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Mobile, Feb. 10.—The trade with
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Cardenas, Gibara, Santiago and Cieil-
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A BIRD SONG. ’
A ripple of rhythm trilling a tuno
Cadenrod and caroled to colors of June,
Shaded with vlsfus of shadowy dreams,
Rhyming aim timing to singing of elrcama.
Sounding the tint and the glint of the sky,
Echoing, echoing ecstasy—
Shining the sheen nml (ho green of the sheaf,
Sparkling and darkling the diamond dewed
* leaf.
Painting the grace and the face of the flower,
Kissing the lip and the drip of the shower,
Stealing the breeze of tho trees and the shades,
Drinking the dews of the dells and the glades.
Whistling the wind voiced violin trill,
Trebling tho thread of a slender thrill;
Twittering over the trembling strings
Subtlest, sweetest and tenderest things.
Pealing a passionate pecan of love,
Lyrical, limpid, wafted above-
Bird halleluiahs, echoed afar,
Chnntod through nature’s portals ajar.
Running in rapture tho scale of song scope,
Wording and birding tho rainbow of hope,
Pulsing and tltrobbingandthrilling with June,
Fashioning, passioning all to his tune.
Praising in prisms of cadencing light.
Soaring and soaring to ecstasy's height;
Swelling his magical, music mad throat,
Singing and winging his heavenward note!
—Marion Daniel McConnell in Alkahest.
MAUNDY’S MATCH.
Tho pathetic little procession had
wound its way down tho dusty road and
over the brow of tho hill, leaving the
sunshine of tho valley, the well tilled
acres, the spreading orchard and the
pleasant old farmhouse, that had meant
much to the heart of Martin Ramsey,
but to which ho would never more re
turn.
“Law me,” wheezed Mrs. Tinkler,
wiping a furtive tear upon the corner
of her black silk. “So that’s the last of
poor Martin! Well, he has seen sights
of trouble in his day. Malindy an Be-
lindy has acted as contrary as two
females ever did, an Martin stood up
under ’em splendid. ’Pears to me them
girls take it mighty cool, when you
think it’s their only brother. ”
“Oh, maw,” said Tenie, untying tho
draggled bit of crape that drifted from
the doorknob, “I think Belindy felt aw
ful. Sho ain’t ono to show it. As for
Malindy, she’s that cranky she wouldn’t
feel bad at her own funeral. ’ ’
“Seems to mo, ’ ’ remarked her mother,
thoughtfully, “that Brother Rico didn’t
have no call to bo so comfortin an con-
solln. Them girls ain’t no spring chick
ens; they’re 80 como next May—same
ago as Sister Harriet Bell. When you
think they ain’t spoke to ono another
this 50 year, an that Martin has had to
livo with ’em, bearin tho blunt of the
plaguy foolishness, it does seem as if it
was the preacher’s business to make the
funeral edifyin to the mourners. I hope
Brother Rice wasn’t thinkin that tho
Ramsey farm is broad an fruitful. I
hope ho ain’t ’fraid of no old maid
twins.
“Why, I can remember,” went on
Mr*. Tinkler, reflectively, “when the
Ramsey girls was as pretty as there was
in tho county, an a body never see one
without t’other. But when Bob Parker
was beauin Malindy an took up with
Belindy tho fat was in the fire, I can
tell you. Bob married Sissy Pollock, an
has been dead this 20 year, but that
don’t mako no difference to Malindy;
mad sho is, an mad she’ll stay! She’s
the contrairiest creeter the Lord ever
put breath ini”
~^My euz, maw!” exclaimed Tenie,
ter run tin high Hio sun is gettin. I bet-
they’ll be many wantbelieve
even for a meal of victuals. Now, maw,
you Bcttlo right down in that shady
corner an take a catnap; you look beat
out. Everything is ready to put over,
so there’s no need of your helpin. ”
Tho summer had trailed away into
tho autumn. The high hills had glowed
with riotous beauty, only to fade into
the somber tints of winter, and now to
a waiting world was coming the breath
of approaching spring.
