The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 04, 1902, Image 2
TALMAGE
SERMON
*
By Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE. D.D..
Pastor of Jefferson Park Presby
terian C.iurch, Chicago
(.'liicago, June 1*0.—Ite versing the
usual course. Rev. F. De Witt TaImage
In this sermon, on the approaching na
tional anniversary, takes a look for
ward. The text is Matthew xiii, TS,
“The field is the world.”
Every republic has a Fourth of July.
It has an annual holiday, set apart for
living over again the scenes of its
struggle for independence. It has a
birthday celebration for banquets, fire
works, oratorical pyrotechnics and for
the arousement of patriotic enthusi
asms.
The French republic’s Fourth of July
Is celebrated on the 14th day of July.
This Is the anniversary when the grim
fortress of a prison for state criminals
was razed to the ground. The Bastille
was to the French what the Tower of
London was to the British. It repre
sented to all the common people the
tyrannies of a despotic throne. It rep
resented to them tin* place where men
and women, to please a royal whitil,
might be lodged for it little while on
their way to quench with their life’s
blood the insatiable thirst of the heads
man's ax. So on the 14th day of July
every car and wagon is stopped in the
Parisian capital. Then the young men
and maidens, decked in holiday attire,
turn the broad boulevard of the
Champs Ely sees into it ballroom. Then
in the French cities can be heard the
songs of the merrymakers and the mu
sic from the different bands playing
up and down almost every street. The
Brazilian republic’s Fourth of July is
celebrated on the Kith day of Novem- j
ber. the anniversary of the time when '
]>oiu Pedro's empire was overthrown |
and the exiled imperial family had to |
sail away from the waters of the Ama- !
7.0n. One of the first ads of the Cuban
congress which assembled after the |
American soldiers had been withdrawn j
was to appoint a national holiday to
coininciuornto the day on which the |
Cuban republic had gained her hide- |
pendeuce.* So the people of the United j
States government should hold sacred
the day ou which Jefferson ami Adams
and Franklin and Sherman and John ;
Hancock and Samuel Adams signed
the memorable document which made I
the Goddess of Liberty a full grown
queen.
But there is an unwise as well as a
wise way of celebrating the modern
Fourtlj of July The first way is to
glorify the past, as though our forofa
thers bad w-.u all the American victo
ries that can ever be won. The other j
way is to take a national retrospect for
the purpose of rousing our ambitions
to go ahead and win the further victo
ries that must bo won in order to fill-
liil America’s mission, and if any min
ister tries the latter way he cannot ,
take in the full sweep of America's fu- !
ture Influence and work unless he dis
cusses them from a worldwide stand
point. He must attune his Fourth of
July sermon to a world's theme, as
Phillips Brooks, the umst beloved man
of New England in ’.is day. keyed his
ministry to an international tone when
from a European city he sent to a
friend at home a letter which read 1
something like this: "Dear Harry—l
wish you might do its 1 do every year, i
1 wish you would annually spend two ,
months abroad in travel. Such a va- !
cation teaches you the immensity of j
Cod's providences and how small are i
the circumscriptions of our own indi
vidual lives and how small even the !
Episcopalian church appears to be |
when it is focused from across the |
Bens." So the purpose of this Fourth
of July sermon is to try to discuss the I
worldwide Influence of America’s fu- |
ture mission vather than to spend our
time eulogizing what has been done at
Bunker Hill. Saratoga, Brandywine.
Valley Forge and Yorktowu. The field
of America's future usefulness is not
to be limited by the Atlantic on the
one side and the Golden Gate of the
Pacific on the other side. It is to be
as wide as the live continents, as am
ple as the two hemispheres. It is to
take in all the mainlands as well as
the Isles of the seas.
America’* Greatest Mlaalon.
