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THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFKEY, 9. C., OCTOBER 3, 181>5 THE WEEKLY LEDGER IM’IUISIIKD EVKUY I'KII AY EY fhr I,ini'■store Printinc anrt Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS, - - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. i’mk Ledgkk is not responsible fo the 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 Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur- tish their name, not for publication^ but for identification.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 to get them to the ofiicc b.v I uesday. \I1 correspondence should hr* an- iressed to Ed. H. DeCamp. Manager. Obituaries will he published atone cent a word. Cards of thanks will he published at one cent a word. Reading notices will he published at five cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each. FRIOAY. OCTOBER 3 1S95. FREE OF CHARGE. WeolTer absolutely free of charge a full course tn Hudson’s Business University, of Charlotte, N. C., to the man or woman, boy or girl, who will eend tts largest number of paid in advance subscribers by De cember 2r»tb, IS*.).). This, is no catch penny device, but an absolute bona- fide fifTcr. If receive but one sub scriber between now and that tune we will give the tuition to the person Bending It. Tn order that there may be an in centive for you to work for us we will offer a commission of 10 percent, on nil subscriptions sent in so that even If you do not get the business course you will be paid for your work, hut the person who receives the business course will get-no commission. No\ is the time to get to work. 1 he Course embraces hook keeping, bank ing, penmanship, commercial law. English, civil government, business- forms, spelling, correspondence, arithmetic, etc. The deadlock. The committee on county and county government could not agree. They stood six to six. Instead of bringing in a majority and minority report, which of course could not be done, each side was permitted to make a separate report. These ic ports have been made, and after reading them we cannot see why there could not have been an agree ment. Perhaps Mis well Mis so. The question comes hack to the convention, and the convention will be prepared to discuss it in all iis bearings. And perhaps the discussion will be the freer on account of the lack of agreement on the part of the committee. The greatest opposition to the establishment of new counties comes generally from the county seats and a small territory contiguous. Nat ural it is for them to wish to keep in tact what has so long been their own territory, and in the material prog ress of which they have looked with so much pride. Perhaps this is so with Spartanburg. This is a large county. Next to Charleston it is the wealthiest In the state, and next to Charleston she has more representa tives in the legislature. Of course she does not wish to lose the pres tige that th' se give her. But that is only a sem nent, nothing more. When the interest, comfort and Convenience” of a large part of her population require a change, it is time for sentiment to give way; for reason and equity to ho the arbiters. We hope that the convention will be liberal in its powers to tbo legis lature, and .frame the constitution |n this partio tlar l..at sections de siring to be cut < v from one or more Counties, for the purpose of organi sing a new co juty will not be hin dered In their efforts. W.r mt doubt, there Is a wide spread desire throughout the state for smaller counties, and this desire Is not apt to abate. If any section desires to be cut off, and can show that it Is able to carry on the county government alone; that its interests Will be advanced, why should the lack of a few square miles of territory be a bar to the granting of the ap plication 7 Charleston county would be as strong without us with the nar row strip along the sea coast given to bring her area up to the required limit. Let i here he some latitude fltati to the leglsiat lire. am. -j. jg LAND SALE. "Wonderful bargains at nominal prices." So reads an advert isment signed by Fames 0. Gibbs, state land agent. These lands are described as valu able and will be sold In Charleston October 22-2J. if tbs atais owns valuable lands why are they forced on the market, mi! her citizens and the mit-ide 'VoHd told that th**y will bo s<*ld ut i •miimi! price-? Is the state not ; lv to keep thesi lands and use them for her own profit rather than -aerifiee t hem at forced sale? Land is becoming more and more valuable in South Carolina. Her waste places are getting filled np, and made to yield her increase yet more and more. If any of these lands are in