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If anybody has a message for the people of this community he cannot deliver it to them so effectually, so cheaply, so quick ly in any other way as through the columns of this paper. It is the business of this pa per to carry messages of one kind and another into homes. The message will be delivered, too, under favorable conditions, for few persons take up their local paper except in a pleasant and receptive frame of mind. The sign upon the fence board may be good, but it can be seen only by travelers who go that particular road. The message in the local paper carries itself to thousands, no matter by which road they travel. Select your space and put your message where it will do die most good. W«, pcrhapa, can ham fM if job will bat a* m, FOR Up-to-Date JobJPrint- ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C Paints For Home Painters. * • * Those who have not Vept track of the developments in the art of painting will be surprised to find how easy it has been made for everybody to do good paint ing nowadays. We have paints for every purpose, all ready for the brush and so prepared that anyone can use them. Family Paints, in little cans. Buggy Paints, easily applied. Varnish Stains, both stain and varnish. Floor Paints, get hard as stone. Enamels, look like porcelain. Varnishes, for all purposes. Brushes, all kinds and sizes. Everything in paints and paint sundries. Cherokee Drug Co., r 3M Prescription Druggists. Cor. Limestone and Frederick Sts. If you get it at the Cherokee It’s :: We believe thoroughly in advertising. To prove it we are going to use this •pace for our own pur poses. We have advertis ing space to sell, and we know it will pay a good return upon the price we charge for it if it is prop erly used. Our paper goes into the best homes in this community. It has been going week after week and year after year until each issue is welcomed as an old friend of the family. The news it brings is news of neighbors, of per sonal affairs in which all have more or less of a com mon interest. If one of our readers called upon you, a merchant, you would do the best you could to con vince him that what you had for sale was the best he could buy. You would show him the new things you had got in recently. You would tell him why he should have them and why they were better than he could procure elsewhere. You probably would make a sale. Yoor effort, however, would be on- feed to one person. You could tell the same story just as effectively to every reader of this paper in each issue. You do not believe k would have the same ef fect? If you told the story In the seme wey it weald. We ere ready to do oer part te prove it one to toy it? Do you <> n <i it i i it i i < i it i> it n <> it it it * i ♦ 4 4 < 4 4 4 t | f 4 % 4 t ♦ 4- 4 4 I <r i> 4' i > 4. 4 I 4' 41 41 « Jr Calm age Sermon By Rev. Frank De Witt Talmatfe, D. D. JP ft Los Angeles, Cal., May 15.—A timely gospel for the great multitude who eross the ocean at this season or who journey on any waters, whether for pleasure or business, Is today the theme of the preacher. The text Is Acts xxvii, 36, “Then they were all of good cheer.” Have you ever followed the sea? In these days of multiplied facilities for ocean travel, when mammoth liners, equipped like floating palaces, carry tens and hundreds of thousands of passengers to and fro across the seas, with a sense of se<nirlty added to the maximum of comfort, we little think of the discomforts attendant upon the ocean voyages of half a century ago. But, though the (conditions of sea travel have so vastly improved In recent years that a Journey across the Atlan tic or up the Mediterranean is no longer an undertaking to be dreaded, there are still many traditions of the sea which time has not materially changed. If you have traveled much upon the ocean, you must know that there are superstitious sailors who dis like to carry ministers, or, as they call them, “sky pilots,” In their ships. Ever since the recreant Jonah was the cause of a Mediterranean cyclone, because he would persist in going to Tarshish when God told him to go to Nineveh, there have been sailors who believe the presence of a minister upon their ship means head winds and storms and dis asters and misfortunes. This prejudice against carrying a minister, like the prejudice against carrying a corpse or the starting of a voyage on a Friday, has been gradually getting less and lees as sailors have become better educated. Only a few months ago a great liner set out from our shores for the Holy Land carrying among her passengers several hundred ministers of the gospel. But in olden times the sailors would look with very distrust ful eyes upon any man In clerical