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‘•f *»■ V • > P4S0 S CURE FOR ro C/l t Cough Syrup. Tastes Good, la time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION "V I fcP* '•«W ■ Everything to eat*. That’s what I deal In exclusively. I look after my business.watch the marketsclosely. and as a consequence I can always furnish my patrons with the best and freshest of Meats, Groceries ajid Country Produce. \Vest- ■ern Steaks—choice cuts, 15 cents a pound. W.J.MANESS. BE IN THE SWIM Give me your clothes to clean, press or dye and you will always look nice and stylish. Old suits made to look like new. Experienced workmen and prompt ser vice rendered. W. H. ROBINSON, Tailor. Over \V. U. Telegraph Ortlee. LWilliam S. Hall, .Ik. James A. Willis. HALL & WILLIS, A PPORNEYS AT LAW. STAR THEATRE BLDO. O S. c;. ry Public in office. Prompt attention tail business. IMILE HARLEY, >rney-at-Law, - - s. c. business receives prompt itlon. ONiKEAL ESTATE Tofli HOMSON, entist. ^er National iHank. J. C. OTTS, 7 Attorney and Counselor. Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones and Oavenport. Office and Residence .Phone. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, DI3I>i TIST Office in Star Theatre Building. Phone No. 20. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist. Office Over ;The Battery. ’Phone 82. Ninety Per Cent of all chronic headaches are due to eye strain. Go to Dr. Griffith at the Chero kee Drug Co.’s and have the defect in vision corrected, and thus be QUICKLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED. Glasses Fitted WithfScientific Accu racy and all the diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat treated according to the latest and most approved methods. ^ Building and Plastering Ltm<q Coal, and Plaster H»lr. Plaster Pans Shingles, Portland Cement, Dynamite, Blasting Powoer, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on Limestone Springs Lime Works CARROLL & CO., Lessees. T-dephon® A Season of Danger > a . • You’re wise if you have an Insurance Policy safe and snre. If you have not, you run a good deal of risk. The ex cessive heat and the dangers of travel at this season all make life A Little More Uncertain Get your Insurance arranged by the Aetna Life Insurance Company, then your work or your vacation will be more care-free. Jones J. Darby, Agt. GAFFNEY. S. C. COMMENCEMENT AT LIMESTONE COILEGE A Beautiful Sermon Sunday Morning’ BY THE REV. RUFUS FORD •‘Spiritual Adornment*’ was His Subject, from First Peter 3:3, 4—The Body Is the Temple of the Holy Ghost and Should be Adorned Within and Without. * Commencement exercises began at Limestone College Friday evening, when a large gathering of the friends and patrons of the college assembled to attend the faculty reception. The college was brilliantly lighted from basement to attic and e/ery guest received such a whole-hearted wet- come that all soon felt at home, and at once entered into the pleasures o the occasion. Old Limestone was at her best. Every member of the faculty was cordiality itself The apaciou* halls and parlors were full of pupils, where charming faces made roses pale, and whose cultured manners marked them at once as “Limestone girls.” Their polite attention to guests, their anxiety for all to meet the faculty and the charming manner in which they presented them to their teach ers, and the hearty greetings extend ed to them by the faculty, delighted all present and made them feel jhat they had indeed fallen upon good times, that there was life in the old land yet, and that Limestone College,' as she nas done for other generatio.ns, is still offering to the young woman hood of the South that high stand ard of learning and culture that fitted her “old girls” for the exacting du ties of life, that made them distin guished in their circles and shining lights of the land. Dainty refreshments were served to all the guests, which added convivi ality and good cheer to the other many pleasant features of the even ing. When 11 o’clock came the happy throng repaired to their homes thank* ful for the pleasures of the evening— thankful for grand old Limestone, the great good she has done and the grand work she is now engaged in. Saturday was a holiday and the young folks and their friends enjoyed themselves as only commencement folks can. Sunday morning the auditorium was filled to its utmost capacity with an audience that eagerly absorbed every sentence of the magnificent baccalaureate sermon of Dr. Ford. The music for this occasion was ex ceptionally fine. The solo singing of Misses Williams and Cooner and Messrs. Richardson and Osborne de serves special mention. Dr. Ford’s sermon needs no comment at our hands. We give it in full. The speaker chose as a text 1 Peter, 3:8, 4.