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i. , *i. THE LEDGER.: GAFFNEY, S. C., NOVEMBER 19, 1890. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY fhe Limestone t rinting 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 the views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur- 'M*h their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point bo insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. PeOamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Reading notices will he published at ten cents a lino each insertion. Single copies of the paper arc five cents each. NEW COUNTY. We have been much interested in the discussion concerning the new county movement. So much lias been said and so well said that we thought to keep silent, but silence must now he broken. Soon we will be called upon to vote on this question, one that concerns us more intimately than the election of a President or a United States Senator or even than the governor of South Carolina. On the 8th of December every citi zen entitled to vote should see to it that his vote is cast in accordance with his honest convictions. Facts and figures have been given you show ing the advantages of smaller counties and the disadvantages of large ones that need not again be enunurated. There is a sentiment ulloat that we must not disnumber old counties. ’Tis hallowed ground they feel, but sentiment must vanish before un varnished facts. This is our opportunity. Are we prejudiced, let us cast it aside and look at the question as reasonable men. It is not what my .neighbor tYmkf, not even what are my neigh bor’s wishes, nor oven my own im mediate interests, but unselfishly as men who have a charge to keep, or inheritance to t ransmil, Jet us lool< more closely alier the interests oi those who are to follow us and occupy this new territory proposed to he cut- o'T from Spartanburg, Union and Y »rl. The time is au-picioue. XeW life is everywhere evident throughout the luirl. Already Die hum of industry i; heard on every side. We are rich in natural resources; water power is plentiful; minerals in variety are abundant, our soil is fer tile, and readily improved; our jeo- ple are industrious, and need "out stimulies that a smidhrr’ and more compact cornyuy viH ^ive to revive ^JiijptS^iruiT'inatiguritle a season of un- paralolled prosperity. The Constitutional Convention, after hedging tho proposition about with nearly all of the restrictions that could he thought of, has still l.ft It possible for new counties to be sot < ff in different sections of the state. The proposed new county un braces one of those sections. If we fail to imbrace the opportunity new afforded us the gate might he closed against us forever. A division of old counties is bound to come. If we fail, other sections will not. The glory will have departed from us be cause we appn ciuUd not our oppor tunities which, when we dropped, others took up and carried on to per fection. AN APPEAL FOR ARMENIANS. Juct as we are preparing for our National Thanksgiving a voice is heard from across t ho water. It is the Amcnians crying for food and clothing. The men have been slaughtered, the women and children remain and are suffering for the very necessaries of life. Winter is upon them and many are homeless, won- derers. The r n:ff‘rings are due to their firm adherence to strong reli gious convictions. The Turk is their avowed enemy and the Hultan winks at the atroci ties of hi i t-ol liors D* indeed, he does not urge them on. Surely tho appeal to us will do more than to move our sympathy. The (lod of heaven is also tlf dial of earth. While ho 1 ns smiled on us, giving us a stable government and Burrounding us with the nocessarlca of life in abundance and giving us many of its luutrjgR, lie bus allowed * worthy people to be if* deep dis* * i 'I M, . *• ‘ ,, C tress. It is our opportunity to con tribute to help relieve that distress. Xo bettor time can be found than Thanksgiving day. Let the contri bution be generous and liberal. THE IRISH POTATO. In the near future, we predict tha*' the Irish polatoe will be planted largely in tho South as a field crop. It is well known that potatoes raised from our second planting made in July or August are superior for Spring planting to those obtained from Now England or Nova Scotia. Thousands of barrels are yearly shipped to the South and find ready sale for use on the table or for plant ing in gardens. • The advantage is by nature on our side, and we should uso it. One difficulty is in the way, and that is to get the tubers to germinate with certainty when planted. >ut the way out of this trouble will be found when there is the demand, urgent enough to stimulate investigation. When that time comes a wide open ing will be made for disposing of a valuable crop that will increase