garb who might cross their gangplank. The mutterlngs In the forecastle were loud and deep if two or more missionaries happened to be enrolled at the same time on the ship’s passenger list Rev. Dr. James McGregor Alexan der, the honored missionary of India, told me that when he and his wife and five other missionaries in 1865 set sail for India the sailors were in almost open mutiny at the idea of carrying such a dangerous cargo of human freight, but when they arrived in Cal cutta, after a long four months' voy age of unprecedented clear weather, those sailors were so surprised that in stead of considering their ministerial passengers “Jonahs” they looked upon them as “fair weather” angels. So completely had their opinion changed that they told their captain, who knew of their former foreboding, that they wished the missionaries were going back with them on their return voyage. Paul In the Storm. Superstition, however, is not easily eradicated. This prejudice against ministerial passengers has survived for centuries. Yet in the scene of my text we have an Instance of its being overcome. Here is Paul, a landsman, a prisoner and a missionary, so win ning the confidence of the crew that they heed his warnings and follow his suggestions. It was, too, In a crisis when nautical skill was needed that they listened to him. There was a storm raging of unusual violence. The dreaded hurricane they called eurocly- don was lashing the Mediterranean in to fury. There was darkness even at midday; all reckoning lost, all hope given up. Then the 275 persons on board turned to this little Jewish mis sionary for guidance and encourage ment They had begun the voyage against his advice. They might be prejudiced against him as a preacher and a prisoner, but they listened to him when he addressed them, bidding them be of good cheer. "And when he had thus spoken he took bread and gave thanks to God in presence of them all, and when he had broken It he began to eat Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat” Why were the crew and the pas sengers of this Alexandrian corn ship happy of heart? First, because faith always begets faith, and confidence confidence, and good cheer good cheer. The belief which Paul felt that “there should be no loss of any man’s life, but of the ship,” was, by his personal ex ample, Instilled into the hearts and minds of those by whom be was sur rounded. We know that cowardice is infectious. We know that when a ship is sinking at sea there is liable to be such a rush for the boats that a panic may ensue. Then the captain, knowing well that only by order and equanimity is there hope for the safety of any, will draw his pistol, and, with determined mien, declare that be will shoot the first man who disobeys or ders in forcing his way into the life boats. We know that when a regiment is resisting the charge of an enemy the colonel will take his position in the rear of the line and shoot down any cowardly soldier who would turn and flee. If one soldier were allowed to run to the rear, the whole regiment, like a herd of terror stricken cattle, might be stampeded with fear. If cowardice be infectious, why may not hope also be Infectious? Why Is not the calm mien of a Paul able to steady the nerves and make hopeful the Hearts of those who before had no hope •f being saved from n watery grave? What Make* Men lleroea. In the storms and trials of life how eften have courage and fortitude been Inspired by the example of some man strong in faith and undaunted In his confidence lu God! Men will believe in Christ’s power to save when they see a man whose reliance on him keeps them calm In the presence of death. When Hugh Latimer, the dying mar tyr, turned to the trembling Ridley, who was being tied to the stake at the same time that he was being tied, and said, “Be of good comfort. Master Rid ley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle by God’s grace In England as I trust shall never be put out,” at once Nicholas Ridley be came a man. His nerves ceased their quivering, and he was able to die as a Christian hero. When the frightened patriot Herault de Sechelles ascended the scaffold, over which hung the glit tering guillotine, and saw the surging French mob below him, he was as pale as death. His knees trembled and bis teeth chattered. But when he turned and looked at the intrepid Danton by his side, who scornfully said to the exe cutioner, “Man, wait a moment; let the people have a good look and see how a brave man can die,” Heranlt de Bechelles became as brave as Danton was brave. “I well remember my self,” wrote an old soldier, “as a fright ened boy trembling in the ranks at Gettysburg. With fear l saw the Con federate troops being massed for Pick ett's famous charge. All that I could do was to restrain myself from drop ping my gun and running to the rear. But suddenly every cowardly feeling in my heart was stilled when I beard a great shoat and saw the most mag nificent man I ever looked at calmly riding down the lines. Calmly and clearly be spoke as be said: ‘Steady, men, steady! We must hold these lines. Steady, steady!’ When I saw Winfield S. Hancock thus ride along, utterly oblivious to all personal dan ger, my heart became that of a hero. I became like unto him who at that moment was ay great exemplar.” Yes, yes. We all know what the power of a p -rsonal example means in life. We k» ow that when men are brave about us they make us brave. We know tt at when men are true they make us tr te. We know that when men are n< le examples of Christian faith they nspire us with like Chris tian faith. So when Paul, amid the sbriekings and groanlngs and bear ings and bombardments of the Medi terranean whirlwind, calmly and de liberately stepped forth and said, “Men, I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of any man’s life, but of the ship,” then the sailors and passengers stopped and said to themselves: “Why, that is strange talk. We cannot understand It, bat Paul must have had a super natural vision, or else he could not have spoken thus. You speak so posi tively, O preacher, that we believe you. What a God yours must be to inspire such confidence! Would that we had your faith and your religion." Men and women of the Christian life, are your actions and words living witness es of your faith in the saving grace of Jesus Christ? NethlikS Mean About Him. Why are the crew and the passen gers of this Alexandrian corn ship hap py of heart? Because Paul kept hold ing up before them the mistakes of their past life in order that they might the more easily be led to follow in his way. Paul was not a mere taunter, a sneerer, a ridiculer, a tantallzer. He was not one of those mean, contempti ble fellows who always stand around when anything goes wrong and say, “I told you so.” He was not one of those miserable comforters of Job who are about as healing to the bleeding heart as a poultice of cayenne pepper or stinging nettles would be to a man gled arm caught in a press. But Paul was like a good physician who comes to an overworked man and says: “My friend, I told you if you did not hold up you would have a nervous break down. Now this breakdown has come. Therefore I want you now to trust me and do what I tell yon to do, and then we will make you well.” Paul in the same gentle way as the good physi cian stands before those helpless voy agers and says: “Friends, I told yon not to loose from Crete. I told you that if we tried to make Rome during this winter equinoctial you would re gret it. But now that this harm has come to you I want yon to obey my commands, and I promise, by the God whom I represent, that there shall be no loss of any man’s life, but of the ship.” cut and Moose. It is a contemptible characteristic to tell a man his faults and keep telling them, merely to glory in his misery, even as a fiendish cat might tease and tantalize a little mouse and yet not kill it. It is a contemptible thing for a man to come around when your lit tle child lies cold in death and say: “Well, So-and-so, I am sorry your baby is dead, but I knew she would die. I knew it when you called in Dr. Big- dose as your physician. He always kills more patients than he ever enres. I told you so. I told you so. If you had only followed my advice, your baby would be alive today.” Can he bring the child back to life again? It la a mean, contemptible act in a man to come to yon, after a financial dis aster, and say, “Well, Jones, you were caught, were you? Just aa I expected. Aha! you would not take my advice,” when, in fact, the man never gave you any advice or offered any sensible plan by which you could get out of your threatened danger. But, though it is a mean and a contemptible act to ridi cule the misfortunes of others for the Joy you have In seeing other people suffer, It Is Justifiable to plead with them to accept your advice In their trouble by reminding them that your former advice would have saved them from getting Into the trouble. In order to erect n mansion It Is often necessary to tear down and clear nwny the walls of an old family home stead. But no man lias a right to tear down or destroy anything unless he can erect n better in Its place. The most mischievous of all social reform ers Is the destructive iconoclast who has nothing to offer us in the place of the Institutions he would tear down. We know our social system is imper fect, hut we would not have it mended by an anarchist, who, like the leaders of the French revolution of 1793, would