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o T it .fi You know about it. rush, worry, exhaustion. You about with a great w'eicht resting upon ^you. You can’t throw off this feeling. You are a slave to your work. Sleep fails, and you are on the verge of nervous exhaustion. That is to be done? Take EASTER REJOICINGS. DR. TALMAGE DISCOURSES ON THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. :*i':iwun of Spiritual Cliulnr** and Hhuirat—\ ictory Over l)«*aih u u a il:« Cirave—Tli <■ Mission of Plow vr». Wasuimiton. April 1-”. This sormon of 1 >r. Tillinago ling^ all the lulls of ghulm ss. ospocially appropriate at this reason, when all Christendom Is cele brating Christ's resuriTetioii; text,.1ohn Nix. 41, *Tii the garden a new sepul cher.'’ Looking around the churches tlds morning, seeing llowcrs in wreaths and liowers iu stars and flowers in <•rosr.es and flowers in crowns, billows of beauty, conflagration of beauty, you letl if you stood in a small heaven. You <ay these flowers \.ill fade, ^es, hut perhaps you may see them again. They may l>o immortal, of the fl A \V # V The fragrance flower may he the spirit of the the l.odv of the flower dying on ■ pint may appear do not sav it will be M".- For fifty years it has been lifting up the dis couraged, giving rest to the overworked, and bringing refreshing sleep to the depressed. No other Sarsaparilla approaches it. In age and in cures, ‘“Ayer’s” is “the leader of them all.” It was old before other sarsaparillas were born. $1.00 a boltle. All dreiglsts. Ayer’s Pills aid the ac tion of Ayer’s Sarsapa rilla. They cure bilious ness. 25 cti. c to*. •' I have used Ayer’s medicine? for more than 40 yenrs ai:d liave said from the very'start that you made the best medicines in the vni 'cl. I am sure jour S..rsaj.;.i i. i seved my life wh tn i tint took i l y< it at o. I am now pant 7'* :■!' 1 am never without vour medi< i:. r • . ’ l i; am; Tmouas. P. M., Jan. ~-t. i 99. J i.ou, Ivensaa. Vf-ftoihe Doctor If yo; Iihvc any (•(.tnp'aiiit vliatever an<l «lrbu>* tlie t*' st nit tilc.ti s* vice yoi ean posseb'y receive, write the ct.eti.r f .e.ety. You will re mvc a j r. ient ro- plv, v> it'iort rest Addre»«. lUt. J C. AY I h. Lowell, Mass. better s<>. 1 so. j : e tuieestors of ■roses and camellias and ja- id jasmines and heliotropes in paradise. These apostles «,f beauty eame down In the regular line of apt tolic saeeessif.n. '1 htar au- eestors during the flood, underground, afterward appeared. The world started with Eden; it will ailed a ho Heaven I>!1 IS < end with lldeti. jiaradise of Cod. Paradise means flow ers. While theological geniuses in this (lay are trying to blot <>ut everything material frori titedr Idea ef heaven, and, so far as 1 ean tell, their future state Is to he a floating around some where between the Creat Hear and Cassiopt la. 1 should not he s urprised if at last 1 ean pick up a daisy on the “I am earth. dliped HO.” everlasting hills and hear it say: one of the glorified flowers of Don’t you remember me? I wor with you on Haster morning in It My text itdiodr.ees us into a garden. <t Is a manor in the suburbs of .b ru- .Mtlem owned !>v a wealthy gentleman till! name of court of Joseph. seventy belong. 1 had eon- Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. Joues & Co’s Store. Cat) befonpd at ofilee six days In the wrek DR. J. Gaffney, Office oxer J In office i ui. nth F. GARRETT Dentist, S. C. It. Tolh son’s new store rorn 1st to i''.\ of each J. CDOH WAl.nACK. ,i. couskmus Otts. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. Alt teistness lutrnsted to us. glvon pro» : ' and vigoi us at 1 ntio:,. Oth upstuiis. next V) K. A. Joe .- A Co. ’Phoue fT. JAMES A. WILLIS, at to :m:y at i aw, C i W I-'IC\' , trA <_:. Notary I’uUHe in o H 1 '*'. Pro j)' it', nt <wi given to all busiiu vs. effitcc over It. A. Jones A C o.’s store. HARDIN k McWhorter, ^Vt 1 GAFFNEY, - - S. C. Mouc y (a) Dll rity jt :t; t rlat*\ -Olliceovcr It. A. Jones /v r'o.’b Storp. ’demeed L'iirist. hut he had voted in the negative, or. being a timid man. had ah. i nteil himself when the vote was to he t::ki n. At great expense he laid out the garden, it being a hot climate, I mi].; t t! • re were trees broad branch ed, and there were paths winding un- dor these trees, and here and there were writers dripping down over the ro'-ks into lish ponds, and there were vim and flowers blooming from the vail, and all around the beauties of kiosk and arboriculture. After tin* fa tigues of the Jerusalem courtroom, how refreshing to come into tills sub- urban retreat, botanical and pomolog- icall Wandering In the garden. 1 behold some rocks which have on them the mark of the sculptor’s chisel. 1 eeme nearer, and i find there is a subterra nean n cess. 1 come down the marble steps, and 1 come to a portico, over which there is an architruv chisel cut into i and flowers. 