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The Commercial Phase of Imperialism. A PHILOSOPHIC ARGUMENT. Shall Our Government Be a Re? public or an Empire ? WHAT IMPERIALISM WILL ENTAIL. Vant Fleet? and Armies .Must Cc Balli and Raised ?Oar FarmerK and Worker? Would Be Compelled to Compete With the Products and Labor of China and Siberia-Capi? tal Will Go Where Labor 1M Cheap and Raw Material Abondant-? A Careful Study of n. Great Question. [Special Washington Letter.] One of ibo very ablest of the young Democrats in congress is the Hon. Wil? liam M. Howard of Georgia. Ile pos? sesses as tine a judicial aud analytical mind as does any other man in public life. His besetting sin is his modesty, which, perhaps, in this age of brass ought to be accounted a virtue. Ile is a fine illustration of the truth 'o? the old adage that "still water runs deep." Ke represents the district formerly rep? resented by Judge Lawson, who was universally regarded as one of the ablest men in the house. In the Fifty-fifth congress Howard and I were both placed on the great committee on foreign affairs by Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed: consequently I got acquainted with him at ah early day in his congressional career and learned to value his great qualities at their true worth. He ii- very much dis? posed to hide his light under a bushel, j but gradually members on both sides of the house are coming to understand that he is one of the really forceful ! characters in congress. In the Porto j Rican debate the subject was discussed from every conceivable standpoint ex? cept the commercial. Howard rn? de a great speech on the commercial phase of imperialism: "Mr. Chairman, we are now perhaps well beyond the sentimental stage of our victory over Spain, and thoughtful people are no longer willing to solve the problems that confront us as the legacy of that war by the patriotic ex? clamation. 4\Vho will haul down the flag?* nor will they accept as an accu? rate measurement of our responsibili? ties the mystical solution that it is .destiny.' Oar Motives Honorable. "Whether the inhabitants of Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands are cit? izens of the United States, or whether the constitution guarantees to them a i republican form of government, or whether the tariff and excise tax laws apply equally to all the territory of the United States, or whether these islands may be held perpetually as colonies without the right of statehood, and j many other problems not yet suggested j by this new aud strange relation, alien ? to the spirit of 1770 and repugnant ?<? ? the Declaration of Independence and | unprovided for in the constitu? ion. are j questions too vital. \.<ro momentous, to be solved with phrases. "The decision to ;?O to war with Spain j .was suddenly made notwithstanding the long continued existence of the causes which we proclaimed as justify? ing hostilities, and the public mind was as little prepared for the ready compre? hension of the consequences of victory as was our government for the conflict, and it was therefore but natural that the hysteria of our exultation should be prolonged by mysticism on the part of those who conceived that the golden opportunity was present to convert a war begun for humanity into one of conquest for commercial gain. The change of purpose was as rad jeal as it was sudden and involved our plighted faith to the world a::d with each other. "No matter that Europe was. not de? ceived. \\\-ourselves believed that our motives were honorable and that we fought to restore peace and establish liberty where despotism was reveling in a carnival of death. In July, when the blood of our heroes was yet wet on San Juan hill, we spumed the sugges? tion of indemnity as a taint upon our honor, and tu December, a:. Paris, we were stilling the protest o7 our pros? trate foe with a bribe of gold that Eu? rope might not hear h<-r crios while we stripped her of the Philippines. It is so wonder, then, that tie* succeeding chapter in our history was written in ^the Delphic phrases, 'Who will haul down the Hag'.'* 'lt is our destiny' and 'Cod has given them to us.' **It is not my purpose to enter at this time into a discussion of any of the problems which the permanent reten? tion of Porto Rico and the Philippines involves except that of commercial ex pansion. There are now many people in the United States who believe they see in the annexation of Cuba and thc permanent retention of Porto iii-- > and the Philippines vast opportunities for the expansion of our commerce and wbo for the sake of this supposed ad? vantage will justify and defend a poli? cy which results ni the permanent re? tention ofthe.se islands. Iiej>ul>?:c or Empire? "Waiving all considerations of ria!!;: and wrong involved hi the policy of re? tention and passing