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THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFKEY, S. C„ OCTOBER 24, 1895.
SQUIRE RUFUS SANDERS.
A Stirrinqf Document From tho
Satro of Koclfy Crock.
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The weaUi< r bit. w »s ‘‘j -st dimply
ampbibiotts,” as Handy Stribblin vvt ro
wont t(» say—p'M»pl» that u r< *t up S"on
enou?b that, tnornin <(>uid si j o a Hj^bt
sprinkle of fp'st on tbe fod l<*r stack—
/?> you inou^bt tro
*- down in the
“"''Sy woods and look
. < around and suo
^ ■ i ti.o hand paint-
in of the 1 ndtan
summer among
tho trees, with
all the colors
you ever read of
or heard tell
a' oni from p dto
te rry red to yal*
ler buff—the wind was com in out. of tho
north, cool and still' enuujrii to b • pleas
ant—.and the s; a km sun had painted a
royal bobtail flush on tho western sky—
when i)iek Rose db d.
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•*ltul Dick li<? via*? a I-'ool.**
Everybody in the whole entire settlo-
ment—and everything so far ns I know,
even to the little niggers and the dogs—
loved Dick Hose. Hut 1) ck he was a
fool. When the sad and solemcuoly
news leaked out th it the Iasi r mainin
member of the old Itoso family had let
loose tho vain and fl -oiin things of this
world and stumbled over the last final
ditch there was weepin on the hilltops
and wailin in th<> low grounds. Hut yet
still at the same time Du k ho was a
fool. He didn't mean no particlar harm
by that, and he couldn’t he p it. Ho
was j. st naturally born without any
brains to up ak of, but you raley
couldn't bl .me him for that. The good
Lord made I) ck Hose the same as me
and you, and if lie give us a small
smatterin of hrams and left Ihok out of
the game at that pint, there ain't no
body to blame. It n ver was give unto
one man like Dick to whirl in and
change the general pi ms of creation,
and the good Lord don’t make no m s-
takes. So then, Dick Hose was a good
man—as good and as white and bravo
md true as me and you.
Hut D ck ho was the gonehyest fool
in the settlement. He was built on a
narrow foundation and scandlous short
pegs. You could look a ! the man and
tell that he never had eat n >‘soup with
Solomon, as it were. If tho good Lord,
in His houndb ss grace and mercy, had
give Dick Hose a hamper basket full of
brains the poor man wouldn’t of had no
place to tote ’em. His head was but
■scarcely bigger than my list. You have
took notice by now I r* ckon that a man
most in generally always must tote his
brains in his hat, and if his hat is too
little bless giacious ho can't tote ’em in
his pocket.
And consequentially, Diek Hose he
was a fool. Everybody lov d him in
spite of that, whereas some p oplo
would laugh and poke fun at 1 i n bo-
cause he didn’t have as many brains .s
the law allows. Naturally of course
when they wanted to smite him under
tho fifth rib, so to say, they smoto
when he want lookm. For why?
Well, whilst Dick Roso was atremen-
dius big fool he never was a coward. He
would light the devil in the big road
with an army of banners, you under
stand. Hu didn't have a lick of sense
in a case like that. And as for me,
when I have got anything to say in re
gards to one of my friends and fellow-
citizens 1 will say it to his face, or for
ever benceforwaids wear a padlock on
my lips. I wouldn’t say a word about
Dick Hoso since he is do id an 1 gone
that I haven’t said to his face whilst ho
was still pi rusm around in the land of
the livin. He was a good man, a bravo
man and a white m m through and
through, but he was dead sot in Ins
ways and the blamdest fool—and more
different sorts of a fool—that ever lived
his day out anywheres in forty miles of
Rocky Creek.
••DiBVrent Soi ls of a Fool."
In politics and religion, in love and
courtin—and in all the relationim-nts of
life—Dick Hose he was a fool. He was
a Baptist, “tooth and toe nail,” as Aunt
Nancy Newton would put it in her
flint-and-sleel wiy, and he haled tin*
very ground that a Methodist walked
on. He didn’t blow in no precious time
nor waste any love to speak of on any
thing hut a Hiptist. To hear him tell
It everything else was vanity and \ \u
tion. But h« j si naturally lou.dn’t,
stand the name of a Meiliodis:. He
never was known to darken the door of
a Methodist church, and if his on n peo
ple got the Metln d st circuit rider to
come by and give tiicm a sermont on an
off Sunday, D.ck he remained at houj"
or stayed away.
