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4 1 THREE CROSSES, b i I Dr. Ta'm'g-* Discourses on the I t Redemption of the Race t ? t A TOPIC 8UOEG9T ED BY t T he Famous Pain'ings of Mun ch. i Types of Humanity Rep- I i reiented by tho Two i Malefactors Tho famous paintings in tho picture galleries of Munioh seem to have sug- , gosted the topic of this discourse, which Dr. Talmago sonds frjm the <piaiut Bavarian town, but the thcino which inspired tho painters awakens in the great preacher thoughts of tho icdcinp tion of tho human race, which was the ni?^?An>A ^Aoi.in nf tl\ot uaonn of a. 11 fT 4' r nU|'IUl(Jt' UVOl^ll VI limv OUV U \J v* PV?'V ing and death. Tho text is Luko xxiii, 'X\t "There they cruoified him and the malofactors, one on tbo right hand and tho other on the left." Just outside of Jorusalom is a swell of ground, toward which a orowd are ascending, for it is tho day of execution. What a mighty assemblage! Some for curiosity to hear what the malefactors will say and to see how they will aet. Tho three persons to ho oxccutcd arc _ already thero Some of the spootn tora are vile of lip and bloated of oheck. Somo look up with revongo, hardly able to keep their hands off tho sufferers Sjmo tear their own hair in a frenzy of grief. Some stand in silent horror. Some break out into uncontrollable wcopiDg. Some clap their hands in delight that iho ollendcrs are to bo punished at la^t. Tho soldiers, with drawn swords, drive baek the tuob which presses on so hard. There is fear that tho proceedings may be interrupted. Lot tho legion, now stationed at Jerusalem, on horseback dash along tho line and force baok tho surging multitude ' Back with you!" is tho ory. "Have you never beforo soon a man die?" Three orosscs in a row?an upright piece, nnd two transverso pieocs , ono on the top, on which the hands aro nailed, and one at the middle, on which tho victim sat. Three trees just planted, vot beaming fruit the ouo at tho right bearing poison and the one at tho left hitter aloes, the ono in tho middle apples of love. Norway pine and tropical nraugc and Lebanon ocdar would not tuako so strongo a grove as this orchard of Calvary. Stand and give a look at tho throo orosscs. Just look at tho cross on tho right. Its victim dies sooffing. More awful than his physical anguish is his scorn and halrod of him on tho middle cross. This wretched man turns half around on mo HpiKt h 10 H188 at the uncintho middle. If tho Booffci could get one hand loose and ho were within reach, he would smito the middle sufferer in tho face. He hates him with a perfect hatred. 1 think ho wishoB ho wero down on the ground that he might spoar him. llo envies the mechanics who with their nailH have nailed him fast. Amid tho Hcttliug darkness and louder thun tho crash of tho rocks hear niui jocr out these words: "Ah, you poor wretch! 1 knew you were an impostor! You pretended to bo a God, and yet you let theso legions master you!" It was in some such hate that Voltaire in his death hour, bccuuso ho thought ho saw Christ in his bt drooin, got up on his elbow and cried out, "Crush that wretch!" What had tho middle cross done to arouse up this right hand cross? Nothing. Oh, the enmity of tho natural heart against Christ! The world likes a sentimental Christ or a philan tropic Christ, but a Christ who comes to snatch men away from their sins ? away with him! On his right hand cross today 1 see typified tho unbelief of tho world. Mou sav: "Hack with him from the heart! 1 will not let him take my sins. If ho will dio, let him die for himself, not for uio." There has always been a war botweon this right hand cross and tho middle oross, and wherever thcro is an unbelioviug hoart thoro tho light goes on. Oh, if when that dying malcfaotor perished the faithlessness of man had perished, then that tree which yiolds poison would have budded and blossomed with life for all tho world! Look ut) into that disturbed ommtc. nauoo of tho sufferer aud bco what a ghastly thing it is to r< jeot Christ. Hohold in tliat awful face, in that pitiful look, in that unblessed death hour, the stings of the sinner's departure. What a plungo into darknossl Standing high upon the cross on tho top of tho hill, so that all the world may look at him, ho says, "Hero 1 go out of a miserable lifo into a wretohed olornityt" One! Two! Three! Listen to the crash of tho