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trade mark FOR ALL CREATION TAe one great remedy ford// aches and pains in man and beast is Calmage Sermon fly Rev. Frank De Witt Talmatfe. D. D. NOAHS LINIMENT I A Great llornr Rrinnly. I>'or nali 1 by all riruyKiat* I and dealers,iiic. Money refunded if itfailsto Uoall ■ claiiueil. Noah KhMEUYCo., Ilostoti,Muss ,U S.A. ■ Los Angeles, Cal., Jnn. 19.—In this eermon the preacher reveals the secret of the true enjoyment of life and tells us how to escape worry and the thou- ! sand and one afflictions that make cx- 1 istence a burden to so many of us. j The text is Proverbs ill, 17, “All her ; paths are peace.” At one of our church prayer meetings | I had an experience that 1 shall never j forget. It was one of the happiest of the many such meetings that I have at tended Love seemed to be reigning everywhere. The songs were sung as if every one was enjoying them. The prayers came welling up from the heart as the bubbling brook leaps over the rocks of the mountain side, fhe preacher was sitting in his chair, but the meeting was being run by the peo ple. The hour in which we prayed and sang and testified was gone too soon. The subject of the evening was, “Why the Christian life should be a happy life and why it should grow happier each year.” It was a great subject to talk upon. Each Christian was able to speak upon it out of the experiences of his own life. Truly, it seemed that each testimony was a lit tle better than the one that had pre ceded it. hen, when all our hearts -<; KT- Wofford's Expectorant The Sure < 'outrli Cure. This cou^h syrup lias been sold by us exten sively for years. Kvery bottle is miaran- teed to benefit or your money will be refund ed. Once you have used it you will have no other, for it does what is claimed for it. were overtlowing with gratitude to God for his many mercies, a dear friend arose and told this suggestive Incident: "Some time ago in a northern city 1 was very much depressed. Things seemed to be going against me. 1 did not know which way to turn. Then as if to intensify my discomfort the weather was inclement. It is always harder lor me to worship God when j tin* wind is from the east than when the situ is shining. Hut suddenly the : storm seemed to break. From a rift in [ the cloud: the sun luir-t through and j Hooded tile brunettes of a great tree 1 just before me. Then us if by magic a • Hock of sparrows came from every di rection and lieu up into the branches of that tree and beg.m to twitter as if in ecstasy. 1 f lopped and said. Tf a lot of sparrows could hunt out a little ray of sunshine like that and be happy in it, surely I. wlm can bathe in the sun shine of 11odV- mercies and promises, should be hupp, too.' When my friend sat dowh. i seemed to be sur rounded by a great liood of God's sun shine. In the glow of that sunshine there seemed to arise before me the innumerable blessings which crowd Into the Christian's life. And then there came to my mind these beauti ful words of my text: "Her ways tire ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.” The Paths cf Peace. The paths of the gospel are fragrant 1 ; with peace, first, because those who Cherokee f I tread them bairn to love the simpler , things of life. Tlie\ have not a viti- f \ tiled or ti depraved taste for pleasure. ! They can tune their songs of life to £ the keynote of channing's symphony. « They love the Uowers and the birds >< | and the children. For them the pleas ure the sweetest and can find endless enjoy- l* ures of home Y dearest. Th* ■y * n merit in a \v ilk | ! iu the c tiltiv all* t In | back ya rd. 'Hu i around the I'iai Company No. 222 Gets Free Gun ' m—nm isaaBSKdK: l > w>: A j ***♦.>. wAj. and with the members of their faml- j lies sing the old gospel hymns than hear the most exquisite opera sung by * the most famous prima donna import- jj> , ed from foreign lands. They would j 4 rather see their children play prauks f. - upon the nursery tloor than go to see the tinest tragedians act their master-j pieces in the theater. They do not need cathedrals in whieh to worship God or palaces in which to lied pleasure, but they can lake delight in the simple things of life. Like the poet, they can OSTOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. DRS. W. K. AND E. B. HALE, Montgomery-Crawford Bldg., Spartanburg, s. C. Osteopathy-Applicable to all curable disease. We give especial attention to diseases of women, nervous dlsor-l ders, all spinal affections. Hours, by appointment. T ^ E CHILDREN LIKE IT KENNEDY’S LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Rodd For Indigestion. A * wa A IMi. sour „ oma , :h , palpitation of the heart. Digcits what you eat. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM £>»• «•» ti.il the !i«lr. rromotat n luxuriant growth. N'.ver I'uil* lo ili nUirc Orny Hair to itu Vontaful Color. Cu/n ►' u l> 'I ■ . Jn . jmd # i 1 at nrue.'iKt* FOimnONEMAR •top* tlx » oouglA i*r\<i Lapis laatga foutchoney^tar •wm Md»i Prevents Pneumonia Dr.KIng’s New Life Pills Th* bMt In th« world. sing in a garden the words: Were 1. O Cod. In churchless lands re maining. Far from all voice of teachers and di vines. My soul would llnd in Uowers of ttilne or daining Priests, sermons, shrines. I was deeply impressed with this fact in reading the life of Phillips Brooks. That prince of preachers had the simplicity and the tenderness of a child. Witness the regret he had when he felt himself growing out or the com panionship of children. Though lie had no < !nid of bis own, he adopted all the children in the families of his ac quaintance. When he entered a home he was like a lag boy out for a frolic, ile could not lie made to obey the rules end the regulations of the house, lie raised the sinmlard of mutiny against decorum, and every child ran to him. He would get down on his knees and play and romp as the merriest hoy of the lot. Then, when he was nearing the twoscore milestone, when one would Kupprjve that, like Paul, he would be willing to put away childish things, we lind him writing these de lightful words of regret to an old Phil adelphia parishioner: “The worst thing 1 see about getting old or Udng old Is that you get fat the away from the young people, who are the best people In the world. I never see a lot of boys without wanting to he among them and wishing they would let me Into their eotupany and being sure they won’t. I bate to think that boy* of fdxteeu think of me a* I used to think of men of thirty-seveu when I was their age.” Could there be a sweeter fragrance of spring blossoms than ’jT that? Could you dream of a great man being simpler or purer and gentler and more loving than Phillips Brooks wanting to play leapfrog or a game of baseball with a lot of boys when he himself at that time was the honored guest of the great L> -in Stanley and was preaching to E: ’and’s greatest men, who crowded Westminster abbey to hang on his words? « The Simple Things of Life. My friends, one of the most positive ^•oofs that a man is not a true Chris tian is when he does not love the sim ple things of life. His mind and heart and tastes are cloyed with artifleial en joyments. He is living upon ephemeral stimulants. There is not a night when he has to stay at home that he is not restless. No sooner is the evening meal ended than he says: “This Is stu pid. No need of sitting around here. Let us go to the theater.” Or he says. “Come, let us go to Mrs. So-and-so's card party.” Or: “I must do some thing. Let us go to the club and have a game of billiards.” Or when sum mer comes he hies away to the fash ionable hotel where be can turn night into day and day into night. And he Is never happy unless he Is intoxicat ed with some kind of excitement. To such a man I would say: My brother.- what you need is a change of heart. What you need Is to get close to God. What you need is to have so much divine grace that you will think it a sufficient amusement when you can play a childhood game with your dve- year-old daughter and when you can enjoy an entertainment of a magic lan tern show made out of an old sheet hung up in your parlor, with the magic lantern slides being run by your little boy. “I never pick a lily out of the gar den,” said a poor dressmaker in my home some time ago, “but it says to me, ‘See how happy I am on account of God's goodness to me.' ” Why? Be cause, like Enoch, she was walking with God. And so, my brother and sister, if you once get your hearts right with I’lirist. the smallest aud the most insiguitiennt things of life, like the prattle of a child, the sight of two little kittens tumbling upon the floor, the merrymakings of a lot of boys play ing baseball in the back lots, will offer to you au endless variety of amuse- meut. Oh, that you and I could Ik; like Phillips Brooks and never out grow our love of'simple, innocent pleasure. The ways of heavenly wis dom “are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.” Ways of Pleasantness. The Christian’s ways are pleasant also because they are full of peace. As he treads the path of life he has that wonderful peace which passeth all un derstanding. and he says: “There is a divine power guiding me and mine. Wherever I go t ad whatever I do his hand is leading me aud his arm is de fending me. My path of life may ap pear checkered, but God will never let mo or mine get beyond the reach of his protecting love. All tilings work together for good to those that love God.” Oh. my brother, can you not feel what a glorious peace comes over the wayfarer in the journey of life when lie fully realizes that God is lead ing him and protecting him? He is on the highway of wisdom, and all "Iter ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.” Some of us’ have been travelers, and we know only too well the disquietude and the anxiety which come over us when we realize that we have strayed from th« right path. And, oh. the joy that wells up in the heart when we rec ognize some familiar place from whieh we can lind our way back home! Some time ago I was camping in the wild regions of Humboldt county. Cal. We left the beaten paths and struck into, a side road and went to the end of the road, and there we pitched camp for deer hunting. One morning about 3 o'clock we arose and started after game. After awhile it began to rain in torrents, but still we kept on. Then, after we had hunted for some six or eight hours, we decided to make a short cut over the mountains and get back lo camp. We climbed the moun tain and pushed our way ou for an hour or two. Then the whole topogra- phy of the country seemed to change. We were lost! With no food stud no means to build a campfire, with drip ping clothes and empty stomachs, the situation was anything but inviting. How