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,y-?FINGLE VALLEY. 3 Wide woodland worlds aie ringiitf With the dappled gray birds' singing, Arifl the stream flows by A forgetmenot's eye, j Where silver fronds are upspringing. Soft blades and blossoms mingle In the misty vale of Fingle, * And the young leaves play Through each emerald day In many a dene and dingle. Great mother, hear my crying. For the years are fleetly flying, And a dream of spring To my weary heart bring In the hour when I am dying. ** One vision will content mo And none that love need lament me If my sense but fade On a golden green glade When you claim the dust yon lent me. ?Eden Philpotts in Literature STORY OF A CHASE. % There were deatl leaves underfoot, lot overhead tbe trees wore crimson and rnsset gold. There were deep lanes ! ? *- J A' + Wav, rl etrotoKoO I unaer iuw new, uuv uc;uu? micivuvu open moorland, swelling to tbe borizou. The wind shook tbe trees with rustlings t as of silk, with clamorous whispers and gasps, rising and falling, but uevyr quite still. But it surged over tbe moor with tbe rush and swirl of surf, and then there were silences in sharp contrast, while tbe clouds drove overhead, gathered and massed and trailed away, leaving wide blue gaps. And from time to time there came a glint of sunlight to lie across the moors. Tbe day was typical of tbe times, for it was tbe second year of tbe civil war in England. In tbe principal street of a small post town, at tbe door of its principal hostelry, a horse stood waiting, toRsiug its head fretfully at tbe rongb caress of tbe wind, which wbiskcft its mane to and fro, laying back its ears at tbe roar of tbe gale in tbem, fidgeting impatiently, lidling, starting, stamping?a brown mare, with a coat like satin, and limbs of satin and steel, witb a bead like a deer, and fine, full nostrils, quivering with eagerness and impatience. It was describing a circle round tbe inau wbo was holding it, causing a wary falling back among a knot of spectators near the door, when a seep sonnded on tbe stair within, and tbe little ears shot ? forward with a low whinny at tbe sight of the lad wbo cleared tbe last stens at a bonnd and came ont into tbe wild autumn morning. A boy witb a gay, handsome face, boyishly light hearted, but holding iu the carves of month and chin the promise of a determination and resourcefulnessmore thau boyish; with bright blue eyes, keen hehind their laughter: slim and of only just middle height, but lithe and wiry. He swept off his hat, nodding lightly to the group outside. -The mare began to sidle toward him at once, and, taking the reins from the man holding her, he pulled the 6oft muzzle stretched out to him up to his face and kissed it, with a laugh. With his arm across her neck be tnrned and spoke to some one who had followed him out to the dcor of the hostelry?a tall, gray haired man. "I'll do my best, sir." i , The other answered him, with a kindly look in bis eyes. ^ "For that, my lad, I'd give ye credit whate'er should befall." The color came into the lad's face. "Thank ye, colonel. I vow I will." The other proceeded to give him some final instructions. ^ "And have a care of thyself, lad," he concluded, with a hand on the lad's sbonlder, as he tnrned to re-enter the house. "There be ju6t one or two we could better spare thau thee." ^lHhaDk ye," said the lad again, and he seemed about to repeat his former promise, but checked himself, but then, with a laugh and eyes full of mischief, quoted himself mockingly, "I'll do my best,"colonel." The other shook his head laughingly and took his departure. The boy looked round at the group in front of him. "Just ODe or two here!" he said, codding at them impertinently. There was a playful unsheathing of -rapiers. "Nay, nay, iu