Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' Our Invitation Once each week we pay for this space for the privilege only of inviting you once again to become a deposit or of our bank. The person who reads about us fifty-two times a year ought to know us at least fifty- two times better than if he had read of us but once. The better he knows us the more likely he is to like us aud our business methods. Your account, large or small, is urgently solicited and respectfully invited. National Bank of Gaffney Gailfhey, S. C. We have now on hand fine with more to arrive, June'80-(»-ly I Philson i The Lumber Man. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. J. A. Harris, one of the leading farmers of the Macedonia section, waa In Gaffney Saturday and was a wel come caller at The Ledger offic. Mr. J. R. Service, of the Mercer section, was in Gaffney on business Saturday. He gave The Ledger a pleasant call. Billy Whelchel, of Cherokee Falls was in the city yesterday on busi ness. Howard Gaffney, a popular young business man of Union, was in the city Sunday visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gaffney.* Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sullivan, of Anderson, are visiting Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Fort. Miss Laura Lumphin, one of the popular young lady teachers of the graded school, visited relatives and friends in Charlotte last week, return ing to the city yesterday. Mrs. J. C. Creech and children left for Barnwell Saturday where they will visit relatives and friends. Misses Pitts, Smith and Dobson, young lady teachers of the Bolling Springs Institute, were in the city yesterday, shopping. HOWE’S GREAT LONDON SHOWS. The Circus Performers is Exception ally Fine. Mr. Walter Taylor, of Atlanta, Ga., a famous Southern writer, says: “The fact that over 10,000 people attended Howe’# Shows proves that the ancient love for the c reus still exists. It Is born in our very flesh and blood. In youth it thrilled us, and in our»midrile age it Is our com fort and solace. The smell of the sawdust Is as fragrant to lay as It was in the early morn of our lives, when the circus was heaven and the smiling, besklrted. bespangled, adorable creat ure In blue tights was Its particular angel which filled our thoughts by day and our dreams by night. “Every’ time we visit a circus we ,vow we will never again; that It is the same old thing, the same old acro bats, the same old ground and lofty tumblings, the same old elephants, the same old horseback riding. And it. is all true. Same old thing, noth ing new. But the next time the cir cus comes again the fever breaks out once more, the roar and rattle of the heavy wngons have an enticing echo Mr. Tillman Moore and sister. Miss, of their own. the tented city appeals Leila, of Boiling Springs, were In the to the imagination as fervidly and as city yesterday. vividly as In the days when we car- Mr. M. C. Bvars, a prominent farm- water for the elephanta, and er of the Blacksburg section, was in | when the door opens we all of us are the city yesterday. ! the ru fh to * et " n | der the cbnv £ 8 Miss Lunette Townsend, of Union. an( ^ see the same thing over again, returned home yesterday after a few davs visit with MVs. J. D. Jones, on with the same delightful anticipations as in the days of yore. It. Is well that Jefferies street i thl8 is 80 the man no longer Ecford Little left last Friday for loves the circus he has arrived at the Johnson City. Tenn., where he will! lean and slippered age. where he fain engage in railroad work with the W. j must crouch before the fire to warm O. Lipscomb Construction Company.; ^l 8 tl , i n blood and muse over the days Mr. M. A. Connally, of Woodruff, that are gone. The first sign o* old visited friends in the city Saturday age is when we lose our love for the and Sundav ! circus.” Mr W. R. Cason, of Greenville ! Don’t miss seeing the big show to- visited friends in the city Sunday. <lay. It will exhibit at the ball park. Messrs. R. E. Cline and T. F. Mor rison. of Concord. C., spent Sunday in the cltv with friends Mr. M. G visited friends in the city Sunday. Mr. C. G. Milham returned to the city Friday night, after an extended trip through the Blue Grass regions of Kentucky. Mr. Milham was great ly impressd with that country. Mrs. W. W. Wood and son, Wyatt, More Corn Raising Prizes. rwio-tnn i I" addition to the prize already of- ?