The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 27, 1900, Image 3

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FRESH FRUITS/ Hot Sodas. Hot Chocolate, Clam Bouillon, Tomato Bouillon, l.lijuiil Beef and Crape Kola, and a full line of I^sincy Oonfcctionerics. WALLACE & OTIS, LAWYERS. Office npstalis. Ijetwccn K. A. Jones and tport. Phone sL J. E. WEBSTER, ■Attorney--ZVt- l ^zixv. Office in Court House. (Probate'Jud^o s office Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Colloo- fclons a specialty DR. J. F. GARRETT 8 Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. It. Tolloson’s new store In office from 1st to 2Gth of each month: Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. [once & Co ’■ Store. Can be found at ofticesix days in tho week + J. C. JEFFERIES OAFFNEY, S. C. Cninnitirrul I.hmt. Corporation Law Itral KMtMte I.m»v. Money to loan on approved hecurlty. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ci/W l-'l-* .>» 10 V, t-». CJ. try Public in oftii e. Prompt iitleuUou Hn to ull husinesM. Office over U. A. Jones i 'o.'h store. D R.Duncun 0. P.Handers. W.H. Hull. Jr \ 1 DUNCAN, SANDERS & HALL, Attornoys-at-Law. Office over J. U. TolJcsou's A Lo.'s Store. DR. TALMAGE SAYS IT IS THE CAUSE OF MUCH UNHAPPINESS. Need of the Cliureh nml the World Is More Stability—Ad vises Young; Men nnd Women to Stiek to One Pur pose—Stop Gadding About. Washington, Nov. 25.—From an un usual text I>r. Talniage in this dis course rebukes the spirit of unrest which characterizes so many people nnd shows them the happiness and use fulness to be found in stability; text, Jeremiah ii, 30, “Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?” Homely Is the illustration by which this prophet of tears deplores the vacil lation of the nation to whom ho wrote. Now they wanted alliance with Egypt and now with Assyria and now with Babylon, and now they did not know what they wanted, and the behavior of tho nation reminded the prophet of a man or woman who, not satisfied with home life, goes from place to place gad ding about, as we say, never settled anywhere or in anything, and he cries out to tbeni, “Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?” Well, the world has now as many gadabouts as It had In Bible times, and I think that that race of people is more numerous now than it ever Mas—gad abouts among occupations, among reli gious theories, among churches, among neighborhoods—and one of the greatest wants of tin* church and the world is more steadfastness and more fixedness of purpose. It was no small question that Phara oh put to Jacob and his sons when he asked, “What is your occupation?” Getting into the right occupation not only decides your temporal welfare, but may decide your eternal destiny. The reason so many men and women are dead failures is because instead of asking God what they ought to he or do they, through some vain ambition or whimsicality, decide what they ought to be. Let me say to all young men and young women in homes or in school or college, do not go gadding about among occupations and professions to find what you are fitted for, but make hum ble and direct appeal to God for direc tion. Divine Gnltlnnee. While seeking divine guidance in your selection of a lifetime sphere ex amine your own temperament. The phrenologist will tell you your mental proclivities. The physiologist will tell you your physical temperament. Your enemies will tell you your weaknesses. If you are, as we say, nervous, do not become a surgeon. If you are coward ly, do not become an engineer. If you are hoping for a large and permanent income, do not seek a governmental position. If you are naturally quick tempered, do not become a minister of the gospel, for while any one is disad vantaged by ungovernable disposition there is hardly any one who enacts such an Incongruous part as a mad minister. Can you make a fine sketch of a ship or rock or house or face? Be an artist. Do you find yourself hum ming cadences, and do tho treble clef and the musical bars drop from your pen easily, and can you make a tune that charms those who hear it? Be a musician. Are you born with a fond ness for argument? Be an attorney. Are you naturally a good nurse and es pecially interested in the relief of pain? Be a physician. Are you interested in all questions of traffic and in bargain making, are you apt to be successful on a small or large scale? Be a merchant. Do you prefer country life, and do you like the plow, and do you hear music in the rustic of a harvest field? Be a farmer. Are you fond of machinery, and are turning wheels to you a fasci nation, and can you follow with ab sorbing interest a new kind of thrash ing machine hour after