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3 STRIKING^OWN SIN. GENIUS NOT NECESSARY TO COMBAT POWERS OF EVIL Ur. TalmnK<‘ Adiuonlahra l'a to I’eraovere In ItoiaK Good — I'erae- v«*rr In the I-’aee of l-'nllnre—Knthu- alanm Will Overcome Dlfltcultlea. fCopyriK'nt, 1S99, by American Press Asso ciation.] Washington, J:m. 22.—Frouiasoeno in ancient story Dr. Talmatfe, in this tlisconrse, draws lessr)n8 as appropriate for this time as they were appropriate for the time when the event occurred many centuries ago; text, Judges iii, 15, “But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left hand«d, and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon, the king of Moab. ” Ehud was a ruler in Israel. He was left handed, and, what was peculiar about the tribe of Benjamin, to which he belonged, there were in it 700 left handed men, and yet so dexterous had they all become in the use of the left hand that the Bible says they could sling stones at a hairbreadth and not miss. Well, there was a king by the name of Eglon, who was an oppressor of Israel. He imposed upon them a most outrageous tax. Ehud, the man of whom I first spoke, had a divine com mission to destroy that oppressor. He came, pretending that he was going to pay the tax, and asked to see King Eglon. He was told he was in the sum mer house, the place to which the king retired when it was too hot to sit in the palace. This summer house was a place surrounded by flowers and trees and sitringing fountains and warbling birds. Ehud entered the summer house and said to King Eglon that he had a secret errand with him. Immediately all the attendants were waved out of the royal presence. King Eglon rises up to receive the messenger. Ehud, the left handed man. puts his left hand to his right side, pulls out a dagger and thrusts Eglon through until the haft went after the blade. Eglon falls. Ehud comes forth to blow a trumpet cf liberty amid the mountains of Ephraim, and a great host is marshaled, and proud Moab sub mits to the conqueror, and Israel is free! So, OLord, let all thine enemies perish. So, O Lord, let all thy friends triumph! I learn, first, from this subject the power of left handed men. There are some men who, by physical organiza tion, have as much strength in their left hand as in their right hand, but there is something in the writing of this text which implies that Ehud had some de fect in his right hand which compelled him to use his left. Oh. the power of left handed men! Genius is often self observant, careful of itself, not given to much toil, burning incense to its own aggrandizement, while many a man with no natural endowments, actually defective in physical and mental organ ization, has an earnestness for the right, a patient industry, an all consuming perseverance, which achieve marvels for the kingdom of Christ. Though left handed, as Ehud, they can strike down a sin as great and imperial as Eglon. I have seen men of wealth gathering about them all their treasures, snuffing at the cause of a world lying in wicked ness, roughly ordering Lazarus off their doorstep, sending their dogs, not to lick his sores, but to hound him off their premises, catching all the pure rain of God’s blessing into the stagnant, ropy, frog inhabited pool of their own self ishness—right handed men, worse than useless—while many a man with large heart and little purse has, out of his limited means, made poverty leap for joy and started an influence that over- spans the grave and will swing round and round the throne of God, world without end. Amen! Ah, mo! It is high time that you left handed men, who have been longing for this gift, and that eloquence, and the other man’s wealth, should take your left hand out of your pockets. Who made all these railroads? Who set up all these cities? Who started all these churches, and schools, and' asylums? Who has done the tugging, and run ning, and pulling? Men of no wonder ful endowments, thousands of them ac knowledging thomselvos to be left hand ed, and yet they were earnest, and yet they were determined, and yet they were triumphant. But I do not suppose that Ehud the first time he took a sling in