The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 08, 1899, Image 3

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with you whctlifr you enntwna tb«, nci vi-.klMiti. lohacru habit. NU-'J o-UAT r. iiUiVi'H tliti ii»*Hir Tor tub&cru, w out norvuUMitiHtrens eipols nlotK, tine, puritlra the biood, i •toros manhood,^. ' H I ajp^oo u.nr* inatos yuu Htioan^i'S AlA^iToid, 400.000 •^(•as-8curnl. lluy WO-TO HAC'from ycur own drupiflst, who . ill Touch torus. Take It with irill, imth'iitly, perelsfontly. One r box. 41, 'isually cures; 3 boxoe,OltO, (mtrruHit'il to cure, or wc refund money. Hl'. lln* U. ia-. ev to., Chlcafo. nor:lrr»!. N«w Tara. you In health,nerve and pocket- book. Snascripfion Books Open. Noticf l:t liuroliy kIvcii tlml tlio subscrip tion books to tlu' c:ipit:il stock of tiic Clmro J'oumlry :nul Macliinc Works ,vre now open at tlie ofllci.' oi' Hu; tiiiiTni'y Miu'liine Works, wln-re suiiM'i'lpMoii toilic capitul stock of the new company will lie taken. Tin: c ticuoKEK Founiihv and Machine 8-4 Works. CLINE & LEMMONS, Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, MONTGOMERY’S OLD STAND First-class.turnouts; prompt attention; ami courteous attendants. JST'We solicit your patronage. Real Estate For Sale. For sale, on liberal terms, five t raelsjof land adjoining Limestone property. Tracts vary in acrcago I rom IO'.i to 7n iMo. Also fight lots of the hotel property at Limestone. Excellent, building sites and cheap. The old liotel and lot is also fwr sale. Apply to v H. O. Sams. Titos. I>. ttDTi.Eu. Henry K. Osborne BUTLER & OSBORNE, A. •r-roi-t ISJI-CVH-A 'C-I, AW . Gaffney, S. C. Very careful and prompt attention Riven to ail i;ns)ness enlrusled to us. Ei'''l’ra,cl ice in all the courts. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney,^ - - - S. C. OtTice over J. 11. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 2titli of each month; J. CBOUGH W Ar.r.ACE. J. CORNEMtTS OTTS. WALLACE & OTTS, • LAWYERS. All business intrusted to us, given prompt iniil vigorus attention. Ofiico up stairs, next to U. A. Jones & Co. J. E. WEBSTER, .A-tt orney- At- O Jlceln Court House. (Probate Judge's office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty. C. JEFFRRIES^ GAFFNEY, S. C. Attorney and 'Counsellor at Law. Practices in All the Courts. Collections a Specialty. D.R.Iiuticun. C. P.Sanders. W.H.Hall,Jr. DUNC0, SAiiDERS & HALL, Attorneys-at-Law. Oftice t wo doors above Ledger Office. All business attended to carefully and promptly. Special attention given tocollec- tlous. Tlie Pearl Steam Laundrir • © ,1 Is operaMng on lull t ime and turning out flrst-clasa work. ILcmemher us when you want wovl. done. We w ill call for your package. We also have In operation A First-Glass Grist Mill. \Ye respect fully solicit your patronage and ask the people out of town to bring their corn along when they come in to do their shopping. Will make your meal \<t Idle you are busy here and you will lose cio time. Don ground just as soon as received every day in the week. Richardson Bros., Props. Sale of Bankrupt Stock. Ilavin" purchased the hank nipt vjtock of J). L. brown, of Blacksburg, I nave decided to give my customers the benefit of the low price at which these poods were purchased. I can and will sell these poods at less than the merchant can purchase from the wholesale dealer at this time. This stock embraces Flour, Coffee, Hugar, Molasses, Bice, Soap, Orockerywttre, etc. This is no fake sale. Every thing guaranteed to be us represent ed. Don’t fail to call on mo before buying elsewhere. R. S. COOK. must have u photograph made. I have a new camera, lenses and backgrounds. My of buildings, landscape< and group work can’t be beat at Hie prices. Hid you ever see a Hush light picture JVIiVI >IC at night? It. is Jolly good fun; try one. iiuap-shot work should be made xsiir r w i cmc :v nine a. rn. and four p. in. to get the best resultii. Don’t worry laa'ituse the baby It Is nutural for some people to kick about their plfturi's. I guarantee work manship and finish. Yours to please. JOHN GREEN. At the tent, next door to W. F. Thomas. GOSPEL’S Till DM PUS. DR. TALMAGE DEPICTS VICTORIES OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION. TrnnnfornintinitM Wrouuhl l»y tlie rower of Chrlat’a Tench Inn*. Dr u i. Ln ills li edit i Died mid Thlevva Made HlRhteona. [Copyright, louls Kiop*ch, IS'JD. ] Washington, Aug. 0.—The nntngo- Hints of the Christian religion are in this sermou of Dr. Tnlinnge met in a very unusual way, aud the triumphs of the gospel are depicted. The text is Ezekiel x.