The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 02, 1900, Image 3

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(OIMTMH Do oot think for a single moment that consumption will ever strike you a sudden I blow. It does not come that way. It creeps its way along. First you think it is a little cold, nothing but a little hacking cough; then a little loss in weight; then a harder cough; then the fever and the night sweats. Better stop the disease while it is yet creeping. Better cure your cough today. You can do it with SPREAD THE GOSPEL. The pressure on the chest is lifted, that feel ing of suffocation is re moved, and you are cur ed. You can stop that little cold with a 25 cent bottle; harder coughs will need a 50 cent size; if it’s on the lungs the one dollar size will be most economical. « “ I confidently recommend A yor’g Cherry Pectoral to all my patrons. I am uslnj; it now in my own family. Forty years ago I leelVure it saved my life.” A. 8. Eidson, Jan. 4,1898. Fort Madison, Iowa. Write the Doctor at any time. A<1- dress, Dr. J. C. AYEK, Lowell, Mass. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office, i Gaffney, S. C. A. N. WOOD. BANKER, does a general Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- ^*roof safe and Automatic Time Look. Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and sells Stocks andBonds. Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. it is a Known Fact that I sell Staple and Fancy Groceries cheaper than any other dealer lu Gaff ney, t here fore my store has been rightly duhhed The Cheap Store. Everything sold at rock bottom prices and everything guaranteed to be just as represented. All goods delivered promptly and without extra charge. I, DAVENPORT. J. E. WEBSTER, t! ornoy-A t - Ofinmlu Court House. (Probate-Judge so dice Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty DR. J. F. GARRETT" Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson's new store In office from 1st to 26th of each month: Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB. Dentist, Office over R. A. lonee ft Co ’e Store. Can be found at office six davs In tbe week J. C. JEFFERIES 4- OAFFNEY. S. C. Commercial Law. Corporation Law Kcal Estate Law. Money to loan on approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTOBNEV AT LAW, OA.H'J-rjMi-CY'. Notary Public in office. Prompt attention given to all business. Office over U. A. Jones ft Co.’s store. t J. Clouob Wallace. J. ohnkliusOtts. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. All business intrusted to us, given prompt and vigorus attention Office up stairs, next o H. A- Jones ti (Jo. ’Phone 87. D.U.Duncan O. P.Handers. W.H.liuil.Jr DUKC1H, SANDERS 4 HALL, Attorneys, at-Law. Office over J. U. Tolleson’s ft Co.’s titore. DR. TALMAGE URGES CHRISTIANS TO SEEK NEW FIELDS. Efforts of the Churches Should Be Directed Toward Savinix Sinners. They Should Get In Sympathy YYith 1 Those Outside Their I’ule. Washington, Sept. 30.—In this dis course Ur. Tulmage points to fields of usefulness that are not yet thoroughly cultivated itnd shows the need of more activity. The text is Homans xv, 20. ‘‘Lest I should build upon another man’s foundation.” In laying out the plan of his mission ary tour Paul sought out towns and cities which had not yet been preached to. He goes to Corinth, a city famous for splendor and vice, and Jerusalem, where the priesthood and the sanhe drin were ready to leap with both feet ui)on the Christian religion. He feels he has especial work to do, and he means to do It. What was the result? The grandest life of usefulness that a man ever lived. We modern Cbrbliau workers are not apt to imitate Paul. We build on other people’s founda tions. If we erect a church, we prefer to have it filled with families till of whom have been pious. Do we gather a Sabbath school class, we want good boys and girls, hair combed, faces washed, manners attractive. Fo a church in this day is apt to he built out of other churches. Some ministers spend all their time In fishing in other people’s ponds, and they throw th<* line Into that church pond and jerk out a Methodist and throw the line into an other church pond and bring out a Presbyterian, or there is a religious row in some neighboring church, and a whole school of fish swim off from that pond, and we take them all in with one sweep of the net. What is gained? Absolutely nothing for the cause of Christ. What strengthens an army is new recruits. While courteous to those coming from other flocks, we should build our churches not out of other churches, hut out of the world, lest we build on another man’s foundation. The fact Is this is a big world. When In our schoolboy days we learned the diameter and