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I hear it now as 1 heard it then Along the sandy reaches, Within a wandering whisper Of the crooning, southern beaches— That lonesome sound along the ground That runs the island o’er, A tiny musketry to roar, A promise gone to seed, The rattle ol the loco weed That grows along the shore. A fanfare brave the silence gave \ y Athwart the treeless space* Like warning signal of tire snakes ■>>., That coil in driest places, . , .r, Tliat lusty sigh beneath the sky— ' , r y A cheerful liaping lore jy/jy Of solitudes the harts explore, p >( ) Afar from hunters' greed— . The rattle of the loco weed ’ti'J. That grows along the shore. . v 1 love It now as 1 loved it then, A sound of winnowing wind, At work among the drying herbs Tliat starving ca.tle tind. A cadence low, the warm stars know, When day lias wandered o’er, A blithe complaint of sunshine more Than ary hint of need. The rattle of the loco weed That grows along the shore. —Grace Adelaide Luce in "Land of Sunshine.” oooooooooooooooooooooooooo l The Schooner That § I Turned Squatter. % o O o Captain Rowell, Being V/recked, q q Concluded to Make the Best o O of the Situation. o O ° OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Leaping seas lifted the schoouer Ra ven high ou the beach one night when a spring gale churned Lake Michigan. The Raven was owned, navigated and now, lu the flower of her sailing days, beached by Captain Ebenezer Rowell. Cape Cod was the place of the cap tain’s nativity, and he had sailed all sorts and conditions of waters, from the Erie canal to th^ Arctic ocean. lie asserted, however, with a flow of explosive language that was certainly no part of his Puritan inheritance, that he never ran into quite so much “dirt” anywhere else as when there was a norther screaming down this long la'-f, breaking the water into foam frdui Skilllgalee to Crosse point. Now the indignant lake repaid his tarry epithets by flinging him farther up on the laud than any boat ever went before. Captain Rowell had characteristics that marked him as a man apart. His long mustache drooped and mingled with a short beard well shot with gray, and when he wore his dingy sou’wester he looked very like a middle aged wal rus. The captain had a wooden leg, bound at the bottom with triple bands of brass. One of Fnrragut’s surgeons took charge of the leg of flesh for which this wooden substitute did duty after the battle of Mobile Bay. The skipper of the Raven also had a pipe that was not without celebrity. It was burned to ebony blackness, and, upon the word of reliable mariners, was declared to emit such penetrating fumes that the Raven could not clear from a Wisconsin port without the fact Immediately becoming known In Michigan, if the wind were right. But now the Raven, her commander, wooden leg, pipe and all, were east up on the beach. Captain Rowell hud been trying to make port and had missed the harbor entrance—a narrow passage between two piers, as easy to sail Into in a storm as the neck of a bottle. As his boat went flying in through the breakers the captain raged and beat a tattoo on the deck with his Wooden leg, having no gratitude in his heart for the wind an 1 waves that were landing him ou soft sand instead of banging the Raven against the rocks that were equally handy. The schooner settled easily ou the beach, with the skipper clinging to the taffrail and the two Scandinavians who constituted the crew gripping at the shrouds. Morning showed the seriousness of the case. The Raven lay at the inner most point of a cozy bight, with a couple of hundred yards of sand be tween her and the bluffs that rimmed the bay. A little way to the north a long breakwater was thrust into the lake, the visible evidence of harbor work in which government engineers were engaged. One effect of the build ing of this breakwater had been to ar rest certain lake currents and make them deposit great quantities of sand along that part of the shore on which the Raven stranded. In consequence, new laud was forming rapidly at that point, and the people of the town were beginning to