Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ITHERH! your ?Ps, they (11- r The waste or Titles In the blood. If they are sick or out W of order, they fail to do ® \ their work. li V T!j Ik l Pains, ache'-.andrheu- Ul^l matism come from ex- cess of uric acid in the ..“V) blood, due to neglected kidney tr .1 ole. Kidney *r uble causes quick or unsteady heart beat* "nd makes one feel as though they had .-.-art troubl . because the heart Is ove: working in pumping thick, kidney- poisoned biocd through veins and arteries. I used to be considered that only urinary troubles wt.; t 0 be traced to the kidneys, but now m -'^ern science prov js that nearly all constitut'M.al diseases have their begin ning ; n kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first ooc'oring your kidneys. The mild id the ext*aot'iinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's ^anip-.kool, the great kidney remedy is soon rea ped, ii stands the highest for its wonderioi ;uies of the most distressing cases and is s^id on its melts by al! druggists in fifty- cent and dollar siz- es. Y. a may have ° sample h, .tie by mail Home of swamp-Rnnt. free, a so pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y. HeaHliy Mothers Few mothers arc healthy, because (heir duti.-s ere so exacting, the anxiety of pregnancy, the shock of childbirth, and the care of young children, are I severe trials on any woman. But with Wine of Cardui within her grasp, every mother—every woman in the land—can pay the debt of personal health she owes her loved ones. Do you want robust health with all its privileges and pleasures? Wine of Cardui will give it to you. 1 strengthens the female organs and invig. orates weakened functions. For every female ill or weakness It is the best £j medicine made. Ask your druggist for $1.00 bottic Wine of Cardui, and take no substitute under any circumstances. t Mrs. EJwia Crass, Cornier, Mich.i “When 1 commenced ir.ins Wine of Cardui I was hardly able to walk across the house. Two weeks after I walked 8 luif a unit and pi.licd atrawbc-rics. When my other child \/-j born I suffered »sh labor juina 24 hours, and had to raise him on a bottle because I had no milk. A^er using the Wine during pregnancy this time, I g*ve birth last mouth to a baby girl, end was in L lor only two hours, with but Kule pain, and I liase plenty of milk. For this great improrc' ment in my health I thank God and Wine of Cardui.” For advice incases requiring special directions, address, giving symptoms. “The Ladies'Advisory Dcpartm it," The Chat tanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Term. F. G. STACY. WALLACE & HITS LAWYERS. I C. JEFFERIES 4- GAFFNEY, S. C. ns nor* dal lass*. Corpontllitn Law H^mI Katnte Law. i n> v In loan on approved security. JAMES A. WILLIS, ATTORNKY AT LAW, « i Ai-r la-iMtCY. !-». LJ. ; .c vary I'uhllc in office. Prompt attention n o all busineM. ffwoovHr if. A. Jones A Co.’s niote. K Lain an Cl.P,Sander*. W.H.Hall.Jr DCICA1I, SANDERS £ HALL, Atfornoy»-at-Law. tnrer; tL Tullt on 1 Uo.’i I tore 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 I can make Jt for you. See me before you insure. DR. J. F. GARRETT, * Dentist, Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store Ja rjoffice from 1st to 26th of each month: Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. lone* & Co ’■ Stor*. CantMitosimi at office six days in the week G. W. SPEER, A'T'jroi* XISY-AT-IvAW. GAFFNEY, S. C. Hifflce err*.' J. W. Tolleson's Store. N. W. HARDIN, LAWYER. Ynu act a iill Courts uud ail branches of ^ofhtaf over J, NT. Tollrson’* store, Office hours fn>m P.do a to. to J p. m, every day in the week. Office upstairs, between H. Jones and OftTenporti Phone fr7. J, E. WEBSTER, At t orney* At> l,-nw» Office m Pphtt House. CProbate< J udge s oftce Gaffney City, S. C, Practice* in all the court*. Collec* VAto* a specialty Is the Creed that Odd Fellow ship Teaches. A WORKINGMAN’S ORDER. Kev. W. 8. II. Kurd I’ajs u lieaiitlful Trib ute to t lie Order of Odd Fellows mid Kx hurt, the Members of the Order to Push Onward In Their flood Work. From the cralie to the grave ia 1 ut a sc.