as its value becomes known. Its keep ing qualities are superb. GLADSTONE AND BISMARCK. There two retired statesmen con tinue to enliven the political life of England and Germany. They are yet potant factors in today’s achieve ments. Gladstone’s busy mind keeps pace with his vigorous body. An octogenarian, yet lie rides bis bicycle with the ease of a school boy. Just now Bismarck is enlivening things in Germany. Many state secrets are locked up in his fertile bruin, secrets that were never in tended to see the light, hut the ex- chancellor seems ready to uncover them, much to the dismay of Em peror William. Tho young Emperor bilieves in tho divine right of kings, and quickly would he stop their ut terances, but Bismarck holds the key and opens and shuts as he pleases. Becoming Interesting. (Correspondence of The Ledger.). Gowuyksvju.k, H. C., Nov. U.— The new county is becoming to be an interesting subject and I am sur prised to think that any one living tn the proposed cut-oil would vote igalnst it when old Union, our father, says the is willing to let ns go, and >ur good old mother, Spartanburg, says go build you a new county and enjoy yourselves,and our old grand pa, York county, says go in peace. If air parents tell us that we are 21 years oi l and we have a good farm to woik and tells us they will help us to ouixl up ourselves wo all know that Soulh Carolina is goingtohave smaller counties. Youreorrespondont saw the ITon. A. W. Lotspeich, of your city, and he says that we will not have to pay n.Vre than 12 mills and he thinks the people ought to have a new county. If you Gaffney people ever need a lawyer on big matters just come down in our settlement and you can get them for 2,'» cents a day for we have got a good crop of lawyers, es pecially,vhen it comes to bonds. There iiVe some anties in this settlement that an’t hardly spell baker that will tell you that the bond given by such men as A. X. Wood, J. A. Carroll, N. Lipscomb and others is not worth as much as tins paper that It is written m. I tell them if I had the money that I would cash it to norrow. I told an old gentleman that lives near Dray I on vilte, that on tho morn ing of the ffth of December that he •vonld hear the roosters crow louder and longer and oftoncr and tho hens would cackle more and the sun would shine brighter and behold ho w'oul -' find;himself|in Limestone county. 1 sad in my statement some time back that there would be between <2Ven and ten votes polled at Sur ratt's box against the new county I •vas mistaking a little—I think now 1 herb will he eighteen or twiAity, so brother J.L.S.eanJgay to his neighbors that I was a little mistaken. i will say this to my fcllowmen. if .you miss this chance you will forever regret it and I am just as hon est'in my views on the new county as I would 'be if I was no trial for my Hie. I loping t hat you will ail consider ibis mutter and vote accordingly. Yours truly. It. W. Davis. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of llipcar- Thero is only one way to cure Deaf, ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When Gjis tube gets inflamed vou have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It isonticly closed Deafness is the result, and unless tho inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will he destroyed forever; nine eases out of ten are caused by catarrh,, which is nothin'' hut an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. W.: will give One Hundred, Dy \ir for any ease of Deafness (cum ed! . eaturrh) that cannot he cured by Mali’s Uatarrh Cure. Send for cir culars, free. F. J, CHENEY A CO.. _ Toledo, O. ^P^SoJd by Druggist, 7fic. Some Impediments to Progress That Can be Removed by Education. . .(Com spondarice of The Ledger.) Barbarism and vandalism are the natural consequence when men and boys ere exposed to the black, evil infinities of the Arc deceiver. But true nobility and manly glory with duo reverence and fidelity arc the re sults when the star of education has thrown forth its Bethlemic light upon their patliway. jlYou know to which class you belong—to progress or to ruin to light or to darkness. There is a class of humanity 1 am in terested in, or, as Moses said at llie Mountzanic Thundering for them ‘/I exceedingly fear and quake for” as I walk the streets of towns and cities and I see here and there a lost hope where tho busli was set, but was plucked up and tho site is robbed of the beauty it should have possessed. Here and there a stately building, or « whole block is stamped with in- ceudaryism ami hero ami there a den, a ruined home with a human beast brute just existing, not living, but dying, without having known life. As I travel tho highways hero and there I sec lost hope farms without system, beggared and pinched chil dren, hopeless mothers, alcohol 4 cursed