No doubts the nastiest and most
bloodiest fight that ever come to pasi*
in all these regions was helwe< n D os
Rose and a red-head‘d Methodist
preacher by the naineof Fur son iVpper-
mont. They met up together one
mornin over in ihe Siribhl n lane, and
after argiD in con^idoi ablo tone.lilt the
great question of religion they de
mounted and i/ot down and went at it.
So there they fi and louglit, and fought
sod fit till tticre was blood and huir
and the ground tore up as from a b ar
Pght. D ck he never would giv.* out
the facts as to who lining on the fight,
or who got the worst of it. ini neither
would the preacher. But it stood to
reftson with everybody that they had
went through a red i ot, rough and tum
ble religious dlsci*ssion r.ghi therein
the big road. And from meir g nei*l
appennm nts for ihiee week- ft'*r that
I r ckon on< must < t got t red and quit
•Ml tfce etMSff *»• mvus.i was ^«m«1 Hi Al»
I'-siho:) i’ pperment was a Mchodi^t
pn*a her with a red bed and a freckly
lac •. To .e c rtainly he wo Id fight.
And us 1 said before, Dick Hose ho
wa- to.<j. !’• missed tho liest and
n> out the onlyist chance he ever had
of m . ' vi . 1.imself off to a good woman
bee,i’ ,i te was a fool. In his young
days Di k fell heels ov r app -tite in
love witu \1 'ss Cal lie Gr •on, wh.ch she
was r go. u. -in u t, stirrin woman. But
slie had been horned and lining up in
the Metuodist Church and she w >s a
Methodist all the way. She would go
to a!! th" big M tliodist meetins. Some-
timi s she got happy and sometim* s she
shout' d. She thong it a power of Dick,
and she was plum will n to mix clothes
with him, you understand, and chango
her name to Rise. But she wouldn’t
quit tie* Methodist Church and call her
self a Biptist. So finally at last when
the time come, and the weddin supper
was on tite table, and the preacher was
there, the bridegroom which they
looked for n v r came. D k bad took
out at the cb ventb hour a t l quit. And
that's w hat makes m • say Di k Hue bo
was a tool.
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Now in terards to the gr *at g'imo of
Atm-rican politics, me and lick Hose w»
never could work an l puli together in
double harness. II" w.-ntoiie way and
me tlm ottior. And conseqiientially it
would come to pass right fr-qitent—
particlar along in election times—mat
he would fly up and get fouinin mad
with me. 1 always maintained that i
was on the rignt side, yot at tne same
time I could see how the other fellow
(nought m iybe come around right o icst
in a whiie. But D ck ho always stuck
to it that he was dead rignt, and the
ot:n r fellow was hound t > he d ad
wrong. Aucordin to my doxology there
is somethin had the matter with a man
when religion will make him cry and
politics makes him mad.
.So there you are. Dick Rose ho w r as
a fool. I recollect the same as if it was
ye,st rduy, the last time me ami Di k
got mixed up together iu a |»litical
Ci'iif 'b ilation. He got furious mad and
want d to fight, hut I held him oil and
talkid to him—talked to him like ho
was folks.
“It would he a whole lot better, D'ck
• —b tier for me and you, better for tho
setlieim nt and better for th * country —
if wo could alwavs tmll together in pol
itics,” >a.ys I. ‘Honest to God. 1 wish
it was so wo could. ! ' u w i'.iin to split
the d fferenco witli you and meet you
half wa>, if you will only hut say tho
word. But if you arc so J -ad sot in
your way lill you can't turn to the right
hand nor to the left, we have now come
up to th'* forks of the road touchtn the
question of politics. You must go your
way whilst I go mine, for thus it was
written down. But we must try and
remember, Dick, that we are b »t!i grown
and free and white. By-md-by I hope ;
and trust that we will come togeth r :
oncst moro at tho Cross Hoads. In tho '
maim.me, Di' It, if you need a neighbor j
and a friend don’t forget the road that
loads to my house. And in ease of a ,
pinch I would ruliier c ill on you than j
any man in the settlement ext*' ptm i
Blev Scroggins and Andy Lucas. For 1 j
know good and w 11, Dick, that if tho i
time ever comes when men should hold |
the good name and honor an 1 glory of ;
their country and their people high'r j
than anybody's politics, we will strike !
bands and touch elbows and both be in
the light.’’