hour? Be a mechanic. If you enjoy anal, zing the natural elements and a laboratory could entertain you all day and all night, be a chemist. If you are inquis itive about other worlds and interested in all instruments that would bring them nearer for inspection, be an as tronomer. If the grass under your feet nnd the foliage over your head and the flowers which shake their incense on the summer air are to you the belles lettres of the field, be a botanist. If you have no one faculty dominant nnd nothing in your make up seems to point to this or that occupation, shut yourself up in your own room, get down on your knees and reverently ask God what he made you for and tell him that you are willing to do anything he wish es you to do. Before yon leave that room you will find out. For the sake of your usefulness and happiness and your temporal and eternal welfare do not join that crowd of people who go gadding about among businesses and occupations, now trying this and now trying that and never accomplishing anything. Weak flellitloa* Theorlea. There are many who exhibit this fraiity In matters of religion. They are not sure about anything that per tains to their soul or their eternal des tiny. Now they are Unitarians, nnd now they are Uni versa lists, nnd now they are Presbyterians, nnd now they are nothing at all. They are not quite sure that the Bible was Inspired rr if Inspired whether the words or the ideas were Inspired or whether only part of tho book was Inspired. They think at one time Hint the story In Genesis about the garden of Eden Is a history, nml the month after they think It is an allegory. At one time they think the book of Job describes what really oc curred, but the next time they speak of it they cull It a drama. Now they believe nil the miracles, hut at your next Interview they try to show how these seems had nothing in them su pernatural, hut can he accounted for by natural causes. Gadding about among religious theories and never Sat- 1,lied. All the evidence is put before them, and why do they not render a verdictV If they cannot make up their mind with all the data put before them, tt y never will. There are all tho at btvologlcnl continuations of tho Bi ble brought to view by the “Palestine .Exploration society.” There are the Bricks of Babylon, the letter “N” im pressed upon them—“N” for Nebuchad nezzar, showing that he was not a myth—and the farther the shovel of tho antiquarian goes down the more is re vealed of that most wonderful city of all time. Professor Ilellprecht of the University of Pennsylvania presents us tablets found in the far east ratifying and explaining Scriptural passages which were before In mystery. As the builders In Jerusalem today dig for the foundation of new houses they turn up with their pickaxes the ashes of the animals that were used for burned of ferings In the temple ages ago, demon strating the truth of the Bible story about the sacrifices of lambs and heif ers nnd pigeons. There is the history by Josephus describing on uninspired page scenes which Hie Bible depicts. On the banks of tho Dead sea there are pieces of the very brimstone that fell In the sulphurous storm that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Make up your mind whether the Bible Is a glorious revelation of God or the worst imposi- ti t of the centuries. Why go gadding about among Infidels, atheists and de ists asking questions and surmising and guessing about the authority and value of a book which involves the In finities? It is either a good book or a bad book. If it be a bad book, you do not want it in your house nor have your children contaminated with ifs teachings. If it Is a good book, your eternal happiness depends upon the adoption of its teachings. Once and forever make up your mind whether it Is the book of God or the book of vil lainous pretenders. So also many are unfixed in regard to their spiritual condition and day after day and year after year go gadding about among hopes and fears and anx ieties. They sing with great emphasis that old hymn w hich we have all sung: ’Tis a point I lonp; to Know; Oft it causes anxious thought; Do I love the Lord or no? Am I his, or am I not? Start on the KitiR’a IIlKhtvay. Why do you not find out whether you are his or not? There are all the broad invitations of the gospel. Accept them. There are all the assurances. Apply them. There are all the hopes of par don and heaven. Adopt them. There Is the King’s highway. Start on it. Traveling any road, you are not satis fied until you have found out whether it is the right road or the wrong road, and you climb up in the darkness to read the words on the linger board at the roadside to see if it lie the right road, and if