1 i oy the •presentations of fruits eater the portico. On is n broken tomb.” "T tenth, taking side with the military In that light, received a terrible cut from the angel’s sjiear of flame, so that he himself shall go down lift! r awhile under it. The king of ter- r*»rs retiring before the king of grace! The Lord is risen! Let earth and heaven keep Master today! Hosanna! Some things strike my observation while standing In this garden with a new scpulclwr. And. first, post mor tem honors iu contrast with ante mor tem ignominies. If they could have af forded Christ such a costly sepulcher, why could not they have given him an earthly residence? Will they give this piece of marble to a dead Christ in- Mead f a soft pillow for the living Je sus? If they had expended half the xalue of that tomb to make Christ com fortable, it would not have been so sad a story. He asked bread; they gave him a stone. Christ, like most of the world's bene factors, was appreciated better after he was dead. Westminster abbey and monumental(Jreenwood are the w orld's attempt to atone by honors to the dead h r wrongs to the living. Loot's cor ner in Westminster abbey attempts to 1 iy for the sufferings of birub street. Co through that Loot's corner In Wi Minin, ter abbey. There Is Handel, the great musician, from whose music von hoar tudav: but while 1 look at his I statue 1 cannot help bu* think of the discords with which his fellow musi cians tried to destroy him. There is the tomb of John Drydeu, a beautiful monument: but I cannot help but think at To years of age he wrote of his be ing oppressed in fortune and 6f the contract that he had just made for a thousand verses at sixpence a line. And there, too. you find the monument of Saimu l Lath r, the author of “Hudi- bras;” hut while 1 look at his monu ment in Loot's corner 1 cannot but ask myself where he died. In a garret. There 1 see the costly tablet in the Lo- et's corner- tin* costly tablet to one of whom the celebrated Waller wrote: “The old blind schoolmaster, John Mil ton, has just issued a tedious poem on the fall of man. If the length of it be no virtue, it has none.” There is a beautiful monument to Sheridan. Poor I Sheridan! If he could have only dis- eounted that monument for a mutton chop! Justice to the I,l\iiig, Oh, you unliiial children, do not give your parents so much tombstone, but a few more blankets—less funeral and more bedroom! If per cent of the money we now spend on Barns’ ban quets could have been expended in making the living Scotch poet comfort able, he would not have bceu harried with the drudgery of an exciseman. Horace Orceley, outrageously abused while living, v. lieu dead is followed to ward <ircciiwimd by the president of the United States and the 1 ading men of the army and navy. Massachusetts tries to atone at the grave of Charles Sumner for the ignominious resolu tions with which her legislature de nounced the living senator. Do you think Coat the tomb at Springfield can pay f /!' Booth's bullet? Oh, do justice to the living! All the justice you do them you must do this sale the g Mrs of the Necropolis. They cannot wake up to count the number D. K.lniucaii. (J. I-*.Sane:( is. W.Unll. Jr. DUNCAN. SANDERS & HALL, Attorney s-at-Law. Office over .J. 1L Tom-sun's A < 'o.'s Store. nos. I;, m n.in. I! P.SUY K. OsKOItNK EiiTilil & LAWYERS. Prompt situ i.i .01. gi trusted to us. Neiiiry ten all lnish.ess Public In otiiee. J. E. WEBSTER. J\ tt orno.v- A i - I vii w* Office la Court Houst. (Pi' n.'t" J u lg» » office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions u specialty J. C. JEFFERIES *F GAFFNEY, S. C. Comxicrciul Corporation l.:»vv It'.ai Kstato Law. Mum y Ur loan on approvotl security. Rutledge Sc. Smith Shop. can do lour shoclnj/. lire setting, wheel oiling. Vehicles ami implements i-cpaiii d and painti <1. 1 you to give me n trial. Lame lenses and rnuli s examined fit e for all patrons. Your 'IVlOlU* V ’ good LViliU W. 'L. Yoiii .s for pleasantness, 'J'i I< >.M !»>;< >x. A. N. WOOD. BANKER, poea » gent ral Uaoklng and EscbMgc miuess '\ * ll secured witli Burglar- rTOof h; fo and Autorjtali. ! ime Lock Haf<*ty Deposit Po*. n si mo ierate rent. Rnya and sella ,s iir:dBofiiia B ;ys Count y ami School Uiaiujs. Your busmobs aoiiclted. cither lid.* there nre rooms-two or four or six rooms of rock, the wills of these rooms having niches, each niche large enough to held a dead body. Here is one room that is especially wealthy of sculpture. Moat < elt brated Tomb The* fact Is that Joseph realizes he cannot always walk this garden, and he has provided this place for his last slumber. Oh, what a beautiful spot In which to wait for the coming ef the n Mirrcction! Mark well this tomb, for it is to I 1 the most ech brated tomb In all tin* ages, f’alacomhs of Mgypt, tomb of Napoleon, Mahal TuJ of India, nothing compared wi’h it. Christ has just been murdered, and his body will he thrown to the dog.