I didn’t give that little song and
dance to Dick in o d rment to rub the |
hair down smooth the right way. I
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didn't have to do that. But evn if D ele I
Hose was a fool, I brought him to his ;
senses that day. There was a whole .
tremendius higlotof good in that man,
but It seems to me as if he was cut and
made for one particlar place. He was
the best and most handyest man 1 ever
saw m a bad case of sickness. If I w s ,
flat of my back today, with a long and |
terrible spell of sickness ahead, and
Dick R 8 • could come forth oncst moro i
in tho th sh, I would ruthcr have him
with mo than any man in th" world. ;
Yes, by grac ous, I would ruther have I
him than anybody in the worldexceptin
Mother :.ul Aunt Nancy Newton.
1 remember oncst upon a time when
old man Bunk Weatherford took down
s ck abed with the slow fever andevery-
body thought it was th" lust rattle out
of tho box for him. Now old man Bunk
was a shoutin Methodist and a suortin
Democrat, whereas Dick Hose thought
he was the meanest man in the whole
discovered world. But when tho news
went out that the old man was sick
abed, and may ho sick unto death, it
want more than two hours before Dick
rid up and turned his mule in the lot.
Tnen ho took his place by old man
Biiiii.'m bed, and there he stuck and
stayed, by day and by night, for three
weeks. H** could tell better than half
of the duel' r< whallodo, uudhoknowed
better than anybody else how to do it.
Soon as ever* 11 man Bunk passed over
tho danger 1 ne Dick got on his mule and
went back borne. Mind vou, now, he
hadn't spoke to old man B ink before in
two years, and I don't know for certain
that he "V'T -poke to him after that.
But ut any rates, in his place, and in
bis own ‘d ime fool way, Di> k Rose was
a good and us> ful man,
*'• i..iiMv, Mint lire.■ lint! Friends."
Dick Rose h dead and gone now, and
I r ckon no is happy, if in ease he d dn't
tnei i up with no siodn Meihodruts
over there on th • oliie r si 1<*.
But whilst Di<-k *a« a fool ho want
th> oiiiyeat fool m thin wide and wicked
worm God Annigmy made him, as wo
found him. And if th good Lord give
me and y ii a llttlo hit more brains than
1I< g I > It Hose and some other p o-
pie a < u, lit lo give thanks and blamo
nohm'> If we have got Hi*- foundation
to si. nd di and tin* maii'riuls to work
wiii hit rainy seems <o me lik« wo
i,ugh to i'liihi up hi MT nd broader
and i 'f r and '.eiter ev-rv day and
i i.- h a;' a * w ' go on down into tha
T ^ rWAS A WISE MAN WE ALL KNOW, ANDJF
V-T^^V ^ ^ he was living to-day he would certainly showhis
. wisdom by buying his Groceries from me. If you
haven t been in to see me you should call in and get the lowest prices to be had in
the town. Extra inducements this week. Come right along, I have anything in the
way of meats, from a half-grown “possum” up to a side of meat.
Yours for business,
I ’Tin!
Ga fliaev.
NATEE’S WEALTH.
UntoldTro icur :3Aro Hidden * way
to Bn UnlOj^jJ. by D-^ro^d.
Hill Arp i it'-H soui" i —11^ I to
\Voiid'*r Wli.tt th- t l t I «*l» 'i**!* »*rro
Oo^d i or — Now is tiads
of iilU.il.