the qu? stion of thc constitutional power to maintain a co? lonial system and of the resultant ef? fect on our republican form of govern? ment of a colonial system. I shall dis? cuss the question of commercial expan? sion involved in this new condition from a purely commercial standpoint of .profit and loss. Whether it is desir able that irrave questions of eons iional government should ever be sidered from the standpoint of < niercial gain, the fact is that e male citizen in the United States, legally disqualified, is by virtue ol j power to vote a lawmaker, and wi j er he will preserve existing institut i or overturn them is a matter of ! own will, and those who would c j turn settled policies must be met at threshold of such a controversy their own ground. "If this government is to remai republic, the people will be rcspons for it; if it is to be converted inte empire, the people will be respond for that, and. this being so, it is ! part of wisdom to talk about the i hi some of the people are thinking ab j It is safe to say that if the comm? ! with the Philippine Islands was j limit of the possibilities for coin mer j expansion in the east the questior. I their permaneut retention would h ; been settled long ago against sue j policy. The average annual aggrec of the imports and exports of the lands for a period of ten years, end with the year 1SUS, is S33.000.000. every dollar of this commerce was vt the United States and every dollar it was profit, it would not pay the penses of a civil and orderly gove meat in the islands." Here Mr. Howard inserts some tal of figures showing exactly the impo of the Philippines from all the co tries of the world as well as the ports of the archipelago to these sa countries, perfectly substantiating 1 facts as stated by him in his openi paragraphs. Fact? io Consider. "If this is wise for us, just to our boring element, a contrary policy is i wise and unjust to the people of th< islands, and in its last analysis t competition is that of the cooly c< tract labor with the free labor of t States in the production of sugar a tobacco. It is no reply to say that t island tobacco, being better than ou does not reaIly*compete with it. Xh< best tobacco is better than ours a hence does not compete, but they nc raise and will raise still more of grade of tobacco which is not bett than ours that will compete with us. "Xor will it do to say that the cai i and beet sugar industry of the stat yields so small a per cent of the tot consumed that our industries will n be affected. The price of our sugar fixed by the price of theirs. Beside the beet sugar industry in the Unit? States promises in the future to supp our home market. Germany ai France not only supply their hon market, but export largely of beet su, ar. The fact is that beet sugar su; plies two-thirds of the sugar consume in the world, and the adaptability < j sections of the west and the south 1 j its production promises some reli from the unprofitable production ( cotton aud wheat. .'Cotton was formerly grown in tl; Philippines and may be grown thei again, and. while you add this industr to those existing in the islands, you ii crease the production of a staple th price' of which, when a normal crop i made in the United States, is below tb cost of production, bringing distres and want to many of the people HOI dependent upon that branch of agricu turo." After 1?U pages of close reasoning Mi Howard sums up the situation in j most interesting fashion. It is wei I written, it is good reading, and ir. make j the eastern situation so plain that eve: ? "a wayfaring man. though a fool, can I not err therein." Herc it is: A Look into the Futnrc. "If the powers in China act in con cert in excluding all commerce exeep their own, the question is fairly pro seined whether we an- sufficiently pow erf Ul to overe?me their resistance L>: owning the Philippines. I take it tha in our generation no American govern ment would inaugurate a war in ? large sense offensive against England Germany, Russia and France. Tin question will not admit of argument lu that contingency we would discovei honor and prosperity in peace. "Let me now assume that the greatei probability is from the relation be? tween these powers that they maj quarrel among themselves, and if wc were in possession of thc Philippines we should have an opportunity to be drawn into the quarrel on more favor? able terms than those just supposed, and with the fortunes of war more evenly balanced we could better afford its risks, and in this more hopeful view ? we keep the Philippine Islands. We will fortify and garrison the best har? bors, build drydocks. equip coaling sta? tions, build repair shops and keep a fleet of warships about our Asiatic sta ? tion. "American money is invested in Chi? na: American citizens have large inter? ests there. The