-, and the ravens, like other crucified bodies, unless there be prompt and efficient hindrance. Jo seph. the owner of this mausoleum in the reeks, begs for the body of Christ. He wa kes the poor, mutilated frame from the du.-t and blood, shrouds it and perfumes it. 1 think that regular embalmment was omitted. When in olden time a body was to be embalmed, the priest, with some pretension of medical skill, would point out the place between the ribs where the Incision must lie made, and then the operator, having made the incision, ran lest he be* slain for a violation of the dead. Then the* other priest,: would come with salt of niter and cassia aim wine of palm tree and complete the* embalmment. But l think this embalmment of the body of Christ was omitted. It would have raised another contention and another i lot. The funeral hastens on. Present, I think, Joseph, the owner of the* mau soleum; Nicodemus, the wealthy man who had brought the sp ees, and th,e two Marys. No organ dirge, no plumes, no catafalque. Heavy burden for two men as they carry Christ's body down tin* marble stairs and into the portico and lift the dead weight to the level of the niche In the rock and push the body of Christ into the only pleasant resting place* it ever had. Coming forth from the portico, they close* tho door of rock against the* recess. The government, afraid that the dis ciples may steal the body of Christ and play resurrection, order the* seal of the sanhedrin to be put upon tho door of the tomb, the violation of that seal, like the violation of the i*eal of tin* government of the* Lulled States or Creat Britain, to he* followed with great punishment. A company of sol diers from the tower of Antonia is ele- tailcd to stand guard. Tli Sanhcilrln*» St-ul. At the door of the maii oleiim a fight takes place which .iecldc. the* question for all graveyards and cemeteries, (sword of lighlning against sword of ! stub Angel against military. No seal of letter was ever more easily broken than that seal of the sanhedrin on the | door cf the tomb. The* dead body in tin* niche li the rock begins to move iu 1 its shroud of line* linen, slides down Upon the pavement, moves out of the portico, appears in the doorway, ad vances Into the open air, comes up the imirbl** steps. Having left Ids mortu ary iittiro behind him, he comes forth In workman's garb, as 1 take it, from the fact that the women mistook him for the gardener. 'JhnI day the grave received such shattering It can never be rebuilt. Ail the trowels of earthly masonry can never mend It. Loicycr pud forever It of carriages at the obsequies or to no tice tin* poll:-!) of the Aberdeen granite or to read cpitaphal commemoration. C*. utiemaii’s mausoleum in the suburbs of Jerusalem cannot pay for Bethle hem manger and Calvurcau cross and Lilate’s ruffian judiciary. Lost mor tem honors cannot atone for ante mor tem ignominies. Again, standing in this garden of the sepulcher, I am impressed with the fact that lioral and arborescent decora tions are appropriate for the place of the dead. We are glad that among flowers and sculptural adornments Christ spent the short time of his inhu mation. 1 cannot understand what I some times see in the newspapers where the obsequies a re an non need and the friends say in connection with it, ‘‘Send no flowers,” Bather, if the means allow— 1 say if the means allow—strew the cashet with flowers, the hearse with flowers, the grave with flowers. Lut them on the brow—It will suggest coro nation; iu their hand—it will mean vic tory. Christ wm, burn d in 4 garden. Flow* ers mean resurrection. Deatli Is sad enough anyhow. Let conservatory am] arboretum contribute to its alleviation. The ban hell will ring the victory; the passion flower will express the sympa thy; the daffodil will kindle Its lamp and illumine the darkness. The cluster <4 asters will he the constellation. Your little child loved flowers when she was living. Lut them in her hand now that she c;<n go forth no more and pluck them for herself. On sunshiny days take a fresh garlahd and put It over the still heart. U li ere It CHt l In- IH-uiL Brookl.vn has 110 grander glory than its Oreenv ,0 I. nor Boston than its Mount Auburn, nor Lhiladelphia than its Lann I Hill, nor Cincinnati than Its Bpring Drove, nor Ban Francisco Ilian its Lone Mountain. But what shall we say to those country graveyards with the vines broken down and the slab aslant and the mound caved In and the grass a pasture ground for the sex ton’s cattle? Indeed, were your father and mother of so little worth that you cannot afford to take care of then ashes? Home day turn out all bunds and straighten the slab and hank up the mound and cut away the weeds and plant the shrubs