The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 24, 1907, Image 7

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“TT 1 TRADC MARK FOR ALL CREATION The one great remedy for alt aches and pains in man and beast is Calmage Sermon fly Rev. Prank De Witt Talmage. D. D. % Los Anjjeles, Cal., Deo. 22.—In thl- sormon tender memories of lon« past Christmases are recalled and the uni versal theme receives a new and Itrll linnt setting. The text is Luke 11. 10 "But Mary kept all these things and pondered them In her heart.” The life of Mary, the Virgin, up to the period of the angel’s visit had proba bly l»eeu that of the ordinary Jewish girl. In her quiet, uneventful exisl- encc there had suddenly coroe a long succession of wonderful manifestations. One great event came treading upon I A Great Home Remf-dy. For tale by all druggitta M the heels of another great event UUlil N^u I there seemed to be a great army of memmmmammemmmmmmmmmemmmmrnmm them. Why she should tie singled out from all the rest of the human race as the chosen 'one of God she could not understand. She was onty a pure. , c 4*. : young, immature maiden. After these County of C^rokee! ’ manifestations eame to her she could Pursuant to the commission to us, ™t fully appreciate their meaning, directed by the Hon. R. S- Whaley, 1 But she stored them away Ip her mem speaker of the House of Representa- ory. She treasured them up. Other tlves. an election is hereby ordered ]>enple may have heard the story of to he held in the county of Cherokee,, that weary journey from Nazareth to on Tuesday, December 3lst, 1907. to Bethlehem, of the crowded inn anil the elect a Representative to serve for | hfrth ln the Hta p| et „fter a word the remainder of the term for which or j wo o1 > f or |j le roung mother, the Hon. W. F- McArthur was elect- wo(]ld the ^ from thek s Kut .." o ! -c- 1 '',*r sons are hereby designated as manag- tlle K( ' e,H ‘ aeV( * r for ^ ot ^ " l era of the election at their respect- 1 those scenes which preceded and suc ceeded the night Jesus was born. The NOAHS LINIMENT NOTICE OF ELECTION. J. B. Car- R. Dover, I itre precincts Allens—C. A- Spencer, ter. Horace Lipscomb. Antioch—B. Hardin, J. R. P. Randall. Blacksburg—Elijah Harrell, J. M. Allison, J. D- Kennedy. Butler’s—M. S. Swafford, G. W. Baker, W- W- Hopper. Buffalo—Lewis Hopper, Mangum Gaston, D. H- Wylie. Cherokee Falls—M. C- Byars, U- K. Allen. R. C. Cobb. Draytonville—W. S- Wilson, R. S. Spencer, D. C- Phillips. Ezell—R. p. Scruggs, Swan Parris, Geo. D- Scruggs. Grassy Pond—A. J. McCraw, G. N. Webb. Lee Allison. Goucher—M. L. Guthrie, J. M- tAp- scemb. B- F- Bonner. Gaffney No. 1—P. R. Wilson, L. D. Rippy. J- A. Harvey. Gaffney No. 2—T. R. Wilkins, Dr. W. A- Fort, B. B. Morgan. Gaffney No. 2—W. T. Thompson, J. H. Turner. J. J. Gallagher. Limestone—Roan Gibson, D. J. Bright, W- A. Green. Littlejohns—John A. Hames, Ww B* M. Kirby, J. W. Sparks. Macedonia—Landrum Clary, Lee Smith, J. V. Price. Maud—A. C- Price, John Godfrey, R. E Under. Kings Creek—J. H- Wilburn, James Caldwell, Hayeg Mitchell. Ravenna—Wilkes Brown, K. Go forth, T- J. Chalk. Sarratt—J. G. Kendrick, J. bins. F. A. Goforth. Turners—J. C- Pryor, C- Campbell, L. F. Blanton. Bible distinctly affirms this. "Bn Mary kept all these things and pon dered them in her heart.” Now. the older we grow the more our present Christmases link them selves to the Christmases that are past. When our children gather about the Christmas tree to got their toys we think of the time when, with our fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters, we as children gathered about the Christmas tree of the old home stead. Thus 1 would have you join me in a walk through the corridors of the past and talk alamt the events of many Christmases that are gone us we try to follow Mary, the mother of Jesus, when as an old or middle aged woman she lived over the wonderful events which piv eded and succeeded the most impo-tant of all Christmases, when Jesus is :i little child lay in tin* manger of Bethlehem of Judea. With achit.K hands and bleeding feet We dig and h<-np. lay st >m; on stone; Wo bear i : <• burdi-n and the heat Of th - ' ■ ! •• and vsisli 'iw<-re done. Not till th'- hours of light retiirn All we have built do we'dlseern. When Mary ns a middle aged woman wandered through the sacred halls of memory and pondered over the inci dents which preceded the holiest of Christmases the tirst event crowding