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Vast Navy Proposed by Republicans. EIVAL ENGLAND'S FLEET. Imperialists Demand Preposter? ous Outlays. "WOULD BAISE A MIGHTY ARMY. Republicans Contend That We Should Have a Military Force In Pro? portion to Our Population - That Means Eighteen Hundred Thousand Men-Cost Would Be Stupendous. j Kew Features of the Philippine Question-Menace to Old Soldiers. Flocking; to Bryan. {Special Washington Letter.] It i? amazing with what rapidity this Philippine war has changed the opin? ions of Republican statesmen. Until this year nobody of any reputation ever openly advocated the theory that we should keep up a military and na? val establishment of vast proportions. Kow it is asserted by Republican lead? ers, both iii congress and upon the stomp, that we should have a navy equal to the largest in the world, which means equal to England's. That would take $3JO,000,000 in cash to build bat? tleships of "he first class, to say noth? ing of torpedo boats, armored cruisers, protected cruisers, monitors, commerce destroyers md other smaller craft, for England has C2 more battleships, and one of that class costs at least $5.000, O00. To make a navy really equal to England's would probably cost $1,000. 000,000. I believe as firmly as do thc Bepublicans in the wisdom of Sancho Panza's dictum that "in peace is the time to prepare for war." Consequent? ly I am in favor of a navy adequate to all of our wants, but I am teetotally opposed to any such monstrous folly and preposterous extravagance as to undertake to rival England in the size and strength of our naval equipment, for we have no use for it. man does not have to be an idiot in order to be a patriot. Immense Standing Army. It is now vigorously contended both in and out of congress and for the first time that we should have a standing ii army as large in proportion to our pop? ulation as any other nation on earth has, and men who have never given one moment's consideration to what this proposition means throw high their sweaty caps in air and yell for it as though it meant a great blessing for the republic. TV'hat does this proposi? tion mean ? France, with a population of 33,000,000. has a standing army of 700,000 men; Italy, with about the same population, has about the same sized army. Germany, with a popula? tion of ovex 40.000.000, has an army of over S00.00O men. and so on to the end of the chapter. The truth is that every nation of Europe is groaning un v.?r the great load of tax to keep up its standing army. To such an ex? tent has this been carried that it is ?aid in Europe that every laborer car? ries a soldier upon his back, and while the census figures have not all been published for this year's census the general estimate is that we have a pop- J Illation of about 70,000,000, not count- ! ^ing Porto Rico and the Philippines, j On the theory that we should have an army equal in proportion to the stand? ing annies of other countries we would Lave an army of about 1.S00.000 men. for which we have no earthly use and which would cost an annual sum at the thought of which the overburden? ed taxpayers must shudder. When the bill to reorganize the ar? my was before the bouse, I catechised my Republican friend. Colonel H. F. Marsh of the Quincy district, who was a brave Union soldier and who is a leading member of the committee on military affairs, as to the cost of main? taining a soldier in the regular army. His reply to my inquiry was that the average cost of maintaining a regular soldier while doini service in the Unit? ed States is about $1.00" per year. On the bas s of 1.SOO.WO regulars, at $1. 