Emphatically the most important of
all America's future missions is the
spreading of the gospel until it shall
“be preached in all the world for a wit
ness unto all nations.” The Bible does
not state that the millennial day shall
come gradually, as the sunrise first
tips the eastern hills with light, mak
ing it appear as though the under-
brush u]wu the tops of the mountains
had been set afire by some careless
campers. It does not state that the
millennial day shall come as when the
dawn in the beginning shoots its long,
slender bars of yellow gold across the
heavens. It does not state that the
glory of the Lord shall cover the earth
as the waters cover the sea. as the
flood tide gradually creeps up the
beach. But the Bible docs teach that
when the gospel of Jesus Christ shall
be proclaimed in every town, village
and city of every nation; when it shall
Is* proclaimed in the mountain log hut
and In the ship’s cabin; when Jt shall
be proclaimed under the shadow of
every legislative hitII anti by the camp
fire of every hjatben tril**; when it
ahail ’’he proclaimed in all the world
for a witness unto all nations, then
Shull the end come.” Then the millen
nial day shall be flooded with light,
even as n darkened hall Is Instantly
Illuminated when the many different
electric lights flash out at the touch
of a single button. Then the millen
nial day shall be full of brilliancy, as
the thickness of midnight was changed
into the brightness of miduoou when
God spake at the morning of creation
the four simple words, “Let there be
light.” and there was light. The mil
lennial day shall come as suddenly as
the tongues of fire leaped out of the
heavens when the Holy Spirit hovered
over the heads of 1 * praying, plead
ing, exultant Penteeo. il worshipers.
If the millennial day is to come when
the gospel shall be proclaimed unto all
the nations of the earth. I ask you
this pertinent question: What nation Is
better fitted to convey that gospel to
all unevangelized nations than the
American nationV Was not this nation,
in the first place, founded iu the name
of God? Did not old John Robinson
stand uiion the shore just before the
Mayflower sailed and dedicate to God
the little hand of pilgrim fathers? Was
not that pilgrim baud bound together
by sacred covenant to walk In all his
ways made known, or to be made
known unto them, according to their
best endeavors, whatever it should
cost? Was not Maryland settled iu
the name of God. and Georgia in the
name of God. and Pennsylvania in the
name of God? On account of this past
dedication of our forefathers, dare
America refuse to carry the gospel un
to all nations of the earth?
This nation is especially fitted to car
ry the gospel unto all people because
here we have no established church.
Every religious denomination can free
hundedly do its full stint of work.
A Story of Whltefield.
How the different religious denom
inations are able to work side by side
in America for the scattering of the
gospel seed may lie illustrated by an
incident in the life of George White-
field. One day the great evangelist
stopped dramatically in his sermon
and, looking up as though addressing
the throne of the Almighty, cried out
in interrogation, “O Lord, are there
any Presbyterians in heaven?” “No,”
came back the answer. “O Lord, are
there any Episcopalians in heaven?”
“No,” again came the answer. "O
Lord, are there any Methodists in
heaven?” “No.” “Who, then, are the
denizens of the skies?” “Christians
one, Christians all.” So in the scatter
ing of the gospel seed by the American
nation there are no religious sects. In
the sight of the government there are
only Christians. The Calvinists and
the Armenians, the close communi
cants and tiie Congregatioualists, the
Protestants and the Catholics, can
work side by side because these differ
ent religious denominations believe in
the atonement. They can and should
scatter the gospel seed unto all na
tions because the American nation
was settled and consecrated by our
forefathers to the service of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
America’s second mission is emphat
ically the establishment of an interna
tional court of arbitration so that
bloody wars in the future shall be an
impossibility. That a great Interna
tional court of arbitration can be es
tablished by the united action of the
ten or twelve principal nations of the
world is undeniable, and that such a
court will lie ultimately established is
also unquestioned. When such a court
is established, the United States. Eng
land, France. Spain, Austria, Germany,
Italy, Russia. Japan and China will
each have representatives upon that
tribunal. Then when international
difilculties arise these dillicuities will
be peacefully settled, as the Alabama
claims were amicably settled before
the Geneva tribunal which assembled
in 1871. composed of the five repre
sentatives which were furnished by
the United States, Great Britain. Italy,
Switzerland and Brazil; as the Vene
zuela claims were settled before a tri-
buinil which met in Paris in KKK); as
the Alaska boundary line was amica
bly settled and as the war claims
against the Chinese government by the
different allied forces are now being
amicably settled.
