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LIFE’S SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS DR. TALMAOE PREACHES AN ELOQUENT SERMON. The Fierce Combit With an Unknown Visitor That Lasts Un'il Day break—The Cry to God of a Dying Soul. Brooklyn, April 2!t.—The Tubmiacle WM crowded this morning with tlio usu al throng of ragrr listeners. Dr. Tal- mage preached on the spiritual conflicts of life, taking for his text Genesis xxxii, i4-2fl: "And Jacob was left alone, and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jaoob’s^high was out of joint as he wrestled with him. And ho said, ]jet me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go ex cept thou bh*ss me." The dust arose from a traveling herd of cattle and sleep and goats and cam els. They an? the present that Jacob ■ends to gain the good will of his of- fanded brother. That night Jacob halts by.the brook Jablsik. But there is no rest foi the weary man, no shining lad der to let the angels down into his dream, but a fiom* combat, that lasts until tho morning, with an unknown ■visitor. They each try to throw the other. The unknown visitor, to reveal his superi or power, by a touch wrenches Jacob’s thigh bone from its socket, perhaps maiming him for life. As on the morning sky the clusters of purple cloud begin to ripen Jacob sees it is an angel with whom he has lieen contending, and not one of his brother's coadbjgt'rs. "Let me go," cries tho angel, li^tftg himself up into increasing light, "The day break eth!" Chrlfttlan Struggle*. You see, in the first place, that God allows good people sometimes to get into a terrible struggle. Jacob was a good man, but here he is left alone in the midnight to wrestle with a tremen dous influence by the brook Jahltok. For Joseph, a pit; for Daniel, a wild beast den; for David, dethronement and ex ile; for John the Baptist, a wilderness diet and the exi'cntioner’s ax; for Peter, a prison; for Paul, shipwreck; for John, desolate Patinos; for Vashti, most in sulting cruelty; for Josephine, banish ment; for Mrs. Sigourney, the agony of a drunkard's wife; for John Wesley, stones hurled by an infuriated mob; for Catherine, the Scotch girl, tho drown ing surges of the sea; for Mr. Burns, the buffeting of the Montreal populace; for John Brown of Edinburgh, the pis tol shot of LonXTavcrhouse; for Hugh McKail, the scaffold; for Latimer, tho stake; for Christ, the cross. For whom the ris-ks, tin* gibls-ts, the guillotines, the thnmliserews? For the sons and daughters of tho Lord God Almighty. Some one said to a Christian reformer, "Tlu* world is against yon." "Then,” he replied, "I am against tho world.” I will go further and say that every Christian has his struggle. This man had his combat in Wall street; this ono on Broad 8tm*t; this one on Fulton street; this one on Chestnut street; this one on State street; this one on Lom bard street; this one on the bourse. With financial misfortune you havo had the midnight wrestle. Rodhot dis asters have dropped into your stole from loft to cellar. What you bought you could not sell. Whom you trusted flt*d. The help yon expected would not come. Some giant panic, with long arms and grip like death, took hold of you in an awful wrestle from which you have not yet escaped, and it is uncertain whether it will throw’ yon or you wdll throw it. Here is another soul in struggle with some bad appetite. He knew not how stealthily it was growing u]s>n him. One hour he woke up. He said, "For the sake of my soul, of my family, and of my children, and of my G«n1, I must stop this!" And, behold, he found him self alone by the brook Jablsik, and it was midnight. That evil upi>ctito seiz ed upon him, and he seized upon it, and, oh, the horror of the-conflict! When once a bad habit has aroused itself up to destroy a man and the man has sworn that, by the help of the eternal God, ho will destroy it, all heaven draws itself out in a long lino of light to look from above, and hell stretches itself it), myr midons of spite to look up from ls*noath, I havo seen men rally themselves for such a struggle, and they havo bitten their lip and clinched their flsts and crie^i with a blood red earnestness and a lain of scalding tears, “God help me I" The filant Hahlt. From a wrestle with habit I havo seen men fall back defeated. Calling for no help, but relying on their own reso lutions, they have come into the strug gle, and for a time it seemed as if they were getting the upper hand of their habit, lint that habit rallied again its infeniii. power and lifted a soul from its standing, and with a force borrowed