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■ - - ' r . .*?• , . ■ THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. JULY 21, 1898. Tl 110 I^TOI >OIO - Si.oo per Year. ?OBLISHKD EVERY THURSDAY BY Ed. H. DkCamp. The Ledger ie not responsible for tho views of correspondents. Correspondents who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication; also endeavor to get them to the office by Tuesday. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. Cards of thanks will be published ft one cent a word. Heading notices will be published it ten cents a line each insertion. IMPORTANT. Watch the date on your label and it you are in arrears call in and settle up, thus saving us the unpleasant duty of mailing you a notice inform ing you of that fact. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. Two questions of vast political sig nificance are now before the people of South Carolina. They are that of Prohibition and of State Education. Every candidate for the Legislature should be required to state his posi tion fully and clearly in regard to these two questions. Usually we do not believe in exacting pledges from candidates to pursue any prescribed course in the Legislature. We be lieve in electing men of high charac ter, broad views and unbiased judg ment, and then trusting them to act and vote for the best interests of their constituents. We want men capable of weighing arguments and of making arguments; men capable of forming an opinion based on rea son and of changing that opinion when convinced that it is erroneous. We have no use for the man who never changes his opinion—who clings to a blind prejudice and can not be convinced that he is in error. Such a man may boast of his consis tency, but he is the most inconsis tent man we know. Consistency re quires that a man be governed by teason and common sense, and these demand that he shall be open to con viction, and that when convinced of wrong, he shall abandon it for the right. Now, during every session of the Legislature there are many subjects introduced concerning which the people know little or nothing, and on subjects concerning which they are more or less Informed, there are ar guments produced and information brought to light calculated to put a different face on such subjects from the one with which the people have been familiar. In all such matters it would be unwise and unjust to hamper representatives with instruc tions or restrict ions. Cut in regard to these two ques tions now before the people, no such contingencies can arise. These ques tions have been in politics for years; they have been discussed in all their different phases and bearings; there are no new arguments to be beard, no new phase , to be presented; and it is the right and duty of the voters to know exactly how the candidates stand on eact of these questions and what course they propose to pursue. Let the people ask them, and if one of them should wince, or dodge, or wiggle, or try with “ifs” and “ands" and ‘‘wherefores” to evade a direct, clear-cut answer, he is not the man to represent CheroKee county in the Legislature nor anywhere else. We want to know if the .State is going to continue to spend over ijuiOO,- 000 annually on state colleges with one hand, and deal out liquid ruin to our sons with the other; we want to know if the sons and daughters of the rich and well to do are longer to have as much as $300.00 spent yearly on each of them in the state colleges, while the sons and daughters of the poor and needy are each to have a yearly allowance, of about two dol lars and eighty cents; we want to know, finally, how to regard our state government, whether as a bless ing or a curse, whether as a benefac tor or a demoralizer and promoter of evil. These will be legitimate in quiries as long as the State squanders the people’s money on so called higher education and at the same time operates another institution which brutalizes our sons and sub jects our daughters to the fearful chances of becoming drunkard’s wives. •‘The dispensary is the best solu tion of the whiskey problem,” say many of our candidates for office. God pity the problem, if this is the solution, for the solution means that the curse of whiskey, through State agency, is still to blight the happi ness of homes, to crush the hopes of parents, to darken the land with erime, to ahsd death-shade and mil dew over society, to pull our young men down to ruin and our young women down to wretchedness and despair. And all this under State monopoly and State encouragement, they would have us believe is respec