The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 10, 1899, Image 8
IN HIS STEPS,!
^ '-C. CS*
"What Would
Jesus Do?"
By Charles M. Sheldon.
IC'opyriKntcu arm puunsui'ii m uu?>n
tho Advaaca Publishing Co., of Chicago.]
Saturday night at tho Rectangle witnessed
some of the most remarkable
scenes that Mr. Gray and his wifo had
ever known The meetings had intensified
with each night of Rachel's singing
A stranger passing through tho
Rectangle in tho daytimo might have
heard a good deal about the meetings in
one way and another It cannot bo said
that up to that Saturday night thero
was any appreciable lack of oaths and
impurity and heavy drinking. The Rectangle
would not have acknowledged
that it was growing any better or that
even the singing had softened its conversation
or its outward manner It
had too much local pride in being
"tough." But. in spito of itself, lhex*e
was a yieldin. to a power it hud never
measured and did not know well enough
to resist beforehand.
Gray had recovered his voice, so that
Saturday he wns able to speak. Tho
fact that he was obliged touso his voice
carefully made it necessary for tho people
to be very quiet if they wanted to
hear Gradually they hud come to understand
that this man was talking
these many weeks and using his time
and strength to give them a knowledge
of a Saviour, all out of a perfectly unselfish
love for them Tonight the great
ernwd w.is as nixiot as Henrv Maxwell's
fl ?corors audience ever was. The fringe
around the tent was deeper, and the
ealuons were practically empty The
Holy Spirit had como at last, and Gray
knew that one of the great prayers of
bis life was going to be answered.
And Rachel?her singing was the
best, most wonderful Virginia or Jasper
Cliaso had ever known. They had come
together again tonight with Dr. West,
who had spent all his spare time that
week in the Rectangle with somo charity
eaaes Virginia was at the organ.
Jasper sat on a front seat looking up at
Rachel, and the Rectangle swayed as
one man toward the platform n9 she
sang
"Just as I am, without one plea,
Hut that lliy blood was siivd for me
And that thou bidst tno come to thee?
O Lamb of Cod. I come, 1 comet"
Gray said hardly a word. lie stretch
ed ont his hand with a gesture of invi
tat ion. and down the two aisles of the
tent broken, sinful creatures, men and
women, stumbled toward the platform
One woman out of the street was near
the organ
Virginia canght tho look of her face,
and for the first time in the life of the
rich girl the thought of what Jesus was
to a sinfnl woman came with a sudden
ness and power that were like nothing
bnt a now birth Virginia left the or
gan went to her. looked into her face
and caught her hands in her own The
other girl trembled, then fell 011 her
knees, sobbing, with her head down
upon the back of the bench in front of
ber. still clinging to Virginia And Vir
ginia. after a moment's hesitation,
kneeled down by her. and the two
beuds were bowed close together
But when the people had crowded in
a double row all about the platform,
most of them kneeling and crying, a
uiau in evening dress, different from
the others, pushed through the scats
and came und kneeled down by the side
of the drunken man who had disturbed
the meeting when Henry Maxwell
spoke He kneeled within a few feet of
"---l- I I lw. ....... ??.;H oln.nn.,
IVHt'Ut'l >* 1U91UU, ? III/ ciiii oiu^iii^ I
softly. ami as she turned for ft moment
and looked in his direction she was
amazed to see the face of Kollin Page'
For u moment her voice faltered. Then
she went on
"Just as I am thou wilt receive.
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve,
ik-raiisc thy promise I believe,
O l-aiuli of Clod, i come, I come!"
The voice was as the voico of divine
longing. and the Rectangle, for the
time being. was swept into tho harbor
of redemptive grace.
CHAPTER V
11 any insn ?e?M- me, let him follow me.
It was nearly midnight before the
service at tlie Rectangle closed. Gray
ataid np long into Sunday morning
[raving and talking with a ii ile group
converts that, in tint great (xjx i i
etnee of their new 1 ii??. clung to the
evangelist with a per- n il helplessness
1 hat made it us impossible l'< r him to
leave them as if they bad bf-n depend
?ng upon bim to save them from physical
death. Among theso converts was
Rollin Page.
