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TALMAGE * By Rev. FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE. D.D.. Taslor of Jefferson Pa*-U Presby- , temvt) Clsurch, C.ji.o.go il.so.” “Well, my young friend,” said the old man, “I would advise you to present that letter to some church at pace. 1 urn an old have found out that it is safer v. : ■’ «:?**« ‘aiit consecration of our . J amost ness and private devotions. (Mir public Christian usefulness to a sea captain, and 1 front extent is dependent upon the in- my ship up to a w Los Angeles. C.ii.. .tan. IT. How to kindle and keep aii'.e in the heart the divine ttame which on rgi/.es and spir- j luiali7.es th(> wl:- 1 life is the preacher's } theme in this dis< an^ . which deals | •witli a practical religion for everyday p«>ople. The text is 1 Thessalonians v. xix, n-h «)t the Spirit." TlV^^iehiy p':rase maker raid is a CoimWK ni.m\ superlatives. lie is no suiftitl piatitudinarian. Everyday, eom- ; nionplacc. insipid, tasteless comparisons have for l.im no attraction. lie never harness, s dull eyed and spavined axi oms to his verbal chariot. Ilis forge is always redhot; his arms are cranes, I uis liamnwis pile drivers, his doors floodgates; ins streams are fathomless, onrushing rivers of molten iron; his sparks an' stats, and his seconds mil lenniums. Wo would, for our present lesson, use one of I'aul’s impressive, significant words. His “quench” has a superla tive meaning. It is one of those sharp pointed verbal chisels which can open | adamantine rock and in cutting power ov.tdiamond the diamond. It is one of those intense lurid words which pic ture their thoughts in colors of blood. “To quench” means to smother, as a mother would extinguish the flames consuming tin* dress of her burning child by wrapping about the flimsy garments a heavy, wet blanket, jerked from off the clothesline. "To quench” means to deluge, to submerge, as the Johnstown tires were put out when the Couemaugh dam broke. In that word "quench” Paul startlingly warns all believing Christians against the sin of extinguishing the power of the Holy Spirit, which is now burning within them as a living flame. “Quench not the Spirit” is the command to the Thessalonians. Smother not the di vine flames. A Priictii'Ul Question. Now come the practical questions: How do many believing Christians open the floodgates of sin and drown out their spiritual tires? How do many of our new converts chill their holy en thusiasm and dry their cheeks, wet with penitent tears, and harden again their hearts in sin? First and fore most, by neglecting God's place of pub lic worship. P.y turning their backs upon the Sunday church services. P.y clatiniug that they can pray to God just as well at home as In the week «night prayer meetings. By asserting that the “communion of the saints.” in a building which has been dedicated to God as a "house of prayer." is not essential for true spiritual life. No true convert should ever he guilty of casting a slur upon the public altar of Jesus Christ. It is hard work for a live coni to keep warm and to remain a live coal outside of the grate. It is hard work for a warm hearted, loving Christian to remain a spiritual “live coal” unless he continually lives in close contact with other loving Chris tians. It is by the commingling of prayers that the best prayer is pro duced. It is by the commingling of testimonies that the best testimony springs from our lips. It is by "the foolishness” of preaching that sinners arc saved. Yes! And also by the fool ishness of preaching that they are brought nearer week by week to the personality of Jesus Christ. If public worship is not essential for spiritual lift*, why did God decree that Moses should build a tabernacle its soon as the hosts of Pharaoh had found a watery grave in the depths of the Rod sea? At that tabernacle the He brews were compelled to worship. If not essential, why did Christ during his earthly ministry again and again go up to Jerusalem to attend the feasts and again and again go into tla* synagogues to worship anti to pray? If not essential, why did Christ command Ids disciples to as semble In one place in Jerusah in and await the coining of tin? Holy Ghost? if not essential, why did the Puritans >y hitter experience I tensity of our prayers uttered in sc- in harbor to tie! rret. Christian brother, never allow i.af than to anchor I your prayer closet to become dust cov- it out in midstream, to be floated 1 ered and musty. Never let a time come around in the tides. By bitter experi-j when you will break the telegraphic cn. e 1 have also found out that no communication with the heavenly head- young Christian is safe unless lit* is' quarters for prayer. In Gods great bound up In Christian fellowship with whispering gallery may your lips learn other Christians in Sunday services | to utter the divine pleadings so softly and in the week night prayer meet- j that they shall