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JEFFERIES 4* GAFFNEY, S. C. Commercial Law. Corporation Law ICeal Estate Law. Money to loan on approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. < i A l V. t-i. C_\ Notary Public In otll. , <\ L'rompt attention given to all business. Office over R. A. Jones St Co.’s store. J. Ubocon Waixach. j. oiinh.rmoits. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. AU business Intrusted to us. given prompt and vlgorus attention. Office up stalls, next to U. A. Jones St Oo. ’Phone b7. CHILDREN OF A KING. DR. TALMAGE PREACHES OF THE SCIONS OF ROYALTY. The Roynl House of Jesus, and the Sun, the Moon, the Stars and All ! Nature Are Its llerltnKe—The Cross Its Great lleraldle Sica. Washington, Aug. 2<».—In this dis course Dr. Talnuige, who during his Journey homeward has seen much of royal and Imperial splendors, in pass ing through the capitals of Europe, shows that there is no higher dignity nor more illustrious station than those which the Christian has as a child of (led; text. Judges viii, IN, “Each one resembled tho children of a king.” Zebah and Zalmunna had been off to battle and when they came back they were asked what kind of people they had seen. They answered that the people had a royal appearance; “each one resembled the children of a king.” That description of people is not ex tinct. There are still many who have this appearance. Indeed, they are the sons and daughters of the Lord Al mighty. Though now In exile, they shall yet come to their thrones. There are family names that stand for wealth, or patriotism, or intelligence. The name of Washington among us will always represent patriotism. The family of the Medici stood as the re presentative of letters. The family of the Rothschilds is significant of wealth, tin; loss of $10,000,000 in 18-18 putting them to no inconvenience: and within a few years they have loaned Russia $12,000,000, Naples, $25,000,000, Aus tria. $ !(>,000,000. and England $200,000,- Ooij; and the stroke of their pen on the counting room desk shakes everything from the Irish sea to the Danube. They open their hand, and there is war; they shut it and there is peace. The Roman offs of Russia, the Ilohenzolleras of (lermnny, the Itourbons of France, the Stuarts and (Juelphs of Croat Britain are houses whose names are inter twined with the history of their re spective nations symbolic of imperial authority. But I preach of a family more poten tial, more rich, and more extensive— the royal house of Jesus, of whom the whole family in heaven and on earth Is named. We are blood relations by the relationship of tiie cross; all of us are the children of the King. The Ancestral Line. First, 1 speak of our family name. When we see a descendant of some one greatly celebrated iu the last century, we look at him with profound inter est. To have had conquerors, kings or princes in the ancestral line gives lus ter to the family name. In our line was a King and Conqueror. The Star in the East with baton of light wpke up the eternal orchestra that made music at his birth. From thence he started forth to conquer all nations, not by trampling them down, but by lifting them up. St. John saw him on a white horse. When he returns, he will not bring the nations chained to Ids wheel or in iron cages; but 1 hfear the stroke of the hoofs of the snow white cavalcade that brings them to the gates in triumph. Our family name takes luster from the star that heralded him, and the spear that pierced him, aud the crown that was given him. It gathers fra grance from the frankincense brought to Ids cradle, and the lilies that thing their sweetness into his sermons, aud the box of alabaster that broke at his feet. The Comforter at Bethany. The Itesurrector at Nnin. The supernatural Oculist at Bethsaida. The Saviour of one world, and the chief joy of another. The storm his frown. The sunlight his smile. The spring morning his breath. The earthquake the stamp of his foot. The thunder the whisper of his voice. The ocean a drop on the tip of his finger. Heaven a sparkle on the bosom of his love. Eternity the twin kling of his eye. The universe the liy- Lug iKu-t pf Ids chariot wheels. Able to heal a heartbreak, or hush a tem pest, or drown a world, or flood im- mensity with his