for a few
days, the guest of Mr.j A. S. Corry’s
family.
Mrs. W. W. White is in the city for
the winter, and is stopping at the
home of her mother. Mrs. A. S. Cor-
ry. She wil take music at Limestone
while here.
Miss Eva Hall, who is a teacher in
the Graded Schols of Blacksburg came
over Saturday to spend Sunday at the
nome of her brother, W. S. Hall, Esq.
Mr. Henry McAden, president
AT THE THEATRE.
Reese Williams, a favorite tenor
with concert and light opera lovers, is
with the Donnelly and Hatfield Mag
nificent Minstrel* this season. Mr.
Williams has a repertoire of the latest
songs and ballads, which will be beard
at the Star Theatre tonight when
Donnelly and Hatfield show appears
here.
The minstrel first part of the Don
nelly and Hatfield Magnificent Mins-
of the First National Bank, Char- trels is presented with a beautiful
lotte. was in Gaffeny Thursday night scenic embellishment in which elec-
to attend the meeting of the directors trie lights and the highest degree of
of the National Bank of Gaffney. artistic stage effectiveness applicable
Mr. Frank White, one of the oldest to a stage picture have been combln*
* . warmth snd
present-
singers
embroid-
■njs|
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or I«SS) of the matters amt men or bllt the n{lme of the s ij a u ro t. those present; hut it was thought best merchants enjoyed a brisk trade. tended the meeting of the directors breeches with frills and buCkles,
wWm, ne makes mention creates in Rev T p B o 0 zer, who has been by President Ross, and others to only . , ! ()f the Nati °nal Bank of OafDiey; whi t e silk hose, and low cut jewel
us • greater interest. sleeted to teach the gunnyslde school, issue the new stock to residents of 1 ,,e galore at the | Thursday evening. buckled shoes. The effect of this
speaking^of Col. A.^C. Has e , w j]j ^jg work next Monday, Cherokee county. star Theatre tonight when the cur-j .1. Dud’ v Jones and Dr. Chas. A. splendid apparel Is heightened by
“8th Inst. This new stock will be sold at one tarn rolls up on the Donnelly and Hat- Jefferies returned yesterday from a Jong curled white wigs of the Louis
wh« commanded the 7th Cavalry,
Gary's brigade, as well as Gen. Mart ie aril that several members of t« n . and that it will be taken readily fi^ld Minstrels.
business trip to I'nion.
command on the
enjoyed.
continue to increase as steadily in enoU g b to make a jar of nice saur
kraut does not cost much.
Charles F. Whdsworth, of
Ryan,
T,1P away and Harry Williams; on the
well known firm of J- \V Wadsworth’s, "pones” side will be found Gov Bow-
! °f Charlotte, was in the city Friday o ni joe Coffman, Fred Smith, Chance
moet unique way which doubtless has , ^ gee hat one corre8pondent of the future a s it has in the past.
no pare!lei in history The same day Progre88lve p arrnei . ls ma ,;, nK a tes t , ,
he Bad orders to that effect read on tQ gee whether Unt grows a fte r the In Memory of Prof. W. F- McArthur. Mr. Tom Petty, who lives a mile on business Mr. Wadsworth had not. Brocaway and Robert Wilson. The
parade (tne to he chaplain lor aisun-j g plcked Mr Editor:—Please allow me west of the city, has been experiment- ; seen Gaffney for several yea-s and interlocutor. Dtell Chain, leads the fol-
gukihed piety on the battlefield, ana, Dr L R Black who haB been quite s P a ce to offer a tribute of love and ing with sweet potatoes and as a re-1 expressed himself as astonished at lowing vocalists; Reese Williams, Ed
tn* other to command a company ror gick for gorne tlme ig able fo reaume respect to the memory of one who suit has produced a cross between) the evidences of progress and im- Battle, Elmer Grothus, Arthur Host-
exiraor,unary profanity, u happened hJg practice of medicine. wa s my life-long friend and for sev- the Hayti and vineless yam that is provement which are visible on all i e r. John Scanlan, Archibald Coyner
Dent. They will be at
tonight.
