The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 14, 1896, Image 5
THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., 31 AY 14, 189(5
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LEDGE GOD.
WOULD AMEND
k -:STITUTION.
THE
|:'l by a Jlcntal Over-
tr I'orofathcrs — Cou*;re*8
| X ; .'t.; ; r<.;::'itttic::3 Tor See-
H Days to Come.
Muy 10.—Ncvfr was a
..'A' appropriate Rennon
I . dby Rev. Dr. Tolmfige
The subject was “Bcfcre
fn, ” Ik. i io;: reference to tho
• tic,n uf cxip-Tcsf, and the
was Psalms cv, 22, “And
haters wisdom. ”
in this text stand for law- !
( eseph was tho lord treasurer I
tiau government, and among j
things which he did, ac-
I my tc xt, was to teach his
li ulora. And if any men on
to bo endowed with wisdom
Piters, whether they stand in
parliaments or reiehstags or
cr legislatures. By their de
lations go up or down. Law-
|iro : tiroes so tempted by
by sectional preferences, by
[ ity ( f j . aial advancement,
Aimes , \. l.at is best to do is so
that tiny ought to bo prayed
encouraged iu every possible
cad of ! i v( rely criticised and
[anti cxcoriated, as is much of
' the care. Our public nun aro
the ta...( i to be shot at, merely
' they obt.a i eminence which
an \ anted but could not roach,
.to injustices afo hurled at our
!al legislature than the people of
( an possibly iiuagiue,
1 ].. nig c f our public
ugly a. u nable,
dome in Washington I have
iicl out i!...t many «.f our public
p:.*epir. ... y i.-isrcprcscntcd, and
ic.f tu ■ 1- s. i f them, the purest in
1 l .v. s a 11 i.u ,;t faithful iu tho dis-
ir duties, ;.re tho worst dc-
such t< nuitfer one confirm .tion is worth
more lean many di vials. ’ fo says tho
article sent nic. Tlu ro i. no doubt tbafc
Ethan Allen wan tho vulgrre?t sort of
an inild.d, for, siting i ■ a Prcebytcinan
church, his admirer.-, y he struck tho
pew in fror.t ( f liim t; .1
EO as to disturb tlio n
ticruaii would dio th:
,‘ v.vra out loud
ti: a;:d no gen-
1 do n. t wonder
that aciue 4> his tier'
of him, but of cr
help it and are nr t
the decent men »i
lieved in God, :.:.d
iKlaulsarc;. l amed
wo they couul not
to blame. But all
tho Hr velut ion te-
ovr Ann i can con-
ant to preach a si r
o
I d.i ] fi
bril t
unit: ac a
noci:.
Ill c ,'.rupt
rt-
day I
t r.c iu II Peter: "They
...I to speak i vil of dignities.
,.7 i -, which aro greater in
i-igl. , br i g not railing ac-
tlarn beforo the Lord,
a* m tui-al brute beasts, made
■.ad ic str: veil, sperk evil of
that th y uadirstai’d not.”
aud mailgnant is this work
i*.tscaiidalization in re-
1 d - na n that all over the
...- ii: • who suppose that
bn,;: u is the center of
v.l ile what with its
larks, and its < q trian statuary, and
Its wid • str. ■ a :d its architectural
■ynnn: trie.;, and ; ts lovely hemes, it is
lot . uly tho i.i- : t 1 utiful city under
It ho sun, b.if h.-.s iiie highest style of eiti-
Izcnship. i ' i.\: . on but one intoxicated
Iman iu tin; m :c than six months of my
resilience, and i do not think any man
can give fdn.ih.r t-.st mony of any other
city on the American cout incut
Cort’rt Ne.u-.i! I'.i Iho < <;u«it‘.tntlon.
