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TALMAGE SERMON m By Rev. FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE. D.D., Pastor of Jeffarsoa Park Presby terian Church, Chicago Chicago, Sept. 21.—Sympathy ami Found advice are given to worried, harassed men and women in this ser mon by Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage, on the text Ecclesiastes xii, 5, “The grasshopper shall be a burden.” A unique text, capable of many dif ferent interpretations. Some suppose the Solomonic “burden” of the grass hopper, or, more strictly speaking, of the eastern locust, refers to the nag ging pains of the chronic dyspeptic. The locusts, properly cooked, were edi ble. They constituted one of the most delicate of foods. They were often served to invalids and to those whose weak stomachs were unable to assimi late any other kind of diet. Thus some commentators assert that the fig ure of the text is that of an old man contorted with pain because his diges tive organs have given out. The din ner of locusts which lie has eaten in stead of being transformed into blood and bone and nerve and muscle is lying like a lump of lead within him. Others assert that the text is the figure of an aged man whose emaciated body, with its shriveled limbs and curved backbone, has taken upon itself the form of. a lean grasshopper. Thus Tithonus in his old age was supposed to have been changed into this chirp ing insect because the Greek gods who had promised him immortality upon earth had refused to endow him with eternal youth. Rut, though many interpretations are offered to explain the fncaning of my text, there is one simple interpretation which, I believe, will appeal to the common sense of all. Solomon used the figure of the chirping grasshopper to illustrate the fact that if we do not have the grace of God in our hearts there will come a time when the little annoyances of life will tease and tanta lize and trouble us, even as the buzzing of an insect can destroy the slumbers of a sleeping invalid or as the slam ming of a door makes a nervously pros trated patient start up in fright and bedews his cold forehead with clammy sweat. The wisest of all men seems to say to you and me, “The religion of the Lord Jesus Christ is just as essential for the little troubles as for the big, for the insectile trials as for the moun tainous afflictions.” The purpose of this sermon is to discuss some of the little annoyances of life and to state how, by the grace of God, we may combat them. I want to present this theme to those whose physical and mental frames have been prematurely weakened by the strenuous, hardwork ing lives they have been compelled to lead as well as to those whose once strong bodies are bordering upon nerv ous collapse on account of the natural approach of old age. Petty Annoyances. The kitchen and bedroom and nurs ery and parlor of the average home re veal many of the so called petty an noyances which can render aiorbid and unhappy the minds and the hearts of the inmates, especially of the wives and mothers. It is the annoyance of trying to build a fire early in the morn ing, when the damper will not work, that exemplifies how the grasshopper may become a burden. It is the trou ble of getting the children off to school at the right time, when the tired moth er finds that her boy has worn a hole in one of his stockings and there is not another clean pair to put on. It is the annoyance of hunting up a pair of scissors which your little girl lost when she took them to make doll's dresses. It is the annoyance of having the butcher and the groceryman fail to bring home the vegetables and the meats in time to be cooked for dinner. And then there is the annoyance to the wife of having her husband complain because his meals are not served on time, it is the nagging annoyance that comes every little while to all good housekeepers of having a lot of people drop in for dinner at the last moment when you are not expecting them and when you have nothing suitable in the larder to cook for them. It is the same kind of annoyance that Martha, in the little village of Bethany, experi enced when her brother Lazarus brought Christ and some of the disci ples to the home. Or it is the annoy ance of having company call whgn the children have been playing bide and seek in the parlor and have turned the furniture upside down as though a cy clone had struck it, or the annoyance of being seen on the stairs by some particular friend when your hair is unkempt and your dress is disordered from working in the storeroom or from packing or from putting up lace cur tains or from canning peaches or mak ing currant jellies for the next winter’s supply. The housekeeper’s little annoyances