commence by demolishing the good and the evil together. It Is easy enough to be a censorious critic. It Is not so easy a matter to furnish a bet ter for that which you deride. I re member many years ago, as an Imag inative boy, I read that strange, weird, horrible story called “Caesar's Col umn.” In fascination I followed its author step by step as he deftly tore the beautiful patterns of modern so ciety into shreds. In horror I read on as he denounced the social status, not as the generation of a Noah was de stroyed by this old earth as a water logged craft, shipping tidai wave after tidal wave, but as a huge column of piled up corpses. But as the years have passed by and boyish imagina tion has given place to sober thought the flames and the smoke arising from the funeral pyre of Caesar’s column, embellished with dead bodies, have grown less and less. The great air ships which circled about in the heav ens as great flocks of destroying birds have collapsed. Why? Berause I see as a man that, though Ignatius Don nelly might advocate the destruction .of society by finding fault with it, yet with his brain be could not construct for us a better Utopia. Lake Paul, never ridicule a man, never probe for his faults, unlees at the same time you can show him how to correct those faults. Never refer to a man’s malady or deformity unless you can tell him of a doctor who can apply a remedy for it Religion That Helps. Why were the crew and the passen gers of the Alexandrian corn ship of good cheer? Because Paul was a man of Christian common sense as well as of supernatural visions. He knew that the only religion that could really help a man must be a religion that could help him in the present life as well as fit him for a life beyond the grave. It was not only the promise of safety in the future that he gave those people? but the sound common sense counsel of preparation, by keeping up their strength for Insuring that safety. “What are you driving at anyway?” says some one. “Is Paul a mere hy gienic lecturer?” He is more than that, but he does not think it beneath bis dignity, after seeing the vision of God, to tell the crew and the passen gers of the Alexandrian corn ship to look after their physical necessities. He does not think it irreligious to gath er the men and the women of the doomed ship together and say: “Men, you are going to be saved, but God will never do his part unless we are ready to do ours. Now, tomorrow we are going to all get safely to land, but there is to be a big drain upon our physical resources. Some of us are now completely fagged out. We have not had a good meal for nearly two weeks. Let the cooks go and prepare the most nourishing dinner they can; then let us by turns gather in the cab ins. old and young alike, and eat a good, hearty repast We need faith for the soul; we also need meat for the body. Some people think the most dramatic episode of Paul’s life was when he stood upon Mars hill and ar gued with the Greek philosophers; oth ers when he pleaded for his life before Agrlppa. I think the most Impressive ly dramatic Incident was when he was standing upon the rocking, heating deck of a vessel whose hull was grad ually filling with water and telling the passengers and the crew to eat and look after their bodies, as God would surely save them on the morrow. Care of the Body. It la surprising bow little some peo ple care for the body in times of sick ness. I heard my mother say some years ago: “I was just down to see Elder Nicbolls. He was morbid and depressed. I said to him, ‘What have you eaten today, Mr. Nicbolls?' ‘Oh,’ he answered, *1 have taken nothing bat a little tea and a cracker. I cannot eat’ ‘My,’ I said, ‘this will not do! You must eat or you will never get strong!’ So 1 went and cooked him an egg and made him some good toast and procured for him a little fruit and before I left he was as bright and cheerful as a man could be. It does seem to me that half of our lack of faith in God comes from physical de pletion and not from spiritual weak ness.” Yes, my mother was right The same law that applied to Elder Nicbolls of the Brooklyn tabernacle applied to the passengers and crew of the Mediterranean corn ship. When they saw Paul’s faith they believed. When they bad eaten and cared for the body they began to be of good cheer. My brother, when you do God’s work, do not think it beneath your spiritual dignity to obey God’s physical laws. Paul praying, a mighty example for us to look after the spiritual bodies; Paul eating food, a mighty example for us to care for our physical bodies. Why were the crew and passengers of the Alexandrian corn ship of good cheer? Paul had not deceived them aa to the manner of their coming rescue. He had bluntly yet