Spartan burg county we would like to know where they are located. How is it that the state owns these lands? Have they been for feited for non-payment of taxes? WHAT Wt NEED. What we need is not always what we want. Wo often want what we do not need; which if we had would run counter to our best interests. This is a general truth, which is veri fied every day we live. Certain pa pers teem with accounts of murder, rape and arson, because, they say, these are itetns of news und their subscribers want them. If they do they do not need them. They would be far better oil without them. Evil propogates itself. Many a youth lias been led on and on to his ruin by reading accounts that blacken the printed page and are intended to de bauch the mind and ruin the soul. The community wlfich has been stir red to its depth by an atrocious mur der is more apt to lament a second tragedy than that community which has kept its thoughts pure. We need a pure literature however much the^e may be a craving after the impure. * "Overcome evil with mod.” PRESS OPINION. OBITUARY. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report SEVERE BUT RIGHT. Admiral Kirkland, in his official capacity, congratulated Monsieur Fuure, his personal friend, on his election to the presidency of the French republic. Secretary Herbert reprimanded the admiral, who was at (hat time in command of the Euro pean squadron. The admiral appealed to the President only to be more se verely rebuked by our chief-execu tive. It is time for officials to learn that they must divorce official position from their private affairs. What they do officially carries with it the sanction and approval of the govern ment they represent. Thus, if the United States government had not set her seal of disapproval on this friendly act of her official, she might have been accused of taking sides with a faction in a government to which she was friendly. Severe but right, admiral Kirkland. THE CONVENTION. This weighty body is moving slowly. Like most bodies of great avoirdupois motion at first is difficult hut soon its momentum is great and irresistable. The powers of the chief executive have been defined, but not much else has reached its final stage of development. A member from Barnwell thought the coast was clear for white supremacy by the single declaration of that august body that no colored person was eligible to office. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendment, said he, were not in the way. The convention thought differently Hiimmuriully dismissed the scheme as visionary and proceeded to something tangible. Where so many aspire to be leaders, lines are not as sharply drawn as might have been expected. We believe the good sense of the con vention is to be relied on. Make haste slowly. THE LIQUOR QUESTION. No determined effort has yet boon made to fasten the features of the dispensary in the constitution, The child of two years is not yet able to stand alone. We cannot judge its u ture by its past. It is too soon to say, ' this Is the solution of the liquor question.’’ Perhaps she time never will come when spiritous liquors will not be sold as a beverage. Nevertheless; the sentiment Is growing in that direc tion and supporters of It are found In every rank und condition of life. Let not the state Incorisjrate in its organic law that Intoxicating liquors must be sold hy the state. Who knows how long It will be before nub ile sentiment will be directly ugah.st the manufacture and sale of all in toxicating drinks. The end is not yet. Every mother should know that croup can he prevented. The first symptom of true croup is hoarse* ne-*s. This is followed hy a peculiar rough cough. If Oliumberlain’s Hough Remedy Is given freely as soon as she child becomes hosrse or even after the cough has developed It will prevent the attack. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by W, B. DuPrs. The* oti ven! i< )ti lui > i|. | ^ : m <t tile four year tor S •*i<* oMi c — vr.d \ie bed, ve wisely—Ncv.di. : r\ Hcfui i and Xi-ws. Acs. it is really Bcujimine Ryu' lillmau who is aecu-ing members O' the eon vent ion of being "hia-ed by partisan rancor.”—Columbia State. Senator Irby and Senator Tillman may hate each other, but when the necessity arises they will pull to gether in State politics.—Sumter Watchman and Southron. So long r a people is hampered with politic;,! issues there is no ade quate indostrial progress. South Carolina h s always had too much politics.—Columbia Evening News. Senator Tillman seems to he the recognized leader in the Constiutional Convention. When he favors the adoption of any ordinance that is put before the Convention it usually goes through.