from the pit hurled it into utter dark ness. First I saw the auctioneer’s mal let fall on the pictures and musical in struments and tho rich upholstery of his family parlor. After awhile 1 saw’ him fall into the ditch. Then, in tho ipidnight, when the children were dream ing their sweetest dreams and Christian households are silent with slumber, an gel watched, I heard him give tho sharp shriek thut followed the stab of his own poniard. He fell from an honored social position; ho fell from a family circle of which once h« was tho grandest attrac tion; he fell from tho house of God, at whose alters ho had been consecrated; ho fell—forever! But, thank God, I havo often seen a better termination than that. I have seen men prepare themselves for such a wrestling. They laid hold of God’s help as they went into combat. Tho giant habit, regaled by the cup of many temptations, came out strong and defiant. They clinched. There were tho Writhings and distortions of a fearful ttmggle. But the old giant began to waver, and at last, in tho midnight yhifio, with none but God to witness, Sy the brook Jabliok, the giant fell, and the triumphant wrestler broke tho dark ness with the cry, "Thanks bo unto God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" There is a widow’s heart that first was desolated by IsTeavement and since by the anx ieties and trials that came in thesupisirt »jf u family. ^It is a sad thing to see a man contend- livelihood under disadvantages, intfi TTvinnn, with Jtelp- ... t icss nine ones ai Her oacs, ngnting me giants of poverty and sorrow, is most affecting. It was a humble home, and paseorsby knew not that within those four walls were displays of courage more admirable that that of Hannibal crossing the Alps, or tho pass of Ther mopylae or Balaklava, where "into tho jaws of death rode tho si hundred. ’’ These heroes had the whole world to cheer them on, but there were none to applaud the struggle in the huinhlc home. She fought for broad, for cloth ing, for fire, for shelter, with aching head, and weak side, and exhausted strength, through tho long night by tho brook Jabbok. Could it be that none would give her help? Had God forgot ten to be gracious? No, contending soul! The midnight air is full of wings com ing to the rescue. She hears it now in the sough of the night wind, in the rip ple of the brook Jablsik—the promise made so long ago ringing down the sky, "Thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me Some one said to a very poor woman, "How is it that in such distress yon keep cheerful?” She said; "I do it by what I call cross prayers. When I had my rent to pay and nothing to pay it wit^ and bread to buy and nothing to bnjOt with, I used to sit down and cry. But now I do not get discouraged. If I go along the strict, when I come to a corner of the street I say, ‘The Lord help me.’ 1 then go on until I come to another crossing of the street, and again I say, ‘The Lord help me!’ And so I utter a prayer at every crossing, and since I have got into the habit of say ing these ‘cross prayers’ I have been able to keep np my courage. ” I’nritlfil by Fire. Learn again from this subject that people sometimes are surprised to find ont that what they have been strug gling wdth in the darkness is really an "angel of blessing.” Jacob found in the morning that this strange personage was not iiu enemy, hut a God dispatched messenger to promise prosper!fy.for him and for his children. And so many a man, at the close of his trial, has found ont that he has been trying to throw down his own blessing. If you area Christian man, I will go back in your history and find that the grandest things that have ever happened to you have been your trials. Nothing short of scourging, imprisonment and ship wreck could have made Paul what ho WHS. When David was fleeing through tho wilderness pursued by his own son, he was 1 icing prepared to become tho sweet singer <if Israel. The pit and the dun geon were the best schools at which Joseph ever graduated. The hurricane that upset the tent and killed Job’s chil- ^ dren prepared the man of Uz to write the magnificent poem that has astound ed the ages. There is no way to get the wheat out of the straw but to thrash it. There is no a ay to purify the gold but to bum it. Look at the people who have always had it their own way. They are proud, discontent«*d, useless and unhap py* M yon want to find cheerful folks, go among those who have been purified by the fire. After Rossini had rendered “William Tell" the five hundredth time a company of musicians came under his window in Paris and