would not amount to much if there were only a few of them and if these annoyances came but seldom. Rut the trouble with the burden of the grass hoppers is that this Insect always trav els in multitudes. They advance by swarms, by hundreds, by thousands, by millions. They travel in such great numbers that they make the huge monsters in the African forests turn and flee in wild terror for their lives. They will destroy every harvest In their tracks and eat bare every tree branch. Their advent Is a curse, and t their departure nearly always leaves complete desolation. In the life of Sir Thomas Graham, the great financier who built the Royal Exchange of Lon don, we read that be was left a found ling In a country field. His mother was a poor woman, who deserted him. Sir Thomas, as a baby, was discovered in that field and his life was saved through the chirping of a grasshopper, which attracted a boy to the place where the child was lying. Rut that is the only instance in all history which we remember where a life was saved by a grasshopper. As a rule, the lo custs travel in such swarms that their mission seems to be to destroy life and not to save it. Solomon's Advice. . It is the accumulation of little insect annoyances in the home that wrecks the nervous systems and mental happi ness of our wives and mothers and sis ters, not the individual annoyances which may only come once in a week, a month or in a year. Many a woman could bravely meet a great trouble in life. Many a woman could contem- plate her execution as calmly and self possessed as did Nathan Hale, Jhe Rev olutionary martyr, who, under the scaf fold, with the noose about his neck, said, “The only regret I have is that I have but one life to give to the service of raj* country.” Yet the woman who could calmly meet a great trouble would have her patience and her nerv ous system sorely tried and her happi ness wrecked by the sewing machine breaking a needle, by tin* dough re fusing to bake in the oven and by the children tearing their clothes. Wives and mothers and sisters, what you need today is the advice Solomon gave to the young men of his time. You need the grace of God in your hearts to be able to overcome the bur den of the grasshoppers. As Jesus Christ turned to the angry and quick tempered housekeeper when she rushed into his presence crying, “Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?” and gently said, “Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful.” so Christ says to every living housekeeper today, “You • need the grace in your heart to over come the little annoyances as well as your great trials.” O woman, how different life would be if you would ask Jesus to stand by your side at the kitchen stove! How different if you would only ask his help when you are mending baby’s frock! How different if you would only ask Christ’s help when you hunt for the missing silver spoon—if you would only ask him to help you to bear the burden of the grasshopper! One day a minister was visiting an invalid who was noted for her great Christian piety and her exalted happi ness, even though she had been bed ridden for some years. He asked her, “Betty, how is it that you can lie here in bed and be so happy when once you were so full of physical life and ener gy?” “Well, pastor,” answered the Christian woman, “it is only because I am leaning hard upon the omnipotent and sustaining arm of God. When I was strong and physically well, 1 used to have a lot to do. I had a large fam ily, you know, sir, of little children. Then I used to hoar God keep saying to me, ‘Betty, you do this; Betty, you do that; Retty. you do the other thing!’ And so, of course. I did what God wanted me to do. Rut now, sir, as I am lying in bed I hear God’s voice just the same—the same sweet voice of the divine love. I hear it saying to me ev ery day, ’Betty, you just lie here.’ And so here I stay because It is God's will, and I am happy, very happy.” Y'es, the divine grace is sufficient to help every tired wife and mother triumph antly to bear the little annoyances as well as the great. It Is sufficient to help a woman to bear the painful stitches in her side as well as to help her in her domestic duties. It is suf ficient even to enable her to bear the nagging and tantalizing and continu ous burden of a great swarm of buzz ing locusts. Di\ii!o Rc-enforcement. If it is important for wives and mothers to have the grace of God in order to overcome the infinitesimal bur dens of the multitudinous locust, it is also imimrtant for husbands and fa thers and brothers to have the same kiiul of divine re-enforcement to meet the burdensome iysectile annoyances that afflict them in turn. It is not the droughts and the freshets and the mortgage