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THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., SEPTEMBER 20, 1805. IE WEEKLY LEDGER PUnUSHEI) i;VICKY FRIDAY BY The Limestone Printing and Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - - Editor. ED. H. DcCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. Thk 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur bish their name, not for publication, but for identification.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 k) insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. \11 correspondence should he ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published atone cent a word. Cards of thanks will he published at one cent a word. . ^ Reading notices will bc^pnbflshed at five cents a line o^ch insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents eajefcfT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 189f>. FREE OF CHARGE. We offer absolutely free of charge a full course in Hudson’s Business University, of Charlotte, X. 0., to the man or woman, boy or girl, who will send us the largest number of paid in advance subscribers by De cember 2f)th, ISO.'). Thin is no catch penny device, but an absolute bona- fide offer. If we receive but one sub scriber between now and that time we will give the tuition to the person sending it. In order that there may he an in centive for you to work for us we will offer a commission of 10 percent, on all subscriptions sent in so that even if you do not get the business course you will be paid for your work, but the person who receives the business course will get no commission. Now is the time to get to work. r lhe course embraces book keeping, bank ing, penmanship, commercial law, English, civil government, business forms, spelling, correspondence, arithmetic, etc. THE GOLD RESERVE. The gold reserve in the Treasury has again fallen below the .$100,000,- 000 mark and is still sinking. Prob ably the most ominous feature in the decline is, that it is largely due to withdrawals of gold by members of the bond syndicate, who are pledged to use all means in their power to assist the Government in keeping up the reserve until the first of October next. Is it an evidence of had faith on the part of the syndicate as a whole? Or is it an evidence of rup ture between the various members? In whatever light we may understand these withdrawals, they can he re garded as nothing less than symp toms of danger ahead. The finan cial outlook is not unclouded. The syndicate has already made a neat little sum of eight millions or so out of the Government in the transac tion of a few months ago by way of a “quid pro quo’’ for its assistance in placing the last issue of govern ment bonds. It is rather more than a matter of suspicion, that the members of the syndicate to do with the serion^^^^^^^A i n which r the deiflPmpfj^^tuuc of funds to preserve tfk *rnalcrodit and faith. Beyond question they had the ability to bring it about, and the profit they realized out of the necessities of the government was by no means in considerable. As the time covered by their contract is so soon to ex pire, they maybe getting ready to play their little game over again. If they are inclined to do so the Gov ernment will probably buy them off by another little bond transaction in which patriotic assistance to the government may find its reward in dollars and cents. But can this process of bleeding the Treasury continue ad infinitum? Can the stoutest patient survive such treat ment? Every past issue of bonds wherewith to buy gold and keep up the reserve will only embarrass the Situation the more. It is hut offer ing a premium for the very depletion which is sought to ho prevented. Manifestly other means should he devised, if possible, to keep intact the government faith and credit. It is possible that the trans-At lantic tendency of gold may he duo to the heavy turn of the. balance against us incident to the , immense amount of American exchange let loose in Europe by the usual summer tourists, and which usually comes in about this season. We hope so, as such a cause would bo temporary and limited in extent, but we in cline, however, to the opinion, that the syndicate united or 'divided will Mtt rtttohlnR. SMALLER COUNTIES. Fouth Carolina is waking up to the importance of having smaller coun ties. At least twenty applications will he made, each for a new county to be carved out of the old ones. Wearo not surpri: ed at tins. Our people have been inconvenienced for many long years, by the long distances they have had to travel in order to reach the court house where the rec ords are kept and where