serenaded him. They put upon his brow a golden crown of laurel leaves. But amid all the ap plause and enthusiasm Rossini turned to a friend and said, "I would give all this brilliant scene for a few days of youth and love.” Contrast the melancholy feel ing of Rossini^who hail every thing this world could give him, to the joyful ex perience of Isaac Watts, whose misfor tunes were innumerable, when ho says: The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields Or walk the golden btreot*. Then let our songs alsiund And every tear Is* dry AYe are innrrhing through IniHianuel'a ground v To fairer worlds on high. Mart:* of the Foinhat. It is prosperity that kills and trouble , that saves. While the Israelites were ! on tho march, amid great privations and hardships, they behaved well. After awhile they prayed for meat, and the sky darkened with a great flock of quails, and these quails fell in large multitudes all nlsmt them, and the Is raelites ate and ate and stuffed them- selves until they died. Oh, my friends, it is not hardship or trial or starvation that injures the soul, but abundant sup ply. It is not the vulture of trouble that eats np the Christian’s life; it is the quails, it is the quails! You will yet find out that your midnight wrestle by the bnsik Jablsik is with an angel of God, come down to bless and save. Learn again that while onr wrestling with trouble may Is: triumphant we must expect that it will leave its mark upon us. Jacob prevailed, but the angel touched him, and his thigh Isme sprang from its sis ket, and the gissl man went limping on his way. We must carry through this world the mark of tho comliat. What plowed those premature wrinkles in your face? What whitened your hair la-fore it was time for frost? What silenced forever so much of the hilarity of your household? Ah, it isls*- cuuse the angel of trouble hath touched yon that you go limping on your way. You need not be surprised that those who have passed through the fire do not feel as gay as once they did. po not la* ont of patience with those whq come not out of their dtispondcuey. •fliey may triumph over their loss, and yet their gait shall tell yon that they have been trouble touched. Are wo utoioH that we can, unmoved, see onr cradle rifled of the bright eyes and the sweet Ups? Can we stand unmoved and see onr gardens of earthly delight up rooted? Will Jesus, who wept himself, be angry with us if wo pour our tears into tho graves that open to swallow flown what we love best? Was Lazarus more dear to him than our beloved dead to us? No. Wo have a right to weep. Our t ars must come. You shall not drive them back to scald the heart. They fall into God's liottle. Afflicted ones havo died because they could not weep. Thank God for the sweet, the myste rious relief that comes to us in tears! Under this gentle rain the flowers of porq put forth their bloom. Gist pity fhat dry, withered, parched, all consum ing grief that wrings its hands and grinds its teeth and bites its nailsjunto the quick, but cannot weep! Wo may have found tho comfort of the cross, and yet ever after show that in the dark night and by tho brook Jablsik we were trouble touched. ^he t*af Itrraketli. Again, we may take the idea of tho text and announce tho approach of tho day dawn. tnai mgnr ot struggle, ft is appropriate for philanthropists and Christians to cry out with this angel of the text, "The day breaketh.” The world’s pros pects are brightening. The church of Christ is rising np in its strength to go forth"fair as the moon, clear as tho sun and terrible as an army with banners.” Clap your hands, all ye people, the day breaketh. The bigotries of the earth .are perishing. Tho time was when xvo were told that if we wanted to get to heaven we must be immersed or sprin kled, or we must believe in the perse verance of the saints, or in falling away from grace, or a liturgy, or no liturgy, or they must be Calvinists or Anniu- ians in order to reach heaven. We have all come to confess now that these aru uouessentials in religion. During my vacation ono summer I was in a Presbyterian audience, and it was sacramental day, and with grateful heart I received the holy communion. On the next Sabbath I was in a Metho dist church and sat at a love feast. On the following Sabbath I was in an Epis copalian chnr:*h and knelt at the altar and received the consecrated bread. I do not know which service I enjoyed the most, "I believe in the communion of saints and in the life eve* lasting. ” "The day breaketh. ” As I look upon this audience I see many who have passed through waves of trouble tiiat