Tenie was looking for her mother.
She stood upon tho porch of the little
brown cottage, peering out under her
hand.
“There sho is!” she exclaimed as a
bay horse hitched to a shabby buggy
shambled into sight. “I’ll jest rnn
down an open the gate. Goodness me,
mawl What a time you’ve been!” she
cried as her mother drove into the
barnyard. “I’ve been lonesome as a
dog! I was afraid Dolly had run away
with you. ’ ’
“I knowed you’d be worried about
me, Tenie,” wheezed Mrs. Tinkler,
clambering heavily to the ground.
“But I did have tho biggest hunt to
match that blue delaine, an, as for wool
carpet chain, thero ain’t a pound in
Philadelphy. So it was dreadful late
when I como by the Ramseys, an when
Belindy see me nothin would do but I
must unhitch tho beast an stay for din
ner. ”
“Now, maw, you take them bundles
an put for tho house,” commanded Te
nie. “You ’look fit to drop. You aint
a-goin to stand hero in the wet- Go
long with you!”
“Law, Tenie, you make a regular
baby of mo. I’ll go to please you, child,
but ’tain’t right to be always sbirkin, ”
“I guess you’re rested enough to t ilk,
maw,” said Tenie when they had had
tea, and Mrs. Tinkler was resting com
fortably in a rocking chair, her slipper
ed feet thrust into the warm baker.
“Never mind about tbo delaine. Tell
me about tho Ramseys; seems like a
coon's ag esinco I seen one of ’em.”
“They was nskin why yon didn’t
come over, but I told ’em you wrs
dreadful busy makin a rag carpet, an
tho spring sewin comin on, to say nothin
of Tom Miller bein here so constant.”
“Pshaw, maw I” exclaimed Tenie,
blushing rosy red. ‘ ‘Stop yonr foolin, an
go on with your story. ”
“Well, the fact is, they are bavin
high old times at the Ramseys,” said
Mrs. Tinkler Impressively.
“You don’t say! They ain’t on speak-
in terms t” inquired Tepio, sewing
away briskly with her lap full of carpet
rags.
“Hero, Tenie, hand me my thimble
an a mess o| them rags. I can talk
twice as fast with my needle goin. Up
to tho Ramseys, as far as speakin goes,
things are jest where they was, except
they’ve got that little Rosie Lethers
there to do their talkin through. But
soon os I got there I seo there was some
thin in the wind, an, as J said, nothin
would do but I must take off my bon
net an stay to eat. Prett ' soon Malindy
couldn’t stands no longer, an sho out
it. Au^.,.dnugbkTv nt ver
guess it in this wide world!”
“My spx, mnw, bow could I guess,”
tittered Tenie excitedly. “Tain i an
other beau, is it?”
“Well, I swan!” exclaimed her moth
er admiringly. “If you didn’t guess it
first thing! It's the livin truth. Tenie.
Belindy has got a beau!”
“You’re fixdin!”
“ Ton honor, jest as true as yon
live!”
“Whoever?”
“Jess make a guess. ”
“I ain’t the slightest idee!”
“Well,” said Mrs. Tinkler, reluctant
ly parting with her news, “it’s Dan’el
Carter!”-
* ‘ Dan ’ el Carter! ’ ’ gasped Tenie. ‘ ‘ For
the land sakes! But if it ain’t tho very
thing! Why, dear mo, seems as if I had
knowed it a year!”
“There,” cried her mother trium
phantly; “that’s ’zactly what I said!
Likely a match as ever was. Stidy, an
forehanded, can go there an run the
farm as good as Martin ever did—an I
can tell yon things has gone at loose
ends since they have been rnnnin it on
the shears—but no, Malindy won’t liave
it so, an sho is raisin Cain generally. ”
“I can’t seo what business it is of
hers, ” cried Tenie indignantly. “Sho
never speaks to poor Belindy. She’s a
regular dog in the manger.”
