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“I WAS A STRANGER.” AN INTERESTING DISCOURSE TO THE THRONG Which 1 Gathered at the Great Brooklyn Tabernacle to Hea; Dr. Ta 1 - mage—The Undercur- rent of Life. wake* bn •ion upon them, hut t Brooklyn, April 8.—Before no au dience in the world could Mich a wr- mon as Rev. Dr. Talmnge prcaehwl to- day be eo appropriate as in the Brookljnt Tabetnaele, where it ir> estimated that 100,000 Btrangera attend every year. It waa a sermon that had for them a spe cial interest. The text selected was Mat thew xxv, 85, “I waa a stranger, and ye took me in. ‘ ’ It is a moral disaster that jocosity has despoiled so many passages of Scripture, and my text is one that has suffered from irre-erent and misapplied quotation. It •hows great poverty of wit and humor when people take the sword of divine truth for a game at fencing or chip off from the Kohinoor diamond of inspira tion a siMirklc to decorate a fool’s cap. My text is the salutation in the last Judgment to be given to those who have •hown hospitality and kindness and Christian helpfulness to strangers. By railroad and steamboat the population of the earth are nil the time in motion, and from one year’s end to another our cities are .crowded with visitors. Every morning on the tracks of the Hudson River, tho Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Long Island railroads there come passenger trains more than I can number, so that all the depots and the wharves are a-rumble and a-dang with the coming in of a great immigration of strangers. Rome of tlx>m come for pur poses of barter, some for mechanism, ■ome for artistic gratification, some for aightaeeing. A great many of them go out on tho evening trains, and couse- Jmt little impres- thore" tudes who in the hotels and boarding houses make temporary residence. They tarry here for three or four days or as many weeks. They sjKmd the .lays in the stores and the evenings in sightsee ing. Their temporary stay will make or break them not only financially,Imt mor ally, for this world and the world that is •o come. Multitudes »f them come into our morning and evening services. I am MBBcions that I stand in tho presence of many this moment. I desire more espe cially to speak to them. May (Jod give ms the right word and help me to ntter it in tho right way. STItAMiERS WITHIN THE OATES. There have glided into this house those unknown to otljers whoso history If told would be more thrilling than the deepest tragedy, more exciting than Pat ti’s song, more bright than a spring morning, more awful than a wintry midnight. If they could stand up here and tell the story of their pscupes, and their temptations, and their bereave ments, and their disasters, mid their vic tories, and their defeats, there would be in this house such a commingling of groans and acclamations as would make the place unendurable. There is a man who, in infancy, lay in a cradle satin lined. Out yonder is a man who was picked np a foundling on Boston common. Hore is a man who is coolly observing this religious service, expecting no advantage and caring for no advantage for himself, while yonder !• a man who has been for 10 years in an awful conflagration of evil habits, and he la a mere cinder of a destroyed na ture, and he is wondering if there sliall be in this sen-ice any escape or help for hi> immortal soul Meeting you only once perhaps face to face, I strike hands With you in an earnest talk nlxmt your preaent condition and yonr eternal well Ming. 8b Paul’s ship at Melitawent to pieces where two seas meet, hut we staud today at a point M-here a thousand seas converge, and eternity alone can tell the laaue of the honr. The hotels of this country, for beauty and elegance, are not surpassed by the hotels in any other land, hut those that are most celebrated for brilliancy of tap estry and mirror cannot give to the guest any costly apartment unless he can Rfford a parlor in addition to his lodg ing. The stranger, therefore, will gen erally find assigned to him a room with out any pictures amf perhajM any rock ing chair. He will And a box of matches on a bureau and an old newspaper left by the previous occupant, and that will be about all the ornamentation. At 7 o’clock in the evening, after having tak en his repast, he will look over his mem orandum book of the day’s work, he will write a letter to his home, and then a desperation will seize upon him to get oufc Von hear the great city thundering under your windows, and you say, “I most join that procession,” and in 10 minutes you have joined it Where are you going? “Oh,” you say, “I haven't made up my mind yet.” Better make up your mind before you start. Perhaps the very way you go now you will al ways go. Twenty years ago there were