fall, all yo ages! So tiobbos, dying after ho had 70 year in which to prepare for eternity, said, "Wero I master of all the world, 1 would give it all to live one day longer." Sir Francis Newport, hovering over tho briuk, cried out: "Wretoh that I am, whither shall 1 tly from this hreast? What will booomo of mo Oh, that 1 were to lio upon tho fire that nover is quonchod a thou band years to purchase tho favor of God and to bo rooouoilcd to him again! On, eternity! Oh, oternityl Who can discover the abyss of oternity? Who can paraphrase those words, T'orovor and forever?"" That right hand cross? thousands havo perished on it in worso agonies For what is physical pain compared to remorse at tho last that lifo has been wasted and only a floating moment stands between tho soul and its everlasting ovorthrow? O God, lot mo dieanywhoro rather than at the foot of that right hand cross! Lot not one drop of that blood fall upon my ohock. Kcnd not my ear with that cry. I seo it now as never boforo -tho loathsomeness and horror of my unbolief. That dying malefactor was not ho muoh to blame as I. Christianity wan not established, and peraaps not until that day had that man heard tho Christ. Hut after Christ has stood almost lit centuries, working tho wonders of his graoe, you rojeot him. That right hand cross, with its long beam, overshadows all the earth. It is i planted in tho heart of tho race. When will the time come when tho spirit of | God shall, with its ax, hew down that i right hand cross until it shall fall at < J ho foot of that iniddlo cross. aud uube- c icf, the railing malefactor of the world, f hall perich from all our hearts? Awav t rour me thou spirit of unbelief! I 1 rate tliec! With this sword of God I ( hrust theo back and thrust thco i .hrough. Down to hell; down, most < koourtod monster of the earth, and talk I .0 thofO thou hast already damned! i I'alW ro longor to these sons of God, < .hose heirs of hcavon. "If thou bo the Son of God." Was .horc any "if" about it? Tell me, thou i itar, that in robo of light did run to point out his birthplace. Toll me, thou sea, that didst put thy hand over thv lin when he hade thee he still Tell ino, yo dead who got u;> to moo liitn dio. Toll uio, thou sun in midhea-'on, who forliiui didst pull down over thy faco thy veil of darkness. Poll mo, yo lop ors who were oloansod, jo dead who wero rained, is ho tho S ?n of God? Ayo, ayo, repponds tho univtr.se. The tl ?w ors breathe it; the btars ohiiuo it; tho redcoincd oclebrato it; tho angels rise on tlioir thrones to anuouiioo it. And yot on that miserable malefactor's '"if" how many shall bo wrecked for all otcrniiyl Tiiat little * if" his onough venom in its sting to cauno tho death of tho soul. No "if" about it. 1 know it. I'iOce 1) us! 1 fool it thoroughly ?through every niusolo of tho body, and through every faculty of my miud, and through every energy of my soul. Living, I will preaoh it; dying, I will pillow uiy head upon its consolations ?.10' us the God Away then, from this right hand oross Tho red berries of the forost are apt to be poisonous, and around this tree of carnage grow tho rod. poisonous berries of which many have ta-tcd and died. I oan seo no use for this right hand oross, except it ho used as a lever with which to upturn the unbelief of tho world. Mere from the right hand oross I go to tho loft hand cross. I'ass clear to the other side. That victim also twists himself upon tho nails to look at tho ooutcr cross, yot not to soofT. It is to worship. He, too, would like to got his hand loose, not to HUiito, but to do liver tho siilforer of tho middle cross-. Ho ories to tho railor cursing on the other side: "Silence! Hotwocn us is innooenoo in agony. Wo suffer lor our oriines. Silonee!" Gathor round this left hand oross, O yc people! Hut not afraid. Hitter herbs arc sometimes a tonie for tho body, aud the bitter aloes that grow on this trceshall give strength and life to thy soul. This left hand oross is a repenting cross. As men who i i ? i * ? . . nave noon nearly urowneu leii in that iu one moment, while they wore under the water, thoir wholo lifo passed before thorn, no 1 supposo in ono moment the dying malefactor thought over all his past lifo?of that night when ho wont into an unguarded door and toik all tho silver, tho gold tho jewels, and as the sleeper stirred lie put a knife through his heart; of that day when, in tho lone ly pass, ho met tho wayfarer, and, regardless of the erics ana prayers and tears and struggles of his vietiui, he tluug tho mangled corpse into the dust of the highway or heaped upon it the stones. lie says: "1 am a guilty wretch. 