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THE WEEKLY LEDGER i GAFFNE5,8. 0., OCTOBER lO, 1808. HE WEEKLY LEDGER rUBUSHED KVKBY F1M1 AY BY The Limestone Printine s-nd Publishing Co. Incorporated. $1.00 per Year. R. O. SAMS. - - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. fin: LKDcr.u is no! ivgponsiblo f<> l/ho views of eorrespoiulents. Correspondents who do not contri- bute regular news letters must fur- dsli their name, not for publication, out for identification. Write short letters and to the point o insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. \ll correspondence should be ad- iressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. greater demand for cotton. The law ns supply and demand holds here suffered severely. Cheat at the lot box. the next step takes you PRESS OPINION. Obituaries will be published atone cent a word. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published at five cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five cents each. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 189m FREE OF CHARGE. We offer absolutely free of charge a full course in Hudson’s Business University, of Charlotte, X. C., to the man or woman, boy or girl, who will send us the largest number of paid in advance subscribers by De cember 2i>th, 1895. Thm 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 be an 5 n- 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 g<‘t 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. Tin course embraces book keeping, bank ing, penmanship, commercial law. English, civil government, business forms, spelling, correspondence, arithmetic, etc. THE CONVENTION. The Constitutional Convention has adjourned temporarily to meet again Oct. 15th. Wo are surprised and think such action unwise in view of the nearness of the approaching term of the Legislature. It would be un fortunate should the new constitu tion not be ready to be acted upon by the coming session. Presumably, the constitution makers anticipate making brief work of it on their return, but we have our doubts. It would have been a more appropriate discharge of the high functions delegated bad the conven tion shown itself disposed to lay aside private advantage to individual members at the call of public obliga tions and duties sacredly assumed. Doubtless, however, we should not expect such patriotic devotion in these degenerate times. Little has been as yet perfected, but progress has begun to take on definite shape in certain directions and we may commend these, in the main, harmonious spirit which seems to prevail to the obligation of more factional lines, with a very few note worthy exceptions. We are glad to note on apparent willingness to place the property rights of woman on a more equal ba sis, and to cut off fruitful sources of litigation in these mutt ts as the law now stands. The limitations upon contract in the case of married women have occasioned no little hardships, pecuniary loss and litiga tion in the pa-t. The present eco nomic situat on demands that mar ried women be given full powers of contraciing with reference to proper ty owned by them as men. Wo believe ul-o that right of dower in property al cm d during coverture should be abolished. It is the ge nius of our law to keep the property rights of parties to the matrimonial contiaci separate and distinct. If Comi letr autonomy in its disposal in •Howe 1 to the one party, it should abo i e allowed to the other. Tie highly evolved business exigencies of the present day demand that tin- transfer and encumbrance of proper ty be as little impeded ns may con sist with social obligations. Dower hasnlwnv-s been less a protection to the marital rights of woman, than a feady source of incurable defect in title to real estate and a hardship to Innocent and Ignorant purchasers. Wc should ho glad to see It abolished and the parties to the marital con tract placed on u more equal basis In all matters relating to their individ ual property. OUR FLEECY STAPLE. Cotton continues king. With the return of prosperity, when more spin- tiles are turning and more shuttles art lilting b*j« and forth there Is a a ! ir do *s 11 evi ry t long else, the pro th-T 8tii' from the 0 1 th < if reetitud-. duct of ll ■ 1 'inn i •id ust ry. Hu- jiin natu re i- n< »k at hot. i: W • v\ ■ • • i ' old in tbe -pring t Hilt th IV ill it -■ out an ex.MiM to do \\ ;;t ik "11 . U!l ham i was greater than ru g. For our ‘two -itkes; for the t V i*r '•'■'I ')>•* ■*; tin !:ir;t •st crop f ver sake of ourc iiiidren \ vlio will assnr- jjr * *y 11 1 ml just been harvested and edty rt ap t ht whirl w i hu ; tor tno saki ci-r I! \ (i r Vi U’ivc bind 11 "overproduction” was the cry from Texas to Virginia. Efforts were made to reduce the area