Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i 4 Ai Old Mi lid Once there was an old maid V*-- who said that she did not need to marry. She had a parrot that swore, a monkey that chewed tobacco a*nd a cat that went out nights. \ But the old maid needed a Bank and YOU need one. Try TAe National Bank progressive, commercial, con ducted along modern as well as conservative lines. » National Bank of Gaffney Gaffney, S. C. SHORT NEWS ITEMS OF LOGOI INTEREST. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER OKEE. Recent Happenings in and Around the City and Other Events Gath ered by the Local News Editor. A largt* crowd was in the city Sat urday. Cotton brought U cents on the Gaff ney market yesterday. Rev. W. T. Thompson filled his re gular appointment Sunday at Hickory Grove. The great Western drama. “The Texas Ranger,” will be at the Star Theatre Thursday night. A large crowd of Gaffney people at tended the Spartanburg Fair last week and reported a glorious time. The Ledger is indebted to Mr. Thos. Sanders, of Star Farm, for some fine specimens of second growth May and June apples. Forest Pennington forfeited $5 to the city yesterday morning rather than appear before Mayor Henry Ross on a charge of d. and d. The Limestone Glee Club was de lightfully entertaining Friday night to the large crowd of Gaffney people and Gaffney gallants who attended. Mr. W. D. Cooksey has moved his family from Whitmire back to Gaff ney and now occupies his residence on Depot street. Mr. Cooksey Is tne southern representative of the Daisy Ring Traveller Co., of Taunton. Mass. Mr. R. C. Howard is having a fresh coat of paint put on his residence on Victoria avenue, which, with a new roof, not only adds greatly to the at tractiveness of the building, but makes it more substantial and com fortable inside. j Farms for Sale i 52 acres, eight miles out from city, known as the Grigg place. 140 acres, four miles out, on Thickety road, and in a good state of cultivation. 101 acres, twelve miles out. Investigate this tract. 83 acres, 6 miles out. Residential Properties. The W. D. Thomas place, house having six nice [rooms. Situated on Victoiia Ave. Size of lot 80x400. The A.R. N. Folger place, house having 6 nice rooms, with city water, bath room and other conveniences. Situ ated on Buford Street near Methodist church. On Oakland Avenue, a nice 6-room cottage with all con veniences. This place is cheap; ask about it. Desirable Lots. In several different sections of the city. For fuller de scriptions, prices, terms, etc., see or write S. Iv. FORT REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSURANCE. Phone 258. Office second floor National Bank Building. Gaffney, S. C. L: I i I Buy 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 B.iL‘ X ■ V. V. Gaffney, Sec’y & Treas. G. 1 Jefferies, Prest. ? •I* >T< ♦i V 1 $ 1 ! <1* G O U P O N I vote for V as the most popular mill operative in ^ / Cherokee County. A party of northern mill men and (capitalists passed through Gaffney Friday on a tour of inspection of the southern cotton mills, in many of which they are financially interested. They spent a short while in Gaffney and went on to Spartanburg on No. 11, to which their private car was at tached. The Palace Market has installed a half-horse electric motor with which to operate its sausage machine. It is a little daisy, too. Tile capacity is about two hundred pounds of sau sage per hour. The Palace Market is nothing if not up-to-date. It would be a credit to a much larger town than this. “A Texas Ranger,” the attraction at the Star Theatre Thursday night, November 12th, is one of the best Western plays ever produced. The scenes are laid in the time of the Indian war, when on our broad West ern plains no mother ever rocked her babe to sleep in eventide without the fear that the morning would find, it tom from her arms and murdered by the Indians, who in those days list ened to no entreaty, or whose hearts knew no such feeling as pity. All the characters are true types of the people of the locality in which, the scenes are laid and include the In dian, the Mexican, the soldier, the cowboy and the rangers. The Clever Fakir. The chief attraction Saturday af ternoon for the usual crowd that gathers in from the country on that day, was a gentleman with a voluble tongue and a “Cheap John” outfit who was hawking his wares on the open lot between the Gaffney Drug company building and the railroad. These wares consisted of “gold” watches, jewelry, handkerchiefs, and numerous other little articles design ed to catch the eye of the unwary and separate him from his coin; and, as is usually the case, the hawker had customers galore. His offer of eight white handkerchiefs—“linen or no sale!”