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Dr. Ta'm'g-* Discourses on the I
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A TOPIC 8UOEG9T ED BY
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T he Famous Pain'ings of Mun ch. i
Types of Humanity Rep- I
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reiented by tho Two i
Malefactors
Tho famous paintings in tho picture
galleries of Munioh seem to have sug- ,
gosted the topic of this discourse, which
Dr. Talmago sonds frjm the <piaiut
Bavarian town, but the thcino which
inspired tho painters awakens in the
great preacher thoughts of tho icdcinp
tion of tho human race, which was the
ni?^?An>A ^Aoi.in nf tl\ot uaonn of a. 11 fT 4' r
nU|'IUl(Jt' UVOl^ll VI limv OUV U \J v* PV?'V
ing and death. Tho text is Luko xxiii,
'X\t "There they cruoified him and the
malofactors, one on tbo right hand and
tho other on the left."
Just outside of Jorusalom is a swell
of ground, toward which a orowd are
ascending, for it is tho day of execution.
What a mighty assemblage! Some for
curiosity to hear what the malefactors
will say and to see how they will aet.
Tho three persons to ho oxccutcd arc
_ already thero Some of the spootn
tora are vile of lip and bloated of oheck.
Somo look up with revongo, hardly able
to keep their hands off tho sufferers
Sjmo tear their own hair in a frenzy of
grief. Some stand in silent horror.
Some break out into uncontrollable
wcopiDg. Some clap their hands in
delight that iho ollendcrs are to bo
punished at la^t. Tho soldiers, with
drawn swords, drive baek the tuob which
presses on so hard. There is fear that
tho proceedings may be interrupted.
Lot tho legion, now stationed at Jerusalem,
on horseback dash along tho line
and force baok tho surging multitude
' Back with you!" is tho ory. "Have
you never beforo soon a man die?"
Three orosscs in a row?an upright
piece, nnd two transverso pieocs
, ono on the top, on which the hands
aro nailed, and one at the middle,
on which tho victim sat. Three
trees just planted, vot beaming fruit
the ouo at tho right bearing poison and
the one at tho left hitter aloes, the ono
in tho middle apples of love. Norway
pine and tropical nraugc and Lebanon
ocdar would not tuako so strongo a grove
as this orchard of Calvary. Stand and
give a look at tho throo orosscs.
Just look at tho cross on tho right.
Its victim dies sooffing. More awful
than his physical anguish is his scorn
and halrod of him on tho middle cross.
This wretched man turns half around
on mo HpiKt h 10 H188 at the uncintho
middle. If tho Booffci could get one
hand loose and ho were within reach,
he would smito the middle sufferer in
tho face. He hates him with a perfect
hatred. 1 think ho wishoB ho wero
down on the ground that he might spoar
him. llo envies the mechanics who
with their nailH have nailed him fast.
Amid tho Hcttliug darkness and louder
thun tho crash of tho rocks hear niui
jocr out these words: "Ah, you poor
wretch! 1 knew you were an impostor!
You pretended to bo a God, and yet
you let theso legions master you!" It
was in some such hate that Voltaire
in his death hour, bccuuso ho thought
ho saw Christ in his bt drooin, got up on
his elbow and cried out, "Crush that
wretch!" What had tho middle cross
done to arouse up this right hand cross?
Nothing. Oh, the enmity of tho natural
heart against Christ! The world
likes a sentimental Christ or a philan
tropic Christ, but a Christ who comes
to snatch men away from their sins ?
away with him! On his right hand
cross today 1 see typified tho unbelief
of tho world. Mou sav: "Hack with
him from the heart! 1 will not let him
take my sins. If ho will dio, let him
die for himself, not for uio." There
has always been a war botweon this
right hand cross and tho middle oross,
and wherever thcro is an unbelioviug
hoart thoro tho light goes on. Oh, if
when that dying malcfaotor perished
the faithlessness of man had perished,
then that tree which yiolds poison
would have budded and blossomed with
life for all tho world!