-p. What child ever look that step alone in safety? Men and women are children grown taller. Who ca.i take the step of life alone in safety? Hands to steady, arms of love to catch and the "kiss to make will” are the pafeifuards and the en dearments of childhood. A mother’s hand helps and a mother’s heart bleeds for her child. "A mother is a mother still. The holiest tiling alive.” But who is sulllcient above man to extend hand and heart? Does he need a guide? Other men are blind. “If the blind lead the blind both shall full into the ditch together.” Do dangers beset? Are there sin and iniquity on every side? Has he his own besettir * sin? What other man has not h.&? Does he “labor and is heavy ladeu?” Does ho seek some one on whom to lay his burden? He finds no one who h. * not sufficient burdens of his own. He hungers and thirsts for knowl l<?e. Every man he finds is also seei ..g knowl edge. He looks around and beholds the follies of men on every hand. To whom shall he go? Men are saying, “To here and to there.” How like sheep without a shepherd! “Has man been made i the im age of God? Is there an innate spark of divinity? How shall tho spark be kindled and on what shall the flame be fed?” “And ah, for it man to rise in me, That the man I am may cease t«> be.” I am persuaded is a secret wish that burns in many a breast. “What a piece of work if man! How noble in season ! How nfinite in faculty, in form and in moving; how eqpress and admiroble; in action, how like an angel; in apprehension, how like a God.” “Oh, fairest of creation! last and host Of ail God's works: creature in whom e.' Itod, Whatever can to sifrlit or thought he foi ued, Holy, divine, good, amiable or sweet.” This is a beautiful world and the creation of an all-wise, all-powerful and unselfish maker. All nature is of his design, and it is his will that his children shall take pattern from the beauties of his handiwork, Dis obedience brings darknest, as the go ing away of the sun, while obedience is rewarded by a consciousness that brightens the whole current of life, as does the sun with the smile of moon. With the beauties of creation there came man, created from the wisdom of God, and then as the teardrop of his pity and from the conscience of his love, woman came. Man and woman, birthrights of genius and of love, are acknowledged to be the matchless production of God’s crea tive power. What a wonderful being is man! As Lord Bacon puts it, “He is a thing around which the whole world centers.” Of all crea tion he alone held speech with the Maker. Spoken to from Sinai’s summit, iik was taught thk father hood OF GOD—responding from Cal vary’s Cross, he TAUGHT THE IIKOTI1- ekhood of max. In the law from tha Father is found the guidance of his faith, and in the act of the Son is found his contrition and redemption. In the Master and man is a divine unity—a Godlike blending of spirit and matter before which all else doth bow. The fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man is the creed of Odd Fellowship—it teaches the one and illustrates the other. To be come an Odd Fellow there must he a faith, a belief in the existence of a Supreme Being; and as its mission is relief, involving a sacrifice of time, self-denial, personal convenience and, perhaps, life itself, it must be known that all considerations of self are subordinate to the duties imposed by the obligations taken ut its altar. Deception may. for the time, escape our vigilance and the imposition avoid the prerequisite test of membership, yet, as the thistles were separated from the wheat, so will the human thorn be weeded out. What is faith? It is not knowledge that comes from science or It* lessons, for all that id- ence can teach is withl^tbe compass of human understanding. If we go to the running brook and watch the water In Its noisy beauty rippling over the pebbles, we understand that from a source it is coming—moving to an outlet. * If we go to a mountain and step from its summit we understand that the law* of gravitation precipitate the full, If we see the sun rise due eait and go to It* feat due treat, we understand that the earth Is efenly balanced on Its axis. All thla and else we can leafn from science, blit there Is a reaim It baa never entered ahd cannot reach and that la, that wbieh Cornea from the aoulsooDSdoua' ne*a and formulates belief and faith that there must be and there le ah Omnipotent Uelng compared to Whom this finite flesh of ours Is but an atom of his poweJ. “By YhIUi and faith alone embrace. HelleVtnK where wo cannot prove.’