>•. iVj ui di'i h jiiui
Hti u*
Tho c’dor I grow the more I a in con
vinced ihit » v rythmg in th>s world
was created for some Wise and b ni 11-
c nt purpose and all for l. o < o i of
God’b creatures. Th' re is no w.is e, no
surplus, no meaningless things. Na
ture’s storehouse is unlocked by de
grees. The dwors have comb nation
locks and here and there all a o ig the
years a man is found who is smart
enough to study out ti o w uds and
make a key that will opou the door. I
remember walking over tho hills of
Tallapoosa—th lulls that were covered
with thousands of xhapelcss pebbles of
glittering quartz They were a s gn of
poor land and I wondered what they
were made for. In a few years after
there was a glass faciory built there,
and all th' se p b des wer-* gathered up
and made into French pi itu. Shortly
after the w ir old Fain r Noule, the
iron pa rlarch of Rome, asked me to
take a ride with him to Kingston lo
look at sum" ir> n prop rty that was for
sale. 1 was no expert in ib uline, tint
came along as company. 11 had half a
dozen strong-armed i.Cfro' S with picks
and shovels, and they dug little pits on
the hillside an t got d«wn to the ore
beds and threw up boulders for him to
inspect. He crush'd them with his
hammer, and after careful exam uaiion,
shook his head and said: “No good;
more maiig nies- than ir« n.” Ten years
afterward that same old man wa*> hunt
ing for manganese property and bought
all ho could Hud. Mr B"ss*i»erh>d
unlock' d a door nd found tnut man
ganese was worth ten tint's as mu n as
iron, and through its oil* m.ual combi
nations siC'-l rails that were $•> ) a ton
were* redii ed to $d0. One dav while we
were tramping over the buren lulls wo
found a ctiriou-clay that had the shapes
of little shells al l h‘ougit it and sent
some of it to I’b I d Ipbia, and was
pronounced alumiiiuin cl >y or lie t *,
and now it is being mined and sn pp-d
and manufactured nto ih** stroii/est
and lightest and brigi t 8 ofmetils.
Another door has hern unlock' d. A
few years ago a man • f science, while
p rusing this region, ol s rv- dad posit
of earth that wc dll' d yellow do t. ll>*
said 't was yellow ochre, nd s »on after
be formed a comp my a> d bought up ail
they co >ld find and put up a mill, and
then another in 11. and th'* in inufac-
tured ochro is sliip(> d from her** all
tho year round to North' rn muraeig,
and pays good profits. Then there is
talc an 1 tripoli and graphit • an I m ca
and vitrili d clay that wo have walked
over and stumbled ov r for years and is
now wanted for indu-.trial arts. For
years and years wo h ive vain d tho
lowland' a id counted the lulls as uo'b-
ing. If a min sold hi-> firm tho low
lands were valued ul so much an acre,
and tho bills were thrown in for good
measure. But now when a man sells
be reserves the mineral interest if ho
can—or half of it any I o v.
About a year ago Mr. Laramore, one
of our c tiz-ns, was p osp ct ug near
Tunnel Hill for ore', mainiy for man
ganese, and found himself walking on a
remarkable piece of road. It was so
firm, ho smooth and so old th it ho
stopped at a farmer’s hous" an 1 asked if
that road was natural or artificial. Ho
learn d from h m that it was graded
thirty years ago from a deposit of nat
ural concrete nearby and had n ver h*** n
worked on sine". The more he looked
at it tho more ho thought about it, f'»r
bo is one of nature's close observers.
Ho procured some of the d' pusit and
sent it to his chem at and it was pro
nounced a natural concrete uf hornstono
and was used in France fur roadbeds.
Tho chemist said it was of tbe best
quality and a roadbed made of it would
last u century, for water solidfi"d it and
then it h< came imp'rvious to rain and
neither wagon tire nor hor'O stioee
Could wear it away. This was a revela
tion to Mr. Liramure. As it wasqiuto
near the railroad he got Mr. Thomas lo
give him a aid'* track and now he is
mining and shipping m large quantities
mid hus already hi* d d and graded sev
eral miles of bigow a near Atlanta and
tbo county comniiss.oners are i-xU nding
the line of gradu)1 traveled over it
Mid found it a luxury aqd far moro
pleasant than belglan blocks of cobblo
stones. It does look as if our Creator
placed that deposit there to he used in
due time and tie* due ti inn !h» Come,
Tbo road cuiigr*^n s io meet -oon in
*.i....... .,n.i n,,h will inveatl./ata
this concret" and comiiii n l It to tie* peo
ple, for It abounds in Gils r gion and
tbe railro i ls will t'U Id -pu"s to th'* dn»
pos ts. Ju-it think now m icb the rail*
road* add lo th** volunin of our timli V
and minerals and pr<»<1ueis of very
kind. Hut ii'Xt to railroad a th*' farm
ers are D’t r''St'*'l inliiViu.r goo I wigon
roals l**a i n r from >'• :y m .rk' l town.
Itoiiiv has U' it a wtatj »u lh*» i .an, au<l
now li ig eighty miles or goot macauam
roads reacliiugnut for the country iraie.