Tho gavels of i i.r Uvo houses of jui-
tional legii-latui v ill soon fall, and ad
journment of two bodies of men us tab
ented, as upright and as patriotic as
over graced tho i apitcl will take place,
Tho two or tkr e unf rt unate outbreaks
which youl v ■ otic 1 ; nlymake more
couspicuoa: :dignity, the fraternity,
tho ele.iraei* . / the fidelity which have
charaetei : • 1 thus two budii sduring till
tho long m n.iisi f imp rtant andau};-
ioas deliberation; We put u halo around
great men of the past h cause they were
ao rare iu tt.-'ir time. tJor senate and
house < t i., rc .aut.itiv . have five such
men wh ■ i ne- they had one. But it
will not aatil afti r tie y are dead that
they w ill g‘ t a].]n ciat . (1. The world
S uds it • d'l r to pra so th dead than tho
virg, 1 eauM- tJ:e departed, having a
heavy pih- of marble above them, may
press, now a;-. < tabled, will < n‘y echo
the fditinients i tin fathus v. hcu they
enthnne the u: tneel (iod in the consti- ;
tution. We have now’ mere reason for
inserting that ui l.ni wlcdgcmenfc of di
vinity than our fathers bad. kir.ee then
tho continent has been pei pled and great
cities In.m the Atlantic to the Pacific
built, and all in peace, showing that
there mus t have be; n rupernui super-
visal. Lines then the war of 1N12, and
ours the victory! Since then great finan
cial prostrations, cut of which we came
to greater pn rperity than anything that
preceded, fcince then sanguinary 18C2,
18015, 1804 and 180o, and iiotwitlmtand-
ing the fact that all the foreign despot
isms were planning for i ur di moliticn,
wc are a united pci pie, and tomorrow
you will find in both houcis i f ccngrers
the men who fought f< r the north and
the south, cow sitting side by side,
arr.v il with no wcapi n excopt the pm,
with which tiny write heme to their
constituents who w ant to be appointed
prstmastera. The man who eann t sco
Itod in our American histoiyis as blind
of ronl as ho would be blind of body if
he could net at 12 o’clock of an uncloud
ed noon see the sun in the heavens.
As a inatiir < f gratitude ta Almighty
Gcd, grutlrmpu i f the Arm ricr.n ccn-
fress, he pleased to insi rt ihei. ur werds
Euppested by tin 1 Metis ilir-t eonien i co.
Not only bicame of tin kimim -si f God
to this nation iu tr.e p..st sliotihl such
nvereutial iimrrtim be made, but be
cause c f the fact that wo mo going to
want divine interposition still further
iu our nation::! histi ry. This <" Id and
silver quesrii u will m vor he sc it lid uu-
til God settlis it. This quest ion of tariff
and free trade w ill m vi r be si it led un
til God settles it. This question be
tween the east and the west, which is
getting botter t and hotter and look.: to
ward a republic of the Pacific, will not
be settled until Gi d Fettles it. Wc
needed Getl in the ICO years of cur past
national life, and wc will need him still
more in the next 120 years. Lift uj)
your heads, ye everlasting gate s of cur
glorious constitution, and let the King
of Glory come in! Make one line cf
that immortal document radiant with
omnipotence! 8pell at least one word
with thrones! At the beginning, tr at
tho close, er in the center, recognize
him from whe m as a nation we have
received all the blessings cif the past
and upon whe in wc are dependent fe:r
the future. Print that word “God” or
“Lord’’ er "Eternal Father” or “Rul
er of Nations” somewhere between the
first word and the last. The great ex-
nf
... not rbo to
' but, ii i
drop and tr. • i
there are e nr or
to be di me, and
becomi
ire tin
J
rivals,
gav Is of adjournment
tu of Capitol hill shut,
two things that ought
let us pray Gad that
they may be accomplished. More forci
bly than ever 11 fi re, congr ss has been
implored to acknowledge* God in our
constitution. The Methodist church, a
church that is always doing glorious
things, has in its ru cut Wilmington con
ference r< o d our congress to amend
the imm rtal ik.cnmont which has been
tho foundation and wall and dome of
our United hta ct government by in
serting tb.e words, “Trusting in Al
mighty God.” If that amendment is
made, it will not e.nly please all the
good people of tho country, but will
please the heavens. It was only an over
sight br u mental accident that the fa-
th<rs who luado the constitution did not
Insert a divinely worshipful sentence.