\i, 21, “He made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked In the liver.” Two modes of divination by which the king of Babylon proposed to bud out the will of (Jod. He took a bundle of arrows, put them together, mixed them up, then pulled forth one, and by the inscription on it decided what city he should tirst assault. Then an ani mal was slain, and by the lighter or darker color of the liver tlie brighter or darker prospect of success was in ferred. That is the meaning of the text, “He made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked In the liver.” Stupid delusion! And yet nil the ages have been tilled with delu sions. It seems as if the world loves to ho hoodwinked, the delusion of the text only a specimen of a vast number of deceits practiced upon the human race. In the latter part of the last century Johanna Southcote came forth pretending to have divine power, made prophecies, had chapels built lu her honor, and 100,000 disciples came for ward lo follow her. About five years before the birth of Christ Apollonius was born, aud he came forth, and aft er five years being speechless, accord ing to the tradition, he healed the sick, and raised tlie dead, and preached vir tue, and, according to the myth, having deceased, was brought to resurrection. The Delphic oracle deceived vast multitudes of people; the Pythoness seated in the temple of Apollo uttering a crazy jargon from which life people guessed their individual or national fortunes or misfortunes. The utter ances were of such a nature that you could read them any way you wanted to read them. Myrintlx of “Duiicn.” So the ancient auguries deceived the people. The priests of those auguries by tlie flight of birds or by the intona tion of slain animals told tlie fortunes or misfortunes of individuals of na tions. The sibyls deceived tlie people. The sibyls were supposed to lie inspir ed women who lived in caves and who wrote the sibylline books afterward purchased by Tarquiu the Proud. So late as the year 1829 a man arose in New York, pretending to he a divine being, and played ids part so well that wealthy merchants became Ids dis ciples and threw their fortunes into Ids keeping. And so In all ages there have been necromancies, incantations, witchcrafts, sorceries, magical arts, enchantments, divinations and delu sions. The one of the text was only a specimen of that which lias been oc curring in all ages of the world. None of those delusions accomplished tiny good. They deceived, they pauperized the people, they were as cruel as they were absurd. They opened no hospi tals, they healed no wounds, they wip ed away no tears, they emancipated no serfdom. But there are those who say that all these delusions combined are as noth ing compared with the delusion now abroad in the world—the delusion of the Christian religion. That delusion has today 400,000,000 dupes. It pro poses to encircle the earth with Its girdle. That which has been called a delusion has already overshadowed the Appalachian range on this side of the sea, and it has overshadowed the Bal kan and Caucasian ranges on the other side of tlie sea. It lias conquered Eng land and the United States. This cham pion delusion, this hoax, this swindle of the ages, as It lias been called, has gone fortli to conquer the islands of the Pacific, and Melanesia and Micro nesia and Malayan Polynesia have al ready surrendered to the delusion. Yea, It has conquered the Indian archipela go, and Borneo and Sumatra and Cel ebes and Java have fallen under its wiles. In the Fiji islands, where there are 120.000 people, 102,000 have al ready become tlie dupes of this Chris tian religion, and If things go on as they are now going on and If the In fluence of this great hallucination of the ages cannot be stopped It will swallow the globb. Supposing, then, that Christianity Is the delusion of the centuries, ns some have pronounced It, I propose to show you what has been accomplished by this chimera, this fallacy, this hoax, this swindle of the ages. Aud, In the first place, I remark that this delusion of the Christian religion has made wonderful transformations of human character. I will gofUowu the aisle of any church in Christendom, and I will find on either side that aisle those who were once profligate, pro fane. unclean of speech and unclean of action, drunken and lost. But by the power of this delusion of the Christian religion they have been completely transformed, and now they are kind and amiable and loving aud useful. Everybody sees the change. Under the power of this great hallucination they have quit their former associates, and, whereas they once found their chief delight among those who gambled and swore and raced horses, now they find their chief Joy among those who go to prayer meetings and churches, so com- plete is tlie delusion. Yea, their own families have noticed it—the wife has noticed It. Hie children have noticed It. Tlie money that went for rum n»w goes for books and for clothes e t g/for education. lie Is a new man. ,' ^\vho know him say there has won derful change. What Is the cause of this change? This great hallucination of the Christian religion. There Is as much difference between what he Is now and what he once was as between a rose aud a nettle, as between a dove and n vulturb, as between day and night. Tremendous delusion! Admiral Farravut. Admiral Fumigut, one of the most ndnilred men of the American navy, early became a victim of this Christian delusion, and, sealed not long before his death at !