1 doserve this. Tiierc is no need ot my ourHiug. That will not stop the pain. Thoro is no need of blaspheming Christ, for ho has dono uio no wrong. And yet I cannot dio so. The tortures of my body are undone by the tortures of my soul. Tho past is a seme of misdoing, tlie prcseut a crucifixion the future, an ever lasting undoing Come back, thou hid ing midday sun! Kiss my check with one bright ray of comfort. What, no help from above?no help from beneath? Thon 1 must turn to my companions iu sorrow, the One on tho middle cross. L have hoard that lie knows how to help a man when ho is in trouble. I have heard that lie can cure tho wounded. I have hoard that ho can pardon the sinner. Surely in all Ins waudcrings up and down the oarth ho never saw one moro in need ol Iuh forgiveness. If leased Ono, 1 turu to thoo. Wilt thou turn for the moment away from thy own pangs to pity uio? Kurd, it is not to have my hands relieved or uiy feet taken from tho torture 1 can stand all ihis?but, oh, my sins, my bins, my sins! They picreo 1110 through aud through. 'J'hoy toll mo 1 must die forevor. They will push me out into the darknoHH unless thou will help me. 1 confess it all. Hear the ery of the dying thief, 'Lord, remember uio when thou comest into thy kingdom.' 1 ask no great things 1 t-cck for no throno in heaven, no chariot to take me to the skies, but just think of mo when this day's horrors havo passed. Think of me a little of ino, the ono now hang ing at thy sido, when the shout of heavenly welcome takes thot! back into thy glory. Thou will not forgot me, wilt thou? Mi ml, remember mo whon thou oomost into thy kingdom ' Duly jubt r. member me." Likewise must wo repent. You say, 'M havo stole nothing." I reply, '"We have all boon guilty of the mightiest felony of the universe, for wo havo robbed God?robbed him of our time, robbed him of our talent, robbod him of our services." ISupposo you send a man out as an agent of your firm, and every month you pay him bis salary, arid at the end of tcu years you find out that ho has boon serving another firm, but taking your sulary, would you not at onoo ooudotnn him as dishonest? tied sent us into this world to Bervo him. Ilo has givon us wages all tho timo. Yot how many of us havo boon serving another master! When a man is eon viotod of treason, ho is brought out; a regiment surrounds him, and tho command is givan: "Attention, oompany! Take aim! Fire!" And the man falls with a hundred bullets throug his heart. Thero oomos a timo in a man's history whon tho Lord calls up tho troop of his iniquities, and at God's command thoy pour into him a concentrated volley of torturo. I havo shown you the right hand cross and tho loft hand cross; now como to tho middlo orosH. Wo aloud at tho one and found it yioldod poiaon; wo atood at tho othor and found it yioldod bitter aloes. Coino now to tho middlo cross and shako down apples of lovo. Uncover yojr head. You never aaw so tender a scene as this. You may have scon father or mothor or oompanion or ohild dio, but never so affcoting a scene as this. Tho railing thiof looked from ono way and saw only tho right sido of Christ's face; tho ponilcut thiof looked from tho other way and saw tho left sido of Christ's face. Hut today, in tho full blazo of gospel light, you soo Christ's full faeo. It was a suffering W0 - - i** jroHi. If the weapons of torture had rone only through tho fatty portions of ho body, tho torturo wou'd not havo t>cen so great, but thoy wout through .lie bonds and feet and temples, the moat semiiivo portions. It was not mly tho spear that wont into bin side, but tho sin.s of all tho race a thousand spear-* plunge after plungo, deeper and deeper, until the silcnoe aud oomposuro that before characterized him gavo way to a groan, through which rumbled tho sorrows of time and tho woes of eternity, Human hate had dono its worst, and hell had buried its sharpest javolin, and devils had vented their hottest rago when, with every norveof his body in t< rture and every fiber of his heart in excruciation, ho criod out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 