table—the best solution of the whis key problem ! They are in favor of prohibition, they say again, but ‘‘prohibition won’t prohibit.” This persistent watch-cry has become monotonous. Like all watch-cries it is intended to make up in sound what it Jacks in sense. What’s the reason prohibition won’t prohibit, if the people say it must do it,? Has a law ever been passed in this state with the prospect of a stronger pub lic sentiment behind it, than a pro hibitory law at this time would have? Did not the people of the state a few years ago vote for prohibition by a majority of over 20.000, and that too, in th» face of this very same cry of ‘‘prohibition won’t prohibit,” from time-serving, jack-leg politicians? It is high time this cry had (leased. It is nothing but a subterfuge. Laws against murder and theft don't pro hibit entirely, but they restrain and^ punish and diminish, and no more can be reasonably demanded of a law against whiskey. We intended merelv to call atten tion at this time to these questions, and induce our readers, if we could, to give them some thought. We shall probably have something more to say about them hereafter. We want to know now where our candi dates for the Legislature stand. ECHOES FROM THE WAR. On last Saturday, the 16th inst., Gen. Toral, commanding the Spanish forces in Santiago, after much par leying, agreed to surrender the city and his army, and on Sunday pre cisely at noon the yellow flag of Spain was lowered to the ground, and Old Glory was raised over the house of the civil governor, in the presence of 10,000 people. The bands played the Star Spangled Banner, the Americans cheered till they were hoarse, and the artillery fired a salute. By the terms of surrender the Spaniards deliver up their arms and munitions of war, and are to be transported to Spain by the United States. Not only the city of Santi ago and the army it contained, but the whole province of Santiago and all the troops in it are included in the surrender. The area of the pro vince comprises ab'jve 500 square miles and the number of troops sur rendered amount to about 25,000. Gen. Shafter reports that in going into tiic city he discovered a perfect entanglement of defences, and if the Spaniards had fought as they did the first day, it would have cost 5,000 lives to take it. The Surgeon General telegraphed on Sunday that sixteen new cases of yellow fever had occured in the past twenty four hours. , There is talk of guarding the city with two regiments of immunes and sending the bulk of Shafter’s army back to the United States for rest, and protection against the fever. The work of removing obstructions from the harbor of Santiago has been begun and will be pushed to comple tion, the Spaniards by one of the articles of agreement, being required to help in the work. Gen. Toral, the white haired com mander of the Spanish forces is said to be heart-broken over his disaster. He declared that he had ho chance to win, and added, ‘‘I would not de sire my worst enemy to play with the cards I held.” It has been determined to move now on I’orto Rico, with both army and navy, and General Miles the commander in chief, will command the expedition. ENTRIES FROM OUR DAY BOOK. Volunteering in this state is not brisk. Only two full companies of the Second Regiment, have, up to this time been raised. Perhaps if the prospects of peace were a little brighter, volunteering would become more active. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Since the rains set in, the farmers have had a fierce fight with the grass and weeds, and the contest is not yet fully decided. While the ground has been too wet to work the grass has put in time, and it will be a difficult matter now in the hot weather and so hate in the season for farmers to ‘‘lay by” all of their crops in as clean a condition as they would desire. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ An enemy has appeared in Cuba that we fear more than we do Span iards or all toe powers of Europe, is Yellow Jack, an enemy that walks in darkness and that has never yet bowed the knee to but one foe on earth, and that is Jack Frost. He has raised his head in our camps and if he is in the humor for battle, our men will full before his march like grain before the sickle. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Columbia Register has been changed to an afternoon paper. The Register, under its new management, has of late been forging to the front among the daily papers and we hope this change will give it still higher vantage ground. In this part of the country, however, the change must work greatly to the disadvantage of the paper ns our mail connections with Columbia are such that it will arrive here along with the morning papers of the next day after its pub lication. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ George Henneman’s company of colored troops raised in Spartanburg have been mustered into service and have gone to Augusta to join the reg iment that is being formed. If col ored troops are ever going to be used by our government, they ought to be used in this war. They can stand the fierce heat of the tropics better than white men, and above all, they are in a measure proof against yellow fever. These two considerations just at this time, present a strong argu ment for colored troops. In the campaign meeting at Dar lington last week, Col. Watson taunt ed Governor Ellerbe with the fact that he, Ellerbe, had Wardlaw’s name written down for colonel of the sec ond regiment, but after he, Watson, had charged him with deserting the Reform party, the name of Wardlaw was exchanged for that of Willie Jones. This confirms what The Ledger declared at the time, that Ellerbe had been frightened by such men as Watson, and had declined to appoint Wardlaw entirely on politi cal grounds. It is said that there is a great dea^ of rowdyism among our troops in the camps of instruction. The disgrace ful behavior of some of the colored troops at Key West has been rivaled, if not surpassed, by some of the white regiments. It is a pity that these soldiers, so full of deviltry that they must terrorize women and peace able citizens, cannot be sent at ohee to the front where rowdyism and deviltry are in demand. A short ex perience in such scenes us were en acted before Santiago would cool their ardor and wonderfully improve their manners. In general, however, such fellows make the poorest sort of soldiers. ♦ ♦♦ ♦ The farmer who now has to clean his whole crop of grass and weeds, will need to summon up all his latent energies to brace him for the work. The sun at this time of the year seems to have a peculiar power over the animal system, even when the temperature is no higher than it was in June. With the first round in the field, the prespiration bursts out from every pore; even the horses and mules seem to realize that it is time to quit, and they move at a sluggish and unwilling gait; the plows and hoes are worn and dull, and there are discouragements on every hand. Nothing but indomitable pluck on the part of the funner will hold his force to tiie mark. A man eighty years old was seen a short time since in the suburbs of Gaffney with pick and shovel, cutting a ditch on the side of the road in or der to protect his garden and lot from the water that accumulated along the road. When questioned, he said that he had for a long time kept that part of the road in some sort of order with his own hands. Yet he lives in the town of Gaffney, and the town has macadamized streets and electric lights, secured partly by a tax on his property. Yet his part of the town pays yearly into the town treasury from two to three hundred dollars, and there hasn’t been twenty-five dollars of that money spent on that part of the town in two years. Is that fair? Is it right? One of our candidates for Governor is reported as saying that 8outh Car olina has had boys for Governor long enough and the time has come for grown men to take hold of the helm of the State. There is food for thought in the as sertion. We venture the opinion that it would be difficult to find a man past forty who does not look back with mortification and disgust on many of his words and acts which, at the time, he thought exceedingly wise, but which now in his maturity and ripened experience, he sees were exceedingly foolish. Mtlll, the country needs the enthusiasm of youth infused into its blood. It owes moat of its progress and enterprise to young men. It needs also the conser vatism and wisdom of age as a check upon rashness and inexperience. A judicious mingling of youth and age maintains a just equalibrium. The whole world can see that Spain’s chances in a war with the United States are hopeless, and it may bo somewhat exasperating to some, that she will not recognize the fact and throw up the sponge. But let us not call Spain a fool and other hard names. The spirit of a nation is made up of the spirit of individuals, and is subject to the same whims and inconsistences. We have more than once known a big lusty bully to make up his mind to demolish a little fel low of not more than half his size and strength. It was plain to every body that