Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Don't Forget Men's New Store Swift's Sugar-Cured Hams and Breakfast Bacon. EVERYTHING TO EAT. J, F.FINGKEN’S, Two Doors From Postoffice. THE MORMON PROBLEM. The Builders Supply Co. Successors to L. Baker. Will furnish you Building Material of the best that the markets afford and at the lowest living prices. No. i heart pine Shingles and Laths, and Devo’s cele brated Paints—guaranteed to go further and last longer than any other in the market. When in need of anything in the building line, call and see us; we’ll treat you courteously and uia<e your es timates for nothing. 1 I i il If O 1\ MANAGER. NOTICE! I carry in stock Shoes of all grades, Hats and Caps, Groceries, such as Flour. Meal, Meat, Lard, Sugar, Cof fee, Teas, Spices, Horse and Cattle Powders, Soda, Soaps. Seed and Fat ing Potatoes. Cabbage, Dried Beans, &c.. Light Hardware, such as Pocket- kin ves, Table Cutlery, Scissors, Locks, Shoe Nails, Axes, Shovels, Nails &c., Notions such as Hosiery, Suspenders, Men’s Underwear, Pants, Overalls, Handkerchiefs, &c., Tobac co’s of all kinds. Many things too numerous to mention. All cheap for cash. . : : : : I.M. FOR ALL COUNTY NfW8, IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE AND EVENTS OF INTEREST IN FOREIGN LANDS, TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. Efforts to Abolish Polygamy in the Northwest. In the Canadian Northwest the Morman problem is occupying wide spread attention and Is being met with a vigor that is surprising to the peo ple of the United States, according to the Philadelphia Ledger. In the new province of Alberta there are thousands of Mormons, who have en tered the Dominion within the last live years. It seems that many of the polygamous Mormons went to the Canadian northwest because they thought they would find a safe har bor. In this they were disappointed, for prosecutions have been begun in dead earnest and notice has been served that they must either give up their plural wives or leave the terri tory. There are several reasons for this. The Canadians have an ener getic way of enforcing their laws; they are not hampered in their suits of prosecution by social and business re lations, and political interests do not interfere as they have in the Western States. A few words of explanation will be offered just here. Now, as every read er knows, or should know at least, the editor of this paper is not respon sible for the views of correspondents. The views of this writer might not at all times coincide with the ideas of the editor and no one should con sider this correspondent a mouth piece of Mr. Ed. H. DeCamp merely because his ideas are made known through the columns of The Ledger. In connection with the Mormon ques tion a few remarks will now be made in regard to religion in general. There is entirely too much atten tion paid to the matter of creeds. There is but one thing in regard to the life beyond the grave that one may know for certain, and that is the fact that creeds will not determine a per son’s final destination. Many are the church members today who could not for their lives give any reason for belonging to that particular denomi nation except that their patents did before them. While it is unwise to attach too much importance to the matter of creed, yet there is such a thing as going to the other extreme by not believing in any creed what ever. This writer once had the acquaint ance of a man in Birmingham, Ala., who did not seem to believe in church organization. He was an ex-minister of the gospel and appeared to be a consecrated man, and matters of re ligion were his favorite topics of con versation. In fact, in this subject he bordered on fanaticism. From being a minister of the gospel in a certain denomination he had reached the point where he did not believe in any one particular denomination. We once knew an aged man of New York who, from his appearance, one would have supposed him to be a good old deacon of the church. However, from his conversation one would soon find that he was rather prejudiced | against religion. He seemed to think ' the only thing the church is good for I is to organize society. He was reared | in a Christian family and taught to j believe in Christ, but he said that | later in life he learned better sense ; than to adhere to any such nonsense. This seems to be a deviation from ; tho Divine rule, which says ‘‘Train up ( a child in the way he should go ami I when he is old he will not depart I from it.” It is said that there are! exceptions to all rules, but anyone should be aware of the tact tluu 1 there is no variation in the Divine laws and regulations. Therefore, in this case the most plausible conject ure is that the youthful days of this i man were not superintended in strict j i accordance with the Divine require | ments. Where too much time and | attention is paid to creeds, the fore- j going illustrations go to prove that there is such a thing as going to the other extreme. m • «> TTniversalism teaches that a person is punished in this world for his sins. If a person is outrageously mean it is claimed that he spends some time j in purgatory. He remains there till ! ho is remodeled and made presentable lor the kingdom of heaven. Now, if all this were true we have no need 1 for the Bible whatever, in regard to our final destination. There is noth ing in regard to existence beyond the grave that can be proven by human Knowledge, and yet to doubt the au thenticity of the Bible and resent its