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' " ' nF^-s-T,-^ .*, V r n. 1 | r .r., ,,....-.flu, 1 ""*" r- ,_ ■ —-- r r-w yiRAGOOD Y OU’D have to look a long time to find an other store so cautious and painstaking in its efforts to give mothers the very best of value and good taste an boys’ clothing. We’re in business tJStt?; to succeed. VvanttoflUMK* every purchase so 9ttir* factory that you’ll always buy here and tell your friends about us. These are the reasons we sell xwaaap. Whether you buy a suit or over coat, you get in XTRAGOOD the best material* and workmanship put into clothing. We guarantee XTRAGOOD; it will prove more durable, reliable and satisfactory. Insist upon it. Russian Overcoats and Reefers for ages 3 to 10. Russians made from blue kersey and cheviot, fancy miaed goods; neatly trimmed* Reefers in navy blue chinchilla, aeelton and kersey; velvet collar h«ttoae B close :aaB PricM i $5^0 B 91^ ^ Boys* Overcostsjor ages 7 to 16. Made from black and oxford mel- Calmage Sermon fly Rev. Frank De Witt Talmafe, D. D. >an, fancy mixed cheviots. linings Prices $5 up tmR12l .CarrollS Byers NOTICE OP PINAL DIOCHAROE- NoOee U hereby given that I will anrig to Hon. J. B. Webster, Probate Judge cor Cherokee county, 8. C., on Baf flay, November 2nd, nest at 10 e’aloak A. M. for final settlement and illsgiargn aa administrator of the ae tata nf Thos. j. Van pelt, deceased, v AM persons holding claims against said estate must appear and present the same, on or before that time, or b? fsrever barred. Mattie Vanpelt, Adssx. estate Thos. J. Vanpelt, de- Mb. In Gaffney Ledger Oct 11, IS, IS as* Nov. 1, 1907. NOTICE. All persons are warned not to eater upon the lands of John H. L. Wood, deceased, for the purpose of bunting birds, parties disregarding this no- tlce win be dealt with strictly accord- to law. R. C. Howard, Agent IS. Nov. 1, S. IS. TRESPASS NOTICE. AR persons are hereby notified not to tsespess on my land for the par pose of hunting, cutting timber, etc* under penalty of the law. Any cat tle raanlng loose on my land will be taken up and charged for according to tow. MRS. NANCY MARTIN. Get 11, IS, 25 Nov. l pd. ^ARK^R’S HAIR BALSAM CImtmm sod •MtuUfes the he Proiostte s luxuriant frowth. W-ver Valle to Restore Orey Heir to r« youthful Color. Cure, ecalp u .cim - ft h Ur iallioe. SAWsalve Che most heeitno solve In the world. FOimHONET^TAR THE OSIG’NAL LAXATIVE COUGH SYSUP KEMEOn UXATIVE HONE WAR tod Clsnr Vkw.’Tk 'ni ll’ner Se* sc Ceery lulls. FOLEpHOWEY^rAR BsWIHfc Setoe VerPCee (BanKIWEYCURE Dyspepsia Oa wte wltort yna Mt* We de eat de all Unde ef -we de the GOOD Mnd. Los Augeles, Cul., 0<-t. 27.—In this sermon the heavenly capital anti it. attractions are presented, in a new aspect, and St. John’s description re ceives a realistic and beautiful inter pretalion. The text is Revelation zxi. 16. “The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.” A man’s visions or idealisms or men tal similitudes inevitably take upon themselves the forms and colorings and characters of his physical sur roundings. When Pharaoh dreamed his dreams he did not have rapturous revelations of the coming grandeurs of a Persian capital. He caught no glimpse of the future glories of Athens, Rome. Berlin, Loudon. St. Petersburg or New York. He saw a vision of his own pasture lands and of his own river Nile, flowing past his palace door. lie saw his own cattle and his own wheattields. His dreams were of familiar scenes. The peculiarity was in what these familiar objects did. The seven lean cattle ate up the seven fat cattle, tka seven lean stalks ate up ttoo aevaa fiat stalka. The seven fat aatoto capiaaaatai seven yean of pleaty; tfe> eevso leaa luprseanted sev en jeum of want, bat all were the same kind of cattle which Pharaoh’s herdsmen were then tending upon the royal domains. When Joseph, the shepherd's son, dreamed Ids dreams emblematic of Ids future greatness the picture in his vision did not show him the glories of an Egyptian premiership, in all prob ability. living the simple herdsman’s life, lie at that time had no concep tion of what a royal court was like. No, Joseph did not dream of ermine and coronets and thrones. He saw the sun and the moon and the eleven stars making obeisance to him. He saw the sheaves of wheat which his brethren were binding