000 apiece, the cost of the standing ar? my would be $1.800.000.000 per year, and there isn't a mari living who can give any valid reason or plausible ex? cuse for- withdrawing 1.800.000 young men from the ranks of the producers and loading them upon the people's backs at a cost which the mathematic? al powers of the human mind are inad? equate to comprehend. The only way to prevent this stupendous folly is to elect Bryan and a Democratic con? gress, for there is no earthly sense in electing a Democratic president with? out a Democratic congress to aid him In his patriotic endeavors for the pub? lic weal. I repeat it that we have no use for such a standing anny or any? thing approximating it. Strensrth of the Republic. We have never depended on the regu? lar army or a great navy for our de? fense: ve have never waged a war in which the volunteers did not do the major part of th" fighting, and th? United States never did carry on a war wit tout success. The rc-:;! strength of the republic lies in the patriotism and valor < :' the volunteers, men who are n<>t professional soldiers, i.ur who. When !; country is in danger, quit ?h<' civil walks of life, shoulder their mus? kets, fight till the country is victorious and then cheerfully lay down their arms ard return to their business. Volunteers fought the war of the Revolution, they fought the war of 2S12, they fought the Mexican war. they foug?t the Indian wars and they did the principal part of the fighting on both sides in our titanic civil war. , Thc most splendid anny that thc ever looked down upon was the bined forces of the Union and Co: orate sidos at the close <>f the j war. and the most amazing spec j ever seen among men was that j million and a hail* veteran so?< stacking their anns, dolling their j forms and returning without a j mur to tlie peaceable vocation ; American citizenship. The volui j sol.lier is not only the safety, birt ' j the glory, of tte republic. From the close of the civil wa 1SG5 Gown ro the beginning of Spanish war our standing anny h strength on paper of 25.000 mer.. . matter of fact, it usually aver; 20.000 officers and men. and we along splendidly during all that t and if the possession of the Ph pines necessitates such .a navy such a standing army as above i ca ted ??hat alone is sufficient to der strate that it is the greatest curse ever befell a free people. But. in judgment, this vast military establ ment is not desired or intended service abroad, but to be located in large cities, to carry the election congressmen and for the legislati that elect congressmen of the Un States. Surely the American vo are not ready to substitute a govi ment by the bayonet for a governn by the ballot. The most aniaz thing about this proposition is i any foreign born citizen of the Un: States can be induced to vote for party that advocates it, for it is saf< state that 50 per cent of all the eign born male citizens of the Uni States now here who were adults w they came to America came here escape military service themselves i to save their boys from being c scripted into the standing armies Europe. It surely cannot be that ti will help establish here the bad ? tem from which they fled when tl left Europe. Philippine Mattem. Notwithstanding the vast amount writing and talking that has been d< about the Philippine question th are certain features of it to which s ficient attention has not been given. Among other evil effects of the Pl ippine business is the building up o huge pension roll which my grande] dren will not live long enough to i paid off, and my oldest child is only years of age. If any old Union soldi' read this. I wish to call their spec attention to this fact and to put ii their ears a flea of large proportio: for they have a direct interest in 1 matter. When God created the world, could have made it exactly the sai climate from pole to pole as easily the way he did make it. but for soi wise purpose he made the arctic ZOH so cold that nobody can live there; made the temperate zones and wh people to live in them: he made t torrid zone a-straddle of the equab where there is eternal summer, a: he made negroes. Malays and ot er colored persons to live in lt. V can't live there: it is contrary to E ture. If we had discovered the Phill pine Islands and there hadn't been native on them and we hadn't bei compelled