—Honca Path Chronicle. We hope the election of the Rev. Dr. Talmage as assistant pastorof Dr. Sunderland’s church, in Washington, will not he regarded hy President Cleveland as an excuse for staying away from church.—Charleston News and Courier. There is too much carrying of fire arms. A man with a pistol in his pocket is much more liable to com mit a broach of pence than one who is unarmed. The courts should lie un failing and severe in punishing men who carry concealed weapons.—An derson Intelligence. It does not appear that the action of the convention in censuring the editor of The State nmounted to any thing except a splendid advertisment for the paper. Great is South Caro lina, that she spends a thousand or more dollars to rebuke an editor of a paper!—Butesburg This Way. There is much talk just at present about a third term for Mr. Cleveland. Wo presume this is disturbing other people more than it is President Cleve land. Nobody lias ever called him a fool, whatever else they may have said and we don’t believe that he will ever give them any evidence that he is one.—Greenville, N. 0., Reflector. If anyhodv ever had the hope that politics would not he injected into the convention, lie certainly has had his mind disabused of this one fact ere this time Senator Tillman cannot live in a peaceful atmosphere and when be can find no Conservative to attack be will attack bis brother Re formers.—Prosperity Press and Re porter. We must congrntultae the New York Republican papers again on the appropriateness of their sketches of the "American eagle” as n device to distinguish the Republican ticket in that state. The Press lias a picture of a sick and worn out buzzard in a dynamite explosion, which it offers as‘ the party emblem.” It should be adopted by all means—Charleston News and Courier. In Deleware the whipping post is still a popular and legal punishment for offences. Last Saturday twelve men—eight whites and four colored— felt the lash on their bare hacks at Newcastle. Delaware. ?arh received from ten to twenty lashes. Two men, William Patton and James Fleming stood in the pillory one hour each. If the South were now to inflict sim ilar punishment, the Northern Re publican press would howl over Southern barbarity.—Shelby Aurora. -— ■ The County Paper. The country paper bears a relation to the people and the interests of its neighborhood that no outside paper can supply. If a local newspaper is not what it ought to be, the chances are that the fault is not with the editor or pro prietor. but with the people of the locality, who have it in their power to make it what it ought to be, hy according it proper and generous support. The ambition to get out a good, live paper is as strong in the country newspaper man as it is in the city newspaperman, and that ambition will, in the majority of cases, compel him to furnish the very best paper the business will justify. Another important point people should consider in connection with the duty of sustaining their local newspapers is that strangers judge largely of the thrift, prosperity, in telligence, and cultivation of a com munity by the appearance its paper presents. Many a home seeker lias in great measure been influenced to settle In a certain neighborhood be cause the local paper reflected in its prosperity a prosperous und cultiva ted community.—Richmond Dis patch. • -*•*■ • fioo Rewarddfioo. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at last one dreaded disease that science, has boon able to cure in all Its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hal I s Catarrh Cure Is the only positive euro known to the medical fraternity. Cuturrh being n constitutional disease, requires u con stitutional treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken Internailv, acting di rectly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by build ing up the consitltution und assisting nature In doing its work. The pro- prietofta^'ive so much faith in Its euratlveyowors, that they offer One Hundred .Jollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of teett* (aonlabk 14dre**» was born n' ■ i- fa- y, S. (’ . f i \ ph id ft*v r iic ■>, ai b.ip! iz ■'I in 18'0. At the Wyatt M. Li sou l) A,i.'i 1 7‘ n, 1S71. and die I ku’ u r-' -'n :■•nec. (! a tTi 'V, j;l , J (,l '), i us t).ij>i iz I in time of Jji- di aih In* was a member of the JLptirt church ut Pncolet Mills, where he \mis engaged us as sistant bookkeeper for the Pacolct Mfg. Co. He was a young man of rare purity of character, so much so as to be admired even by those who could not enter fully into asso ciation with him. His intimacy with his pastor was exceptional, par ticularly so for a young man. His pastor’s last conversation with him (before he was taken