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« THE LARGEST Circulation of Aay Newspaper in the Fifth Congressional District of S. C. The ledger. SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. We. GUARANTEE fhe Reliability of Every Adver« tiser Who Uses the Col umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER !28, 1902 $1.00 A YEAR. "THAT I THAT WIH CHRIST." Dr. Len Broughton’s Masterly Sermon Yesterday ON "THE MODEL CHRIST.” An I«i«ie»He Otowri l.lHten* With dntenHn InteroMt to Or. liroufhtaa mh «e TelU Titeut of the fereat l.uveof JeHiM •tM.rUt— H»Adv 'H 1m Service Yar-iglit. The >union revival meeting contin ues to draw immense crowds and there veemslo be no abatement in the interest. Dr. Broughton has done a wonderful work in 'Gaffney and if *iae is the least bit inclined to vaingloriousness he has ample ground to be vain tc excess because of his achieve-mentfi. Candidly, we believe him to be a consecrated Christian man who ‘ goee about doing good.” Hit sermon yesterday morning on “The Model 'Christ’’ was am ideal one. At the conclusion an offering for the or.phant of South Carolina was taken and over $150 raised for the little ones. The Ledger feels proud of having made the suggestion. The discourse follows: “That I may-win Christ.”—'Phil. :;3:8. The picture to my miad here is that of a young man. endeavoring by all possible means to win some fair damsel. Such was true of'Paul concerning • Christ. To him, “tile is the fairest ..among ten thousand, and the one altogether lovely.” Beholding Him as such he deeiaros: “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of alt thingc, end do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” This is the cry of every Spirit- touched heart. list. It means to win His love. There is nothing more needed to day in this world than the conscious ness of the love of Jesus Christ. In a meeting for testimony in London this summer 1 heard c gentlemen of considerable prominence .give this experience: “Ten years ago I was an iufidel. I had read everything that pointed in the direction of in fidelity. My mind and heart were saturated with this vile teaching. I would not go to church; neither would 1 allow any churchman to speak to me about religion. I spurned the very thought of it in my own soul. One night I happened on a certain street iu the White Chapel district, the vilest section in London. I was there on business. As I came up the -street 1 heard a lone woman of the 'dalvation Army singing with a ten derness that I have never heard since, •“Jesus Lover of My Soul.” At first 1 thought it fanaticism But as I came up the street the sweet mellow voice of that ione woman lingered with me. After I had gone home and retired those words continued with me. ‘Jesus Lover of My Soul.’ I could not sleep. My wife asked me what was the matter. I told her I was troubled about my business. Finally, I could holdout no longer. I waked up my wife and said: ‘Wife, is it true, that Jesus whom you pro fess to serve, loves me?’ 8be was excited at first, for I never would allow her to speajc to me about re ligion. Finally, she said : ‘Yes, my dear, I have tried to tell you of this so many times.’ Then I said: ‘Wife, I am in a strange fix. I can’t sleep. I have passed a Salvation Army quar ter tonight and heard a lone woman singing ‘Jesus Lover of My Soul.’ I wish .1 could feel that He loves the soul of a man that has resisted Him so much.’ My wife then began to talk to me. She assured me that He loved me. We finally knelt by the bedside. I gave my heart to Him and He saved me.” What a rich testimony of love. Sinner-friend, are you under a load of guilt? Have you gone far in the direction of blaspheihy? Do your sins weigh heavily upon you this morning? Take courage, Jesus loves you Do you wish an evidence of this? Come with me and let us trace His eventful life from cradle to the cross. Was there ever such a life on earth? Did you ever know such wil ling sacrifice? Literally giving Him self up in death that the world might be convinced of Hia love, as well as that the debt which rested upon the world might be paid. But the consciousness of His love la likewise the need of all God’a chil dren today. The one struggle of our life la to know how to bold up under trials. Theories and formulas by philoso phers are suggested. Many of them are helpful, but there la nothing ao powerful to a Christian as the thorongb conaoionanees of the fact that Jesus lorea u*. A gentleman from Sooth Africa, a distinguished Boer, told this summer of a scene he witnessed on the battle field. When Ladysmith was besieg ed, and the Boer army was fighting for its defence, a soldKer was found with one leg almost shot off 'firing into the open space as rapidly as he could load his gun. Some one asked him why be oehtinued to shoot when the enemy had changed position. He could not speak, he was so man gled and in so much pain that he had partially lost consciousness. Again, he was asked the question. And ibis tioce he began to cry, and put his hand in bis pocket, and then died. When they examined his pocket they found his fingers holding fast a little picture. It was a picture of his young wife and her little babe. Why was