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THE WEEKLY LEDGER': GAFFNEY, S. C., SEPTEMBER 80, 1885. F HE WEEKLY LEDGER PUHLI8HKJ) EVERY FRIDAY 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 Correspondents who do not contri- bute regular news letters must fur- "ish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point ;o insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. \11 correspondence should be ad- iressed 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 he published at live cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are live cents each. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2(>. 189. r , FREE OF CHARGE. We offer absolutely free of charge a full course in Hudson’s Business Cniversity, of Charlotte, X. C., to the man or woman, hoy or girl, who will send us the largest number of paid in advance subscribers by De cember 20th, 1895. Thi> is no catch penny device, hut an absolute bona- fide offer. I f we receive hut 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 l" percent, on all subscriptions sent in so that even if you do not get the business course you will he paid for your work, but the person who receives the business course will get no commission. Now is the time to get to work. The course embraces hook keeping, hank ing, penmanship, commercial law, English, civil government, business forms, spelling, correspondence, arithmetic, etc. THE CONVENTION. 'Phe all absorbing topic of interest in South Carolina at the present time is the constitutional assemblage of “Solons” now in session in Columbia. To the outside observer the members of the charmed circle of law-makers are possessed with a zeal to go down upon record as having had some per sonal share in the making of the new constitution and the spirit of change is rife among them. We hope the iconoclastic spirit which seems to he gathering force and volume will not sweep everything before it. A constitution is not made every day, and doubtless it will he well to “make haste slowly.” Me may yet learn that it is easier to destroy than to build up again. There are many points of excellence in our present constitution, audit has the advantage of years of practical test which have brought out [along withjits excellences its limitations and short comings. We think it should by all means be used as the ground work for the new, which should lie in the line of amendations and additions. In the present chaotic condition of progress it is impossible to discern, with anything like clearness, what the ultimate trend will he. At pres ent the convention is well nigh buried beneath a mass of undigested mate rial. Soon, however, we may hope to see form beginning to rise out of dis order. Doubtless it is a source of disap pointment to many in not a few sec tions of the state that the convention has barred the door to applicants for new bounties, hut this is just what might have been expected. Special legislation is certainly not within the purpose for which the convention was called together. It should there fore be very sparing in the exercise of this function. So fur we think the convention has done wisely and well. L’ity it is that they should have mar red this course by departing from the wisdom of the rule and creating an exception in favor of Butler county, Consistency is, however, a jewel be yond price in these latter days, and cannot often endure the garish light of day lest its delicate lustre be tar nished. We have no objection to Butler county, but we regret for the honor of the convention that impartial con sideration at hast should not have been granted to all. Why should one have a hearing, refused to others? THE DIVORCE LAW. South Carolina stands alone among the states in not granting a divorce. It is said that it is the easiest state to get married in. Unco married, the bond la 1 'orttll death does part.” This is well. It is in accordance with I the Divine Law. The nearer human law approaches the law of God the i closer are we in the line of progress and time asa people. We are in hopes that this law will not he changed in South Carolina. It has worked well ! so fur. Why should we change it j now? The marriage relation is of Divine ! institution. It is the “holy of ho- ! lies” around which should be thrown | all the protection that the strong i arm of the law can afford. He who i approaches it should do so reverently, i intelligently, counting the cost. ! Much more apt will we be under such circumstances tc have happy homes; and happy homes means prosperity and good government. Because other states are granting divorces, and under frivolous pre tenses is no reason why we should do the same. Because they are weaken ing their hold makes it only the more obligatory on us that we should strengthen ours. Our young people should be brought up with the idea that it is a serious matter to take upon them selves the marriage vow. It means responsibility. It should mean de votion to a higher life. Let not the standard be lowered in South Caro lina. AMONG OUR EXCHANGES. WILKINSVILLE’S WISDOM. Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Benj. Luck, of Indian Territory, wasn’t lucky when he fell into the hands of .lodge I’nrker, who had sen tenced to death 150 men before him and made him the 151st.