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, V7 •■’iV -OX 3 THE TTEEKtT LEDGER: GAFFWET, 8. C., NOVEMBER 14, 1895. FJ!OM OLD ROCKY. The Ono-OnlluB Statesman “In Ro- garJa” to Children. RnnU Wentliorlord ami tlic l.ittle New Oriivo Down Tliere in Hie Oreliard—A Mnry of stony Grief—Hoys a I'loaly, and Some to Spare, I? -a (Copyright, 1?93.) 8o mo who res in tho books it is writ ten, *‘Ai arrows arc in tho hand Of a •ifhty man, so aro tho children of tho youth. Blessed *T' is him that hath his quiver full U tf of them.” Hero lately I have f 1 " done piles and piles of thinkin along 1 them gen eral lines. Nat- ^ urally of courso w I holiovo what tho Word says in regards to that, and everything olso. But some times tho more I think about it tho worse I git all mixed and muddled up With myself touchin tho great question •f children. “Till Death Do U» Dart.” Over there in tho hill country lives a pan by the name of Bunk Weatherford. Through childhood and boyhood ho was py aide partner in a thousand clostcalls and tight places. Ho is now my fellow- •Uizen and my friend till death do us fart. Well, Bunk he rode by one day last Week and tbrowod some new lighten thesuoject at hand. Soon as ever tho Kan hove in sight I k no wed good and well that somethin terrible had come to pass over in the hill country, lie was >idin of tho onlyest ball-face mule in the country, which I would know that »ule if I was to meet him in Halifax with a linen duster on. But tho man was ridin in a slow walk, and that didn't look like Bunk Weatherford. He want lingin and he want whistlin, which that didn’t havo tho usual sound and •ppearments of Bunk. But it was Bunk. Tho news had wont the rounds somo days before to tho extent that Bunk’s haby girl, little Mittie, was mighty •ick. It was my place to of went over there to see about it, hut somehow every time I got ready and started to go l didn’t go. If there is anything in this wide and wicked world which I do love it is women and children. But in ease of sickness I reckon I am tho blamdc-st most onhandiestman you over heard tell of. Around where anybody ia sick I am as awkward and had out of place as a blind mule at a shootin match. »So I hadn’t went over as yet to aee about littlo Mittie. They told mo that Aunt Nancy Newton ha'd come up from Panther Creek, with yerhs in her hands and hcalin in her wings, as it were, and I was plum willin to leave the little o.ie with Aunt Nancy and tho good Lord. A Story < f Stony Grief. Right up to tho horse rack rode Bunk Weatherford that day, but he never turned his head or spoke a word. I toid him to dismount and git down and hitch and come in, which he went on to do, hut ho didn’t say nothin. I have s en the mettle of that man Bunk Weatherford under lire and on trial, you understand. I havo seen him when tho air was full of bowie knives and pistols—with fools and whisky a plenty at.hoth ends of the game—stand •p flat-footed and never move a muscle •r hat his eye. So when I went out that day and mot him at the gate and took his hand and felt it tremlin in mine and saw tho tears big as glass marbles standin in his eyes, I knowed good and well what it meant. Fate lad laid his hand on littlo Mittie, and sha had went tho final way of all human flesh. It was somo time before Bunk could nnlimbcr himself sulticicnt to open up and do any talkin to speak of. Then he would have to stop oncst in a while to take a long breath and keep from •hokin. “You can see I am all busted and broke up, Rufe,” Bunk went on to say presently, “and I reckon you know without any tellin from me how it come to pass. I can’t understand it, Rufe— that little new grave which they havo made down there in tho orchard— llamod if I can understand it. They took and buried our littlo Mittie there this mornin. They say it is well and right—that it will all work out right somewheres down the line—but it 4on’t look right, and it don’t feel right to mo now, and hanged if I can see how it will ever come out that way. But me and Aunt Nancy and all tho doctors put together couldn't help it. I rode down two young mules huntin up doc tors and goin after medicine, and Mandy (that’s Bunk’s wife) she didn't shot her •yes in sleep for a whole entire week. But wo couldn't keep the little one with us any longer. “Remember, Rufe, she was tho only- •st gal we had in the