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fl?kWQ ?u li [Dreadful Words For Gov i ernment Employees. 1 ! - ! "STAND AND DELIVEK I" I - I fHigh Handed Methods of Repub lican Campaign Managers. -^DEMAKD 50 PEE CENT OF SALARIES Officeholders Must Give Vp or Lose Their Jobs ? Cuban Scandal Xot Confined to the Fostoifice?How the Boer Envoys Were Received by Mr. Bryan?Susrsrestion For a Joint Debate?Concerning the Open Door > In China?The Democratic Leader*. } [Special Washington Letter.] { ''Stand and deliver!'* was the ominous ^command which Paul Clifford and his irobber crew used to thunder into the *ears of travelers on Hounslow heath iand in the pleasant lanes of England. ~ '*4Stand and deliver!" are the dreadful {words whispered in the ears of govern ment employees at Washington and, .as for that matter, all over the country, .for there is no Republican officeholder j big enough or small enough to escape j {the modern highwaymen?the Repub lican campaign managers. Kathbone, j !Neely & Co. steal on a huge scale in Cuba; the Republican campaign man agers hold up and sandbag the defense less employees here at home. Civil service rules don't count when a cam paign is on?no. not on your life, they don't! Blackmailers appear to grow with what they feed on. In ISSO one Jay Hubbell made his name loathed until it became a hiss and byword by black mailing employees out of 10 and 20 per cent of their '.vages in order to raise the slush with which to buy GarfiekVs election. The haired of the American people drove Hubbell into private life, but Hubbell was timid at the business compared with latter day Republican managers, who demand and get GO per cent! " "Iis true, and pity 'tis 'tis true!"?that is. if the Washington Tost is to be believed, and remember that it is a stanch friend to McKinley. Robbery and Blackmail. Here is a short extract from a two column expose which The Post makes of a transaction which Involved both robbery of the public and blackmail of the employees: Congress took SS0.000 out o? the treasury just before adjournment and presented it to the em ployees of the senate and house. This was in pursuance of an old established custom?a custom mere generous than, creditable?of votin g an ex tra month's salary to each man cn the capitol pay roll. Nobody ha? ever seriously contended that there is any real justification for this givir;:: away of the people's money, but both political parties do it. and i: has been dene so citen and so long thai the big annual fri:t?it is a clear gr*"?has ceasod to provoke more than a feeble and passing protect from even the watchdogs of | the treasury. But this year's presentation to the force of cap ?tol employee- has had a sequel more scandalous j than the presentation itself. Congress having lib- j erai'y voted SSO.000 in the shape <>: extra salaries, j the Republican comrrcssional commit ice has step- I ped in and asked t'ie beneficiaries on the house ! roll to give up one-hail c: the sum they received ior use in the campaign. In ether words, an ef- j lort has been made to utilize 50 per cent of a large appropriation o: public money as a nucleus of a fund needed by the congressional committee to aid in the election of Republicans to the Fifty eeveatb. congress, failure to respond freely by the employees has prevented the complete con summation of this remarkable project, but it is no fault of the congressional committee that it failed to get hold of a considerable share of the $80,000 so generously donated. There was a belief that $10.000 at least would be voluntarily sur rendered, but it is understood that less than half ef this amount will be realized. Give L'p or Get Ont. How do the taxpayers of the land like to have SSO.000 of their money pre sented In one gob to a job lot of Repub lican officeholders and then have the officeholders plundered of one-half of It to hold the freebooting administra tion in power for fou: years more? It's a pity that a resolute prosecuting at torney does not get held of the black mailers and send them to the peniten tiary! We had to pass a new extradi tion law in order to get Ratnbone and Neely hack here from Cuba, but these blackmailers are carrying on their ne farious operations in the full light of day at the Raleigh hotel, on Pennsyl vania avenue, in the nation's capital. ! We are told that F. F. Sehrader, who I is doing this precious business for the i Republican congressional committee, j assures a startled public that no coer cion is used. Oh. no! Perish the thought! But there is not an employee who responds to Schrader's invitation to walk into his parlor at the Raleigh who does not know that if he refuses to come down with the dust to the tune of 00 per cent of his salary