it be the wrong road you cross over to the right road. If you are on the sea, you want to know Into what port you will run or upon what rocks you are in danger of crashing. This moment you have all the Informa tion pointing tt) the road that termi nates at the gate of the Golden City and the voyage that anchors in the ha ven of eternal rest. Why go on guess ing w hen you have all the facts before you? You ought to know by examina tion of chart and compass and ther mometer in what latitude and longi tude you are sailing, whether in the arctic or the tropics. A man who does not know whether or not he is a Chris tian is like a man who does not know whether he is a millionaire or a pau per. Better go to the records nnd find out. The Scriptures are the records. If you cannot there read your title, it is because you have no title, and you ought to begin anew. Start a new prayer, sing a new song, open a new experience. So. alas, there are those who gad about among particular churches. No pastor can depend on them for a single service. At some time when he lias prepared a sermon after all prayer and all research, putting nerve and muscle and brain and soul into its every para graph. these intermittent attendants are not there to hoar it. While an oc casional absence is excusable for the gratification of some wish to hear that which is consecrated or religiously ora torio in some other pulpit, when the pastor of a church with his eye calls the roil of attendance by your presence in the old place practically answer, saying: ‘‘I am here to get the benefit of all the useful thoughts you may utter and of all the hymns you may give out and of all the prayers you may offer. I, a soldier of Jesus Christ, am In my own place in the company, in the bat talion, in the regiment, and when you command ‘March!’ 1 will march, and when you command ‘Halt!’ 1 will halt, and when you order ‘Ground arms!’ I will ground arms.” GntlnboutH Injure Ctiurchea. But, oh. how the gadabouts Injure the churches! Instead of staying in their own prayer meeting or Sunday school they afflict other prayer meet ings and Sunday schools. I meet them on the street going the wrong way on Sunday morning or evening, and 1 ac cost them In the words of the text, “Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?” My text also addresses those who in search of happiness are going hither Vid yonder looking for that which they find not. Their time Is all taken up with “musieales” nnd "progressive euchres” and teas and yellow lunch eons nnd “at homes” nnd dances nnd operas and theaters, nnd instead o f finding happiness they get pale cheeks and insomnia and indigestion and neu ralgia and exhaustion and an abbrevi n‘ed lifetime. There Is more splendid womanhood sacrificed in that way in our cities than in any other way. Tho judgment day only can reveal the aw ful holocaust of jangled nerves and the suicidal habits of much of our social life. Tho obituary of such reads well, for the story Is suppressed about how they got their death while standing In attire of gauze waiting for the carriage on a raw night on the front steps. While in their lifetime they possessed all the ability for tin* relief of puln and impoverishment, yet they have no time for visitation of the poor or to win the blessing of such as comes upon those who administer to those who are ready b> perish. Enough (lowers in their din ing halls to bewitch a prince, hut not one tuft of heliotrope to perfume the room of that rheumatic on the back street, to whom tho breath of one flow er would be like the opening of the front door of heaven. Find mo one man or one woman who In all the rounds of pleasure and selfishness has found a piece of happiness as large ns that half dollar which the benevolent and Christllke sotll puts Into tin* palm of the hand of that mot In r whose chil dren are crying for bread. Queen Vic toria, riding In triumph through Lon don at her jubilee, was not so sublime a figure as Queen Victoria In a hut near Balmoral castle reading the New Tes- lumvnt to a pour dying man. Let oil the gadabouts for happiness know that In kindness and usefulness nnd self ab negation are to be found a satisfaction which ail the gayetles of the world ag gregated cannot afford. Advlee For Women. Among the race of gadabouts are those who neglect their homes In order that they may attend to institutions that are really excellent and do not so much ask for help ns demand It. I am acquainted, as you are, with women who are members of so many hoards of direction of benevolent Institutions and have to stand at a booth In so many fairs and must collect funds for so many orphanages ami preside at so many philanthropic meetings and are expected to be