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' ? TTV l ) . S ’ , THE GAFFNEY LEDGER. TuMtfay md Friday. Ed. H. DaCamp. Editor ana PudlUMr The Ledgar la aot raapowdbla ter the rlewa of Ita eorreapoadeata. CITY DIRECTORY. Ifayor VmTMi .. ..OKy dark W. H. Roaa .. W. O. Johmaoa Gao. R. Hood . T. h. Uttlajoha T. H Lockhart OEM PoBaa A. L. Hallmaa —altt Oteaar Batlar 4 Oaboraa .. .. CMr Attya. •aard if RGMIa Wdrite A. N- Wood i. N. M. O. Clary W. C Hamrick .. J. C. Otta MARKET REPORT. UXJAL COTTON MARKET. MlddUnjr. 10-50 Henit ... 30c fryi -30c to Me Docka 20c Eggs 17Hc Batter 15c IrUh Potatoes, bushel $1 00 Sweet Potatoes 50c Ooru, bushel 1.00 Meal, bushel 1.05 OaU, bushel . 85c Onions, bushel |1.00 for somethloc bow. By that, wa mean It Is edltad by Its editor. He has ever stood ready to advance that which was good for this town, or county; but he has never been wil ling to lend himself or his paper to the selfish designs of individuals or combinations of individuals. That is one of the things he has in mind when he disavows the "dollar con sideration,” and every real newspa per man appreciates exactly what he means. Another situation mentioned In the article reproduced above, which is to be appreciated only by news paper men of experience and discern ment, is comprehended in the refer ence to non-newspaper readers. There are hundreds of these not only In Cherokee, but in every other South Carolina county. The trouble with most of them is that they cannot read. There are many, however, who though able to read, have no inclina tion to do so. It follows as a matter, of course, that neither class can be properly informed as to men and things, and both classes are a prey to the demagogues, who are making constant use of them In carrying out their selfish designs. Of course, all intelligent reading people understand that the newspaper is the best pos sible medium for the enlightenment of the unenlightened, and we can think of no better way than that sug gested by The Ledger, of developing the newspaper reading habit. New Fall Suits, Cloaks and Skirts BANK YOUR MONEY. 11 people both old and young would •top to consider the many advant ages of having an account in a bank and making it a rule to deposit all the money they have In the bank and paying their bills by check you would very beldom hear any disputes about accounts being paid the second time. When you consider the banks fur nish without a cent of cost to the do* post tor, a pass book showing amount of each deposit, check book with •tub as reference, and at the end of each month they balance the pass book and return it with all the vouch ers paid, showing Just how much the depositor has to his credit, It is a wonder that every man, woman, girl or boy who 1 as any money does not deposit it in a bank and check ou* any bills the. wish to pay. If they will make a rule to do this they can tell at the end of the year just how much money they have handled and what disposition has been made. Did you ever hear of a dispute where money has been paid in a settlement one or the other party gets dissatis fied after the settlement and one thinks he has received too little or the other has paid too much? and if it is a transaction where the cash is paid and neither party knows who is right and never will, when if a check was given that would settle the whole matter to the satisfaction of both parties. Another thing to be NOTES AND COMMENTS. In another column we print a com munication from a colored man who is a subscriber to The Ledger and our purpose in directing attention to it is simply to show the interest that is being taken in educational mat ters by the negroes themselves. They will give of their means to enable their young to read and write, while a lot of white people will not send their children to school even when it costs them nothing. That is one reason why we favor a compulsory education law. The first thing we know the negroes will be the owners of houses and land voters, because you can’t stop them If they get the education and acquire the property, and the whites will become the hew ers of wood and the drawers of wat er. First Showing Now Ready Special values in Dress Good and Trimmings IVow On Display. // Carpets and Mattings Made, laid and lined without extra charge during the month of September. Special values in Rugs and Art squares. OA re & IkYEreS, - Oaffney, S. C ♦ ♦♦♦♦ V. + ^Jk. A. A aZj I • A m m A ^ + aTaZA-AZ* ' PERGONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. R. Ed Linder, of Maud, spent yesterday in the city on business. Mr. J. W. McCraw, from Just across the line in Cleveland county, N. C., spent yesterday In the city. Mrs. J. C. Lipscomb and children, who