<ong Branch, he was giv ing some friends an account of ids early life. He said: “My father went down In behalf of the United States government to put an end to Aaron Burr’s rebellion, i was ji cabin boy ami went along with him. I could swear like an old salt. I could gamble In every style of gambling. 1 knew all the wickedness there was at that time abroad. One day my father cleared ev erybody out of the cabin except my self and locked the door. Ho said: 'David, what are you going to do? What are you going to be?’ ‘Well,’ I said, 'father, I am going to follow the Ken.’ ‘Follow the sea nnd be a poor, miserable, drunken sailor, kicked and cuffed about tlie world, and die of a fe ver hi a foreign hospital.’ ‘Oh, no!’ I said. ‘Father, I will not be that; I will tread the quarter deck and command us you do.’ ‘No, David,’ my father said; ‘no, David, a person that has your principles and your bad habits will never tread tlie quarter deck or command.’ My father went out aud shut tlie door after 1dm, and ! said then, ‘ I will change, i will never swear again, I will never drink again, I will never gamble again,’ aud, gentlemen, by the help of (Jod, I have kept those three vows to this time. I soon after Ihut became a Christian, and that de cided my fate for time and for eter nity.” Another captive of this great Chris tian delusion. There goes Saul of Tarsus on horseback at full gallop. Where is lie going? To destroy Chris tians. He wants no better play spell than to stand nnd watch the hats and coats of the murderers who are mas sacring God’s children. There goes the same man. This time he Is afoot. Where Is he going now? Going on the road to Ostia to die for Christ. They tried to whip It out of him, they tried to scare it out of him, they thought they would give him enough of It by putting him on small diet, and denying him a cloak, and condemning 1dm as a criminal, aud howling at him through the streets; but they could not freeze it out of him, and they could not sweat it out of him, and they could not pound It out f f him, so they tried tlie surgery of the sword, aud one summer day In (»fi he was decapitated. Perhaps the mightiest intellect of the 0,000 years of the world’s existence hoodwinked, cheated, cajoled, duped by the Chris tian religion. “DeliiHion” of Christianity. All, that is the remarkable thing about this delusion of Christianity! It overpowers the strongest intellects. Gather the critics, secular and reli gious, of this century together and put a vote to them as to which is the greatest book ever written, and by large majority they will say “Paradise Lost." Who wrote “Paradise Lost?” One of the. fools who believed In this Bible, John Milton Benjamin Frank lin surrendered to tills delusion, if you may judge from the letter that he wrote to Thomas Paine begging him to destroy “The Age of Beason” In manuscript and never let It go into type, and writing afterward, In Ids old days, “Of this Jesus of Nazareth I have to say that the system of morals he loft nnd the religion he has given us are the best things tlnNworld lias ever seen or is likely to see.” Patrick Hen ry, the electric champion of liberty, en slaved by this delusion, so that he says, “The book worth all other books [nit together Is the Bible.*' Benjamin Bush, tlie leading physiologist and anatomist of his day, the great medical scientist—what did he say? “The only true and perfect religion is Christian ity.” Isaac Newton, the leading phi losopher of his time—what did lie say? That man surrendering to this delu sion of tlie Christian religion, crying out, “The sublimest philosophy on earth is the philosophy of the gospel.” David Brewster, at tlie pronunciation of whose name every scientist the world over uncovers Ids head, David Brewster saying, “Oh, this religion has been a great light to me, a very great light all my days!” President Thiers, the great French statesman, acknowledging that he prayed when he said, “I invoke the Lord God, in whom I am glad to believe.” David Livingstone, able to conquer the lion, able to conquer the panther, able to conquer the savage, yet conquered by tlds delusion, this hallucination, this great swindle of the ages, so when they find him dead they find him ou his