Gaffney, SC

PDF of print edition Mom deserves a lot more than just one day LEDGER COLUMNIST       You have to love it when kids reach the age they think they're beyond parental wisdom, or discipline. My first experience with that all-too-wrong realization came probably close to 30 years ago, when - after getting in trouble for something I can't quite remember - I just had to give my mother ... More ... LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD      Here are Patsy and Garry (Butch) Wylie with The Ledger during their trip to Savannah, Ga. In the background is the Georgia Queen Riverboat on the Savannah River. On your next trip out of town take a copy of The Ledger along and send a picture of yourself or your group reading the newspaper to: cody@... More ... THE MOSS REPORT       The House approved and sent to the Senate or enrolled for ratification the following bills of interest: The House amended, approved, and sent to the Senate H.4883, the "EDUCATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SALES AND USE TAX ACT. More ... Price children out of the cigarette market THEIR VIEW       A lot has changed since the House voted a year ago to raise South Carolina's cigarette tax from the lowest in the nation to the eighth-lowest. The state budget has gone from surplus to deficit, with most state agencies facing budget cuts. More ... Cartoon Read the Story... The Sunday School Lesson Following a Visionary Leader       NEH. 2:1 And it came to pass in the month Ni'san, in the twentieth year of Ar-tax-erx'es the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. More ... Stories Behind The Hymns TELL MOTHER I'LL BE THERE Stories Behind The Hymns By: Warren Shiver       TELL MOTHER I'LL BE THERE AUTHOR & COMPOSER: CHARLES FILLMORE (1860-1952) ARRANGED BY: ROBERT HARKNESS (1880-1961) President William McKinley was born to Nancy Allison McKinley. He had five sisters and three brothers, but he always seemed to be his mother's favorite. More ...