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THE RICH fy AJ? Earnest and Eioqi by !Dr. -J. A News am Dr. J. A. B. Sherer preached a j strong and eloquent sermon before a large congregation at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church yesterday morning j on "The Rich Man's Crime." His j text was : ! "Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me.'"-Matthews, 25:45. ? Dr. Sherer Baid: Men are absorbed with curiosity to know what follows death. Holy Scripture does not often lift the veil for us. All the more closely should we study, then, the Gospel lesson for the day, which gives us a glimpse of the laws of the unknown world-of the laws which determine destiny. First, there is the picture of a rich ' man, who lived like a king. His rohe ? was of dazzling hyssus, so precious, Pliny says, that it was exchanged for its weight in gold, and over this an outer garment dyed with a liquid of fabulous cost, drawn in scant dro^s from the purple-fish. His table was loaded with delicate food; day hy day he lived "in jovial splendor." His house was an Oriental'palaee. . At his open door they flung a beg gar. What a contrast! The one clothed in purple and linen, the other covered with sores; the one feeding on * sumptuous fare, the other, like a dog, begging crumbs; the -one tended by servitors, the other tormented by dogs. But the rich man and the beggar die. Death, the great leveller, comeo to each. Poet or peasant, beggar or king, they are all the same to him, to this grinning monarch, who is no re specter of persons. Lazarus, no doubt, was east into the potter's field, with no burial. But of the rich man the parable adds:/'He was buried," calling before our eyes pictures of lavish funeral splendor, as they wrap ped him in a splendid shroud, and laid him on a costly bier, and marched ! with their train of hired mourners to his pompous tomb. Lazarus? The name means "God is his help.", His name on earth had seemed a pitiful irony, but now. when he most needs help, there is One to assist him. He is' carried by the angels into paradise, which the. Jews called "Abraham's bosom." The child-like Luther comments, "I should also like to have my soul carried to Heaven by such nursemaids'" There had been a contrast between them on' earth, but DOW the contrast is still greater. Their lot is reversed; "Dives" becomes the beggar. From him who had once besought crumbs from his hand he now begs a drop of water. But his request is unreason ' able. The law and the prophets had given him full warning that he must ~- choose between two; whether to seek first temporal joy^or eternal joy, and iie had made deliberate choice. So now the inexorable reminder: "Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things." He had made his choice, and now to seek a reversal of his lot is without reason. It is also an impossible request, for, "besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither caa they pass to us, that would come from thence." What solemn words these to fall from the lips of the Son of God, who was not only- Love, but Truth ! Then the fellow complains- he has not had suf ficient warning. God is not good enough to men. He does not suffi ciently provide for their salvation. They ought to h av? supernatural ' warning of these terrors. "If one ] went unto them from the dead they would repent." But never were truer' words than the words of Abraham's reply: "If they hear not Moses and* the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though eoe rose from the dead.'1 i's it not true? God is will ing enough to do all for men's salva- . tion, but God does not do the useless. Perhaps consciously our Lord gave the name Lazarus to this beggar of the parable, so that men reading it, might think of that other Lazarus, his friend, who did come back from the dead, only to find men with self blinded eyes, who determined not to believe, but only to slay the Truth, i;went their way to the Pharisees and tjld them what things Jesus had done." Yea, the Lord himself came back from the dead, than which io all history there ie no better established event; yet do they now believe? No : we have Moses and the prophets and the Gospel, which is called the "power of God unto salvation,'" and if we be Jieve not these neither would we believe though one rose from the ilead. I ask. what made thc difference in the eternal destiny of these two men ? Was Lazarus saved because he was poor? Nowhere is a promise made -except to "the poor in spirit." Was :he rieb man lost because he was rich? .But Abraham, the friend of God and father of the faithi*;:], was tho richest IAN'S CRIME. lent Sermon IPreached ... 