the face of the colonel's expressed command I cannot pleasure ye, fire eaters that ye are. Tilt ye at each other's inconsiderable throat and let out some of the bile that inspires ye." He sprang nimbly into the saddle and wheeled the mare. "Keep ye, gallants, in all humility till I return. S-steady there!" as the mare went up the street like an india rubber ball. "Have a care for my valuable neck." "Keep her to that, Kick, and I'll warrant ye safe from the Croppies' bullets at e'en five yards!" shouted one man after him. "From aught but a broken neck," jeeyed another. The lad, turning in his gggygaddle, called back: "From envy and malice, Dick Lacy, the Lord deliver thee. Pluck up heart, man. Didst not quite fall off the last time tby jade coughed? Kay, on the king's business I accept no cartels, but I'll ride a tilt with thee on my return, r and thou sbalt be tied into tby saddle ^ an thou wilt." " 'Sdeatb, thou mayst be riding a tilt with thy sponsor and namesake, Old Kick, before then an thou chance to fall foni of his darlings, the long e?red rout, and fail to show them a clean pair of heels." "Faith, bo will be the better and thou the worse of a very notable lesson in the gentle art of equitation should it so fall. But I'd back the mare to show a clean pair of heels to Old Kick himself. So ye would do well to set to and practice tby horsemanship, Dick. Hey, Dick"?he pulled the mare almost on to her haunches for a moment?"canst have my sorrel while I'm away. I would not have thee say but thou badst all reasonable advantages." Dick Lacy * 1 ? - l in a hrnch liSQ r^CCUli V lUdl n uvicv 4?j m with tbe enemy. "Aud if Old Nick cannot wait longer for my company ye can keep it to practice ou against the time we meet again. But tbe mare and I go to tbe devil together if it so be." He disappeared in a cloud of dust, followed by the ringing laughs and jeers of the knot by the door. He was j well known and well liked. He and bis mare had polled more than one man cut of a tight corner, and his high spirits and good nature made him a general favorite. And so crimson and russet aud gold eame into the Jane between tho steep ! banks under the trees, came with a "cling*" of iron shod hoofs, trampling tbe dead leaves underfoot and waking little whirls and eddies among them, with a glitter of steel* aud a steellike gleam in blue eyes, which glanced hither and thither, under tin* trees, down the bypaths, into the open disI tauce?gay blue eyes, with a challenge I 4n thpm. as in the alertness of tbe boy- j f 7 isii figure, in the hand which never strayed far from the holster, in the shortened reins, the nice t?>ucii on the brown mare's month, ready to stop her or let her dash iuto her full stride at a moment's notice. He was humming a gay little tune under his breath, with a smile on his i Jips, when suddenly the tune broke off I in a sharp indrawn breath, and in a JigbtniDg flash the young face changed, flaiing iuto defiance. There was a ruth of sound and air and motion. Dead leaves whirled in clouds under the iron shoes as the mare bound* Btllorwanl miiier tlie spur. Dead leaves rose and scattered nnder other iron shoes. The ring of hoofs had its echo flung back from the other end of the lane, and the gleam of steel met the gleam of steel between the steep hanks uuder the trees. But the lad on the mare was alone, while half a dozeu Roundhead troopers filled the narrow track on the other side. The discovery and the subsequent dash towaid a common goal (the path which cut into the Jane midway between them)eeemed almost simultaneous on both sides, hot there was a second's hesitation, an involuntary chock, a little inevitable jostling among the troopers' horses, and on the lad'R part not. a second lost. The mare gained the