two young men who came down tho As ter House steps and started out in a wrong direction, where they have been going ever since STUDIES or HUMAN LIFE. “Well, where are you going'” says one man. “I am going to the academy to hear some music. ” Good. 1 would like to join yon at tho door. At the tap of the orchestral baton all tho gates of harmony and boaaty will open before your soal I congratulate you. Where •re you going? “Well, ” you say, ‘‘1 am going up to see some advwtis**! pic tures. ” Good. I should like to go along with you and look over the same cata logue and st\jdy with you Kcnsett and Btersta.lt and Chnreh and Moran. Noth- more elevating than good pictnres. .Where are you going? “Well, ” you say, J”I am going np to the Young Men’s iChristian association rooms.” Good. You will find there gymnastics to |strengthen the muscles, and books to im prove the mind, and Christian influence to save the soul. J wish every city In the United States hud aafine a palace for It* Young Men’s Christian association M York has. Where are you go* ing't ’‘Well,” you say, "I am going to take a hmg walk up Broadway and so turn around into tho Bowe ry. I am go ing to study human life!” Good. a. walk through Broadway nt 8 o'clock at Bight is interesting, < ring, fasciuat- appalling, exhilarating to the last ’fegree. Stop in front of that theater •nd see who g<*w in. Stop at that saloon mil see who conics out. Hoe tho great tide* of life surging backward and tor- mid h-Miny ogmust the marble of the curbstone and eddying down Into the saloons. What is that mark on tho face of that debauchee? It is the hectic flesh at eternal death. What is that woman’s laughter? It is the shriek of a lost son). Who is that Christian man going along with a vial of anodyne to the dy ing pauper on Elm street? Who is that belated man on tho way to a prayer meeting? Who is that city missionary going to take a box in which to bury a child? Who are all these clusters of bright and beautiful faces?. They are go ing to some interesting place of amuse- meat Who is that man going into the drug store? That is the man who yesterday lost all his fortune on Wall street. He is going in for a dose of belladonna, and before morning it will make no differ ence to him whether stocks aro up or down. I tell you that Broadway, be tween 7 and 12 o’clock at uight, between the Battery and Central Park, is an Aus- terlitz, a Gettysburg, a Waterloo, where kingdoms are lost or won and three worlds mingle in the strife. • life's dark side. I meet another coming down off the hotel steps, and I say, “Whore aro you going?” Yon say: “I am going with a merchant of New York who has prom ised to show me the underground life of the city. lam his customer, and he is going to oblige me very much. ” Stop! A business house that tries to get or keep your custom through such a process as that is not worthy of you. There are business establishments in our cities which have for years been sending to destruction hundreds and tho. sands of merchants. They have a seer t drawer in the counter where money is kept, and the clerk goes and gets it when he wants to take these visitors to tho city through the low slums of the place. Bhall I mention the names of some of these great commercial establishments? I have them on iny lips. Shall I? Per haps I had better leave it to the young men who in that process have been de stroyed themselves v. bile they have b 'on destroying others. I care not how high sounding the name* of a commercial es tablishment if it proposes to get custom- ers or to keen them by such a process as that. Drop* They will cheat you before you geF tlirongu. They will send you a style of goods dif ferent from that which you bought by sample. They will give you under weight. There will be in the package half a dozen less pairs of suspenders than you paid for. They will rob you. Oh, you feel in your pockets and say, “Is my money gone?” They have robbed you of something for which dollars ami cents can never give you compensation. When one of those weshm nicrelnods has been dragged by one of those com mercial agents through tho slums of the city, he is not fit to go home. The mere memory of what he has seen will he moral pollution. I think you bad hotter let the city missionary and the police at tend to the exploration of New York and underground life. You do not go to a smallpox hospital for the purpose of < x- ploratiou. You do not go there bee. m e you are afraid of contagion. Am 1 . y< t you go into the presence of u iuoi i.1 b p- rosy that is as much more dan;;, rons to you as the death of the soul in worse than the death of tho body. I will un dertake to say that nine-tenths of the men who have been ruined in our cities have been ruined by simply going to ob serve