Virginia and her uncle had goii"
borne about 11 o'clock, and Rachel and
Jasper Chase had gone with them a
far as tho avenue wlnre Virginia lived
I>r West had walked oil a little way
with tJiem to his own lumse. and Km h I
and Jasper had then gone on togotlvr
to her mother's
'i nut was a nine auer 11 n was
now striking midnight. mi l Jasp- r
Chase pat in his room staring at the pi
prtH on liis desk and going < ver the l i t
half b/?ur with painful persi>toner<.
Jilo had told Haehe] Winslow of his
lovo rxor her, upd sho had not given h< r
lovo in return
It would bo difficult to know what
tens most powerful in the impui. 11? it
had moved him to speak to her tonight
He had yielded to his re. Jings within.t
A*y special thought of results to himself
becauso he had f'it so eertafii that
Rachel would respond to his love foi
her He tried to recall now just the impression
she juadu on him when ho fir t
spoke to her.
Never had her beauty and her strength
influQ^oe^hiui as teniuM. While ubo
.van c-u ung h* naw and heard no one
. Tb t- n*v swarmed with a confused
crowd of t'ae,,,?. and ho knew ho was
>itin;c there 1: mined in by a mob of
; rople, l t'l y had uo meaning to
him 1 ? felt powerless Co avoid speakin;;
to hei* lie knew ho should speak
when they were once alone.
Now that ho ln;d spoken ho Telt that
he had misjudged either Rachel or the
opportunity He knew, or thought he
did. that she had began to care for him.
It was no secret between them that the
heroino of Jasper's hrst novel had been
his own ideal of Rachel, and the hero
of the story was himself, ami they had
loved each other in the book, and
Rachel had not objected. No one else
knew. The names and characters had
been drawn with a subtle skill that revealed
to Rachel, when she received a
copy of the book from Jasper, the fact
of his love for her. and she had not been
offended That was nearly a year ago.
Tonight Jasper Chase recalled the
scone between them, with every inflection
anil movement unerased from his
memory He even recalled the fact that
ho began to speak just at that point on
the avenue where a few days before 1:0
had mot Rachel walking with Kollin
Pago, lie hail wondered at the timo
what Kollin was saying.
"Rachel," Jasper had said, and it
was the first time he had ever spoken
her first name, "I never knew until tonight
how much 1 love you Why
should 1 try to ci nceal any longer what
yon have seen mo look t You know 1
love you as mv life. I can no longer
hide it from yon if 1 would."
The first intimation ho had of a refusal
was the trembling of Rachel's arm
in his own. She had allowed him to
speak and had neither turned h< r l'aee
toward him nor away from him She
had looked straight on. and her voice
was sad. hut firm und quiet, when she
spoke.
"Why do you speak to mo now? 1
annot bear it?after what wo have
wen tonight."
"Why?what"? ho had stamuieri d
and then was silent.
Rachel withdrew her arm from his.
but still walked near him
Then ho erivd out with the anguish
f one who begins to seo a great lo*s
aeiug him where ho expected a great ,
ioy
"Rachel! Do you not lovoinc? Is .(
not niv love for you as sacred us any- |
hint,' in all of life itself?" ,
She had walked on silent, for n few (
tops after that. They had jassod a .
tiv.t lamp Her faco was pale and |
icautifnl He had made a movement to (
dutch her arm. and sho had moved a | ,
little farther from him. j |
"Xo. " she laid replied. "There was |
i time?I cannot answer for that. Vou .
dionld not have spoken tome tonight.'
He had seen in those words his an ,
>wer He was extremely sensitive j
Xotliing short of a joyous response to
ais own lovo would have satisfied him | ,
He could not think of pleading with ;
tier '
"Pome time. win. 11 I am more wor- 1 J
:hvV" he had asked in a low voice, hut 1
-he did not seem to hear, and they had !
parted at In r home, and he recalled |
vividly the fact that 110 good night had ,
aeon said
Now. as he went over the hrief hut j
significant scene, lie lashed himself for ;
his foul; !i precipitancy He had not j (
reckoned ou Rachel's tense, passionate
Resorption of all her feeling in the 1
cones at the tent which were so new j ,
in her mind. But he did not know her
veil enough even vet to understand the i
meaning of her refusal When the clock '
n the First church steeple struck 1. he I j
was still sitting at his desk, staring at ! .