family, and the baby at that And it is the hardest and most strangest thing in tho world to mo why we couldn’t mar go no way to keep the littlo thing on the earth till somo other and further day. The world was a heap moro brighter and better plac'- with her than it over will bo without her. “But I reckon you must bo about three-thirds right, Rufe, in regards to one thing—man horned of woman is mighty small potatoes and few in tho hill, with tho rows six feet apart. By gracious, 1 brung in the host doctor in the country, and told him i would givo him a clear deed to our farm and all tho stock on it if ho would hut only pitch in and go to work and stop Shat fever and euro our littlo Mittie. ▲nd Mandy lowed sho would fling in her cows and chickens and all the house flxmeuts into tho bargain. Well, the doctor no pltcbiA n but th t was all. li with t io fever, ami the ilh'gin of that lii there on tho orcliar I : aait went to woric, ouldn't do nothin he couldn't put off ' le now grave down nv more than mo and Mandy and Aunt Nancy con’d.’ Hoys a Plenty jiinl to Sparc. “Thoro is another pint, Ilufe, which sticks in my heart and keeps up a monstrous hurtin there,” Bunk wont on to say in his sad and solcmcholy way. “You know wo havo got hoys a plenty and somo to spare at home, and how it ever come to pass that Providence had to take our little Mittie and leave nine of them healthy, hongry yoarlin boys around tho place passeth all my undor- standin. Some of our hoys aro all right, and somo of them aint worth bavin. In a hunch of nine wo raley couldn't ex pect to get more than live or six to show up all right. Hit maybe mought sound ruthor rough an 1 pccurious for me to say so, Rufe, hut there aro throe hoys at homo which I could spare a blame sight belt r and more easier than I can spare tho little thing they took and buried down thoro in tho orchard. Now, if the good Lord had hut only called for one of them triflin boys—or even all three of ’em in a hunch—it would not hurt so awful had nor look so mighty strange to me. “Oncst upon a time, when you was over to our house, liufo, I recollect you told me and Mandy how proud and hap py we ought to ho with that baby girl. You went on to say somethin—and Mandy she aint forgot the words till this day—about the sunshine of her pres ence and tho patterin music of her feet. That's the idea, Uufo, and it covers all the ground, though I n ver could of put it in that way. And now tho sunshine and tho music hit aint there. 1 can see tho baby duds and doll rags, and tho ittlo shoes and stockins, and tho liko of that scattered all around the place, Rufe, but tho sunshine and tho music bit aint there.” Before ho went away Punk lowed ho didn't know for certain which to do— whether to go back !. , , or go crazy or git drunk. But 1 fin i.i v at last put him in the notion to go on buck homo to Mandy and the l.ov suller, and he strong. liko a man, and NON-CHURCH GOERS. ••Ho Thankful nm! - ly Nothin.'* Naturally, of course, 1 felt mighty sorry for Bunk Weatherford that day. I wanted to make him h el bettor in stead of worsm if I could, and I didn't bring tho subject p n.in him. But it is my own private, personal opinions that him and Mandy use to brag and take on too everlastin much about their hoys. For a long time they male out liko they didn’t want nothin’ hut hoys at their house. Bunk he preached forth the doctrine that poor folks didn’t havo no business with anything but hoys. They wanted plow hands and wood chopper* and rail splitters, and, to hoar them tell it, they didn't need no- girls in their business. But bye-and-byo tho good Lord took and give them one littlo girl baby, anyhow, which they called her name Mittie, and then, by gracious they thought it was the onlyist ono in tho round created world. No wonder it was so powerful hurtin on them to give up littlo Mittie. My notion is that people ought to take what :hey can git, and bo thankful, and say nothin. It don't make a blessed, blame hit of difference with mo how many babies the good L trd and tho doc tors bring around by my house. I wouldn’t feel natural and right, and I wouldn’t bo happy without a gang of them around tho place. But I will never stop to put in no questions as to whether they must ho hoys or girls. And it wouldn’t jar my hand any whether they come ono or two or three in the burr. “As arrows aro in the hands of a mighty man, so aro tho children of tho youth. Blessed is him that hath his quiver full of them.” Rufus Sanders. They Form a Very Large Class and Aro of Three Kinds. Nam Joaett Think* the Gospel the Most Sensational Thine in the World, and Preachers Should Make It a Draw. COPTRianT. 