In the flelds bow down and worship his sheaf. He saw these astronomical and agricul tural similes because as a shepherd boy guarding his flock by night he had often watched and studied the ’stars. He saw the sheaves because as a farmer’s boy lie had often watched the workmen gathering the harvests, and bis own back and arms often had been wearied with binding the sheaves, for on the farm during the harvest time all the men and hoys who could carry the scythe were pressed into service. It is a psychological law that when w’e see visions they may lie ridic ulous or grotesque, but they generally relate to objects familiar to us in our waking hours. St. John’s Vision of Heaven. When St. John upon the island of Patmos caught a glorious vision of the celestial capital, the New Jerusalem, what was more natural for him than to pattern it after the greatest and the most wonderful city bis eyes had ever seen? He certainly did not picture heaveu as any of the modern cities you and I are accustomed to see. He did not think of the New- Jerusalem as built upon sand dunes by a beautiful harbor, as San Frcndseo is built be side the lapping waters of the Golden Gate of the Pacilic. Ho did not find it among the waving palms and the beau tiful flower gardens and the orange groves under the shadow of the snow capped mountains of Gray back and Han Bernardino, as is Redlands, the most l>eaiitifuJ city of all California. He imagined the New Jerusalem de scending from heaven and alighting on a hill, as the Davldlc capital was upon a hill. Then St. John imagines this celestial city surrounded by a great wall. Though this wail was glittering with myriads of precious stones, it was the same kind of a wall that en circled the capital of the Holy Land. Let us try to Imagine the exterior of the celestial capital which we call heaven as John saw it in vision. I am going to point out to you some of the chief characteristics of those celestial battlements. At other times we may in fancy under the apostle's guidance try to enter those gates and roam over the golden boulevards and examine the architecture of the mansions in the skies, but today we are going to limit our travels and just study the outer walls of heaven. It Is a strange spec tacle as the inspired artist pictures it. It surpasses in splendor every wall and portal in the most magnificent of European or Asiatic cities. Sometimes as tourists I think we pass too quickly the Is-autiful carved doors of the great cathedrals of Europe or ignore the mighty wails of eastern capitals in or der to reach the centers of the cities. Let us not make this mistake in ref erence to heaven. I-et us loiter at least one Sabbath day to study the walls which encircle our future celestial hab itation. “And the city lietb four square, and the length is as large as the breadth, and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand fur longs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.” The Six# of Heaven. When St. John saw the New Jerusa lem looming up in ail its vast propor tions. he was impressed with the in finite size of heaven. It was a place so large that it took a reed 12.000 fur longs to measure Its outside wails. Now. when you remenilier that the furlong Is one-eighth of n mile you will see that a trav^er must take, a Journey of O.oOO miles to go around it. In other words. If the walls of this great city were stretched out id a straight line they would reach nearly twice across the American continent, from San Francisco to New York. They would Ik* more than three times the distance between London and St Petersburg. Dr. G. A. Goodhart tells us about tiie \ast size of the apocalyptic vision of St John when lie says. ’•Babylon was a great city, about three times tfie size of modern London. Yet. compar ing the measurements which Hemdo tus gives of Babylon with the one St John gives of the New Jerusalem, we find that the latter would contain ten thousand of the former.” Can your mind grasp what Dr. Goodhart means? “Well," says some one, "do you lit erally mean that the New Jerusalem which St. John saw had any such dimensions as those? Even if we could conceive of a city so wide and so long we could not Imagine it hav ing a height from base to summit of 15,Quo miles.” No. you must remem ber that this was a vision, and as such was symbolical. The twelve gates correspond to the twelve tribes of Israel and to the twelve aiiostles. The furlongs and the foundation stones are other sets of twelve. I think the apos tle intended us to learn from the great cube that the beaven.y city was big enough to contain all people, of all na tions, of all generations, of all times, who have !