1 he last page of manuscript of his un j !
finished novel I
Rachel Winslow went up to her room
and faced h r evening's experieneo with
conflicting emotions. Had she cv.r
loved Jasper Chase? Ye , ? no. One moincut
sho l'elt that la r life's lmpj inc .- j '
was at stake over the result of her ae ; j
tion. another, .-lie had a strange feel !
iiig of relief that sho had spoken as she
lid There wau one great overmastering J
feeling in her The response of the >
wretched creatur s in the tent to la r j ,
-iijging, the swift, awesome pro. .-nee < f j j
tlio Holy Spirit, had affected her a- |
noi'or in nil her life lw fore. The mo !
incut Jasper had spoken her name and l
she realized that lie was tellin*; I; < ! j
tii.s love she had ft !t a sudibii rival-;' :i '
tor him. as if ho should have fi ? .< !
(Iio supcinat ma! events they had ju t
witnessed Siml'elt as if it were not tin
time to ho absorbed in anything I s
than the divine pdory of those eonvi r
siotis The thought that till the time
die was sinicino with the one passion ol
tier soul to touch the eon?cienc i f iiiat
tent lull of sin Jn-per < hahad i .1
moved by it simply to love h rl r i i: e
self ;jave In r a shoe); as of ivrov. r? en
11 her part as well as oft his. Sk e Id
not tell wlivshof.lt v. she did; only
she knew that if lie had not told Imr toniedit
shy would still have bit the; uno
toward liint as she always had.
What was that feelinjf? What had
he been to lief.' llad she made a mi
take? She went to her bookcase and
took out the novel which Jasper had
fjiveu her. Her faro deepened in c loins
she turned to certain passu;.;* s which
she had read ofti n and which sis' knew (
Jasper had written for her. She read
tli'in a*rain. Somehow thev failed to
touch her strongly. She closed the ho.;!: i
and let it lieon tho table. She u :i I Iv
felt that her thought, was busy with
the si:;ht slio had witnessed in that
tent Those facts, men ami women,
touched for tho first time with tho
Spirit's jxlory. What a womlerful thin'?
life was, utter all! Tho complete rep.en
eration revealed in tin; si^ht of drunken.
vile, debauched humanity hueeliu ; (
down to j?ive itself ton life of purity
and CJjvi-itlikeness?oh, it was snrelv a
a witness to the superhuman in tieworld!
And the faeo of l.'ollin P.uy by
the side of that miserahlo wivi k out < f
the gutter?she could recall as if ':<
now saw it Virginia c rying, with 1; r
arms ahont her brother, just hefor. .-he (
left the tent, and Mr. ay Irn- lin.
i-lnoo ?i?? jriri Virginia !md tn'r*
>? into hrr heart bonding her head t
while Virginia whispered something to j
ior All these pictures, drawn by the ,
Eloly Spirit in the human tragedies
nought to a climax there in the most |<
ibaiuloned spot in all Raymond, stood t
jut in Rachel's tin mory now. a memory |
recent that her room seemed for the .]
;ime being to contain all the actors and .]
heir movements :
"No. uol" she had said aloud. "TI
tad no right to speal: to uie after ;. i
hat! Ho should have respected t2 ,
dace whcro our thoughts should havi i
X'on I am suro 1 do not love him, not c
'"""I'll tn I'ivn lii til 1111' lifn " V
And after she had thus spoken the i
>vening's experience at the tent came (
:rowding in again, thrusting out all t
jther things. It is perhaps the most
striking evidence of the tremendons
ipiritual factor which had now entered
:ho Rectangle that Rachel felt, even
ivlien the great love of a strong man
tad como very near her, that tlio spiritual
manifestation moved her with an
igitation far greater than anything
Jasper had felt for her personally or she
for hiui.