Look ut) into that disturbed ommtc.
nauoo of tho sufferer aud bco what a
ghastly thing it is to r< jeot Christ. Hohold
in tliat awful face, in that pitiful
look, in that unblessed death hour, the
stings of the sinner's departure. What
a plungo into darknossl Standing high
upon the cross on tho top of tho hill, so
that all the world may look at him, ho
says, "Hero 1 go out of a miserable lifo
into a wretohed olornityt" One! Two!
Three! Listen to the crash of tho fall,
all yo ages! So tiobbos, dying after ho
had 70 year in which to prepare for
eternity, said, "Wero I master of all
the world, 1 would give it all to live
one day longer." Sir Francis Newport,
hovering over tho briuk, cried out:
"Wretoh that I am, whither shall 1 tly
from this hreast? What will booomo
of mo Oh, that 1 were to lio upon
tho fire that nover is quonchod a thou
band years to purchase tho favor of God
and to bo rooouoilcd to him again! On,
eternity! Oh, oternityl Who can discover
the abyss of oternity? Who can
paraphrase those words, T'orovor and
forever?""
That right hand cross? thousands
havo perished on it in worso agonies
For what is physical pain compared to
remorse at tho last that lifo has been
wasted and only a floating moment
stands between tho soul and its
everlasting ovorthrow? O God, lot mo
dieanywhoro rather than at the foot of
that right hand cross! Lot not one
drop of that blood fall upon my ohock.
Kcnd not my ear with that cry. I seo
it now as never boforo -tho loathsomeness
and horror of my unbolief. That
dying malefactor was not ho muoh to
blame as I. Christianity wan not established,
and peraaps not until that
day had that man heard tho Christ. Hut
after Christ has stood almost lit centuries,
working tho wonders of his
graoe, you rojeot him.
That right hand cross, with its long
beam, overshadows all the earth. It is i
planted in tho heart of tho race. When
will the time come when tho spirit of |
God shall, with its ax, hew down that i
right hand cross until it shall fall at <
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ho foot of that iniddlo cross. aud uube- c
icf, the railing malefactor of the world, f
hall perich from all our hearts? Awav t
rour me thou spirit of unbelief! I 1
rate tliec! With this sword of God I (
hrust theo back and thrust thco i
.hrough. Down to hell; down, most <
koourtod monster of the earth, and talk I
.0 thofO thou hast already damned! i
I'alW ro longor to these sons of God, <
.hose heirs of hcavon.
"If thou bo the Son of God." Was
.horc any "if" about it? Tell me, thou i
itar, that in robo of light did run to
point out his birthplace. Toll me,
thou sea, that didst put thy hand over
thv lin when he hade thee he still Tell
ino, yo dead who got u;> to moo liitn dio.
Toll uio, thou sun in midhea-'on, who
forliiui didst pull down over thy faco
thy veil of darkness. Poll mo, yo lop
ors who were oloansod, jo dead who
wero rained, is ho tho S ?n of God? Ayo,
ayo, repponds tho univtr.se. The tl ?w
ors breathe it; the btars ohiiuo it; tho
redcoincd oclebrato it; tho angels rise
on tlioir thrones to anuouiioo it. And
yot on that miserable malefactor's '"if"
how many shall bo wrecked for all
otcrniiyl Tiiat little * if" his onough
venom in its sting to cauno tho death of
tho soul. No "if" about it. 1 know
it. I'iOce 1) us! 1 fool it thoroughly
?through every niusolo of tho body,
and through every faculty of my miud,
and through every energy of my soul.
Living, I will preaoh it; dying, I will
pillow uiy head upon its consolations
?.10' us the God
Away then, from this right hand
oross Tho red berries of the forost are
apt to be poisonous, and around this
tree of carnage grow tho rod. poisonous
berries of which many have ta-tcd and
died. I oan seo no use for this right
hand oross, except it ho used as a lever
with which to upturn the unbelief of
tho world.
Mere from the right hand oross I go
to tho loft hand cross. I'ass clear to
the other side. That victim also twists
himself upon tho nails to look at tho
ooutcr cross, yot not to soofT. It is to
worship. He, too, would like to got
his hand loose, not to HUiito, but to do
liver tho siilforer of tho middle cross-.