upon the land that wear out the patience of the farmer. It is the annoyance of the neighbors borrowing hks tools and not returning them. It is the annoyance of the farm hand getting drank in the midst of the harvest, it is the stupidity of the same farm hand in giving the best itorse cold water to drink when overheated, so that the an imal becomes foundered. I once heard of a prominent New York merchant who was sneered at by his business associates and called ec centric because every morning before a yard of cloth was taken down from any of the shelves or the front door of the store was opened to admit the cus tomers he used to call Into one room all of his employees. He summoned them together, the highest as well as the lowest, the heads of departments as well as the cashgirls and errand boys. Then in that room this great city merchant used to plead at the throne of mercy for spiritual help to meet the little trials and annoyances of the coming day. Surely if a family altar Is needed In each home around which a father and a mother and the children every morning and evening may gather, such an altar ought to be »rected In every factory and store and office and study. Such an altar ought to be raised by every father and hus band and brother and son at which to plead dally for divine grace, so that they may overcome the little annoy ances that course about every active life like the burden of the buzzing lo custs. Many unjust and contemptible crit- Iclsma wbicb are dally made against us and our work can aptly be classed as among the insectile armies of the multitudinous locusts. A good, honest, vehement, healthy criticism ought to be spiritually helpful to the average man. It ought to act. upon the ambi tious mind and the spirit in the same way that a vigorous massage starts the sluggish blood coursing through the arteries and veins of our invalid body. It Is when an army is Invading a foreign land that the commanding general is most careful about his scouts and sentries and countersigns and pow der and bullets and guns and commis sary supplies. It is when a man feels that he Is completely surrounded by rivals and by honest critics who do not believe in the way he is doing that he puts forth his best energies and lives up to bis highest standard. I.earn to Do Ilettc*r. The effect which the attack of an honest enemy ought to have upon our lives was once illustrated by a noted preacher. He pictured a flock of mi grating birds being shot at by a fowler. At the first discharge of the hunter’s gun the migrating birds merely give a few strokes of their powerful wings and fly higher. At the next discharge they fly still higher; at the next, higher and higher until they are out of range of their enemy’s bullets. The true ef fect of an honest critic’s attacks should be to make us fly higher and still high er into the spiritual life- to fly higher and higher until we come closer and closer to God. It was the attacks and sneers and derisive remarks hurled at the young statesman that nerved Benjamin Disraeli to become the great leader of the house of commons and the favorite prime minister of his queen. It was the harsh criticism of an English naval officer that made Admiral Farragut firmly set his teeth and lips together and redouble his energy when he drove his wooden ship past the supposed im passable batteries of New Orleans, and it is the deserved criticisms of our ene mies that ought to make us more con secrated to our life’s work and more willing to make sacrifices to accom plish our object. But there is a Christian as well as an un-Christian way of meeting the criti cisms of rivals and of those who are jealous of our successes. One way is to do as Plato, the great disciple of Socrates, did when he was fold that even the boys in the streets were laugh ing at his singing. He answered, “Then I must learn to sing better, so that they will not laugh.” The other way is to do as Alexander Pope, the vain and supersensitive poet of Eng land, used to do. Instead of going ahead and doing the work that God gave him to do, and on account of his enemies’ criticisms doing it better and better all the time, he wasted most of his life in bickerings and backbiting and in trying to destroy the reputations of those who were attacking him. The one way is to do as R. L. Moody did. lie made it the rule of his life to never individually attack a person who had attacked him. The more Mr. Moody was personally assailed and misrepre sented the more he would go to God in prayer and ask the Divine Father to make his life so pure and true that there might not remain in his heart any cause for the charge which his en emies were making. The other way is to do as many of us are doing. When a neighbor