his left hand could throw a stone at a hair breadth and not miss. I suppose it was practice that gave him the wonderful dexterity. Go forth to your spheres of duty and be not discouraged if in your first attempts you miss the mark. Ehud missed it. Take another stone, put it carefully into the sling, swing it around your head, take better aim, and the next time you will strike the center. The first time a mason rings his trowel npon the brick he does not expect to put up u perfect wall. The first time a carpenter sends the plane over a board or drives a bit through a beam he does not expect to make perfect execution. The first timo a boy attempts a rhyme he does not expect to chime a “Lalla Rookh" or a “Lady of the Lake.” Do not be surprised if in your first efforts at doing good you are not very largely successful Understand that usefulness is an art. a science, a trade. There was an oculist performing a very difficult oiwration on the human eye. A young doctor stood by and said: “How easily you do that. It don't seem to cause you any trouble at all.” “Ah.“ said the old oculist, “it is very easy now, but I spoiled a hatful of eyes to learn that. ’* Be not surprised if it takes some prac tice before we can help men to moral eyesight and bring them to a vision of the cross. Left handed men, to the work! Take the gospel for a sling and faith and repentance for the smooth stone from the brook. Take sure aim, God direct the weapon, and great Goli aths will tumble before yon. i When Garibaldi was going opt to THE LETJGER: GAFFNEY, S. C„ J V NIT ARY 2r, battle, he told his troops what he want ed them to do, and after ho had de- scrilied what he wanted them to do they said, “Well, general, what are you go ing to give us for all this?” “Well,” he replied, “I don’t know what else yon will get, hut yon will get hunger and cold ind wounds and death. How do you like it?” * His men stood before him for a little while in silence, an 1 then they threw up their hands and cried; “We are the men! We are the men!” The Lord Jesus Christ calls yon to his service. I do not promise you an easy time in this world. Yon may have persecutions and trials and misrepre sentations, but afterward there comes an eternal weight of glory, and yon can bear the wounds, and the bruises, and the misrepresentations, if you can have the reward afterward. Have you not enough enthusiasm to cry out: “We are the men! We are the men!” I learn also from this subject the danger of worldly elevation. This Eglon was what the world called a great man. There were hundreds of people who would have considered it the greatest honor of their life jnst to have him speak to them, yet although he is so high up in worldly position he is not beyond the reach of Ehud’s dagger. I see a great many people trying to climb up in social position, having an idea that there is a safe place somewhere far above, not kno^ftig that the mountain of fame cas a top like Mont Blanc, cov ered with perpetual snow. W 7 e laugh at the children of Shinar for trying to build a tower that could reach to the heavens, but I think if our eyesight were only good enough we could see a Babol in many a doorynrd. Oh. thp struggle is fierce! It is store against store, house against house, street ngaint street, nation against na tion. The goal for which men are run ning is chairs and chandeliers and mir rors and houses and lands and presiden tial equipments. If they get what they anticipate, what have they ? Men are not safe from calumny while they live, and, worse than that, they are not safe after they are dead, for I have seen swine root up graveyards. One day a man goes up into publicity, and the world does him honor, and people climb up into sycamore trees to watch him as he passes, and as he goes along on the shoulders of the people there is a wav ing of hats and a wild huzza. Tomor row the same man is caught between the jaws of the printing press and man gled and bruised, and the very same persons who applauded him before cry: “Down with the traitor! Down with him!” Belshazzar sits at the feast, tho mighty men of Babylon sitting all around him. Wit sparkles like the wine, and the wine like