Tlio people of Raymond awoke Sunlay
morning to a growing knowledge
if events which were beginning to revilntionizo
many of the regular custom
try habits of the town. Alexander Pow
?rs' action in the matter of the railroad
frauds had created a sensation, not only
,n Raymond, hut throughout tlio country
Edward Norman's daily changes
if policy in tlio conduct of his paper
sad startled the community and caused
more comment than any recent political
event Rachel \Yinflow's Hinging
it the Rectangle meetings had made a
stir in society and excited the wonder
if all her friends Virginia Pago's conSuet,
her presence every night with
Rachel, her absence from tin- usual cir
clo of hrr wealthy, fashionable no- t
]uaintances, had furnished a great deal }
>f material for gossip and question In i
iddition to the events which centered t
ibont these persons who were so well j
mown, there had been all through the i
city. in very many homes and in busi- |
tiess and social circles, strange happen- |
ngs Nearly a hundred persons in '
Henry 3lax well's church had mad the ]
pledge to do everything after asking. <
What would Jesus doY" and tho remit
had been, in many cases, unheard (
?f actions. The city was stirred as it (
lad never been. As a climax to the ]
iveek's events had come tho spiritual i
Manifestation at tho Rectangle and the
mnounccment. which came to most ,
[leople before church time, of tlio?< tual ,
conversion at the tent of nearly of t
ho worst characters in tho neighbor- ,
lood, together with the conversion of ,
Roll in Page, the well known society |
ind club man I
It is 110 wonder that, under the presmreof
all this, the First church of Rav- <
tnond came to tho morning service in :i i
condition that made it quickly sensitive
to any largo truth ;
Perhaps nothing had astonished the |
people more than th. gnat change that l
tiad corao over the minister since he i
laid proposed to them tho imitation of
Jesus in conduct The dramatic deliv- (
cry of his sermons no longer impressed
them The self satisfied, contented, easy |
ittitudo of the fine ilgnre and there- (
fined face in the pulpit had been dis- j i
placed by a manner that could n.?t he , i
l - M il. \ .11 - . 1 ?? 1 : . 1 . I .
jonipaitu wiiii luuuiii si \ i?* i ? u;,-j ur
livery The sermon had bi imiih; a mcsIt
was no longer delivered. It
ivas bronjrht to them with a love, an
earnestness, a passion, a desire, a lininilitv.
that ponred their enthusiasm
ibout the truth and made the speaker
lio more prominent than he had to he
lis the living voice of Cod. Ilis pray< rs
were unlike any the people had ever
beard before They were often broken
Even once or twice they had been aetu
illy un^ramniatical in a phrase or two.
When had Henry Maxwell so far forgotten
himself in a prayer as to make a
mistake of that sort ? lie knew that he
bad often taken as invteli pride in the
fiction and the delivery of his prayers
us of his sermons. Was it po^-.ible he
now so abhorred the elegant rofin -ment
i?f a formal public petition that he pur- 1
|H>s< ly chose to rebuke himself for his j
previous precise manner of prayer? It i
is m.ire likely that he had no thought j
>f all that His i/reat loiytinc? ti voice t
11 and want# of his p< oj lo ma do |
him nnmitulfnl of nil occasional mis- |
lak It is certain le- li.nl tievi r \ yed J
-<? eli -eti veiv as he did now. i
'J licie are time s \\ hen a s ; n-f u h: ; a ?
veha-and power duo to co adit it as in t
the audi; nee rather tlir.n to i:u\tiling j
new or startling or cloqnent in the <
words or the arguments pre.-- nted Much j
conditions faced lo-nry Mnwvell this j
m rnin;< as he preach d aaain ' r -a- I i
loon, at eor.lin.'C t hi- poij- r j <' j ^
mined <.n the we i> i i , i:n j f
new : fat i:'. l.i in;:! .".in '' to 11 j
influence of the sal i i:i K::; i: : !. j
What new facts w. iv C ;v ' 1 i. i i I
startlim; i:li' t r.-it i< n . of 1'" j < i' t
th ; alooii ill be.. iiics.i or po;'.! ic . N . :i t t
Could I: tli.it !i :d l.ot 1 11 s.< i.. . <
t<*iiip?-r;iiif.-*orators a at i. .nyti I
Tlii? drool of hi;i I.: -ay this i .
iiwt*!I i! ; power to the unusual t <
his prent him;.about the > i! >n ; .1. <
together with til.* < v :ii.s th.it. h;i 1 ?.
