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WELFARE OF THE BODY. You can cough ^yourself into bronchitis,pneu monia, and con sumption. Bandaging ■yYand bundling (your throat will do no good. You must give your throat and lungs rest and allow the cough wounds to heal. There is noth ing so bad for a cough as cough ing. Stop it by using i&'ercs efM PCC1 Even the cough of early consumption is cured. And, later on, when the disease is firmly fixed, you can bring rest and comfort in every case. A 25 cent bottle will cure new coughs and colds; the 50 cent size is better for settled coughs of bronchitis and weak lungs; the one dollar size is more economical for chronic cases and con sumption. It’s the size you should keep on hand. “ All familH's ought to bo on the watch for suddfii attacks of croup or acute lung trouble'.*. Kvenr coun try home in the land should keep Cherry Pectoral constantly on hann to provide against an emergency.” J OS! All <j. Wn.l.IS, M.Ib, Dec. 14,1803. Holland, Mich. Simple Life Conduces to Lon gevity, Says Dr. Talmage. ju^r iiv. Dainty Designs in STERLING SILVER; Quaint Conceits in RICH GUT GLASS; New, Novel, Artistic, Ornamental, Serviceable, Economical, the most ap- >ropriate things for wed- ling gifts. See my display, 'the most complete yet ex hibited in Gaffney. T. H. WESTROPE, Watchmaker and Jeweler. Do You Want Insurance ? 1 am prepared to furnish poli cies in the very best companies at the lowest rates. If you want a bond 1 can make It for you. See mo before you insure. F. G. STACY. ►R. 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. lone* & Co.’* Stora. Can be found at office six da vs In tbe week G. W. SPEER, ^ A'r'r oi* rvicvA'r-ivA w, GAFFNEY, S. C. Office over J. W. Tolleson’s Store. N. W. HARDIN, LAWYER. Practice in all Courts and all branches of the Law. . office over .(. W. Tolleson’s store. Office boors from ’.i.W a. rn. to 3 p. m. every day in the week. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. Office upstairs, between K. A. Jones and Ijspnport. Phone 87. J. E. WEBSTER, JVltojrnoy-A.I - w* Office In Court House. (PrubateJudge suffice Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec tions a specialty -+J. C. JEFFERIES4- (lAFFNEY, S. C. Cvimnert-iMl l aw. Corporation law ICeal I‘>ta,e I.aw. Money to loan on approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ICV. CJ. ^Notary Public in office. Prompt attention t ven to all bustnes*. ffloe over ft. A. Jones & Co.’s store. EEL1GI0N THE GREAT RENEWER. / P.U.Duncan 0. P.Banders. W.B.IJall.Jr ' DUHCAK, SANDERS 4 HALL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office over J. ft. ToUeeon’s a Uo.’s Store. 1'nitli In tbe Provldenec of (Aod Con quers the Kffccts of Years—Worry IlnMteiiM the Advance of Aae—Chrls- tiuu Hejuvenescence. Wasuinoton, Feb. 17.—In this dis course Dr. TalniHRo shows how any one can conquer the effect of years ami Arrow younger in spirit; text, 1‘salms ciii. 5, ‘'So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” There flies out from my text the most majestic of all the feathered crea tion—mi eagle. Other birds have more beauty of plume and more sweetness of voice, but none of them has such power of beak, such clutch of claw, such expansion of wing, such height of soaring, such wideness of dominion. Its appetite rejects the carrion that in vites the vulture, aunl iu most cases its food is fresh aud/elean. Leveling its neck for flight, in spiral curve, it swings itself toward the nooutlay sun. It has been kuonvn to live a hundred years. What nmeentration of all that is sublime in the golden eagle, the crested eagle, the (imperial eagle, the martial eagle, the booted eagle, the Jean le Blanc eagle! But after awhile In its life comes the molting process, and it* looks ragged/and worn and un attractive and feels' like moping in its nest on the high crags. But weeks go by and tin* old feat hoi's! are gone and new ornithological attireiis put on, and its beak, which was overgrown, lias the surplus of bone beaten biff against the rocks, and it gets back ils old capacity for food, and again it mounts the heavens in unchallenged and bound less kingdoms of air and ilight. David, the author of the text, had watched these monarchs of the sky and knew their habits, and one day. exulting in ids own physical and spiritual rejuve nescence, he says to his owmsoul: “You are getting younger all the-time. You make me think of an eagle which 1 saw yesterday, just after its molting season, swinging through the valley of Jehoshaphat and then circling around the head of Mount Olivet. O my soul, ‘thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.’ ” The fact is that people get old too fast. They allow the years to run away with them. The almanac and the family record discourage them. Home of you are older than you have any business to be. Y'ou ought to realize that as the body gets older the soul ought to get younger. Coining on to ward old age you are only in tin* molt ing season, and after that you will have better wings, take higher flight and reign in clearer atmosphere. Our religion bids us to look after the wel fare of the body as well as of the soul, and the first part as well as the latter part of my subject Is appropriate for the pulpit. Tarn the Yearn Backward. Many might turn the years backward and get younger by changing fheir physical habits. The simpler life one leads the longer he lives. Thomas Parr of Shropshire, England, was a plain man and worked on a farm for a live lihood. At 120 years of age he was at his dally toil. He had lived under nine kings of England. When ir>2 years of age, he was heard of In London. The king desired to see him and or dered him to the palace, where he »vas so richly and royally.treated that It de- stroyed his health, and he died at ir»2 years and 9 months of age. When Dr. Harvey, the discoverer of the circula tion of the blood, made post mortem examination of Thomas Parr, he de clared there were no signs of senile de cay in the body. That man must have renewed his youth, like the eagle, again and again. All occupations and professions have afforded illustrations of rejuvenes cence. Hippocrates, the father of med icine, lived 109 years, and among those eminent In the medical profession who became septuagenarians and octogena rians and nonagenarians were Darwin, Call, Boerhaave, Jenuer and Kuysch, observing thpmselves the laws of health that they taught their patients. In ait and literature and science, among those who lived into the eighties were Plato and Franklin and Carlyle and Goethe and Buffon and Halley. Sophocles reached the nineties. You cannot tell how old u man is from the number of years he has lived. I have known people actually boyish in their dispositions at 80 years of age, while Louis II, king of Hungary, died of old age at 20. Haydn’s oratoria. “The Cre ation,” was composed at 70 years of age. Humboldt wrote his immortal work, “The Cosmos,” at 75. William Cullen Bryant, at 82 years of age, in my house, read without spectacles “Thanatopsis,” which he had composed when 18 years of age. Isocrates did il lustrious work at 94. Lioutinus Gor- glas was busy when death come to him at 107 years of age. Herschel at 80 years of age was hard at work in stellar exploration. Masinlssa. king of Xumldln, at 90 years of age led a victo rious cavalry charge against the Car- thageuiaus. Titian was engaged on his greatest painting when he died in his one hundredth year. How often they must have renewed their youth! Renewal of Youth. But the average longevity of those In private life, and with less mental strain and no conspicuous success, is much larger than the average longevi ty of the renowned. There are hun dreds of thousands of men and women now renewing their youth like the ea gle’s, so that the possibility of such a turning back of the years is all around us being demonstrated. Bismarck, the greatest of German statesmen, a long while before his de cease passed his eightieth milestone. When Gladstone was 83 years of age, I ran with him up and down the hills of Howard*n. We started for a walk, but It got to be a run. All those men again and again renewed their youth. Home one writes me, “Is not three score and ten the bound of human life, according to the BibleV” My re ply Is that Moses (not David), who wrote that psalm, was giving a statis tic of his own day. Through 1 tetter understanding of the laws of health and advancement of medical science the statistics of longevity have mlghtl- ly ciiuiuted since thy time of Moses, ffhd the - day Is coining when a non agenarian will no longer bo a wonder. Phlebotomy shortened the life of whole generations, and the lancet that bled for everything Is now rarely taken from the doctor’s pocket. Dentistry has given power of healthy mastication to the liumnu race and thus added greatly to the prolongation of life. Electric lights have Improved human bight, which used to be strained by the dim tallow candle. The dire dis eases which under other names did their fatal work and were considered almost Incurable now In a majority of cases are conquered. Vaccination, which has saved millions of lives and balki'd the greatest scourge of nations, and surgery, which has advanced more than any other science, have done mon than can be told for the prolonga tion of human life. The X ray has turned the human body, which was opaque, into a lighted castle. It Is easier In this ago to renew one’s youth than In any other ago. Rejuvenate the Soul. But the body is the smallest and least important part of you. It Is your soul that most needs rejuvenation, but that will also help bodily vivification. In order to do this I advise you to banish as far as jiossible all fretfulness out of your life. The doing of that will make you ten years younger. I know many good. Christian people who are worry ing themselves out in managing the af fairs of the universe. They have un dertaken too