In so many different places at the same time that their chil dren are left to the care of Irresponsi ble servants, and if the little ones wait ed to say their prayers at their moth er’s knee they would never say their evening prayers at all. Such a woman makes her own home so unattractive that the husband spends his evening at the clubhouse or the tavern. The chil dren of that house are as thoroughly orphan as any of the fatherless and motherless little ones gathered In the orphanage for which that gadabout woman Is toiling so Industriously. By all means let Christian women foster charitable institutions and give them as much of their time ns they can spare, but the first duty of that mother Is the duty she owes to her home. Hired help is a great advantage to the homestead that can afford it, nnd we have all had in our homes a fidelity on the part of such employees as will stir our gratitude as long as life shall last. How they watched In time of sickness and always gave the medicine at the right time, and but for their vigilance there are members of our families now living who would long ago have disappeared from the home circle. Blessed the ships that brought those employees to our shores! Blessed the day when they entered our house- holds! And who will ever do justice to those who were affectionately called and, 1 believe, are still called the “mammies” of the south? I have had governors and senators of the United States with tears in their eyes talk to me about those old colored women of the south who rocked them tn their cradles nnd bound up their wounds when they got hurt nnd wept with them at graves and looked In from the hall door at the weddings nnd greeted them home from college or from the wars with motherly endearment. Ask those who know them best about those old mammies. We have all had In our employment those so near and dear to us that we went to them In childhood and told them all our griefs and all our Joys, and they sympathized with copi ous tears and resounding laughter. Mothers’ Mistakes. But no one can take a mofher’s place, and it is an awful mistake that that mother makes who sacrifices home du ties for any church meeting, however Important, or any hospital, however merciful, or any outside beneficence, however glorious and grand. Not un derstanding this, we mistake when we try to give statistics as to how many Christians there are In our churches and In the world. We understate the facts. We look over our church au diences on the Sabbath or our week night service and conclude that they represent the amount of piety In that neighborhood. Oh, no! There are many most consecrated souls that are not found in churches. Look Into those houses with large families’ of children and little or no hired help. For much of the year there Is some one ill, and a special, guardian care is requisite. How much time can that mother give to churches and prayer meetings when most of the family are down with sear- let fever or have colds that threaten now' one kind of disease nnd now an other? That mother watching at home as much pleases the Lord as the moth er who at church takes the sacrament or in the mission school tells the waifs of the street how they may become sons and daughters of the Lord Al mighty. That mother at home Is de ciding the destiny of the state by the ■way she leads that hoy Jnto right thinking and acting and is deciding the welfare of some future home by the example she Is setting that girl, and though the world does not appreciate the unobserved w’ork heaven watches and rewards. On the other hand, you have known women who are off at meetings humanitarian nnd philan thropic planning for the destitute and the outcast while their own children went unwashed and unkempt.their gar ments needing repairs, their manners Impudent nnd themselves a general nutsunce to the community In which they live. The book of Samuel gives a photo graph of Mephiboslieth lame In both feet. When we see any one lame In one foot or lame in both feet, we al ways wonder by what accident he was lamed. Perhaps it may have been In battle for his country, or he may have been run over by some reckless driver or some explosion did the damage. So you wonder how Mcphihoshcth became lame in both feet. The Bible for a good reason gives us the particulars. It tells us that when he was a child his nurse dropped him. SUp must have dropped him very hard, for he never again got over the effect of that fall. I*ong after the accident we find him at King Da vid’s table, but still our attentlou Is called to tho fact that his feet were crippled, though so long before his nurse dropped hip. And mark you that today lu all departments of life there are those crippled in