Fur I'nivrrMal Feacr.
Now, my friends, what civilized na
tlon on the face of the globe is better
fitted to load In the establishment of
this supreme court of iuteruutiouul ar
bitration than the American nation?
The different nations of Europe, I care
not how strong some of them may be.
are unable to successfully lead in this
movement for universal peace because
those nations are Jealous of each oth
er. Those different European nations
cannot do as they would, no matter
how noble and Christian their motives
might be. If they could do ns they
wished, they long ago would have
wiped off the face of the earth that
most cruel and corrupt of all govern
ments. the government of Turkey.
When the sultan gave orders to bis
soldiers to massacre In cold blood the
Armenians, a great wave of horror
rolled over all civilized lands. Though
William E. Gladstone was then a dy
ing old man. he took up his pen and
wrote a godlike protest. Indignation
voicing the sentiment of every civi
lized government was heard alike In
London. Paris. Berlin. Rome. Vienna.
8t. Petersburg and New York; but,
though men and women were slaugh
tered by the hundreds and the thou
sands, though in midwinter young girls
and boys were stripped of their gar
ments and driven forth naked into the
mountains to freeze and to starve and
to die. though whole families were de
stroyed and whole regions - desolated,
yet not one nation of Europe was able
to prevent or avenge the massacres be
cause the European nations were Jeal
ous of each other. The nation that
would attempt to obliterate the Turk
ish government would have the swords
>f other European nations plunging at
its heart. But the American nation,
being removed 3.000 miles from the
European nations, is hand free, foot
free and heart free. It can load in tills
movement to establish a supreme court
of arbitration because all foreign nu
tious will realize that it Is not making
such a move to upset the “balance of
European power” or to absorb new ter
ritory, and a Christian nation like the
American which does not try to turn
the sword imo the plowshare and the
spear Into the pruning hook deserves
to lose its Influence, to fall from its
proud position as a great and free na
tion and to perish from the earth.
Recognizing the fact that many poo
pie arc looking forward to the time
when war shall forever lie abolished,
an imaginative writer onee described
how that blessed condition was to lie
accomplished. He declared that the
time would conic when ail Europe
would lie convulsed by a great inter
national struggle. He pictured that
event in the dim future. He arrayed
every European nation upon one or the
other side of the combat. But the
night before the great battle was to
open an ungel in human shape would
be seen going through the camps of
the two armies. This visitor would
stop long enough to pin upon every
soldier's breast a sign. And when the
two vast armies should next day pre
pare for battle and the command
should tie given to the troops to tire
not a rifle would flash, not a sword
would he unsheathed, not a cannon
would speak, because the si^n pinned
upon every soldier's heart wouid be
the sign of the cross. The picture
drawn by that imaginative writer may
be accepted as a truthful one except in
two or three facts. 11“ describes that
day as in the dim future. I believe
the day is now almost at hand. Again,
that writer describes the peacemaker
who will attach the emblem of the
cross to the breast of the common sol
diers tis a man. I believe that i ten co
maker wnl not be a man. but a na
tion. and that peacemaking nation the
American nation. America shall pin a
sign of universal peace upon every
European nation by the means of a
supreme court of international arbi
tration. This sign shail do-•roe that
war. bloody, fiendish, demoniacal war.
shall be no longer; that war shall for
ever he as dead as the multitudes of
dead soldiers whose bodies are now
decomp sing in the grave trenches
round the world.
ili
inters of (lie Wenk.
America's future worldwide mission
will also be found in her emphatic pro
test that might is not always right.