he will lose his official head. So rather than give up his job he whacks up. Schr?der has been caught in the act and in history will join Jay Hubbell. of odoriferous memory, but no doubt there are others at work in every de partment of the government busy as bees bleeding the employees in order to re-elect this administration of puri ty, sweetness and light Assassination in Kentucky, blackmail in Washing ton, plain but colossal stealing in Cuba, are the starters in a campaign destin ed to be the corruptest in the history of the republic. All decent folk will be compelled to hold their noses long bo fore the frost of November nips the Republicans on election day. Like Bnnqno'i Gboit. The Cuban scandals, like the ghost of the late lamented Banquo. will not down. The stench is so strong that even some of the McKinley organs are com pelled to give a lusty and far resound ing snort occasionally to keep from bursting- For example, that perferrld ! McKinley shouter. the Indianapolis j News, has a Havana correspondent j who, among many other warm things, says: ' It seems a lit ilo unfair that the department c-i posts i:i Cubs should be made the scapegoat fer a?i tue corruption cn the island's administration when it is well known in Havana that the postal irregularities ani defalcations r.re but a bagatelle in comparison with the stupendous frauds that have been perpetrated and judiciously covered up in this city alone, to say nothing of suburban military railroads, etc. Havana has always had the reputation of biing a warm place, but if ;.he political pot continues to boil over much more it will soon be pronounced too liot for comfort. The military muddle is petting thicker than ever. Genera! Adna II. Cha?fce. late chief of staff, cot away just in time. Before Itaving h remarked to a friend: "We all knew it would have to come, and I thought the sooner the bet ter, but those tender toes up there in Washington wanted the cyclone staved off till after election. 'Keep quiet down there or t'.K; Democrats will catch on, and then the devil will bo to pay.' So we kept quiet until some jay squealed to congress, and then?well, now the fat is in the lire, and no body knows who stole the fish." For months?in fact, since January?the militai .?iithoritics in Cuba knew of the gross extra*.agane?. the criminal carelessness and the glaring i:iaec;:racics. not to use stronger terms, that existed ii: the department of posts, but they also knew of tlie amazing rottenness of the city government, which was under military jurisdic tion and for which army officials in Cuba were re sponsible, and they hesitated to stir up such a cesspool of corruption, realizing that all the vir tues of the S125.000 electrozone plant and other disinfecting fakes would not be sufficient to de- j odorize Davis* doings, let alone purify the city j expense account. Besides, the constant admonitions from the White House?"Keep Cuba out of politics"?could ? not be ignored, so the military authorities in con trol followed as long as possible the aduce of tbe late Colonel Ingcrsoll, "Never look for what you j don't want to find," and were happy. On the Stool of Repentance. Now, mark you. The News has been a stanch supporter of the McHanna administration. But rats desert a sink ing ship. The same correspondent gets oif this startling paragraph for the amazement of a gaping world: The real facts are that the present administra tion lacks the foresight to discover, the courage to denounce and the ability to bring to justice the real thieves and political parasites, both civil and military, that bave disgraced our occupation of the island. Whereupon the agile editor of The News, determined not to be caught as the ship goes down, makes a brave leap for the shore, remarking on the way through the air: j But the people will net have it so. They will j insist on knowing the worst in order that the j proper remedy may be applied. The president j cannot afford, no mtttcr how completely some cf his friends may be involved, to ignore this mat ter, and we cannot believe that he will. When the whisky ring scandals touched the most 'inti mate friends of General Grant, the members of ! his own official household, he said, "Let no guilty man escape." Here is a precedent for President j ; lie Kin ley. Evidently The News is cn the stool of j repentance, and it may seem ungra- ! cious to jog its memory with unpleas- ! ant things, but the fact is that, not j withstanding General Grant's line epi- I gram, several guilty men did escape, j among them his military secretary, ! General Babcock, and at the ensuing ; election the Democrats swept the coun- ! try, electing Samuel .T. Tilden presi- ! dent by a popular majority of a euar- ; ter