critical moment ar? rives, the diplomatic triggers are sot, we scan tho situation and make choice of sides, with whom or in what partic? ular combination the emergency will determine. If we win. we shall have a port, a sphere of influence, of our own. The prize is a rich one. We are eager for it. We pile coal in Luzon as high as the volcano of Taal. The trig? gers are sprung. War is on. Luzon is the base of American operations, ami whatever the combination we arr in, whoever our allies may be. sooner or later our has ? is object of attack. I To resist successfully it. must prove ! stronger than the assault. Wo OvcrtaXce Ocr Destiny. "Should < ur base be destroyed we are j at least crippled, it may lead ?o de I feat. If so. v..- withdraw gracefully, pay the indemnity and console our? selves as best \w may .v.ul carse the hour v?v tool; ,h;lij>p:nes. If we win. a oort . f'h?'na is the reward, i W e select a p ?ri ami whatever more may be agreed < ;.. We fortify and j garrison ;i?.> pori and garrison the ter I ritory taken. The Asiaih- ticct must be enlarged, our n. w dep? ::<;<. P y g<>^ crned. We are :\ world power now. We must aid in maintaining peace if peace be profitable or in waging more war :f war promises the greater ad j vantage. V\ e have attained t?? national I manhood. We have at last overtaken I our destiny. j "The Philippines wore on!;. Lise step? ping stone in tho march. <"*ur ships must outnumber n?r faetones ii' .'. e would be respectable in ii:?- r-orr.patty I we keel? and our soldiers outnumber our voters if we would not have ?rou? ble with our republican institutions. The taxes are burdensome, thc civil list extravagant, the pension list the most liberal in the world . Farmer and Worker Injured. "Our army is larger than ever; the white squadron is to be seen in every sea. our flag in every zone. What have we accomplished for our commerce? We have added Porto Pico. Cuba, the Philippine Islands, a province or more In China, and if it was Russia that suc? cumbed in the conflict we will take some of her Siberian territory, or if it was England we shall add islands in Australasia, or if it was France we shall take some of her possessions, pref? erably in Africa, and should Germany be the unfortunate one we will despoil her in the Pacific. This, then, is our gain for commerce, for our surplus wheat, cotton, oil. iron and steel and their manufactures. "But the wheattields of China and Si? beria are nearer than our great west? ern plains, and they are tilled by Asiat? ic labor, with whose low wages our wheat growers would starve. The cot? ton fields of China are white with Asi? atic staple, and the cotton of India is nearer than that of America, and by the law of cheaper products and cheaper transportation keeps American cotton out. When you have cut the Nicaragua canal. Indian cotton is still cheaper in your new possessions in China than American. "The coal and iron of China, devel? oped by European and American mon? ey and skill, are supplying the demand for iron and steel in our new domain, and Russian. Siberian. Sumatran and Chinese oil is still in the hands of the old or a new Standard Oil company, who linds it cheaper to plug up Ameri? can wells and supply China from Chi? nese and other nearby wells. And now for the first time the American farmer, the American miner and the American factory hand learn that trade does not follow the flag, but that capital does, and leaves dear labor at home to pay the tax as best it can to fly the flag in a foreign land. Where I* the Imperialist? "Where is the imperialist now? Ile has gone where he can practice Impe? rialism, where labor is cheap, raw ma? terial abundant and men must work, but shall not vote. The great valley of the Mississippi is listless, and the plains of the great west seem bare. But they will reduce the acreage in wheat and seed to the sugar beet. For what? To compete with the contract cooly labor of tropical Hawaii. Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines. The south may reduce her acreage of cotton and s<-w to tobacco. For what? To compete with Cuban and Philippine tobacco. "What. then, does the balance sheet show? The total import and export ! trade of China for a year does not ex? ceed $250.000.000. Now. if the United States absorbed every dollar of this commerce, driving every rival from her market and every dollar of this trade was profit.how does the account stand? J "For the year 1001 recommended ap propriations for our army are $128.000, 000 and for our navy $75.000.000. a to- j tal of $203.000.000, taking no account of pensions incident to the Spanish and j Philippine var. Add to this stun the ? past cost of the war. $250.000.000, and j allow for the commerce of the Philip- I pines and Porto Rico $30.000.000.which ' counts every dollar of their trade as profit, and the sheet is