The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 15, 1900, Image 3
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DR. TALMAGE PLEADS FOR WELCOME
FOR THE PRODIGAL.
Hits No Synipnthv With the Self
II luht eoim Killer Brother — Kind-
tics* Would lleolitlm Many Who
Fall hy the Wny.
Washington, May 0. — lu this ills-
course Dr. T'aliuage pleads for a hearty
reception to all those who have done
wrong and want to get hack, while the
unsympathetic and self righteous are
excoriated; text, Luke xv, 28, “And
he was angry and would not go lu.”
Many times have I been asked to
preach a sermon about tbe elder broth
er of the parable. I received a letter
from Canada saying, "Is the elder sou
of the parable so unsympathetic and
so cold that he is not worthy of recog
nition?’’ The fact Is that we ministers
pursue the younger son. You can hear
the (lappings of his rags lu many a ser-
nionic breeze and the cranchiug of the
pods for which he was an uusdbcessful
contestant. I confess that It has been
difficult for me to train the camera ob-
scura upon the elder son of the para
ble. 1 could not get a negative for a
photograph. There was not enough
light in the gallery, or the chemicals
were poor, or the sitter moved In the
picture. But now I think I hare him;
not a side face or a three-quarters or
the mere bust, but a full length por
trait ns he appears to me. The father
In the parable of the prodigal had noth
ing to brag of In his two sous. The
one was a rake and the other n churl.
1 find nothing admirable lu the disso
luteness of the one, and I find nothing
attractive lu the acrid sobriety of the
other. The one goes down over the
larboard side, and the other goes down
over the starboard side, but they both
go down.
From all the windows of the old
homestead bursts the minstrelsy. The
floor quakes with the feet of the rus
tics, whose dance Is always vigorous
and resounding. The neighbors have
heard of the return of the younger son
from his wanderings, and they have
gathered together. The house Is full
of congra tula tors. I suppose the tables
are loaded with luxuries; not only the
one kind of meat mentioned, but its
concomitants. “Clap!" go the cym
bals, “Thrum!" go the harps, “Click!”
go the chalices, up nud down go the
feet Inside, while outside Is a most sor
ry spectacle
Alvvnya Present.
The senior son stands at the corner
of the house, a frigid phlegmatic. He
has Just come In from the fields lu very
substantial apparel. Seeing some wild
exhilarations around the old mansion,
he asks of a servant passing by with
a goatskin of wine on his shoulder
what all the fuss Is about. One would
have thought that, on hearing that his
younger brother had got back, he
would have goue Into the house and re
joiced and, If he were not conscien
tiously opposed to dancing, that he
would have Joined in the oriental schot-
tish. No. There he stands. His
brow lowers; his face darkens; his lip
curls with contempt; he stamps the
ground with Indignation; he sees noth
ing at all to attract. The odors of the
feast coming out on the air do not
sharpen his appetite; the lively music
does not put any spring Into his step.
He is In a terrible pout; he criticises
the expense, the injustice and the mor
als of the entertainment. The father
rushes out bareheaded and coaxes him
to come in. He will not go In; he
scolds the father; he goes Into a pas
quinade against the younger brother,
ami he makes the most uncomely
scene; he says, “Father, you put a
premium on vagabondism. I staid at.
home and worked on the farm. Yon
never made a party for me; you didn’t
so much as kill a kid. That wouldn’t
have cost half as much as a calf. But
this scapegrace went off In fine clothes,
and he comes back not fit to be seen,
and what a time you make over him!
He breaks your heart, and you pay
him for It. That calf, to which we
have been giving extra feed during all
those weeks, wouldn’t be so fat and
sleek If I had known to what use you
were going to put It! That vagabond
deserves to be cowhlded Instead of
banqueted. Veal Is too good for blm!"
That evening, while Hie younger sou
sat telling his father about his adven
tures and asking about what had oc
curred on the place since his departure,
the senior brother goes to bed disgust
ed and slams the door after him. That
senior brother still lives. You can see
him any Sunday, any day of the week.
At a meeting of ministers In Germany
some one asked the question, “Who is
that elder sou?” and Krummacher an
swered: ‘‘I know him; I saw him yes
terday.” And when they Insisted upon
knowing whom he meant he said: “My
self. When I saw the account of the
conversion of a most obnoxloua man, 1
was Irritated.”
Ah Ingrate.