of a million and by a substantial majority of the electoral college. Two Fletares. It will be remembered that when the envoys of the two brave little South African republics presented themselves at Washington to seek the sympathy of the greatest republic under the sun in their heroic but unequal death I struggle with the vastest monarchy ? upon the face of the earth, the admin- j istration. headed by President McXin- j ley. gave them the cold shoulder and ? The marble hand. Mr. McKinley and ! his premier. Colonel John Hay, recciv- j ed 'them as private citizens only and turned them away empty handed. | Gaze first on that picture of heartless- j ness and then this of American ; cordiality. When an ovation was given ! these same envoys at Omaha. William ! J. Bryan was the chief orator. During j his speech, which was American throughout, he uttered these noble words, which thrill the heart like strains of martial music: I trust the day will never come when a nation fighting for liberty will look in vain lo the American people for sympathy and aid. These envoys have honored us by coming to seek our sympathy, giving us a? Americans the opportunity to assist them to gain that liberty which is so dear to us. It is to our honor tliat the Boers have come to us to receive our sympathy. It is hard to under stand the feelings of the man who has sympathy for the "Boer cause, but who is concealing it for political reasons. When a young man, I l???rd a very able sermon which has always clung by me on the text. "As he thinketh, so he is." Why should any American citizen who feels for the Boer fail to express himself as such? I do not see how one can do other than to choose the cause of the two republics in preference to that of a monarchy. Essence of Americanism. Those words were fitly spoken and are like apples of gold in pictures of silver. I humbly and fervently thank Almighty God that America is still able to nurture a man such as Bryan. His career demonstrates that the breed of men tv ho formed this republic has not run out. "I do nut see how one can do other than to choose the cause of the two republics in preference to that of a monarchy." That is a simple statement. It contains the very es sence of Americanism. Two years ago to those words and to that sentiment there would not have been a dissent ing voice in all this broad land; now official America?Mark Hanna Ameri ca?dissents toto crclo. I doubt if any other nation since the morning stars first sang together for joy has traveled the road from republic to empire as fast as has America In the last 18 mouths. Which represents most truly the great body of the people In this Boer matter ?Bryan or McKinley? There can be but one answer. Bryan and McKinley. My more or less esteemed and always ' amusing contemporary, the St Louis j Globe-Democrat, suggests that a joint j debate between William J. Bryan and I Theodore Roosevelt would be a fetch- 1 ing performance. Teddy's friends ? oujrht to have The G.-D. arrested under the statute against cruelty to animals. The G.-I>. outrht to suggest somebodv of Bryan's size, or, failing that which ? is impossible, somebody who measures up somewhere to his intellectual stat- j ure. He Is easily the greatest living orator, perhaps the greatest that ever lived. Roosevelt would have ai mut as much chance with him In an oratorical j slogging match as Terence McGovcrn j would have had with John Lawrence j Sullivan when "Sully" was in his prime. I have not seen Bryan since A Dril. ' and am no more authorized to speak i for him than is any other Democrat in ? good standing, but if The G.-l is really j hankering for a joint del-ate in which Bryan shall figure I en suggest one which will add to the gayety of na ! tiens. Let William McKinley and Wil i liain .7. Bryan have one joint discussion t in each of the 4 ? states of the Union! I I am absolutely certain that Bryan will j accept. Can The G.-D. bring William j of Canton to the scratch? 1 trow not. I and why not? Because The G.-D. knows I full well that McKinley can't hold a ? candle to Bryrm in a full and com I prehensive discussion of the issues now before the American people. I feel so certain that Bryan and Democrats generally would favor a discussion between the presi dential candidates that, while I am not authorized to speak for the Democratic national committee, and while that committee is not burdened with funds. I feel perfectly safe in say ing that rather than not have these lf> debates between Bryan and McKinley the Democrats will defray the entire expense of the performance. If we can't get the necessary money any other way. we will raise it by popular Democratic subscription. The poorest Democrat iu the land would be willing to contribute his mite in order to see the peerless Nebraska tinnii the present occupant of the White House. This Bryan-McKiuley oratorical scrapping match would attract more attention than any debate that ever took place on earth, and The G.