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THANKSGIVING.
This issue of The Ledger comes to
its readers on a day set apart by
national and State authorities as a
day of thanksgiving and prayer—
thanksgiving for the wonderful bless
ings of the past and prayer for the
Divine favor and guidance in the
future.
Surely it is meet that such days
should be set apart, and surely every
heart not dead to every sentiment of
gratitude will respond cordially to
the summons which bids us pause in
the wild race of life and lift up our
thoughts and affections to the Great
Being who thus far has guided us by
His counsels and upheld us by His
power. Ingratitude is one of the
basest sentiments that ever dwelt in
a human bosom—a blighting power
“more strong than traitors’ arms’’—
a virulent poison that taints and
dries up all the purest channels of
life; while gratitude is one of the
most ennobling instincts that ever
thrilled a human soul, a well-spring
of higher life whose health-giving
waters sweeten and purify all our
relations both to God and our fellow
man. Surely as we this day look
back upon the past—a past all check
ered with joy and sorrow; here beset
with trial and there enlivened by
triumph, here dark. v*ith despair,
and there bright with hope, here
wrapped in gloom and there smiling
in radiant sunshine—surely as we to
day look back over this mingled
scene of light and darkness, of change
and shadow, we shall see many
things to strengthen our wavering
faith, to fill our weak hearts with
courage, and to cause our souls to
swell with gratitude to the hand that
led us “by paths we knew not’’ and
that shielded us from the arrow that
flew by day, from the destruction
that wasted at noonday, and the
pestilence that walked in darkness.
When we look away from ourselves
to this great country of ours, we
ought to feel profoundly grateful
that God has cast our lots within its
borders, and given us a share in its
happiness, its greatness and its
glory. But little over a hundred
years ago this country was a wilder
ness, the home of wild beasts and
wilder savage men.
To-day we are the biggest, strongest
mightiest aggregation of people on the
earth, covering the fairest land that
the sun ever kissed in all his blazing
rounds, and marching forward to the
grandest destiny ever marked out
for a nation in tho annals of time.
The old poet in the wildest dream of
prophecy could go no farther than to
bound the Julian empire by the ocean
and its fame by the stars. In the
realizations of this age our dominion
passes the boundaries of oceans, the
light of our civilization is streaming
towards the remotest corners of
earth, while influences are moving
that will out-live the stars of heaven.
j
It is a grand privilege, a rare and
blessed opportunity, to live in such
a land; to be even an infinitessimal
part of mighty, uplifting movements,
of world-wide salutary influences,
that elevate and purify, and dignify
every motive of human life and
quicken every noble aspiration of tho
human soul.
On our own immediate part of this
great country, God has bestowed
rich and peculiar blessings, with no
sparing or grudging hand. He has
sent the rains upon tho just and the
unjust; He has caused his sun to
shine alike upon the abodes of crime
and the homes of virtue and love;
He has stayed the pestilence, and His
angels have spread their tents round
about our people and zealously
guarded their peace and welfare.
.Kever before has the soil responded
more generously to the labors of the
husbandman ; never before has there
been a more bountiful supply of food
for man and beast; never before has
there been a more complete combi
nation of all the elements and condi
tions of temporal happiness. Cold
and hard indeed must be that heart
which feels no emotion of gratitude
in the contemplation of the condition
of our people to-day.
Vet The Ledger comes to homes
to-day that have been darkened by
sorrow. During the year that is
past, the family circle has been
broken and the light of the home has
gone out in gloom. It may be that
the death angel smote a gentle, loving
daughter and sister, who had filled
the home with all the light and rip
pling joy of a radiant spring morning;
it may be that it was a strong noble
brother and son, the pride and hope
of his parents, the idol of his sisters,
and whose life was a rainbow of
promise bending in love and beauty
over a happy home; it may be that
it was the father, constant in his
toil, strong in his wisdom, and sure
footed in his plans; or the mother,
worn and haggard by toil and sacra-
fice, but still true and constant in
the ministrations of her deathless
love. Whoever it was, the hearth
stone is desolate, and silence and
gloom brood over the ashes of dead
love and departed hopes.
To all such homes The Ledger
comes to-day with tender, loving
words, and deep earnest sympathies.
The writer himself has battled with
the billows of sorrow and mourned
over the dust of blighted hopes. Let
us together to-day thank God for the
lives that were lived, for the love
that never grew cold, for the sweet
memories that dwell like incense
around our family altars, and for the
strong abiding hope that beyond the
sunset and the night our love will be
rekindled into a purer, holier flame,
the broken ties will be re-united,
and pain and sorrow will be known
and felt no more.
CHEAPNESS OP HUMAN LIFE.