big a job. They are try ing to drive too long and fiery a team. They have all the affairs of church and state on hand, and they fret about this and fret about that and fret about the other thing. They fear that China will be divided up among the nations and there will be an entanglement causing wars such ns we have never heard of. They fear that Edward VII will not be ns wise a king as his mother was a queen. They are appalled at the accu mulated national debt. They fear soci ety is going to pieces by reason of im moralities. They apprehend that Amer ica will be overcrowded with foreign ers. They say the newspapers are get ting so bad that this country Is going to be utterly demoralized. They are all the time apprehensive of social and re ligious and political calamities, and It is telling on their mental health, de pressing their physical health, and, In stead of renewing their youth like the eagle's, they are imitating the eagle who would sit in his nest of sticks lined with grass on the rock, mourning about the woes of the ornithological world, the loneliness of the pelican, the filthi ness of the vulture, the croak of the raven, the recklessness of the alba tross. Would that improve things? No. It would be a molting process for that eagle which would never close, and It would only get thinner and more gloomy and less able to gain food for its young and less able to enjoy a land scape as it appears under a 20 mile flight on a summer morning under the blue heavens. I do not advise you to be indifferent to these great questions that pertain to church and state and nations, but not to fret alnnit them. Realize that It is not an anarchy that has charge of af fairs in this world, but a divine govern ment. At the head of this universe is a King whose eye is omniscience and whose arm Is omnipotence and whose heart is infinite love. His government is not going to be a failure. He cannot be defeated. Better trust him in the management of this world and of all worlds. All you and I have to do Is to accomplish the »vork that is put in our hands. That is all we have to be re sponsible for. In a well managed or chestra the players upon stringed and wind instruments do not watch each other. The cornetist does not look to see how the violinist is drawing the bow over the strings, nor does the flute scrutinize the drum. They all watch the baton of the leader. And we are all carrying our part, however insignif icant It may be, in the great harmony of this world and of the universe which our Lord is leading, and we all have to watch his command and do our best and not bother ourselves about the suc cess or failure of other performers. If you want to renew your youth, better stop managing the affairs of the uni verse. The National Dlaeaae. Mythology tells us that Jason begged Medea, the goddess, to take some of the years of his life and give them to his father. Hhe promised that without abbreviating the son’s life she would p'-plong his father’s life. She filled the c Vlron with herbs and the blood of 4sts and birds and then stirred the ilron and put some of the Juices in t?.. i-jiiouth of the aged father, and it is s5;?JJiat his hair turned from white to blaw>*he shriveled limbs rounded Into robust health, and the rejuvenated man felt as he did at 40 years of age. All that is a poetic myth. But a brighten ed religious hope and a strengthened faith in God’s providence have rejuve nated man/ n man in disposition and usefulness and renewed his youth like the eagle’s. On the contrary, It Is thought that worriment Is becoming In this country a national disease, and l| has been called “Amerlcanltis,” Another mode of rejuvenescence is much of the time associating with those younger than yourself rather than with those who are as old or old er. If you have no children of your own, better adopt a child. There are in this country and In all countries orphans by the tens of thousands. Go to one of the asylums or institutions where friendless children are eared for and select some little one with an honest eye and good disposition and take him to your home. I’ut around him all the elevating and happy Influences you can provide. In two years he will liecome^pnrt of your life, and his com pany to you will bo Indispensable. It will make you 2b years younger. He will be an Illumination to the evening of your life, and he will speak your praise long after you have departed from this world, and In heavenly places you will have been rewarded by the great friend of children—the Lord Jesus. It will take all time and all eternity to fully appreciate the work of Van Meter on this side of the sea and of Bnrnardo on the other side In putting pair orphan children in good homes In America and England. Through that process waifs of the streets have passed up from poverty and wretched ness Into bright homes and churches ami pulpits and legislative halls and senates, and many have already l>ecn crowned In a better world, the work