The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 31, 1899, Image 3
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headache?
Is there a bad taste in
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A HEAVENLY GUARD,
OR. TALMAGE ON THE MISSION OF
THE ANGELS.
They Have ItUich to Do With the Mv-
erydlly AffnlrK of l.tfc. Xnya the Dla-
tliiK iilaheil I'renoher — A (.■ uni'll la n
AiiK4‘l For 11 very One.
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Washington, Oct. 20.—The brilliant
licings suppoM'd by sonie to be iniagi-
nary arc by Dr. Talmagein this sermon
hown to be real and to have much to
do with our everyday life. The text is,
In dp s Niii, ID, “And the angel did
wondronsly. ”
Fire built on a rod:. Mr.noah and hie
wife bad there kindled the Humes for
. acrifite in praise of God and in honor
of a guest whom they supposed to he a
man. Bat as the flame rose higher and
higher their stranger guest stepped
into the iiame and by one red leap as
cended into the skies. Then they knew
that lie was an angel of tho Lord. “The
angel did wondronsly. ”
Two hundred and forty-eight times
does the Bible refer to the angels, yet I
never heard or read a sermon on angel-
ology. The whole subject is rclsgaled
to the realm mythical, weird, spectral
and unknown. Such adjournment is
un-Scriptural and wicked. Of their life,
their character, their Imbits, their ac
tions, their velocities, the Bible gives
us full length portraits, and why this
prolonged and absolute silence concern
ing them? Angelology is my theme.
There are two nations of angels, and
they are hostile* to each other—the nn-
ti.iii of go* d angels and tho nation of
had angels. Of tho former I chiefly
q nk today. Their capital, their head
quarters, their grand rendezvous, is
heaven, hut their empire is the uni-
wive. They are a distinct race of crea
tures. No human being can ever join
their confraternity. The little, child
who in the Sabbath school sings. “I
want to bo an angel,” will never have
h r wish gratified. They are superhu
man, lait they are of different grades
and ranks, not all on the same level or
tho same height. They have their su
periors and inferiors and equals. I pro-
po:'ii; no guessing on this subject, but
take the Bfblo for my only authority.
I’! ;to, (lie philosopher, guessed and di-
virted angels into supercelestial, celes
tial and subcelestial. Dionysius, the
Areopagite, guessed and divided them
into three classes, the supreme, the
middle and the last, and each of these
into three other classes, making nine in
all. Philo said that the angels were re
lated to God, as the rays to the sun.
Fiilgentius said that they were com
posed of body and spirit. Clement said
they were incorporeal. Augustine said
that they had hoeii in danger of falling,
hut now are beyond being tempted.
But tho only authority on this subject
that 1 respect says they are divided into
cherubim, seraphim, thrones, domina
tions, principalities, powers, Their com
mander in chief is Michael. Daniel
called him Michael. St. John called
him Michael. These supernal beings are
more thoroughly organized than any
army that ever marched. They are
swifter than any cyclone that ever
swept the sea. They are laoro radiant
than any morning that cvi r came down
tho .sk}’. They have more to do with
your de.’tiny and mine than any being
in the universe except God. May tho
Angel of tho New Covenant, who is tho
Lord Jesus, open our eyes and touch
our longue and rouse cur soul while wo
speak of their dcathlcssnoss, their in
telligence, their numbers, their strength,
their achievements.
A Crnille, tint Xu Grave.
Yes, deathless. They had a cradle,
but will never have a grave. Tho Lord
remembers when they were born, but
no one shall ever see their eye extin
guished or their momentum slow up or
their existence terminate. Tho oldest
of them has not a wrinkle or a decrepi
tude or a hindrance, as young after
0,U00 years as at tho close of their first
hour. Christ said of tho good in heav
en, “Neither can they die any more, for
they are equal unto tho angels.” Yea,
deathless aro these wonderful creatures
of whom I speak They will see world
after world go out. but there shall be
no fading of their own brilliance. Yea,
after the last world has taken its last
flight they will bo ready for tho widest
circuit through immensity, taking a
quadrillion of miles in one sweep as
easy as a pigeon circles a dovecot. They
are never sick. They are never exhaust
ed They need no sleep, for they are
never tired At God’s command they
smote with death in one night l!jr»,000
of Bennachcrib’s host, but no fatality
can smite them. Awake, agile, multi-
potent, deathless, immortal I
A further characteristic of these ra
diant folk is intelligence. Tho woman
of Tekoah was right when she spoke to
King David of the wisdom of an angel.
We mortals tako in what little we know
through eye and ear and nostril and
touch, but those beings have no physic
al encasement, and hence they aro all
senses. A wall five feet thick is not
solid to them. Through'it they go with
out disturbing flakoof mortar or crystal
of sand Knowledge! It flashes on them.