—for twenty-five cents was particularly alluring; but when the sucker eagerly handed over his two bits and*, gained possession of his wonderful bargain, he found, upon closer inspection, that he had really paid about five cents too much, as the handkerchiefs were such as should be sold In any dry goods store for two and a half cents apiece! And so on down the line. About the only ar ticle of merit offered for sale was a combined knife-sharpener and can- opener for ten cents, which was prob ably worth the amount asked for It. But It is indeed singular* bow people seem to love to be gulled and imposed upon by these sleek-tongued fakirs, whether in person or through the malls by the medium of cleverly- worded and misleading advertise ments! Yet there are some who are always ready, and eager to “bite”— and equally as ready to cuss the fakir when they get cheated. Story With a Moral. Will A. Darby, one of The Ledger boys, lost his watch—a gold one— Thursday while on his way home to dinner. On his return to the office, he immediately announced his loss in The Ledger’s classified ad. column, ab the paper was then being made ready for the press, and It appeared In Friday’s issue, early next morning. Before noon Friday, the*lost watch was returned to him, having been found by one who read of the loss In The Ledger and who was honest enough to turn over the property to Its proper owner. The moral in this article is too evi dent to need any comment or explana tlon. Meeting at Asbury. A protracted meeting will begin at Asbury church on Tuesday, the 17th Inst., conducted by Maness brothers, and will probably continue to the fourth Sunday, just els Interest may warrant. There will be three ser vice* on Sunday with dinner on the grounds. The public generally is in vited to attend the meetings. * “Was She to Blame?” ' “Was She to Blame?” will be one of the guaranteed attractions at the Star Theatre Monday night, Novem ber 16th. and the marager Is to be congratulated on engaging an attract ion of this class. An exchange says, “Was She to Blame?” is the best com pany visiting this section this sea son. It Is a dramatic treat to the masses, endorsed by the press, public and pulpit at large. Sam Jones says it is a sermon that should be heard and seen by every man, 'woman and child in America. Rev. Abe Mulkey says it is one of those plays that makes every one that sees it feel that he ought to live a better life. The comedy is pure and simple and plenty of it, all the way through the bill from the sublime to the ridiculous. A beautiful blending of pathos and com edy, once seen never forgotten. Concerning the attraction the Frank fort, ImL, Morning Times of Septem ber r>th, says: “The ‘Was She to Blame’ company, the attraction playing at the Blinn last evening, drew a good house and proved to he a production of merit, the plot being placed in the love story of a young American girl who was induced to marry for money and ran away from her husband whom she afterward heard was dead and mar ried again for love. Embellished by the attempts of Her revengeful hus band to punish her, who contrary to reports still lived, and made every effort to bring him, with the good ending at the death of her first hus band and the forgiveness of her sec ond. Miss Beatrice Gordon, who took the leading role, was well supported by a competent cast of characters and on a whole the show was as re freshing a little melodrama as has been witnessed this season.” Dr. Carlisle at Buford Street Church. Last Sunday morning at eleven o’clock Dr. Mark L. Carlisle, presid ing elder of the Spartanburg district, filled the pulpit of the Buford Street Methodist church. The church was filled with an audience of attentive listeners who went away inspired with the message of the gifted speak er which was based on “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” Dr. Carlisle is one of the foremost pulpit orators of the State. He Is a gentleman of splendid physical ap pearance. His manner Is pleasing and his style is at once attractive and engaging. This was the doctor’s last visit to the Methodist churches of Gaffney for the year 1908. But the people of Gaffney, regardless of de nominational lines, hope that Bishop Wilson will see fit to return him to this field for another year. Tt will be recalled that Dr. Carlisle delivered the historical address before the Historical Society of the Method ist Annual Conference held here last November. This address weis publish ed in full in the dally Ledger at the time. Mr. Tesh in Gaffney. The address at the First Baptist church last Saturday night by Mr. Tesh, the field secretary of the world wide Baracca and Philathea move ment, was one of point and power. Mr. Tesh is an enthusiastic layman who has proven one of the most suc cessful newspaper men in North Caro lina, and who is carrying his whole soul into the Baracca work. He is a member of the “Simms” Baracca