outlet first. The slope was in her favor, her ? wnnurinv fleetnpss tno Hllfl tllO Vlf U rU|/V 4iV4 ??VV? tJ V-v J . % w v-y lightness of her rider. But his bullet was n?ly just in time as he swerved iuto tiie path leading ou to the moors to intercept one from the foremost trooper, and a shower of bullets sang after him with high buzzing drone as he turned. Half standing in his stirrups, he rode for the open country? rode for life and trust, with his teeth set, catching his breath, but with a flush ou his cheek and his blue eyes gleaming. He was such a boy?excitement and danger were the salt of life to him.' Only the thought of the dispatches he bore sobered him with a sense of responsibility?brought a stern curve to his lips and a line between his brows at the sound and thrill of those thundering hoofs behind him. Fortunately the path was full of sharp curves, so that he was screened from his pursuers at a sery short distance. He stood up, easing the mare, and she swept down the dip o? the path with a burst which carried her far up the opposite rise on to the moor. He sat down iu the saddle and steadied her then, and, riding slantwise up the crest, was able without losing ground to throw a glance back at the mouth of the path he had quitted. Iu a moment he saw oue troop er burst from it, closely followed by a secoud, tben after au interval by a third. He was ov.er the cre6t ami speeding down the opposite side before any more came into sight, bat looking back as he came again on to higher grouud he saw them all?three first and two behind?dotting the slope. He was within range of bullets, but be trusted to the pace to prevent them from using their weapons, or at least to impair their aim, aud the pace was terrific. It roused a sense of wild exhilaration in bim. The rush of the wind made him catch bis breath, and sang in his ears with the hum of vibrating chords. A wide, deep ditch yawned in front of them, and toward this he shaped his course. The mare quickened her paco and took it with an effort, the bank crumbling under her hoofs. Behind him presently he heard a splash and the sound of struggling. Ilis face broke into an irrepressible smile of boyish elation. He did not turn and wave his hat ironically, though he would have liked to, but he patted the little creature under him, exclaiming: "Hey for King Charles! Bravo, my maidie!" His color rose jubili^uly. But when at the end of a few more moments he found time to review the situation he wondered whether they had flung themselves on the pursuit of a chance "malignant," or had caught wind of his errand as. the bearer of more or less. important dispatches. A stern chase and a long one in the latter case! At the next opportunity bo looked round again. They were riding in the same order, with a suggestion of dogged determination about tbern which he was quick to recognize. He faced round the saddle again with a dry little -l U lUUgn, squai'iug jjjs euuuiunn nun something of their own suggestion of obstinacy, thrusting his tfeet home in the stirrups and narrowing his eyes against the wind which heat sbarj ly in tlism, but tbey were bright and confident still, and ho leaned forward with a pat to his mare and a light hearted word of encouragement as he settled himself in the saddle, throwing keen glances ahead. Twenty minutes later, breaking from a coppice, he saw the clustered roofs of a village in the dip below him and the white ribbon of the highway in front and behind the sweep of the moors, barren of figures for the moment, and his face expressed a resolution more than tinged with elation. He turned on to the road as the foremost horseinau loomed up against the sky line a mile and a half away. But before he had goue a hundred yards the mare made a suddeu stumble, and