begun In asylums on earth completed lo the p Uuces of heaven. Whether by such adoption of chil dren or in some other way, call around you the young. Become their associ ates, their confidants, their encourage ment. While you do them go si, they will do you good. Tbe old eagle while companioning in tin* nest with young eagles will feel new strength coming Into its wing, new light into its eye, new ambition in cut a circle nearer the sun, and for the time will forget hurricanes that have nulled its plumes and storms of many years that have swept over its mountain eyrie. The closing years of life ought to be the best part of it, ns an arrival in port ought to be happier than embarkation. It Is better to have the cyclones behind you than before you. Some one will say. “David might renew his youth, but I have been through so much there Is no such thing for me as revivifica tion.” You are wrong. You have not gone through ns much as David went through. He had all the experiences of shepherd boy. armor bearer, king's bodyguard, hunter of wild Is-asts, war rior and monarch. He was 40 years on a rocking throne. He was the ori ental hero In many a battle, made moral mistakes enough to destroy him, prostrated a giant with one stroke, was the father of Hebrew poetry and wrote poems which all the subsequent centuries have been chanting, drama tized dementia to escape assassination, ran against Ahithophcl’s betrayal and Saul’s jealousy and Absalom’s insur rection and made Jerusalem the re ligious capital of the world. If after all that he could renew his youth, you ought to be able to do the same. Cheer For the Akc«1. Again, 1 remark: Going out of this life to the Christian is rejuvenescence. What a holy glee it must be for those who Iu this world had the aches and pains and limitations of old age, the halting gait of the rheumatic or infirm foot exchanged for wing of celestial velocity, the dimmed vision of worn- out optic nerve exchanged for a sight that takes all heaven at a glance, the mental depression that comes from sense of decay exchanged for the ex hilaration of faculties lustrous aud ever strengthening, sad reminiscence exchahged for glowing anticipation? How cheery for the aged who love and trust the Lord to think that their last years of taking off aud decrepitude are the molting season referred to In the text! Shedding of all weaknesses, shedding of all unholy ambitious, shed ding of all dislikes, shedding of all hindrances. If the eagle knew that all, that annual pulling down and tak ing off aud shriveling were prepara tion for new wings, it would not sit moping in its nest. But you, O son and daughter of God, ought to be wise enough to know that all this process you are going through is to prepare you for wings—substitution of heaven ly speed and power for earthly lethar gy aud faltering. David felt the need of wings when he cried out, “Oh, that 1 had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest!” My text suggests that heaven is an eternal youth. A cycle of years will not leave any mark upon the Immortal nature. Eternity will not work upon the soul in heaven any change unless it be more radiance and more wisdom and more rupture. A rolling on from glory to glory! In anticipation of that some of the happiest i>eople on earth are aged Christians. The mightiest tes timonies have been given by the veter ans iu the gosiwl army. While some of the aged have allowed them selves to become morose and cynical and impa tient with youth and pessimistic about the world and have become possessed with the spirit of scold and fault find ing and are fearful of being crowded out of their sphere many of the aged have been glad to step aside that others may have a chance and are hopeful about the world, expecting Its redemp tion instead of Its demolition, and they are Inspiration and comfort and help fulness to the household and to the neighborhood and to the church. The children hail the good old man as he comes down the road. His smile, his words, his manner, his whole life, make the world think better of reli gion. Noah Webster, the greatest of lexi cographers, departing this life nt 85 years of age, exclaimed: “I know whom I have believed and am persuad ed that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against thut day.” The venerable Daniel Webster, the greatest of American lawyers and statesmen, In his last hours said: “I haA intended to prepare a work for the press to bear my testimony to Christi anity, but it Is now too late. Still, I would like to bear witness to the gos pel before I die.” Being too weak to hold a pen, be dictated to a scribe his words of triumphaut'fatth. I congratulate all aged Christians that the molting season will soon be. over, and you will mount higher than eagle ever ascended. What a good thing that you are soon to get rid of winter’s cold and summer’s heat and drenching tain and hovering clouds and live in superbest climate of the universe, whether It