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Hnfety Deposit Hoxcs at moderate rent. buys and hoIU Stocks undBonds. iinys County and School Clalma. Your busiueyb HoJictlcd. CPiADLE OF Cl!HIST. SHADOWS AND SUNSHINE ON THAT LOWLY BED. Him. Dr. TilImuKe, In liin Christman Sermon, TcIIn (lie Story of the In- enrnntion In n New Way—1'rncticul I'npn of liie I’estivn!. [Copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1809.] Wasiiincton, Dec. 24.—The story of the incarnation is here told by Dr. Tab mage in a new way, and practical use Is made of these days of festivity; text, Matthew i, 17, “So all the generations from Abraham to David are 14 genera tions, and from David until the carry ing away into Babylon are 14 genera tions. and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are 14 genera tions.’' From what many consider the dullest and most unimportant chapter of the New Testament I take my text and find it full of practical, startling and eternal interest. This chapter is the front door of the New Testament, through which all the splendors of evangelism and apostolicity enter. Three time 14 generations are spoken of in my text—that is, 42 generations— reaching down to Christ. They all had relation to him, and at least 42 genera tions past affect us. If they were good, we feel the result of the goodness. If they were bad, we feel the result of their wickedness. If some were good nnd some were had, it is an intermin gling influence that puts its mighty hand upon us. And as we feel the ef fect of at least 42 generations past we will in turn influence at least 42 gen erations to come, if the world shall last a thousand years. So, you see, the cradle is more important than the grave. I propose to show you some of the shadows upon the Christie cradle of Bethlehem and then the sunshine that poured in upon the pillow of straw. Notice among the shadows on that in fant’s bed that there was here and there a specimen of dissolute ancestry. Beautiful Until his ancestress? Oh, yes! Devout Asa one of ids forefa thers? Oh, yes! Honest Joseph ills father? Oh, yes! Holy Mary ids moth er? Oh, yes! But in that genealogical table were idolatrous and cruel Am nion and oppressive Ueboboani and some men whose abominations may not be particularized. So you see bad men may have good descendants. One of the most consecrated men I ever knew was the son of a man who lived and died a blasphemer, in the line of an oppressive Hehoboam comes a gra cious and merciful and glorious Christ. Great encouragement for those who had in the 42 generations that preced ed them, however close by or however far back, some instances of pernicious and baleful and corrupt ancestry. KftVetH of Ancestry. To my amazement, I found in those parts of Australia to which many years ago felons were transported from Eng land that the percentage of crime was less than in those parts of Australia originally settled by honest men and good women. Some who are now on judicial benches in Australia, and in high governmental positions, and in learned and useful professions, and leaders in social life, are the grandsons and granddaughters of men and wom en who were exiled from Great Britain to Australia for arson and theft and assault and fraud and murder. So you see it is possible for the descendants of those who do wrong to do right. Since we are all more or less affected by our ancestry, we ought to lie patient with those who go wrong, remember ing that they may be the victims of un happy antecedents. How lenient it ought to make us in our judgments of the fallen! Perhaps they had 42 gen erations back of them pushing them the wrong way. Five hundred years before.they were born there may have been a parentage of iniquity augment ed by a corrupt parentage 200 years ago. Do not blame a man because he cannot swim up the rapids of Niagara. Do not blame a ship captain because he cannot outride a Caribbean whirl wind. The father of tlds man who does wrong may have been all right nnd ids mother all right, but away back in the centuries there tuny have started a bad propensity which lie now feels. One of the Ten Commandments given on Mount Sinai recognizes the fact that evil may skip a generation when the commandment speaks of visiting “the iniquity of the fathers upon the chil dren unto the third and fourth genera tion,” but says nothing about the sec ond generation, and If evil may