habits, crip pled In morals, crippled for all time. The accident happened In this way: Their mothers were gadabouts and neglected their homes, and the work of training them was given over to Incom petent nurses, nnd the nurses let them fall Into had habits, told them deprav ing stories and gave them wrong no tions of life nml practically ruined them. But Mcphihoshcth ~wns taken by King David Into the palace and seated at the royal table, so by the grace of the heavenly King these un fortunate ones may yet be seated at the King’s table In the King's palace, though the nurses did drop them so that morally they were lame lu both feet. One had habit these gadabouts, mas culine or feminine, are sure to get. nnd that Is of scandal distribution. They hear so many deleterious tilings about ottiers and see so much of wrong beha vior that they are loaded up and loaded down with the faults of others, nnd they have their eyes full and their ears full ami their hands full and their mouths full ofdefujnj4!on. Jho wom an who Is endowed of gossip can so easily untie her bonnet strings nnd sit down to spend the afternoon. A man can afford you a cigar as a retainer If you will patiently hear all he has to say al»out those who cannot pay their debts or are about to fail or are guilty or moral mishap or have aroused suspi cion of embezzlement. All gadabouts are peddlers, who unpack In your pres ence their large store of nux vomica and nightshade. Such gadabouts have little prospect of heaven. If they got there, they would try to create Jealousy among the different ranks of celestials nnd make trouble among the heavenly neighbors and start quarrels seraphic and would be on perpetual run, now' down this street and now up that, now’ In the house of many mansions and now’ In the choir of the temple and now on the walls and now in the gates until they would be chased down and pushed out into the pandemonium of backbit ers and slanderers after Jeremiah had addressed them In the words, “Why gaddest then about so much to change thy w’ny?” Surrender to God. Now', what is the practical use of the present discourse? This: Whereas so many have ruined themselves and ru ined others by becoming gadabouts among occupations, among religious theories, among churches, among neighborhoods, therefore resolved that we will concentrate upon what is right thought and right behavior and waste no time in vacillations and inde cisions and uncertainties, running about in places where we have no busi ness to be. Life is so short we have no time to play with It the spendthrift. Find out whether the Bible is true and whether your nature Is Immortal and whether Christ is the divine and only Saviour and whether you must have him or be discomfited and whether there will probably ever be a more aus picious moment for your becoming his adherent and then make this 12 o'clock at noon of Nov. 25 the most Illustrious minute that you will ever have passed since the day of your birth until the ten millionth cycle of the coming eter nity, because by complete surrender of thought and will and affection and life to God through Jesus Christ you be came a new man, a new woman, a new’ soul, and God the Father nnd God the Son nnd God the Holy Ghost and all angcldom. cherubim and seraphim and archangel became your allies. Found among the papers of the learn ed Samuel Johnson was a prayer In scribed with the words, "When my eye was restored to its use,” and it is a great moment when we get over our moral blindness and gain spiritual eye sight. That Is a moment from which we may well date everything. All the glory of Henry II of France vanished when in a tournament a lance extin guished his eye, nnd the worst disaster that can happen to us Is to have the vision of our soul put out. If you have gone wrong so far, now’ go right. If the morning nnd noon of your life have been a moral defeat, make the evening of your life a victory. The battle of Marengo, lost at 3 o’clock in the after noon, was gloriously won at (5, and in your life and mine it is not too late to nchie’ ■ something worthy of an Im mortal. Start right and keep on. Do not spend too much time in tacking ship. David felt the Importance of fix edness of purpose when he cried out, “My heart Is fixed, () God, my heart is fixed!” In that state you will feel the placidity which an old friend of mine put into rhythm: God holds tho key ot all unknown, And I am triad. If other hands should hold the ItpYi Or if he trusted it to me, I mitflit be sad. 1 cannot read Ids future plan, Out this I know: I have the smiling of his face And all the refuge of his grace. Enough; this covers ail my want, And so I rest; For what I cannot he can see, And in Ins care I sure shall be Forever tilest. [Copyright, 1900, Louis Rlopsch, N. Y.] Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup Is the best medi cine for sore throat, laryngitis, quinsy or ton- silitis. Every drop of it soothes and heals. A twenty-five cent bottle of this wonderful remedy will cure a cough or cold in one day. Boaton has a 3-year-old child who positively sighs for psychology. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve will quickly heal the worst burns and scalds and not leave a scar. It can be applied to cuts and raw surfaces with prompt and soothing effect. Use it for piles and skin diseases. Beware of worthless counterfeits. Cherokee Drug Co. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. Do You Want Insurance ? I am prepared to furnish poli cies in the very best companies at the lowest rates. Ii you want a bond 1 can make it for you. See me before you insure. F. C. STACY. Letters ot Administration. State oe Houtii (‘arouma, i County ok Cherokee, i Hy J. K. Webster, Esquire. Probate Judge. Whereas J. Eh Jefferies, as Clerk of Court, ha. made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate and effects of Stephen Pearson, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of tlie said Stephen Pearson, deceased, that they lie and appear before me. In thoCourtof Pro bate, to be held at Cherokee court house, Gaffney, 8. on Friday. January 4th, next after publication thereof, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to .how cause, If any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 24th day of No vember, Anno Domini l!M), J. E, Wehstkh, [L. g.] Probate Judge. Published in Gaffney Ledger lu issues Nov. 27th, Dec. 4th, 11th. 18th, 2hlb. 1UOO, uud Jan. 1st, Ml. COCAINE*" WHISKY Habit. Oared at mr Sanator ium, la 80 days. Uumlnwlt 25 yean a speri.ltr. Book on G'''u Address B. WOOLLEY. M. D» Atlanta. Qa. of references. _ Home Treatment sent For Sale. J WILL sell on Friday, December noth at 11 1 o’clock a. m.. on the premises, at Sonny Side, all i!ie ; erso-ai property and ■ lie, ts of the late Mrs. E. A. l.olspelch, cons; tine of a wagon, two mules, a lot of corn and fodder and farming utensils, etc. Terms of sale CVsh; money to be paid be fore removal of property. A. W. LOTi-PEIUH. 11-23-27. Admin. Tax Returns for the Year 1901. 1 will open the books for tho purpose of re ceiving returns of property for taxation, for tlie year 1901, at the Auditor’s office in the court house, in tlie town of Gaffney, S. C., on Tuesday, the first, day of January, 1901, and will remain at the office until Saturday tlie 5th January. 1901, and will be at tlie follow ing precincts at the times named Inflow. At Buffalo School House, on Monday the 7th January, 1901. At Kings Creek, on Tuesday the 8th Jan uary, 1901. At Cherokee Falls, Wednesday, 9th Jan uary, 1901. At Blacksburg, on Thursday and Friday, 10th and 11th January. 1901. At Antioch, on Saturday, 12th January, 1901. At Grassy Pond, on Monday, 14th January, 1901. At Maud, on Tuesday, 15th January, 1901. At Ezell's, on Wednesday, Itith January, 1901. At Macedonia, on Thursday, 17th January, 1901. At White Plains, on Friday, 18th January, 1901. At Thickcty Station, on Saturday. 19th Jan uary, 1901. At Draytonville, on Monday, 21st January. 1001. At Wilkinsville, on Tuesday, 22d January. 1901. AtSarratts, Pridmore’s Store, Wednesday, 23d January, 1901. At T. D. Littlejohn’s Store. Thursday, 24th January, 1901. At Ravcna, Brown’s Store. Friday, 25lh January, 1901. At Timber Bridge, on Saturday, January 28th. 1901. At Allens. Bowlinsville, Monday,28th Jan uary, 1901. And at the Auditor's office until 20th day of February, 1901, after which time tlie 59 per cent will attach. All persons are requested to say to wha t school district they belong or live in. Those living in School Districts Nos. 9 and 10 to state on their return how much of their prop erty lies within said school district and how much liesoutsideof said school district; also all lands bought or sold, who from and wlio to, and to what lands it joins; also all new buildings and their value; also what build ings have been destroyed by fire and their value, since last return. All persons failing to return to Auditor are requ red to make their returns lie fore a Magistrate or Notary Public, sworn to in due form as prescribed on blank returns, liefore sending them In, and all articles assessed itemized, bo not say same as last year; such returns cause confusion. W. D. Camp, Auditor Cherokee County. 11-27 to Feb. 29 S. C. & G. E. R. R. CO. Schedule No- 4. In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday,December 24th, 'gg Between Camden,S.C. and Blacksburg,S.C WEST. EAST 35. 33. 33 34. 