balanced against us by $175.000.000. The Old Way and the New. "But the army is to be permanently increased, and the navy is to be built to proportions commensurate with the responsibilities of our new obligations. If you double the existing navy, which will make us then only a fourth rate naval power, you double at least the present appropriation and double the present army, and you at least double the present appropriation to $400.0uo. 000. "In other words, an army and navy adequate for the requirements, with the attendant increase of pensions, civil government and unforeseen expenses, will add to the cost of running this government $500.000.000, or twice what J it cost us in 1S?7, before the war with ! Spain, or twice as much as the aggre- ! gate of all the commerce o* China, the j Philippines, Porto Pico and Hawaii if j every dollar of their commerce was with us to the exclusion of every other commercial power in the world and if every dollar of that commerce went in? to thc pockets of American citizens as profit. "Contrast the old way with the new, and how stupendous is the folly of it! | During a century of peace, leading the j national life planned for us by our fa- j thors, our export trade has reached j $1.252.90*>.9S7. at a maximum expense ? for government ot' $500.000,000. $150,- | 000.000 of which is paid in pensions ! and purchases no service for the gov- ; ernment. and now it is proposed to j abandon the ways of peace and con? quer trade with force, and we increase ! th-' expense <.?" government from $500.- j 000.000 to $1.000.':0<U.'0n for the sake of ' the opportunity to conquer the com- j merer of i'll!!::!. Porto Pico and the Philippines." Mike AIS Oves Mr. Duffy- Mrs. Kelly, it pains met' infarm ycz ?hot y ure hoos.band has jist bin 'flowed oop hoi a doinatnoite ear t h rs dice. We found in's head in wan lot, an his body in another lot, an his ligs in another lot. an his arms an fate in a ia.i her lot. Mrs. Kelly (proudly) - Begorrah, i hot's M.?ike all over: -Harper's Week? ly. SUMMER WRAPS. Boleros. Jackets ami Tapes of Thin Materials. The chief summer tera ps aro, first, the bolero, litt m? at the back and sides, but straight in front, open or elosed, and coming only to the waist, except Tor tho elongated fronts: then the loose or fitted jacket with a short basque, and then the Feries ot ornamental rapes which are scarcely more than collars, as they sim? ply cover thc shoulders and the top of the arms. Tho first two varieties are made of thin cloth, covert cloth or silk. Tho last are of mousseline do soie, gauze, net, taffeta, crepe de chine, lace and simi? lar fabrics and aro simply a foundation for trimming and ornamentation. Kuches, YOUNG Gir.I/S GOWN. plaiting?, pufnngs, ruffles, embroidery, jet, spangles and fringe are used in profusion. Although capes are less worn than they used to be when sleeves were large, they still remain the only practical wrap for use over delicate gowns, as they can be easily put on and off. They are seen of a length to roach below the waist, or even lower, but arc much trimmed. Today's cut shows a costume of cream mohair for a young girl. The skirt is adorned around the foot with three bands of narrow black velvet, forming points, and is gathered at the waist in the back. The stretched bodice is trimmed with bands of velvet, which simulate a corse? let and a pointed yoko. Around the shoulders is a fichu of cream foulard with pink dots, bordered with a line plaiting of plain foulard. The scarf belt is of the dotted foulard, the long ends being finished with plain plaitings. The tight sleeves have plaitings and bands of velvet at the wrists. Ji'Dic CIIOLLET. THE SLEEVE. ?t Is an Important Part of the Fa?h? ionahle (?own. Sleeves show a great dca! of variety. Some are perfectly fiat, tight and plain; Others are made square at tho top by means of darts; still others are gathered whore they are sewed in. Then there are sewed epaulets and sleeve caps of all kinds and sleeves which are tucked, F?PLIX GOWN. puffed and trimmed with much elabora? tion. In no case, however, is the bulk of tho sleeve very great, thc exaggerated style OL several years :'.go-which was. by the way, extremely comfortable and becoming t<> the figaro- having totally disappeared. Pagoda sleeves, which are larine the other way -that is. are very wide and open at the bottom -are seen on many et cuing wraps and reception and house gowns. Mi.ten sleeves on summer gowns aro often finished willi a deep scallop, (over? ing the hand to the Iii. rers. "Chis scallop is lined with velvet, satin, atliered uioas seiiue or taco and may be turned back at the w i i--:, forming a sort of e;:f? when ii i< desired to give freedom *?' the hand. The cul shows a <?. sfinne of silver gray poplin. Th?' skin is plain immediately in i'rojit. bul is galil* red a; the waist, at