circumference of this planet, we did not learn half. It is the latitude and longitude and diameter and circumference of want and woe and sin that no figures can calculate. This one spiritual continent of wretch edness reaches across all zones, and if 1 were called to give its geographical boundary I would say It was bounded on the north and south and east and west by the great heart of God's sym pathy and love. Oh, it is a great world! Since G o’clock this morning 00.S00 per sons have been born, and all these mul tiplied populations are to he reached by the gospel. In England or in our eastern American cities we are being much crowded, and an acre of ground Is of great value, but In western Amer ica 500 acres is a small farm, and 20,- 000 acres Is no unusual possession. There Is a vast field here and every where unoccupied, plenty of room more, not building on another man's foundation. of Cburolie*. We need as churches to stop bom barding tbe old Ironclad sinners that have been proof against 30 years of Christian assault. Alas for that church which lacks the spirit of evangelism, spending on one chandelier enough to lightoOOsouls to glory and In one carved pillar enough to have made a thousand men “pillars In the house of our Cod forever” and doing less good than many a log cabin meeting bouse with tallow candles stuck in wooden sockets and a minister who has never seen a college and does not know the differ ence between Greek and Choctaw! We need as churches to get into sympathy with the great outside world and let them know that none are so broken hearted or hardly bestead that they will not he welcomed. “No,” says some fastidious Christian; “I don’t like to be crowded in church. Don’t put any one In my pew.” My brother, what will you do in heav en? When a great multitude that no man can number assembles, they will put 50 in your pew. What arc the se lect few today assembled in the Chris tian churches compared with the might ier millions outside of them? Many of the churches are like a hospital that should advertise that its patients must have nothing worse than toothache or “run rounds,” but no broken beads, no crushed ankles, no fractured thighs. Give us for treatment moderate sin ners, velvet coated sinners and sinners with a gloss on. It Is as though a man had a farm of 3.000 acres and put all his work on one acre. He may raise never so large ears of corn, never so big heads of wheat—h" would remain poor. The church of God has bestow ed Its chief care on one acre and has raised splendid men and women In that small iuclesure, but the field Is the world. That means North and South America, Eurone, Asia and Af rica and all the Islands of the sea. It Is as though, after a great battle, there were left 50,000 wounded and dying on the field and three surgeons gave nil their time to three patients under their charge. The major general comes in and says to the doctors, “Come nit here and look at the nearly 50,000 dy ing for lack of surgical attendance!” “No,” say the three doctors, standing there fanning their patients; “we have three Important cases here, and we are attending to them, and when we are not positively busv '•-'♦h their wounds Jt takes a*! ^ur time to keep the flies off.” Ir ibis awful battle of sin and sorrow, where millions have fallen on millions, do not let us spend all our time In taking care of a few people, and when the command comes, “Go In to the world,” say practically: “No; I cannot. I have here a few choice cases, and I am busy keeping off the tiles.” There are multitudes today who have never had any Christian worker look them in the eye and with »aiei-slm . s In the accentuation say, “Cone !'’ or they would long ago have been in the kingdom. My friends, religion is ei ther n sham or a great reality. If it bo a sham, let us disband our churches and Christian associations. If It be a reality, then great populations are on the way to the bur of God unfitted for the ordeal. And what are we doing? Bro|) Itellitlwu . 'JVeliulealltles. In order to reach the multitude of outsiders we must; drop all technicali ties out of our religion. When we talk to people about the hypostatic union and French eucyelnpedlanlsmund Ei us- tmtauism aim Goinpiutensianism, we are Impolitic and as little understood as if a physician should talk to an or dinary patient about the pericardium and Intercostal muscle and scorbutic symptoms. Many of us come out of the theological seminaries so loaded up that we take tne first ten years to show our people Dow much we know and the next ten years to get our peo ple to know as much as we know, and at the end we find that neither of us knows anything as we ought to know. Here are hundreds of thousands of sinning, struggling