he willing to undergo such hardship? Why fight so madly in such a state of suffering? It was because of the consciousness of the love of wife and child, of home, and native laud. Oh, my Christian friends, life’s burdens will have to be borne. There are none of us but that will not al ways be iu tune, nor will the fingers of fortune always bring out sweet tirmonv. We must have our dis cord. In facing it there is sweet comfort aud helpfulness in the con sciousness of the fact that Jesus Christ “Is touched with the feelings of our infirmitiec.” Not only so, but the consciousness of His love is the most potent factor in keeping us from sin. Some years ago a young man from a rural home in Virginia, went to a distant city and entered college. He was a bright and promising boy. Upon entering school he had to se lect his companions. How danger ous a time in the life of any boy. Un fortunately for this young fellow, he went in with the wrong crowd. The first Sunday in college, it was pro posed that be and his chums go out into the country and spend the day playing cards. As they went out of city the church bells were heard an nouncing the hour for Sunday school. Suddenly, our young hero stopped. Said he, “Boys, I can’t go with you today.” “Why,” cried the others. Said he: “Don’t you hear those church hells ring?” “Oh, yes,” said they. “But what have church bells to do with us?” Said he to them: “Nothing especially but they remind me of the last hour spent with my dear mother.” ‘My boy, let me re- miad you of the fact that wherever you are, and whatever you do, mother loves you. Whenever church bells ring Sunday morning, remember at tbai l*our motbei is going to pray for her boy.'” “Boys,” said he, “you can laugh at me if you will, but I had rather be laughed at by you than to disappoint the love of my mother.” What an incentive to right conduct this same feeling has been to many a man. God pity the boy or girl who does not have the love of mother to inspire him or her in life. But hear me today sinner, the thought of Jesus’ love, of His prayer, of His interest, of His ambition, is more tnan this. Jesus loves me! Jesus loves me! Ob,let that thought beat and throb in your heart today. It will keep you when everything else fails. 2nd. It means to win His fellow ship. it is one thing to share ones love, and another to share ones fellowship. Are there not those you love, who, from one cause or another, you can not fellowship! I have read of a rich prince whose only child, a bright beautiful boy, was blind. Having been prevented from enjoying the beauties of nature, he seemed speci ally fond of being in his father's pre sence and hearing bis father talk. One day the prince came home and said: “Wife, we have a plenty of this world’s goods: there is no need of my giving attention to accumula ting any more. I am going from now on to devote my life to making our poor, little, blind boy happy. I give up my fine horses, and other sports to find my chiefest delight in bring ing joy to his young heart.” This is fellowship. This is what John meant when he said: “Our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin.” Bat this fellowship does not mean that a man is to resign his business, unless bis business be wrong in prin ciple. I know a physician who be came very much exercised on this line, and decided to give up all busi ness to enjoy the fellowship of Christ. This was fanaticism. Jesus does not require this. Faith does not preclude works. To have the fellowship of Jesus means to do business with Him as partner. If I am a doctor, it means that I will be the very best doctor I possibly can for Jesus. If I am a merchant, that I will be the best merchant I can, turning over to Him and His service such influence and wealth as I may be enabled to command. If I am a lawyer, I will strive to be the very best lawyer I can, giving Him the proceeds. This Is the Scriptural Idea of fel lowship with Christ. “Diligent in business, fervent in spirit.” No business man has a right to neglect his business, provided the Lord’s cause is the sole object for which he is laboring. I it now this is a very delicate distinction. Men will be liable, unless? make it plain, to go to the extreme in serving their busi ness ends. 'But my brother, listen to me; is your business a legitimate one? Are you pursuing it in a legiti mate way? Are you in solemn con tract with God to honor (Him with your substance? Whether it be your increased influence or wealth,is His glory your sole a/mbition* Then, I say you are just as responsible for making a success of that business as I at« for making a success of my church. Hi is just as sacred before God. 3rd. It means to win His wealth and power. We may also have the iove and the fellowship of one and still not have complete access to his wealth and power. Two men are engaged in business. They share each others love and confidence. They have complece fellowship. And yet, they do not have access to each others private wealth. It is not ao with our Lord Jesus, ‘ilf ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done uoto you.” This is the wealth He proposes to us. It is the wealth of unrestricted and boundiesscesources. What a wide door