1 It was a vioarious oross. Tho right hand cross suffered for itself, tho left hand cross ior itself, but the middlo cross for you. When a king was dying, a young man oriod, '1 Pour mv blood into his veins, that ho die not." Tho veins of the young man wero tapped and tho blood transferred, so that tho king lived, but tho young man died. Christ saw tho men porishiug. H) cried, "I'our my blood into their veins, that they die not.' My hand is free now beeauao Christ's was orushod; rny brow ia painless now beeauso Christ's was torn, my soul esoapes because Christ's was bound; I gain heaven booauso Christ for me endured tho horrors of hell When the Swiss were many years ago contending agaiDat their euomics, thoy saw these onuiies arrayed in solid pha lanx and knew not how to break their ranks but ono of their heroes, Arnold von Winkolricd, rushed out in front of bis rcgimont and shouted, "make way lor liberty! ' Tho weapons of tho cDomy were plunged into his heart, hut while they wore slaying him of oourso their ranks were broken, and through thai gap in tho ranks tho Swiss dashed to victory. Christ saw all tho powers of darkness assailing men. Ho cried out, "Make way for the redemption of tho world! ' All tho weapons of infernal wrath struck him, but as thoy struck him our race tnarohod out frco. Tii this middlo or >ss look, that your souls may livo. 1 showed you tho right hand cross in order that you might sco what an awful thing it is to ho unbolioving. 1 showed you tho left hand cross t hat you might seo what it is to iopent. Now I show you tho middle cross that you may sec what Christ has dono to savo your soul. Poots have sung its praiso, sculptors liavo attempted to commemorate it in marble, martyrs havo clung to it in tho tiro, au?l Christians lying (|uiotly in thoir bods havo loaned their hoads against it. This hour may all our souls ombraoo it with an costasy of all action. Lay hold of that cross! Kverything elso will fail you. Without a strong grip on that you perish. Put your hand on that and you arc safe, though a world swing from beneath your foot. ()h, that 1 might engrave on your souls iru II locably the three crosses, so that if in your waking moments you will not heed, then in your dreams at night you may see on tho hill b*ok of Jerusalem the three spoctaoles?the right hand oross showing unbelief, dying without Christ; tho left hand showing what it is to ho pardoned, while the central cross pours upon your soul tho sunburst of heaven as it says: ,4By all these wounds I plead for thy heart. 1 havo loved thee with an everlasting love, llivors cannot <pionoh it. Floods cannot drown it.'' And while you look tho right hand cross will fade out of sight, and then tho loft will bo gone, and nothing will remain but the middle oroHs, and even that in your dream will begin to ohango until it bocomos a throne, and tho worn face of Calvary will become radiant with gladness, And iustoad of the mad uiob at tho foot of tho cross will he a worshipful multitude kneeling. And you and I will be among thom. Hut, no; wo will not wait for suoh a dream, hi this our most aroused mood wo throw down at tho foot of that middle cross sin, sorrow, life, death?everything. W? are slavos; Christ gives deliverance to tho captive. Wo arc thirsty; Christ is tho river of salvation to slake our thirst. Wo are hunsrv: Josus says, "1 am tho bread of lifo." We aro condemned to die; Christ nays, "Savo that man from going down to the pit; 1 a in tho ransom Wo aro tossed on tho sea of trouble; .losus eomos over it, Baying, ' It is 1, bo not afraid." Wo arc in darkness; .losus says, ''I am tho bright and morning star." Wo aro sick; Josus is tho "balm of Gilcad," Wo aro dead; hear tho shrouds rend and tho grave hillocks heave as he erics, "1 am tho rosurrcoti in and tho lifo; ho that beliovoth in me, though he were d"?d, yet shall ho live." We want justification; "Being justified by faith, wo have peaoo with God through our Lord Josus Christ " Wo want to exoroiso faith; "Believe in tho Lord Josus Christ, and thou ahalt bo saved." I want to got from under condemnation; " i'hero is now, tluroforo, no condemnation to thorn who aro aro in Christ Jesus." The cross; ho oarriod it. Tho 11 imos of hell; he suffered them Tho shame; ho endured it. Tho crown; ho won it. Heights of heaven sing it, and worlds of light to worlds of light all