Ho ories to tho railor cursing on the
other side: "Silence! Hotwocn us is
innooenoo in agony. Wo suffer lor our
oriines. Silonee!" Gathor round this
left hand oross, O yc people! Hut not
afraid. Hitter herbs arc sometimes a
tonie for tho body, aud the bitter aloes
that grow on this trceshall give strength
and life to thy soul. This left hand
oross is a repenting cross. As men who
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nave noon nearly urowneu leii in that
iu one moment, while they wore under
the water, thoir wholo lifo passed before
thorn, no 1 supposo in ono moment the
dying malefactor thought over all his
past lifo?of that night when ho wont
into an unguarded door and toik all tho
silver, tho gold tho jewels, and as the
sleeper stirred lie put a knife through
his heart; of that day when, in tho lone
ly pass, ho met tho wayfarer, and, regardless
of the erics ana prayers and
tears and struggles of his vietiui, he
tluug tho mangled corpse into the dust
of the highway or heaped upon it the
stones.
lie says: "1 am a guilty wretch. 1
doserve this. Tiierc is no need ot my
ourHiug. That will not stop the pain.
Thoro is no need of blaspheming Christ,
for ho has dono uio no wrong. And yet
I cannot dio so. The tortures of my body
are undone by the tortures of my soul.
Tho past is a seme of misdoing, tlie
prcseut a crucifixion the future, an ever
lasting undoing Come back, thou hid
ing midday sun! Kiss my check with
one bright ray of comfort. What, no
help from above?no help from beneath?
Thon 1 must turn to my companions iu
sorrow, the One on tho middle cross.
L have hoard that lie knows how to help
a man when ho is in trouble. I have
heard that lie can cure tho wounded. I
have hoard that ho can pardon the sinner.
Surely in all Ins waudcrings up
and down the oarth ho never saw one
moro in need ol Iuh forgiveness. If leased
Ono, 1 turu to thoo. Wilt thou turn
for the moment away from thy own
pangs to pity uio? Kurd, it is not to
have my hands relieved or uiy feet
taken from tho torture 1 can stand all
ihis?but, oh, my sins, my bins, my
sins! They picreo 1110 through aud
through. 'J'hoy toll mo 1 must die forevor.
They will push me out into the
darknoHH unless thou will help me. 1
confess it all. Hear the ery of the dying
thief, 'Lord, remember uio when
thou comest into thy kingdom.' 1 ask no
great things 1 t-cck for no throno in
heaven, no chariot to take me to the
skies, but just think of mo when this
day's horrors havo passed. Think of
me a little of ino, the ono now hang
ing at thy sido, when the shout of
heavenly welcome takes thot! back into
thy glory. Thou will not forgot me,
wilt thou? Mi ml, remember mo whon
thou oomost into thy kingdom ' Duly
jubt r. member me."
Likewise must wo repent. You say,
'M havo stole nothing." I reply, '"We
have all boon guilty of the mightiest felony
of the universe, for wo havo robbed
God?robbed him of our time, robbed
him of our talent, robbod him of our
services." ISupposo you send a man out
as an agent of your firm, and every
month you pay him bis salary, arid at
the end of tcu years you find out that
ho has boon serving another firm, but
taking your sulary, would you not at
onoo ooudotnn him as dishonest? tied
sent us into this world to Bervo him.
Ilo has givon us wages all tho timo.
Yot how many of us havo boon serving
another master! When a man is eon
viotod of treason, ho is brought out; a
regiment surrounds him, and tho command
is givan: "Attention, oompany!
Take aim! Fire!" And the man falls
with a hundred bullets throug his heart.
Thero oomos a timo in a man's history
whon tho Lord calls up tho troop of his
iniquities, and at God's command thoy
pour into him a concentrated volley of
torturo.
