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LIKE APPLES OF GOLP
AN APPROPRIATE WORD MAY DECIDE
ONE’S DESTINY.
Dr. TitlniHKe Culls Attention to the
Power of Little TliiiiUN—The Door
of I'aofuliifon Is t>|.cn to All—Value
of Sympathy.
Washington, Doc. 30.—Ih (his dis
course Dr. Talmage shows an open
door for any one who desires to be use
ful and illustrates how a little thing
may decide one’s destiny. The text is
Proverbs xxv, 11 (revised version), “A
word fitly spoken is like apples of gold
in baskets of silver.”
A filigree basket loaded with fruit is
put before us In the text. What is or
dinarily translated “pictures” ought to
be “baskets.” Here is a silver network
basket containing ripe and golden ap
ples, pippins or rennets. You know’
how’ such apples glow through the
openings of a basket of silver network.
You have seen such a basket of fruit
on many n table. It whets the appe
tite as well as regales the vision. Sol
omon was evidently fond of apples be
cause he so often speaks of them.
While he writes In glowing terms of
pomegranates and figs and grapes and
mandrakes, he seems to find solace as
well as lusciousness in apples, calling
out for a supply of them when he says
in another place, “Comfort me with ap
ples.” Now r you see the meaning of
my text. “A word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold In baskets of silver.”
Y'ou see, the wise man eulogizes just
one word. Plenty of recognition has
there been for great orations—Cicero’s
arraignment of Catiline, the philippics
of Demosthenes, the five days’ argu
ment of Kdmund Burke against War
ren Hastings, Edward Irving’s dis
courses on the Bible and libraries full
of prolonged utterance—but my text ex
tols the power of one word when it re
fers to “a word fitly spoken.”
This may mean a single word or a
small collection of words—something
you can utter In one breath, something
that you can compact into one sen
tence. “A word fitly spoken”—an en
couraging word, a kind word, a timely
word, a sympathetic word, an appro
priate word. I can pass right down
the aisle of any church and find be
tween pulpit and front door men whose
temporal and eternal destinies have
been decided by a word.
A Word ot Sympathy.
I tell you what is a great crisis in ev
ery man’s history. It Is the time when
he Is entering an occupation or profes
sion. He is opposed by men in middle
life because they do not want any more
rivals and by some of the aged because
they fear being crowded off and their
places being taken by younger men.
Hear the often severe and unfair ex
aminations of young lawyers by old
lawyers, of young doctors by old doc
tors, of young ministers by old minis
ters. Hear some of the old merchants
talk about the young merchants. Trow
els and hammers and scales often are
jealous of new trowels and new ham
mers and new scales. Then it Is so dif
ficult to got introduced. How long a
time has many a physician bad his
sign out before he got a call for his
services and the attorney before lie got
a case! Who wants to risk the life of
ids family to a young physician who
got his diploma only last spring and
who may not know measles from scar
latina, or to risk the obtaining of a ver
dict for $20,000 to an attorney who
only three years ago read the first page
of Blackstone?
How' is the young merchant to com
pete with his next door bargain maker,
who can afford to undersell some
things because he can more than make
It up by the profit on other things or
has failed three times and had more
money after each failure? How’ Is that
mechanic to make a livelihood when
there are twice as many men in that
trade as can In hard times find occupa
tion? There are this very moment
thousands of men who are Just start
ing life fof themselves, and they need
encouragement-not long harangue, not
quotation from profound book, not a
page, not a paragraph, but a word, one
word, fitly spoken.
Why does not that old merchant, who
has been 40 years In business, go Into
that young merchant’s store and say,
“Courage!” He needs only that one
word, although, of course, you will Il
lustrate It by tolling your own experl-
mco and how long you waited for cus
tomers, and how the first two years
you lost money, and how the next year,
though you did better. Illness In your
household swamped the surplus with
doctor’s bills. Why does not that old
lawyer go Into that young lawyer’s of
fice Just after he has broken down In
making his first plea before a Jury and
say that word with only two syllables,
“Courage!” He needs only that one
word, although, of course, you will Il
lustrate it by telling him how you
broke down in one of your first cases
and got laughed at by court and bar
and Jury, and how’ Disraeli broke down
at the start and how hundreds of the
most successful lawyers ' .the start
broke down. Why do ncu-'fhe success
ful men go right away and toll those
who are starting what they w’ent
through and how their notes got pro
tested and what unfortunate purchases
they made and how they were swin
dled, hut kept right on until they
reached the golden milestone? Even
some who pretend to favor the new be
ginner and say they wish him well put
obstacles In his way.
Lack of ConraB*.