or a critic makes any derog atory statement about us and our work, we prove that we are not falsely condemned in all particulars, that at Fast we have the fault of retaliation, because we go hunting for the faults in our neighbor's lives instead of try ing, with divine help, to correct the evils in our own. Hise by the Grace of God. Thus, my brother, I want you, by the grace of God. to rise higher and higher in the spiritual life until at last you are at au altitude above and out of earshot of the buzzing souim! af the locusts of fan In finding enemies. I want you to rise so high in the spiritual life that you will ii"t care what people may say or think about you or yours as long as you can bring these people to love and live for Christ. Humanly speaking, it is awfully hard to bear the petty an- no.vanees of your neighbors, criticising you and saying mean tilings about your wife and children. II is hard, from a human standpoint, to refrain from flinging a stone at the locusts of evil naggings which are buzzing about you and your loved ones. Rut by the grace j of God you can live down these petty aimoy*ances. You can go on doing j our work, even as Christ went on doing his work, in spite of the jeers and the scoffs which the Pharisees uttered against him and his disciples. If you are absorbed in j’our Divine Master's work, you will receive suffi cient grace to make you indifferent to the little annoyances caused by what* | people may say against you. You will be like that gateman whom Major Cole some years ago saw in a Chicago de pot. It was during a bitterly cold night. Many male passengers wore grumbling and complaining because this gateman made every one of these men unbutton his coat and show his ticket before he could go to his train. "My friend,” said Major Cole, “you do not seem very popular with the passen gers of this road.” "No,” answered the gateman with a smile, “but that does not concern me. So long as I obey or ders I am ail right. There is only one man whose good opinion affects me, and that is the president of the road, j So long as he is satisfied I do not care what these people say.” In order to j overcome the locust burden of what fault finders may say against you. re member, my Christian brothers, our duty is not to please man, but God, and God alone. After you are convinced | that in what you do you are pleasing ; God it makes but little difference what any enemy—man, woman or child- may say against you or your loved ones. WaUclms With Christ. The increasing signs of physical and mental decadence can also be classed among the burdens of the buzzing l» cust. The annoyance of feeling that your eyes are becoming nearsighted and that you have to wear glasses and •it very close to the light when you read the Bible or the evening news paper. The annoyance of having the eardrum refuse to clearly throw the echoing sound into the brain, ns it once did. The annoyance of not being able to run for a street car or to step off that car when it is In motion. The un- nojanee of having some young fellow in the car arise and offer jou a seat, as though you were an old man. Or, what is worse than all, the annoyance ©f feeling that you cannot do as much work and do it as quickly as you once did a few years ago. As your lira in power seems to lose its grip you pee vishly place your hand upon your fore head and say: "I do not know what is the matter with my brain. My memory seems to have completely left me. I cannot recall the simplest names or facts. I have to make a memorandum of everything. Even my children have to look after me now as though I was a little child.” When the faculties begin to fail and the hair to whiten, the burden of the locusts becomes verj’ heavy to bear un less a man as a Christian is walking side by si<le with Christ. Even the Christian will find this burden a heavy burden unless he has an extra amount of divine grace given to him. Mr. Beecher once said that one of the sad dest days he ever spent was when the realization first came upon him that he was going down the hillside of life and very soon would not be as phys ically strong or as mentally alert as formerly. The Plymouth pastor said that this saddening realization came upon him one day when he was at tempting to dodge in and out of the carriages and stages and dray wagons that Wire moving up and down Broad way. As he was in the middle of that thoroughfare he heard a driver angrily call out two or three times: “Get out *of the way, old man! Haven’t you any sense? Are you too old to think? Get out of the way. there, gray hairs, or j'ou'll be run down!” Mr. Beecher hur- riedly looked around to find out what old man was in danger. To his sur prise and chagrin, he found that the drayman was