LEDGER COLUMNIST
Lipstick on a pig
Tim GULLA LEDGER STAFF WRITER
      Some pigs may look better in lipstick. While I don't really have a horse in the presidential race, so to speak, I never bought recent contentions by one candidate that a "lipstick on a pig" comment by the other candidate really was a direct slap in the face to a certain female vice presidential candidate.
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LEDGER READERS ON THE ROAD
     Bruce Spurlin, Pat Spurlin, Parmer Spurlin and Beverly Spurlin Ward are shown reading The Gaffney Ledger on a recent trip to Los Angeles, Calif., and Las Vegas, Nev. Bruce and Beverly treated their parents to this special trip to celebrate their mother's birthday. On your next trip out of town, or tour of duty, take a copy of The Ledger along and send a picture of yourself or your group reading the newspaper to: cody@gaffneyledger.com.
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The Sunday School Lesson
Finding True Happiness
      MATT. 5:1 And seeing the Multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Stories Behind The Hymns
SWEET BY AND BY
Stories Behind The Hymns By: Warren Shiver
      SWEET BY AND BY Author: Sanford Bennett (1836-1898) Composer: Joseph P. Webster (1819-1875) For some people, troubles seem to pile up without end. For others sorrows break like billowing waves on the shore of their lives. How do we cope with life's problems when they seem insurmountable?
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