and flowers. Some day you will want to lie down to your last slumber. You cannot cx- p<'t any respect for your bones if you have no dcferruci* for the Corns of your nm < Mry. Do you think these rel ies are of no Importance? You will see of how much Importance they are in the day when the archang 1 takes out his trumpet. Turn all your ceme teries into gardens. Again, standing ip this garden of the new sepulcher, I am l"ipressed with the dignity of private and unpretending obsequies Joseph was mourner, sexton, livery man had entire charge 1 f everything. Only four people tit the burial of the King of the Fn!verse. Oh, let this be consolatory to those who through lack of means or through lack of acquaint ance have but Utile demonstration of grief at the graves of their loved ones. Long line of glittering equipage, two rdws of silver handles, casket of rich- c.-t wood, pi) 11 hearers gloved and scarf ed, arc not necessary. If there be 1 lx til the grave, Llirlst looks down from heaven and remember* that Is two more than were at his obsequies. Kvt I'vyogidzing this Idea, how ynajiy small properties are scattered and wid owhood and orphanage go forth Into cold charity! The departed left a small property, which would have been enough to keep the family together un til they could take care of themselves, hut the funeral exi>enses absorbed ev erything. That went for crape which ought to have gone for bread. A man of moderate means can hardly’ afford to die In any of our great cities. By all means, do honor to the departed, but do not consider funeral pageant as necessary. No one was ever more lov ingly and tenderly put away to sepul cher than Christ our Lord, but there were only four people In the proces sion. Again, standing In this garden with a new sepulcher, I am Impressed with the fact that you cannot keep the dead down. The I’reflit unit ion. Seal of sanhedrin, company of sol diers from the tower .<f Antonia, floor of rock, roof of rook, walls of rock, door of rock, cannot keep Christ in the crypts. Come out and eor.e up he must. Come out and come up he did. Lrofiguration. First fruits of them that slept. Just as certainly as we come down Into the dust, just so ci - talnly we wii! come up again. Though .•ill the granite of the mountains were idled on us we will rise. Though bur ied amid the corals of the deepest cav ern of the Atlantic ocean, we will come to the surface. With these eyes wo may cot look Into the face cf the noonday sun, Lut we shall have stronger vision, because the tamest thing iu the la’*J to which we go will U* brighter than the sun. We shall have bodies with the speed of the lightning. Our bodies Improved, ener gized, swiftened, clarified—mortality, immortality. The door of the grave taken off its hinges and flung flat into the dust. Oh, my brethren, death and the grave j are not so much as they used to he; for while wandering in this garden with the new sepulcher I find that the vines and flowers of the garden have completely covered up the tomb. In stead of one garden there are four gar dens. opening into each other—garden of lldeu, garden of the world's sepul cher, garden of the earth’s regenera tion. garden of heaven. Four gardens. Bloom, O earth! Bloom, O heaven! Oh, my friends, wake up to gladness on this Faster morning! This day, If I interpret it t ight, means joy—it means peace with heaven, and it means peace with all the world. Oh, bring more flowers! Wreathe them around the brazen throat of the eannen; plant them In the desert, that it may blossom like the rose; braid them into the mane of the returned war charger. No more red dahlias of human blood. Give us white lilies of peace. All around the earth strew Faster flowers. And soon the rough voyage of the church militant will be ended, and she will sail up the heaven ly harbor, scarred with many a con flict, hut the flag of triumph floating from her top"*! ' .its. All heaven will come out to greet her into port, and with a long reverberating shout of w el come will say: “There she comes up the l ay, the glorious old ship Zlou! After tempestuous voyage she drops anchor within the veil.” [Copyright. 1900, by Louis Klopsch.) TLoukLI He Wnii a I'aue. When the Marquis of Hipon in an amiable way wandered about the Mas sachusetts state-house one afternoon iu the spring of FS71, he sat down beside a young man who was occupying a cor ner of one of the leather sofas. The young man had a bright face, with a quizzical look to his mouth, and now and tIji'ti a twinkle came to his eye as be talked. The marquis talked a little condi .