speculate os to the use to which it should be put. It was a singularly effectual rush of the water that carried the schooner to this resting place, and Captain Rowell know very well tliat to get her back into the water would be expensive and difficult. He was the jnore disgusted with fate because he had been cast away on the shore of his home port, where neighbors would want to know the why and wherefore of this extraor dinary navigation. One of those who came next day to look at the schooner, so far removed from her ordinary element, was a law yer acquaintance of the captain. In speaking about the changes that were going on In that part of the coast, he referred to the rapidity with wldeh the laud was encroaching on the lake there and gave. It as his opinion that there was doubt about the right of owners of property ou the bluffs—be tween which and the lake a railroad right of way Intervened—to claim the accretion. “In fact,” said Lawyer Flanders, “J believe that this is government laud, and auybody who squats ou It will have a lighting chance, at least, to es- mti/Jish title to the whole strip.” Where upon Captain Ebenezer Rowell pricked up his Yankee ears and adroitly cross questioned the lawyer until he had a fair notion of the legal conditions af fecting this stretch of weed tufted sand, not lovely to look upon, hut destined to be very valuable. Ho on- nnunoed tbnt nlvlit that be Intended to defer preparations for floating the Raven. The next day he brought Maria, his wife, down from their cottage and, having got the Raven properly braced on an even keel, installed Mrs. Rowell lu the cabin. “We’ll live here awhile, Marlar,” said the captain. And Maria, who had sailed under Ebenezer’s or ders for 40 years, thought this no time to ask qncstions, but began to set tilings in prdfT. Th® schooner Raven hud squatted on unclaimed (and. Now, In the course of time the dwell ers ou the bluff, luhabltuuts of stoue houses set lu terraced law us, looked down on this murine squatter and wars displeased. J Hey paid mue attention at lirst. but the steady issue of smoke from the Raven’s cabin stove and the accumulation of Marla’s flowerpots savored of permanent occupation. Au tumn came, then winter, and the Ra ven was still on the sands. The next spring, a year after the schooner went on the beach, certain rich men took stejis to formally assert title to the natural increase of laud, on a portion of which the Raven 1. y. Then came lawyers, writs and consta bles, whom Maria turned over to Ebca- ezer, and with whom Ebenezer dealt through the medium of his friend, Lawyer Flanders. In the first court to which the men who owned the land on the bluff took the matter, Ebenezer won. Title was not proved, and the skipper of the Ra ven, so far as this tribunal was con cerned, was confirmed in his right as a claimant of government land. An appeal failed to reverse the Judgment, and, although the rich men declared their fixed purpose to carry the ease to the highest court in the land, Ebeu- ezer considered the victory won. Thereupon, under the advice of the farseeing Flanders, lie began the most wonderful improvements on his laud that ever were seen on tliat coast or, perhaps, any other. To repay some small annoyances that he had been subjected to. he caused to lie erected a staring sign, where every dweller on the heights might read: "Captain Row ell's Shipyard.” I found the captain there one even ing walking about bis queer domain, pipe alight and puffing like a tug. Half a dozen cottages of remarkable archi tecture had sprung up about the Ra ven. the heneh widened displeasure grew in the line houses on the hill. The cx- pandiug acres to which the skipper of the Raven laid claim gave rise to vi sions suggested by possible uses to which the land might be put when the mariner saw lit to sell, if Ids title ever arrived at a state of perfection that warranted anybody to buy. The shipyard was bad enough, but a factory, a thing of smoke and smell and chimneys, would be worse. So the hill folk managed to keep a lawsuit Imminent above the captain’s head that he might not become too well estab