Until tin* supreme court of internation
al arbitration shall lie estabiished there
will lie many international injustices
From time immemorial the strong na
tions have been trampling upon and
browbeating the weak nations. Here
tofore the American nation lias been
unable to do much more than look aft
er its own personal interests: But now
that time is past. The American na
tion ami when l speak about the
American nation 1 naturally mean the
Fiiited States government—has grown
to be so strong that by the power of
its great navy and its great multitude
Of inhabitants it can successfully mid
in .a Christian spirit take up the causes
of tin* weaker and the more heipless
nations when those nations are being
downtrodden and unjustly used by the
greater governmental powers. The
American nation can do for the help-
lefts and weaker nations what it did
for suffering an I helpiess Cuba. When
the Spanish governor genera! o? Cuba.
diers. I shall have no trouble with the
Indians because l Intend to buy the
land from them.” "Buy the land from
the Indian*!” exclaimed King Charles.
“What do you mean? Why, 1 have
deeded you that tract of land. It is
mine, and I gave it to you. For what,
then, William Feme did you pay me
$16,000?” "1 paid you the $16,000”
replied the brave cjuaker, “to purchase
your good will, not the land. That
land. y« ur majesty, does not belong to
you any more than it does to me. The
land of I'ennsylvania does not belong
to you any more than the city of Lon
don would belong to a party of Amer
ican Indians who in a canoe might be
blown across the Atlantic and land
upon our shores and who then might
go up the Strand waving tneir toma
hawks and shouting. ‘The city of Lon
don is ours because we discovered it!' ”
So William Fomi. believing that all
weal; and helpless people should he
justly protected, crossed the Atlantic
and made ins famous agreement with
the Indian chiefs under the “Charter
oak." And as a result of that agree
ment the i’ennsylvania colonies lived
n peace and happiness because they
were true to the helpless. So God will
prosper America's future if the Amer
ican nation is true and faithful in its
I retention and care of the weaker and
heipless nations.
But perhaps the greatest mission of
America next to scattering the gospel
of Jesus Christ is to prove that its
people can lie true to God in its days
of prosperity as well as in its days of
adversity. When a people are poor,
weak and helpless, when a troubled
and bleeding and suffering people are
struggling for liberty and for their
very existence, when a collection of
ex slaves are following their leader
through the weary Journey of a forty
year tramp through the wilderness, it
is not so difficult for them to pray and
to worship God, but it is difficult for a
people to be true to God unless when
riches come and prosperity comes ami
unlimited influence comes they have
an especial grace given to them. It is
diifieult to he true to God when the
mighty fortresses have been builded
at the mouth of every harbor to keep
out the foreign foe and when the rat-
tic* of the factory and the whistle of
the steam engine and the blow of the
hammer and the rasp of the saw are
all playing an accompaniment to the
tune of a national financial success.
Reecii»M*«*rate (lie* Nation.
As the American nation is a govern
ment for the people and by the people,
1 would have every one of us this
Fourth of Jur season reconsecrate our
nation to God by reconsecrating our
own personal lives to ins divine serv
ice. When Uie emba'sader from Ger
many app< ..i • at ih>* White House and
prose a; s bis oiliCui documents, he docs
not com** ns the representative of the
G.rman nation, but as the personal
ifpicseiitutive of Emperor .William.
'1 he c.iibn -sackr of England rei resents
King Edward. The representative of
Italy reprcsuits King Victor Emman
uel. But win n America's embassador
g es abroad In* docs not represent the
: p: - e- ; :d<‘Ut or the secretary of state, hut
Announcements:
For the Senate.
I hereby announce myself a eanhtiiat- for
State Senator. Mihjeet to the rules of the
Democratic primary. Thus It Ben.kb
1 hereby offer myself as a candidate for re-
eieetion to 1 he State Senate, subject to Re
action or the Democratic primary.
li. Ci SAKHATT.
The friends hf Dr. John G. Black aiiiiouuot
him a candidate to represent r.'licrokeecoun
ty In t he St ate seriate.
For House Representatives.
I announce myself a candidate lor the
House of BeprcM'iitatlvc», -uhjeet to the
action of the county Democratic primary
election. J. 4. Gai t.r.
| • -
At tne earnest solicitation of numerous
frieiids i have const nied to make the race
tor • he Beirislai tin . ami therelore announce
my-.eif a can. mate. vil. ect to the a lion of
I the Democratic primary.
« . w. Will SONANT.