2d Class 1st Class EASTERN TIME. X X 5 4-> •x * 2d Class j . — tL O Cl c $ tc he O u 5,^ $ ■J3 X £ STATIONS. Q (X (X TS fi 1 £ Daily Except Sunday Daily Except Sunday. m -£I Ij! P.M. 8 20 P. M. 12 50 CAMDEN P. M. 12 25 P. M. 5 :to 8 50 1 15 DEKALB 12 <r2 4 50 9 20 1 27 . . WESTV! LLE 11 5o 4 30 10 50 1 40 . ...KERSHAW 11 35 4 10 11 >0 2 10 HEATH SPRINGS 11 30 3 15 11 35 2 15 .PLEASANT HILL II 15 3 00 12 30 2 :i5 ....LANCASTER .. 10 55 2 30 1 00 2 50 RIVERSIDE 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 . . SPUINGDKLL .. 10 30 12 45 2 30 3 10 CATAWBA Jl'NG’N 10 20 12 20 2 50 3 20 . ...LESLIE 19 10 11 00 3 10 3 40 ... ROCK HILL • 10 00 10 40 4 10 3 55 NEW PORT 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 .. TIB/, AH 9 30 8 00 5 30 4 20 ... YORKVILLE 9 15 7 30 8 00 4 35 SHARON 9 (10 (i 50 fi 25 4 50 HICKORY G ItOVE 8 45 G 20 « 35 5 00 SMYKN \ 8 35 8 00 7 00 5 20 . BLACKSBl RG... 8 15 5 :io P. M. P. M. A. M. a.m. Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,N.C. WEST. EAST. 11 33. 22 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. 32. 12. el “X A. M. 8 10 8 30 8 40 9 20 10 00 10 10 10 25 10 50 11 15 tl 35 11 45 12 05 12 25 12 50 P. M. WEST. .. BLACKSBURG .. EARLS PATTERSON SP’US SHELBY LATTIMORE. ...MOORES BORO... ....HENRIETTA ... .. FOREST CITY . RUTHERVORDTON ... MILLWOOD GOLDEN VALLEY .THERMAL CITY .. GLEN WOOD .... MARION Gaffney Division. EAST. f ■ C.. wltii the Southern’s train No. 30 for Char lotte, N. C.. and all joints East, and connect ing with the Southern’s vestibule going to Atlanta, Oa.. and all points West, and will receive passengers going East from train No. 10on tbeC. A N. W. R. It., at Yorkvllle, H. ()., at8.45 a. m., and connects at Camden, K. C.,a th the Southern's train No. 78 arriv ing In Charleston. S. C., at 8.17 p. rn. Train No. :M with passenger couch attached, leaving Blacksburg at 5.30 a. in., and con necting at Rock Hill. H. with the South ern's Florida train for all points South. Train Nw. 33 leaving Camden, S. C , at 12.50 p. m., after the arrival of the Southern’s ciiai'l, ston train connects at Lancaster, S. C.. with the L. & C. K It.; at Catawba Junct ion wltii tin* S. A. L., going East, at Uock Hill, S. ('., with tlie Southern’s train No. 34 for Charlotte, N. C., and all is,Inis East. Connects at Yorkvllle, S. C.. with train No. 9 on the C. A N. W. It. It., for Chester, S. C. At Blacksburg with tlie Soul hern’s vestibule going East, and the Southern's train No. 35 going West, and connecting at Marlon, N. C., with th# Southern bnthKastand West. SAMUEL HI NT, t’reuldeuc. A. TKil’P, .Superintendent. S, B. LI/MJ’K.In, Uwn’L Em. Agt Valuable Farming and Mineral Lands (or Sale. On Monday, the third day of Decemtier next (salesday), the National Bank of Clu s ter, S. C., in liquidation, will sell at public outcry at Gaffney, Cherokee county, the en tire lands formerly held hy tho Magnetic Iron and Steel Ore Company, containing twelve hundred and eighteen (121s) acres, more or less; said lands lying In tlie county of Cherokee, on east and west sides of Broad River, containing within their area the site of the old “Cherokee Iron Works," with tho adjacent water power, which is capable of high development. Also the Quinn tract on which are valuable mines of iron ore with eleven mining blocks or tracts, lying within the lands of the Gaffney Land and Improve ment Company; also excellent river bottoms and farming lands, adapted to cotton culti vation. Also will sell at same time and place all the mini ral interests In a tract of one hun dred and seventy-live acres and known as tlie Wilson Tract or Mine No. 4. Terms of sale, cash, to lie paid within ton (k;) days or resale at the risk of the purchaser, at the discretion of the bank. The bank reserves tlie right to subdivide said general tract into minor tracts prior to the sale. Also to sell all or any portions of tlie tract at private sale, if doomed advisable to do so. Incase of subdivision a map will be pre pared sliowiog the same. Warrantee titles free from all lien or in cumbrance will be made or had made. These lands are sold under and subject to erection of dam, bankage, tiowage and over flow, and all other rights incident or apper taining to said water power and rights of way to and from said mines as set fortli in tlie conveyances thereof. Purchasers to pay for all necessary papers, revenue stamps, etc. NATIONAL BANK OF CHESTER. In Liquidation. By J. J. McLure, Pres. ll-16-3t 1st Class. EASTERN TIME. 1st Class. 15. 13. 14. IS. Daily Except Sunday. Daily Except Sunday. tf 0 g Daily Except Sunday. | STATIONS. P M A M A tl P M 1 00 fi 00 BLACKSBURG 7 50 3 00 1 20 fi 20 CHEROKEE FALKS 7 80 2 40 1 40 8 40 GAFFNEY 7 10 2 20 P M A M A M P M Train No. 32 leaving Marlon. N. ( at 5 a. m. Tax Notice. The tax levy for Cherokee County for fiscal year 1900 is as follows: For State purposes. 