to fight to get possession them, we could not populate them wi people of our own race. For 300 yea the Hollanders have had possession the island of Java with a climate t most exactly the same as that of tl Philippines. Six different times h.T they tried to colonize it with whi persons, and six times have they si nally and completely failed. Poop of our breed can't live in the Phill pines. To try it is to fight against fat Those who do not die there will I fit subjects for pensions as long ? they live; that fact should cause tl veterans of the civil war to keep the optics pealed, for there is just so m nc money and no more that can be dcvo ed to pensions. A great many Unio soldiers are still without pensions an want them: many who have pension desire them Increased. If a large pei sion "roll is built up by reason of thi endless Philippine war, the old Unio soldiers will be cut short on their pei sions just as certainly as water run down hill, for it is a mathematics tmth that when a pie is cut into si pieces the pieces are not as large a when it is cut into four. Hard Work to Get reunion?. I am fully aware that the statemcn that my grandchildren will not live t see threse pensions paid off seems pr( posterous. Eight years ago 1 woul not have made it. but in that length o time I have learn?! something. Whe; I first went to Washington as a coi gressiona! greenhorn and tenderfooi they did with me what they did wit! all tenderfeet and greenhorns-that is shoved me off to poor and obscur committees where there was a grea deal of hard work and scant glory Now I rank second among the Derne crats on the great foreign affairs com mittoe. which Senator Henry Cia; Heather facetiously denominates tb swagger con;mittee of the house, but 1 took me eight years tc get up there A congressman has to begin at the foo of the class and spell up. Therein lie: the wisdom of retaining a faithful ant capable representative in congress. It my tirst service in congress I was as ! signed to the old pensions committee which had jurisdiction over all pen sions back of the < . I v i I war: t lint com i mittee had jurisdiction over pension! growing out of the Revolutionary war ? the war of 1S12. the Mexican war an? j tho Indian wars. j I never had studied much about th? j mani:-, but 1 si ?posed all the Uevolu : tionary soldiers and their widows ha? '. died anti gone t?- glory long ago. Tba' proved to lu- a great mistake, for 'is'.r.',. ism and ixe. ?!;ar committee pul ; ir; a large part of 'ts time considering: 1 pension bills for widows of the Revo? lution?r war. which closed in 1TS,*>. ; Only two or three weeks au'" I saw in 1 the newspapers where one <>f those "widows whom i helped to pension in l.s;>:: had just died. That state of af? fairs was a great mystery to me at I first, and I determined lo fathom lt- I I how those widows had conic down to I ! us from the past century-and I sue- j j eeeded in the investigation. The way j j it comes about is This: oldier ni the ! : Philippine war. nov?- IS j ears old. lives j j to be i:" and becomes a widower. Ile j j marries him a wife 1~> years old. :.::;! | ! she lives io I'" '.?'?. She will bo draw- ? I ing a pension i :7 years from now! And ? j she will be drawing a pension after we j : and our children and our grandchildren j ! an- gathered to oar fathers! Of course j j this is an extreme case." but that a j j great many <>.' them approximated this ' . condition is the only way to account j for those Revolutionary widows who j are still living. i As a matter of fact if a Revolution I arv soldier was IS years old in 17^.".. the last year of the war. and lived to j be 70. then married a girl 15 years old j who lived to be 75. she would still be I drawing a pension up to the present j day. I do not believe that either the veterans of the civil war or the tax? payers are in favor of fastening on the backs of three generations of our de? scendants a large pension debt grow? ing out of a war whose results will be a curse to