round tho heavens cry: "Glory 1 (Jlory!" Lot us go forth and gather tho trophios for Jesus. From Goloonda mines wo gather tho diamonds, from Coylon shores wo gather the pearls, form all lands and kingdoms wo gathor precious stooes, and wo bring tho glittoring burdons and put thorn down at tho foot of Josus and say; "All theso aro thino. Thou art worthy." Wo go forth again for more trophios, and into ono sheaf wo gathor all tho sooptors of tho Cm> sars, and tho Alexandors, and tho czars, and tho sultans, aud of all royalties and dominions, and thon wo bring th? sheaf of sooptors and put it down at tho feet of Josus and say: "Thou art King of kings. All thoso thou hast .nn?..A?J ? A - .1 t .i wii'iuuiuu, aim UIUIJ wo go ionn nguin to gathor more trophios, and wo bid tlio rodceiund of agon, tho borb and daughtors of tho Lord Almighty, to oomo. And tho hosta of hoavon bring orown And palm and aooptor and horo by thoso blooding foot and this rivon sido and by this woundod heart ory, "Blessing and honor and glory and power unto tho Lamb for ovor and ovor." It Kept Them Away. Some fool out west bathed his horso with gaHolcno to keep flios away, and as true as you livo tho animal is no longer troubled with flios. 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Amorioan Book Co. / <k. v- _ iEHO: OLINA; 0 ENTRUST^;-:; j* l i>c exc\ )s oj men cannot ' r.. not 7jrc /i- J J you ar ' $ 51 i i ; graders who are. nowJW SON, Pnr ouporintou- .ahan prepared tie following, .ji\ points out the main features of the contract uiado by the Siato with tho publishers: 1 The adaption is to expire July 1st, 1906. aftor all schools arc closed and just before they arc opened. Tho presont dato of expiration is Nov. 1st. after most or all of the schools have begun aud when therefore a ohango cannot bo generally effected. A ohango in tho new books will not bo forced until .July 1st, 1901. llonoo tho present school sessions may oontiouo with tho old books. Kxohango prices for new books sold to pupils that have tho old books will continue till Nov. lfuh, 1901, after which tiiuo all the schools having opened and every pupil having had a oiianoc to get rid of his old book, entiro uniformity in books will prevail in tho schools. 2. l'rioo to doaler is to bo printed en caoh book. Tho oounty superintendent in the counties whero there are county depositories ^nearly all tho oountics) will rotail tho books at this price. The privato dealer will add his profit. J During tho period of adoption an adopted book is sold or even oil-red for sale at a lower prioo anywhero in tho world, that lowest prioo is to become tho contract price in South Carolina. This was not in tho old oontract, but is required in most States that havo ro contly made adoptions. Many of the books adopted in this Stato in 189J for scvon years aro now sold olsowhere at lower priocB, though wo havo been hold to our contract prioo. By this clause in tho uow oontract this S'.ato is at ouoo assured of as low a rate as now provails any where olsc. For instance, ?i,A : i _ a 1. v> < mu uiivivu 1i1u j11 ict'M i ail' iy acooptC(1 by Tennessee and Washington in their Stato adoptions 1 Books in tho county dopositcrie? (.sold at actual cost by tho oounty su pcrintondcntb) arc to bo takon up at cost by the publishers whoso books arc substituted. This is a protection of the aohool fund which by not of tho logis laturo has boon invested iu books fot sale at cost. f>. Publishers pay freight and drayagc on all books where us much us $25 worth is ordered at a timo, and pay such transportation oharges where the orders areas suiaII us $10 worth, if ordered by oounty superintendents. This small limit was put hccauso if the only books used from ono publishot should be copy books or algobras, the dealer might have to ordor a small qutntity and should not be required to pay tho freight. It would not bo just tc the publishor, however, to allow a dealer to h&rass him with a $."