—Manches ter <lazette. Wc may not always approve the views of the Hons. Geo. I). Tillman and .1. L. M. Irby, but their manly words, last Monday, in defense of a man who was absent, down, and could not defend himself, will find a response in the hearts of brave men.— Easley Messenger. That speech of Tillman’s on the Saluda-Butler county Monday was a powerful speech—in some passages even eloquent and touching—particu larly where reference was made to Gen. Mart Gary. What a pity the time, the place, the subject, were so inappropriate!—Yorkville Yeoman. This is the week for the silver-Smith convention, and the Chatham Record makes the point that it has not the endorsement ot a single Democratic paper in the State. Entangling alli ances are certain to be formed in it, and Raleigh is a good place for Dein- oerats to steer clear of this week.— Charlotte Observer. Recent events of interest suggest a slight change in the name by which he has hitherto gone—the name of “Jaggery” given him in honor of his position as head of the State’s jag ■ foundry. Being now at the State’s gag soundry let him he known here after among all the consistent politi cal outcasts, bushwhackers and free lances as “Gaggcry.”—Greenville News. • «•*- • Concerning The Exposition. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] Fort Smith, Ark., Sept. 17.— Thinking that some of our people might hurry off to see the Atlanta Exposition, 1 would suggest that they put it off until the first of Oc tober. and if they wait until the fif teen it, will be better, as I am satis fied that everything will not he in complete readiness before that time. The show is going to be a good one, hut many of the buildings were un finished the 12th., hardly any of them had their exhibits arrayed. The Government and Art building I think will he ready in time, and will he the most interesting of any. My advice to them who can spare the time and money would he to take it in. as I am satisfied that it will not he disappointing. As to Atlan ta’s ability to cure for the visitors properly, this will depend largely upon the numbers. If there should he anything like a liberal patronage from all over the country, their will hardly he a roosting place on the streets. I left Atlanta the night of the 12th. for Louisville Ky., where I found a splendid city filled with peo ple from all over the country, es pecially the north and northwest, j Louisville is a good town and in a i good country. From Louisville I ; went to St. Louis Mo. I wasdelight- ! gullies, terrace the land, break deep e ,| with this part of my trip. From j the soil and the husbandman will re- IMPROVE YOUR FARMS. God is very rich in hisgi 18 toman On every hand he gives us richly many things to enjoy; to use but not to abuse. As we pass along our highways occasionally wc notice with pleasure where the hand of improve ment has been diligent. Generally, however, it is otherwise so far as our lands are concerned. How much of our land has been worked into gullies, the very cream of it finding its ready way to clog ourstreams and facilitate over flows. This ought not to he. No more was land given to us to wear out than were our bodies to abuse or mental facultie; t_> impair. Each should leave the world better off be cause he lived on its surface. Not only that he has left his impress for good on his fellowman, helping the weary, encouraging the despondent, restoring the fallen, hut on the very face of mother cart h his delight has been to restore the likeness many a careless hand. Instead of grasping for more land, let us begin to improve what we al ready have. Instead of destroying our valuable forests, our attention had better he given to improving our hillsides long abandoned because thought to be worn out. Stop the This is Only One Farmer Who Wants a New County. [Correspondence of The Ledger.] \VlLKINSVILLE, S. Sept. 24.— I notice several of our correspondents are in favor of the new county. \Vo are with you in this matter. Progress demands it, hut there are a few weak- kneed old fogies who arc opposed to the new county or anything else in the way of progress. If some people who live within a few miles of the court house had to travel twenty- five miles to sit on Hie grand jury three times a year they would feel very much like we do. That is too far for us. Besides we have to break the Sabbath by leaving home on Sun day afternoon to get to the court house in time on Monday a. m. for court. Bro. Clih has something to say about a telephone line from Gaff ney’s via T. I). Littlejohn’s, Skull Shoals and Lockhart mills which I find myself is[a good idea. We expect to have a line from Blacksburg via. Cherokee Falls, there connecting with Gaffney, Mercer post office, Wilkinsville on to Etta Jane and if desirable on lo .Skull Shoals, there connecting with the Ciib line. We have been living in a dark cor ner long enough and have been look ing for light from the “south” a long time hut in vain, now we confidently look in a different direction for light. We can imagine now that we can al most see the electric lights reflecting on the now Court House and jail in the city of Gaffney. I am sorry to say I did not have the pleasure of attending the North Pacolet Sunday School Convention at Asbury yesterday, hut I am told that the convention was a success as 1 usual. Representatives from Goucher 