something raug sharply on the hard surface. She had cast a shoe! He jumped down with an oath. The smithy lay a couple of hundred yards farther on, just above the village, and be led her there at a limping trot. The smith ran ont with a readiness which seemed to suggest a grasp of the situation. He asked no questions, but took the brieve out of his hand and set to work without delay. It only remained to the other to possess bis soul in such patience as he could command, which in truth was very little. Outwardly he was calm enough, though, as he stood beside the mare with his hand on her aeck he stroked aud patted the little ;reature as though it was she who was maddening at the delay, she who could hardly force herself to stand still. lie who had faced far greater odds?with his back against a wall?undaunted, felt overwhelmingly .helpless, felt like I =Mothers! j i rPHK ^^scotn" s -* dangers of f ? W JKk 5 child-birth can 7M 9 ! be almost en- ^ tirely avoided, -few | Wine of Cardui relieves ex- /ffirgggA S puts them in I condition to do their work 3 perfectly. That makes preg- ^ nancy less painful, shortens 3 labor and hastens recovery after | child-birth. It helps a woman | 1 bear strong healthy children. Lr. meeu*"'5 tw.#| IVmmvI I ha8 also brought happiness to | i thousands of homes barren for | ? years. A few doses often brings g joy to loving hearts that long S I for a darling baby. No woman | a should neglect to try it for this $ a trouble. It cures nine cases out pf g of ten. 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All would go well now, though lie could see the troopers' faces set and dogged, though he could catch tlie muffled drumming of the hoofs on the heath and grass, and the next moment their matchlocks cracked sharply and a couple of bullets actually grazed his cheek and the mare's quarter, making her bound forward. He went down the slope with a smile on his lips and a bold defiance in his eyes. All would go well now! The slope, which was abrupt, bid him from them. ITe laughed scornfully when two more loud reports heralded the advent of more bullets, which flew high above his head. "They are lavish of their powder, the knaves. Do they lose heart:" was his thought. And then?even as he flashed into the little village street, scattering knots of idlers whom the firing seemed to have drawn out of doors?with a sudden misgiving inspired by or confirmed by (both so nearly simultaneous that he could net have told which), an impression of certain figures who were not yokels, and the next moment by the sight of a group of horses ready bridled and saddled by a drinking trough: "Is it a signal?" Ke was prepared when an unfriendly hand made a snatch at his bridle. The butt end of bis pistol brought down on the man's wrist freed him. The bullet was for the assailant who charged him with drawn sword, and the impetus of the gallop rolled over a third, and then the narrow street was left bebiDd, and with his teeth clinched aud the unconscious oath still ringing between them, with his breath coming unevenly, and one hand (\yed *red from a cut, he was out on the broad highway. Behind the ring of hoofs dwindled euddeuly, then broke cut with a louder, fresher sound. A single horse followed him ou to the road. 