glory. What other family name could ever boast of such an illustrious personage? Henceforth, swing out the coat of arms! Great families wear their coat of arms on the dress, or on tiie door of the coach, or on the helmet when they go out to battle, or on flags aud ensigns. The heraldic sign is some times a lion, or a dragon, or an eagle. Our coat of arms worn right over the heart, hereafter shall he a cross, a lamb standing under it, and a dove Hying over it. (irundest of ail escutch eons! Most significant of ail family escutcheons! In every battle I must have it blazing on my ling—the dove, the cross, tin 1 lamb; and when I fall, wrap me in that good old Christian flag, so that the family coat of arms shall he right over my breast, that all the world may see that I looked to tiie Dove of the Spirit, and clung to the (Toss, and depended upon the Lamb of God. which talceth away the sin of the world. Asia u of Jrsim, that dear frieml. On whom my hoprs of life depend; No! When 1 Mush, he this my ahame— That I no more revere hib name. Next, 1 speak of the family sorrows. If trouble come to one member of the family, all feel it. It Is the custom, after the body is lowered into the grave, for nil the relatives to come to the verge of the grave and look down into it. First those nearest the de parted come, then those next of kin, until they have all looked Into the grave. So. when trouble and grief go down through the heart of one member of the family, they go down through them all. The sadness of one is the sadness of all. A company of persons Join hands around an electric battery; the two persons at the ends of the line touch tiie battery and all tiie circle feels the shock, 'rims, by reason of the 'filial, maternal and paternal re lations of life, we stand so close to gether Hint when trouble sets Its bat tery, nil feel the thrill of distress. Iu the great Christian family, the sorrow of one ought to bo the sorrow of all. Is one persecuted? All are persecuted. Docs one Buffer loss? We all suffer loss. Is one bereaved? We are all bereaved. Tlu-ir itreamii.,' eye* too ther flow Fur human Ruilt and mortal woo. If you rejoice at another's misfor tune, you are not one of the sheep, hut one of tiie goats; and the vulture of sin hath alighted on your soul, and not the Dove of the Spirit. A I’recioiiN Heirloom, Next, I notice tho family property. Afttr a man of large e.tate dies, the relatives assemble‘to'hear the will read. So much of the property is willed to his sons, and so much to Ids daughters, and so much to benevolent societies. Our Lord Jesus bath died, and we are assembled today to hear the will read, lie says, “My peace l give unto you.” Through his apostle he says, “All things are yours.” What, everything? Yes, everything! This world and the next. In distinguished families there ere old pictures hang ing on the wall. They are called the “heirlooms” of tiie estate. They are very old, and have come down from generation to generation. Ho I look upon all the beauties of the natural world as the heirlooms of our royal family. The morning breaks from the cast. The mists travel up, hill above hill, mountain above mountain, until sky lost. The forests are full of chirp, and buzz, aud song. Tree’s leaf and bird’s wing flutter with gladness. Honey makers in the log, aud beak against the bark, and squirrels chat tering on the rail, and the call of the hawk out of a clear sky make you feel glad. The sun. which kindles conflagrations among the castles of cloud and sets minaret and dome aflame, stoops to paint the lily white, and the buttercup yellow, and the forgetmenot blue. What can resist tiie sun? Light for the voyager over the deep! Light for the shepherd guarding the flocks afield! Light for the poor who have no lamps to burn! Light for tiie downcast and tiie lowly! Light for aching eyes and burning brain ami wasted captive! Light for the smooth brow of child hood and for the dim vision of the octogenarian! Light for queen’s cor onet and for sewing girl's needle! Let there he light! Whoso morning is this? My morning. Your morning. Our Father gave us tin* picture and hung it on the sky in loops of lire. It is the heirloom of our family. And so the night. It is the full moon. Tho mists from shore to shore gleam like shatter ed mirrors, and