The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 08, 1902, Image 7
TALMAGE
SERMON
X
By Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE. D.D..
Pastor of Jefferson Park Presby
terian Cnurch, Chicago
Chicago, Aug. 3.—A message of rev
erence and upprcciution for people who
have passed life's meridian is contain
ed in this discourse by Rev. Frank De
Witt Taimage on tin* text Psalm xcii,
14, “They shall still bring forth fruit
in old age.”
Old age is a haunting specter. It has
terrorized the generations past more
than even the fear of death. The most
hated and feared of ail the Grecian
philos’op s was he who used to stand
upon the street corners of Athens
frightening the passersby with these
solemn words: “You will be an old
man. You will be an old woman.” lie
frightened the passersby because most
people do not want to become old.
They are afraid of coming to the time
when they will be a burden to their
children and their friends. They are
afraid of the time when their earning
capacity shall cease, for then, in the
race of life, they will be Jostled and
left far behind by the speed and the
strength of the younger generation.
They are afraid of the years when
they will have to walk with a carte or
cruteli or sit in an invalid chair wait
ing for the time when the coffin maker
■will finish their casket and the under
taker will order their grave to be dug.
To show how depressed some people
are over the fact of growing old I
would read a letter which I received
some time ago from one of my people:
Dear Mr Talmas.—l ast night In your
sermon you siait-d tiiat this Is the age* for
young men. You did not have time to
speak one word in favor of the useful
ness of the old p opu'. I wus sorry. 1
knew of some sitting near to me who
would be heavy hearted on account of
their old age. This morning an aged
.member of your church called niton me.
He said he w.m so depressed over your
remarks last night that tie could not
sleep With tears in his eyes, he said.
“I wonder if old people will lie wanted in
heaven." Now. my dear pastor. I would
like you. If possible, to preach a sermon
upon the blessings of old age. 1 would
like you to preach a semon to cheer up
those who have pas ed the zenith of their
earthly life and are sliding down the oili
er side and nearing the landing place of
eternity. You will, will you not?
It is in answer to the request .in this
letter timt 1 am going to speak litis
morning to the old folks. 1 will gladly
try to refute the popular fallacy that
old ago for the Christian is merely
a time for tears, for physical and men
tal pains, a.id for depressing helpless
ness. it was it true thing that an aged
minister said to .laeoh A Itiis, the
New York reformer, ".My son. I am on
tiie sunshiny side of sixty, because 1
am near to the glories of heaven.”
The words of my text do not state that
an aged Christian's twilight of life
upon earth is a gloomy and a sullen
sunset. They do emphatically imply
that the last days of an aged Chris
tian’s earthly life should lie among his
happiest and most useful days. Those
days should Ik* compared to the time
when the orchard's branches are bend
ing under tin* heavy load of the rip
ened autumnal fruit.
OUl Aire'* Testimony.
The aged Christian Is able from his
own experience to testify of the pro
tecting care of a Divine Father’s love.
Tbedih'erenee between the testimonybf
an old man and a very young man is the
difference between knowledge and sup
position. between fact and surmise. It
is the difference between the words of
a veteran who carries the scars, the
sword cuts and the bullet wounds of
many battlefields and the words of the
ruddy faced youth who lias not yet
won liis shoulder straps or seen any
thing hut the recruiting officer's pa
pers. it is the difference between the
experience of an old pilot of the Hugh
river, the most dangerous navigable
river in the world, who has for many
years guided the boats up to the
wharfs of Caieutia, and the experience
of the cabin boy who lias not yet
learned how to handle a wheel. It is
the difference between the diagnosis
of tin* old. gray haired physician who
has prescribed for hundreds of fever
patients a i (I the diagnosis of the young
medical graduate who hits Just re
ceived Ins diploma. It is the difference
between the words of the young states
man just elected to congress and the
words of the first president of the
United States when he was about to
leave the presidential chair for the
last time. When George Washington
delivered his farewell address at the
Inauguration of John Adams, the
American people did not reverence his
words because he wielded a more
trenchant pen than Thomas Jefferson
or because In* was a more impassioned
orator than Patrick Henry. They rev
erenced ids words because be spoke
us one having authority. lie spoke as
ofie who had led the American armies
during the darkest days of the Revo
lutionary war. He spoke as one who
bad stood at the helm when the ship
of state was just launched. He spoke
as one who had been willing to offer
his life us a sacrifice for bis country’s
good. The American people listened
to him In the same spirit with which
the French audience heard the aged
patriot Lafayette when the chairman
introduced him with these beautiful
words: “Fellow citizens, I would have
you listen reverentially to the speaker
of the day because sixty years of a
noble life are about to address you.”