ml th pc..|?K Ho Had n. v-r i:: !" ,
co'.ir of hi ton years' pastorate ; : i
tioii'-il th" sal ion ns vipmthing to 1 i - t
yarded ill ill" 1 ;l:i . it < in ::iy. r I ,
only t<> the poor end th:> t my. 1. I it
to the lm- in' - -i lifo of (I (* l ?i; :?* ?: * i '.i:
church it If. Ifo spoke mov \. i h n
freedom that nceim d to in : nr - ! i
complete use of 11 to conviction th;i
Jesus Wiii:hi speak so. At III" do; ! '
pleaded witli th" ponplo to r nit rib r
tlio now lift-that had begun attli" !;<
tannic. The r. gular elcrtioii of cityofii- |
cors would lie ail i-aio in that < ! < :< a j
What of tlio poor cr< at arcs sunoiuee.d
by the hell of <1 rinl; while just h ,*inning
to fet 1 the joy of d' livorance irmii
sitiV Who could toll what depended on
their environment? Was there one
word to be Haiti l?v tlio Christian disciple,
business man, professional man.
eit izeii. in fnvt>r i f eont inn intr to lien e
thcHo criiuos and shanto producing in- |
k^tutioiib V Wao uot the iuo#t Clu it>tia?
hing they could do to net us citizens
11 the matter, fight tho kuI?vui at the
elect good men to the city of'res ,
ud clean the municipality'! How much
lad prayers helped to ie. e e Raymond
letter while votes r.nd notions ha.I realy
been ? 11 the ride of lee enorr.i of
fesus? Woe.i l not Jesus do this'/ W hat
li"cij !.? one.Id imagine him refusing to
n'JVr * r t ? up his cross i 11 tho mator?
IIow lunch heal tho menders of
lie Fir.-t church ever suffered in an at.etiipt
to imitate Jesus? Was Christian
liseipleship 11 tiling of convenience. of
T.sioni, of tradition? Where did the
iuffering como in? Was it neee ;:iry.
11 order to follow Jesus' Btefw. to go up
Ualvnry as well as tho Mount of Trans
ignration 1
His appeal v/aa stronger at this point
han ho knew. It is not too much to
;ay that tho spiritual tension of the
ihr.st church reached its highest point
iglit thoro. Tho imitation of Jesus
vliicli had begun with tho volunteers
n tho church was working like h arm
11 tho organization, and Henry Ma::- ?
veil would, even has early in his new
ife. have been amazed if ho could have
ltoasnrcd tho extent t?f desire or. the
tart of his people to take tip tho cross
While ho was speaking this merging,
teforo ho closed with a loving anp 1 1 >
:ito disciple.-hip of 'J.000 years' l v. wl- ;
xlge of tho Master. many a man i;:d
Yotnan in tho church was savin \ : j
Rneliel bad said k<? passionately t-? lur
liothor: "I want to do something that
.vill cost mo something in tho way < f
iacrifico. 1 am hungry to suiter inc- (
hing." Tanly, Mazzini wn3 right when
to said, "No appeal is fjnito so powerful
in tho cud as tlio call. 'Come and I
mffcr.' "
Tho service was over, tho great audi:neo
had gone, and Henry Ma ::w< 1 I
igain faced tho company gathered in
lio lecture room as on tho two previous
Sundays. Ho had asked all to remain '
nrho ha# mado tho plcdgo of disciploiliip
and any others who wished to he
neludcd. Tho after service seemed "now ,
:o bo a necessity. As he went in and
"need tho people there his heart train
tiled. There wore at least 2i>0 present '
Hie Holy Spirit was ncv* r eo manifest
lie missed Jasper Chit but nil th
ithers were present, lie asked Milton
Wright to pray. Tho very air was
. lunged with divine possibilities V.'hat <
. onld resist such a baptism of power?
How had they lived all these years ,
i**i f linn it V
They counseled together, and there
ivere tunny prayers. Henry Maxwell
latin! from thai me ting sonin of tin;
serious events that nil. rward became a
;>art of tin- history of tho First clr.m-h
?f Haymond. When (inally they went
lome, all of them wvro impressed with
he joy of the Spirit's power.
Donald Marsh, president of Lincoln
o liege, walked homo with Henry Maxsvell.
"I have reached one consclusion,
Maxwell." said Marsh, speaking slowly.
"I have found my cross, and it is a
lenvy one. but I shall never bo satisfied j
nitil I take it up and carry it."