clearly told them what would happen, and, as events were turning out Just as he bad described, they were not In the least astonished when the ship came within sight of land and they knew that she was doomed. Though the vessel might be lost, they felt that their own lives were to be saved. Juat read very carefully, If you will, the account of this prophecy. Paul did not stand forth in the midst of tlu-m and say: “Oh, men, the tornado will cease, and the billows of the sea shall lie down, and the sun will again break forth from behind the clouds, and, in gala day attire, we shall sail Into the harbor of our destination.” He did not prophesy a pleasant voyage with all friends gathered on the shore to greet them as they disembarked. He did not say, “We shall only be de tained a few days and then hurrah for the pleasures of life in the city!” Oh, no; that was not Paul’s way. He told the truth. He said: “Men, we shall be saved; hut, like Job, we shall only escape as by the skin of our teeth. We must become waterlogge(L We must beach our craft and it will be beaten and gnashed into kindlings. We must lose all our cargo and per sonal baggage. We shall be rescued alive, but that is all.” Then, when the sailors saw the literal fulfillment of the prophecy of Paul, their faith in their leader and in their leader’s God not only continued, but increased day by day. Trial and Adversity. I believe that in urging men to come to Christ we make a mistake when we do not frankly state the hardships and difficulties of the Christian life. There are, us every experienced Christian knows, sacrifices that must be made, privations that must be endured, strug gles that must be fought It la better that we acknowledge the fact as Christ did when men came to him of fering themselves as his disciples. If we fail to tell them that they must ex pect trial and perhaps adversity In fol lowing Christ they will consider that they have been deceived and will be disappointed and discouraged when they encounter trouble. As Paul told these men that they would have to bat tle with the waves and be in danger of death on that rocky coast before they reached safety, so we should tell men that the way to heavenly Joys is often hard and toilsome. Paul demanded of those passengers and sailors of the Alexandrian eorn ship the same sacri fices for their physical salvation which Hernando Cortes demanded of his fol lowers for the conquest of Mexico. During one of his marches the Span ish soldiers became disaffected. Cortes assembled his men in line. “Men, some of you are grumbling,” he said sub stantially. “Some of you want to know what rewards I have to offer you at this time. This Is my answer.” Then, drawing a line upon the ground with the edge of his sword, he pointed with his steel toward the great east and said, “On that side of this line are ease end comfort, home and friends and a life of ease in fair Spain.” Then, pointing to the great west, he said: “Yonder are sickness and privation and hunger and cold and death. But yonder la the beautlfnl capital of the Montezumas. Which shall be yours? Choose ye this day as ye will. Choose ye aa brave Castilians.” Christ today, like Panl, like Hernan do Cortes, promises bis followers not peace, but struggle and privation; not ease and comfort, but storm and suf fering and trials and misery. But In the end, like Paul, Christ assures you of salvation. Aye, more than Paul of fered to the shipwrecked sailors and passengers of the Alexandrian corn ship, Christ offers to you spiritual re demption for time and for eternity. Men and women, are you ready to face suffering and sacrifice in the name of Jesus Christ? Are you willing to be lieve him and trust in him. even in crises when your life seems a hopeless shipwreck ? "Coaraee, Christ Ian Brother.” But why should not the passengers and crew of the Alexandrian corn ship be of good cheer? Did not the prophetic words of Paul literally come true? When the mighty ship struck the beach what happened? Paul turned to the brawny armed men about him and said, “Leap Into the surf and swim for your lives.” And these stout limbed men flung themselves into the seething wa ters and swam on until at last tbelr feet touched the shore and they made ready to rescue tbelr struggling friends. Some of the women, being in all prob ability strapped to spars, were lifted by the heaving billows and swept upon the rocks, where they were rescued. Some of the men may have come ashore clinging to boards and broken gunwales. At times it seemed as though they must be washed off, but somehow they are at last all landed. So in the end of time and in the be ginning of eternity all Christians shall be safely brought to the heavenly shores, through stress and storm and