God’a I’romlae True.
My aged Christian friend, there may
be other brains Just as keen as yours.
There may be other hearts Just as
willing to make sacrifice for their Lord
and Master as yours, but uo Christian
can as powerfully testify of the pro
tecting care of a Heavenly Father as
you can testify unless he cun truly
speak out of his own experience. The
saint who is nearing the end of life
h:is the ei itrer view of heaven. You
can speak about lire goodness of God
from personal experience, as my fa
ther spoke to me a few years before
bis death by telling me this remark
able incident: When he was it young
minister, lie used to keep a diary, in
which he made a record of all the re
quests be made to God concerning
matters which were then weighing up
on his heart. By some mishap he lost
that diary, and he forgot about those
prayers he had offered. Some twenty
or ti Irty years later he found that
diary. When he opened it and read
tin* many requests that he had made
nearly a quarter of a century before,
Ik* found out that God had answered
every one of his prayers. Got! had an
swered them with belt r results than
even itis faith at that time had dared
to hope. So tit * aged Christian opens
the book of memory. As he fingers j
the many soiled loaves of that book lie
.testifies how God cared for him when ;
la* was a young m in. lie testifies how
God eared for him when he was mid
dle aged, and he testifies how the
love of God is protecting and caring
for him u >w that lie is an old man.
He testifies just as the aged psalmist |
testified of God's goodness when la*
wrote. “I have been young and now
am old. yet have 1 not seen the right- i
eons forsaken nor ids seed begging i
bread."
Never let afiy man tell you that the j
aged Christian's influence is a useless |
influence. The I’ible distinctly says. 1
••They shall still bear fruit in their old '
age.” No betti r fruit can it bring than
the personal testimony of God's faith
fulness, which your children will never
forget. When skeptics assail them
with doubts, they will lie able to say,
“My father put God's promises to the ;
proof, ami he declared that lie had 1
found them true."
Sustained by tin* Gospel.
One night in a large infidel meeting ,
an old gray haired Christian woman |
arose and addressed the speaker in j
these words: "1 would like to ask
the speaker what his infidel beliefs .
have ever done for 1dm? My gospel |
religion sustained me when I was left |
a poor widow with six fatherless ehil- '
dren to support. My religion has given
me hope and courage when 1 have had i
to stand by tin* brink of an open grave. |
My religion lias made me a purer, i
trm r. braver woman to face the Strug- |
gits of life. That. sir. is what my
faith in Jesus Christ lias done for me. !
What have >our infidel beliefs done J
for you?” Tin* infidel could not an- j
swer The whole audience realized
that the Christian woman was speak- 1
ing out of her own life's experience. |
So the mightiest witnesses for God ,
are those whose Christian testimonies j
are the outgrowths of the many, many i
years that are gone.
The aged Christian influences for :
good those who arc* near to him be- I
cause be is able to lavish upon them a '
wealth of boundless, fervent, tender j
Christian affection. While we are i
young and even middle aged we spend j
most of our time in doing for others |
rather than in showing the sweet man- >
ifestatiou ef our affections. We are
like Martha, who went into the kitch
en to cook Jesus a dinner, rather than
like Mary, who sat at the feet of
Christ.
When Jt sus. sad and weary, longing soro
For love's sweet service, sought the sis
ters' door.