the sides and hm !.. The plain bodice has a yoke uf girip?:re rind a bolero com? posed of alternate bands of poplin and guipure. These eiose in front under a knot of black panne. The sleeves, which are of elbow length, are trimmed at the top to match the bolero and have a mille of guipure at the elbow. Junie CIIOLLET. The Homicide at Rock HiiL A Yorkville View of the Trag? edy as the Result of Un? savory Domestic Scandal. Yorkvuie, Sept 15 -The News and Courier bas already published an ac couot of the subsequent developments of an unsavory domestic scandal that occorred in Yorkvillc on last Thursday night. These developments embraced the killing of Mr H. A. Brown at Rook Hil I on last Saturday morning and the arrest and commitment of Mr. Paul R. Brattoo and Mr John S Brattoo, of Yorkville, on the oharge of murder-the former as principal and rbe latter as accessory. : The tragedy in Rock Hill was the j out. growth of a domestic scandal. ; When Mr JohD S. Brattoo went to his home last Thursday night he beard voioes in the room of bis wife. Find? ing the door looked he went around co a window. H. A Browc <ras climbiog oat Mr. Brattoo attacked Browo. Brown was the stronger mao aod got rbe best of the scuflb. Brattoo called for help. A oumber of neighbors came to the rescue and seized Brown. Brattoo theo smashed Browo io the face with a stooe aod asked his assistants to hold the mao uotii he got his gan. Wheo Brattoo left those who were holding Brown turned bim loose, j Brown mads his way to bis borne in Rock Hill. j Friday night, accompanied by bis i brother, Mr Paal R Bratten, Mr John j S Bratten, went to Rock Hill and kill? ed Browo At least be says he did the killing. The evidence taken before rbe coroner's jory showed that both men were in Rock Hill and that this was their business. The testimory a3 to which did the actual killing was not exaetiy clear, and for some reason the jury found that Paul R. Bratton was the principal. This, however, is a mere matter of assumption Paul R Bratton claims ? that he is inooceot of the killiog. I He does not deoy his preseoce io \ Rook Hill, however, or that he weot with his brother for the express purpose i of settling the affair. Tbe Messrs Brattoo are still io jail, but as to wbeiher they will institute babeas corpus proceedings has oot yet developed Their attorneys are Messrs Tbos F- McDow, W. W. Lewis aod W. B Wilsoo. Another Texas Storm. Does Great Damage to Cot? ton Crop. Dalias, Tex. Sept 21 -The storm of last night over northern aod north I western Texis was ooe ot the most j disastrous raio and electrical storms '?. experienced in years. The dama?e is heavy, but is confined Iargeiy to cottou ; and railway interests. Farmers deciare l tbat tbe injury to the cotton crop will j reach 10 per cant. Trains ou Dearly j every road io northern Texas are far I behind schedule time and southbound trains oo tbe Missouri, Kansas and Texas Central roads are tied up for the Dight ar Dallas. Tbe Trioiry river oear Dalla6 haft riseo nearly 30 feet since last night ano overflowed its banks this atteroooo. The situation became 80 alarming that about 3 o'clock Sheriff Hoghes seot out mounted couriers frcm this city to notify farmers aod other residents j abog the vailey to move oat, as they otherwise weald be likely to be caught by a flood dar'iDg the Dight. News from the paobaDdle belt may add to the seriousness of the storm. Wire communication is badly interrupted Rain began falling late yesterday afternoon and eoded tbis moroiog at ll o'clock. During that interval tbe fal! was ll iocbes in some places*. The raio was accowpaDied by wind whicb uoroofed houses aod beat trees to the grc-UDd. At Fort Worth considerable loss was sustained. Tbe Trinity river left its batiks during thc night and the valley as ?ar as the eye could see was a vast sheet of water. Tbe river rose 21 feet during the Dight. The city park there was submerged to a depth of four feet and rbe waterworks was an island. Lieut Hobson is reported by a Vancouver newspaper as saying that Admiral Dewey did not 6tnk the Spanish ships in Manila Bay as everybody has supposed, but that t!?fi Spaniards themselves scuttled them in order to prevent their capture by the American fleet. Unless Lieut, Hobson repudiates this alleged interview it will un j doubtediy create a big sensation The statement atttibuted to Lieut Hobson has great importance in view of the fact that he has been for some months past engaged in the in- j spt ctioti of the sunken Spanish hulks j in Manila Bav and in the effort to ; raise them i L90.dua.8cpt 20-lo the morr.iog ? papers a lotter f-i^ned by tho Btrings- j Rothschilds, Speyers and Browo.Sbiprj <. v & Cu . io winch these bocees offc, ? t.? receive subioriptions in aid ni tho Galveston sufferers arid to for wird j (hem through thc New York chamber ol eoma:erc?