have been spending the summer at Chase City, Va., have returned to the city. Mrs. J. S. Norman, of Jonesvllle, is visting Mr. and Mrs Dudley Jones, of this city. Mr. B. K. Humphries, who has been spending a few days in the city, returned to Laurens yesterday. Mr. J. W. Tolleson, “Uncle Jack,” who has been in the Eastern and Northern markets, returned to Gaff ney Saturday night. He reports the outlook for fall business as bright. Mrs. J. E. Sapoch, of the Mt. Paron section, was In the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Byars, of Macedonia, were In the city yester day. Mr. C. Y. Allison, of Smyrna, was in the city Saturday on business. Mr. Ervin Magness, a son of Capt. J. J. Magness, of Grassy Pond, who is now a Knight of the Grip, spent Friday in the city. Mrs. B. E. Thomson, proprietress of the Thomson House, of Blacks burg, was In the city yesterday on business. Miss Rosetta Kelly, of Augusta, Ga., is the guest this week of Mrs. Pratt Pierson. | Mrs. E. L. Elson has returned from Mr. Oscar Shanks Has Resigned and j an extended trip to Spartanburg and GOING BACK TO KAINTUCK. Will Boon Leave. We clip the following from Sun day’s Spartanburg Herald, because it is of Interest to many Cherokee county people, among whom Mr. Shanks had a host of friends: "Mr. Oscar Shanks, civil engineer and superintendent for the Dravo Contracting company, who built the great power plant for the Electric Manufacturing and Power company at. Gaston Shoals, and managed that company’s affairs here, having com pleted his work for these concerns, has resigned his position and will considered, the banks take care of leave in a few days for his home in your money, keep your books and I Kentucky. Mr. Shanks has been In THE CIRCUS TOMORROW. Gentry Entertain furnish all the necessary books, checks, etc., and do not charge you one cent. A young man or boy who runs bis account with a bank and shows that he has a business turn can always make friends with the people in the bank. We have often thought that people with small South Carolina for two years, and for the past several months has made his home in Spartanburg. In speak ing of his leaving, Mr. Shanks said last night that he had thoroughly en joyed himself In the Spartan City and regretted that his work was complete and that he had to ‘pull up stakes and move out.’ He says he likes the country and the people, amounts feel backward about going | and outside of Kentucky, he would to a bank and troubling the ones In choose Spartanburg first if he were the bank with small amounts. You looking for a place to make a per should dispel such an Idea for bank nianent homc - , . „ . “Mr. Shanks has superintended the people, of all others, are cinsiderate , , , , • ^ ^ building of a great power plant at and know that the boy of today will Gaston Shoals, and his work there be the man of tomorrow, and by en-! and in Spartanburg will stand as a other points Mrs. John Holler, of Rock Hill, Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robt. Swafford. Miss Carrie Sams left Friday for Union where she goes to resume her duties in the graded school. Miss Carrie is one of the very best teach ers in South Carolina and Union is to be congratulated on obtaining her services. Capt. J. B. Bell spent Sunday In | Yorkville visiting relatives and 1 friends. Miss Lucy Wood spent Sunday in Jonesvllle with relatives and friends. Miss Lillian Hopper leaves the city Thursday for Blacksburg where she will join Mrs. D. D. Gaston for a visit to Forest City. They will be there about a week. Mrs. Atkinson, who has been visit ing the Misses Hopper, has returned to Bennettsville where she will join her husband. Capt. J. A. Maxwell, of Rock Hill, father of John .Maxwell, of baseball fame, and supervisior of roadway of Charleston Division Southern Rail way, was in town yesterday looking; after some business. Miss Julia Wood spent Sunday in I lonesville with relatives. Bros. Shows Will ths People. The Gentry Brothers shows, larger and better than ever before, are to visit Gaffney. The united shows will come here from Marion. Next Wednesday Gaffney will take on its circus airs and will do justice to an institution that s well known in this section of the south. This year the Gentry shows have engaged many feature acts from Europe. These are offered here for the first tme. Among them are the eccentric, sensational acrobats, the Weyler Brothers, and Mile. De Oesch, billed as the "Queen of the Air.” This young woman is a Parisian danseusa. Not content with having achieved a reputation as a dancer or terra firma she attempted and accomplished a feat that no other woman in the world' has equalled. She dances at the dome of the canvas coliseum