> ordor on which the freight might inoro than equal tho profit. Tho limit in the old oontraet was $100 and many oounty su perintondents have been compelled to pay tho freight aud add a few ocntB tc tho prioo of each book. 0 Tho affidavit and contract clause that the bidder is not in a trust oonstitutos a striking foaturo. This was suggested by tho Indiana law which hat attracted oonsiderablo attention, but the affidavit hero required goos rnuoli further in that it rcquiros after the private holdings of stookholdcrs and their bolongings as trueteos or benefi oiarics, and further binds tho publishoi to show his privato rooords if the truth of tho affidavit is questioned. Moro over, tho oontraot is void ab initio ii any untrue stateuiont enters into this affidavit or clauso. This is a practical way to light trusts. A Big Sum Needed Tho New York Sun, comparing the Johnstown and thcGalvoBton disasters, in an article urging prompt and gonerous relief contributions to the striok on people of Texas, recalls that about $3,900,000 was givon for tho roliof ol tho Johnstown eufforers. Tho Sun says truly that a groator sum is needed at Galvoston and romarks. It was said of tho groat famine among tho Irish peasants many years ago thatby it even tho heart of tho far away Turk was touched, and ho sent them in pity tho alms of a beggar. Amorioa, praise God, docs not nood to appeal to tho Turk ot any foreign land for succor for her pcoplo at this tirno. Hut thoro never has boon an hour boforo in our oountry'e history whon tho nood of unstintod oharity was groator or whon it should bo poured out nioro quickly. A Peculiar Accident A dispatoo from Now York nays during tho provalonco of a high wind Wednesday a mast sustaining one end of a politioal banner suspended over Broadway was blown down, killing Charlos Duntiold of Birmingham, Ala., who was passing with his brothor and a friend. Both Killed. Minister Conger in answer to an enquiry about tho fato of llov. C. 11. Hodge and wife, missionaries in China from Philadelphia, Bays both of thorn wero killed at Pooting Pu by tho Boxers. Qainosville, Ga., Doo. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antisoptio lnvigorator h*s boon usod in my family ana I am porfeotly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you olaim for it. Yours truly, A. B. (3. Dorsey. P. S.?1 am using it now raysolf. It's doing me good.?8old by Tho Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. 0., and all druggists. if 1 \ Declare* for Bryan Mayor 8. M. .Jones, of Toledo, ol Toledo, Ohio, who polled 160 000 votcn j in tho raoo for governor of Ohio as aD independent, is out in a strong card declaring fnr Uryao 11 o will vote and j work for tho Peuiocratio nominee, Mayor Jonta sajs: ' I bcliovo that imperialism is the logical Boquanoo of militarism and psrtyisui, and this illbegotten tlio is tho legitimate fruit of tho spirit of hossism. 1 bolicvc the * position of tho administration with rospcot to tho Philippine war is a denial of equality and a oontradictiou of the principles or nil mm ilDerty. Hundreds Murdered A .Japanese ( Hi 'er at Chsong. Korea, ' reports that two Jvpiti'BO and aevrial hundred Chinese ami Korean converts havo bet n mutdtrid on the frontier by Ythc-olhincso' Atlantic Co$$t Line R AILRO A D CO M P A N Y0^8() 1nH CAROLINA. CONDRNSRl) SCIIKDUI.R. Trains Going South. Dated Nov. 19, 1 899 No.06" No.U P.M. AM Leave Wilmington 8'46 Leave Marion 8:84 Arrive Florence 7:16 Leave Floronoe *7:46 *2 34 Arrive Sumter 8:67 8 At No. Li A. M. Leave Sumter 8:67 *9 4< Arrive Columtiia 10:20 11 ts No. 62 runs through from Charleston vu< Contial It. R., leaving Charleston 7:00a m Lanes 8:34 a. m., Manning 9:00 a. m Trains Going North. No. 64* No.6b A.M. P M Leave (Columbia *8:40 *4 If Arrive Sumter 8:06 6 36 No. 8i P M. Leave Sumter *8:06 0 Qfc Arrive Florence 9:20 7 2< Leave Florence 9.60 Leave Marion 10:30 Arrive Wilmington 1:16 *l)aily. ,?o. 63 runs through to Charleston, 8. C. via Central It. It., arriving at Manning 8:04 p. m., Lanes 8:43 p. m., Charleston 8:30 p. m Trains on Conway llranch leave Chad houm 6 36 p ru, arrive Conway 7 40 p m returning leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrive > Chadhourn 11 20 a in, leave Chadbouru 11 6< a m, arrive Hub 12 26 p m, returning leav? Hub 3 00 p in, arrive Chadbouru 3 36 p ro Daily except Sunday. J. It. Kenly, General Manager. T. M Emereon, Trnflio Manager II M. Emernon, Ueneral PaaeeHger Agent Iw traou makk. OLD NORTH STATE 01 NT MENT, the Great Antiseptic Healer, cures Piles, Eczema, Sore Eyes, Uninitiated Eyelids, Carbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruis es, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, Inflammatory Rheumatism, Aches and Pains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Erysipelas. It