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\ 4>' > v /v y IXI©IM11E! OSWMIRE TOE BRM Most healthy, vigorous men and women in the United States are raised on good, old- . fashioned Arbuckles* ARIOSA Coffee. IS 1 ever mind what the others drink, you want to be well. Say things Jo the man who tries to switch you from Arbuckles’ to' coffee that pays him big profits at the expense of your stomach. Ccmplie, with all requirements of the National Pure Food Law. Guarantee No. 2041, Bled at Washington LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. Calm age Sermon By Rev. Frank De Witt Talimfe. D. D. l>os Angeles, Cal., Aug. 25.—In tills tcnnoii the preacher shows the uplift ing power and Influence of a strong, upright character upon the lives and conduct of those with whom he may 1** associated. The text Is Acts xxvil. 30, ‘ Then they were all of good cheer.” The prejudice against ministerial passengers formerly held by sailors aboard ship was very hitter. Yet to day In the scene of my text we see Paul, the gospel missionary, overcom ing the prejudice of the crew. Amid the .Mediterranean euroelydon we see him winning their confidence to such an ex tent that he becomes practically the captain Instead of the captive. After weeks of tossing about upon a treach erous sea, with ail hearings lost, the 275 souls aboard turn to this little Jew i and beg Ids advice as to what they ! should’’do. They say, “We will obey I your orders; we will eat when you tell j us to eat and cast off our anchor ea- | hies when you tell us to cast them off.” j "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 til! ot good eheer, and they also took some meat.” | Now. why did these sailors upon the Medilerraneaneorn ship have such faith ! in this evangelistV In the first place bo- j cause they realized that there was usu- power about this strange Thev could not analyze his State of South Carolina, Oountv cf Cherokee. By J. E. Webster. Esquire. Probate Judge. Whereas, Amanda Crocker has made suit to me, to grant Jasow S. Crocker Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of John R. Crocker, deceased. , These fre therefore to cite and ad- permitural monish all and singular the kindred man of God and creditors of the said John R. Crocker, deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the court of probate, to be held at Cherokee court house, Gaffney, S. C., on Satur-i day. August 31st, next after publica tion thereof, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they man oi the world does not have to have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 16th day of August. • Anno Domini, 1907. J. E. WEBSTER, Probate Judge. Pub. in Gaffney Ledger Aug. 23 and 3cth. 1907. power. They could not tell theologic ally from whence it came. But they felt its power just the same, as we can feel the thrill of the electric current as soon as we place our fingers upon the handles of an elite trie battery. And the PARTITION SALE. On Sept. 9th at 12 o’clock, on th« premises, we will offer for sale for the purpose of division th® property belonging to the Ravenna Gin Com pany, consisting of lot, building, m* chineryand accounts due the com pany. This property will be sold to the highest bidder. Terms of sale—One half cash; bal ance on December Ist, with mort gage on the property to secure the unpaid portion, with privilege of paying al] cash. Parchcaser to P*y far all papers. Ravenna Gin Co. Aug 13. 16. 20, 23. 27 and 10. NOTICE. NOTICE—Hats of all kinds clean ed and blocked. Clothes cleaned and pressed. 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As soon as such a man comes in contact with a spirit tilled life he realizes the supernatural inllucnee. The more worldly the man the more that spiritual intluenee will be made manifest to him. I was never more impressed with this fact than when I read an incident in tin* life of the great French surgeon Inipuytren. l>r. Dupuytren was the greatest Pa risian surgeon of his time, hut he was an ungodly man. He hated the church with an intense hatred. Be sides thai. he was one of those brusque, cruel, unfeeling men who have no sym pathy witli pain. The knife to him was the remedy for all ills. As long as his knife could cure he eared not whether the patient suffered mental or physical anguish. Surgery was to him a business. The spiritual development of Ins soul seemed to be entirely lack ing. But one day there came into his office an old, gray haired, gentle, beau tiful faced priest. “What do you want?” gruffly asked Inipuytren. For answer the good priest began to take off’ a big woolen cravat and showed the surgeon a hideous tumor upon his neck. Dupuytren looked at it a mo ment. He pressed it roughly with his finger and then brutally said: “You’ll have to die w itli that. This tumor can never be cured. fliank you.” said tin* priest. Then lie began to replace tin* woolen cravat as he replied. “I now know that I must prepare myself for giving up my life’s work and also pre pare my poor parishioners who love me much for my leaving them.” The great surgeon turned Ins cold gray