without any idea of participating. The fact is that underground city life is a filthy, fuming, reeking, pestiferous depth which blasts the eye that looks at it. In the reign of terror in 17112 in Paris people escaping from the officers of the law r got into the sewers of the city and crawled and walked through miles of that awful labyrinth, stifled with the atmosphere and almost dead, some of them, when they came out to the river Seine, where tin y washed themselves and again breathed tho fresh air. But I have to tell yon that a great many of the men who go on the work of exploration through the underground gutters of New York life never come out at any Seine river where they can wash off the pollution of tho moral sewage*. Stranger, if one of the representatives of a commercial establishment proposes to take you and show you the “sights” of the town and underground New York, say to him, “Please, sir, what part do you propose to show me?” EXPIAJIUNO THE SLUMS. About 16 years ago as a minister of religion I felt I had a div ine commission to explore, tho iniquities of our cities. I did not ask counsel of my session or my presbytery or of the newspapers, but asking the companionship of threo prominent police officials and two of the elders of my church I unrolled my com mission, and it said: “Son of man, dig into t % jdl. And when I had diggi^l into t behold a door, and ho said go in /see the wicked abominations that .’mo here. And I went in and saw and behold!” Brought up in the country and surrounded by much pa rental care, I had not until that time seen the haunts of iniquity. Jiy the grace of God defended, I had never sowed my “Wild oats. ” I had somehow been abbs to toll from various sources something alsmt the in iquities of the great cities and to preach against them, but I saw in the destruc tion of a great multitude of the people that there must be an infatuation and a temptation that had never been spoken about, and 1 said, “1 will explore.” I saw thousands of men going down, and if there had been a spiritual is rcussion answering to tho physical percussion the whole air would have been full of the rumble and roar and crack and tlmn- meu, and not wifli the spirit of curiosity, but ihat you may seo sin in order the better to combat it, then, in the name of tho eternal God, go? But, if not, then stay away. ” Wellington, standing in the battle of Waterloo when the bullets were buzzing around his head, saw a civilian on the field. He said to hira: “Sir, what are you doing here? Be off!” “Why,” re plied the civilian, ‘ ‘there is no more dan ger hero for me than there is for you. ” Then Wellington flushed up and said, “God and my country demand that I be here, but you have no errand here. Now I, as an officer in the army of Jesus Christ, went on that exploration and on to that battlefield If you bear a like commission, go. If not. ittay away. But you say, “Don't you think that somehow the description of those places induces people to go and seo for them selves?” I answer yes, just as much as the description of yellow fever in some scourged city would induce people to go down there and get the pestilence. But I may he addressing some stran ger already destroyed Where is he, that I may pointedly yet kindly address him? Come back and wash in the deep foun tain of a Saviour’s mercy. I do not give you a cup, or a chalice, ora pitcher with a limited supply to effect yonr ablu tions. I point you to the five oceans of God’s mercy. Oh, that the Atlantic and Pacific surges of divine forgiveness might roll over your soul! As tho glori ous sun of God’s forgiveness rides on to ward the mid heavens ready to submerge you in warmth and light and love I bid you good morning. Morning of peace - for all your troubles. Morning of li! (ora tion for all your incarcerations.' Morn ing of resurrection for your soul buried in sin. Good morning! Morning for the resuscitated household that has been waiting for your return. Morning for the cradle and the crib already disgraced with being that of a drunkard’s child. Morning for the daughter that has trudged off to hard work because you did not take care of home. Morning for the wife who at 40 or 50 years has tho wrinkled face, and the stooped shoulder, and the white hair. Morning for one. Morning for all. Good morning! In God’s name, good morning 1 BEFORE PITFALLS. In our last dreadful war tho Fcderals and tl^^eratcs wore encamped on opposite sides of the ^Jiahannock, and us when we were crossing a very steep and dangerous place, and he would lighten the girth of the hone and straighten the saddle. And I have to tell you that this road of life is so steep and full of peril we must at least one day in seven stop and have the harness of life readjusted and our souls re-equip