3B. Sherer. i Courier. of all the Jews, and Christ himself was often with the wealthy at their feasts, Nicodemus and Joseph, of Arimatbea, being his faithful friends in death. What, then, was this rich ! man's crime? Doubtless he was an I honest man, of high standing in his j community. He seems also to have j loved his family. Yes, he was even a "religious" man', not forgetting to claim Abraham as his father, and doubtless occupying a front seat in the synagogue. Yet this respectable man, this religious man, was lost. What was his crime ? The rich man's crime was simply this: That he saw Lazarus lying at his gate and let him alone. That is all. He saw in that poor prostrate form only a repulsive beggar, whereas he should have seen in Lazarus, as did the Samaritan in the merchant of Jerusalem, a brother man. No, I will go further. He saw at his gate only a poor, disgusting beggar, where he should have seen the Christ. There fore, he was surprised at his hard lot. "When saw I thee an hungered and gave thee no meat?' ' "Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me." Christ identi fies himself with the meanest of His servants. "Ye did it not to Me." So the rich man's sin was the sin of omission. Light is shed on the Gos pel by the Epistle lesson which the Church has set to go with it. "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar, for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not seen?" The lack of this rich man was the lack of the rich young man who came to Jesus, and, who, when he heard the command to sell what he had for the poor and come follow Him, "went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions." His "good things" were the things of self. Is not this precisely the danger of the rich? Does it not explain that hard saying of Christ's, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the King dom of Heaven? I mean the power which*riches have to build a crust and a shell about a man's heart, so that he is wrapped up in self. He is hon est, and highly respectable, and even pious, but for the sake of wealth ?he loses that tenderness of sight which makes a man see Christ in a beggar, that tenderness of hearing which turns a moan of'disappointment into the terrible Words,."Ye did it not to Me." Beware of the sin of selfishness! Do not call it a little thing, a trivial fault. It lies at the root of crime. You shudder at the thought of murder, but at the bottom of the first hideous murder lay the.selfish heart of Cain. You hear with horror of the deed of the traitor, Judas, bu: there is a hint of his orime in those words which went before "Judas had the bag." His heart was encrusted with hard .selfishness, so that, in the woman who anointed her Saviour, he saw buta foolish spendthrift. He was worldly wise, as was this rich man, who de spised "one of the least of these." ""God sent a vision. I beheld the mighty scales wherewith God weigheth mankind, and as I looked, lo. a bal ance was taken. And God judged be fore me many souls, and among them was the soul of a man whom I had ac counted just and generous, and over whose misfortunes I hr.d grieved. And God laid in the scale against this man what seemed at first a little fault, a trivial thing. It was the sin of self love; and, lo. it had tainted the man's whole life; its mark was upon his every word and deed, till all seemed ? hollow lies. And God laid in the balance against this small thing, this heavy thing, a just and honest course, 1 an unsoiled name and many tempta tions overcome. Yet some of frhese had to be cast out again, for they were found to be tainted by that little fault, that ghastly thing." It is told of Pousa. the Chinese potter, that when the Emperor once ordered him to make such a piece of porcelain as never had been seen, he tried again and again, but failed. Finally, in despair, he flung himself into his furnace. And by chance the effect of this self-immolation on the ware was such that it came out the most beautiful possession of the world, j So, when self in us disappears, as we think only of pleasing the Master, we shall be "vessels unto honor, sancti fied, and meet for the Master's use, j and prepared unto every good work." I was seriously afflicted with a cough j for several years, and last fall had a more severe cough than ever before. I have used many remedies without receiving much relief, and being re commended to try a bottle of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, by a friend, who. knowing me to be a poor widow, j gave it to me. ? tried it, and with the most gratifying results. TheSrstbot tle relieved me very mush and the second bottle has absolutely cured mc. I have not had as good health for twenty years* Respectfully, Mrs. Mary A. Beard. Claremore Ark. Sold by Hi ll-Orr i hue Co. IT WAS ONLY A DREAM. A Confederate Yereran Looks Thirty Years Ahead. Carolina Spartan. After reading much about the reun ion of Veterans in Charleston and patiently bearing thc burden of years and unremitting labor for a living, at , the close of a long, lingering May day, I went to bed with the chickens and soon deep sleep came to my tired body. It was not long, perhaps about midnight, when the wheels of tim o were rolled back and I was in Virginia again with the boys. R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, A. P. Hill and ! Longstreet were in the saddle. The boys in gray, or