I havo shown you the right hand cross
and tho loft hand cross; now como to
tho middlo orosH. Wo aloud at tho one
and found it yioldod poiaon; wo atood
at tho othor and found it yioldod bitter
aloes. Coino now to tho middlo cross
and shako down apples of lovo. Uncover
yojr head. You never aaw so
tender a scene as this. You may have
scon father or mothor or oompanion or
ohild dio, but never so affcoting a scene
as this. Tho railing thiof looked from
ono way and saw only tho right sido of
Christ's face; tho ponilcut thiof looked
from tho other way and saw tho left
sido of Christ's face. Hut today, in
tho full blazo of gospel light, you soo
Christ's full faeo. It was a suffering
W0 - - i**
jroHi. If the weapons of torture had
rone only through tho fatty portions of
ho body, tho torturo wou'd not havo
t>cen so great, but thoy wout through
.lie bonds and feet and temples, the
moat semiiivo portions. It was not
mly tho spear that wont into bin side,
but tho sin.s of all tho race a thousand
spear-* plunge after plungo, deeper and
deeper, until the silcnoe aud oomposuro
that before characterized him gavo way
to a groan, through which rumbled tho
sorrows of time and tho woes of eternity,
Human hate had dono its worst,
and hell had buried its sharpest javolin,
and devils had vented their hottest
rago when, with every norveof his body
in t< rture and every fiber of his heart
in excruciation, ho criod out, "My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 1
It was a vioarious oross. Tho right
hand cross suffered for itself, tho left
hand cross ior itself, but the middlo
cross for you. When a king was dying,
a young man oriod, '1 Pour mv blood
into his veins, that ho die not." Tho
veins of the young man wero tapped and
tho blood transferred, so that tho king
lived, but tho young man died. Christ
saw tho men porishiug. H) cried,
"I'our my blood into their veins, that
they die not.' My hand is free now
beeauao Christ's was orushod; rny brow
ia painless now beeauso Christ's was
torn, my soul esoapes because Christ's
was bound; I gain heaven booauso
Christ for me endured tho horrors of
hell
When the Swiss were many years ago
contending agaiDat their euomics, thoy
saw these onuiies arrayed in solid pha
lanx and knew not how to break their
ranks but ono of their heroes, Arnold
von Winkolricd, rushed out in front of
bis rcgimont and shouted, "make way
lor liberty! ' Tho weapons of tho cDomy
were plunged into his heart, hut while
they wore slaying him of oourso their
ranks were broken, and through thai
gap in tho ranks tho Swiss dashed to
victory. Christ saw all tho powers of
darkness assailing men. Ho cried out,
"Make way for the redemption of tho
world! ' All tho weapons of infernal
wrath struck him, but as thoy struck
him our race tnarohod out frco.
Tii this middlo or >ss look, that your
souls may livo. 1 showed you tho right
hand cross in order that you might sco
what an awful thing it is to ho unbolioving.
1 showed you tho left hand
cross t hat you might seo what it is to iopent.
Now I show you tho middle cross
that you may sec what Christ has dono
to savo your soul. Poots have sung its
praiso, sculptors liavo attempted to commemorate
it in marble, martyrs havo
clung to it in tho tiro, au?l Christians
lying (|uiotly in thoir bods havo loaned
their hoads against it. This hour may
all our souls ombraoo it with an costasy
of all action. Lay hold of that cross!
Kverything elso will fail you. Without
a strong grip on that you perish.
Put your hand on that and you arc safe,
though a world swing from beneath your
foot.
()h, that 1 might engrave on your souls
iru II locably the three crosses, so that
if in your waking moments you will not
heed, then in your dreams at night you
may see on tho hill b*ok of Jerusalem
the three spoctaoles?the right hand
oross showing unbelief, dying without
Christ; tho left hand showing what it is
to ho pardoned, while the central cross
pours upon your soul tho sunburst of
heaven as it says: ,4By all these
wounds I plead for thy heart. 1 havo
loved thee with an everlasting love,
llivors cannot <pionoh it. Floods cannot
drown it.'' And while you look tho
right hand cross will fade out of sight,
and then tho loft will bo gone, and
nothing will remain but the middle
oroHs, and even that in your dream will
begin to ohango until it bocomos a
throne, and tho worn face of Calvary
will become radiant with gladness, And
iustoad of the mad uiob at tho foot of
tho cross will he a worshipful multitude
kneeling. And you and I will be among
thom.
Hut, no; wo will not wait for suoh a
dream, hi this our most aroused mood
wo throw down at tho foot of that middle
cross sin, sorrow, life, death?everything.