Maxwell was silent, and tho presilent
went on
"Your sermon today made clear to
no what 1 have long been feeling I
might to do. What would .!osus do in
nv place? 1 have asked the question i
a peated!y sineo 1 made my promise 1
lave trh d to satisfy myself that he
would simply go on. as 1 have done, attending
to the duties of my college,
teaching the classes in ethics and philosophy
1'?nt 1 luivo not been able to
ivoid tho feeling that ha would do
something more. That something is
what 1 do not want to do. It will came
mo genuine suffering to do it I dread
it with all my soul. Y'on may be able
to guess what it is."
"Yes; 1 think I know," Henry Maxwell
replied. "It is my cross too. 1
would almost rather do anything else.'
Donald Marsh looked surprised, then
relieved. Then ho spoko sadly, l>nt
with great conviction:
"Maxwell, you and I belong to a
uass of professional men who have always
r.voidi d the duties of citizen -Dip
We have lived in a little world of srholirlv
seclusion, doing work wo liavo enjoyed
and shrinking from tho disagreelblo
duties that belong to tlie life of
he citizen. I confess with shame that
I have purposely avoided the responsibility
that 1 owe to this city personally.
I understand that our eity ofiieials aie
> tllllM-i IWO.1, ,1 C't , if II,. !l
controlled in largo part bv the whisky
lenient, and thoroughly hellish, so far
is tho affairs of eity governiiieut are
concerned Vet all these j'ears 1. with
a-u ly every teacher in t lie coil- ;;? , have
iceti satisfied to h t other 11: .1 run thnuniei|iality
and have lived in a lit do
ivorld of jny own. out el' t eicli and
sympathy with the real \m rid of the
leople. ' Wll.'it Would .1- .-lis do1 have
rioi e'e n to avoid mm holiest ai:- wer.
I ran no longer d.? ?o. My plain duty i"
.0 tako a j? rsolial part in this coining
deetion, go to tie primaries, throw tiu? ,
tveighf of nir inb lriu e, whatever it is.
loward the nomination and election of
<ood nicit and plunge into the v< rv
lej it lis of 1 his entire kotiible whirlpool
t' deceit, bribery, political t ricks ry and
snloonism as it exists in Itaynioiid toiav.
I v.onhl sooner walk up to the
mouth of a cannon any tiino than do
his. I dr< ad it brcnuso 1 hate the t nch
>f 1 he whole null ter.
[to be continued.]
UiinI lie lli'iicflelnl.
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' <Jood !" ]it* ci'lod.
' ("ertninly." she answered. "Polling
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shriek when she sees a mouse," said
Willie Wisldngton.
"Yes," said .Miss Cayenne. "I wish I
eould he sensible like you and never
shriek I ill 1 saw a baseball player."? j
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corporate line?will sell cheap or D .... ,A _T , _ v
lease to good party. ! Bu lll,n&? ?PPo?te Hotel after JJanukk-kt
L. a. Youjra. I ary lit. 1809. 11-26*98 If. f'm
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ALSO ORGANS AND PIANOS
Of si v.-rjtl of tho host makes. Iluving recently made arrangements to
iiimlN* J'L M. \t drew.s Furniture it Music Co's Goods, of Charlotte, N. C.,
I am now hotter prepared thnn ever before, to give t he public nearer what
hoy want in this line, and nearer at their own price. Wo sell "Iver's <fc
[V.idV, "King-bury", "Arlington", "Chickering", "Knabe", and other
Pianos. ''Farrotid tfc Votey", "Chicago Cottage", "Putnam" and other
irgiits. 11 g reiluetion for all cash. Gcod, liberal terms on time for both
>ewi ng M-n-liines and Musical Instruments of all kinds.
"TH & WONDER STORE"
With thuiiN-.i.d; of useful and ornamental articles that are nowhere else in
Fnioii. and many o'her things that von tiud at other stores that arc so much
ia*.:j'i r at !::< "Wi )N DFU *>TO'{K.M Some even less than half price?that it is
i uly .i wonder" how all of these things ?an bo collect-d together and sold so
he. plv. See the "wonderful" le, ">c. 10.*, loc, 2"?> and r?0j counters. If you
I.tn'i \oii uill miss many real bargains. All kinds of wares?wooden, glass,
oi kt i v. line china, agate, tin, < te, etc. Dig line of small Musical Instruments
tiwajs in hand, also i-upnlits for same?strings, etc. Abo Maebiue Supplies,
lieineinber tha' this is the only Music and Sewing Machine House in Uuiou and
ilieoiny "Woutb-r'dore" in tlic world that we know of. You will serve your
iwn inteiest hv calling on us before buying elsewhere.