>een and will he cleansed from sin by Christ’s atoning blood. 1 want to show that provision is made for the widest acceptance of the invi tation “Whosoever will” and is so big that it will take in every sinner who comes and bows at the foot of the cross and who says, as did the pub lican of old, “God be merciful to me a sinner.” And “the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.” The Banquet Hail. I was never more impressed with Christ’s parable of the banquet ball of heaven than after I had studied tills revelation of St. John. The banquet tables are spread. The Invited guests have refused to come. Then the mas ter of the house srftd to his servants: "Go out quickly Into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in hither the poor and the maimed and the halt and the blind. And the servants said, Lord, it is done as thou hast com manded, and yet there is room.” Of course there Is room. There is always room in heaven. Why. heaven Is so big that God’s messengers of all gen erations can go into the highways and the hedges and spread broadcast the gospel invitation everywhere, and yet there will lx* room. Room in heaven! Room for every one that comes in Christ’s name! Room, unlimited room! “Whosoever will, let him come and drink of the water of life.” Room in the many mansions of the Father's house. And “the length and the breadth and the height of It are equal.” But there is another fact which ought to impress you alxiut the wall of heav en, and that is it has twelve swinging gates, and they are all gates of pearl. These gates are divided Into four groups. There are three gates in the south wall, three gates for the north wall, three gates for the east wall, three gates for the west wall. What do all these gates stand for? They mean that God has an unlimited num ber of ways for us to get into heaven. It does not matter what gate we enter by as long as we come through a gate sprinkled -with Christ’s blood. And yet there are some people so blinded by sectarian bigotry that they think no sou! can get into heaven except through one gate, and that the narrow way of their own church door. Ths Different Gates. Some time ago I was speaking along this line in my prayer meeting room. When I had finished and throv-n open the service for general discussion, a gentleman arose and spoke as I'oiiows: “I am a Congregational mlnls^r. I am glad to hear your pastor call 7 ttention to the fact that the walls of heaven have twelve gates. I am glari that I, as a member of a different Christian denomination, can meet and sing and pray with you tonight. Chrjst said, ’Other sheep I have which ape not of this fold.’ There are many churches, many folds, but we all follow the one Divine Shepherd. Once the sectarian walls were built so high that the dif ferent churches could not see over them. Then time passed on, 4nd they were lowered a little, so that i^te mem bers of the different churches could throw brickbats at one another. But, thank God. tonight those walls are low ered so that we can reach over them and grasp each other’s hands as Chris tian brothers.” “Amen!” I said to that, feat while my brother minister was talking I kept asking myself this question, “Have those sectarian walls been lowered so much everywhere th|it all churches have ceased to throw brickbats at each other?” ! believe not, for when that day conies Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Methodist. Ihptist, Con gregational and all who w<Asbip Christ in spirit and in truth will Mnsp hands In Christian love. In tha| day there will not he five or six differt-nt churches fighting each other in oueAlttle village of 500 inhabitants. Thert are twelve gates to the walls of he^/cn, and all those gates are of pearl. \ But I want you to stt |y the gor- geousness of those gllttei ng walls of heaven as well as the twd ve gates of pearl. Those walla are I ot mode of common stones, as are the walls of the east. Those stones of the, walls of the