First, this senior brother of the text
stands for the self congratulatory, self
satisfied, self worshipful man. With
the same breath In which he vitupe
rates against his younger brother ho
utters a panegyric for himself. The
self righteous mnu of my text, like ev
ery other self righteous man, was full
of faults. He was an Ingratc, for he
did not appreciate the home blessings
which he had all those years. He was
disobedient, for when the father told
him to come In he staid out. He was
a liar, for he said that the recreant son
had devoured his father’s living when
the father, so far from being reduced
to penury, had a homestead left, had
iustruments of music, had jewels, had
n mansion and Instead of being a pau
per was a prince. This senior brother,
with so many faults of bis own, was
merciless In his criticism of the youn
ger brother. The only perfect people
that 1 have ever known were utterly
obnoxious. I was never so badly cheat
ed In my life ns bv n perfect man. 'He
got so far up in his devotions that he
was clear up above all the rtiles of
common honesty. These men that go
about prowling among prayer pieeb
In^s and In places of business, tell
ing how good they are—look out for
them; keep your baud on your pocket-
book! I have noticed that Just In pro
portion as a man gets good he gets
bumble. The deev Mississippi does not
make ns much noise us the brawling
mountain rivulet. There bus been many
a store that had more goods lu the
show window than Inside on the
shelves.
Self Admiration.
J’hls 4J?J| righteous unm gf Jim *t
stood at the corner of the house hug
ging himself In admiration. Wo bear a
great deal In our day about the higher
life. Now, there are two kinds of high
er life men. The one is admirable, and
the other Is repulsive. The one kind
of higher life man Is very lenient In his
criticism of others, does not bore pray
er meetings to death with long ha
rangues, does not talk a great deal
about himself, but much about Christ
and heaven, gets kindlier and more
gentle nud more useful until one dtiy
his soul spreads a-wlug, and he files
away to eternal rest, and everybody
mourns his departure. The other high
er life man goes around with a Bible
conspicuously under his arm, goes from
church to church, a sort of general
evangelist, Is a nuisance to his own
pastor when he Is at home and a nui
sance to other pastors when he Is away
from home, runs up to some man who
Is counting out a roll of bank bills or
running up a difficult line of figures
and asks him how his soul Is, makes
religion a dose of Ipecacuanha; stand
ing In a religious meeting making an
address, he has a patronizing way, as
though ordinary Christians were clear
away down below' him, so he had* to
talk at the top of his voice In order to
make them hear, but at the same time
encouraging them to hope on that by
climbing many years they may after
awhile come up within sight of the
place where he now stands. I tell you
plainly that a roaring,roistering,bounc
ing sinner Is not so repulsive to me as
that higher life malformation. The
former may repent; the latter never
gets over his Pharisaism. The youn
ger brother of the parable came back,
but the senior brother stands outside
entirely oblivious to his own delinquen
cies and deficits, pronouncing his own
eulogium. Oh, how much easier It Is
to blame others than to blame our
selves! Adam blamed Eve, Eve blam
ed the serpent, the senior brother blam
ed the younger brother, and none of
them blamed themselves.
Few ProdlffHl* Retorm.
Again, the senior brother of my text
stands for all those who are faithless
about the reformation of the dissipated
and the dissolute. lu the very tones
of his voice you cau hear the fact that
he has no faith that the reformation of
the younger son Is genuine. His en
tire manner seems to say: “That boy
has come back for more money. He
got a third of the property. Now he
has come back for another third. He
will never be contented to stay on the
farm. He will fall away. I would go
lo. too, and rejoice with the others If 1
thought this thing was genuine, but It
is a sham. That boy Is a confirmed In
ebriate and debauchee.” Alas, my
friends, for the Incredulity In the
church of Christ In regard to the recla
mation of the recreant! You say a
man has been a strong drinker. I say,
“Yes, but he has reformed.” “Oh,”
you say, with a lugubrious face, “I
hope you are not mistaken; I hope you
are not mistaken.” You say; “Don’t
rejoice too much over his conversion,
for soon he w'lll be unconverted, I fear.
Don’t make too big a party for that re
turned prodigal or strike the timbrel
too loud, and if you kill a calf kill the
oue that is on the commons and not the
one that has* been luxuriating in the
paddock.” That is the reason why
more prodigals do not come home to
their father’s house. It is the rank in
fidelity in the church of God on this
subject. There Is not a house on the
streets of heaven that has not in It a
prodigal that returned and staid home.
