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'E WEEK I, Y LEDGER’: GAFFNEY, S. C..JMAY 21, 18! Til F j re dh. r^#ath. n ^•Gl, ^ Co, a, 01j; Of S.'ioi ■Toj Vl(l t<Jl e »Bt| Ky" > r f ,JJ fy tub •‘/joi K>«‘. »'«, J " Wfl »r>io ‘^ir 4 ovj; a c a/y ioii :nir c ■y ,el. _ But SI will ’ He him and iup fast ied siiiK- mly said: into my It is get- tcci limn here btoro !>thing on tiZZ* HZ'"'./ >? Il,ls isi j!“ > ! ''tii ^'i si "t" ,o,„ C"'"* h?*'' ^PaiJ Hi the eom- aro men and office to do, or They are apt to « are away and in conversation yd in your regular tely suggest to such ve no time to give ess hours. Nothing n so well as to have r occupation and as- tn. Much of the time fund the doors of engine the dining hour stand a fashionable hotel or J^tnurant, wishing to give at that is the place where M they do not dine there. >wn lower and lower '•v day nor by vith idlers. ..a into your ac- of Pth: rat 5U (‘Hri ( 'U][ tho 6ea ho ch cor ith i,l 0080, sine fin in !Tt i vie s/J O , «b(l ; Hh> r *** m If? O] *e sh; stren, perdi s, ove: bitinj fto shof '« yea I wit thousand r’ rowJ Calico. I c r hmvM~ Her may Jro w« th you wii>me <m w , »rglars,/ou vf' nn t b arg] iw ^,.... elar. Go i the rs li beeomf'an. i has beitroyei ig this, akes 1 the grea and 'J Hie persc^o w ■ s entered ho H tlie clejirk nl discus/ T1 ['ll of tj 1P f vish ps wait f<nnaj ®ven tliei ‘ sot siting ]iir> th 'ut the baoig ‘ho first tuiiii their ser Th hey prof,tf knq Tiiey \yke h 8 to go—< wi ^ , ° 1 ' if a I'ouij U S man gsinn " not, gof)d fghr Ight roll, ?)duc- picacy 'isv- the [imach Itrouizo about fiywhcro the ex- Ian and a ice where man Ian frmo Ind p p:UUg| appre morns one ei ploy the st uro younj but' tion, aboutI tinnsi Q* Ui tv Jiriabij to 1 the puient thocet impagno led puan feeis md ’■'> “I havfgott i°urs aft the P store • bad| i°nt sJifhnn ; y ?md, qhjs si •n alJu>t’!8, st oi? will Joe to ’ jinmediatly pi Voung m„ ( Aarn yoq to )(>w inn talk faimiai rges. At aid for, or the bad his pockets my pocket- r g man ows of jhp ic shouldetr lity in fak- My young irol^en in,” 'd fo break o ptimo of low yon let rith you. If shoulder fa-. give him a L .. /]/*, fi,a P . v, ‘u >» T=rrr 0r 7' tnrn round |k h .,. i neririg look until tlufteh crouches a your presence. Therifio nmnstros- uh. (, if ' vit 'kcdnes» thatin stand un* ashed under tho phuJf purity and nl ),inr ^oop 8 tlfightninga of aim m his own seabfd, and no hu- an arm ean wield the/but God gives o eiery young man a nitning that ho ay use, and that is th/ightning of an nest eyo. Those wlihnve l>eeu close nrklT 01 ? city life ill not wonder warning t^'young men and mpniiions. ” |e. fptie—tho ws in his fashioned ‘ mystery lain that, kt. ” Ami (ire me; I I used to » did my got over nd if you mger you ^presenting ristian re- |their jeers lesfroy your |i< h was tho lis declining I old mother when this fill have to ring will of Death rSK him politely, “What do t»£K a living?” If he says, ‘‘Noth- n gentleman,” look out fur may have a very soft hand faultless apparel, and have a tiding family name, but his death. Before you know it you his presence bo ashamed of your ress. Business will become to yon ry, and after awhile you will lose lare, and afterward your respect- y, and last of all your soul. Idle- is next door to villainy. Thieves, biers, burglars, shoplifters and as- ins are made from the class who c nothing to do. When the police go hunt np and arrest a culprit, they ildom go to look in at the busy carriage tetoryor behind the counter where dili- ent clerks are employed, but they go among tho groups of idlers. The play is going on at the theater! when suddenly there is a scuffle in the top gallery. What is it? A policeman has come in, and leaning over has tapped on the shoulder of a young man, saying, ‘T want you, sir. ” He has not worked during the day, but somehow has raked together a shilling or two to get into the top gallery. He is an idler. The man on his right hand is an idler, and the man on his left hand is an idler. Sin Drerdinc Iritrnrss. During the past few years there has been a great deal of dullness in business. Young men have complained that they have little to da If they have nothing else to do, they can read and improve their minds and hearts. These times are not always to continue. Business is waking up, and the superior knowledge that in this interregnum of work you may obtain will be worth $00,000 of capital. The large fortunes of the next 2i years are having their foundations laid now by the young nn n who are giving themselves to self improvement. I went into a store in New York and saw five men, all Christians, sitting round, saying that they had nothing to do. It is an outrage for a Christian man fo have fiothing to do. Let him go out tjud visit the poor, or distribute tracts, or go and read the Diblc to the, sick, or take out pis New ^Ystament and l>o pinking fii-j eternal fortune. L* t him go pifo the beck office and pray. Shrink back from