They all, so far as they amounted to
anything, believed in “God the Father
Almighty, tin Maker of heaven and
fcarth, and iu us Christ, his only be
gotten Soli.” The constitution would
have been a failure had it not been for
the divine inti rference. The members
uf tho convent h n could agree on nothing
until, in response to Benjamin Frank
lin’s request that the meetings be open
ed by prayer, the Lord God was called
on to interfi ro and help, and then tho
way was cb ar-d, and all the states sign
ed the document, a hist jrical fact that
all the rat t*tx-Ii rs of modern infidelity
cannot bark out of existence. I know
that there was an exitption to tho fact
that the prominent men in those times
1 were good men.
Torn I'aluu hii<1 Ethan Allen.
Tom Paine, u libertine and a sot, did
lit bclieva in anything good until ho
las dying, and then ho shriek* d out for
bd’n mvny. And Ethan Allen, from
ic of whoi-odescendants I have received
Hthiu a few days a eonfirmution of tho
peident 1 mi ationeil in a recent hit-
-in ic' i > 11* dying daughter
-lie Imd 1 i 11 < r taki her nether’s
nriit iOi r ligion than his own infidel-
|y. 'j1 nt m*- aayi; “The
/ *7 has been denii d by Home of tho
^U''h family, L it the Bimiisuii family,
I of whom were with thodyiug girl,
tkut it in substantially tim In
pounder cf the constitution chips at
Marshfield, Ma?s., the Atlantic eccau
still humming near his pillow cf
dust its prolonged lullaby. But is there
not Bonn cno now living who in the
white marble palace* cf the nation i n
yonder hill not ten minutes away will
become the irradiati r cf the constitu
tion by causing to he added tho most
tremendous wi rd of our English vocab
ulary, the name of that being hif re
whom all nations must bow cr go into
di feat and i.nnihilnth n^—“GciA”
Church a::il Stnto.
Again, before tho approaching ad
journment of our Americtai congress, it
ought to be decidedly and forever set
tled Unit no appropriations he made to
sectarian schools, and that the court
ship betwom church and state iu this
country be ferever broken up. That
question alnady seems temporarily set
tled. I wish it might be completely and
forever settled. All schools and all in
stitutions, as well as all denominat ions,
should stand on the same level before
American law. Emperor Alexander of
Russia, at his Peterhof palace, asked
me how many denominations of reli
gion there were in America, and I re
cited their names us well as I could.
Then he r.rked me the difference be
tween them, and tlK'io I broke down.
But when I told him that no religious
denomination in Ami riea had any priv
ileges above the others, ho could hardly
understand it. The Greek church first
in Russia, the Lutheran church first in
Germany, the Episcopal church first
in England, the Catholic church first
iu Home, M< kamini danism first in
Constantinople—tb.e emperor wondered
how it was possible that all the denom
inations in America could stand < n tho
same platform. But so it is, and so let
it ever be. Let tin re be no pn fi n ncc,
no partiality, no attempt to help one
wet an inch higher than another.
Washington and Jefferson, and all the
early presidents, and all tho great states
men of the past, have lifted their voices
against any such tendency. If a school
or an institution cannot stand without
the prop of national appropriation, then
lot that school or that institution go
down. On tho othi r side of the sen tho
w< rid lias had plenty < f illustration of
church and state gniti d. Let us have
none cf the hypocrisy and dcnn raliza-
tion bom of that relation cn this side
of tho Atlantic. Let that denomination
come out ahead that docs the most for
tho cause of God ami humanity, men,
institutions and religions getting w4mt
they achieve by their own right arm of
usefulness and not by tho favoritism of
government. As you regard the wel
fare and perpetuity of our institutions,
keep politics out of religion.
