Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"A p ^ : r w ^ ' *r ■ ,n '- * f*' S' Every Fanner As well as every business man should have a bank accouut. Why? Because: Your money is safer in the bank than anywhere else. Paying your bills by check is the sim plest and most convenient method. Your check becomes a voucher for the debt it pays. It gives you a better standing with business men. Money in the bank strengthens your credit. A bank account teaches, helps and en courages you to save. This bank does all the bookkeeping. Your bank book is a record of your business. National Bank of Gaffney Gaffney, S. C. V >Ti ;*i ' ~ " ' ~ ~ M\ | Gaffney Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. [| Merchants why do you buy Pepsi-Cola, Aies and Soda Water etc. from us? Not only because you want to pat ronize home industry, but you know we have the best equipped plant in upper South Carolina, Spartanburg not excepted, and make the highest grade, and most healthful drinks in the country. We manufacture all drinks from Piedmont Mineral Springs Lithia Water, and also deliver Lithia Water to residences. Water on sale at all the drug stores. All bottles are first soaked then washed by a power washer making 2,500 revolutions a minute, next rinsed by an automatic rinser, using pure clean water. We are the only plant in Cherokee County that has the electric power installed, and therefore feel that we are best equipped for giving you pure clean goods. Wagon delivers goods at all hours of the day. Cleanliness, satisfaction and prices guaranteed. Both local and long distance phones. Let us supply you. Gaffney Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. % It a w v ’7* |l Buy a Home 5§ G/ ?: i* With Rent Money! You can do this by taking stock in the Cherokee Building and Loan Associa tion. This is the oldest Building and Loan Association in Gaffney. It is conducted along conservative lines. We can help you to the road of wealth. See any of our officers. Read our Booklet and learn our plans. : ; Cherokee B.1L. Association V. V. Gaffney, Sec’y ft Trees. G. A. Jefferies, Prest. SHORT HEWS ITEMS OF LOCH INTEREST. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. Local baseball fans will be Interest ed to learn that “Doc" McFadden, who played such a good center-field for the Indians, during the the base ball season just closed, is now coach ing the football team of Porter Mili tary Academy, Charleston. Pq/c’s team plays its first game today and It is a safe bet that the pig-skin war riors who have been listening to Poe’s words of wisdom concerning ♦he great game, will make a good showing. “We are all wid you, Poc.” I Johnson’s School of Music Term Commences Week of September fst. Pupils may enter at any time after above date. Terras $4.00 per scholastic momh (4 weeks) payable monthly. No pupil received for less than 3 months. Instruction given on Piano, Organ, Violin or Guitar, and Cultivation of the Voice, either single or in class. Studio on 2nd floor of Spake bldg, opposite Star Theatre, Limestone St. Oct 22 Recent Happenings in and Around the City and Other Events Gath- ^ ered by the Local News Editor. The local cotton market yesterday was 8.65, with very little being offer ed. Mr. G. C. Harper has opened a meat market on Limestone street. He will share the J. Q. Little building with .1. H. Buice. The friends of Catherine Harper are requested to cast their votes in her behalf at the Gaffney Jewelry Company for the big doll. The next attraction at the Star Theatre is the Pemorest Comedy Co., which comes next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It is a good popular price show. Frank Byars, a negro, sentenced to the State penitentiary for life from Cherokee county in 1903, for killing Jim Dawkins, another negro, near Wilkinsville, died in the penitentiary on Tuesday. Rev. J. A. McMurry, who has been pastor of the Presbyterian church at Blacksburg, died at his home in Sha ron Tuesday of heart disease. He was sixty-nine years of age and was an able and earnest minister. The funeral services were held at Sharon Wednesday? At a recent meeting of the P. A. A. the following delegates wre elect ed to represent the chapter at the State conference in Sumter in No vember: Mrs. A. N. Wood, regent; Mrs. W. H. Smith, alternate; Miss Jessie Lipscomb, delegate. Mr. W. M. Dobson has purchased through the real estate agency of Mr. Sam L. Fort the pretty little home of Mr. Malcomb Goudelock, on Race street. The consideration was $2,750. This is one of the most desirable homes in Gaffney and is considered cheap at