'Behind it again there came the sudden check, the refull nf onrt noqin And h tu am i i v* ijvvic) mwv? ? again. It bad puzzled him at first, but be grasped its meaning in a moment. They were changing their horses, leaving their tired cattle behind and resuming the chase on fresh animals. It turned the odds against him, he realized with a sinking heart, and then with a sudden fierte sense cf injury and a I freakish pity and concern, not for himself or even the failure of bis mission, | but for the game little mare. That she | should have struggled so gallantly only to be beaten in the end by a flout of fate! "A scurvy trick of the jade Fortune. But we'll fight it to the end, my sweetheart," he told her, and even now he could not thiuifof that end as aforegone conclusion. She was going 60 well. The short rest bad refreshed her, and the sound of the galloping hoofs behind excited her. His mood was illogically compounded of hope and defiance. Surely in the end luck would .befriend him, but if not to the devil with it. He would conquer in spite of it. None the less he felt a personal animus against bis pursuers which had been wanting up to now?a sense of unfairness in the conditions of the struggle. There was a harder set about his mouth, and the light iu his eyes was fiercely resentful as well as determined. He remembered with a certain savage satisfaction the Joss he had inflicted 011 the troopers, aud told himself there would be more bloodshed before he was taken, and in the thought after awhile a dogged good humor came back to him. Half an hour later he drew rein on the spur of a hill. The mare was breathing hard, and her coat was black with sweat. Underneath it the veins stood out like a network of ropes. Shestrained at the reins, stretching her neck aud blowing through her nostrils. Her rider, standing in his stirrups, threw impatient glances over his shoulder and anxious ones ahead. Somo four miles off a house stood boldly up above its clustered trees, and toward it his looks were directed. He had heard that it was occupied by a small troop of royalists, and now it held his best hope of safety. He shortened the reins after a moment or two and urged the mare forward. The blue eyes were stem now, and he rode with clinched teeth. He handlel the pistols reflectively for a moment, looking over his shoulder, and then slipped them lack into the holster, having satisfied himself that they were loaded and in working order. He broke into a gallop again on the level. Two miles over moorland interspersed with low scrub aud stony ground on a tired animal; hut the troopers'heavy horses also were ruder the uecessity of pickiug their way. The distance remained the same. Then on a road, where the mare, grateful for the change, went a trifle more freely at first. But the fresher hoTses, breaking from the uneven ground, seized and held their greater advantage?a mile, with the distance lessening between them. Then the tiny hamlet, overshadowed by the house on the hill. Up the steep little street, saved from bullets by its windings?the mare beginning to roll in her stride, yet still struggling on? across the village green, aud there above the wall the old park trees were leaning, but the massive gates denied admittance to one who could not tarry to give credentials. Beyond them his quick desperate glance lit on a breach in the wall, showing that here, too, the war had come. It had been roughly repaired to a certain height, but a desperate man on a good horse might just manago it. He at least must make the attempt. He turned the mare at it, aud for the first time in her life struck iu the spurs mercilessly, jihe answered with a soli tit distress, rose at it, eaugut; her forefeet haul and turned over. He had slipped his feet out of the stirrups and fell clear. He was up in a moment, hot the mare lay still! He stood hesidc her, stunned hy this final failure, with tears of rage and despair in his eyes. At the gates the troopers were thundering, and then suddenly, as they hegan to open, the memory of boyish triumphs in fleetuess of foot came to his assistance. lie must make his feet serve him now as they had never served him before. Turning from her be plunged into the labyrinth of trees to give himself ^ better chance with the horses, who would not turn so quickly and easily as he would. He had thrust his pistols into his belt, lie held his naked sword in his hand. 