while hanging by her teeth. Mile. De Oesch was seen in a Paris theatre last winter by a represent ative of the Gentry Brothers shows. Her feats then were the talk of Paris. She was induced to come to America for a season. Her perform ances here have been the cause of endless comment by the press. The slender girl stands in the mid dle of the tent. There she carefully adjusts the pad which she clinches in her teeth. She then Is hauled to the top of the canvas. While sus pended she executes the surptetnine dance, going through all its mazes with the grace and splendor char acteristic of her sisters who dance on solid stages. The Weyler Brothers do every thing and something more than other performers. They add zest to their work by a clever strain of comedy. The Gentry shows this year carry a monkey fire department. They al so have a monkey railroad train, all of its crew being made up of high class aristocratic simians. Their troops of trained ponies are pronouc- ed the peers of the kind. Some of the tricks done by these clever little animals are comparable only with the wonderful things done by pigs and sheep, which animals are classed as the most stupid of the animal family. The Gentry shows will visit Gaff ney Wednesday, September 16. They will give a street parade larger than ever before, and will present two performances, one in the afternoon and the other at night. could well seat. The gospel was forcefully delivered and attentively received... edifying Christians and awakening sinners. The meeting was a source of great joy throughout. The singing was good, conducted by Messrs. Robertson and Horn. Prof. A. J. Davis had recently closed a singing school there and to his credit he had left the spirit of song in his class. The church received for bap tism thirteen converts and among the number was one ninety-one years of age, Mr. Jessie Mabry. The Rehoboth people had express ed their faith in need of service by building a splendid cement pool near the branch below Mr. Logan Mabry’s mill at which four hundred people gathered at 10 a. m. today to witness the ordinance of baptism which was beautifully performed, the ceremony being very impressive. Mr. Mabry, before going into the water, made a public confession of elghty-one years negligence of duty but now being possessed with a spirit of forgiveness and submission that this was the sweetest and happiest day of bis life and as he entered the pool he prayed, "O, Jesus, take me and guide me and keep me for I am forever Thine,” and his face shone with joy. The people gathered at the church sang “Old Time Religion” and ex tended the hand of church fellowship. Mr. T. G. Chalk led In prayer. The pastor preached from a diveu- ion of the songs of Solomon 2:16 “On the little sins of life.” Sang “Blest be the ties that blnde,” etc. Adjourned. A GREAT DAY FOR REHOBOTH. A Man Ninety-One Years Old Is Bap tized Into the Church. Tho erection of the house of wor- .Miss Nettie Miller, who has been! s ^'l ) at visiting relatives in the city for the . ^ , , , , , past week, has returned to her home couraging the small accounts of the I ,os,inionlal that he ranks among the af Walnut ( j rove boys they will get the large accounts flrst dvl1 en « ineerfi of the ™unt ry . . t . . ^ . “Mr. and Mrs. Shanks have made when they become men. Don’t feel , , j ^ , .u many friends during their residence that you are taking chances on hav in the city, and the notice of their Ing your money in the banks for leaving will be received with general statements show that the losses to regret. Thpy will carry with them depositors by bank failures are less ' ,,e bfi8t w,sh " s of a hos ' of S,,aI '- tban one-tenth of one per cent. Miss Itossie Foster, of Asbury, is the guest of Mrs. W. Sam Lipscomb, on Rutledge street. Mrs. J. C. Spears, of Jonesvllle, Is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. S. Wood, on Freierick street. Mrs. W. H. Ghadwick. of Provi dence, K. I., and Mrs. W. A. Poole and little daughter, Sarah Craven, went up to Spartanburg Sunday to I take this means of thanking my hear I)r Chadwick. They were the the many guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter 8. tans. A Timely Sentiment Well Put. (Yorkville Enquirer.) There’s entirely too much bitter ness In political races. Why can there never be opposition without hate, rivalry without strife, differ ences of opinion without prejudice in our politics? Will the day never dawn when we shall have an era of good-feeling? And the worst feature about all of it is that the most of the political quarreling is over nothing. But in spite of everything, humanity is going to advance upward and on ward.