and well known De-
“enssed” one man ! Dou « ,aB8 P lace th,s fal1 an ‘l winter, appelation. “Mr. Me.” that ho was " 1 n en . ,° a f ^ o«io to s,>end 80me time wlth her s,ster - week’s engagement at the Star Thea-
lle, however, cussed one man i There is a fine lot of timber on this generally known among his pupils on his place. It weighed four and u \j rs j H Whittaker. tre Monday November 4th with Ae.
too many—Capt. Dunlap, who com- ' pj ace and those who loved him most, and l m *f pounds and while it is not by ; \f McCaskill, of Columbus. Miss., greatest of all farce comedies “A.
manded the C.t'orgetown company in Therp are no persimmons musca- W!l s fitting above all things that any. means the largest grown yet it j H f n t b e city for a few days. Midnight Elopement” The comoany
k«own Tir“rtS South'! ft**- -r haws worth Bpeak- a ■»»» »Jould have boou catted C » "aautv tor symetry. flavor, etc. N w Hardin, Blacksburg, was comes well recommended from A»*»
Carolina synod as the “fighting par- £f lu ^ g th,B _ year-these crops are the wotking ranks ^ become
so».” it came about in this way:
At Strawberry Plains, in 1864, Gen.
Gary ordered Capt. Dunlap to take his
co*auy to a part of the field where
For Its failure the
ar e from the working ranks to become j Mlgs ^ Turner ol] , in the city yesterday on business ta and Macon. Ga.. and towns In South
frult Sfv ,,X t^ P imh3?d^ r In° v,Vl accomplished milliner, has been call- .. E nt ‘ l “ e ’ of , ulacksbur S> was in , Carolina where they are very popu-
i Caio*ina youth. He embodied In his **.1 Itne city yesterday. lar Mr riArrmrPRt «avc np hna n upw
crop or im win always b© noted. r 1 * , 11 ? ed to her home at Federalsbunr Md Cll > y lar. Mr. Demorest says ne has aaew
Mrs. Rebecca Osment is spending a life all the high codes of religion and on account of tbe (jpath of her father' E ’ is visiting Clint Rob- u ne p i a y 8 an d the strongest line
few days with the family of her uncle, °f tbe morals which he preached up- W bj cb occurred Friday nieht at nine ' 1,inB ’ 0,1 Freder * c k street. Gaffney of specialties between the acts ever
Capt. J. T. Moorehead. She has been : on tbe platform and inculcated in the 0 * c j 0ck M j ss Turner’s numerous ! bas some attraction for Clyde. carried by a repertoire attraction
havoc with our men, accompanying
the order with a yolly of “cuss words”
whleh the captain thought was direct
ed at him, personally. Dunlap hunted
the general np and demanded an
apology.
The general realizing that he had
waked up the wrong passenger,
promptly acceded to the captain's re
quest and 'said he had contracted the
ugly habit of using profanity and did
atlves and friends with whom
will spend some time before return
ing to her home in Georgia.
Tel- J ,uul U 010.1.G tm uujeu. iv.dduu yJi b , , ,
she the beauty and the inetegrlty and r a '‘ 0 ’•
dignity of his pure and honest life. Miss Blanche Corry entertained a
It was Daniel Wiebster who said, in number of her friends at her home on
Mr. Delevle, of Union, a dry goods s P0 a king of a teacher that “If wo victoria avnue last Tuesday night,
peddler, is In this county doing a good WOr h upon marble, It will perish; if The home was beautifully and taste-
business. In his line. For several we work upon brass, time will efface f u iiy decorated and delicious refresn-
years he has been living In the Gro- i 11 : ,f we rear temples, they will nients were served. Those who were
ver section but moved to Union some ; crumble Into dust; but If we work so fortunate as to be present say they
time ago. “PO n Immortal souls, if we imbue were delighted with the entertain-
Charley Foster and Mose Tate have them with principles, with the Just m ent.
bo *ften without knowing it and that been swapping dogs. It seems that i * ear °f God and love of fellow men, j . _ , ,
be ^grette?»eU mTch that ht had fl»fl ”»Htet le glutted; canluee *• e, 3~ TO on ‘“o' 6 laM “ t8 aome- 1 _ Oovemor Aueel bee appointed Capt.
nnisp ^onfain fpi/i iiim brlDcj firooH Dricofl conip&r0d with their . ^ wu
done so. The captain told him he
mart be careful not to treat him so
an* more. If he must use his pro
fanity to pick out some one who
would submit to it. So the matter
endod.
