Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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%■ Look in your mirror today. Take a last look at your gray hair. It sure ly may be the last if you want it so; you needn’tkeep your gray hair a week longer than ^ . you wish. There’s no ^ guesswork about this; it’s sure every time. To re- Mi store color to gray hair use— v After using it for two or three weeks notice how much younger you ap pear, ten years younger at least. Ayer’s Hair Vigor also cures dandruff, prevents ’’J falling of the hair, makes hair grow, and is a splen did hair dressing. It cannot help but do these things, for it’s a hair-food. \Vhen the hair is well fed, it cannot help but grow. It makes the scalp healthy and this cures the disease that causes dandruff. $: .00 a bottle. All druggists. “My Imir vas mining out badly, but Ayers Hair Vigor sU>i>i>cd the falling and bun niado my hair very thick and much darker than before. I think there is iiotiiing like it for the hair.” ('ohA J.I. Lka, April 25,1M>9. Yarrow, 1. T. Writ a the Doctor. * Tf you do not obtain all the benefits you ile.ire Irein I he use of ti e ViyoT, writo the doctor a hunt it. Aihlrer.s, ]>K. J. 0. AYKli, Lowell, Mar i. Fire! Cull on I.. HAiCF.U and buy yon ;t good lixtfiision l.;uM"r ;ind have it on your premises In e;is« of lir«. Kxteiision nnd Step Ladders for sale, but little iilxive eosl. Mado of best Norway IMne and well painted. Only u few left. L. BAKER. Notice. In accordance with an act of tbe Oeneral Assembly pass' d the 17th I'eb., llniOall retris-. tration tickets issued prior to April 1st, li»Ki, sinr hereby ralied in. All p“i sons iioidin/ tea'istralion cert ificates Issued belote April 1st, itum, will either pre- Kent tie m in pe, on or send them sous to secure a new i r kei. We will l>e in < i’a e on the first Monday in each tuoiilIn li. A. Tate. W. il. I!EMI'SK.Y. .!. A. Wll I SON A NT. h-ls-if Snpt • visors of lieglstratlon. DR. J. F. GARRETT Dentist, Gaffney, S. C. Office over J. il. Toileson’s new store In o'iiee from 1st to 2Gth of each month: Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over ft. A. lone* & Co ’■ Stare. Can be fc 'r.d at ofl'ce six ci.tvs lu the week I>, K.Duiiean. f. I'. Sanders. VV.S. Hall, Jr. DUNCAH, SANDERS & HALL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office over J. K. Tolleson’s &, Co.’s Store. J. E. WEBSTER, Attorney-iVt- l^zx^wr. Office in Court House.(Probate 1 Judge sofflee Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty -(.J. C. JEFFERIES4- OAFFNEV, S. C. Cominerelai Law. Corporation Law Keal Kstate Law. Money to loan on approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTOKNKV AT LAW, ( i yX I^ IIV V , t-V. CJ. Notary Public In ofllco. i'rotnpt attention given p,all business. Olllce over It. A. Jones A Co.’s store. J.Oi/Otroii Wallace. .1. okneliuhOtts. * WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. All business intrusted to us, given prompt and vlgorus attention Olllce up stairs, next to U, A. Jones Ac Co. ’Phone 87. HARDIN & MCWHORTER, JVttorneyw at GAFFNEY, - - S. C. Money to lotin on r.ity real estate. office over B A. Jones A Go's, store. BEST OP ALL BOOKS. OR. TALMAGE UPHOLDS THE BIBLE'S DIVINE ORIGIN. Mlrnelri, of the Xe»v Testnment Vn- nsnailnlile, mul the Fullllled l*roph- eelen «*f the Old Testament Prove ! Its ICmunntiou Prom Cod. Washington, Juno 24.—In the groat coulliot now raging in Europe, as In tills country, between Christianity ami agnosticism l)r. Talmagc has taken a tleeideti stand and In this sermon declares his unwavering belief in the divine origin of the Scriptures; text, Matthew vli, 10, “Do men gather grapes of thorns?” Not in this country. Not la any coun try. Thorns stick, thorns lacerate, but all the thorns put together never yield ed one cluster of Catawba or Isabella grapes. Christ, who was tho master of apt and potent illustration, is thus sotting forth what you and I well know—that you cannot get that which is pleasant and healthful and good from that which is had. If you flud a round, large, • beautiful cluster of grapes, you know that it was produced by a good grapevine ami not from a tangle of Canada thistle. Now, If I can show you that this IToly Bible yields good fruit, healthful fruit, grand fruit, splendid fruit, you will come to the conclusion it is a good Bible, and all the arguments of the skeptic against it, when lie tries to show It Is a bad book, will go overboard. “Do men gather grapes of thorns?” Can a had hook yield good results? Skeptics with great vehemence declare that the Bible is a cruel book. They read the story of the extermination of the Cauaanites and of all the nueient wars and of the history of David and Joshua, and they come to the conclu sion that the Bible