They take it in at all points. They ab
sorb it They gather it up without any
hinderment No need of literature for
them The letters of their books are
stars. The dashes of their books are
meteors. Tho words of their books are
constellations. The paragraphs of their
hooks aro galaxies The pictures of
their hooks are snniisesand sunsets and
midnight i»qroraa and tho Conqueror on
the white horse witli tho moon under
his feet. Their library is an open uni
verse No Deed of telescope to see some
thing millions of miles away, for in
stantly they are there to inspect and
explore it All astronomies, all geol
ogies, all hotanios, all philosophies, at
their feet What an opportunity for in
telligence is theirs! What facilities for
knowing everything and knowing It
right away I
There is only one thing that puts
them to their wits’ end, and the Bible
says they have to study that. They
have been studying it all through the
ages, and yet I warrant they have not
fully grasped it- the wonders of re
demption. These wonders are so high,
so deep, so grand, so stupendons, so
magnificent, that even the intelligence
of angelhood is confounded before it.
The apostle says, “Which things the
angels d ,, sire to look into,” That is a
subject that excites inquisitiveness oq
their part. That is a theme that strains
tin :r faculties to the utmost. That is
Higher than they can climb, deeper
than ttie*r can dive. They Liayo a daeire
for something too big for their compre
hension. “Which things tho angels de
sire to look into. ” But that does not
discredit their Intelligence. No one bat
God himself can fully understand the
wonders of redemption. If all heaven
should study it for r»0 eternities, they
would get no further than the ABC
of that inexhaustible subject. But near
ly all other realms of knowledge they
have ransacked and explored and com
passed. No one hut God can tell them
anything they do not know. They have
read to the last word of the last line of
the last page of the last volume of in-
vestigution, and what delights mo most
is that all their intelligence is to be at
our disposal, and, coming into their
presence, they will tell us in live min
utes more than wo can learn by 100
years of earthly surmising.
Velo<>lt>’ of Ininiortalu.
A further characteristic of these im-
mortals is their velocity. This the Bible
p its sometimes under the figure of
wings, sometimes under the figure of a
flowing garment, sometimes under tho
figure of naked feet. As these superhu-
mans are without bodies, those expres
sions are of course figurative and mean
swiftness. Tho Bible tells us that Daniel
was praying and Gabriel flew from
heaven and touched him before he got
up from his knees. How far, then, did
tho Angel Gabriel have to fly in those
moments of Daniel’s prayer? Heaven is
thought to be tho center of tho nnl-
verse, our sun and its planets only the
rim of the wheel of worlds. In a mo
ment tho Angel Gabriel flew' from that
center to this periphery. Jcsns told
Peter ho could instantly have 60,000
angels present if he called for them. #
What foot of antelope or wing of al
batross could equal that velocity? Law
of gravitation, which grips all things
else, has no influence upon angelic mo
mentum. Immensities before them open
and shut like a fan. That they are here
is no reason why they should not ho a
quintillion of miles hence the next min
ute. Our bodies hinder ns, hut our
minds can circle the earth in a minute.
Angelic beings are bodiless and have no
limitation. God may with his finger
point down to some world in trouble on
the outmost limits of creation, and in
stantly an angelic cohort is there to
help it, or some celestial may be stand--
ing at the farthermost outpost of •im
mensity, and God may say “Cornel”
and instant y it is in his bosom. Abra
ham, Elijah, Hagar, Joshua, Gideon,
Manoah, Paul, St. John, could tell of
their unhindered locomotion. The red
feet of summer lightning are slow com
pared with their hegiras. This doubles
up and compresses infinitudes into in
finitesimals. This puts all the astro
nomical heavens into a space like the
balls of a child’s rattle. This mingles
into one the here and the there, tho
now and the then, the beyond and the
yonder.
Another remark I have to make con
cerning these illustrious immortals is
that they aro multitudinous. Their cen
sus b?:s never been taken, and no one
but God knows how many they aro,
hut all tho Bible accounts suggest their
immense numbers—companies of them,
regiments of them, armies of tli»jn,
mountain tops haloed by them, skies
populous with them. John speaks of
angels and oth'*r beings round the
throne as ton thousand times ten thou
sand. Now, according to my calcula
tion, ten thousand times ten thousand
are 100,000,000. But those are only tho
angels in one place. David counted 20,-.
000 of them rolling down tho sky in
chariots. When God came away from
the riven rocks of Mount Sinai, tho
Bible says ho had the companionship *f
10,000 angels. I think they are in every
battle, in every exigency, at every
birth, at every pillow, at every hour,
at every moment, the earth full of
them, the heavens full of them.
Outnumber the Iluninn Race.
They outnumber the human race in
this world. They outnumber ransomed
spirits in glory. When Abraham had
his knife uplifted to slay Isaac, it was
an angel who arrested the stroke, cry
ing. “Abraham, Abraham!” It was a
stairway of angels that Jacob saw while
pillowed in the wilderness. We aro told
an angel led tho hosts of Israelites out
of Egyptian serfdom. It was an angel
that showed Ilagar the fountain where
she filled the bottle for the lad. It was
an angel that took Lot ont of doomed
Sodom. It was an angel that shut up
the month of tho hungry monsters when
Daniel was thrown into tho caverns. It
was an angel that fed Elijah under the
juniper tree. It was an ungel that an
nounced to Mary the approaching na
tivity. They were angels that chanted
when Christ was born. It was an angel
that strengthened onr Saviour in his
agony. It was an angel that encouraged
Paul in the Mediterranean shipwreck.