-. The Barings and Brown Shipley & Co . contribute each ?210 i und the Rothschilds and Speyers each j r;525. ie I SI 3 ci JJ ii 3 Three Papers a Week FOR ABOUT T*1E PRSCE OF ONE. This paper and the Atlanta Twice/a'Week Journal for $2.00. Here you get the news of f; the wor?d and all your local | news while it is fresh, paying f very little more than one paper costs. Either paper is well worth $?.00, but by spe? cial arrangement we are en? abled to put in both of thom, ;| giving three papers a week I for this low price. You ean ;| not equal this anywhere else, ?j and this combination is the I best premium for those who J want a great paper and a ? home paper. Take these and I you will keep up with the I times. I Besides general news, the I Twice-a-\Veek Journal has * much agriculrural matter j and other articles of special I interest to farmers, lt has * regular contributions by Sam | } Jones, Mrs. \V. H. Felton, & g John Temple Graves, Hon. | j CH. Jordan and other dis- | s tinguished writers. t S Call at this office and leave your % 3 subscriptions for both papers. You if I can get a sample copy of cither pa- % ? per here cn application. ?. Life and Fire Insurance, Call on me, at my residence, Liberty Street, for both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Only reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No. 130. Andrena Moses? Oct 25-o. tension 1R. Company. Schedule No. 4-lo effect 12 01 a. m., Son d December 24, 1899. ?Between! Camden S. C., and Blacksbarg, S. C WEST. EAST. 2d cl *35 1st cl ?33 Easters time. 1st cl *32 2dcl .34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm S 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 3o 8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville 11 60 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 lo 11 20 2 10 Bfath Borings ll 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35" Lancaster 10 55 2 35 1C0 2 f 0 Rivprside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4rj 1 30 3 10 Citawba JaiiCtioa 10 20 12 20" 2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 10 HOC 3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 40 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 2C 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 00 5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 3C 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 5 6 5c 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 Blacksbarg 8 15 5 3C pm pm am am Between Blaok6burg, S. C., and Marion, N C. WEST. EAST 2d cl .ll let cl *33 Eastern time. let cl 2d cl *32 *12 am nm STATIONS. am pc 8 10 5 30 Blackeourg 7 48 6 40 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 2C 8 40 5 50 Patterson Springs 7 25 b 12 9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 Cv i0 00 S 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 5C 10 10 6 23 Mooresboro 6 48 4 4? 10 25 '6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20 10 50 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 50 1115 7 10 Rutberfordtcn 6 05 3 25 11 35 7 22 Midwood 5 55 3 05 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 50 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45 12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20 12 50 S 15 ?ariou 5 00 2 CO pm pm am pm West. Gaffney Division. East. 1st Class. 15 I 13 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. 1st 14 dasi I 16 p m 1 00 1 20 1 40 p m a m 6 00 6 20 6 40 a m Blacksburg Cherokee Falls Gaffney a m 7 50 7 30 7 10 a m p m 3 0C 2 4C 2 2: p m ?Dany esc?pt Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., a; a m. making close connection at Blacksbarg, C, with the Southern's train No 36 for Char? lotte, N C. and all points East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta, Qa. ?nd all points West, and will receive pas? sengers going East from train No 10. on the C <t N \V K li, ai Yorkville, S C, at S 45 a m. an J connects at Camden. S C. with the Southern c train No TS. arriving in Charleston. S 17 p nr. Train No 34 vita passenger coach attache leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a ai. arni connectin a? Kock Hill with the Southern's Floria's trai ?' .r all points South. Train >.<> S.'i leaving Cam icn. S C. at 12.5 ;i m. a:tor the arrival of the Southern's Char? leston 'rain connects -.t Lancaster, S 0. xrith the L i C K K, at Catawba Junction with thc S A I., going Ka.-t. at Rook ii ii. S C, witt the Southern's trais. No 34. for I harlotie, N C. and all points Ka.-t. C<nnee;s p.t York vd!c, S t\ with train No 9 on the C ? N W R R. tor Chester, S C. At RIacksburg with the Southern's vestibule going Hast, and the South? ern's train No 35 going West, and connecting at Marion N C with the Southern both Hast aad West. r S A M U EL H UN T, President. S. TRIPP, Superintendent. A.B. LT7,'?KIN- Gen'" Pawner Ag-ut.