skip one generation why not two nnd three nnd four and live generations, making a mighty leap nnd alighting very hard upon the head and the heart of some poor victim? Better bo a little merci ful toward the culprit, lost after awhile some hereditary evil born In the year 1000 or 1700, having skipped the cen turies, alight Just as heavy upon you. Meanwhile Uoop-earofully your fam ily records. The old place for the fam ily record In the Bible, between the Old and New Testaments, is a most ap propriate place. That record, put in such impressive surroundings of chap ter, bounded on one side by the prophe cies of Mitlachi and on the other side by the gospel of Matthew, "'ill receive stress and sanctity from its positioq. That record is appropriately hound up with the eternities. Do not simply say in your family record, "Born at such a time and diet] at such a time,” but If there has been among your ancestors some man or woman especially conse crated and useful make a note of It for the eheourugement of Hie following generations. Two family records of the Bible—the one In Matthew reach ing from Abraham to Ghrlst nnd the one In Luke beginning with Joseph and reaching hack to the garden of Eden - with the sublime statement “which was Hie son of Adam, which was the son of God.” I charge you to tills duty of keeping the family record by the 42 generations whiij) are past and the 4J generations which are to porno. It is a good tiling—Hie new liahli abroad of seeking for one’s pedigree. SIiimIook on tin* Crnillr. Auotiio)' shadow on the Christie cra dle was (hat it Stood under a depraved king. Herod was at that time ruler and the complete Impersonation of all depravities. It was an unfavorably time for Innocence to expect good treat ment. So dark was the shadow drop ping on the cradle from that iniquitous throne that the peasant mother had to lift her babe out of It and make hasty flight. Depraved habits of those Ju •authority are apt to tie copied by sun- Jects, and from the Immorals of tb« Herodlc throne 1 judge of the immor* nls of a nation. There was a malaria of sin in the air when the Infant Christ first breathed it. Thickest shawl could not keep the babe warm when in that wintry month with his mother ho be came a fugitive. Historians say that it was at a time of peace that Christ was horn, but his birth aroused an antagonism of which the Bethlehem massacre was only a feeble expression. War of the mighti est nation of the earth opened against that cradle! The influence that came forth that night from that surrounding of camels nnd sheep and oxen challeng ed the Iniquities of all the centuries and will not cease until it has destroy ed them. What a pronunciainento went forth from that black and bar barian throne, practically saying, “Slay all the babes under 2 years of age, nnd that wide slaughter will surely include the death of the one child that most threatens my dominion.” Awful time was it for the occupant of that cradle! If he escape the knife of the assassin, then the wild beast’s paw or the ban dit’s clutch or the midnight chill be tween Bethlehem of Judiea and Cairo, Egypt, will secure his destruction. All the powers of earth and all Hie demons of hell bombarded that cradle. A FnmoiiM Town. Another shadow upon that Christie cradle was the obscurity of the place of birth. Bethlehem was an obscure village. David, the shepherd boy, bail been born there, but after be became general and king he gave it no signifi cance, 1 think never mentioning it hut to ask for li drink of water out of the old well to which he used to go in childhood—the village so small and unimportant that it had to be separat ed in mind from another Bethlehem then existing, and so was called Beth lehem of Judaea. There was a great capital of Jerusalem; there were the 15 beautiful cities on the beach of Galilee, any of them a good place to be born in; there were great towns famous at that time, but the nativity we today celebrate was in a village which Christ intimated had been called by some “the least among the princes of Jiula.” Christ himself was to make the town famous for all time and all eternity. () men and women of Messianic op portunity, why do you not make the place of your nativity memorable for your philanthropies—by the churches you build, the free libraries you open, the colleges you endow? Go back to the village where you were born, as George IVabody