pllenoss in yourself ppd in others jf yog would maintain a right position, Good old Ashbel Green gt more than bO years of ago was found busy writing, and pome young man said to him I “Why do yon keep busy? It is # time for yon to rest, ” He answered, “I keep busy to keep out of mischief, ” No man is strong enough to be idle, Are yon fond of pictures? If so, I will show yon one of the works of nn old master, Hero it is: “I went by the field of the plothful and by tho vineyard of the man void of understanding, and lo! It was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered well. I looked upon it and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty.come as one that traveleth and thy want ns nn armed man.” I don’t know of another sentence in the Bible more explosive than that. It first hisses softly, like the fuse of a cannon, and at last bursts like a 54 pounder. The old proverb was right, “The devil tempts most men, but idlers tempt the j devil.” A young man rame to a man of fit j years of age and said to him, “Hoy have ■'« made out to live so long at ! be j^ivell?” The old man took I ▼' •^Kter to an orchard, and, point ^c^^ie large trees fall of ’’apples, s “I planted these trees when I was a boy, and do you wonder that now 1 am per- laid attusenir nt. God would not have ns with the capacity to laugh if jfeftd not intended us sometimes to in dulge it. God hath hung in sky and fbt in wave and printed on grass many a roundelay, but he who chooses pleas ure seeking for his life work docs not [erstand for what God made him. r amusements are intended to help in some earnest mission. The thun dercloud hath an edge exquisitely pur pled, but with voice that jars the earth it declares, “I go to water the green fields.” The wild flowers under the fence arc gay, but they say, “We stand here to make room for the wheatfield and to refresh the husbandmen in their nooning.” The stream sparkles and foams and frolics and says: “I go to baptize the moss. I lave the spots on the trout. I slake the thirst of the bird. I turn tho wheel of the mill. I rock in my crystal cradle muckshaw and water lily.” And so, while the world plays, it works. Look out for the man who al ways plays and never works. You will do well to avoid those whose regular business it is to play ball, skate or go a-boating. All these sports arc grand in their place’s. I never derived so much advantage from any ministerial association as from a ministerial club that went out to play ball every Satur day afternoon in the outskirts of Phila delphia. These recreations are grand to give us muscle and spirits for our regu lar toil. I believe in muscular Chris tinnity. A man is often not so near God with a weak stomach as-when he has a strong digestion. But shun those who make it their life occupation to sport. There arc young men whose in dustry and usefulness have fallen over board from the yacht. There arc men whoso business fell through the ice of the skating pond and has never since been heard of. There is a beauty in the gliding of»a boat, in the song of skates, in thc-soaring of a well struck ball, and I never see one fly but I involuntarily throw up my hands to catch it, and so far from laying an injunction upon ball playing or any other innocent sport, I claim them all as belonging of right to those of us who toil in tho grand indus tries of church and state. But the life business of pleasure seek ing always makes in the end a criminal or a sot. George Brummol was ’smiled upon by nil England, and his life was given to pleasure. He danced with the peeresses and swung a round of mirth and wealth and applause until, ex hausted of purse, and worn cut of body, and bankrupt of reputation, and ruined of soul, he begged a biscuit from a gro cer and declared that he thought a dog’s life was better than a man’s. Sueli men will come into your office, or crowd around your anvil, or seek to decoy yon olT. They will want you to break out in the midst of your busy day to take a ride with them. They will tell yon of some people you must see, of some excursion that yon must take, of some Sabbath day that you ought to dishonor. They will tell you cf exqui site wines that you must taste, of costly operas that you must hear, of wonderful dancers that you must see, but before you. accept their convoy or their com panionship remember that while at the end of a useful life you may be able to look back to kindness's done, to honor able work accomplished, to poverty helped, to a good name earned, to Chris tian influence exerted, to a Saviour’s cause advanced—these pleasure seekers oil their deathbed have nothing better to review than a torn playbill, a ticket for the races, an empty tankard, and the east out rinds of a carousal, and, as in tho delirium of their awful death they clutch the goblet and press it to their lips, the dregs of the cup fulling ppou their tongue will begin to hiss ami, mi- coil with the adders pf an eternaj pri son. Tho Gntukliac