There are so many men who have all
the elements of usefulness and power
except one—courage. If you can only
under God give them that, you give
them everything. In Illustrating that
one word show them that every man
that ever amounted to anything had
terrific struggle fihow him what ships
Decatur nau to tight, and what a moun
tain Hannibal had to climb, and what
a lame foot Walter Scott had to walk
with, and that the greatest poet who
ever lived—Milton—was blind, that one
of the grandest musicians of all the
ages—Beethoven—was deaf and that
Stewart, In some respects the greatest
merchant that America ever saw’, be
gan In his small store, dining on brca<
and cheese behind the counter In a
snatched Interregnum between custom
era, he opening the store and closing it
sweeping it out with his own broom
and being his own errand boy. Show
them that within ten minutes’ walk
there are stores, shops and factories
and bgmes wherfi as brave deeds have
been done as those ol Leonidas at
Theriiiopyho, ns that of Horntius at the
bridge, as that of Colin Campbell at
BaluKlava. Till them what Napoleon
said to his staff officer when that offi
cer declared a certain military attempt
to be Impossible, ‘impossible!’’ said
the great commander. "Impossible Is
tin* adjective of fools!”
Show them also that what Is true In
worldly directions is more true in spir
itual directions. Call the roll of proph
ets. apostles and martyrs and private
Christians from the time the world be
gan and ask them to mention one man
or woman greatly good or useful who
was not depreciated and (Iniled and
made a laughing stock. Hacks and
prisons and whips and shipwrecks and
axes of hcheudment did their worst,
yet the heroes were more than conquer
ors. With such things you w ill Illus
trate that word “courage,” and they
will go out from your presence to start
anew and right, challenging all earth
and hell to the combat.
Help the Fallen.
That word “courage,” fitly spoken
with compressed lips and stout grip of
the hand and an intelligent flash of the
eye—well, the finest apples that ever
thumped on the ground in an autumnal
orchard and were placed in the most
beautiful basket of silver network be
fore keen appetites could not be more
attractive.
Furthermore, a comforting word fitly
spoken is a beautiful thing. No one
but God could give the inventory of
sick beds and bereft homes and broken
hearts. We ought not to let a day pass
without a visit, or a letter, or a mes
sage, or a prayer consolatory. You
could call five minutes on your way to
the factory; you could leave a half
hour earlier In the afternoon and fill a
mission of solace; you could brighten
a sickroom with one chrysanthemum;
you could put a postscript to a letter
that would bring the joys of heaven to
a soul; you could send your carriage
and give an afternoon airing to an in
valid on a neighboring street; you could
loan a book with some chapters most
adapted to some particular misfortune.
Go home today and make out a list of
things you can do that will show sym
pathetic thoughtfulness for the hardly
bestead. How many dark places you
might illumine! How many tears you
could stop or, If already started, you
could wipe away! How much like Je
sus Christ you might get to he! So
sympathetic was lie with beggary, so
helpful was he for the fallen and so
stirred was he at the sight of dropsy,
epilepsy, paralysis and ophthalmia
that, whether he saw it by the road
side. or at the sea beach, or at the min
eral baths of Bethesda, he offered re
lief. Cultivate genuine sympathy,
Christlike sympathy. You cannot suc
cessfully dramatize it. False sympa
thy Alexander Dope sketches In two
lines:
Before her faro her handkerchief bIio spread
To hide the Hood of tears she did not shed.
There are four or five words which
fitly spoken might soothe and emauci-
pate and rescue. Go to those from
whose homes Christ has taken to him
self a loved one and try the word "re
union,” not under wintry sky. but In
everlasting springtide; not a land
where they can be struck with disease,
but where the inhabitant never says,
“I am sick;” rmt a reunion that can be
followed by separation, but In a place
“from which they shall go no more out
forever.” For emancipation and sigh
ing. Immortal health. Reunion or If
you like the word better anticipation.
There Is nothing left for them In this
world. Try them with heaven. With
a chapter from the great book open
one of the 12 gates. Give them one
note of seraphic harp, one flash from
the sen of glass, one clatter of the
hoofs of the horses on which victors
ride. That word reunion or anticipation
fitly spoken— Well, no fruit heaped
up in silver baskets could equal it. Of
the 2,000 kinds of apples that have
blessed the world not one Is so mellow
or so rich or so aromatic, but we take
the suggestion of the text and com
pare that word of comfort fitly spoken
to apples of gold In baskets of silver.
Soun<1 (he Alarm.
So also Is a word of warning. A ship
may sail out of harbor when the sea
lias not so much as a ripple, but what
a foolhardy ship company would they
he that made no provision for high
winds and wrathful seas. However
smoothly the voyage of life may begin
we will get rough weather before we
harbor on the other side, and we need
ever and anon to save some one utter
ing In most decided tones the word
“Beware!” There are all the tempta
tions to make this life everything and
to forget that an inch of ground Is lar
ger ns compared with our eternal exist
ence. There are all the temptations of
the wine cup and the demijohn ns tills
or any other century has heard of.
There are all the temptations of pride
and avarice and base Indulgence and
Ungovernable temper. There Is no
word we all need oftener to hear than
the word “beware.”