-D. will miss the greatest opportunity of its career if it fails to join me in the ef fort to pull it oil The Open Door In China. A recent declaration by a high Re publican official at Washington recalls the famous lines which Bret Harte puts into the mouth of Truthful James: | Do I s?ron? Do I drcr.m? Do 1 wonder and doubt ? Are thir.?? what they scck?, or arc virions aix-ut? Is our civilization a failure. Or is the Caucasian played out? The aforesaid declaration of the high Republican ollicial is. in words and ligures, as follows?to .vit: "The so called guarantees relative to the 'open door' in China are not worth the paper they are written on." Jupiter Olympus! What are we com ing to? Fur many moons we have been told, with frequent and monot onous iteration, that the achievement of the "open door" was of itself alone amply sufficient to secure an immor tality of glory for this Republican ad ministration. At the annual banquet of the merchants and manufacturers of Baltimore last spring I heard my brilliant and expansive friend, lion. Charles Emory Smith, postmaster gen eral of the United States, laud it to the skies as the suminum bouum of all diplomacy and in a rhapsody of iridescent rhetoric place William Mc Kinley and Mr. Secretary of State John Hay on the pinnacle of fame for having negotiated it. General Smith is a handsome man. a prepossessing gen tleman, an artist in the use of words, and he enthused his audience and car ried it off its feet, or. rather, out of its seats on to its feet, as he pictured in gorgeous colors how vre "vere, one and ail. to l>e made rich beyond the dreams of avari?e by reason of the "open door*' policy. 1 confess that I was so wrought upon by his flights of imagination and eloquence that 1 began Iu my mind to figure out the date when 1 could quit practicing lav.- and lecturing and go to living in clover on my part of the divvy of the illimitable wealth to come to us through this much vaunted "open door/' i lived in ecstasy for weeks afterward. Now comes this cold blood ed, heartless, unimaginative, matter of fact "high Republican official" at Washington and pulls the underpin ning out from under General Smith's air castles in China as ruthlessly as blind Samson pulled down the temple by pulling down the pillars that held it up. I feel a sad sense of personal bereavement as i see my individual portion of wealth through the "open door" receding in the dim distance. And so "the guarantees of the 'open door' are not worth the paper on which they are written?" Too bad! One by one the r->ses fali. "The high Republican official" who ruined Gen eral Smith's speech and blasted my hopes ought to be prosecuted for leze majesty. The Ticket. It is useless to say that Bryan's nom ination is a strong and popular one. Also the platform is strong and popu lar. It is generally conceded that the nomination of Adlai K. Stevenson for vice j ?resident strengthens the ticket greatly in that section of the country where it most needs strengthening. A conservative estimate of what would happen were the election held today is that the Democrats would carry Kentucky, Indiana, New York and Delaware, thereby electing Bryan, and by a handsome majority, and. as the tendency is constantly In our favor, he may sweep other states which voted against him in 1S9G. Spnrrow ("?rrh-rs. A man in Georgia some time ago caught some sparrows and trained them so that he can o\ their cage and they will fly hack a in without any other inducement than the love of their home. This trainer watched the birds carefully ami made op his mind that sparrows could he trained to do the work of carrier pigeons and that, as they were smaller, they would he more valuable in case of war. He gave ! one <,f his sparrows to a friend who 1 was going a distance of . miles ami : told him to free the bird when he had j reached the end of his journey and a* ' the same time to telegraph him when 1 he did so. The bin! reached home and j went directly to its cage, making the j journey in a little over an hour and a half. From Licurcnan S. Carson. (.'apt. K. Scott ('arson, father of Lieutenant L. S. Carson, has receiv ed from him the following' letter which we are permitted to publish: Enroute from Manila to Masbate on board . S. A. T. Indiana. May 1, 1900. My dear father:?We left Manila on 21st ult.. en route to the islands of Marindugue. Ticao, and Masbate. We left the bay of Manila on the Indiana, accompanied by the Hele na. Villebois and the Baltimore. We