us instead of a blessing even if we succeed in it. Senator Chandler In Trouble. The New Hampshire state railroad trust has declared war on Senator Chandler. Republican, ard has joined hands with Senator Gallinger to pre? vent Chandler's re-election. It is per? tinent here to recall the fact that these two senators had a bitter quarrel a few months ago in which the feathers flew to some extent. William E. Chandler was selected by President Lincoln 35 years ago to probe and prosecute in the case of the Phila? delphia navy yard frauds. He is one of the few remaining relics of the Lin? coln style of Republicanism and is now doomed to defeat by the Hanna-Gal linger railroad trust gang of political buzzards, all because Chandler is the kind of bimetallist that the Repub? lican party declared itself to be in its 1S06 platform and because he opposes trusts. Chandler was a leading Republican, the friend of Lincoln, when Hanna was making his pile by hook or crook, when Roosevelt was in school, and has for years, like Schurz and John B. Henderson, stood as one of the few re? main ins: representatives of what Re? publicanism was in its best estate, be? fore Mark Uanna and his evil days came. Schurz and Henderson have turned their backs on Hanna and his flock of cormorants-they have walked ? out and closed the door forever. Chan? dler has seen the fall of all that was I good in the party of Lincoln, "like J leaves in wintry weather." Will he remain in the Republican party as now j constituted? It does seem to me that he will be mighty lonesome there. Still They Conze. j Mr. Bryan has been touring Indiana, speaking as only he can speak, endur? ing a" physical strain that would kill F?tzsimmons or Corbett and making ! friends and votes by the thousand, j Gus Thomas, the playwright-the man who wrote 'in Mizzoura"-has been I with him and says the plain people j throng to the car steps merely to touch I his garments, as the Judrcans flocked I in the footsteps of the Nazarene. j ! In one day Bryan visited nine coun- I ties around Indianapolis and made 12 j speeches of considerable duration. At Richmond ex-Congressman Henry rj. i ! Johnson, who. with Thomas B. Reed, j j constituted the brainiest pair of Re- j ! publicans ir: congress since Blaine i ! died, presided at the meeting. It will i be remembered that Johnson refused renomination at the hands of the Re 1 publicans and declared for Bryan. And still they come through the woods! Elizabethan Seamen. The Elizabethan seaman seems to have been a rather serious minded man. There is little of the happy go lucky Saturday night sailor about the men of Hawkins or Drake. Their offi ? cers gave them a very indifferent char? acter. They were a "loose rabble;" "vagrant, lewd, disorderly;" "a regi? ment of common rogues." Raleigh said that '.they go with as great a grudging to serve in his majesty's ships as if it were to be slaves in the gal? leys." Perhaps this description was only meant to apply to the sailors of James I, of whom it was written. If we are to judge from the records of the voyages of Hawkins. Drake or the Earl of Cumberland, the tide of Puritanism was already rising among them. They accepted the wonders of the new world with the unquestioning faith of children, and most of its un? pleasant surprises were attributed to direct satanic agency. Prayerfully and powerfully they fought the Spaniard, who was antichrist, and prayerfully and frugally they inaugurated the slave trade, which filled their pockets. When Hawkins, with a hold full of ne? groes, encountered bad weather and the carpi sickened and died, he con? soled himself with the pious reflection that "the Lord would not suffer his elect to perish." Thc negroes, not be? ing of the elect, perished freely.- Nine- j teenth < 'en tu ry. Hm Not Ornamental. The nervous young man backed into j the nearest chair. The fair girl glared ! at him. "You're a bird!" sec cried sar- ! "Whv er- what?" he gasped. "You're <>n my hal!" she fairly i screamed.