court con venes. Often has it been the case that the summons to appear was pre- emptory. Such will often he the ease in the future. The law brooks no delay, takes no excuses, though the distance he great and streams I! IV j swollen. ^ Surely, now that an' opportunity is afforded us of bettering our condi tions, none should object. Small counties are better every way than large ones. They are more compact; laws will he more quickly administered, and criminals more swiftly brought to justice. Community of interest will more thoroughly cement the people. They will honor each other more, and he the better prepared to co-operate in | any enterprise for the good of the country. Better roads are needed; better • roads we must have. These we will : sooner get if counties have smaller [ areas. The principal objectors to smaller ; counties are those who live at, around ! or near the county seats. They are those who have not been inconven ienced or n ade t ■ experience priva tions inci lent to remoteness. It may he nr oural for those to object, hut .vhat .s natural is not always best. Let us ave smaller counties. We predict u rapid advance in prosperity i as a consequence. BURYING THE HATCHET. Only a few months ago, in Chicago ; a monument was erected to the con federate dead \.I ) lie in their silent tombs on northern soil. Speakers north and south mingled their voices in grateful praise of the men who gave up their lives fighting for their country's cause. The olive branch then held out has borne fruit on southern soil. Even now northern men are uniting with southern sol diers in dedicating a national military pai k on t he bloody field of Chicka- mauga, in our own southland. This is well. Let the hatchet he buried, and buried forever. The bravest are the first to forget and forgive. He who would keep up tin* strife is no friend of peace. The gallant Gordon, and the brave Pal- ^ mer, both generals in the late war. and both members of the United I ; States Semite are to speak on the occasion. Though representing dif- ' ferent sections in the strife, the strife has passed, the temple of Ja- j nus is closed. THE CONSTITUTION. • The Constitutional Convention now | in session has just got down to work. ! Necessarily much preliminary work j ; had to he done. Now committees are | reporting and we are beginning to soe | how the current flows. So far no 'i one man has developed powers that control or lead. Perhaps this is as j ! it should he. If ever South Caro-j J lina needed her best men at the | front, now is the time. No dema- ; gogue should here raise its head, j Self and selfishness should sink out i : of sight while the organic law is be ing shaped under which future gen erations are to he directed. This is a stirring ago; the next is pressing to the front and will soon he critics of what we to-day are planning for them. The best we have should he theirs. OUR GROWING TOWN. Gaffney is growing. Houses are being built, and vacant lots are be ing sold, and enquiries are every day made for houses to rent. Merchants from abroad are asking questions and paying visits and looking to locating. Our mills are as good as the very best, if not the best. Tho outlook is ; as bright as the brightest. In less j than four months our population will likely exceed four thousand. The I surveyor is busy with transit and compass laying out new streets, lay ing off building lots and dividing up farms near our boundary lines. Are we getting ready to meet this tide of prosperity? Irving W. Larimore, physieial di rector of Y. M. C. A., Des Moines, Iowa, says he can conscientiously recomend Chamberlain's Pain Balm to athletes, gymnasts, bicyclist, foot hull players and the professing in general for bruises, sprains and dis- 1 locations; also for soreness and stiff ness of the muscles. When applied before tho parts become swollen It will effect a cure In one half tho time usually required. For stile by W, B. Dupre. The New Couniy Cause. The strength of the opposition to the creation of new counties is not among the people generally, hut is to he founrl i i three small hut influon- t i;:l classe.-?: 1 Officials "f the existing counties, who fear that by the division of their territory they will lose fees and sala ries to which they are now entitled. 