The trouble Is that the warning word
Is apt to come too late. We allow our
friends to he overcome in a fight with
some evil habit before we sound an
alarm. After a man is nil on fire with
evil habit your word of warning will
have no more effect than would an ad
dress to a house on lire asking It to
stop burning, no more use than a steam
tug going out to h<*lp a ship after It has
sunk to the bottom of the ocean. What
use in word of warning to that inebri
ate whose wife was dying from
wounds inflicted by his own hand. As
he held the hand of his dying wife he
made this vow, “Mary, 1 will never
take another glass of strong drink unti
I take It from this hand which I now
hold.” In an awful way he kept the
vow, for when the wife was In her cof
fin he filled a glass with brandy, put
tho glass Into the dead hand, then took
the glass out of her hand and drank
the liquid. Too late does any warning
come to such a one. But many a man
now high up In usefulness and honor
was stopped on the wrong road by a
kindly hand put upon the shoulder am
a word fitly spoken. Ah, yes, fitly spo
ken—that Is, at the right time, with the
right accentuation, with the right em-
phiisjfi. A dictatorial way, a condem
natory manner, a fault finding tone ol!
voice, a manner which seems to say,
“Look at me and do as I do,” will only
make matters worse. From such a re
proval the Inebriate will go out to take
a drink sooner than he would have
taken it and the dissolute man a worse
plunge Into sin. The word of warning
must be charged and surcharged with
sympathy. You will practically say to
I the man, “I suppose you got Into your
t
phsaent habit through overwork, anti
you took stimulus to keep up and do
the work you nuist do.” or, “I suppose
It was through Illness, and you took an
liitox'ennt hist ns a medicine," or,
“You are a hail fellow well met, and
you took the liquid In sociability,” or:
“You were the representative of a com
mercial house that expected you to
treat customers. I understand It all. If
1 bad been in the same circumstances,
I would probably be fast In the same
thraldom.” By some such alleviating
introduction prepare the way for a “be
ware!” that will halt your friend on the
wrong road as suddenly as any platoon
of soldiers was ever halted. Swing the
red lantern across that track and stop
that train before it readies the chasm!
Speak Gently to the RrrlnK.
There must be no Impatience In the
warning we give others. We must real
ize that but for the kindness of God to
us we would have been in the same
rapids. That man going wrong may be
struggling with a tide of evil inherited
from father and grandfather and great
grandfather. The present temptation
may be the accumulated force of gen
erations and centuries. “No,” you say;
“his father was a good man. I knew
him.” But did you know his grandfa
ther? Evil habit is apt to skip one
generation, a fact recognized In the
Ten Commandments, which speak of
tho third and fourth generation, but
say nothing of the second generation.
Or the man astray may have an un
happy home, and that Is enough to
wreck any one. We often speak of
men who destroy their homes, but do
not say anything about the fact that
there are thousands of wives In Ameri
ca who by petulance and fretting aud
infonsideratlon and lack of economy
and all maimer of disngrceuhleness
drive their husbands Into dissipation.
The reason that thousands of men
spend their evenings in clubhouses and
taverns is because they cannot stand it
at home. 1 know men who are 30 year
martyrs In the fact that they are aw
fully married. That marriage was not
made In heaven. Without asking di
vine guidance they entered Into an alli
ance which ought never to have been
made. That is what is the matter with
many men you and I know. They may
be very brave and heroic and say
nothing about It, hut all the neighbors
know. Now, If the man going wrong
has such domestic misfortune he very
lenient and excusatory in your word of
warning. The difference between you
and him may be that you would have
gone down faster than he Is going
down if you had the same kind of con
jugal wretchedness.
Besides that, you had better he mer
ciful in your word of warning, for the
day may come when you may need
some one to be lenient and excusatory
to you. There may be somewhere
ahead of you a temptation so mighty
that unless you have sympathetic treat
ment you may go under. “Oh, no,”
says some one; “I am too old for that”
How old are you? “Oh,” you say. “I
have been so long In active business
life that I am clear past the latitude of
danger.” There is a man in Sing Sing
penitentiary who was considered the
soul of honor until he was W) years of
age and then committed a dishonesty
that startled the entire commercial
world.
Divine Arehltectnre.
In mentioning Hue arts people are apt
to speak of music and painting and
sculpture and architecture, but they
forget to mention the finest of all the
fine arts, the art of doing good, the art
of helping others, the art of saving
men. An art to he studied ns you
study music, for it is music In the fact
that it drives out moral discord and
substitutes eternal harmony. An art to
be studied like sculpture, for It is sculp
ture In the fact that it builds a man not
In cold statue, but In Immortal shape
that will last long after all pentclican
marble has crumbled. An art to be
studied as you study architecture, for it
Is arehltectnre In the fact that it builds
for him a house of God. eternal In the
heavens. But an art that we cannot
fully learn unless God helps us Our
selves saved by grace divine, we can go
forth to save others, and with a tender
ness and compassion and n pity that
we could not otherwise exercise we can
pronounce the warning word with mag
nificent result The lx>rd said to the
prophet Amos, “Amos, what seest
thou?" and he answered, “A basket of
summer fruit.” But I do not think
Amos saw In that basket of summer
fruit anything more Inviting and lus
cious than many n saved man has seen
In the warning word of some hearty,
common sense Christian adviser, for a
word fitly spoken Is “like apples of gold
in baskets of silver.”