the ocean under her glance conns up with great tides, panting upon the beach, mingling, as it were, foam and lire. The poor man blesses God for throwing such a cheap light through tiie broken window pane into Ids cabin, and to the sick it seems a light from the other shore which bounds this great deep of human pain and woe. If the sun seem like a song full and poured from brazen Instru ments that fill heaven and earth with great harmonies, the moon is plaintive and mil l, standing beneath the throne of God, sending up her soft, sweet voice of praise, while tiie stars listen, and the sea. No mother ever more sweetly guarded tiie sick cradle than ail night long fids pale watcher of the sky bonds over the weary, heartsick, slumbering earth. Whose is this black framed, black tasseled picture of the night? It is the heirloom of our family. Ours the grandeur of the spring, the crystals of the snow, the coral of the beach, the odors of the garden, the harmonies of the air. You cannot see a large estate iu one morning. You must take several walks around it. The family property of this royal house of Jesus is so great that we must take several walks to get any idea of its extent. Let the first walk he around this earth. All these val leys, the harvests that wave in them, and the cattle that pasture them—all these mountains, and the precious things hidden beneath them, and the crown of glacier they cast at the feet of the alpine hurricane—all these lakes, these islands, these continents, are ours. Iu the second walk go among the street lamps of heaven, and see stretching off on every side a wilderness of worlds. For us they shine. For us they sang at a Saviour’s nativity. For us they will wheel into liue, and with their flaming torches add to the splendor of our triumph on the day for which all other days were made. In tho third walk, go around the eternal city. As we come near It, hark to the rush of its chariots, and the wedding peal of Its great towers. The hell of heaven has struck 12. It is high noon. We look off upon tho chap lets which never fade, the eyes that never weep, the temples that never close, the loved ones that never part, the procession that never halta, the trees that never wither, the walls that never can be captured, the sun that never sets, until we can no longer gaze, and we hide our eyes and ex claim: “Eye hat!) not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered Into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him!” As these tides of glory rise, w> have to rot re; t and hold fast lest we he swept off and drowned in the emotions of gladness, and thanksgiving, and tri umph. What think you of the family prop erty? It is considered an honor to marry into a family where there is great wealth. The Lord, the bride groom of earth and heaven, offers you his heart and his hand, raying in the words of the Canticles: “Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away," and once having put on thy baud the signet ring of his love, you will be en dowed with all the wealth of earth, and all the honors of heaven. ItomcMead of Eternity, Almost every family looks back to a homestead some country place where you grew up. You sat on the doorsill. You heard the footsteps of the rain on the garret roof. You swung on the gate. You ransacked the barn. You waded into the brook. You thrashed the orchard for apples, and the neigh boring woods for nuts; and everything around the old homos lead Is of Interest to you. I ti il you of the old homestead of eternity. “In my Father’s house are many mam ions.” When we talk of Mansions, we think of Chatsworth. and Us park, nine miies In cir unfference, and its conservatory, llmt asmulshcs the world; its galleries of art, that con tain the triumphs of Cliantrcy, Canova and Thorwnldsen; of the kings and the queens who have walked its stately halls, or, flying over the heather, have hunted the grouse. But all tho dwell ing places of dukes, and princes, end queens, are as nothing t<> the family mansion that Is already awaiting our arrival. The hand of the Lord Jesus lifted tin* pillars, and swung Hie doors, ami planted the parks. Angels walk there, and the good of all ages. The poorest man iu that house is a million aire, and the lowliest a king, and the tamest word lie