W? are slavos; Christ gives deliverance
to tho captive. Wo arc
thirsty; Christ is tho river of salvation
to slake our thirst. Wo are hunsrv:
Josus says, "1 am tho bread of lifo."
We aro condemned to die; Christ nays,
"Savo that man from going down to the
pit; 1 a in tho ransom Wo aro tossed
on tho sea of trouble; .losus eomos over
it, Baying, ' It is 1, bo not afraid." Wo
arc in darkness; .losus says, ''I am tho
bright and morning star." Wo aro sick;
Josus is tho "balm of Gilcad," Wo
aro dead; hear tho shrouds rend and
tho grave hillocks heave as he erics, "1
am tho rosurrcoti in and tho lifo; ho that
beliovoth in me, though he were d"?d,
yet shall ho live." We want justification;
"Being justified by faith, wo have
peaoo with God through our Lord Josus
Christ " Wo want to exoroiso faith;
"Believe in tho Lord Josus Christ, and
thou ahalt bo saved." I want to got
from under condemnation; " i'hero is
now, tluroforo, no condemnation to
thorn who aro aro in Christ Jesus."
The cross; ho oarriod it. Tho 11 imos of
hell; he suffered them Tho shame; ho
endured it. Tho crown; ho won it.
Heights of heaven sing it, and worlds
of light to worlds of light all round tho
heavens cry: "Glory 1 (Jlory!" Lot us
go forth and gather tho trophios for
Jesus. From Goloonda mines wo
gather tho diamonds, from Coylon
shores wo gather the pearls, form all
lands and kingdoms wo gathor precious
stooes, and wo bring tho glittoring burdons
and put thorn down at tho foot of
Josus and say; "All theso aro thino.
Thou art worthy." Wo go forth again
for more trophios, and into ono sheaf
wo gathor all tho sooptors of tho Cm>
sars, and tho Alexandors, and tho czars,
and tho sultans, aud of all royalties and
dominions, and thon wo bring th?
sheaf of sooptors and put it down at tho
feet of Josus and say: "Thou art
King of kings. All thoso thou hast
.nn?..A?J ? A - .1 t .i
wii'iuuiuu, aim UIUIJ wo go ionn
nguin to gathor more trophios, and wo
bid tlio rodceiund of agon, tho borb and
daughtors of tho Lord Almighty, to
oomo. And tho hosta of hoavon bring
orown And palm and aooptor and horo
by thoso blooding foot and this rivon
sido and by this woundod heart ory,
"Blessing and honor and glory and
power unto tho Lamb for ovor and
ovor."
It Kept Them Away.
Some fool out west bathed his horso
with gaHolcno to keep flios away, and
as true as you livo tho animal is no
longer troubled with flios.
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tie following, .ji\ points out the
main features of the contract uiado by
the Siato with tho publishers:
1 The adaption is to expire July 1st,
1906. aftor all schools arc closed and
just before they arc opened. Tho presont
dato of expiration is Nov. 1st. after
most or all of the schools have begun
aud when therefore a ohango cannot bo
generally effected. A ohango in tho
new books will not bo forced until .July
1st, 1901. llonoo tho present school
sessions may oontiouo with tho old
books. Kxohango prices for new books
sold to pupils that have tho old books
will continue till Nov. lfuh, 1901, after
which tiiuo all the schools having
opened and every pupil having had a
oiianoc to get rid of his old book, entiro
uniformity in books will prevail
in tho schools.
2. l'rioo to doaler is to bo printed en
caoh book. Tho oounty superintendent
in the counties whero there are
county depositories ^nearly all tho
oountics) will rotail tho books at this
price. The privato dealer will add his
profit.
J During tho period of adoption an
adopted book is sold or even oil-red for
sale at a lower prioo anywhero in tho
world, that lowest prioo is to become
tho contract price in South Carolina.