and dying people who need to realize Just one thing— that Jesus Christ came to save them and will save them now. Hut we got Into a profound and elaborate defini tion of what justification is, and after all the work there are not, outside of the learned professions, 10,(XX) people who can tell what justification is, I will read you the definitions: “Justifi cation is purely a forensic act, the act of a Judge sitting in the forum, in which the Supreme Ruler and Judge, who Is accountable to none and who alone knows the manner In which the ends of his universal government can best be obtained, reckons that which was done by the substitute in the same manner as if it had been done by those who believe in the substitute and purely on account of this gracious method of reckoning grants them the full remission of their sins.” Now. what is justification? I will tell you what Justification Is—when a sinner believes, God lets him off. One summer in Connecticut I went to a large factory, and 1 saw over the door written the words, “No Admittance.” I entered and saw over the next door, “No Admittance.” Of course 1 enter ed. 1 got inside and found it a pin factory, and they were making pins very serviceable, line and useful pins. So the spirit of exclusiveness has piae- ticaiiy written over the outside door of many a church, “No Admittance.” And if the stranger enters he finds practically written over the second door, “No Admittance,” and if he goes in over nil the pew doors seems writ ten, “No Admittance,” while the min- tster stands In tin* pulpit hammering out his little niceties of belief, pound ing out the technicalities of rellgiont making pins. In the most practical, common sense way and laying aside the nonessentials and the hard defini tions of religion go out on the God giv en mission, telling the people what they need and wlmu and how they can g< t it. Have the Skeptics. Comparatively little effort as yet has been made to save that large class of ^MTSons in our midst called skeptics, and lie who goes to work here will not lie* building upon another man’s foun dation. There is a large number of them. They are afraid of us and our churches, for the*reason we do not know how to treat them. One of this class met Christ and heard with what tenderness and pathos and beauty and success Christ dealt with him: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy Clod with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment, ami the second is like unto it—namely. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” And the scribe said to him, “Well, Master, thou hast said the truth, for there is out* God, and to love him with all the heart, and all the un derstanding. and all the soul, and all the strength. Is more than whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly he said unto him, “Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.” So a skeptic was saved in one Interview. Hut few Christian people treat the skeptic In that way. Instead of taking hold of him with the gentle hand of love we are apt to take him with the pinchers of eccleslasticlsu. You would not be so rough on that man if you knew how he lost his faith In Christianity. 1 have known men skeptical from the fact that they grew up in houses .where religion was over done. Sunday was the most awful day in the week. They had religion driven into them with a trip hammer; they were surfeited with prayer meetings; they were stuffed and choked with cat- (H'ldsms; they were often told that they were the worst boys the parents ever knew because they liked to ride down hill be*ter than to read Hunyau’s ‘T’il- grim’s I’rogress.” Whenever father and mother talked of religion they drew down the comers of their mouth and rolled up their eyes. If any one thing will send a boy or girl to ruin sooner than another, that Is it. If I had such a lather and mother, I fear I should have been an infidel. Gronnda For Unbelief. Others were tripped up to skepticism from being grievously wronged by some man who professed to be a Christian. They had a partner In business who turned out to be a first class scoundrel, though a pro fessed Christian. Many years ago they lost all faith by what happened in am oil company which was formed amid the petroleum excitement. The com pany owned no land, or, If It did. there was no sign of oil produced; but the president of the company was a Presbyterian elder and the treasurer was an Episcopalian vestryman, and one director was a Methodist class leader aim ;he other (ilreciors prom inent memivrs of Haptist and Congre gational ehwchi s. Circulars were got out telling what fabulous prospect! opened before this company. Innocent men and women who had a little money to Invest, and