the price. A real estate transaction of con siderable interest took place in Gaff ney Tuesday when Mr. B. F. Jamison purchased the Broad river farm of Postmaster Thos. Hester. The farm is an excellent one of 260 acres. Mr. Jamison will move to his newly ac quired property in the near future. Mrs. Mollie Anthony and family have moved to Spartanburg, where they will reside in the future. Gaff ney regrets to give up Mrs. Anthony and family. They have lived here so long they have become a part of the town and it don’t look exactly right that we should have to part with them. Mr. Will Garribaldi, an experienc ed machinist, representing the Meck lenburg Iron Works, is here install ing a lot of new machinery at the W. Sam Lipscomb gold mine. This is one of the most promising pieces of mining property in this section. The specimens of ore being gotten out are simply magnificent. The performance by the “Black Patti” Troubadours at the Star Thea tre Wednesday night was a real good one, if one may judge from the liber al applause accorded the performers. There are some real good voices and the comedy work of Tutt Whitney was all to the good. “Black Patti” sang splendidly. The ladies of the Limestone Pres byterian church will give the annual flower show this season about the first of November. Neither date nor place has been fixed definitely. AH the ladies of the city who have flow ers will be expected to participate. As soon as the arrangements are perfected the public will be notified. An item that will Interest many people in this city is the announce ment that Mr. W. T. Magness, presi dent of th* Carolina Banking and Trust Company has purchased the building now occupied by Green & Bishop, druggists. Spartanburg. The price paid was $17,000. The ban* will build a modern bank building on the property. Mr. Brian Bell, who has been con nected with The Ledger, has accept ed a position on The Columbia State. He left yesterday to take up his new work. In Mr. Bell The State has se cured one of the brightest young men in the country. He has a “nose’ for news and he will make The State a most valuable man. We regret to give him up, hut must congratulate both him and The State. A corps of linemen commenced on Wednesday a telephone line from Gaffney to Paeolet. The distance is about eighteen miles and about twen ty telephones will be installed along the line. The posts are already up and the linemen will string the wires. The work will probably be completed in a few days. Superintendent John Wilkins, of the local telephone com pany is In charge of the work. At a meeting at the office of the National Bank Tuesday, the Farmers Mutual Live Stock Insurance Com pany was formed. The officers are T. M. Littlejohn, president; D. C. Ross, secretary and treasurer; D. E. Boney, general manager. The direct ors, W. G. Fowler, J. G. Kendrick, John D. Jefferies, Jr, D. C. Ross, Richmond Stacy, E. W. Harris, L. J. Browning, of Union, T. M. Littlejohn, of Jonesville, W. H. Jeter, of Carlisle. Mr. Don McKenzie, representing Howe’s Great London Circus, was in the city yesterday superintending the hill posting and closing contracts for the appearance of his show In this city on Tuesday, October 20th. This Is not Mr. McKenrie’s first visit to Gaffney. He was here with the Wal ter L. Main circus. We found him a moat genial gentleman and bespeak for hie enterprise a liberal patronage. At a regular meeting of the Farm ers Educational and Co-operative Union of America, the Cherokee county division, the following resolut ions were adopted: It is the sense of the Farmers’ Educational and Co operative Union of America, the Cherokee county division of the same: That this union lend its aid to the officers of the law to suppress all such lawlessness as night riding, gin posting, etc. Resolved, further that if any member of the union be guilty of such lawlessness he be ex pelled from the order at once and be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law of the said union of Chero kee county and that these resolutions he published in both county' papers and also in the State union paper at Columbia. We Will Be Year Bookkeeper If *you will deposit your money in this bank and pay all your bills with checks we will keep an account cf it for you and the checks will furnish you a re ceipt for all funds used, and in addi tion, you will know just where your money went, the time, aud what it was for. Give it a trial. :: :: :: Merchants and Planters Bank Gaffney, S. C. CAPITAL, SURPLUS ANE PROFITS, SIOO.OOO.OO. Jury List. The following is the list of petit jurors