National Convontlona.
But now that I am speaking of na
tional affairs from a religious stand
point I lx think myself of the fact that
two other gavels will soon lift and fall,
the one at fct. Louis and tho other at
Chicago, and before those national con
ventions adjourn I ask that they ac
knowledge God iu tin* platforms. The
men who construct ihose platforms ur*
hero this uiurumg or will read these
words, t-et nc political party think it
can do its duty uuliss it acknowledges
that God who built this cratim ut and
repealed it nt tb.e right time to th rt dis
coverer, and a bo has Hand lure a
prosperity which has b on given to no
other people. “Oh,'’ says some one,
“there aro people in this country who
do not believe in a Gcd, and it would
be an insult to them.” Well, there arc
people in this country who do not be
lieve in common decency, cr common
honesty, cr any kind of government,
pnferring anarchy. Your very platform
is an insult to them. Y ou ought not to
regard a man who decs not believe iu
God any more Tuan you should regard a
man who refuses to believe in common
decency. Your pcckctbeck is not safe a
moment in tho presence cf an atheist.
God is tho only source of good govern
ment. Why not, then, say ro and let
the chairman of the committee cn reso
lutions in year national conventions
take a pen full of ink and with held
hand head the document with one sig
nificant “wkcreas,” acknowledging the
goodness of Gcd iu the past and beg
ging his kindness and protection for
tho future. Why, my fniends, this coun
try belongs to Gcd, and wo ought in ev
ery possible way to acknowledge it.
From the moment that, on an October
morning in 1492, Columbus looked over
the side of the ship and saw the carved
staff which made him ihiuk he was
near an inhabited countiy, and saw also
a thorn and a cluster cf berries (type of
our history ever since, the piercing sor
rows and cluster of national joys), until
this hour our country has been bounded
ou the north, south, cast and west by
the goodness of Gcd. The Huguenots
took possession cf the Carolinas in the
name of God. William Penn settled
Philadelphia in tho name of God. The
Hollanders took possession of New York
in the name of God. The pilgrim fa
thers settled New England in the name
of God. Preceding the iiret gun of
Bunker Hill, at tho voice of prayer all
heads uncovered.
In the war of 1812 an officer came to
General Andrew Jackson and said:
“There is an unusual noise in the camp.
It ought to be stopped. ” General Jack-,
son said, “What is the poise?” The
officer said, “It is tho voice of prayer
and praise.” Then tho general said;
“God forbid that prayer and praise
should be an ur usual noiso in tho en?
campmeut. You had better go and join
them.” Prayer at Valley Forge, Prayer
at Mrrmonth. Prayer at Atlanta. Pray
er at South Mountain. Prayer at Gettys
burg. “Ob,” says some infidel, “the
northern people prayed on cno side, the
the southern people prayed on the other
side, and s.o it did put amount to any
thing!” And I have heard good Chris
tian people ccpfound* d with the infidel
statement, when it is as plain to me as
my right hand. Yes, the northern peo
ple prayed in cue way, and the southern
people prayed in another way, and U< d
answered in his own way, giving to the
north the re-establishment of the gov
ernment and giving to the south larger
opportunities, larger than she had ever
anticipated—the harm 5,sing of her rivers
in great manufacturing interests, until
the Mobile and the Tallapoosa and the
Chattahoochee arc southern Merrimucs
and the unrolling if great southern
piincs of coal and iron, of which tho
world knew nothing, and opening be
fore her opportunities of wealth which
will give 99 pi r ccut mere of affluence
than she ever possessed, and, instead of
the black hands of American slaves,
there arc the more industrious black
hands i f the coal and iron miut s of the
south, v. hieh are achieving for her fab
ulous and uniniagincd wealth.
s where
deer lick, ns to prohibit the hunger bit
ten nations of Europe from coming to
this land of bread—as to prohibit the
people of England, Ireland, Scotland,
Italy, Norv’ay, Sweden and Germany
working thi inHilvcs to death cn small
wages on the other side the sea—from
coming to this land where there are the
largest compensations under the sun.