that little their all, said: “I do not know anything about this company, but so many good Ineu are at the head of It that U must be excellent, and taking stock In It must be almost as good as Joining tbe church.” No they bought the stock and perhaps received one dividend so as to keep them still, but after awhile they found that the company had reorgau- ized and had a different president and different treasurer and different di- reeUirs. Other engagements or 111 health Irod caused the former officers of the company, with many regrets, to resign. And all that the subscribers of (hat stock had to show for their Invest ment was a beautifully ornamented certificate. Sometimes that man, look ing over his old papers, comes across that certificate, and it Is so suggestive that he vows he wants none of the re ligion that the president and trustees and directors of that oil company pro fessed. Of course, their rejection of religion uu such grounds was unphllosoDhleal and unwise. 1 am told that many of the United States army desert every year, and there are many court mar- tlals every year. Is that anything against the United Slates government that swore them in? And If a soldier of Christ deserts Is that anything against the Christianity which he swore to support and defend? How do you Judge of the currency of a coun try? By a counterfeit bill? Now, you must have patience with those who have been swindled by religious pre tenders. Live in the presence of others a frank, honest, earnest Christian life, that they may be attracted to the same Saviour upon whom your hopes de pend. Remember skepticism always has some reason, good or bad, for existing. Goethe’s Irreligion started when the news came to Germany of the earth quake at Lisbon Nov. 1, 1775. That 00,000 people should have perfshed In that earthquake and in the after rising of the Tagus river so stirred his sym pathies that be threw up his belief In tbe goodness of God. Light Up Darkness. Others have gone Into skepticism from a natural persistence in asking the reason why. They have been fear fully stabbed of the fatal Interroga tion point. There are so many things they cannot get explained. They can not understand the Trinity or how God can be sovereign and yet man a free agent Neither can I. They say, “I don’t understand why a good God should let sin come into the world.” Neither do I. You say, “Why was that child started In life with such disad vantages, while others have all phys ical and mental equipment?” I cannot tell. They go out of church on Easter morning aud say, “That doctrine of the resurrection confounded me.” Fo it is to me a mystery beyond unravelment. 1 understand all the processes by which men get Into the dark. I know them all. I have traveled with burn ing feet that blistered way. The first word that children learn to utter is generally papa or mamma. I think the tirnt word I ever uttered was “why.” I know what it Is to have a hundred midnights pour their darkness into one hour. Such men are not to be scoffed at, but helped. Turn your back upon a drowning man when you have the rope with which to pull him ashore and let that woman In the third story of a house perish In the flames when you have a ladder with which to help her out and help her down rather than turn your back scofiingly on a skeptic whose soul is iu more peril than the bodies of those other endangered ones can be. Ob, skepticism is a dark land! There are men who would give a thou sand worlds, If they possessed them, to get back to the placid faith of their fa thers and mothers, and It is our place to help them, and we may help them, never through their heads, but alwdys through their hearts. These skeptics, when brought to Jesus, will be might ily effective, far more so than those who never examined the evidences of Christianity. Thomas Chalmers was once a skeptic, Robert Hall a skeptic, Robert Newton a skeptic, Christmas Evans a skeptic. Hut when once with strong hand they took hold of the char iot of the gospel they rolled It on with what momentum! If I address such men and women to day, I throw out no scoff. 