* We have a universe endowed with a sentient existence, men and women with faculties comprehending life, love and human duty. How shall these be cultivated? How shall men be helped to nobler living and trium phant death? are the burning ques tions of Odd Fellowship. “Life’s routfh and danaerouH way Is trod, Ifc-ath'a narrow brldai' h* nobly won. The hrlsht pavilion of our God Gleam* in tin, dUluut horlxoti." There is a legend which says Odd Fellowship originated among the Ro mans and that an organization was first established among the Roman aoidiers—the bravest of men—in the ye&. of grace, ’55, during the reign of that bloodiest of tyrants, Nero. The order was tbeo IfQpvo »f "^tllow rere rhderd odd from thirsty souls of that age, their deeds of light b ’ing odd in that day of darkness. The second reason was that they could tell each other In the dark as well as in the light, and that made the name “Odd Fellows’’appropriate. Titus not only gave them this new name, hut he also gave to them a new churttr, written on a plate of solid gild with the sun for the Noble Grand, the moon for the Vice-Grand, ihe lamb for the Secretary, the lion fer the Guardian and the dove for the Wardt-n. A myth, )ou say? Grant you that. I am going to take strong er grounds as to the antiquity of our principles—not organization, hut principles—and say they originated, not among the Homan soldiers, but with God, as revealed in bis eternal word. Our principles are friendship, truth and love. The Bible says “God is love and truth,” and it is God’s revealed truth. In it we find the most illustrious examples of friendship. Friendship between God and man—the highest compliment ever paid man—was by the Bible in this language, “Abraham was called the friend of God.” The friendship between man and man, as existed between David and Jonathan, was stronger than he bore his father. How enduring was the covenant! “The Lord watch between me and thee forever.” The parable of our Savior is familiar to all Bible readers, especially to Odd Fellows. We re member how a traveler from Jerusa lem to Jerico was beaten and robbed and left to die, was passed unheeded by the Priest and Levites, was found by a Samaritan, his wounds dressed, bound up and after being placed on his own beast, was carried to an inn, nursed through ail his severe suffer ings, money left with the inn-keeper for further expenses, should any be incurred. Who knows but that that Samaritan was an Odd Fellow? Cer tainly he was odd from the Priest and Levite, who passed by on the other side without giving him the much needed assistance. I am cer tain, at least, of this, that the spirit displayed^then is the true spirit of Odd Fellowship today. Have you ever needed a friend? “He was my brother and friend who had mercy on me.” Friendship is a flower that blooms in all seasons—in adversity us well as prosperity. Some one has said, “No cm can bo happy without a friend, and no one can know what friends he has until lie is unhappy.” “Disguise so near the truth doth seem to run. 'Tis douht fill whom to seek or whom to shun; Nor know we where to spare or w here to strike Our friends and foes they seem so much alike.” Some one has asked: How are friends and ghosts alike? Both much talked of but rarely ever seen. Friendship hath no surveyed chart, no national boundary line, no rugged mountain or steep declining vale, put a limit to its growth. Wherever it is watered by the dews of kindness and affection there you may be sure to find it. It blooms only in the soil of a noble and seif-sacrificir.g heart, casting a thousand rays of love, hope and peace to all around. The order is a product of this re public, the first lodge being instituted in Baltimore by a then obscure man amidst difficult surroundings, with only five witnesses to its birth. It came as the offspring of necessity, produced by the lack of fraternal duty and love ; and when it was proclaimed by its humble author from the lowly place of its birth, scepticism and doubt assailed it, rejected it with de rision, as the conditions it was creatd to relieve were treated by the influ ences ever at war with right and justice. It was different with those who were pinched by misfortune and driven in the malestrom of misery that swept like a sitnoan over their hope and destiny. They looked upon it as a Bethlehem of the western world, as an Evangel with open palms tearing from the faces of the distress ed the curtain of misery darkening their lives, to redeem afflicted homes from penny and ignorance. The gen erous and wise accepted the new birth and its creed ss the harbinger of true fraternity, the forerunner of mutual relief; but it was the poor and needy, the sick and distressed and the help less women and chsldren who maty*!