is in favor of lacera tion and manslaughter ami massacre. Now, a had book will produce a had result, a cruel book will produce a cruel result. You have friends who have been in t lie habit of reading tho Bible a great many years. Have you noticed a tend ency to cruelty on their part? Have you ever heard any of them come out nnd practically say, “I have been read ing the story about the extermination of the Cauaanites ami I am seized upon with a disposition to cut and slash nnd maul and pinch and murder nnd knock to pieces everything 1 can lay my hands on?” Have your friends in proportion as they become diligent Bible students and disciples of the Christ of the Bible, shown a tendency toward massacre and murder aud man slaughter? lias that been your ob servation? KJTcctN of Dibit! Reitdlnrc. What has been tho effect upon your children of tills cruel book? Or, if you do not allow the hook to he reati in your household, what has been the ef fect upon the children of other house holds where the Word of God is hon ored? Have they as a result of read ing this cruel hook gone forth with a cruel spirit to pull the wings off flies and to pinion grasshoppers and to rob birds' nests? A cruel book ought to make cruel people; if they diligently read it and get absorbed with its prin ciples, that cause must produce that effect. At what time did you notice that the teachings of this Holy Bible created cruelty In tho heart and tho life of George Peabody, of Miss Dix, of Florence Nightingale, of John How ard, of John Frederick Oberliu, of Ab bot Laurence? Have you noticed in reading the biography of these people that in proportion as they became friends of the Bible they became ene mies to humanity? Have you not, on the contrary, noticed that all the insti tutions of mercy were established, or, being established, were chiefly support ed by the friends of this hook? There is the Hospital in wartime. There are 20 Christian women. They are bind ing up wounds, they are offering cor dials, they are kneeling down by the dying, praying for their departing spir its. Where dues the cruelty crop out? They have been reading the Bible all their lives. They read it every morn ing; they read it every night; they car ry it under their arm when they go into the hospital. Again. Infidels go on nnd most ve hemently charge that this Bible la an Impure book. Y'ou all know that an Impure book produces Impure results. No amount of money could hire you to allow your child to read an unclean hook. Now, If this Bible he an impure hook, where are the victims? Your fa ther read lt--did it make him a had man? Y’oiir mother read It—did it make her a had woman? Your sister l." years In heaven died in the faith of this gospel—did it despoil her nature? Some say there are 200,000,000 copies of the Bible lu existence; some say there are 400,000,000 copies of the Bi ble. It is impossible to get the accu rate statistic. But suppose there are 200,000,000 copies of the Bible abroad, this one hook rend more than any 20 hooks that the world ever printed, this book abroad for ages, for centuries— where are the victims? Show me 1,000; show me 500 victims of an Impure book; show me 100 despoiled of the Bi ble; show me 50; show me 10; show me 2; show me 1! Two hundred mil lion copies of an impure book, and not one victim of the Impurity! On the contrary, you know very well that it is where the Bible has the most power that the family Institution is most re spected. Four Great Dortrlnea. Again, agnostics go on still further, and they say the Bible Is a mass of contradictions, and they put prophet against prophet, evangelist against evangelist, apostle against apostle, and they say If this be true how, then, can that be true. Mr. Mill, who was a friend of the Bible, said he had discov ered 30,000 different readings of the Scriptures and yet not one Important difference, notone Important difference out of 30,000, only the difference that you might expect from the fact that the book came down from generation to generation and was copied by a great many hands. And yet I put !>e- fore you this fact today—that all tho Bible writers agree in the four great doctrines of the Bible. What are those four great doctrines? God—good, kind, patient, Just, loving, omnipotent. Man a lost sinner. Two destinies -one for believers, the other for unbelievers. All who accept Christ reaching that home and only those de stroyed who destroy themselves, only those who turn their buck upon Christ and come to the precipice and jump for God never pushes a man off, ho jumps off. Now, In these four great doctrines all the Bible writers agree. Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, never wrote more harmonious music than you will find In tills perfect har mony of the Word of God, the harmony In providence and in grace. Y'ou must remember also that the authors of the Bible came from differ ent lands, from different ages and from different centuries. They had no com munication with each other, they did not have an idea as to what was the chief design of the Bible, and yet their writings, got up from all these differ ent lands and from all these different ages nnd all these different centuries, coming together, make a perfect har mony in the opinion of the very best scholars of all lands. Is not that a most remarkable fact? Again, infidels vehemently charge that the Bible is an unscientific book. In a former discourse I showed you that there was no collision between science nnd revelation, and I went from point to point in the discussion. But now let us have authority in this matter. You and 1 cannot give tho 10 or 50 or 00 years exclusively to the study of science that some men give. Let us have authority in this matter. Who says there is a collision between science and revelation? Well, Herbert Spencer, Tyndall, Darwin. They say there is a discord between science and revelation. But I will bring you names of men who have found a perfect ac cord between science and revelation, men as much higher in intellectual character above those whom I have mentioned as the Alps and Mount Washington and the Himalayas are higher than the hill hack <>f your house. Herscbcl, Kepler, Leibnitz. Ito-s, Isaac Newton. My friends, we arc in respectable company when wo believe In the Word <>f God—very respectable company. Ti-m-inti tli<* Line. Now I might, as infidels have failed to prove that the Bible Is a erm 1 lx,ok, that Hie Bible Is an impure book, that the Bible is a contradictory hook, that the Bible is an unscientific book—1 might move a nonsuit in this case of Infidelity, the plaintiff, against Chris tianity, tho defendant, hut l will not take advantage of tho circumstances, for when the skeptic goes on to say that we are a gullible people, when he goes on to say, as he often docs, that the greater the improbability the more we like to believe it; when he goes on to say that the Bible is made up < f a lot of manuscripts, one picked up here and another there and another from some other place, and that the whole thing Is an Imposition on tho credulity of the human race, I must reply to that charge. The Bible is made up of the Old Testament and the New Testament. Let us take the New Testament first. Why do I believe it? Why do I take it to my heart? It is because it can be traced hack to the divine heart just as easily as that aisle can he traced to that door and that aisle to that door. Jerome aud Eusebius in the first cen tury, and Origen In the second century, and other writers In the third and fourth centuries, gave a list of the New Testament writers just exactly corre sponding with our list, showing that the same New Testament which we have they had in the fourth century, and the third century and the second century nnd the first century. But wnore did they get the New Testa ment? They got it from Ironscus. Where did Iremeus get it? He got it from Polycarp. Where did I’olycarp get It? He got it from St. John, who was the personal associate of the Lord Jesus Christ. My grandfather gave a book to my father, my father gave it to me, I give it to my child. Is there any diiiiculty in tracing this line? Pro»i (lit* Ilonrt i>t Christ. On communion day 1 will start the chalice at that end of the aisle, and the chalice will pass along to the other end of the aisle. Will it he dlliicr.lt to trace the line of that holy chalice? No dilll- culty at all. This one will say, “I gave it to that one,” and this one will say, “I gave it to that one.” But it will not he so long a line as tlds to trace the New Testament. It is easier to get at the fact. But you say: “Although lids was handed right down in that way, who knows hut they were lying im posters? How can you take their t; ;ti- inouy?” They died for the truth of that hook. Men never die for n lie cheerfully and triumphantly. They were not lying impostors. They di< d In triumph for the truth of that New Testament. ‘ Well,” says some one, “now' I am ready to believe that the New Testa ment Is from the heart of Christ, hut how about the Old Testament? Why do you believe that?” 1 believe the Old Testament because the prophecies foretold events hundreds and thou sands of years ahead-events which afterward took place. How far can Tou see ahead? Two thousand years? ’an you see ahead a hundred years? Can you see ahead five minutes? No, no. Human prophecy amounts to noth ing. Here these old prophets stood thousands of years hack, and they foretold events which came accurate ly true far on iu the future centuries. Suppose I should stand here nnd say to