The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 03, 1908, Image 4
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Gaffney, S. C.
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER
OKEE.
THE MEETING CLOSES.
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\ Farms for Sale S
52 acres, eight miles out from city, known as the Grigg
place. 140 acres, four miles out, ou Thickety road, and
in a good state of cultivation. 101 acres, twelve miles out.
Investigate this tract.
Residential Properties.
The W. D. Thomas place, house having six nice |rooms.
Situated on Victoria Ave. Size of lot 80x400.
The A. R. N. Folger place, house having 6 nice rooms,
with city water and other conveniences. Situated on Bu
ford Street near Methodist church.
Desirable Lots.
In several different sections of the city. For fuller de
scriptions, prices, terms, etc., see or write
sajm: iv. fort
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSURANCE.
■ Phone 258. Office second floor National Bank Building. Gaffney, S. C.
i Buy a Home |
With Rent Money!
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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.
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See any of our officers. Read our
Booklet and l^arn our plans. : :
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V. V. Gaffnej, Sec’; ft Treas. G. A. Jefferies, Prest.
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Recent Happenings in and Around
the City and Other Events Gath
ered by the Local News Editor.
Cotton brought 0 cents on the local
market yesterday.
The Gaffney police force are now
fitted with new uniforms. '
Don't fail to see "The Runaways”
at the Star Theatre Thursday night.
The Spake building on Limestone
street Was sold to R. O. Ballengerfor
$4,370.
If you want to see a really good
show go to see ‘‘The Runaways”
Thursday night.
For “The Runaways” in the Star
Theatre Thursday night the usual
free list will be suspended.
Mr. Fred DeStaffno has purchased
the Palmetto barb^ shop and will
conduct the business in the futures
Go to the college Friday night, and
not only encourage the girls by your
presence but aid them in a good
cause.
A derailed car on (he Southern at
Mt. Zion delayed Xo. 42 several hours
yesterday and also hold up Nos. 39
and 37 at Cowpens.
You should attend the entertain
ment at Limestone College next Fri
day night. The girls will have some
thing to show you fully worth your
time and attention.
Rev. .1. P. Stevenson, of Spartan
burg, will occupy the pulpit of the
Limestone Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning and evening. Mr.
Stevenson is a young divine of great
promise and should be greeted by a
large congregation.
The last few days have been very
brisk ones in the cotton market. Fri
day, Saturday and yesterday wagons
loaded with the fleecy staple were
strung out from the cotton platform
to Frederick street and beyond, and
trade with the merchants has been
good.
Workmen have completed the
changes in the A. N. Wood building
rear of the Merchants and Planters
bank, on Frederick street. The paint
ers and electricians will commence
their work soon and in a short time
this will be transformed into two at
tractive rooms. Mr. Wood will use
one for his private office and rent
the other.
The college girls have recently had
a new tennis ground cleared off just
outside the campus, and their old
one put in proper shape for playing,
which gives them two nice courts.
Mr. H. L. Spears, the local manager
of the lime works, gratuitously fur
nished the labor and superintended
the work, which kindness, of course,
the young ladies greatly appreciated.
Dwellers at Limestone report that
there is a good deal of promiscuous
shooting of firearms in that part, of
the city, both day and night, which,
besides being annoying, is -really
dangerous. In one instance, only a
few days since, shots from a gun
fired by* two boys near the college,
struck the windows and side of a
dwelling-house nearby. If the city
authorities would send an officer to
Limestone occasionally it would no
doubt put a stop to this violation of
the town ordinance, as well as having
a good effect in other directions.
Farmers Meet.
A number of Cherokee farmers
met at the Court. House Saturday to
discuss the cotton situation and to
send a representative to the Mem
phis meeting. Hon. R. C. Sarratt
was the principal speaker. It was
clearly demonstrated that, it was a
losing game for Piedmont farmers
to attempt to raise cotton at 9 cents
a pound. Actual figures furnished
The Ledger man by one of the best
farmers and most reliable citizens
in Cherokee county clearly show that
one farmer who will raise twenty
bales of cotton this year will not. af
ter paying his guano bill, rent, etc.,
have as much as $36 each left for
the seven people whom it took to
raise this cotton. That is less than
$3 a month wage for each of the la
borers, to say nothing of their food
and clothes . Of course these seven
people raised something else besides
the twenty bales of cotton but It was
hardly enough to feed them with.
We have no remedy to offer but it
does seem that our farmers should
adopt a method of farming that would
pay better than that.
Hon. R. C. Sarratt. was chosen as
a delegate to the Memphis meeting.
Mr. Hardin Makes a Strong Plea to
the Men.