The last time we ever met “Parson”
Dunlap was at the synod at Newberry
several years ago. His health was
▼ery feeble and since , then he has
passed to his reward beyond the
grave. Peace to his ashes.
Ben. Gary had very little faith In the
ightlng qualities of what he called a
psalm singer, bnt he admitted that
he had done the pious man an injus
tice. On this occasion on the Darby
Town road his command had to re
treat rapidly from overwhelming
numbers and his Wiled and wounded
were left where they fell. A man in
his command was shot and fell mor
tal^ wounded, his*comrades leaving
him on the field, but when the
w pealm singer,” the Rev. Wm. Thom
as, same along, he stopped and kneel
ing down beside the dying soldier
proceeded to offer up a prayer and to
take his last messages to his family.
This wounded man wag Sam W.
Whitesides, of Hickory Grove, a mem
ber of the 7th South Carolina Cavalry.
intrinsic values.
Reynard If the game we generally
apply to the fox while the Latins call
ed It vulpes.
Last Tuesday night Sam Strain had
ilch will brighten all eternity.” , S. S. Ross, of this city, a delegate to
What a great work, then, has he done the American Mining Congress which
for eternity; how many will rise from meeds In Joplin, Mo., November 11th
the cultured ranfee with plaudits on to 16th. This Is inevery way a
their Ups and trace their education | worthy appointment and we hope
—o... an ^ inspiration to this good man who Capt. Ross will attend and represent
a “goober™ picking!*" Several* of* the has 8°ne to his reward! He sleeps the state In general and Cherokee in
neighbors came in and picked off the 8lee P of the J U8t - far removed particular.
about two bushels.
The Progressive Farmer has a
fund of good hints on courtship, mar
ried life, etc., we think some young
people should read.
The next meeting of Enoree Pres
bytery will be held at Greer next
spring.
Elder James W. Smarr, was elected
by the session of Salem church to re
present It at the meeting of synod
at Anderson on the 29th Inst., next
Tuesday.
We clip this very pertinent ques
tion from one of our papers:
“When will our farmers ‘get wise’
and throw over the office-seeking dem
agogue at the same time that they
discard the services of the cotton
gamblers?”
Our answer Is: When they get
their eyes opened.
If, as some physicians say, “Rising
from the angry strife of factions and , „ , . „*«,*.,«
the fierce competlon of the age, * A
shrined In the love and gratitude of ®
the people, and he hlm^lf, if his ftlll j ^ r ) °“ g i t Ra a .^ith ^rV^kinr
lips could shape one further word, i i^® 8 charged with car breaking
would send back to a stera and pul-i at B1 ^k 8bu rg aome three months
sing world, the high and brave testi-ijf®,’ ^Th^offlcrrs 8 have^been 1 atar
money that he has lived the life that ton,a Tae offlcerB nave been aIter
is but worth living, and died the death
which is tbe noblest that ean come
to man. Peace to the ashes of the
useful citizen, the stainless gentle
man and the triumphant Christian of
the State. L. G. L.
Monroe, N. C.
No Extra Levy.
To the electors, in the proposed high
school district:
We. the undersigned, who will be
ex-officio trustees of the proposed
him for some time but only got him
located Friday.
Ran Hawkins gave a corn shucking
last Friday night. Between three and
four hundred bushels of corn were
shucked, and Ran still has about one
hundred bushels In the shuck. A, big
supper was served and a jolly time
had. The shuckers wound up the
night by burning Ran’s old hat In a
frolicsome manner.