So also is a word of invitation potent
and beautiful. Who cau describe the
drawing power of that word, so small
and yet so tremendous, “Come?” It U
a short word, but Its influence is as
long as eternity; not a sesquipedalian
word spreading Its energy over many
syllables, but monosyllabic. Whether
calling in wrong direction or right di
rection many have found it irresistible.
That one word has filled all the places
of dissipation and dissoluteness. It is
responsible for the al>ominatious that
curse the earth. Inquire at the door ol!
prisons what brought the offender
there and at the door of almshouses
what brought the pauper there and at
the door of the lost world what was the
cause of the incarceration, and If the
Inmates speak the truth they will gay,
“The word ‘come’ brought us here.”
Come and drink. Come and gamble.
Come and sin. Come and die. Pro
nounce that word with one kind of in
flection, ami you can hear in It the toll
ing of all the bells of conflagration am
woe.
Tho chief baker In prison In Pha
raoh’s time saw In dream something
quite different from apples of gold in
baskets of silver, for he said to Joseph,
“I was also In a dream, and, behold, 1
had three white baskets on my head,
and In the uppermost basket there was
all manner of baked meats for Pha
raoh, and the birds did eat them out o 1
the baskets ujK)n my head.” Joseph In
terpreted the dream and said It meant
that the chief baker should be behead
ed, and the birds would cut his flesh.
Bo many a man has in bis own bm
habits omens of evil that peck at him
aud foretell doom and death.
A MiBbt? Word.
But, oh, the power of that won
"come” when aright uttered! We do
well when we send young men Into
schools and colleges ami theologies
seminaries and by nine years of In-
structlon and drill hope to prepare
them to sound aright that sweet am
cmapturlug and heaven descended
word “come.” The gospe! we bellotP
In Is n gospel of "come.” That word
speak all the churches. That word Is
now building thrones for conquerors
and burnished coronets for kings and
queens. That word Is to sound so clear
ly and Impressively ami divinely that
the day is advancing when all nations
shall respond: “We come! We come!”
And while tho upper steeps toward
God and heaven will he thronged with
redeemed souls ascending there will
not be one solitary traveler on the road
of sin and death.
In the Kremlin at Moscow is what Is
called the “King of Bolls,” but It Is a
mined bell, and it has sung no sound
for near 200 years. It Is 07 feet In cir
cumfercnce, and In height it is more
than ten times the height of tho aver
age men, and It took a score of men to
swing Its brazen tongue. It weighs
200 tons. On the 19th of June, 1700, in
a great fire !t fell and broke. It broke
at the part which was weakened by the
Jewels which the ladies of Moscow
threw Into the liquid metal at the cast
ing. Tho voices of that bell are forev
er hushed. It will never ring again ei
ther at wedding or obsoquy or corona
tion. What majestic and overpowering
silence! Enthroned and everlasting
quietude! One walks around it full of
wonder and historical reminiscence ami
solemnity. On it are figures In relief
representing czar and empress and
Christ and Mary and the evangelists.
But as I stood before it last summer 1
bethought myself of a greater bell and
one still ringing. It Is the gospel bell
ages ago hung on the beam of the
cross. It has vaster circumference and
with mightier tongue sounds across
seas and continents and awakens ech
oes amid Alpine and Himalayan and
Sierra Nevadan ranges. The jewels of
affection thrown Into it at its casting
by ransomed souls of earth and heaven
have not weakened It, but made It
stronger and more glorious. Evangel
ists and apostles rang it. and martyrs
lifted their hands through the flames
to give It another sounding. It will
ring on until all nations hear it ami
accept Its invitation. “Come, come!” It
will not fal!, as did that of Moscow.
No storm can stop it. No earthquake
can rock It down. When the tires of
the last day blaze into the heavens
amid the crash of mountains and the
groan of dying seas, its clear, resound
ing voice will be heard calling to the
Inst Inhabitant of the burning planet,
“Come, come!”
But It requires now no groat strength
to ring that hell With this weak hand,
yesterday formed and tomorrow turned
to dust I lay hold that gospel bell in in
vitation to all to whom these words
shall come on whatever land or what
ever sea. In high places or low. I ring
out the word. “Come, come!” Come
and have your sorrows solaced. Come
and have your wounds healed. Come
and have your blindness illumined.
Come and have your fatigues rested.