It was an angel that burst open the
prison, gate after gate, until Peter was
liberated. It was an angel that stirred
the pool of Siloain, where tbo sick were
healed. It was an angel that John saw
flying through tho midst of heaven, and
an angel with foot planted on the sea,
and an angel that opened the book, and
an angel that sounded the trumpet, and
an angel that thrnst in the sickle, and
an angel that poured ont the vials, and
an angel standing in the sun. It will
be an angel with uplifted hand swear
ing that time shall he no longer. In thu
great final harvest of the world tho
reapers are the angels. Yea, tho Lord
shall he revealed from heaven with
mighty angels. Oh, the numbers and
me mignt ana too glory or tnese sn-
pernals—fleets of them, squadrons of
them, host beyond host, rank above
rank, millions on millions, and all eti
our side if wo will have them!
This leads me to speak of tho offices
of these supernals. To defend, to cheer,
to rescue, to escort, to give victory to
llie right and overthrow the wrong —
that is their business —just as alert to
day and efficient as when in Bible times
they spread wing op unsheathed sword
or rocked down penitentiaries or filled
the mountains with horses of fire hitch
ed to chariots of fire und driven by
reinsmen of fire. They have turned
your steps a hundred times, and you
knew it not. Yon were on the way to
do some wrong thing, and they changed
your course. They brought some thought
of Christian parentage or of loyalty to
your own home, and that arrested yon.
They arranged that some one should
meet you at that crisis und propose
something honorable and elevating, or
they took fpom your pocket some ticket
to evil amusement, a ticket that you
never found. It was up angel of God,
and perhaps Um very oro that guided
you to this service and that now waits
to rs]mrt some holy Impression to ho
wad$ 9pun yqpr iwul. turryiu* with
on*j Toot upon the doorstep of yohr im
mortal spirit and the other foot lifted
for ascent into the skies. By some prayer
detain him until he can tell of a re
pentant und ransomed soull O** you
were some time borne down with iron-
ble, bereavement, persecution, bank
ruptcy, sickness and all manner of trou
bles boating their discords in your heart
and life. You gave up. You said: “I
cannot stand it any longer. I believe I
will take my life. Where is tho rail
train or the deep wave or the precipice
that will end this torment of earthly
existence?” But suddenly your mind
brightened. Courage came surging into
your heart like oceanic tides. You said,
“God is on my side, and all these ad
versities he can make turn oat for my
good.” Suddenly you felt a peace, a
deep peace, tho peace of God that puss-
eth all understanding. What made tho
change? A sweet and mighty and com
forting angel of the Lord met you
That was all.
An Inventive to Riirhteotiiiliens.
What an incentive to purity und
righteousness is this doctrine that wo
are continually under angelic observa
tion! Eyes ever on you, so that the
most secret misdeed is committed in
tho midst of an audience of immortals.
No door so bolted, no darkness so Cim
merian, as to hinder that supernal eye
sight. Not critical eyesight, not jealous
eyesight, not baleful eyesight, but
friendly eyesight, sympathetic eyesight,
helpful eyesight. Confidential clerk of
store, with great responsibility on your
shoulder and no one to applaud your
work when you do it well ami sick with
the world’s ingratitude, think of the
angels in the counting room raptured
at your fidelity 1 Mother of household,
stitching, mending, cooking, dusting,
planning, up half the night or all night
with tho sick child, day in and day ont,
year in and year ont, worn with the
monotony of a life that no one seems to
care for, think of the angels in the
nursery, angels in all the rooms of your
toiling, angels about the sick cradle,
aud all in sympathy 1
Railroad engineer, with hundreds of
lives hanging on your wrist, standing
amid the cinders and the smutch, round
ing the sharp carve and by appalling
declivity, discharged and disgraced if
you make a mistake, but not one word
of approval if you tako all the trains in
safety for ten years, think of the angels
by the throttle valve, angels by the
roaring furnace of the engine, angels
looking from the overhanging crag,
angels bracing the racing wheels off
the precipice, angels when you mount
the thunderbolt of a train and angels
when you dismount 1 Can you not hear
them, louder than the jamming of the
car coupling, louder than tho bell at the
crossing, louder than tho whistle that
sounds like the scream of a flying fiend,
the angelic voices saying, “You did it
well, you did it well?” If I often speak
of engineers, it is because I ride so
much with them. I always accept their
invitation to join them on their loco
motive, and among them are some of
the grandest men alive.
Gunriled by Anireta.
Men and women of all circumstances,
only partly appreciated or not appre
ciated at all, never feel lonely again or
unregarded again 1 Angels all around,
angels to approve, angels to help, angels
to remember. Yea, while all tho good
angels are friends of the good, there is
one special angel your bodyguard. This
idea until this present study of angelolo
gy I supposed to be fanciful, bift I find it
clearly stated in the Bible. When the
disciples were praying for Peter’s de
liverance from prison and ho appeared
at the door of the prayer meeting, they
could not bolieva it was Peter. They
said. “It ia his angel.” Ho these disci
ples, in special nearness to Christ, evi
dently believed that every worthy soul
has an angel. Jesns said of his follow
ers, “Their angels behold the face of
my Father.” Elsewhere it is said. “Ho
shall give his angels charge over thee,
to keep thee in all thy ways. ” Angol
shielded, angel protected, angel guard
ed, angel canopied, art thou! No won
der that Charles Wesley hymned these
words
Which of the petty kings of earth
Can hnast a guard like ours,
Encircled from our second iiirtli
Willi all the heavenly powers?