planted and tiius diminish the supply and raise the price. This was in part successful, rite yield has been diminished beyond the expectation of man. The heav ens have worked to make the supply less. The result is that the price has | been raised beyond the expectation ! of all. | A good provision crop harvested. More hogs in the country than in any year within the last decade; and a cotton crop raised with less outlay of capital and labor has helped to make glad the heart of farmer and mer chant; all classes and conditions. Cotton is king, the lint is in great er demand and the oil mills are beg ging for the seed. Are we going to rush with greater zest than ever af ter a larger yield for next year? That is just what we expect. More Helds cleared, more lands washed into gul lies, more streams clogged with sand in the rush after more cotton. The lands are being cleared too rapidly now, not enough attention is given to saving the soil, to deepening the soil, and much of this is to be laid at the door of cotton culture. of the sroud name of the state; for the sake of an advancing civilization for which we, in part, are responsible let us not anchor in our constitution anything that savors of injustice. There is a better way. TRANSYLVANIA ITEMS. NO DIVORCE. "What therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder." The convention has done well in settling the marriage contract as permanently as .'nan can settle it. When entered into ; n South Carolina let it be understood that it is until loath separates. Strenuous were the efforts made to do away with this landmark of the 5 Bible, and this landmark of Christian civilization. The good sense of the convention rose superior to every ar gument to lower the standard from the high plane where God first placed it. The very fact that it resisted these attacks makes it more stable than ever before. We firmly believe that the institu tion of marriage should not he tam pered with. Relax one iota the strict requirements and we open the way for man’s devices. One after another the bars will be lowered and a deluge of iniquity will follow. Mr. Patton, of Richland, is right. His speech in the convention was a noble one. Read it all who can. Well did he represent the* vast major ity of the state who have so long zealously guarded this safe guard, this bulwark of pure homes. If South Calolina has to stand alone among the states in this regard yea even if she is alone among the nationalities of the world, it is all the more to her credit. What act in life is more solemn than that of selecting a companion for life, unless it he that of solemn izing the compact. This is holy ground, let us approach it reverent ly. God has given us the standard. If on account of the evil in our hearts we are tempted to argue it away and put it aside, wo are the worse off. Better far accept the standard and make our lives confirm to it. THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION. The committee on suffrage in the constitutional convention has made its report after so long a time, Sena tor Tillman is chairman of the com mittee. As might have been expect ed the report savors strongly of the views previously announced by the chairman. Wo cannot agree wit It the committee; we urn not in fa V() f of the report. The situation is grave we confess, hut right needs not error to prop it. Wrong never yet made right more sec urn. Jt is the blind leading the blind. We were told that we must have i constitutional convention; that the -nffrage question needed adjustment; that our civilization was in danger, and this vexed question must he set tled. Wo had a right to expect that the originator of the movement that culminated in the present convention would have something better to offer than the noted Mississippi plan; for after all the plan proposed is hut a modification of that so much talked of and so severely criticised. Our constitution should he the best possible. Nothing should ho allowed to enter into it that might bo con strued to favor frsgd- Incorporate fraud into your organic law and you are paving the way for a degenerate race. Morality will be at a discount, falsehood at a premium. Already has our slate suffered and Buster Quotes Scripture—News ot the Week in the Mountains, etc. [Correspondence of The Ledger] Cedar Mountain. X. C.. Oct. 9.