any color of cloth they could get, were camped on a hun dred hills, and the dream picture would rapidly change and there would be the drums and marching and fun and frivolity, and then the booming of cannon and then the interminable line of blue with shining guns and bayonets would rise up in the dis tance. In dreams that blue line is always a hateful thing. The Confed erates may shout themselves hoarse for Dewey and Shafter and Wheeler. They may fight for the stars and stripes, but their dreams are always true to the convictions of 1861. Awaking from that dream I was rather glad I was not in camp in Virginia, but in a quiet home, i rejoiced in a restored country and felt that even the blue was not such a hateful color, only in dreams. Again sleep overcame me and the cogs in the wheel of time had some how slipped and the old machine was clicking oh! 1930. I was at a railway station and on a large poster I.read, *'Grand Reunion of the U. C. V., at Petersburg, Va., July 4, 1930." I began to take in the situation. The general commanding the IT. C. V. was a nineteen-year-old private at the sur render. All the generals, colonels] captains and even quartermasters and chaplains of the army had passed away. The boy who surrendered at the age of 20 at Appomattox was now 85. Even the 16-year old boys who went in the last few months of the war were 80. I made up my mind to go to Petersburg where the curtain went down on the last act, where great actors were forced to withdraw from the greatest drama of the cen tury. I wanted to see the remnant of the old army as they came together for the last time. Only a few of them were left here and there. Year by year the roll had been growing shorter and shorter. Now the survivors of the whole army of the Confederacy could be called in less than half an hour. But my dream gave coloring to the scene and pictured the remnant of the gaandest army of the nine teenth century as highly honored, the observed of all observers, occupying the high seats in all the high places. But dreams are very disappointing. They go by contraries. Instead of honor there was absolute want of re cognition. When the first section of the train bringing visitors from North Carolina rolled in, I thought I would certainly see a few of the survivors of Chancellorsville and Appomattox leaning on the arms of their sons and daughters. But no one did I see. The sons and the daughters with maids of honor by the hundreds came in, but not a single Veteran. The next section came in with the legend "Sponsors of the Confederacy." I thought sure these young people had the remnant of the North Carolina Veterans in their charge. But they j came tripping out, each sponsor with six maids of honor, and each maid with two young men dancing atten dance. This line was thicker, if not longer than Lee's line around Peters burg in the winter of 1864 and 1865. But there was no sign of a veteran in that merry crowd and no knowledge of one. A little conversation with one of the more affable indicated that they had got Light Horse Harry Lee and R. E. Lee mixed. Some of,them had an idea that Stonewall Jackson was the hero of New Orleans. They could . not tell whether it was Semmes or Sampson that was such a terror on the seas in the old Confede rate days. They did not know wheth er the Crater was in Petersburg or Santiago. Turning sadly from them I looked for the coming of the Palmetto division. When the ?rst section rolled in sight with drums beating and banners flying my heart bounded with joy when I felt that the sturdy sons and grandsons would bring in triumph the few survivors of the Palmetto State. I was getting lonesome and longed for the friendly touch of even a conscript who had worn the gray. But sponsors by the hundred came pouring out of the train and then a thousand maids of honor with their attendant knights. From another di vision that rolled up I hoped still to see the veritable veteran brought for ward in triumphal procession. But instead of that I saw a long linc of sons and grandsons, each with a roll in his hand and dignity enough in tread for a whole company of vete rans. I said, wh t arc these and why do they come? Thc reply was: "These are the Governor, Lieutenant-Govern or, Speaker of the House, chairman of committees, heads of departmeots, representatives of all charitable and penal institutions, together with a half dozen select orators from cadi county, all of whom are prepared to make sppeeches." In great mercy the angel of sleep then opened my eyes and I was thank ful that it was only a dream. Pure Food. The adulteration of uiany articles of food and the imposition upon the pub lic of the spurious product as the gen uine, pro voked the investigation which is now being carried on by a committee of the United States senate. There is reason to expect practical and beneficial results from this inquiry, especially as it seems to be prosecuted without fear or favor. We have had many investigations under both State and Federal authority that were fiascos, but