There could be unrolled before you a
scroll of 100,000 names—the names of
prodigals who came back forever re
formed. Who was John Bunyan? A
returned prodigal. W’bo was Richard
Baxter? A returned prodigal. Who
was George Whltefleld, the thunderer?
A returned prodigal. And I could go
out In all the aisles of this church to
day ami find on either side those who,
once far astray for many years, have
been faithful, and their eternal salva
tion Is as sure as though they had been
ten years in heaven. And yet some of
you have not enough faith In their re
turn!
Need of Christian Sympathy.
You do not know how’ to shake hands
with a prodigal; you do not know how
to pray for him; you do not know bow
to greet him. He wants to sail Into the
warm gulf stream of Christian sym
pathy. You arc the Iceberg against
wiiich be strikes and shivers. You say
he has been a prodigal. I know It, but
you are the sour, unresponsive, censo
rious, saturniuc, cranky elder brother,
and if you are going to heaven one
would think some i>eople would be
tempted to go to perdition to get away
from you. Tbe hunters say that If a
deer be shot the other deer shove him
out of their company, and the general
rule is, “Away with a man that has
been wounded with sin!” Now, I say,
the more bones a man has broken tbe
more need he has of a hospital and
the more a man has been bruised
and cut with sin the more need he has
to be carried Into human and divine
sympathy. But for such men there is
not much room In this world—tbe men
who want to come back after wander
ing. Plenty of room for elegant sin
ners, for sinners In velvet and satin
and lace, for sinners high salaried, for
kid gloved and patent leathered sin
ners, for sinners fixed up by hairdress
er. pomatumed and lavendered and co-
logued and frizzled and crimped and
“banged” sinners — plenty of room!
Such wo meet elegantly at the door of
our churches, and we Invite them Into
the best seats with Chesterfieldian gal
lantries; we usher them Into the bouse
of God and put soft ottomans under
their feet and put a gilt edged prayer
book lu their hands and pass tbe con
tribution box before them with an air
of apology, while they, the generous
souls, take out the exquisite portemon-
mile and open It and with diamonded
finger push down beyond tbe $10 gold-
pieces and delicately pick out as an ex
pression of gratitude their offering to
the Lord—of 1 cent! For such sinners
plenty of room, plenty of room! But
for the man who has been drinking un
til his coat is threadbare, and bis face
Is eryslpelased, and bis wife’s wedding
dress is In tbe pawnbroker’s shop, and
his children. Instead of being In school,
are out begging broken bread at the
basement doors of tbe city—the man,
body, mind and soul on fire with the
flumes that have leajied from the scath
ing, scorchlug, blasting, blistering, con
suming cup which the drunkard takes,
trembling and agonized and affrighted,
am] presses to his parched Up, and his
cracked tongue, nud his shrieking yet
Immortal spirit—no room]
had not gone so far off, 1? he had not
dropped so low In wassail, the protest
would not have been so severe; but,
going clear over the precipice, ns the
younger son did, the elder son Is angry
and will not go In.
Pity the Fallen.
Be not so hard in your criticism of
the fallen lest thou thyself also be
tempted. Do j’ou know who that man
was who. Sabbath before last, stagger
ed up and down the aisle In a church,
disturbing the service until the service
had to stop until he was taken from
the room? He was a minister of the
gospel of Jesus Christ lu a sister de
nomination! That man had preached
the gospel; that man had broken the
bread of the holy communion for the
people. From what a height to what
a depth! Oh, 1 was glad there was no
smiling In the room when that man
was taken out, his poor wife following
him with his hat In her hand and his
coat on her arm. It was as solemn to
me as two funerals—the funeral of the
body and the funeral of the soul. Be
ware lest thou also be tempted!
An Invalid went to South America
for his health and one day sat sunning
himself on the beach when he saw
something crawling up the beach wrig
gling toward him, and he was affright
ed. He thought It was a wild beast or
a reptile, and lie took his pistol from
his pocket. Then he saw It was not a
wild beast. It was a man, an immortal
man, a man made in God’s own image,
and the poor wretch crawled up to the
feet of the invalid and asked for strong
drink, and the invalid look his wine
flask from his pocket and gave the
poor wretch oomethlng to drink, and
then, under the stimulus, lie rose up
and gave his history. He had been a
merchant in Glasgow. He had gone
down under the power of strong drink
until he was so reduced lu poverty
that be was living In a boat just off the
beach. “Why,” said the invalid, “1
knew a merchant In Glasgow once, a
merchant of such and such a name.”