came np higher than their girdle. In God's name I proclaim cessation of hostilities. \ on shall not go always saddened and heartbroken. God will lift your burden. God will bring y»mr dead to life. God will stanch the heart’s bleeding. I know he will Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities you. The pains of earth will end. Tho tomb will burst. The dead will rise. The morning star trem bles on a brightening sky. The gates of the east liegin to swing open ThooJay breaketlu Luther and Melaiiehthon were talking together gloomily about the prospects of the church. They could see noJmpe of deliverance. After awhile Luther got up and said to Melaiiehthon: "Come, Philipp, let us sing the forty-sixth psalm of David: ‘God is onr refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth Is* removed, and though the moun tains lie carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled; though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Se- lah. ’ ” Tli«* I lentil SlrHKJjle. Death to nv 111 ?. nay ♦<> all, is a strug gle and a wrestle. We havo many friends that it will lx* hard to leave. 1 rare not how bright onr future hope is. It is a bitter thing to look upon this fair world and know that we shall nev er again see its blossoming spring, its falling fruits, its sparkling streams and to say farewell to those with whom we played in childhood or counseled in manhood. In that night, like Jacob, we may have to wrestle, but God will not leave ns nnblesw*d. It shall not lie told in heaven that a dying soul cried unto God for help, but was not delivered. The lattice may be turned to keep ont the sun, or a book set to dim tho light of tho midnight taper, or the room may he filled with the cries of orphan age and widowhood, or tho church of Christ may mourn over onr going, but if Jesus calls all is well. The strong wrestling by the bnsik will cease; the hour of death's night will pass along— 1 o’elis-k in the morning; 2 o'clock in the mnmiug; 4 o’chsk in the murniiig. The ds.y breaketh. So I would have it when I die. I am in no haste to Ik* gone. I have no grudge against this world. The only fault I have to find with the world is that it treats me too well, but when tl\ji time comes to go I trust to lie ready, my worldly affairs all settkil. If I have wronged others, I want then to lie sure of their forgiveness. In that last wrestling, my arm enfeebled with sickness and my head faint, 1 want Jesus lK*side me. If there Ik* hands on this side of the flood stretched out to hold me hack, I want the heavenly hands stretched out todraw me forward. Then, 0 .Tcs^^hclp me on and help me up. Unfearing.undouliting, may I step right out into the light and Iki able to look back to my kindn-d and friends wh i would detain me here, ex claiming: "Let me go; let me go. The day Breaketh!” -« An Early Closing Movement. The merchants of Gaffney should consider the ])ruelienliility of closing their stores early in the evenings. The iih reliants of Charleston. Coluni- i hin. (in ctiville. S|iartanhiirg and ot her | places have round hy experience I hat ! it iinvs to close their stores at an cuilyhoiir. The clerks should make I a canvass and see what cun he done. I f every merchant were to close at I an early hour noone wniild he alTeeted, , (lie housekeepers would soon learn I the lesson of purchasing their needs , in't he da^Jl ime, t he nil would he saved ! and the clerks would he aide to enjoy I t liemselves more, and t here would not ! h* siminvol llha'dielors in I own—eon- | sequent ly |s*pulation would increase i and the sales of the day would he heavier than that of the day and ! night are now coinhiiicd. Try it ! Some Additional Ads. The new advertisers (Ids week con iine themselves principally to the study of law. Messrs. Itoinar A Simpson, Nichols A’ Jones, Carlisle A Ilydriek. all of-Spurtanhiirg. offer eounsel to the t ransgressor and trans gressed. "Doe” Spencer advertises a note hook lost ; second-hand huggics and harness for sale, and houses to rent. Cook A Gaffney offer all the palate- coding hev< rages in the decalogue and inv te the especial attention of tin* ladies. I ~ - • Ben Kelly, a young man living I ahout four or live miles above Bishup- vilie, got into a difficulty w th one of his negro hands one day lad week and shot hin. in the head with a pis- . to), inflicting very nrohaltly, a mor tal wo nd. Major I). B. McCrccsy, one of the largest and most widely known mer chants of Cnlmnhia, died in that city lasl Saturday. >.