the wit. Music rolls up among the chandeliers; the chande liers Hash down on the decanters. The breath of hanging gardens floats in on the night air; the voice of revelry floats out. Amid wreaths, and tapestry, and folded banners, a finger writes. The march of a host is heard on the stairs. Laughter catches in the throat. A thou sand hearts stop beating. The blow is struck. The blood on the floor is richer lined than the wine on the table. The kingdom lias departed. Belshazzar was no worse, perhaps, than hundreds of people in Babylon, but his position slow’ him. Oh, be content with just such a position as God has placed you in. It may not be said of us, "Ho was a great general, ” or “He was an honored chief tain,” <>r “He was mighty in worldly attainments,” but this thing maybe said of you and of mo. “He was a good citizen, a faithful Christian, a friend of Jesus.” And that in tho last day will Ik* the highest of all enlogiums. I learn further from this subject that death conies to the summer house. Eg lon did not expect to die in that fine place. Amid nil the flower leaves that drifted like summer snow into the win dow ; in tho tinkle and dash of tho fountains; in the sound of a thousand leaves fluting on one tree branch; in the cool breeze that came up to shake feverish trouble out of the king’s locks —there was nothing that spake of death, but there he died! In the winter, when the snow is a shroud, and when the wind is a dirge, it is easy to think of our mortality; but when the weather is pleasant, and all our surroundings are agreeable, bow diffienlt it is for us to appreciate the truth that we are mortal! And yet my text teaches that death does sometimes come to the sum mer house. He i^ blind, and cannot see the leaves. He is deaf, and cannot hear the fonntains. Oh, if death would ask us for victims, w*e could point him to hundreds of people who would rejoice to have him come. Push back the door of that hovel. Look at that little child —cold, and sick, and hnngry. It has never heard the name of God but in blasphemy. Parents intoxicated, stag gering aronnd its straw bed. Oh, death, there is a mark for thee! Up with it into the light! Before those little feet stum ble on life’s pathway, give them rest. Here is an aged man. He has done his work. He has done it glorionsly. The companions of his yonth all gone, his children dead, he longs to bo at rest, •nd wearily the days and the nights pass. He says. “Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly. ” Oh. death, there is a mark for thee I Take from him the staff and give him the scepter. Up with him into the light, where eyes never grow dim, and tho hair whitens not through the long years of eternity. Ah, death will not do that! Death turns back from the straw l»ed. and from the aged man ready for the skies, and comes to the summer house. What doest thou here, thon bony, ghastly monster, amid this waving grass and nnder this sunlight sifting through the tree branches? Chil dren are at play. How quickly their feet go and their locks toss in the wind. Father and mother stand at the side of the room looking on, enjoying their glee. It dnee not seem possible that the wolf should ever break into that fold and carry off a lamb. Meanwhile an old archer stands looking through the thicket. He points hie arrow at the brightest of tbf group. He is a wire marksman. Tho how b^nds, the arrow speeds. Hush now. The quick feet have stopped, and the locks toss no more in the wind. Laughter hasgoneout of tho hall. Death in the summer house I Here is a father in midlife. His com ing home at night is the signal for mirth. The children rush to the door, and there are liooks on tho evening stand, and the hours pass away on glad 1 feet. There is nothing wanting in that home. Religion is there and sacrifices on the altar morning and night. Yon i look in that household and say: “I can not think of anything happier. I do not really believe the world is so sad a place , as some people describe it to be. The j scene changes. Father is sick. The doors must be kept shut. Tho death watch chirps dolefully on the hearth. The children whisper and walk softly where once