“So I told her, but, law, it didn’t do
no good. Her heart is ;vs hard as a cob
ble. Belindy broke down an cried, poor
thing, an said Malindy had said if sho
married Dan’el Carter they shouldn’t
livo on tho farm—an Belindy ownin
half of everything, mind you—an that
it would break her heart to leave tho
old home, where she was born.
“But, land sakes, when Belindy
cried, that made Malindy act like tun-
ket. Why, she said sho was disgraced
to have a sister with no more sense, an
that there wasn’t no fools like old fools,
an that she’d burn the honso over their
heads ’fore ho should como there. I told
her sho acted like sho was plum crazy.
Mind my words, Tenie, she’ll break off
that match unless somethin drops, an
drops hard. ’’
Tho spring had hurried on into the
summer, and upon Goshen hill, which
lay between tho Tinkler and Ramsey
farms, tho blackberries were hanging
amid green leaves in rich, ripe clusters.
Here early and late Mrs. Tinkler toiled,
loving the outdoor' life and coveting tho
many dimes tho luscious fruit would
bring for Tonie’s wedding outfit.
It was a ‘ close August morning, and
Tenie, working over the ironing table,
was thinking longingly of tho leafy
coolness and the deep, clear spring upon
the hillsido when suddenly sho espied
her mother coming across tho meadow.
“Why, what ever?” cried Tenie,
dropping her flatiron with a clatter, as
Mrs. Tinkler, with gown draggled and
sunbonnet awry, but with face alight
with excitement and nows, appeared
aronnd tho corner of the house. ‘ 4 W here
are the berries?”
“Did yon ever?” chuckled her moth
er, sinking down upon tho step. “If I
didn’t have them berries clear knocked
ont of my head an leave them buck-
•te standin under the bushes! But,
Tenie Tinkler, talk about your circuses!
There’s things happenin on that hill os
beats any show I over see. Oh, my
goodness gracious!”
“Do stop yonr laughin,” said Tenie,
untying her mother’s bonnet and bring
ing her a glass of water. “Yonr face ia
as red as a beet; I hope you ain’t got a
sunstroke. I can’t make head nor tail of
what you’re talking-about:”
“There’s nothin the matter of me,
Tenie. I’m just worked up, an so’ll
yon be when you’ve heard. You see,
when I got on top of Goshen this morn-
dtfrJiBqe the berries was hangin thick
went. * ’T\Cn§ tjie Ramseys, so down I
down there; the bifl&il pretty and cool
sassrasses was a smelliii.were singin, the
ries thumpin down on my bucket, uher-
was thinkin of startin up a hymn, when,
all of a sadden, I see a woman over in
tho Ramsey patch. I couldn’t see who,
for her bonnet, an I knowed she couldn’t
see me for tho bushea
“Right ’twixt us was that old cellar,
where the house burned down. Tho
bushes was a leanin way ont over it, an
tho woman was a gettin nearer an near
er. I was jest goin to holler to her to be
careful, when ont her feet slipped an
lickety split she went sailin down
through them bushes, an here she was,
settin flat on that cellar floor! I was
thatscart seemed as if I couldn’t cheep!
“She didn’t seem hurt none, set there
kind of whimperin, an then she jerked
her bonnet off, an declare to goodness if
it wasn’t Malindy! An if you’ll believe
me, Tenie, I hadn’t no sooner seen who
’twas than overv bit of old Adam riz in
me, an says I ro myself, ‘Guess they
ain’t no bones broke, so set there, old
lady, mebby it’ll do yon good!’
“There wasn’t a place where a boy
couldn’t ’a’ clnm out in a minute, but
Malindy is a gettin old, an sho ain’t
used to climbin. She got np an went
round an round the wall, but there
wasn’t nothin to stand on, an every
time sho’d get her toe in a cranny an
try to pull herseii np somethin would
give an down sho’d go. ”
“Why, maw Tinkler! You settin
there an sayin nothin!” exclaimed
Tenie reproachfully. “Wasn’t you
’shamed of yourself?”