sometimes only he lugs.” The old sea captain's experi- heard by his ear and answered directly cnee has been mine. 1 never saw in only by bis loving voice, my life a church mcmbt go astray uu- 1 he closed lids of Gods Bible are less you could tirst tra< * ids spiritual Oiien used to extinguish the divine degeneracv in growing absence from ! flame binning vVithin the Chiistiaus the prayer meeting and Sunday serv- heart. i ices. How may the new convert in another way smother the divine flames burning within him? By throwing away the golden key which unlocks the closet j door of secret prayer? By neglecting to have a trysting place, where, as a lover, he can meet with God and talk over his plans and hopes? By thinking that there is any wakeful hour, day or night, when he can afford not to feel that Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, Tiie Christian's native air; His watchword at the gate of death. He enters heaven with prayer? A Kutnl Maneuver. William T. Sherman in his famous journey from Atlanta to the sea broke* loose from his military base of sup plies and fed his army on the surround ing country through which he marched But a course that may be safe for a military strategist is certainly and in evitably disastrous for a soldier of Je- mis Christ. A Christian convert should never get out of prayer touch with the heavenly city. It is a fatal maneuver. It will ultimately mean the Christine, falling a victim to spiritual ambuscade, entrapment and overthrow. You have no more reason to expect tla* flumes of u candle to burn in a c hemical retort ?mpticd of all oxygen than you have i right to expert your spiritual tires to burn in your bedroom which is not charged and surcharged with the holy atmosphere of secret prayer. It is necessary for true spiritual life to pray in public. Oh, yes! But it is just as necessary to pray in private. “The Lord thy God is a jealous God." That means in one sense that there are times when God wants us to be alone with him. alone as Christ was alone with the Heavenly Father when Jesus again and again went off alone to pray , lb* wants us to be alone, with him in holy fellowship, as some of us have often been alone with our mothers. Blessed and tender were those hours of sweet communion with our mothers, who have now gone beyond. After ttie rest of the family were all in bed we used to sit up toward midnight, telling her what we wanted to do and asking her if she* thought it was best for ns to do it. So God, the Heavenly Father, wants us at times to come to him when we are alone. He* wants us to tell him all our plans. George White- Hold would never accept any invitation to do anything of any import unless he* had tirst talked it over with his "best friend.” In the darkness of the bed room and in the* solitary walks through the streets and in the* quiet of the ollice or in the kitchen. God wants us to frankly and freely and lovingly talk with him. Il<‘ii«*lit» of Pi-Hyer. Christian convert, never feel that the hours are wasted which you spend on ymir knees talking with Christ in se cret prayer. You cannot find one mail on earth who has ever attained to a life* of eminent Christian usefulness unless he (limbed thdre* by grasping firmly and gladly, rung by rung, the golden ladder of secret prayer. What said Charles II. Spurgeon in reference to tin* power of secret prayer? When some one* asked him the* cause of Ins marvelous usefulness for Christ, Spur geon pointed to the floor of his taber nacle. saying; "In the room beneath you will ti’id ;:oo praying Christians. Every time I preach here they gather together and uphold my hands by eon tiiiuous prayer and supplication. There you will find the secret r.f all the bless ings.” As Charles II. Spurgeon’s "Gideon’s hand” by secret prayer swept their pastor on to spiritual victories so by the power of secret prayer we can lift ourselves up toward God and and the pilgrim fathers place such cm- Christian usefulness. As Philip Hod- phasis upon the attendance of their dridge. of Messed memory, once said, church members at the house of God? ••The better I pray the better I study,” We can laugh at these stern faced set tlers of New England. We can poke fun at their "blue laws” and their plain ways. We can say that Cotton Mather, their natural outgrowth, was the Instigatin' of tla* Salem witchcraft persecutions. But, laugh at the New England Puritans as we will, we know they produced the highest type of spiritual men then known. We know that for spiritual truth they were ready to die. We know that In order to get ^ that truth In the public meeting house they turned their backs upon the old world and faced the new. It was In public worship that the Puritan gospel thrived. It Is in public worship that the new convert should catch the glow i of the spiritual fires, which will make ^ his heart warm toward God and his fellow man. I’ablle Worship ICaaentlal. Public worship Is absolutely essen tial for the spiritual life of the average man. Some years ago a country boy was riding In the cars toward Phila delphia. In the seat sitting next to l>An was an old man. After a long conversation, In which the young man ♦eld his scat mate that he was going to Philadelphia to find work, the aged man asked him for his letters. “Oh, yes,'’ said the young fellow, “here Is one from my old employer. Here Is one from my schoolteacher. Hen* Is one from my physician.” "I 1 * that all? He ve you not one from your minister?'’ as' "d Ms seat mate “Yes, I have that I say, "The better you pray the better you will work.” The better you pray the better as a mother you can look after your children. The better you pray the better you will live and the better you will preach and the wider will be your influence for Christ. Prayer In public necessary for spir itual development? Ob, yes! Prayer behind the locked door, prayer in se cret, prayer where only God’s ear can hear and God’s eye can see. Just as im portant for the spiritual life and hope. During the Revolutionary war a high land soldier was caught creeping Into camp during the darkness of the night. He was charged with being a spy aud taken before the commanding general. Being asked why he had loft the camp, the soldier replied, “I merely left in order to go out into the darkness of the woods and be alone with God and have secret prayer." “Then down on your knees!” thundered the officer. “Within twenty hours you shall be shot as a spy. You never needed to pray as much ns you need to pray now.” The soldier dropped on his knees and offer ed such a simple, earnest prayer of faith and love that the tears sprang from the commander’s eyes. He turn- <•<1 to the guard and said: “Let that sol dier go. He is telling the truth. He must have often boon on his knees In prayer drill or else be could not have prayed so well In public review.” The great Heavenly (’inimander Judges the sin cerity of our public professions by the They can become the barred and bolted doors of superstition, barred and bolted by gross Ignorance, endun- geoning the most monstrous of here sies in the darkest of cells. They may | become redhot irons putting out the calm, deep blue eyes of faith aud love, j By an ancient eastern law no blind prince is allowed to sit upon the throne of Persia. By a divine law no Chris tian cun reach that stage of enlighten ment titling him to occupy one of God's spiritual thrones without earnest and prayerful study of the Bible. "Tolle, lege! Tolle. lege!” ("Take and read! Take and read!”) was the divine com- * mund given in vision to young Angus- j tine in reference to the Holy Scriptures, j "lake and read! Take and read!” is the divine command given to the young Christian of the present day. My friends, how are you goiug to find out w hat is the law of God and the will of God unless you read his holy word? In Isaiah hi* distinctly says, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.” Are you and I trying to find | Hit by studying the Scriptures what are G >d's thoughts and to harmonize j our lives witli his life? Are we trying to find out what is the deeper, richer meaning of the Saviour's name? Are we seeking to understand what is the mission of the Holy Spirit and how Get with the weak things of tills world is going to confound the mighty? Or are we going around day after day singing a senseless, silly, siren song; "Jesus will save! Jesus will save! Oh. I am so happy, Jesus will save!” when some of us merely look upon the name of Jesus as an amulet, because we do not know or care who Jesus is or take the trouble to read the words which he has spokeu for us? Are we going to look upon the closed lids of the Bible in a superstitious way, as did ihe peasants of Europe during the dark ages, as though they were something they had no right to touch? Up to twenty years of age the great Martin Luther was totally ignorant of God’s word. Though studying to be a priest, be had never been allowed to personally touch a Bible and was not aware that the gospels and the epistles comprised more than the few chapters read by the priests in public worship. Shall we continue to he as ignorant of God’s word as that? Or are you going to look upon the Holy Scriptures as a di vine letter written by the Heavenly Father to his children, which letter ought to be carefully studied and it* commands to be strictly followed out? Development of t.'linrueter. Supposing that your mother died of consumption when you were a child of tour years. Supposing that when the hectic roses of that fatal disease were blooming in the garden of her pale, sunken cheek she one day had you, her sleeping baby, placed by her side. Then while you slept she wrote you a long letter. In this letter she gave her maternal advice and parting benedic tion. Then she folded that letter aud gave it to your father, saying; ‘'Hus band, give this to my baby boy on the day Ik* graduates from the public