Why did Gi d spreatl cut the prairies if
the Dakotas and roll the pneiousero
into Colorado? It w is that all the
earth might ccme and plow, and come
and dig. Just as long as the centrifugal
force i f fon ign ih spetisms throws tin m
off just so long will tho centripetal
force of American institutions draw
them here. Anil that is what is going
to make this the mightiest nation ou
the earth. Intermarriage of nationali
ties, not circle intermarrying circle
and nation intermarrying nath n. But
it is going to be Italian and Norwegian,
Russian and Celt, 8'cotcli and French,
English and American.
Greatest. Katina* of tJ:o Ace.
The Americ an cf 100 years from new
is to bo different from tho American cf
today. German brain, Irish wit, French
civility, Scotch firmness, English loyal
ty, Italian (esthetics packed into ono
man, and ho an American! It is this
intermarriage of nationalities that is
going to make the American nation the
greatest nation of the ages. But what
are we doing for the moral and intel
lectual culture i f the 600,000 foreign
ers who came iu one year, and tho
000,000 who came in another year, and
the 800,000 who camo i i unotht r yi ar,
and the 1,000,000 who are coming into
our various American ports? What aro
we doing for them? Vvell, we are doing
a great deal for them. V7o steal their
baggage as soon as they get hi re. Wo
send them up to a hoarding house, where
the h ast tiny lose is their ni' my. V/o
swindle them within tin minutes alter
they get ashore. We are doing a great
life between it and a- r keen stroke that
would destroy it
And thou, Li rd God Almiylity, wc
put, with a thousand a.-.a d iraycr, in
to thy protect! n this nation! Remem
ber i ur fathi i ’ bb • ding f c t rt Valh y
Forge. Hi number Mmien ml Kesciuri-
k.». Rrmembi r the cold, and t h'' hunger,
anil the long march, and the fi ver lies- j
pital. Ri mi ml i r tlu h ;.rf 1 charge at ;
Bunker Hill. Hi membi r Lc xingteu, and |
Yorktown, and King’s M untuin, and
Gettysburg. R» mi mix r Perry’s battle j
on the lake, and Hampton Ri ad:’, where j
the Cumbuland went down. Rrmini- j
bir Washingti u’a pinyi r by Ike camp
fire. Kuuiinli.r Plymouth Reek and!
the landing amid the savages. Rcmcm- '
her Independence 1 all and how much
it cost our fat In rs to sign their names.
Rommli r all tho hlor d and tears of
three wars—17?d, 1812, 1802. And
mi re than all, n mi in her the groan that
was mightier than all ctkr r gn ana, and
the thirst that Mm gworse than all i th-
cr thirsts, and ${:o death that war. ghast
lier than all other deaths—tho mount cu
which Jesus diid to make all men hap
py and free. For the sakei f all this hu
man and divine sacrifice, O God, pro
tect this nation! And whosoever would
blot it out, and whosoever would strike
it down, and whcscever would turn hia
back, let him be accursed l
Go heme tgday iu high hopes of tho
future. The eternal Gcd is on the side
of thin nation. Our brightest days aro
yet to come.
lie hut'.* soiaiKiil forth tho trianret that will
Kivi r ctal r. tiv.-.t,
no l.s sitting oat t h.art:; cf men beforo tho
JiG^munt coat.
Co&wift, my s,.r.\ t -i r.nsvrrr him. ho Jubilant,
my fix l! Cur l-fo 1 i; men hinn cn!
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And there fire donn s of white blossoi
spread tho white tents,
And there aro plows In the track where
war wagons went,
And there are Bongs where they lifted
Uachol’s lament.
Llncoln'a grayer.