Valerius und Rnfinus were put to
death for Christ’s sake in the year 287,
and after the day when their bodies
had been whipped and pounded into a
jelly, in the night in prison and befors
the next day when they were to be ex
ecuted. they both thought they saw
angels standing with two glittering
crowns, saying: “Be of good cheer,
valiant soldiers of Jcsns Christ I A lit
tle more of battle, and then these crowns
aro yours.” And I am glad to know
that before many of those who have
passed through great sufferings in this
life some aiijiel of God has held a blitz
ing coronet of eternal reward. Yea, we
aro to have such a guardian angel te
take us upward when our work is done
You know, we aro told an angel con
ducted Lazarus to Abraham’s bosom.
That shows that none shall he so poor
in dying he cannot afford angelic escort
It would !»o a long way to go alone,
and up paths wo have never trod, und
amid blazing worlds swinging in nn
imaginable momentum, out and on
through such distances and across such
infinitudes of space wo should shudder
at tho thought of going alone.
But the angelic escort will come to
your languishing pillow or tho place of
your fatal accident and say: “Hail, im
mortal one! All is well. God hath sent
me to take you home.” And without
tremor or slightest sense of peril yon
will away and upward, further on aud
farther on. until alter awhile heaven
heaves in sight aii(\ the rumble of char
iot wheels and the roll of mighty har
monies are heard in tho distance, and
nearer yon come, and nearer still, until
the brightness is like many mornings
suffused into one, und the gates lift,
and you are inside the amethystine walls
aud on the hanks of the jasper sea, for
ever safe, forever free, forever well,
forever rested, forever united, forever
happy. Mothers, do not think your lit
tle children go alone when they quit
this world. Ont of your arms into an
gelic arms, out of sickness into health,
out of the cradle into a Savionr'a bosom 1
Not an instant will tliu darlings he
alone between the two kisses—the last
kiss of earth and the first kiss of heav
en. “Now, angels, do your work I”
cried an expiring Christian.
Gaardlan Anuel For Al|.
Yes, a guardian ongsl for each one
of yon. Put yourself now in accord
with him. When ho suggests the right,
follow It. When ho warns you against
ths wrong, shun it. Sent forth from
God to help you in this gregt battle
against sin and death, accept his deliv
erance. When tempted to a feeling of
loneliness and disheartenment, appro
priate the promise, “The angel of tho
Lord ence.mpath around about them
that fear him and delivereth them."
Oh, I am so glad that the spaces be
tween here and heaven aro thronged
with these supernatnrals taking tidings
home, bringing messages hero, rolling
back obstacles from onr path and giv
ing us defenses, for terrific are tho
forces who dispute our way, and if the
nation of the good angels is on our sido
the nation of bad angels ison the other.
Paul hud it right when ho said, “Wo
wrestle not against flesh and blood, hut
against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness
in high places.” In that awful fight
may God send us mighty angelic re-en
forcement! We want all their wings on
our sido, all their swords on onr sido,
all their chariots on oar side.
Thank God that those who aro for us
aro mightier than those who are against
us I And that thought makes me jubi
lant as to the final triumph. Belgium,
you know, was the battleground of
England and France. Yea, Belgium
more than once was the battleground
of opposing nations. It so happens that
this world is tho Belgium or battle
ground between the angelic nations,
good and bad. Michael, the commander
in chief on one side; Lucifer, ns Byron
calls him, or Mephistopheles, as Goetha
calls him, or satan, as tho Bible calls
him, the commander in chief on tho
other side. All pure angelhood under
the one leadership and all abandoned
angelhood under tho other leadership.
Many a skirmish have the two armies
had, but the great and decisive buttle
is yet to he fought. Either from our
earthly homes or down from our su
pernal residences may we come in on
the right side, for on that side are God
and heaven and victory. Meanwhile the
battle is being set in array, and tho
forces celestial and demoniacal arc con
fronting each other. Hear the boom of
the great cannonade already opened!
Cherubim, seraphim, thrones, domina
tions, principalities and powers aro be
ginning to ride down their foes, and,
nntil the work Is completed, "Sun,
stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou,
moon, in the valley of Ajalou!”
Slie t? tilt eld Her DlK'illy.
Rome of the colored folks are hound
fo maintain their dignity. One of these
ladles was employed by a wealthy
Louisvillian who swore by the whole
sale. Economy was no object to him
when it came to cuss words, and ho
scattered these pearls of speech over
all subjects. The cook was a past
grand mistress of her art. She knew
what she knew and could turn out
dreams from the skillet and oven, but
she had ideas rf her own dignity.