The shooting of the negro near the
depot last Saturday night by the
young white man from Gastonia,
the circumstances of which are given
in another column, is another de
plorable illustration of the cheapness
of human life in this country. A
man mustn’t run, nor put his hands
in his pockets, nor throw one hand
behind him, nor do anything else of
doubtful signification in the presence
of his fellow men, or there is danger
that somebody will bring him down.
If there is any doubt about the in
tent of his actions, that must all be
interpreted against the supposed of
fender and in favor of the gunner,
and can be discussed and adjusted
afterwards when there is more leisure.
In the exigencies of the moment, the
man must be brought down. In the
name of Heaven ! what is to become
of a country in which at a time of
profound peace, a man’s life is hardly
more sacred or secure than that of a
beast or bird of prey—when men go
a-gunning for each other with the
nonchalance and lightness of spirits,
with which they go shooting birds
and squirrels? We know nothing of
the young white man who did the
shooting in the above-mentioned in
stance, and it is not our intention to
say anything to prejudice his case in
public opinion. No doubt he regrets
the mistake, but it is now too late to
rectify it. Ho is just in tho line of
common practices. If he had a war
rant for the arrest of a negro, and
had been absolutely sure that the
right negro was before him, neither
he nor any other man had any legal
or moral right to shoot him even
then, whether standing or running.
Tho negro hud the right to be tried
and not to be shot. Officers of the
law have no right to shoot a man be
cause he runs, unless ho be a man
who has been already out-lawed by
legal authority and the officer has
been commanded to take him dead
or alive. But what can avail to stop
this tide of blood and teach ofTon ders
tho sacredness of human life as
long as public sentiment remains as
it is? The courts are little better
than a farce, and the law is a hissing
and a by-word.
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Ibis body will hold its annual ses
sion in Darlington county now in a
few days, and the First Baptist
church of Gaffney is considering the
question of sending it an invitation
to meet here next year.
The convention is usually com
posed of from three to five hundred
members besides many distinguished
visitors from this and other States,
who attend its meetings, and it
would be a great event in the social,
spiritual, and material life of Gaffney
for the convention to hold one of its
LEDGER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., NOVEMBER 24, 1898.
ms here. We speak as a non-
rian when we say that it would
t iffney good to entertain this
and that such a meeting,
'^ier this convention, or the
^ odist Conference, or the Presby-
11 Synod, would exercise a great
u ing and up-lifting power on our
c< iunity. It would broaden our
it and give an impulse to Chris
ta generosity, forbearance, and
ki r sympathy, which would bear
fr br years to come. When we
lit jen five hundred of the biggest,
bemd truest men of a great re-
ligi denomination, no matter
wl er Baptist, Methodist Presby
ter or Episcopal, come together
in cause of Christianity, when we
hadd them to mingle with our peo
ple! had noted their earnest zeal,
theiUlted piety, and noble conse-
cratl we should feel ashamed of
our l e narrow ways, our pitiable
littleLominational jealousies, and
our would expand to broader
concerns and our hearts be filled
with her impulses.
We leve that there are many
Christ! in Gaffney other than
BaptisWho will respona to the
sentims we are expressing, and
who w heartily unite with the
Baptista inviting and in onter-
Baptist State Convention,
itation be sent, and let it
bebackbythe unanimous senti
ment ore town.
PRESS OPINION.
taining
Let the
ENTRLFROM OUR DAY BOOK.
Ip eveman didn’t have to make
his repujon there might be more
good one
If a v*un has blonde hair it
doesn’t jessarily follow that she
is light kled.
The tr^le with the man who
knows it is that he is unable to
keep it Ufinself.
♦ ♦ ♦
*
Mu. W Campbell, of Harrisburg,
Ky., is inis State buying up cat
tle to shi[) Kentucky. He shipped
last wcekiht car loads from Camp-
obella, an|j on the hunt for more.
What doeiut mean? We thought
the boot vjt on the other loot.
Fair wt|er and State fairs don’t
seem to fairly. Many of the
prime attkions set for the fair in
Columbia £ week were fairly or
unfairly k(ked out by the unfair
weather. Js said however, that the
fair did fuj- well notwithstanding
all the unfjiess.
It is renjkable, that while for
several yea tho products of tho
farms havekreely sold for the cost
of productij the price of land keeps
up, and fur i labor is as high as it
was ten j^s ago. This state of
things is ab^mal and cannot last,
unless therkidle capital enough in
the country sustain it.
The city (Spartanburg was both
wise and luii when she refused a
large amour^f money for the priv
ilege of havi j a brigade of soldiers
to come in htnidst. From reports
that come fit Greenville, we are
inclined to fedict that Greenville
will soon be lling to pay somebody
a large sum | take the soldiers off
her hands.