2. Editors of tho existing comity newspapers, who foresee in the cur tailment of the area now tributary to their journals the loss of official ad vertising as well as of subscriptions in the separated territory. •1. Lawyers of the existing coun ties. who view with apprehension the of business which would follow the division. There is, of course, some feeling among the merchants of the present county towns that they may lose the trade of those in the cut-off territory who have been accustomed to visit their towns to attend the courts, but as good sense assures them that trade is influenced by prices and accomo dations, and as the separated terri tory must remain as near to them as it ever was, their motive for opposing the erection of new counties is not nearly us strong as that of the offi cials, the editors and the lawyers. It is surprising to discover, on an examination of the fact, how very few persons have a financial concern in the retention of existing county lines. Tho mass of the people have no practical interest in resisting the formation of new counties while a very great number of them have a practical financial interest in promoting such formation. It is the prominence and intiuenco of the relatively few protesters which makes an issue of what would other wise he a matter of course. All manner of specious arguments and appeals to sentiment will he made against the movement for new and smaller counties, but to thought ful anil fair minds the following con siderations will appeal with force: 1. The movement is perfectly nat ural. for, as population and wealth increase, the tendency to a subdivis ion of counties is as natural as that to a subdivision of big plantations into small farms. South Carolina got along very well in its early days with the four counties of Colleton, Berkley, Craven and Carteret. Now even the strongest opponent of new counties will admit the necessity of the thirty-five we already have. 2. It is on the line of progress. Each new county seat means a new centre of civilization, a new agency for the development of the State, a a new competitor in the fields of cul ture and industry. They mean new schools, academies, newspapers, fac tories, hanks; inducements to new railroads; improved agriculture; bet ter markets, both for the sales and the purchases of farmers. :>. It is a movement for the con venience of the people. It will save them long and expensive journeys to court; it will enable them to combine their legal business with their com mercial and financial business when they go to their natural trading places. 4. It will promote tho more effici ent administration of justice. Many crimes go unpunished when commit ted far from the courts and the offi cers of the law. I’l-osecutious are abandoned because of the cost in time and money of pressing them. In the small county the arm of the law can strike promptly and surely and eco nomically. The restrictions by which the pres ent Constitution binds the people of .South Carolina in this regard are un reasonable and unnatural. The in crease of population since the adop tion of the Constitution has removed whatever there might then have been for such an enactment. In 1870 the population of the State was 70o,000, and there were 111 counties. In 1895 the population is about 1,250.000, and there are only 85 counties. In 27 years our people have only been able to establish four new counties. In 1808 the average population per county was 22,7(KJ. In 1895 it is 85,- 70n. Was the population of the sev eral counties in 1808 sufficient to sup port their governments adequately? Then, the population of South Caro lina today is sufficient to t he adequate support of no less than 55 counties! Think of that! The population exists in South Carolina today to maintain fifty-five counties as popu lous as those of 1808! And as to tax* able values, the increase is far greater. It is not an exageration to say that our people are three times better able to defray the cost of their county governments than they were then. These facts should convince the convention of the unwisdom of pre scribing a minimum area for coun ties under which an increasing popu lation is sure to chafe. A population minimum or a property minimum would be far more logical and beata ble; hut even theto should not be in sisted upon. The people are sup posed to have sense enough not to ask for new counties unless they need them and unless they are able to sup port them. Thi legislature is sup posed to have sense enough to create no unreasonably small, or poor, or sparsely populated count lea. Why not remove all restrictions and leave the legislature to puss upon each ap plication as its merits may deserve? Why not tru::t the people and leave them free? Surely a body of “Reform ers" will he willing to do that?