“One niawniu,” said she, “I done
cock a elegant brekfuss. Dere wnx
chickiu nn Tators an heat hlskit an c.«f-
foy an inulT’ns, nn dat man lie come
down stairs, an lie do talk sennd’lous.
I lissen an I lissom He cuss dis an he
cuss dat, nn ho muinbT to hlsself, an 1
jes’ couldu’ stnn’ hit. I marches out,
an I says, ‘Sah, ef you don’t lik’ dis
hyar cooktu, say so, nn 1 goes, but 1
ain’t gwlne hear you cuss me an my
wuk.’
“ ‘Hyar, gal/ cays ho. T likes
cookin. Wot you mean bossin
when I cusses to my own wife?’
“‘Dat's all rl’t/ I says mi’ty brash,
‘but you don't cuss me or 1 goes.’
“An sence den,” declared the colored
upholder of her rights and dignity, “ole
marse jes’ stuck on my cookin, an Use
de only pusson on do lot he neber cuss
es.”
The old man is right. When you get
a good cook, grapple her to you with
hooks of steel, even If you have to
leave off swearing.—Louisville Times.
dis
me
Lout ill* liirlhmnrk.
An amusing Incident took place at
the Grand Gentral station a few weeks
ago. A portly man with clothes of for
eign cut, outlandish baggage and a de
cided German brogue bought a ticket
for a western point and then bought a
sleeping berth and waited for his train
to he announced. As soon as it was
called he got into line, occupied much
space with all his hags aud bundles
and made people in front aud behind
him uncomfortable. He bad no sooner
reached the platform than he dropped
his baggage and freight and pushed
Ids way back Into the waiting room,
ran up to the police officer aud said
breathlessly:
“Say, I lost my birthmark.”
“Your birthmark? Where was It?”
“Here In my pocket in.”
“In your pocket? That’s a nice place
to have one,” said the officer, wishing
to humor a crazy man. “How did it
look?”
“Red—fool—like all birthmark. 1
cun without It not In the sleep wagon
go," and lie rushed to the ticket win
dow, where they knew that the Ger
man meant berth check when he said
birthmark, and the matter was settled
to his satisfaction. The crowds had
gone through the door, und it was near
ly train time when he came hounding
back and up to the ticket window,
where, with profuse apologies, he told
the clerk that he bail found his “birth
mark.”—New York Tribune.
Too Much Hcnlliiiti.
Mme. de Navarro has recorded in "A
Few Memories” the greatest lesson she
ever received against too much real
ism. In a certain drama Hie heroine,
under great excitement, suddenly stops
to gain composure as she hears the
approaching carriages of the guests.
“Hark!” she says. “1 hear the
wheels of their carriages.’
We obtained the effects of approach
ing wheels, hut, try as we would, the
stamping of the horses’ feet upon the
gravel before Clarlsse’s door we could
not manage. At last a brilliant idea
struck me. which the stage mafiager
promptly indorsed.
It was that we should have In a
donkey from Covent Garden to trot up
and down behind the scenes on the
gravel especially laid for him. We
were decidedly nervous on the first
appearance of our four footed friend,
whose role was to counterfeit the high
stepping horses of the brilliant French
court.
When his cue was given, there was
only an ominous silence. I repeated
the word In a louder voice, wheu such
a braying and scuttling were heard ns
sent the audience Into roars of ^tigh
ter. AJiliougl) It was one of tho most
sorlous situations of the piny, I could
not help Joining In their mirth until
tho tears rolled down my cheeks.
ho
in
“I
Ah ln\ltli<K Gnu.
The Hon. William Wortham, long
state treasurer of Texas, was in a New
York Jewelry store one day when lie
noticed a showcase filled with splen
did jeweled revolvers with silver and
gold grips and chased barrels, having
precious stones sot Into the butts.
“Leuime see one of those guns,”
said to the clerk.
“Which one, sir?”
“The gold one with the big ruby
tho handle.”
The clerk took it from the case,
was marked S.”.!!, and it looked worth
even more. Tho Texan took It tender
ly In both hands and hold it admiring
ly up to the light. Then drawing him
self up to Ids full height, which was
G 1 /!; feet, ho rested tho revolver barrel
upon his loft elbow, crooked for the
purpose, and looked over the sights
down the long store. Those persons
who saw him involuntarily dodged.
“Say,” said Mr. Wortham, with
quiet but Intense enthusiasm, as he re
turned the weapon, “if I was to wear
that gun down Ln my state flie people
would he falling down on their knees
begging to be killed with It.”
FREE!
Call at ih<* Clior-
okoe Drug Co. a:..I
get a frt'o )*>ju!i ■ )!<.
botllc of Dr. WoHbrd’s Hxjxmlo-
ranl. The j/roatest cou^li rem
edy of tlit 1 otfe.
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB.
Dentist,
Office over It. A. Jones & Co's Store.
I Cm be found :i* -ix d.ivs In lie* wo-;;
A Sure Cure For HosvIh.
“1 say, mamma,” said Charlie, who
was watching his mamma bathe the
new girl baby, "what would happen
if you would put her in the bathtub
and go away off aud leave her to wash
her ownself, like me?”