fathers, not a gleam of light to cheer tho traveler. In vain I seek the sign boards and mileposts that the coun ty erected, but also they hud disap peared before the hand of ruin like tho snowflake before tho morning suii. Here and thereonlthe much im- posed yet not complete highways we notice where the hand of vandalism Ini- been displayed on the drainage piping destroyed before it could be put in place and on the bridges across the streams by removing holts or fasteningSi The beautiful signs of tho business men that are {lusted to the credit of progress soon meet with a barbaric display and are left in the dust. The headlight of tho locomotive is smashed by the assassin’s bullet. The ear window is perforated by tho stone from the hand of the outlaw. Civila- tion is on guard because of tho sh illhy tread of the burglar. The state prison is administering a muscrablo reward to condemned hu manity and the gallows is going on wit It its execution of criminals, be cause so many Gains, Hums, Xim- rods, Babies, Esaws, Jttdases of hu manity arc marching with the army that has no vanguard. Oli dear hu manity let me say I know that there is vantage ground. Let me encourage you to helpit on and you can vanquish your vandalised nature and with edu cation for your vanguard you can -ever the chains of barbarism. These things ought r.ot to be, for the man of Galiilee came to teach us better things. Listen §to the watchword- of progress, education. Turn and be hold our institutions that you may Catch the inspiration. Get learning. To what can we compare education V Let us have earnest consideration of it. It is like character, it must bo be can'u-d. It cannot be obtained by demanding it and making no effort to oLitai i it. It is eloquence, it can sway multitudes. Jit is the result of persona! exertion. It is that which binds t he past anti present together and.niaknsa suitable vessel to hold tho future. A person may have nothing but an education ipui he can stand ms firmly on that as a king. It is in licence. It enables the person to help some one else. It is like duty. It admits no rival,enters into no com promise with any opposing power, but it lends greatness to the humb lest occupation. It is like fwoll-do- iug, it is that which would help all classes It is that which lifts the* shadows of night that weigh down men, women and children, it is like integiity. Money, stocks,land or other poasessions cannot equal it. It is the silver clasp that holds nations together. It is like truthfulness, it is al the foundation of all persona! cxeellencc. It is like kindness. Jt is the most fragant flower that en livens the way of life. If is that which makes the age in which wo live memorable. And one of the glorious epitaphs on tho monument of right living call for /x teacher in every futiur and a law giver in every motherland a pupil in every child. Read it as you go forth in the morn ing and meditate on it as you return in the evening. Hon jieur the instruc tion of thy father and forsake not the law t>f thy mother. So we learn that the foundation of all good mu.-t b.gin hi the sacred institution, the home. Tin; Great Father has placed a le.-j.'irndbiJiLy upon every person by this family Institution t hat cannot he <Ii.mi>Sed. This institution furnishes itl! ''ins-ms of humanity. This institu tion is inseperable from two other instit ut ions, namely, church and state but the responsibility of each is proper instruction ami kindness to »il people and then we will under stand the angelic chant: “I’euco on oarth, good v/;l! toward men.” Gi.kanok. . • Free Piils. Fend your address to 1 f. K. ILicklon C: Co.. Chicago, and get a fret sample box of Dr. Kings XeW Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their mer it-. Tins' pills are easy in action j ami aii particularly effective in tho cure of Constipation and Sick Uead- i aelic. For Malaria and IJvcr troubles , limy have lieen proved invaluable. ; '1 !u j ■ :v >r ut I'ed f<> tie pioTect |y , (i\ L in every n'T leteriou.- : tib-danco ' and to he purely vegetable. They do i not, weaken h> their action, hut. by giving lonn to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate tho Myatein. Reg ular si/.u 25c per box. Hold by Dul’rc Drug Co. Sound Logic. Editor Ledger: It seems that every argument lias already been put forth on tho subject of the new county that would throw any light upon if—enough, at least, so con vince anyone who is reasonable. Both sides have been well discussed by our ablest men, and I have kept up closely with the discussion — and have yet to see any argument to con vince me that the people in tho pro posed cut-off should not have a new county. I do not see any plea against it that would cause a man who thinks to hesitate a moment as to how he should vote. All the advantages are for and none against