S. M. RICE, JR., E. U<- Mrs.
Jackson Not Suffering, NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
Charlotte, N. C., Xov. 4.?A All porsms are hereby warned against
rumor bavin-'gone abroad over the '""Uing. fishing, vidmg, walking through
, r,r it t i or in any other manner trespisstng on
country tha . Irs. btono\\all Jackson, niylan<lsor those under tuy charge as
widow of the distinguished Coiifeder- Administrator, in Join sviile and Cross
dc'M-tioral. as absolutely penniless, Keys townships. lands of Dr. James
in want and honcloslv ill and blind, h.u,g A C. Littlejohi. and Sallie Long
,. , , 1 .- .. . . and the home and the Kituberly and
Irs- .lackson sa\s tha. these 8.ate- Davis placj arc under iny charge,
incuts are very much exaggerated. c. It. Long.
It is true that she is not in uillucnt 44-3;. Administrator.
ritcumstanees, but she has a comne- ^ ??
rencv and has always been a' ove I respass Notice.
want. Her health is somewhat irn- " 7 , , ,
, ,1- ii ii i All persons are le-rehy prohibited front
pr >ved and she is not blind, though , |-i,)iug, driving, walking, thliing, bunt*
-till suffering from ti painfull il niss, i ing, gracing stork or in any way trespassfacial
neuralgia. ing on any of my 'and or lands of Mrs.*
A p peals l.av ing boon made all over M: J" M'* M I* Browning,
, J.' . r . ? , r >f . edate of Mrs. A. lb fcmith. Violators
the ? uuth tor I.? r relief, Mr' i?ck- V\iii b* prosecuted to the full extent of
son is anxious that i!,e , state of: the law.
tho ca-e should lie kno*. n, us she is I h. L Bnowxixo.
iitiu i ling to aceep* r.nv Uift. : S"' -'i'.Oot I", ISM. 42-41.
II...... oin-.'.-.l as t.-s'inioniills <f love Qnn J|?
:11?1 iitliniiati' 11 for liir husband.? UCIUIB DUflllg
< i ! COe\ illf Nl WS. . . .
i?.ur ire for the coming season.
NOTICE. HONEST WEIGHTS.. .
1 !i .v lioiu hi a heavy .1 r.-sfi wagon i 1*.ices and ffiii.fac:ion guaranteed,
i)!' ii? |>i>tu'tl.? ciipurity, ntii! nm B . ? _ _
now prepared !o no all kin.B ?.f heavy |JH2Q?1 [?6 S UU3l UOa
hauling or will hire out tin* wagon.
.i. w. cn lulu. T.E.BAILEY, Proprietor.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
v r , #>? 11 t < Cr.C.W.ATJSTSLL,
Notice is hereby given 11i 11 Coo. w
\v. Coiner, Administrator of tho lis- Physician and Surgeon,
tale of .lnmo> 1). doing, deceased, litis
applied to Jason M. (river, Judge of Oilers his professional services to
Probate, in :ni.l for the County of the pcopl? <f Union. OfKce in Bank
I'nion, for :i final discharge as such , Building. Beave calls at Uoiop
A Iministrator. I)rng (Y>. store or ring up Phone No.
Ii Is Ordered, i lint the i?oth day 1'.) for prompt service,
i>f Novcnilier. A. I>, 1 Si*0, he fixed for If) 41
hearing of Petition, and a final settlement
of sal.l Kstate, ?
.1 son m . <?ki:i*ir, t rtv
Probate Judge C. C. S. 0 - ^ 1 L L/ ^tr-4k
Oet. 20tl), 1 -J2- It
1 hav j ist received a car of ice and
?' r\-f* w':' ?'"i?tirne to handle it throughout
jS| Jp ji ?1$ ^|| |{ * ???n.
If IWBS AND WEIGHT GUARANTEED n
f l$MS3W rutMiitftSBl AM) DELIVERIES \UI)E proxiptiV (