carried the 1st Battalion, Col. Hard in, his staff, and Ma]. Case went with us. Our trip was to capture, and occupy these islands. We took Marindugue with little resistance the enemy flying before us, scarcely in sight. Boac was the first city we reached. It has a population of 18,'RX) people. There are eeveral cities on it. Santa Cruz, the next largest, has - , . The island has 48,000 people on it. Companies B. and C. landed and marched up through the jungle to the city, Boac, the capital. They had some fine trenches, and about 200 Mausers, but they did not have the grit to face us. The tewn and country was completely devastated; excepting chickens, hogs and empty houses, there was no other sign of the in habitants; every thing fled before us. We tried to get them to return after we got in town, but having been once badly treated by the Span iards, they mistrusted us. We made an effort to get the colonel of the insurrectos to surrender, but he refused and was allowed to return after his interview with our colonel. He was sent for, for an interview. We marched across the island 24 miles to Santa Cruz, expecting to meet with resistance, but saw about 12 people in the whole trip. Every thing had fled to the mountains. Our trip the first half was a very hard one. We crossed a small river about 24 times within a distance of miles. We' bivouaced on top of one of them. We were all wet and had to sleep or sit up on the ground. It was impossible to carry blanket rolls. The men could not stand it. As it was, several gave out and had to be helped along. It was about as hot a day as that was you saw at the review at Chattanooga. We reached Santa Cruz on the other side of Marindugue about 8.00 a. m.. the next day. but as usual, everything had departed and the town was comparatively empty. Plenty of white flags were out. We rescued two Spanish priests who had been captives for two years. They were certainly glad to get away. We left Santa Cruz the same day and joined the boats which had been sent up the bay for us from the Indiana; th<? latter went around the island to meet it and shell the town if they resisted. They had some fine breast works but no one was in them. I got some nice curios to bring back. While on our trip to Boac I got a fellow's gun. and cartridge box lull of cartridges. It is in fine order. 1 think the fellow was too hotly pur sued and dropped it. No one was wounded in this capture. We are now on our way to Masbate. We will get there in the morning, and will land. They have entrench ments on the shore there too. I un derstand, but I guess they will be empty as usual. The insurrectos have a powder manufacturing estab lishment on this island. I understand. We expect some resistance, but don't thuiK this wiil he much. I have been appointed Captain of the Port. Inspector of Customs, and Internal Revenue Collector by Col. Hardin. 1er Masbate. Maj. Case, knowing that I had been appointed, called me in his state room and ask me would I be his quartermaster and commissary. This is quite a lot to do. but I considered it a compliment, and said, "Yes/' I have a clerk, interpreter, and will get a caramet ta if I need it. I will be excused from all duties with my company except when there is a "scrap," and then I will be allowed to go into it. Most of the officers of ports newly opened over here are filled with offi cers of the army. I will stop now. will finish before the Baltimore re turns to Manila. May 2. 1900.?We arrived in this bay early this morning and saw in the trenches and fort along tfie water front about 200 armed insurrectos. The Helena was in the bay and cleared for action. Wo boarded small boats and as w? were going to make flank attack, the Helena let go and shelled the fort, tearing it to pieces. They stayed in their trench es and as we landed they gave us a volley and scooted ; no (me on our side was hurt. We got a few of them and captured several prisoners. They can get through the jungle like a rat in his hole. I took 80 men and fol lowed them about '., nil le through the jungle but could only get a glimpse of them, when we let them have it. The attack while we were going up to the ?k?v by the Helena with her rapid fire guns and our at tack was simply grand. They left and are said to be at the capital about 5 Diiles away. As soon as we are done unloading, we will take that town. It is said that all of the insurrectos have assem bled oti this island?Masbate. They are at Moba, the capital, and I guess prepared for us. If they run like they did to-day, we will make a short order of them. Co. B. captured two small brass cannons. We expect to present the Indiana with one of them. The insurgents here are arm ed with Remingtons and they use