William Smith, his wife, Susan
Lamar L- Wood, of Jonesville, spent -ppg c0 mpany is head by the popular
yesterday in the city. Bob and Qna Demorest, and among
Mrs. L. Estell Hopkins, of Balti- the other leading people are Miss
more, is in the city visiting her Kate Williams, Mr. Alfred Williams,
daughter. Mrs. Malcomb Goudelock. - Mr victor Wlalker, Miss Ruth Gibbs
Jimmie Jones, ex-county treasurer, aD( j others,
was In the city yesterday on business, j Monday night the old custom wiM
A. J. McCraw, one of Cherokee s be honored and a lady will be admlt-
best farmers, was In the city yester- j t e( j f r ee with every reserved seat sold
day. i at the advance sale before 7 p. m.»
O. A. Osbornee, one of Blacks- Monday, November 4th. So be Mrs
burg’s leading merchants, Is In the an( j g C t a lady’s free ticket. The
city. M*r. Osborne Is foreman of the number will be limited to 150 tree
grand Jury- ^ , tickets.
W. W- Holland, the affable business Bob and Ona Demorest have s*r-
manager of the Spartanburg Herald, , rounded themselves this season with
spent yesterday In the city. 0 ne 0 f the best companies that could
Mrs. Robt. Leave!!, nee Kate Fol- fo e procured and have broken several
ger, of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting Mr. house records this season for the
and Mrs* A. R. N. Folger, on Buford i ar g e st week’s business, which ought
street
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Black, of Ashe
ville, N. C., were the guests of Misses
Julia and Lucy Wood, Friday and
Saturday.
Geo. Luskin, the well known repre
sentative of S. Sternberg A Company,
dealers In hides and Junk, Is In at
tendance at court as a witness.
Messrs. Moye and LaFar, of the
Southern Railway, are . attending
court.
BETTER THAN MEDICINE.
additional or extra levy will be made
early is a mistake,” It’s no wonder j by us for the proposed high school.
The purpose Is to organize a bus!
high school, desire to state that no : Smith, and a small boy named Oscar
Watkins, all colored, were arrested
and brought before Magistrate Bridges
the field, commenced a rapid fire I A peddler played a trick on Mr. T. ness department, as a high school, ton from Sam Upscomb. also colored.
Seine of the enemy seeing him stop!that some people have good health,
on the field, commenced a rapid fire j A peddler played a trick on Mr. T.
uyns him. He, regardless of the fly- Ben McCulloch. He was down In the
ing bullets, stayed the few minutes | “Pork country” when night came on
untU the soul of the wounded com-| an d he had no place to stay. He
Taie took Its flight. The enemy stop- went to Mr. McCulloch and wanted
ped firing upon the pious and brave to get lodging. Mr. McCulloch told der the act
soldier and he was cheered both by ■ him he didn’t think he could well take It takes two
on Friday charged with stealing cot-
Breathe Hyomel's Tonic Healing and
b« Cured of Catarrh.
Nature ha* a remedy for catarrh, a
treatment that is far better than dos
ing the stomach with medicine.
It Is the healing oils and galaams of
Hyomei which medicates the air you
breathe, reaching the most remote air
cells In the nose, throat and lunga,
killing all catarrhal germfc, and restor
ing health to tbe mucous membrafe.
In using Hyomei you are treating
your catarrhad troubles with the only
and which will be paid for by the The defendants gave bond for their
high school* appropriation made by appearance before the magistrate on natural remedy, for it givesj^ curative
the State, and will not cost the dls- j Novmber 22nd when they will he given air bath to the air passages that has Gibbs was the feature of the evening.
to be sufficient guarantee of their
strength. Don’t forget ladies free
Monday night only.
Speaking of this company the Union
Times, of last week, says:
“This company played to one of the
largest audiences ever seen in the
opera house on Monday night, in the
comic play, ‘A Midnight Elopement.’
This was truly a comedy of errors and
caused a continual laugh throughout
the play. The players were all suited
for their respective characters and
carried out their parts well.
“The specialties were fine, espe
cially Jack Demorest, humorist, and
his wife with the different musical In
struments, cow bells, saxophone,
chimes, etc.
“Tuesday night the melodrama,
“Princess of Patches,” was presented
to a fairly good audience. Mr. Robt.
Demorest, as Waggles, philsopher, and
Mr. Victor Walker as Judas, an octo
roon, and Mrs. Ona Demorest as
‘Princess of Patches,’ deserves espe
cial mention, but as a whole, this
troupe is a fine one.