1895. This is called Christian America^. Some of our cities are called “Cities of Churches.” In all cities the church spires tower upwards, and yet there are thousands and millionsof the popu lation of this gr< at country who sel dom, if ever, enter a church door. No city ha* church sittings for its popula tion or one-half of its population. No city needs the sittings it has. This is a deplorable state of things when not one-half, or possibly more than one-third, of our population could get within the walls of the churehes at any one time. And yet not half of the churches are half full on the prettiest Sunday morning of the year. These non-church goers arc made up of three classes. First, those who be long to the church; secondly, those tvho are orthodox in their belief, and thirdly, those who havo no faith in churches or preachers. A very large proportion of church members do not attend regularly their churches. There ; is no excuse for this class, with the | vows of Christianity voluntarily taken with pledges which hind them to at tend upon the ordinances of the church. They can frame no excuse which is sat isfactory here, or will answer herc- | after. I suppose we might say that half of tho membership of the average church attend upon the worship at the church. A few others go occasionally, aud perhaps one-third habitually ab sent themselves from the church. All those who attend regularly aro not first-class member Those who attend occasionally cannot be above second- class members, and those who don’t go , at all are simply honorary members, I and they honor the church with it YtR* geance, too. Then the other class who believe the Bible is the word of Hod, who believe in Christianity and will help maintain the church and do many other kind things, admitting the neces sity hut denying themselves the privi leges of the church; clouds without rain, soil without fertility. The name of this class is legion. They are scat tered over the four quarters of the earth intending some day to be good. The other class are infidel Jews and in fidel Gentiles, with no regard for God and only regard for man perhaps be cause man has a law which he will en force on the spot. This class, perhaps, has multiplied iu some quarters. If what I have said is true, why is this? Is it the fault of the preachers? Is the average pulpit in this country filled by a man who entertains, instructs and benefits the people who listen to him? Are they preaching the Gospel? Are the people getting tired of the Gos pel? What is tho matter? Have the preachers, as a rule, ability, zeal and power, or, as a rule, have they lost the apostolic zeal and power, and are not preaching the Gospel as it ought to be preached? These queries mean some thing. It has been said that the sensational preacher always has a crowd, but that he is simply sensational—he does not preach the Gospel. I firmly believe that the Gospel is the most sensational thing iu the world. The Gospel had its origin in a sensation. It has largely been perpetuated by sensations. What a sensation it created in Palestine when it was announced that the Saviour was horn in a manger! What a sensation when He was crucified! What a sensa tion when John the Baptist emptied all the people of Jerusalem and the re gions round about on the banks of the Jordan, preaching the Gospel to them! What a sensation Paul created wherever he went! And down the ages the preacher who has accomplished the most, perhaps, for humanity was either a sensation himself or he created one wherever his work called him. Sensa tion is a sign of life. Stagnation is proof of death. I hear a thousand times more about sensation than I do about stagnation. And yet there are a thousand churches which have a clear- cut case of stagnation to where there is one that has a well-defined case of sensation. The average church and preacher are not afraid of something they have; but something they have not they are dubious of. The cemetery is. or ought to be, the most quiet place iu the world, and the church