—Co lumbia State. DEAL MERIT is tho charaetcr- ■V istic of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It cures even after other preparations fail. dot Hood'i tma ONLY MOOD'S* IN MEMORIAM. lines written on the death of miss KATE MONTGOMERY. All! broken is the rainbow arch That spanned our hearts with y promise! Le|r the night winds tramp a funeral march, Our hopes have departed from us; Yes in the waves of the Stygian river Our hopes lie buried forever. Up with the dawn of broadening day Her spirit winged its flight, As the quivering sunbeams chased away The fleeing shadows of night,— Up to the broad expanse of light Beyond our mortal sight. Let darkness dwell in vale and dell, And clouds o’er earth may hover; The life of her we loved so well With all its hopes, is over;— Tho true, the good, the beautiful Has passed away forever. And is there no light from realms above, To pierce the gloom around us? No recompense from the world of love For the broken ties that hound us? No soft, sweet whisper from afar? No gleam from her beauteous life- star? Oh! Faith of the past, sorely tried! Oh ! Hopes, too soon departed ! Come back from the dark Stygian tide To cheer tlie broken-hearted.— Yes, come from the black Stygian river To cheer our hearts forever. Beyond t he rolling clouds of earth And the Raven days of sorrow, She's passed to scenes of Heavenly birth In the realms of the glorious mor row ; She has gone in all her beauty To he at rest forever. And there we’ll trust ere long to meet her On the bright Elysian shore, And there we know again we’ll greet her With all the love of yore,— With all the rare, ecstatic love Of sainted souls above. Cooper-Limestone Institute. Sept. 12, 1895. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report OBITUARY. Departed this life Wednesday morning, Sep., 11th after a painful illness—Mary Ellen—youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Ellis. They have lain her where the pur ple violet waves, And t he sighing zephyrs mourn around t he graves, But her spirit has flown above, To a gentle Saviour’s love. “For of such is the kingdom of Heaven.” A Friend. Revolutionary Soldiers. Mr. Thomas E. Richardson has furnished us with the following list of Revolutionury pensioners living in 1840, Sumter District, S. C.: Obediuh Spears, aged 70: Redden M’Coy, age l 81; John China, aged <50; John James, aged 80; Joseph West, aged 80; William Vaughan, aged 70; Charles Spann, sr., aged 88; Samuel Huggins, aged 81; John M’Donald, sr., aged 83; Peter Du bose, aged 79; Ripley Copeland, sr., aged 79; William McIntosh, aged 7(5; Samuel Chandler, sr,. aged 77. In Kershaw District: Adam Team, aged 79; Delilah Williams, aged 00; Lewis Cook, aged 84; John Steward, aged 80; Nathaniel Jones, aged 8(5; Samuel Jones, aged 78.— The Sumter Watchman and South ron. -•— — Conceded By All. It is conceded on all hands that South Carolina needs smaller counties—con ceded by everybody hut a few inter ested persons near the court houses. Tho interest of a few persons ought not to weigh against a movement for the general good.—Columbia Journal. - Thanks, Brother Gantt. The Gaffney Ledger is now an eight page paper, and a daisy at that. We note with pleasure this evidence of prosperity.—Piedmont Headlight. • -* • Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear- There 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 tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it isentioly closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can he taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine eases out of ten are caused by 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 by catarrh) that cannot he cured by Hull’s Catarrh Cure. 8end for cir culars, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. ft^Sold hv Drmruist. 75c. FREDRICK Al'SKKI.D. K. C. SKI/. AU8FELD ifc SEIZ, ARCHITECT*, Atlanta, G. A. Powder Absolutely pure Sticy Shoals Personals. [Correspondence Weekly Ledger. | Stioey Shoals, N. C., Sept., 17.—It seems as if Flaw Picker has been having very bad luck in his canvass ing for The Ledger. He first got into a fodder pulling and as he thought that wouldn’t do he comes back home and takes a new start and goes to Blacksburg where he meet with no success and got out of money and among strangers. The next thing he thought of was his “banjer.” Bro. Picker we invite you to come around up in this section and we wont put you to pulling fodder nor paying seventy-five cents for a night’s lodging or anything of the kind. Call and see us if you ever get up around old Sticey Shoals, and see how you like the people. The meeting at Elizeboth has closed. They had a good lively time for about three weeks. We learn that sixty-five decided to take Christ as their leader. Rev.Owensby will begin a protracted meeting at Pine Grove on the fifth Sunday night in this month. Ely Turner and son are very low