One saw the heavenly, one the human
guest,
Hut who can say which loved the Master
best?
While we are young or middle aged
we are like the busy merchant, who '
spends most of his time in the- store !
and the otiiee in order to earn money !
enough to support Ids children, rather
than like the old grandfather and the
grandmother, who spend most of their
time in spoiling their grandchildren
until at last the married daughter turns
and says: “Father and mother, I be
lieve you love my children better than
you ever J ived me when I was young.
Anyway, you pet them far more than j
you ever petted me." Many a mechanic !
lias but little time to fondle or caress
his own children. lie has to leave ^
home for work before the children are '
out of lied, lie does not return until j
late at night, when the babies have |
been again tinffcd away in their cribs.
A AlltMiCv 1 nIt lienee.
Editor Crown said that it took him |
nearly a filth of a century to find out J
how much his father loved him. When |
Ik* was a hoy tit home, his father was
always busy earning money to support j
the family. .Sometimes he was self |
absorbed, gruff and stern and seem- i
Itigly harsh. But after aV hile his fa- |
tiler’s health broke down. Then the
boy felt he "ought to leave home, as
then* were too many mouths to fill I
from ids father's scanty savings. The
morning he left tin* old man walked
down the road with him. Then the |
feeble old father put his hand upon i
the young man’s shoulder, aiid tears
came into ids eyes and his lip quiver
ed as he said: "My boy. I don’t want
you to leave home. As long as I have
a crust of bread, my child, I am ready
to share it with you. You had hotter
come back.” “Then," said Editor
Brown, “for the first time In my life
I realized the immensity of my fa
ther’s love. All that day a sweet
throated songster kept singing in my
heart: Tie loves me. He loves me.
Father loves me. Yes, be loves me/
And when, some years later, an evan
gelist compared God’s love to a fa
ther’s love I arose In that meeting and
gave my heart to God. I knew that
my earthly father loved me. Yes, I
knew that he loved me.” So the Chris
tian's old age is the time when he can
best demonstrate the wealth of hia
affection for those who are near and
dear to him and when he can best in
fluence them for good.
The statement that the aged Chris
tian can exercise a mighty Influence
for good over the lives of those who
are nearest and dearest to him is espe
cially true If those dear ones in turn
have children of their own. I do not
believe a man ever fully appreciates
the love of n parent until be himself
is married and lias babies about bis
own family table. It is only after a
man lias had the worries and the anx
ieties of liis own home troubling his
heart, it is only after he lias stood by
tin* side of the cradle and nursed his
baby boy through tin* awful sickness
of diphtheria, it is only after he has
got his own family burial plot and has
dug therein a little grave for one of
his own bailies, that he begins to fully
appreciate what liis father and mother
in their time have done for him.
The Spirit of Reverence.
The aged Christian is able to inspire
the spirit of reverence in the hearts
of many with whom he comes in con
tact. This spirit is a growth, and not
an act. It is a germ seed which often
takis years and years to develop, and
not an entity which springs into being
at :t jump or a bound. It generally
starts away back in the nursery. If the
child learn to respect liis mother, then
it is very easy for him to learn as a boy j
to respect liis teachers. If the boy learn ;
to respect ills teachers, then it is very
easy for him as a young man to learn
to respect his Christian employers, if
a young man respects liis Christian
employers, then it is very easy for him
as a middle aged man to learn to re
spect tin* iiged Christian servants who
for years have been living at the Di
vine Master’s feet, if tin* middle aged
man respect God's aged Christian serv
ants, then it is very easy for him to
learn to respect the God whom those
Christians serve and to communicate
Unit respect to others.
Thus God uses your physical weak
nesses .and your mental helplessness
for a purpose. When In* sees you, an
aged Christian parent, being tenderly
eared for in your old age by a loving
son: when lie sees that son giving to
you tin* last room in the bouse and
the easiest armchair ami the softest
lied; when he sees that son trying to
make your last days upon earth happy
and peaceful, then we cun imagine
him saying: "That young man who is
caring so tenderly for liis ag< d Chris
tian parent is capable of great love
for me and my children. The yomv
man who is true to his old mother, by f
my grace, will always be true to me. |
I will honor him because lie lias hon
ored one of my aged servants.” Did
not God say in liis Ten Command- 1
merits. “Honor thy father and thy
mother, that thy days may he long in
the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee?”