"I’m afraid.” said mamma, "that lit
tle sister would get water in her mouth
and drown.”
“Would it fill her all up full with
water so she couldn’t howl no more?”
inquired Charlie.
"Yes, I’m afraid it would,” said mam
ma, pleased with tne interest Charlie
was taking In his sister’s welfare.
“1 say, mum.” exclaimed Charlie en
thusiastically, "let's put her iu right
away.”—ITovidenee Telegram.
He Knew Her.
Von Blumer—How is it you are tak
ing luncheon alone? 1 thought I saw
you going down town with your wife
this morning.
Witherby—You did. But she saw
something in a window that*she want
ed to look at, a nil 1 told her I would
wait outside. I’m going back late this
afternoon to catch her as she comes
out.—Detroit Free Press.
Colored .Missionary Workers.
Rev. P. R. Davidson and X. T.
Burris, of Sunny Side, were in the
city yesterday in altencDneo to the
quarterly conference held in the First
(3. M. E. Church. Rev. Davidson is
pastor in charge of missionary work
in this church and Burris attended
as delegate from Pleasant Grove
church. Both are as hard colored
workers for the missionary cause as
any in the State. They c une in to
see The Ledger this morning and
were interested spectators of the art
of printing.
Dfcixloii ftcndnred.
Judge Buchanan has rendered his
decision in the case of Polly Laven
der plaintiff, against W. T. Hum
phries, Edward Hannon, 1). It.
Lavender, et. al. The decision is in
favej of the plaintiff, who was repre
sented by J. 0. Jefferies, Esq.
Messrs. Himpson & Botnar, of Spar
tanburg. represented the defendants.
({•'(I Hot From tlm Gnu
Was the bail that hit (J. 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, Corn?, Skin Eruptions.
Best Pile cure i earth. 2.') cts. a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
Cherokee Drug Company, Druggists.
Don't Tobacco $|>H mal Smoke Your I.il'e Away.
To rjuit tobacco easily nr.d force-r, be mau
attic, lull cf life, nerve and vL'or, take No-To*
Hoc, the wonder-ivoilier, tbnt makes weak men
strong. All drnggisU,COeorII. Ourcguaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Addrcs?
Sterling Remedy Co , Cblcago or New York,
-*J. C. JEFFERIES*-
OAFFNEY, S. C.
Coiiiuierciiil I.aw. Corporation J.a\v.
Kim! Instate I.aw.
D. ILDuiican. C. 1’.SandiTs. W.S. Hull, Jr.
DUNCAN, SANDERS & HALL,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Office two doors above I,oib;i i l Office.
Tax Notice.
The tn \ levy for ('liorokec «'ounty for liscsil
year IS!)!! is a> follows:
For State purposes 5 mills
For Constitutional School Tax .. :i mills
For Ordinary County 4 mills
For Poor House aud Jail 1 mill
For County Komis t mill
For Townships I.bnestoir.*, White
Plains. Morgan and Cherokee, in
terest K. it. Bonds 1 mill
For Townships Limestone, White
Plains and Moi:. r :in, Sinking J und.H mills
For Townships PruytonviUe and
(lowdtyvllle. ItPerest K. It. Bonds.:] mills
For Townships Drayton viile und
GowdeyvBle, Sinking Fund. I'l'mllls
For Cherokee Township, Sinking;
Fund IKmllls
For Townships Limestone, White
Plains and Morgan, Spartanburg
Jail i mill
For Graded Sehool Pistriet, Blacks
burg, No, II 11 mills
For Graded Sehool District. Gaffney,
No. M. SHmtll
1 will be at the following places for ths
purpose of colleeting taxes:
At nffiee from Oetobcr loth to October UOth
K/.ell's Tuesday. Octolier at. from 10 a. m
to:] p in.
White Plains, Wednesday, November t,
from in a. m. to:] p. m.
Brown's St.,re, Thursday, November H.
from Idii. m. tc ] p. m.
T. P. Littlejohn's More, Friday, November
3, from ta a. m. to *] p. rn.
Buffalo School House, Monday, Novcmlier
0, from It a. m. toff p. m.
Blacksburg, Tuesday, Novendier 7, and
Wednesday, NovendxTs, until 1 p. rn.
Grover, Thursday, November 'J. from 10u.
m. to It p. m.
King's Creek. Friday, November 10, from
11 n. m to ff p. III.
Cherokee Falls, Saturday, November It
from to a. in. to ff. p. m.
Narratl's'Tuesday, November It, from 10
a. in. to2p. in.
WilUIn* viile, Wednesday, November 15,
from to a. in. to 2 p. in,
ai office from November 111 to Peeenibi rffl.
.1. H .Ionics,
County Treasurer,
flulfnfy. Is. f'., Sept, 14th, PltW
s. c.
& G. E. R. R. CO.
Schedule No. 3.
In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday, October, ist
1899
Between
Camden, C.. und Blackaburg,
S. C.
West.
!•' East.
1st Chins
EASTERN TIME. - lM '
a.-s.
1 *:iss 'ligi
I'| jPuS.SD
t >:i ily.