sick) was about a mutter of Conduct, in which he manifested a sympathetic interest. As a business man he was in high es teem. The head book keeper said of him several months ago, that lie was accurate, rapid and neat. In his faith he was u Chirstian ; in t)is conduct he was a gentleman. His friendship was delightful; his memory is sweet. How deep is the grief for such a son, such a brother, such a friend. But such a savor as he ha - left under God. will sweeten the gnwf to its deepest depth. Such memories arc "Sweet fter showers, ambrosial air. Thai rollest from the I Powder Absolutely pube doom of evening,’ gorgeous J. D. Huggins. Thompson Ticklets. [Correspondence of Thk Lkdgkk. j Thompson* Mill, Oct., 1.—Mr. Jim Hill of your section has been spending u few days with his brother Giles. He returned lust Friday. Mr. S. W. Foster, who has been off selling the native herbs, returned Thursday, lie says he made a suc cess of it. Mrs. W. C. Kirby and your cor respondent have been on the puny list. But both are better. Dick Hugh, of Gowdeysvillo, was in our town a few days ag >. Mr. R. J. Kirby has been making some fine sorghum for Mr. Giles Hill. He bus began making for Pierce Pool. We do not hear much talk of the proposed new county in this sect on Most of thi* [)0 quo ar.* as e isy as an old shoe about it. But there is a a few that we know would like to have a new county and Gaff ney to he the county seat, because they expect to make it their future home. Hurrah for Uncle Jacob! We know what s the matter with him; he is an old bachelor and wants some one to be Mrs. Jacob, and because he. cannot get one to be that way In is puffing and blowing about it. And if every body knew him as well us I do there would never would he a Mrs. Jacob. We cannot see why every person don’t take Thk Lkdgkk. Flaw Pick er’s pieces arc worth one dollar a year b sales the other good reading. Mr. Eivan Parks, of Mt. Tabor, spent a few days in our town hist week. He returned home .•‘iiuday. We arc having a very prosperous Sunday School at Mesopotamia now. Mr. F. A. Goforth is our superinten dent. The young p< ople of this commu nity met at Mr. Buice’s house last Saturday night and enjoyed them selves by siiu-iiig. Mr. Sam Foster was the leader. FUNNY FRANK. Dots From Howells Ferry. [Correspondence of Thk Lkdgek.] Howkll’s Fkrry, S. 0., Oct. 1. Mr. Ed Byers of Spartanburg, is in these parts. Mr. Flaw Picker come down and bring your banjo and we will give you a cotton picking. Our model farmer, Mr. John Estes, made some fine molasses last week. He made fifty-three gallons in one day, Who can beat that? .Sir, W. T. O-ment made a lot of i boards for J. L. Strain last week. State Constable white was in these : parts last week. Mr. White wishes 1 to see t he dispensary law enforced. Constable Hughes was rousted at i 8 o’clock this morning and struck out on some official business. I fell you it went hard with him to leave before breakfast. Mr. W. M. Fowler was at Union Sat urday. SAM no. tT: *— Qhitr:ctt*u I i *• in euro f jr Chronic Gore Eyes, GriViiiL-. ■ ■ Lab, Ixve Nipples, PjIoj, f >• . i'. i ; , f; ,',£ lilvauiu and Scald Head, .• ' r. i lac. .; or ado by druggists. VO i be iiattuo; a i. usc in e fine healthy con ation try i< Cociyb Condition Fovdera, 4'iiey tovio r.:> .;..i aid digestion, cure ; of relievo constipation, correct Go Way, You Saucy Devil. Gaffney is one of the livest and cleverest young cities in our state, and if a new county is created, and North Carolina will consent to give up some of her territory, why there would not he a better locution fora j court-house. But you can’t keep Gaffney down, court-house or no court-house.—Piedmont Headlight. They All Praise It. Rev. C. S. Owens, pastor E. E. i Church, Greenville, Gn., says: "I take very good pleasure in recom mending to the public King’s Royal , Germetuer. I have been using it at : times for three years for Dyspepsia and Neavousness with the most giat- i ilying results. I think it is due this wonderful medicine to say that I have known a number of ministers and others who have taken it, and so , far as I now remember they all speak of its curative and strengthening j effects wi:h unstinttd praise*. No ! one who buys it and uses os dirccte4 f>>r the troubles for which it is ree- ommended will exchange for any other medicine.” New package .large j bottle, 108 doses, $1. For sale bv \V. B. DuPre. Lidrn v disGiC.'i-i and destroy worms, giving low Hfo to r.n old or over worked horse. 