Honor Old Ame.
A beautiful German story relates
how one day a little girl named Jean
nette witnessed a great army review.
Thou<ands upon thousands of specta
tors crowded around the stand, before
which tin* emperor was to watch the
passing regiments. While Jeannette
was seated in the stand she saw an
old feeble woman trying very hard to
get where she could see. The little
German girl said to herself: “It is not
right lor me to sit here, when I am
strong and well and can stand, while
that poor, feeble old woman can see
nothing. I ought to honor old age us
I want some one to honor me when I
am old." Then she gave up her seat
to the old woman and went and stood
in the cro.vd. But while Jeannette was
standing upon her tiptoes trying in
vain to see a courtier of the emperor,
covered with gold lace, elbowed ids
way to her side as he said, "Little
girl, her majesty would lie pleased to
see you in the royal box.” When the
abashed child stood before the em
press. she graciously said: “Come hen*,
my daughter, and sit with me. 1 saw
you give up your seat to that old wom
an, and now you must remain by my
side." Fo God honors those who honor
ids servants. God especially honors
those who honor the aged and seem
ingly helpless disciples whose earthly
pilgrimages are nearly ended.
The ag <1 Christian is a living evi
deuce that for most of us earthly life
is to. I>e very short. Therefore what
we are to do for Christ we must do
soon or we shall never lie able to do it
at all. Sixty or sewnty or eighty years
are a very long time to live, but most
of us will never live so long. Aye, most
of ns will nev -r reach even middle life.
If you speak to an aged Christian, you
will timl that lie is like a November
leaf, hanging almost solitary and alone
after tin* thousands and the tens of
thousands of autumnal leaves have
been torn from their branches by the
equinoetii.il winds. You will find that
most of ids contemporaries died when
h * was comparatively young, that
nearly all the r t died when he was
in middle life and that only a very
few companions of Ids youth are alive
to walk by Ids sid**. The statisticians
declare that a third of the human race
die in infancy. At least one-third of
the remainder die before twenty-one
years of age have been reached, and
only <» or 7 per cent of tin* human fam
ily live to lie sixty years of age or
over. So the mere presence in this
world of an aged Christian, with J)3
or PI per cent of ids contemporaries
gone, is a perpetual warning that we
must la* about our Father’s business
or the deutb summons will come and
we shall find that we have accomplish
ed nothing.
The I'rearnt la the Time.
The aged Christians ought to appeal
to us in the same way that the final
review of the I’otomuc army appealed
to the spectators In Washington In
1SG5. In that passing army the places
of the dead were kept vacant Aa reg
iment after regiment and brigade after
brigade marched past the president of
the United States there were In some
lines only ten or fifteen men. The va
cant places showed that hundreds
upon hundreds and thousands upon
thousands of soldiers who went forth
to buttle never came back. Those
ragged lines and those torn battleflags
showed that there was another great
army of the Potomac that day sleep-
i hi it 1 : nrve * ei ebes. As tho little
band of aged Cm Likins marches past
us today we see that it is a mere rein-
, ♦ r f t , >.. .. ♦ » jr i which orcr* t-tart
ed or.t !iv»r him*’ si b* by side. The
whip? lips of the dead ns well as the
trenuiii’ig I os of the living Christian
vet; rat.a b '<* us : re speaking en
tirely di.Lw^rds from those with
which tin* (aid ii'.ii philosopher fright
ened the t.'vni ihig Athenians. The
dead lips of the aged Christian con-
temporarim are saying to us: "Most of
you will never be old men. Most of
you will never be old women. Most
of you will die in your youth or in
middle life. Therefore, what you are
to do for Christ you must do soon or
you will never do it at ail.”