—“Whose adorning let it not be that outvard adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the bidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price.” We have learned better than to call our bodies ‘ vile.” In 1611 translators marie Paul, in Phil , 3:21, say, “Who' shall change our vile body.” In 1881 our Revised Version gave us a better rendering and mace Paul say,—not ‘vile body,*’ but “the body of our humiliation ” Surely that body which is declared to be the temple of the Holy Ghost, and in which tabernacled the Son of God while on earth, is not viie. And we are to adorn the body. Not simply.warm and feed it, but adorn it. Not despise it Mae the ancient seif-tormenting anchorite, nor deform it like tbe modern self tormenting devotee of fashion, bat adorn it with that sweet simplicity and attractive grace which (tees it from singularity and saves it from pride. The fact that an All-wise Creator gave to woman natural beauty, and to the opposite sex a sense of what is grace ful and beautiful in woman, is a strong inference that every woman should give to che adornment of her person all healthful gratification. The text is not a prohibition of out ward adornment, but a comparison. Tbe comely raimeot is good, but it is not good by itself. ‘’As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman without discretion,” or moral sensibility. A pretty girl may be like a flower oklled tbe imperial crown, which is admired for its showy appearance, bnt despised for its un- -OUR LINE OF- Sandals, Oxfords and Slippers is the most complete yet shown. All sizes, from the Infant's soft sole to the largest size for Ladles. The R. S. Lipscomb Shoe Co. Next door to Cherokee Drug Co. pleasant odor. Who dares for the beautiful i end setmingly luscious brown nut if there be naught but rottenness within? It is not enough to have a face free from spots sod wrinkles, but tbe mind must be frse from conceit and the life from selfish ness. My text has put the crowning womanly grace on holiness of heart, and suggests as a subject, “Spiritual Adornment.” This spiritual adornment, accord ing to tbe text, is three-fold. 1. First, it is invisible—“the hid den man of tbe heart.” It is this invisible—this “hidden man of tbe heart,” which must give to life it proptr discretion. Tke highest life is never regulated by rules. Two men work together on a piece of marble. One works by rule. He chisels and polishes, but it is all by rules—he is a mason, a stone-cutter. The other works from a hidden principle. He has before his mind a lofty ideal. His rules are but secondary things. His ideal of the thing of beauty which he sees in tbe rough stone makes him more than a mason, he is a sculptor. Paul worked out a great life—a life which comes “sounding down the’corridors of time.” But this is what he has to say of himself: “We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.” Mark you, this bidden principle may be carried into every duty. John was on tbe isle of Patmos and wrote for us tbe book of Revelation. In one short sentence he gives us more sound sense and sound theology on the proper observance of the Sabbath than all tbe blue laws of tbe Puri tans: “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.” Some wise and good people seem to be troubled about the proper limita tions of woman’s work in society, and especially her work in the church. Why not insist upon the cultivation of this hidden man of tbe heart? Why not abolish every rule of ecclesi- asticism and leave the direction of her life to the unperverted instincts of saintly womanhood?? “Blessing she is; God made her so; And deeds of week-day holiness Fall from her noisless as the snow, Nor hath she ever chanced to know That ought were easier than to bless.’ 2. Again, it is this invisible “hid den man of the heart” which must give to life its highest development. It is the nature of all Fanaticism to fancy the earthly and heavenly, tbe material and spiritual, as iu ne cessary antagonism. But we must bear in mind that the Christian faith is so truly founded on tbe depths of humanity, and so marvelously adapts itself to the needs of all our moral being that no one can have the high est development who does not build on a spiritual foundation. A firm reliance on a personal pbrist and a loving obedience to His authority is a foundation in life upon which we may build ail that is true ana noble. The man who planned the tower of the Brooklyn bridge began his foundation at the bottom. He lot down a curi ous long box reaching down through filth and dregs and mud and silt until he came to the naked rock itself, and on that he laid the first course of stones. My heart’s desire and prayer to God is that you who hear me may have that serenity of mind and'lofti- ness of purpose which will illustrate and vindicate the majesty of woman- hoi d; but I do not hestitate to say that you can do this to the highest extent only as you build “upon the apostles* and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner-stone.” A life cannot be good without the in fluence of the spiritual upon it. And the highest development is that which comes through the deepest ommuniou of our spirit with the “Father o' our spirit.” This is that which gives power for service, victory over sin, and joy in tribulation. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” But this spiritual adornment which is invisible, giving to life both its proper direction and its highest de velopment, is also, in tbe second place, II. Imperishable—“that which is cot corruptible,” or does not perish. 1. Imperishable in its natuie. These are solemn words of Paul: •‘She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.” Dead to the spirit and yet alive in the flesh! So what the world calls enjoying life may be in reality enjoying death. That God brefcthed and immortal spirit which knows only a time life is dead !