brass tip cartridges. I suppose these are some of tiie guns Dewey placed in the hands of the insurgents before the latter turned agtunst us. Along the water front are some fine warehouses used by Spanish people, but who now live in Manila. I have one large one for my O. M. and Com. stores. The residence is quite fine. Headquarters will oc cupy this. I have my ollices in it. Well, we will get through unload ing in about two days. We will likely go up to the capital to-mor row. We want to give them time to prepare for us. There won't be | much left of them when we get through with them. We have two Nordenfeit guns which we may use. Well, I will close for to-night and will finish after the battle is over. Good night. May 7th. 1900.?The colonel of the insurrectos, well-dressed came in to see Col. Hardin on 3rd inst. He had heard of the proposed attack. Of course he came under a flag of truce. Considerable time was spent in con sidering the matter. The insurrec tos-Colonel said h<; was willing to surrender, but the men were not, and that before they would bring in their arms, they would have t-> hear from 15 Presidents of various barrios. They wanted 1? > days for this, as the island was quite large. The Gov ernor came with him. They are just the slickest diplomats, you ever saw. Military men, J mean professional ly, make poor diplomats. At the end of 15days we will be just 15 days behind time. They have no idea of surrendering, and it will be impossi ble to get 15 Filipinos to agree to anything. They have about 300 well armed men up at Moba, but they are poor shots and don't amount to much. They are very scared of the gunboat, Helena. It transpired the other day during the conference, that these Filipinos knew the day we left Manila, and the object of our trip. It is aston ishing how quick they get the news. They have a fine code of signals. They burn ?ignal lights on: the mountains at night. We see them. We are anxiously awaiting these todays to be out. when the capital will be ours. It seems that all the insurrectos have assembled over here. In Luzon they are pretty well sub dued. There are so many islands it will take quite a number of soldiers to hold and garrison all of them, which will be required. We are occupying all the ware houses along the water front. They are owned by Spaniards, who have deserted them and who live in Ma nila. I guess they will come back now. AVe live in one iine dwelling right on the ba\*. The tide here rises about 7 feet and comes right up to the back steps. It is pretty hot here during the day and at nights when it is still, but soon the breeze springs up and we feel very cool and nice. ???? ?? -mmmm ? Will somebody please set a stand ard for the spoiling of Chinese csmes : For instance we see it : Ccetoo, Obee Foo, Cheefo, Che Fu and Cbe Fco ; aod Tsuogiiyamen, Tsusg Li YameD, Tsuog ii Yamen ; Prince Ching, Cheog Ch'ing. These a*e only a few samples o' the endless variations of those celes tial tongue-twisters.''?Raieigh Post There cai aod will be no common standard until the learned meo of the world gives us an International Dictbo ary of Geographic Names and it is accepted as authority in the cffices of all editor? end publishers. Io the case of a laoguage whose writteo characters d ffer from ours each original writer on the country attempts to indicate the sounds of words by meins of his own alphabet. Re sorxetimes misses, some times hits ; but whether be misses or bits he usually represents the sounds by a combination of lettere differing from other combinations. The loog e sound is variously represcDted by e, ee, aod i ; the sound by u, by oo, by e. ee, and i ; the sound of u by u, by oo, by o, by uh ; syllables are joined or disjoin ed, or hyphenated. So it goes ?Tbe State. - .u>- ^ Rev Dr. J B. Shearer, president of Davids?o college, has secured pro perty a: Fayetteviile, and will establish n high school 3? ? preparatory feeder to Dscidson. Most of the better col leges bave feeders now ?land?lph Mscon coiiecc the excellent Methodist. Virginia coUege has rwo great feeder?, one costing ?80,000 ?nd the other 885,000. One is at Bedford City and the other at Front Royal ?Wiimiog* tou Messenger. The cultivatioo of the sogar beet j still interests Americans as well as Europeans. In 1889 Germany bad 1,090.521 acres. Franoe 685 391 acres, Russia 1,356,075 aores, Bel gium 170,028 acres. Hollaod 112,878 aeree, Sweden 71,271 acres a?d Deo mark 34,594 acres What tbe figures are for this country we are not able to give. Bat a great deal of beet sogar is produced io some of the western states. William E Curtis, writing to the Chicago Record, says : "Senator Tillman exercised a great influence in the convention, and now ranks second in