Spirit. Again, avoid as you would avoid tho death of your body, mind and soul any one who has in him the gambling spirit. Men who want to gamble will find places just suited to their capacity, not only in the underground oyster cellar or a$ the table back of the curtain cover ed with greasy cards, or in the steam boat smoking cabin, where the bloated wrench Vtth rings in his ears deals out his pack find winks at the unsuspi cting traveler — providing fisc drinks all around—but in gilded parlors ami amid gorgeous surroundings. This sin works ruin, first, by unhealth ful stimulants. Excitement is pleasura ble. Under every sky and in every age men have sought it. The Chinaman gets it by smoking his opium, the Per sian by chewing hasheesh, the trapper in a buffalo hunt, the sailer in a squall, tho inebriate in the bottle and the avari cious at the gaming table. We must at times have excitement. A thousand voices in our nature demand it. It is right. It is healthful. It is inspiring. It is a desire God given. But anything that first gratifies this appetite and hurls it back in a terrific reaction is de plorable and wicked. Look ont for tho agitation that like a rough musician in bringing out the tune plays so hard he breaks down the instrument. God never made man strong enough to en dure the wear and tear of gambling ex citement. No wonder if, after having failed in the game, men have begun to sK.eep off imaginary gold from the side man was sharp cnou ime, but. street where bis family live* But gam bling does not in that v. ay expose its victims. The gambler may be eaten np by the gambler’s passion, yet yon only discover it by the greed in his eyes, the hardness of his features, the nervous restlessness, the threadbare coat and his embarrassed business. Yet he is on the road to hell, and no preacher’s voice or startling warning or wife’s entreaty can make him stay for a moment his headlong career. The infernal spell is on him, a giant is aroused within, and though you may bind him with cables they would part like thread, and though you fasten him seven times round with chains they w’ould snap like rusted wire, and though you piled up in his path heaven high Bibles, tracts and sermons and on the top should set the cross of the Son of God, over them all the gam bler would leap, like a roe over the rocks, on his way to perdition. A Itnlnoua V»rer. A man used to reaping scores or hun dreds of dollars from the gaming table will not be content with slow work. He will say,What is the use of my trying to make these $50 in my store when I can get five times that in half an horn down at Billy’s?” You never knew a confirmed gambler who was industri ous. The men given to this vice spend their time not actively engaged in the game in idleness, or intoxication, or sleep, or in corrupting new victims. This sin has dulled the carpenter’s saw and cut the band of the factory wheel, sunk the cargo, broken the teeth of the fanner’s harrow and sent a strange lightning to shatter the battery of the philosopher. The very first idea in gam ing is at war with all the industries of society. Any trade or occupation that is of use is ennobling. The street sweeper advances the interests of society by the cleanliness effected. The cat pays for the fragments it eats by cleaning the house of vennin. Tho fly that takes the sweetness from the dregs of the cup compensates by purifying the air and keeping back the pestilence. But the gambler gives not anything for that which he takes. I recall that sentence. He does make a return, but it is dis grace to the man he fleeces, despair to his heart, ruin to his business, anguish to his wife, shame to his children and eternal wasting away to his soul. He pays in tears, and blood, and agony, and darkness, and woe. What dull work is plowing to the fanner when in the village saloon in one night he makes and Irtses tlvo value of a summer harvest! Who will want to sell tape, and measure uankecq, and cut gar ments, and weigh sngars, when in a night's game lie makes and loses, and makes again and loses again, profits of a season? John Borack w’ns sent as mer cantile agent from Bremen to England and this country. After two years his employers mistrusted that all was not right. .He was a defaulter for $87,000. It was found that he had lost in Lom bard street, London, $29,000; in Fulton street, New’ York, $,10,000, and in New Orleans $:i,0()0. lie was imprisoned, but afterward escaped and went into the gambling profession. Ho died in a lunatic asylum. This crime is getting its lever under many a mercantile honse in our cities and before long down will come the great, establishment, crushing reputation, homo comfort and immortal souls. Gnmea of Chance. The whole world is robbed. What is most sad, there are no consolations for the loss and suffering entailed by gam ing. If men foil in lawful business, God pities and society commiserates, but wb' ro in the Bible or society is there any consolation