Cart rsvi 1 i - do ng the same tiiing.iiid
will use t, .is ri"W discovery when it. can
be a* oh* 'P'.Y pro* ur d. Mr. L irauiore
is going to bi'd oiii priec pil streets
with it as an • xp'-iam nt, for it nev* r
W' r out nor has to b patch'd
or *•■ p i treil. A*1 th* rins of tiio
f»ast •.uunner fell upon that hroid
way that le ids from Fourt enth
str '• | low i to tilt* • xiiosii on gat' s and
I’UZZLING CHARACTERS.
le ver all ci«'d it an l
i iic firmi'; 1 i s u com
claim d b>r it i■> true
th" mure trav 1
i. If all i hat i'
th** road i rubl"iii
is solvd I h«*p * the congress will in
vite M' Liramure io visit th m and
i ll what no knows. 11'* s no sch ni' r
b i is a stud**nt of nature, and withal a
ntific gentli-man. When a G""i-
gi u goes to Kentucky h> a .mires th oi
good pike roads and ivond'rs wheth**.-
the roads w* re the cause or the • Ifeci
of their fine horses. And so in T li
nos ee. But the cotton States, tin* very
Slates that need good ro ids, have n* v r
hud them. Is collr n tne Cause of this
nogb -t?
Speaking of thes'* new discoveries re
tnin s m«* of an eiili-rprisiiig man who
btoppi d me at th" M rkham House th"
other day and hogged my alteiit on f"r
a rn nut**. He sa d lie had a remedy for
catarrh and asibma that was sure and
never-failing and he op in'd a little
sat h I and look our. a package that b d
a familiar odor. “B it I have no ca
tarrh,” said I. “I'lien you h.iv*
asLiimi,” said Ii**. “No, I h ive n ither,*'
Irepliol. He bokedViry solemn and
Slid kindly: "My fri -nd, evry man in
th s country has •*'tni-r one or t ie other,
or iioth. 1 see it in \otir eyes tl.at you
have c.iui rh. I’l as • let me w p* off
your gla-vses,” and he remmoi them
ge. t y and licked tu in witn his tongm*
and wiped them with a uirty h ndkei-
chief. I was turning away in d.sgU't
when he shoved some of the contents
of a pap r in my hand and sa “L l
me give you soui" lo try—.simli it up—
smell it good iiii t then you will coni"
bark for more.” 1 d d s nel. it ana
threw it away, for itwis tli" blooms
and leaves of life everlasting. M>
mother alwiys said it w s good for
something, out for what w n v< r fouu I
out. Maybe tuis tramp d >cior has, but
I don't s e how he can m ike inon *y out
of an h'-rh that the 11 Ids <{>• full of and
everybody can get a pock'-ltul. And
Ilow the face of the earth ;s yelloiv with
tbe graceful, f" th ry golden rod. I\ by
would not mat do hr our national
flower? Tho old < on a tries had the II rs 1
Choice and h .V • goti u lac rose a id th
lily, but we can hme th** third elm oe
for I don’t think th" shanirock or the
Ihistle or tne i led we.s or forgel-in'*-iii)t,
was much of a chotre lor a nation's
Hower. The golden r el is much mor
dignified and plumy iiid with us.s quit"
nation 1 and in iy he more 'O if gold l" -
comes our niitioual com — who knows?
Why should n *t this woman’s congress
take up i h • subject an I di.-ussit an 1
adopt i llow 'P— win* lluw> r—an 1 com
mend it t > tbe initm i? Woman is th
one to chuoso tbe flow T and When 'gain
will there he a con .t ss so ctpnbl". so
cultiircii and withal sucii a g.lixy ul
bright particular stirs as lln»?—Bill
Arp, in A thin i a Cons'ii ut on.
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Sam Jono ^ Enumerates Some Peo
ple He Ib Unab.e to UoderBtand.
I’rofe-'iona! Orntllieatu, Constitutional
Liars, Hypocrites, I'olitirlans, Society
Lepers ami Amhltioiileas Hoyt
Are Among These.
COPTIUGllT. 1883.
God has made us social creatures.
Whether we will or not we must be as
sociated with men in business, in poli
tics, in social life, etc.