went back to Danvers, Mass., anil with your wealtli bless the neighborhood where In childhood you played and near by where your father and mother sleep the last sleep. There are scores of such villages In America being generously remembered by pros perous men during life or helped in their hist will and testament, and there are a humired neighborhoods waiting for such benediction from their pros perous sons. By some such charity in vite the Bethlehem angels to come back again and over the plain house of your nativity ring out the old anthem of “Good will to men.” Christ, born in an obscure place, made it so widely known by ids self sacrifices and divine charity that all round the earth the village of Bethlehem has its name woven in gar lands and chanted in “To Dennis” and built in houses of prayer. Kniittliiin* IIrcitUs TliI'oiif^li. But it is time we see some of the sun shine breaking through the shadows on that cradle. For we must have jubi lance dominate the Christmas festival. That was Walter Scott’s opinion when in “Marmiou” he wrote: A ('hrwtimtH gambol oft would clioor A poor man's heart through half tho year. It was while Hie peasant and ids wife were on a visit for purposes of en rollment that Jesus was born. The Bi ble translators got the wrong word when they said that Joseph and Mary had gone to Bethlehem to be "taxed.” 1‘eople went no farther then to get tax ed than they do now. The effort of most people always has been to escape taxation. Besides that, these two hum ble folk had nothing to tax. The man’s turban that protected his head from the sun was not worth taxing; the wo man’s sandals which kept her feet from being cut by tin* limestone rock, of which Betfdohcm is mostly made up, were not worth taxing. No; tho fact is that a proclamation had been made by the emperor tiiat all the peo ple between Great Britain and I’arthia and of those lands included should go to some appointed place and give their names In, be registered nnd announce their loyalty to the Homan emperor. They had walked So miles over a rough road to give their names and take the oath of allegiance. Would wt 1 walk 80 miles to announce our alle giance to our king, one Jesus? Cscsar Augustus wanted to know by the rec ord on which that man and that wo man wrote their names or had them written, Just how many people in Ida empire lie could depend on in case ot exigency. How many men would un sheathe sword for the Homan eagle and how many women could lie de pended on to take care of the wounded on battlefields? The trouble is that in tho kingdom of Christ we do not know how many can be depended on. There are so many men and women who never give In their names. They serve the Lord ol. the sly. They do not an nounce their allegiance to the king who, in tlie battles to come, will want all his troops. In all our churches there are so many half and half disci ples, so many one-third espousers. They rather think the Bible is true, at any rate parts of it, and they hope that Somehow Christianity will disenthrall the nations. They stay away from church on communion days and hope when they have lived as long an they can in tlds world they can somehow sneak into heaven. Oh, give in yoiq names! Be registered on the church record down here and in the Lamb’s Book of idle up there. Let all tliu world know where you stand, If you have to go as far as Joseph and Mary walked, If you have to go 80 miles be fore you find just the right form of worship and .just the right creed. HDIdc Another gleam of sunshine striking through tho shadows above that < 'brist le cradle was the fact of a special di vine protection. Herod was deterniln- i;d Upon jlie child's destruction. Tho monster put all his wl|s together in stratagi'iit for tho stopping of that young life just started. Iio dramatized piety; he suddenly got religious; hu would leave Ids palace and take char* lyt and have steeds whipped up, ^<j that lie could kneel at that cradle. 