Come and have your soul saved. Do
you not hear the very last proclamn
tion from the heavens which the seer
of Patmos was commissioned to make:
‘The sp'rit and the bride say come, and
let him that henreth sny come, and let
him that is athirst come. And whoso
ever will let him take the water of life
freely?” Aye, hear you not the chime
of many gospel bells In the Invitation
this moment sounding from the heav
ens, “Come out from among them and
be ye separate,” salt!) the Lord, "and
touch not the unclean thing, and I will
receive you and will bo a father unto
you. and ye shall be my sons and
daughters,” saith the Lord Almighty.
Come and sit down at the King’s ban
quet Was there ever such a brilliant
feast or so many royal guests? Here
are the chalices filled not from the
breweries of earth, but with the “new
wine of the kingdom.” And here are
the ripe, purple clusters of Eschol, and
pass them around to all the banqueters
—“apples of gold In baskets of silver.”
(Copyright. 1000. Louli Kloptch, N. Y.]
A REMARKABLE CASE.
A Young Man Takes lOO Urulns of Cocaine
hml lOO Ciicarettes Daily.
The Columbia Record tells of a sad,
though remarkable ca:e, of a young
man, formerly of that city, by the
name of Dent, who uses to an aston
ishingly great degree morph ne, co
caine, whiskey, cigarettes and any
thing and everything, it seems, that
contains an opiate. He is in a tertibie
condition and his case should be a
warning to all young men who are
inclined to tamper with whisky or
morphine. The Record says:
“He is addicted to the morphine,
cocaine, whisky and cigarette habits
to an extent that is wonderful even
to the medical profession. It is as
serted that he takes 10 grains of
morphine, 100 grains of cocaine, li
pints of whisky, 1.75 grains of atro
pine and 100 cigarettes daily. His
mind is little affected, but he realizes
himself that he mus'; be cured or
death will soon claim him. He is a
son of the late Sheriff Dent. His
own story is that in 1895 he was in
jured in a wreck on the Texas and
Pacific railroad, in Texas, and had
13 ribs broken, his heart knocked five
and one half inches out of place, one
arm broken, and his palate and throat
torn open. He lay in a hospital for
two or three months under opiates,
and it was thus that he contracted
the terrible habit. He has a wife
and two ^children and made his way
back to bis former home penniless.
Some of his friends are subscribing
to a fund to give him the Keely treat
ment, and arrangements will doubt
less he made to care for his wife and
children in the meantime.”
UlortouM News.
Comes from Dr, D, B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes: “Four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had
caused her great suffering forytars.
Terrible sores would break out on her
face, aud the best doctors could give
no help; blither cure is complete
and her health is execellent.” This
shows what thousands have proved.—
that Eletric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. It’s the supreme
remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum,
ulcers, boils and running sores. It
stimulates liver, kindneys and bowels,
expels poisons, helps digest ion builds
up the strength. Only 50 cents.
Sold by Cherokee Drug Company.
The boy who has no skates cuts ro
ice.
Each package of Putnam Fadeless
Dye colors more goods than any
other dye and colors them better.
Bold by 8. B. Crawley <fc Co.
Hnlllflrri Mt-kluocy.
O.i the 23rd of December Mr.
James It. Holl'fiild, of Brooklyn, ltd
to the altar Miss Mary Hue McKini ey,
of this city. Both are popular young
people of their community. Tin
words that joined the happy pair f<>r
life were pronounced by Rev. C. M.
Teal. A bountiful dinner was g^vi n
by the bride’s parents, followed I y
one by the parents of the grocm Mr.
and Mrs. N. J Holliflcld. After
many congratulations t!, ■ happy pnir
stirted for our thrivii g city to vis t
Mr. Hollilield’s brother and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hurd who also
gave a nice dinner in honor of the
occasion.
Don’t use any of' the counterfoils
of DeWitt’s Witch Huzil Halve.
Most of them are worthh ss or liable
to cause injury. The original Do-
Witt’s Witch Hazel Halve is a certain
cure for piles, eczema, cuts, scalds,
burns, sores and skin diseases. Cher
okee Drug Co.
Opening of Books of Subscription,
State of South Carom x a, »
County of Cherokee. (
Pursuant to a commission Issued lo tin* un-
derslKtied as corporatcrs liy M. K. ‘'nopvr.
Secretary of Suite on the Soil, day of Ikx-em-
l»er, 1W0. notice Is hereby ffiven that hooks
of subscription to the capital stock of the
Cherokee Iron Company will he opened at-
Lipscomh’s Hotel, in the city of Gaffney. S. c
State and County aforesaid, on 3d January,
I'.mi, at It. a. ni.
The said propos *d corporation will have a
capital stock af $.'10,0011, divided into 300 shares
of the par value of $100 each, with its princi
pal place of business at Gaffney, S. C., and
will be empowered to engage in the business
of mining, shipping and selling iron ore or
other minerals, to erect a blast furnace or
furnaces, or other machinery to work up
ores.and to deal generally in iron and steel
products.
John L. Brack.
\V. A. Davis,
J. V. Sarratt,
Corporators.