And the poor wretch straightened him
self and said. “I am that man!” “Let
him that thinkoth he standeth take
heed lest he fail.”
Again I remark that the senior broth
er of my text stands for the spirit of
envy and jealousy. The senior broth
er thought that all the honor they did
to the returned brother was a wrong
to him. He said, “I have staid at home,
and I ought to have had the ring, and
I ought to have had the banquet, and
I ought to have had the garlands.”
Alas, for this spirit of envy and jeal
ousy coming down through the ages!
Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob. Saul
and David, Hainan and Mordecai,
Othello and lago, Orlando and Angeli
ca, Caligula and Torquatus, Cmsar and
Poinpey, Columbus and the Spanish
courtiers, Cambyses and the brother
he slew because he was a better marks
man. Dionysius and Philoxenius, whom
he slew because he was a better singer.
Jealousy among painters—Closterman
and Geoffrey Kneller, Hudson and
Reynolds. Francla, anxious to see a
picture of Raphael, Raphael sends him
a picture. Francla, seeing It, fulls In a
fit of Jealousy from which he dies.
Jealousy among authors. How seldom
contemporaries speak of each other
Xenophon and Plato living at the same
time, but from their writings you nev
er would suppose they heard of each
other. Religious Jealousies. The Mo
hammedans praying for rain during a
drought; no rain coming. Then the
Christians begin to pray for rain, and
the rain comes. Then the Mohamme
dans met together to account for this,
and they resolved that God was so well
pleased with their prayers he kept the
drought on so as to keep them praying,
but that the Christians began to pray
and the Lord was so disgusted with
their prayers that he sent rain right
away so he would not hear any more
et their supplications. Oh, this accurs
ed spirit of envy and jealousy! Let us
stamp It out from all our hearts.
Stifle Jealousy.
A wrestler was so envious of Theog-
eues, the prince of wrestlers, that he
could not be consoled In any way, and
after Theogenes died and a statue was
lifted to him In a public place his envi
ous antagonist went out every night
and wrestled with the statue until one
night he threw it, and it fell on him
and crushed him to death. So jealousy
Is not only absurd, but It is killing to
tbe body, and It is killing to the soul.
How seldom It Is you find one mer
chant speaking well of a merchant In
the same line of business. How sel
dom it is you hear a physician speak
ing well of a physician on the same
block. Oh, my friends, the world Is
large enough for all of us! Let us re
joice at the success of others. The
next best thing to owning a garden
ourselves la to look over the fence and
admire the flowers. The next best
thing to riding lu tine equipage is to
stand on the streets and admire the
prancing span. The next best thing to
having a banquet given to ourselves
Is having a banquet given to our
prodigal brother that has come home
to his father’s house.
Besides that, If we do uot get as
much honor and as much attention us
others we ought to congratulate our
selves on what we escape In the way of
assault. The French general riding
on horseback at the head of his troops
heard a soldier complain and &uy, “It
Is very ea#y for the general to com
mand us forward while he rides and
wo walk.” Then the general dismount
ed and compelled the complaining sol
dier to get on the horse. Coming
through a ravine, a bullet from u
sharpshooter struck the rider, and he
fell dead. Then the general said, “How
much safer It is to walk than to ride.”
Once more I have to tell you that
this senior brother of my text stands
for the pouting Christian. While there
Is so much congratulation within doors
the hero of my text stands outside, the
corners of his mouth drawn down,
looking as be felt—miserable. I am
glad bis lugubrious physiognomy did
not spoil the festivity within. How
many pouting Christians there are In
our day—Cbristluus who do not like
the music of tbe churches, Christians
who do uot like the hilarities of the
young—pouting, pouting, pouting at
aoclety, pouting at the fashions, pout
ing at the newspapers, pouting at the
church, pouting at the government,
pouting at high heaven. Their spleen
Is too large, their liver does not work,
their digestion is broken down. There
are two cruets In their caster always
sure to l»e well supplied—vinegar and
red pepper. Oh, come away from that
mood! Htlr a little saccharine Into
your disposition. While you avoid the
djWQlvUiuvstf o/ Uiv mbgt’r wu uvula
also the Irascibility and the petulance
nud the pouting spirit of the elder son
and imitate the father, who had em
braces for the returning prodigal and
coaxing words for the splenetic mal
content.
Fncea Contruated.