'Wo have to smile at what tin* Imperial vil lain said when he ordered, “Go and search diligently for the young child, and when ye have found him bring me word, that I may go and worship him also.” Do re’s picture of the “Massacre of the Innocents” at Herod’s command —a picture full of children hurled over walls and dashed against streets and writhing under assassin’s foot—gives us a little Impression of the manner in which Herod would have treated tho real child if ho could once have got his hand on it. But Herod could not find that cradle. All the detectives lie sent out failed in the search. Vet it had been pointed out by ilushligbt from the midnight heavens. All tin* neighbor hood knew about it. The angelic cho rus in the cloud had called musical at tention to 1*. No sentinel guarded it with drawn sword, passing up and down by the pillow of that Bethlehem caravansary. \\ by, then, was it that the cradle was not despoiled of its treasure? Because it was divinely pro tected. There were wings hovering that mortal eye could not see; there were armed Immortals whose bran dished sword mortal eye could not fol low; there were chariots of tho Omnip otent the nimble of whose wheels only supernatural:; could hear. God had started through the cradle to save our world, and not hing could stop him. You cannot reasonably account for tlmL unhurt cradle except on the the ory of a special, divine protection. And most cradles are likewise defended. Can you understand why so many chil dren, with all the epidemics that as sault them, and all their climbing to dangerous heights, and all their peril ous experiments witli explosives and their running against horses’ hoofs, and daring of trolleys and carts fast driven, yet somehow get through, espe cially boys of high spirit and that are going to amount to much? I account for their coming through all right, with only a few wounds and bruises, by the fact that they are divinely protected. All your charges of “Don't do this” and “Don’t do that” and “Don’t go there” seem to amount to nothing. They are the same reckless creatures about whom you are constantly anxious and wondering what is the matter now. 1 dvinely protected! <• 1<><I1!IN «)f LHlllt. Another gleam of light, scattering some of the gloom of that Christie pil low iti Bethlehem, was the fact tiiat it was the starting place of the most won derful of all careers. Looking at Christ’s life from mere worldly stand points it was amazing beyond nil ca pacity of pen or tongue or canvas to express. Without taking a year’s cur riculum in any college or even a day at any school, yet saying things that the mightiest intellects of subsequent days have quoted nnd tried to expound! Great literary works have for the most part been the result of much elabora tion. Edmund Burke rewrote the con clusion of liis speech against Warren Hastings 10 times. Lord Brougham rewrote his speech in behalf of Queen Caroline 20 times, hut the sermon on tho mount seemed extemporaneous. Christ was eloquent without ever hav ing studied one of Hie laws of oratory, lie was the greatest orator tiiat ever lived. It was not an eloquence Demos thenic or Cicerouic or like that of Jean Baptiste Massillon or like that which William Wirt, himself a great orator, was overcome witli in log cabin meet ing house of Virginia, when the blind preacher cried out in liis sermon, “Soc rates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ died like a God.” Christ’s oratory was unlike anything that went before or came after. Even the criticism of the world said, “Never man spake like this man.” Dramatic? Why, he took up a child out of the au dience and set him on a table and by the embarrassed look of the child taught humility. He sent the prose cutors of a poor, sinful woman, blush ing and confounded, out of the room by one sentence of sarcasm. Notice his power of emphasis and enunciation when he revealed himself after ids res urrection, by the peculiar way he pro- nounced the oue word “Mary,” liis power of look shown by the way Peter, the great apostle, wilted under it. The book says, “The Lord turned and look ed upon Peter.” It was an omnipotent facial expression. Ho looked upon Pe ter. Power of distinct utterance, so that every one could hoar. “He opened liis mouth, saying.” No mumbling and indistinct utterance. Iio opened ids mouth. Ills voice, which had been de veloped by open air speaking, was a resonant ami sonorous voice, or lie would not have taken the top of tho rocks of the Mount of Beatitudes for a pulpit, for tiiat pulpit is so high, as 1 declare from observation, that no speaker that I have ever known could have from tiiat point made any audi ence hour one word of a sermon. Ills power of hyperbole: A camel trying to crowd its hump through the eye of a sewing woman’s needle and ail tiiat learned talk about a gate culled