for the gambler! From what tree of the forest oozes tjirre a balm that ran soothe the gnmester'e heart? In that bottle where God keeps the tears of his-ehildren are there any tears of the gambler? Do the winds that come to kiss the faded cheek of sickness and to cool the heated brow of the la borer whisper hope and cheer to the emaciated victim of the game of haa* ard? When on honest, man is in trouble, he lias sympathy. “Poor fellow!” they say. But do gamblers come to weep at the agonies of the gambler? In North- umbcrlnml was one of tlie finest estates in England. Mr. Porter owned it and in a year gambled it all away. Having lost the last acre of the estate, he came down from the saloon and got into his carriage, went bark, put up his horses and carriage and town honse and play ed. He throw and lost. He started for home and on a side- alley met a friend, from whom he borrowed ten guineas. He went back to the saloon, and before a great while had won £20,000. Ho died at last a beggar in St. Giles. How many gamblers felt sorry for Mr. Por ter? Who comoled him on the loss of his estate? What gambler subscribed to put a stone over the poor man’s grave? Not one. Furthermore, this sin is the source of uneonuted dishonesty. The game of hazard itself is often a cheat. How many tricks and deceptions in the dealing of the rards! The opponen hand is ofttimes found ont by Cards are marked so that designated from thebnet sters l^’c their wink tBy decide have iBn fi so 1 starti'in ’ the close. ma ta- T’^nhusiasm, or side, J, ' y; oh tku °' h - Passional l’ , g< *’ tnmoU - The •••h) uphar. ,,/' • l ‘‘ r himself iHi,J Js ZV >«. „ u U ‘ 1 ., i**** hlers^ whi^ initted to gatlier tho fruit of th< m?” \V ( , i of ten, im- * n J 1 ' 110 Ca Si gather in old age what we plant in onr Ions and exhausted Ul ’ ' vkce ^ A '- ° 4 ' the wind, and wp reap ift: the -*er, and youth. Sow’ to the whirlwind. Plant in ea, right kind of a Christian you will eat luscious, £y| and gather these barv A young man. hayitgi •ted a Urge property, ' i t tttb *'* , 11 ^tate won by tt fii “** m eter- 1 and shakes it no not it is God that it wlrrnot unappeasable, flerrer blinds, it hardens, crashes, it damns, with gamblers whether' large scale or small scale. Cast out these men from ; ny. Do not be intimate witl ways be polite. There is that yon ever sacrifice politl young man accosted a Christl with, “Old chap, how did yc your money?” The Quake "By dealing in an article mayst deal in if thou wilt- Always be courteous, but ai| time firm. Say no as if y<] it. Have it understood in stor and street that you will nl the companionship of the si idler, the pleasure seeker, thoj Rather than enter tho comj of such accept the invitation, feast. The promises of fruits. The harps of heaven sic. Clusters from the vineya have been pressed into tank! sons and daughters of tl mighty are the guests. W| at the banquet to fill the ct the clusters, and eommg and welcome the guests, of God on whose brow are tl of paradise and in whoso cl flush of celestial summer. H^ Religion. Her ways aro ways of pleasant And all her paths aro peace. PROTECTION ■ pneumonia, diphthcri epidemics is given by II rilln. It. makes PUR fi-orn the linijj^lcver an <J^B|I||ii|p Sarsnpa- ySHH EBLOOD. j 1 Ordinance. 1 HOG LAW. 'lie it ordained by tie Town Coucil of Gaffney, S. C.. in council assem bled : Skc. 1. That on and after the Kith day of May. 18%, it shall be unlaw ful for any person or persons to keep ! or allow to live, hogs or swine of any 1 kind in pens or lots or otherwisyy 0 docs a gj businej Proofi Safet; rent. -Cf] within the boundary known as tjG/ v* -»ri fire, limits in the town. This applp 0 ' °t) _ l „ . . I . I # » # V </oa 8 to drove hogs or hogs for sale on f( wx Hi or otherwise. Skc. 2. That it shall be unlawful | raise, keep or allow hogs or swine > any kind in pens, lots or otherwis within the corporate limits of tl town except as hereinafter provide! Hogs or swine may be allowed to kept or raised in pens which shtr^, have a plank floor not less than tj ) *■ feet above the ground and laid so to slant to one side for drainage, MMfjjT • to be kept clean and free from lilXe^ 1 on said floor and underneath. fty/jj No pen shull be allowed within ytj 'j hundred feet of any well or cisterjA^/ nearer than one hundred feet of, residence. /fyAj No drove hogs or hogs for suler*4^ 1 be allowed in pens, lots or buK adjoining or fronting on any striW. or any marsh,. ... negrfRjy residence, or shall ^ ^ gs artfjy 8$ e.i i JiaL or any marshy or damj * irVyy residence, or shalk^ plncV in which hogs are , ^ )wcd lo become foul or or placf allowed lo become foul . ble from neglect. fl That all phtaesjGierc hogs Si] lowed under p^ tions must bfl offensive, or tj dared a nub maintaining sj ficution by a jn! member of th! shall be lined in one hundred doll^ thirty days impl duv said nuisance! or to work on (lit provided for in 71, chain gang^ril Attest L. BAKERJ Town Of k*M*nmce