it flings opon to us. Oh, tke power of His wealth ! How we need it today. Hundreds of you have loved ones in your hemes un saved and in sin. Oh, that we might win the power of Christ in prayer. Hundreds and thousands of our churches are worse than dead. They are'wordly and formal. How I have thought of it here in Gaffney during these festive days. I have seen those upon whom God had laid His hand of approval as they have gradually become possessed of the spirit of fes tivity, and step by step have given themselves over the world. Oh, be loved, church life in Gaffney means little when the crucial test of worldly pleasure is applied.. How we need the power of Christ to sweep down upon the church life of this city. 4th. It means to win His peace. I know of nothing more needed in individual experience than the reali zation of this attribute of Christ— His peace. Say what you please, every soul in divine presence has its own skeleton in the closet. As I used to mingle with the world I did not see this as I see it today. 1 thought the skeletons were rare. When I saw a bright face in society I thought it spoke of the reign of peace. But as 1 have grown more into the private life of so many I find my conclusions false. Back behind every smiling face there is, or will be, some sorrow to meet. Even the Apostle Paul had his “Thorn in the flesh.” And so with us today. We have our peculiar difficulties aud trials. They are to be met and con quered, or we are to succumb. What we need, therefore, in this life is His peace. It is His will to bestow it. “My peace I give unto you.” What a sustaining, comforting bestowal this was upon the heart-broken dis ciples, when the news thoroughly gripped that he was to leave. Crossing the Atlantic this summer an old seaman told me how deep down Deneath the surging billows, the ocean was calm and quiet. So, my friends, 1 come to assure you from God’s word and partly from ray own experience, that beneath the surging billows of life is the calm ocean of His infinite peace. May we enter it today. 5th. It means to win His final deliverance. Oh, glorious thought! The sun of Paul’s life is fast setting; soon he will have nestled himself in the cra dle of darkness to await the resur rection morn of light and life. Look ing back from the western horizon a panorama is before him. It is a view of his past life. He sees himself as a boy, studying in the schools of the day. And then as a young man, sit ting at the feet of Gamaliel. Next comes thq session of the Sanhedrin. He sees himself a part of this distin guished body. Next, passes in re view the stoning of Stephen and he is an officer of the law, giving his con sent. Next, he sees himself with commission in hand traveling to Da mascus for the purpose of persecu ting the dear saints of God. Then comes that marvelous period in his life, when a voice from God speaks: “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” And there upon his knees while the world is shrouded in dark ness bis soul is washed “In the blood of the Lamb.” The picture now changes. Saul has passed into history, a black grim chapter. Paul the Apostle now ap pears preaching to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Ghriat. Soon he Is before the magistrates. Then in prison. Now out again. By day and night he he ia establishing churches; comforting the broken hearted and building up the saints. Now, be beholds the last picture in this wonderful panorama. It la the old dungeon In which he ia incarcera ted. The death sentence has been pronounced. As he looks out just beyond this to the day of his death, he takes his pin and writes: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the righteous judge shall give me at that day.” What a glorious deliverance. Who would not win Christ? His presence in this life is greet, but “it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when He shall appear we shall be like Him.” Last night Dr. Broughton talked on the certainty of death and urged that his hearers prepare for eternity. This morning the usual ten o’clock service was held, and not withstand ing the very sudden change in the weather, a large crowd was present. This afternoon at three o’clock Dr. Broughton will preach to women only. That is, only women will be admitted to the lower floor and his remarks will be specially directed to them. Tonight the meeting will close with a farewell service beginning at 7 :30. Dr. Broughton speaks in the high est terms of Gaffney and Gaffney peo ple. He is lavish in bis praise of our people and our people are lavish in their praise of him. Surely there is an affinity that draws one to the other and this meeting has not been held in vain. We hope to have him with us again. WHAT ANOTHERS SAY Of Or. Leu G. Brouffliton and 1IW Urand Work Among Uh. Capt. Charles Betty, of the Caro lina Spartan, has the following to say of Dr. Len G Broughton and his Gaffney meeting: “It was our privilege to see and hear for the first time Dr. Len G Broughton, of Atlanta, at Gaffney last Friday evening. He is holding services in the opera house. Charles D. Tillman is leading the singing. About forty people, mostly young women, are assisting in the music. A large crowd