importance to Jones among the Democratic leaders He will take an active part in tbe man agement of the campaign and spend most of the summer and fall at Chi cago Xo man in either party has advanced so rapidly in prominence of late years as Mr Tillman When he came to the senate four years ago he had only a local reputation, and ! that chiefly as the author of the dis pensary law in South Carolina, but he is now a fullfiedged public charac ter, whose name aod influence are known and felt in every state of the union v The Chioeee resideote of Berlio have kept carefully ooder cover sioce the news of Baron von Kettleler'e murder was ooDfirmed. They have adopted European attire, eveo sacrificing tbeir pigtails, and are procuring wigs The Chioeee minister is said to be frighten ed worst of all. Ke is reported to be sick abed. - ? -+~? Within the next twenty days an other brave South Carolina soldier will be fightingp uon Chinese soil A order was recently issued moving one of the companies of tbe 7th infantry, of which Lieut Ben Tiilman, Jr , is ranking lieutenant, from Alaska to China He is a son of George Tillman The fact is, as the New Orleans Times-Democrat puts it, the Repub ! Means have no Philippine policy and do not know what to do They very likely meditate a colonial empire, the overthrow of constitutional liberty and a new era of stealing, but fear to fay so in their platform 4>\1? 4/ vi? li \ ? \1- \ / vLt vi/ ?/ it I Three Papers a Week I I -========= g. 1 FOR ABOUT THE I a PR?CE OF 0,Nc. I I This paper and the Atienta | i TwiccavWeck Journal for t & $2.00. ? 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Liberty ?treet, for both Life and Fire Insu rance. Ooiy reliable Companies rep resented. Phone No. 130. Andrena Moses. Oct2o ? o. Mi Carolila ai Genia El ton 1R. Company. Schedule No. 4?Io effect 12.01 a. m., Sun day, December 24, 1899. Between Ca deo S. C, and Blacksborg, 8. C west. eas: id cl 1st cl 1st cl 2d c'. *35 ?33 Eestera time. ?32 *34 m m STATIONS. m sa 12 50 Camdea 12 25 5 3: 4 ?C 4 ZZ S 20 8 50 9 20 10 ?0 11 20 11 35 12 30 1 CO 1 20 2 30 2 50 3 10 4 10 4 45 5 30 6 00 6 25 6 35 7 00 m 15 27 40 10 15 35 :0 00 10 20 3 40 3 55 4 02 4 20 4 35 4 50 5 00 5 20 m Camdea Dekalo West7ille Kerchaw Heath Spricgs Pleasant Hill Lancaster River3ide Spriogdell Catawba Junction Leslie Rock Hill New Port Tirzab Yorkville Sharon Hickory Grove Smjrna Blacksburg; 12 25 11 02 11 50 11 35 11 20 11 15 10 55 10 40 10 30 10 20 10 iO 10 00 9 35 9 30 9 15 9 00 8 45 8 35 8 15 a m 41C 3 15 3 00 2 25 1 00 12 40 12 20 11 ?C 10 40 8 2C 8 CC 7 30 6 G 2G 6 00 5 3C a ni Between Blacksburg, S. C, acd Marion, N. C wpst. EAST 2d cl 1st cl 11 *33 Eastern time. 1st cl 2dc: *32 *12 am o m STATIONS. 8 10 5 30 Blacksburg 8 30 5 45 Earls 8 40 5 50 Patterson Spriog? 9 20 6 00 Shtlbj l? 00 S 20 Lattimore 10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 10 25 6 3d Kesriena 10 50 G 55 Forest City 11 15 7 10 Rotberfordton 11 35 7 22 Millwood 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 12 25 7 58 Glenwood 12 50 8 15 Marion m m a m 7 43 7 32 7 25 7 15 6 55 6 48 6 38 20 05 a 40 37 17 00 m m 6 4G 6 2G 6 12 6 00 4 5C 4 40 4 20 3 50 O ?e \j ..?1 3 05 2 5 G 2 43 2 2C 2 0C ra West. Gaffoev Division. Eas; 1st Class. 15 1 13 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. J 1st Clss* 14 1 10 m 1 00 1 20 1 40 m ? m 6 00 6 20 6 40 a m Blackebnrg Cherokee Falle Gaffnej a m 7 50 7 30 7 10 a m 3 ce 2 4G 2 2G m *Dany except Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C, at 5 a ai, making close connection at Blacksburg, S C, with the Southern's train No 36 for Char lotte, C, and all points East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta. Ga. and all points West, and will receive pas sengers going East from train No 10. on the C ? N W R R, at Yorkville, S C, at S 45 a m. and connects at Camden, S C. with the Southern s train No 7S, arriving in Charleston, S 17 ac. Train No 34 with passenger coach attached leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, and connecting at Rock Hill wi;h the Southern's Fionda tra::: f.>r all joints South. Train .No 33 leaving Camden, S C. at 12.53 m, after the arrivai of the Southern's Char leston train connects at Lancaster, S C. wir? the LA C R, at Catawba Junction with the S A L. going Kait. at Rock Hill. S C, witb the Southern's traijj. No 34, for Charlotte, C. and all points East. Cmnects at York ville. S C. with train No 9 cn the C W R R, lor Chester, S C. At Blacksburg with the Southern's vestibule going East, and tbe South ern '* train No 35 going West, and connecting a t Marion C with the Southern both East ana. West. SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. S.B. LUMPKIN. Qen'i Paeseng-r Ag*nt.