- ?'hiladelph::! IV-ss. i Nicknamed i?> Architects. These young architects arc merciless chaps when they are discussing the work of seine one else. The spire cf one of the new churches in Boston ai- j ways :is joy attention. Away up aloft there are angels, gracefully poised, each with :i trumpet at mouth and leaning far out on rho air that swims around them. 1 have admired that group most mightily. 1 was coin- j mentmg ir that strain in the hearing | of a Iiosto?? architect. "Of what church are you speaking?" queried the architect. I rold bim. "Oh. yes." said he carelessly, "the | Church of ih- ii.?ly lieanliowers. Thai's what comes ot* lack of sense of j proportion; Those trumps are roo slender." Anti now I can no longer admin- rh.:: j seraphic group on ;!.<> spire, i ?tr?ve to think -if angels, and : fetch up Ky thinking of boanb'owers. And another church i'? Boston is -u architects' terms thc "Church > ? the Holy Thermometer" <>:'. account of some decoration meant to he impostor. And another is the "Church of the Kindergarten Steeples"-for lhere is one big spire surrounded by lots of lit? tle kid spires-"waiting to grow.*' say the architectural Philistines.-Lewis? ton Journal. Lo-uk Before Von Leap. Once upon a time there was a young man who believed what the books said. He left the farm and came to the great city to make his fortune and to climb the ladder of fame. The books said a great deal about the ladder of fame, so the young man exercised him? self on copybook morals and poor Rich? ard's almanac in order to be able to chin hini?2lj! up a round at a time. He was especially strong on run? away horses, and one day, to Iiis grati? fication, he saw a mad steed plunging down the crowded street. He could not see any fainting maiden attached, but still he knew this was his oppor? tunity. He sprang for the bridle, but hit the front wheel instead and was projected with violence into the gut? ter. Six months later, when. lie came out of the hospital, he was sent to the Home For the Feebleminded for try? ing to stop a fire marshal in the per? formance of his duty. Moral-Oct your opportunities label? ed.-Dartmouth Literary Monthly. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule in Ei?oct June ?0, WOO. No. ti K<>.ll :Dai!y D;uJy ?O.ll No. H: Daily Daily! EAST (CIO* TIME. 6 20p 7(X>aLv 558p 7 41ui T2?p S55a? " 7 58p '?2.8.H " S i?]> lu l.',a? " ?I 33a Ar ll -Wal " . . ('harlem-on . Ar ll 15a] Summerville.. " 1032a .Branchville. " ! ii 10a1 .Orangel?rsr... " j S 4laj Ringville . " ! 7 ;MK, ..S;;mi er ..Lv; 6 .!5ai ("aniden.Lv?.j hI5p 7'?Sp ?OOp 5S3p 4 43p !50p 9?O-> l ? ?X'a' A 5-'. >-. 72:.;. 7 4<> SOI'}. 922p 02UT) , CA? l,\ l?ti .. '.'?Aja, .' i! -V-a " 10 ?7a " i 1 u?a " 11 .-,1a Ar. i .olnm>.-:a.. LTI 710a| iOOp ' > arles?o? . Ar ll 15a? 8 J5p .Branchville... " ' 8 50a ??Op .. r?amlie-r?r - " 8 27a; 533p . ;><;imark.... " 813a?519p ..Blackville .... ** 8O0a; 5o:*p .Aiken .. .'. M . 7 ?tor 355p Autrustaux.d.Lv " I 6-20?l 310c NuTB: Jr- addition io the above servio? trains Nos. 1." nul lt. run daily between ?harJoa? ten and Ashc*. hie. carrying ? levant Foilmaa sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Oh?rl*ston ll :00 p. m. ; arrive Columbia 5:55 a. m.: arrive Ashe? ville 9:u5 a. m. No. 1(3leave Asheville 2 05 p. m. ; leaye Columbia 1:35 a. m.; arrivo Charlemos 7:W a. hi. Sleeping oai\s ready lor occupancy CjuyrlestOS BX ??eJ p. m. Thete train* make c??s? <>5n^e?,?ions at Columbia with through trains betwees Florida points and TT:;sh:n..-..? n'J-.-ut thc ifU.-^ No.:?|2?o. O CREEN VILLE. ?2To.221Xo.16 Daily ?Daily Double Daily Service. ?Da?y j Daily 1100p 7 00a.L'. 1 55a 8 55a? " 2 50a 9 23a? " 7 00a ll 05a] " 9 50a 155p " 10 55a . Charleston .. Ar! 815p . Branchville .. " 600x> . Orangeburg... " ) 5;|p .. Columbia ... Lr 4 Ouy . Greenwood .. " |12 40p 245p.Ar ....Abbeville... Lvlll 20a ll 40a? 3 Sop Ar .. ..Andetaon... Lv 10 45? 4 4?p I? 20p' 4 lopAr .. .Greenville... Lv 10 15& 5 ggf IEJT ?Sun. ?Ss. Sun. only Sua. 700a 4 20a 345? 