the “needle’s eye” only belittling the hy perbole. Power of sarcasm: The hypo- prites styled by 1dm “the whole who need not a physician.” His power of peroration: The crashing of the tim bers of the poorly built house on tho beach of the Mediterranean. Power to take advantage of circumstances: When an auditor asked him whether they ought to pay taxes to Crnsar, Christ practically said, "if any gentle man in tlds audience has in his pocket a Homan penny, 1 wish lie would just hand it up to me.” And some one handed him a penny, sucli as you can now find In some of the museums, Hie obverse of It hearing tho face of Ti berius, the emperor, and tho reverse the words "Putillfex Maximus,” tho other title of tin* emperor, and then came the overwhelming answer of Christ, "Hender to Ciesar tho tilings that are Ciesar’s and to God tho things tiiat are God’s.” But wo iimst not only look at him from a worldly standpoint. How he smote whirlwinds Into silence, nnd made the waves of the sea Ho down, nnd opened doors of light Into tho mid night of those who had boon horn blind, and turned deaf ears into gal leries of music, and with quo touch made tho scabs of Incurable leprosy fall off, and renewed healthy circula tion through severest paralysis, and made the dead girl waken and ask for her mother, nnd at liis crucifixion pull ed down the clouds, until at 12 o’clock tit noob it was as dark as 12 o’clock at night, and starting an Influence that will go on until the last desert will grow roses nnd tho last wok lung muku full iuhulutlou, uuU tho it easy of paresis take healthful brain, and the last illness become rubicund of chock and robust of chest and bound ing of foot, and tho Inst pauper will get his ptilace, and the hist sinner taken unto the warm bosom of a par doning God! Whore did all this start? In that cradle within sound of bleat ing sheep and bellowing cattle and amid rough bantering of herdsmen and camel drivers. What a low place to start for such great heights! O artists, turn your camera obscura on that vil lage of Bethlehem! Take it all iu- tho wintry skies lowering, tho flocks shivering in the chill air, Mary the pale mother, and Jesus the child. An Ktcrnul Jubilee. So T have shown you the shadows and the sunshine of that Christie cra dle of Bethlehem. In these Christmas times I realize that there are many cra dles under shadows. Oh, the story of empty cradles all up and down the earth, in cabins and palaces! There are standing In garrets or in store rooms cradles that will never rock again. “Hachcl mourning for her chil dren nnd will not be comforted be cause they are not.” But through all the shadows break gleams of sunsliiue as the clouds of the Chrtstic cradle were cleft by glorious light. Escaped from tho struggles through which we have all passed and must yet pass, those little ones took heaven at one bound. Instead of an earthly career it is a heavenly career, with capacities, with velocities, with opportunities be yond our comprehension. Instead of cel ebrating on earth the Saviour’s birth they stand in the Saviour’s presence. Instead of the holiday celebrations of the old homestead it is to them eternal jubilee at a table where the angels of God are the cupbearers and amid fes tivities that resound with a laughter and a music and blaze with a brilliance and a glory “that eye hath not seen nor ear heard.” No use in wishing them a merry Christmas, for the mer riments of heaven ring out upon them from temples that are always open, amid pleasures that never die. Oh, it is not a dull heaven, but a lively heav en, for there are so many children there! They throng the streets. They look out of the “House of Many Man sions.” They stand on the beach to see the fleets cast anchor within the vale. They crowd the gates with greetings when the old folks come in. They clap their hands in an eternal gladness. They dance in an eternal glee. See you not the sunshine that pours into the shadows of tiiat cradle until they are all gone? But shadows have their uses. There must be a background to every good picture. Turner always put at least a fleck of cloud on ids canvas, and the clouds of earth will he the background to bring out more mightily the bright ness of heaven. And will it not be glo rious if after all this scene of earthly vicissitude we meet again in our Fa ther’s house and talk over the past iu an everlasting holiday? But mean