ped. The seven days of the week are like seven business partners, and you must give to each one his share, or the business will be broken up God is so generous with us—he has given you six days to his one. Now, here is a father who has seven apples, and he gives six to his greedy boy, proposing to keep one for himself. The greedy boy grabs for the other one and loses all the six. How few men there are who know how to keep the Lord’s day away from home! A great many who are consistent on the banks of the St. Lawrence, or the Alabama, or the Mississippi are not con sistent when they get so far off as the East river. I repeat—though it is putting it on a low ground—you cannot financially afford to break the Lord's day. It is only another Vay of tearing up your government securities and putting down the price of goods and blowing up your store. I have friends who are all the time slicing off pieces of the Sabbath. They ent a little ->f the Sabbath off that end and a little of the Sabbath off this end. They do not keep the 84 hours. The Bible says, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. ” I have good friends who are quite ac customed to leaving Albany by the mid night train on Saturday night and get ting home before church. Now, there may be occasions when it is right, but generally it is wrong. How if the train should run off the track into the North river? I hope your friends will not send to me to preach yonr funeral sermon. It would be an awkward thing for me to stand up by your side and preach, yon, a Christian man, killed on a rail train traveling on a Sunday morning. “Re member the Sabbath day to keep it holy. ” What does that mean? It means 24 hours. A man owes you a dollar. You don’t want him to pay you 00 cents. You want the dollar. If God demands of us 24 hours out of the week, he means 24 hours and not 10. Oh, we want to keep vigilantly in this country the American Sabbath and not have trans planted here the European Sabbath, which for the most part is no Sabbath at LOCAL LEDGERITES. one morning the brass band J^any of you have been in Paris, you dor of tho demolition, and this moment, if we should pause In our service, wo should hear the crush, crash! Just ns in tho sicklv season ynn sometimes hear the bell at the gate of tho eometoi'y ringing almost incessantly, so I found that the bell rt tho gate of the cemetery where ruined souls are buried was toll ing by day and tolling by night, I (aid, ”1 will explore. ” I went as a physician goes into a fever lazareto to we what practical mid useful information I might get. That would bo it foolish doctor who would stand outside {he door of an invalid writing a Latin prescription. When the lecturer in a (nodical college is done with his lecture, |ie takes the students into tho dissecting room, and ho shows them (lie reality. I went and saw mid came forth to my pul pit to report a plague and to toll how sin dissects the body and dissects the mind and dissects the soul. “Oh,” suy yon, “are you got afraid that in Jm- qnence of such exploration of the iniqui ties of the city other jier.Noim might make exploration and do themselves damage?” I reply: “If in company with the com missioner of police, and the captain of ( iaill y JUU 4mu police, and tho inspector of police, and j to the Tip-Top House, and the to* oomuauv uf twy Chj'istiuu aeutie- would oomu around tq.oujr era troops played the national air, and all the northern troops cheered and cheered. Then on the opposite side of the Rappahannock the brass band of the Confederates played “My Maryland” and “Dixie,” and then all the southern tre-ops cheered and cheered. But aftei awhile one of the bauds struck up “Home, Sweet Home,” and the band on the opposite side of tho river took up the strain, and when the tune was done tho Confederates and the Federals all together united as tho tears rolled down their cheeks in one great huzza, huzza! Well, my friends, heaven comes very near today. It is only a stream that divides us, the narrow stream of death, and the voices there and the voices here seem to commingle, and wo join trum- pets and hosannalis and hallelujahs, and the chorus of tho united song of earth ami heaven is “Home, Sweet Home.” Home of bright domestic circle on earth. Home of forgiveness in the great heart of God. Home of eternal rest in heaven. Home! Home! Home! But snpiiose you aro standing on a crag of the mountain and on the edge of a precipice, and all unguarded, and some one either in joke or hate shall run up behind you and push you off. It is easy enough to push you off. But who would do so dastardly a deed? Why, this is done every hour of every day and ev ery hour of every night. Men come to the verge of city life and say: “Now, wo will just look off. Come, young