1 Implead them by the memory of the good old days when at their mother’s knee they said, “Now I lay me down to sleep,” and by those days and nights of scar let fever In which she watched you, giving you the medicine in just the right time and turning your pillow when it was hot and with hands that many years ago turned to dust soothed away your pain and with voice that you will never hear again, unless you Join her In the better country, told you to never mind, for you would feel bet ter by and by, and by that dying couch where she looked so pale and talked so slowly, catching her breath between the words, and you felt an awful lone liness coming over your soul—by all that I beg you to come back and take the same religion. It was good enough for her; It is good enough for you. Nay, I have a better plea than that. 1 plead by all the wounds and tears and blood and groans and agonies and death throes of the Son of God, who ap proaches you this moment with torn brow and lacerated hands and whip ped back and saying, “Come unto me all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Help the Druwnlnar. Again, there Is a field of usefulness but little touched, occupied by these who aye astray In their habits. All northern nations, like those of North America and England and Scotland— tnai Is, In the cold« r climates are dev astated by alcoholism. They take the fire to keep up the warmth. In south ern countries, like Arabia and Spain, the blood Is so warm they are not tempted to fiery liquids. The great Roman armies norer drunk anything stronger than water tinged with vine gar, but under our northern climate the temptation to heating stimulants is most mighty, and millions succumb. When a man's habits go wrong, the church drops him, the social circle drops him, good influences drop bim- we all drop him. Of all the men who get off the track but few ever get on again. Near my summer residence there is a life saving station on the beach. There are all the ropes and rockets, the boats, the machinery, for getting people off shipwrecks. One summer 1 saw there 15 or 20 men who were breakfasting after having Just escaped with their lives and nothing more. Up and down our coasts are built these us> ful struc tures, and the mariners know It, and they feel that if they are driven Into the breakers there will be apt from shore to come u rescue. The churches of God ought to be so many life saving stations, not so much to help those who are In smooth waters, but those who have been shipwrecked. Come, let us run out the lifeboats! And who wHl man them? We do not preach enough to such men. We have not enough faith In their release. Alas, If when they come to hear us we are laborious ly trying to show the difference l*e- tween sublapsariunism aud supralap- sarlanlsm, while they have a hundred vipers of remorse and despair colling around and biting their Immortal spir its. The church Is not chiefly for good- isb sort of men, whose proclivities are all right and who could get to heaven praying and singing In their own homes, it is on the beach to help the drowning. Those bad cases are the cases that God likes to take hold or. He can save a big sinner ns well ns n small sinner, and when n man calls earnestly to God for help he will go out to deliver such a one. If It were neces sary, God would come down from the sky, followed by all the artillery of heaven and a million angels with drawn swords. Get 100 such redeemed men in your churches, and nothing could stand before them, for such men are generally warm hearted and ontL'.i- slastic. No formal prayers then. No heartless singing then. No cold con ventionalisms then. Tbe Gospel Ship. Destitute children of the street offer a field of work comparatively unoccu pied. The uncared for children are in the majority In most of our cities. When they grow' up. If uureformed. they will outvote your children, and they will govern your children. The whisky ring will hatch out other whis ky rings, and grog shops will kill with their horrid stench public sobriety un less tbe church of God rises up with outstretched arms and Infolds this dy ing population In her bosom. Public schools cannot do It. Art galleries can not do it. Blackwell’s island cannot do It. •Almshouses cannot do it. Jails cannot do it. Church of God, wake up to your magnificent mission! You can do It! Get somewhere, somehow to work! The Prussian cavalry mount by put ting their right foot Into the stirrup, while the American cavalry' mount by putting their left foot Into the stirrup. I do not care how you mount your war charger !f you only get Into this battle for God and get there soon, right stir rup or left stirrup or no stirrup at all. The unoccupied fields are all around us, and why should we build on anoth er man’s foundation? 