Some men tell us the more they deal
with humanity the less confidence they
have in humanity. Some men tell us
the more they see of men the more con
fidence they have in men. It would be
as unjust to say that every man is dis
honest ns it is false to say that every
man is honest. There are many men
who do not keep their pledges either m
business, politics nr in social life. They
believe in the old adage that "promises
are made to be broken." They are un
reliable. Some of them have gone so far
that their very nature is honeycombed
witii dishonesty and falsehood. Some
men nave been driven to false positions
by force of ciicumstaiiccH. A man who
places himself at the mercy of circum
stances generally comes out worsted.
Tho man w ho deals w ith his fellow meu
ought not to throw himself in the cur-
icnt whole circumstances could swamp
and ruin him. Some men have been
made unreliable by the tnachcry of
other nu n. Some men hate paid some
other men's debt.' and were thereby
made unable to p..y their own debts.
Sometimes the pet Inly and rascality of
one man will teach aiul afTcet one hun
dred men. Douh!
e i! i aim
is bud, lit I so
obliged to;
obliged to;
ami civil lav
dealing is worse, dishonest dealing is a
penitential \ oli'ense.
The characters which puz/.le us most
are the men who can pay and won’t
pay. tli'.* men who can aiul v.on't do, tlie
men who can be and won’t be. These
can be found in almost every communi
ty- men who set m to prefer to break
their woid. to be thshoiicst, to be false.
Thev k**‘i’ then word when they are
obliged to; th*\ | ay when they are
they do v in n they are
ad In: ft.*! i lie j enai code
tie ;e would l.e no means
by which vou could reach such ehaistc-
ters. They get in tin* habit of lying
and deceiving you. They get into'he
habit of shirking. They will beat a
preacher out of his salary, they will
iob the church of God. h iu y will de
fraud their neighbor; and never meet an
ssue fairly, only when tin* sIutHTh in
sight. This class uf chuiaoteis always
puzzles me.
There is another classed characters
who puzzle me much. This class is
much larger than the other the fel
lows w ho can’t make tongue and buckle
meet. Work as they may. scheme as
they may. they tire always behind.
They seem to belong in the procession
or trade and traffic wlnie tin* tar
bucket belongs to the wagon- on the
hind axle. They can pay fifty centson
the dollar, more or less. They can
meet an obligation from thirty days
to twelve mouths after it is due. They
have never known what the word
promptness meant. They have ig
nored tin* word prompt, and they seem
»o have studiously avoided promptness.
The naun* of this class is Legion. They
are not dishonest. Really, they menu
to pay; but it would take one of the
prophet* "f old to tell win u they will.
There is another class of Itiiman be
ings which pti/zie me. That in the
class that will tell you a lie when it
seems the tiutli would answer the pur
pose better. They seem to love to lio
and to love to tell a Fu*. They will
lit* when there isn’t a cent in it or a
dollar to be made by it. It seems
they bad rather lie for nothing than to
tell the truth for pay. Constitutional
liars. Really, their constitution and
by-laws both seem involved. I have
seen some real good fellows in other re
spects who would tell a lie and stick to
if when they must have known every-
! ody knew they were lying. They
seemed to have no sense of shame, and
really looked upon their lying us a vir
tue.
There is another class of men who
always puzzle me. They seem to be
pious men, men of position in tho
church, who will pray in public and
talk religion to the boys, and yet when
they come to a business transaction
they would clean you up. They seem
to want everybody to get to Heaven
with them, and yet they rob a fellow
of every dollar he has dow n here in tbli
world. Old skinflints, twenty per cent,
interest on n mortgage, two for one,
pet all you can and keep all you get,
a saint in the church, a devil Ip the
pmpts of trade. There nne many of
these old fellow■.
There Is auntln r class w hlch puzzles
us, and that la t io class that alwny*
have money to give and money to
rpend upon thcmmlves, and yet no
money for creditors and no money for
Just debts. They drink high wines
und give big cntcrininmcntH; and yet
the butcher’s und tin* grocer's bill puna
unpu d. They w ill honor a guest and
job their cook. They will pay thou-
i juuUs fui duuuoudt, tvud (vb Uut
maker or ner naru-eJht^n'U salary;
thousands for show, but pi^^jes when
Hie nrocession is out of sight.