— Yes, Mr. Flaw Picker, I saw how Col. Strain jumped on you but Mr. S. likes you, you say and perhaps he does; he says you are not handsome, but handsome is as handsome does. What is good looking, but looking good? Never be discouraged by the reflection your looking glass throws upon you; that mirror has no heart. Be good, be loving, be gentle, heed- fu 1 of the well being ot all around you and you will not lack kind words of admiration. Loving asso ciations will cluster about you. Quite another picture is yours on the aerena of human sympathy. There the beauty of holiness, of pu rity. of that inward grace which pass- eth show, rests over it softening and mellowing its features, just us the ealtn moonlight melts those of a rough landscape into harmonious loveliness. Perhaps Bro. S. doesn’t view you in that light but we must look at the bright side of a picture. In regard to the feet washing re ferred to in a previous letter in which we asked the views of. J. L. S. et al. and to which Bro. J. L. S. and Flaw Picker have replied. We thank them for their views upon the sub ject and especially thank Mr. Picker for referring us to the different pas sages quoted in bis last letter, and from the Bit h chapter and l it it verse of St. John we draw our decision. It reads thus: "If I, then, your Lord Master have washed your feet ye also uU'dit' wash one another’s feet,” ° ' - , Why does J. 1.. S> say for every man to do his own Senator Tillman would have been n bigg’ r man if he had not allowed himself lobe a delegate to the con vent ion.—Spartanburg Herald. While the phosphate trusts are j organizing and combining the farmers j should be scraping the top soil and litter in the woods.—Columbia Even ing News. Constitution making is no child’s play. And yet a heap of childish ness has been exhibited. Also some churlishness. Also a little h. f. and d.—Edgefield Monitor. The chief object in calling a Con stitutional Convention was to settle the suffrage question. The practical work or the Convention has been to escape a settlement.—Columbia Ev ening News. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Bakins Powdei Absolutely pure Oh, You Flatterer. The business men of Gaffney have been good friends to The Headlieht. and it goes mightly against our grain to oppose their desire for a new county. But then Gaffney is strong enough to march in the procession of progress without a court-house. She will soon be the largest manufactur ing town in the state, when tier third mammoth cotton mill iscompleted.— Piedmont Headlight. wh en wa'5hmg ( your Bro. is commanded to C>ash fur . you ? ' . Isn’t it plain when Christ say?* "one another’s feet?’’ Then again' answering Peter he says "if I wash i thee not thou hast no part with me." Perhaps we can look on the next feet washing with more titan the one pieyiously mentioned. This country is greatly stirred up over the discovery of a silver mine near by. We sent a piece of the ore to your city but failed to bear from it so now it’s too late fur our fortune that mine. There is plenty of the mineral in the vein and the people are stirred up as they were in ’48 over the gold mines of California. We are trying to get some subscri bers for The Ledger but find only four or live men in the district who takes even their county paper. How ever, wo are going to try to induce them to take The Ledger. A re publican paper would suit this sec tion better as there is only four democrats in the district. Last Friday night we had a light frost and more expected to-night, which will damage fodder and corn. Guess Bro. Hermit front Buffalo has sure enough •‘dwindled” and joined the ghosts of Africa. He jumped to the top of the ladder the first jump. Guess he’s fallen and Buster will laugh at his calamities: however he is a friend of ours tried and true. We wonder what lias become of Farmer of Pleasant Grove, S. C. Has the cold north wind landed him upon the opposite shore of Ireland leaving him scratching potatoes? We have begun school again and our scholars look somewhat cheered over our vacation, but only two more months and we will turn toward Gaffney to be again with our friends and loved ones. Wo're about over our spell of homesickness and are enjoying ourselves all O. K. up here. We went to Sabbath School lust Sab- hath and bad a very lovely time. Some of our opposite sex pray in public up here but somehow we don’t like to see the women coming to the front in a prayer meeting and taking the seat as moderator. With best wishes to all. Buster. It begins to look like the new in strument might smell pretty strong after dispensary or at least there is it strong disposition to "Constitute” the bamom out of this state.—Pros perity Reporter. The principal thingneede<l to make Democratic success next year a cer tainty is party harmony. With har mony the party can win; without harmony it cannot possibly win.— Anderson Intelligencer. If. as the Pops declared last year. "Old Grover Cleveland” was the cause of cotton selling at 5cents, how grateful they ought to he to * Old Grover” for making the price 9 cents this year.—Rutherfordton Democrat. Salt properly mixed with the scrap ings of the wooded lands will make a better and more lasting feeder for the soil than most of the imyiufactured manures sold. Beware of trusts and combines.