drawn to serve the first week of the October term of court of com mon pleas and general sessions, be ginning Monday, the 26th day of Oct ober: B. L. Hames, Gaffney. W. B. Isler, Blacksburg. J. C. Phillips, Grassy Pond. J. B. Huskey, Grassy Pond. H. C. Reynolds, Ravenna. M. J. Cash, Gaffney. V. G. Price, Maud. T. J. Lavender, Gaffney. W. H. Spencer, Macedonia. G. B. Wilson, Ezell. J. L. McCraw, Butler. C. E. Blackwell, Blacksburg. W. E. Harmon, Gaffney. J. E. Bratton, Wilkinsville. C. E. Huggin, Wilkinsville. P. D. Phillips, Draytonville. A. A. Crocker. White Plains. J. B. Jones, Grassy Pond. ♦ M. J. Guiton, Wilkinsville. J. G. Wright, Wilkinsville. T. T. Goforth, Ravenna. J. L. Roberts. Antioch. E. C. Kennfctt, Gaffney. R. A. Hawkins, Gaffney. R. C. Cobb, Cherokee Falls. C. C. McDaniel, Ezell. W. F. Kennedy, Wilkinsville. Prater Smith, Allens. Dever Little, Gaffney. J. V. Sarratt, Gaffney. E. M. Green, Ravenna. John MeSwain, Antioch. H. S. Mullins, Thickety. Henderson Sapoch, Blacksburg. A. C. Price, Maud. Z. A. Robertson, Gaffney. A Few Reasons Why f You Should Take Stock In u Stop the Whittles. Editor Ledger:—The city council did right to pass an ordinance against the unneecessary blowing of whistles by the many trains passing through our city. So far so good. But why stop with the trains? From 5 a. m. on our factory whistles blow, toot and shriek to the disturbance of needed rest of a large part of our city’s population. All that fuss is unnecessary and is an insult to the intelligent operatives. The noise Is unnecessary and other cities are do ing away with it. Won’t the ladles of our town take this metter up? See the factory superintendents and have all unnecessary noise done away with. Citizen. Flint Hill Mine Sold. Mr. L. U. Campbell has disposed of an interest in the Flint Hill gold mine to Northern capitalists. Th£ new owners have had plans made fo? the necessary buildings at the mines, and contractors are figuring on tb‘ v .n Machinery has been purchased amf will be installed as soon as It ar rives and tnen active mining will b gin. The Flint Hill mine has been work ed before, but with inefficient means’ and intiquated methods. Rich veins were found and with new methods and ample means the mine Is expect ed to yield up the precious metal in large quantities. , Peoples Biting Loan’ . Buford Street M. E. Church. The pastor will preach next Sun day at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The Sunday school convenes at 10 a. m. The Epworth League devotion al meeting at 6:45. The choir will render special music at both of the regular services. Strangers and visitors will always receive a cordial welcome. —Buy your Sunday cigars Satur day. Try a half dollars worth of Of ficial Seal. Gaffney Drug Co. Don’t have a falling out with your hair. It might leave you! Then what? That would mean .iiin, scraggiy, uneven, rough iiair. Keep your hair at home! Fasten it tightly to your scalp! You’ can easily do it with Ayer’s Hair Vigor. It is something more than a simple hair dress ing. It is a hair medicine, a hair tonic,'a hair food. The best kind of a testimonial — “Sold far over aiztjr years." • by J. O. Ayr Oo.. nowsll. All tutnuflMtursrs of f sarsaparilla. PILLS. CHERRY PEC10RAL. yers —A Diamond ring worth $M to give away at Gaffney Jewelry Co. 1st. Your money is absolutely safe, pays you a good rate of interest, and stock is never lees than par. 2nd It is the largest and strongest in Gaffney having nearly i,ooo shares in force hence, it will make you a greater profit. 3rd. Your money while making a good rate of interest, helps to build upLyour town and country, helps your neighbor to build a home „ and building these homes gives employment to your neighbors. \ 4th. We not only loan money on town property but on farm property anywhere in the county. 5th. The management is by business people on business principles. Fourth series opens Oct. 10th 1908. Subscribe now & ^ for as many shares as you can carry. i R. M. Wilkins, Prest. f 1 k 2 R.S. Lipscomb, Secy-Treas. L I HAVE PLENTY OF WOOD FIBER To plaster that house you aie putting up Jand also have plenty of Cement on hand now. Don’t your house met! painting? Ladies, don’t your furniture and walls need painting? I have Cherrv. 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. : ::::::: u June iKt-0M-ly W. H. Philson, The Lumber Man. MONEY TO LOAN. We have clients who will losn money on good real estate. OTTS A DOBSON. AttysJ Sept. IB tf. , J. C. OTTS «. A. DOSSON OTTS * DOBSON ATTORNEYS Practice in State and Federal Courts. Local and long distance phones.