you, “Twenty-live hundred and sixty years from now. three miles and a halt tne e;>y ui .Moscow u,fic- will he an advent and it will lie In a certain family and it will be amid cer tain surroundings.” It would make no Impression upon you, because you know I cannot foresee a thousand years or one year or one minute, aud I cannot tell what Is* going to transpire iu a land far away, lint that is what these old prophets did. Y'ou must remember that Tyre and Babylon and Nineveh were In full pomp and splendor win n these prophe cies, these old prophecies, said they would be destroyed. Those cities had architecture that makes the houses of modern cities perfectly insignificant. Yet these old prophets walked right through those magnificent streets and said, “T his has all got to come down; this is all goiug to lie leveled.” Suppose a man should stand up In these cities today and say, "There will be harvests of wheat and corn where these cities now stand, and these streets will be pasture for cattle.” Such a muu would be sent to the in sane asylum. Y'et the old prophets did that very thing. Where is Babylon to day? You go and walk over the ruins of Babylon and you w ill not find a leaf or a grass blade of those splendid hanging gardens, aud Ju thy summer tlm6~the ground actually blisters tho Meet of the traveler. Babylou destroy* ed according to the prophecy. Where is Tyre? In the day of Its pomp the prophet said, “The fishermen will dry their nets where this city stands.” If you should go to that place today, you would fiud that literally. The fishermen are drying their nets on the rocks where the city of Tyre once stood. Tartar and Turk aud Saracen drying Hair nets on the rooks. I’r<M»he<'le» Fninileil. Go up Chatham street. New York, nnd find the fulfillment of a prophecy made thousands of years ago. Why Is it the Israelite Is always distinguish- ride, whether you sec him in New York or Peking or Vienna or Stock holm or London or Paris? The Eng lishman goes to America, and after awhile he loses his nationality. The American goes to England, and after awhile he loses his nationality, the Norwegian his, the Russian his, the Italian his, the Spaniard his, the Israel ites never. Why? Because tlds book provided thousands of years ago that tho Israelites should he scattered lu all lands and that they should he kept separate, separate, uutil the Lord took them hack to Jerusalem. And ye who persecute the Israelites had better look out. They are God’s people, aud ac cording to the prophecy made thou sands of years ago they are distin guishable, they are kept separate uutil the Lord takes them to their native land. How could those old prophets fore tell that? How could they know that thousands of years ago? Was It me-e human skill? Could you have seen so far ahead? Could you have predicted anything like it? Those old prophets stood looking down In the great fu- ture and said a Messiah would he born in a certain nation, in a certain tribe, in a certain family, in a certain place, at a certain time, thousands of years ahead. Ages rolled on, ages on ages, aud after awhile Christ, the only one who Las been called Messiah by any great number of people—Christ was horn In that very nation predicted, in that very tribe, in that very family, iu that very place, at that very time. Could human skill have predicted it? Does not that prove beyond all contro version and beyond all doubt that those prophets were inspired of the Lord Almighty, looking down in the future and seeing thousands of years ahead occurrences to lake place, just as plain ly as I see your faces this morning. “Well,” says some one, “now 1 am ready to take the New Testament as from the heart of Christ, and I am ready to believe the prophecies. The cviderce Is beyond all dispute. But yon must remember,” says my friend, “that the prophecies are only a small part of the old book.- You don’t ex- pi ct us to believe all the old book.” If you found one of your good, honest letters in an envelope with 10 or 20 cruel, lying, filthy letters, how long would you allow that honest letter to stay there? In a half minute you would either snatch it out of the en velope or you would destroy the whole envelope. Now, do you suppose the Lord God would allow these pure prophecies, these prophecies which you admit must have come from the hand of God, from divine inspiration—do you suppose God would allow these pure prophecies to he hound up and put in lh" same envelope with the hook of Job, and the hook of Fsalms, and the hook of Deuteronomy, and the other boo! . if those hooks were not good books? Stocd Ihi! Fire of Centuries. Besides all this, you must remember that the most of the writers of this bo k were uneducated men. How can you account for the fact that when Thomas Bahington