\W Orleans’ finest hole!, lie* St. Charles, has been destroyed hy fire. Two peraous pcrUhvU, Personal Paragraphs. Mrs. M. B. Sums, accompanied by her daughtbr, Miss Emmie, returned from Krwinton where they have been for some time, last Friday evening. STUART’S GIN AND BUCHU. The great specific for all Kidney. Bladder and I’rinary Troubles. Being a true tonic it also relieves Debility, General Lassitude. Nervousness, Loss F. (i. Stacy came in Friday after a | ,,f Appetite, Rheumatic Fains, Lame of several week’s trip in the interest tlu* Limestone Spring Lime Co. Squire II. G. Gaffney, who has been quite ill for several week pastf is con valescent. His many friends will be glad to learn of this. (.’. M. Littlejohn. Jr. who has been connected with t^* Gaffney Wagon A- Furniture Co. for some time has gone to Asbury to remain until fall. Mis many friends regret to have hint leave and trust he may find it to his advan tage to return to Gaffney. Prof. K. O. Sams took a trip Spartanburg friday. Dr. Smith and Mr. Lotspicch went to Cherokee Falls Monday on a trip. Miss Zoodie Hamrick, of Boiling Springs,is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alex Furgcrsnn and Miss Minnie Harris. ItoiincrHtlanton, of Marion, N. C., was in the city Sunday. Capt. W. H. Richardson, who has been confined to his I ed for some time, is up 1 *again. James Richardson, of Charlotte, is visiting his relatives in the city. Miss Ethel Nance, of Anderson. S. (’.. is visiting friends in the city. William Doggett, of Charlotte, is visiting his mother of this city. Mr. anil Mrs. J. G. Kelly of Kcl- ton spent two days with friends in the city this week. Miss Maggie Amos, of Spartanburg, is visiting the family of R. C. Sar- ratt. Miss Lillian Hopper (tin* Queen of the Limestone Inn) has gone to Ellis' Berry on a visit. Miss Annie May Martin a student of Cooper-Limestone Institute, left far a short visit to her home yester day. Misses Ad** Munroe and Fannie Landrum are spending a few days with Misses Juliet and Lizzie Lips comb on Limestone avenue. A party of charming young Indus from Blacksburg ninu* over yesterday in private conveyance. They were Misses Ella Crosby. Libbie Byars. Pearl Crosby, Emmie Tompkin, and Annie Davis. They turned the heads of some of our hoys during their short stlty. Mrs. .1. W. Lytton speyt several days ill the eity last week. She re turned to her home at Henrietta, N. (’., on Saturday. Henry Ross and his brother, L. R. Ross, went to Blaekshurg Monday to attend the funeral of their unrle M. L. Ross. -Squire Webster lias been nttend- ingthe revival services at Spartan burg the early part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Inman, of Etta June S. (’., were in the eity Mon day. Mrs. Mike Borders is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Camp. Mr. B. B. Blanton of Marion was in town Sunday, visiting M. A. Fer- Bnek, etc., etc. Read the testimonials and he con vinced : Atlanta, Ga.—I take pleasure in certifying that STPART’S GIN AND Bl’ClU’ lias made a cure of me. I find it tlu* best kidney remedy I have ever used. P. W. Mkkkktt. House of Representatives.—I have been a great sufferer from catarrh of the bladder. I was advised hy a phy sician to try STI’ART’S GIN AND IH’CHI’, which I did with the hap piest results. I have not been troubled with my kidneys since using your valuable remedy. I think it to^me of tin* very best remedies for kin- neysand bladder. .I..L McCaxts, Representative from Taylor < Ga. W. A. Culver. West End, says; I have given QU ARTS GIN AND Rl’Clira thorough trial and con sider it the grandist kidney, urinary, and stomach remedy in the world. Sold bv W. B. Dul’re. Druggist. ? J. E. WEBSTER, iV 1 torno v- A. t - I w. Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Col lee tions a specialty. A.. W <><>!>, It A N 1C 1C 1C, Gaffney, S. C. The Newest thing in Trimming Silks, such as Antique Naire Shot Silks and the latest Bengaline effects in all SHADES just arrived; call and see them. Also the prettiest line of Window Shades ever brought to this city. Don’t fail to look at our Lace Curtains. We have them in all grades from the Cheapest to the Finest Real Lace. Yours truly, CARROLL & CARPENTER, Grinard Street, - Gaffney, S.C W. L. DOUGLAS C 2 C Uf%C genuine oo onwelt. S<|iit':ikl< ss, llottom Waterproof. IU'*t Shoe Fold all lie price. S6. S4 and S3.60 Dress Shoe. ^ Jktjual cuMnin work, costing Irom ,fo to k $3.60 Police Shoe. 3 Soles. Ik*st \N .liking Shoe ever made. S2.60, and $2 Shoes, Uiir<|tiallc<l at Ihc price. ; Boys 82 Si $1.75 School Shoes *• Are the Ue.-t lor Service. LADIES’ $3, $2.50 $2, $1.75 ' lle*t llonRola, Stj IIkIi, IVrfcct JFittliiK aiul .Servieeuble.lteat in tin* world. All Styles.