upon her mind and heart must have been the visitation of the angel Ga briel. who announced to her that she was to Is* the mother of the Son of God. She must again and again have Timber Ridge—E. L Tate, J. D. recalled how he looked. She must Carter, John F. Jamison. again and again have lived over that Thickety—I. M- Smith, D- L. Vaa- ( wonderful time when her own Inno- ■ey, M- W. Goforth. c«i< e and purity were amazed and Wilkinsville—J. R. Hughes, Boyce Wli sonant, J. A. M- Estes. White plains—R. H. Taylor, M. C. Lipscomb, James Palmer. Woods—L. E. Wood, Joseph Hants, Wesley Hawkins. Polls will be opened at 7 o'clock A. M- and closed at 4 o’clock P. M. The above named managers will call at the Court House for ballot boxes and ballots for the respective precincts, not later than Saturday, December 28th, 1907. the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end." Can not yon see her breast heave? Can yon not see her cheeks pale with emo tion and then flush? Do you think Mary could ever look back upon the scenes of that first Christmas day without picturing the scene where the angel Gabriel told her that she was to become the mot’, er of the promised Messiah? The Greatest Christmas of AH. Many Christmases have come and gone as they came and went for Mary. But, as with the mother of Jemis Christ, theoe Is one Christmas which stands out above nil other Christmases. That was the Christinas when for the first time we felt that our hearts were one with Jesus Christ’s heart. Before that time we looked forward to Christ mas ns the time we received a lot of presents and could eat a pile of candy or toward the time when we could get a vacation from school and go skating upon the river or go sliding down hill upon our new sleighs. Rut one day there came to us a message from heaven as significant as that which the angel Gabriel delivered to Mary. It said: “Christmas is not simply a time for fun. Christmas Is the day we cele brate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem of Judea, that we. through him, may become one with God." Oh, then, how different were the Christmas saluta tions with which we greeted our friends! Oh, then, how different were the hopes with which we looked for ward to our sacred Christmases! Has the angelic messenger appeared to you? If he has not, will you not pray that he may appear to you now. as he once appeared to Mary to tell her that the child who was to lie iwirn was the Bon of God? "But Mary kept all these things and jsindered them in her heart." There was another fact which must have preyed much on Mary’s heart and mind when she thought of the events preceding that first Christmas day. That was fhe ‘love and the gen tleness and the faithfulness of her companion and husband, Joseph, the carpenter, who was to her what no other human being was in her time of trial and distress. Whenever she thought of him it was always as the God. She could not understand all these mysteries. She did not try to solve them, but she could not shut her eyes to the many which were teed fled to by thorn very witnesses. She eould ’ Hroulde are the means of bringing us We must disappear into the impenetra ble darkness. We must have our times of trial, during which we seem to lose sight of God’s fni*e. But these times of not talk of them then, but she stored those testimonies up Id her memory. “Mary kept all these things and pon dered them in her heart” But there was another feeling of gratitude which crept over Mary when ever she thought about tbe incidents preceding and succeeding tbrf? first Christmas morn. That was the thank fulness In her heart because God hud cared for and protected her and her dear family during all those days of trial and ignominy. Never was there a time when God’s eye was not watch ing them and God's ear listening to them and God’s hand guiding them. Some of us may think that Mary and Joseph were forgotten of God merely because Jesus was horn in n manger, but that Is not true. God was caring for Mary just the same as God on this Christmas Sabbath is caring for us. Th« Journey to Egypt. Then, again, there was that second angelic messenger who appeared unto Joseph at Bethlehem, saying. “Arise and take the young child and Mary, his mother, and flee Into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.” God not only protect ed Mary on her journey to Bethlehem, but he also continued the divine pro tection over her ami the young child at Bethlehem