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friends
think you
must be
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JI flLfmP years
older than you are?
Vet it’s impossible to
look young with the
color of 70 years in
the hair. It’s sad to
see young persons
look prematurely old
in this way. Sad be
cause it’s all unncces-
sary; for gray hair ^
may always be re- ^
stored
to its
nat
ural
color
by us
ing—
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tury this has been the
standard hair prepara
tion. It is an elegant
dressing; stops fall
ing of the hair; makes
the hair grow; and
cleanses the scalp
from dandruff.
$1.00 a bottle. All drcizglcts.
“I have bopn using; Ayer’s Hair
Vigor for over 2o v.'rs and X can
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a.1 tho be-it iiair tonic in existence.”
Mrs. G. L. Aluehson,
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April 24, l«yj.
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A. B.. B. S., A. M., I.L.B.. L. I. Course*.
Spring Courses free for Teuehers, Fourteen
Professors; IJI.oso volumes in lihrttry: evel-
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dited Schools enter its Freshman Class wnli-
out examination.
Entranee and Normal Sirhohirshlp Elim
inations held at every county sent, E rid ay,
July 20. Moo l>y County Superintendents.
Next session opens Sept. 20, 1900. For
catalogue, address,
EX' . "WOOI)\VAlii), I'resiilent.
1 0 3mos
DR. J. F. GARRETT
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
Office over J. It. Tolleson’s new erort
In office from Ist to 26th of each
month:
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB.
Dentist,
Office over R. A. lonea & Co ’» Store.
Can be found at ofllce six days In tho weot
D.R.Duncan C. F.Sanders. W.S.Uall, Jr
DUHCAH, SANDERS & HALL,
Attornoys-at-Law.
OfQce over J. It. Tolleson’s & Co.’s Store.
J. E, WEBSTER.
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Ofllceln Court House.(Probate'Judge soflloe
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practices In till the courts. Collec
tions a specialty
C. JEFFERIES 4*
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Commercial Law. Corporation Law
ICeal Estate Law.
Money to loan on approved security.
JAMES A. WILLIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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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.
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It artificially digest s the food and aids
Nature In strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
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can approach it in efficiency. It in- 1
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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
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~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.
Norfolk for Old Point C
‘ Unit
Nos. 86 and 80—
■olid between Washtn
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thi-ougk without ehanga
els«M». Pullman drawl
between New York and 1
l*i) ta and Montgomery
m Ingham and Atlanta,
meaii en route.
. Nos. 11, 68, 84 and 16-1.
betwtfa Rlohmoud and
nils, southbound Mea U
Nos 84 aud 12.
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