lished in his belief that he was lord of the shore. In the extreme of their disgust aid came to the enemies of the captain from an unexpected source. The town upon whoso hospitable front the Raven hail become a squatter decided to es tablish a system of parks. It was agreed with entire unaalmlty that all the water frontage possible ought to be secured for this purpose, a proposition tliat directed instant atten tion to Captain Ebenezer Rowell’s con tested territory. All the machinery of lawyers, courts, writs and bailiffs was once more set in motion, and Ebenezer and Maria had to form a new line of battle. Indeed they had come upon evil days, for the discerning lawyer who had been their chief defense in the earlier years of their occupation was dead, and they had to intrust the fortunes of the shipyard to strangers. The ag gressive city hustled Ebenezer from one court to another, summoned him, examined him, made him depose, af firm, deny, give bond and generally feci the pangs of litigation until he de clared himself “worried outen his vit- “Suug anchorage,” said the captain, ! with a comprehensive wave of his pipe j in the direction of these new posses- i sious. "Mariar an I are landlubbers now. Yes, we’ve squatted ou guv’mont land an cnl'late to live here. Mr. ! Bingham, up on the hill yonder, an j some o’ the other shore folks got after | me in the courts, but I beat them. Tried to bother me with the charge o’ put- tin up shanties within the tire limits an sent a lubber down here one day to pull my houses down. You see, every house In this here shipyard is a boat, built boat shaped an registered at the custom house.” The captain had, in truth, built as he said. The architecture did not appeal to one’s sense of beauty, whether the structures were considered as houses or boats, but any one of them, properly bottomed, might be set afloat and made to serve as a scow or a tow barge. By way of tenants the captain had a few of Ids sailor friends, a fisherman and a laborer who liked the situation because it was near the railroad yards where he worked. The shipyard was paying expenses. “Yes,” Captain Rowell went on, “the Raven has done pretty well for me. ’Bout the best cruise I ever made was the one tliat ended with this here wreck. It’s made me a rich man. But I was tellin you 'bout that attack on my fleet. They sent the lire marshal, an he says, says he, ‘Them shanties Is in the fire limits, an I’m ordered to pull them down.’ Then I gets out on the for- rad deck o’ the Raven, an 1 says, says I, quite like as though I was whoopin In u blow outside the point: ‘Ship ahoy, there! Every one o’ them shanties Is a boat an registered in the Yewnited States custom house. Any man that tears down one o’ my boats is a pirate, an Uncle Sam ’ud rather hang a pirate than eat pie.’ “Tliat lire marshal looked at my ship yard carefullike then an kinder open ed Ids eyes. Ho went round behind one o’ those craft, an when he seed her name an port o’ hull painted there, plain as on any steamboat in the har bor, that settled him. He went back to the lawyers, an they’ve been figger- iu ever since on how to make this here fleet put to sea. I'll keep ’em liggerin,” added Ebenezer confidently, “until my title to all this new laud’s as solid as Spectacle reef.” Conceive a double row of buildings which ui)on front view appeared to be cuualboats, gabled windowed and elap- boarded, with a little picketed iuclo- sure behind each one, and you have the shipyard in mind. At the end cf the street, nearest the water, lay the Ra ven, dismantled with respect to rig ging, propped with timbers and kept Immaculately painted und scrubbed, as a flagship should be. Thus the fleet lay, a squadron to be depended ou in any kind of weather. To the shipyard came sightseers, small boys and even the Salvation Army. Ebenezer Rowell was a friend of religion, although his language at times might give rise to a contrary opinion, and he welcomed the Salva tion soldiers to the beach, lie even performed on an accordion one night in honor of the open air gospel meeting and was assured that the Army band couhl do no better. The