to ward off the murder ous designs of a brutal king. Then there was the long journey Into Egypt, again the dangers of travel. Now, they certainly had to Journey alone, for they were fugitives from the royal tyruut. Then there was the money which God sent them In presents of the wise men to feed them and to pro vide for them when they were exiles in the foreign land. Thus, as Mary looks over the scenes of tbe past, can she not see God’s protecting hand ev ery whepe 7 Like the psalmist of oki, could she not sing. “Thou prepares! a table before me In the presence of mine enemies; thou anolntest my head with oil; my cup runneth over; surely goodness and mercy shall follow me ail the days of my life, and I will same dear, gentle, kind, loving, faith- dwell | n the house of the I>ord for Dated this November 20th, 1907. R. A. Westbrooks, J. H. Allison, D. R. Hughes, Commissioners of State Election. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE* Notice Is hereby given that I will overwhelmed at the significance of his message. She knew that she was pure in body and in spirit, yet the strange and marvelous statement was made that she. a virgin, was selected from all women to lincome the mother of the coming Messiah. Oh. was there ever news more momentous? Was there ever a fact more overwhelming? The Angel’s Visit. Have you ever tried to picture this angelic visitation? The more I have thought upon tills scene the more real istic it has become to me. In the first place. I have always pictured Mary an orphan. Her father and mother are dead. Her brothers and sisters are scattered. She Is about seventeen years of age. She lias a sweet, pure face. I do not believe even tbe in- . . _ . . , _ ^ . spired genius of a Raphael or a Muril- apply to Hon. J- E* Webster, Probate j 0 or a or „ Correggio has Judge for Cherokee county, 8. C.. on Saturday, January 4th, next at 10 o’clock A. M. for final settlement and discharge as administrator of the ea- ful husband. When he went to Beth lehem he coujd not leave her liehind. because her descent from David was more important than his own. Then he did not want to leave her behind for fear she would not lie treated well. Then his gentleness on tbe journey! In order to make her trip easier Jo seph brought her a donkey to ride. That is the mode of transportation which tin* poor in the east always use. “But, Joseph." I think I hear Mary say, “you cannot afford to buy that beast for me. Why. in all probability to buy it you sold some of your car penter tools.” "Well,” 1 think I hear Joseph say. "Mary, it Is best. You could never walk all that long dis tance in your present condition. I will be able to pay for him by working a little later at night.” Mary and Joseph. Then as Mary thinks of all that long journey down to Bethlehem I think she pictures Joseph as carefully lifting her on the I»east of burden. Then when night comes and the camp has to be made I think she sees him cook ing the simple meal and carefully cov ering her up to sleep In the great warm blanket. He brings her water to drink. Then how careful and anx ious he Is toward tbe end of the trip. Yes, Mary could never think of the events which led up to that tirst Christ mas i?ay without picturing Joseph, the tender Joseph, the loving Joseph, the protector and friend. Yet Mary’s re membrances of Joseph are not unlike those we have of our dear ones who during the merry Christmases have come and gone. Have we not had our faithful Josephs In our past Christmases? How kind and loving some of them have been! There was your mother, the central fig ure of your childhood’s Christmases. How she ever enjoyed those Christ mases Is beyond us. She used to work so hard to prepare for them that she tate of James P. Smith, deceased. All persons holding claims against said estate must appear and present the same, on or before that time, or be forever barred. A. 8. Smith, Administrator estate James P. half portrayed the purity and goodness of her countenance. Then I have thought she had a great wealth of black hair and great black eyes. She was at that- age when the stranger could not tell whether she was a schoolgirl or a young woman. She was at what Is called the doubtful age of womanhood. Her work of the day is finished. The ever?” But. if Mary had her divine piMtec- tion through the past Christmases, has not God protected and cared for us in the same' way during the many Christmases that are gone? Has he not