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I THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY. S. C., NOVEMBER 26, 1896. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. T JBIJSHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Limestone Printing 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. \11 correspondence should be ad- Iressed to Ed. II. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published , at ten cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each. WANTED—WATER. This is the season when water is lowest in the earth. Many wells are now dry that before furnished a plentiful supply. Are we to sink our wells deeper and depend solely upon them for our water supply or need we wait longer on our water works? We can see but one advantage in waiting and that is to profit by the experience of Xowberry, Laurens and Union in their effort to secure nrte- sion water. In the mean time we are at the mercy the devouring llame. The winter season is upon us when risks are greatest. What have wo done, and what are we doing towards preparing for such an emergency as might arrive at any time? We arc utterly helpless. In case of fire breaking out on any of our crowded thoroughfares, if the first clTort fail to subdue it we can but hold our hands and look on in dismay. Xo semblance of an organization; no leader; no fire engine; no ladder; no bucket brigade; almost no water. Is it any wonder that insurance, in some instances, about equals the* legal rate of interest. We ought to have a hook and lad der company, drilled and disciplined under competent instructors. Even if our commissioners are preparing a surprise for us, and wo are soon to have a bountiful supply of pure water, the hook and ladder organiza tion should be kept intact. Will not out City Council look after this matter before a big (ire re minds us of our folly. “In time ol peace prepare for war.” needed as well for protection as for for his services. Have such protec tion, and there would be almost an immediate response in graceful shrub bery, symmatical evergreens, beau tiful roses and gravelled walks. More costly monuments would he reared, and our steps would turn oftencr and more willingly to the city of our dead. Our area is not large enough, liy all means, while it is in our power to do so, let us enlarge ihe boundary on the west, until it reaches the road leading to old Limestone. SENATOR TILLMAN. Every one will acknowledge that Senator Tillman does his own think ing; and further, ho is not afraid to speak what he thinks. He feels that we need smaller coun ties in our state that, it will be to the interest of the dismembered counties as well as to the now counties that may be carved out of the old To this end he worked when a member of the Constitutional Convention, but he could not get all he wanted. As Senator of South Carolina, and working as he feels for her hest^ in terests, he hesitates not to give ex pressions to his opinions even in the territory where interest is now at fever heat. Xot only will we welcome Senator Tillman to Gaffney, but we hope that all who are within the bounds of the proposed new county will come out to hear him. OUR GOD. Thou art the great First Cause, the mighty Architect of creation. Thy works so grand and beautiful praise thee, aye “earth and heaven with ten thousand tongues (ill thy courts with sounding praise.” Man made in thy own image adore our Father, thou crowdest our lives with goodness and mercy, thou crownest our years with living kind ness. Thou alone hast blest the hus bandman and made tiic fields wave in rich harvest—our barns to burst with plenty. Thy hand has stayed war and pestilence. Thou hast smiled Upon our homes and been the ‘‘Angel in the cloud” dispensing joys and griefs, consecrating smiles and tears. On this Thanksgiving day we exalt hit'll Heaven our God glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing bonders!” Wo magnify our God because thou «rt, and hast inhabited eternity—the great “I Am.” Oh holy attributes, ihe perfection of Deity overwhelm us ! We tune our harps this day and lift hearts and voice in adoration that far back in the ages “God so loved the world” that heaven was robbed of its richest jewel—for man ! Dear triune God and Savior! ‘‘for thy gifts the world were poor in thunks.” ‘All things shall pass away, except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye.’ With mindful hearts let us look and see on what a treasury our wants may call” —“I uni thine all in all.” THE CITY OF THE DEAD. W ) sli u.ihl deli (‘it to linger where our dead are buried. To further this end our Cemetery ought to he ma le ' as attractive as possible. The first steps have been taken in this direc tion. The larger portion of the re serve bus been regularly laid out in walk* and drives, giving to each lot n front in a drive way and running liaek to a walk, liut this is not enough. A sexton or gardener is MINISTER BAYARD. President Cleveland could not have found a worthier man to represent us at the Court of >St. James than the polished Bayard. From first to last lie has adhered strictly to his mission, and has magnified his country in the eyes of Englishmen. At public-rc- eeptions his is a noted figure and his utterances on such occasions always attract attention. I’erhnps no man during the past four years, has done as much as he to bring the two great English speaking nations into such friendly relations. When he returns to private life it will be with the hearty endorsement of the best of England and of the party in the United States that soon is to retire also for a season. Such Tactics Will Not Win. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Suxnvside, S. C., Nov. 1(5, 18% — Mr. Editor:—Will you please let me say through your columns that as one seeking information from the j mostTeliahale authoritylultended the de-bate at the Etta June school house on the night of the 14th, when the : subject of establishing a new couul.y was to be discussed by Its friends i and opponents? A large crowd had assembled there for the same purpose that I had done—seeking information. 1 On arriving on the grounds I found everything in readiness for a big de‘ | bate. The opposition had brought : Mr. J. F. (Boss) Fowler and Rev. J. | G. Farr and Henry Thompson to help oppose the movement while Messrs, DeCamp and Butler, of GalTney were there to advocate it. Some time was lost in getting judges, as the new ! county men refused to’sit, having : made up their minds to vote for it. Findly Mr. J. Fair, of 1’earidge, and Wm. Smith and Win. Howell, of York county agreed to sit as judges and the debate was opened by J, L. Strain in favor of the new county, i followed by Jason M. Greer against j it. For about four hours the debate \ went on—part of the time the speak ers seemed to forget the subject and were arraying tho country people against the town with all the biit-.r- ness they could commend. One 1 speaker even went so far as to say that “the people of Gutfney have gone to Spartanburg on a certain occasion to howl Bon Tillman down, and 1 am told that man is not a Tillmnnitc either. The only arguments made against the new county was made hy .las. S. Walker. The* other speakers shot over or under the mark invaribly. Messrs. Butler and DeCamp both , usedjofficial duta|from theCompt roller General’s office to support their argu ments and both men made line speeches. They evidently had the I crowd with them, overwhelmingly. I was so utterly disgusted with the logic and tirade of abuse advanced by the opponents of the new county in trying to array the county against the town that I resolved to vote for the new county anyway. If the movement is to be defeated hyjsuch tactics all hope of making our country happy and prospering is at an end. From the very start s» mo of ti e 1 friends of the new county seemed to think that the judges were in sym pathy with (heir opponents. And they preferred to have the decision 1 f tho question to a majority of the • oters present. To this the opposi tion objected. The judges decided in favor of the negative while votes | were mudeon tho other side for the ! new county by tbe arguments made n favor of It. Thus both sides were 1 gratlied at the result, Siectator. 1 / Will Exercise His Right. Skull Shoals, 8. C., Nov. 2:i.— Well, the new county is tho hot issue now, and I just want to tell the peo ple what the chief opponent of the new county is preaching. I did not want to personate any man, but, J. M. Greer says a man wno only pays poll tax has no right to vote in thi.-- new county election; well, on the start 1 shall say, if I am not mis informed, that would leave Mr. Greer out of the voting, 4ind I want to any to every voter in this new county not to pay any attention to such slut! as that. I am a poor man, as poor as men get to be, but I am qualified by the constitution of this state. Neither Mr. Greer nor any other man can cut mo out of my vote. I have a right to vote for a new county if 1 choose to, as w T ell as Mr. Greer has to oppose it. I have no axe to grind; I want no office, though if I did 1 would only be, like many others, perhaps, incom petent to (ill Jit. We live in a free country, and, thank God for it, we are a free people. Aye! the guns that roared around over these old bills over one hundred years ago proclaim oyr freedom and our right to vote on such measures as suit our minds. As for (ho good old patriots who fell in that victorious struggle, their names will live and be honored when Mr. Greer’s is dead and gone. Be cause lie is probate judge, or if ho was a judge of tho supreme court, that does not say lie lias any more right to vote than any other man who only pays poll tax. Now, I don’t know him to he a man who only pays .'1*1 (toll tax, but I have it on good authority. Xow, Mr. Editor, we are going to get two to one, in spite of such argu ments, at Surratt’ > box. Let us raise our arms as free i en, with minds of our own. and vote to suit ourselves. Yours truly, .i. R. it. — •- ——— Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot roach the diseas d portion of the ear- Tiiere i.