1 have heard of what was called the “thundering le gion.” It was in 17'J a part of the Ro man army to which some Christians belonged, and their prayers, it was said, were answered by thunder and lightning and hail and tempest, which overthrew an Invading army and sav ed the empire. And 1 would to God that our churches might be so mighty In prayer and work that they would become a thundering legion before which the forces of sin might be rout ed and the gates of hell might tremble. Launch the gospel ship for another voyage. Heave away now', lads! Shake out the reefs In the foretopsail! Come, O heavenly wind, and lili the canvas! Jesus aboard will assure our safety. Jesus on the sea will beckon us for ward. Jesus ou the shore will wel come us into harbor. (Copyright, 1990, by Louit Kiopsch, N. Y.J Kcti Hot From the Gun Was the ball that hit G. B. Stead man of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Cherokee Drug Company, Druggists. Common sense in an uncommon de gree is what passes in the world for wisdom. Do not get scared if your heart troubles you. Most likely you snlfer from indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and gives the worn out stomach perfect rest. It is tbe only preparation known that completely digests all classes of food; that is why it cures the worst cases of indigestion and stomach trouble after everything else has failed. It may be taken in ail conditions and cannot help but do you good. Cher okee Drug Company. If you wish to know whether you are a Christian inquire of yourself whether, in and for tbe love of God, you seek to make happy those about you by smiles and pleasant sayings. Are you a comfortable person to live with. Are you pleasant to have about. It Is well to know that DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve will beal a burn and stop tbe pain at once. It will cure eczema and skin diseeses and ugly wounds aud sores. It is a cer tain cure for piles. Counterfeits may be offered you. See that you get the original DeWitt’s Witch Hazt-1 Salve. Cherokee Drug Company. The largest Masonic library in the world, and the unly une occupying a building of its own, in in Cedar Rap ids, la. It contains 12.000 volumes, aud Is in charge of Theodore S. Earvin who for nearly fifty years has beer: grand secretary and libarian of I >wu. This is the season when mothers are alarmed on account of croup, it is quickly cured by fine Minute Cough Cure, which children like to take. Cherokee Drug Company. When an Armenian maiden attains her 17th year, and is not engaged to be married, she must undergo a strange punishment. She is forced to fast three days, then for 24 hours her food is salt fish, and she is not permitted to quench her thirst. The best method of cleaning the liver is the use of the famous little pills known as DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. Easy to take. Never gripe. Cherokee Drug Company. A baby makes the borne a happy place at all times—and more so when it's asleep. Cramps, Dyaentery, Cholera Morbus, di- arrhiua, and, indeed, all bowel complaints S uickly relieved by Pebbt Davis’ Pain- ’illkb, a safe, sure and speedy care, for all tbe troubles named. gist keeps a sup] dire ‘ iirections. Avoi< one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis'. 25c. and 50c. Bridge to Let. The bridge across Lilt io Thlckety, on Love gprlugs lioad, in Morgan Township, will be let on Haturday, October 13, 1900, at II a. m.. to the lowest responsible bidder, with the right to reject any and all bids. Plans and specification will be shown -n day ut letting, w, h. Bom, n. Liphcomh. Clerk. Hupervlsor. The approach and piers of the (irlndall Hhoals Bridge, In Draytonville Township, will be let to the lowest responsible bidder on Sat urday. Oi-tols-r Jo, 1900, at II u, rn. The right Is reserved to reject any and all bids. Plans shown on day of letting. W. il. Uohh. N. Lipscomb, Clerk. hupervlsor. Turn Plows and Harrows. Wheat sowing time is near at hand and you may need a Right or Left Hand Turn Plow and a Disc or a Spike I ootli Harrow to prepare your lands. See our stock of these goods before buying. R. M. WILKINS & CO. I The Gaffney City Land and liprofemtnt Compan Offers for sale Building Lots in this flourishing town, Gaffney City; Also I- trr-.-, ;i c «r by and in reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this phu/e. in lots of from 30 to 100 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J- V. SAFtl* A.'T'r, JVgrent. N.B.—All tresspiisslng on landsof this company, cuttln and emovlng timber, flshlngr r hunting are forbidden under pena’ty of Kw Blacksmithing, Repairing, Etc, I desire to inform all my old friends and patrons that 1 have opened my business In the lumber yard of T. I. Walker, near theS.C. &. (1. E. depot, where I will be pleased to s« i ve them with any and all kinds of blarl.smitb- in”-, horseshoeing, repair work. etc. 1 thank my friends for past patronage and solicit their future favors. J.J. WAKUKX. Confectionery. Have you a sweet tooth? If you have not. perhaps you have a sweetheart who h:e-. 1’ake her a box of our candy and she w ill he pleased. 5e to 55c per box. Groceries. I'riee consistency is our motto. Wc do not sell one thing with the expectation of mak ing it up on something else. Fruits. Our fruits arc fresh, direct front the b-.