while look out for the cradles. How much they decide for tills world and tho next! When Wellington was born at Morulngton, England, that decided Waterloo and saved Europe. When Handel was born in Halle, Saxony, that decided the oratorios of “Judas Maecaba?us” and “Esther” and “Israel In Egypt” and “Jephthah” and “Mes siah.” When Eli Whitney was born at Westboro, that decided the wealth of all the cotton fields of the south. When Gutenberg was born at Metz, Germany, that decided the libraries of all Chris tendom. When Clarkson was born in Cambridgeshire, England, that decided the doom of human bondage. When Morse was born at Breed’s Hill, Mass., that decided that the lightnings of heaven should become galloping couri ers or stretch a throbbing iron nerve clear under the sea. When Washing ton was horn at Westmoreland, Va., that decided American independence. When Christ was born at Bethlehem, that decided Hie redemption of the world. Oh, look out for the cradles! May a Bethlehem star of hope point down to each one of them and every hovering cloud bo tilled with chanting nngels of mercy. Property Near Limestone. Three tracts, within one-half mile of the College. 1 will sell the lands of the estate of J. A. Corry on Wed nesday, February 14th. This is the old Dr. Knott place and lies ' Galfney and Lime stone. Three tracts on the Metal Road, from 5 to 7 miles of (tall- ncy. One tract of i<S7 acres near the Macombson Shoals on Broad River. Apply to R. 0. Cabinet and Job Work Done witli ncatnrxs and (leKnat'-b. Furniture Ueiialrltig. Turulnie and Spindle Work for li id Is. Shop Limes tom: Street, opposite eotton mill office. W. H. CABANISS. Now For Christmas. I have line lieef. Pork, Sausage and Mutton always on hand, and Country Produce and Vegetables when they can he gotten. Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Confection eries, Cigars nnd Tobncuo; ('aimed Hood* of all varieties, Fruits of all kinds, tlno North ern Apples. Oranges, Cocanuts and Itanan- nas; Fireworks, mid plenty of candy of nearly all varieties. Fresh Fish regular »*very Friday. The public Is Invited and welcome to come n*' 1 ! see for tin msclvcs. W him you are m need of uuytldiig call and sen us or phone No, til). L. W. McGUINN. Burnette Block. A SLUGGISH BRA!N .... Is caused by Imperiect Digjsflon and Disorder hi the Liver and Bowels. JPRICIQLY ASH BITTERS]L IS A BOO/4 TO BRAIN WORKER?. ^ It purifies the fcov/els, strengthens nnd regulates the' liver, aids digestion, promotes vigor of body, cheerfulness and mental activity. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. PRICE *1.00 PER BOTTLE. » Cherokee Drug Co. Special Agents. Cherokee Fulls Chroiiiclliiga. ^Correspondence of The Ledger.) Chlkokek Falls, Dec. 28.—On taut Sunday Mr. William If. Bachler led to the marriage alter Miss Alice Beil where they were made “one flesh,” Mr. R. Torrence, T. J., offi ciating. May their voyage across the sea of life be one of bliss. The contracting parties were both of Cherokee Falls. Miss Inez Austin, of Charlotte, is visiting her sister, Mrs. D. V. Bran non, of this place. W. Ed Whelchel.wife and children, took a flying trip to seo Mr. Eb. Whelchel last Sunday, returning Monday. ‘‘Big Ed” reported a good time and plenty to eat. He said it would have made un elephant turn green with envy to have seen him when he got his pedal extremities placed under Mr. Whelchel's table and himself lowered in his chair so as to bring the opening in his head on a bee-line with his plate. Those who are acquainted with ‘‘Big Ed” can surmise the rest. Wakhkn. A Frightful liluii<I<*r Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen’g Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Fleers, Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Beat File cure on oartl). Only 2o cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Cherokee Drug Company. Smhh-n Dviitli of u Cliilil. The little eon of Mr. and Mrs. It. R. Blackwell, of Lawn, died Wednesday morning of membranes croup. The little fellow was sick but a few hours and died before a doctor could be summoned. The remains were in terred at Druytonville yesterday at noon. The* sorrowing parents have the deepest sympathy of a host of friends in this county. W HEN YOU are feeling tired and outof sorts you will liiid Hood’s Sarsaparilla will do you wonderful good. Be sure to GET HOOD’S. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. I or. ^3 & Co.’a Store. Can he found at office six days in t he week Tax Notice. The tax levy for Cherokee County for fiscal year Isidl Is as follows: For Slate purposes 5 mills For Constitutional School Tax. J mills For Ordinary County I mills For Poor House and Jail I mill ForCounty Hoads 1...1 mill For Townships Limestone, White Plains, Morgan and Cherokee, In terest K. It. Bonds I mill For Townships Limestone, White Plains and Morgan, Sinking Futid.“ mills For Townships Druytonville and Gowdeyville. Interest R. R. Ronds.2 mills For Townships Draytonville and Gowdeyville, Sinking Fund l^mills For Cherokee Township, Sinking Fund. I'/initlls For Townships Limestone, White Plains and Morgan, Spartanburg Jail 1 mill For Graded School District, Blacks burg, No, 9 :i mills For Graded School District. Gatl'ney, No. 10, 2!4rallls I will he at t he following places for the purpose of collecting taxes: At office from November Hi to December:!! J. R. JoNI.S, County Treasurer. Gaffney. S. ('., Sept. 14th. Ik'.i'J Clerk’s Sales. Statl or Soi'Tii Caiioi.ina, 1 In Conrl of Coir.NTV or Clintonkk, 1 Common Pleas. Peyton R. Love, Plaintiff', against J. G. Love, ct. al., defendants. 111 obedience to an order made ht rein. 011 October Cth, Is'.iii, for purtilion, I will sell at Gaff ney, S. <'., before the Court house door, during the legal hours of sale, 011 salcsday, Tuesday, January 2nd, I'.mhi, (Monday, the tirsi day of January, Is'ing *1 legal 'holiday), the follow ing described property, to-wit : All of the minerals and mineral interest in a certain tract of land In Count y oft 'hcrokec and State of South Carolina, know 11 as "Flint Hill Gold Mine,” being the mineral interest iu said tract of land which is bounded on the North by lands now or formerly belonging to Frank Smith, formerly known as “Kennedy Lands;" hounded on the South by lauds of .1. G. Love; on the East by Rroad River; and on the West by lands of .1. N. Jefferies, con taining two hundred and eighty acres, more or less. Terms of stile: Cash; purchaser to pay for all papers and revenue stamps. No bid will be received for less than Five Thousand Dollars, ($5,t»)0.(>0). In case of non-compliance for one hour, a resale same day at purchaser’s risk. J. Eb. jRnrr.iiiRH, Clk\ C. V. Pis. December 15th, IKOD.-Jt, Petition for Homestead. Tin: :■* A IT, O) SOI Til Cakouna, * < 'OUNTY or CmatoKCK. 1 Ex-Parte, S G. Sarratt, \V. J. Sarratf ami Inez Surratt. Notice Is hereby given that S. G. Sarratt, W’.J. Surratt and Inez. Sarratt have applied tome, by petition, to have u homesl< ud in the iMTsomi I estate of their deceased father, A. A. Sarratt, si I off' to them and Ihelr fol lowing named brothers ami sisters: Clara Hocy Surratt, Annie I’ Sarratt, Anthony Uurrutl, Ethel Sanatt, and Vlvlon Sarru't. Said 1 trillion will come up for a hearing Iteforc me on the I'ilh day of January, 1900. J. Eh. J kkkkkirs, elk. C. c. Pis. Duccuibcr 15th, IsW.-It, Tax Returns. I will open the books for taking returns of property for the year 1900 at my office, iu the town of Gaffney, on Monday, the 1st day of January, 1900. I will be In the office til! the Cth. and will attend the following phices at the following dates from 10a. m. till 0 p. m. each day for the purpose of receiving returns: At Moore School House, on Monday. Sth January, liKW. At Grove, on Tuesday, the 9th day of Jan uary, 1900. Al King’s Creek, on Wednesday, 10th Jan uary, 1900. At Cherokee Fall, on Thursday. 11th Jan uary, 1900. At Blacksburg, on Friday and Saturday. 12th and 1.5th January. 1900. At Grassy Pond, on Monday, January 15th, 1900. At Maud, on Tuesday, Pith January. 1900. At Ezell's, on Wednesday, 17th January, l!**). At Macedonia, Thursday, isth January, 1900. At White Plains, Friday. 19th January, 1900. At Thickety Station. Saturday, 20th Jan uary. hmn). At Draytonville, Monday'22d January, 1900. At Vv ilkiusville, Tuesday, 2id January, I'.KM). At Surratt's (Prldmore’s). Wednesday. 