eyes up on the priest a minute, and those eyes bored straight down into tin* patient’s heart. Then be said, with gentle voice: “Gome to my hospital tomor row and we will see what we can do. There is one chance in a thousand to save you.” Curing the Priest. The priest came to the hospital the next day. With a submissive prayer he laid himself down upon the op erating table. In a month he was discharged a well man. As he was leaving he took out of his jioeket thir ty pieces of silver and with trembling hand offered them to the surgeon, say ing: “Doctor, this is all the money I have. I walked all the way from my house to pay you this.” But Dupuy tren said, “Keep them, man; keep them!” Then he opened his money drawer and took out a handful of gold and injured the napoleons Into the priest's lap and said: “Here Is some money for the |s»or. May God bless you. his servant, to lalsir for him for many years among your people.” A few years later that great s.urgeon died, a lielieving, trusting Christian, in the arms of that humble priest. Did you ever read a story more beau tiful? And yet the power of the gospel is being preached In many lives as that hnmble priest by his serenity and faith preached to Dupuytren. A man does not have to stand In a pulpit to be an evangelist of Jesus Christ. The spirit filled life radiates a supernatural Influ ence everywhere. No sooner did those sailors upon that Alexandrian corn ship come Into touch with Paul than they felt then* was a supernal power about him which they lacked. What Is the spiritual influence of your life, O man? What Is the spiritual influence of your life; O woman? In order that your friends and nelghls*rs may lie sure that you are a Christian, do they have to go to the church liooks and find your name enrolled among its mem bers? Or by your looks, by your gen tle words, by your simple, trustful faith, do they perceive that you are walking with God, even as Enoch walksd In the early ages of the world’s history? I do not ask you If you are preaching Christ from a pulpit, but I ask whether your light is shining, so that men seeing your dally life realize that God is In you of a truth? Is It a spirit filled life which preaches the gentleness of Jesus Christ wherever you go? The sailors of that Alexan drian corn ship lielieved In Paul, be cause Paul's face, like Moses’ face, after he had lieeii upon Mount Sinai, was shining and radiating with the su pernal love of the Divine Teacher. Brave In Counsel. But there was still another reason why Paul exerted this marvelous influ ence over the sailors of the Alexan drian corn ship. He had a spirit filled life. Oh, yes! Every one who came in touch with him realized that. But he wa* also one who was faithful in pointing out a man’s past mistakes. When the ship was tossing and tum bling aliout in the Mediterranean cy clone he practically said this: “I am a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a messenger of the Lord God Al mighty. Men, last night one of God’s angels came to me and said: ‘Fear not, Paul. Thou must be brought before Caesar, and, lo. God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.’ Yes, we are all goiug to be saved, every one of us.^ But stop. How did Paul intro duce this statement which had come from God? He turned and pointed his linger at those trembling sailors and said: “Men, the reason you are In your present plight is because you would not heed my advice in the beginning. I told you not to loose from Crete. I told you we Would get into difficulty if you did. But you wanted to hasten on and get to Plieniee and spend the win ter there in sin and carousal. You have made one mistake. Now will you make another?” And, my friend, you and I can never preach Jesus Christ aright unless we ere first brave enough to point out to men the errors of their past life. We cannot teach men to come to Christ unless wo, like Paul, are first faithful in warning men against tin* sinful acts of their bygone years. It does not take very much grace to go and compliment a man on his vir tues and praise him when In* Is do ing right. Bui ii takes lots of grit t<> put your finger upon the weaknesses of a man’s life alid tell him when he is doing wrong. It fakes lots of grit for a Nathan to stand up and say to King David. "Thou art a libertine and a murderer." It takes lots of grit for tin* members of a privy council of King Solomon to say to the young prince Rehoboam: "Thou art wrong. Comply with the requests of the peo ple, and they will serve thee.” And when they said it they knew that their advice would cost them their official positions. It takes lots of grit for a young preacher like Henry Ward Beecher to be at the head of a church in Indianapolis, where most of its members an* antagonistic to the aboli tionist movement, and stand up and defy a Nvholc community and say. “The slave ought to be free.” It takes lots of grit for a young clerk, when he is asked to do something dishonest, to say to his employer: "No, sir. I will not do it. because it Is wrong." It takes lots of grit for a young girl who loves a young