„ ,L '(fv S" *,!. !^ the Merchants and Planterj Bank for the best acre of upland com grown in Cherokee county during the year 1908. they now offer a prize of $5 for the best lot of seed corn grown on any kind of land In Chero kee county dif-lng the year 1908. The expert from the United States De- of Jonesville, and Miss Mary Boats. pakment of Agrlculture wm award of Batesville, \ a., are '^ ^ug >: thls last prize upon some date in No city the guests of the Misses Wood. (vember f et to hP determined. This on Limestone ^reet. ! date will be announced later and Mrs. Mary ! those who Intend to enter this seed was called to Gaffney on account or | v 4%. nr t S* Vh the death of Mr. W. G. Austell, re- , , A*t 0 Be- cora contest will please watch later issues of this paper for the date. turned home yesterday. i ' ovtnrct from the let- Mr. Wilkes Guthrie spent Sunday | ter Qf the expert of ttie Department of Agrlcultrue, showing the different points that will be considered In with relatives In the Goucher neigh borhood. Mr. C. F. Inman, one of Cherokee’s most progressive planters, was In the city yesterday on business. Mr. W. P. Goforth, a Wilklnsvllle planter, spent yesterday In the city awarding this prize: “I would suggest that you require each competitor to enter ten seed ears typical of his com and that they all be of his own growing and grown 0n wr U8 !nd 8 Mra R F Bonner of the ! in 1908 - With the Um ears he should “ ^ « city yesterday. Mr. John L. Alexander, who has been quite sick the past few months, has so far recovered as to be able to come up town. He was out yester day and received many warm hand shakes. Mr. Joe Harris, of Grassy Pond, was In the city yesterday on business. I. C. Blackwood, Esq., of Spartan burg, was In the city yesterday on legal business. Mr. F. A. Goforth, of Wilklnsvllle, was among the visitors to Gaffney | yesterday. Mr. Garnett Lee, of New York, re presenting the Imperial Curtain Co., spent yesterday in the city on busi ness. com was grown and the number of days from the date of planting re quired by the com to properly ripen. "Previous to emtering their corn all would-be competitors should be Informed that uniformity of type both as ears and kernels on the ears and the growing power of the se >d will be considered In awarding the prize. “C. P. Hartley. “Washington. D. C.” a Home 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 fi. i L Association V. V. Gaffney, Sec’y ft Treas. C. A. Jefferies, Prat, The Woman’s Club. The regular meeting of tfie Wo man’s Club was held Wednesday af ternoon at the home of Mrs. W. F. Humphries. The principal business under discussion at this time was how to raise money for the library. It was finally decided to have a silver offering. This to be given at the home of Mrs. W. C. Carpenter at. an early date. If proving successful others may follow. It Is to be hoped j the public will heartily respond to this call from the Woman’s Club of which a full account will be publish ed later. Other business of minor importance then followed after which the regular program was: Roll call—Responses from “Mer chant of Unlce.” Paper—Oliver Crowell. Mrs. W. H. Smith. Reading—Drama before Shake- spare, Mi’s. W. J. Wilkins. Paper—Queen Elizabeth, Mrs. J. R. Tolleson. After the program delightful freshments were served. ‘ ■ Sehool of Music Term Commence! Week of September 1st. Pupils may enter at any time after above date. Terms $4.00 per scholastic month (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 rf- The Funeral of Mr. Austell. The funeral services over the re mains of the late W. G. Austell were held last Friday afternoon from the residence, Dr. A. M. Simms, of the First Baptist church officiating. It was largely attended by a representa tive class of people embracing all the walks of life, thus attesting the high esteem in which the dead soldier and statesman was held by those among whom he lived and moved. Mr^Aus- tell was a Confederate soldier, a mem ber of the Fifth S. C. regement, and It is believed that a wound deceived In the war of 61-65 was responsible for his