1354 bl5? 6 lop Lv. Augusta _ Ar. Sanders ville. " Tennille. 7 00a 9S0a lOOp 1243p 180p 1250p 520? 882p S?Op Lv. Tennille. M Sandersvil??. ?Ar. Augusta. . . 5 40a 350pl 310p . 5 50a 400p? S23p . 900aj 710p| 830? Lv. Savannah.... ** Allendale. " Barnwell.... ** Blackville... Ar. Columbia,., 12 90a 1220p. . 680a 4 13a 406p 7 25a 4 28a 421pl015* 6 l?a 605p. Daily ,'Daily "Mix. j Mix. Ex su Ex su 4?5a 6 uGe 7 45a jil 45a Daily exM? LT. Ar. Columbia.. Blackville. Barnwell.. Allendale.. Savannah.. 1125a 107p? 121p 315p 120a 800a 8 15a 510a 6 10a! 1015a 4 50p ll 30*1 8 40p lOOp 915p Atlanta and Beyond. Lv Charleston.i 7 OOai 520p.'. ir. Augusta.ll 51a iu20p. " Atlanta.j S20p 5 00a. Lv. Atlanta.ll 00p 5 30a 4 00? Ar. Chattanooga.'645a 9 45a| 8 49p Lv. Atlanta.I 5 40a 415p Ar. Birmingham.?ll 85a 10 00p " Memphis.'via Birmingham)...I 805p 715? Ar. Lexington. 500p 5 00? " Cincinnati. 7 30p 7 45a " Cnicago. 7 15a 5 30p Ar. Louisville. " St. Louis.. 730p 7 04a 740a 600p Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga).. 10p! 7 40a To AsheTille-Cinoinnati-Lonisvill?. KASTER .S' TIMK. Lv. Augusta.. " Batesburg. Lv. Charleston. . Lv. Columbia (Union Depot). Ar. Spartanburg . " Asheville " Knoxville. M Cincinnnati. " Louisville i vin Johico^_ Daily Daily 2 65-D 4 4Up 7 Oft? U OOP ll 4Oa?'6 30? 310p 950? 7 lop HOp 415a! 7 20p 730pl 7 45? . 6 50? To Washington and tho East. Lv. AunuxtA. 255p' 930p " Batesburg. 4 40pjl2O7? " Columbia (Union Depot). 555p 215a Ar. Charlotte... . HIOp 9 45? Ar. Danville.''TT^..!I2 51?j 1 3sp Ar. Richmond. 6 OOaj fi2^j> Ar. TiTashington.. 7 35a 850o " Baltimore Pa. K. B. 1? 12a U25p " Philadelphia,.ll ada- -'5^a " New York . 203p! 613a Si-:.i(T Car L ie ht ..vern?<"nar.es-;on and Atlanta, via Auirtis?a. TI.:.?ii;-.^ .-.>Tin.'cticn.s at, A??anlafor all in.iats North :I?<! Wost. Solid Trains between < harleston ar.d Ash? vi'";e Pul?man ;'?;.??.!- <'.<r? and Drawing Room sleeping ?-ais between (.'liur!es;ou :md Ashe vill.-. t- ?Tinections nt Columbia with through 'rains f<-.r Washington sndihe Luiat; also for Jackson? ville atui??i Florida Pointa Fix A N K S. (T A N NON. J. M. C?LP, Third V-P. ? Gen. Mgr., TrnfTi.- Manager, W ashingtun, D. C. Washington, Jv. G. GEORGE R ALLEN". Div. Pass. Agt., Charleston. S. C. W. A. TURK. S. H. HARDWIOt Gen. Pas*. A*:t., Asst. Gen. Pass. Waahin Kt on. D. a Atlanta. Gft. W0M1N IN TEOITBLE. The Approach, cf Itlotherlioocl is the Occasion of Einen Anxiety to Ali. Ev<?ry woman dreads the ordeal through which she must pass in becom? ing a mother. The pain and suffering i which is in store fer lier is a source of ; constant anriet j. fear and dread, to ' say nothing of the danger which the j coming incident entails. The joyous i anticipations Arith which she looks for : ward to baby's coming gives way to an j indescribable dreadcf the ordeal when she fully realizes the critica] and trying event which will soon approach and : have to be endured. Women should hail with delight a : remedy which insures to them im I munity from the pain, suffering and ; danger incidental to child-bearing. 1 Such a remedy is now offered, and j women need not fear longer the hour of j childbirth. "Mother's Friend"-is a j scientific liniment-and if used before i confinement, gently and surely prepares ! the l)ody for the great requirements j and changes ic is undergoing, insures ! safety to both mother and child, and takes her through the event with com? parative ease and comfort. This won? derful remedy is praised by every woman who has used it. What woman is not interested in "Mother's Friend?" This wonderful remedy has been tested and its price? less value proven by the experience of thousands of happy mothers who have used it during the most critical period of woman'3 life-the approach and culmination of motherhood.. It has won their everlasting praise, for it gave them help and hope in their most trying hour and when most needed. Every woman may some day need "Mother's Friend.3* The little book, "Before Baby