I am if candidate for t he legislature, ub-
.ject to t he Primary elec ion. .1. C. < •tts.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
• lie House ol liepreseiitati ves, subject to tie-
rules ol the Democrat c party.
EbWABP A. TW—COT.
I announce myself a candidate to repre-
•>i ni Cherokee county in the Legislature an-
pledge myself to abide by tin: action of the
j Democratic primary.
j W. Jcpsor -akhatt.
Having the best interests of the people of
ncrokec county at heart and feeling sure
that l could benefit them were I in a position
to do so, 1 icsp ctfully offer myself for their
consideration as a candidate for the Bo ise
of Lepresentatives and beg them to give
UP-their support, subject to the action of
the Democratic primary election. Respect
iHi-’r- W P Kinnv.
__ For Clerk of Court.
Having ereh avored at all times and on aU
occasions to do my full uuty and give en
tire satisfaction to tiie public at large. I
Hereby announce myself a candidate for r<-
| , !; 1< L n U> U,e ,,ffl '* "t ' Jerk of Conn of
' herokee courily. subject to the Democratic
; primary, and I premise, if re-elected, toeon-
j nue to lende r the same etticient service
unit i have so endeavored to do in .he past.
I J- Kb .lKPKKiur.8.
1 ! her.-hy announce myself a candidate for
Klerk of the Court lor i hero, et
county, suhjeel to the action of the pemo-
j gfatlc primary. w. W. c akkm y.
I hereby announce myself a candidate f...
ofhi-e of ( jerk of tiie Court of Cherokee
county subject to action ol tin Democratic
| primary. J. C, H. Derg,
' . The many friends of W. H. Bum, reeoirnic
ing tiis ability and integrity hcrch) present
I. s name as a suit able and efficient ca ml Id ate
for tbc office of Cierk of Court of Cherokee
County, siiDject to the action of the Pemo-
1 primary.
I hereby announce myself as a candidal'
for the office Of Oh rk of Court of Cherokee
; County ami resp *ctfully solicit the support
oi the voiersol ilie county ill (lie approach
ing Democratic primary. Ben I-’. Bonner.
Fo' Treasurer.
i herehv announce myself as candidate
lor I t»i i county hu'ijnct
io tip- action of the Dimoctatic primary
election. W n.i. m. m< cka»v.
1 hereby in-nonnre myself a candidate for
tiie office of Tieusui-.-r o! Cherokee county,
1 subject to the Democrat ie primary eleeti. n.
■Ion n K. .1 urn in r s
I hereby d< elate myself a candldaie for
t he offl. e of Count y Tc-asurer. subject to t he
action of the Democratic ptiumry.
\\. FIahhv (room no
I hereby announce myself as a . andldatc
! for 1 reusuit r of Cher, kee county, subject
to tin-action ol ! he prim.-'>y election.
U. Khnfst I’KBLKH.
peopit—the c-oiiiliioit l the Democrat io primary.
Getieiitl Wyler, began
murder fin
to imprisou and to exterminate and
to rob the Cubans, he did not for one
instant suppose that in order to pro
tect find save a neighboring p opie tli *
congress of the l.'nited States would
declare war a gainst Spain and at one
sitting vote $36,000,000 to the president
of the United States to carry on that
war. But tin United States govern
merit did throw its protecting arm
about that suffering people. The
United States government did offer
that protection in an unselfish manner
As scon as the Cuban islands were res
cued from Spanish tyranny the United
States raised Cuba to !’..<* dignity of a
sister republic. When the United
States government declared war
against Spain, the Spanish govern
ment did not for one instant suppose
that the Fhibppine Islands would be
snatched from Spanish control, but
they were. No sooner did the guns of
Admiral Dewey echo round tiie world
than the people of America realized
that there were oth<*r islands suffering
from the tyranny of Spain as well as
the Cuban islands. So Uie stars and
stripe*s were hoisted over the Fhilip
pine Islands as well as in Havana har
bor. And when those stars and stripes
were raised iu the east as wel! as in
the west the United States government
declared that its protecting arm should
care for the downtrodden races of the
Pacific ns well as those of the Atlan
tie. And so one of the mightiest and
the purest and the holiest motives of
America’s future mission will be to
care for helpless and unjustiy treated
nations wherever they may be found
until a supreme court of international
arbitration can be established. Then
those weaker and downtrodden na
tions shall be able to care for them
selves.