* And the coldness and loneliness of life must be felt mort and more as -life wears on. Every sensible weakness of body, every loss of a friend or loved one will bring on more and more the death-like feeling. Baton the other hand, “He that hath the Son hath the life.” And' the same blessed Son says, “I am come that ye might have life and ye might have it more abundantly.” “JesusJJanswered and said unto her, whosoever drinkett* of this water shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst: but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water spring ing up into everlasting life.” Chrysostom, one of the Greek Fathers who died at Jthe beginning of the fifth century, has left for us au illustration of this imperishable nature of divine grace. The emperor was enraged toward him because of his faithful work and general popu* larlty. He threatened him with ban- isbment. “But you cannot,” said tbe good man, “for every place is my Father’s house.” I| will take away your liberty from you,” said the king. “You cannot,” Said the spirit- filled man, “for if the Son shall make you free, you shall be free In deed.” “I will kill you.” "You cannot, for my life is hid with Christ in God.” 2. But this spiritual adornment is not only imperishable in its nature, but imperishable in its effects. Men and women have lived in this little world of ours, who wore so thor oughly imbued with an impenetrable materialism that to them the world of spirit had no existence, ideal beauty no reality, and Christian mo tive no f rce. They passed ' away, and, lo, they were not. But others of the opposite type have lived, and they being dead yet speak. Tbatgworldly.minded Jew who re mained in Babylon and built bis palace, and bowed himself down to the images set ud in the plane, that Jew is dead and forgotten. But that other Jew who hung his harp on the willow and sat down by the river, and wept.when he remembered Zion, and returned at his first opportu nity—‘that Jew “being dead yet speaketh” through the Christ and all the holy apostles and Christian mar tyrs. That miserly man who held strange communion with his gold, clutched it in his withered hand, drove away the poor unaimised, that man is dead and forgotten. That other man who thought of the poor, of the church, of Christian education, “he being dead vet speaketh.” One of these spiritual and imper ishable lives was lived here in your midst. He and others gave their money to advance Christian educa tion. Into the thousands of homes blessed by the cultured womanhood coming out of Limestone, will go the sweet perfume of the life of Cant. John H. Montgomery. Gone, he is still here, speaking to his foster- daughters of tbe imperishable effects of a spiritual life. III. But in the third place, the in visible and the imperishable is alse the invaluable—“which is in tho sight of God of great price.” 1. He who alone knows the cost, says it “is of great price.” “What is the tiling of greatest price The whole creation round? • That which was lost in Paradise, Which now in Christ is found. The soul of man, Jehovah’s breath, That keeps two worlds in strife, Hell moves beneath to. work its death Heaven stoops to give it life.” 11 But none of the ransomed knew How deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night the Lord passed thro’ Ere He found His sheep that was lost.” “Ye were not redeenSed with cor ruptible things, as silver and gold —but with the precious blood of Christ.” God commended bis Tove toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. If “a thing is worth what it cost,” then surely the spiritual man, “the hid den man of the heart” is in the sight of God who spared not his own Son, “of great price.” 2. He who alone knows its worth says it is of great price. How ignorant we are of the full worth of a spiritual life! God only knows its true worth, for we have no calendar to measure it, no language to describe it, and no imagination to conceive of it. He who sees not as man sees says it is of great price. We may look upon it as of little worth, but God says “of great price.” The time was in 1881. The place was London. The occasion was an auction sale. Valuables were being sold. Valuables suclr as only the rijh could buy. The royalty was represented and the man of wealth was there. Among the many things to be sold was a violin. Ha the auc tioneer began to cry the price of it he heard a bid of one guinea, and then two, and then five r and finally six. Just at this moment a stranger pushed his way through the crowd and came to the front. No one knew him, but his piercing eyes and raven looks attracted attention. He took the instrument from the hand of the auctioneer. He carefully looked at it, and then . tnumped it. It was a famous Cremona, ^‘rfix guineas,” said the stranger. "Too cheap! too cheap!” He then hid seven. Others bid. After much wild excitement, the stranger, who was none other than Fagitnini, tbe world-famous Italian violinist, bid it off. He then tuned it and drew across the strings the bow. First it warbled like a lark poised above a meadow, singing of tbe loveliness of the rosy dawo and the fresh brilliancy of the earliest