-eeudingly to* the young man at first and in a moment betrayed the fact that he thought his companion was a page. “But I am a senator,” sard the youDjr man, smiling. “What!” said the nobleman Iu aston- PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. r<*o|>ln You Know and People You Don’t Know. Mrs. R. M. Gaffney went to Spar tanburg Saturday to visit relatine and friends. W. C. S. Wood, of Grassy Pond, made a business trip to the city Friday George 0. Hames, a young farmer of State Line, paid us a visit yester day. Samuel Hopper, Jr., an irrepress ible and irreproachable typograpical artist of The Ledger office, and J. Lucian Hopper, the inimitable wit, went to Waynesville, N. C., Sunday to visit their parents. And now shult there be desolation throughout the land, U. J. Kirby of Sunny Side, was among his friends in the city Friday. James S. Oglesby and J. C. Lut- | ram. o f Cowpens, were pleasant call- | ers at thb office Satu* - lay WALNUT WOOD IS DEAR. ▲ Good Grove of Trees Will ISrloK n Siiuk Fortune Any Day. Indiana timber land, which was con sidered the best In the country, is 1k.*- Ing so rapidly denuded of the once splendid forests of hard wood timlH*r that speculators are seeing the advan tage of gobbling up everything that may be got in the way of timber tracts. The walnut and hickory of Indiana and Ohio are considered the best that can be had, and the monster poplars w’hich once formed the nucleus for tin- log heap fire are now worth individu ally more as they stand than the acres they occupy will bring when cleared, many u \ oplar tree selling for $100 be fore an ax touched it. i h<* walnut that was once so ph uM ful that barn timbers, house sills, fence rails, etc., were made from it Is becom ing exceedingly scarce, and curled wii- nut stump! have brought ah .ost fabu- F.ank Beam, a successful farmer cf 1 lous prices, while iii'*kory of the shell- ishment, looking at the smooth face of the young man. “I am a senator, elected from a dis trict in the city of Boston,” was the reply again. “Were you born iu the city, too?” said the marquis. “.Vo.” “Where, then7” “In the island next to yours,” with a sharp look and a laugh iu his eye. The marquis laughed heartily, too, and ho made mental note of the name and face of young I’a trick A. Collins. When the two met in England In the summer of 1SS7, Mr. Collins had u warm wel come from the man whq had taken him for a page in the state semi.a 16 years Ix-fon*. When General Collins was l uited States consul general at Lon don, the acquaintance was renewed and the incident of years before laugh ed over.—Saturday Evening Rost- Grindp.i, was in the city Friday. Paul Fariatt ana H>rry Byars made a Hying ’rip to Shelby, N. 0.. Sunday and*, are inf-rmea didn't uiigiit. They w-.ro m-t at the city limits by the city officials and not ev-.-n perm it ted to ge. dinner, much less attend to the business they had gone on J. G. Love, a Broad rive • planter o' Smith’)- Ford, came in to see us while 11 the cn 1 Friday. Richard Barnes, of Asbury, one of Cherokee’s most sterling farmers, was in to see us Saturday. J. S. Harris, of Goforth, a progres- s ve Cherokee farmer, was a Ledger visitor Friday. 1). Baxter Wood, a prominent business man of Pacolet, was in the city yesterday on business. Fred i^aris, of Ezells, one of the successful farmers of this county, was in the city Friday with a wagon load of white peas for sale, Mr. Paris’ peas are of an early variety, which he Las been carefully cultiva ting for severs! years. Mr. and Mrs. W. Sam Lipscomb, of Asbury, visited their daughters at Limestone College Friday. W. L. Woodson, of Atlanta, man ager of the American Press Associa tion, was in Gaffney Saturday and visited several places of interc*st in the city. He expressed himself a' surprised at the size of Gaffney, the magnitude and diversity of our man ufacturing industries, our big busi ness houses, our schools and Lime stone College and the generally well equipped condition of the city for business. C. Cash, an extensive merchant and farmer of lizclls, paid us a visit Hat urday. Mr. find Mr*. B. M. Poole, of I.awn, honored The Ledger with a visit Fri day. FdUr. Sidney G. Harratt, of Sarratt’r, a popular young physician and exten sive and progrssive farmers spent Suidiy and yesterday in the city with his sisters and brothers, oq Limesto ie street. Mr, Hugh Moore, who was outside manager for the Doctors Curtis when they conducted the Limestone Springs Female High School away hack in lire fifties, and now one of Cherokie s old, and most highly respected citi- z:ns, paid The Ledger an appieclat- d visit Friday. Rev. Mr. Giadinghagin left yester day for Columbia, where lie expects to labor in the city and surrounding country in ministerial and missionary work. Basil Pettit, of Ravenna, one of Cherokee’s very best fanners, accom panied by his bright little son, Clar ence, came in to see The Ledger Fri day. Dr. Lie Davis Lodge and Capt. H. P. Griffith spent Saturday in Spar tanburg. W. C. Thompson left his farms in York and Chester counties the last of last week and came up home to spend a few days iu