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He saw through all their mist and glaze a blurred vision of figures running to meet him, with a glint of arms in the sunlight, aud was couscioas of the troopers' horses flashing into the avenue. Still staggering, only mindful of the hoofs behind him, of the broad stretch in front, of the feet that refused to carry him farther, he stumbled forward and flung the roll of dispatches as far as he could. They fell just at the top of the flight of steps. He, with his bauds at his breast, clutofcing at the balustrade, sank on bis knees at the bottom. On his knees on the last step?on bis knees. Then, lower, slipping down till he lay huddled up against it, fighting for air in choking sobs. Fighting no longer for king, for loyalty, for honor? drifting into oblivion of all these tbines, of the hoof6 that came slowly tixid confidently up the avenue, of the men who ran forward to pick np the dispatches, and received them with bewildered looks. i And befor#the foremost trooper had reached him he bad drifted beyond! The horses stood still, with tired straiuings at the reins loose on their necks at last, with tired shiftings of the heavy bits in their months, with heaving flanks and nostrils distepded. One of them, stretching down to the grcnud, sniffed at the crumbled velvet and lace huddled so quietly there against the step; sniffed curiously round it, paused at a root of grass upsprung in the ground beside it, pulled listlessly at the green blades and moved a little farther on. 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It gives trajectories, ve-C ilocities penetrations and H??> other points oft interest to sportsmen. 198 pages, i'ree, if you c i will send stamps for postage to C ' THE MARLINFIRE-ARMS CO.. New Haven.Ct. S /'DLUMSIA, KEWB1RRY AND ^LAURENS RAILhOAO. Id Effect June 13th, 1898. No. 52 No. 2 10 55 a m lv..Columbia, .lv 4 30 pm ar. .Leaphart.ar 4 50 pm 11 13 a m ar Irmo .-..ar 5 00 pm ar.Balk-ntine .ar 5 20 pm 11 27 am ar. White Rock.ar 5 30 pm 11 35 a ra ar. ..Cbapin. ..ar 5 55 pm 11 45 a m arL. Mountain ar 6 20 pm ar.. .Slighs.. ar 6 30 pm 11 59 a m ar.Prospeiity..ar 6 50 pm 12 10 p m ar. Newberry, ar ? 15 pm ar... Jalapa... ar 8 00 pm ar. ..Gary ar 8 10 pm 12 33 p m ar.. Kinard. ..ar 8 57 pm ar..Goldville..ar 9 10 pm 12 50 p m ar.. Clinton.. .ar 9 30 pm 1 05 p m ar. .Laurens. .arlO 00 pm RETURNING SCHEDULE. No. 53 No. i 1 15 p m lv. .Laurens, .lv 6 00 am 1 30 p m lv. ..Clinton., .lv 6 30 am 1 41 n m lv Crnlrlvillp lv 7 IS am 1 48 p m lv. ..Kinard.. .lv 7 29 am 1 52 p m lv Gary .. .lv 7 37 am 1 58 p m lv. ..Jalapa.. .lv 7 4G am 2 11 p m lv. Newberry .lv 8 OG am 2 23 p m lv.Prosperity.lv 8 50 am 2 33 p m lv.. .Slighs.. .lv 9 OG am 2 38 p m lv.L. Mountain lv 9 14 am 2 48 p m lv. ..Chapin.. .lv 9 30 am 2 57 p m lv.AVhite Rock.lv 9 4G am 3 02 p m. lv.Ballentine. lv 9 5G am 3 11 p m lv.. .Irmo lv 10 12 am 3 17 p m lv..Leaphart. .lv 10 25 am 3 30 p m ar..Columbia, .ar 10 45 am Train No. 52 is through for Green ville, also connects at Laurens for Spartanburg and Augusta. ' Train No. 53 is through for Charleston and connects for all points East. Trains Nos. 1 and 2 may be annuled without notice. For tickets and any other information, call on B. F. P. LEAP HART, City Ticket Agent, Columbia, S. C. T1IE CIlA JiLESTOy LINE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GA. R R. Co. In Ert'ect January 1, 18'JO. (Eastern Time.) lv Charleston *7 00 a n> *5 30 p id *7 (0 a m ar Columbia. 11 <Hi a m 10 10 p zrt 11 CO a m lv Columbia 1130am 1135am ar Spar'anb'g 3 10pm arAshville..' 6 30 p ra lv Columbia. 1 1135 am lv Charlotte . 