is Born." telling all about it, and when it should be used, will prove of great interest and benefit *o ali expectant mothers, and will be ?ent free to any address upon application to the Bradfield Regulator Company, Atlanta, Ga. Atlantic Coast Line WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AF GUSTA RAILROAD. Condensed Schedule. Dated May 27, 1900. TRAINS GOING SOUTH.. So. 55 No. 35 p. C2 Leave Wilmington *3 45 LeaTr Marios 6 29 Arrive Floreaos 7 45 p. na. A. ip Leave Florence ?7 45 ?3 06 irrive Sumter ;8 57 4 05 No. 52 Leave Scatter 8 57 *9 40 Arrive C^-mbia 10 20 II 00 No. 52 runs through from Charleston vi Central R. R., leaving Cbarleatop 7 a. to Lanes 8 34 a m, Manning 9 09 a in TRAINS GOING NORTH No. 54 No. 53: a. m. p. m ~eare Columbi* *6 40 *4 15 Arrive Sumter 8 05 5 35 Nc. 32 m. p. s? Loave Sumter 8 05 *S T *rrivs Florene 9 20 7 20J a, m. Leave Florence 10 00| Leave Merion 10 39! irrive Wilmington 1 20 *Dailj. fl^ily excep* Snndav. T No 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C ??a Central R. R., arriving Mann.ng 5 04 j ra ,Laoe? 6-43 p rn, Charleston 8.30 p m. Trains cn Conway Branch leave Cb&dboar 5.35 p m, arrive Conway 7.40 p rn, retnrr "mg leave Conway 8 15 a m, enive Chad boam IC 35 am, leave Cbadbonrn 11.50 a m. nrrive Boardman 12.25 p rn, returning leave Boardman 3.00 p ra, arrive Chadbcurn 3.3.' pm, Dail- except Suaday. J. R. EENLY, Gen'I Manager. T. M EMERSON, Traffic ManagerZ H. M. r-YERSON GenM Pasa. Agen ATLANTIC COAST LINE North-Eastern R. R. of S. C CONDENSED SCHEDULE, TRAINS GOING SOOTH Dated No. No. No. No. Jan 14, 1900 3ft* 23? 53* 51* a m p m am Le Florence 2 34 7 45 9 40 Le Kmgstree 8 46 Ar Lanes 3 38 9 04 pm ll 2C Le Lanes 3 38 9 30 6 45 M 20 ir Charleston 5 04 10 55 8 30 1 00 TRAINS GOING NORTH No. No. No. No 78* 32* 52* 50* am pm am pm Le Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 00 4 OG Ar Lane? 8 16 6 15 S 32 5 39 l<e Lanes 8 16 6 15 6 3? Le Eingetree 8 32 Ar Florence 9 25 7 25 7 05 sm pm am p ra *Daiiy. fDaily except Sunday. No 52 rans through to Colombia via COD rai R. R. of S. 0. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 rnn via Wileon an' 7ayet:eviile-Sbort Lice-and make clos. :o:;nection for ol! pointe North. f-aine on C. & D R. R. leave Florene: If j . x? except Sanday 9 50 a m, arr^e Darline oo 0 15 a tn. Hartville 9 15 a m, Cber-w il 30 a ra, Wadesboro 2 25 p ra. L>eav. Florence daily ercept Sunday 7 55 p rr, ar? rive Darlington 8 20 p c, Bennettsville 9 ll om, Gib?on 9 45 p m Leave Florene* Soaday ooiy 9 30 a ia. arrive Dariirgto 0 05 ? ra Lf-iivr Gibson daily except Sunday 6 CC 1 ra. Bennettsville 7 CO a m, arrive Darling 8 00 H ir?, leave Darlington S 50 a rr?, ar 've iT?crsnce 9 15 ara. Lo&vc V?ade?borr '.?'!. except Sunday 3 00 p rr, Cbersw 4 4? ?ra', Hurtsville 7 00 H rn, Qarii&etoo S 2f to, arrive Florence 7 00 p ra. L?r.vt? Dar .*:..;: ton Sunday only 3 50 a ti, arrive Ftc nCg Ct ? -, P1 R KESLEY. JNO F DIVINE. Gc oi Si&Z i??r-. ?iesM Sip tj .? EMERSON. Traf?c Manager Estate of Mis Wattie M. Stuckey, DECEASED. 1WILL APPLY ro th> Judge of Probate of Sumter Count) on November !7;t\ IPOO. t.ir ti Fina! Discbarge as Adrniartrator ?;f a'orrsa'd E?!o'e GEORGE M STUCKEY, Administrator. Oct 17-4t I Three Papers a Week I FOR ABOUT T?-JE PRICE Or OME. 5 This paper and thc Atlanta ? a Twicer Week Journal for I I S2.0C. I 3 Here von get the news cf f * the world and all your local g ? news while it is fresh, paying \. % very little more than one % I paper costs.'- Either paper is g ?f well worth $?.00, but byspe- f I cial arrangement we are en- ? jj abled to put in both of thom, $ giving three? papers a week I tor til is low price. You can? if not equal this anywhere else, ? and this combination is thc I best premium for those who * want a great paper and a a home paper. Take these and I you will keep up with the g times. S Besides general news, the 1 Twice-a-Week Journal has 2 much agricultural matter and other articles of special interest to farmers. It has regular contributions by Sam Jones, Mrs. W. H. Felton, John Temple Graves, Hon. CH. Jordan and other dis? tinguished writers. Call at this office and leave your subscriptions for both papers. You can get a sample copy of either pa % per Here on application. M Gip El lion R. E, Company. Schedule No. 4-lo effect 12.01 a. m., Son December 24, 1899. Between Camden S. C., and Blackebnrg, 8. G WEST. EAST*. 