Perhaps this may be a chimerical
fancy, but I believe that some of our
aged Christians now living may lie
lingering upon this side of the river
of death in order to carry to heaven to
our departed loved ones the latest
news about the dear ones on earth.
You know tin* Bible declares that the
celestial messengers are continually
ascending and descending between
earth and heaven. Jacob’s dream was
not all a fanciful dream. The sleeping
s .u of Isaac saw the angels ascending
and descending tho ladder which con
nected earth with heaven. So 1 believe
tint tiie aged Chri. thins are lingering
this side of the Joruan for awhile in
ord. r to carry tin* gospel news about
ourselves to our loved ones. I remem
ber well when a dear old elder of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle was dying my
father turned to him and said: "Well.
Mr. Nichols, goodby for a little while.
\\'e shall soon meet again. But, as
you an* going ahead < f me to tiie celes
tial land, will you hunt up my boy De
Wilt and give him my love?" And the
old dying elder said. “Yes. Dr. Tal-
mage. I will. I will.’’ When tin* wid
ower Bishop Haven was dying, he
tarned to ids mo. her and said: “Moth
er. after 1 have lirst seen the Lord I
shall want to hunt up my dear wife.
I shall give to her your love. Then I
shall want to rest for tin* first thou
sand years in tin* green pastures by
tin* side of tin* still waters, with my
head in tin* lap of my Mary.”
Y!oxj8ens.«*r* («» (In* Other Side.
And if some of our aged Christian
riends are waiting for a little while
ifi order to carry the latest gospel news
to He dear ones on the oilier side of
tin* Jordan, what will they he able to
tell our fathers'and mothers, our broth
ers and sixers, our wives and little
children, who have gone beyond and
are jiwaiting our coining? Will they
be able to tell them that you and 1 love
the Lord Jesus? Will they lie aide to
tell our loved ones that they must keep
a place by their side for us in one of
the heavenly mansions? Oh, my
brother ami sister. I see by the tears
in your eyes that you are anxious,
awfully anxious', in reference to the
messajjo which our aged Christian
friends shall have to hear. Shall we
plead with God that our dear aged
friends may Ik* allowed to live just
a little while longer so that we all
may. here and now. give our hearts to
Jesus? Then, ye aged Christian
friends, carry the news ns soon as you
may to timt bright and happy land.
Carry tin* news that, by the blood of
Christ, we have all been cleansed from
sin. Tell them that we have all been
purged with hyssop until we tire clean,
that we have been washed until we are
whiter than snow.
That was a significant experience
that Archbishop Leighton had in one
of his illnesses. It was thought that
he was dying, hut, in answer to the
prayers of his friends, he was raised
from the threshold of the grave. But
the good man did not share the glad
ness of Ids friends. He said: "1 did
not want to get well. I am an old man,
and most of my friends are on the
other side, in my last sickness I felt
I was like a weary mariner sailing
over the sea. I was coming near the
harbor of pence. I could see a great
bust of my departed loved ones com
ing down to the shore and waving to
me, and I was waving back. 1 could
recognize their different faces. But
just ns l was about to cuter the har
bor of pence a great storm arose and
1 was driven hack. The storm drove
me far out of sight of the heavenly
land. Now I must sail the weary voy
age of life over again.”
And so, my aged Christian friends,
I believe that you are tin* favored ones,
i You are the Christians who will carry
j the message to our dear ones as well
as to your own. When you go, I want
' you personally to take to my mother
k and father my love, just as my father
sent Ids love to liis boy. Tell them for
I me that by the grace of God we all
i want to moot them soon.