peril, it may be, but still safe. Yes, we will be there. We shall all be there. Courage, Christian brother. Fear not the perils of the passage. ‘Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof,”the promise of Christ, like the words of Paul, shall come gloriously true. Blacken no aall, brother. At Inlet or Island; Straight by the compass steer, Straight for the highland. Fear not the darkness. Dread not the night. God's word Is thy compass. Christ Is thy light. Crowd all thy canvas on. Out through the foam. It soon will be morning And heaven be thy boms. [Copyright, 1904, by Louis Klopsch.] To Farmer and Stockman. For Farmers and Stock Owners, use Elliott’s Emulsified Oil Liniment —Is the best ever produced. You get a full half pint for 25c. and you’ll find It a very satisfactory liniment for use In the family and on animals. Gaffney Drug Co. —Big drive in men’s Linen Collars, sizes 13 to 17H: all 4-ply linen, Plu- ett, Coon & Co.’s make. 5 for 25c, at J. C. Lipscomb ft Co. If an artist understands figures he isn’t necessarily a mathematician. C. Eskridge B 4 U llave your Hlackitiulthliig (June All Smithing, Iron and Wood Work done in first-class style and at reasonable rates. (Fortenberry’s Old Stand). IHPORTANT. This is very important to you if you are going to buy anything that goes into your home in the way of Furniture, Stoves, Crock ery, China, Glassware and many other useful things too numer ous to mention. We have been receiving new goods almost daily since we have opened, and would like for you to call and inspect our stock and get our prices be fore you buy. Our intention is to sell our share of the goods that are sold in our line, if quali ty and the right sort of prices will sell them. We have receiv- e<i a beautiful line of rugs that will be sold cheaper than ever before in Gaffney. Also a big shipment of odd pieces of China and Glassware which help so much to make the table look more attractive. Our line of Rockers can’t be beat anywhere. We have them from|i.ooto$8.oo. Come and see our |io.oo Center Table—old time style and a beau ty. Remember that we are ad ding all kinds of novelties to our stock—things that are suitable for wedding and birthday pres ents, and other things too num erous to mention, that will please the children. Come to see us whether you buy or not—we will appreciate it. W, V. Humphries & ., In Austell BuBdins Next to Gaffney Live Stock Co. Stables. Thel Up-to-date Market. The reason we say up-to-date is, we keep everything good to eat all at one place and handled by experienced men. We will men tion a few: Fine, fat Beef, Pork, Sausage. Any cut desired. To boil: Cabbage, Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Beans, Peas. For pies: Can Peaches, Blackberries and the old time Huckleberries. They are elegant. It takes no sugar. Fine green Apples, Oranges, Onions and Onion Sets and Garden Seeds. When you want something good, just call No. 6o and it will soon oe there. L. W. McCUINN. RYDALE'S TONIC A REAL CURE FOB It has recently been discovered that the germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply in the intestines and from there spread throughout the system bv means of the blood. This fact ex plains why Malaria is bard to cure by the old method of treatment. Quinine, Iron, etc , stimulate the nerves art! 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 bo*wels, freein" them from all disease breeding mi crobes. It also kills the germs that infest the veins and arteries. It drives from the blood all poisonous matter and makes it rich and healthy. RYDALE’S TONIC is a blood builder, a nerve restorer, and a Malaria destroyer. Try it, it will not disap point you. OAPFWEY DRUG CO. proi* BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES LUMBER, SHIN6LES, LATHS. DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILIN6, MOULDING. also a rma Ltaa or Paints and Oils 50c to |1.30 per gal. S2J2 L. BAKER Dr. S. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON:- OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad- uate^course in the Eye, Ear, Nose’and Throa^Hospital of Baltimore. GIajks Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. J* J* J* •9*Office in Cherokee Drug Co., B’ldg. and Sundries, Look, boys, before you buy. I have got the things you are look ing for and the price you want to pay. I have got bicycles and sup plies down so a poor man can buy as well as the rich. Call at my market and store on Lime stone Street below The Ledger office, about fifty yards from the dispensary, and ask for prices and see goods. I will surprise you if you come and want to buy. Come one, come all—the best wheels at the lowest prices. Phone No 23 Granard Street and 183 Limestone Street. W. J. MANESS, Prop.