Ah, the face of this pouting elder
sou Is put before us in order that we
might better see the radiant and for
giving face of the Father. Contrasts
are mighty. The artist in sketching
the field of Waterloo years after the
battle put a dove In the mouth of the
cannon. Raphael In one of h!s car
toons beside the face of a wretch put
the face of a happy and innocent child.
And so the sour face of this irascible
and disgusted elder brother is brought
out in order that In the contrast we
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might better understand the forgiving
and radiant face of God. That is the
meaning of it—that God is ready to
take back anybody that is sorry, to
take him clear back, to take him back
forever and forever and forever, to
take him back with a loving hug, lo
put a kiss on his parched lip, a ring on
his bloated hand, an easy shoe on his
chafed foot, a garland on his bleeding
temples and heaven in his soul. Oh, I
fall flat on that mercy! Come, my
brother, and let us get down into the
dust, resolved never to rise until the
Father’s forgiving hand shall lift us.
Oh, what a God we have! Bring
your doxologies. Come, earth and
heaven, an 1 join in the worship. Cry
aloud. Lift the palm branches. Do
you not feel the Father’s arm around
your neck? Do you not feel the warm
breath of your Father against your
cheek? Surrender, younger sou! Sur
render, elder sou! Surrender, all! Go
In today and sit down at the banquet.
Take a slice of the fatted calf, and
afterward, when you are seated, with
oue hand in the hand of the returned
brother and the other hand in the hand
of the rejoicing father, let your heart
beat time to the clapping of the cymbal
and the mellow voice of the (lute. It
is meet that we should make merry
and be glad, for this, thy brother, was
dead and is alive again. He was lost
and is found.
[Copyright. ISO'), by Louis Klopsch.]
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I have told you everything 1 know,
whereas you never tell me a tiling.”
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97.23, . . ot.ier, Wo send free a
Ifrnnji.- I It v n !i il.CO. This sin-
pie l.arnc is <•; geniid..' oa!: stock either
nu klo or black triinui g's with patent leather
blinds, either nid.i or • xercheckn; heavy breast
collar and patent leather or nirap saddle, double
and stitched traces. All part---a; < rceuratelv made
ami sewed by experienced labor. Order immedi
ately. Mention tfiis paper when vritinjr.
F. t. ENCELL tt CO. 330-334 O-arhorn St. Chicago
S. C. & G. E. R. R. CO.
Schedule No. 4.
In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday,December 24th, ’99
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
Office over R. A. [ones & Coda Store
Otin be found at office six days in the week
DR. J. F. GARRETT
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - , S. C.
—--- |
Office over J. R, Tolleson’s new store
In office from 1st to 2(’»! h of each
month:
FOR
Up-to-Date Job Print
ing, call at the
LEDGER Office.
Gaffney. S. C.
Keep Cool
at a small expense during
the hot summer months hy
buying your
rcio
from me. Ice delivered
every day.
J. 1. ALEXANDER.
Fire!
Call on L. BAKER and buy you a y,««i
Extension f,adder and have it on your
premises in ease of (ire.
Good Extension and Step Ladders for
sale, but litth. altove cost. Made of Itest
Norway Pine and well painted. Only a
few left.
L. BAKER.
iug Post.
Heady For Visitor*.
The Paris police have issued a notice
warning the public, and especially for
eign visitors, ti>"t «• great number of
false 50 franc notes are circulating Ifi*
Paris and the large French towns. The
notes are cleverly engraved and blend
ed on special paper, resembling that
used by the Bank of France, and inex
perienced people may be easily de
ceived. Ten franc pieces ought also to
be carefully inspected. The police are
actively engaged in tracking a gang of
coiners who are preparing lo flood
Paris with bad money during the ex
hibition.
The Qaeen’n Yinlt to Ireland,
On the queen’s previous visit to Ire
land 40 years ago an old fisherman
was asked what lie thought of her.
Too polite to tell the Englishman that
lie was a little disappointed in the per
sonal appearance of the sovereign, lie
replied, “We like tin sarving maids
well enough,” meaning tin* maids of
honor, two well known beauties. Lou
don Outlook.
No One Nlfib,
Mother — Pin surprised at you!
Couldn’t you tell he was going to kiss
you ?
Daughter—Yes, nia, hut there was
uo one for me to tell except him, and
ne knew it already.—Philadelphia
Press.
Safllclent ItoiiNMn.
Fannie—If you are so positive that
Harry love.- you, why, for goodness
sake, don’t you accept him and get
nta riled?