it. Tho man who claims that taxes will be higher has failed to prove it. On the con trary it lias been proven that they will he less. Tho man who says school advantages will not be so great lias not yet been able to prove his assertion. The man who says the purchasing and transcribing of new books for tho now county will cost an enormous sum and thereby increase taxes, is only trying to keep such men ns are in the old ruts of life from changing their minds, men who are willing to press tobacco in barrels and roll it to Charleston (and, | as apt as not. have it condemned j when they get there), because he | knows any man who thinks, or who j has ever had a paper recorded or, who j knows anything about a court record would not bo stupid enough to be caught in that kind of a trap—a trap with no bait in it. He knows a paper | recorded in on old county clerk's i office is as safe as it would be in a : new one, and there would be no rea- i son for transcribing it, because it can I be referred to ut any time by anyone 1 who wishes to refer to it. And be- i sides, if anyone wants to have his | papers recorded in the new county he can have them transcribed, but at bis own expense and not at the ex pense of the taxpayers. And as to tho expense for hooks, it will not cost any more to buy books for a new county than it will to buy them for an old one. No one has so little knowledge us to think that any county when established buys books enough to last as Jong as the county may exist, because it would be be yond any man’s ability to determine how many it would take. No; every county has to buy books from time to time as the demands require and it costs us much in old counties as it would in new ones. Bo, those who are trying to work the scheme should remember that I the people who are inside of this pro- ] posed new county are very much above the average as to intolhgence, ■ and would not he deceived. In fact, ! a man who would he thus deceived j would bea stupid fellow, but not so ; stupid but he would soon find out his I stupidity and then ever afterward be | ashamed of his ignorance. There is j no one. let him be ever so foolisli, but despises ignorance; so, let every | man see to it that lie dots not—by a | rasli and thoughtless act on Decern- j her 8—do that which ho will always he ashamed of—an act that will do j himself, neighbors and friends an i irreparable injury by voting against j Hit) new county on that day. Decern- her t<th wjll be the d^y'of days to the ! people of tiie proposed cut-off, for it | will bo the day to avail ourselves of the grandest opportunity our state government has ever been able to offer us, and it would oe worse than : suicidal not to seize it. Do not neg- ' led to improve the only and perhaps the last chance to secure for yourself , and friends benefits that will last as , long as you all live and he transmit- ; ted to your children and your chil- i dren’s children and on down through ; the ages until the end of tho govern- , ment. Let us all think, let us all consider, lot us all be wise and vote for the j new county on election day. Voter. Wliy will vou tiu.v lilin r nauM'atliOt ionics wIm-ii drove's Tiuteles* Ctiitl Tontc is :i- |,!i a.- illll ilN l.(-ni(m Symp. Your (li-uioilNt Is uu- ltiori/.i-M to r*-fumi l!ic mtmoy hi evt-iy imm- wlu-tv it falls to Clll'o. Ul-lfl', !W (Tilts. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report ■3, ABSOLWe.-.W PUKE Thfi Clever liccgjMese* Two Bengalese have attracted much attention. One, named Bose, a physicist iu Calcutta, has tuado fiomo researches in invisible electricity which have ex cited admiring astonishment in Lord Kelvin, while another, named Chattcr- jee, has come out fur at the Load 0 f the competitors for tho Indian civil service. A third, Lieufonnnt Biswas, is said to have displayed i xtracrdinuvy gallantry in Brazil, hut though his name is Benga lese wo should like further information as to his lineage and tho causes which Jed a Bengalese to accept a commission in South America. Tho first two stories do not surprise ua who have always maintained that the Bengalese is the most intellectual of Asiatics and for tho superior of most Eim pcana both in sub tlety of thought and the power of ac quiring information. Imh-dl the superi ority of his brain, at all events until ho is 80, is a political difficulty. It admit ted to office by a fair system of competi tion, ho would in ten years monopolizo ofiko and render the udminstration of India impossible. The oth, r races of In dia will not obey him, and as u rule he docs not possess tho kind of moruJo which is css-, ntinl to the work of gov ernment. —London Spectator. University Careor-^ Tho entrance of women on university careers, either in existing in.