The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 26, 1901, Image 3
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