the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Thomp son, on Race street. E. P. Macomson, Esq., of Mercer, was in the city a short time Friday. John Thomas K u PP e . of Maud, was a visitor to this office Saturday. Uncle Thomas D. Goudelock, of Gowdysville, came up to the city Fri day looking after business and paid bark variety can scarcely be found in some of t e hot section-’. Las’ year’s puichasc* by a Goshen find.) film of 55 standing walnut trees near the northern In-liana IP <• for $lo,- cX»0 ahd the handsome sma they make out ol the handling of tills rare clump of trees have proved au incentive in the search for timber !» other direc tions. Grant county furnished a no ticeable instance in the sale of the 1,030 acres of virgin forest on the Wood tract, the last large forest iu In diana, for $00,000. A New York linn bought the walnut timber where it stood for $53,O K). Four hundred acres of land the timber being reserved by the seller, sold for $20,000, and there remain 030 acres of the best timlx r In Indiana, the walnut alone being sold from it. The buyers will clear $50,000 by their deal iu that timber. Where years ago the lumbermen went for only large tracts they are now content with Individual trees, and wherever there is a notably line forest monarch of the desirable variety its whereabouts become widely known, and the competition to secure it is very sharp. -Chicago Record. Antlca of a Palace (’nr. A remarkable accident happened on the incoming International passenger train the other day when within ten miles of Laredo. The train was com ing down a steep grade, running 40 miles an hour, when the Pullman rear coach, because of spreading of the rails, left the track, ran the length of two telegraph poles <utsiile of the crossties, was jerked hack across to the other side of the track and inn for some distance at au aiude of 15 degrees on a ’Jo foot <'nhani.ii.t W'l.-en a CUlvert 2l» feet . 1, tho Pullman rnt 1 i t ’v 1 and ere* sed on the < e.,;i , nearly' every one of them in tv.o piece.-:. Four telegraph poles biyond :he culvert was a switch, upon which the Pullman re gained therails jin-* as tin engineer suc ceeded in bringing his fain to a stand still. The Pullman was full of passen ger:, and not one of them was hurt.— Galveston News. I.futlier ileltinic. The average life of first class leather belting, nimfiug indoors and under or dinary conditions, is ten years. Belts subjected to acid fumes would last a much shorter time than that, and, oq the other baud, iu especially favoring Circumstances a belt might last much longer. There was taken dow n In New York not long ago a leather belt that had been running 24 years. This, how ever, was something unusual. As is the ease with pretty much ev erything that is made and sold, leather belting may he bought secondhand, the secondhand belts coining Into the mar ket naturally enough through the re fitting of factories, through the substi tution of belts of one width for those of another, and so on. (Secondhand belts that have not been much used sell for not very much less than new belt;:. Their price decreases, of course, according to the wear to which they have been subjected. Wheu a leather belt ceases to he uh ful as a belt, it (g likely to he sold to he cut up Into hoot heels, what there Is left of It after that going to the scrap heap.—New York Hun. t lluril*i»rkln|i Millionaire. Few rich men work harder than John 11. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil Crue- feu*. and certainly no other New York Uiiilloiiafi’c is personally so little In evi- vl- tiec as lu*. Nearly every day he puts |ii it lengthy period at his office In low er Broadway, and even the days he Is absent me usually passed In business pursuits elsewhere. There Is therefore color of truth lu the report that he ik;- eently sighed for a man to look after his Interests, offering to ’viv an miutiul salary of $1,000,000 for su< 11 service.— Chicago Chronicle.. The Ledger a visit. Will Brown, a young farmer and cattle man of Ravenna, was in the city yesterday. Joseph T. Love, a prominent eiti- zen of (jiive, Chester county, was in the city Friday on a visit to Mr. Clin ton Good and family. Howard A. Littlejohn, of Florence, is in the city on a visit to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Littlejohn, <m Limestone Street. Howard has many friends in his old home city who are glsd to see him. J. D. McCullough, of Barratt, a successful Broad river farmer, calk d to see The Ledger Friday. . Tom J,.McAllister, once a popular salesman in tho Company Store to Gaffney but who now has a similar position in the Clifton* Company Store, was with his many friends lu tho city yesterday. David Gaston, a bright and hustling young business man of Blacksburg, paid The Ledger a pleasant call Fri day while in the city. Tit For Tut. Sometimes the girls here and there have organized societies for the pur pose of mutually’ declining to receive the attentions of young men who siieuid it fuse to sign total abstinence pled,*;*.