“Well, some, only when I thought
how she’d acted to Belindy I didn’t care
one mite, an jest when my Jieart was
soften a little who should come a-crash-
in an a dashin through the bushes but
Dan’el Carter!
“ ‘Mr- CarVr, ’ hollered Malindy, soon
as she see who it bo. ‘Mr. Carter,
Dan’el I You ain’t a-goin by without
helpin mo out, be you V
“When Dan’el see her standin down
thero, he seemed struck of a heap.
'What In earth are you doin down
there?’ says he.
“ ‘I fell in an can’t get out,’ says
she.
“When Dan’el heard that he turned
kind of slow like an looked at her with
out sayin a word. There was somethin
in that stiddy look that made Malindy
get pretty red in the face, an sho took
to fumbliu with tho corner of her apron.
“ ‘Malindy, ’ says he, goin down dost
to the wall. ‘I’m mighty glad to
get a chance to talk to yon alone.
J’vo jest come from my sister Mar-
thy's, an she's been telliu me some
more of yonr carr’in’s on. Now,’ says
he, clearin his throat, ‘Belindy is a
breakin down under your persecutions,
an I ain’t the man to see the woman I
love killed without doin my best to
hinder it. I've come to the conclusion,
Malindy,’ says he, ‘that bein as it’s
only crazy folks that talk about poisonin
an a-burnin houses over folks’ heads
the asylum is the bust place for you.
I’m on my way now to seo Squire Al
ters about it,’ ”
thing!” cried Tenie,
didn’t say that, did
I heard her
think of all
“How did ho ever dare, gaspeu
Tenie.
“DareI I guess Dan’el Carter dare
anything when he’s roused. As for Ma
lindy, sho was ragin. ”
“ ‘I guess it’ll tube more than yonr
word to make me crazy!’ she sputtered.
‘Guess I’ve been knowed in this neigh
borhood longer ’an any Carter.’
“ ‘There ain’t a neighbor bnt what
will say you’ve treated Belindy like a
dog, ’ says ho. ‘It’s knowed for miles
that you ain’t spoke to her direct for 80
year, an beside, you’ve made your
threats promisenons. ’
"Malindy was a-gettin mighty scared,
for, like all bullies, she’s a dreadful
coward at heart, but she wasn’t goin
to give in yet.”
“ ‘Yon don’t dare I’ says she, tryin
to be fierce an lookin awful faint.
“ ‘A man dares anything when he’s
desperate as I be,’ says he. ‘You’ve
stood in my road for a year. ’
“ ‘Belindy won’t let you do anything
to mo,’ s-’ys sho.
“ ‘Belindy will let me do what I
think best, ’ says ho.
“ ‘Bigger fool she! Yon are after her
money, Dan’el Carter, an you want mo
out of the road, ’ says she, brazen as a
penny. ‘Yon think you’re a regular
Dan’el come to judgment, don’t you?’
“ ‘I ain’t a-goin to stand no insults,’
says he. ‘I’m goin now, an when the
squire an me comes in the mornin 1
ain’t a doubt wo’ll find you right hera’
“ ‘Yon ain’t a-goin to let mo stay
hero all night ?’ sho gasped out. Malin
dy was a-gettin nervous an hystericky,
for tho fall had shook her up dreadful,
an his sayin that jest upset her. ‘Ain’t
you got no heart?’ says sho.
“ ‘You ain’t never showed me an Be
lindy none, ’ says he, movin on.
“ ‘You wretch, an me that ’fraid of
bears! There ain’t never a soul on this
hill, bnt that fat old idiot of a Mis’
Tinkler, ’ says sho.
“The mean old
in disgust. “She
she, maw?”
“Honest Injun, Tenie.
with my own ears, an to
I’vo done for that creeter. ”
“ ‘Dan’el Carter, how much will you
take to let mo out ?’ says she, lookm fit
to drop.