Jane—Ho won’t ask me.—Detroit
Free Press.
Tlmt TiiroObuiK Heuilavlie.
Would quickly leave you, if you
used Dr. King’s New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have proved
their matchless merit for iSick and
Nerveous Headaches. They make
pure blood and strong nerves and
build up your health. Easy to lake.
Try them. Only 2ft cents. .Money
back if not cured. Sold by Cherokee
Drug Co.
“Turning over a new leaf” is use
less unless you begin a new account
upon it,
J. C. Kennedy, of Roanoke, Tenn.,
says, “I cannot say too much for
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. One
box of it cured what the doctors
called an incurable ulcer on my jaw.”
Cures piles and all skin diseases.
Lookout for worthless imitations.
For sale by Cherokee Drug Company.
More deaths are due in England
to alcoholism than to diptlieria or
typhoid fever.
“I had stomach trouble twenty
years and gave up hope of being
cured till 1 began to use Kodol
Dyspepsia (hire. It has done me so
much good I cull it the savior of my
life,” writes W. R. Wilkinson,
Albany. Tenn. Ir digests whai you
eat. For sale by Cherokee Drug
Company.
The Moorsof Arabia and Spain were
the first to display colored globes in
chemists’ windows.
W. S. Musser, of Miliheim, Pa.,
saved the life of his iillle girl by giv
ing her One Minute Cuuj*!t Cure
when she was dying from croup it
is the only harmless remedy that
gives immediate results. It quickly j
cures cough, colds, bronchitis, |
grippe, asthma, and all throat and
lung troubles. For sale by Cherokee
Drug Company.
Between Camden,S.C. and Blacksburg.C.
WEST.
FAST
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
I>. M.
8 2111
8 50
'.1
in :.u
II <50
11 ;r»
l:.’ 30
1 Oil
1 2o
2 30
2 50
2 10
4 |o
4 45
5 30
1: on
ti 25
0 33
7 00
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STATION'S.
£
■y £: |
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— '7.
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n lir .
l\ M.
IV >1.
2 50
CAMDEN
12 25
5 50
1 15
DEKALB
12 02
4 54
1 27
. .WKSTVILLE....
11
4 311
1 40
K ERSHAU
11
4 in
2 ID
HEATH SPRINGS
11 20
3 15
2 15
PLEASANT HILL
11 15
ini
!S5
LANCASTER
lu 55
** it.i
2 50
R1 VEI.'SI HE
lo 4n
1 on
;; (mi
SPRINGHELL.
10 30
12 in
310
CATAWBA .11 NC’N
lu 2o
12 20
LESLIE .
lo in
II no
3 m
ROCK HILL
lo no
In 4n
5 55
. .. NEW I’ORT ...
!i 35
8 :.‘4>
4
.. TIR/.MI
!i 311
8 (MI
4 20
YORK VILLK
9 15
4 35
SHARON .
<.) DO
li 5n
4 .V>
11ICKORY GROVE
8 !5
il 20
5 fHI
SMYRNA ...
8 55
(j no
5 20
. BLACIvSIH KG.
8 15!
5 Vi
». M. ‘
A. M.
A. M.
Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,N.C.
WEST.
II 33.
75
LAST
. r:.
EASTKUN TIM IL
t/
STATIONS.
- >. •■£ > '
J: -s y.'i.
0 H aMg
A. M. : P. M. ;
8 lo 5 30
8 30
8 4l»i
!) 20
10 no
10 10
III 25
in 50
11 15
II 351
11 15
12 05!
12 25
12 501
P. M. i
5 45:
6 50
0 00
8 20
6 88
II 38
♦J 55
7 10|
l —1
«351
7 40
7 5*
8 151
P. M.
> - >. -• -
WEST.
. BLACKSBURG ..
EARLS
PATTERSON SI'US
SIIILRY
....L.VITIMoRK . .
...MOORKSBORO...
... HENRI ET TA
FOREST CITY
KUTIIERKORIiTON
.. MILLWOOD
GOLDEN VALLEY’
.THERMAL CITY
GLEN WOOD .. ..
MARION I
Gaffney Division.
M. |
; 48
7 «>•>
!!
5.)
38
20,
05j
53
r> 40
5 37
P. M .
ti 40
0 80
0 12
0 00
17
on
M. I
3 05
2 50
2 45
2 20
2 00
P. M.
EAST.
