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4 THE I.EDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER 8, 1896 THE WEEKLY LEDGER. PUnUSHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Limestone Irinting and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. The Ledger is not responsible for tho views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur- 'tish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor ' "Vi r"* them to the office by Tuesday. Adi correspond: - .**'' should be ad dressed to Ed. H. PeCamp, Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will bo published at one cent a word. Reading notices will bo published at ten cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each. MARYLANDS PHILANTHROPIST Enoch Pratt of Haiti more com menced life with the grandest capital in the world—“determination to succeed; and to succeed honestly.” In the accumulation of his immense wealth his magic wand dispensed in fabulous showers blessings on his adopted city. “Enoch Pratt’s life was filled with that great happiness which comes from genuine gener osity.” His career so unselfish, so noble, so consecrated to his fellow man was laid on the altar of duty, of prayer, of industry, of faith in Jehovah’s arm. Conseienco to this man was God’s vicegerent guiding and guarding him in action; never did the ghost shake his bony finger in his pallid face—fright ened, because he had robbed a brother or turned a cruel shoulder on suffer ing humanity. Hear the rich eul- ogium on the departed. “Was he just? Was he generous? Did he ‘teel a brother’s woe? Was he pure? *^“Ah! Heaven has gained a ripe, wealthy soul and earth mourns his loss.” In thousands of homos will Enoch Pratt be remembered as long as Baltimore endures. His motto was, “l have made my money in Baltimore and I must give to her u royal share, bequeathing every talent “doubled” to the interest of my God and my Kind. To young men and to the old Jie gives this “Great Lesson of His Life.” “The best capital is a good nainc, a clear cut purpose and unflagging per sistence. We are here to serve the public, let us die in harness. Let the rich man be ids own executor anil let him share his gold with his less fortunate neighbor. All honor’ to the lofty man. and let the mdnu; mental city ever inscribe on her towering shafts: “Well done good and faithful servant.” THE STORM ALONG THE COAST. Florida, Georgia and South Caro lina have been swept by he recent equinoctial storm. Although long delayed, and of short duration it lacked not in violence. Destruction marked its path, death and despair remain in its wake. Here among the hills we hardly know what a storm is. To see one in its fury wo must be on the coast or ou at sea where the waves rise mountain high, and the largest sldp is but a toy in ocean’s grasp. Then it is that men are at their wit’s end and even wicked man calls upon the name of his God. The mother of the Gulf-stream,— that artery of life to western At lantic and to northwestern Europe— seems also to be (lie prolific breeder of the storms that plough through our forests, level our houses and scatter our shipping. If “variety is the spice of life,” we have it to abound as an effervescence from the feet as it is, the record is a good one. Had the writer been better Informed there would have been t better,show ing. The writer quotes from a former mayor of Charleston to toll us the objects the Citadel has in view. These are his words: “To train the mind and to develop the body, tp in still a lofty appreciation of’honor and of duty, to cultivate the highest instincts of patriotism, to teach self- control and subordination of the in dividual to the discipline of reeoe nirod law,” and Mr. White add#*** .So higher standard can be conceived, and if these principles are inculcated in the youth, good results may reason ably be expected in the man.” •' Self-reliance, self-control, prompti tude, obedience to law and recognjzed authority, when made a part of the man himself is a good foundation. It is not acquired on dress parade, but by dint of untiring effort, after repeated failures from the date of en trance to the time when the state bids her son go forth and do the work of a man. . About one out of seven .who enter her walls become graduates, but four times five hundred have ’ remained long enough to be materially Irelpful by wholesome discipline of mind and body, and who are as good and noble citizens as any state can bokst, of. The work goes bravely on notwith standing there are many who view it suspiciously. It will bear thorough inspection. ’ . THE SEABOARD. The “rate war,” inaugurafed by the Seaboard has come to an cml. It now looks as if it was the struggle Dots From Arkansas. (Correspondence o' The Ledger.) pAcrou's, jArk., October 1, 1890.