The meeting at the Buford Street
M. E. church came to a close Sunday
night. On this occasion Mr. Hardin
preached one oi his strongest ser
mons. Sunday morning the church
was crowded. He chose as his text
the enquiry of David: “Is the young
man Absalom safe?” Ever since the
meeting began it has been noted that
the preacher appealed more to men—
especially young men—than to tne
women. This may be due to the fact
that he is a young man himself and
therefore the • welfare of the young
men is nearest his heart. On this oc
casion he made a masterful appeal
for the safety of the young men of
Gaffney.
In the evening the house was again
crowded to its utmost and the speak
er never appeared to better advant
age. He seemed to be in sympathy
with the surroundings and the con
gregation .was in full sympathy with
him. To a Ledger man Mr. Hardin
confided that he had never had bet
ter attention nor carried on a meet
ing where people were more interest
ed. On this occasion he chose for
his text the scene of the bacchana
lian feast of Belshazzar when the
hand writing of God appeared upon
the wall: "Thou art weighed in the
balances and art found wanting.”
After dwelling upon the scene for a
while the preacher took up the ten
commandments and one by one read
them and inquired at the end of each
whether or not his hearers coujd be
measured by the standard there set
out and not be found wanting. He
closed with the declaration that all
men were sinners and the only hope
was through Jesus Christ, the Son
of God, the only man who had ever
kept the ten commandments in
violate, and through whom we must
be saved. The argument was con
clusive and convincing. Mr. Hardin
appeals strongly to men to lead bet
ter lives. He is not an emotionalist in
the accepted term and yet he ap
peals to the better side of humanity.
He is a great preacher and his visit
here will be remembered and the in
fluence for good felt for a long while.
As a result of the meeting there
will be about fifteen additions to the
church.
Baraca Notes. «
Mr. Luther M. Tesh, general secre
tary of the Baraca and Philathea
Union, is to be in our city November
7th and will make an address at the
First Baptist church.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend the meeting and all adult class
es of all churches in the city and
the adjoining country are urged to be
present.
The idea that the Baraca and Phila-
thea work is confined to Baptist
churches is erroneous and Mr. Tesh
hopes to meet representatives from
all the Sunday schools. Go and take
your friends.
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MUSIC! 9
Miss Carrie Ross Williams, (Bachelor
of Music, Syracuse University.)
Private instruction in Piano and Voice.
Chorus classes for adults and children.
For information call at
MRS. J. C. JEFFERIES.
B&sL 14 tf.
iood Bargains
At the First Baptist Church.
Dr. A. M. Simms, the pastor, occu
pied the pulpit of this church both
morning and night. In the forenoon
a special sermon was preached to
the Odd Fellows. There was a good
attendance of members of the order
and the congregation filled the re
mainder of the house. The sermon
was altogether appropriate, the
speaker dwelling particularly on the
friendship link.
There was also a good service and
a well filled house at the evening
worship.
I have just received a new
stock of Shoes that I am. selling
at very close prices. A good
heavy Shoe for Men at $1.25
Call and see for yourself.
Yours to please,
I. M. Peeler.
Stole a Man’s Wife.
We take the following item from
the Spartanburg Herald of Sunday:
‘‘Henry Drake, colored, went over
to Gaffney recently and stole the
wife of Will Tate, colored. Fannie
had previously stolen, it is alleged.
$15 from Will, therefore. Will pur
sued her with the vengeance of the
law. He had a warrant sworn out
for the arrest of the negro Drake.
Deputy Sheriff P. H. Lipscomb, of
Cherokee cotinty, came over yester
day from Gaffney, and with the assist
ance of Constable T. D. Nelson, caught
Drake and returned with him on
No. 40.”
CLERK’S SALE.
State of South Carolina,
County of York.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
H. Maria Whitesides, individually and
as Admrx. of the Estate of Thos.
B. Whitesides, deceased, Plaintiff,
against William C. Whitesides, Sr..
Mary A. Whitesides, John T. Dar
win and Ada Darwin Kennedy, Nel
lie Whitesides, Mary Whitesides
Good, Ella Whitesides, Robert E.
Whitesides, John D. Whitesides, J.
Samuel Whitesides, Thos. A. White-
sides, Arthur W. Whitesides, Rich
ard H. Whitesides, William C.
Whitesides. Jr., and Sallle R.
Whitesides, Defendants.
By virtue of a decree of sale in the
above entitled action, I will expose
to sale in the town of Blacksburg, in
front of the Ramseur lot, (described
below), on Shelby street, on Novem
ber 18th, 1908, between the hours of
11 a. m. and 2 p. m., the rear estate
of the late Dr. Thos. B. Whitesides,
in Cherokee county, described as fol
lows:
a. The Ramseur lot, deed to which
is recorded in R. M. C. Office, York
county, Book “J. 10,” pp. 694-696.