knees. William E. Gladstone, the strongest Intellect In England, unable to resist this chimera, tlds fallacy, this delusion of the Christian religion, went to the house of God every Sabbath and often, at the Invitation of the rec tor, read the prayers to the people. If those mighty Intellects are overborne by this delusion, what chance Is there for you and for me? About Infidel*. Besides that, I have noticed that first rate infidels cannot be depended on for steadfastness In the proclama tion of their sentiments. Goethe, a leading skeptic, was so wrought upon by this Christianity that In a weak moment he cried out, “My belief in the Bible has saved me In my literary and moral life.” Rousseau, one of the most eloquent champions of Infidelity, spending his whole life warring against Christianity, cries out, “The majesty of the Scriptures amazes me.” Altemont, the notorious Infidel, one would think he would have been safe against this delusion of the Christian religion. Oh, no! After talking against Christianity all Ids days, in his last hours he cried out, “Oh, thou blas phemed but most indulgent Lord God, hell Itself is a refuge if it hide me from thy frown!” Voltaire, the most talent ed infidel the world ever saw, writing 250 publications, and the most of them spiteful against Christianity, himself the most notorious libertine of the cen tury—one would have thought he could have been depended upon for stead fastness in the advocacy of infidelity aud In the war against this terrible chimera, this delusion of the gospel. But no; in his last hour he asks for Christian burial and asks that they give him the sacrament of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why, you cannot de pend upon these first rate Infidels; you cannot depend upon their power to re sist this great delusion of Christianity. Thomas Paine, the god of modern skeptics, his birthday celebrated in New York aud Boston with great en thusiasm—Thomas Paine, the paragon of Bible haters—Thomas Paine, about whom his brother Infidel, William Carver, wrote lu a letter which I have at my house, saying that he drank a •mart of rum a day and was too mean and too dishonest to pay for it—Thom as Paine, the adored of modern lufl- dellty—Thomas Paine, who stole an other man’s wife In England nnd brought her to this country-Thomas Paine, who was so squalid ami so louthsowe.und so drupkeu and so prof* titrate and so beastly lu his hnnlts, sometimes picked out of the ditch! sometimes too filthy to be picked out— Thomas Paine, one would have thought that he could have been depended on for steadfastness against this great de lusion. But no. In his dying hour he begs the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy. Pow erful delusion, nil conquering delusion, earthquaking delusion of the Christian religion. Yea, it goes on. It Is so Im pertinent, and it is so overbearing, this chimera of the gospel, that, having conquered the great picture galleries of the world, the old masters and the young masters, It to not satisfied until it has conquered the music of the world. Look over the programme of any magnificent musical festival and see what are the great performnuees and learn that tlie greatest of all the subjects are religious subjects. GoKprl StrnetnrCN. Yes, this chimera of the gospel is not satisfied until It goes on and builds it self Into the most permanent architec ture, so It seems as if tlie world Is nev er to get rid of It. What are same of the finest buildings In the world? St. Paul’s, St. Peter’s aud the churches ami cathedrals of all Christendom. Yes, this impertinence of the gospel, this vast delusion, is not satisfied until it projects itself and in one year gives, contributes, $(5,250,000 to foreign mis sions, the work of which is to make dunces and fools ou the other side of the world—people we have never seen. Deluded doctors—2E0 physicians meet ing week by week in London la the Union Medical Prayer circle to wor ship God. Deluded lawyers -Lord Cairns, the highest legal authority in England, the ex-adviser of the throne, spending Ids vacation in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor people of Scotland. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, once secretary of state, an old fashioned Evangelical Christian, an elder in the Reformed eh arch. John Bright, a deluded Quaker. Henry Wil son, the vice‘president of the United States, dying a deluded Methodist or Congrcgatlonnllst. Earl of Kin tore dying a deluded Presbyterian. The cannibals in South sea, the hUKhmen of Tlerra del Fuego, the wild men of Australia, putting down tlie knives of ftlli lr cruelty and clothing themselves in decent apparel—all un- dor the power of this delusion. Judson and Doty and Abeel nnd Campbell and Williams nnd tlie M.OOO missionaries of the cross turning their backs on home and civilization and comfort and going out amid the squalor of heathen ism to relieve It, to save It, to help It, tolling until they dropped Into their graves, dying with no earthly comfort about them, and going Into graves vlth no appropriate epitaph, when they might have lived In tins country and 1 ved for themselves and lived Iiixm- ilously and been at last put into bril liant sepulchers. What a delusion! Yes, this delusion of the Christian religion shows Itself in the fact that It goes to those who are lu trouble. Now, it Is bad enough to cheat a man when he is well and when he Is pros- pe roua, but this religion comes to a man when he Is sick and says; “You will be well again after awhile. You are going into a laud where there are no coughs, ami no pleurisies, and no consumptions, and no languishing. Take courage and bear up.” Yea. this awful chimera of the gospel comes to the poor, and St says to them, “You are on your way to vast estates and to dividends always declarable.” This delusion of Christianity comes to the bereft, and it talks of reunion before the throne and of tlie cessation of all sorrow. Aud thi n, to show that this delusion will stop at absolutely noth ing, it goes to the dying bed and fills the man with anticipations. How much better It would be to have him die without any more hope than swine and rats and snakesl Shovel him un der! That Is ail. Nothing more left of him. lie will never know anything again. Shovel him under! The soul is only a superior part of the body, and when the body disintegrates the soul disintegrates. Annihilation, vacancy, everlasting blank, obliteration. Why not present all that beautiful doctrino to the dying Instead of coming with this hopx, this swindle of the Christian religion, nnd filling the dying man with anticipations of nnothe- life until some lu the last hour have clapped their hands, nnd some have shouted, aud some have sung, nnd some have been so overwrought with joy that they could only look ecstatic? Palate gates opening, they thought—diamond coronets flashing, hands beckoning, or chestras sounding. Little children dy ing actually believing they saw their departed parents, so that although the little children had been so weak nnd feeble aud sick for weeks they could not turn ou their dying pillow at the last, in a paroxysm of rapture uncontrollable they sprang to their feet and shouted, “Mother, catch me; I am coming.” More Swindlers. And to show the immensity of this delusion, this awful swindle of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I open a hospi tal, and 1 bring Into that hospital the deathbeds of a great many Christian people, and I take you by the hand, and I walk up aud down the wards of that hospital, aud I ask a few questions. 1 ask, “Dying Stephen, what have you to say?” “Lord, Jesus, receive my spirit.” "Dying John Wesley, what have you to say?” “The best of all is God is with us.” "Dying Edward Payson, what have you to say?” “I float in a sea of glory.” “Dying John Bradford, what have you to say?” “If there be any way of going to heaven ou horseback, or in a fiery chariot, it Is this.” “Dying Ncauder, what have you to say?” “I am going to sleep now. Good night.” “Dying Mrs. Florence Foster, what have you to say?” “A pilgrim in the valley, but the mountain toils are all ngleam from peak to peak.” “Dying Alexander Mather, what have you to say?" "The Lord who has taken cure of me 50 years will not cast me off now; glory be to God aud to the lamb! Amen, amen, amen, amen!” "Dying John Powson, after preaching the gospel so many years, what have you to say?” “My deathbed is a bed of roses.” "Dying Dr. Thomas Scott, what have you to say?” “This is heav en begun.” “Dying soldier in the last war, what have you to say?” “Boys, 1 am going to the front.” “Dying tele graph operator on n battlefield of Vir ginia, what have you to say?" “The wires are all laid, nnd the poles are up from Stony Point to headquarters.” "JJylug Puil tfliat bfeve }oq t0 8 _ a y?” “1 am'now r 'ady to be offered, and tho time of my departure Is at hand; I have fought the good fight. I have fin ished my course, I have kept the faith. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where Is thy victory? Thanks be unto God who glveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” O my Lord, my God, what a delu sion. what a glorious delusion! Sub merge me with it, fill my eyes and ears with It, put It under my head for a pillow—tills delusion—spread It over me for a canopy, put It underneath me for an outspread wing—roll it over me in ocean surges 10,000 fathoms deep. If infidelity, and if atheism, and if an nihilation are a reality and the Chris tian religion Is a delusion, give mo the delusion. Grand ttesulta. The strong conclusion of every rea sonable man and woman is that Chris tianity producing such grand results cannot be a delusion. A lie, a cheat, a swindle, a hallucination cannot launch such a glory of the centuries. Your logic and your common sense convince you that a bud cause caunot produce an illustrious result. Out of the womb of such a monster no such angel can be born. There are many who began with thinking that the Christian religion was n stupid farce who have come to the conclusion that it is a reality. Why are you In the Lord’s house today? Why did you slug this song? Why did you bow your head in the opening prayer? Why did you bring your fami ly with you? Why, when I tell you of the ending of all trials In the bosom of God, do there stand tears In your eyes—not tears of grief, but tears of joy, sucb as stand In tlie eyes of home sick children far away at. school when some one talks to them about going home? Why is it that you can be so calmly submissive to the death of your loved one, about whose departure you once were so angry and so rebellious? There is something the matter with you. All your friends have found out there is a great change. And If some of you would give your experience you would give it In scholarly style, and others giving their experience would give it in broken style, but the one experience would be just as good as the other. Some of you have read everything. You are scientific, and you are scholarly, and yet If I should ask you, “What is the most sensible tiling you ever did?” you would say, “Tlie most sensible thing I ever did was to give my heart to God.” But there may be others who have not had early advantages, and If they were asked to give such experience they might rise and give such testi mony us tlie man gave in a prayer meeting when he said: "Ou my way bore tonight 1 met a man who asked me where 1 was going. 1 said, ‘I am going to prayer meeting.* He said, There are a good many religions, and 1 think tlie most of them are delusions: as to tho Christian religion, that Is ouly a notion, that Is ft mere notion, the Christian religion.’ I said to him, ‘Stranger, you see that tavern over there?’ ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘1 see It.’ ‘Don’t you see me?’ ‘Yes, of course, I see jou.’ Now, tho time was when every body In lids town knows If I had a quarter of a dollar In my pocket I could not pass that tavern without going in ami getting a drink. All the people ol! Joffcrson could not keep me out of that place, but God has changed my heart, and the Lord Jesus Christ has destroy ed my thirst for strong drink, and there is my whole week’s wages, and i have no temptation to go in there. And, stranger, if tlds Is a notion 1 want to tell you it Is a mighty powerful notion; It is a notion that has put clothes on my children’s back, and It Is a notion that lias put good food on our table, aud it Is a notion that lias filled my mouth with thanksgiving to God.’ ” Well, we will soon understand it all. Your life and mine will soon be over. JVe will soon come to tho last bar of the music, to the last act of tho trage dy, to the last page of the book—yea, to the last line and to the last word— and to you nnd to me It will either b® mldnoou or midnight! Kcd Hot From (lie Gnu Was the ball that hit G. B. Stead man of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Tile cure on earth. 2f> ots. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Cherokee Drug Company, Druggists. The easiest thing in the world to find fault with is a newspaper. Irritating stings, bites, scratches, wounds and cuts soothed and healed by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, —a sure and safe application for tor tured flesh. Beware of counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Company, Gaffney, S. C., and R. S. Withers, Blacksburg. S. C. ’Tis better to eat bread alone than it is to run in debt for the butter. Quickly cure constipation and re build and invigorate the entire sys tem—never gripo or nauseate—De- Witt’s Little Early Risers. Chero kee Drug Company, Gaffney, S. C. t and R. S. Withers, Blacksburg, S. C. Lazy Liver M I have been troubled a great deal With a torpid liver, which produces con8tip&- tion. I found CASCAKKTS to be all you claim for them, and secured such relief the first trial, thst 1 purchased another supply and was com- plotely cured. I shall only be too Kind to rec ommend Cascarets whenever the opportunity is presented.” J. A Smith. 2920 Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia, I’a. CANDY cathartic r rvwn i iv* ^ THAO! MANN R SOWS AID i^ULATE THE Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Teste Good. I>o Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. i()c, 2Jc Luc. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. , St.rll.f CoBp.n;, Cfclc.(., Mulir.l, K.« T»it. lin.TA.BAP 8old and euaranioed bjr n’l d nU a IU"BAw gists to cVKK Tobacco nab 'I** Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. Jones & Co.’s ^tcre. Cua be found at office six di to the week REPORT -OF- COUNTY SUPERVISOR -OF- CHEROKEE COUNTY. The following claims against Cherokee county were audited and approved for the first and second quarters of the year 1899. No. Names. r lalmed. Allowed. 1007 H. A. Turney $ ti 40 f 6 40 1008 Wm. Shch an 1 Of) 1 00 1009 J. B. Jones, Treas ... 262 5o 262 50 1070 Sam Wheichel .... 2 50 O 50 1071 I. M. Smith 1 OO 1 00 1072 Thomson & Warren . 3 05 3 05 1073 Stevens Sons Co 100 40 100 40 1074 J. L. Kirby 5 00 5 no 1075 1 >. 11. Webber 2 80 •> 80 1076 1*. S. Webber 2 50 O 50 1077 Spartanburg county.. 141 00 108 09 1078 J. 15. Koss, Sltr 0 40 1079 J. R. Jones, Tres 0s2 42 682 42 1080 B. F. \\ ebber 47 00 47 00 1081 .1. V. Price 8 OO 8 IX) 1083 J. D. Jefferies 2 50 o 50 1083 W. E. Osment 9 1)0 9 !X' 10M W. !,. Settlemeyer 8 (0 8 Of) 1085 J. F. Wlilsonawt 24 (X) 24 (X) 1080 J. B. Jones, Treas.. .. 997 87 997 87 1087 J. K. Jones, Treas 1.474 HI 1.474 61 1088 T. I>. Littlejohn & r ' 8 25 8 25 1089 Prater Smith 5 00 5 00 1 Wm. Childers 1 00 1 (X) 4 T. II. Watson 2 50 O 50 5 II. Z. Hicks 12 41 12 4l 0 J. L. Butler 4 15 4 15 7 Jas. Ruppo 2 20 4) 20 8 W. 11. Bird 10 09 10 09 9 Allen Clary 1 (X) 1 00 10 Jas. T. Coyle 15 00 15 IX) 11 E. A. Hughes 7 50 7 50 12 E. A. Hughes 25 00 25 CO 13 Wm. Childers 1 00 1 00 14 H. Boyles.> 1 40 1 40 15 J. I). Jefferies. 10 93 10 95 16 J. B. Burgess 3 00 •> 00 17 J. B. Jones, Tr.., 10 35 10 lu 18 J. B. Jones. Tr 30 33 :to 33 19 J. B. Jones, Tr 23 12 23 12 20 J. B. Jones, Tr 11 48 11 21 J B. Burgess 1 00 1 00 GO M. It. Sams 1 41 1 41 23 Hester Littlejohn. 5 15 J 15 24 John James 30 ;.o ?5 J. C. Coyle . 40 40 20 Wm. Childers 1 00 1 no 37 Wm. Addis 6 50 6 DO 28 Joe A. Rains • 50 50 29 A. W. Doggett 5 40 5 40 :io A. W. Doggett u «5 6 ( .. 31 J. C. Nance 75 75 32 ti. G. Hill 3 25 3 25 33 J. L. Butler 2 38 o 38 34 Jni/. W. Blanton 9 25 9 25 'I'. Davenport 4 95 4 95 36 Jas. T. Coyle 2u oo 20 fX) 37 J. B. Jones, Tr 9 40 9 40 38 . i>. Jones, Tr 128 20 128 20 39 J. B. Jones, Tr 386 30 380 30 40 1. M. Smith 5 25 5 25 41 J. B. Brown 4 00 4 00 42 M. C. Lipscomb 4 00 4 00 43 B.) . Bonner 8 (O 8 00 44 J.W. fipuiks& Son 4 00 4 (X) 45 S. II. Crawley & Co.. . 3 00 a 60 40 Wm. Petty 1 CO i 00 47 J. M. Swafford 1 On 48 J. S. V!nosett 10 00 14 00 49 C. P. Huggins 2 00 •> (X) F0 N. Lipscomb 5 79 5 79 51 W. Sam Lipscomb. .. 2 00 O 00 f)** A. C. N. Beelitler 1 00 1 00 ;Vi A. B. Gaines 17 (Vs 17 68 54 i*. II. Kendrick 2 (X) •} to dO E. 1*. Richards 4'J 4 00 5\! 4 4'J 00 57 P. Ray 4 00 4 00 5S A. Harris 4 00 4 00 59 Walker,Evans & Cogs- well Co .. 96 74 73 32 60 Ben. Jefferies 5 00 5 00 01 Jim. D. Jefferies 2 (X) o OC 62 Town Council 20 00 20 00 03 P. s. Webber 0 00 6 00 04 W. c. s. Wood 4 00 4 00 05 W. c. S. Wood 13 20 12 20 60 Calvin Nance' 1 35 1 !;5 07 W. H. Marlin 10 75 10 75 08 L. (1. Byars 0 00 0 CO 0!* .1. It. Brown 9 90 9 90 70 T. M. Littlejohn .... 28 10 28 10 71 U.*:. Porter 37 89 37 90 72 L. B. Boss 13 30 13 30 53 E. P. Richards 9 80 9 SO 74 E. G. Byars 9 (0 9 00 7i .1 no. D. Jefferies 10 10 10 10 76 N. Lipscomb 9 00 » no 77 J.c. Breeding 22 (X) 09 (X) 78 1. it. Jones, Tr 1 Of) l CO 79 J. B. Jones, Tr 07 15 67 15 80 J. It. Jones, Tr 0 30 6 30 81 N. S. Allison 9 75 9 75 82 A..». Met raw 7 70 4 76 83 J. D. Goudelock 6 CO 0 00 W. W. Thomas 95 I»1 95 91 85 W, L. Set t lemeyer.... 5 IN) 5 00 80 Jim. W. Alexander 20 IX) 80 (X) 87 It. W. Lae a) oo 20 00 88 W. II. Champion. 0 00 8 (X) 89 M. It. Scruggs . .. 20 00 20 99 90 J. It. Tolichon A Co ... 10 50 16 50 91 J. N. Nosbott 1' » 5 (X) 92 (’hernkee 1 irug Co 35 35 93 I. L. Strain 13 32 13 ’*.» 94 J. A. 1' stes & S. A. Lee 20 CO 20 <x> 95 M.c. perry 3 60 1 .X) 90 Jim. E. Jefferies lo no 16 U 97 W. 1). Camp 25 u) 10 98 W. D. Camp . 9 40 9 40 99 Carroll, Carnenier A Humphries 3 IX) 3 no 100 K. Lipscomb 125 M) 125 00 lot N. Lipscomb l M 1 .») 102 W. A. Foster 1 99 1 (Ml 103 J. N. Ncsliotl 10 IX) to m 104 S. B. Crawley III IX) 10 INI 105 A. W. Doggett i; 17 37 100 A. M. Holt II IXI II (10 107 W. It. Crawley..... 5 INI J on 108 S. It. ('raw ley A Co 05 65 100 S. It. Crawley 1 55 1 55 110 C. A. Jefferies 5 U) 5 (X) lit J. It. Jones, Co. Tr t J1 3 . 1 112 E. II. DeCiunp 43 25 43 U5 113 D. It. Bird 3 (XI 3 IX) 111 Carroll A Co., Lcs 4 S3 4 S3 115 W II. Griffith 5 IX) & OU 110 c. M. Littlejohn . 3 C0 5 IXI 117 T. L. Bryant A Co .. It “0 13 (4) 118 A. M. Iti'ldgcs .. , to 40 119 A. M. Bridges 50 IXI 50 99 120 Win. I’lillHps :i5 h:i :t5 Ki 121 J. E. Webster 20 IX) 20 (X) it: W. II. Boss H .13 A 31 123 J. A Ellis A Co 1X CO IX IX) 134 A II. Pollock 8 IX) «> 44) 1:5 Geo. D. Scruggs 1 Oi 1 120 Price, M art In 5 Ul 5 65 127 J. V. Whclchtiell 4 00 4 OU 128 C. W. \\ hlsonunt . .. 