excellent impression thus made was almost effaced by the captain’s conduct on another occasion. Six men in tall hats came down to the beach one night, followed by a lot of lake front loungers, and began to slug gos pel hymns. The captain was gratified, lie never quite approved of the Salva tion Army costume, and here, it seem ed, was a delegation of soberly clad ministers come to preach without any sound of brass and tinkling cymbals. One of the clerical looking men be gan to address the crowd. In the be ginning his harangue was not unlike that of the overage street preacher, but he imparted gradually and in small in stallments the information that this was a missionary party from Utah sent out to teach the doctrines of the Church of Latter Day Saints. “Mormons!” snorted Ebenezer, a: Into the crowd he stumped with a p emptory order for the meeting to dis perse and the missionaries to elimb the hill. Expostulation only moved the captain to boiling wrath, and he vol leyed and thundered sueli dreadful lan guage that the six tall hats moved off, leaving Ebene/er in possession of the field, but with a shattered reputation for piety. When small boys offended on his premises, the captain would roar: “HI, there; go ashore, you little powder monkeys! I’ll take you all out to sea an maroon you!” Tills would be followed by wild scampering across tbe sands, Jor the boys were divided in opinion as to whether m .rooulng meant boiling in oil or hanging at the yardarm. For six years Ebenezer and Maria lived lu the shipyard, drew rent and paid lawyers. The lake currents kept adding to their sandy domain, and as ties.” He smoked three times his normal allowance of tobacco and told Maria that he was sorely tempted to put to sea again. A little later he gave proof that this was an idea that had some grip ou him, for he set men to work calking the Raven’s gaping seams and getting the schooner into something like sailing shape again. One evening Captain Rowell return ed and found Ibe shipyard in a tumult A case had Just gone against him In one of the courts, the judge having de clared that title to the laud was vested in the city, and the municipal officers lost no time in following up this vic tory. Policemen descended, and the sheriff came, and with them sundry stout fellows having lu charge teams, timbers, crowbars and other tools suffi cient to make Maria tremble. She bewailed the absence of Eben ezer, but came part down the steps that led up the Raven's side and gave an imitation of the captain In a bad temper. The sheriff said such language was shocking, but she refused to listen to the writ. Before Ebenezer appeared to defend the premises from invasion one of the structures that the sailor called a boat when he talked to a con stable and a house when he conversed with a tenant had been hoisted from its anchorage and placed on skids. One without occupants bad been se lected by way of a beginning, and the Bird of Freedom, as letters done In the highest style of the sign painter’s art announced the clumsy affair, was well ou her way toward the street at the foot of the bluff when Ebenezer came snorting upon the scene. He did not stop to parley with the sheriff, but dived Into the cabin of the Raven and presently emerged on deck with a rifle in his hands. It was a weapon that had been pur chased In the early stages of the fight for possession of the lake front, but by a singular oversight Ebenezer had neg lected to provide himself with ammu nition. However, nobody stops to in quire with any particularity into the condition of a gun when that gun is in the hands of a man whose hostility Is undoubted, and the whole attacking force stampeded at the sight of the Winchester. Nearly all night the c-Mptaiu kept watch, rifle In hand, but when Marla questioned the efficiency of a gun that wanted cartridges he concluded to go to bed and risk the further kidnaping of his scows. It was shortly after this incursion that I saw the captain again. The shipyard showed almost as many signs of disorder as though it were really a place where boats were built. The Bird of Freedom, the Albatross (all