sunflowers. Then came music soft and sweet like a mother singing a lullaby to her infant. Then be made the instrument sing out a passion picture of the first delight of early love. Paganninl held the Cremona to his bosom and had his fingers upon the strings and bis right band bold of the bow. But before me to day are soul-instruments which can give out a sweeter mellody than any Cremona. And one greater than any Italian violinist holds the bow. Back in the past a mother has tuned and tuned and tuned. In recent years, within these walls, faithful teachers, whose ears know what life is when properly keyed, haved tried to help you “Tune your ears To all the woodless music of the stars.” Now, especially with you who graduate, tbe great Master will take you in hand. May you so yield yourselves to Him as to "make life, death, and that vast forever, one graudtsweet song.” Yesterday was alumnae day. A business meeting was held yesterday. Last night the association gave its public reception, the feature of the occasion being the address by Mrs. W.A. Edwards, nee Miss Pearl Brown. A feature of the commencement exercises this year Is the music. A departure from former methods is being made, as much of tbe music is being composed by students of the college. Today is class day. T might the senior reception will be given. Tomorrow is commencement day proper.* Tomorrow night Dr. Edward Farquhar, of Washington, I). C ! will deliver tbe commencement ad dress. Dr. Farquhar m one of the foremost educators of the day and tnose who neglect to hear him will surely miss a literary treat. ENJOYING A SHOW. A Chnrit}'Conrrrt In London and til* Audience It Attracted. The audience certainly was a terrify ing one. The front rows of the big hall were filled by old women very se vere or else smiling the perpetual smile of vacancy. Then came a grimy group of dock hands. Their wives, some of them in charge of three babies apiece, were all over the room. The girls came in huge feathered hats and yelled high pitched witticisms to the gangs of young hooligans whose one desire seemed to be to wreck the show. In deed they contributed even more audi bly to the entertainment than did the performers, while the clergy who pa trolled up and down seemed ou excel lent terms with everybody, but quite powerless to control a good part of the audience. Somebody opened with a piano solo. Really people might have more sense than to choose a Chopin nocturne for such an audience. T. > pianist was twice told to “go and get an organ.” There w’as a shout for some tune un known to us, and after that the render ing of Chopin was permanently drown ed in general and stentorian conversa tion. A girl with ambition to become a professional next sang, amid audible comments on the plainness of her frock, and she quitted the platform in awful silence. Bertie and his cello had an even worse time. He was in vited to “get his hair cut,” which was certainly a piece of timely advice, and at the first deep notes of his instru ment there were anxious inquiries if he was in pain. As this had a percep tible effect on irritable Bertie, there were general offers to attend his funer al and more advice to the effect hot to take “that old geezer out with you when you go courting.” By this time the troupe were terrified, and the rec tor had in mount ;’ie ; reform and re quest some s?r‘ ? f ord Om'. ioi; LED .C62 LONT'CVEF 3Y\ I Miss Barter's P'-'n to YVic'sn Scope of Society's Work. New Yc May :t;—For the first time since the strife began in the Rei Cross, Miss Clara Barton, in a for mal statement has made reference to the controversy, and has announced a plan to widen tlfe scope of the so ciety’s work. She says' first: “During the entire period of the present differences among sections of the members of the American National Red bross, I have never once felt that It was the desire of the American peo ple that I should personally enter .with in the circle of disturbance, and I have consequently remained a silent and sorrowful spectator of a contro versy that appeared to me to be lead ing where no true, loyal friend of the Red Cross would care to follow.” Referring do allegations concerning expenditures Miss Baiton says: *T have administered with a free but careful hand the beneficiaries of whatever nature have been intrusted to me, and as freely I have g'”™ "f all that I possessed of strength, h. and private means. The new , is the establishment of the first, aid department. There have been two branches of this work. An emergen cy Ease containing medical and surgi cal dressings has been devised with emergency charts arranged for instant references, giving simple directions for the dealing with -very conceivable case of accident pending the arrival o.’ the doctor. • “The other branch providdfe for the formation of first aid emergency class es in every city and ambulance co:ps among the employes of mills, factories and railroads.” A MARINE AUTOCRAT. The Captain of the Battlenhip and Hi* Abnolute Authority. Over the vast establishment rules the captain in supreme and isolated author ity. All his accomplishments must be those of the seaman, for he directs the movements of the ship in all evolu tions, and his decision upon all profes sional points is final. His responsibility at all times