“The buck and wing dancing of
Misses Katie Williams and Rath
by
his retreating comrades and the a^-
vanting foe. Gen. Gary compliment
ed him upon his bravery and told
hha be would make him chaplain
“dtetlnguished piety” on the battle
field.
the “cuaslng” man won his
him in. The fellow remonstrated
awhile but didn’t seem to be doing
any good until at last he told Mr. Mc
Culloch he wag Delevie’g partner and
then Mr. McCulloch told him he oould
stay. In a few days Delevle came
along and Mr. McCulloch told him
pramotion In this wise: It was the that his (Delevie’s) partner had stay
custom of Gen. Gary to visit his pick- ®d all night with him at such a time,
et posts very frequently. While on Delevle said, “I have no partner.”
hi* rounds one dark and rainy night
he met a cavalryman in the road.
Knowing that this man had no busi
ness to he out of camp, with a string
And Mr. MlcCulloch felt sold out.
If some young lady wants to mar
ry a rich young German-Jew now Is
the time. We know one such who
of euss words, demanded who he was says he would marry one of our
and what company he belonged to. American girls if he could find one
Tbe lone cavalryman, not knowing 1 to suit him. He Is independently
the rank of his questioner, “cussed” j rich—no doubt of that, and very good
baek at the general, and as the gen- looking, too—about twenty-three year
end expressed It, made the “air blue old.
wtth cuss words.” He had struck at
last a man who could out curse him.
Finally he persuaded by mild words
Astronomers and star-gazers have
lost the track of the comet, visible
some months ago. Perhaps It has
tbs cavalryman to Inform him that kot rather between us and the sun.
lie was a sergeant in one of tbe com
pastes of Gen. Garys’ command. This
company, In a recent fight, had lost
all of Its o(Beers. The general com
plimented the soldier on his swearing
abilities, and said he was Just the
man to command that company. The
next day an order was Issued, promot
ing the brave religions man to he
chaslaln of his regiment for “distin
guished piety” on the battlefield and
tin “cussing” man to the command
of his company tor extraordinary pro-
fliafty.
There Is a tie between old soldiers
Should It come directly between us
and the sun Its presence will be de
tected by the peculiar color of the
sun’s rays like those of 1881, which
some called dry fog.
J. L. S.
tricts concerned one cent extra. Un
der the act creating the high school,
or more school districts
to establish a high school.
Very truly,
C. C. Harris,
J. B. Pettit.
R. A. Jones,
M. A. Sarratt,
E. R. Cash,
W. C. Hamrick,
tf. A. Haas.
a preliminary examination.
as powerful healing and antiseptic ef-, They are ‘all to the good.’
feet as that found In tre mountains | “Qn Wednesday night ‘The Bine
Deputy Sheriff Lockhart arrested where the pine forests give off their an d the Gray’ was presented to a
a negro named Noah Rogers Friday 1 fragrant and healing balsam*. j fairly good audience. Each character
who was charged with assault and Breathe the Invigorating and healing handled his part with cleverness
battery upon the person of Riley Phil
lips. and with cursing on the public
highway. He was taken before Magis-
Hyomel, and see how quickly you will
get relief from your catarrhal troubl
es. The Gaffney Drug Co. has seen
—Typewriter supplies. ribbops,
carhop paper snd typewriter paper
at Gaffney Drug Co. Let us quote
you prices.
Oct. t tf.
—The Galfner Drug Co., foil line
typewriter supplies.
List of Unclaimed Letter*
The following Is the list of un
claimed letters remaining In the
Gaffney postofflee for week ending
Ort 28 10(17’
Mrs. ’Alice Biddix, Mrs. Myrtle
Bridges, Mrs. Batlec, Mrs. Masle
Blanton, Mrs. Florence Blanton, Mrs.
Connie Byers, Mrs. Augle Brawner,
Mrs. Lillian Coy, Mrs. Nellie Cook,
Mrs. Cora Camp, Mrs. Maggie Estes,
Mrs. Dashie Dunean, Mrs. Eferllne,
Mrs. Nonie Edwards, Mrs. W. R. Gre
gory, Mrs. Nannie Littlejohn, Mrs.
