Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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*: v.i •. % THE thing to consider in depositing money in a bank is security. The capital and surplus are the depositors protection fund. The NATIONAL government superintends and examines this bank. Our stockholders and directors are responsible, well- to-do business men. This BANK has been established over 12 years, during which time it has served the banking public faithfully and built up a large and prosperous business. The best service possible is none too good for our country customers and the people of GAFFNEY, S.C. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. EVENTS IN QAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Just as good as Octagon. 7 Cakes For 25c Carroll & Byers, Gaffney, S. C. Good Looks! Good Wear! Double satisfaction in the Oxfords that we are offer ing at a bargain for a few days only. The prices will make you a perna- ment customer. : : The Company Store. _ M M _ A ■ * _ M M 4 Jl M A A A A A A A A A A m A Business Change I take this opportunity to inform the public that I have purchased the “People’s Market” of Mr. G. C. Harper, and that the business will be conducted under the style name as heretofore. Mr. John Spencer will continue with the market an 1 he and myself will be pleased to have all old customers continue with us and to receive new ones as well. The market will be improved and made inviting and I solicit the prtronage of the people of Gaffney, promising the best the market affords and at Recent Happenings In and Around the City, and Other Events Gath ered bv the Loeal News Editor. Are you voting for your R. P. D. j carrier? If not, why not? The one-day-old infant of Mr. and j Mrs. Garfield Hallman was buried ! yesterday. Go out to the ball park this after noon and see Gaffney give Buffalo “a j run for the money.” Misses. Mvrtle and Zealia Forten- j bery gave a sociable Wednesday eve- j i ning in honor of their cousin, Miss Xanette Rudasill. The Cherokee Drug Go. has install-^ ed an electric motor with which to run their ice cream freezer. This is ^ j making ice cream by electricity. Friday the 21st is the day appoint- ■ ed to clean off Buffalo ' cemetery, i People living at a distance who have friends should attend and help. Miss Ellen Huggin was the success- ; ful asperant in the competitive ex amination held here for the Winthrop College scholarship. Miss Huggin is j in every respect worthy -of the prize. i Rev. Louis J. Bristow, of Williams- ton, is here attending the Broad River Association. Mr. Briston is repre senting the Connie Maxwell Orphan- ! age. He is editor of the Connie Max well monthly, Orphanage Notes. Mr. J. I. Leary, representing Foley & Co., of Chicago, Is in the city In the Interest of his house. Mr. Leary is a clever young North Carolinian and he represents one of the best prepa ratory medicine concerns on earth. Mrs. Meek Smith, of Clover, who is well known here, has been undergo ing treatment in an Atlanta hospital. We are pleased to announce that she has so far recovered as to be able to | leave the hospital, having arrived in the city Tuesday. Johnnie, the little two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Wilson, died at their home in the mill village Tues day and was buried at Oakland ceme- I tery Wednesday morning. Mr. and i Mrs. Wilson have the sympathy of a large circle of friends and relatives, including The Ledger. Lily Montgormery, colored, vne i nineteen-year old daughter of Jake i Montgomery, a respectable colored ! farmer of this county, died Wednes- j day night at 8 o’clock of consumption. ; The Interment will take place today. ! Jake has many white friends who ; will sympathize with him in his hour of bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Briton C. Moore and little daughter, Florence, of Houston, Texas, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. ! C. P. Wilkins, about one mile west of the city. Mr. Moore is a native of South Carolina, having been born and reared here, but has been away for j about twenty-one years. He is one : of the leading dairymen of Houston, ; He milks about fifty head of cows. First Session Held Yesterday Morn ing. The Broad River Baptist Associa tion met In its one hundred and eighth annual session In the Chero kee Avenue Baptist church yesterday morning. Of the forty-one churches composing the body, delegates were present from thirty-eight of them at the opening session. The church was well filled with people when the missionary sermon was preached at 11 o’clock by the Rev. T. H. Harrison, of Clifton. The only other matter attended to was the enrollment of delegates after which the body adjourned for dinner. At the afternoon session the organ ization was effected by the re-election of the Rev. J. p. Bailey, of Cowpens, moderator, and S. G. Bagwell, of Glendale, clerk. This is Mr. Bailey’s fifteenth consecutive year as moder ator and Mr. Bagwell’s twenty-third as clerk. The first matter taken up was the subject of temperance and the pro hibition of the liquor traffic. The re port was read by Mr. Thompson, who made a strong speech, in which he stoutly advocated the total prohibi tion of the liquor traffic in the State. Considerable enthusiasm was mani fested in the subject and soon it be came apparent that the Baptists of Cherokee county are “agin” Blease, candidate for governor. The Rev. T. H. Harrison, of Clif ton, made a red-hot speech, but did not call Mr. Bleas£’s name. Modera tor Bailey, however, told of a letter he had received from Superintendent Harley, of the Anti-Saloon League, In which It was stated that the liquor interests were spending a pile of mon ey in this State to defeat prohibition candidates. Considerable enthusiasm was manifested by the delegates, and Rev. J. W. Guy, of Trough Shoals, was called to the platform. He spoke for an hour, scoring “that man