Iht Class.
1st Class.
- ■
15. 13.
EASTERN TIME.
14. 16.
1
1
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>>=■£
i? ^ E i? ^ =
STATIONS.
i? ^ = 5k =
J* M A M
A >1 1* M
1 on 0 (S)
BLACKSBURG
7 50 3 00
1 20 t! 20
CHEROKI.I- h ALLS
7 30 2 40
1 40 0 40
GAi I NKY
7 10 2 20
1* M ' A M
A M 1* M
Train No
32 leaving Marion. N. (
at 5 a. m.
makinir close count? 'Uon* at RlaoksImiK'. S
C.. wit li the Sout horn's train No. 3t> lor 1 'har-
lotte, N. and all jxiint-. East, and ironneet-
inz with tlif Southern's vostihulf ::oinyt 1
Atlanta, G;t., and alt point-. West, and will
n-cilve passengers goiiijr East from train
No. lo on t lie C. .N N. W. R. R., at York villo,
S. C., at. 8.45 u. m.. and eonneets at Camden,
S. C., with the Hunt hern’s I tain No. 78 arriv
ing in Charleston, S. (’,, at s.li m.
Train No. 34 w li h passenger cone1: all aehed,
leaving Biaekslxiig at 5.30 a. in., and eon-
noctingat Itock Hill, 8, e., with the South
ern's Florida t rai 11 for all points Sonth.
Train No. 33 leav ing Camden, S. C , at 12.50
p. in., after the arrival of the Southern’s
1 hurlesh.n train eonneets at Laneaster, S.
C., wit h t he L. & C. R. R.; at, (’ataw ha J11 net
Ion wilh the S. A. L., going East, at Roek
Hill, S. C.. with the Southern's train No. 34
for Charlotte, V C., and all points East.
Conneets at Yorkvllle, S. ('.. with train No. 9
on I he I A. N. W. R. R., for < 'lu ster, S. C. At
Blaekshunj with the Southern's vcstlhulo
going East, and the Southern's train No. 35
going W> st. and eoniusding al Marion, N.C.,
Willi the Southern Imtii East and West,
SAMI El, III NT.
I'reMlitent.
a.trut’,
Siiperlnt«<nd«l>t,
S. li M ,MI’K I N.
Ueu’l. Taaaauger Agent.
<5Iy
Condensed Schedule of Passenger Tralae.
In Effect Dee. 10.1809.
Vee.
No. 18.
Fat.Ua
Northbound.
No 12.
No. 3S.
Ex.
No. 36.
Daily
Daily
Sun.
Daily.
Lv Allauta.cT
7 6>) a
12 00m
4 39 p
11 50 p
“ Atlanta ET
8 50 a
1 OUp
5 30 p
12 50 a
'' Nornross..
9 33 n
6 23 p
1 2fi a
“ Buford.
10 05 a
7 03 p
1 53 a
“ Gainesville
lu 35 a
2 25 p
7 33 p
2 18 a
“ Lula..
lu 58 a
2 45 p
8 UOp
2 38a
•* Cornelia....
11 25 a
8 30 p
'■ Mt. Airy.
11 3u a
8 35 p
Lv Toccoa.
11 51 a
3 33 i)
9 OOp
3 28 a
Ar. Elbertou.
Lv. Klherton.
9 00a
5 4u p
11 45 a
Lv. U unuhter.
12 .,1m
4 04 a
*' Eouecii.
12 62 p
4 15 p
. . f . . . .
4 28a
” Central...
I 48 p
....
4 65 a
“ Gieenville
2 34 p
5 22 p
.......
6 Oua
" Hpar'burg .
“ Gaffney....
•• Blacksburg
3 37 p
fi 13 p
« 4«p
7 03a
4 20 p
7 45 a
4 38 p
7 02 p
8 02*
“ King's Mt..
6 03 p
8 27 a
“ Gastonia..
6 25 p
.......
8 61 a
" Charlotte..
6 50 p
8 18 p
9 60 a
At. Gru'usboro
« 55p
10 47 p
....
12 23 p
Lv Gre'nsboro
11 46 p
8 26 a
Ar. Norfolk .
.... .
Ar Danville .
11 25 p
6 (A) a
11 5fi p
ti 00a
1 38 p
0 25 p
Ar. Richmond..
Ar. W’hington.
6 42 a
8 50 p
11 25 p
“ IV more P R
8 00 a
“ Ph'delphta.