eastern cities were not Selected for their beauty, but for tt^dr strength. We can see from the rul/.s of the old Chinese walls and of tbe'< toman walls in the northern part of Ergland, which were built to keep out lae Piets and the Scots, that they weip not built of Iteaullful stones. The st/mes were lift ed out of the quarries air I placed there to resist nmilea and to) Inst for oen- tuifles. The walls of heaven are net only strong wans, nut tney are built out of the most beautiful of precious atones. Wherever you examine them their brilliant surfaces gleam with myriads of flashing lights. Never did rainbow in tin* sky have such won derful mixture of colors as those to be found among the precious stones which are built Into the walls of heaven. There in apocalyptic vision St. John ■aw the Jasper, the sapphire, the chal cedony, the emerald, the sardonyx, (be aardius, the chrysolite, the beryl, the topaz, the chrysoprase, the Jacinth and the amethyst. Oh, the beauty, the ex uberance, the infinite variety, of the colors of the precious stones of the wails of heaven! Why were those ■tones set in the walls of the New Jerusalem? To teach us that when au immortal soul passes through one of the gates of pearl he finds that the wealth of heaven is so inexhaustible that every soul is fully satisfied and every element of its nature has abun dant gratification. From this we un derstand what the Bible means by “the beauty of holiness.” Where the Walls Are of Geme- Supposing we should today drive up to one of the great walled In cities of the east. If the setting sun striking its light upon its walls turned them into a flaming mountain of light, and as we approached those walls we found them a mass of precious stones and the gates of the city of pearl, w’hat would we say? Why, we would ex claim: “At last we have reached a city where wealth does not consist in gold and gems, for here they are of no more account than to be used for the decoration of the walls. The treasures of this city must be spiritual, not ma terial.” It is so in heaven. There God will give true treasure, and that in in finite abundance. In heaven, the wealth and the Joy and the happiness are so inexhaustible that each inhab itant can have his fill and yet there is an ocean of joy left Like a great tidal wave, the love and the pardon of God have rolled through the boule vards of the celestial city and over- leaped tiie walls and left its spray as glittering gems shining a gladsome welcome to all who approach the heav enly capital. But there Is another fact about those walls of heaven you must not overlook. The length and the breadth and the height of them are equal. What does St John mean when he says the height is the same as the length and the width? Does he mean that the walls are, as he says. 144 cubits high —a multiple of twelve? Oh, no. Thia apocalypse has a figurative interpreta tion. It means that the walls of heav en are so high that none of the mean- nesses or contemptibillties or evil thoughts or sins of earth can ever overleap them. It means that the walls of lienven are so high that when we once enter into heaven all the evil desires of our lower natures shall cease and we shall stand before Christ, perfect as be is perfect, pure aa be is pure, holy as he is holy. When you pass througli those gates of pearl you will never again be tempted to be self ish, never again be tempted to apeak a harsh word against your nighbors. never again tie tempted to do what you ought uot to do or to leave undone those things which you ought to do. Then all bitterness; all envy, all hate, all evil desire*, shall forever pass away Speed that day, O most merciful Father, when I shall awake in thy glory and my sinful nature shall bo cleansed and purified! The Breadth of the Walle. But the most blessed thing to me ■boat this text I have not yet dwelt upon. That is the breadth of the walla. Wa are not told, but I think they are very broad. When I talk abont the width of the walls, I think there la a hidden meaning If Fame one should say, “Why are those walls thick?” most would answer, "To give them strength.” That ia true. But I do not believe that is the true meaning. Those walla of the ancient cities were used for the moat pleasurable of purposes. Upon the tops of their city walls the old Babylonish inhabitants