speaks Is an anthem, and the shortest life an ehunily. It took a Faxton to build for Chats- worth a covering for the wonderful flower Victoria regia, five feet In diatn clcr. But our Illy of the valley (shall need no shelter from tho blast, and In the open gardens of God shall put forth Its full bloom, ami all heaven shall come to look at It, and Its aroma shall be as though the cherubim had swung before the throne a thousand censors. I have not seen It yet. I am in a foreign land. But my Father is wait ing for me to come home. I have brothers and sisters there. In the Bible I have letters from there, telling me what a line place it is. It matters not much to me whether I am rich or poor, or whether the world hates me or loves me, or whether 1 go by land or by sea, if only I may lift my eyes at last on the family mansion. It is not a frail'house, built in a mouth, soon to crumble, but an old mansion, which is as firm as the day It was built. Its walls arc cover d with the ivy of many ages, and the urns at the gateway are n-bloom with the century plants of eternity. The queen of She ba hath walked Its halls, and Esther, and Marie Antoinette, and Lady Hunt ingdon, and Cecil, and Jeremy Taylor, and Samuel Rutherford, and John Mil- ton, and tho widow who gave two mites, and the poor men from the hospital—these last two perhaps out shining all the kings and queens of eternity. A Celestial Hendon. A family mansion means reunion. Some of your families are very much scattered. The children married, aud went off to St. Louis, or Chicago, or Charleston; but perhaps once a year you come together at the old place. How you wake up the old piano that has been silent for years! (Father and mother do not play on ii.i How you bring out the old relics, and rummage the garret, aud open old scrapbooks, aad shout, and laugh, and cry, and | talk over old times, and, tliou.^ii you may he 45 years of age, act as though you were 1G! Yet soon it is goodby at the car window, ami goodby at the steamboat wharf. But how will wo act at tiie reunion iu the old family mansion of heaven? It is a good while since you parted at the door of the grave. Tin re will be Grace, and Mary, and Martha, and Charlie, and Lizzie, and all the darlings of your household—not pale, aud sick, aud gasping for breath, as when you saw them last, but their eye bright with tiie luster of heaven, and their cheek roseate with the flush of celestial summer. What clasping of hands! What em bracings! What coming together of lip to lip! What tears of joy! You say, “I thought there were uo tears in heaven.” There must be, for the Bible says that “God shall wipe them away,” and if there wore no tears there, how could he wipe them away? They cannot be tears of grief or tears of disappointment. They must be tears of gladness. Christ will come and say: “What! Child of heaven, is it too much for thee? Dost thou break down under tin* gladness of this reunion? Then 1 will help thee.” And, with his one arm around us and the other arm around our loved ones, he shall hold us up in the eternal jubilee. UroilienlM at Home. While I speak, some of you with broken hearts can hardly hold your peace. You feel as if you would speak out and say: “Oh, blessed day! speed on. Toward thee I press with blister ed feet over the desert way. My eyes fail for their weeping. 1 faint from listening for feet that will not come, and the sound of voices that will not speak. Speed on, oh day of reunion! And then, Lord Jesus, he not angry with me if after I have kissed thy blessed feet, I turn around to gather up the long lost treasures of my heart. Oh! he not angry with me. One look at thee were heaven. But all those re unions are heaven encircling heaven, heaven overtopping heaven, heaven commingling with heaven!’” I was at Mount Vernon, and went in to the dining room In which our first president entertained the prominent men of this and other lands. It was a very Interesting spot. But, oh. the ban queting hall of the family mansion of which 1 speak! Spread the table, spread It wide; for a gnat multitude are to sit at it. From the tree by the river gather the 12 manner of fruits for that table. Take the clusters from tiie heavenly vineyards, and press them into tho golden tankards for that table. On baskets carry in the bread of which, if a man cat. he shail never I hunger. Take all the shot torn Hags j of earthly conquest, and entwine tin m j among the arches. Let David come j with his harp, and Gabriel v.lfli his ; trumpet, and Miriam will) tiie timbrel; ! for l he prodigals are at home, and Iho ! captives are free, and the Father hath Invited the mighty of heaven and the redeemed of earth to come and dine! [Copyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.] HE RETIRED FROM THE RACE. Candidate For Solicitor Had Served a Term In i'rison. Cnun.nsTON, Aug. 25.