STATION'S. Daily.
h X i' g |) fc
1 .xeept
Sunday.
Sunday.
r. m.
A. M.
i:
CAMDEN
13 It)
i li'. .
PIKA Lit ... .
II 37
1 u
WESTVI Li.E
11 15
1 15
KERSHAW
il Pi
:! O',
I1EA 1 ll SPRINGS
lo 57
2 lo ..
PLEASANT RILL
10 5]
2 fft) .
LANCASTER. ...
10 ff '.
2 45 . .
RIVERSIDE
lo 20
5 » . ...
. .. SPRING DELI
10 10
ff 05 ..
CATAWP \ .11 M TIoN ...
ID n 1
15 . ..
LI LIE
0 50
• » . .
Rt 0 iv MILL
0 40
rwij
NEW PORT
0 15
i <n
.. .. TIRZAII
!i to
4 20 .. .
YOitiC \ ! IJilS
S .Vi
4 551
SHARON
14.)
1 50 ...
... HICKORY GROVE ..
S 25
.> (M.
S MYRNA
8 15
5 30|....
BLACKSBURG
7 V>
P. V.
A. M.
Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,N.C.
West. 1
• iKast.
J 2.
2d i loss
. EASTERN TIME. |-5 ( j ( -r
Jl.SS.
Mixed.
I Mix
ed.
Daily.
Daily.
Except
STATIONS. | Except
Suni.’iv
1 l Sunday.
A. M.
1*. M.
> 10
1 »1 i .\ < i \ ,M > l 1 ’A} . .
0 40
.* ...
CARLS. .
*>
t to ...
. 1’A’l TLi.’:-! >N PRi.vjS
0 12
o io: ...
SHE! !;i
•i no
10 uo ...
LAV i’i MORE
4 50
10 III .. ..
Mot>Kfsl'.oko, .
! 40
1" 23 . .
HENRIETTA
\ *J0
10 5c ...
EOREST Ci 'I’Y . .
11 15....
kl TIIKlvEOEPTON
0 z>
1 ! :,5 ....
Ml LLWt .op
!1 45 ....
GOLDEN VALLEY
1 3 50
12 . ..
.THERMAL 1 1TV ....
! 2 45
12 5
GLEN MOOD
•J
12 50 . .
MARION
2 00
W F.ST.
1st • lass.
15. Iff.
Gaflney Division.
F.A ST.
i 1st Class.
KASTKKN TIMK.
14. i<j.
-.a’:;
v ✓ - - / z
"- j. “ K r/.
1* VI A M !
STATIONS.
- ? c ~ =
!
A M 1* M
; " ' i . i A M 1* M
•> ff-i « eo . .BLACKSBURG.. I 7 45 d ff:,
5 45 0 20 eilLKOKl.i. FALLS 7 ffo i',-n
•i '-4! t; 40 | GAFFNEY 7 in •> Off
I* M A M
A M 1* M
Ti ains Nos. ff ] and :iff connect al Blacks-
burc v.itli i rains o;i Hie Galfney Plvision.
Gobi No. :i:j connects at Camden with tho
« iiarle. :.'ii Division of Use-outhern Railway
for all points south.
Train No. :ci leaving Camden at 12:40 p. m..
J-'oiitg West, makes connection at Lancaster
s. C.. Wit h Pie L. .V C. K. !{.. at Catawba
•lain lion with the S. A. L.. going Nortli •
a' Rock Mid with the Southern Kailwtty
going Nortli.
Train No. II connects at Blacksburg with
the Southern Rahway from the South. At
Marion. N. C\, vitii the Southern Railway
■ iliiLf West
SAMUEL HI NT,
I’n-siilent.
A. TKIPI’,
S>< j>c riiitcmieiit.
S. 15. LUMPKIN,
Geii'l. Passenger Agent.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
*«•*-
Condemed Scbsilulo of I'aMonger Train*.
In Effect June 11th, IB'JO.
Korthbocud.
Ni>.ir
Daily
Lv. Atlanta, C. T.
7 5J a
" Atlftiita, E.T.
8 53 a
“ Nurerosa
il 30 a
“ Buford
It) 05 u
“ <+uhiesv'illa...
10 ff, a
•* Lulu
id 33 ft
" Cornell:!
11 25 a
Ar ID. A fry
11 ffd a
Lv. Toceoa
11 .'.ff a
“ Westminster
1231 in
“ Seneca
12 52 p 1
“ Central
1 P
" Greenville ...
2 24 p
S; nrtunburg.
“ Gaffneys
ff Hi p
4 30 p
“ Llucksburg ..
4 83 p
“ King’s Mt
5 Off p
“ Giisionift
5 ‘-'o p
Lv. Charlotte ...
a:® p
Ar .Greensboro
‘3 52 p
Lv .Greensboro..
00 m
00 p
23 p
Iff p
4(1 p
02 p
18 p
47 p
111 45
8 2J
Ar. Danville ,... . jll ‘.’oji li P.O p
Ar. Ri chmond ”7. 0 00 a ti 00 a
Ar.W. • i ii; vtoa 1
" b.i'i i ePim.l
" Philadelphia.