1 Ararat, Abingdon and Hlbethel met at El bethel last Sunday was a week | ago to form a field for a pastor, so that they might locate him among I them, but failed to reach any con- 1 elusion and will meet again at El- ! bethel second Sabhath in October. ! Hope they will succeed in this good work for 1 think a preacher with us can do a great deal more good. W Idle there is a great deal of sick ness reported all around us we are blessed with good health with one or two exceptions. Mr-. E. Lowry is very low. Fodder is about over and molasses crop about made up, with a good yield. Cotton will all be open in a few weeks if the dry weather continues. The crop seems shorter as the season advances, hut it is believed the pres ent crop will bring more money than last year’s crop. Row Absolutely pure Bowlinsville Budget. [Correspondence of The Ledger] Bowlinsville, S. C., Sept., 21. Clif T. Clary (of the firm of Clary A Son) of Etta Jane, was in our settle ment not long since. Ed .1. Clary and family, of Home, visited Mr. Clary’s parents last Sat urday night. Messrs. Hester Blanton and Chas. Mabry went down in;o I nion County lust Saturday on business. Rev. John Crocker, of Home, S. C.., was in this settlement not long since to see “his hoy.” Rev. J. 1*. \\ helchel preached a very able and forcible sermon last Sunday on “Faith,” based on He brews <J: 11. Among other things he said was: “Today we have some young men who go to church no doubt to worship God, hut some to see and he seen and to fly around the girls.” He then proceeded to dis cuss th*‘ subject of “Faith” founded as above. Missionary Day. I he celebration of Missionary Day will take place at Corinth church Sunday, Oct. Id. The order of the exercises will he as follows: Sunday School at 9 :dO o’clock. Sunday School address—“Relation of church and Sunday School,” by I’rof. R. (). Sams. RECESS FI 1-TEEN MIM’TES. 1- Opening Rymn—“\Ve praise thee 0 God.” 2. Scripturo reading—Light and life. d. I’rayer by Squire William Jeffer ies. 1 Hymn— The light of the world light hearers” is Jesus.” 5. Recitation—"Tht by thirteen scholars, fi- Hymn—()ur land, i. Address—,\|anner? i cm. light. habits and by Squire AN 'Two more or Cupids shrine faithful bowed at Sunday at Cor inth. The happy pair were William Phillips and Miss Nannie Spencer. Rev. J. 1’. \\ helchel performed the ceremony. We extend our heartiest congratulations. Misses Malissie, Mahalee and Nan nie Pettit, of Home, visited .las. Al len’s family last Sunday. Misses Lillie and Lula Allen went to see 1 heir sister Mrs. Hamlet Tate last week. Amos Clary has returned to Green ville after a vacation of three montiis. We are sorry to loose Amos. Aside from the ties of relation we like him l as a man and a preacher. Cupid, like death, is of persons, color or i customs of the hoatl W'm. Jefferies. intermission three-i ofrths of hock I or dinner. N- Home mission review. 'J. Recitation—Our foreign work at home, by Miss Lulu Allen. lit. Address—Home Jno. Crocker. 11. Recitation by W helchel. 12. Solo and chorus shore.” IJ. Recitation—Do all that by (Infant scoolar) Ida Carter. 11. Hymn—Little Mission Band, (infant class). onary Ouestions with fissions, by M iss Missouri -“Pull for the I can. no respecter creed. It has been whispered around lor sometime among the colored neighbo.s that I cupid had invaded their ranks and I was doing some effective work. | Sunday night the iillle elf completed his work by leading Nola Johnson ami Jackson Spears to the hymeneal alter. Rev. v\ hittenburg, of Lime stone, officiated. Slim Sam. 15. Mi-sionarj script are answers Pi. Reciiatlou- Lydiu Pi: tit. 17. Hymn— I, be burning.” is. Address—“ by Rev. A. D. 1': 19. Collection. -An invitation, by tin ‘nver ights rn Mb ssions, iVlib iie needed mend to more good all the advertising >r them, the following four joicc. Louisville after crossing the Ohio river, some 50 or 00 miles the coun- i try is rather rough, hut from this on j PH) miles to the Wabash river it is , ; simply beautiful, which holds good ! after crossing the Wabash river into I 111., all the way across the state to ; the Missouri river af St. Louis. One thing that impressed me travelling 1 through this fine farming sect ion was the fact that the people all live in villages. I don’t think I noticed even eight or ten country farm houses during the entire distance of 27ff in iies. St. Louis is far ahead of anv tiling I have seen so far. It is already a great city of between six and seven hundred thousand inhabitants, and with its surroundings and natural advantages I have no idea that any have ever dreamed of her won- THE HOMESTEAD LAW. The Homestead law, as it now stands, is very good, hut it may he improved. W'e are glad to see that the disposition of the constitutional convention is to let its main features remain. If the homestead is claimed and by law has been set off to the head of the family, it is nothing hut right that the homestead shall not he sold or otherwise disposed of without the consent of the courts. Then even it should be allowed only for the pur pose of reinvesting. The property should remain intact for the family. The constitution under which we I derful possibilities. Her Union pas- have been living so long should he i senger depot covers ten acres and j they claim it the finest in the world. Her annual exposition, held in a four story building covering five acres While in Chicago, Mr. Charles L. Kahler, a prominent shoe merchant of Des Moines, Iowa,had quite a seri ous time of it. He took such a se vere cold that he could hardly talk or navigate, but the prompt use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy eured him of his cold so quickly t hat • it h<*rs at the hotel who had bad colds fol lowed his example and half a dozen persons ordered it from the nearest drug store. They were profuse in their thanks to Mr. Kahler for tell ing t hem how to cure a had cold so quickly. For sale by W. B. Dupre. Four Big Succcssc ' Having tban make I claimed ft j remedies have reached a phenomenal j sale. Dr. King’s New Discovery, for j consumption, coughs and colds, each hott!