they romped. Passing the house at night, you seethe quick glanc- 1 ing of lights from room to room. It is all over. Death in the summer house! Here is an ag(*d mother—aged, but not infirm. You think yon will have | tho joy of caring for her wants a good while yet. As she goes from house to j house, to children and grandchildren, ' her coming is a dropping of sunlight in the dwelling. Your children see her ! coming through the lane, and they cry, “Grandmother’s come!” Care for you has marked up her face with many a deep wrinkle and her back stoops with carrying your burdens. Some day she is very quiet. She says she is not sick, but something tells you yon will not much longer have a mother. She will sit with you no more at the table, nor at the hearth. Her soul goes ont so gently you do not exactly know the mo ment of its going. Fold the hands that have done so many kindnesses for you right over the heart that has beat with love toward you since before you were born. Let the pilgrim rest. She is weary. Death in the summer house! Gather about ns what we will of com fort and luxury. When the pale mes senger comes, he does not stop to look at the architecture of the house before he comes in, nor, entering, does he wait to examine the pictures wo have gathered on the wall, or, bending over your pillow, he does not stop to see whether there is color in the cheek, or gentleness in the eye, or intelligence in the brow. But what of that ? Must we stand forever mourning among the graves of onr dead? No! No! Tho peo ple in Bengal bring cages of birds to the graves of their dead, and then they open the cages, and the birds go singing heavenward. So I would bring to the graves of your dead all bright thoughts and congratulations and bid them sing of victory and redemption. I stamp on the bottom of the jtrave, and it breaks through into the light and the glory of heaven. The ancients used to think that the straits entering the Red sea were very dangerous places, and they supposed that every ship that went through those straits would be destroy ed, and they were in the habit of put ting on weeds of mourning for those who had gone on that voyage, as though they were actually dead. Do you know what they called those straits? They called them tho “Gate of Tears.” I stand at the gate of tears through which many of your loved ones have gone, and I want to tell you that all are not ship wrecked that have gone through those straits into the great ocean stretching out beyond. The sound that comes from that other shore on still nights when wo are wrapped in prayer makes me think that the departed are not dead. Wo are the dead—wo who toil, wo who weep, we who sin—wo are the dead. How my heart aches for human sorrow! This sound of breaking hearts that I hear all about me! This last look of faces that never will brighten again! This last kiss of lips that never will speak again! This widowhood and or phanage ! Oh, when will tho day of sor row l»c gone! After the sharpest winter the spring dismounts from the* shoulder of a south ern gale and puts its warm hand upon the earth, and in its palm there comes the grass, and there come tho flowers, and God reads over the poetry of bird and brook and bloom and jirononnces it very good. What, my friends, if every winter bad not its spring, and every night its day, and every gloom its glow, ami every bitter now its tweet hereaft er! If you have been on the sea, you knew, as the ship passes in the night, there is a phosphorescent track left be hind it, and as the waters roll up they toss with unimaginable splendor. Well, across this great ocean of human trouble Jesus walks. Oh, that in the phos phorescent track of his feet we might all follow and be illumined. There was a gentleman in a rail car who raw in that same car three passen gers of very different circumstances. The first was a maniac. He was care fully guarded by his attendants. His mind, like a ship dismasted, was beat ing against a dark, desolate coast, from which no help could come. The train stopped, and the man was taken out ’ uto the asylum, to waste away perhaps through years of gloom. The second passenger was a culprit. The