Oh, you aro a stupid mr.u if you do
not understand how Gcd answered
Abraham Lincoln’s prayer iu the White
House, and Stonewall Jackson’s prayer
iu tho saddle, and answered all tho
prayers cf all tho cathedrals ru both
sides of Mason and Dixon’s line! God’s
country all the way past, God’s country
now! Put his name in your pronuneia-
meutos. Put his name cu your ensigns!
Put his name on your city and state
and national enterprises! Put his uami*
in your hearts. Wo cannot sleep w’ell
the last slcip until wo aro assured that
tho God cf our American institutions' in
the past will bo tho God cf cur Ameri
can institutions in the days that are to
ccmc. Qh, when all tho rivers that emp
ty into Atlantic and Pacific ijeas shall
pull ou factory bands; when all thy
groat mini s of gold and silver aud iroy
and coal shall bo laid V ur v (° r the* pa*,
tion; when tho last swapap sjigll he re
claimed, and thy* last jungle cleared,
and the last American desert Edtnize'd,
and fn m sea to sea tho continent shall
he cecupied by mere than 1,200,000,000
souls, may it bo found that moral and
religious influences were multiplied iq
more rapid ratio than the population!
4ud then thc'/e shall bo four doxologios
(sowing from north and south and cast
and v.’ist, four doxologios rolling to
ward each ether and meeting midcon-
tineut with such dash of holy joy that
they shall mount to tho throne—
Ami booven'* hit'll arch roaonnd ntrnln
With peace cn earth, goed will to mm.
I take a stop farther and say that
before the gavels of our senate and
house of representatives and our politi
cal conventions pound adjournment
there ought to bo passed a law or adopt
ed a plank of intelligent helpfulness
for the great foreign populations which
arc coming among ns. It is too late now
to discuss whether wo had better let
them come. They aro here. They are
coming this moment through the Nar
rows. They arc this moment taking tho
first full inhalation * f the free air of
America. Ami (hey will ityutinue to,
come as long as this country is the Iniit
place tu live iu.
You might as weRpiid a law prohib
iting summer hi * s ftoiiu alight ing on a
Held pf hlosB' ini jig miekwheatj you
might as Will prohibit (the stags of the
mountains from cowing down to the
deal for them. But what are wc doing
to introduce them into the duties of
goi.d citizenship? Many cf them never
saw a ballet box. Many of them uivir
heard of the constitution cf the United
,'tates. Many i i (him have no acquaint
ance with our laws. Now, I say, h t tho
government cf the United hialts, su
com man ded by cno political party or
both political parties, give to every im
migrant who lauds here a vcUrine, in
good type and well tov.udfcr h ug usage
—a volume containing the Dili: ration
of ludi pi wieni e, the constitutii a of the
United States and a chapter rn the spir
it of i ur government. Is t (hire lie such
a hook on Iho shelf of every Inc library
in America, While the Annrlcau Bible I
society puts into the right handef ivory
immigrant a copy cf tho Holy £erip-
tyres, let the gcverr.nu ut cf the United
States, eommaudi d by some political
party, put into the lift handef every
immigrant a volume instructing him
in the duties of gci d citijfi whip, Th' re
are tlu usanda ct forfigiurs in this laud
who wed to 1- am that the ballet tex is
not a footstool, l ut a tlntnc—not some
thing tu put your feet en, but some
thing to bow before.
Christirn Fatrictigw,
But whether numbers of the national
legislature, or delegate s to cneef the na
tional conventions, er ] rivatc citizens,
let uh cultivate Christian patriotism.