the senate com mittee which was appointed tc .'cer tain the extent of food adulteration in this country appears to mean business. Its sessions are held in public and ap parently every effort is made to get at the bottom facts. Recent reports of several State agri cultural departments and experiment stations indicate to what an alarming extent the adulteration of food pro ducts has proceeded. Some of the adulterants are harmless, but many of them are very injurious. But the palm ing off of adulterated food products, whatever may be their composition, is a fraud which should be suppressed. The sale of any article of food which is not precisely what it claims tobo should be absolutely prohibited. If it is a mixed article, or is adulterated with elements which are harmless, the fact should be clearly demonstrated on every package and dealers should be required to give ample notice of the character of what they ofter for sale. There are mixed flours which many persons had as soon use as the genuine and which many prefer because they are cheaper, but it should be made il legal to sell any such articles as pure flour. There are many other instances in point. Oleomargarine is chemically as pure as butter and is quite as digestive. On the whole oleomargarine is a benefit to the country, but the law forbids a deal er to sell oleomargarine as butter. There is much more need for the protection of the pubile from other ar tificial and the many adulterated food products now so thick on "the market than there was for the passage of the oleomargarine law. The senate com mittee will probably discover and ex pose a very large number of food adul terations, and congress may take action in reference to them. But the most proper and the most effective pure food legislation must come from the States. This is a matter which the Georgia legisla ture should consider and act upon at its next session.-Atlanta Journal. Nothing equal to Prickly Ash Bit ters for removing that sluggish bilious feeling, so common in hot weather. It creates strength, vigor, appetite and cheerful spirits. Sold by Evans Phar macy. - To stop the flow of blood : Bind the cut with cobwebs and brown sugar, pressed on like lint; or-if you cannot procure these, with the dust of tea. If your stomach is disordered, bow els irregular, and you don't sleep well, you need Prickly Ash Bitters. It is very effective in removing this condi tion. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers. Notice to Trustees. AS required by Section W, Amended Acta of 1897, the County Board will appoint Trustees for the different School District* of Anderson County on the fir?t Tuesday in July. In order that the people of the respec tive Districts may better recommend the persons they desire appointed, the Coun ty Board requests the present Trustees to call a meeting of the taxpayers and qualified electors of each District, at Home convenient place within the Dis trict, on Saturday, the 24th inst., to elect or select persons to be recommended to this Bo? rd for appointment. The Trustees will please report the ac tion of said meetings to the County Su perintendent on or by Saturday, July 1st, 1809. In default of action by the resi dents of any District the County Board will make appointments without further notice. R. E. NICHOLSON, Co. Sup't. June 7,1H99_50_ 2 STOV?S, CROC ALARGE LINE, carefully selected tc Elmo and Garland Stoves and Ranj Cottage and Michigan Cook Stoves, rangii guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, if make ue a call before buying a Cook Stov to please you. We will take your old Sto Our TINWARE is the best on the mai We carry a well-selected Slock of CH Chamber Sets We also carry a full line of PORCEL Also, a nice line of GLASSWARE. We do all kinds of ROOFING-Tin E We will be pleHsed v have you give v C N. B.- Ail Accounts due Osborne k C Over Post Office. IVE. M. IWAT LIFE, T FIRE, ACCIDENTll Cali for nice Calendar. . - Texas has a woman Samson in Jennie Robinson, colored, of Burleson county. She weighs 447 pounds, and has strength in proportion. Accord ing to the overseer of the plantation on which she works she recently lifted a piece of machinery which five brawny negroes had vainly attempted to raise. Another story is told of her. She w*as riding a stubborn mustang, which refused to cross a bridge. Jen nie dismounted, tied the animal's legs, threw him on her shoulder, carried him across the bridge, and then con tinued her journey. - DEALERS IN - Fine Buggies, Phaetons, Surreys, Harness, Lap Robes Whips, and All kinds Buggy Fixtures. Just received another shipment of Bar ber's Pine "New 8outh" Buggies that we want to move nicely and quickly for cash or good papers. These are nice, nobby, slick, new style goodn that will please you. Sold under an absolute guar antee. This is the bright and beautiful season that inspired the poet to write, "In Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." Now, if you want that pretty girl's "fancy" to turn in the same direction buy a "New