“ ‘There’s only one way I’ll let yon
out,’ says he, stern as a judge. ‘If
you’ll promise to act like a sane woman
an let Belindy go her own road. I'll
give yon another chance,' says he.
“ ‘I ain’t never a-goin to speak to
Belindy, ’ says she, ns spiteful as over.
‘I ain’t spoke to her this 80 year, an I
ain’t goin to.’
“ ‘I’d a plaguy sight rather you
wouldn’t,’ says lie, contemptuonsliko.
*1 might as well tell you, Belindy an
mo is goin to get married next Sunday,
at Sister Marthy’s, an I’m comin to
rnn the farm. But if you’ll promise to
keep a civil tongue in your head I’ll
give you another chance. ’
“ ‘Yon ain’t comin there,’ says she,
gettin white as a sheet. ‘But I darsn’t
stay bora. I’m afraid ot my Ufa'
“ ‘You won’t *ee anything worse than
yourself, ’ says he, an with that off he
went. An when she couldn’t see him no
more down she went in a heap an cov
ered her face with her hands.
“An then what do you think I done,
Tenie ? I jest np an growled that low an
matfled an awfnl, it sent the chills
down my own backbone. ”
“For the land sakes,” cried Tenie.
“You awful Maw Tinkler. What did
poor Malindy do?”
“Malindy! Why, you’d ’a’ thought
she had a fit. She jumped an hollered,
‘Dan’el! Dan’el Carter! Dan’el I’ an
that Dan’el went a-echoin down the
hill till seems as if I can hear it yet.
“Seemed half an hour ’fore Dan’el
come a-crashin back, so near me I could
’a’ touched him.
n»t.‘.‘~What’s happened? What’s the
“ ‘Get mw ho.
‘Yon an Belindy carf this,’ says she.
fools of yonrselfs as yon wdir. jest as big
of me. I’ll promise anything so’s £c*.all
let me out!’
“But that whiffet of a woman’s feet
hadn’t more than touched solid grouad
'fore she turned on him like a cat
“ ‘I’ll have it ont with you, Dan’el
Carter, ’ says she. ‘You’ll wish you’d ’a’
died ’fore you ever come into tho Ram
sey family, ’ an with that she went tear-
in down the hill.
n is that all?” asked Tenie.
“What more’d you have?” replied
her mother, testily.
“Why, they ain’t no end to it; I
can’t see as things is one bit better off,”
said Tenie, disappointedly.
“Law, Tenie Tinkler, don’t yon know
no more of woman nature than that?
Malindy has found her master, an she
knows it. She may do a lot of blnsterin,
bnt she’ll think the snn rises an sets in
Dan’el Carter 'fore a month.”
“Well,” said Tenie, “I do’ know.”
—Agnes Warner McClelland in Chicago
Record.
Extraordinary Holding:* of Gold.
Tho director of the mint is authority
for the statement that the United States
now holds $910,000,000 in gold. This
is an estimate, of course; for there are
no data available to determine the
amount held by depositories other than
tho United States treasury and sub
treasuries, the assay offices, the clear
ing houses and the national banks, and
the holdings of these do not by a very
considerable percentage reach tho total
indicated. Assuming that the estimate
Is approximately correct, however, tho
gold in the United States wonld by far
exceed the amount held here at any
time heretofore.
Tho ^jrgest snm of gold held in the
United States in any previous year, ac
cording to the mint estimates, was
$705,818,855, in 1888. The stock of tho
precious metal held in tho principal
Countries of Europe, in Australasia and
in the United States in 1873 was $1,-
209,800,000. According to the director
of the mint, the present stock of gold io
$3,780,000,000—which is more by $1.-
000,000,000 than the total stock of both
gold and silver in the same countries in
1873. —Exchange.
Dangers of the Grip,
The greatest danger from La Grippe
is of its resulting in pneumonia. If
reasonable care is used, however, and
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy|taken,
all danger will be avoided. Among
the tens of thousands who have used
this remedy for la grippe we have yet
to learn of a single case having re
sulted in pneumonia which shows
conclusively that this remedy is a cer
tain preventive of that dangerous dis
ease. It will cure la grippe in less
time than any otliv r treatment. It is
pleasat? l and sufe to take. For sale
by Cbd free Drug Co.