*-. It is now for the boys to m*at- ly turn the tables by declining to pay attention to any girl wearing the‘wings or feathers of one of our song birds in her hat. The vice of intemperance is not so very much worse than the hide ous vanity which in its thoughtlessness of cruelty sacrifices the choristers of the forest for Its gratification.—Lhilu- delphia Record. S. C. & G. E. R. R. CO. Schedule No. 4. In Effect ja:ei A. M.. Sunday,December 24th, ’og Between Camden,S.C. and Blacksburg,S.C. WEST. LAST 3.V :j:i a 4. KA STL It A' TIM K, J- STATIONS. r- i c r. I ! t*. M. 1*. ' v: -i',| 5 l*. II. 1 C. M. si) 12 50 . CAMDEN., s .'ib 1 j 15 . DLKALH .... 12 e; u ail Hr . WLsTvu.bK . 11:0 0 50; 140 • • K LUSHA W 11;;-, 2 10 HEATH SPRINGS It 20 2 II .PLKASANT HILL It 15 2 35 .. .LANCASTER 10 55 2 50 lUVEKSIDL 10 4<i ;j <0 . SPUING 1>LLL.. I 10 50 5 10 CAT AW UA .II’NG’N 10 501 11 901 It :>V 12 50 I 00 1 20 2 m 2 50 :i 10 4 w! 4 45 5 SO 0 (Oi li ar»l l< 35 j 7 00 Pi :i ao :j lo 3 55 4 02 4 20 1 ii 4 50 a oo 5 so LESLIE ROCK HILL .... NEW l'OUT' .. Tj HZ AH YOPvKVILLE ..SHAKON HICKORY GROVE SMYRNA .. HLArKSlM'UO P. M P M. 10 :io 12 20 iO Iu. ll oo 10 oo 10 40 9 55 S 20 9 50 S l^i 9 l.V 7 30 5 00) 0 5o s 45 0 -J) s 35; « (41 s 15 5 30 A. M. | A. M. Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,N.C. WEST. 11 a». 3 :V4. EAST. 12. EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. 45 ri Kltchfiivr'a Hyv», One of the peculiarities of Lord Kitchener is that he never mentions himself, says a contributor to Mainly About People. 1 beard the other day, however, of the one exception he ever made to this rule. It was iu Egypt, and they were on the hunt for an Im portant sheik, whose capture was tor the moment of vital lmi»ortMiice. When Kitchener had given a full description of the sheik, aomelrody still expressed a doubt as to whether they would ever be able to recognize the man amid the Innumerable turbans and jebbuhs which are the common wear lu the land of the Arabs. “Oil/' said Kltck cncr, “you'll he sure to recognize him! He has very blue eyes—almost as blue as mine!” Few wed Cliurcli Fpoprrtf. Wheu the sexton opened the Norwe gian Lutheran church for prayer ipect* tug the other night, he found the ehalra, pews, organ and even hyiuubooks gone. He discovered tin- missing articles In u local pawnshop, where thieves got $50 on them. They represented them selves as deacons eager to raise funds for the church, which, they said, was in finuueial distress.- Denver Post a m i* a. s Id 5 30 h au * 401 9 at; to oo 10 to JO 25, Jo 50' )l 15 11 35 11 4V 12 05 12 25 12 V) p. a. WEST. 1st ( kiss. 1ft. 13. 5- J-- = .'-c Cx = -ul = HLA< KSIH’ltO EARLS ~ sT- .- rz ■- ' z* = -r. 5 u '7. +* 5 50 PATTERSON Sp-GS 7 i’. im CLJ L' I i»v r SAtLLRY . .... I ... LATTIMOKK . MOORESIMJRO. HENRIETTA FOREST erry Rt TUI lH (JRDTON MILLWOOD GOLDEN VALLEY THERMAL‘Try GLEN wool).... MARION P. Gaffney Division, EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. EAST. I ->1 < I*. IS. K. * 'J. 1 00 0 00 ItLACKSUUHG 7 50 3 00 120 «20 CHEROKEE FALLS 7 :to 2 40 140 t) 40 .GAFFNEY 7 lo 2 20 P M A M , A M I* M Train No. 32 leaving Marlon. N. < at 5 a. in. making <-1ok.- i-oauix-timi sit liiaokobnrg. S will) the Southern's train No. irtl for Char lotte, V and aM point* Lnot. uud eomu-ot- Ing with the Southern's vi-htlhule going to Atlanta, Ga.. amt nil point* W. *r, and will receive passengers going East from train No. lUonthuC. & N. W. K. K., at Yorkvllle, S. at * 45 a. rn.. nmi conm is ;it < aiinh-n, K. ('., with the Southern's Irnin No. 7* arriv ing 111 Charleston S. C., at *17 p. m, Train No. :i4 wtih passengerot-aoi: atun-hed, leaving Jllitt'kshiirg at 5..M) u. in., ond cou- nci-tlng at Rock IIM. F. ('., with the South ern's Florida train for nil points South. Train No. 33 leaving Cwmleu, M 12.50 p, nt.. after the arrival of the Southern'* < hurh-sP>n train connects :it Lani-n*ier, S. C., with the L. A C. R. R ; at Catawki .Inert Ion with the H. A. I.., going Lust, at KoeU Hill, S.C.. wltti the Southern’s train No. 34 for charlotte, ,\. uud all isdnt* Fist. Connects lit Yorkvllle, S. with irnin No. !) on tho (V A N. W. )(. R , for Chester, K. C. At lUackshurg with the Southern's vest 11 Mile going F:isl, and the Southern’s trsln No. 35 going West, and connecting »i Marlon, N. (>., with the Southern Istlh Lust and Wo*t. h.tMl'L*. IltVf, Preside lit. 4. Tat IFF. * i.uei in te udeu t. * M. H. LtMi’LlN, Uea'L Fasseager Agent. VTliPu TbiiiKs Go Wi-oiik. Worry Is the twin sister of nervous ness. Neither should ever enter Into the daily life of any one. God, in his all wise pr -v : ’. nee. put the head of a human being on lop. that