Th«* Taught by Pt-nn.
And I would especially plead for the
American nation to start forth and
succor the helpless and weaker na
tions because God always blesses the
individual as well as tiie mighty na
tion that is true to those who are
weak. Do you know why the colony
of Pennsylvania never had any ditti
culties with tiie American Indians?
When Massachusetts and Virginia
were being decimated by Indian wars.
Pennsylvania colonies were living In
peace and liaypiness with the redskins
because William Penn was always
true and honorable with the original
settlers of the American soil. When
the great Christian Quaker was about
to sail for America. King Charles of
England asked William Penn if lie
should not send over a regiment of sol
diers to protect the young colony
“No." answered William Penn: “1 do
not want a regiment of English sol
America. And as part of the
people of Am riea we can
he re;;- sents tin
peop.c of
common
here and now begin to reeonsecrale
our government to the Lord in its days
of prosperity by reconsecrating our-
seivts. () Lord, our God. can any one
have a greater work to do in the evan
gelization of the world than we Amer
icans if we will only consecrate our
lives to ti.. service?
I selected this text. "The field is tiie
world.’’ for two reasons — first, be
cause the five words spoken by Jesus
Christ to ids disciples exactly convey
tne idea of the worldwide sweep of
America’s future influence in tiie evan
gelization of the two hemispheres. A
Christian nation lias no more right to
close Its doors and live for itself and
let the rest of the people of the world
suffer and die than an individual lias
the right to lock and bar the doors of
his own home and let ids neighbors lie
murdered in cold blood.
Rut tin* second reason why I selected
this text is because it always lias bad
an intense 'personal interest to me.
’Ibis was the first text which my fa
ther as a theological student ever
preached upon. When my father was
a young man at New Brunswick semi
nary, he went to visit my uncle, who
was then a i*asior at Easthamptou. N.
Y. He went to visit in the same old
parsonage where the great Lyman
Beecher, the father of Henry Ward
Beecher, used to live and where many
of the famous brothers and sisters of
Henry Ward Beecher were born. And
while my father was visiting his brother
in-law the Rev. Stephen Mersbon, the
village minister, asked him to preach.
So he preached In the schoolhouse
there In the village of Easthampton
Ills first sermon. The schoolhouse is
now used as a barber shop. It Is not
larger than the ordinary sized parlor
of an average city house. In that little |
school house the unknown theological 1
student took for bin text. “The field Is 1
the world.” He little realized then ■
that there ever would come a time j
when ids gospel field would literally
he the world. 1
So may the Fourth of July ever be
to all Americans a sacred day. May it
lie a time when by retrospection we
• learn what pure and noble ami conse
crated ancestral blood is flowing in
our veins. May it be a time when
the American people bow their heads
to make an earnest, intense plea that
the present generation shall be r.s true
to its gospel trust as our forefathers
were true to theirs. Then, after we
have knelt in prayer, may we go fortli
inspired by the Holy Spirit to do the
work which lias been given us to do.
Then the brightest pages of American
history will lie written at the millen
nial dawn when tin* United States gov-
eminent’» future mission, by the grace
of God. shall bo gloriously and rap
turously finished,
[Copyright, 1802, Louis Klopich, N. Y.]
For County Supervisor.
I hereliy iinre'iiricc iiiyst-if it mndldiite for
Supervisor of (. lierok« e rie m y.
\\ h. (Chris) Phi m i ps.
I hereby aim Miip-c niyseli a eaipiKhtte for
Die office of Supt-l vIm/i- of Cherokee ( ounly
subject U) Die ltd ion of the Denio -rat ic pri-
tuary. .1 vmks .1. (■afkney.