24th January, 1900. At Asbury (T. I). Littlejohn's), Thursday, 25th January, Iboo. At Ravenna (Brown’s Store), Friday, 20lh January, 1!mni. At Timber Ridge, Saturday, 27th January, 1900. At Alien, on Tuesday, 29ih January. l!Mi0. And at t he office until the 20th February, 1900. after which time the 50 per cent, will at tach to ail who neglect or refuse to make re turns. All jM-rsons are requested to give iu any real estate, either bought or sold, who from or to; also in what School District they live. 1 have made arrangements with my assist ant, M. I!. Ross, to he in t he office to taKe re turns during the time that I am out of the office, for the accommodation of all that may call at t lie office. W. D. CAMP, 1228-1:1 w-2-20 Auditor Cherokee Co. DR. J. F. GARRETT* Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Offico over J. It. Tolieson’s new store In office from 1st to 2Gth of each month; Probate Judge’s Sale for January, 1900. STATE <>E SOUTH CAROLINA.) COt.'NTY OF CHKKOKKK. r OFFICE OF PhoBATK J I'DOE. ) Lemuel R. Ross, in his own right, ami as : Administrator, with the Will annexed, | of the estate of John W. Ross, deceased. Plaintiff, against J a cob R. Ross, Amy June Gaffney, John j W. Ross, Lucy C. Holcombe. M. J,. Ross. Mary 10. Hamlin. Wm. II. Ross, and John <.'usliion and Ernest < 'asliion. Defendants. j By virtue of a Decree rendered in tho Pro- bale Court of < hcrokec County, State of South Carolina, on the first Monday, 4th Instant, In December. Is99, ] wil! sell at public auction to the highest bidder, before the Court House door in Cherokee County, Gaffney, South Carolina, on the lirst Tuesday, salcsday, in January next. I!nn), being the 2d day of said month (the tirsl Monday being the first day of the month and a legal holiday), during the legal hours of sale, the following described lands and real estate of John W. Ross, de ceased, *ind on the following terms: All that tract or tracts, parcel or parcels of la lid lying and being In Limestone Township, Cherokee County and State aforesaid, on w a ters of Cherokee Creek, and known as and being the estate lauds of John W. Ross, de ceased. and Imumled on the South by lands of F. S. Nort hey and the Gaffney City L ud and Imprin t ment Company, on the East by estate lands of Wm. U. Gaffney, deceased, and es tate lands of Wells Gaffney, deceased, on the West, by lands of M. I,. Ross and L R. Ross, and on the North by estate lands of Thomas W. Gaffney, deceased, and R. E. Linder, and Containing, as per plat made by R. O. Sams, surveyor, on Oetolier 1st, ls94, four hundred nnd eighty-eight (48S) acres. Also two (2) lots of land, with buildings thereon, lying in the town of Gaffney, State and Coni 'v aforesaid, on Granard Street, In t he northern portion of said town (a conve nient distance from the Southern R. K. depot), each fronting (liti) sixty-six feet on said Gra nard Street and running back 200 feet, the one know n as tlie“Lytton Lot" running buck on alley to another alley; the other, known as the “Elliot Lot," running back on Mills Street to said last named alley, said lots ad- Voiding each other, and Itoumled by Granard and Mills Streets and said two alleys, and on each lot there is a five-room dwelling house, each lot containing i:i,200 square feet, more or less. Tin* town lots ulxive described will In* sold in four lots, so as to give ouch of the two lots fronting on Granard Street *10 feet front on said street, and running back 125 feet, ami the two rear lots t(i'i.\7."> feet, with a five-room dwelling house on eaeh of said lust named lots. The farming lands (iss acres) will In' sold in t hree t raot s; that East of t 'herokue creek, con taining 150 acres, more, or less, will In- sold us the liis) tract; that embracing the late resi- deneoof said John W. Ross, deceased, ami lying West of Cherokee < 'reck and South of the Southern R. R.. will be sold as the second tract, and containing 2(15!acres, more or less; and tlial lying North of said railroad, contain ing 75 acres, more or less, will Ik* sold as tin* third Iract. Plat of said lauds may he seen in this office on day of sale. Terms of Sale: Purchasers of the Town Lois will he required to pay one-half purchase money In cash, balance Iu twelve mouths, will* I n teres t from day of sale, eredll |s>r! ion to In sec u la si by lionh of purchaser and mort gage of tic premises sold. Purchasers of t he ol In r lands above dexci died will Is* required to pa) onc-t bird i'.J cash, balance In one and I wo year*;, equal Instalmeuts, witli Interest iioiu day ol sab , credit [lorthm to be secured b> ImhiiI of purchaser mid mortgage of tho pn nils' s sold. Pureiiaser to pay for papers, slumps, recording of mortgages ami to have the privilege of paying all cash. J. E. Wkumtkh. llce.H, IS99. 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