This was not in tho old oontract, but is
required in most States that havo ro
contly made adoptions. Many of the
books adopted in this Stato in 189J for
scvon years aro now sold olsowhere at
lower priocB, though wo havo been hold
to our contract prioo. By this clause
in tho uow oontract this S'.ato is at
ouoo assured of as low a rate as now
provails any where olsc. For instance,
?i,A : i _ a 1.
v> < mu uiivivu 1i1u j11 ict'M i ail' iy acooptC(1
by Tennessee and Washington in
their Stato adoptions
1 Books in tho county dopositcrie?
(.sold at actual cost by tho oounty su
pcrintondcntb) arc to bo takon up at
cost by the publishers whoso books arc
substituted. This is a protection of the
aohool fund which by not of tho logis
laturo has boon invested iu books fot
sale at cost.
f>. Publishers pay freight and drayagc
on all books where us much us $25
worth is ordered at a timo, and pay
such transportation oharges where the
orders areas suiaII us $10 worth, if ordered
by oounty superintendents.
This small limit was put hccauso if the
only books used from ono publishot
should be copy books or algobras, the
dealer might have to ordor a small qutntity
and should not be required to pay
tho freight. It would not bo just tc
the publishor, however, to allow a dealer
to h&rass him with a $."> ordor on
which the freight might inoro than
equal tho profit. Tho limit in the old
oontraet was $100 and many oounty su
perintondents have been compelled to
pay tho freight aud add a few ocntB tc
tho prioo of each book.
0 Tho affidavit and contract clause
that the bidder is not in a trust oonstitutos
a striking foaturo. This was suggested
by tho Indiana law which hat
attracted oonsiderablo attention, but
the affidavit hero required goos rnuoli
further in that it rcquiros after the
private holdings of stookholdcrs and
their bolongings as trueteos or benefi
oiarics, and further binds tho publishoi
to show his privato rooords if the truth
of tho affidavit is questioned. Moro
over, tho oontraot is void ab initio ii
any untrue stateuiont enters into this
affidavit or clauso. This is a practical
way to light trusts.
A Big Sum Needed
Tho New York Sun, comparing the
Johnstown and thcGalvoBton disasters,
in an article urging prompt and gonerous
relief contributions to the striok
on people of Texas, recalls that about
$3,900,000 was givon for tho roliof ol
tho Johnstown eufforers. Tho Sun
says truly that a groator sum is needed
at Galvoston and romarks. It was said
of tho groat famine among tho Irish
peasants many years ago thatby it even
tho heart of tho far away Turk was
touched, and ho sent them in pity tho
alms of a beggar. Amorioa, praise God,
docs not nood to appeal to tho Turk ot
any foreign land for succor for her pcoplo
at this tirno. Hut thoro never has
boon an hour boforo in our oountry'e
history whon tho nood of unstintod
oharity was groator or whon it should
bo poured out nioro quickly.
A Peculiar Accident
A dispatoo from Now York nays during
tho provalonco of a high wind Wednesday
a mast sustaining one end of a
politioal banner suspended over Broadway
was blown down, killing Charlos
Duntiold of Birmingham, Ala., who was
passing with his brothor and a friend.
Both Killed.
Minister Conger in answer to an enquiry
about tho fato of llov. C. 11.
Hodge and wife, missionaries in China
from Philadelphia, Bays both of thorn
wero killed at Pooting Pu by tho Boxers.
Qainosville, Ga., Doo. 8, 1899
Pitts' Antisoptio lnvigorator h*s
boon usod in my family ana I am porfeotly
satisfied that it is all, and will
do all, you olaim for it. Yours truly,
A. B. (3. Dorsey.
P. S.?1 am using it now raysolf.
It's doing me good.?8old by Tho Murray
Drug Co., Columbia, S. 0., and all
druggists. if
1
\
Declare* for Bryan
Mayor 8. M. .Jones, of Toledo, ol
Toledo, Ohio, who polled 160 000 votcn
j in tho raoo for governor of Ohio as aD
independent, is out in a strong card
declaring fnr Uryao 11 o will vote and
j work for tho Peuiocratio nominee,
Mayor Jonta sajs: ' I bcliovo that
imperialism is the logical Boquanoo of
militarism and psrtyisui, and this illbegotten
tlio is tho legitimate fruit of
tho spirit of hossism. 1 bolicvc the
* position of tho administration with
rospcot to tho Philippine war is a denial
of equality and a oontradictiou of the
principles or nil mm ilDerty.