outraged law hud reized on him. As the cars jolted the chains rattled. On his face were crime, depravity and despair. The train halted, and he was taken ont to the iienitentiary, to which he had been condemned. There was tho third pas senger, nnder far different circum stances. Hho was a bride. Every hour was gay os a marriage bell. Life glit tered and beckoned. Her companion was taking her to bis father’s honse. The train halted. The old man waa there to welcome her to her new home, and his white locks snowed down npon her as he sealed his word with a father's kiss. Quickly we fly toward eternity. We will soon be there. Borne leave this life condemned culprits, and they refuse a pardon. Oh, may it be with ns that leaving this fleeting life for the next we may find our Father ready to greet us to our asw home with him forever. That will be a marriage banquet. Fa ther’s welcome! Father 's bosom I Fa ther’s kiss! Heaven! Heaven I HE BROKE JAIL 20 TIMES. Capture of it Mi»u Who lln« Hobbl'd Klvr Trains and Many Olliers. MCR1DIAX, Miss., Jan. 14.—The post- office at Enterprise, Miss., was blown open with dynamite Monday and robbed. Thrasher Mead, one of the most desper ate criminals in this country, wan ar rested i Mobile and brought to Enter prise, b<t not until after a desperate fight with the officers. A large quan tity of stamps and $1,138 in cash stolen from the safe in the Enterprise post- office were recovered. Mead has a criminal record that is hardly second to that of tho notorious Rube Burrows. For nearly ten years he has infested the railroads of Musiss ippi and Alabama and is known to have been intimately connected with a baud of negro robbers in Chicago. Mead is known to have been impli rated in five train robberies, and the Southern Express company has proof that he blow open sates in their offices at Aberdeen and Durant, Miss., last year. He has escaped from 21 jails and once from the Alabama iienitentiary since he began his criminal career. NOVEL SUIT FOR DAMAGES. Drayman Asks One Thousand Dollars Krcause of an Kxplosbin. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 14.—In the cir cuit court here a suit has been fi led by Car ter Turner, a drayman, against the Mc Millan-Lee company, wholesale grocers, for $1,000. The suit is a novel one. Turner alleges that he was hired to go to East Lake, a suburban town, and haul a barrel and box from there to the city. While coming toward the city there was an explosion and Turner was vio lently thrown skyward. He was seri ously braised and claims that he was injured to the amount named. It is shown that the barrel and box that waa being hauled to the city con tained torpedoes, which are manu factured at East Lake, and it is alleged that on account of negligence in pack ing them an explosion followed with thu above result. THIRD GEORGIA GETS OFF. Negroes Fin* Upon Whites. Forsyth, Gu., Jan. 14.—Near Union- ville, in this county, a gang of armed negroes made an attack on throe white citizens—Bob Head. Woody Edwards and Sam Mackey. Edwards and Sam Mackey were shot in the back. Head was more fortunate, and was not wonnded. The condition of those wno were wounded is said to be serious. Several arrests have been made. Keglinent Swils For Nt-tivitas, CnttM, on the KouniMiiln. Savannah, Jan. 14.—The Third Geor gia regiment. Colonel Robert L Berner commanding, sailed today on the trans port Ronmania for Neuvitas, Cuba. A large crowd was on hand to see the men off. This is the first Georgia regiment to leave the soil of the United States to do duty. The men do not like to leave Savannah. It is true that a few of them are anxious to go to Cuba, but the majority would prefer t j stay at home. The men have had bad weather to con tend with during the past few days and not a few of the boys complain of colds. There is a report among the officers of the regiment that Colonel Berner will resign after being in Cuba a month or •o and return to the states. If be should resign he will be succeeded by Lieutcu- ant Colonel Spence. Dropsy t ll-itts the (in I lows. Grkknviij.e, S. C.. Jan. 14.