used to drive. There the citizens of most of the east arn cities used to build many of their houses. Do you not remember holv Rahab had her house built upon the top of a city wall, where the Hebrew spies visited her? And there, upon the hot summer evenings, the people naed to gather upon the city walla to catch the cool breezes from the mountains. Upon the city walls those who were expecting their friends to come to visit them would assemble and watch the approaching cavalcades. Thus, when I think of the broad walls of heaven I always think of them as crowded with our dear ones. There they are, watching and waiting. Every little while methinks I can hear some of them say, “Do you see him coming? Do you see my boy? Do yon see my brother? Do you see my husband or wife or sister? It is sorely time for them to be coming along. Oh, we have waited for them so long! Do you think we are waiting in vain?” Ob, the broad wails of heaven! The crowded walls of heaven! Ob. the multitudes of dear ours who are today upon the walla watching and waiting for oar arrival. While the multitudes of our dear ones are watching for oa from the broad walls of heaven, every one of the twelve gates of pearl is stand ing wide open. When I used to think abont these twelve gates of pearl, I al ways thought of the angelic watch men cloeing them at nightfall. Bnt St John in bla apocalypse declares there la no darkness in heaven. He also dis tinctly affirms, “The gates of It ahall not he shat at all, for there ahall be no night there.” What does this mean? Why, it means that God ia keeping the pearly gates wide open for all to enter Who will. He la keeping tboee gates open now. Are we praperod to enter them? (Ceorrlatit. lilt, by Louie Klopeeh.] The Story of» Medicine. Its name—"Golden Modleal Discovery* was suggested by one of its most iinp'*rT- ant and valuable ingredients—■ Golden Seal root. Nearly forty years ago, Dr. Pierce dls* covensl that lie could, by the use of pure, triple-refined glycerine, aided by a cer tain degree of constantly maintained beat and with tiie aid of apparatus and appliances designed for that purpose, ex tract from our most valuable native me dicinal roots their curative properties much better than by the use of alcohol, so generally employed. So tiie now world- fumed "Golden Medical Discovery,” for the cure of weak stomach, indigestion, or dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness and kindred derangements was first made, as It ever sinie lias n, without a particle of alcohol ip Its A glanccxHAt ‘ [Red ' ents, print will show tb it it is valuable mecicinal In our American In our American forestSJ All these In- gredlents hay■ 1 rccejycd_th(* florsement ln;n the leading medical ex- peds. t^ac^Y ltmi lY r lt' r ^ ist of Its Ingredl- bottle-wrapper, from the most found growing i All these in- ” ex' lldTWho ^command them om t h*. yt r dies f ^ ' Lr ' f< TKT diseases foy wTTid7 T'all Discovery " is advis^T 11 life’booro( the«e°en5orsemenU Hal been compihxl by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y.. and will lie mailed free to any one asking same by jKistal card, or letter addressed to tiie Doctor as above. From these endorsements, copied from standard medical hooks of ail the differ ent schools of practice. It will be found that the ingredients composing the "Gold en Medical Discovery ” are advised not only for the cure of tne above mentioned diseases, but also for the cure of all ca tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections, accompained with catarrhal discharges, hoarseness, sore throat, lingering, or hang-on-coughs, and all those wasting affections which, if not promptly and properly treated are liable to terminate in consumption. Take Dr. Pierce’s Dis- covijry in time and persevere in its use until yob give it a fair trial and It is not likely to disappoint. Too much must, not be expected of It. It will not perform miracles. It will ndt cure consumption in its advanced *tagi-s. No medicine will. IticiR cure the affections that lead up to consumption if token in time. ^our Stomach No appetite, loss of strength, nervous new, headache, constipation, bad breath, ueral debility, spur risings, and catarrh the stomach are all due to indigestion. <odol relieves indigestion. This newdiscov* «.ry represents the natural Juices of dlge»> ion as they exist in a healthy stomach, .