school. Before he decides upon life’s work 1 want to give him my advice and tell him what I want him to do.” Supposing twelve years hud now pass ed aud you. at sixteen, were now given that letter. What would you do? First you would kiss it. You would say: "Mother wrote it with her dying hand! | Mother wrote it with love!” Then you would reverently open the yellow leaves and carefully read that letter, line by line. If you were a true son, if possible you would follow out the de sires of that maternal letter word by word. New convert in the gosp *1 life and Christian of older standing, the Holy Scriptures are God’s letter to us. If we are the Heavenly Father’s true children we will take the letter and study it. We will translate the de sires of that letter into our own lives. We will make God's thoughts our thoughts and his ways our ways. “But.” some new convert says, “If the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures is essential to a truly developed spiritual character then I am not n true Chris tian. 1 practically know nothing about the word of God except that ‘God so loved the world that ho gave his only begotten Son that whosoever bellevetb on him should not perish, but have everlasting life.' That is all I know. Cannot I now accept Christ as my Saviour?" Oh, yes. my brother, you can. You are now u Christian, if you want to be. If you aeeept and truly be lieve that one verse Just quoted, you are as much a Christian as a little tledgellng Just hatched out of an egg is a bird. If you accept truly with your whole heart that profound truth and should die tonight, he who promised salvation to every soul who believes and trusts him would take your soul Into his safe keeping. Rut If you live you should grow and develop. You are saved that you may serve him as an example and as a soul winner, and this you can never do unless you learn to know him and his teaching through the study of his word. Remember you are now a Christian only ns the bird Just hatched out of the egg is a bird. You area spiritual fledgeling; you must eat spiritual food. That spiritual food is to be found In the Word of God, us the breath for your spiritual lungs Is to be found in the atmosphere of prayer. I'nnl’N Advice. Faul said to young Timothy, “Preach the word!" I say to you, “Study the word." Study it in the church and in tin* home. Study it on your knees and at your desk and in your bed. Study it as absorbingly and as iutimsely as j John Locke studied It, who gave up his last fourteen years to an earnest search | after divine truth as revealed iu the Scriptures. Study God’s word as ear neatly and as faithfully as Samuel Johnson commended his young friend to study it when upon his deathbed he turned and said: "Young man, attend to the voice of one who has possessed a certain degree of fame in the world and who is about to appear before his Maker: Read the Bible every day of your life.” Yes, new convert, read the Bible and continue to read it, because Ciod commands you to read it. Read it, because your deeper spiritual life de pends upon your reading it or in hav ing it read to you. Study it. and con- | tinue to study it, because when you i read the Bible God Is talking to you, as when you pray you are talking to God But there is still another way for the Christian to quench the spiritual flame which is now burning within him. | That way is to neglect the family al- , tar. which should he raised in every ! home. That way is for the husband i and father to hurriedly arise In the ; morning and quickly dress, and then off j to business without gathering ids chil- i then about him for family wi nip aud | without having any blessing asked at j the breakfast table. That way is for ! every father to think that all that he j has to do is to say his own prayers and I do liis own Christian work, and then 1 Ids children will say their own prayers ! and fulfill their own Christian tasks. Tli<* !■'ireside Standard. Every man’s home to a certain extent j is his own castle. He can lift what standards he pleases over ids own fire side. He can emphatically say, as did God's servant of old. "Lot others do as thei will, but as for me and my house ; we shall serve the Lord.” Or he cun . open his own home to shelter and en- i tertain evil temptations of all sorts. But let no man think if he surrenders his house to evil practices and yields i himself and his home to the seductions ef the world that he can at the same time live a spiritual life, nor can he expect that those around him, who are bound to him by ties of blood and love, will lead spiritual lives. He must, if Ik* would live right, not only conse crate Ids own life every morning to God, hut in the presence of his chil dren he must offer a petition to God for them to consecrate their lives to Christ also. So completely do 1 believe (Ik* true spiritual life to he dependent in many ways upon the family altar that I would have the fathers and mothers, as soon as possible, teach their little children to publicly pray at family worship and to publicly ask the bless ing at the daily meals. 