class of Raleigh, which was the first class in the South and the second in the world. Mr. Tesh Is up on all the methods of a live class work and bis address opened the eyes of his audience to the possibilities of a Sunday school class. It Is believed that his trip to this city will result in much good, and Gaffney people will be glad to see him again. The audience was a fine one for Saturday night, or any other night in the week. “A Texas Ranger." No other drama has so well reflect ed the manhood, the freedom, the honesty, and the indomitable spirit characteristic of our great country than “A Texas Ranger,” which will be seen at the Star Theatre Thursday night, November 12th. The story of the play represents a conflict between the free, untrammeled spirit of the West and the traditions and conven tionalities of the East, and tells the romance of an Eastern woman and a Western man. “A Texas Ranger” possesses literary qualities rare in plays of today that are satisfactory from an acting standpoint. The story is told In unctious, picturesque <prose Illuminated by a glowing and virile imagination. The cast has been care fully selected and all the scenery used in the production is carried by the company, thus insuring a complete performance in every detail. Operations Begun. The Pacolet Mining Company start ed up their machinery Thursday, and their works are now in full operation and running on full time. This new mining industry is locat ed about thirteen miles south of Gaff ney; the latest and most Improved machinery has been Installed, and with its corps of prominent and effi cient officers and backers, it will no doubt soon prove a paying proposi tion. Mr. W. Sam Lipscomb, of this city, is general manager of the concern; Capt. F. M. Farr, of Union, president and treasurer, and Mr. Frank Mc Clure, secretary. Brown-Phi Hips. Mr. Claude Brown and Miss Susie Phillips, both of the Goucher section of the county, were, married on the 4th Inst., at the home of Rev. W. M. White, who performed the ceremony. Mr. White’s family were the only witnesses. D. A. R. Meeting. The Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Wednesday af ternoon at 3:30 o’clock, November 11th, with Mrs. H. L. Spears. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby notified not to trespass on my lands for any pur- nose whatever, under penalty of the law. Nott B. Corry- Nov. 6, 10, 13, 17-pd. YOUR WIRE Should have a bank account and pay the bills for running the household with CHECKS, which are a receipt for all pay ments and prevent disputed accounts and save making payments a second time. She % will like this way of doing business. ; Merchants and Planters Bank Gaffney, S. C. CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, SI OO.OOO.OO. FOR SALE I l TO THE l ■ Highest Bidder! I i On Salesday, the first Monday in December, at Court ■ House, one very desirable business lot, fronting on Limestone Street 40 feet, adjoining the W. Sam Lips- i comb building on the south and running 200 feet deep to an alleyway, containing 8,000 square feet. Here’s £ your chance to make a paying investment. Terms of | I sale: One-third cash, and the balance in one and two years with interest at 8% per annum. !S. L FORT,-Gaffney, S.C.: THE BEST CEMENT PORTLAND ON EARTH IS CEMENT \ f. We will sell you the best brands of Portland Cement at the lowest prices. The best Cement Plas ter, $10.00 per ton: Wood Fiber, $10.50 per ton. Also Lime for building and agricultural pur poses, Hair, Explosives, etc., at the very lowest prices : : : : I Lintislone Springs Lise Works Nov-3-Tues-4t r I HAVE PLENTY OF- Shinglas and Laths on Hand £ You can get Ceiling from I1.25 to*$i.85 per thousand.^Weather board ing from |i.25 to $1.65. Flooring from |i,75 to 32.75. Moulding and Finishing stuff 35c per hundred feet. Charlotte Plaster, I13 00 per ton, sacks returned. Allen's Portland Cenment, $2.25 per barrel—400 lbs. All colors of Floor Paints, Stains, Hard Oil, Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil. Sash and Doors as follows: 8x10, 8 Light Sash $ 85 8x10, 12 Light Sash 1.00 10x12, 8 Light Sash 100 10x12, 12 Light Sash 1.35 12x24, 4 Light Sash 1.20 12x26, 4 Light Sash 1.30 12x28, \ Light Sash 1 40 14x28, 4 Light Sash 1.40 14x30, 4 Light Sash 150 14x32, 4 Light Sash 1.60 Weights for Sash 2c per lb. Sash Cord, per bnnch 65c Doom, 2x6 |i.io Doors, 2.6x6 6 1 23 Doors, 2.8x6.8. 1.35 Doors, 2.10x6.10 1.45 Doors, 3x7 f 1.60, 1.70 Front Doors a Specialty. While in town come and see tne. H eve a good place in my back lot to fe< d your stock while you stay in our town. Look over my stock whether you buy or not. June ao-OB-ly W. H. Philson, The Lumber Man. Would YOU like for your Stationery to be neatly printed and promptly delivered? If so, will yon let os prove to yon that oar work will .B.O. Please?