South" j Buggy from us. We want you to have one. Yours truly, VAN DIVER BROS. & MAJOR. No influence lends so mnch to home life as music. No Stock offers greater attractions than ours, and we wish to help you to happiness. It's not alone that we say it, hut you know that we mean it, as we sell the best ela?? of PIANOS and ORGANS, j As well as small Musical Merchandise, and will give yon foll Taine for ev i ery dollar. You are cordially invited to j call in person and inspect our Stock, or I write for catalogues and prices. We also represent the leading SEWING MACHINES Of the day, and are constantly receiving new additions to our Stock. We appeal to your judgment and will sell you the beat in this line. We still handle thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can save you money by an investi gation. Look to quality first-then price. Most respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. KAMNOL. HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, LA GRIPPE. Relieves all pain. 25c. all Druggists. Drs. Strickland & King, OFFICE IN MASONIC TEM E. j*- Gas and Cocaine used for Extract iog Teeth TINWARE, KERY. > suit the public. We sell the Iron King., ires, and the Times and Good Times, Ruth', og in price from $7.00 to $35.00. Ail are ?ot money will be refunded. Be sure you a. We are bound to sell you and are sure ve in part payment for a new one. .ket. INA, such as Dinner Sets, Tea Sets and ?LIN ??0ODS. Looting, Slate Hooting-and Repair work, is a call before buying. ISBORNE & OSBORNE. linksoales must be settled. Thone No, 115. T?SO?t - AGENT, Office always open. PRICKLY ?Si BiTTERC I CLEANSES THE LIVER AND BOWELS ^fctf^ J ; < ? AUB yORTTHES THE SYSTEM TO RESIST PREVAILING DISEASES. 4 ? EVANS PHARMACY, Special Agents. The New Dru We have recently opened up a complete line of DRUGS AND DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES, Patent Medicines of all kinds, Hair, Tooth, Nail and Shoe Brushes, Combs, Sponges and Rubber Goods. PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY filled day and night. F. B. GRAYTON & CO., Freeman & Pack's Old Stand. A FIRST-CLASS COOK Can't do first-class work with second-class materials. But you can hold the girl accountable if you buy your : : : : GROCERIES FROM US ! We have the right kinds of everything and at the right prices. Where qualities are equal no dealer can sell for less than we do. We guarantee to give honest quantity at the very LOWEST PRICES. Come and see us. We have numerous articless in stock that will help you get up a square meal for a little money. Our Stock of Confections, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., Are always complete. Youra to please, Free City Delivery. Gk F. BIGBY. For tlie Prevention anet Cure of the Prevalent Troubles ... GEIPPE COLDS, And their accompaniments. Neuralgic Pains, Headache, Pain in tlie Limbs, OUR GRIP CAPSULES Are almost a Specific. This remedy should be in every household. .... EVANS PHARMACY M. L CARLISLE. L. H. CARLISLE A NEW ADDITION TO OUR STOCK WE have added to our large and complete Stock of GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES* A full and complete line of Hardware and Farm Supplies. It will pay you to get our prices on Supplies before buying elsewhere, a* we: are in a position to give you the lowest prices on these Goods. We would be glad to have you call on ue. CARLISLE BROS. P. S.-Free delivery to any part of the City. STOVES, STOVES! IF you have a Stove to bu/ SAVE MONEY by.getting the latest improved, the largest oven for the least money. I will take your old Stove in part payment on a new one. Crockery, Tinware and Glassware, Lamp Goods, A full and complete Stock. Bring me your HIDES and RAGS. JOHN T. BURRI8S. N. B.-Prompt attention to all Repair Work, Roof Painting, Plumbing, &c. a S i > ? og ow As O PJL o *3 I >t * P ? 03 2 * O B g ? Q B a K fd B ? 3 . O co - SIT ON THE FENCE AND SLEEP! . . . WHILE the procession passes if you want to. Nobody will disturb you. Butt you are alive to your own ?Dterests arouse yourself, shake off slumber, climb info the band-wagon and wend your wav with the crowd to THE JEWELRY PALACE OF WILL. R. HUBBARD! They that want the best and prettiest to be obtained in Diamonds, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, Watches and Clocks that will keep time and are, backed with a guarantee, Fine China and Glassware and beautiful Novelties, know that to Will. H. Hubbard's is the place to go. They that want honest treatment know that this is the place to lind it. All Goods are just as represented, and are fully covered by guar antee. The young man who has a giri and wants to keep her coes there. Hubbard will help you keep her. The young married couple goos there to beautify their little home. Hubbard beautiiies it for you. The rich people go there because they (ian afford it, and the poor go there, also, because thev can afford it. Everything NH Wand UP-TO-DATE. ENG RAVIN? i FE EE. WILL R. HUBBARD, Jewelry Pa:ace, next to t armers and Merchants Bank.