— I nm at home alone, My wife and son-in-law and family have gone to Hilborn on a visit and will bo gon*' several days. They left me to V ,<k after our interests. When I ,.rote last wo were having hot wee’.jer and no rain. Tho weath^^i* cool and and nice now. W»Wnau a nice frost last night And r - j had several frosts lust week ’ ru no rain to amount to any tb'.ig. ’'".e earth has dried out until it is joso as a bed of ashes. My neigh bors have sowed wheat and it come up nicely. We have had four light showers of rain in the last month that wet the earth about two inches inches j^time. 1 have gathered my corn crop. I made good corn consi dering the drouth. I planted four teen acres and made fifiO bushels of go6d corn. My land was an old clover meadow while many of my neighbors will not make 100 off of the same amount of land. I will tell you something now that don’t look altogether reliable. Corn is selling here all over the country at 25c per bushel; wheat 45c; hogs to make meat per pound 2c; bacon 7c ; lard 7c. Cattle is having a bet ter price than any one thing. A good r horse that is worth !jil(X) can be bought for $20 dollars. The people in this country are not fretting over hard times they would like to have a little more water and so would I. . Apples are selling at 20c per bushel. This time last year I did iu,t know what to do with them but I know now I gethored them today in the wash-pan and did not have it full. . Jasp Harris is here clearing land forme. He has some symptoms of wanting to marry. This leaves us all well. Great success to The Ledger. J hope you will got a new county. j. M. M. of what claimed to be a wealthy cor* poration. Its struggles only hastened its end.’ Propositions are pow. being; considered to sell a controlling inter est in its stock. If $050,000 is suf ficient to control its management, it is a small filing after all. But the public is not so much concerned in the cutting of rates as it is in the Seaboard being maintained as an in dependent system. Now there seems to bo serious danger of its being swallowed by tho Southern—its sworn enemy that pursued it relent lessly, and was in at tho finish. Two systems flourish in our state— the Atlantic Coast Line in the Ehst, and tlie Southern in the' West, and between them there is room for no. other? Gradually the coils are grow-, ing stronger, and other smallek and’ independent roads may look out, We owe much to our railroads, , they have developed out of the way sections of our sta+e, and continue’ in the'good work. We are glad’ for the spirit of enterprise, which they are so ready to show, but there is danger of being ground to powder' when placed between the upper and nether millstones of uncontrolled and concentrated power. And it looks very much as if we are now ap proaching that condition, if indeed we are not already in it. Notice that tho accession of power is never followed by greater adventages to tlVo patrons of the road. Nearly always you will find a tightening of the reins and a minimum of conveniences. MCKINLEY’S LETTER. Fhe Republican nominee for presi dential honors has every now and then to face, some of his earlier in discretions? Now, it is in the shapo of a letter endorsing unequivocally the free an unlimited coinage of the silver product of. American mines. Perhaps McKinley had not at that time aspiration to occupy the White House. At any rate, ho failed to look so far into tho future as to be " Mt. Tabor Church Troubles. “Mk! Editor:—Will you allow mo space in your columns to state the trouble that’ came up in tho Mt. Tabor Church during the series of meetings in August. Deacon 1). C. Smith brought a charge against Pastor H. K. Bales, which came up before tho church for trial,. . After fully. Investigating the case Jhe. board said tho testimony was not sufiiciet to convict, so Rev. Bates, was pronounced not guilty. Smith .has made a confession. This left the church in the spirit of God. After.this the pastor stayed in Jor don tiie Third Lord’s Day and bap tised three souls in Christ’s mime. Preachers keep your eyes on. your armor hearers. • M. D. n. >r* • " ' ——— A negro is a strange being anyway, but when be gets hold of a good thing ho never knows it until its gone and ho can’t-get-it back. All societies under the heavens have never con- tiwned the negro. Take him in churches. He will find fault with the minister, consequently he Is not right himself. If the develish women would let the-preachers alone we would hear better preaching from the negro preachers than wo do. I have never heard of such a time as has been at negro Baptist Church iu Wijkinvillo settlement. They should throw away half6fthe deacons of that church and turn out one third of the women. A Second to Houser. • •— How’s This. Wo offor one hundred dollars re ward for any case of. Catarrh that :cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., To ledo, O. Wo the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for tho last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to curry out any obligation made by their firm. '• West it Truax, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo,(). Walding, Kinnan it Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the Mood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 7ye. per bott le. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free, able to guide bis political bark clear of shoals and whirlpools. A man | of one idea, as McKinley undoubtedly is, can hardly have that grasp or that tropics. It is something grand to witness one force of nature holding another in abeyance. The “sun crosses the line,” as the sailors say, and the elements are at war. Land and sea are willing witnesses to the strife. Tho moon,’ with the sun, lias drawn the waters of the sea after her into our buys and inlets and. rivers, but they will not follow her on her backward course because a greater than she bolds the waters under his giant sway. Tho storm is doing what the silvery moon cannot. And thus when again she Invites tho waters forward, moon and storm, hand in hund open the Hood gates and, old ocean glad for a spree, waves, rolls and tumbles. THE S. C. MILITARY ACADEMY. Mr. 0. G. White, of Charleston, in an article In The News and Courier, writes in terms of commendation of the Citadel. He takes Hit five hun dred and one graduates and shows what they have done and are still do- ingjfor their stale and country. Impor- breadth of thought that comes so naturally to.tho statejnan. Placed in the nation’s capital to direct a na tion’s affairs at this critical peried of her history, when one misstep would lead to untold woes, his weak ness will he all the more apparent: The chief executive should he a man of the clearest vision, easy to see, quick to decide and us firm as tho rock of Gihraltor. Not one of these ! qualities does McKinley posssoss above ordinary men. Who knows where ho really stands on the financial question? There are i grave doubts if he has any standing j ground whatever that he cun cull his very own. lie has spoken, but it has been after much coaxing, and J then it 'ome with that uncertain sound that one knows not whether it’ 1 was u call to advance or to retreat^ There are a plenty who have spoken | for him. And that's tho trouble. Not having a mind of his own—ex cept on one subject,—his sponsors now will bo his spousors in Washing ton, if he ever gels there. HARDWARE COMFY. ITC >1*— BKLTINO, ' PACKINGS, lubkiuators, INJECTORS, PIPING, And all steam Httingsi. A lino lint! of CUTLERY, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, ’ SHELLS, And almost anything you may call for. We cut and lit Pipe. Smith Hardware Co. Corvpens News. (Corro'pomlcnce of The Ledger.) Cow kns, S, C., Oct 5.—I have hoe crippled but I have been a silent r uder of The Ledger for a long time hut I thought I would come again to tell you my views and disappoint ments. Leap year is about gone and I am old Patty yet and no prospects of any thing else, but I have finally concluded that I had rather be one blessed old maid than a dozen gig gling girls running my own self crazy, or tVventy scolding wives having to keep a dark frown on so many brows, or twist and pucker so many mouths to keep them in shape for scolding. I appreciate Mrs. Ann Water’s view of husband taking their wive’s counsel, but it wont do to get one of them mad and then take their counsel for they would send you to buncomb in a hail storm. Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Harrill, Mrs. Webber Miss July Harrill, W. V. Bridges and J. E. Fowler dined at T. S. Bars’ Sunday. Mr. Cleve Gossett has his dwelling house nearly complete. Mr. Jolnie Thomas is on the sick list week. I think Cld Flaw creates a sensa tion every w re he goes, all the girls that saw him fell in love with him and bragged on him so that they have got Old Patty afraid to see him for fear she will loose her old heart tco. Mr. Horn, i youngman from North Carolina visiti d, these diggings last Sunday. Every thing white and black in and around Cowpens went to the negro association near White Plains Sun day. Messrs. J. P. Blanton and II. S. Swofford visited Horace Webber not long since. Good luck to all the visitors and the v ; sitcd. Patty Pace. 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