I liei-eliy iiniioiiru-e myself a eaiididate lor
re-election to the office of county Supervisor
of Cherokee county, subject to the action of
J. V. Will la HEI,.
1 herei|y announce myself a ctind(date for
the office of Snporvisoi ol «'Jn-rokce county,
suhjt'd to the aclii u of tie Dernociatic
primary. W. G. Aitstem-.
i hereby announce myself a candidate for
Supervisor of t 'herokee county .-object to the
acllou of t he Democratic primary.
D. C. Phillips.
Tin- many friends of R. M. Jolley earnestly
rei|nest inm to run for the office of Super
visor of Cherokee Conuty, believing him to
he well quaiitlei for the place, and that it
will heto the mterets of the public, to elect
him. and believing lie will take a pride in
making good roads. Many Vot-iis.
county, subject to the Demorottic primary,
and I promts'-. If elected, to faithfully dis
charge the dalles yf the office
_ _ _ R. K- Hpenckk.
I hereby announce myself ^ candidate for
♦ lie office of Coroner of Cherokee county,
subject to the rules of the Democratic
primary. J. Mat Allison.
1 hereby announce myseifas a candidate
for Coroner ot Cherokee county, subject to
the rules of tin- Democratic primary
I’ittsTON Wood.
The many I i i'-nds of M. C. i’ark-r hereby
present Ids name a-a suitable and efficient
candidate for the office of Coroner of Chero
kee county, subject to the action of the De
mocratic primary.
For Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for nomination for the office of Sheriff of
Cherokee county, subject to tne action of the
Democratic [irlmary^ K. P. St-rcuus.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
re-election to the office of Sheriff of Chero
kee county, subject to tiie action of the
Demod-.it ic pi imarv. W. W. TlfOMAS.
s At the solicitation of friends i hciehv an-
n'Uiice myself a candidate for the office of
sheriff of Cherokee county, subject to the
rules governing the Democratic primary.
B. Frank Cami*.
For Audiror.
I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for Auditor of Cherokee county, subject to
the action of tiie Democratic primary.
K i mskv o. Bi-sk EY.
1 hereby announce myself as a candidate
for Auditor of Cherokee county, subject to
tin- action of tiie Democratic eli'ction.
tijEOKOE \V. Brown.
Having been ussuied by my friends that 1
have given general satisfaction and having
a clear conscience of having done my duly
since 1 have been in office. I hereby an
nounce myself a candidate for re-election to
the office of Auditor for Cherokee county.
Thanking my friends for their confidence
and support In the past and most respectfully
asking a continuance of thel’-confidence and
suppot** I shall strive never to betray*or
impair t he confidence imposed in me.
W. D. t 'amp.
For Probate Judge^
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
tiie office of Probate Judge of Cherokee
county, subject to tiie action of tiie Demo
cratic primary and respectfully solicit the
support of t lie good people of Cherokee.
Will D. Thomas.
I am a candidate for re-nomination tot
Probate Judge of Cherokee county, subject
to tiie Peui« cratlc primary, and respectfully
solicit your suff’-agt. J. E. WrBSTEK.
Supt. of Education.
I hereby announce myse fa candidate for
the ' fflee of Superintendent of hducatlon,
subject to the decision of the D-mocratlc
party. J. L. Walker.
I announce myself as a candidate for re-
election to the office of Superintendent of
Education, subject to the action of the De
mocratic primary. W. F. McAkthi h.
Coroner.
The many friends of K <«. Bay hereby mi
ni unee him a candidate for the office of
Coroner knowing him to be competent in
every respect to discharge tiie duties of
said office and that he will lie governed by
tip-rules of tip Democratic primary election.
Many Voters.
At the solicitation of many ft lends I an
nounce myself a candidate for tiie office of
Coroner of Cherokee county, subject to the
rules of tip* Ih-mocratIc primary.
T. &. Webber.
I am a candidate forCoronerof Cherokee
county and will Is- governed by tip- rules of
the Democratic party. Bhht Hallman.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
re-election to tin- office of Coroner of Chero
kee county, subject to the rules of the De-
mocratlc party. John S. Vinkkktt.
I respectfully announce mvself a candi
date for the office of Coroner of Cherokee
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