fed you and clothed you and pro tected you? Has not his right arm al ways been about you? As with Mary, has not God eared for you in the most mysterious ways? John Kuox, the great Scottish reformer, used to tell this wonderful story; For years at the dinner hour he sot at the head of the table, with ids back to a certain win dow. One night there was a strange voice of warning, bidding him to sit elsewhere and not allow any one to sit In his regular place. Hardly was the meal well under way than a bullet crashed through that window, grazed tbe chair at the head of the table and buried Itself in the candlestick. Had John Knox sat In his regular place that night he surely would have been killed, and the Scottish reformation, for a time at least, would have been halt ed. At once the Scottish reformer dropped on his knees and thanked God for protecting him and his dear ones. As we hiok over our past Christmases, like Mary, like John Knox, we can see bow God’s hand has been guiding and caring for us. Thus the divine protec tion has been manifested not only In one, but in many, many ways. Can you not. O man. on this Christmaa day ponder over God’s love and care as did Mary when she looked over the scenes preceding and succeeding that first Christmas day, when Jesus was born In Bethlehem of Judea? A Way Through Trial*. But, lastly. I would turn yourr atten tion to one more fact. When Mary thought over the scenes of her past life she certainly must have thought of those persecutions and bitter, heart rending trials which made her take that Journey to Bethlehem, so that was more fitted to lie in lied than to j^jg j n ttj e fulfilling of prophecy, be moving around and making her to the manger, as Mary’s troubles were the means of bringing her to Betble hem '»f Judea, where Jesus was Itom according to prophecy. Thank G<sl fo- your troubles as well as for >our pleas ant sunshine. He is guiding you with his pillar of cloud ns well as with hi- pillar of lire, as la? guided the children of Israel during the long pilgrimage in the w llderness. Presents Not AH. Tims on this Sabbath preceding our Christmas festivities you have a great deal more to think ulmtit limn simply the prest?tbs which you are to receive and the tokens of affection you are to give to your dear ones. If you are to spend this coming Christmas aright, you must place alongside of It all the i other Christmases of your past life. | lou must thank God especially for j that Christmas when Jesus tirst r< veuled himself to you as a |>erxon;.l Saviour. You must thank God that he lias surrounded you this Christmas with a great lead of [>eople who, like the wise men of the east and the shep herds, are ready to testify to you of his love. You must thank God for your trials and sorrows, by which your heart lias Imen made more lender to him and to your fellow men. It Is right when you are thirsty to drink of tbe water that flows at your feet. But today, when we drink of these streams of Christmas joy. we must as wise men look up to the hills from whence th**se streams come. Tbe birds bathe their wings in the mountain brooks, and as they bathe they lift their voices and slug their praises un to the God who has sent those brooks gurgling down the mountain sides. So may we lift our voices <»u this Christ mas morn and praise God for all his manifold blessings to us and to our dear ones. And. friends, if there are any who have not yet praised him aud become one with him. is there any better time than on bis holy Christmas day? I re- merober years ago when as a l>oy I was called to the door. It was Christ mas morning. 1 expected another present was coming, lait Instead a young girl came in crying. "Oh. Frank, papa is dead!” Almost in a flash a friend’s life was snuffed out on Christ mas day. We all loved him much. When we went in and saw him we said. “Could a man go to meet his God on a more lieautlful day than Christ mas?” Ah. yes. there is a far better use to put Christmas to than this. That is to have our now birth on Christmas. On this day. when all peo pie are preparing to make merry, will you not make It the happiest Christ mas day in all your life? Will you not make It a day when yon become one of God's saints by Incoming one with Christ? Then truly I can wish you who have just given your heait to Christ and are already his disciple a merry Christmas. The hells of heaven are now ringing out for a Joyful and a triumphal Christinas anthem. [Copyright. 