Hundreds Murdered
A .Japanese ( Hi 'er at Chsong. Korea,
' reports that two Jvpiti'BO and aevrial
hundred Chinese ami Korean converts
havo bet n mutdtrid on the frontier by
Ythc-olhincso'
Atlantic Co$$t Line
R AILRO A D CO M P A N Y0^8() 1nH
CAROLINA.
CONDRNSRl) SCIIKDUI.R.
Trains Going South.
Dated Nov. 19, 1 899
No.06" No.U
P.M. AM
Leave Wilmington 8'46
Leave Marion 8:84
Arrive Florence 7:16
Leave Floronoe *7:46 *2 34
Arrive Sumter 8:67 8 At
No. Li
A. M.
Leave Sumter 8:67 *9 4<
Arrive Columtiia 10:20 11 ts
No. 62 runs through from Charleston vu<
Contial It. R., leaving Charleston 7:00a m
Lanes 8:34 a. m., Manning 9:00 a. m
Trains Going North.
No. 64* No.6b
A.M. P M
Leave (Columbia *8:40 *4 If
Arrive Sumter 8:06 6 36
No. 8i
P M.
Leave Sumter *8:06 0 Qfc
Arrive Florence 9:20 7 2<
Leave Florence 9.60
Leave Marion 10:30
Arrive Wilmington 1:16
*l)aily.
,?o. 63 runs through to Charleston, 8. C.
via Central It. It., arriving at Manning 8:04
p. m., Lanes 8:43 p. m., Charleston 8:30 p. m
Trains on Conway llranch leave Chad
houm 6 36 p ru, arrive Conway 7 40 p m
returning leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrive
> Chadhourn 11 20 a in, leave Chadbouru 11 6<
a m, arrive Hub 12 26 p m, returning leav?
Hub 3 00 p in, arrive Chadbouru 3 36 p ro
Daily except Sunday.
J. It. Kenly, General Manager.
T. M Emereon, Trnflio Manager
II M. Emernon, Ueneral PaaeeHger Agent
Iw
traou makk.
OLD NORTH STATE 01 NT
MENT, the Great Antiseptic
Healer, cures Piles, Eczema,
Sore Eyes, Uninitiated Eyelids,
Carbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruis
es, Old Sores, Burns, Corns,
Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails,
Inflammatory Rheumatism,
Aches and Pains, Chapped
Hands and Lips, Erysipelas.
It is something everybody
needs. Once used always used.
For sale by all druggists and
dealers. At wholesale by
THE MURRAY DRUG CO.,
Columbia, S. C
Wilmington and Conway
Railroad.
Daily oxocnt Sunday.
Southbound.?No. 97.
Leave Huh 3 (Ml pin
Leave Iliona 3jlO pin
ArrivA PhoilhAM?? ? oe
VHKUUVUI MM O OU |)IU
j Leave Chadbourn 6 36 pra
( Leave Clarendon (I 00 pm
Leave Ml Tabor 0 16 pm
. Leave Loria 0 36 pm
Leave Hanford 0 60 pm
1 Leave Bayboro 7 00 pm
Leive I'rivetta 7 09 pm
' Leave Adrian 7 1 2 pm
i Arrive Conway 7 40 pm
I Northbound.?No. 98.
Leave Conway ft 30 am
Leave Adrian 8 66 am
Leave I'rivetta 9 00 am
> Leave Bayboro 9 10 am
Leave 8anford 9 '20 am
' Leave Lorin 9 86 pm
Leave Ml Tabor 10 10 am
leave Clarendon 11 40 ain
' Arrive Chadbourn 11 '20 am
Leave Chadbourn II 60 am
l Leave llions 1*2 16 pm
i Arrive Hub 12 26 pm
W A OCA MA W LINE BTEA MKK8.?The
Htcamer will leave the wharf at Conway
every Monday aud Wednesday morning
1 for Georgetown at 4 o'olook, touching all intermediate
points; and will leave her wharf
at Georgetown every Tuesday and Friday
morning for Conway at 4 o'olook, touching
at all intermediate poiuta.