teachings is nothing short of mad ness. It is very true that a person may suffer in this world as the result of sin. A drunkard renders himself a mental and phical wreck and de stroys the happiness and usefulness of his life and mars the happiness of his family and friends. More than that, he generally loses his friends, his pocketbook, his self-respect, and more than likely will come to an un timely death. But the idea that a person is punshied in this world for his sins in every respect and under all conditions is very absurd. Were this the case there is many a rascal who is now happy whose life would be one complete misery. * • * In regard to feet washing, we do not believe the Lord intended this exam ple as a church institution. It is sym bolic of humanity. In fact the life of the meek and lowly Nazarene was a perfect picture of humility. The lesson taught by this incident is sec ond in importnee only to that which is taught by the Lord’s supper, but we believe they differ in the respect that one is a church institution and the other is not. Yet, with the ex-, ception that a person’s eternal salva tion can only he obtained through the intervention of the blood of Jesus the lesson of humility is the most lovely and of greater importance than any of the many examples of Christ, while in the world. To our mind there is nothing more disgusting than a per son who seems to think the world could never prosper without his valu able assistance and marches around with an air of self-importance, evi dently thinking the welfare of the world lies within his grasp. He seems to entirely forget that the world really did exist before he made his advent into infinite space and that it not only existed but made satisfactory progress as well. He seems to fail to realize the fact that there were many great men before him and that the death of no one man has ever checked the progress of the world. Oh, it is splendid to be humble. We aro told that "He that exaltelh himself shall bo abased, and ho that abaseth him self shall bo exalted.” In the words of tho poet: “Modesty meets of no defense, For lack of modesty is lack of sense.” It is said that sin made its appear- i nee into tin* world on the principle j of man abusing his liberties. Now, man did not sin till he was tempted by the serpent. The fact that God was first and perfect in every respect i makes it seem strange to us poor mortals that Ho would create a be ing so constituted that he would yield to temptation. However, this is one of the many things this writer cannot understand, and we will not dwell up on 'it. Sullice it to sa 1 that a person should not indulge in logic that leads in an opposite direction from religion or permit his thoughts to dwell upon subjects that, are calculated to divert his mind from the fact that it is of supreme importance that he should live an humble, consecrated Christian life. Even to make the concession that infidelity is correct and that there is no life beyond the grave one does not lose anything by being in sympathy with religion and living a sweet Christian life. • * • In conclusion, a few more remarks \ will he made in regard to the Mor- rgons. Even it the church should prove by the general order of things to 1)0 of no greater benefit to the hu man race than to organize society and teach lessons of morality, it 'is doing a work that can never be over estimated. But when a church or or ganization fails to teach morality and even goes so far as to live in open rebellion against the techings of the Bi ble and contrary to all decency and self-respect, it not only fails to he of benefit to the' world in regard to its salvation hut it is detrimental to the welfare of the nation as well. It is true that our forefathers mi grated to this country to escape per secution. It is true that for nearly three centuries this grand old land of America lias been the refuge of the oppressed of other nations. And one of the most prominent features that appeals to the foreigner is its relig ious toleration. This is the home of the free—it is the home of a free- thinking, liberty-loving people. We met a traveling man in Cowpens not long since who was from England. He said in the United States was the place to get rich, but that one had better opportunities in England for enjoying wealth, as everything there was first class. To a great extent this may b^true, but it must be re- i m h . u ! ■ • the ..ic .e) ? ' oi r « .< 'u in die Gaffney Savings Lank. But remember that it is your reach only that i* is within; year " rittenor r « neceasary to obtain it. B i ;lars and thieves have no chance to get it. ijij j he Gaffney Savings Baruc would like to np >n an ?u ‘ount with you. One dollar will do for n t-rarf, your own pride will make it grow. We pay four per cent, inter est on all deposits. I LTJ The Gafmey Savings Bank. Office in The National^Bank of Gaffney. * ♦ W + 4 v ■ ♦*-»*♦*♦ vvy i 4%%y- r FDRNITDRE! much older nation than the United States and that it will soon equal and even surpass her in nearly every re spect. However, we believe the Mor mon church is doing more against the welfare of the nation than any other one thing. A belief that is for eign to all decency and self-respect should not be permitted under any consideration, and we believe that Mormons who practice polygamy should be handled more severely than has been the case. H. M. The men who have lifted the world have never been too great to touch it with their hands. 1. 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