.
10 15 u
2 6fi a
“ New York.
12 450)
0 23a
FstMa
Ves.
Southbound.
No. 35.
X 0. 37.
No. 11.
Daily
Daily.
Dally
Lv N Y., Pa.II.
12 15 a
^4 80p
“ Ph'delphla.
3 SV a
0 63p
........
M Baltimore..
6 22 a
9 20p
“ Wash’ton
11 15 u
10 45 p
Lv. Rt hmond..
12 01 n
11 OUp
11 UOp
Lv. Danville.. .
5 48 p
5 50 a
e 10 a
Lv. Norfolk. .
9 00 a
H 35 p
Ar. GreTisboro
C 35 P
6 15 it
Lv. Gre’nsboro
7 li)p
7 05 a
7 37 ft
Ar Charlotte
9 45 p
9 25 a
12 06m
Lv Gastonia.
10 42 p
10 07 a
1 12 p
“ King's Mt..
1 38 p
Blacksburg
li 25p
10 45 a
2 Ofip
*• Gaffney.
11 42 p
10 68 a
2 24 p
“ Spnr'burg .
12 2ii a
U 34 a
3 15 p
“ Greenville
“ Central
1 33 H
12 50 p
4 30 p
6 42 p
^ririr
Kx.
•• Runeca
2 32 a
1 30 p
0 08 p
** Wmlnster
B 25 p
7 OOp
Bun.
” Toccoa
3 28 a
2 15 p
'Od ft
tiV Klherton.
9 00 a
1 50 p
Ar. Klls-rton,
11 45 u
6 40 p
Lv. Mt Airy..
.
.
7 28 p
0 3u a
“ Cornelia .
7 32 p
0 35a
“ Lula
4 18 a
8 i4p
8 Oop
8 20 p
0 67 a
“ Gainesville
4 36 a
3 33 p
7 20a
“ Buford,
6 02 a
8 48 p
9 18 p
T 48a
“ Norcross.
6 25 a
8 27 a
Ar. Atlanta.KT
6 lu a
4 55 p
10 OOp
9 <Jtr\
“ Atlanta,OT
8 10 a
3 65p
9 OUp
8 80 u
Botwofla Lula and Athene.
FToTTl
Ex.
Ban.
No. 13.
Daily.
STATIONS.
No. 18.
Daily.
No. 10.
Ex.
Sun.
8 lOp
8 34 p
• 60 p
• 80 p
11 05 a
11 8fi a
11 62 a
12 80p
Lw .Lula .Ar
“ Mayavill* *•
•' Harmony "
Ar. Athens .Lv
10 50 a
10 19 a
10 03 a
0 26a
7 86 p
7 OOp
8 88 p
6 00 p
Note close connection made at Luj
la' with
■tain line trains.
“A" a. m. ''P' p. m. “M” noon. “N” night.
Chesapeake Line 8 tea in ere in dniljr service
between Nor' ilk nnd Baltimore.
Noe. 37 ana 85—Daily Washington nnd
Southwestern Vestibule Limltod. Through
Pullman sleeping ears between New York nnd
New Orleans, vis Washington, Atlnntn nnd
Montgomery, and also between New York and
Memphis, via Washington, Atlnntn nnd Bir-
aninghain. Also elegant Pui.i.man LiBRABY
Onsex v ation Gaum between Atlnntn and New
York First clues thoroughfare coachee be
tween Washington and Atlanta. Dining cars
serve ell mesls en route. Leaving Waahing-
ington Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
a tourist Kloepingcar will run through between
Washington and Ban Francisco without change.
Piilimun drawing-room elcqiing cars between
Greetislxjro and Norfolk Close connection at
Norfolk for <n.b Point Comfoht
Nos. 35 and 3ft—United States Faat Mail runs
solid between Washington and New Orleans,
via Southern Railway, A. it W. P. H. R. and
L & N R. R., being composed of ooaoheo.
through without change for passengers of all
slashes Pullman drawing room sleeping ears
between New York and New Orleans, Tin At
lanta and Montgomery and between Char
iot m mid Atlanta. Dining oars serve all
n.euUoii route
Nos 11.33 ..4 and 13—Pullman sleeping ears
between Richmond and Charlotte, via Dan
ville southbound Noe. 11 and M, northhaaad
Nos 34 and Vi
FRANKS GANNON. J. M. CULP,
Third V P 4 Gan. Mgr. T M., Waahtagtoa.