is something everybody needs. Once used always used. For sale by all druggists and dealers. At wholesale by THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C Wilmington and Conway Railroad. Daily oxocnt Sunday. Southbound.?No. 97. Leave Huh 3 (Ml pin Leave Iliona 3jlO pin ArrivA PhoilhAM?? ? oe VHKUUVUI MM O OU |)IU j Leave Chadbourn 6 36 pra ( Leave Clarendon (I 00 pm Leave Ml Tabor 0 16 pm . Leave Loria 0 36 pm Leave Hanford 0 60 pm 1 Leave Bayboro 7 00 pm Leive I'rivetta 7 09 pm ' Leave Adrian 7 1 2 pm i Arrive Conway 7 40 pm I Northbound.?No. 98. Leave Conway ft 30 am Leave Adrian 8 66 am Leave I'rivetta 9 00 am > Leave Bayboro 9 10 am Leave 8anford 9 '20 am ' Leave Lorin 9 86 pm Leave Ml Tabor 10 10 am leave Clarendon 11 40 ain ' Arrive Chadbourn 11 '20 am Leave Chadbourn II 60 am l Leave llions 1*2 16 pm i Arrive Hub 12 26 pm W A OCA MA W LINE BTEA MKK8.?The Htcamer will leave the wharf at Conway every Monday aud Wednesday morning 1 for Georgetown at 4 o'olook, touching all intermediate points; and will leave her wharf at Georgetown every Tuesday and Friday morning for Conway at 4 o'olook, touching at all intermediate poiuta. I 1). T. McNeill, ! Gen'l Agt and Treas., Conway, 3 0. B. A. Muunerlyn Agent, Georgetown, 8,C. M. 11. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Conway, S. C. WTOfficc up stairs over Herald office opposite Bank. NOTic ia Conway Lodge, No. 90. Knights of Pythias will meet regularly the nrst and third Thursday nights of each month until otherwise ordered. i). a.SI'Ivkt Chan. Com. J. C. Spivky K. H.& 8 May 14th, 96. ly R. B. Scarborough, COKWAT, 8. C. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Dk. h. h. burroughs, ? LOUIS, 8. C. C alls promptly answered night or day. Near Union Depot. Having formed a connection 1 ?with? IheELLIOIT GIN REPAIR WORKS I am now prepared to repair and rebuild cotton gins as thoroughly as the various manufacturers. 4 This branch of the business be under the personal supervision of MR. \V. J. ELLIOTT, who has had fourteen years of practical experience in building the Elliot Gin, and who is well known to most iri n uuui'a i ti tliia Mto tu ^ ? II U^V'l u 111 I U 1U UUIIU. Now is the Time I Bring-Your Gins Before You Need Them! lOMPLETE GINNING SYSTEMS, EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST PERFECT PNEUMATIC ELEVATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYSTEMS ON TIIK MARKET. 81YTYEIOIIT COMPLETE OUTFITS IN ^ USE IN THIS STATE, AND N EVERY ONE OF THEM UIV^ ING ABSOLUTE 8ATISFACTION. Grade Engines, Boilers, Saw Corn Wills, Brick MachineWaWood Working Machinery7SS4J^l'ulleys? 8tc Wo ofler: Quick dolivol^xl?w prices and rcasonnhlo toimfcW V. C. BADFIA^, 1826 Main St., Columbia, MACHINERY AND APPURTENANCES. Ginning Systems Equipped With The Murray Cleaning and Distributing System. Power Equipments Saw Mill Machinery Farm and Mill Machinery IN GKNKKAL. 8. C. Agents for Steele's New South Brick Machinery. Write us for prices 011 anything in our line. W. H. Gibbes & Co., 804 Gervais Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. THE LEADER INDEED. The New Ball Bearing Domestic Sewing Machine It Loads in Workmanship. ^Hoautv. Capacity, Strength, Light Hunmfe Kvcry W'onan W\nts Ono. : t Attachments, Needles and Parts for Sewing Machines of all makes. When ordering needles send sample. Price 27c per dozen, postpaid. Agonta Wantod in IJnoooupiod Torri torv. J. L. 8BULL, 1219 Tuylor Street, COLUMBIA, 8. (3 Murray's Aromatic Mouth Wash Whitens the Teeth Cleanses the Mouth Sweetens the Breath The? Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA, 8. C. Ortman Pays the EXpress 8team Dyeing of every desnrlrol Da .,|iviuu< owam, 1M ftp* I tha, French Dry and chemical cleansing. Send for our new price list and ^ circular All work guar anteed or no charge. Oilman's Steam Dye Works 1310 Main Street ooltimbia, s. 0 I A. L Ortman, Proprietor PITTS' " MfflSEPlIC IMIGMMIty I Cures La Grippe, dyspepsia, indigeation I and all stomach and bowel troubles, oolio or I cholera morbua, teething troublea with I children, kidney troubles, bad blood and \ all aorta of sores, risings or felons, onts and I barns. It is as goodautlseptlo, when looally 1 applied, as anything on the market. 1 Ttjt it and you will praise it to othara. I If your drugtrist doesn't keep It, write lo MURKY DRUG COMPANY, I COLUMBIA, 8. U. ia J