Another class which puzzles
the politicians who think everything u?
fair in polities fjom the stuffing of n
ballot box down to open bribery in the
legislative halls, and yet they’occi.pv
th** deacon's pew and the elder’s place
i*i tin* church. They do things ,.o|itio-
dly which they would shrink froi.,
personally. For the life of me I cannot
understand bow a (liiistia*) nan
can be part heps erimiiti' wit.i t,.t- po
litical rascalitv goh,y> e; in om* laud,
md ytt we See examples of this sort
every day. I hey can lim monize. they
think. |K,!itiea! rascality with ••htirch
piety. I hi* w hole busin* s.- is fraud,
nd tb<* lievd will get the imng
Another class which nu/./.!cs >o. is
• * i- 1 ':**' > ho ■ e< j|,s "n cate 'eoM* 'oe
clothes than t haraotej-, who want n
spotless wiiite-j'ront shirt, glazed and
bleached, ami yet seem to be indiff'ercul
to the plolehcs ami blotches upon
their character. Men who pride them
selves upon the cut of their clothes and
the shape of their fiats, and yet seem to
be absolutely inn'.'V. nut to the cast of
their character and the fashion of their
reputation.
Another class which puzzles us is
that class who seek to be proficient
along t!i«* lines of life where money is
needed, for instance, swell society’s
ways, fashionable clubs, ami high
wine suppers, and seem to desire to be
up in all their ways. And yet they
have not shown proficiency in earning
the money it takes to ride on those
trains and sail on those boats. A pro
ficiency in the art of spending money
amt no proficiency it. making it is n
first-class qualification for the chain-
gang. The fellow who knows all about
spending money and nothing aliout
how to make it, was born with a sugar-
tit in his mouth or comes into young-
Iiianhood with a million in his pocket;
or else his very education w ill land him
in the chain-gang.
Another class which puzzles us is
the roving class. They could do well if
they would just settle down; but they
shift and come and go. They are
migratory. The old saying is tru*: that
“three moves is equal to a lire.” These
fellow s seem to be burned on I hey
migrate from Georgia to Tex. from
Pennsylvania to Nebraska. '11. .r sub
stance is wasted going from place to
place. They are but a little above the
order of tramps whose business is to
tramp. ,
We mention another class which
puzzles us, the boys whom evei
body speaks of kindly and sayi
them: "1 hoy could do well if tbej
would." They have both natural and
acquired ability, both instinct and
equipment for almost any ealliug;
and yet they are left in every race, and
outdone in every battle. They can, but
can’t: they could, but won’t. They
just seem left on general principles—
clouds without ruin, trees without fruit,
a substance y «*t nothing but a shadow.
Who has not puzzled over till thes*'.
characters, more or hss? Who of uscan
say wc don’t belong to either of the
clases named? It is worthy of our
thought ami consideration; and all the
above-named classes are worthy of
either commiseration or punishment.
Sam P. Jones.
New Eoglani Manufacturers.
A party of N e'.v | , 'i'"lati*l manufac
turers were In tin* city y si onlay iu»
< fieet mg tbe plant of the Gaffney
'*1 auuf.t'-t iirit'"inp.*i", v. They were
in f’hirlotte 'ti tin* forenoon, tho
guests of the Mamifnr!urer’s Club of
t hut city. PiV'.i ient A. N. Wood ami
Sreivtary uml Tre.usurer li I).Wheat,
"f t h** G.dluey Manufacturing Com
pany went to Charlotte Tuesday to
'■'«• *r ! the New I’nghtmlers to Guff-
uy. Tho vi'il**rs expressed them*
'elves US being highly ph ased with
the* Gulf' .*y mills und several of tho
curly pronounced it tin* finest plant
v. t visi:**»l in t tie Snip h.
Died of His Injuries.
rfie'i
Com was brought
i \ v •'••rtay ii’orning in u!niC
i'-g condition. He was employ
' • Southern, ami while coupli
a! Spar:unburg was caught l
eeii the cars and fatally tnasht
bed vest onlay ut 12 o’clock.
Local Cotton Market.
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LtfAVENWoui'H. H*n., Qjt 28. —Tha
1100 minors emp.oyod at tim North
L*:iv -nworth ooal shaft quit work and
vi ited tha Hum * R r- r*tl« mines for
tm* purpose of iiidaouiz >ho miiieri at
that maoo t** qnit. i'h*i North L-vuvan
worth com pan v Is piving 8*' cents a
ion *"( ut* i" iuit aii'i (;,<* tlO'kAe
eotupuiy 70 cents Th • wnUon*. is to
fore.* tne H line River** d< lo unauv to
piiv8)o*uti A cernrat strike mcius
imiiiiiieut at tiio II > no im*<>nc« a-a not
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