attended. Every seat was taken. The women, in compli ance with Dr. Broughton’s request, attended services without hats. As usual at such revival services spir ited, catchy songs are sung. Tillman is a good leader, but Dr. Broughton is ihe central figure of the meetings. He is rather lank and ungainly in per sonal appearance. His coat, a Jong sack, seemed about two sizes too large for him. He never studies the grace of motion or rest. He does not know whether his trousers are stylish or not. His hair is thick and long, reminding one of the daguerreotypes made of Southern men 1850 to 18G0. His fea tures are molded after his mother’s. He reminds one somewhat of Roger A Pryor, as he appeared 1801 to 1805 In studying his face one thinks also of the pictures of Robert Louis Stevenson. If one kuew nothing of him and should come on him when he is sitting quietly or lolling around in careless fashion, he would find it difficult to place him. He might think that he was an artist in hard luck; or perhaps a poet who would rather make readable verses than money, or perhaps a comedian, ready to make people laugh, or to stir up tenderest emotions by his pathos. From his cravat to his sho^s there is nothing clerical about his appearance. He reads his scripture lesson fairly well. In making his announcements he generally says something that causes laughter, for he evidently be lieves that if a speaker can attract attention by little pleasantries, be can then drive home solid truths and serious conviction. The discourse we heard Was on ‘The Judgment.’ According to prescribed rules laid down in homiletic manuals and taught in theological seminaries it was not a sermon. He moved forward to his conclusion and earnest exhor tation, not in a direct line, but he made many little detours and wan dered off in curves, but be would get back again and cross over on the other side and swing back and forth, but always moving forward to the important lessons of bis text. He held the attention of his audience for an hour. They listened to him and carried away many thoughts and sug gestions. He reaches the people as no seminary sermon, with general statements, its three or four beads, its application and ‘finally’ could do. Of course like all such preachers he plays on the emotions, but thousands of people from Wesley’s day to this time have been saved that way. In bis action and interrogation posee and ejaculations be reminds one of Sam Jones. Such preachers are not to be criticised. They have their methods and will not change them. They win many people that are not reached by the regular aervices. He will do good at Gaffney.” Stops the Couffb aud \.urk« off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay. Price 25 cents. THROUGHOUT THE PALMETTO STATE. items of Interest of Passing Events. ALL OVER THE STATE. LventH that Have Taken Place from One End of the State to the Other Called from Exchange* for quick Heading by Score* of Ha*y People. Smallpox cases have been reported within the past week from Adams Run, Colleton county, and near Brookland, Lexington county. Since last May 630 new members have been enrolled in this state in the Odd Fellows lodge. J. Marion Davis of Newberry is the grand master. The first shipment of manufactured cotton goods through Charleston to Porto Rico has just been made by the Pelzer mills. The amount was 27 bales. The secretary of state Friday is sued a commission to the Sons and Daughters of Hope, a charitable con cern of Greenville county. The cor porators are Wm. M. Bassingame and J. ii. Arthur. A commission was issued Monday to the Peoples’ Market and Ice Com pany of Hartsville, to have a capital stock of $1,00(1. The corporators are I). S. Hammond, J. W. Williams, D. L. Coe, C. L. Richardson and A. J. Kelter. The secretary of state Friday issued a commission to the Hal. L. Buck Company of Conway, which will do a general mercantile business on a capi tal stock of $20,000. The corporators are Hal. L. Buck, G. V. Buck and R. B. Scarborough, all of Conway. A charter was granted the Easley Publishing Company of Easley, which will issue a newspaper and do a job printing business on a capital stock of $2,000. The officers are D. F. Bradley, president; J. M. Geer, vice president, and J. T. Lathern, secre tary and treasurer. There is a law in* Columbia which is similar to the curfew. Women of questionable character are not per mitted on the streets unattended af ter 9 o’clock. For violating this or dinance us well as for “general aggra- vativeness” a negro woman was fined $10 by Recorder Stanley Monday. A special to The News and Courier from Anderson says: “The whole of the business portion of the town of Wellington, in Abbeville county, on the C. & W. C. Railway, was burned Sunday morning at 2 o’clock. The origin is not known, but it is suppos ed to have been tbe work of incen diaries.” The secretary of state Monday is sued a commission to W. A. Coogler and W. A. Corkiil, of Chester as cor porators of the Coogler Land and Lumber company of Chester, which is to have a capital stock of $10,000. The company will buy and sell real estate and deal in lumber and build ers’ supplies. The bar association of Columbia has requested the governor to