-titntioufl or, as tho number of claimants increases, in social colleges of their own, is not a sign of disintegration, hut of growth. Our century is not one of vassalage. Its tendencies are along tho lino of indi vidual development. There is no danger in woman’s intellectual activity if tbo spiritual balance wheels arc not disturb ed. And tho increasing list of women teachers in the higher fields of science, art, literature, philology, is no sign of danger, but of the dawn of a newer and belter day.—Jewish Messenger. — -*•*- — T he o?3Ly True Blood Purifier prominently in the public eye to- | day is Hood’s Saisaparilla. Therefore j get Hood’s and OftLY HOOD’S. Your Boy Won’t Live a Month Fo Mr. Gilman Brown, of ffi Mill Ft.. South Gardner, Mass., was told by the doctors. His son hud lung trouble, following Typhoid Malaria, and lie spent three hundred and sev- cnly-fivo dollars with doctors, who finally gave him up, saying: “Your boy won’t live a month,” lie tried Dr. King's Xew Discovery ami a few hott!cs restored him to health and eriubled him to go to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes his pres ent good health to the uso of Dr.King’s New Discovery, and knows it to ho tuc best in the world for lung trouble. Trial bottles free at Dul’re Drug Co. n:.: is ;i gruesome tiling to look upon, but there conies a time that v.e all tire oblnmd to either use one or some thing; in its stem!. I have a lirst-chiss one and my rates are reasonable. Final Discharge. "'H’b is li'-reby gHvit to ali pi-i-viiise-m- ne i 1 lint w- (vil! ;;jcily m .1. .!. (Jc'iixy. • i ” .1 iu!.'( )f S;>:i r! iilm i-r comity, ,.l :ii>- ( .imliiDi, ie lib «»iie c :ii S|>. Miiti- eourt on Wediic-ola',. Ui'-:M<i;iy Is: Hi. fora ili> -i i-iilors of Un-t-siiii" of l‘. I\ Goforth, <1. J. I. S OUlATT, »>. I„ (loci iiei d, T. .1. Am- x x.MiKK. Ai'imV. r. !‘. Goforth, Oei-'i \i > Cl rv. S.C.. 'ov'-mln*r Hi I, ts'.HI. H Wia „ p.'i.v '■ If'll : ill” .'itol li'il.oiee on U. livtoy if i'liolos. Wiii'ii I'I ml os ;i r*- i > li-' in.-it I eo, n: v dl et -.1: i inz. •Sir |>:itr<>iis ,viil please T”--:W.C.£al!afer. t i. i < ! I wo inonlns. (J W. D. ARCHER, ('til lute, on ('ulilnet I’hotos 'till :ifler l , |e:i- itleiit ini eleet ton. You J’,\ rJi i l MiMi that compruos ■ a In tvl-Ulass Li very Stable ■ ,, . .. i , ' i i Ibur-cutting, in the latest stylos. Is to >e loam, .it ni\ place, j siiaving and Shampooing at reason able prices. _ „ „ . , . i /fFjrshop next to J. J). Goude* M. G. Montgomery, ffick : store. TheGaffnej City Land aMIn,, Ofer for S.-de Building Lots in this Flourishing Town, G j\ i d j r jv I c \ r o s: nr y. Also Farias near by and in n uclt of tho schools of Limestone Springs mil id ties pb.e • in iom of from JH to to i u.-ivs on liberal time rates. Also Agricultural Lands to n ut for farm purposes. For f_!1 particular,, :q :h ti MOSES WOOD, Agent. N. B.—Ali trespassing on lands of ti.is Company cutting and removing timber, fishing or hunting are forbidden ufulcr penalty of law. Men of nil kinds constantly on hand and delivered at short notice. We solicit your patronage, ; u:irauie( in.our Beef, Fork, Mutton and Saus age to he equal to any. We also handle live hogs. CTUirv BConclrsolc. For Sale Tlie I>r. Holmes K room housi: with lineir;ii'- (I -it. -.lul.li-). ami out liutliliii^b ultiichiil. tiom cot la ”e on Mmi-stonc SI. It room coftujic on Giiiue.-, St. with s|>l( mli.l Ifiinlen. •J vacinit lots on (iaines St. 1 V’K'ant loisuii I'.ietory Hill. 1 default lot on Graiiiird SI., opiioblte T. G. Mi;( raws. Insurance! I represent none hut the best of Eire. I.lfe null Accident Inxiir.-lili'e Conipunlt-s. Am pn-p.-ired to fuiulsli t'ydime amt Tomado lusuriuiee at miMlerali-cost. S’our piitionuffi' will lie duly apprednted. F. G. STACY. / / . " rr v _ - e ^ K} ' • a. ^ ’ X' - *■ k < ' y * a p**- sr t. f.-V / ’ 'S I. 'VC- ^ \ ' pAi ; V' 'ip 1 VlA ilr ft' * n ig * - fc' 11 U' nis« iit >/ ■ el A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a general Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- j I’roof safe and Automatic Time Lock, ijrfily Deposit Boxes at moderate! i rent. Buys ami sells Stocks and Bond.-:. Buys County and School Claims. Your buslnoss solicited. to Say the main tiling to i order if you want to live hm;: : i the same thing, t« «■ 1 he icii Vy < I d vr a 1 bowels in Good ptiysicians say R1PANS yABULES. while not mysterious or niirncui' i:< in it r«r:i iv< per! i.t«, is a sin pie fornuil i prescriln il by thC last ph» '< •( for «'i order- * f the digestive organs, lust little tnr.Iets. ca)-y M'»• i»e, 11 1 1 o ! i.\ i: il .at ek to act. If \ni.i tr.-ubh is Dvspep- ;i. Hib'ius! ! .• ! b m!..iI'< , ^a.nstipntion, Heaittiurn, nml tlie liki-, no nee'‘.| i I ■ n. Kipans I abides ii.nl in i \artly wlie.t In woul.l till -u t ! e. OM. TABtil CiVtS aaiiJ. TEUMANKXT CURE FOUvOWS A I VII. THiAL No VM I til AINTY ABOUT IT. ...1 yr