8 22 p in 0 25 a m lvDanrilIe.. 1150pm 13Upm ar WasLi ig'n f> 42 a m 9 05 p m ar l^iltimore. 8 05 a m 11 25 pm ar Pbiladel'a 10 25 a m 2 5G a m ar New York. 12 53 p m 6 23 a m ar Boston .. 18 30 p m f3 30 a m j lv B .>ston ... f9 00 a m *4 00 p m lv New York. *3 20 pm *120 >a m lv Philadel'a 5 55 p m 7 20 a m lv Baltimore. 8 37 p is 9 42 a m lv Washing'n 10 45 p m 11 15 a m lv Danville .. 4 45 a m 6 07 a 111 ar Charlotte 9 2 j a m 10 00 a in ar Columbia i , 100pm lv Asbeville. | *7 20 a m j lv Spartanb'g ' 1145pm Ar Columbia. I 3 45 p m | 3 00 p m lv Columbia. 3 55 pm 0 50 a in 315pm ar Charleston *8 17 pm *1100am-*8 17pm x "Daily. fExcept Sunday. AUGUSTA DIVISION. \ (West-Daily.) i leave Charleston 7 00 a m 5 3<) p m arrive Augusta 11 51 a m 10 45 p m arrive Atlanta 8 20 p in 5 00 a in arrive New Orleans 8 20 p m I'fi f ! u nflA. M 1 OH fl M: 1 11(1 ?'l Tn illU't . . . A W. <? .J. . t, AAA arrive Nashville G 40 a m G 55 p m arrive Evausviil I 40 p ni 1 25 a ni arrive St Louis 7 32 p n: 7 20 a in THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE. Augusta Division.?Through Sleepers between ( harlestou and Atlanta, leaving : Charleston at 5 30 p. m., arriving in Atlanta at 5 a m. Columbia Division - Through Coaches I between Charleston and Ashcville, both di- ? ructions. Shortest route to Asheville and Hot 3 Springs, N. C., and all resorts ol Upper North and South Carolina. Through tickets can be purchased, sleeping car reset rations secured, baggage checked to destination and all other infor- f ination obtained by appling to Win. II. Evans, C. T. A.. Charleston Hotel,orG. W. o Pewees, Ticket Agent, Line Street Station. p L. A EMERSON, Traffic Manager, SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Central Time Itrlnvrii' olitinbUanil .Tack*011 villi-. Kaatrrn lime Between Columbia ami <>t Points. Kffe?-t'.v* January !?>. 1SW. v- ... . ^i?. -is Ni?. :?(> \??. .*{ > >ol t ilboUIIU. .. .. .. ., Daily. Daily. Iwstill I.v. .1 *v?I ?-. K.C.ArP.IIy.. si On S nop 1J<ip " Savannah . I'.' "I |> 1'-' *1'|? 0 57p Ar. Columbia I i5p 4 45a 7 JO;> J.v. Char'lnn.SCtV-tiRK. 7i?0n 5 :a?j. Ar. <'nlnmbia.. li una 1" lop .. l.v. Anjrtista. St), lis. .( lop p ."> 4'j p " (inuiilcv i 5 .. .' '-Mip hi lap r> us p " Aiken. ~ 40 p !" 10 j. 55 p " Tn-nUm ! > p* j> li nop t! ?| p " Johnstons. .1 Jl'.ip 11 &>p t?4(i;> Ar. ColuinhtaL'n. ih-p't.j j "] p lo a 8 "A?p l.V Col'hia Blan?l'^ >t .j > '*? J? 5 55 a 8 4'.lp " Winnshoro... .j 0 07 j?! 7 OOa !>:>! ;> " Chester ! '? " 1 P 7 45a 10 17 p " Kim-Ic Hill ' ? -Op si; a 10 45 p Ar. <'harlotli-.. . * 'P !' 15a 11 .'Hp ' Danville .. . '? ?' 1' 1 'l? ;i lop Ar. Richmond Ar. Washington t!4i!a 9 (>"> p ! 45 a ' Baltimore Pa. K. K . 8Wa J! ~5p 1! 05 a " Philadelphia ' >:l ' rt'' ?' ' 08 I> " New York 1- 43 p ti Ai a :> .'*.i j> . ... . So. .<1 No. 37 No. 3.5 Soul IlllOlltlll. ... hNsim Daily. Daily. I,v. Now York. Pa. R.R. 1 ..?)?? .] ;>D|> 1'J l.jnt " Philadelphia . ...! 2< 1 > ti .55p 3 5oa " Baltimore. .( 4 37 p ! ]t?p > *2;:? Lv. Wash'tun. So. Ry.. 5 Slip It) |3p 11 15 a Lv. Richmond . 1'ilOnl 1-lUltn Lv. Danville I.' Ill a 5 50" ti a.' p " Charlotte i!4la 9i$5a 1U -0p " IitM-k Hill ; 4 *25a It) A)a 11 Up " Chester 4 54 a lOooa 11 4K]> " Winnsboro... ...J a 114 a 11 41 a 12 32 a Ar Col'bia Biund'g st ..! 0 30 a 12 45nn 1 37 a Lv. Columbia L'n.dep't.j li.Vja 1 15pj 4 DO a '* Johnstons i 8 27 a 2 53p 0 0')a " Trenton I 8 40 a 1! 08 p ti'iia A r. Aiken .. OA) a 3 45p 7 1#) a " Graniteville .| 0 03 a 3 38p 7 u7 a " Augusta 9 40 a i 4 lop 8 00a Lv. Col'bia. S.C.Artv.Ry 3 5.jp 0 45 a Ar. Charleston ...i 8 17 p 11 DO it Lv. Oolbin. F.C&P.RyJ 5 40 a 1155a 12 47 a *' Savannah !> *25 a 4 47 p 5 08 a Ar. Jacksonville. . 