to g'*t back to camp we did not know unless we retraced our steps to the place whence we started for the short cut. So back we went. Yet ns wd tramped along everything was so strange. At last, after a long pull and tug. we cried, "Safe at last!” for we had sighted some familiar landmarks. And though we had still miles upon miles to travel and thoua'i the rain was falling in torrents we cared not. For we knew each stop we were tak ing was leading us nearer home. It is a happy feeling, after one has been lost for hours In the woods, to lind the familiar path that leads him back to fire and food and blessed sleep. Christ as Guide. Well, the same feeling 1 had when lost among the mountains of Hum boldt county and then striking the trail for home is the feeling the Chris tian has when Christ becomes his guide. In the first place he Is com pletely lost. He is lost ou the moun tains of Kin. Every step he takes Is u step in the'dark and seems to l>e lead ing him farther and farther away from his Father's house. As jte tramps along in the lonely mountains of sin the tierce eyed monsters of trouble leap out of the thickets and assail him aud the loved ones he carries lu his arms, and It is dark aud growing darker every minute. But suddenly out of the darkness there comes the figure of u man. He has a lieautiful face. It Is the fact* of a man, and yet It has ou It the signs of divinity. He reaches out his hands to the lost trav eler and says: “What! !^>st? Lost in the mountains of sin? Follow me, and I will lead thee back to thy Father’s house!” And as soon as that gentle Christ takes our hands to guide us our anxiety disappears. Then perfect peace throbs in the heart, and trouble and despair give place to hope and tri umph. "Her ways are ways of pleas antness. aud all her paths are peace.” But there is another fact 1 want you to notice about these paths of gospel peace. They are the most healthful of all paths to travel. They will give clearness to the eye. They will give breadth to the chest. They will give strength to the nerves aud the mus cles. They will give wonderful resil iency to the bruin. And they will make men drink out of the fountain of per petual youth. The simple fact is a great many people are sick not be cause they need medicine, but because they need the grace of God in their hearts to make them tread the paths of peace. Then while they get spiritual health they will And their physical health renewed also. And all this can be demonstrated on physiological grounds. In the first place, if you will only learn to trust God you are going to be emancipated from useless worry, that awful physical aud mental curse which is racking your whole organism to pieces. You remind me of a little child who goes to bed aud is frightened with a foolish dream. You put your little hoy to bed aud kiss him good night, and he rolls over and goes to sleep. But In the middle of the night you are awakened by a heartrending cry. “Oh, mamma!” You call out: "Yes, my dear. Come into bed with mamma.” And your baby crawls into bed and you say, “Did my baby have bad dreams?” and he answers. "Yes, mamma; a great big bear was running after me and almost caught me up." Then you say. “Never mind, my dar ling; just lie close to mamma, and site will not let the bear touch you.” Then your boy nestles down by your side and goes quietly to sleep. Frightened by Dream. Now, my brother, that is the trouble with you. You have a whole herd of bears running after you. One of those big hears is going to eat up your busi ness. and another one of those big bears is going to swallow down your good name, and another is going to steal your child, and another steal your home. You are frightened with foolish dreams. These dreams, called worry, are racking your whole body to pieces. You cannot sleep by night, and you cannot rest by day, and you can not properly digest your food. What you should do is what your little baby docs when he has bad dreams. He knows you will take care of him and let no harm come to him. What you need to do is to nestle close up to God’s heart, lie will take eare of you. lie will never fail you. Thou if you can only grasp this infinite truth all* this useless worrying will leave you. And in nowise will the value of the gospel be shown quicker than in the benefit to your physical health. But there is another fact I want you to learn about these gospel paths of peace. The longer you travel them the more beautiful they become, the more you will be stimulated by their fra grance and the more they will reveal to you the messages of God’s love. They will be to you just what the paths of the woods are to the lover of nature. The farther he travels over them the more fascinating and beautiful he finds them. Gcd Is Love. I might appeal for confirmation to the experience of any aged Christian. You. with your white hair and trem bling limbs; you, who are leaning on your staff, you have been following tin* gospel pulhs of peace now for over half a century. Tell me. you with your fourscore years, is not Jesus more precious to you than he was when as a ruddy cheeked lad you first surrender ed your heart to him? “Oh. yes,” an swers the aged Christian. “As I look back over my long life like the psalm ist I can say. ‘I have been young, but am now old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed bog ging bread.’ My journey has been a long, hard journey. Sometimes it was away in tin* mountains. Sometimes it was down in the valleys of despond. Sometimes my feet have stumbled. Sometimes I have had to look Into the gaping mouths of opened graves. But Christ has never forsaken me. Each mouth and each year he has beefi drawing closer to me. And now he is so much a part of my being that I nev er breathe the fragrance of a Mower. I never hear a bird sing. I never see a star twinkle, I never see a man’s or a woman's or a child's face but I hear a voice singing in my heart: 'God is love. God 1; love. God is love.’” Come, aged mother lu Israel. What is your testimony? In the kitchen and parlor and nursery and home you have had your trials. Is Jesus Christ nearer and dearer to you as the years roll on and the time draws nigh when you will see them* face to face? “Yes. yes,” answers the beautiful faced saint. "As I think of what Christ Is to me now and what he always has been truly I can say there is one name above every name aud one love above every love. Oh. truly. Christ is dearer to me than ever before. Like all Christians, I can say, ‘God is love.’” Truly "the path of the righteous Is ns the dawning light that Khlncth more and more iu the perfect day.” A Triumphant Peace. And then the terminus of the gospel paths of peace- oh. what a glorious, a triumphant peace they have! As all roads during Caesar’s reign were said to lead to Home, so all the gospel paths of peace ultimately converge at one great central destination. They all meet at the foot of the great white throne of God. And all those who trav el them shall assemble then In the many paths of the dense woods of earth you can pass within a few cards of your friends and miss them fntlrely, but there is no danger of ever losing those who travel the gospel paths of peace. You see, we canuot miss each other. We are all heading to the same destination. We are all goipg to assemble iu the one place. Where we shall sing the same songs and look upon the face of the same Christ and live there through all eternity iu same mansions. Oh. is it not glori ous news that those who have gone before us and our dear children who are coming behind us shall .vet be one with us in glory? While 1 was writing this sermon 1 seemed to see a most wonderful vi sion. I saw* a beautiful picture, lu apocalyptic vision I saw the members of my church traveling those paths of peace and all meeting there at the foot of the throne. Then 1 saw our selves one day going off alone and as sembling as a congregation, just as we do here Sabbath by Sabbath. We were singing ihe old songs and meeting in holy fellowship, just as we do here. And iu my vision I saw myself arise and repeat the beautiful words of my text, “Her ways are ways of pleasant ness. and all her paths are peace.” [Copyright, 1S08, by Louis Klopscn.] RHEUMATIC FOLKSI Are You Sure Your Kldneye Are Wellf Many rhesmatle attacks are due to uric acid la the blood. Bat the duty of the kldneye la to remove all uric acid from the blood! tta presence there shows the kidneys are Inactive. Don’t dally with “uric *cld solvents” You might go on till doomsday with them, but until yon euro the kidneys you will never get well. Doan’s Kid* ney pills not only remove uric acid, but cure tke kidneys and then all danger from uric add Is ended. Rupert B. 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The demiiDci is far greater than the supply Lot the International Correa- pondence Schools, of Scranton, Pa., pre pare you. Postal will bring information on X’OHcourses. It’s free. 8-27-ly-np DR. W. K. GUNTER I> LC >i V I ST Office in Star Theatre Building, Phone No. 20. Crown and bridge work a specialty. AUDITOR’S NOTICE. The County auditor’s office will be opened on January 1st and remain open ’till February 20th for the pur pose of receiving tax returns for 1908. After February 20th the pen alty will be added to all who have not returned. All personal property, moneys, notes, mortgages, life Insur ance, any and all binds of property, Is liable to taxation. If land has been bought or sold, buildings built or torn down, since last year, the tax payer will say so when he makes his return. All farm products on hand August 1st must be returned. Each person must give the number of school district In wblcb he lives in order that the school may get the poll tax. Returns must be made for all property In different townships, or In school districts which have ex tra levies, on separate return blanks. I will be at the following places for the benefit of the people to receive thel- returns on the following days: Buffalo (school house), January Toth, from 9 a. m.. to 2 p. m. At the office In Gaffney until the ?0th of February. After February the 20th the 50 per cent, will be added. All persons are required to roturn all real estate, and If bought say who from: If sold who to. Also any new buildings nrected since last return, and fix a value on same. Any per sons owning property In two differ ent school districts must make re turns for each district. Also persons owning property In and out of the town limits must make two returns, rtutlng the amount In town and the amount ont of town. All persons commencing any ne w business after February 20th must make a return within 30 days after commencing, or are liable to a fine of $100. 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