SPEER WAXES ELOQUENT.
Judge Hoys the United State* Will
Teko No Hack Ward Step.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 10.—Judge Em
ory Spoor evidently believes that w<
have taken the Philippines for “keeps,"
for in his charge to the grand jury in
tho United States cwurt, while expati
ating on the glory of our country, h«
said:
“On the home of liberty, protected by
the ages of the constitution, tbo shadows
of night will never completely fall
When the God of day, rejoicing In the
east, illamines tho feathery frontage ol
Porto Rico, the golden glories of his de
parting smile is yet reflected from tbs
coalesceut waters that bathe the ice
bound islands of Alaska, and when his
first beams salute the granitic coast of
New England, the softened shades of
evening have scarcely fallen on the
palm and the cocoa groves of those
islands of the Orient where even now
the guns of Otis and Dewey are pro
claiming to mankind that tho genius of
America takes no step backward.”
CITY OF~ANNISTON LOSES.
Judge Toulmiu Decides an Interesting
Case at Hii iiilngliain.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 10.—Judge
Toulmin of the United States court hai
decided the case of the Safe Deposit and
Trust company of Baltimore against tbs
city of Anniston, which has been iu the
United States court for some time, ad
versely to Anniston.
The suit was for the recovery of
judgment obtained against the city of
Anniston for unpaid interest and cou
pens. Jndge Toulmiu ordered that cer
tain amonnts, which wore set aside in
the budget of 1897 98 for the payraenf
of other matters, be directed to the pay-
meat of the judgments, and ordered
that mandamuses be issued to that
effect.
Tho principal amount ordered set
aside for the payment of the judgments
is $5,000, appropriated by Anniston to
its public schools.
QANKRUPTCY CASE RULING.
An Important Dccislou Rendered by
Judge Newman In A anta.
Atlanta, Feb. 1C.—Judge-IV. T. New
man has rendered a very important de
cision under tho new bankrupt act. The
legal point In question arose in the cass
of H. A. and B. T. Camp’s voluntary
petition for bankruptcy. The trustee
in the case set apart to one of the mem
bers of tho firm out of the partnership
personal property certain articles to tha
amount allowed oy the state exemption
laws.
The bankruptcy referee approved the
same and exceptions wore filed to the
action of tho referee. The question was
brought before Judge Newman for de
termination, and in quite a lengthy de
cision ho sustains the action of the |
referee.
Died Trying to Save a Horse.
Quitman, Ga., Fob. 10—Mr. J. K.
McRae, a well-to-do farmer living about
4 miles from here, was killed by a fail
ing tree. It ■«*ms that hi* ncx vmw
clearing some timbered load, aed ho
had ridden over on horseback to see
after the work. The young man cut a
tree, and as it began to fall Mr. McRae
saw that it wonld strike his horse and
ran to loose it and lead it ont of danger,
but was not qnick enough and was him
self struck and killed by the falling
tree.
Bearing-Down Sensations, Internal
Heat and Female Weaknesses are
cured by use of Simmons Squaw Vine
Wine or Tablets.
Notice !
For tho next 30 days I wiU
sell you, for cash, dry goods, no-
j lions, shoes, hats, groceries, tin-
j ware, hardware, etc., at cut
prices. 1 lb packages of parch-
i ed coffee for 10c. Good green
j coffee 10c per lb; medium, 11
lbs for $ l. A few made-up suits
| at a low figure. Call and see
my prices. Yours respectfully.
I. M. PEELER.
SOUTHERN RAILW
Oo*4«B*«d •eliadal* of r»wnjer TralXBt
In Effect Oct. 1#, 1808.
31
Northbound. No. IS
Dully
Lt. Atlanta, C. T.
“ Atlanta, E.T.