I 1). T. McNeill,
! Gen'l Agt and Treas., Conway, 3 0.
B. A. Muunerlyn
Agent, Georgetown, 8,C.
M. 11. WOODWARD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Conway, S. C.
WTOfficc up stairs over Herald office
opposite Bank.
NOTic ia
Conway Lodge, No. 90. Knights of
Pythias will meet regularly the nrst and
third Thursday nights of each month until
otherwise ordered.
i). a.SI'Ivkt
Chan. Com.
J. C. Spivky
K. H.& 8
May 14th, 96. ly
R. B. Scarborough,
COKWAT, 8. C.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Dk. h. h. burroughs,
? LOUIS, 8. C.
C alls promptly answered night
or day.
Near Union Depot.
Having formed a connection
1 ?with?
IheELLIOIT GIN REPAIR WORKS
I am now prepared to repair
and rebuild cotton gins as
thoroughly as the various
manufacturers. 4
This branch of the business
be under the personal
supervision of
MR. \V. J. ELLIOTT,
who has had fourteen years of
practical experience in building
the Elliot Gin, and who
is well known to most
iri n uuui'a i ti tliia Mto tu
^ ? II U^V'l u 111 I U 1U UUIIU.
Now is the Time I Bring-Your
Gins Before You Need Them!
lOMPLETE GINNING SYSTEMS, EQUIPPED
WITH THE MOST PERFECT PNEUMATIC
ELEVATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYSTEMS
ON TIIK MARKET. 81YTYEIOIIT
COMPLETE OUTFITS IN
^ USE IN THIS STATE, AND
N EVERY ONE OF THEM UIV^
ING ABSOLUTE 8ATISFACTION.
Grade Engines, Boilers,
Saw Corn Wills, Brick
MachineWaWood Working
Machinery7SS4J^l'ulleys? 8tc
Wo ofler: Quick dolivol^xl?w prices
and rcasonnhlo toimfcW
V. C. BADFIA^,
1826 Main St., Columbia,
MACHINERY AND
APPURTENANCES.
Ginning Systems Equipped
With The
Murray Cleaning and
Distributing System.
Power Equipments
Saw Mill Machinery
Farm and Mill Machinery
IN GKNKKAL.
8. C. Agents for Steele's New
South Brick Machinery.
Write us for prices 011 anything
in our line.
W. H. Gibbes & Co.,
804 Gervais Street,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
THE LEADER INDEED.
The New Ball Bearing
Domestic
Sewing Machine
It Loads in Workmanship. ^Hoautv.
Capacity, Strength, Light Hunmfe
Kvcry W'onan W\nts Ono.
: t
Attachments, Needles and
Parts for Sewing Machines
of all makes.
When ordering needles send
sample. Price 27c per dozen,
postpaid.
Agonta Wantod in IJnoooupiod Torri
torv.
J. L. 8BULL,
1219 Tuylor Street,
COLUMBIA, 8. (3
Murray's
Aromatic
Mouth
Wash
Whitens the Teeth
Cleanses the Mouth
Sweetens the Breath
The?
Murray
Drug Co.,
COLUMBIA, 8. C.
Ortman Pays
the EXpress
8team Dyeing of every
desnrlrol Da
.,|iviuu< owam, 1M ftp*
I tha, French Dry and
chemical cleansing. Send
for our new price list and ^
circular All work guar
anteed or no charge.
Oilman's Steam Dye Works
1310 Main Street
ooltimbia, s. 0
I A. L Ortman, Proprietor
PITTS' "
MfflSEPlIC IMIGMMIty
I Cures La Grippe, dyspepsia, indigeation
I and all stomach and bowel troubles, oolio or
I cholera morbua, teething troublea with
I children, kidney troubles, bad blood and
\ all aorta of sores, risings or felons, onts and
I barns. It is as goodautlseptlo, when looally
1 applied, as anything on the market.
1 Ttjt it and you will praise it to othara.
I If your drugtrist doesn't keep It, write lo
MURKY DRUG COMPANY,
I COLUMBIA, 8. U.
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