-id- Inv markets. Eat all the fruit you c.in it. will do you good. Try me. W, F. THOMAS. Look Out for this Fellow! When you want a wheel to ride come to me. I will credit anybody. When you want to buy a wheel come to see me, 1 wifi cn III any •tody. When you have a wheel out of tix bring it to me, I credit anybody- just a-k where 1 stay, opposite the Ledger office. IV sure you are good to pay before you ask for credit. When you want to RENT a HOUSE see W. J. MANESS. To My Old and New Friends! I have again connected myself with the well known Arm of J. B. Tolleson & Co., where 1 would Ut pleased to have my old and new friends and customers to call and see me. Will give you best goods at lowest prices. Drayton M. Clary. S. C. &G. E. R. R. CO. Schedule No. 4* In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday.December 24th, 'yg Between Camden.S.C. and Blacksturg.S.C WEST. EAST Tax Notice. The tax levy for (iheroket County for fiscal year 1900 is as follows: For State purposes. 5 mills. For Constitutional School Tax, 3 mills. I or Ordinary County Tu\, 4 mills. For New Jail, 1 mi,I, For County 11 •.-ids, 1 mill. For Sinking Fund Draytonville. Gowdeys- viile. \\ Idle Flains, Morgan and Limestone Townships. ’ mills. l or Sinking Fund Cherokee Township, l‘i mills. For Interest on Bail road Bonds Cherokee Township, 1 mill. I or Gaffney Graded School District No. 10, ri mills. For Blacksburg Grided School District No. 9, 4 mills. The fl.OO Commutation Road Tax for 11*01, payable iron, Oct. I.'nli, P.m*. t, feb. 1st, lltri, age from :.’l toko ye.,is. I will bcatthe lolnving places tor the pur- pose of collecting taxes: At my office in Gaffney from i„»h to Oct. :’>t h. At Buffalo, Monday, Oct. 2atli. from 10 a. m. j to 1 p. m. At Blacksburg, Monday, Oct Ulith, after 2 p. It!. At Blacksburg. Tuesday, Oct. get!,, until I p. m. At Antioch, Wednesday, Oc;. :jist, from 10 a. rn. to g p. m. At Kings Creek, Thursday, Nov. 1st. from 10 a. rn. to 'J p. m. At Cherokee Falls. Friday, Nov. Jo. from 10 a. ni. to p. in. At W Ul.o.sville. 1 uesday, Nov. illh, from 11 a. m. to p. rn. At Surratt's, Wednesday, Nov. 7th, from 9 a. ni. to 1 p. m. At T. I*. Littlejohn's Store,Thursday. Nov. 8th. from 11 a. m. to I p. m. At Brown’s Store, Friday. Nov. 9th, from 11 a. in. to I p. rn. At White I'lalns. Monday, Nov. Uth, from lo .1. rn. to 1 p. in. At Macedonia, Tuesday, Nov. l.'lth. from 10 a. m. to 1 j). m. At Ezells. Wednesday, Nov. Uth, from It) a. rn. to 1 p. m. At office from Nov. Uth until Dec. :jlst. J. B. JONES, Co. Treasurer. Gaffney, S. ('.. Sept. F!lh. Ptoo. 9-14-tf SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 30. |33. J) f rt c* V. C/) iS G T. , , tm if! 1 >.£.£e cegeir +--J. -WS| I F.M. 8 30 8 50 9 20 10 50 11 30 n :n 13 :w 1 00 1 20I 2 30 2 50 3 10 4 10 4 4.» 5 30 (5 00 « 25 6 35 7 00 P. M. P. M. 12 50 1 15, 1 271 1 40 2 10 2 15 2 35; 2 30 3 00 3 10 3 20 3 *Oj 3 35 EASTERN TIME. X A Jz W' 4J /. V“* 1 STATIONS. V z 1 1*. M. I CAMDEN 12 25 DEKALB .... 12 w: . .WESTVILLE.... 11 3b KERSHAW 11 35 HEATH SPRINGS 11 20 PLEASANT HILL 11 15 ....LANCASTER 10 . Kl VF.KSJ DE 10 40 34. 02 20 3.V 50 ooi 2di M. . .SPRINGDELL. CATAWBA JFNC’.V . .. LESLIE .... ROCK DILL NEWPORT. ! .. TIK/.AH ... YORK VII,LE ...! SHARON I HICKORY GROVE , SMYRNA I .. BLACKS!!! KG 10 :id! 10 20] 10 10| 10 01 9 35 9 30 9 13 9 <IO! H 4.Y 8 3.V * 15 AM , ?=■?? - w'x r. k. 5 30 4 50 4 30 4 10 3 15 3 00 2 30 1 (0 12 45 12 2 r 1) 10 !<) 40 s •;<i 8 In) 7 30 C. .>0 j 8 2u I 0 (8) 5 30 *. M. CoodaBMd Schedule of Pm.-nger Train*, In Effect May Ota, 1900. Between Bkcksber&S.C., 3rd Mamn.JU W i iST. ! 1 * % 33 --l 1. A > r :1 ! 7 4.AVI EKN TIMI. »T V I loV« g; y _ 7. A M. ■**/. I P. M. 8 to 5 . BLACKSP.l KG .. < p t> 40 8 30 4o 5 43 j ::\rls. *’ (i —'j 8 5 a* 1 PATTI. SON SP’G - 0 U 9 20 t; -HI SHELBY 7 n tj uo 10 00 tt 2o! ....LAI 1 IMURF 0 5.3 ; 50 IO 19 <i •>| ...MOORESBOKO... 4-i ; U) 10 25 r> •> ...HENRIETTA (, ■ > i \ •jo 1" 50 t> 5.3 1 FOREST Cl 1 Y (j 20 •> r*o 11 F, 7 10 KFTIIF.RI ORDTON 0 •15 11 35 - t)*> j MILLWOOD 5 5.1, :* 0.) 11 (5 7 35 i GOLDEN VALLEY 4“ ‘j *0 12 (15 1 401 .THERMAL Cl 1Y r> 37 12 25 « 3*! GLEN Wool) .... 5 1. •> Jo 12 fit) 8 15: MARION 0 o'! 00 P. M. P. u. | A. M. i p. M. WIST. 1st Class. GalTney Division. 15. 13. ce ^ c 3 ir * c X P M A M 1 00 ti (X) 1 20 0 20 1 40 ti 49 P M A M EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. ..BLACKSBURG CHEROKEE PALIjH GAFFNEY ... FAST 1st Class. 14.’ 10. Ves. Vo. 18. FstMa Mnrthbommd. V»-12. Vo. 38. Ex. Vo. 3d. Daily. Daily Sun. Daily. Lv. Atlanta,<'T 7 60 a 12 COm 4 89 n 11 &op “ Atlanta.ET tt 60 a 1 OOp 6 30p 12 59 a “ N orcroes.. 9 30 a ti 23p 1 2tia “ Luford 10 95 a 7 dip 1 53s “ Gainesville 19 35 a 2 ZSp 7 33 p 2 18 s “ Lula 19 58 a 1 46 p 8 0)p 888s “ OuiicUa.... 