—James Williams, nnder death sentence for the murder of Charles P. Potts last August, has just died at the county jail. He had been ill with dropsy since his trial in November. His death was sudden and unexpected. Williams frequently said long confinement would kill him. He expected a new trial by order of the supreme court and was confident of final acquittal. Williams was 39 years old and unmarried. Hu has been in business here 15 rears. In 1891 he killed Major Dixie Williams, but was acquitted. Attacked Womnii and Dabs. Atlanta, Jan. 14.—Aleck Cohen, an umbrella mender, stabbed A. Smullian, clerk in a Decatur street clothing store, seriously injuring him. and then drove bis knife blade twice into the neck of Smulliau's sister, Mrs. S Harris, in flicting probably fatal wounds. Mrs. Harris had her infant babe in her arms at the time and the child was also in jured. The woman’s husband arrived on tho scene in time to subdue the would-be murderer. He was also badly used up. Cohen was jailed. He is be lieved to tie insane. Talladega Medical Society. Talladega, Ala.. Jan. 14.—The Tal ladega County Medical association held its animal session here. A business meet ing was held in the afternoon and the session closed at night with a big ban quet. Dr. John T. Dixon is president of the association. A number of invited guests were present besides the regular members of the association. A Depot Safe Blown Open. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 14. —Burglars entered the depot of the Columbns and Rome railroad, a branch of the Central of Georgia, at Hamilton, Ga., blew open the company’s safe, robbed it of all the money in it, a small amount, and also took some papers of value. No clue to the thieves. Petition (or Homester. The State or S iuth Cahom.nm, i County ok Cherokee. \ Kx Piirtc, Mrs. Ilcscntlnc Plitllips. Notice is horcliygivi-ii that Mrs. Ilesenliiie Phillips has applied to me. by petition, to have a homestead in the real estate and per sonal property of her late husband. James Phillips, set off to her. .1. Kb .lEFi'ERtES, < Tk. C. C. Pi's. Cheiokee Co. Jan. 3rd, IWW.Ft. Death Kate In Santa Clara. Havana, Jan. 14.—The mayor of Santa Clara reports 1,416 deaths there in 1896, 6.987 in 1897 and 4,841 in 1898, a loss of 80 per cent of the population in three years. Mr. S. A. Tackier, Editor of the Micunopy (Fla.) Hustler, with his wife and children, eulTered terribly from La Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was the only remedy that helped them. It acted quickly. Thousands of others use this remedy as a specific for La Grippe, and its exhausting after effects. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. S. Withers & Co., Blacksburg. More sailors are wrecked on than at sea. land If Irritable. Out of Sorts, De pressed in Spirits, have a Dull Headache, take a few doses Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine for quick relief. A bird in the hand is vulgar, a knife and fork. Use For Overwored girls nnd Feeble women, Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets are nature's greatest boon. Some men’s nautical experience is always confined to hardships. To the Public. We are authorized to guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ami if not satisfactory to refund the money to the purchaser. There is no better medicine made for la grippe, colds and whooping cough Price, 25 and oOo per bottle. Try it Cherokee Drug Co. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, who is now in Huvanna. says the first need J of Cuba is charity, and the problem | of government may be solved ufter- | wards. « • —— To subdue Nervous Irritability, Neuralgia, Hysteria, St. Vitus’ Dance, use Simmons Squaw V'tie Wine or Tablets. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. It. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 20th of each month; Governor Names Triiatens. Montgomery. Ala., Jan. 14 - An nouncement bus been made of the gov ernor’s appointment of the board of trustees for the Alabama Bryce Insane hospital at Tuscaloosa. Dr. W. G. Som erville and Hon. R. T. Simpson are re appointed and Co’oncl Sam Will John is named to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Young. The board’s official term will expire on Juu. 3, 1902. The smallest thing* may exert t*'e greatest influence. Do Witt’s Little Early Risers are unequalled for over coming constipation and liver trou bles. Small pill, best pill, safe pill. Cherokee Drug Company. Gaffney. R. S. Withers Jc Co., Blacksburg. —• •- When link furnisher th musi.