Thus, ye aged Christians, I want you
to realize that the words of my text
wore written for you. “They shall
still bring forth fruit in their old age”
means that your work and usefulness
w II not lie finished until you draw
your last breath, until you take your
glorious departure. I want you to
j realize that your work in life Is Just
the same kind of work as was that
aged farmer's who was planting some
young trees one day, when a neighbor
came along and said: “What are you
planting those trees for? You will
never live long enough to see them
grow up.” “No,” answered the old
man; “I never expect to see them grow
up. but my grandfather planted yonder
aged trees so that I could play under
them and pluck their fruit, and I want
to plant these trees so that my children
and my children's children can cat of
their fruit after I am dead.” So, aged
Christiana, aa your aged purenta sweet
ened your life when you were young,
you, by the blessing of God, are sweet
ening oura. May your-work be to you
a happy work until at last the angel
of the resurrection comes to call you
to your eternal reward. May we be as
faithful to our trust as you, who are
still faithfully bearing fruit In your
old age.
{Copyright, 1901, by Louis Klopsoh.]
CROP BULLETIN.
Condition of Carolina Crop* Ah Koported
hy Uepartmeat of AKrleulture
Columbia S. 0., Augmt o,—Near
ly nor oal temperatures prevailed
throughout the week ending Monday,
August 4tii, with ao av* rage for the
week nt abouf 81 degrees, <ir d a max
imum ot 97 e, e s at Dari ngt n on
the 30 h, ainia minimum of <*3 de
gm e at Liberty o>i the 30 h. I dere
was a slight deficiency in sunshine,
with much cloudiness during tfie af
ternoons. ihe winds v ere general!}
light except for a l> cal high wind in
Laurens County that did si ght dam
age. V
tShowers occurred on every day of
the wteh. in gome part of the Ftute,
heaviest over the eastern and western
portions, where also it was most gen
eral, but with some l envy local
showers iu i be central counties lb*
greatest local amount was 4 70 inches
at Beaufort. Although ram fell over
* greater portion of the :* tat 1 , there
are still a great many localities tbai
are stiff ring from drought. The
rains were, for the most part, locil
in churauter, and the dry spots a‘e
not confined to any partieu ar sec
fiou, but are fonnd in nearly ever}
county.
0*d corn is ripening rapidly and
fodder stripping has become general.
Later, plantings, especially bottom
land corn, look promising wherc
t rmugh rain was received, but are
ouffiting for moisture, and doing
pooriy in places In a few localities
the corn crop is tiie besi in years.
i lie weather was favorable for
curing tobac o and this work is near
iv finished at manv points. The con
dition of rice is very promising, with
pienty of fresh water for the last
Hooding Upland rice is a poor crop
sweet potatoes aie doing well where
showers occured. Peas for forage
also take their condition from tiie
rainfall. Gardens are generally poor
Fall trmk is being plat ted and is
coming up niceH. Turnip-are being
sown. Late irti s are in e or.
The general condition of cotton
was but slightly improved even where
the rainfall was copious, owing to
the prevalence of rust, shedding and
blooming to the top. The plants are
generally small, but are well fruited,
Cottoo is turning yellow on sandy or
light soils, a"d shows signs of early
maturity. Cotton is opening freely
over practically the whole State and
some has been picked. The fir t
bale for the season was ginned at
Blaekville on August 1st. The first
bales were ginned in former years as
follows: 1901 , August 17th; 1900,
August tkh ; 1899. August 4th;
1898, August 9th; 1897. August 2d;
1896, July 26th; 1895 August 20th;
1894 August 15ih. The present
season is, therefore, the second ear
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rhia aignaturc* is on cv ^ h ix of the ;v nu.ue
Laxative K/cnjc-Quikiinc rawe *
(h« remedy that «*:ir-i*i» it cold in one <l«y
I have taken the iigenev in Cherokee
county to sell ihe Story of Stonewall Jack-
son a nai rati\e of his career from written
and verbal accounts of Ills life. It is ap
proved by ids w dow, Mary Anna Jackson,
and dedicated to Julia Jackson and Thomas
Jackson Christian, grandchildren and sole
surviving descendan s of General Jackson,
who are beneficiaries in the puhlicalion of
this book, written by william C. Chase. The
book has uages with ov* r 150 illustrations.