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
Nature in strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans. It is tlie latest discovered digest-
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. It in
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache,Gastralgia,Cramps and
all other results of imperfect digestion.
Price 50c. and |L Large size contains 24 times
small size. Book all about dyspepsia mailed free
Prepared by E. C. DeWITT ft CO.. Chicago.
If you want to be miserable tliii k
a') u yoi rself, about what you lik ,
*hi*t red, o ut people oug 'V
y mi and whiit people think o' you.
Tax Returns for the Year I3GI.
I will tipi'ii thi' IkxiUi fur tbc puipos,- of re
ceiving relumi* of pr • My fur luxation, for
the year 1!«H, m the \ uditur's olliee In the
i OUrt house, bi lie town of <,ffne) . .*'. i *.. on
Tuesday, lie lirsl d iy of .1 umary. 1901, and
will remain at theolliei u ni i I Saturday the
5th January. 19HI, and will !»• it the follow
ing precinels at tho limes named Iwlow.
At llullaio Sehool House, iy,, donday the
7lh January, 1 i|.
At Kings < reek, on Tuesday I he -ih Jan
uary. l!*U|.
At I herokee I ails, Wednesday, Mb Jan
uary. I!XH.
At Blaekshurg. on Tlcais \ d : .May,
101 h and 111 h .1 anna i y. 1. i.
At Antioch, on Salur.iay, i:iti January,
1901.
AlGrussy Tond, < a Moi, ay. Hih.l nuury,
1901.
At Maud, on Tie ^ , ,y, IM h lanuary, 1N>L
At L/.ell x, on Wedne.s iay, January
1901.
At Macedonia, on Thursday, l.'ih January,
1901.
A'. \\ Idle Plains, on Friday, 1'ili January,
1901.
At Thick, ty Station, ou Saturday, pjii, Jan
uary, UiOl.
At Draylouvilie, on 'Jomlny. 21-t January,
1901.
At \\ ilkinsvili. , on I u. - lay. 2..*d January,
19o|.
At Sarratt s. Prldui. ire'* -id e, W' I ties Jay
29<1 January. T> i.
At T. H. Littlejohn's More. Thur lay, 24th
January, i'.id.
At Kavelin, Brown's St,ire. T i day, 2.ith
January, t Ml.
At limber Bridge, on Saturday, January
2iith. 1901.
At Allens, Bowlinsv iile, Monday,Jan
uary, 1901.
And at the A udi tor’s olllee uni i in ray of
February, 1901, after which t tie t!.. ,u per
cent will at tach.
All persons are reiiuostcd to s.iv t , wha
school district lin y belong or live i . Those
living in School Districts Nos. 9 no lo to
state on their return low mm li <d tin,, prop
erty lies within said .school dis:: t and how
much lies outsidcof said >. hooi to; i, t : also
all lands bought or sod. v.iio from and who
to, and to what lands it joins; iso all ne.v
buildings and their vain- : also wn. budd
ings have been dcs!toyed by fire and their
value, since last return. All perso.is failing
to return to Auditor are nt|u red t i make
their returns Indore a Magistrate or \.,i ary
Public, sworn to in due form as pi scith*d
on blank returns, lx-Ion sending ti m in,
and all articles assessed .tend/, d. Do m t
say same as last year; sueh returns cans.-
confusion.
V . D. < mu,
Auditor < lie ink' e County.
11-27 to Fob. 2<i
N. B. Mr. W. Henry Boss, my a--.i t .nt, .vil!
be in my office amt will tie plea-< d to tayour
returns during my al'sem-e. All jh r-.m- n
the town of Gaffney will plea -.-make fu,; re
turns of all real property, eitln r I, a.iit oi
sold, who from, who to. and all m w ,u mgs,
whether wood or brick, with valuati n, ,r
any other changes.
\V. D. Cami",
Auditor.
S. C. & G. E. R. R. CO
Schedule No. 4.
In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday.December 24th, V
Between Camden.S.C. and Blacfcsburg.S.C
WEST. KAS’I
3ft. |33.
'
1 :«
. r , 'J)
» £
1 *
5 1 0
j £
rs x
! «-»
O'!
EASTERN TIME.
STATIONS.
P. M.
8 2d
8 50
9 20
10 50
11 20
11 3s
12 30
1 00
1 20
2 30
2 50
3 10
4 10
4 45
5 30
0 00
6 25
6 35
7 00
P. M.
P. M.
12 50
1 15
1 27
1 40
2 10
2 15
2 35
2 50
3 00
3 10
3 20
3 40
3 5.5
4 02
4 20
4 its
4 50
5 00
5 20
p. M. 1
CAMDEN
DEKALB
. . WEST VI LI.E
... KERSHAW
HEATH SPRINGS
PLEASANT HILL
....LANCASTER
... RIVERSIDE
SPRING DELL
CATAWBA JUNC'N
. ...LESLIE
....ROCK HILL
.NEW PORT ...
.. TIRZAH
... YORKV1LLE ..