—Rather than face the charge that he had served iu the penitentiary for robbing the mails, B. 11. Matthews, a lawyer of this city and a candidate for state solicitor, has scut iua letter of withdrawal and dis appeared. His opponents looked up his record and found that ho was convicted by the district court of Baltimore, in 1887, for robbing letters whilo serving ns a sub stitute clerk in tho Baltimore postofiieo. He was scyi need to two years and had entered prison, when ho got nn order for a new trial on appeal. Liter the case wa#nol pressed. Matthews left town tho other day aud has telegraphed for his wife. Will Speak In Kentucky. Nashvii.lk, Aug. 25.—Congressman Carmack, now that he has uo opposition for United btates senator, will close his headquarters in the city Sept. 1 and his canva s at Madisonvillo on Sept. 15. From that date until Oct. 1 ho will speak through Kentucky. After Oct. 1 h" will place himself in the hands of tho national Democratic committee. New Steamboat Company Formed. Lincoln, Ala., Aug. 25.—The Coosa Valley Steamboat lino has been organ- gani/.ed in re to build a steamboat to ply b; tween Lick No. 4, Lincoln and River side and Gadsden, Ala., and Rome, Ua., on the Coosa river. Tho boat is to be completed and ready for operation in GO dii>>>. A capital stock ol $5,000 was subscribed. Putnam Fadeless Die' Purple, : 8 tiie brightest and fastest known pur ple odd is quite fast on Wool and 8ilk. but like ull purple, is not fugt on Cotton. 1 Op. per package. Hold by h. 11. Crawley <fc Co. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. Tersonal I’ai-agrnplis About Our Friend* lleyo!!-! the It road. (Correspondence of Tho Ledger.) Blacksiiuro, Aug.25.—-Mrs. Edgar Peoples and daughter, Helen, of Charlotte, are visiting Mrs. W. F. Moore of this place. Dr. W. E. Anderson, our popular dentist went to Hickory Grove Wed nesday. 1. B. Butler, one of Gaffney’s prominent lawyers, was in our city Wednesday. A. M. Bridges went to King’s Mountain Tuesday. Miss Lesbia Alexander, of Shelby, is visiting her sister, Mrs. E, F. Dougherty of this place. Mrs. J. F. Roberts aud sister, Miss Mamie, passed through our city Wednesday on their way to Mrs. Robert’s home in Charlotte. Little Irene, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. C. Moore, is quite ill. Dr. S. M. Deui, has gone to Yurk- viiio for a few days with his ftiend Latin Parish. Miss Mary Hughes, of Richmond, 3. C., is visiting Miss Sara Coe of this place. Mrs. K. Hardin and F. A. Roberts, of Patterson Springs, are the guests of Mrs. Roberts. E A Trescott, a popular lawyer of this phev, aliendfcd the speaking at King’s Crtck Wednesday. O.vn A I. '))-c, who has been spending the summer months in and around York \ il it:, has returned home. iV;!! uni Strong, of Charlotte, is visiting John Boyce of this place. Miss II. ism WSiisoimnt, who has m t n visiting fri mis in Kpurtanburg, has returned h. in •. i. u. u. A DELIGHTFUL TRIP. .*■ G soul ILt ol’m i nri-.y Is tin'••Devil's Hsml- Ing Alley.” M A iron', N. C.. Aug, 20.—One of the most delightful trips imaginable is tii’it from G *ilncy to Marion over the S. C. si G. E. R. It., tiie elegantly appointed trains rush along past thriving towns, through a fertile country, presenting a diversified scenery, sometimes rugged, and al ways magnificent, splitting the heart of the Blue Ridgo mountains in twain, over rippling rivers, past limpid lakes, by sparkling springs, winding around the base of mighty mountains, ever on and upwards to vvneic cool breezes blow on the moun* litin tops, enjoying the pure air laden witii baksaiiiic odors. One of t k "randest bits of scenery along the line is “Devil’s Bowling Alley,” about eight miles from Marion. Imagine a steep