-ombiaed with the greatest known tonio • ' 4 reconstructive properties. Kodoi for : spepsia does not only relieve indigestion c.d dyspepsia, but this famous remedy ips all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach. Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood, W. Vt.. ssysr— i was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years. <odol cured me and we are now using ft in milk lor naby,” Kodol Digests Whet Yon Eat tatties only. Relieves Indigestion, sour stomaek, belching of gas. etc. -*repared by E. C. OeWITT & 00.. CHICAGO. Ror tala ky OMiMtoa On* j You 1 Could Eat R l a Pound i of Huylers NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue and authority of a decree in partition, signed by Hon. Chaa. Q. Dantzler, Presiding Judge Court of Common pleas, said county and State, in the case of C. D. Rlpp7> et al, against Anderson Rlppy, et al, brought for the partition of the lands of James Rlppy, deceased, among the said plaintiffs and defendants, heirs at law, I will on aalesday in Novem ber, 1907. between the legal hours for sale, sell to the highest bidder, at public auction at the court house door in Gaffney, the following proper ty, to wit: All that piece or parcel of . land, situated In Cherokee county, said State, on the waters of King's Creek and bounded now or formerly by lands of W- P. Camp, John Whlsonant, Piedmont Springs Hotel property, and others; beginning on a pine, thenoe s. 67 B. 67.50 (or 51.50) to a stake; thence 8- 40 W. 33 to a stake; thence N. 62 W. 29.75 to a post oak on Land Hill; thence N. 3 W. 26 to the' begin ning; containing one hundred and forty-four acres, more or less. Being the lands deeded to James Rlppy by Wm. Caldwell by deed dated March 23, 1881, and recorded In office ef R. M. C. for Tork county, said State, Book C- 8 page 294, et seq. Said lands will be offered for sale first In three separate tracts, the meets and bonds and courses and distances and description of which may be seen by any party on plat thereof to be filed in the office of the clerk of said court, and afterwards as a whole. If the highest bona fide bid for the lands aa a whole shall be more than the total bids for the three separate tracts, then the same will be sold and deeded as a whole to such high est bidder, and upon compliance with the terms of sale, by such purchaser, be shall receive deed therefor; If the bids for the three separate tracts shall be more than the bid as a whole, then the several purchasers of the separate tracts, upon compliance with the .terms of sale to receive •feeds therefor. Terms of sale, one-half cash; bal- lance payable one year from date of sale, secured by mortgage of premis es and bear Interest at rate of 8 per cent per annum. Purchaser to pay for papers and recording and upon failure of purebser to comply with terms of sale within one-half hoar lands to be resold on same or some subsequent convenient salesday on the same terms, at risk of defaulting purchaser. Purchaser to have leave to pay all cash. W. W. THOMAS. Sheriff Cherokee Co. Oct. 18. 26. Nov. 1. FOLETSHONET^IAR tor mktldr+nr mr.f% 4f« Dr. King’s New LlfePWn Ths bast In Mis world. ‘ ICTRIC .SHF* Mr The LedRir. ft a £ And not clog your taste. | It has a flavor about it g that defies competition. i We know you are partic ular about what candy M you eat. Insist on get- I t* n g i | Huylers i Then you have the best. Always fresh at ■ CHEROKEE ! DRUG COMPANY The NEW SHOE STORE. I have opened up a new Shoe Store in the Rodgers Jewelry building. Will also carry some Notions in connection with Shoes. Everything fresh and new, and at rock bottom prices for cash. See my goods and get my prices before buying. Yours truly, I. M. PEELER. Just Received Car -each of heart pine Shingles, Ceiling and Flooring. Call on us when in need of building mate rial. : : : : The Builders Soppljf Co. Sept-34-5m Jones J. Darby Insurance Office Star Theatre Boilding IRE YOU OUT OF A JOB? If you are, and can furnish good references, and want to make more money than you can make otherwise without capital, then write to the Carolina Mir* ual Fire Insurance Company, Spartanburg, S. C., for nu Agency. We have thirty-live good agents in the State mak ing big money for themselve*. WHY NOT YOU? t f