that is most quiet is the one that is nearest the condition of the grave. The pulpit ought to draw like a mus tard plaster. It ought to entertain like a fairy tale. It ought to love like a moth er, advise like a father, and enforce like it was divine. Philosophy and sci ence have their place. Written dissert ations and pulpit pedagogy may tickle the fancy; but the crowd wearies with tho dryness of philosophy, with the uncertainties of science, and the inflation of pedagogy. But the plaiu truth plainly preached will draw more people together, hold them longer, and move them better toward God and right than all other forces combined. Poetry, well-rounded periods, and stud ied elocution may charm for a day or a mouth, but the strong, vigorous, sledge hammer methods which call things by their right names with n directness which makes every man feel its power —this is that which has come to stay, which has eome to draw, which has come to move, which has come to save the world. Transcendentalism on the one side and what the world calls a lib eral preacher upon the other side have swung out of line with the masses, and when a preacher or a politician gets away from the masses the preacher is left without an audience and the poli tician »s left at home. Is it true to-day that unless the pul pit shall get additional power or adopt more aggressive methods it will soon lose its hold upon the people? Progress is written upon everything that moves: death upon everything that stands still. To run a race with a stump or keep up an even pace with a tombstone seems to be the lot of some. Nearly all of our pulpits are filled with men of solid personal piety, and the people may love a preacher and yet not love to hear him preach. It is the duty of a preacher to show himself a lovable man, but to show the people there is something far more lovely than he; and that is the story of the Cross, a full Gospel, well rounded, complete, a Gos pel that takes in Sinai as well as Cal vary, a Gospel which moves the heart stirs the conscience, reforms the life, builds up the character, and saves the soul of the man who hears it. No theological seminaries have taught a mau how to preach such a Gospel. That is something we don’t learn from books, but the knowledge of humanity as humanity, is the knowledge of God as God is, of Christ as Christ is, aud of the Divine spirit, will give a man a lever age in the pulpit which no school can teach him and no books can impart to him. To be all things to all men that we may win some is the key-note set by St. Paul himself. He who lives in humanity, loves humanity, sympathizes and knows humanity, he who knows God and His Son Jesus Christ and the indwelling Spirit, is the man who will draw and hold and help and save the world. Sam P. Jones. Howell Ferry Notes. [Correspondence of Tin: Ledger.] Howell’s Ferry, S. C., Nov., 11.— ^ our correspondent has just finished reading the solemn sentence that Judge Earle passed on Ed Green, John Page und Mrs. Fannie Carson. Every young man should take warn ing and shun had company, Mrs. Laura Estes and Rev. Mrs. <livings were the guests of Mrs. J. L. Strain last. week. J. L. Strain, J. T. Douglas and Win. A. Nicholson have gone to Columbia this week to represent Camp Giles. Dr. Sam Foster lias got so much practice that he called in It. J. Kirby to assist him. Mr. Kirby .-ays they have got several bad cases. “Jim Smurr was in tins community 'Uiidny. Jim what is that is so at- ractive over here? Prof. It. tV Sums and his party were down here surveying our new •ounty line last week. Look out hoys, we will have our new county yet. I’in re was preaching at Salem hu-t -nturday by Rev. Mr. Holmes. Sa m no. • -•* — • Index to Advertisements. The following are the changes in our ad columns this week. Ledger readers are requested to pursue them carefully and when buying tell them whore you saw their ad. Look Out—Schwartz <k Snyder. Clothing—il. L. Parks ife Co Blankets—W < >. Lipsci mb ifc Bro. Cold Wind—Wilkins Bros. l)r> Goods—Carroll A Carpenter. Lost—It. <). Sams. Contract—John W. Ward. Legal Business—Sc hum pert A Dul ler. To the Public—Lancashire Insur ance Co. Our Greatest Salesman—Store Gaff ney Munufaetiiring <'<•. Free Kntei'l.dnini nt—Blue Moun- ta i JoC. Ordinance—iown C unejl. —Remember, when you wish to buy a residence lot sec R. S. Lipscomb before buying, lie ha- for sale the most desirable property in the city at reasonable prices. Town Ordinance. RAILROADS. AND KAIL WILL DISBAND. The Populist* In Indiana See Vo Future For Their Party In That State. Chicago, Nov. 8.