Macaulay, staud- ing in the house of parliament in Lon- (Ici, wanted to finish off a magnificent sentence, he quoted from the fishermen of Galil. e, or, sitting In his house, wanting to finish one of his great par- agraphs of history, he quoted the words of the fishermen of Galilee? Why Is It that these uneducated men have more intlucnee on modern times than all the scholars of antiquity? Because they were divinely inspired, because God stood hack of them. They were not educated and scholarly. It was not by force of rhetoric that they triumph- < d, hut today those humble fishermen, those uneducated fishermen, wield m ire iiiilueucc in all our modern cities than any 25 men living in this genera tion and day. They must have been Inspired. There must have been a di vine Inilucucc behind them and before them and above them and within them. Be sid« s that, you must remember that this book has been under fire for centuries, and after all tho bombard ment of the skenties of nil tho centu ries they nave not knocked out of this Bible a piece us large as the small end of a sharp needle. Oh, how the old book sticks together! rusauetified geologists try t > pull away the book of Genesis. They say they do not be lieve it. it cannot lie there was light before the sun shone, It cannot be all this story about Adam and Eve, and they pull at the hook of Genesis, and they have been pulling a great while, yet where is the hook of Genesis? Standing just where it stood all the time. There is not a man on earth who has ever mi sod it from his Bible. Then all tho undevout astronomers went to work to pull away the book of Joshua. They say: “That cannot he true, the sun’s halting above Glhcon aud the moon over the valley of Aja- lon. It cannot he possible. We must pull that hook of Joshua away.” And they pull away at it, and they pull away at It, and yet what has become of the hook of Joshua? Like the sun above Glhcon nnd like the moon over the valley of Ajalon, It stands still. All tin* undev <ut anatomists nnd phys iologists get hold of the hook of Jonah, nii'l they pull away, nnd they say, "That story about Jonah nnd the whale can't he true.” Every Infidel carries a harpoon especially for that whale, nnd they pull away at the book of Jo nah. But where is the book of Jonah today? Just where It has been all the time—the grandest thing that was ever "written to prove that when God sends a man to Nineveh ho cannot get to Tar- shlsh, if God to stop him has to upset tho Mediterranean sea with a cyclone. Mlrnclca Still Trlniniihaiit. And so the Infidels have been trying to pull away the miracles, pulling away at the blasted fig tree, at tho turning of the water into wine, at the raising of Lazarus from the dead. Can you show me a Bible from which one of these miracles has been orasou? How mar* velously tho old book sticks together! All tne striking at these chapters only driving them In deeper until they are clinched on the other side with tho hammers of eternity. And the book Is going to keep right on until the fires of the last day are kindled. Some of them will begin on one side and some on the other side of the old book. They will not find a bundle of loose manu scripts easily consumed by the fire. When the fires of the last day are kindled, some will burn on this side, from Genesis toward Revelation, nnd others will burn on this side, from Revelation toward Genesis, nnd In all their way they will not flud a single chapter or a single verse out of place. That will he the first time we can af ford to do without the Bible. What will be the use of the l»ook of Genesis, descriptive of how the world was made, when the world is destroyed? What will be the use of the prophecies when they are all fulfilled? What will be the use of the evangelistic or Pau line description of Jesus Christ when we see him face to face? What will he the use of his photograph when we have met him in glory? What will bo tiie use of the book of Revelation, standing, as you will, with your foot on the glassy sea aud your hand on the ringing harp and your forehead chnp- leted with eternal coronation amid the amethystine and 12 gated glories of heaven? The emerald dashing its green against the beryl and the beryl dash ing its blue against the sapphire and the sapphire throwing its light on the jacinth and the jacinth dashing Its fire against the ehrysoprase nnd you and 1 standing in the chorus of 10,000 sun sets. But I do not think we will give up the Bilile even at that time. 1 think we will want the Bible in heaven. 