Oh, how good Gcd has been to us as «
natkn! Just ep.cn tho im p i f tho couth
Hi nt and see how it is shared for im-
mou: urable pn f pi vitii s. Navigable 11V -
us, mere in number and great.*", than of
any other land, rolling down en ail sides 1
into the sea, prophesying Jargc iw.uu- |
factories and easy commerce. Look at I
the great ranges of mountains, timbered
with wealth on tho top and sides and
metaled with wealth underneath. One
hundred and eighty thousand square
miles of coal! One hundnd and eighty
thousand square miles of iron! The iron
to pay cut tho real. Tho coal to forge
and smelt tho iron. The land s.o con
toured that extreme weather hardly ever
lasts mere than Ihrte days—extreme
hi at cr extreme cold. Climate for tho
most part bracing and favorable for
brawn and brain. All fruits. All min
erals. All harvests, t’ci ncry displaying
autumnal pageantry tin t no land ou
earth pretends to rival. No tfouth Amer
ican earthquake s. No FcofyU mists. No
English fogs. No Egyptian plagues.
Tho p.eiplo me Unhid States aro
happily thau any people ea earth. It j?
the tCEtimi ny of every man that has
traveled abroad. For thq peer mere
sympathy! For tho industrious mere op
portunity! Gli v hew good Gcd was to
i)ur fathi r^^iiid how good Gid has been
to US awl pur children! To him—blessed
Ijio his glorious name! To him i f en ss
and tviamph bo ooncecrated the United
titatia of Amerira!
There aro three great reasons why
you anil I should do our best for this
country—three great reasons: Our fa
thers’ graves, cur cradle^ piyv childn n’s
birthright. Whq^ I say your fathers’
gruvi s, your pulrfi s run quickly. Wheth
er they sleep in city cemetery or coun
try graveyard their dust is very precious
to you. I think they live'd well and
that they died right. Ncvir submit to
have any government over their tombs
other than that government under which
they lived and died. And then this
country is our cradle. It may have rocked
us very roughly, but it was a good
cradle to Ik* rocked in. Oh, how much
wo owe to it! Our boyhood and girl
hood, it was spent in this blessed coun
try’. I never bavo any path ncc with a
man who talks against this country.
Glorious place to lx* lx>rn in and a glo
rious place to live iu. It has kern our
cradle. Aye! It is to pur children's
birthright. You amt I will soon bo
through. Wu will \*orhnps s<‘o a few
more spring blossoms, and wo will per
haps see a fmv more summer harvests,
and we will perhaps gather a few more
autumnal fruits, but we ore to hand
this government to our children as it
wan bonded to us—a free laud, a happy
land, a Christian land. They aro not to
b« trampled by despotism. They arc not
to to frightened by anarchies.* ’-Wo must
hand this government tl> thim over the
ballot box, over desk, over
the church altar, J ^ have received it
and charge tbem^Jkmuly to put their
Asi ICrror About Cat*.
An error about cats, anil a truly vul
gar ono, is that they lia ou young ehil-
ilreu’s breasts anil suck their breath or
suffocate them. Cats liko to lie on the
breast of a person they love, and aro apt
to show their happiness by now and
(hen lifting their heads for a kiss or
gently touching tho face or neck above
them with their paw ; this sort of pat
ting or stroking a beloved cheek or
throat is one of the more human habits
winch dogs nave not. Feeing ono of our
eats lying on her master’s chest when
ho was asleep ou tho sofa, I understood
how the notion had taken root; then,
too, cats are luxurious and fond of
warmth, and may sometimes share a
baby’s crib or cradle for that reason, as
dugs certainly do.—Temple Bar.
When my friends ask me what is the
best remedy for disorders of the stom
ach, liver, or bowels, my invariable
answer is, Ayer’s Pills. Taken in sea
son, they will break up a cold, prevent
la grippe, check fever, and regulate tho
digestive organs. They are easy to
take, and are, indeed, the best all-round
family medicine I have ever known.”—
Mrs. May Johnson, 8<>8 Rider Avenue,
New York City.
AYER’S PILLS
%
Highest Honors at World’s Fair.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Cure-all Blood Disorders.
Labor Savin™ Device.
Where om must usu a crnsMmC saw
alone in fitting wood for tho, stove, such
a device as tho
ono hero repro
duced from The
F a r m Journal
will save labor.