shouting to him and that he and no other war; the “old man.” It is not a hard struggle to physically (fie. Dying is just as natural an act for the body as is the act of being born. But it is hard to grow old, to feel that you have to ride when once it was an exhilaration to walk, to know that the mind is failing, that the heart lias not the old vigor, that the hand which once grasped and wielded the hilt of a sword must now do the small chores around the old homestead. It Is hard to know that upon the trem bling shoulders of old age even the weight of a small grasshopper’s body can become a burden, a heavy, crush ing burden. The Great Durden Bearer. Yet, my friends, amid the deeaj'ing faculties of old age the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient to over come the burden of the buzzing locusts. What was the testimonj’ of the aged Thomas Guthrie, the groat Christian warrior of old Scotland? Standing be- foie a large assemblage of little chil dren. he said: "Don’t call me an old man, as some people do. Why, I am as young and happy as any child sitting before me today. Mj’ limbs may not be as strong as they once were. One of my feet may be in the grave, but the other foot is planted upon the earth so firmly that its log has sunken knee deep in tin* clover tops. My hearing may not be as accurate as It once was, but my eats are continually hearing the soui; Is of sweetest Rtuslc. My eye rna- not be as Let n to read a book, but my eyesight is continually becoming more inspired to see the beauties of oai lh as yell as the beauties of heaven, i au not an old man. As I approach my second childhood i have begun to live a life of eternal happiness and of never ending Joys.” Study the faces, the bountiful happy faces, of the aged Christian men and women about, and jou will learn as never before that the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is suffi cient, even amid the decaying physical anil mental ftsculFes, to lift the burden of the buzzing locust. Oh, my young brother and sister, while you are yet physically strong will you not take into your life this divine power that will be such a mighty help to jou, “when the keepoKs of the house shall tremble and the strong men shall bow thonisoivoe aixl the grinders cease because thej are few?” Thus the burden of the locust is a very practical theme. The text teaches that though the gospel of Jesus Christ is a good religion to die by, yet it is just us good a religion to live by. It means that we should take Christ with us to sing the lullaby to the baby and to *et the early breakfast. It means that we should take Christ with us to help harness up the house ami shuck the corn. It means we should ask Christ to go into partnership with us in business and uot have him be a si lent partner either. It simply means we should uave Christ as a practical helpmate during the weekday as well as a Sabbath companion on our way to church. When the great founder of Method ism was asked what he shouhl do in the interim if he knew that he was going to die at the end of the next thir ty-six hours, John Wesley replied: “I would do just as I intended to do. I would ask Christ to go with me when I preached tonight. I would ask Christ to go with me when I meet my three different preaching appointments to morrow, one in the morning, one at noon and one In the evening. I would ask Christ to sit down with me when I eat my meals. I would ask Christ to guard me when I sleep both tonight and tomorrow night, and then I would wake up in glory.” Like John Wesley, in the everyday duties of life, lu the eating and work and sleeping as well as iu the prayer meeting, will you ask the dear Christ to help you lift the dif ferent infinitesimal burdens of a swarm of Irritating, buzzing, nagging, trou- Ming locusts? (Copyright, IMS. Louis Klopscb, N. T.J WEDDING AT BLACKSBURG- Mr. Marvin A. Morrow and MIhh Zllplia I'ollork Made IIiiHlmndand Wife. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, Oct. 2.—A beautiful and fashionable wedding was cele brated this evening in the Methodist Episcopal church here, when Mr., Marvin H. Morrow, the popular cashier of the Rank of Blacksburg, led to the altar Miss Zilpha Pollock, the lovely and accomplished daugh ter of Mr. A. H. Pollock, of this city. The interior of the church presented a scene of great beauty and was artis tically decorated with golden rod, ferns and beautiful flowers. Long before the appointed hour tne church was filled to over-flowing with friends and acquaintances of the j'oung couple, noth of whom are widely known and very popular in society circles. Precisely at seven o’clock, to the sweet, soft strains of the wedding march played by Miss Marion Coe, came the bridal party, preceded by their ushers, Messrs. Will and Fred ! Coe, followed by the- bridesmaids and groomsmen, Misses Lillian Boi- I liu, Ida Penny, Ethel’1 euhet, Bonnie Morrow, Marj Pollock, Lucy PoDock, Messrs. J.C. Penny, Chas. M. omitn, P. K. Ficomun, Robt. 8woflord, John McAllister and John Pollock. 