1 remember, many years ago when traveling in Scotland, noticing how general was the custom for the youngest child of the household who could utter the words being called upon to ask the blessing at the family meal. 1 thought then, as l think now. that it was an excellent practice, tending to accustom the child from its earliest years to acknowledge the goodness of God and to address him in prayer. As soon us my chil dren were horn 1 made up my mind 1 would teach them when very young to ask the blessing in public and to pub licly pray at the family altar. 1 would teach them when very young, so that they should never he ashamed to lift their voices in petition to God. no mat ter where they might he. And in their young lips praying at family worship I have found my own spir Itual life as a river widening and deep ening in strength every year. In Toueli With Christ. Thus, no matter which way we may look at tin* 1‘aiiline word "quench,” the whole trend of the matter is this: As Christians we cannot live a true spirit ual life unless every moment of every day we art* in touch with Christ. \Ve cannot preach to others unless by search!UK God’s word we hear Christ preaching to us. We cannot pray for others in public review unless wo have had much knee drill In secret prayer. We cannot give ourselves wholly to God’s service unless at the same time at the family altar we give our loved ones also to him. Are we ready to come into touch with all these spiritual sources of power? By coming In touch with Christ's life shall we have the Spirit's flame leap aud glow and re- | sistlessly move on and scatter and con sume our sins aud our brother’s sins, ; even as the prairie Are makes serpent, buffalo and deer flee for their lives. In welcoming the church members to Christ’s altar I have but one more question to ask and to answer. In whnt, O struggling friend, does the chief definition of being a Christian consist? Ought you to sa^r, “I want tc he a Christian to escape the evil effects * of sin?” “I want to be a Christian tc be happy?” "I want to he a Christian in order that I may reach heaven?" Oh, no. You should want to be a Christian, not for your own beatlflca- | tion, hut in order that God may be 1 glorified. In order to glorify God we should work for him. Iu order to glorify God we should give to him of our temporal substance. In order to - glorify God we should pray to him. We should read the Bible that we can further find out how Christ may con tinue to be glorified. May our lives i he filled with holy zeal for the glorifica tion of the blessed Saviour on earth | and in heaven. I congratulate you In this the supreme moment of your life, , when you start In the service of Jesus Christ. Christian brother, give me thy hand. [Copyright, 1904, by Loaln Klopach.) First sign of RHEUMATISM, Dangerous t# let It run. Easy to cure now. A single bottle of // |7>’ . Will probably do Ihe work. Bad cases rrquire mo-.e. RHIHJMAC1D1 cures by getting rid of the cause, so that no trace of the diseasr lingers in the system. It purifies the blood, relieves the inflammation of the kid neys, the chronic constipation and the catarrh that follows such a condi tion of the system. Though Mrs. Mary F. Welbotn, of High Point. N. C., is 80 years old and had sufiered from rheumatism for 20 y.-ars. she was completely cured by RHFUMAC1DE, and declares she feels’ years younger" and isanxious for "all who ate suffering from any of the forms of this dread disease" to try RHEUMACtDE and be cured. REV. J. R. WHEELER, a noted Methodist minister, of Reisterstown, Md . writes enthusiastically of RhEUMACIDE, which cured him. He is 75 years old and has been in the ministry 50 years. SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE FROM BOBBITT CHEMICAL CO., PROPRIETORS, BALTIMORE, MD. "GtTS AT THE JOINTS FROM THE INSIDE." FEMALE WEAKNESS 542 1-2 Congress St. Portland, Maine, Oct. 17,1102. I consider Wine of Cardai superior to any doctor’s medicine 1 ever used and X know whereof I speak. I suf fered for nine months with suppressed menstruation which completely pros trated me. Pains would shoot through my back and sides tuid I would have blinding headaches. My limbs would swell up and I would feel so weak I could not stand up. I naturally felt discouraged for I seemed to be beyond tire help of physicians, but Wine of Cardui came as a God-send to me. I felt a change for the better within a week. After nineteen days treatment I menstruated without suffering the agonies I usually did and soon became regular and without pain. Wine of Cardui is simply wonderful and I wish that alt suffering women knew of its good qualities. Treasurer, Portland Economic League IVrioilical headaches tell of fe male weakpess. Wine of Cardui cures permanently nineteen out of every twenty cases of