Norcroa*
jinford
M UaineavlU*...
“ Lulu
At. Comeliu.
Lv.Mt. Airy
“ Toccou
M Westminster
" Seneca
" Central
** Oreenvill*...
" Spartanburg.
m Gaffneys
* Blacksburg..
• King’s ML...
•‘ Jiastonla
Lv.ylmrlotte....
Ar. Greensboro
Lv. Greensboro,
▲r .Norfolk
Ar. Danville
Ar. Kichmond ...
Ar.Washington..
“ Paltm’oPRR.
** Philadelphia.
•* New York.,
Southbound.
tv.K. Y..P.W.B.
“ Philadelphia.
“ Baltiinoro....
“ Washlngtoa..
Lv. Richmond ...
Lv. Danville ,,,,
Lv. Korfolk.
Ar. Greensboro.
Lv
t
- fy,
“ Gr
Real gratitude is never ashamed of
humble benefactors.
Mother’s Trusted Friend, Simmons
Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets,‘Prepare
the System for Confinement, Shorten
Labor and.make Childbirth Easy.
The epicure dislikes to waste bis
hunger on poor victuals.
Greensboro,
r. C’harlott* ..
v. Gastonia....
’ Ktnu's Mt...
' Blacksburg .
Gaffneys....
Spartanburg.
reenville....
Ontr&l
Seneca
Westminster.
Toccoa
lit. Airy
Cornelia
Lula
Gainesville .
Be
Yuford
Noreros*...,.
Ar. Atlanta, E. T.
Ve*.
No. 88
Daily
760
8 5'J
080
10 06
10 35
10 68
11 86 a
111» a
1153 a
12 31m
12 52 p
14fl p
884 p
837 p
4 20 p
488 p
8 03 p
5 26 P
6 30 p
0 52 p
4 23 p
f2 42 p
f3 00 p
3 66 ' p
1126 p
0 40 a
12 00 m
1 00 p
4 15 p
6 p
6 10 p|
hi
10 43 p
10 60 p
7 50 a
Fst.ldl
No. 3S
Daitv.
nnra
3 60 a
6 81 a
11 19 a
IJoI
11 61 p
0 STa
6 42 a
8 03 *
10 15 a
12 43 m
No. 18
Ex.
Sun.
4 85p
6 33p
6 28 p
7 08 p
7 -43p
8 08p
8 85 p
FAt.l
No. m
Dotty.
11 60 |
12 60 ■
1 27 ■
2 ft*
2 40 a
3 »
4 03
4 22
4 52
6 45
6 37
7 15
L86
7 58-
8 20
0 25
12 10- p
1 35
6 26 p
m
6 15 p
7 20
10 00
10 40
11 31
11 46
12 20
1 25
2 30
8 25
4 ii'
4 85
Ve*.
No. 31
Dully.
TWv
6 65 p
0 20 p
10 43 p
12 01nt
5 60 a
W
45
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25
10 4$
10 68
11 84
12 SO
1 83
2 i6
18 00
re is
337
No.ll
Dully
0 35 p
11 35. p
2 6ft o
6 23 J
iJlOnt
610 a
7 57 a
12 05m
112 p
138 p
2 00 p
2 24 p
8 15 p
4 60 p
5 25 p
5 55 p
CIO p
6 60 p
7 £6
740
814 .
8 40 p
912 p
.. 9 43
p 10 30
685 i
6 67 I
720 l
7 48 t
8 2? *
9 3* a
ia-
Dally Kxo*p* Sunday.
Lv. Aflasla. sentril time
Ar. Korcro**, taster* Hm*
Lv. torero**, eastern time
Ar. Atlanta, entral time
"A" a. m. ' , P' T V. n». ;, jfuoon.
Chesapeake Line Steamers in dally sarvl**
betwooB Norfolk and Baltimore.