be this world made over us to atmosphere and con tour or In some star which mighty tele scope hails from the observatory or in Borne center around which all worlds wheel. It Is all ready and has been ready, as near as I can calculate, since 1,871 years ago, when Christ went up after saying, “I go to prepare n place for you.” What a good thing to get rid of this world’s vlelwdtudos and to have no surprises exceprthose that are ex- hilnrant, as when Milton may ring a new canto or Chrysostom may speak with a new eloquence or Handel mav render a new symphony, for I do not suppose that those who were mighty on earth are going to l»e Idlers In heaven. What a good thing it Is, all ye aged Christians, that you can soon get rid of dulled ear and sight that requires strong eyeglasses and Infirmities which make you hold on to the banister, leav ing you panting at the head of the stairs, and enter a land of eternal health, where the most rubicund check of robust life on earth would Ik* emaci ation compart'd with tin* vigor of the immortals. What a good thing to get beyond being misunderstood and blam ed for what you could not help, and picked nt by a hard world and then pass Into a heavenly society where all think well of each other and friend ships are eternal, depreciation and slander and backbiting unknown, for the gate of heaven was shut against them In the statement, “Without are dogs.” What a good thlng’to have sat isfying and glorious explanation of things that puzzled you 20 or 40 or 80 years, to have the Interrogation point abolished and all mystery solved and God’s government vindicated, and you will see why he allowed sin and sorrow to come into the world, and why the bad were permitted to live so long and the good were out off in the time of their greatest usefulness and why so many of the crfnseerated find life a struggle, while many of the infamous ride prosperously, princes afoot aud beggars a-horsebaek. and the hist hon est question shall have been answered. Gibbon In his history says that Mo hammed had a dream in which he thought that, mounted on the horse BoraU, he ascended the seven heavens and approached within two bow shots of the throne and felt a cold that pierc ed him to the heart when his shoulder was touched by the hand of God. That might do for Mohammed’s heaven, but not for a Christian heaven. No cold hand put upon your shoulder there, no cold hand of repulse or doubt, but the warm hand of welcome, the warm hand of saintly communion, the warm hand of God. Youth Renewed. I congratulate all Christians who are iu the eventide. Good cheer to all of you. Your best days are yet to come. You are yet to hear the best songs, see the grandest sights, take the most de lightful journeys, form the most ele vating friendships, and after 10,000 years of transport you will be no near er the last rapture than when you were thrilled with the first. In heaven you will have wliajt most pleases you. Archbishop Leighton’s desire for heaven was a longing for Christ aud purity and love, and lie has found there what he wanted. John Foster rejoiced at the thought of heav en, because there he could study the secrets of the universe without re straint, and he has been regaling him self in that research. Southey thought of heaven as a place where he would meet with the learned and the groat— Chaucer and Dante and Shakespeare. He no doubt lias found that style of communion. That great and good Dr. Dick was fond of mathematics, and lie said he thought much of the time in heaven would be given to that study, and I have no doubt that since ascension he has made advancement iu that science. The “twelve manner of fruits” spoken of in Revelation means all kinds of enjoyment in heav en, for twelve manner of fruits in cludes all the chief fruits that are grown on trees. I suppose there will be as many kinds of enjoyment in heaven as there will be inhabitants. Y’ou will have in heaven just what you want. Are you tired? Then heav en will be rest. Are you passionately fond of sweet sounds? Then it will be music. Are you stirred by pictures? There will be all the colors on the* new heavens and on the jasper sea. and the walls imbedded with what splendors! Are you fond of great architecture? There you will find the temple of God and the Lamb and the uplifted thrones. Are you longing to get back to your loved ones who have ascended? Then it will be reunion. Are you a home body? Then it will bo home. Here and there in this world you will find some one who now lives where he was born, and three or four generations may have dwelt iu the same hoase, but most people have had several homes— the home of childhood, the home they built or rented for their early man hood, the home of riper and more pros perous years. But all homes put to gether, precious ns they are in remem brance or from present occupancy, can not equal the heavenly home In the house of many mansions. No sickness will ev< r e» ne there, for it is promised “there shall be no more pain.” No part ing at the front door, no last look at faces never to be scon again, but home with God, home with each other, home forever. And that right after the molt ing season, when “thy youth lb renew ed like the eagle’s.” Winu* to hover free 0’i-r dawn rmpurpleil (tea; Wings ’hove life to soar And beyond death forevermore. [Copyright, 1001, by Loui* Klopuch.) Limitation* of the Prince. The bishop of Durham, the Right Rev. Brooke Foss Westcott, D. D., id perhaps the most learucd bishop on the bench, says a London correspondent. It is well known that Dr. Westcott re fused over and over again to be made a bishop: However, after much per suasion, he accepted the bishopric of Durham. The salary attached to this see Is £7,000 and of this Dr. Westcott gives away £5,000. Dr. Westcott is a great favorite with the Prince of Wales, who recently said to the Duko of Devonshire: “There are only three people living whom I allow to ‘lecture’ me—my mother, the queen; my wife, the prin cess, aud the bishop of Durham.” A Bridegroom In Chain*. A sad wedding has taken place here. The bridegroom Is a clockmaker named Obschenskl, who Immediately previous to his marriage was sentenced to ten years in the Siberian mines for coining false money. Tbe bride, a daughter of the local priest, was besought by her father to give up the Idea of marriage, but sho would not desert the maiyof her choice in his misfortune. Conse quently the wedding was performed in the prison chapel, the brf iegroom be ing in chains and handcuffs, while the bride was dressed In mourning. After the ceremony the newly married man went back to his cell. Tils wife will follow him to Siberia.—Gazette, Wite- bok, Russia. Mr. Flwiu’* Father Dead. Mr. C. 8. Elam, bookkeeper for the Limestone Mills, received a telegram yesterday morning announcing the death of his father, Rev. P. 1). Elam, at King’s Mountain, N. C. Mr. Elam left on the afternoon train yesterday for King’s Mountain. Rev. P. R. Elam was a Baptist minister and was highly esteemed as a man and a preacher. (Several years ago he discovered at King’s Moun tain a species of coal, and for some time it was thought that there might be a coal bed in the mountain, but examination proved that the coal was practically of no value as a fuel. The funeral will in all probability take place today. Putnam Fadeless Dye Black will not rub off, fade or wash out. This dye colors either Bilk, Wool or Cot ton a beautiful full black. I0a. per package. Bold by Dr. B. B. Crawley Ac Co. House Work is Hard Work without GOLD DUST. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Local Item* Too Short fora Head drooped ToKother. Road Overseer James RiDy Blan ton is putting the grounds in front of the court house in condition for the next term of court. Our hustling baker, Mr. J. F. Fincken. lias had his bakery consid erably “toned up” on the inside by tbe adplkation of a nice coating of paint. Our merchants are expecting a line spring trade and are making the proper preparations for it. Watch the columns of The Ledger and you can always keep posted as to the best places to get your goods. The city authorities have issued an edict closing ail the pool and billiard rooms in the city. This is a good move on the part of the council and will no doubt do much toward lessen ing the number of offenders against the city ordinances. Dr. A. P. Montague, of Greenville, will occupy the pulpit of the Becond Baptist church in this city next Sun day morning and evening. Dr. Mon tague is well known here and it is safe to say that he will be listened to by a large and appreciative audience. Mrs. A. R. N. Folger is quite sick, in fact so much so th&t her daughter, Mrs. II. E. Lcavell, has been called home to attend her bedside. Mr. Folger and the family have the best wishes of a large circle of friends for a speedy reco ery of Mrs. Folger. At the Presbyterian church to night Rev. Mr. Minter, of Hhelhy, will hold services. A cordial invita tion is extended the citizens of Gaff ney to go out to hear Mr. Minter. He is said to he one of the best Presby terian ministers in this section of the country. There is no pastor in Gaffney that is better liked than Rev. W. S. B. Ford, of the Second Baptist church. The Sunday School of his church has sent him to Newberry to attend the annual meeting of the State Sunday School Association which meets there this week. They pay all his expenses and the trip will be made doubly pleasant because of the fact that Newberry is Mr. Ford’s old home. P. V. Gaffney has resigned his po sition as traveling salesman for the Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing Com pany. Mr. Gaffney will engage in business that will require his atten tion at home. His relation with the company has always been of the most pleasant character and he gave up his position with reluctance on his part and regrets on the part of the company; but his strong attach ment for home life became