the little one stood no chance and that he ought either to beg or to run. But he was not built that way. He shut his eyes to all facts but one, and that was that he was imposed on ; he cut loose from reason, prudence, and safety, and went in for all lie was worth; and while his burly antagonist was pounding him into a jelly, he gave him a black eye and a flat nose, and managed to draw blood for blood. We admired his pluck while we pitied his judgment. And just so we feel towards Spain. In many of our methods of farming we are no doubt far in advance of our fathers. But in other respects it is doubtful if we surpass or even equal them. In our boyhood, most farmers madetheiruwn plowstocks, and every one prided himself on his own special pattern. The shape of the plow was made to correspond with the angle at which the wooden foot came to the ground, and there was a nice adjust ment of gears, plow stock ar.d plow to the heigiit of the horse or mule. Plowing in good ground then was a luxury to him who held the handles, and a decided pleasure to the mule that did the drawing. We remember to have seen men let go both hands while the plow was moving, just to show their neighbors how far it would run without falling, and the time it would maintain its balance would astonish some of the plowmen of to day, who are scuffling with their jumping, digging, wiggling iron- footed stocks. Who hears now any thing said about the running of a plow stock? If it runs into the ground, that is all that is wanted. Yet a great deal might be saved both for hand and horso by a little atten tion to this matter. It is Time They were Waking. [York vllle Yooman.] The express octopus operating in this State is attempting to dodge the internal revenue tax placed upon it by congress by trying to force its cus tomers to pay it in addition to the oft-thms excessive tolls they are charged. They have a monopoly of the business in their line and will no doubt succeed in making tlie people of South Carolina dance to their mu sic, unless the railroad commission wakes up and rubs the scales off its eyes in time to take a hand. . — Divisions and Bitterness Passing Away. [Press and Stiimlanl.] If we read aright the signs of the times, the serious divisions and bit terness time were engendered in cam paigns in recent years, through differ ences between Democrats, have al most entirely disappeared, and our people are entering upon a new era of harmony and friendship. It is a 1 matter of rejoicing that bitterness is passing away and our people are coming together again. The spirit of fraternity is growing among our peo ple, and we hail the evidences of friendliness and harmony with a pro found sense of gratification. Glorious Victories Not Glorious War. (Charleston News and Courtcr.l ‘‘Glorious” victories do not make war glorious. The sinking of Cer- vera’s fleet cost us only one life. How many lives it cost the Spaniards is not definitely Known, but the num ber was not small, and some of the incidents-of the day are shocking to contemplate. Capt. Evans, of the Iowa, reports that wounded sailors while swimming ashore were shot by the insurgents in the bushes; sharks pulled down many more behind the reef; the fires roasted others to death, and buzzards still swarm about the wrecks. Glorious victories do not make war glorious. —• «•••» $ioo Reward, $xoo. The renders of this paper will be pleused to learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has been able to cure In all ItsstujresundthatIsCutarrh. Hall'sCatarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh la-lutr a constitutional disease, requires a constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cun* Is taken internally, aetlnjr directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and fflvlmr the putlont strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature lu doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to '*ure. Send for list of Testimonials. Address, F. J. Chenky Si Co., Toledo, O. Hold by Driurirlsts. Tie. Hall’s Family Fills are the liest. Don’t Tobsrro Syit tad Smoke Toar Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag neilc. full o( life, nerve and vigor, take No-To- llao, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, Me or 11. Cure guaran teed Booklet end sample free. Addreea Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York. PRESS OPINION. The Ppamnrds will have to admit that the American pigs arc good “Rooters.”—Charleston Critic. * Wo believe it would be better if (he Legislature did not meet but once in every two years.