5 mills. For Constitutional School Tax, 3 mills. For Ordinary County Tax, 4 mills. For New Jail, 1 mill. For County Roads, 1 mill. For Sinking Fund Draytonville. Gowdeys- ville. White Plains, Morgan and Limestone Townships, 2 mills. For Sinking Fund Cherokee Township, l‘i mills. For Interest on Railroad Bonds Cherokee Township, 1 mill. For Gaffney Graded School District No. 10, 2!4 mills. For Blacksburg Graded School District No. 9. 4 mills. The fI.Oo Commutation Road Tax for 1901, payable from Oct. 15th, 1900, to Feb. 1st, 1901, age from 21 to 50 yeai s. 1 will be at the following places for the pur pose of collecting tuxes: At office from Nov. 15th until Dec. Hist. J. B. JONES, Co. Treasurer. Gaffney, S. C.. Sept. 13th. I'.kio. 9-14-tf CUUTiLKRN RAILWAY, Cond#uSo4 Schedule of Pawngar Trains. In ftffbot May Oth, 1900. Berth bound. N^12. Daily. Ves. Xo. 88. Daily Xa 18. Ex. bun. FstMa No. 8A Daily. Lv. Atlanta,!T " Atlanta.ET *' Nororosa.. *• Buford “ GninnsviHe “ Lula “ Cornells.... “ Mt. Airy... Lv. Tocoi > a 7 80 a 8 Ma 9 UU a U> U5a lu 35 a 10 58 a 11 26 a 11 3ua 11 83a 12 COm 1 Oop i 28 p 8 46 p 8 Me 4 89 p 5 39 p 6 23p 7 03p 7 33 p 8 Oop 8 30 p 8 85 p 9 OOp 11 50p 12 53 a 1 28 a 1 83a 2 18 a 8 IS a 8 98a Ar. Eiberton... Lv. Llherton... 9 66 a 1 4up ....... l i 4i a ■fuffa 4 28a 4 56a 1 80a 7 08a 7 46a 102a Ilia 8 80a 13 Mg Lv. W’minster. " Seneca. “ Central “ Greenville. “ bpar'burg. " Gaffney " Black,burg “ King's Mt.. M Gastonia... “ Charlotte.. Ar. Gio'nsboro 12 illm 12 62 p 1 42 p 9 84 p 8 37 p 4 20p 4 38 p 1 08p 8 26 p 6 9up 9 66p "i'iep 6 22p C 18 p 0 40p r wp • t ass s• • ■assess* ssaeeaa* ••eeeea* "I'u'p 10 47 p • s s a a • * • ■"see### Lv. Gre’nsboro Ar. Norfolk ... U 48 p 8 26a ■••••••• Ar. Danville... 11 8&p 11 Up 1 88 F Ar. Richmond.. 0 00a 0 00a •see**** 8 26 p 8 60 p 11 25P HR Ar. W’hlngton. " B'moreP R “ Ph'delphia. " New York. 0 42a 8 00a 10 15 a 12 43m •sseeas* •sesasss »,•••••• * s s • s s * • Seuthboand. FstMn No. 88. Daily. Yes. No. 37. Dally. No. 11. Daily. Lv. N.Y., Pa.R. " Ph’delphia. " Baltimore.. “ Wasb'ton.. 12 15 a 8 80 a 0 22a 11 15 a 4 Bop 0 55]> 0 2up 10 45 p sssssss* • • s • • e • e • s s * s e e • ••eeeeea Lv. Richmond.. 12 Din 11 OOp 11 OOp Lv. D&nville.... 6 48 p 8 50a 0 10 a Lv. Norfolk. ■ Ar. Gre’nsboro 0 00a 8 35 p 8 85 p 6 16 a • • • s s a • • Lv. Gre’nsboro Ar. t har!jita.. Lv Gastonia... ” King's Mt.. “ B.a'-ksburg •* Gaffney *• Bpar’burg. •• Greenville m Central T lOp 9 48 p 10 42p ii' top 11 42 p 12 20 a 1 80a T 05 a 9 25a 10 07 a i6 46 a 10 53 a 11 34a 12 80p T 87 a 12 06m \%l 8 Wp It4p 1 16 p 4 Wp • 27 p 6 63p 6 lOp 0 45 p • s e e e e e • ■••••see • • # a s s * • P Run. T3r» “ Seneca * W'minuter. " Toccos. . 8 82 a "« 28 a 1 80p "* i5p Lv. K tu rton.. Ar. Elborfcn... 'ii 45 a '6 00a 6 40 p i aop • S • • • • • s 1 T5Ti 8 35a 8 67 a 7 20a 7 48a Lv. Mt. Airy.. “ Cornelia ... 7 8$p 7 Wp 6 oop i 20 p 8 48s " Lula * Gaineavllla •* Buford “ Nororosa. Ar. Atlanta,ET " Atlautn.CT 4 18 a 4 3fi a 8 02 a 6 25 a 0 10 a 8 ioa k lip 8 bop "i'Mp 3 55 p 9 iSp 10 Oop 9 OOp is! Between Lain nnd Athene. No. 11. Ex. Eun. No. 18. Daily. STATIONS. No. 19. Dally. Ex. Bun. 8 lOp 8 54 p 8 60 p 8 Wp 11 05 a Lv...Lula .Ar li 3fi a- “ Maysrille " 11 52 a' “ Harmony “ 12 30p Ar. Athens .Lv 10 60 a 10 19 a lo 0» a 0 26 a 7 88 p mi “«{ Note dost conntotloa niftd* »t Lu. la with main line trains. ••A" a m. "P’ ‘If” Bight. p. m. J4 BOOB. ChoMipaace Lina Steamers in dally servlee between Norfolk and Baltimore. Nos. 37 and 38—Dally ‘Washington and Jouthwostem Vestibule Limited. ”“‘ New illmnn sleeping cars between Through ew York as 4 lew Orleans, via Washington. Atlanta nui ont gomsry, and also bstwssn New York Md emnhia. via Washington. Atlanta and Bir minghnm. Also elegant PULLBik LIBRARY Oa-f.HV atios Cars be;w een AUabU and New Yoik FinCoiass thoroughfare eoaohea bw tween Washington and Atlanta. Dining ear# C rve ail maxis an routs. Leaving Washing- gton Mondava, Wedoasdnvs and Friday* a tourist sleeping car will run through between Washington and Han Franalaoe without ehaBge. Pullman drawing-room sleeping oars between G ra«vi shore and Norfolk. Cloae oonneetten el Norfolk for oij* Pom Comfort. Noa 86 and fv—United States Feat MoQ nma solid beiwseu Washington and JiewOrlannA via Soul ham Railway, A. 4b W. P. R. R. and L A N. ’i. K.. being eeespossd sf eoochee. through without change fee paseengeff ef nU els sues. Pul man drawing-reem sleeping eon between New York and Hew Oelcses. eft Af lanta and Monttoniery and between Me- mtughaia ana Atlanta. Mang enee serve Ml meals en route. Nos ii and 14 Frank h.^ajtno^