all beneath it might be subservient to it. There is something wrong above the eyes, in the region of the will power, when one becomes nervous in the sense of excit ability. “Know thyself” is good; con trol thyself is better. Worry and ex citement never aided any one. Any fool can get along when everything Is all right, but it takes a wise man, a level headed man, to get along and not worry or become nervous when every thing is all wrong. — Ladies’ Homo Journal. Why do you... send yout- job printing out of town when can you get it done at home as cheat) and in as good stylo ".s you can away from home i Send for a Ledger rep resentative the next time you want job printing and give a home enterprise a chance. SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Co ode cmeii Schedule of Pmseng,r Tralao. In EiTed Dec. 10,1899. Vea. No. 18. FstMa Northbound. No. 12. No. 3*?. Ex. No. 34. Daily Daily Sun. Dally. Lv Atlanta.(,T 7 a 12 Mm 4 3*J p 11 50 p “ Atlanta,FT H !AJ j 1 00p 6 30 p 6 21 p 12 5) a “ Norcrosa 5 30 a 1 24 a •* Buford. 10 05 a 7 03 p 1 63 a “ Oa!a<>evllle 10 25 a 2 25 p 7 33 p 2 1ft a “ Lula... 10 58 a 2 45p 8 OUp 8 30 p 2 88a ** Cornelia... 11 35 i *’ Mt Airy. 11 30 a 8 35 p Lv Toocoa 11 53 a 3 33 p 9 OOp 3 2Sa Ar. EjOoi tou. Lv. Kflierton... 9 0) a 5 40 p 11 45 a Lv W iuiu*ter 12 blm 4 04 a “ Seneca. 12 62 p 4 15 p 4 28a " Central.,.. 1 4i) p 4 55a " Greenville 2 34 p 6 22 p 6 00a *• Spar'hurg . 8 37 p 6 13 p . . # , f „ . . 7 03a *• Gaffney.. 4 20 p C 48p ....... 7 45a “ Blacksburg 4 3ft p 7 02 p ..... 8 02 a “ King's Mt.. 6 03 p . ....... 8 27 a " Ga^ionia.. 6 26 p ....... 8 61 at " Charlotte.. 8 150 p 8 18 p . ....... » 60 a Ar Gre'uahoro V 55 p 10 47 p .... 12 2Jp Lv Gre'm-boro 11 45 p Ar. Norfolk . . — 8 25 a Ar Danville.. 11 25 p 11 66 p 1 38 p Ar. Richmond.. 00 a 6 00 a 6 25 p — •> w*-.*-— —— ' ■ — —— — Ar W’hiogton. ....... 6 42 a 8 50 p “ li'moic PR 8 00a ...... 11 25 p ’• Ph’delphia. 10 15 u 2 64 a ** New York. • • . a • • • 12 4 ni # 23a FstMa Ves. Southbound. No. 35. So. 37. No. 11. Daily Daily. Daily Lv N Y., Pa li. 12 15 a 4 30 p •’ Ph'di-lph'.tt 3 60u G 66 p “ Baltiinore. 6 22 a 9 20 p “ Wash'ton. 11 IGn 10 46 p Lv. Ri hmond. Iff 01 n 11 00 |i II 00 p . .....a Lv. Dniiville.. 5 48 p 6 60 u 6 10a ...... * Lv Norfolk. . 9 00 a 8 35 p Ar Gre'tiaboro 6 35 p 6 16a Lv. <4re’ngboro 7 lu p 7 06 a 7 37 * Ar Charlotte V 45 p 0 25a 12 06m Lv Gastonia. IU 42 p 10 07 ft 1 12 p “ Kvog * Mt. “ BI.-ii-kshurL- 11 26 p 10 45 ft 1 3hp 2 trip " GntTney. 11 42{. 10 68 it 2 24 p “ I-pnr'hurg . 12 2tiu 11 34 a 3 16 p “ Green villa 1 80a 12 30 p 4 30 p TTo^TT. “ Central 6 42 p “ Koneca . . 2 32 a 1 30 p 6 08p J*: “ W'lnln-ier 6 ’Ap “ Tyeooa 3 28 u 2 15 n T OOp Lv Kl tier ton. U 00 a 1 30 p Ar. Rl tier ton. 11 4 5 «. 6 40 p * Lv. Mt Airy.. 7 2ft p ti Joa “ Cornelia . 7 82 p 6 35 a “ Lula ... 4 18 a 3 14 p 8 Oo p 4 67 a “ GuiuMvillo 4 30 ft 3 33 p 8 20 p 7 20 u “ Buford. 8 02 U 8 4* p 7 4ft t> v Norcrosa. & 26 ft 9 1ft p 8 27a Ar. Atlanta.KT 6 IOh 4 66 p 10 OOp fi 30-t “ Atlanta,CT 6 10 a V OOp 8 30 u Lala and Athana. Kx. fcoo. No. 18. Dally. STATIONS. No. 18. Daily. No. 10. Ex. Sun. n iup # »4p « 60 p • 80 p 'Ifbte 11 06 a 11 34 a 11 62 a _12 80 p d ose o Lv . Lula Ar ’• Maysville “ •’ Harmony “ Ar. Athena Lv muec-llon mods 10 60 a 10 19 a lu 03 a 6 26a at Lu T 86 p 7 OOp 6 88 p 4 OOp la with ■tain line train,. “A'* a rn. “p-’p. m. “M“ nooa. “N” night. ChgttiipMke Line Ktcsinem in daily aarvice Wwcun Kor'-dkaud lialtiiuore. No* 87 ana 84—Daily Woeklafton and (tou'hweatorn Vestibule Limited. Through Fullmau Mleeplogcar* between New York and New OrUuna, via Waehtngtoa. Atlanta and Montgomery, and mIko between New York oad MeinnMa, via Washington, Atlanta and iHr mi»K>>ain. At** elegant Pum.mam Lisramt OiiMitKVAf ion Car* between Atlanta and New York KtrhU-laM thoroughfare couches be* tween WaiihingtoB and Atlanta. Dining care •orvc all men.* eu route. Leaving Wasting- tngton Monday*, Wudueiidny* and Friday* a tonrtvl Nli-aping car will run through between Washington and K*s Francinoo without ehang*. Pullman lira wine room ulecTiIng cars betwaeti Greensboro and Norfolk. Close connectiba si Norfolk for Oi.o Point Comport No* 35 and 3ft—United State* Font Moil rnm* •Olid between Washington and N,w Orleauu via Southern Railway, A. 4t W. F B. B. an<& L A N It. It., In-lug rotupoaod of cooiJhea, through without chango for pnaaeugere of ol) •la*He*. Pullman drawing room aleeptagoara betwieu New Y'oikund New Grinaiia. via At Unta av.j ptt* eu tj Montgomery and u/J Atlanta, DUiing between Char car* serve all M eel* mi route No* li, 33. - 4 and IS'-Pullman uleeplng rara beiweeu Utchii.ond and Charlotte, via Dan ville. ftouthbooud Noe. li and M, northbound os H4 and 12 RANK 8 GANNON. J.M.CULP. Third V F A Gen. Mgr. T. M.. Waebtagtom W. A. TURK. tt. U HARDWICK. M y. A* AM—Mb. r AO- *