SHARON
HICKORY GROVE
SMYRNA
.. BLACKSBURG
P. M.
12 251
12 02
11 5o!
II STi 1
II 20!
11 15;
10 55,
10 4(i
1U 30
10 2t)j
10 10I
10 00
9 35
9 id 1
9 15
9 00;
8 4.5;
8 35;
8 15i
A. M. 1
Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,NX.
WEST.
F
AST.
11
33.
32.
12.
X
X
X
X
X
J.
r.
X
’*
Ti
0
0
0
5
♦J
X
EASTERN TIME.
V"S
Cl
(m
u
'O
©
u
a
&
U
£
4*
7S,
■
STATIONS.
X
2
e-S
aft >.
>>3*s
5 4--C
T* ^ mm
ill
X
A. M
1* M
A. M.
1*. M .
8 10
5 30
BLACKSBURG .
7 48
ti 40
8 30
5 45
EARLS
7
t; jo
8 40
5 50
PATTERSON SP’GS
7 2.>
« 1-'
9 20
ti 00
SHELBY ...
7 15
ti 00
10 00
6 20
. . .LATH MORE
t; 55
4 50
10 10
« 2>
MOORUSBORO..
ti 4*
4 4e
10 25
ti 38
...HENRIETTA
t; 38
4 20
10 50
« 55
FOREST CITY
ti 3n
3 50
11 1:5
7 10
RUTHKKFOKDTON
ti 05
3 35
11 35
7 22
MILLWOOD
5 53
t 05
11 45
7 35
GOLDEN VALLEY
5 40
2 50
12 05
7 40
. THERMAL CITY
5 37
2 45
12 25
7 58
GLEN WOOD...
5 1?
2 20
12 50
8 15
MARION
5 Ot: 2 00
F. M.
P. M.
A. M.
P. M.
WEST.
Gaffney Division.
EAST.
1st Class.
1st Cl 11*8.
15.
13.
EASTERN TIME.
14.
i 16.
"TJ
-1:!
15 i =
STATIONS,
- r-
* s
”3C| V.
“Us 3
1 *x
P M
A M
I A M
V M
100
6 00
BLACKSBURG
1 7 50
3 (X)
1 20
6 30
CHEROKEE TALI S 7 30
1 2 40
1 40
ti 40
GAFFNEY ..
1 7 10
| 2 20
P N
A M
1 A M
1* M
rain No. 32 leaving Clarion. N. C„ at.5 a. m
ting close connection at Blacksburg, S
with the Southern's train No. 30 for Chor-
e, N. C.. and all points East, and conuect-
wtth the Southern's vestibule going pi
unta, Oa., and all points West, and will
*lve passenger* going East from train
10 on the C. ft N. W. R. It., at Vorkvtlle,
., at 8.45 11. m.. and connect* at Camden,
., \ tli the Southern's train No. 7»arrlv-
in Charleston. S. at 8.17 p. m.
rain No. 34 with passengeroonck attached,
ring Blacksburg at 5.00 a. in., and con-
ting at Hock Hid. S. ('.. with the SoUth-
» Florida train for all points South,
rain No. 33 leaving Camden, S. e , at 12.50
a., after the arrival of the .southern’s
,rleston train connects at Lancaster, H.
with the L. ft C. It. R.: at Catawba Juuet
with the S. A. L., going East, at Bock
I, S. C.. with the Southern's train No. 34
Charlotte, N. C., and all points East,
inects at Yorkvllle, S. C.. with train No. 9
he C. ft N. W. R. K., for Chester, H. C. At
ckshurg with the Southern's vestibule
ig East, and the Southern's train No. 35
ig West, and connecting at Marlon, N. U.,
h the Southern IsithLast and West.
HAML'Kl. HI NT, President.
. TKIPP, Superinteudrut
>. M (LITMPkIn Uen'l. Pal
Aar'itf
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Oandansed Schedule of Pa.xenger Train*
In Effeat May 6th, 1900.
Kerthbauad.
N«, 12.
Daily.
Ves.
No. 38.
Dally
No. 18.
Ex.
Sun.
FstM*
No. 3ft
Daily.
Lv. Atlanta,CT
7 80s
12 COm
4 30p
11 50p
" Atlanta.ET
6 50a
1 OOp
6 30 p
12 &ua
“ Norcross ..
9 80s
0 23p
1 26a
" Buford.
10 05 a
7 CO p
1 58a
•' Gainesvill*
lb 35 a
2 25 p
7 83].
2 18 a
" Lula....
lO 5aa
1 45 p
8 OOp
2 Ska
“ Cornelia....
11 25a
8 80 p
“ Mt. Airy...
11 3o&
8 85 ;>
Lt. Tocgoa
11 53 a
8 83 *>
9 OOP
3 28 a
Ar. EtWtoa..
6 40 p
ll 45 a
Lv. Elbwton...
9 00a
Lv. Wminster.