is grave and exacting. In time of war it will strain the stoutest nerves. In the hour of battle it is noth ing short of appalling when he stands alone in his conning tower, having con trol of all the tremendous forces lying latent in bis ship only to be released at the proper moment by a touch of his hand. He is the guiding spirit of au enormous projectile of J5.000 tons that rushes through the water at a speed, it may be, of fifteen knots, and he knows that the slightest mistake of his head or heart may mean a national disaster. But besides being the naval and mili tary chief of the establishment he is a lawyer—a kind of Justice of the peace,, as it were, who holds court every morn ing, Investigates reports of misdemean ors and assigns punishment to the guilty. The delinquents are brought to the “mast” — tbe quarter deck — with their accusers. Both sides are heard, and swift Judgment usually follows. In this capacity it will be noted that the captain is court, judge and Jury. Not infrequently he acts as clergyman and as such Is tbe bishop of his diocese, ac- kriowledging no ecclesiastical superior, reading the service on Sundays, offici ating at the burial of his dead and in the old days occasionally marryii g lov ers.—Lieutenant Commandar Gleaves in World’s Work. ICaell KtchlngN (Con esponrience of The Ledger.) E/.ELL, May 25—The last week of hot weather has helped the appear* aoce of wheat and cotton very much indeed. We have never seen wheat come out ps much as it has within the last ten days. It looks now as though, with continued favorable weather, it would make a fair yield. Cotton is small, and in r®d land there is a very poor stand; corn is back ward in coming up and growing off. Our farmers are going ahead working over their crops In our last letter we mentioned the blight on pear and apple trees, hop ing some one would give the cause and remedy; but, as yet, no one has given the desired information. Wp have been examiniog the trees very care fully since writing, and have about arrived at the conclusion that the excessive rains in the spring, followed by the drought in May, is the cause. We notice that the more moisture in the land and the more vigorous the growth, the less they are blighted. Several years ago we had seasons very much like this, and the trees were nearly ruined by the blights We have searched for insects iu the trees, and while wo can find the bark split in places on the limbs, we can not find any trace of insects, or eggs So, we think pruning and mulching would be beneficial. If we are wrong in our surmises, we would gladly be corrected, as we haven’t anything but our observations to go by. The young people, and several of the older ones, enjoyed an ideal pic nic at Mr. H. Z Hicks' on the 23rd. I said ideal, because there was no whiskey in the crowd, and everyone had a good time. There was music in the forenoon, and a fine game of baseball between the Piedmont and Broad River teams in the afternoon, which resulted in a score of 16 to 9 in favor of Piedmont. The Broad River team took their defeat good naturedly and are to play Piedmont again next Satprday. j 0 e. Burned to Death. tyany of our readers will remember the charming music given us at the May Festival last year at Limestone College by the String Quartette from Cincinnati, O., and will sorrow with the leader, a solo violinist, Mr. Henri Froehlich, in the loss of his wife, who was accidentally burned to death last Wednesday at their home in Cincin nati. Mr. Froelich has been singularly unfortunate this year. In the Pike Opera House in which occurred in Uincinnatti last February, Mr. Froelich lost his entire musical library. Pianos, violins and the sav ing of ail his musical industry. Wanted. &TAdvertisements under this head will oe Inserted for one cent a word each inser tion. No ad inserted for less than ten cents WANTED—Scrap iron, brass, etc. E. T "" Wilkins & Co. ti-2-tf E |FKs, Chickens and Vegetables bought at the Commercial Hotel. 5-211-2t. W ANTED—To make straight loans on city real estate. No commissions. Several thousand dollars to loan. Apr2!)-tf j. o. Jefferies. For Sale. We will soil at public auction to the high-, est bidder on Saturday. June nth. a lotof mill cleanings and manure at the Oil Mill at, 11 o’clock a. m. Victor Cotton Oil Co. 5-29-31 F°,£ SALE- House and lot near Second Bap tist Church. Butler & Osborne. 5-2!i-tf Fcr rent. IjV)R RENT—Nice residence. See A tle.john. 5. i J. N. Lit- 22-3t-law. Jersey Bull. JERSEY BULL—For service at Oil Mill. G. w W. Bonner. 5-22-3t-pd WANTED: To buy your milk, fat or poor cattle Will sell milk cows on installment or for cash, whichever you desire. Will ex change milk cattle for beef or yearlings. 4-7-imo W. D. KIRBY & CO. ICE. n delivered anywhere in the city. W. O. Johnson. Phone 7. a-15-tf Money Loaned. L OANS on Improved farms for a term of years at seven per cent, interest. No commissions. For information apply to J. 0. Jefferies. Attorney at Law. 11-22-lyr LOATHED ON COENTHY OR CITY HEAL ESTATE AT t! PER CENT.' G. W. SFKEK, Attorney at Law. LOANS NEGOTIATED FOR BORROWERS ON REAL ESTATE BUTLER & OSBORNE ATTORNEYS BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING, MOULlING. ALSO A FINK LINE OF Paints and Oils 50c to $1.30 per gal. co T0 L. BAKER