man devotedly to say to that young man: “Harry, I love you. I love you with all my heart, and yet If you are not true to your better self, and if you do not turn your back upon your evil associates, 1 must turn my hack upon you." In other words, it takes lots of grit to come to your friends and neighbors and place your finger upon the weak spot of their mental, moral and spiritual life and say: “Here, you must change. In or der to do right for the future you must rectify this wrong of the past.” Are you willing as a friend to point out to your friends the weaknesses of their lives. as > Paul warned the sailors of the Alexandrian corn ship? A Story of Edward Livingston. For my own part I can think of no greater joy than that which would come to us if we were to go to those we love to warn them of their sins and weaknesses, which are threaten ing to destroy them. There is a beau tiful story told nltout the great Ed ward Livingston. Perhaps he was the greatest of all the great men who have home that family name. But few men have been greater from a worldly standpoint than he. He was represent ative in congress, mayor of New York city. United States senator from Loui siana. secretary of state and minister to France. One day in his old age a friend said to him, “Senator, what was the supreme moment of your life?” Without a moment’s hesitation, he re plied: “Some years ago that supreme moment came when I wa delivering an address at the dediea,..>n of the Masonic temple at New Orleans. I was speaking upon the duty of man loving mau. Among other things I said: ‘My brethren, have you searched yonr hearts? Do you find any lurking animosity against a brother? Have you the felicity never to have cher ished or are you so happy as to have banished all envy at his prosper ity, all malicious joy at his misfor tunes? If you find this Is the result of your scrutiny, enter with confidence the sanctuary of union. But if the examination discovers either rankling jealousy or hatred long concealed, or even unkindness or offensive pride, I entreat you, defile not the altar of friendship with your unhallowed of fering. but in the language of Scrip ture, “First he reconciled to thy broth er and then come and offer thy gift.” ’ As a result of that plea, two brothers whom we all knew, who bad been estranged from each other for years, arose and rushed toward each other and with mutual sobs flung them selves Into one another's arms.” Do you wonder that Edward Liv ingston looked upon that victory a* the supreme moment of his life? With the firm, gentle touch of a friend he placed his finger upon the weak spots of two brothers’ lives and said: "Here, yon must change. Here, you must l>e puri fied. Here, you must l»e true to your nobler and better selves.” Cannot we do thus toward those who come in con tact with us In life? Shull we not cease to make It our first concern to please our friends and try rather to benefit them? Shall we not Is* true to those who are about us by warning them of the mistakes of their past lives, as Paul did with the sailors pf the Alexandrian corn ship when he Bald, “Sirs, ye should have hearkened tmto me and not have loosed front, Crete and to have gained this harm and loss." A Gospel to Livo By. But there was still another'reason why Paul captured the minds and the hearts of the sailors of this Alexan drian com ship. Paul was a man of gospel visions, but he was more than that He was n mau of fine Christian common sense. He knew that the re ligion which was not fitted for a prac tical, everyday, commonplace life was no religion at all. He believed In a gospel to die by, but he also lielieved in a gospel to live by. He lielieved In that practical gospel so firmly that he tried to get the men to care for their physical bodies and to look after their physical strength. Here, for instance, is a mother. She has four of five children. Scarlet fe ver, one of the most dreaded of all nursery diseases, enters her home. First one child comes down, then another and another and another. This mother Is not strong at her best, but she is so devoted to those children that she nev er sleeps outside of the sickroom. She never undresses except to take her bath. For weeks or even mouths she Is up night and day. Her hand must give the medicine. Her hand must wM give you that much (or it now." With that Mr. Ackers lifted his foot kAA drove it through the canvas, say ing, “Now, Hawkins, drop the old pic ture and spend your £50 and let us have some fun.” So it is with all men who are living the easy life. Like the prodigy Hawkins, their lives are doom ed to failure. So Is it with the Chrie- ttan life. We must battle with storm. We must sacrifice. We must give up for Jesus, or else Jesus cannot save ua and bring us to the higher Christian life. But there Is one more lesson I want to draw from this Mediterranean ship wreck In reference to the Christian life, and then I am done. Paul did not say to those tossing, trembling seamen, “One-half of this crew shall be saved If ye abide by the ship.” He did not say, “Three-fourths or five- eighths or nine-tenths of this crew shall hi; saved if ye abide by the ship.” Ah, no! Some of the men and women would have grumbled had he said that. They would have answered: “Why are some of us saved and not all?” But Paul said. “The angelic messenger said to me, ‘Lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.’ ” So I come to you today and say: “Men and women and children, In the name of Jesus Christ you can all be saved through hts blood if you will only cling to the cross of Jesus Christ and live. Will you accept that Invitation? Will you be saved by that cross? All! Yea, all! Will you be lieve God and accept him now? And, oh, if you will only believe this and accept Christ, what a glorious time it will Ik* when we are landed upon the other shore! I supjiose when that great Alexandrian corn ship went to pieces upon the island of Malta the Inhabitants of that island were down there upon the beach to help the strug gling men and women to land. Can- Women Who Wear Well. It Is astonishing how great a change a few years of married life often make In the appearance and disposition of many women. Tho freshness, the charm, the brilliance vanish like tho bloom from a peach which Is rudely handled. The matron is only a dim shadow, a faint echo of tho charming maiden. There are two reasons for this change, Ignoranco and neglect. Few young women appreciato the shock to the system through tho change which comes with marriage and motherhood. Many neglect to deal-with the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak nesses which too often come with mar riage and motherhood, not understanding that this secret drain is robbing the cheek of its freshness and the form of its fairness. As surely as the general health suffers when there is dlhaQgement of the health of the delicate womaMgorgans, so surfcly a whefT'th^se organs ^Established in k health the rue gmMjnh^tonce witness* to the iact in rNw^ed comethM^^ Nearly B_milUon women have found health and happiness In the use of Dr. Pierce’s Fa vorite Prescription. It makes weak worn* en strong and sick women well. Ingredi ents on laiicl—contains no alcohol or harmful habit-forming drugs. Made wholly of those native, American, medic inal roots most highly recommended by leading medical authorities of all the sev eral schools of practice for the cure of woman’s peculiar ailments. For nursing mothers,or for those broken- down in health by too frequent bearing of children, also for the expectant mothers, to prepare tho system for the coming of baby and making its advent easy and almost painless, t here Is no medicine quite so good as "Favorite Prescription.” It can do no harm in any condition of the system. It is a most potent invigorating tonic and strengthening nervine nicely adapted to woman’s delicate system by a physician of large experience in the treat ment of woman’s peculiar ailments. Dr. Pierce rnav is* consulted by letter free of charge. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. N.Y. cover up tin* invalids. The doctors and not you see them plunging Into the the friends sec* her breaking down, i surf to drag the poor fellows out? They say: “Mother, you must stop. When the time of our landing upon You must take your rest. Other nurses the celestial shore comes, cannot you ' can sit up during the night. You wNll ace our dear ones rushing Into the ! break down.” “No, no,” she answers, river of Death to drag us out? Oh, j “No one must nurse my children but I yes; they will come so near when the ! myself.” After awhile she pulls her, surges of death are rolling over us , last baby through. Then she falls in! that methinks their celestial hands! a dead faint. They undress her and put her to bed, but It is too late. The poor weak pulse flutters and stops. The mother is dead. “She is a martyr to her children," the neighbors say. Is she a martyr? No. emphatically no. She died because she did not have any common sense. Other nurses could have taken her place while she rested. Other nurses could have taken her place while she ate. Now that she Is dead no one else can take that moth er’s place. Women, beware! Paul is bidding you look after your health. Better join Paul for a little while in the cabin of that Alexandrian corn ship and eat your bread and look after your physical strength. Your children need you In the years to come even more than they need you now. Here Is a young minister just called to a great church. He is a very con scientious man a|id believes that he must do all the work that comes to his hand. He calls *pon the rich and the poor alike. He works far Into the night o\Vr his sermons. He goes to this meetitjg and to that and to this funeral and thfit funeral. He is like a horse running at a mad rate until Ills flanks are bathed with foam. After awhile he drops in his tracks. “Poor fellow*!” people say. “He died a martyr to his work.” Oh, uca not that. God did not call that young minister to break himself down. God does not expect any one mau to do the work of Ihn men. Better hold up, Christian worker. Better dine with Paul in the Alexandrian corn ship. God