- only or way to cure Deaf, mss, and that it by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inllamod condition of (he mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it isenticly closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can he taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will he destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused hy catarrh, which is nothing hut an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Da ’ars for any case of Deafness (caused hy catarrh) that cannot be cured hy Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars, free. F. J. CHENEY it CO.. Toledo, (). /fXT'SoM by Druggist. Toe. Sale Tlit‘ Hi". Hnlim's H roian Iioum-willi (iiiojnir- (ici. stalilf* and out huildings utfaelicd. it un foil on Lin it "st out" Si. dn.o i inil oil Gllllll'h Si. willi spli-iulitl yardcii. 2 vacant lots on Outlies St. 1 viieiint lots on I'uclory Hill. 1 i'i< ^;in( lot on Grunard St., opposite T. (i. Me' 'raws. insurance! ! represent none lint tlio lies! of I'ire. Life nntl Accident lusurniu'e ConipniHi s. '■.in prepared to furnish Cyclone and Tiirmdn Insuruttce at moderate eost. 'ton r patronage will he duly appreciated. F. G. STACY. W. D. ARCHER, 'rOX«OKIAI^ TYKTIWT. Hair-cutting, in the latest styles. Shaving and Shampooing at reason able prices. /T.'Sy’Shop next to J. D. Goude- lock’s store. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tollcson’s new store In office from 1st to 2ith of each month; EUGLEBERG m RICE HULLER. The only machine that in one operation, will CLEAN, HULL ami POLISH Rough Uiee—putting it in n.erchantiihle condi tion, ready for table use. SIMPLE AND EASY TO MANAGE. Write for prices and terms ALSO Corn Mills, Saw Mills, Planing Machines and all kinds of wood-working machinery. TALBOTT and LIDDELL En gines and Boilers on hand at FACTORY PRICES. V. C. BADHAM, CLXKRAL AGKNT, COLUMBIA, s. c. Au Old Dominion Advocate, (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Wkkt Point, Pa., Nov. 16, 18%.— Dkak Ledger :—Having accidently got hold of one of your papers, I am glad to see that a lively interest is manifested hy the people in refer ence to a new county. I see no rea son why anybody should oppeso this measure, as it would certainly he beneficial to every one living within its bounds, especially as the citizens of Gaffney have already subscribed a sufficient amount to build the court house and jail, which the propose to give without- cost to the tax payers of the new county. Some years ago I advocated the formation of a new county, but the people did not seem to ‘‘catch on” to it then, and I am glad to see that they are fully awakened to their in terests at this time, and as I sec you are to have Hon. Benjamin R. Till man with you to speak on the sub ject, I believe it wil be carried by a large majority. Being a tax-payer in the new county, you may put me down in favor of the now county, and I hope that the (people will see that it is to their interest to vote for it. I am glad to see that your popula tion is steadily increasing, and hope that you will soon count double the population you now have. It is with pleasure that I note the present pros perity of Gaffney. I see that my young friend Tobe Littlejohn is stil your postmaster. Hope that the change in the admin istration will not cause him to be dis placed for another. While we did not succeed in elect ing our candidate for the Presidency, I am glad to see that South Carolina and Virginia did tlieir duty. It is with pleasure that I note Giut my olcFfriend James L. Strain is still a worthy contributor to your columns. Yours. Senior. — —. *#». — Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111 , was told by her doctors she had Consumption and that there was no hope for tier, but two bottles Dr. King’s New Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggcrs, Dl!) Florida St. Sanfraneisco,suffered from a dread ful cold, approaching Consumption, tried everything else t hen bought one bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful. It is such reults of which these are samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at the DuPre Drug Co.’s Drug Store. IX'or 1:J stilt-mlid M nlcs. 1 Family Hurst-. 10 Shari-s Liickliart Cotton Mill Stock. 10 Sliarc., Tttcajiau Cotton Mill Stock. :i Shares l;i- , liti ml Cot ton Mill Slock. 2 Shares Victor Cotton Mill Stock. 50 Shares Limestone Springs Lime Co. stock. Apply to F. (I. STACY. (iAI'KNKY. S. C J. E. WEBSTER, YYt torne.y-lYt- Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a soecialtv. If You Wish to bold yonr cotton, store it In my warehouse. No clangor from dam age and ready for market tit any time. Charges are reasonable. When yon have cotton for s;; call at my otllee. rearofW.o. Lip- seontb & Ill-os’. Highest prices paid. R. S. LIPSCOMB, Fin Insurance Agent. Just Received ! A LOT OF NEW GOODS I fe^llOCH. I WILL sell you lower than ever he fore. I I £ltrt. I WILL sell you til a very short profit. Dry Oooils. I WILL sell you at rock-bottom Ugurcs. O-rooerie*. I WILL sell you at the lowest market prices. 