12 ;;lm
~nn
" Seneca.
19 52 p
4 16 p
4 28a
“ Central
1 42 p
4 60 a
“ Greenville.
8 8tp
t 22 p
« Oua
“ bpar'burg.
8 87 p
8 13 P
7 oSa
“ Gaffney
4 20 p
6 40 p
7 45a
" Blacksburg
48»p
8 02a
" King e Jut..
“ Gastonia...
6 '46 p
8 27 a
8 61 a
“ Charlotte..
5 so p
i 18 p
"
9 50a
Ar. Gro'nsboro
0 55 p
10 47 p
....
12 23p
Lv. Gre’psboro
11 45 p
Ar. Norfolk ...
8 26a
Ar. Danville...
11 25 p
11 63 p|
1 88 p
Ar. Richmond..
6 00s
6 00s
6 Up
Ar. Wblngton.
_
0 42 &
8 50 p
“ P’more P R
S 00 a
11 25p
“ Ph'dolphia.
10 15 a
2 56a
“ New York.
12 dtm
6 23a
FstMa
Vea.
Renthbeumd.
No. 38.
No. 37.
No. 11.
Daily
Daily.
Daily
Lv. N.Y .Ps R.
12 15 s
4 8<>p
“ Ph'delphia.
8 80 a
C 65 p
" Baltimore..
C 22 a
0 2op
" Wash’ton..
11 15 a
10 45 p
Lv. Richmond..
12 01 n
11 OOp
11 OOp
.....
Lv. Danville...
8 43p
5 50 a
C 10 s
Lv. Norfolk. .
9 00a
8 85 p
Ar. Gre'neboro
• 35 p
5 15a
Lv. Gre'nsboro
T lOp
T 05 a
T 37*
Ar. Charlotte.
9 45 p
9 25 a
12 C-om
Lv. Gastonia. .
10 42p
10 07 a
1 12p
“ King's Mt..
1 S8p
M Blii'^sburg
11 25 p
10 46 a
8 Odp
“ Gaffney..
11 42 p
10 68 a
9 2lp
m Hpar’burz.
12 26 s
11 84 i.
8 15 p
M Greenville
1 8ua
12 S0p
4 Wp
" Central ..
6 27 p
“ Beneca..
* 82 a
1 80 p
6 83 P
•• W'minster
6 lOp
•' To'-coa „
8 23 a
t i5p
8 46p
/
Lv. Klhert'in..
9 Our
1 801/
>r Elberton..
11 45 a
5 40;.
Lv. il*. Airy.
“ Cornelia..
•• Lula.
4 18a
i iip,
" Gainesville
4 33 a
6 bu/
“ Buford.
6 02 a
“ N ororosn.
6 25 a
Ar. Atlanta,RT
6 10 a
iv
“ Atlanta.CT
5 lo a
8 56 b
Batween Luln and
Roll. I
Ex. |No. 13.
Fuu. Daily.
STATIONS. No. 1.
Dally *
6 10p 11 Ci a Lr .Luis .Ar
6 51 P 11 3*5 a “ May.vllle “
6 60p; 11 52 a “ Harmony “
6 UOp 1 12JfOjj Ar^. Athetis_.Lv
10 50 a
10 19 a
Id 08 1
— Sole close oonnactloa made at Lola
main Une trains.
“A" s m. “P" p. m "M" aeon. “H" algkL
Chesapeake Line Ktesnier. in dally eervlM
between Norfolk and Baltimore.
Nos. 37 and Bh—Dally Washington and
Southwestern Vestibule Limited Through
Pullman sleeping can between New York and
New Orleans, vis Washington, Atlanta aud
Montgomery, and aleo between New York and
M"mjihls, vis Washington, Atlanta aud Bir
mingham. Also elegant Puli.Ma* LiBRART
Ouskhvatiok Cars batween Atlanta and Nsw
York. Ptrstclast thoroughfare roaches b*>
tween Washington ami Atlanta. Dining oarg
serve all meals sa routs. Leaving Washing*
ingh’U Mon svs, Wehnssday* and Priday*
_ ty«
a lourlst sie-uhia car will run through betwe
Wai-hlugtoB and Lan Praneisoe without sSaai
s.es tng oars berws
l. ClOSS 1
g room 1
Norfolk.
; oars
1 oouna
Puiiman lira win
Hr- euslioro and
Norfolk for Ou> PotitT Compos
No t. u6 and 86—Unittd States 1 ,
solid 1*1 we«n Washington and Nsw Orlsana
via Houthim Ral way, A. ft W. P. R. R. and
L ft N. K. K.. bslEg sBMpoasd of goaqhaf
through without < *
e tisss. Polim*
tw esn Nsw ¥1
lanta and Moatfoms
Bingham and Atlanta
men s en route.
Nos 11. K). Mend IB
het wig n Richmond and
vllls. southbound Jfsa U
Nos. 64 and 19
rkANKH.UAJI
Third V P. ft !