1907. by Lout* Kk>p*ch.] entering pen and are dally c position o( to everybody? COMMON SENSE telllgent people to use only nown composition. There- Dr. Pierce's medlclm-s. tbe !ch print every ingredient h m upon the bottle wrap- , its correctness under oath, log In favor. The eom- Plerce’s medicines Is open r. Pierre being desirous cL inntairwni of hsvipf the ycarrl Ion turned fullv upon hi* formula, belhfc connui-nt tb-U Oit? better the composition ifscL r i : <J 1 cines iV knot mot will tluiir great curaTTve merit* bcjKCPg- nfzed. 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S • ‘ta etopu at* > ci *> *■•<4 tf.xnrfa Dr.King's New LifePHIs The bent *n the world* * Subscribe f or The Ledger- $1 a ynar. the thinks of tin* broken home of her childhood she is obbing as though her | heart would break. Suddenly she looks | up. There stands lie fore her a 1>eaiitl- ful faced angel. His garments are « f I Hpot!«*ss white. He seems to be a man. and yet she knows that he is a eelestial 1 visitor. Her g- ct eyes widen in won j dennent. Her lips part as though to ! HjH>ak. hut she utters not a word, j There in the silence of the room she ! drops upon her knees and says: “Mas- j ter, what is it? Hast tin <i news from ! my dear ones In the u ier world?" I Then I think the angel i tehes forth j his hand and touches lx. and says: “Yes. Mary. My news ip from the | other world. I bring to ti.ee no mes- , sage from the dear ones wjio ar<- gone. I bring to ihee a message alK«nt the one, the divine one. who Is to call thee mother. The Messiah Is soon to be bom of thee. The Son' >f God 1" !o be thy child, and thou shalt call nls name Jesip-. and he sin k reign over happy laugh tbe loudest of the merry making. Can’t you see her sitting up and sewing? Site used to think you were asleep, hut you were not. How The Mexican Centennial. Mexico has made great progress un der President Diaz, and tbe advance ment will be signalized in a remark able manner at tbe celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of Mexican independence. Sept. Ifi, 1910. It might have been expected that the celebration would take the form of an exposition or world's fair In the capi tal city, the conventional method of celebrating such anniversaries. The Mexican centennial will be cele brated simultaneously in 900 cities and towns by the starting of public Im provements which will be of lasting benefit to the communities. It Is estimated that the average cost of thi?se municipal enterprises will be $100,000, and the total amounts which will l>e spent on the various projects before completion will approximate $100,000,000. The municipal author! ties are expected to ite prepared to begin on the said date waterworks, drainage systems, market houses, pub lic buildings or whatever public ini- could be born in the place where David ] provemouts may la* needed. Three lived. It was no doubt tbe bitter and ! years’ time is given to raise the money unjust attacks made upon Mary that to start these enterprises.-Philadel were the chief causes of preparing the Phi® Ledger. wuy for Jesus to be bom in Bethlehem she ever got so much together for that of Judpfl And without doubt It is tbe Christinas tree was a wonder. Talk about geniuses of finance! Why, she could make a dollar go further than any one you ever knew. And. then, there was your father, and there was you oliler sister. Don’t you remember how she sat down and cried when you found out where some of your presents were kept? And she vowed she would never give you a thing because you HOW HER LIFE WAS SAVED WHEN BITTEN BY A LARGE SNAKE* jour Stomach No appetite, loss ot strength, norvoua* : headache, constipation, bad breath, , ,i,jral debility, sour risings, and catarrh • t is stomach are all due to indigestion. Codol re 'eves indigestion. This new discotr* *.:y recresents the natural juices of dige* •ion as they exist in a healthy stomach, ombmed with the greatest known tonto ,’i.i reconstructive properties. Koaol for . . pepsia dies not only r lieve indigestion • i dyspepsia, but this famous remedy <' ps ail stomach troubles by cleansing, ourifying. sweetening and strengthening die mucous membranes lining the stomach. Mr. S. S. Ball, oi Raver.r;wo')d. W, Va.. says.— 1 was troubled with s. ur s: rr.