1 really think the fires of the last day will not consume the last copy, for when you and I get our dead children out of the dust we want to show them just the passages, Just the promises, which comforted us here In the dark day of Interment, and we will want to talk over with Christians who have had trials nnd struggles, aud we will want to show them the promises that especially refreshed us. I think we shall have the Bible in heaven. Oh, I want to hear David with his own voice rend, “The Lord Is my shep herd;” I want to hear Paul with his own voice read, “Thanks be unto God that glveth us the victory;” I want to hear the archangel play Paul’s march of the resurrection with the same trum pet with which he awoke the dead! O blessed book, good enough for earth, good enough for heaven! Dear old book—book bespattered with the blood of martyrs who died for its defense, hook sprinkled all over with the tears of those who by It were comforted! Put it in the hands of your children on their birthday; put It on the table in the sitting room when you begin to keep house; put It under your head when you die. Dear old hook! I press It to my heart; I press It to my lips. “Where shall I go?” said a dying Hindoo to the Brahmitlc priest to whom he had given money to pray for his salvation. “Where shall I go after 1 die?” The Brahmitlc priest said, “You will first of all go Into a holy quadruped.” “But,” said the dying Hindoo, “where shall I go then?” “Then you shall go Into a singing bird.” “But,” said the dying Hindoo, “where then shall I go?” “Then,” said the Brahmitlc, “you will go Into a beauti ful flower.” The dying Hindoo threw up his arms in an agony of solicitation as he said, “But where-shall I go last of all?” Thank God, this Bible tells the Hindoo, tells you, tells me, not where I shall go today, not where I shall go tomorrow, not where I shall go next year, but where I shall go last of all! [Copyright, 1900, by Louis Kiopsch.] Foraot to Attend to It. “Herbert Spencer was told by his doctor 40 years ago that he had to die.” “Well, what of it?” “Oh, ail these scientists are absent- minded men, so he has lived to be 80!” —Indianapolis Journal. Kjtuimi (ireutent Need. Mr. li. I*. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused icvere pains in the back of his head. On using Electric Bitters, America's grealest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pains soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puls vim, vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. The Methodist general conference at Chicago declared in favor of a Negro bishop. Starvation never yet cured dyspep sia. Persons with indigestion are already half starved. They ne<d plenty of wholesome food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat so the body cun be nourished while the worn out organs are being recon structed.* It is the only preparation known that will instantly relievo and completely cure all stomach troubles. Try it if you are suffering from indi gestion. It will certainly do you good. Cherokee Drug Co. . Ex-Queen Liliouklalani has dccidrd to sue the United States goverment for the restoration of the Hawaiian crown lands and revenues. All who suffer from piles will be glad to learn that DoWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve will give them instant and permanent relief. It will cure eczema and all skin diseases. Be ware of counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Co. There are not a few men who think they could manage the affairs of this world much better than God has ever done. These men never have any corn to sell. Unless food is digested quickly it will ferment and irritate the stomach. After each meal take a teaspoonful of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you eat and will allow you to eat all you need of what you like. It never fails to cure the worst cases of dyspepsia. It is pleasant to take. Cherokee Drug Co. THE “KERNEL” AGAIN. "J. L. N.” Hack In The Ledger ColamnR- Xew» From Lower Cherokee. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Etta Jank, June 213.—After an ab sence of three weeks from The Ledger columns, we are again in the ring to greet our readers and thank them for having so kindly treated our jour nalistic attempts heretofore, and also to express our thanks for the charita ble consideration in which our frail ties and imperfections have been re ceived by an intelligent, high-toned and generous public. Of all beings who merit our contempt, the ingrate is the most deserving. During our perambulations a great many have made it convenient to speak of The Ledger and, not in a single instant, did we hear it spoken of but in the highest and most com plimentary terms as a veritub’e peo ple's paper—fair and just in its deal ings with all, both friend and foe alike. Taken all in all with the vast num ber of hard-to-please patrons which The Ledger, as well as all other pa pers have to contend, this is a com pliment of which its management may well he proud. Recently our