wants you to care for your phys ical strength In order to be able to do his work well. If Paul could af- wlll almost touch our dying pillows. Aye, can you not see those hands reaching out now? Can yon not see them beckoning? Will you not ac cept this invitation for that heavenly reunion awaiting us all? Yea, for all who will Ik* saved through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ! Listen. Ixet me read: "And so It came to pass that they escaped all safe to land.” Fa ther, mother, brother, sister, child. Is that to he the record of your family’! celestial advent? [Copyright, 1907, by Louis Klopsch.j The Original Wagner Singer. Speaking of Josef Tichatschek, whose one hundredth birthday was celebrated In musical circles July 11, a Prague paper says: “He was the original Wagner singer. He was the one who laid the foundation for Wag ner’s great triumphs. As the name Indicates, he was a Bohemian, bom In 1807, the son of poor weavers at Weckelsdorf. He began his career as a chorus boy gin the Benedictine clois ter near his home, and, like many other great singers, he studied medicine, but deserted the Vienna university to be come a member of tho Royal Opera. In 1838 he went to Dresden, where he won his laurels and where he re mained in active* service for thirty- two years. In October, 1842. the first performance of ‘Rleuzi’ took place at Dresden. Wagner was a struggling musician in Paris at the time, and the performance won for him the di rectorship of the Dresden Opera. From that day forward there was a brotherly friendship between the mas ter and the singer, which lasted until ford to care for his body, you can af- j Wagner died.” ford to care for yours. j H« Told the Truth. A Long Search. But there was another reason why One of tin* portraits of Revolntlonaiy Paul gripped the sailors of the Alexan- ! heroes which hang in Independence drian coni ship. He did not deceive; hall, Philadelphia, had up to a short Sour Stomach No appetite, loss oi strength, nervous ness, headache, constipat on, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are all due to Indigestion. Kodol relieves ind gestion. 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You are to have a hard battle ahead. You think the seas are rough now, hut they are going to lie far rougher. They are going to batter us dhout until we become a helpless derelict. Then they will fling us upon the rocks, and this great ship is to be knocked Into kindling wood. Bat out of the st/uggle and the storm time ago lK*en unidentified. One after another all the other pictures were cor rectly named and placed, but this face bung In a place of honor, unknown. For six years a committee of Daugh ters of the Revolution have worked, endeavoring to penetrate the mystery of this portrait, and at last their en deavors have been successful. Through an engraving made in 1810 the picture has been placed and its subject identi fied as Captain William Smith of Sooth Carolina. g Captain Smith’s nama does not oecur often In the history of the war. He was only eighteen years old when the God is going to bring us all safely to British invaded South Carolina. But land. Now, men, if you trust God boy as he was, he organized a company you must Ik* prepared to meet this and, with the help of a Georgia troop, struggle.” Thus Paul spoke. And I successfully attacked an English gar- thus all gosjiel evangelists shonld | rison. Ills picture was painted by speak when they are pleading with James Sharplcss and has hung these men and women to accept Jesus many years, keeping Its secret In the Christ. * faces of the inquiring or indifferent You cannot make a good Christian public, unless you are willing to battle with storm for Christ and struggle against Sir Samuel Montagu, almost insurmountable difficulties. The In connection with the announcement life of Christian ease is always the life ! that Sir Samuel Montagu, Bart., has of failure. The life of self sacrificing | been created a peer of the realm by the king of England a Berlin paper struggle for Jesus Is always the Ufe of spiritual success. It is said that the greatest artistic genius England ever produced was a young man named Hawkins. He was, like Thomas Chat- terton, a precocious marvel. When he was twenty years of age, he was her alded as “the coming Michael Angelo.” Bat the trouble with young Hawkins was that he was never willing to make the sacrifices necessary for his success In art On one occasion he was aaksd tjy Mr. Ackers, a prominent member of the Brideh parliament, to make a ptsasms Journey with him and eome friends to Parte. *1 cannot” he i$e- pUed. ”1 have to flu lab a picture.” “How much do poo expert fee get far that pletun after It la finis bed T* aak- *4 Mr. Askers. “Fifty poan*.“ “I made the statement that the new lord was "a Jew In name only.” To this contention the Zionist organ at Cologne takes exception and says: "Sir Samuel, who Is now I^inl Stoneman. is not only a consistent Jew, hut the acknowl edged leader of the Orthodox party In his country. 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