^.h fcr twenty years, ureu me and wo are now uclng It In milk (or hao'/." Kodol Digests What You Eat. <ot’ es only. Relieves I'ldieestlon. sour stomach. beichlr.? of gas. etc. Prepared by E. C. DeW ITT * CO.. CHICAGO. For mIo by diorokoo Dnia Co* Jones J. Darby Insurance Office Star Theatre Building DR. W. K. GUNTER l»ENTl®T Office in Star Theatre Building, Phone No. 20. Crown ana bridge work a OR* J. F* GARRETTi DENTirr* Office on Frederick Street. 'Phene In office one Reel donee. FOLEYSnONET^TAR for ehUdrem safe, tare, -Vo oplatee How few people there are who are not afraid of snakes. Not long ago a harmless little garter snake fell on the wheel of an automobile which was being driven by a woman. The woman promptly fainted and the car, left to its own resources, ran into a went and looked at them. Then aa misrepresentations and trials of life which are the chief causes of driving us to that same manger. But few of us were ever led to bow to and wor ship Jesus through the sunshine. Near ly all of us have come to him through shadows and storms. The great Newman Hall, who for many years spent his annual vacations g^Qjjg and caused a serious ac In mountain climbing, used to tell the c |dent. i dr 11 "** 410 Btorv of a Sw,8s chamois The bite of a poisonous snake needs time pa s «l an >ther figures moved ij Un t ei . w i, 0 wag one day crossing the prompt attention. Mrs. K. M. Fishel, great glacier known as the Mer de Route No. 1, Box 40. Dillsburg, Pa., i Glace. Suddenly Ids foot sllpjied and tells how she saved her life when he fell over the side of an awful ere- bitten by a large snake, vasse. He slipped down only a couple "Oil August 29, 1906, I was bitten of hundred Xeet. but he felt be was on han d twice by a large cop- * - I* perhead snabe. Being a distance from \<*t, tor U wits an Impossibility for medlcal K a la8t reBort T him, expert climber though he* was to U8 | d sloan . 8 Unlnien t, and to my as- climb back. Turning Ids eyes from the tonlshment found It killed all pain top of that mountain of Ice. he saw a and wac the means of saving my life, stream of water flowing down at the [ a m the mother of four clhldren and I foot of the crevasse. He knew he must am never without your Liniment, die If he stayed where he was, so he - - began to follow that stream, hoping that It might lead him to safety. Slip ping here and sliding there and float ing in the stream at times, lie followed around the Christmas tree. There were your wife and your own babies. Christ mas ought to have dear associations for ue as It had with Mary. She had her Joseph to brighten that first Christ mas morning. We have had our loved ones many years with us to brighten our Christmases in the past and in the present. Better ponder over that fact, my friend. You seem to have a lot to complain about. Better now for a lit tle while [winder over the fact that Jesus bath given to you many dear ones to brighten your Christmas fes tivities. The Wise Men From the East. But Joseph and the angelic mes senger were not the only ones who ap peared unto Mary when she thought of that first Christmas day. There was the star In the east, the wise men who came to worship at tbe manger, aud there were all the shepherds. Then there were the angels who sang E lectric bitters THE BEST FOB BILIOUSNESS AND KIDNffiffi, BANKER 8A LV the most hoalintj selva in the woriW its course. Suddenly lie came to n solid wail of ice under which the river dis appeared. He* knew lie must move on or die. so he plunged into —The Gaffney Drug Co* has recent ly added an Byescope, the latest in ▼entlon for testing the eyes. AH work guaranteed. Perfect satisfaction or money refunded. —Are yon pussled about what yon the water ril1 buy tor a present We solve It 0B.KINITS NEW DISCOVERY Will Surely Stop Tket Cufk. FOLmHONEMAR Geree GsMsi Prevents Pnsunsnln DeWHtfs 829 8ahe fOHYSKlIWEYCUFE Makes KMaeya Pi:d Bladder Right and swam ns hard as lit* could through the darkness. After awhile, jiv-t able to keep afloat. In* came out on the oth er side. wIkm re lhe flow**! and above tbe hillside of Judea on the the fragrant night Jenns was born. All these testl- valley. So !t fled to Mary that Jesus was tbe Son of must po t!r * •!'N of a beautiful h our trouble * We ... ... *';)*, f<, for yon. Company Store. —Call at Gaffney Drag Co. have your epaa tented with the scope free of charge. —You found It here last Xmas. We have It better this time. Com* uany Store. Buckfett’a Arnica Salve Tbe Best Salve In The WerM. FOR ALL COUNTY NEWS. IM PORTANT HAPPENINGS IN THE •TATE AND EVENTS OF INTER EST IN FOREIGN LANDS. TAKE AND READ THE LEDGER. /