—A special to The Record from Indianapolis, lud., says: The indications are that within the next month the People’s party organization in this state will disband. The men who have been carrying on the agitation for four years have about decided that there is no future for the party in this state and that tbpy might as well aban don it. A. B. Cummings, the secretary of the committee, has tendered his resignation. The old members will, it is said, follow the example set by the secretary. The men who have been leading the party here say they have information that the executive committee or the na tional commit toe have decided to resign. -TEAM-ENGINE WAYS. Ik* it ordained by the lown l oun- eil of Gaffney City in council a- -embled and by the auiliT'.ry of the same: That It Hiall be the duty of the Rail Road Company or corporal ion to havi at the crossing on Robertson Stiv»-t tiu-t west of the Depot), a man wilh a red Hag, of sufficient si/.o to attract ilue attention ; audit shall he tin- duty of the man to show di-Uncliv and plainly the said red Hug w in n- evor any engine or train may he ap proaching and near the crossing. It shall be the duty of his flagman to give due and timely notice of the approach of any locomotive or train, and to prevent, if possible, tho cross ing of the railrroad trapk by vehicle- or pedestrians when a locomotive or train may be approaching with the purpose of crossing said Robertson Street. ny person or persons attempting to cross its .-aid truck after being warned by the flagman, or crossing the same, shall do so at his own peril. Any person or corporation that shall violate any of the foregoing pro- vi-ions, shall for each offence forfeit a sum not ejcceedingonc hundred dol lars. It shall be the duty of the police of this town to enforce this ordinance strict ly. That it shaD be unlawful for any railroad engine or train of cars to cross or pass over any street crossing in said town at any greater rate of speed than five (5) miles per hour; and the engine shall commence ring ing the bell when approaching any of the street crossing at least by the time the engine comes in one hundred yards thereof, arid shall continue ringing the same until the Iasi ear has crossed the street: 1 hat no en gine, car, or train of cars, shall b permitted to obstruct any street «»i the town by remaining upon said erossing a longer time than five (f») minutes. That any Rail-road C oup - ny or corporation,jjor person offending against this ordinance, or any part thereof, shall upon convicti u thcr - of, be fim d in the sum <*f tot i xcve< - one hundred dollars, f >r each off.-nci That it shall not he la.vf li f ir an.- I hotel proprietor, cier- or drumm. omnibus or carriage driver, or agont or drayman or any p» r.-<>ii or per.-on- in the employment of any hotel boarding house, li very-stable, ordrai- man, whose business it is to drum u; or solicit patronage for s aid hotel, boarding-house or livery stable, to enter the cars, upon the arrival of the same, at any depot or stopping plm e in the town, in the exercise of llu :r calling, or for the purpose of solo it- ing patronage or to get upon the platform from which pa-v-eng r> alight, for u like purpose until u!i tin passengers who intend to do so shad have alighted from the cars. Any person violating Section < the proccdidg section this ordinance shall he fined In the sum of not exceeding ten dollars, for each offense, or imprisoned not ex ceeding twenty days. That it shall be the duty of any of tho police of the said town to arrest and confine in the guard fion-- any person or persons violating this onii- nance, until such person can he brought before the Intendant for trial: Provided, that such confine ment shall not exceed twenty-four hours. HICYCLE ORDINAJfCB. Be it ordained by the Town Conn* | cil of Gaffney City in council asem- j bled and by tho authority of tho j same: That It shall not be lawful hereafter for any person to ride a Bicycle (within the incoporate limits of the town) on any side-walk or side-walks of any street of the town, known as the “Fire Limits District.” I hat any person