work has been a labo rious one. Both the mental and physical man have been taxed to the utmost extent to perform that work in the prescribed forms and limits. Yet. we are proud to say that with the hearty cooperation of an appreci ative, intelligent and noble people we have been enabled to perform both. Under the law we are not a’lowed to give out any information as to the re sult of our work. This can be ob tained only through the proper legs' channel prescribed by the Census De partment. Washington, D. C. The recent rains have proved a barrier to farming operations. Wheat and oats are being damaged in the shock, and that hauled up and housed or stacked is going through a heating process. Crops on low lands are drowned out, but that on the uplands where they have been regularly and well worked, are looking line. Last week the creeks and river bad aU the low lands under water, but the corn being smaM very little damage was done to it. The Fowler Brothers began thresh ing wheat last Wednesday, and the crops are turning out very well. In many places the rust has hurt the wheat crop so as to render it practi cally worthless. This, we are glad to say, is not general by any means. If what wheat is on hand cu i be safely garnered, we may say that this section will have nearly enough for next year’s supply—something that hasn’t happened since 1882. As a general thing cotton is small and seems to be late. The coltou outlook is not very encouraging. We spent two days in Gaffney this week where we met people from all parts of the county, as well as from the neighboring counties. The town doesn’t wear that holiday appear ance it would were tho farmers not at work. They haven’t fallen in tho “knack” of throwing down every thing and going to town merely to see and be seen, while the grass is growing. When you meet one of the Cherokee farmers he is apt to oe on business, and not pleasure at this season of the year. Among the visitors from abroad we had the pleasure of meeting Master* Albert and Willie Henry, of Chester, sons of Solicitor J. K. Henry, who came up with their father to see the people of Cherokee. We first made our acquaintance with these young men during the U. C. V. Reunion festivities at Chester last surame~— they are bright boys—chips from the parental block. Mr. Gordon, who has been pros pecting for gold in the vicinity of Wilkinsvillo, has sent some fine spec imens of ore north. This will be an important work in this section soon, giving useful and profitable employ ment to all who wish for it. Mrs. C. W. Whisonant has been spending some time with hc-r daugh ters, Mrs. Dr. Durham, of Kershaw, and Mrs. John 1*. White, of Yorkville. Rev. J. P. Marion will preach at Salem on the first Sabbath in July. We regret to note the death of Mr. Wade Lewis, which took place at his homo near- Blacksburg a few days ago. This news will sadden the hearts of many Ledger readers who knew him as an honest, high-toned,upright, Christian gentleman. For many years he lias been in failing health, and to us it is no surprise. He leaves a wife and several children to whom we extend our heartfelt sympathy. Yet we Weep not for u brother deceased; Ocr loss is his infinite Knln; Ills sod’s out of prison released And freed from its bodily eliuln. With souks let us follow Ins flight. And Join w ill) Ids spirit above, Escape to the mansions of i'kIiI And meet In the edeu of love. J. L. S. SUNDAY AT CORINTH. Despite tlx-Downpour of Kaln, There Wan H Lnrico Alteml-mee. Speaking of the Children’s Day ex ercises at Corinth Sunday, Mi. W.T. Thomson yesterday said: “It is true the road was muddy and the rain came down, but knowing tho push and pluck of the Corinth ians, it was my good fortune to be with them Sunday. It was Chil dren’s Day, and the house was com fortably filled. Barents and children were at their best, and 1 had never witnessed more welcome than was tendered to visitors. The program was carried out to the letter, and I must say every department was a complete success. Each scholar act ed his or her part with as much grace and ease as the moexing bird on the tall treetop sings to the sun’s golden light. Tho voice of officers and teach ers made glad song that had unison with that melody which came from the heart. “At the conclusion of the program the meeting adjoutne ) one and a-hulf hours for dinner and social recreation. A long table in the churchyard laden with good things, prepared in excel lency of beauty and taste wss ex pressive of the domestic ability of the better sex. Every person jtm the uods was visited, god by the polite hand of the committee, compelled to join in the feast, for a feast it was, because there was no reason for re grets. only that so many failed to come whose presence was wanting at the feast. “More