8ome of the bridesmuds w> re gowned in white and others in yellow silk organuies and carried white carnations, the groomsmen wearing evening dress with white gloves Then came the bnue leaning on ibt arm of her matron of honor, Mrs C F. Geer. 8he was exquisitely gowued | in white bok mull imnnitd in chiffon I and dueness lace, with tube veil and carried a shower bouquet of bride’s | roses. They were met at the chancel | py the groom and his 0( sc man, Mr. j J. Clilc, o! LuuioViJIe, Ky. The I ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. j VV. W. Bays, of Rock Hill, assisted ; by Riv. N. B. Clarkson, of this city. Au elegant reception was given a. | the home ot the bride, to which tht I invited guest, immediately re.ju!r*-d l litre the happy couple received the oest wishes and congratulations of their friends, after which refresh ments were served, and they, need less to say, were botn bountiful and elegant. The many beautiful and costly presents displayed iu the adjoining room attested to the popularity ol the young couule. Air. iiiu Air.-. Aicrio>« ieu <..* l ri t Southern Runway al !J o'clock for a extended bridal tour. DIuckNlMirg Local News. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Blacksburg, Oct. 2—'!'«« 1/Bi n Boll i; u cnumiir.g young hi D of C - iumbia, is the gtu-st of Airs A H. Pol lock. Mr. John McAllister of Gaffney, spent Sunday in the city. Mrs. \V. L. King and little daugh ter. Constance, are visiting .Urn King’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Healan, on Carolina street. Misses Catherine Deal and Annie Davies left Tuesday for Rock Hill and Sharon, where they will spend a few weeks with friends. Maj. Jno. F. Jones left Monday for Springfield, Mass., to attend his brother’s funeral. Mr, J. L. Clift, of I,( uieville, Kv., arrived in the oin Wednesday to taki part in fh > Morrow-Pc lock wedding Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Morrow, Miss Bonnh Morrow and Mrs. 0. F. Geer, of Rutherforuton, are spending a few daysatthe Cherokee It n this wet k Miss Ida Penny, of Wintnrop Col lege, was the guest of Miss Mary Pol lock Thursday. The friends of Mr. II. C. Brickma' will be g’ad to know he has moved his family her°. They ar> occupying Mr. Osbcrne’g cottage or York street. Mrs. Mack AlbergotG, formerly of this place, but now of Marion N. C., is visiting Mrs. Dr J). m Ramseur Misers Chas M. Smith, Robt Swcff rd, and John McAllister, of Gaffney, were in the city \eett rday. t Tlie Worst Form. Multitudes are singing the praise;, of Kodol, the new discovery which i; making so many sick people wc.i and weak people strong by digesting what they eat, by cleansing and sweeten- ing the su mach and b> transforming their food into the kind of pur«, rich, red blood that makes you feel good all over. Mrs Cranfi!l, of Troy, I. T , writes: “For a number of years I was troubled with indigestion and dyspepsia which grew into the worsi form Finally 1 was induced to us; Kodol and sfter using four bottles I am entirely cured I heartily rec >m- mend Kodol to HI sufferers from indi gestion and dyspepsia.” Take a dose i after meals. It digests what you eH. Cherokee Drug Co. The richest promists are for the poorest peonla. Danger In Fail ColUo. Fall colds are liable to hang on all winter leaving the steds of pneumo nia. bronchitis or consumpti n. Fo ley’s Honey and Tar cures quickly and prevents serious results. It is old and reliable, tried and tested, •^ofe and sure, contains no opiates end will not constipate. Cherokee Drug Co. New Shop in Town. We have opened up a staip In brick build ing next to Pearl Steam Laundry and are prepared to do all kinds of work done In a Urst-clHKH, up-to-date Blacksmith Shop liorneahoeing; by «. 8prcia.li«t We solicit your patronage and guarantee satisfaction. 9-30-1 m Butler Sc Thacknton. OMfhiv CaMt Mi ON Eczema How it reddens the skin, itches, oozes, dries and scales! Some people call it tetter, milk crust or salt rheum. 1 tie suffering from St is sometimes in tense; local applications are resorted to— they mitigate, but cannot cure. It proceeds from humors inherited or ac quired and persists until these have beca removed. Hood's Sarsaparilla positively removes them, has radically and permanently cured the worst cases, and is without an equal for all cutaneous eruptions, Book’s Bills art, tlie Lest cathartic. Pricei’5cent#.' Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that 1 will apply to Hon. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge for Cher okee County, S. at his office at the court house on Friday. October 3ith, 1!*02, at 11 o’clock a. m., for tinal settlement and dis charge as administrator. of the estate of Thomas J. Davis, deceased. All persons holding claims against said es tate will present them on or before said date or be forever barred. J. J. C. Ezell, Administrator estate of Thomas J. Davis, deceased. Pub. in Gaffney Ledger Sept. 2tith. Oct. :trd, 10th. and 17th l!i(>2. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to Hon. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge, for Cher okee County. S. C., at his office at Die Court House Monday, Oct. Ulth next at 11 o’clock a. m., fur a tinal settlement and discharge as Administratrix of the estate of James Mc- Kown, deceased. All persons holding claims against said estate will present them on or before said date or forever be barred. Mrs. c. Ellen McKown, Administratrix Estate of James McKown, deceased. Publislied in Gaffney (8.0.) Ledger Sept, loth. 26th, Oct. :ird and loth. 1902. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to lion..I. E. Webster, Probate Judge for Cher okee County, S. C., at. his office at the court house on Friday, October 17th, 1902, at 11 o’clock a. m. for tinal settlement and dis charge as administrator of the estate of J. Ilcnr.' Gault.deceased. All persons holding claims against said es tate will pre.-ent them on or before said date or be forever bar red.J J. Eb Jefferies, clerk and Administrator of said estate, i I’ob. sunt 19-20. Oct. if-to. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to Hon. .1. 1C. Webster, Probate Judge for Cher okee County. S. C., at his office at the court house, on Tuesday, the 14th day of October, . • •.. tor a finaI set t P*:* *i,t'.‘iiid discharge as administrator ot : t-tnte of D. Frank McLure, deceased. All persons holding claims agair st said es tate will present them on or before said date or forever be barred. W. T. Hiiown. Adrnr. Estate D. Frank McLure, deceased Hept. 19-:J6 Oct. 3-10. 1902. Tax ficiicn. The tax levy for Cherokee County for fiscal year 1902 is as follows: l or State purposes,mills. For Constitutional School Tax, 3 mills. For Ordinary County Ta \ t 2 mill'. For Road Tax. 1 mill. For Broad River Bridge Tax, Y t mill. Total ll'i mills. For Interest on Railroad Bonds in Lime stone. W hite Plains and Morgan Townships, Vi of one mill. 4 I or Sinking Fund Railroad Bonds in Lime stone, White Plains and Morgan Townships, 1 mil). l or Interest on Railroad ifoods In Chero kee Township, 2 mills. For Sinking Fund Railroad Bonds in *. her- okee Township, 1 '/j mills. For Interest on Railroad Bonds in Dray- tonviile and Guwdeysville Townships, 2 mills. For Sinking Fund Railroad Bonds in Dray- tonville and Gowdeysville Townships. 2 mills. For Commutation Road Tax for the year 1903, Jl.oi). payable from Uet. 15th. 1902 to March 1st. 1903, ages from is to 50 years. The Tax Books will U‘ open for the col* lection of taxes Oct. 15th to Dec. f’lst. 1'.hi2. For the convenience of the public 1 will be at the following: At Buffalo, Oct. 28th. from 9 a. m. to 12 rn. At Blacksburg, Oct. 2sth, 2 p. m. At Blacksburg. Oct. 29th, from s a. m. to 12 in. At Antioch, Oct. 29th, from 2 p. m. to 5 p. in. At Kings Creek. Oct. 3; tti. from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. At Cherokee Falls, Oct. 31st, from in a. m. to 2 p. m. At Wilklnsville, Nov. 4th, from in a. m. to 2 p. rn. At Sarratts, Nov. 5th, from s a. m. to 12 m. At Littlejohn, Nov 5th, from 2 p. in. to > p. m. At Ravenna. Nov. 6th, from 10 a. m. to 12 m. At White Plains, Nov. 0th, from 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. At Macedonia, Nov. 7th. from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. At Ezell, Nov. 11th, from s a.rn. to 12 m. At my office the remainder of the time. T. 11 Littlejohn, County Treasurer. Summons for Relief. State of South Carolina, i Court of Com County or Cherokee. ( mon Pleas. 8. M. McNfkl, Plaintiff, against Fannie K. Ross. Defendant. Summons for relief, complaint not served. To the defendant above named:—You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which Is this day filed In the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said county and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office at Yorkvllle, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, ex clusive of the day of service; and If you fall to answer the eQpplalnt,within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action will apply to the court for the relief de manded in the complaint. With Elis pooh A Spencers, Plaintiff's Attorneys. August 30tb, A. D. 1902. Sept. 5tb,l-awk-ot.