riding a Bicycle on any side-walk or side-walks of any street or streets of the town, otl or than as prescribed or limited in (he preceding section, No. 1. shall, either at night or daytime, while approach ing any pedestrian theroon either in front or in the rear, and before reach ing said pedestrian, alight from iiis or her Bicycle until ho or she shall have passed said footman. That any violation of either of the pr oo ding Sections, Nos. I and shall subject said person to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, for each and every offense. ORDINANCE AGAINST KKKJ'ING HOGS IN TOWN. M hereas it is considered by emi nent physicians injurious to, the pub lic health of a city or town to permit hogs or any swine to be kept or raised in pens or lots, within the Incorpo rate limits of the same, said swine genera?mg aid creating obnoxious gases and unwholesome odors, aud, whereas, it is i he opioion of t e Board of Health of this town, that it should he declared a public nuisance, as against the comfort, cleanliness and good health of the town, to permit any person or persons to keep and raise swine within the corporrte lim its of t he s*n>e. aiid sail] Board of ['■alt h having requested the Council o abate the said raising of hog# in tlie town as a public nuisance. Be it on! iinod by l h<* Town Council of G ilTiu-y City in council assembled and by tin* authority of the same: Thar on and after the 2Ut dsy of M irob, IrliXi it shxll bo unlawful for m.' !»• r- n or pi-rson# So rais?, ke< p or allow h .g*. or s-.Tin* of any kind, in pt n- or tots, or otherwise within the ineorporut*- limit* of th® town e*- > j.t as h relnaft. r provided. That any person mninf*lning said nuisanc- s .-t.tted in the pree®eding - a t ion after being notified by tije llealth GfTieer or any pi Bceuniu of to town io abate the sum#, shall be fin if in a sum not txeeeding one forthwith abate the same, and the same to he done at the expense of th® person or persons maintaining or per mitting said nuisance. That this ordinance, that is th, three preceding sections, aro not. In tended to affect or apply to hog drev-J ers, or persons bringing hogs to tbi* market for sale from keeping .'{he same in lots in the town during the winter months, while the same are being sold, provided said lots are kept in good sanitary condition, and under the approval of the Board of Health, or Health Officer. 1‘assed and ratified in Council this the first day of Nov., ISfia N. H. Littlejohn. J. E. Webster, Intendant, Clerk Council. Your Attention! V\ E respectfully solicit your patron- ronage for the Morgan Iron Workl. \* K are prepared to do work of ev#iy description in our various depart ments, iu quantity and quality, t« suit the mutt exacting. \» K can furnish you heavy building materials, such ®s Lumber, Shin gles, Laths, Brick, Lime, •t«., promptly and in good shape. WE are ready to get out any class #f .usidv tiiiivhiiig. such as Manlier, Doors, .Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Newels, Bali listers, etc., etc. OLh. Iron Foundry and Machine Phap is equipped for constructing heavy '•astiugs as well »s ordinary mill works. 01 R Gak and other styles of MantiM an winning a reputat.on. Beauti ful work for very little money. Oit* ■» r«ur order* and we promise to do all wo can to please you. Call on or correa- pcad with u*. MOtMAN IRON WORKS, r< am Imrig. W. CX CHAS. M. CARLISLE. Brea, and Troas. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, li und dollars, or not exceed!n hirly days imprisonment, /<>r every lav -ai'l nuisance main unab.itod. fii.it if any person fail or refuse to shale :-:ti-i nuisance, ** required by 1 he preceding sectiun of this ordi- . v.ithi-.i t'“enty-four bourn af- > • ■ i in i hi s.-s aforesaid, then it Tty of tin* Mejdth ofii- ic.- rn iu <>( the town to d ies a general Banking and Exchange b'.trinctn. Well secured with Burglar- i'roof safe and Automatic Time Lock, is allowed tor - b.'ifcty Deposit Boxes at moderate rein. I , Buys and sells Stocks and Bonds. El y* County and School claims. J • '• j ’■ GSI ■ s* •itoO. OXTIi M i £ TJ £ ^ OP JL LI/ Wit, Humor, Oratory, Flattery, E oquence, Magnetism, Personal Friendship, AH take a hack seat when Prices rise to speak. This being our invincible salesman is why we sell more goods than pur competitors. She mi IV. C. HAMRICK, Mgr.