This is a work of the Confederate veterans
and sous and daughters of Confederate vet
erans to show some tangible proof of their
appreciation of tl.e high ( I ristian character
and soldierly qualities of their illustrious
chieftain. Stonewall Jackson, by helping iris
sole descendants, who are lobe the benefi
ciaries of this work.
Here is whatGeu’l. C. I. Walker, comman
der of the C. C veterans army of Northern
Virginia, says:
Cokesbuhy. S. C , June 4th, liKti,
To my Comrades:
This Yiill inttoduce Comrade J. L. Strain,
who is enyogt d in lire patriotic work of pre
senting to our people ‘ TTi- Story of Stone
wall Jackson," which sets forth with won
derful dearm s> the noble life, high charac
ter and magnificent, services of our great
Christian heio. The grandchildren of CienT.
Jackson are directly interested in tie sale
ol the book and will be hem-fitted thereby.
1 have consented to take charge of this
work in South Carolina. Any favor or cour
tesy you may extend him will be to my per
sonal advantage and I will appreciate most
highly any assistance you may give him.
Yours very truly.
C. lavink Wai.kek.
Aside from what Generals Wade Hampton,
Fit/.fiugh Lee, W. I. ('abltell and others say
of it the book Is its own exhorter. The life
character of this gred man is a benediction
upon tiie world of mankind, and should he
read and studied by every boy and girl, not
only in Cherokee county but throughout
Christendom.
1 expect, as soon us possible, to make a
canvass of Cherokee county with the Ixxtk,
but iu tiie meantime would lieglad to till any
orders 1 may receive for it and will deliver it
at the earliest convenient moment.
Tiie price of tin* book is: On line
grey cloth and silver embossing, - $l.~3
On plain morocco and gold emljoss
ing. ....... f^.75
Address
J. L. STRAIN.
Etta J ane, S. C.
Foley’s Kidney Cure
makes kidneys and bladder right*
Notice to Democrats.
Itemocruts at the various precincts are re
quired to enroll five days before the primary.
Books have been provided in town at Wall's
Store, Acme Furniture Company and Bolts
Store. Voters may enroll at either of tiie
above places, hut they must vote at the place
where they are enrolled,
T. B. Butler, J. B. Bell,
Chr'in. Hec’y.
July IU. I awk-Jwk.
■flBff* Early Risers
The famous little pills.
Health
A QUA^TFRI
Peoplt who l a-e j:y< i , yl lif.irn'ser-
abic ex*.•'••r»ce, iim) Lik> peg. sad <1 antic drugs
which gnjie'iriri rt e' K e ho>r*.!s, ? *.. :l nay need is
n gentle rrirmcT to o.c hvei do iu .Jutv.
SPILLS
‘ '' “AcnTOMi'T PFU.ETS
tl
llUare mild in th'dr action. Thi
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(lays costs 25c. You ear hv'P '. frve r... pis if
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New York
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Term.
’For sale by Cherokee Drug Company.
Curts Cholera-Infantun,
Diarrhou, Dysentery, and
the Bowel Troubles of
Children of Any Ago.
Aids Digestion, gcgulatea
the Bowels, Strengthen*
the Child and Makes
TEETHING EASY.
I Or Mil 98 easts to C. «l. MOFFITT. M. D.. ST. LOUIS. MO.
Atlanta. Ok, N"*. W. I'.WO.
W. h*». bandied Dr. Moffett'* TEETHINA (Teething Powder* > ever linoe It* flret introduction (<> the public
and tmde n* a proprietary medicine, and our trade In it na* ateadily iacreaaed from yenr In year anttl our orders
S amount to two or three hundred groaeper year, which Isa eery strong evidence of lie merit and the »ati»f»ctMn It
sins to tile mother* of the country, for they any nothing *o effectually oountarnoU the effect, of the numnier •
nut or dveroomee eo quickly the trouble* incident to teethins. , ...
THE LAMAK A KANKIN DHUU CO. Wholesale DruggUts.
gl^For sale by all druggist.
TeethinA
luuimnv rvwvsiwi
Costs Oily 25 cents at Driggists,