A heavy piece of
timber i>j sus
pended to swing
easily ou a hook.
Insert one cud of
the saw at tho
lower cud and
ra.--
SAW WORKED BY OXB
MAN.
begin to saw. Tho weight cf tho timber
will act liko a balance wheel and great
ly aid in running tho saw. Tho long
hook permits the saw to full as tho log
is sawed.
ETect cf Tlrrni of Costing Byloy.
At tho Maryland station three cuttings
were made—i. e., with straw mostly
ripoaud grain nearly all in dough state,
with straw ripe anil all grain in dough
stato and with straw ripo and grain
hard. Tho first cutting had grain of
brightest color, weight J59.G pounds per
bushel; the second cutting next bright
est, weight 41.1 pounds, and tho third
cutting darkest, weight 40.1 pounds.
A. N. WOOD,
BANKER, •
docs a general Banking anil Exchange
business. A Veil secured with Burglar-
t «• ' *
1’roof safe and Automatic Time Lock.
Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate
rent.
Buys and sells Stocks and Bonds.
Buys County and School Claims.
Your business solicited.
DR. J r F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. 11. Tolleson’s new store.
In office from 1st to 114th of each
month;
Soothers Rjilwjy.
Otltl Mention.
The tendency in Florida n-enis large
ly toward abandoning rebanco on one
crop and engaging in a diversification of
pursuits.
Perhaps no other vegetable novelty
which has been introduced in tho south
in recent years has caused more com
ment than tho viuclesa tweet potato.
If Amber cane cf tho early variety is
planted early enough and properly cared
for, it should mature about July.
Irrigation by the use of steam driven
centrifugal pumps ban developed the
rice raising possibilities of Louisiana. It
has transfer rod the rieefiolds from the
swamps to tho uplands and bus made
Louisiana tho ricefield of tho United
States.
Bermuda makes an excellent pasture
for hogs and can bo pastured in May.'
Corn Ilxix-rlnicnts.
At the Georgia station it appears to
have been proved that pulling the blades
reduced the yield of corn throe bushels
per acre, and the fodder obtained was
worth 92 cents moro than tho three
bushels of corn lost, but this 92 cents
did not pay cost of pulling. Of 12 vari
eties tested Shaw’s Improved gave the
largest yield.
A Farm Convenience*.
Again and again ono sees fanners
hanging the steelyards upon u stationary
book and lifting
. tho article to be
' weighed up to
tho hook of tho
steelyards, bo tho
article light or
heavy. Use such
a device as is
shown in tho cut,
here reproduced
Condense*] Sc’.iedulc o! Passenger Train,.
DEV1CK FOR UMNO
STEELY AH1>S.
from The Farm Journal, which explains
Itself, except tiio bit of chain hanging
on a pug. If tlie article is low, this
chain will heighten out the steelyards
hook, so that no lifting will be required.
The Florida Kxperlment Station.
M. H. Moremau has been employed by
the station to investigate the injuries by
frost to tho orange grove,of Florida and
to report upon tho best means of reno
vating tho orchards. Tho station is ex
tending its plantation of fruit and nut
trees and vineyards ut Hike City, Do
Funiak Springs and Fort Myers.
Northbound.
Jan. 5. ISV6.
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Oatwvou New . ork and New Orleans, via Waalt-
ipgton, Atlantn and Montgomery, and aleo
twren Now Vo anil MetnphU, via Washington,
Atlanta and ItKinlughaiu. Dining can.
Noe. 3S and 30—United States Fast Mall. Fhlh
man sleeping care between Atlanta, Now ()►
leans anil New York.
Noe. 11 and 13. Pullman sleeping ear 1MU
Richmond, Danville and Greensboro.
W 11. GREEN,
Gen t ftupt.,
Washington, D. 0.
J.*!. CULP,
Turtle kFg'r,
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North Carolina.
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