11 zb a 8 hop “ ill. Airy... 11 80 n 8 65 p Lv. Tocos 11 65 a 8 Wu 9 OOp 8 28s Ar. ISlberton... Lv. Kiberton... "•00a 6 4J > Tl 46 s Lv. Y.'*:niiisier. 12 21m . 4 otTs “ Seneca..... “ (emral 12 52 p 1 42 p 2 34 p 4 15 p 4 2t» s 4 65s • bus " Greenville. *22p • • e # a • • • “ E oar'burg . 1 87 p 6 16 p 7 tills " Gaffney.... •* Black-burg 4 20 p 6 4tip 7 46s 48<tp T OSp 8 02s “ King a Mt.. 6 <:3p «••••••• 8 27 s “ Gustonuk. 5 26 p 8 fils “ Oinrloite.. 6 39 p 8 iln 9 60S Ar. Gr ;'n*boro 9 56p 19 4- p .... 12 28p Lv. Gp;'n*boro 11 45 p Ar. Norfolk.. e a • • • 8 26a Ar. Danville... 11 25 p 11 58 p Itty A Ar. Richmond.. 0 99a 6 0; a 6 25p Ar. V-hlngton. ti 42 s 8 Mp " KuroreK.t s 00 a 11 25p “ HiMckhte. . . . + * . . . 19 13 a 2 66 s “ Neivxo.k. 12 4 m 6 29s FstJla Vvs. Southbound. No. 85. No. 37. Vo. 11. Daily. Daily. Daily Lv. N.Y., Pa R. 12 15 a 4 8ti'p “ 1'h'dciphia. 8 60 a 6 Cup • ••••• •• “ pubimore.. ti 22 a 9 AJp “ Wash'ton.. 11 15 a 10 46 p Lv. Richmond. 12 01 u 11 99 p 11 top . . .• Lv. DanvL.e.... 6 48 p 5 69a ti 19 a • . Lv. J crfolk. 9 9) a V ' ■ ___ Ar G e nsber (5 1*. 5 1G it .... Lv. (.• c’nsb'vro 7 19 p 7 c.'.L 7 87 a Ar-< ■.•r.o..e 9 43,) V 2.. a 12 96m Lv - . . . 1. 19 42p lO 97 u 1 12 p " F: :;• it.. 1 lap “ 1 lc-':.U»g 11 85 t- 19 4* R 2 nr, , M < 'if. 11 Dp 19 Sh a 2 21 r> I 'Z ' t li .a a 8 lie “ G!--f-»m..e " Central 1 89 t> iJ bO p 4 6C - 6 27 p TTTf •• 'Seneca M T. ( . c-ur 2 82 a »80p 6 6’p ti lop Ex •• To , ' 8W, t 15 p «(/)•» ti 45 .. Lv. 1. 1 . 1 . Ar 1, ! < rt< 11. 11 45 a 6 40:. TTEjI Lv. iit. A rg. 7»- p “ Cornelia . 7 ti iv fl Hi a “ Lmu 4 18a Blip 8 Oup 0 67 s Gi.msville 4 33 a 8 bop 8 29 V 7 2DS “ K’.ifo.ci. 8 01 u 6 4n pj T 4« a “ N -rcros-. 6 26 a 9 Itip . 6 27 a Ar. At uuta.K’r 8 lo a 4 65 p 19 Oup » 3os “ Atlante.CT 6 lua 8 55') 9 u<lp 1 8 80s Batweon Latin asd Athens. No. 11.1. Vo. ia Ex. Vo. 13. STATIONS. Vo. 12. Ex. Eon; Daily. Daily. Sun. 8 lOpl 11 05 a Lv Lula .Ar 19 59a T 66 p $ PI 11 iW u “ Mvyaville “ lo 19 a 7 OOp 6 50p 11 62 a “ Harmony “ 19 03 a 6 38p 0 dOpi 12 #0]> Ar. Athout .Lr 0 25a tiCOS AM PM 7 50 3 00 7 30 ! 2 40 7 10 i 2 20 A M t P M Train No. 32 leaving Marlon. N. <at 5 a. m. making close connection at Blacksburg. S O.. with the Southern’s train No. 3»i fur Char lotte, N. C.. and all points East, and connect ing with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta, Ga., and all points West, and will receive passengers going East from train No. 10 on the C. A S. W. U. K., at \ urkville, S. C., at 8.45 a. m., and connects at Camden, H. C., with the Southern’s train No. 78 arriv ing in Charleston. S. (’., at 8.17 p. in. fi passenger oouck attached. )g II. ..ni-.n. Train No. 34 wltri _ leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 u. m.. and con necting at Rock Hill. S. ('., with the South ern’s Florida train for all points South. Train Nw. 33 leaving Camden, s. C . at 12.50 n. m., after the arrival of the Southern's Charleston train connects at Lancaster, S. C„ with the L. ft C. R. U.; ut Catawba Juuct low with the H. A. L., going East, at Rock Hill, S. C., with the Southern’s train No. 34 for Charlotte, N. C., and all uolnis East. Connects at Yorkvllle, S. wltn train No. 9 on the C. ft N. W. U. K., for Chester, s.At Blacksburg with the Southern's vestibule going East, and the Southern’s train No. 35 going West, iiud connecting ut Marlon, N. C., with the Sout hern ImtliKast and West, HAMUKL HUNT, President A, TKIPP, Huperluteuilfciit. N. U. LUMPKIN, Uou'L Pm. Agt. Lola wit! Tfoie close connscUoii ■m u tins trains. “A" a m. "P“ p. m. “M” room. “N" night. Chcxiiponks Line Steamers la dally aervlM between Norfolk smt Baltimore. Nos. 37 and 88—Dully Washington end Southwestern Veeilb tie Limited. Through Pniiman sleeping cars between New York and S ew Orleans, vim Washington, Atlanta and on t gem err, and also between New York and Memphis, via Washington. Atlanta end Bir mingham. Also elegant Pui.i.Man Libraat Gbmsrvatio.n Oars between AtlnnU and New York. Firstclasa thoroughfare coechee be tween Washington and Atlanta. Dining ear* C rveall meals ezt route. Leaving Washing’ etca Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays atourlst sleeping ear will run through bet woes Washlngtoa and nan Tranoieco without change. Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars between Green*boro sad Norfolk. Glee# oonaesNen si Norfolk for old Pojst Oompost. Koj. 36 ami 80—Unite solid between Waebiui via houtbrra Balts L. A N. a. R., through without 1 through without chan alasxes. Pullman dra' between New York an I W " e I eoaspoeed CiTbTJiGregW'g lam a end Mob tf ornery and betwssn Kr mingham end Atlanta. DtaEfonM serve all ’ttSW/l