call an ex tra session of the common pleas court to be held for four weeks, beginning the first Monday in January, and asking that Judge Hudson be reques ted to preside. Tbe petition will be referred to acting Chief Justice Pope, and the appointment will be duly an nounced. Hon H. H. Crum, dispensary com missioner, said Monday that George town would this year get over $20 000 profit from the dispensary sales. This is the banner dispensary town in the State. There are so many rice plan ters who need whiskey for their em ployes that the sales are not confined to tbe town. Col 'mbia (and Rich land county) will get over $60,000 in profit he thinks. The South Carolina Telephone com pany has just completed the rebuild ing of the Camden-Sumter line, and Wednesday allowed free conversa tions over the line between Columbia and Sumter people. The company now has some 700 ’phones in use in Columbia, having rapidly increased in the last few months. In Sumter there are between 400 and 500 instru ments on the exchange list. Fire at the Excelsior mill in Ander son at 3 o’clock Monday morning caused a loss of about $500. The cause of the fire Is not known but when discovered tbe engine room was in flames and but for the prompt ac tion of the fire department tbe loss would have been very large, as tbe mill has on hand large quantities of seed, bulls, oils, etc. This fire was confined to the engine room. The Edgefield negro firebug, Rich Bostick, who was shot In tbe act of applying a torch to tbe old McCul lough borne in Edgefield recently, and brought to the State penitentiary for safe keeping, will live to answer in court for his crime. When he first got to the prison hospital it was thought that the wound would prove fatal. He has been given most care- • ful and painstaking surgical atten tion, however, and the doctors now say there is a good chance of bis early recovery. The Bell Telephone Company is is suing a new map showing their con nections and lines in the United States. According to tbe map South Coroiina is one of the most thoroughly covered states in the un- ’ ion, nearly every city and town of any importance being connected with the Bell lines. The system covers all of the Atlantic and Gulf states, the middle West and Southwest and has several connections running towards the Pacific coast. Dr. Coleman and Mr. Will Lyles, prominent white men living at May- binton, Newberry county, near the Union line, became engaged in a diffi culty Tuesday morning in which both were shot and seriously wounded. Mr. Lyles received four bullets in the bowies, and Dr. Coleman was shot in the chest. The weapons used were revolvers. It appears that the diffi culty was the direct result of a dis pute betweeq the parties Monday night. No further particulars could be obtained. A tragedy occurred at Nichols Mon day afternoon as a result of which Duston H. Sarvis, a telegraphy stu dent, lies dead, and Miss Josephine Burns, a popular young lady of that town, is seriously wounded. It seems that Sarvis and Miss Burns were se cretly married on September 22nd and lately the girl has begged Sarvis to acknowledge her as his wife. He re fused and threatened to shoot her if she should divulge it. She went to him Monday afternoon and demanded that he must go to her people and tell of their marriage, as it must now be known. She said she had told her parents and they would publish it if he did not. Upon this Sarvis shot her, the bullet entering the centre of the forehead, ranging up and passing through the scalp. As she fell Sar vis turned the pistol on himself and sent a bullet under his ear and through the base of the bram. His death was instantaneous. Sarvis is from Loris, Horry county. He was about 22 years of age. Amid Flames. Breaking into a blazing home, some firemen lately dragged the sleeping in mates from death. Fancied security, and death near. It’s that way when you neglect coughs and colds. Don’t do it. Dr. King’s New Discovery tor Consumption gives perfect protection against all Throat, Chest and Lung Troubles. Keep it near, and avoid suffering, death, and doctor’s bills. A teaspoonful stops a late cough per sistent use the most stubborn. Harmless and nice tasting, it’s guar anteed to satiafy by Cherokee Drug Co. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bot tles free. An expert is a man whose ignorance overshadows that of ordinary men. Cure* iilood and Hhln UlMeaMe*. I telling Hu mor*, Eczema, Scrofula, Etc. 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Describe trouble and free medical ad vice sent in sealed letter. ^j^TThis is an honest offer—medicine sent at once, prepaid. What a shock it would be to some people if they could see us as we see ourselves. A Good Towel. Is always In demand, whether it comes around forty-eight pounds of the best patent Hour, or is bought at five cents a yard. A good many peo ple would rather get a sixty inch towel out of the sack their Hour comes in than to buy it at tbe dry goods store, and that is why every forty-eight pound sack of tbe “Clif ton” is packed in the regular towel ing. Ask your grocer for "Clifton” in the towel sack. Bkanskord Mills, Owensboro, Ky. For sale by R. M. Wilkins <fe Co., Gaffney, 8. C.