- J ed to know the ministering angel that,.] came with such healing in his wings; 1 bringing gladness to them, and the answer in their new-made joyful hearts christened It Odd Fellowship. From then until now it has been ani mated by such practical purposes and deeds, as its religion and faith. It has done much to illustrate true frlendehip, symbolize honorable lore, and exemplify abiding truth in the fraternigatlon of man. It waa indeed temple of humanity, dedicated to fra- Lieinlty, a fraternity In the family of man, to faster and hasten the period when universal love would cement la one band a belief In the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of mao. And who was the builder of this tem ple? No pomp of heraldry emblaio ed his bltb rto obscure name, hereditary honors glittered bla brow. A stranger In ji land, whose footprints on A sol! fefe mads as tbo tonr of iso land s coooor was still r'esdilnelog in the /otlng fepUbllC And the oylbf echoes ware still reverberating afOdnd the place selected as the home of fraternal love, where was cradled a fellowship born of a heart imbued with justice and true benevolence. Thomas Wlldef was Unlearned In books, but wise In nature's lessons, unacquainted with literature, brain was not. cultured b; from the Pierian Hprii fountains were cloeed heart, touched by ■ druk deep of the water* stood forth re leemed and ed from the bigoted prejui and the curse of selfishm “Hi- could not know of nnollj And nof feel In xorrow He could not know of at And not tciak kind rtdl Permit me to imi fact and let it sli minds, that the fj Odd Fellowship hlscksmith. “Honor and shame I Act well your pary Like all suot fasr le regard fbr the otTer*. Methinks 1 ean see 'ratertiil Father standing at tha forge pondering over “man’s inhu manity to man,” with his great hea.t throbbing in touch with the necessi ties of others, and as he dealt tin. sturdy blows the sparks of fire leap ing all around him in sympathy with those of love leaping from his bosom, united in delicious harmony with the music from his anvil that went forth with rythmic beauty, scattering flowers and sunshine in life’s path way. The germ of love then sown by him, grew in beauty and grandeur, elevating manhood and quickening conceptions of troth and justice, un til today we are a host, weil nigh in numerable. Not only in every State, territory and government on this con tinent is our order immutably fixed ; but, with a very few exceptions, it is established in every civilized govern ment under the sun, with a member ship as true and as fraternal as those of their brethren on this hemisphere. It is peculiarly the working man’s order—the friend of the poor, the widow and the orphan. And yet among those who have stood with the toiling masses at our order’s sacred altar, and there assumed the same solemn obligation, are men honored as nresidents, senators, jurists and others of high political renown, us well as some of the loaders of social and religious life It is but just to say of the Odd Fel lows, and it should be known of all men, that.his personal sacrifices, his life of self-denial, his known heroism in time of plague and pestilences and his struggles to keep from the af flicted couch the terrors of death and the clutch of the grave, are deeds of friendship and love as true and as tender as were those of Mary at the cross. If there he those who do not believe in such a friendship let them go with the Old Fellow where he has ever gone, into the home of suffering and there stay with him in his effort to supplant the shadows of death with the sunshine of hope and life, cool with him the fevered lips and bathe the parched brow, watch with him the spark of life growing dimmer with each pulsation, until the spirit deserts its tenement of clay, and then observe his noiseless tread in storm and sunshine alike to the hab itation of the dead, where, under the sorrowing vine and willow, ho will place his friend and fraternal brother And then see him as he turns from his duty to the dead, to the duty he owes the living and by gentle minis trations endeavor to assuage the widow’s grief and dry the orphan’s tears and there erect the banner of Odd Fellowship, when just as sure as the heavens are above and the earth beneath, the afflicted thereof will know and feel the triumph of that fellowship over the grave. What should be said of the noble women who have given us their en dorsement and support? Without such iofluonce we would he lonesome and awkward in the ministrations re quired by our fellowship, but with it we cau and do shake a continent of want. Her sympathy and aid nerves us for the duties and conflicts of life. “Tis lier's o’er the couch of misfortune to bend. In fondness a lover, in firmness a friend.’ Our order teaches that love is the grand remedy for all social evils and the foundation for all good towards God and man. Humanity and chanty have ever gone hand in hand in the advance of civilization and the tri umph of Christianity. W’e believe in God as the Father of all men, whose will should be the law of his creat ures. We believe in the Holy Bib’e. Our 'law requires its presence in every meeting. To it we look for those precepts and examples, which teach us how we should regulate our con duct toward one another—this is morality. The man who says I «m an Odd Fellow and have no need for a church, does not know the first principles of Odd Fellowship. We, in no sense, rival the church, and the man who says we do, reminds me of the man who is said to have “talked through his nose to keep his breath from wearing out his false teeth.” We teach men their duty to men— to visit the sick, relieve distress, bury the dead, care for the widow, support the aged and helpless and to educate the orphan. The church teaches men their duty 4 o God as well as man. The churches teach religion, the lodge teaches morality. Religion and morally are terms often confounded, though clearly distinguishable. Without, en- tering.into an exhaustive nor yet ex tensive definition of the two terms, we pause to say: Religion enters into Its closet alone with God, shuts the door and, <by spiritual commun- lou with the Father lu heaven, re news its strength, gets new Inspira tions of love, feels the touch of a di vine* presence and the holy Impulse and uplift of a divine indwelling.' Morality, out of the universally rej vested law of love and duty, jjpes ot to mankind to serve one’s, With Uuuhitt help be can] Icez there is to fir. gigantic htridis How the mysterious fluids fi.'iit drawn from f ff« ovCr-hunging clouds have given the swift speech and far distant hearing of (lie Gods. How short now seems the dbtanoe round the globe, lessening every day, till the unfolding years give to us the sense to wing our way through ether and rival in passage the swift ibglit of birds. ^ et we are standing on the very threshold of the temple of hu man possibilities, the door of which will open only to the pr^sure of un earnest loving hand. We are only on the lowest rung of the ladder, whose topmost one is with trod and tiie angels and until thus Is reached there is a work fnp O M Fellowship. “Then onward, still onward, brother! Our liitfh tusk will not be o’er Till the heavens are roiled together. And t he e irt h sh;ilI lx- no more.” are among the Lest known of the many dangerous wild plants and shrubs. To touch or handle them quid.ly produces swelling and inflammation with in- V j tense itdungaud burning > of the skin. T1 le eruption soon disappears, the suf ferer hopes forever ; but almost as soon as the little blisters and pustules appe ared the poison had readied the blood, and will break out at rcgulai intervals and each time in a more aggra vated form. This poison will loiter in the system for years, and every atom of it must be forced out of the blood before you can expect a perfect, permanent cure.' ^ NaiDPe’s AnfldoH Johnson & Brown. 'Plione 7. FOR JPfefc^Natnre’s Poisons, is the only cure for Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, and all noxious plants. It is com posed exclusively of roots and herbs. Now is the time to get the poison out of your system, as delay makes your condition worse. Don’t experiment longer with salves,washes and soaps—they never cure. Mr. S. M. Marshall, bookkeeper of the Atlanta (Ga.) G is Lidit Co., was poisoned w :h Poison Oak. He took Sulphur, Arsenic and various other drups, and applied externally numerous lotions an t salves with no benefit. At times tiie swelling and itiiLaminatiou w::sso severe he wru almost blir l. 1 ; r eight years the poison would break out every season. His conditioifwas much improve 1 after taking one bottle < f S. S. S , and a few b ittb s cb a red his blood of the poison, and all evidences of the disease disappeared. People are often poisoned without knowing when or how. Explain your case fully to our physicians, and they will cheerfully give such information and ad vice as you lequire, without charge, and we w ill send at the fame time an interest ing book on Bloc 1 a.id Skin Diseases. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. Notice of Final Discharge. By permission of Hon. J. E. Webster, Judge of Probate for Cherokee County, H I will, on Monday, July 1st, next, make dual re turn as Guardian for Mrs. Kitlie doss and apply for letters dlsmissory. Author P. McLork, Guardian. Gaffney. S. C.. May 27.1M1. Published lu Gaffney Ledger. June 7th, 14th, 2;>t and :>th, ILiol. Undermuslins and Other White Goods. You no doul>t will ho .surprised to read of this sale now a month a 1 load of its usual time—but you will agree that it is a move in the right direction, because the stocks arc larger, the goods nowor and fresher than they would he in June, which is an important advantage; therefore we are.serving the public better than we could a month hence. Corset Covers, Chemise, Undershirts, Drawers. in Cambric, Nainsook, Muslin, etc., all well made and hand somely trimmed, almost at your own price. White Goods. Lawns, Organdies, Persian Mulls, English Long Cloth, Nain sook and Chocks, actually the best values ever shown in Gaffney. Lace Specials. Moussoline do Soie, Chiffons and Liberty Silk Drapery, tine finalities, all colors, and prices way down. Embroideries, Insertions and Laces, i A tremendous line at 5c per yard, all styles. Come early and enjoy your pick of the pile. ’s Shirts and Shirt Waists. ! -4 All colors, all the new shapes and the very newest fatfnFs. ! Lines sure to suit. MADE FROM PURE FILTERED and DIS TILLED WATER. . . Delivered Anywhere in thk City Tiie Giierokee County Mutual Association bus Issued bet ivocn Iim und 5<>o policies to tbo citizens of tbc county uggn gating- fr.’co.OOO. There:irc yet ;i few property owners who h.-i ve not Insured with us whom we think should do so now, or us soon us iiossihle, as a protection to themselves and families, for tiie unex pected happens tp us all sooner or Liter and happy is ho wiio Is prepared to run t lids emergency We cun safely say Unit there is no cheaper or ladter investment offered you. Rev. A. Davidson, Gaffney, and Mr. Frank McLuney, Abingdon, are agents, who arena tliorlzed to appraise your property and issue a policy on same. I. M. Littlkjqi J. En .1M-units. Sec. and Tre Bel* •—J Business is Constantly Increasing—Why? Because it’s morft often in the quality than in the price that you find the True Bar gain J. C. LIPSCOMB & BRO. The Gainey City Land and Improvement Company Offers for sale Building Ixits In this flourishing town, Gaffney City; AI»o Farms near by and In reach of the Schools of Limestone Springs and of this place, In lots of from 30 to 1O0 acres on liberal time rates; also Agricultural Lands to rent for Farm pur poses. For full particulars apply to J. ’V. SSA.Kl-tA'TT, Affent. N. B.—All tresspassing on landsof this company, onttln and emovlng timber, flshlngor bunting are forbidden under nenn'-v of Ihw -Attention I^irnierss! Tiie season Is now at hand when you must have implements with which to prepare your lands, plant and cultivate your crops, and don't forget that I have “Everything for the Farmer" at popular prices. All kinds of Flow Stocks, single and double, and Turn Flows, Flow Points, Flows, Clevises. Heel Bolts, etc., Dow Law Cotton Seed Planters. Call and see my Syracuse Disc Harrows. They are unexcelled, and no farmer can afford to be without one—especially when I sell them so cheap. As In tbo past I shall continue to lead in Sind "Wsijsoiih. Why such an assertion? It Is plain-enough-the vast amount of business I have done In this line in the past attests the fsict that my goods and prices are rigiit. Tyson & Jones, or Stadebaker, is all the recommendation needed on a vehicle to tell you it Is Al. Wagons -BIRDSKLL, BTtIDKBAKER, TAYLOR. WHITE HIcKoRY-a quartette that Is hard to “down.” prices and quality considered. Hay. Corn, Osls. Bran, Syrup. Molasses, Tennessee Sorghum, and lu fact a full line of plantation supplies. Hats In variety for everybody. Nice, new and strictly “up-to-date" lino of Clothing. Give us a look and we’ll sell you. My stock nf Shoes and General Merchandise was never more complete’ and. listen! 1 have got a lot of genuine bargains for you. Come and see. For tiie accommodation and convenience of those living lu the vicinity of Goforths S. C., 1 ftave added a lino of