than twelve baskets full were taken up after all had been served with unwanting attention. ‘.After dinner the audience reas sembled in the bouse and enjoyed a spiritual feast by Rev. Amos Clary, from Gen. 4:9. It was a fine ser mon, the theme of which was that wo were all brothers. First, by crea tion. Second, by redemption. Third, by civil or political ties Surely it Is a good thing to work in the Lord’s vineyard.” T . BLACKSBURG BUDGET. I'ei-Monal ranttfniphn About Our Friend* Heyond the Broad. W. B. DeLoach one of York's prominent lawyers, was in town last week on business. Mrs.T. B. Butler, of Gaffney, spent a few days in our town, the guest of Miss Lucy Thompson. Mrs. S. E Gallagher and daughter, M iss Sallie, left Saturday on an ex tended visit in Concord. Miss Anna Love, who spent several days with Mrs. Maxwell, returned to her home in Camden Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf and children left Thursday for Charleston, where they will spend a few days. Mrs. Will king, of Charlotte, is vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Healan, in this city. John Boyce, who has been in York ville for the past six months, is now at home on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Moore. Horace Alexander spent Saturday night in Shelby with his grand-par ents, Mr. aud Mrs. G. M, Webb. Mr. M. E. Starr left this morning for Gastonia, where he has accepted a position in the Southern office. Mr. W'ill Moore and children, of Lancaster, spent Saturday night In this place on their way to Gaffney. Mr. G. W. Moore, who has been iu Athens. Ga.. for some time, made a flying visit home last week. Mrs. Mac Moore, of Yorkville, is visiting her brother, Mr. W. F. Moore, of this place. Mr. E. F. Dougherty spent Sunday at Cleveland Springs. Mr. and Mrs.' R. S. Withers left Friday for Yorkville, where they will spend a few days with relatives and friends. Quite a number of our people spent Thursday at Batterson Springs. Mrs. H. A. Briney and little daugh ter, Martha, left Friday for their home in Bittsbnrg. Mr. H. A. Tripp returned home Saturday after spending a week in the Mountains. Mr. J. J. Whisonant came home Sunday from Kershaw on a visit to his family. We are sorry to learn that Mr. M. J. Smith, who has been quite ill for the past week, is no better. Mrs. Sam Mackalrath, of Green ville, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Gross, in this place. L. n. r. Reports show that over fifteen hun dred lives have been saved through the use of One Minute Cough Cure. Most of these were cases of grippe, croup, asthma, whooping cough, bronchitis and pneumonia. Its early use prevents consumption. Chero kee Drug Co. It is impossible for a rational man to believe that God can be interested in all the trifling things concerning which Christian men debate and dispute with one another. The Chinese ask “how is your liver?” instead of “how do you do?” for when the liver is active the health is good. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are famous little pills for the liver and bowels. Cherokee Drug Co. The best specific for cholera is said to be Bararaethyiorthoaxyhydroaeth- ylcbimolin. If the patient doesn’t die before he can ask for it, he is sure to recover.—Buck. Ivy poisoning, poison wounds and all other accidental injuries may bo quickly cured by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Halve. It is also a cer tain cure for piles and skin diseases. Take no other. Cherokee Drug Co. Cholera recently broke out In one of the households of the Emperor of China, where there were three hun dred inmates. The total number of deaths was three hundred and ten. The extra ten were the physicians who failed to cure the victims. They did not die of cholera, we believe. All goods are alike to Butmzn Fadeless Dyes, us they color all fibers at one boiling. Sold by Dr. 8. B. Crawley & Co. Brominent Negroes, at a meeting in Bhiladelphia, decided to organize a national Negro party and put a Negro presidential ticket in the field. At thi* Season of the year there are always many deaths, particularly among children, from summer complaint, diarrhoea, dys entery, cholera morbus, cramps, etc., uid every one ought to know that a sure and speedy cure can easily be obtained by taking Pebbt Davis’ Pain-Kii.leb in sweetened water every half hour. It never fails. Avoid substitutes, there is but one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis’. Price 25c. and 50o. Wanted^ W ANTED Live. IiuhIIIiik au'ents aud men of alilllty can secure tirst-clnM con tracts with the lurxotft stipulated premium Life Insurance Corn nan J in the world tty ad- dressin/ Man. K‘r. iVtx (jrccnvilic, 8. C. Heferenceh required. Ladies’ Belt Buckles At Half Price to Close. R. S. Lipscomb, The Jeweler.