man, do not bo afraid Come near let us look off.” He comes to the edge and looks and looks until, after awhile, sutan sneaks up behind him and puts a hand on each of his shoulders ami pushes him off. Society says it is evil proclivity on the part of that young man. Oh, no! He was simply an explorer and sacrificed his life in discovery. A young man comes in from the coun try bragging that nothing can do him any harm. He knows about all the tricks of city life. “Why, ” he says, “did not I receive a circular in the country telling me that somehow they found out I was a sharp business n-au, and if I would only send a certain amount of money by mail or express; charges prepaid they would send a package with which I could make a fortune in two months, but I did not believe it. My neighbors did, but I did not. Why, no man could take my money. I carry it in a pocket inside my vest. No man could take it. No man could cheat mo at the faro table. Don’t I know all alxmt the ’cue Isix, ’ and the dealer’s box, and the cards stuck to gether as though they were one, and when to hand in my checks? Oh, they can’t cheat ms. I know what I am about, ’ ’ while at the same time, that very moment,such men are succumbing to the worst satanie influences in the simple fact that they are going to observe. Now, if a man or woman shall go down into a haunt of iniquity for the purpose of reforming men and women or for the sake of being able intelligently to warn people against such perils; if, as did John Howard or Elizabeth Fry or Thom as Chalmers, they go down among the abandoned for the sake of saving them, then such explorers shall he God pro tected, and they will come out better than when they went in. But if you go pn this work of exploration merely for the purpose of satisfying a morbid curi osity I will take 20 per cent off your moral character. A PEUIUH'8 ROAD. Sabimth morning comes. Yon wake up in (ho hotel. You have had a longer sleep than usual. Yon say: “Where am I? A thousand miles from home? I have no family to t;iLo to church today. My pastor will not expect my presence. 1 think 1 shall look over my accounts auc( study my memorandum Issik. Then I will write u few business letters and talk to that merchant who mine in on the same train with me. ” Stop! You cannot afford to do it. ‘■'But,” you say, “I am worth $500,- 000.” You cannot afford to do it. You say, "I am worth *1,000,000.” Yon cannot aff-ad to do it. A 1 you gain by breaking the Sabbath you will lose. You will lose tine of three things—your intel lect, your moral* or your property—and you cannot point in the whole earth to a single exception tothis rule. God give* us six days and keeps one for himself. Now, if wo try to get the seventh, he will upset the work of all the other six. I remember going up Mount Washing ton, before the railroad hud been built, ide know thaTon M)atB‘V™ in K the vast population rush out toward fhiTBptry with baskets and bundles, and toward night they come back fagged out, cross and intoxicated. May God preserve to ns our glorious, quiet American Sabbaths. Oh, strangers, welcome to the great city I May you find Christ here, and not any physical or moral damage. Men com ing from inland, from distant cities, have here found God and found him in our service. May that be your case to day. You thought you were brought to this place merely for the purpose of sight seeing. Perhaps God brought you to this roaring city for the purpose of working out your eternal salvation. Go back to your homes and toll them how you met Christ here, the loving, patient, pardon ing and sympathetic Christ. Who knows but the city which has been the destruc tion of so many may be your eternal re demption? A good many years ago Edward Stan ley, the English commander, with his regiment, took a fort. The fort was manned by some 800 Spaniards. Ed ward Stanley came close up to the fort, leading his men, when a Hpuniar 1 thrust at him with a spear, intending to destroy his life, but Stanley caught hold of the spear, and the Spaniard in at tempting to jerk the spear away from Stanley lifted him up into the battle ments. No sooner had Stanley taken his position on the battlements than, he swung his sword, and his whole regi ment leaped after him, and the fort was taken. So it may be with you, O stran ger. The city influences which have de stroyed so many and dashed them down forever shall be the means of lifting you up into the tower of God’s mercy and strength, your soul more than conqueror through the grace of him who has promised an especial benediction to those who shall treat you well, saying, "I was a stranger, and yo took me in. ” in Church Calendar. The Gaffney Baptist Chureh—Rev. B. I*. Roller (son, Pastor; service* every Sunday at 11 a. in. and 8:(K) p. in.; Sunday