■ g laranteed—KlecU’ic Bit ters. the great remedy for liver, stom ach and kidneys. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, the best in the world, and Dr. King’s New Life Pills, whi perfect pill. All these reim mn—Let there be . Ciatescal .‘-:2oro Eyes, Pdcs, ... :i:i .Scald Head, ~y druggists. i r// !IJ a fine healthy con- erditi vi Powders, ■vd digesiion, cure ion, eorrcct 1 r:./ v’orms. riving horse. 25 y druggist*. L. BAKER, cohsactor and builder. n ju.- . i. t what is claimed uler whose name I herewith will he glad to lore of them. Sold at \V. drugs! re. made the basis of our new conven tion. Let well enough alone. Kadi- i cal changes should only he made } where there are radical defects. If this operates against the head of the family securing advances, why just let it so operate. They say, “neces sity is the mother of invention.” A better way can he found out of the difficulty of providing, than losing the home. Let the homes remain. Let us feel that they are ours by in heritance or by purchase; that they are ours lo transmit to our posterity; and therefore they are ours to im prove, within and without. A ' 1 j- j i 1,000,000 People Wear [WLDouglasSlioes * - . 'KfO 7 -Hu' 1 \ \ Hi L\ V HAND SEWED PROCESS. $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 $2.50 $2.25 For Men ic" Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion oftheear- 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 the Eustachian 'Tube. When this tube gets inflamed vou in the heart of the city, is great, sim ply grand, and I feel more than re paid from this one feature alone. From St. Louis I traveled over the Iron Mountain Railroad which runs along the hank of the Missouri River some thirty miles before leaving it. From there to the Arkansas River, some 100 or 170 miles, I suppose is the roughest part of the state of Mis souri. Any way it is a lumber region ! business and has every indication of being j tougli. From the Missouri River to Little j Rock, Arkunsaw, I traveled in the j night and of course could teli nothing ; about it. From Little Rock to this i place, 105 milts, hasn’t impressed j me very favorably and from what I have seen of Arkunsaw so far I don’t think that 1 would care to make it my home. There has been no rain in the Lit- : tie Rock and Fort .Smith section for I about five weeks, and the weather is i awfully hot. My trip from Atlanta) to St. Louis 85<) miles was a delight- , ful one, hut from St. Louis to this 1 and Watches Jewelry an he seen by visiting our place of In DnPre’s Drug Store. We will he glad to have you call. All work done by a skilled workman with years of experience. GORRELL & BRO. BEST IN THE WORLD. $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.75 Tor Burs lamMls Wear XV. I.* IDmisIsih sli'>e» anil unve from 81.00 to 83.00 n pair. AH Sljlew and tVldtbM. '1 Lo fidvance in leather lias incn-.ised tl.e imce of other makes, t.nt the quality and prices of W. L. UoiikIii* remain the a a III*-. Take no substitute; tee that name ami pr.-" D stain p'd on s-de. W. I.. J Hulkin'*, I’.kociuon, Macs. Sold by WILKINS CLOir. *!> ; W ill do any class of carpen ter work promptly and at prices to suit the (.uality, and ah k (*t 1 , flooring;, on Ham . sash. doors, tit upplv of heart ^ood glcs at market iirict make out hiii- i ’ lot TIE till part h * same it. (Jive me ; Kespeet fully, I ways i 1 i tl Vlsoj pine shin- Will also building ma- who desire it lor a small per t rial. GEO. S. HACKER & SON, A PORTER’S iTISEPTlC HEALING Of -*p. Manufacturers of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Build ing Material, Sash, Weights and Cords, Clf SI. o. Purchase our make, which we guarantee to be Superior to any sold South, and thereby Save Money. WINDOW and FANCY GLASS A SPECIALTY mm V-t GALIS r-<4 -o » have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it isentiely closed place 510 miles was not so pleasant Deafness is the result, and unless j on account of the heat and dust. A. N. WOOD. BANKER, 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 by catarrh, which is nothing hut an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Wc will give One Hundred Da. 'ars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot ho cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars. free. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, O. by Druggist, 75c. The cotton crop from what I can learn is about fifty per cent, off of ordinary crop in tins section. 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