1 nop 5) '25p, 9 00a 81.KKI'IN(i ( All sKKVICK. Noa 31 and 32-NKW YORK ANI) FLORIDA LIMITED. Solid Vestibuled Train of Pullman Dtawing-Room Sleeping Cars. Oh servation and Compartment Cars.Und Dining Cars running through without change between St. Augustine F.a .and New York, via Jaeksouvilie, Savannah, Columbia. Charlotte and Washington Pullman Drawing-Room Sleep ing Cars between Aikeu and New York, eonne-ting with this train at Columbia, for the aeeommodation of Augusta and Aiken travel. Excellent daily passenger service between Florida and New York. Nos. 37 and 38?Washington and Southwestern Limited. Drawing-Room Buffet Sleeping ( nis Detween Augusta una .M'W lurK. mowi \ ?-stibuled trail] with (lining cars and first class coaches north of Charlotte. Pullman drawing room sleeping cars between Ta mpa. Jacksonville, Savannah, Washington I and New York. Pullman Sleeping Cars between Charlotte and Richmond. Pullman drawing-room sleeping ears between Greensboro and Norfolk. Close connection at Norfolk for OLD POINT COMFOHT. arriving there in time for breakfast. Nos. 35 and 30?I". S. Fast Mail. Through Pullman drawing room buffet sleeping ears be tween Jacksonville and New York and Pull man sleeping cars between Augusta and Charlotte. Dining cais serve all meals enroute. Pullman sleeping ears between Jacksonville and Columbia, enroute daily between Jacksonville and Cincinnati, via Asneville. FRANK S. GANNON. J. M. CULP. Third V-P. ft GenrMgr. T. M., Washington. W. A. TCRK. S. H. HARDWICK. ,J P. A.. Wa-ton-toe. G. P. A.. Atlanta. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 6onden*ed Schedule fa Efftoct JUI Y 4, 1S07. STATIONS. TS Lv. Charleato^ j 7 10_?m Lv. Colombia j 11 00 a m " Proe:>erity | 1- 11 P m " Newberry 12 22 p ra " Ninety-Six 1 25 p in At. Greenwood 1 <5 p ra " Hodge* 2 25 p ra Ar. Abl>evllle ~ 2 55 p m At. Eelton " 8 10 p ra At. Andoraon 3 55 p m At. GreeuvlUe .. j < 20 u in Ar. Atlanta i V 2fl_ pra STATIONS. | Lv. Greenville 10 30 a ra " Piedmont 10 55 a ra " WllllnniBton J1 13 a ra fa. Anderaon 11 05 a ra Lv. Bel ton 1l 35 * m Ar. Donuald* i 12 02 p m -w-c- r-r 7? ? Lv. Abbeville ^..j 11 ?.) b m Lv. Bodges 12 20 p m " Greenwood . 1 GO p m * Ninety-Six ? 1 26 p ra " Newberry 2 25 p ra '* Prosperity 2 37 p m At. Columbia . 3 60 p ra At. ?harlearon I 00 p ra PgWl^! ?TAT.ONi *l30p| 7l0aLv... Charleston. Ar & U>\ 11 OCift "TOOa ITSjai M ... Columbia . . " "3"3?r?!T5?p t07ail2 l&pj-.Alston " 245p 8S'A 10 04a 126pj " Santtio "I 1 25p! 7 4flp 10 20a! 208ph4 Union " I 1 05p| 7 30p 10 8Pa 2 23pl ** ... Joneiville ..." 12 26p 6 58p 10 Ma! 2 37p| " Par.,let " !12 I4p; 6 47p 11 26a; SlOplAr.. Spartanburg. Lvlll 46a <5 20p 1145a! 838p Lv.. Spartanburg Arlll >*1 005p i 46p> 7U0p'Ar. .. Ashcvllio. . Lv! 8 Aae 8 U>p "P," p. m. "A," a. m. Trains 9 and 10 carry elegant Pnllman Sleeping care between Columbia and Aslieville. enroute dally between Jacksonville andCinttu natL Trains leave Spartanburg. A. A C. division, northbound, 6:87 a. ra., 3:4. p. m., 6:lx p. m., i Vestibule Limited); aouthlK>aud 12:26a. ra., ;16 p. m., 11:87 a. m., (Vestibule Limbed.) Trains leave Greenville, A. and C. division, orthboiuid, 6:45 a. m., 2:61 n. ra. and 6:30 p. m., {Veitibuled Limited ; eoiuLbound. 1:26 A m.. 4 A) p. a., 12dio p. ra. (VeMibuied Limited). Pull man Service. Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains35aad 66, 87 and 38, on A. and C. division. W. H. GREEN, J M CULP Gen. Superintendent, Traffic ll'g'r. Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C W. A. TURK, 8. E. HAP.DWICK. Gen. Pasa. Ag't. As tt.eo Paas Ag t. Washington, D. Q. AG .'.a. Ga ALL BIG BOXING EVENTS Are Lest Illustrated and Described in POLICE GAZETTE The World-Famous . . . . . Pair on of Sports. $1.00-13 WEEKS--$1.00 v/\r*n ? T\nnT."2C TU lULli AUi/utoo. RICHARD K. 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