mountain side entirely devoid of tree or bush; great precipices here and there, im mense bowlders scattered about in the attitudes of granite, about to hurl balls of great size, which the smaller bowlders resemble, and you have a faint idea of this superb scene. This sight alone repays one for the trip, but it is a continuous succession of scenic surprises, the grandeur of which beggars descrip tion. And ol Marion, it would take a volume to tell of it and its sur roundings, the wide streets, hand some residences busy business houses, or one may climb the surrounding mountains and enjoy the breezes from tiie hills, see the gleaming spray from the ^cascades, hear what the pine tops whisper, or the murmur ing river says, drink one’s fill of its purest waters on earth, rest from the rush and bustle of business, get a Ires'* hold on life with renewed o orgy, drive dull care away; these are some of the things one may do, by a trip to this garden spot of the glorious mountain region, and what .ve iu particular are doing. Two Mem hers. CROP BULLETIN. Comlitlon of CuroliiiK t.'ro|»s u* Reported from tho liureau. Columria, 8. C., August 21.—The mean temperature for the Stale was eighty-seven degrees for the week ending 8 a. rn. August 20th, and the mirtnal fi r the same period is seventy- eight degrees. The highest maximum ranged Gum iUU to 104 every day ; the lowest rriinimuiu was sixty-seven at Spartanburg on the 13th. The drought was relieved in spots, i car y every county reported some rain, hut over by far the greater portion of the State the rainfall wa^ insufficient and many points had no rain. Where the ram was followed by b right sunshine, crops were scat- d-d. and injur rd instead of benefited. Tin-re was more cloudiness and lighter winds generally than during the previous week, except that heavy winds accompanied some of the thun der storms. Damaging hail fell in Lancaster aud Ricketts counties. The weather was loo hot, and generally too dry for ull growing vegetal ion, ami crop reoortB indicate wide-spread deterioratio»j, amounting in the case of young corn to complete ruination of such that has but re cently tasselli’d. Earlier planting, not matured, is not filling well, and tiie blades and stalks are dried. The corn crop will be short. Fodder was pulled from early corn and saved in lint* condition. The weather conditions were also unfavorable to cotton, causing con tinued shedding of leaves, forms and even young bulls, and checked all growth. Rust has decreased. I’re- mature opening is general, and picking lias begun in a!i sections. Sea-island continues to blight, is dwarfed, and is fruiting poorly. In places late planted • otton continues to look well, hut the prospects for the middle and top crops are poor. River rice is exceptionally promis ing. except at a few points, and hal ves! which has begun will soon bo actively prosecuted. Upland rice has foil d materially. Peas of young growth were literally killed, whilo earlier piantl igs have been s’verily Injured. Home pea- vines have been cut for hay. Hweet potatoes aud cum* pastures and gar dens, in short, all minor crops have shared in the general deterioration caused by the unprecedented period of prolonged excessive heat, and drought iu places. CHAINED TO A TREE, HE DIES White Convict Claiming to Re III Is Severely Punished. Ei.berton, Ga., Aug. 82. — Convict Ward, a white man serving a term in tho convict camp on R. H. Clark’s plantation, in the* lower end of the county, died while chained to a tree laat week aud an investigation is now being made. News of the death reached Elberton through a messenger from tho Clark camp. Ward, so tho story goes, hod been claiming to be sick and in that way escaped work. The camp boss be came convinced that tho convict was playing off and whipped Ward vigor ously and repeatedly. On Thursday last when the convicts were being car ried to dinner Ward complained of be ing sick and unable to go further. Ho was taken out of the crowd and chained to a tree, there to await a return from dinner. On tho return the convict boss found Ward chained as they had left him, but dead. The camp physician ex amined him aud gave it as his opinion that the deceased had died from heart trouble. SHIRT WAIST MAN EJECTED. Young Man Put Out of the Colum- , bus Theater. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22.—The man with the shirt waist has been brought to a halt in Columbus, and the question has now arisen, what is the coatless horde to do about it? A prominent young busi ness man entered Springer Opera House in tho conventional August costume. Ho was minus his coat, vest and suspenders, his visible dress consisting of a shirt, trousers aud a belt. He had not been seated long before Lieutenant Denson of the police force told him that he would either have to put on his coat or leave the theater. He refused to don his coat—he had none. He was escorted out, but the officer refused to make a case against him. He appealed to the mayor, who ruled that whilo the police had the right to eject any disorderly person, they did not have tho privilege of officially pass ing uiiou matters of etiquette iu the opera nouse. Posse Searching For a Negro. Quitman, Ga., Aug 23.—At Pavo a few nights ago an unknown negro man entered C. B. Blaylock’s house aud went to tho bed where his 12-year-old daugh ter was asleep. The girl awoke and seeing the man screamed, which brought her lather to the rescue. The negro rushed out of the house pursued by Blaylock, but made his escape. Several searching parties have been on the look out for the negro and three negroes have been arrested, but were released. Death of Captain Wilson. New York, Aug. 22.—Captain John Wall Wilson, who was one of tho two survivors of the second Grinnell arctic expedition, is dead at St. Joseph’s hos pital, Brooklyn, from the effects of an operation for appendicitis performed eight months ago. The Appetite of a Goat. Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King’s New Life Pills, the won derful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25 cents at Cherokee Drug Company. Sir William Y'ernon Harcourt esti mates the cost of the South African waraa approximately $80,000,000. The wolf in the fable put on sheep’s clothing because if he traveled on his own reputation he couldn't accom plish his purpose. Counterfeiters of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve couldn’t sell their worthless salves on their merits, so they put them in boxes and wrappers like DeWitt’s. Look out for them. Take only DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It cures piles and all skin diseases. Cherokee Drug Co. The distance from the farthest point of polar discovery to the pole itself is 460 mi'es. Opening of Books of Subscription. State or Sooth Carolina, \ Count r or Cuihokee. f Pursuaut to a commission Issued to tho undersigned as enruorators tty M. K. Cooper, Secretary of Stale, on tlie 23rd day of August mt. Notice Is liereliy given that books of sub scription to the capital slock <>' the Hank of itlucksburg will be opened at <>. A. Osi-orne’s store in tin city of Mucks burg. State and ‘ ounty aforesaid.on the 1st September, I’.too. at In a. m. The said proposed corporation w ill have a capital stock of flii.ium,divided into M) rdiuies of the par value of i'20.0U ouch, wltb Its prin cipal place of busiiu-s->at Hlaeksburg. S. t'.. and will ’ empower sd to eugujre in a general banking and exchange business. F. (j. Stacy, Wm. Anukiison, I). it. Hi uo, J. T. I • \Hw in, I*. II. 1 i a; km an. Iea IIakoin. N. \V. Hardin, Corporators. Final Notice. Persons owning lands through which streams puss iu Cherokee County will l>eur in mind that ull obstructions must be removed from the channel of said streams by the lilst of August instant or the law will lie strictly enforced. N. Lipscomb, H-21-law-3t County Supervisor. Bridge to Let. Bridge to let across Surratt’s Creek, near X. Blanton’s, at II o’clock a. m.. August 31st Inst.: also bridge across Suck Creek, near William's school house, on September 1st, WOO. at 11 o’clock a. m. N. Lipscomu, 8-21-law-2t County Sujk rvlsor. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. It artificially digest s the food and aids Nature In strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is tiie latestdlscovered digest- ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It in- 1 slant iy relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, ! Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, i Sick Headache,Gastralgla,Cramps and i all other resultsofimperfectdlgestlon. Price 50c. and ti. Largo size contains 1% times small slse. Book all about dyspepsia mailed free Prepared by E. C. DeWITT 4 CO.. Chicago. OUR CASUALTIES AT PEKING. General Chaffee Reports the Killed and Wounded In Action. Washington, Aug. 21.—Tho follow ing casualty report was received today at the war department from General Chaffee, dated Peking, Aug. 17: “Casualties iu action Aug. 14: Four- Jeenth infantry, Company E, William Part, wounded iu hand, slight; Com pany G, John Hauser, sergeant, wound ed in buttock, moderate; Thomas H. Higgins, iu foot, slight; August P, Troutman, lag, below knee, moderate; Rufus Lawyer, leg, below knee, slight; Company 11, Henry Hopkins, sergeant, leg, above knee, slight; Company K, Frank L. Whitehead, sergeant, log, be low knee, slight; Jesse A. Foukos. leg, above knee, slight; Battery F, Fourth artillery, W. P. Nenney, chest, serious. Marines—Captain ttmedley D. Butler, chest, slight; Company A, George P. Farrell, head, moderate; Company C, Frank W. Green, hand, moderate. “Casualties in action Aug. 15. The following officers and men were killed: “Battery E, Fifth artillery, Captain Henry J. Reilly, morning of Aug. 17; Company C, Ninth infantry, James W. Waller; Company E, Ninth infantry, J, O. Hall, Daniel Simpkins; Company K, Nineteenth infantry, Russell T. El liott; Company M, Fourteenth infantry, James Wiber. “Wounded — Ninth infantry. Com pany E, Martin Silk, head, serious; Company D, George Fraley, first ser geant, arm, slight; Company K, George Siemens, leg below knee, serious; Com pany M, William W. Norton, leg below knee, slight; Fourteenth infantry, Com pany E, George O. Fox, sergeant, hand, slight; Harvey Baker, musician, thigh, moderate; Calvin P. Titus, musician, neck, slight; George Kauffman, buttock; Company 0, Henry J. Kisela, chest, se rious; Company H, Charles Morgan, corporal, leg below knee, moderate; Ora F. Tyler, George King, John L. Lynch, thigh, slight; Company I, Carey Dur ham. leg below knee, slight; Company L, Thomas Lanker, chest, serious; T. King, arm, serious; Company M, Wil liam B. Hoffman, cook, thigh, moder ate; Henry Daviess, leg below knee; Battery F, Fifth artillery, Lee Doyle, hand, slight. Aug. 16, died of wounds received in action: Edward B. Mitchell, Company L, Fourteenth infantry. Note—William Parte not found on roll of A. G. O. Possibly intended for WilUam W. Earle. British Casualties. London, Aug. 22. — Admiral Bruce sends a partial list of the British casual ties during the siege of the legations, the death of Captain Bernard Strouts, and regrets that “owing to the heavy road and forced march the naval brig- tide was unable to participate in tho en try, ” adding that the “way they brought their guns by boat aud road from Tien Tsin is an achievement of which they may bo proud.” “Robert fell off a fifty-foot ladder and wasn’t hurt a bit.” Not hurt? I don’t believe it.” “It’squite true. He fell off the bottom rung.” | COUTHEIIN RAILWAY. '! Oonden.sd Schedu'e of Pas..nc«r Tratna. la Effect May Oth, 19(X). Northbound. Lv. Atlanla.CT •* Atlanta,ET " Korcrou... “ Buford “ Gainesville “ Lula “ Cornelio.... “ Mt. Airy... Lv. Tonoa Ar. Kilierton... Lv. Elberton... 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Athens .Lv No. 11 Dally. 10 60a 10 19 io ua • 26a TToTS Ex. Sun. 1 6 86 p • COB wfis 6 lOp 0 34p 8 50 p 9 «0jp ~Notn close connection made at Lula main line trains. ••A" a. m. “P” p. m. ••M” soon. "If" night Chesapeake Line Steamers la dally aarvtaa between Norfolk and Lai timers. Nos. 37 and 85—Daily. Washington and Southwestern Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman sleeping cars between New York and New Orleans, via Wasidngton. Atlanta and ... -asidngtoa, Atlant Montgomery, and also between New York aad Memphis, via Washlngtoa. Atlanta —Mt Bia- miugham. Also <' ' ilngtoa, Atlanta and so elegant Pullman Libjiam Oimkrv ation Cam between Atlanta and New York. First class thoroughfare ooackes W tween W nshington and Atlanta. Dining ears ■erve all meals on route. Leaving Washing. Ington Momiaye, Wednesdays aad Friday* a tourist sleeping ear will run through batwami v. ahklngtoo and dan FraMtgno without Pul.man ill's winy-room sleeping osrs ' Greensboro and Norfolk. 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