« '...ve r..vU-
0 42 iv
8 00 ft
10 15 a
No. 18
Ex.
Sun.
I’nt.Ml
No. 30
Dully.
4 Hop
11 50 p
5 85 p
12 50 a
0 28 p
1 30 a
7 os p
7 43 p
2 25 a
8 lOp
2 50 »
8 36 p
..«•••«»
8 40 p
9 05 p
3 42 a
4 20 a
4 37 ft
5 02 a
5 50 ft
0 to ft
7 25 ft
7 42 a
3 05 a
8 28 a
9 25 a
12 Ofl p
—
nn
0 25 p
9 05 p
11 25 p
2 50 a
0 2ff •
1*1.511
\>n.
No. 11
Southbound. No. 85
No. 37
Dally
Dllll V.
Dallv.
Lv. V. Y.,T\ILK. l i 15 n
4 .A! p
“ Philadelphia.
8 50 A
6 55 p
“ Baltimore. ..
fl 22 e
9 21) p
“ Washington.
11 15 a
10 45 p
Lv. Richmond ...
l i 0!nn 11 UU p
11 OOp
Lv. Danville
O u2 p
5 69 ft
010 8
Lv. Norfolk .
• . . .
8 ■ p
Ar Greensboro..
....
5 15 a
Lv Greensboro
7 24 p
7 05 a
7 87 ft
Ar. Charlotte ..
lu 00 p
9 25 a
12 bun
Lv. Gastonia
10 49 p 10 07 is
1 12 p
" King's Mt. ..
188 p
“ bko-liHlburg ..
1181 p 10 45 a
2 08 p
..... •
" Gaffnevs ....
11 40 p 1.) 63 a
2 24 p
“ t ;>:ir1aiiburg.
12 20 u
II 84 a
ff 15 p
“ Gi*s uvil!o....
1 25 a
12 80 p
4 50 p
A4.17.
" (A n:rul
.
5 32 D
•' S. i« a
2 23 a
1 .21 p
5 45 p
l2ftXa
“ Y.'eat minster
li 00 p
Vl„.
T< >ce< .a
a 17 h
2 13 p
li SO p
o K a
“ Jll. Airv ...
* i; p
tiff:, a
“ Cornelia
3 00 p
7 M p
0.35 a
“ Lola
4 S u
ff 18 J)
7 38 p
«r>; a
“ Gainesville .
4 30 ft
ff ff7 p
s 28 p
7*0 <i
" Hu ford
4 50 h
8 40 p
7 43 a
“ Norcios#
5 -i7> a
9 15 p
8 27 a
Ar. Atlanta,O.T.l S lo n' ff 53 p_ vou pi 8 30 •
“A” k m. “P 1 *p. m. 'M noon. “N” night.
Chesrtpeako Line Steamers in daily ttervio*
fc- v. een Norfolk and ba timore.
Nos. 37 undo)'--Daily. Washington and Boat If
we ilern Veitihnlo LirnUeil. Through Pulhufta
flee, ing ears between New Y’ork fttid New Or-
liieis. via Washington, Atlnnta and Monfgon*
*r’\ r.<ul also Is-twceii New Y'ork mid Mumpin i,
vioWiusiiington.AtlanlftHml Binninglidiu. Ats«
eVcni PULLMAN LIBRARY (TbsERVA-
Ti'IN CARS between AtinntKnnil New York.
Fii st dtiss ihorouglifftr* conches between Wash-
Ingmn nntl AtlnntH. Pining cars serve #11 meull
en route. Pullir.au drawing room sleeping car*
between Givensboro und Norfolk. Close eon
ne .mu lit Norfo k forOLD POINTCOMKORT.
Nos. 85 n,nl lid -United Staten Fast Mull
mi s s< !nl In;-ween Washington ami New Of
lea. s. via Southern Railway, A. A W. P. It. R.
on:’. L. N. It. R.. being com posed of baggie?*
mr imd coaches, through vvnhont change fof
pn.-senger* of all classes. Pullman drawing
room sleeping cars between New York and
irevv Orieans. via Atlanta nntl Montgomery *n.l
between Charlotte and Kirmtnghain. Alsu
Pull man Dr i wing Room Buffet Sleeping Cnrt
bep.vt i n Atlanta and Asheville, N.C. Leaving
Washington each Tuesday and Friday, s
tourist h. *■ jng ear will run through between
Washing! .i urd Ran Francisco wiihout euauga.
Dining ears serve all men enront*.
Nov. 11,33, .'14 and 12—Pullman »l«enfmt car*
be; wei n Richmond anil t h .rhv te, vt i lifttivil!*^
houiiibound Noe. 11 uad 3ff, northbound No*.
h» and 12
Fd V. If S GANNON, J. M CULP,
Third V-P. Jt (Jen. Mgr., Traffic M'g’r.
Wftslu.igtou, D. C. Washington, D. 01
W. A TURK. b H. HARDWICK,
Um 1 Fuss. Ag't , Ass'tUwu'lPass. Ag't..
V. aahnigtoa. li. CL Auaul*. <Jfc