^ lindst U|M>ii'liii\ inf; \Y. K DoiikIxk slioert. Miind and price Hliimped The it Shoe* I lie l.eutit .Money for 1 Stioj bottom. ltrockti^_ MasK. ,, I Living just pnrt-lnist'tl n HERRING-H ALL-MARVIN BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE —wn it— Automatic Bolt Wo»*k — INI)— Time Lock ami Safety IIcjiosil Boxes, I will hi* bettor preparotl than over to take care of my customers fmtils. Safety Deposit Hoxes at moderate, rent. Count v elaims bought. Exchange bought and sold. REAL ESTATE. DEALERS who push the sale of W. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods. They can afford to Kell at a leM* profit, and we believe you «*»n nave money hy huying all your footwear of the dealer advertised below. Catalogue free upon application. I^or Wailo 1>.V Clothing! t Clothing! * Clothii Men’s, Boy’s and Youth’; Men’s sizes from o4 to 44. Boys from 4 to 14 year's Short Pants. Youths from 11 to 19 years Long Pants. We are not going to wait until the season N gone to give* good values but right at tbe beginning. Men’s Suits from ♦4.BB to jjfio.OO. Boy’s Suits from $1.00 to $0.00. Youths’ Suits from $.‘L00 to $10.00. These goods are fresh and new, just from the Manfacturj t’omo and look through our stock. WILKINS BR0 N. <’ Mr. 11. Allen <*f ('harlotIt was in the eity Wednesday. G. D. Doggett ami mother wei.t t Forest City N. last Tuesday. Miss Maggie Amos of Spnrtiinhiirg S. is on a visit to her sister Mrs. R. ('. Surratt of our city. Logan Ellis, iiei'ompnnied hy his daughter, Miss .Minnie,of Irvinsvillc, was here for u few days this week. Victor Montgomery, of the Pueolet Mills, drove over Tuesday liehind his shanking team of blacks. ,, AVIN<i opened a Real Estate Ex- ■ * change in this eity 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. ' I Those wishing to rent or purchase real estate should consult me before closing contracts. I am prepared to Iih* liens, mort gages, titles, etc. Surveying a spee*alty. R. O. SAMS, •iotury Public. Office in Ledger Building. LIMESTONE * SPRINGS W! RICHARDSON & CO., Lessees. Manufacturers of BUILDING, * PLASTERING * AND * AGRICULTURAL And Deal.: - In Coal, Shingles, Lath: ,i id Plaster H; Dymamite, Blasting Powder, i use and Dynamite Caps. Prof. Griffith to Conclude His Lecture. Prof. Griffith announced last Sun day that he would conclude his lec- turc to young men gicxt Suhhath at Limestone. He expressed hifnsclf as highly gratified* a* tl* * a* tion the young men we* Ik- stow. The profo ‘> thing nice to sk. every young man in tiauiM ,, go down on the ‘‘dummy” next hath ami hear him. The Htthh sehool emit'miles to grow. ■ ■ ■' — i » ■THE BLOOD is tW source of * health. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla to keep it pure and rich. Be sure to get HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA. 1 ' " ■ ■ ■ P l CARROLL & STACY, Transact a (iemral Banking Business. Careful attention to eolleetii ns on all points. Safety Deposit Boxes Itisiile. Fire Proof Vault for Bent. Your patronage SoUcited. W. I*. IVIIIvIC. A Drugs, Medicines, Paints and Tinted Leads, Dyes, Etl The Limestone Dairy is prepared to deliver Sweet and Butter-milk to its patrons dnib. Sat'mfuetlmi guaran teed. Your patronage solicited. U.Yt I^ro.-N IC 1> A 11< V. F. G. BRIGGS, Proprietor. R. & D. R. R. SCHEDULE. WAS It IVCTO x TO ATLANTA. L. BAKER, CONTRACTU) AND BUILDER. DKAlvKl* IN' Sash, x Blinds, * Doors, -artd all kinds of Building Materials. Plans and iqioclff cut ions for build- 1 la. > made un akyrt notice. Leave] [Arrive No. II. No. 12 \. M. I*. M. II 01 . Washington. 2 55 a . r i0 ... Danville... K 10 I\ M. 1*. M. 12.00 .. . ('harlotte.. X 10 12 fiO .. .Gastonia... 7 21 1 47 . Blacksburg. <; 2<; 2 07 .GAFFNEYS. 0 07 5 00 5 21 1 52 .. (Jrcenville.. to 15 p. m. ... .At lanto... GAFFNEY BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION Rea! Estate and Insurance Agei Merchandise Brokers and in Cotton and Guani P. O. Building, Robinson St. Condensed Schedule, R. sorru Hot'NIi. Xo. II :t7 Vest i hi i' noimtH No. 12.... 3ti, Flag... HK, Vest i hiii I'MAHt.KSTON. ITMjJ AND ASH Leave] Xo. 13 ^ 7 1.') a. m.. .Chaf lotto p. 111. . .jg r> .to p. m.. .8 fl 44 p. m.. .8 H 10 p. in..Km II 2o p. m... ) i Arrive] BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARI I. SARRA Entire Stock of Good*, consisting ot Straw llal t, Grits, Tobacco, Meat. Lard, Mohissas, Knap ait ileh as Plows, Plow Stocks; Heel Bolts, Barkhaml* ilot of other stuff too nuiuerous to mention. As^jii lOtttrttlCed Hint I am sclTTng at bottom priffM. ww buYV MVCrjil brands of standard Guanos, i jyy.jnu