Blease.” He paid a glowing tribute to State Senator J. C. Otts and his manly fight in the legislature against the dispensary grafters, and vehem ently declared that “Senator Blease and his crowd did all they could to thwart their efforts;” and now Blease comes and appeals for the governor ship on a plea of “personal liberty.” Mr. Guy was very sarcastic in his reference to “personal liberty.” He is a forceful speaker and entertain ing, as well as instructive. The asso ciation adopted a suggestion urging all Christiansijto refuse to vote for a candidate who does not publicly de clare himself in favor of State-wide prohibition. The Connie Maxwell Orphanage was then considered. Clerk Bagwell read a report and the Rev. Louis J. Bristow, the special representative of the orphanage, was called on for a talk. He spoke in a characieristic manner, evidently making a profound impression upon the congregation, as was evidenced by the generous re sponse to the moderator’s call for a collection. A Fair Offer We will take care of your money for you, safeguard it from all harm, return it to you any time you wish and, what is more, will pay you for the privilege of taking care of it if it is left with us for 3 months or more. Now if that isn’t a squafe deal we don’t know 7 what is. Bring it in and try it. Four Per cent Paid on Savings Deposits, Compounded Quarterly. Merchants and Planters Bank, Gaffney, $. C. Capital, Surplus and Profita $100,000 TO THE I Citizens of Cherokee County | We offer 250 shares of Victor Cotton Oil Mill stock at the par value of $ 100.00 per share, for the next 60 days. For further information apply to :: :: July-2i-im J. N. LIPSCOMB, Treasurer I HAVE PLENTY OF WOOD FIBER A DEATH OF MRS. McGUINN. Death of An Infant. Lillian Lyndell Ware, born July 12, 1907, died August 11, 1908, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ware, Jr., of Greer. Death occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mooney, West. End, this city, Tuesday night last. The remains were intered In the cemetery at Providence church Wed- 1 nesday afternoon. The funeral services were conduct- ! ed by Rev. W. T. Thompson, of this i city. i ! The sweet little bud that on our bosom lay Has become more beautiful since she has gone away; This blighting clime may wither the tender flower, But that to which she has flown most resplendant every hour. rtaiionuble prices. July 14-imo. M. C. GREEN Gone to Spartanburg. Last Tuesday Mr. H. K. Osborne and family left Gaffney to take up their residence at Spartanburg. They shipped their household goods over the Southern and the family went over In their automobile. Gaffney re grets to give up Mr. and Mrs. Os borne. They have been living here some ten years and had been regard ed as permanent fixtures in this town. We shall always remember them with pleasure and The Ledger joins their many friends In wishing them prosperity and a large measure of happiness In their new home. At the Reunions. Jake Carpenter Camp Confederate Veterans was represented at Green ville by Capt. Moses Wood and Hon. W. G. Austeel. Miss Floy Sarratt was the sponsor and Miss 81ms maid of honor. They left Tuesday morn ing and returned yesterday evening. It Was Sudden and After Very Short Illness. The community was shocked Wed nesday morning to learn of the death of Mrs. L. W. McGuinn, which oc curred that morning at six o’clock. Mrs. McGuinn was subject to stomach trouble and had been unwell for several days. It was not thought the case was serious. In fact there was no uneasiness on the part of the family at all. She was subject to periodical attacks and so accustomed to these attacks had the family be come and so lightly were they regard ed that also Mr. McGuinn left with a party of friends for an overland trip to the mountains and he was away at the time of Mrs. McGuinn’s demise. In fact it was with difficulty that word was gotten to him late Wednes day and he did not get home until yesterday. Mrs. McGuinn was fifty-three years of age. Her maiden name was Miss Mary A. Poole, and she was a native of Greenville. She was a daughter of Capt. Green P. Poole, of the 4th S. C. regiment. Capt. Poole was killed at the First Battle of Manassas. His was the first body of a Confederate soldier to be brought home from the war and Interred at Greenville. Mrs. McGuinn was a member of the First Baptist church of this city, and was regarded as a splendid Christian wo man. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom are dead. Mrs. R. C. Parris is her eldest daught er. Besides the children there Is one surviving brother, Mr. R. R. Poole, of Greenville, and the bereaved hus band. The family have the sympathy of a large circle of friends In the death of the wife and mother. The funeral will take place this morning at 10 o’clock at the Tint Baptist church. To plaster that house you are putting up and also have plenty of Cement on hand now. Don’t your house need painting? Ladies, don’t your furniture and walls need painting? I have Cherry, Dark Oak, Light Oak, Mahogany and Walnut Stains in 25c, 40c and 65c cans. It don't cost much to make everything look new and you can do it yourself. Come and get some of it. : : V ■lunc HO-O-ly vm W. H. Pison, The Lumber Man. •1* Buy a Home I With Rent Money! | You can do this by taking stock in the Cherokee Building and Loan Associa tion. This is the oldest Building aud Loan Association in Gaffney. It is conducted along conservative Jiues. We can help you to the road of wealth. See any of our officers. Read our Booklet and learn our plans. ; Cherokee B.:L‘ V. V. Gaffney, Sec’y & Treas. C. A. Jefferies, Prest, ™ DR. W. K. GUNTER n e jm t a e t )ffice in Star Theatre Building, Phone No. 20. TICM NIC ALLY IDUCATCD MB2N IN K 1C I> K I> X The demitnd Is far rreater than the supply. Let the Iw - - - pare you. oa 306, Ishssla, ef Sermte*. pre- — Postal will brloft Information csurtes. It's free. t-HT-ly-np