the captain’s scow houses were given the names of birds) and the rest were either in ruins or in process of being plucked. The Raven showed unmis takable signs of an impending voyage. She had been shored up, painted and rid of all the accumulation of steps, platforms and flowerpots that made her look like something that belonged neither ou land nor sea. The captain was rather melancholy, but energetic In respect to ship chandlery and re pairs. “Yes,” he said, “I’m goln eallin onco more; compromised with the city.” This he said as cheerfully as a man might announce the date of his own hanging. “Compromised,” he went on; “that’s what they call It. I gives the city the land, an the city gives me the rally o’ these here craft. No, I ain’t as rich as I used to think I was when I stuck ou a hundred thousand every time a storm heaved up a fresh lot o' sand, which happened pretty reg’lar. “Fact Is, If the guv'ment keeps ex- tendin that pier Into the lake an up- settlu the cal'latious o’ nature In p’iut of currents, sand’ll keep piliu up uutil this lake’s plum cut in two. I'm sick o’ this bilin, rolsteriu, baugin body o’ water. I’m goln to sail the Raven down the lakes to the 8t. Lawrence, take her out to sea an go back to Cape Cod, where Mariar an I oal’lato to speud the rest o’ our days.' It was a laborious undertaking to get the Raven into the water again. She had lain ou shore so long that she had to be, In a large measure, rebuilt before siie was lit to sail, but finally the cap tain pronounced her as good us new und flue enough to exhibit to those keen critics of things nautical, the in habitants of Cupo Cod. Ho l went down one night to see him und Maria set out on their long voyage. There was a flattening of noses against the window panes in tho houses ou the hill, whose satisfied owners saw the trim lines of the schooner slant across the darkening waters. The captain was at the wheel, and as be sailed away Into the gloom I could get glimpses of ills cheerful pipe, glowing like a binna cle lamp und pointing as nearly as might be lu the direction of Cape Cod. —New York Evening I’oqt. Subscribe lot Tbe Ledger. A <Jul»'t Home Wedding. .Gkdpings-Farkow : Married at Gaffney, 8. C., at the residence of the bride’s parents, on Thursday March 8th, 1900, by Rev. J. M. Magruder, Dr. Richard Manning Geddings and Miss Jennie Bedon Farrow, daughter of Col. T. Stobo Farrow. Dr. Geddings, formerly of Charles ton, 8, C., late Surgeon U. 8. Army during the War with Spain, is at present Section Director of the U. 8. Weather Bureau at Porto Rico. He arrived in New York last week, and ca.ne on to Gaffney Wednesday night accompanied by Mr. Pattilio Farrow, of Washington, D. C., brother of tbe bride. Miss Henrietta Geddings, sister of tho groom, came up from Charleston to attend the wedding Col. and Mrs. Farrow gave the bridal party a handsome One O’clock Luncheon on Thursday and the mar> riage took place at 5:30 p. in., at- tended by members of the immediate family. The bride and groom left on the North Bound Vestibule at 6:44 p. m., and will sail for Porto Rico after spending a few days in New York. A Young Ctierokeean lu MUiiUslppl. A Mississippi correspondent of The Southern Christian Advocate, signed “Gilderoy” writing from Water Valley Miss , says he has met our young friend J. (i. Huggin, recently of this county, and who at present is the preacher in charge of the Oxford circuit in that state. He says Mr. Huggin is a proper and promising young man, and further that “he would preach acceptably in any church in this (Mississippi) State or in the Palmetto State.’’ We are pleased to hear this good report from our young friend George Huggin, but we are not surprised at it for we know George, his good sense, his industry, his great integrity, ids high Christian manhood, and tliat in him lies the greatest possiblities in his high calling. He is now, and will be a greater honor to his native county and state and a blessing to those among whom he works. A MautJI Fire Just about 1 o’clock p. m., Wed nesday the fire alarm was sounded and the rush for the scene soon made it apparent to all that Dr. W. C. Hamrick’s fine residence on Lime stone street was on fire. The reel companies turned out promptly but before they arrived on the ucene it was announced that the fire was out. The clothing in one of tbe closets had from some upknown cause caught on fire while Mrs. Hamrick and the children were in the dining room. As Dr. Hamrick went in the house to dinner, he found the front part of the house full of smoke and soon located the fire in a closet. Water was thrown on the fire in the closet and the burning clothing thrown in the yard which soon stopped the fire. The closet was badly chared and all the clothing it contained distroyed. Loss about $15. A Telephone Line to Maud. The citizens of Maud are talking of building a telephone line from Gaff ney to Maud. Quite a good propor tion of the necessary money has already been subscribed. Mr. Kin- yon Blanton has charge of the enter prise and nothing else has ever failed in Kinyon’s hands, the line will be in working shape in a few weeks. Maud is one of the most prosperous and thriving sections of the county, and this line, when finished, will be one of the most useful in the county to our business people, as well as those of Maud, and both should con tribute liberally towards its construc tion. Kinyon will be around to see you. Concert by 1.1 tone Munlt-al Club. The Limestone Musical Club takes pleasure in announcing a public con cert to be given by its members in the Limestone College Auditorium, Friday evening March the 23rd. Within the ranks of this organiza tion is found nearly all the musical talent of the college and city. The program will be a varied one* consisting of solo and concerted works for both the piano and voice. As manyiof the best pianists and vocolists will appear on this occasion, the public may look froward to an evening of genuine pleasure and en joyment. In The Court Kooni. [By a Member of tbe Local Bar.] Several ladiea without their babies Came walking into thcourt They heard folks speak of the case of Meek, And they thought they’d have some sport. Counsel for Meek was first to speak And the arguments were strong Counsel for State was first to orate And made fils argument long. And now poor Meek will have to seek Consolation In the pen The jury will say that Price he did slay And Ins sentence will be ten. The Blackwood ease will now,take place But the ladles will he away The council won’t rear and pitch and tear As they did in the case today. The ladies Inspire unquenchable Are In the hearts of the men wtio speak So they’d better remain as Its going to rain And shelter they’d iiave to seek, Ur, Lee Smith Head. The many friends in Cherokee of Dr. Lee Smith, will sincerely regret to hear of his death which occurred at his home In Spartanburg Wednesday. Dr. Smith was a fine physician and has all his life been a prominent character in tbe eastern portion of Spartanburg county. He had many good qualities of head and heart. August Flower. “It is a surprising fact,” says Prof. Houton, “that in my travels in all parts of the world, for the last ten years, I have met more people having used Green’s August Flower than any other remedy,for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stomach, for con stipation. I find for tourists and salesmen, or for persons filling office positions, where headaches and gen eral bad feelings from irregular habits exist, that Green’s August Flower is a grand remedy. It does not injure the system by frequent use, and is excellent for sour stomachs and indigestion.” Sample bottles free at 8. B. Crawley & Co. Hold by dealers io all civilised copotries. A SLUGGISH BRAIN .... Is caused by Imperfect Digestion and Disorder in the Liver and Bowels. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS IS A BOON TO BRAIN WORKERS. It purifies the bowels, strengthens and regulates the liver, aids digestion, promotes vigor of body, cheerfulness and mental activity. SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE Cherokee Drug Co. Special Agents. Leonard R. Owens, postmaster at Marion, has been arrested, charged with embezzling funds belonging to the postoffice to the amount of $1,000. The Edgefield Chronicle says that all the lawyers of that place will he candidates for office this year, one for Solicitor and the others for the Legislature. Last Saturday night in Greenville Earle Teague, a negro, was stabbed in the heart by Homer Ward, a young white man. Both were drunk. Ward was arrested. Don’t take my word for it hut ask ladles who are usinx Dcmorest Sowing Miu-hines. viz: Mrs. Clayton Phillips, Home. S. C. Mrs. Thomas Bunders, Star Farm, S. C. Mrs. Mid Manor, Wilkinsville. 8. C. Mrs. Shelton Se’lers, Mercer, S. C. Mrs. H. F. I'rldmore. Gaffney, S. Mrs A. It. N. Folxler, Gaffney. S. e. Mrs. S. (j. Surratt, Gaffney, S. <’. Mrs. Joe Phillips, Webster, S. C. i*. 6. r*iF»«eoivii«, Ajct., Oaffuey, H. C. S.C.&G. E. R. R. CO. Schedule No. 4. In Effect 12:01 A. M., Sunday.December24th, '99 Between Camden.S.C. and Blacksburg,S.C. WEST. 35. 33. KASTKKN TIME 1 c — « — ^ e il S ■- &. ^ Cj r; STATIONS. -- Cz * 1 - -W 3 X p. M. P. *. | " 1 P. IS. 8 30 13 50 CAMDEN 13 3.5 8 50 1 15 DEKALB 13 03 1) 30 1 37 . . WEST V ILL E 11 50 10 50 1 40 KERSHAW 11 X) 11 30 2 10 HEATH SPRINGS 11 30 11 35 S) As 1 j PLEASANT HILL 11 15 i: 30 35 50 ....LANCASTER 10 ;>.> j (10 3 RIVERSIDE 10 40 i 30 3 00 SPRING DELL. 10 30 2 30 3 10 CATAWBA .11 NC’N 10 30 o 50 30 LESLIE. 10 10 3 10 3 40 .... ROCK HI Li. 10 00 4 10 3 55 NEWPORT . . u ‘•io 4 4.5 4 03 .. TIR/AH u 3o 5 30 4 3o ... YORKV1LLK ... <J 15 ti 00 4 ;s;5 SHARON 0 00 ti 3.5 4 50 HICKORY GROVE 8 45 0 35 5 00 SMYRNA ... 8 35 7 00 5 30 j .. BLACKSBIJUG 8 15 p. M P. N. 1 ■ - A. M. Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion.N.C. WEST. EAST u 33. X /. ee ft V. o o C4 w - if .£ C Ss ’X ♦J >4 - o >' >> r- « w*C - 9-c -*7. JS KASTKKN TIME. STATIONS. P. M. 0 ;*» 6 45 5 50 « no 0 30 « 38 »> 38 U 55 7 10 7 *’ 7 7 7 8 35 40 58 15 P. M. .. BLACKSBURG EARLS PATTERSON SP’OS SHELBY LATTI MOKE.... .. MOOKESBORO. ...HENRIETTA FOREST CITY KUTHEKFOKDTON MILLWOOD GOLDEN VALLEY THERMAL CITY GLEN WOOD .... MARION 33. 13. g X i: o 7" *-> •J X F“1 a 4- Cr u 'O c Cj c * 52 **) ?* ^ ^ rrm — r-u ' " ? - ” ? C fit gj A. M. P. M . 7 48 ti 40 7 33 ti 30 7 35 ti 13 7 15 ti 00 ti 55 4 50 ♦i 4* 4 40 »; ;i8 4 30 ti 30 3 50 li 1)5 •i £> 5 53 3 05 5 40 3 50 5 37 3 45 5 17 3 30 5 00 3 00 A. M. V. M. WEST. Gaffney Division. EAST. 1st Class. 1st Class. IS. IS. KASTKKN T1MK. 14. IS. Daily Except Sunday. N STATIONS. „ cl « c ** 5.1/1 § — W.jj 1 tnj? P M 1 00 A X 6 00 BLACKSBURG A M 7 50 P M 3 00 1 30 0 30 CHEROKEE FALLS 7 30 3 40 1 40 ti 40 GAFFNEY 7 10 3 30 P M A M A M P M Train No. 33 leaving Marion. N. C., at S a. m. making close connection at Blaekshurz. S C., witli the Southern’s train No. 3»i for Char lotte, N. G\. and ull points East, und conneut- luz with the Southern's vestibule zoluy to Atlanta, Gu., und all points West, und will receive passengers going East from train No. lOon the C. A N. W. R. R.. at Yorkvllle, S. C., at 8.45 a. in., and connects at Camden, 8. C., with the Southern’s train No. 78 arriv ing in Charleston. S. C., at 8.17 p. m. Train No. 34 witli passenger coach attached, leaving Blacksburg at 5.30 a. m., and con necting at Rock lilil, H. C., with the South ern’s Florida train for all points South. TruluNo. 33 leaving Camden, 8. C , ut 13.50 p. m., after the arrival of the Southern's Charleston train connects at Lancaster, 8. C\. with the L. A C R. K.; at Catawba Junet loti with the S. A. L., going East, at Kook Hill.S.C.. with the Southern's train No. 34 for Charlotte, N. and all igdnts E;ist Connects at Yorkvllle, S. V.. with train No. !> on the C. A N. W. R. K., for Chester, S. C. At Blacksburg with the Southern's vestibule going East, and the Southern's train No. 35 going West, and connecting at Marion, N. C., with the Southern both East and West . HAMLKI. 11L' NT, President. A.TKIPP, Superintendent. h. M, LUMPKIN, Uau’L Passenger Agent. Onco 'Trial, iYl\V£t.v« sx Oiirstomer Sam L. Morgan. ■ IS HAIR** BALSAM JHCletmri ti.d brxutir.es the bsM ^BMPruuiuics s luxurisut growth. ^ wJBNever Falls to Ucstore Grey Buir to Us Youthful Color. Ask Your Neighbor if she buys groceries from us. If she does she will tell you of reliable goods, honest prices and quick delivery—all of which you may not lie getting. We haven't a customer to whom we would hesitate u> refer you. If your neigh bor is jealous of her success, give your orders to us the success will then be yours. PEELER & GAFFNEY. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Train*. in’Bffcct Dec. 10,1899. Vee. No. 18. FatMa Northbound. No. 12. No. 38. Ex. No. 3«. Daily Daily Sun. Daily. Lv. Atlenta.CT 7 69 a 12 00m 4 30 p 11 60 9 •• Atlanta,ET 8 50 a 1 00p 6 30 p 12 60 a *' Norcrosa .. 0 30 a 6 23 p 1 28a '* Buford. . 10 05 a 7 03 p 1 63 a •' Gainesville 10 85 a 2 25 p 7 33 p 2 18 a *' Lula . 10 58 a 2 45 p 8 OOp 2 88* *• Cornelia.... 11 85 a 8 30 p '• Mt. Airy. . 11 30 a 8 35 p Lv Toccoa . 11 53 a 8 83 p 9 00 p 9 28a Ar. Elhertou. 5 40 p Yliia Lv. Klberton.. 9 00 a tv. W'miuster. 13 81m 4 04^1 •• Seneca. 12 02 p 4 15 p 4 28 * *• Central. . .. 1 40 p 4 66* “ Greenville 2 34 p 6 22 p OOOn *• Spur’burg. 9 37 p 0 18 p 7 03a ** Gaffney 4 20 p 0 48 p ..... a e - 7 46a •• Blacksburg 4 38 p 7 02p 8 o2a *• King’s Mt.. 5 03 p 8 27 n " Gastonia,. 5 26 p 8 61 a ” Charlotte.. 6 30 p 8 18 p 9 60* Ar. Gre’nsboro 9 65 p 10 47 p 12 23 p Lv Gre’nsboro 11 45 p Ar. Norfolk ... ••••... 8 25 u ..••••ti Ar. Danville... 11 25 p 11 68 p 1 38 p Ar. Richmond.. 0 00a 8 (ion 8 25 p Ar. W’hington. 8 42 a 8 60 p •• B'more PR 8 00 a 11 25p '• Ph’delphia. 10 16 u .••••••« 2 68a “ New York. 12 4 : in •*•••••• 0 23a FstMa Vea. Southbound. No. 35. So. 37. No. 11. Daily Dally. Daily 5TI "0 1 £1 1 It 15 n 4 aop “ Ph'delphia. 3 50 a 6 66 p “ Baltimore.. 5 22 a 9 20 p “ Wush'ton 11 10a 10 46 p Lv. Ri -lunoud. 12 01 a 11 OOp H 00p Lv. Danville.. . 5 48 p 6 50 u 6 10 a Lv Norfolk. 9 00 a 8 35 p Ar Ore'nshorn 0 36 p 5 15a Lv. Grc'nslxno 7 10 p 7 05 u 7 37 a Ar Charlotte.. 9 45 p 9 25 u 12 06m Lv Gastonia. 10 43 p 10 07 a 1 12 p “ King'* Mt. 1 33 p *• Bla'-Usburg ll 25 p 10 45 a 2 OOp ** Gaffney 11 42 p 10 58 a 2 24 p •’ Spar’burg . 12 20 u 11 34 a 3 15p “ Greenville 1 39 a 12 30 p 4 30 p Um—upp •* Central 6 42 p NU. lie •’ Seneca .... 2 32 u 1 30 p 8 08 p ** W'miuster. 8 25 p pun. •’ Toccoa 3 28 a 2 15 p 7 OOp Tnini Lv Klberton. 9 UOu l hop Ar. Kllx-rton. 11 45 a 5 40 p Lv. Mt Airy 7 28 p f <M a “ Cornelia.. 7 82p 8 36a “ Lula 4 l6 u 3 14 p 8 OOp 0 67 a •* Gainesville 4 30 a 3 33 p 8 20 p T 20a “ Buford.. 6 02 a 8 48 p 148a ” Norcro*s. 0 25 a 9 18 p • 27a Ar. Atlanta.KT 6 10 a 4 65 p 10 OOp • at* “ Atlanta,CT 5 JO a 3 66p • OOp JLS± Bntw—n L»l» a»4 Athng*. No. 1«. Dally. STATIONS. Nsrw; Ex. Bum. II 05* 11 Win [If; Note close connection made nalo line trains. Lv -Lula Ar Muysvllle “ Harmony “ Ar. Athens Lv “A” * m. -P" p. ns. ‘’M” noon. “N” a Chesapeake Line Steamers in daily aei between Nor oik and Baltimore. Nos. 37 ana 8S—Daily Washington Southwestern Vestibule Limited. Thrc Pullman sleeping cars between New York New Orleans, via Washington. Atlanta . Montgomery, and also between New York) Memphis, via Washlugtbn, Atlanta and 1 mtnghem. Also elegant PiiU-MAM LlMU OnsEHv ation Caps between Atlanta and New York. Kirstcluse thoroughfare coechee be- tweeu Washington and Atlanta. Dining cars serve all meals eu route. Leaving Waehlag ingUn Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays a tourist sleeping car will run through between Washington and San Francisco without ehange. Pullman drawing room sleeping cars between Greensboro end Norfolk. Close connection at Norfolk forOi.o PoistCoktokt Nos. 35 and 35—United States Fast Mail Mae •ond between Washington and New Orlean*. Via Southern Krilway, A. A W. P. R. R. mad L A N It. it., Ixdng composed of ooeohse. through without change for passengers of all •lse.se*. Pullman drawing room sleeping eare between New York end New Orleene, via At lanta and Montgomery and between Char lotte and Atlanta- Dining eare serve all meals on route Non H, a). .A end 13—Pullman sleeping care between Klchmond and Charlotte, via Dan ville southbound Nos. 11 and 3*. northbound Noe 34 and 13. Franks gannon. j.m.culp. Third Y P J (Jen Mgr. T M . Washington. W A TURK. 8 1 HARDWICK. AJpJLJKkrtlBfli*. A»ia.T