—Cheraw Chronicle. * * v The Columbia Record is putting in some mngnificient work for Ellerbe and George Tillman. Keep It up. bud, especially for Tillman. The more you chaw Tillman the gooder he gits. — Edgefield Monitor. * w * There seems to be a concert of ac tion among the big dailies of South Carolina to give as little information as possible about the campaign meet ings, and their editorial pages are de voted to anything except state poli tics. The meaning of all this will crop out after awhile.—Columbia Record. * * * That was an admirable spirit in spiring Capt. Phillips of the Texas, when during the natural enthusiasm and exaltation over their splendid victory, he forbade his men to cheer, saying, “Don't cheer, the poor devils are dying.” Is it a wonder men are ready to obey to the death a man so worthy of respect?—Lee County Re corder. * * * Col. T. L. Gantt, of the Piedmont Headlight has prepared and published a long, detailed and bitter attack against his former friend. State Sena tor E. L. Archer, candidate for gov ernor. Reading what our esteemed friends the reformers have to saj of each other, we are inclined to believe that the great reform movement must have absorbed all the wicked ness there is in the State and left, us reconcentradoes only pure, good and select.—Greenville News. * * * Several weeks ago a negro was lynched in Missouri for a crime for which Southern negroes are lynched and we have not yet seen any evi dences of hydrophobia in editors of any section of tiie country. When a negro is lynched in South Carolina, editors all over the country, home included, foam at the mouth and show signs of mental aberration. We are not upholding lynching; we would only like to see less frantic gesticulating here and more of it abroad.—Xew berry 0bserver. We pass onr lives in regretting the past, complaining of the present, and indulging false hopes of the future. e* OME persons say it is natural for them to lose flesh during summer. But losing flesh is losing ground. Can you afford to approach another win ter in this weakened con dition? Coughs and colds,weak throats and lungs, come quickest to those who are thin in flesh, to those eas ily chilled, to those who have poor circulation and feeble digestion. Sctstt’s Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypo- phosphites does just as much good in summer as in winter. It makes flesh in August as well as April. You certainly need as strong nerves in July as in January. And your weak throat and lungs should be healed and strength ened without delay. All DrugirUU, SOc. ami $1. SCOTT b 110WNE, ChemUU. New York ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Ohio River and Charleston Railway Co., T I META BLEof I he Ohio Hi ver and Charles ton Kaihvuy Company, conjunetly with the South Cnrulina ami Goorffiu Kuilroad. Schedule In effort May Kith. isox. NOKTIT HOUND. Eastern Time. SOUTH BOUND. 33 32 A. M. (S. C. &. G.) CHARLESTON P. M. Lv. 7 Ih Ar. 8 00 •* 11 (HI RKA.NCIIYILLE ’’ 5 47 •’ 10 10 KINGSVILLE “ 4 28 F. M. (O. U. A C.) CAMDEN P. M. ’’ 12 05 •* 2 35 “ 1 05 KERSHAW •• 1 50 “ 1 .V) LANCASTER ’* 12 50 •• 2 30 CATAWBA .11 NCTION 12 05 *• - ihi ROCK MILL *’ 11 45 “ 3 30 YORK VII.LE “ 11 05 ’’ 4 35 BLACKSBURG ** 111 (HI ’• 5 10 EARLS •* It 30 ’’ 5 20 PATTERSON SPRINGS “ 0 25 ** ti (HI SHELBY •• 1* 10 I •• 1! 40 LATTIMOKF. •* 8 20 “ I I 55 MOORESBOKO •• 8 10 “ 7 10 HENRIETTA •• 7 50 ” 7 35 FOREST CITY *• 7 25 “ 8 10 RUTHEREOEUTON ’’ 6 55 “ 8 30 Mil.WOOD •* 6 35 “ 8 55 GOLDEN VALLEY. ’• (t 10 II (HI THERMAL CITY •* « (5 ’* i» 25 GLEN WOOD - 5 40 Ar. II 50 MARION Lv. 5 20 ! P. M. A. >1. ] Gaffney Branch. NOHTH SOUTH HOUND. BOUND. *F. M P. M. Ar. 7 50 BLACKSBURG Lv. 5 (Hi •• 7 35 CHEROKEE FALLS •’ 5 15 Lv. 7 15 GAFFNEY Ar. 5 35 P. M. P. M. - 1 ■ ■■■ - ’ - i —■ - a ■ - — Train* north of Camden run dully except Sunday. Trains between Charleston and Kingsville run dally For Information as to rates. Clyde Line Royal makes the lood pure, w holesome and delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure botai oaking po*ora co., new York. The Gcd of Battle Plainly Seen. {[People's Advocate.] Sampson was told to destroy Hat fleet of Cervera’s and he did the work thoroughly and well, so well that there is nothing but third rate gun boats left in the waters of the western world to fly the Spanish flag, and the admiral himself is a prisoner in his hands. And when we reflect that every vessel is destroyed and every man eitlier n prisoner or killed with a loss of only one man killed and two wounded, the bund of tiie Goa of Bat tles is plainly seen in it all. IOOK OUT for the first signs of ■■ impure blood—Hood’s Sarsaparilla is your safeguard. It will purify, enrich and vitalize your BLOOD. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, does a general Banking and Exchange business. Well secured with Burglar- Proof safe and Autotaiatic Time Lock. Safety Deposit Boxes at moderate rent. Buys and sells Stocks andBonds. Buys County and School Claims. Your business solicited. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. CondriHed Bchedulf* of UamAtigror Trains. "W- In Effect .Tuuo 12,1SDS. ' Northbound. | Ve*. No. 11 No. 3S Hally Daily. No IS Fat.Ml Ex. I No. 3(3 Sun. 1 Daily. Lv. Atlanta, C.T. “ Atlanta, E. T. “ NorcFo-ss “ Buford “ (.THir.osville... “ Lula Ar. ComHia Lv.Mt. Airy “ Toecoa “ Westminster “ Scncia “ Central “ Greenville .. “ fcpurtanburj;. 73J iil]2 HID a 1 1) 12 a S' 47 » 10 lit a 2 22 *' G a 2 42 1! 07 a OJ 11 It) a 11 30 u 1210 in 12 2 i p 1 1(1 p 1 55 p 3 0J p 00 m 00 p Si p 15 p 4 35 p 5 35 p fi 24 p i istp 7 43 p 8 OSp 8 25 p 8 4Up 11 50 12 50 1 27 2 20 2 40 . Ar. Asheville tl OH p! '.) 45 a “ Gaffneys “ Blacksburg.. 3 43 p| (3 44 j) 4 (0 p, 7 txi p 7 15 a . . . 7 85 a “ King’s Mt... •uio pj 4 .58 p 7 58 a “ Gastonia 820 a Lv. Charlotte (5 15 o 8 22 n (1 25 a A r. G reensboro 0 52 p 10 43 )> 12 10 p Lv.Gropnsboro.. 10 50 p Ar. Norfolk ! « a Ar. Danville 11 25 p 11 51 p i as p Ar. Richmond ... (J 40 a 0 40 a (J 25 p Ar.Washington . 0 42 a 9 85 p “ Baltin’ePRR. 8 03 a Ill 35 p “ Philadelphia. h) 15 a 2 50 a “ New York... 112 43 in 6 23 a j Fat.Ml Yen. iNo.ll Southbound. No. 35 No. 37 Daily Dally. !Daily. I Lv. N. Y.,]k h. It. 17"15 a - 4 20 pi “ Philadelphia. I 3 50 a *155 p! “ Baltimore 10 31 n 1)20 p “ Waohingtoii. 'll 15 a IQ 43 pj Lv. Biehmond . 12 ol m 12 Vl at 13 limtj Lv. Danville 6 15 P 5 50 a <105 a Lv. Norfolk Ar Greensboro . . , 10 03 0 50 P a Lv. Greensboro. 7 26 P 7(6 u 7 82 u • • • • a • • Ar. Charlotte . 10 00 P 9 25 11 50 a ... as • Lv. Gastonia 10 49 P 12 4(1 p ’’ King's Mt .. “ Blacdcsburg .. 11 31 P 10 45 H 1 13 p 185 p ... a as* '* Gtvffneys 11 ill p It) 58 a 156 p Lv. Asheville.. . 9 00 p • • 8 20 n “ Spartanburg. 12 26 a 11 34 a 2 43 p “ Greenville.... 1 25 la 12 30 p 4 05 p •NulT^ “ Central 2 30 5lX)p " Seneca a 1 83 p 5 2!1 p “ Westminster. 6 45 p San. -iTTTa « 85 a “ Toecoa 3 25 a 2 Is p 6 22 p Mt. Airy u Cornelia .. .. re oo' p 7 00 p 7 05 p 7 33 P “ Lula. 4 15 « 3 18 p 0 57 n “ Gainesville .. “ Buford 4 35 * 3 37 P 809 p 8 42 p 7 20 a 7 48 a “ Norcross . 5 25 a :: 9 17 p 8 27 a Ar. Atlanta, K. T. « 10 a 4 55 p 10 00 p 9 30 a Ar. Atlanta. C. T. 5 10 a 3 55 p 9 09 p 880 a NOBCROSS NOON TRAIN. Daily Ex cep* Stir da 7. 1 J5 p Hulling, etc., eall on local contractliijr uin iravcJtnir aveiilN of txjih rood*, oi L. A. EMERSON. T. M.. E. F. GRAY. S*. C. A ft. H. H.. TratHc Manager. Charleston. S. O. Cincinnati. Ohio. H. H LUMPKIN. Gen'). Freight and Buss. Agent. Ulackabtrjf, S. C. ,v. Atla. tr., central time Ar. Nurerosa, eastern ti.ne Lv. h'orcrosd, eastern time j 2 2(1 p Ar, Atlanta, central time J. * "A” a. m. *‘P” p. m. "M” noon. “N" night. Chesapeake Line Steamer** in daily ncrvica between Norfolk and Haitiraore. Non. 37 and.’ft—Dally. Washington and South western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman aleepiug csr» Iterweon New York and Now Or- huns, via Washington, Atlanta and Montgom ery, and also between New York and Memphis, ▼iaWBsliingtor.,Atlantaand Birmingham. Firsl ela-s thoroughfare coaches between Washing ton and Atlanta. Dining ears serve all meale •u route. Pullman drawing-room sleeping care between Greenslioro and Norfolk. Close con Beet Ion at Fnrfolk for OLD POINT COMFORT arriving there in time for breakfast. Nos. 35 and L—United Btstes Fast Mall runs solid between Washington and Now Or leans, via Souihera Railway, A. A W. P. R. R., and L. A N. K. R.. being composed of baggage car and coaches, through without change for jtuskengers of all classes. Pullman drawing room sleeping cars between New York and New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery. Leaving Washington each Wednesday, a tourist sleeping car will run through between Wash ington and Ban Fronnsco without change. Pullman Drawing-Room Sleeping Cars between Ashevide and Atlanta. Noe. 11,37. 58 and 12—Pnllman sleenRig corf between Richmond and Charlo. te, vt i loan villa, southbound Nos. 11 and 37, uorthboutShl Noe. Mi and 12 ^ FRANK S. GANNON. J. M. CULP, Third V P. A Gen. Mgr., Traffic M'g’r. Washington, D. C. Washington, D. OL W. A. TURK, t*. H. HARDWICK. Gen l Pass. Ag t , Ass’1 Gen’1 Pass. Ag’t., Wiu.iiuiai.un It Q Atlanta, ta^