School \)-Ao a. in.; Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 8:00; services at Factory second Sunday at H p. in. The Methodist Church—Rev. G. M. Boyd Pastor; 1st Sabbath. Gaffney, lia. m.; Beulah, Jp. in ; Gaffney, 7:30 p. in,; 2nd Sabbath, Wilson’s Chapel, II a. in.; Gaffney, 7:30p. in; 3rd Sabbath, Gethaemano, 11a.m.; Factory 7:30 p.m.: 4th Sabbath, Asbury, 11 a. in.; Gaffney, 7 :30 p. in. Episcopal Church—Services every fourth Sunday at II o’clock a. in. and afternoon at 5 o’clock. An Incident. While services were Ixdngconduct ed in one of our churches last Sun day morning, and at if, {jme when al| was quiet save tip* utteraiu'cs of the vppmhlo man of God as he read the Word, the sounds of an approaching train reached tin* audience.The sound grew more and more distinct until at last it, begMii to wane and finally when it could Im* heard hut faintly a little piquant voice was, distinctly heard to say “Hear dat t’uin?” It \vys one of God’s little inpoectB*, H*'d yet It caused a ripple of merriment to flow over th«- entire audienee. A Household Treasure, D, W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y., says that he always keeps Hr. King’s New Disi overy in the house and his family In s always found the very l>est results follow its use; that he would not l.e without it. if proetirable. G. A, Dykcniun Drugist, Cutskill, N. Y., says that Hr. King's New Discovery um’ouhtedly the best Cough reme-, dy that he has used in his family for eight years, and it has never failed to do all that is elaimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles free at \V. H. DuPre’s Drug Store, Regular oil cents and *I(X). * • Items Which Are Too Short for s Head ing Bunched Together. Louie Gaines is building a dwelling on the lot he recently purchased on Rutledge street. The boys of the Seminary have bought a base-ball outfit and will soon be playing ball in regular city style. We are glad to see the boys undertake this enterprise as it tends greatly toward building up a city. Let the town boys imitate the exam ple of the school boys or else join hands with them.- It is reported that there was a very destructive fire on the5th inst. with in two miles of our city, which de stroyed 1,000 cords of pine wood, be sides destroying much fencing and burning over many acres of forest land. Surely March and April have exchanged places. Gallant Jimmie Cook was in his glory last Sunday. Pulling the rib bons over the fastest st:ed of “Doc” Spencer is much to his satisfaction, but under such delightful circum stances it lends an additional charm. John Spencer and a Mr, Bonham were with the excursion party which “took in” Blacksburg and Cherokee. There was a regular Spanish bull fight here one day last week with the “Spanish” omitted. John Spencer was conducting a beef to the slaughter pen when his beefship refused to be conducted, and a fight ensued in which the animal conquered, for the time being, not only John, but his numerous friends who volunteered to assist him. Miss Virgie Carroll gave a tea one evening this week to her many young friends. We have not been furnished wiib a list of the attendants so they have to be omitted. Will Turner has a new wheel and will endeavor to “turn-er” today It will be of much service to him making his trips to and from IJme- stonefvening. Gus Abernathy also has a new whet*. ^ Cotton has been coining in Irapui _ this week, more perhaps, than any week since Christmas. The receipts up to yesterday were 104 hales. A good many of our boys took in the circus at Blacksburg last Friday, or the circus took them in. They report having a good time. J. G. Spencer has had a large awn ing placed over the front of his beef market to keep the butcher-boy at bis place of business during the hot summer days. Street Superintendent J.B. Easterly commcncod work on the streets with a large force of hands Monday. Sage ami Logan streets show the effects. Barnett Lipscomb and the impro vised fence at the corner of the Pres- bgterian church had a diffi'-ulty Sun day. Barnett tried to ride his wheel over the fence when the wheel inter posed an ohjeetion and flew up and “biffed ’im in de jaw,” leaving a slight iiruse. J. T. Rogers lias a check aii|4>unt of *2,(NNI from the K to sett hi' tin* insurance on the J. R. Jeffries. The moMcy paid to Mrs. J. R. Jeffries. ' * - Parties have been violating the law relating to dynamiting fish in Broad river. They are liable to be prosecuted if they continue. Drury Scruggs and Joe Price arc after the delinquent tax payers with warrants. Several teams loaded with flour for Calvin Whitman!, of Wilkinsville, went out of town yesterday. A revival is to Ik* started at the Methodist church Sunday. Mr, Boyd and his co-workers hope to do much good. CARROLL * STACY,U| EAL ^ATE. rr - . . I HAVING opened a Rea Transact a Oeneial Ranking| n change in this city Business. Careful attention to collections' on all points. Safety Deposit Boxes Inside, Fire Proof Vault for Rent. Your patronage Solicited. L. BAKER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. TJKAUICI* IIV 1 Estate Kx- I invite the patronage of any and all parties hav ing Real Estate to Rent, Sell, or Ex change. ^Prompt attention given to the col lection of rents, etc. 