Purler McDaniel, Mrs. Caler Tomson,
Mrs. Polly Ingram, Mrs. Beckle Wil
son, Mrs. Ida Wlatkins, Mrs. Clorena
Woods, Luther A. Bright, Albert
Cook, (2), C. C. Caldwell, Will Caner,
Jerry Gaffney, Hawey Gregory, till
Grab, J. A. Humphries, L. D. Holme.-,
W. E. Moore, John McMoures Henry
McDowell, Jime Potter, Bud Pearce,
Lem Powell, Frank Stevens.
Call for advertised letters. One
cent duo on each.
A. R. N. Folger, P. M.
Subscribe for The Ledoer. 91 a year.
trate Bridges and upon entering a 1 gp many cures, even of the worst
plea of guilty, was fined $7.50 or I cases of catarrh, with offensive
twenty days on the gang. He paid breath, raising of mucus, frequent
the fine and went on his way rejoic
ing.
and ease.
“A change of specialties is put on
each night and they are spicy aad
up-to-date.
“The Demorest Is a high class
comedy company and the manage
sneezing, droppings In the throat and m ent of the opera house Is to be com-
spasmodic coughing, that they feel mended in their efforts to bring good
Miles Stowe, who was sent up from
Cherokee county to the United States
Court charged with working In a; f^ r jt. They take all the risk,
distillery was tried for the offense
warranted 1| selling Hjomel under an
absolute guarantee to refnd the money
If It does not do all that is claimed
Wednesday at Greenville and was
acquitted. On the same day Butler
Dawkins, who was sent up for selling
whiskey entered a plea of guilty and
was sentenced by Judge Brawley to
one month’s Imprisonment, and to
pay a fine of one hundred dollars.
Mr. W. R. Upscomb started a guess
ing contest the other day that arous
ed no little Interest. He secured a
large ear of corn and wrapped It up
and sold guesses at tbe number of
grain* on the cob at 10 cents each.
The best guesser was to get $1 and
the next 50 cents and all the remaind
er was to go to the Connie Maxwell
Orphanage. Mr. C- M. Smith guessed
776 and wot the $1; Mr. Jesse San
ders guessed 750 and won the 50
cents. The tar contained 773 grains.
—For bNllousness. constipation, dls-
zlness and disorders of the stomach
take Gaffney Drug Co.’s PINK PILLS.
Letter t 0 Merchants Grocery C°.
Gaffney, S. C.
Dear Sirs: Our proposition is sim
ply this:
If Devoe doesn’t take less gallons
for a Job, no pay.
Yours truly
62 F W DEVOE CO
P. S. Gaffney Hardware Company
sell our paint.
shows here.”
ITCH cured in 80 minutes by Wool-
ford’s Sanitary Lotion. Never falls.
Sold by Gaffney Drug Company.
10-19-6m pd.
—It will pay you to look Into that
$2.70 tor $1.00 offer by The Gaffney
Drug Co. tf.
—Why not try “Grip Tnhlots” for
that cold. Onarspteed b“ '('he Gaff
ney Drug Co.
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Buhserlbe to* Th* t ed«» - * * r
Colonel Butle r was Present
(Chester Lantern.)
Among the distinguished visitors
present Wednesday was Col. T. B.
Butler, of Gaffney. Col. Butler Is
well known throughout the State,
having served as senator from Chero
kee county for a number of years. It
Is talked that the colonel is to he la
the race for congress next year from
this district and he Is going to give
somebody a hard run. He Is a man
with the gift of making friends easily
and is one of the strongest men la
the district. He Is not only a man of
fine appearance hut a thorough gen
tleman and one who has lots of friends.
The colonel said that Gaffney Is grow
ing ri?ht along and Is bolding her
own In the present rapid growth of
tho country. Col. Butler returned to
Oeffnov last night and Chester people
hone to soo him to their midst soon
again.
—Trv Oaffnov D-u» Co.’s “Grip
Ta blots” for that tnpped up head of
your« \*o enro - nay. tf.