last illness. The intennen r Pettit Jury. The following is a list of pettlt jurors drawn last Wednesday to serve the second week of the fall terra of court beginning Monday, No vember 2nd: i;. A. Mullinax. J. R. Godfrey. L. H. Cobb. C. T. Ellis. G. S. Hill. W. H. Spearman. John Cashion. G. L. Goode. J. O. Wilkins. Z. J. Petty. N. S. Burgess. James Mason. J. S. Harmon. L. V. Randall. B. G. L. Pettit. C. G. Parish. E. C. Byars. M. L. Ross. C. P. Pettit. William Borders. L. E. Wood. H. E. Tindall. Felix Isler. J. J. Moore. J. F. Cline. Stanyame Little. James Worthy. W. J. Wilkins. S. A. Allison. T. D. Daniel. J. F. Jolly. D. L. Vassey. A. E. McPhearson. G. B. Wright J. T. Whelchel. O. S. Kendrick. Healthy and Industrious Old People* Mr. and Mrs. Martin Luther Rey nolds are highly respectable Cherokee cohnty people. Mr* Reynolds Is seventy-seven years of age and Mrs. Reynolds Is seventy-one. On the 15th Instant Mrs. Reynolds lanndrled the family clothes and in the after- noon she and her husband were In was in beautiful Oaklandr the casket i the field picking cotton Jnst like young being lowered Just as the great orb folks, of day was sinking beneath the West ern horizon. The fall bearers were: Messrs. T). C. Ross, G. W. Speer, T. H. I/jckhart, W. W. Thomas, N. H. Littlejohn and J. N. Lipscomb. Stuck Some. The Lowe mad stone did vaneitt service In sticking last week. It ad hered to Ben Coyle flfty-nlne hours and thirty-five minutes, to D. Mc- Craw twenty-four hours and to Pearl Patrick forty-eight hours and twenty minutes. These persona were each laid liable to hydrophobia by reason of having handled the dog which hi* Miss Rosa McCraw last week. It Is confidently expected that the applict- lon of the mad stone win remove all danger. Mayor’s Matinee. Hoges Byars, colored, plain drunk, was fined $15 or thirty days. He took the days. , Roland Maness, a young white man. was fined $10 or thirty days for be ing drunk and disorderly. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at thr LEDGER Office, i Gaffney, S- WHIN IN A MURRY MND TO rNB PRINT! M* YOUR JOS There comes a time in everyone’s life when he needs a pointer—a helping hand to guide him to his destination. Merchants and Planters Bank Gaffney, S. C. is the pointer that will help you over future financial worries if you will begin the use of its|Savings Department today. CAPITAL, SURPLUS ANE PROFITS, SIOO.OOO.OO. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE FARM LANDS 77 acres, three miles from Gaffney, fronting on road leading to Pacolet. Good dwelling house and barns. Price $2,100. Look at This 13 acres just outside of corporate limits with good, small cottage and good barns. A golden opportunity for some one to engage in the vegetable, poultry or dairy business or all three combined. Either is a money maker and all of them would make a man rich as there is no one in the business in this county. Two branches on it, 126 nursery fruit trees, 20 nursery grape vines Its a money maker/' The price is down. Terms one-half cash, balance one year. That 140 acre farm, 3 1-2 miles from Gaffney, has not been sold. Tbe price is $25.00 per acre. If you will not give $25.00, will you give $20.00? It’s a bar gain and must be sold. Pays $500.00 annual rent. Come and see it. Terms 1-3 cash, balance to suit you. CITY PROPERTY I sold the 10-room house on Mill street I advertised in last Tuesday’s Ledger, on Tuesday. ; I« <• ... , 43 lots two blocks from Court House. 10 houses built on adjoining lots this summer. Sold to white peo ple only. Supplied with city water and electric lighte. Terms one-third cash, balance to suit you. One vacant lot on Montgomery street near graded school. Price $400. Many other pieces offered at low prices. If you want j to buy real estate cheap see ROBERTSON OVER BARBER SHOP, CORNER R(telNSON AND LIMESTONE STS. GAFFNEY,! SOUTH CAROLINA. J 4 n That Old Hat Won’t keep Jack Frost from coming in at that broken win dow glass. - - - - We have a new stock of Glass, Putty and Glaziers, you have the elbow grease. Lets form a combination and keep Jack out. Wilkihs-Watson Hardware Co. YOU like for your Stationery to be neatly printed and promptly delivered? If ao, will yon let m prove to you that our ’work will mMmv.S.0. Pleas*?