impera tive. Light Docket iu Mayor'* Court. The docket in Mayor Littlejohn’s court has been very light for the past week or two and the police officers have not had much to do in the way of arrests. This, of course, speaks well for the city iu the point of morals. On Saturday two colored gents wore before His Honor for disorderly conduct. One was found to be guilty of the charge and fined $2 50 or the alternative of ten days on tbe city streets. He came down with the dough. The other one was dismissed for lack of evidence to convict him. * Yesterday morning, the usual time for a full docket, only two belliger ents were on band, the charge against them being a plain drunk, without any ornaments or variations. Both plead guilty, as the proof was too conclusive to dispute, and one was “given” $3 50 or ten days, and the other $3.90 or the same number of days. Fortunately, for them, both had the necessary amount to secure their release and they straightway contributed the same to the city treasury. The young white man who was tried last week for violating the dis pensary law by running a blind tiger within the city limits, and who was lined by the mayor one hundred dol lars or thirty days imprisonment, ap pealed for trial before a jury and his case was continued again until next Friday. Notwithstanding the light dockets, the “gang” is still in a flourishing condition. A nil dill Meeting of KtockliolUer*. The stockholders of the Cherokee Foundry and Machine Shops held their annual meeting yesterday. The foundry had made a splendid show ing during the past year and the re port of the year’s business was satis factory to the owners. Mr. J. A. Carroll was re-elected president, Mr. T. H. Littlejohn was elected vice-president, Mr. F. G.Stacy treasurer and Mr. L. Y. Randall was re-elected general manager. These gentlemen, with the addition of Mr. M. L. Ross, form the hoard of direc* tors for this year. Mr. \V. C. Sarratt, who has for some time ably filled the position of secretary aud treasurer for the foun dry, resigned bis position. Mr. Bar- ratt came to this city from Blacks burg and cast his lot with us. He is a young man of fine character and splendid business* qualifications, and the many friends he has made here hope that he will remain iu our midst. Drmth of Mr. Jame* Hervire. Mr. James Bervice, an aged and re spected citizen of this coqnty, who lived with three listers about two miles below Draytonville church, died last Baturday morning. De ceased had been sick for about seven months with dropsy, but It is said the immediate oausa of death was heart disease. Mr. Bervice was nearly Hixty years old. He was a bachelor. He was a quiet and reserved man and respected by all who kqew him. The remains were interred in the family burying ground Sunday. The be reaved relatives have the sympathy of a large circle of auiftMdotanee*. A ttorm y (jonentl'ii ICi jmrt. Attorney General Bellinger’s an nual report to the general assembly for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900, contains among other things, a sta tistical record of all crimes of which the circuit courts have taken cogni zance. Cherokee “held her own” pretty well with the neighboring counties and furnished a good number for the chain gang. The following statistics arc taken from the attorney general’s report: “Cherokr-e has a record of 15 cases. In (i cases the grand jury returned no bill; (> cases were discontinu* d ; there were 10 acquittals, and 23 convic tions Of the offenders convicted 21 were sent to the chain gang and 2 were sent te the penitentiary ; of 12 liquor eases, 9 defendants were turned loose and 3 were sent to the chain gang.” The “signs of the times” indicate this will be a record breaking ytar in the above line. Card of Tliaiikx. Mrs. W. R. Marsh desires to ex press her appreciation of the many evidences of friendship bestowed upon her during her recent affliction and trusts that all her sympathizers may be spared the pain of a like trouble. Mftfl \v. R. MABMi. Reports show a greatly increased death rate from throat aud lung troubles, due to the prevalence of croup, nncumonia and grippe. We advise the use of One Minute Cough Cure in all of these difficulties. It is the only harmless Remedy thtt gives immediate results. Children like it. Cherokee Drug Co. A ripple of laughter is worth a flood of tears at any stage of the game. There is always danger in using counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. The original is a safe and certain cure for piles. It is a sooth ing and healing salvo for sores and all skin diseases. Cherokee Drug Co. SOUTHERN RAILWAY* ■ CondeaiA.l Sfhc tulo of Puss* Trains. Li LliYct Jan. L’ith, 1’JJl. Vfx. Nortliboaud. No. 1'!. N’o. 38. j Daily.! Daily. “xpr FstMa No. 4. No. 3iL Duiiy (Daily. Lv. Atlunt.r< T “ Atlanta KT “ Norcro-i* . “ Buford “ (tniui-aviliu “ Lula “ Cornelia.... “ Mt. Airy... Lv. T m. 7 5) u 8 ; • aj a 3o .<! 10 05 !! Ill !l5 o' 10 58 S 11 1! :>'! a 1 1J tOiii 1 Ok j a 25 j, :t 83 ■ i; !» 