—Ben Hope’s Filbert letter to the Gaffney Ledger. That is a timely sentiment, well put. It is a fact that there was unu sual bitterness in the campaign just closed, and we have heard It stated on good authority that at some oftho county precincts many voters who were not in accord with the majority of their neighbors, were actually afraid to let it be known how they stood. There were cases where men were Intimidated to vote against their convictions and preferences. Of course, this was not general; but such a thing should not have occur* red at all. Intimidation and coercion are bad euough in the cities of tho north; but they should not be prac ticed in South Carolina. The ballot fs the most sacred of our institutions. It is legitimate enough to influenos it by fair argument or reason; hot when people undertake to influence it by force, they commit a most dan gerous offense against the perpetuity of free institutions. The observat ions of "Ben Hope” are both sensible and timely. We have not much con fidence in the progress of humanity, however, so long as there is intimi dation or coercion in the use of tho ballot. Money to Loan! I am prepared to negotiate loans in amounts from $300.00 up for a term of years on improved forms. Inter est 8 per cent. Call on 9-14-08-601 J. G. Jefferies, Atty., Gaffney, S. C. DR. W. K. GUNTER I > E r\I T 11-* T ,n Star Theatre Builduig. Phonk No. 20. Crown aag brides work s Card of Thanks. THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER. The Yorkville Enquirer after clip- friends and neighbors for ping an article from The Ledger in kindnesses shown to me and my fam- Montgomery, which we took occasion to thank our •O’ during the sickness and death of Miss i, U cii e Alisbrook, of Spartan- friends for past patronage and seek- mv h,,8l,and - Words tail me to ex-: t,urg. is the guest of Miss Lillian press my gratitude, and I can only j Jones. ing their future favors, is kind „ TT . say, May He that doeth all things enough to add. | we ii>* bless and reward them. This article, more or less personal Mrs. D O. Henderson. In Its nature, Interests The Enquirer more than it does the average reader. If any member of the Lutheran because The Enquirer is in a better j church who lives in or near Gaffney, position to appreciate Just exactly will give his name to C. o. Holler, what The ledger means. Gaffney, S. C„ he will hear something There are newspapers and news- which may be for his advantage papers; but the Gaffney Ledger is no It pd. ordinary newspaper. It has always: ________ stood for something, and it stands Subscribe for The Ledgar. $1.M. yms Mr. Lucian Nettles, of Spartan burg. is visiting friends in the city. Mr. Henry Drummond was among :he Gaffneyites to take in the Chad wick meeting at Spartanburg Sun- dav. A subscription is being taken up among members of the New York cotton exchanges for the relief of the Augusta flood sufferers. A consider able sum has been realized already. Rehoboth was the fruit of several years faithful labor and works of love by Mr. Louie Gaines, of Gaffney. Owing to providential upprehentions Mr. Gaines thought the time had come for his labors to close. His sorrow in the loss of his wife and leaving the children to his special care, was his burden. He ad vised the people to organize a church. The response came and the fifth Sun day in last December the church called W. T. Thompson to supply the church this year. His work has been pleasant. They have a live working Sunday school tinder the supervision of Messrs. J. A. Hames and Monroe Kirby. This is* a splendid locality, thickly populated, two good schools, Gowdeysville, with Miss Irene Fos ter teacher, and Hames school bouse with Mr. T. G. Chalk teacher. The writer has been in many of their homes and they are kind and love able, industrious and enterprising, farmers. A series of meetings were com menced at Rehoboth # last Sunday night with the pastor doing the preaching . Services at 8 p. m. and 11 a. m. with good attendance each service, yes more than the house Should be borne in mind that saving money is the start towards wealth. Every man CAN’T Get rich, but everyone can save something. No matter how small your income may be, if you make up your mind to lay up a part of your earnings every week, it may RAIN And then rain some more, but with a snug little sum to your credit in the bank you can laugh at hard times and poverty. While the Sun of Pros perity is shining is the time to save for the rainy days that are ALWAYS Bound to come. We can help you save; our Sav ings Bank does the business. $1.00 will start an account. We furnish a bank book free of charge. Start saving today. THE GAFFNEY SAVINGS BANK GAFFNEY, S. C. Office Id The Nsfiooal Bank of Gaffney, S. C