This lot fronts on Shelby street.,
which bounds it on the Northeast,
and lies between the lot known as
the Holland lot and the lot known as
the Drug Store lot. It has a front
age of twenty-four feet, and a depth
of eighty-three feet.
b. The Rhyne or Town lot, deed
recorded in R. M. C. Office, York
county, in Book “C. 5,” pp. 418-420.
This lot lies between Carolina street
and the roadbed of the Southern
Railway, and adjoined lots of Haas
and G. M. Moore.
c. The Robertson lot. conveyed to
T. B. Whitesides by S. Loul«a Robert
son, containing two acres, more or
less, and bounded by lands now or
formerly of Rose Miller, D. L. Brown.
O. A. Osborne, J. W. Gable, Zulia
Carlton and others. (Deed not yet
recorded).
d. The Osborne lot, conveyed to
T. B. Whitesides by O. A, Osborne.
(Deed not yet recorded). This lot
lies on Shelby street; commencing
thereon, It runs eastward 150 feet;
thence Southward 50 feet; thence
Westward 150 feet to Shelby street;
and thence Northward with Shelby
street 50 feet to the beginning.
TERMS—Ten per cent, of bid to
be paid immediately upon the knock
ing down of the property to the bid
der, forty per cent, more (with in
torest from day of sale) on the first
day of January next after the sale,
and tne remaining fifty per cent,
(with interest from day of sale at 8
per cent, per annum) on the first day
of December, 1909; with leave to pur
chasers to pay all cash. Purchasers
to pay for papers. Should a purchas
er fail to pay 10 per cent, of his bid
cash, the property knocked down to
him will he immediately resold at his
risk, upon the same terms. The
credit portion of purchasers’ bids
must be secured by the bond of the
purchaser, and a mortgage of the pre
mises purchased. All mortgages given
by purchasers at the said sales must
contain a provision that a fee of One
Hundred Dollars is secured by the
mortgage, in the event that the same
has to be foreclosed.
J. A. TATE.
C. C. C. Pis.
GEO. W. 8. HART,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
Oct *7, Nov. 1, 10, 17.
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Clock IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY
But you will be right all the time if you
will pay your bills by checks. We invite
you to open a CHECKING ACCOUNT
with ns and are sure that once you have
tried it you will prefer it to the old way
of paying money.
Merchants and Planters Bank
Gaffney, S. C.
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, SIOO.OOO.OO.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
This Must Go Quick.
That 140 acre farm, 8 1-2 miles from Gaffney, has
not been sold. The 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 1-8 cash, balance to suit you.
$2,500 buys the Wm. Borders property on
Cherokee Avenue near graded school. 9-room
house with lot 100x220. City water.
A Money Maker.
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.J The price is down. Terms one-half
cash, balance one year.
A Chance off a Lifetime.
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 lights.
Terms one-third cash, balance to suit you.
Many other pieces offered at low prices. If you want
to buy real estate cheap see
Z. A. ROBERTSON
OFFICE OVER BARBER SHOP, CORNER
ROBINSON AND LIMESTONE STS.
GAFFNEY,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
I HAVE PLENTY OF
Shingles and Laths an Hand
Yon can get Ceiling from $1.25 to $1.85 per thousand.^Weather board
ing from $1.25 to $1.65. Flooring from $1,75 to <2.75. Moulding and
Finishing atuff 35c per hundred feet. Charlotte Plaster, $13.00 per ton,
sacks returned. Alien's Portland Cennient, $2.25 per barrel—400 lbs.
All colors of Floor Paints, Stains, Hard Oil, Raw and Boiled Linseed
Oil. Sash and Doors as follows:
8xio,
8 Light Sash
$ -85
14x32, 4 Light Sash . .
8xio, 12 Light Sash
Weights for Sash
IOXI2,
8 Light Sasb
Sash Cord, per bunch..
10X12,
12 Light Sasb
L35
Doors, 2x6
12X24,
4 Light Sash
Doors, 2.6x6 6
12X26,
4 Light Sash
Doors, 2.8x6.8
12x28,
4 Light Sash
1.40
Doors, 2.10x6.10
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14x28,
4 Light Sash
1.40
Doors, 3x7
$1.60, 1.70
14x30.
4 Light Sash
1 50
Front Doors a Specialty
While in town come and see me. Htve a good place in my back lot
to feed your stock while you stay in our town. Look over my stock
whether you buy or not.
June 3i)-08-ly
W. H. Philson,
The
Lumber Man.
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MISS EVA C. SAMS
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who has been teaching music in the Bap
tist University, Raleigh, will have a class
in Gaffney this year. Kindergarten
music, $3 00 month; Primary and higher
grades. $4.00 per month. ' Sept-4-tf
OR. W. K. GUNTER
DESI* TiaT
)tfice in Star Theatre Building.
Peons No. 20.
Crown and Bridge work a
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