with fever. E. K. Davis and family, of this thriving little place, visited friends and relatives near Sharon not long since. S. 1). Randall ginned his first bale of cotton hist Friday a week ago. J. II. Austell, formerly of Earls, visited friends and relatives near your city one day last week. Mrs. Caroline Hopper and Miss Estella Lavender, formerly of Earls, were visiting in your city the past week. E. A. Bridges, who got his leg broke in Blacksburg by a ear wheel falling on it. was in our section last Sunday. Mr. Budges has not walked any in about five months without the aid of his crutch and stick. Cotton picking is all the go in this section. There have been some few bales sold. R. C. Hopper sold one bale for 8 :(55. H. II. Sepough and family visited Logan Ellis and family last Sunday. Jake Cline made 208 gallons of molasses. Who can heat that for sorghum? Hustler. Mothers In Trouble. This is the condition of those ex pecting to become mothers. To such we point to a true friend in Mother’s Relief, which not only makes child birth easy jitid painless, but leaves mother and child in healthy and vig orous condition ; restores the mother to her original beautiful form. Price $1 per bottle; 3 bottles for $2.50. For .-ale by druggist, or sent hv express on receipt of price by MOTHERS’ RELIEF CO., 38 Peters St., Atlanta, Ga. For sale hv W. B. DuPre. Th‘ Clemson College Report. The c unmittce appointed to inves tigate tt e affairs at Clemson Coilego completed its work hist week. The committee conducted its investiga tion with closed doors and the mem bers declined to state the nature of the report to be made by them, but said they found no facts to warrant a charge of maladministration or in competence. The committee will recommend certain changes that will prove beneficial to the success of the college. Until the full report is made public it is not a proper subject for criticism.—Anderson j Journal. | -- - Chamber!ain ;; and Skin OintmMi Is a certain cure for Chronic Sore Erea, ; Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Nipples Piles, Eczema, Tetter, Halt Kheum and Hcald Head, 25 cents per box. For eale by druggists. TO H0£3£ OWNERS. For putting a horse in a fine healthy con dition try Dr. Cady’s Condition Powdeia. They tone up the system, aid digestion, core l.os'3 of appetite, relieve constipation, correct kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving i.av life to an old or over worked horse. 25 coots per package. For sale by druggists. 1,000,000 People Wear IWJJouglas Shoes HAND SEWED PROCESS. $5.00 BEST IN THE WORLD. «.oo $2.50 $2.00 $1.75 For Boys $150 $2.50 $2J5 For Men Wear W- I*. DoofflM ghoc* and from •l.DO to S3.M m pair. Alt Mtyle* and Width*. TiiO advance in leather lias Increased the price of other makes, but the quality and prices of W. I.. IkoufflM >hore remain the *nme. Take nosiilistitute; tee that name uml price is stamped on sole. W. h. Uoatflssn. Ubocktum, Mass. Sold by WILKINS BROs. GROVES L. BAKER, COmtCTOR AND BUILDER. Will do any class />f carpen ter work promptly and at prices to suit the quality, and always keeps on hand flooring, ceiling, siding, sash, doors, etc. Also a good supply of heart pine shin gles at market price. Will also make out hills for building ma terial for parties who desire it and fill the same for a small per cent. Give me a trial. Respectfully, Iw. ISsiIter, A Sparkling Display J “‘Watches ttMd Jewelry jan he seen by visiting our place of business In DuPrc’s Drug Store. We will be glad to have you cull. All work done by a skilled workman with years of experience. CORRELL & BRO. GEO. S. HACKER & SON, C/3 3 C/3 C/3 TASTELESS CHILL Manufacturer* of Doors, Sasb, Blinds, Moulding and Build ing Material, Sasb, Weights and Cords, CHAXtJ^E«TO>:, H. C. Purchase our make, which we guarantee to ba Superior to any sold South, and thereby Save Money. WINDOW and FANCY GLASS A SPECIALTY A. N. WOOD, BANKER, TDNIC SwriOwm* Mr print* tad pnomf docs a general Bunuingnnd Kxchnnge business. Well sceiir. d wit h Burglnr- I’roof safe and Automatic I ime Lock. 18 JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS. I satety Deposit Boa.™ «i uiodemi* WARRANTED. PRICE 80ots. ! rent, _ GAI.ATIA.lLU., Nov. M,UM. i Parle Medicine Co., Ht. I<ouU, Mo. Gentlemen:—We aoM laat year, M0 bottles of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHIUTTONIC and have bought three Rroaa already thia year. In all oar ex- penvnee of It yeara. In the drux buslnee*. hnre « er aold an article that gave such uoiveraal ftaUe- *»»»»!<»«. (iM j,,* fM sale by W. 6. IttiPW. Buys and sells Stocks and Bonds. Buys County and School Claims. Yfttft Btttihttfe iMicitM.