1 ’ r ! ’ J L.lp 2 57 p 0 08 p U o.ip li 58 p 11 Sop U 60s 1 36s 1 53 s 2 IS s 8 38S / r. E lierton. ——— bo p 0 .10 P U 56 s Lv. E bet too. !i 66 s .... . Lv. iV’ininsicr. 12 81m 4 5o :i 4 OSS “ Hereta 12 In 4 15 p 5 05 p 4 28 a “ Central 1 42 p 6 27 p 4 56s “ Greenville. 2 34 p 5 22 p fi 10 p 6 02 s “ sir’bur# . 8 87 p 6 13 p 7 orp 7 08s * (vaffney.... 4 2:>p 6 46 ]> 7 48 p 7 45s “ Blucksburir 4 47 p 7 02 p 7 57 p 8 02 s “ Kim;'* Mt.. 5 15 p v 8 17 p S 27s •* Gastonia. 5 4U p .. 8 85 p 8 51s “ Charlotte.. 0 40 p 8 181> 9 30 p 0 50s Ar. Grc’nsboio 0 {.j p 10 47 p 11 44 p 12 28p Ar. Durham .. 8 52 n 3 52 a 2 27 p Ar. kalei/h— 5 30 u 5 30 a 8 23 p Ar. Danville... 11 25 p 11 53 p 12 51a 1 88 p Ar. Norfolk . 8 30 u 8 30 ft 8 80 a Ar. itiehinond.. 6 00 a 6 00 u 0 Oou 6 25 p Ar. W’hiiufton. 6 42 a 7 35 a 8 50 p •* B'moruP.U 8 00 a 0 15 a 11 85 p •• Ph'delphia. 10 15 a 11 85 a 2 56 s “ New York. 12 4 ,in 2 I3p 6 23s Fat .Mu Via. Expr. Southbound. No. 3.5. Xo. 37. No. 11. No. 33. Daily Doily. Daily.; Daily. Lv. N.Y., Ph.R. 12 15 a 4 30 p 3 25 p “ Ph'delphia. 3 .50 a 6 55!• 6 05 p “ Baltimore.. 6 22 a 9 2jj> 8 27 p “ YSash’ton.. 11 15 a 10 45 p 9 55 p Lv. Richmond.. 12 01 n 11 OOp 11 OOp 11 0)p Lv. Norfolk. 9 35n 7 40 p 7 40 p 7 40p Lv. Danville.,.. 5 48 p 5 50a 6 10 a 4 88s Lv. Kuh-ii;h. 5u p 1 00 u 1 OOa 1 00s Lv. Durham . 4 43 p 2 30 a 2 30 a 2 80s Lv. Gre'nuboro S’ lo p 7 05 a 7 37 a 5 48a Ar. » hnrlotto.. 9 47» p 9 25 a 12 05m 8 05a Lv Gastonia. 10 42 p 1 12 p 8 51 a “ kin;;' < Mt. 11 02 p 1 38 i» 9 12 a “ Blucksbum 11 25 p 10 45 a 2 (Dp 9 3) a “ G.it! nc 11 42 p 10 58 a 2 24 p 9 48 a “ Hpur hui-x 12 211 r. 11 34 a 3 15 p lo 20 a “ Greenville 1 80 a 12 OOp 4 80 p 11 15s “ Central 5 40 p 12 10 p “ Ben ecs. .. 2 3'.' a 1 80 p 6 (Bp 12 30 p “ W’minster 6 3 • p 12 48 p “ Teems. 2 15 p 7 0-t I) 1 24 p Lv. Eiberton.. 0 00 « 2 OOp 9 oo a Ar. Kils-rton. 11 63 ft 6 HOp C 80 p Lv. Alt. Airv. 7 86 p 1 Sop " Cornelia 7 4o p “ I.mIk . 4 is a 8 14 p 8 lOp 2 20P **• Gainesville 4 86 a 3 00 p 8 32 | i 2 45 p " Buford. 5 02 a 9 001 ! 3 17 p “ Norerovs. 5 25 a 9 0'p 3 52 p Ar. Atlanta,FT 6 lo a 4 55 p 10 15 p 4 25 p “ Atlanta,Cl' 6 10 u 3 55 ii 9 15 p 3 35 p $?o. U.| Ex. No. 13. Fuu. Daily 8 16 p 11 05 a 8 51 ]. 11 4! a 9 11|, 12 01 in 10 00 I. 12 60 p STATIONS. No. 10. iN'o. 12. j Ex. Daily Sun. r .Lula Ar 10 50 * 7 35p Mnyxyllle " 1(1 U a 650p Harmony " 0 54 a! 6 20p f. Athen* Lv 0 05a! 5 80p No'ii eloHo connoction made at Luis with main lino train*. “A" a m. “P” p. m. “M” noon. “X” niifht. Chesapeake Line Stesmer* in d.iily service betwivn Norfolk and Baltimore. Non 37 and 38—"Wabhinaton and Southwest ern Limited." SolidPtumantrain, loimtoom- jbis. d oxcluxiveiy of Anont Pul.nnui < quipiurnt of latest dexiipi, thrsugh lietwcen New York and At Inn I a. Tbrouzli Pullman she; ini; ear* Between Now Yo-k and Now Ocieaits, via vVashinKton, Atlanta aud Montgomery and al- *o boiween New York and Meiniihis, viaWash- Initton, Atlanta and Hirminkfiaii). Elegant Pullinaii Library ‘>l>-< rval ion earn Between Ma con and New i ork Ihidni; ears serve all Inenlb « nroute. Pullman *le 'plnn i .rn U-tween Oreens'ioro and Kuleiirh. No eon-h service <>n this train. Tnese trains will H.up at Hainea- ville, Lulu. Toee<.a, Seneca, (itiffin v and Black*- burn only to take mi and let off pa .nr m for and from Waditiigton and tx yond and for and from Ur* envitlc-t Vunihia ami hpnrtanburg- (Jolumhiu line*. Mo*. ID and 34—"Atlanta and New Y’ork Kx- iiro-' N< w iii i ’ w«<en Atlanta andChsr* lotto, conucetihif nt Charlotte with trail:* of same nuniL-r* for and from WadiintMou, New York and the enut, carrying throuvu l*ul!mun sleeping ear* betwr* n Charlotte and New York, (JhsrJoOe and Kichn. >u'l and Norfolk. l.<-av- in if Wiibhinaton Mondays, Wednesdays aud Friday* a tourist sli epitm car will bo operated tm this train through from Washington to Han Francisco without change. Connection Greensboro with sleeper,, for Haieixh. No Pullman cur* on lldn train between ..limits and Cliarlolte. Amide first nnd sceond chuM eooch to commadnMoiift for hs-ul Slid through travel. No*. itSand 36—"UnitedState- Fast Mai)"mna solid between Wnshtqfftoii and N«-w Orleans, via Houth' m Hallway, A. A W. P. K. K. and LAN it. K., L-mir <H,m|HS**d of coachtfL through without chunxc for passeuiti-r* of all ciawse-. Pullman drawinu r< om nhsipinf os*s lietweeti New York and New Orleans, via At lanta *ud MouiKotnery and befWMB Rtr- miij*ha>n ami Itu-hmond. Itining cur* ssrvs all meal* on route. Nos II and 16—Solid local train twtwass Klchmond and Atlanta t lose connectioa si Norfolk for Obi» Pot st OojsronT K*tss-ial attention M called to above shedsl*. particularly the iiiMUHMratton of tnou« No*. H and :14. al-, that No* 87 aud 38 are made an as. elusive Pullman tisin, without coach servios. PRANK 8. GANNON, H. H HAKDWICK. Third V’ P A Gen. Mgr. U. Fa»a. Aff*ot. W H TAYLOft. BlifH)ICH MORGAN. A. G. P. A.. AUs»<«* '* ** * m