From all w in hear, we are of
opinion that
farmers of Cherokee
county are so ig and preparing to
sow an imme i acreage in wheat
and oats—per is twice as much as
has been sowm any one year since
the civil war. (his is a long step
toward comforj independence, and
happiness, “lien things are at
their worst, tlw sometimes mend.”
Watch a nirs
vows that hofill
money he owesfu
elocutionists t»u
lingers tightly
vigorous asseveiftons you
expect the me y
trury, if he ‘ext Is
their full length
hand upward, t
It is worth a goi
hand when he
pay you that
We htlve heard
mt if lie closes his
hile making his
need not
On the con-
his lingers to
th Gie palm of the
money will come.
(Ideal sometimes to
know what to ex ct.
♦ ♦ ♦
A young lail in Spartanburg
sent her little tither to a parson
with the request I come quick and
perform a marriuj ceremony. The
parson was slow, Id the little boy
was sent a second time. WWen the
parson arrived al culled upon the
couple to stand iiluid be made one,
the young man ulounced that he
hud been joking Id the marriage
was declared off tclhe great disgust
of the parson ab the expectant
bride. That was (frying a joke too
far and that you| man needs a
cowhiding.
The State dispensary inspector has
reported the dispenser at Ulmer’s
Barnwell Co., ns short, but says the
money cannot be collected because
the dispenser bas no bond, as the law
requires. How is this for high !—
Sumter Freeman.
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Why is it that rioting in Illinois
does not attract the same attention
with the administration as a little
“diversion” in the Carolinas? The
Carolinians are likely to get the
swell head from this extra attention
shown tbem.—Columbia Record.
* * *
The Republicans who are trying to
make capital out of the recent riots
in Greenwood county haye received
cold comfort from President McKin
ley and his advisers in Washington.
They very properly take the ground
that it is none of their business.
—Sumter Herald.
*
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Senator B. R. Tillman, in his
speech to the white Democracy at
Charlotte, X. C., is credited with say
ing among other truths that “suck
ing sweet milk from the public teat
is monstrous good living.” There is
no disputing this proposition, and no
one, we presume, knows better what
he is talking about than Senator
Tillman.—Kiugstree County Record.
* *
*
The interview of Senator Tillman
published in last Monday’s News and
Courier is a strong and well worded
utterance. The resolutions adopted
by the Wilmington mass meeting and
this interview sounds very much
alike. Did Senator Tillman have
“something to do” with the writing of
the Wilmington resolutions? We
have heard that he did.—Manning
Times.
*
* *
The expulsion of a few of the riot
ous leaders from Wilmongton last
week was a step in the right direc
tion. If they are not there, they
most assuredly won’t cause any trou
ble, and with the “fair wind and
high tide” that the good people of
Wilmington afforded them it is not
likely that they will figure very con-
spiciously in the future politics of
the “Old North State.”—Marion
Star.
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*
The demoralizing effect of lynch
law is clearly demonstrated by the
atrocious shooting of a colored wo
man in Greenwood county. Doubt
less the perpetrators of the deed
sought for another and possibly
guilty party, but that does not miti
gate the crime in any degree. As
suming even that they were justified
in taking the law into their own
hands, they manifested a reckless
disregard for human life which was
simply inhuman.—Florence Reform
Advocate.
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There is a village in England built
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tance of 26 miles by some great iceberg.
It was dropped to the bottom of the
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der clay.
Mrs. J. M. Bull, wife of the pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Worthington, Minn., supplied the pul
pit on a recent Sunday in the absence
of her husband.
The first baby gets its photograph
taken every three mouths. Tho other
babies are lucky to get theirs taken once
in three years.—Bachelor.
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DR. S. H. GRIFFITH,
Physician and Surgeon
In iiddition to a general practice, makes a
specialty of diseases peculiar to the eye.
ear. nose and throat: is fully prepared ami
equipped for performing ail operations com
ing within the scope of modern aural, nasal
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scientific skill and accuracy.
Office over .1. K. Tolleaou’s store.
’1’lione No. 71.
DR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store
In office from 1st to 2Gth of each
month;
At Blacksburg Thursday morning
eac.i week, returning to office at 2:!10
J. E. WEBSTER,
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Gaffney City, S. C.
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rent.
Buys and sells Stocks andBonds.
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Card of Thanks.
The family of the late A. A. Sar
ratt desire to exoress their tl a iks to
their many friends for their kindness -
shown them in their recent bereave
ment and trust that the hand of *
providence may deal lightly with all
who expressed such sympathy and
kindly interest.
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