2d cl lat cl ?35 *33 Eastern time. 1st cl ?32 2del .34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 6 30 8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 lo 11 20 2 10 Hfatb Swings 11 20 3 15 1. 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill ll 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35 1 (0 2 50 Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4c* 2 30 3 10 Catawba Jonction 10 20 12 20 2 50 3 20 Leslie - 10 IC ll 00 3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 40* 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 60 5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 T30 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00* 6 5c 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 2C 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 CO 5 20 Blackebnrg 8 15 5 30 rm pm am am Between Blackebnrg, S. C., and Marion, N C. WEST. EAST. 2d cl ?ll 1st cl ?33 Eastern time. 1st cl 2d cl ?32 ?12 a m 8 10 8 30 8 40 9 20 10 CO 10 10 10 25 10 50 11 15 ll 35 11 45 12 05 12 25 12 50 D m STATIONS. 5 30 Blacksbnrg 5 45 Earls 5 50 Patterson Snrings 6 00 Shelby 5 20 Lattimore 6 28 Mooresboro 6 38 Henrietra o 55 Forest City 7 10 Rutberfordton 7 22 Millwood 7 35 Golden Valley 7 40 Thermal City 7 58 Glenwood 8 15 Marion pm pm a m 7 48 7 32 7 25 7 15 6 55 6 48 6 38 6 20 6 05 5 55 6 40 5 37 5 17 5 00 s m p m 6 40 6 20 6 ?2 6 00 4 ?0 4 40 4 20 3 50 3 25 3 05 2 50 2 45 2 20 2 oe p m West. Gaffney Division. East 1st Class. 15 I 13 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. 1st Class 14 1 16 p m 1 00 1 20 1 40 p m a m 6 00 6 20 6 40 a m Blacksbnrg Cherokee Falls Gaffney a m 7 50 7 30 7 10 a m p m 3 00 240 220 p m ?Dany except Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., at a rn, making close connection at Blacksbnrg, C, with the Southern'8 train No 36 for Char lotte, X C. and alt points East and connecting with the Southern'? 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, SC, at 8 45 a m, and connects at Camden, S C, with the Soathern ? train No 7S, arriving in Charleston, 8 17pm Train No 34 with passenger coach attache leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, and conneetin sr Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida tnii. for all points South, Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12.5'* p m, after the arrival of the Southern's Char? leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with the L <fc C K R, at Catawba Junction with the SAL, going East; at Rock Hill, S C, with the Southern's iraiB, No 34, for Charlotte, N C. and all points East. Ccnnects at York? ville. S C, with train No 9 on the C ? N W R R. for Chester, S C. At Blacksburg with the Southern's vestibule going East, and tbe South? ern's train No 35 going Ws$t. and connecting: at Marion X C with the Southern both East and West. SAMUEL HUNT, President. S. TRIPP. Superintendent. A B LTT?KIN- Oen'i P?g?enz?r Ae~nr. Atlantic te! Line ?aiM of CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In effect Mav 27th, 1900. SOUTH. NORTH No No No No ?35 |*7 . f56 ?32 ?> 02 Lv Dar!>ncton Ar 8 05 S 4*. Lv Elliott Ar 7 20 9 2; Ar Sumter Lv 6 40 ; 05 Lv Sumter Ar 6 13 ? 54 Ar Orator. Lv 5 22 .. 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50 y !5 AT Pre. nails Lv 10 00 i ] 7 ?rantrebarg 5 OC > 55 Denmark 4 24 ' 55 Augas?a 2 30 .m & m p m p m *Ds!:y fDaiiy except Sunday. Trains 32 -.r-rj 3'1 carry through Pullman P?!-..-c Buffer Sieeping Cars between N??w York ;n.i Macon Tia Augusta T V EMERSON. H M EMERSON, TrathcJManHzer. Gen'l Pass. Agt J R KEN LY, Gen 'i Manager.