'Vou A. re Kespept folly invited to call and examine my -.tumIs and prices before buying. Yours respectfully. M. Peeler. fCaveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat- tmt business conducted for MODERATE Fees. >Oun Office is Opposite U. S. PatentOffice Fund wccanscrurc patent m less tune than those f remote from Washington. I Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip- Mion. W-- advise, if patentable or not, free of J charge. Our (ce not due till patent is secured. \ A Pamphlet, “ Howto Obtain I’atents,” with geost of same in the U. S. awd foreign countries (sent free. Address, iC.A.SNOW&CO. Opp. Patent Office, Washington, D. C. Highest of all in’Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report 'AV V <?* : -a z^-^ne r c mv **«i Be Content. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) Midway, S. C., Oct, 23, 18%.—As I chanced to pass a crowd of country girls not long ago. 1 heard one of them make this remark. “Oh how I do wish that I was a town lady. Dear country girl will you listen to me just a little while. If your lives have fallen into some quiet unpre* tention place do not complain, that it is dull ami commonplace and that there is nothing to live for here, as I have heard so many do. Why dear hearts there is no peace on God’s 1 earili so bleak and barren, so quiet and lonely, so wind-swept and rain beaten, hut that there is a gnat deal to live for right there and when most of you have grown a little older you will soo it with clear eyes, and you will look back to the country village and wish, oh how you will wish! that you had been happy and content in that simple liie. You will know then that it is nobler to live well a humdrum life than to wear out body and mind and soul in a fever of gaiety and frivolity and to stretch out yoiu empty hands always to some thing you cannot seize. Better lo sing babes to sleep in the soft twilights that folddown over a cot tage home than to loll in velvet car riages and laugh at tiio brainless nonsense that men of the world whis per into your jeweled ears. An 1 far better to dwell forever away from the lights and the roar and the temp tation and the sins of the city with a clean heart and a pure soul than to let the city’s passionate unrest creep into your pulses and set them to beating in a mad chase after death. (i. l. s. — ._ -«*> «— — Old People. Old people who require umdeine (o regulate the bowels and kidney will find the true remedy in Klee trie B:i- ters. ’litis medicine does not stimu late and contains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but acts as a Gmie and and alterative. It acts mildly on tho stoinaehe and bowels, addin,, strength and giving tone to the or gans, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of I he functions. Klec- tric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People find it just exact ly what they need. Price fifty cents per bottle at Wo 13. Du pre's I)rug Store. : m wf <-i.'sartr Henrietta Happenings. (Comsiion-Uiir., of The Ledger.) Henrietta, X. C., Nov. 23—Mrs.' Scruggs’ little son had the misfor tune of loosing his arm last week, lie was working in the mill and his hand got caught in some of the ma chinery. Drs. Lovelace, Hicks and, llamhrick amputated it. lommic Padgct’s little child pa-- dj away the 11th, and was interred , High School Cemetery. Miss Liza Settlemcye-r is sick with ! fever. Jim Simmons gave a birthday din ner on (he 17th. (^uitc a crowd por- took of the good things to eat. His daughter, Miss Etta, gave orders and vVi ry thing was to perfection. Mrs. D. W. Hicks is visiting her , parents in Yorkvillo. Mis* Judie Bostick, a charrgji ! la ly of of -Shelby, is visiting in thlj i place. Miss Ella Trout, a beautiful lady - ’ | ot Forest City, is visiting Mr. Kistler I Moore at Xo. 1. Kev. Jim Yurbroli, of Forest City, ; t ached a good sermon at the Bap- t'.-t. Church last third Sunday arid •Sunday night. Cham Gettys arrived here with his bride 13th. I hope each one have Ufod their eyes to the fullest extent, | so in after years nothing may be come a stumbling block. May their home he the seat of much happiness. In my next writing I hope to bo able to tell about some iroro wed dings. Sal. Joe. OQOD’S Sarsaparilla has over and IS a over again proved by its cures, when all other preparations failed, thaG it i- the One True BLOOD Purifier/ coo-o-c-ooo-gooooo ooooo-o c-ooo-g ^ sfester r> .Irstematiermlf IMtSMonary O ■ • Croat. Standard Authority, Uon. I>. J, ‘ L>: I r, Hssikt V. s. Supreme Court. 5 ' r.d a Postal for Jpecisncn P«j;cs, etc. im-rrfi tinccrpficr of the '‘Unabridged.’ * Final Discharge. N ( *TU ' I. i- li-Miiy t-’i .'<'11 to II ,)i t su:i> ,■ -;i - ''fl u-".I tliat v ■ .viil apply to .1. .1 (iciiti-v. “ roliat • .1 u;ltf< of Spiirfattlmrir county. 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'Ihe remedy ci 1' ! ym . liver a id bowels in Good physicians say ilS MBULE' bile not mysterious or miiaculous in r... ci.vativ (AVillt'es, i. a simple . rmul i prescribed by the best pl y: ieiui s for di:i-dei • f l a digtstive organs. In*t little tablets. t..«y a, take. <asy to 1 ny at d t e : tonct. If vou trouible it Dyspepsia, Hiliouf I rit ss, 1! Constipatk wh for or_ yotn trouble is llyspei-sia, Ulls-u* I •: /lie--, II- -d.p be, Constipation, lleattburn. and the like, no needi f < eing a physician. Kip.ms Tabulcs contain exactly what lie v ot:!d tell y.e t; take. m TABUIF OsViS REiflf. prrmaxext cure foi.LOWS a - t •■'T.KIAIMV AlioUT IT. (ft The Ledger” at $1 a Year.