23 Ooafci per p;.eL; ye. For ode by druggists. GEO. S, HACKER & SON, I! Cotton States and International Exposi tion. OA... • VIA THK SEABOARD AIR LINE VESTIBULE!) LIMITED TRAilS P9 UPON WHICH NO EXTRA CHARGED. FA UK IS -O- I <3-1 I -OO S3 * -a Manufacturers of Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and Build ing Material, Sash, Weights and Cords, On A reuiCtrSTOfV. CL i Purchase our make, which we guarantee to b# Superior to any sold South, and thereby Save Money. WINDOW and FANCY GLASS A SPECIALTY A Sparkling Display ,y / Ml !e. si Wild FAT ’•esH Watches and Jewelry zan be seen hy visiting our place of business Id DoPre’s Drug Store. We will be glad to have you call. All work done by a skilled workman With years of experience. CORRELL & BRO. TASTELESS CHILL TONIC 13 JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICiSCOctc. C AI.ATIA, Ii L8., Not. 10,1C93. Paris Medicine To., Gt. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen:—Wo vild last year, 000 bottles of GROVE'S TASTBLEr* CHILL. TONIC and bnvo boukUt three (truss already this year. In oil our t r- penenee of 14 yenn. In tbe drug bnslnexr,, tmvo never scld on article that bato seen unlvcnul baits* I cure truly. teeUea ae year rente. Abkst.Cark ft Co For .-nl** nv W. B. DuPre. A. N. WOOD. BANKER, does a general Banking ami Exchange bunlncflfl. Well scptircd with Hnrglnr* Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock. Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and hcIIh Stocks mid Bonds. Buys County ami School Claims. Your buniuusa ■olicited. Bankers And Merchants Will tull you tlmt our job print ing is n credit to the town, rank ing with the bent letter press J printing in fho land. Our man- nfactunrs will join them and bear us out in the statement that we meet tbe prices of eom* peditor*. Write fur samples and prices. f. #. Bm lye. VtALKKjeMYt sr *r» Leave Washington, D. C., daily, at 3:4U p. m., upon arrival of the "Con gressional Limited” from New York, and reach Atlanta at 4 :UU p. in. the next day. A se;ond tram, with through sleep ing c trs from X.ov York, leaves Wash ington ut 4 dO a. in., arriving ut At lanta o:2U a. m, the next day. Both trains leave from the Pennsyl vania railroad station and land pas sengers in the Union Depot at At lanta—as near the Exposition grounds us through passengers via any line are landed. At Portsmouth and Norfolk, Ya . the Seaboard Air Line lias olh r con nections equally as important as those at Washington, namely: From New York und Philadelphia, the Capo Charles Route; from Baltimore, the Bay Line steamers; from W ashington the Norfolk and Washington steam ers; from New York, the Old Domin ion steamships and from Bo.- ton an] Providence, the Merchant.-' and Mf ners !*teumsiiii s. (.’lose e nnection is made at the steamer sides with through !:aii.s und Pullman Drawing Room, Buffet He. pi. g t ars operated through from Ports, no to Atlanta without change. Lai d < f these routes lakes the passenger vm Old Point Comfort und through Hampton Roads. Elp'I I’M KNT. These trains are composed of ihc handsomest Pullman Drawi' g-lloonj Buffet Sleeping <'arshiml Day Coaches. The 8:40 p. tn. train (" i lu; Atlanta Special”) is vestibuled from end to end and is operated solid from Wash ington to Atlanta without change. POINTS OF INTLKEST ALONG Till; LINK. The route from W ashington is through Fredericksburg. Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, Weldon, Raleigh and Sait hern Pines. North Carolina, Chester. Clinton and Abbe ville, South Carolina, and Llberton and Athens to Atlanta Georgia. KATES. Excursion tickets will be sold to Atlanta and return, via ti e Seaboard Air Line, as follows: On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sep tember 17th to December 24th, inclu sive, at $14.00 from W ashington and $12.00 from Portsmouth and Norfolk, limited to ten days from date of sale. Daily, September 1 tit b to December 15th, inclusive, at $10.2.') srom Wash ington and $17.U5 from Portsmouth and Norfolk, limited to twenty days from date of sale; and at $20.25 from Washington and $23.05 from Porta- mouth and Norfolk, good until Janu ary 7, lbl*0. THE EXPOSITION surpasses, in some respects, any Ex position yet hehl in America. Here you find, side hy side, exhibits from Florida and Alaska, California and Maine, the United Slates of America and tiie United States of Brazil, Mex ico and Canada, and so on until nearly every civilized nation on the globe is represented. On the terra ces are found, among many other at- tnieilons. Arab. Chinese and Mexican villages, showing just how those peo ple have their "dully walk and con- versation.” A-k f"r tickets via "The Hcabord Air Line.” Pullman Sleeping Car resrvutlonl will I)'* made and further information furnished upon application to any Agent of (lie Seabord Air Line, or fco (he undersigned. H. W B (iLOVER, r. J, AgDKaMOX, Traffic Manager, General Pass. Agt. E. St. John, Ykc-Prcsideul.