—Columbia Evening News. We hope the convention will make a provision for the taxation of all mortgages on real estate which are a source of revenue to their owners whether Held by individuals, corpora tions or foreign syndicates.—Easley Messenger. Ben Tillman says that be dosen’t trust bis own legislature. This is the just punishment of bis own legisla ture for trusting him. It is not often that men bow down and worship those who despise them undisguis- edly.—Columbia State. About all the convention had done up to Saturday last was to change the time of meeting of the I.egisbi- i\sire from November to January. The negI*o is still on pleading terms.— SpartamjSWi Advance, organ of the colored peopled Spartanburg county. Mr. James CreeHNau is sending to bis paper, the New YoT*.k'Uorld, some Applicable to Ledger Readers. The editor of the Montezuma, Ga., Record delivers this warning to bis subscribers: "if you have frequent 1 spells, accompanied by chills, bun- i ions, cramps, cbiblains epilepsy or jaundice, it is a sign you are not well 1 and liable to die at any minute. Pay i your subscription a year in advance i and make yourself solid for a good i obituary notice.”—Ex. There is no medicine so often ! needed in every home and so admira* i bly adapted to the purpose for which it is intended, as Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. Hardly a week passes hut some member of the family needs it. A toothache or headache may he I cured by it. A touch of rheumatism I or neuralgia quieted. The severe j pain of a burn or scald promptly re- | lieved and the sore healed in much I less time than when medicine has to | he sent for. A sprain- may be {promptly treated before inflamma tion sets in. which insures a cure m ; about one-third of the time otherwise ' S required. 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A certain sec tion of country might contain a large property valuation and population and yet t be number of square mile;} might be only lii'ty. In that case the people should have a new county if they so desired.—Cheraw Reporter. C’iia Ciutsiemt Chronic Sore Lyee, Ig r, ccrtam cui j Granulated Eye LA;., Beta Nipples. Piles, Eczema, Tetter, Salt liiieum uud Scald Head, 25 cent r per box. I or fcaie by druggists. TO HG&SEOWNERS. For putting a horse in a fine healthy coa- Dr. Cady*.; Condition Powders, an the f.y.-iem, aid digestion, cure tite, relieve constipation, correct ./dc'i. ar.d dost my v/orms. giving an older over worked horse. 25 t':!'"!'' 1 T ■ - ' ul; by druggists. eition t.-j They tone •03S of kidney di cow litb P rent o per GEO. S. HACKER & SON, S3 Manufacturers of Doors, Sasii, Blinds, Moulding and Build' ing Material, Basil, Weights and Cords, On w. o. Purchase our make, which we guarantee to bo Superior to any sold South, and thereby Save Money. 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J, CHENEY Sc CO.. Tok do, 0. £4F”Sold hy Druggist, 75c. he Consti- Jumbui. They make lively reading alb are not invariably accurate in statements. It is reaily surprisiN. however, how quickly trained new pa per correspondents i he salient feat tires of News and Courier. The constitutional South Carolina is considerin advisability of incorporating in its new const it wl ion the following pro vision : "The marriage of a white ' person with a negro or mulatto, or person who shall have any negro blood shall be unlawful and void.” In the | interest of decency this section ought ; to be incorporated, and it no doubt i will, but would its pas-ago not be a ! reflection on that brunch of the North Carolina legislature that adjourned in i honor of a negro who violated this ! very law?—Charlotte News. If the present price of cotton holds j up. and the crop is only 7.0O0,0U0 | bales, as most of the more experien- j ced statisticians predict, the South! will receive this year over-f50,000.OGO more than whs received for the tre-J mendous crop of last year. This crop ; was raised cheaper than any other in | the history of the country, and there never was u time when the men who raised it also came nearer raising everything they needed in the way ot provisions. Verily, we believe i he South is in a better eomlition today than at. ary time since the war.— Yorkville Enquirer. The higher price of cotton mn.' not continue; it may go down; per haps will, nobody knows. But v< feel sorry for our free silver fricinU while it lasts. It has already knocked tin* spots out of their argument amt they must be very miserable. The.v would brighten up smartly if a dt- eline should set in and be at their wits’endii if jhe advance should b * maintained. 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