25 IN) t) IX) 129 J. Kb. Jefferies 157 43 1.34 15 130 J. N. Lipscomb... 2 M J* 80 131 J. N. Lipscomb . 1 4 3il 132 J. N. Llpsuomli A Co 30 02 M 92 urn J. N. Lipscomb A < 'o 157 27 137 xsd 134 .1. N. Lipscomb A Co • II 95 1.5 135 D. A. Gasp hi 65 12 03 MS Baker A Lumastsr 3 (X) 3 U) 137 R. M. Wilkins A Co M U5 138 W D Richardson 1 >0 1 .'in 150 Jus. T. Coyle 20 CO 20 X) 140 W. W. Thomas 123 30 123 31) — i , ■ ■ - 141 F. L. Littlejohn 12 08 12 08 142 Hill A Morgan 7 09 7 09 143 Athens M f g. Co 11 27 11 27 144 Wood A Smith 52 50 52 50 145 Good Roads Much. Co. 46 07 43 92 146 W. E. Poole 50 50 147 H M. Muynor 4 25 4 25 el 48 J. T. 8wofford 10 50 10 50 149 It. E. Linder 9 00 9 00 150 W. F. McArthur 80 68 80 68 151 1. G. Barratt It 16 14 16 152 D. J. Holt 6 00 6 00 153 M. M. Tate 1 90 1 90 154 Moore A Cash . 7 00 7 00 155 J. It. Dickson 15 (X) 15 00 1.56 Berry Hardin 5 50 5 50 157 N. S. Allisoii 7 O '* 7 65 158 T. J. Stacey 5 M) 5 00 159 A. G. Mint/. 2 95 2 95 160 It. A. Jones A Co 30 30 161 It. A. Jones A Co ... 6 (X) 6 OO 162 J. 11. Wilkins 1 35 1 35 163 J. B. Humbrjght 14 H5 14 s5 164 Joe W. Gaffney 3 00 3 (X) 165 Sam Wheichel 2 50 2 50 166 J. L. Clary 1 S3 1 53 167 J. L. Blackwood 2 20 2 20 168 M. M. Tate 1 53 1 53 169 It. 1*. Scruggs 1 51 1 51 170 Jas. it. Jones t» 05 6 06 171 W. C. Carpenter 6 00 6 00 172 W. J. Daniel 12 (X) 12 oo 173 ft. Y. Hicks 13 90 13 90 174 E. L. Littlejohn 3-.’ 52 32 52 175 D. A. Gaston 8 00 8 00 176 J. B. Jones, Tr 5 04 5 04 177 Lee Bros 68 05 41 03 178 T. C. G roen . 0 70 6 :o 179 J. W. Brown 7 55 7 55 ISO Spake A Pettit 90 9.1 181 R. C. Phillips 4 00 4 09 182 Smith Hardware Co .. 1 60 1 60 183 Smith Hardware Co .. 2 35 2 35 1S4 R. E. Porter 15 60 15 60 185 D. D. Gaston 7 65 7-65 186 J. T. Swofford 2 50 2 50 187 F. H. Dover 2 03 2 63 188 J. B. Hambrlght 5 35 5 35 189 W. H. Ross 23 70 21 70 190 W. H. Blackwood 80 80 191 Jno. W. Blanton 35 00 35 00 192 N. S. Allison 9 70 9 70 193 J. B. Jones, Tr 03 55 55 194 Gaffney Machine Shop 75 75 195 W. II. Ross 52 50 52 50 196 .1. T. Coyle 20 00 20 (X) 197 Jno. T. Coyle 7 00 7 00 198 Smith Hardware Co .. 30 30 199 Smith Hardware Co .. 5 50 5 50 2(X) Smith Hardware Co .. 2 10 2 10 201 It. E. Oudd A Co 100 00 100 00 202 Jno. Pennington 1 50 1 50 203 Joe W. Gaffney 6 50 6 50 804 Mrs. Fannie Good 4 80 4 sO 205 J. A. Harris 11 68 11 83 208 J. B. Jones, Tr 23 40 23 40 207 J. B. Jones. Tr 5 50 5 50 208 (’has. Petty 1,497 96 1,497 96 209 Walker, Evans Cogs., Co 19 50 19 50 210 Walker, Evans Cogs., Co . 21 16 21 16 211 Manufacturer’s Uee- ord 5 60 5 CO 212 Spartanburg Co. 11 55 11 55 2!3 L. B. Lemmons 110 no 110 00 214 Jno. I. Surratt 9 83 « S3 215 E. J. Clary 2 20 2 20 216 E. L. Littlejohn 2 33 2 33 217 J. W. Gaffney 3 00 3 (X) £18 J.T. Coyle 20 00 20 00 219 Jno. T. Coyle 15 00 15 00 220 T. C. Petty 65 C5 221 Jas. Ruppe 1 51 1 51 coo J. S. Harmon 1 25 1 25 323 Jno. W. Blanton 20 00 20 00 224 F. II. Dover 10 00 10 00 225 Mrs. Fannie Good 4 00 4 00 226 J. J. Warren 1 00 1 00 227 W. G. Hopper 2 00 2 00 223 D. B. Webber. 2 20 2 20 229 E. J Clary 70 70 230 I. G. Phillips 4 55 4 55 231 Cline A Gaston 16 64 16 64 IL T. Mosley 50 50 233 J. ('. Plonk 3 00 3 (X) 234 E. Hardin 4 03 4 03 235 J. S. Harmon 50 50 236 E. Pettit 85 85 237 B. O. Jenkins 70 00 70 00 238 J. B. Jones Co., Tr 997 86 997 86 239 J. B. Jones Co.. Tr... . 217 70 217 70 240 Jacob Bonner. 5 35 5 35 241 W. T. Thompson 15 80 15 80 242 J. B. Jones. Tr 252 60 252 61 243 1 60 1 Oil 244 J. C. Phillips 9 24 9 24 245 National Bank 108 30 108 31 246 J. B. Jones Co., Tr.... 10 05 16 05 W. H Ross. Clerk. $10,893 So $10,708 26 N. LIPSCOMB, County Supervisor. Watches, Clocks . . . and Jewelry properly and promptly repaired at very moderate prices by j. re. cooimsre. at Carroll & Carpenters. Tornado Insurance. I an. prepared to furnish Tornado Insurance in first-class companies. Avoid possible danger by securing a policy before tho cy clone comes. Can also furnish the most at tractive Dwelling House Policy or other fire insurance. Consult me before insuring. My agency represents $40,000,000 In capital and surplus. . F. G. STACY. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a general Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- Proof safe and Automatic Time Lock. Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and sells Stocks acdBonds. Buys County and School Claimi. Your business solicited. THE OLD RELIABLE... (AFT YOUB WASH. BOOKS, BLINDS AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATKU1ALM FROM MR. Polished Oak Ciblnti Mantels ToSuit Ail Classes MNKST HKAHT pink siiinulks IN Tin: MARKET. CALL AND WEE them. Very Ken pet., L. BAKER.