* t! e dancers are always numerous. If Gloomy and N« rvous and looking on the dark side of things, take a few doses Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, and the gloom will disap pear. — - - • — The trouble with lots of path nee is that it hasn’t any monument to roost on. Paul Perry, of Columbus, Ga.. suff ered agony for thirty yiars, and then cured his Piles by using De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It heals inju ries and skin diseases like magic. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. K. S. Withers <fe Co.. Blacksburg. It’s almost impossible for a man to find anvthing to do nowadays except woik. To insure a happy new year, keep die liver ch-sr slid the body vigorous by using I)« Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little Pills for con stipation and liver troubles. Chero kee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. 8. With ers <L Co., Blacksburg. CLINE BROS. & CO., Livery Feed and Sale Stables. Opposite National Bank. First-class turnouts; prompt attention- i and courteous attendants. C^-Wc solicit yom putronufft*. : Letters of Administration. | State ok Soi tii Kaiioi.ina, ) I roUNTV OF I'llEltoKKE. 1 Office of Prolmte Judge. I i ISy J. K. Webster. Es<|.. Probate Judge. \V ii kick as, J. Kb .iHTcrlcs. as Clerk of the j Court of Common Pleas, lias made suit tome ' to grant him letters of administration iff the | estate of and effects of William liiighl. These tire therefore to cite and admonish ' all and singular the kindred and creditors of 1 tin* said William Bright, deceased, that they | he and appear before me, in theeoui t of pro- ! hate, to oe held at Gaffney City. S. C.. on Tuesday. Uth day of February, next, after publication thereof, at II o’cl iek In the fore noon. to show cause. If any they have, why the said Administration should not he granted. Given under my hand, this 4th day of Jan uary, A. !»., is'.'J. J. E. Webster, l-.'-flt Probate J tinge. 1 . Sheriff’s Sale. For February, 1899. The < arollna National Hank of Columbia, Plaintiff, against Stulh Carolina Mining and Manufactming ('ompiiuy, el at., I»ef« udant* By virtue of an • *e-ut Ion duly Issued and 1,'v fed in t he above > ulitled action. I will ex pose to public sale to the highest bidder, be lore Cherokee Court House door nt Gaffney, S. C„ on the First Monthly In Febiuary, IMG. within the It gal hours of sale, till the right, title and Interest of the defendant Joseph K. Wallace (tielng one undivided third) In the billowing nescrlhed real estate, situated In Cherokee Township,Cherokee County, South Cnro'intt. to-wit: 1. All that tract of hind on Broad IMver, deserBied as lot No. gt*. on map **A,’' on a snrvey made by W B. Allison. I>. S., of the Kings Mountain Iron Company lands, con taining One Hundred and Tw.niy-Nlue ncres. more or less, adjoining No. 2H. 2. Alt that other tract of I in id described as I/d So. X!, on map "It.” of tlic same lands, made by same surveyor, adjoining Nos. :mi a-id .11. containing Two Hundred amt Thirty- eight acres, more or li-ss. All that other tract of hind described as lot No. 3.1, on map "it," of same lands, miMlc by same surveyor, adjoining No. X». contain ing One Hundred and Twenty-nine actes. more or less. Terms of sale; Ca«h. Purchaser fulling to comply with Ids hid on Hie day of sale, the property will lie resold at the risk of such deiaultlng purchaser. Purchaser will pay for ,11 i>ii|ier». w.W.THO«*«. Sheriff of Cherokee County. l-t!