irregular menses, bearing down pains or any female weakness. If you are discouraged and doctors have failed, that is the best reason in the world you should try Wine of Cardui now. Remember that headaches mean female weakness. Secure a £1.00 bottle of Wine of Carduitoday. WINE* CARDUI Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to Hon. J. E. Webster, Probate Judge for Cherokee county, S. C., at his office at the court house, Monday. January 25th, next at 11 o’clock a. m., for a final settlement and discharge as guardian of the estate of Annie W. Humphries, nee Brown, minor, but now of age. W. C. Carpentkr, Guardian for Annie W. Humphries, aee Brown. Dec. 28th, 1903. Published in Gaffney (S. C.) Ledger Jan. 1st, 8th, 15th and 22(1, 1904. BANNER 3A LVE the most heating salve In the wortd. F0LEYSH0NEMAR Cures Colds; Prevents Pneumonia F0LEYSH0NEYHDVR stops the cough and heals longs Tax Returns for 1904. Sour Stomach No appetite, loss of strength, ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are all due to indigestion. Kodol cures indigestion. This new discovery repre sents the natural Juices of digestion ss they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest known tonic and reconstructive properties. 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Vachek, of 15T Osgood St., Chioaeo, writes: “My wife had la grippe and it left bar with a very bad cough on her Innfe whieh Vouar’a Homey and Tab cured oompletcl/." 1 RYDALE'S TONIS A REAL CURE FOR It has recently been discovered that the germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply in the intestines and from there spread throughout the system oy means of the blood. This fact ex plains why Malaria is hard to cure by the old method of treatment. Quinine Iron, etc., stimulate the nerves and build up the blood, but do not destroy the germs that cause the disease. Rydale’s Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freein** them from all disease breeding im .• ■•bes. It also kills the germs that in test the veins and arteries. It drives Horn the blood all poisonous matter 1 makes it rich ana healthy. KY DALE’S TONIC is a blood .old. r, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria ti.yer. Try it, it will not disuji- p...at you. GAFFNEY DRUG CO. ! Okfick of County Auditor, | Chkrokkr County. i i Notice is hereby given that this office will be open from January ist, 1904, to February 20th, 1904, for the purpose of receiving returns of property for taxa tion. I will Ik? at the following places at the times hereinafter mentioned for receiving returns : At Draytouville, Monday, Jan. 1 ith. At Wilkinsville, Tuesday, Jan. 12th. At Surratt’s Store, Wednesday, Jan. 13th. At Asbury, Thursday, Jan. 14th. At Ravenna, (Brown’s Store), Friday, Jan. 15th. At Webster, (M. M. Tate's), Saturday, Jan. 16th. At Thickety, (Smith’s Store), Monday, Jan. 18th. At White Plains, (M. C. Lipscomb’s), Tuesday, Jan. 19th. At Macedonia, (School House), Wed nesday, Jan. 20th. At Butler, Thursday, Jau. 21st. At Ezell, Friday, Jau. 22(1. At Maud. (Linder’s Store), Saturday, Jau. 23d. At Cherokee Palls, Monday, Jan. 25th. At Kings Creek, Tuesday, Jan. 26th. At Antioch, (Church),Wednesday, Jan. 27II1. At Blacksburg, Thursday and Friday, 28th and 29th. At Buffalo, (School House), Saturday, Jan, 30th. At Allens, Monday, Feb. ist. At Grassy Pond. Tuesday, Feb. 2nd. During my absence at the above places the office will be kept open by G. W. * Speer. The books will close on Febru ary 20th and if anyone fails to make re turn by this date the law requires me to add a penalty of 50 per cent, to the re- 1 turn of 1903. All persons are required to state iu 1 what school district they live. If they i don’t know the district then they will be ; required to give the names of their school ! trustees. All persons having property in 1 Districts Nos. 9 and 10 will state how much and make separate returns therefor. All persons are required to make out and return a statement of all personal j property, money, credits, investments in bonds, joint stock com^inies, notes, mortgages, etc., it: yoiy i>ossession or under your ecfntrol as husband, guardian, agent, attorney, executor, or administra tor on the first day of January, 1904, and ' fix a value thereto. Anyone who has sold or bought real estate since they made their last return must make return of same, stating who to and how much, and if they bought, how much and who from. All buildings erected during the year must be returned and the value. All returns made before anyone except me must be sworn to. All persons liable to the income tax are required to make return of same. POLL TAX.—All persons between the ages of 21 and 60 years, except those in capable of making a living, are liable for poll tax. Confederate soldiers are ex empt at so vears. w. D. Camp, iw till 2-20, 04 Auditor. Kodol Dyopopsla Curo Digests what you sat. 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