'Those wishing to rent or purchase estate should consult me before uosing contracts. rraY», amto Tile liens, mort- JWes. t . t)l Surveying a specialty. ■.Balsams, f>(Tu-e in ifuiljj iNotury Public. mg. Sash, * and all kinds of Building Materials. Plans and specifications for build- ings made on short notice. A. N. "W<><>1>, MAIVICRl*, Gaffney, - - S. C. Having just purchased a The Limestone Dairy is prepared to deliver Sweet and Butter-milk to its patrons daily. Satisfaction guaran teed. Your patronage solicited. r^i .n Ksrro in k i>aiky. F. G. BRIGGS, Proprietor. J. E. WEBSTER, HERRING-HALL-MARVIN jVttormvy-A1- I^i W , BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE Gaffney City, S. C. —with— Automatic Bolt Work —AND 'jne Lock and Safety Deposit I will than ever to he better prepared take care of my customers funds. Safety Deposit Box< at moderate, rent. County claims bought. Exchange bought and sold. to the of If. life of will he Teachers’ Examination. Caveat*, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-' ent busineu conducted fur Moocaavc Fees. Oun orricc is Opposite u.». rm.m, and we eanMcure patent in lew tunc remote from Washingimi. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip-' tion. We advise, U patentable or not, free of' charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. , ' A PaMPMLgT. “ How to Obtain Patents," with coat of same in the U. S. and foreign countries' sent free. Address, < C.A.SNOW&CO.l Off. Patcnt Ornct. Wssminoton. O. C. , FATCMT Office 1 than those' w. Practices in all the courts. ions a specialty. Collet- R. & D. R. R. SCHEDULE. WASHINGTON TO ATI.AX r.\. Leave] (Arrive No. 11. No. 12 M. r. m. 11 01 Washington. ... ... 2 55 5 50 . Danville .... 8 10 1*. M. i2 .Charlotte .... 8 10 12 50 .... 7 21 1 47 .. Blacksburg." ... fi 20 2 07 • GAFFNEYS. -^Ji 07 ''' ' 5 00 • Spartanburg. a 21 - 1 52 . .Greenville.. 11 10 lo 15 p. m •.•.Atlanto... . a. in. 5) 50 Condensed Schedule, R. & D. R. R. SOUTH IIOI'NI). No. II 37. Von • 11 .oft a m NOKTIi IIOI'NI). No. 12.... .. (i.o7 p m 31), Fla r .. 1.03 u in 38. Ye dihulc . . 0.57 u m t'H AKLKSTO >>'. COLUMBIA, SI* AKTANHUKG AND ASH VI LI.K HI VIS ION. Leave] (Arrive No. 13 No. 14 7 15 a. m. ..Charleston .. 8 15 p. m. 10 00 p. m .. .Columbia. . ■ 1 00 p. ill. 5 50 p- m Alsson .... 12 20 p. in. I) 44 p. m .... Carlisle.... 11 2(5 p. ni. 8 10 p. in ..Spart amburg.. 10 HO p. m. 41 20 p. m . .. Asheville.. (> 50 a. in. Arrive] [Leave -41, Drugs, Medicines, ’ Paints and Oils, on he exam- Friday, nPHE next examination of teachers * will be held at Spartanburg on Friday and Saturday. 2Uth and 21st of April. Colored applicants will hied in the Court House 20th of April, Whites will Ut> examined in the Magnolia stm-t grad' d school build ing on Saturday, 21st April. We make some change from the usual order of holding the teachers’ examination to better accommodate all parties interested. Teachers will please note the ehange. The examination will liegin promptly at 9:HO a. in. each day. By order of the Board. B. B. CHAPMAN, School Commissioner. Spartanburg, S, C March 2<», 1X!)4. A I A he I font I’rotoctloii from I-rOHH l^ire Is to insure with the most reliable coin pan les. I represent the .Etna of Hartford, with assets of ♦JO,8t»7.fifi7; American Fire, of Philadelphia, with assets of *2,1183.1 L'»; Hartford, of Hartford, Conn., with assets ol *7,378,0512; Home, of New York, with assets of *51.008,8111; Penn Fire, of Philadelphia, with as sets of *11, Hoi),058. I can place any reason.qWe usA you may have, IVui’l fail to cull heloi o.mdwv'.Uii/i f<>/ your Insurance. F. G. STACY Tinted Leads, Dyes, Etc. GAFFNEY BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION CO. Real Estate and Insurance Agents. Merchandise Brokers and Dealers in Cotton and Guano. P. O. Building, Robinson St. - - Gaffney, S. C. GAFFNEY * SEMINAR? . , Co-education the order of the day. Eng lish, Classicalj Mathematical and Business. Bookkeeping a specialty. Music and Art under the control of efficient teachers. Offers the same advantages tq^ as to young menu Young men and young laj tirely seperate apartments. Our students easily obi tions. Terms made reasonj sure of the times. For catalogue and ft dress either ortfie princii W. F. MoAJ P ng ladies f I