-3t FOR $20 CASH You can buy on<* of M. L. Alexander’s Favorite Silent and Light Running Sewing Machines And The Ledger for one year, "ull de script ion of machine can he had at this office. /sijmmirfm ‘f i-l Tlds machine Is guaranteed for five years by M. L Alexander, the dealer in Pianos and Organs. Greenville. S. C. Send money to the Ledger by Express or Money Order and the machine will ho shipped on ten days trial. If machine is not satisfactory we will pay return freight and refund the money. T A. K. HAWKES RECEIVED GOLD M Highest Award Diploma af Honor For Superior Lens Grinding and Excellency In the Manufacture of Spectacles and KyoGlawe*. Sold in 11.000 Cities and Towns in the U. S. Most Popular Glasses in the U. S. ESTABLISHED 1870. AIIITIAM These Famous Glasses |f HU I IUN Ar.te Neve a Pepulko. "These famous glasses for sale by S. B. Crawley & Co. SOUTHERN RAILWAJ^ CoBden««d Schedule of Passenger T: In Effect Oct. 18, ISiW. Northbound. No. 12 Daily Vee. No. 33 Daily. No 18 Ex. Sun. T.t.Sfl No. M Dully, Lv. Atlanta, C. T. T 50 r!i2 00 m 4 36 p U 80 y " Atlanta. E.T. is 5J a 1 00 p 5 35p 12 80 « “ Norcross . Slito a' 0 23 p 1 37 a " Buford 10 fw n' 7 08 p " Gainesville... luS'i a 2 22 i) 7 -kip 2 20 a " Lula 10 5d a f.> 42 p 8 08p 2 40 a Ar. Cornelia 11 25 a TJ 00 d 8 35 p Lv.Mt. Airy 11 OJ a .••••• e “ Toceea 11 53 a 3 90 d 3 28 a " W enUninster 123! m' 4 Of* a “ Neuera 12 52 pt 4 15 p i • » * - 4 2* a “ Central l -:6 p! 4 52 a “ Orrenville ... 2 24 p| 5 22 p 6 45 s “ Spartanburg. 8 37 p 0 10 i> ••••••• 6 37 e •• Gaffneys 4 20 p fi 44 p 7 15 a * Blucksimrg.. 4 .'!$ p 7 p 7 35 a *• King’s Mt* .. 5 0J p 7 58- a “ ^Jastoni.a 5 ’^5 p 8 20 a Lv.T7h*r,ott« .. «»j p 8 22 p 0 25 a Ar. Greensboro 1152 p 10 43 p 12 10 p Lv. Greensboro.. itn ru\ n Ar. Norfolk . . | 7 50 a Ar. Danville . ... 11 25 pj 11 51 p , 1 35 p Ar. Kirhmond ... C 40 a 6 40 a 6 25 p Ar.Washington . 0 42 a 0 85 p " Paltm'ePRB. 8 03 a ll 35. p “ Philadelphia. 10 15 a 2 56 a " New York ... 12 43 m 6 23 a 1- st. XI1 1 Vea. -No. 11 Sot: th hound. No. 33 Xo. 37 Daily Dali v. | Dail v. Cv. S’. Y .r.IvTi. irnr* 4 JU p . . • . . . “ Philadelphia 8 60 a 0 55 p ....... " Panimore. . 6 31 a 1 0 20 D " Washington.. 11 15 a,10 43 p * Lv. Uiehmond ... 18 01 in 12 01ut 12 lout Lv. Danville « 15 p 5 50 a 6 10 a Lv. Norfolk . S 35 p Ar Gieensboro.. .... 0 45 a Lv Greenaboro 7 20 pi 7 03 a 71.7 a Ar. Charlotte 10 U) p 9 25 a 12 Uim Lv. Gastonia 10 40 p 1 12 p “ King s Ml 1 38 u “ Blacksburg .. 11 81 p 10 45 a 201 p " Gaffneys 11 48 p hi 58 a 2 24 p “ Spartanburg. 12 28 a ll 84 a 3 15 p •• Greenville..,. I 25 a 12 30 p 4 30 | “ Central 5 25 i -'•17 “ ht-neca 2 30 a 1 33 p 5 55 p ua_ “ Westminefer. 6 10 p Je«x> “ Toccoa 3 25 a 2 13 p 6 50 p Sun. “ Mt. Airy 7.5 p “ Cornelia f8 00 p 7 40 p 6 35 a “ Luia 4 15 a fo 18 p 8 14 j> 657 a *• Gainesville... 4 36 a 337 p 8 40 p 7 20 • " Buford 0 12 p 7 48 a *• Norcross 5 25 a 0 43 p 8 27 a Ar. Atlanta, E. T. 6 10 a 4 55 p 10 30 p 0 30 a Ar. Atlanta, C. T. 5 10 a 8 55 p 3.10 n -Tr 3 30 a Itnlly^ Exrep, Sunday. Lv. Atlocta. centiat tiine Ar. Nit," i mi.tern time Lv. Korcroes, <-a* era . ime Ar. Atlanta, central time " A" a Oh m. "P" p. m. “II” noon. “N” night. peake Ltao Steamers in daily aerrlue between Norfuik and fcu tnnure. Nos. JlJ and»*—Daily. Washington and Soath- vreetem Veetilm.e Limited. Ttirougu PuUmaa •leaping ears between New York and New Or leans. via Waahlngton, Atlanta and Montgom ery. and also between New York and Meuichio, vlaWaahlBfton.Arlantaand Birmingham, nm elaM thoroughfare coeehea between Waehinr- ton and Atlanta. Dining care serve all meal* an route. Pullman drawing room alee ningcor- betweeo Qreeoeboro and Norfolk. Glom eou nection at Forfo.k for OLD POINT OOUFOBT arriving there In time for breakfast. Noe. » and IM—United Blares Fool Mad nut* solid between Washing toe and New Or leans, via Bonthern Railway. A. A W. P. B. and L. A N. R. K., being composed of baggage ear and eoaehea, through without change for paserngert’ of all claeeas. Pullman drSA)' E m steeping ears between Now York r Orleans, via Atlanta and Mon 1 ring Washington sank Wednesday sleeping car will run vhrengh batwn log ton antf Ban Francisco without Kos. n. a;, between Rlr son th bound M and U frankb. gannon, j. m.culp, V-P. A tfen. Mgr., Traffic mV». D. tt # ^ _ w *?plugtoa. a a tug* for drArlaf ork and itgomery. .•Mgnrwi i ohaags. 1, X7. 14 and IS—Pullman sleeping ears furhmond and Cherlo to, rl s banvllio, ind Non. 11 and ST, norikbouud Non. ifi Waohlagtoa, j HARDvftcS; ‘r.sstfk j