Nos. 37 and 88—Daily. W ashing ton and South
western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullmaa
cars between New York and N.*w Or-
-v
TSTp
2*0 p
niglit
irmtngham. J-lr**]
class thoroughfare coaches between Wasblaw
ton and Atlanta. Dining oars serve all mealu
*n route. Pullman drawing-room sleeping cur^
between Greensboro and Norfolk. Olos* 004
nectlon at Forfolk for OLD POINT COMFOBT
arriving thero la time for breakfast.
Nos. 35 and 36—United States Fast kfan
runs solid between Washington and New Or
leans, via Southern Sailway, A. & W. P. R. R.,
and L. & N. R. K.. being composed of baggage
car and ooaohes, through without change fer
passenger J 5 of all classes- Pullman drawing
room sleeping oars between New York and
New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery
Leaving Washington each Wednesday, a touris
Bleeping car will run through between Wash
Ington and San Francisco without change
Nos. H, 37, £3 and 12—Pullman sleeping eaa
between Richmond and Chariot to, vU Dan villi
southbound Nos. 11 and 87, northbound Not
88 and 13
FRANK 8. GANNON. J. M. CULP.
Third V-P. A Gen. Mgr., Traffic MVt
Washington, D. Ol Washington, D. Q
W. A. TURK, 8. H. HARDWICK,
Gen'l Pass. Ag't., Ass’tGen'l Pass. Ag'
Washington, Q. Q.Atlanta,
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TIAII2 TAI3LCC ISO. 15.
H EFFECT 12.01 A. M, SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 2d, 1898.
WEST—1st Class Daily.
Leaves, a. m.. 7 10 Charleston.
a. no., (5 20 Augusta
“ a. m., 9 20 Columbia
a.
9 20
m., 10 lo
Kingsville
EAST—1st Class Dj
S 00 arrives p.
— 10 4.> arrives p.,
5 20 arrives p.
4 2s arrives pj
WI2ST.
NORTH
DIVISION.
Hi
75
2d da’s
2d uju’s
A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
STATIONS.
Leave. (Sunday Excepted.). Arrive.
Fla's
8 20
11 40
8 50
12 no
DeKalb
9 05
12 12
West ville
10 10
12 40
Kershaw
10 80
12 55
Heath Springs...,
10 40
i on
Pleasant Hill
11 50
1 20
Lancaster
12 15
1 35
Riverside
1 50
3 10
1 50
2 15
Catawba Junction
Bock Hill
3 50
2 ;c>
Tirzuh
4 40
'2 4S
York ville
5 10
i 03
Sharon
5 30
3 18
Hickory Grove
5 45
3 :tn
Smyrna
7 40
8 no
8 10
9 00
0 35
6 20
3 55
4 10
Blacksburg
Earls
4&
Patterson Springs
4 41
4 5*
Lattimore
Mcx) res boro
1010
1035
1100
1145
1210
1235
5 02
5 19
6 .24
5 59
6 14
Henrietta
Rutherford ton
Glen wood
0 30
Marion...;
r. m.
p. M.
P. M.
P. M.
1 40
1 20
P. u.
a. n.
A. M. P. M.
WEST.
OAF'F'FSEY MRANCH.
H3
83
Mixed
Mixed
A. M.
< , 10
4 35
5 no
[ Ok V«
Train No. 77,
Leave.
STATIONS.
(Sunday Excepted.).
Blacksburg
Cherokee Falls....
Gaffney
| Mixed Mixer
I j— ■
Arrive.! a. m. ! p. m.
ft 30
ft 05
5 40
No. 78, going east, make*connection at Morion. V <
burg witb tn
makes con
trains will
ltd the L. & C. R. d. ah
ti the Southern. Train
with tho Sou hern li. K ; at Blacks-
I’raln No. M, going er.sU
omgeast. All local'Treign*
he Southern, and at Lancaster with the li. At t’. It. *
nectlon at Shelby, N. C.r’Vvitli tlie S. A. L. l£, U
carry passengers If provided with tickets.
L. A. EMERSON, hale laiager. S. B. LUBPKIN, Dlv. Pass. Meal.