The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, November 08, 1899, Image 6
THE COTTON SITUATION
We had a conveutiou of cotton grow
ers in Raleigh (hit) week for the dis
cussion of matters interesting tho cot
ton grower aud for the devising of
some plan by which tho cotton farmer
may realize more for his product. With
our Soul h'Tii love for political economy,
tho discussion tended mainly towards
this aspect of the question, aud the
idea of some seemed to he that tho cot
ton growers should form a gigantic son
of a trust, to hold aud control tho sale
of the crop so as to furnish it to the mar
ket ns the demand rer. lircs. Then, too,
there were those who still aro infected
with tho paternalism that would make
tho Government organize bonded ware
houses for the storage of cotton and
the issuing of tub-treasury certificates.
What tho convention seemed, to the
writei, to have entirely overlooked is
tho responsibility of tho individual
planter for the existing state of affairs.
Tho inveterate cotton grower looks up
on cotton as his only resource foruiou
cy, and regards everything else that lie
may ho iuduccd to grow simply as
"supplies."
? Sometime ago one of tbe city pa
pers cited as a bright example for im
itation the fact that "Mr. ?had raised
corn enough to do him 3 years." The
inference seemed to ho that it was a
wonderful stroko of business on tho
part of this farmer to grow corn enough
in ono year to "do him" throe years,
and that for three years he could there
fore devoto Iiis entire ntteution to cot
ton. What would be thought of a
grocoryman who boasted that he had
bought Hour onough to last his sales
three years and hence would buy no
more Hour, no matter what tho Huctua
tion of the market or the depreciation
of tho Hour, or tho keeping of his mon
ey locked up unproductive ? Tho farm
er who raised enough corn to "do him"
three years seemed to think that was
a line thing. Ho did not think that
corn had a moucy valuo in the market,
that it could be at ouco turned into a
more valuable product in the shape of
beef or pork, or that he ought to grow
more corn every year and not depend
on tho wecvil-caton corn of tho year
before until it was worthless. In tact,
though tho city editor thought this a
lino example of business foresight, it
was at the botton ono of the reasons
for the present state of the coilon grow
er.
Systemless farming lies at the root
of the whole evil. Too much land in
cotton, too few bales for the acres, too
many mules and too few breeding mares
thus forcing the cotton crop to buy
oven the animals that cultivate it and
which bring nothing to the farmer but
their labor during the crop season
The statement was made at this meeting
that the average cost of producing cot
ton was over (5c. peril). And right here
is where thatdreadful fellow, the "over
age" fanner comes in. There arc men
in this Slate who are growing cotton for
far less per pound, one man even claim
ing that he grows it for less thau :ie.
per lb. But the average man is the
"cropper." The man who has nothing
on earth invested but a mule ami a plow
and his own labor and that of his fam
ily, and is furnished with food and fer
tilizers by the merchant or landlord
who hold a mortgage on his crop, and
secure themselves liberally for the in
vestment. A large part of the cotton
crop in the South is raised by these
men, who produce from one bale to
more each season, and in the aggregate
make up a total that cuts down the
value of that grown by men who have
capital invested in farming.
The tenant system of the South is
responsible with the credit system for
the condition in which the cotton grow
ers find themselves. Men have more
land than they can cultivate in cotton,
and they rent the extra acres to crop
pers to grow cotton on, to come in com
petition with their own crop and swell
the general dimensions of the whole.
They neither farm in a systematic man
nor themselves nor require the tenants
to farm, but all crop the laud in cotton.
The land owners arc creating of their
own accord the competition that breaks
down the market. It would be far bet
ter tor the owner of broad acres to let
the surplus land lio idle than to keep
up the tenant system now so common,
and it would be still better for them to
go to farming instead of planting noth
ing but cotton. With a variety of crops
and stock, cash would be coming in at
different neasons and business methods
could be adopted thai arc now impossi
ble.
The salvation of the cotton farmer
docs not rest in legislation. It does
not rest in combines to bull the market.
It does not rest in visionary sub-treas
ury schemes. But it does rest in the
improvement of Southern lands, in the
growing of better crops on less num
ber of acres. It docs rest in the carry
ing on of improved farming all tho year
through, and the dropping at once and
forever of the one crop idea that keeps
teams and labor idle part of the year
when they might be making money in
other ways. It does rest in the feeding
of more cattle and hogs, in the making
of home cured bacon both for the home
and in the market. In brief, it rests
in the adoption of good farming with
the cotton as the money oiop clear of
all expenses now charged against it.
It rests in making tho cropper a per
manent farmer, and compelling him to
farm instead of merely to grow a crop
of cotton that leaves him poorer at tho
end of the, year than ho was at tho be
ginning. It rests in getting out of the
old ruts, and the abandoning forever
tho notion that somebody should carry
the cotton farmer, but will show him
that liko all other farmeis, ho must
work out his own salvation. It is with
the hone of helping him to a knowledge
of how ho may do this that wo arc
working. It is for tho elevation of the
cotton faimer and for his greater pros
perity that wo have been working these
many yeais. ileic and thero one sees
the light, and start* on a better plan,
and with the hope thai many :i:ore may
do so wo will keep on in the fight for
better methods in Southern agricul
ture. W. F. Massky.
Wake Co., N. O.
D?ring a recer t intorview one of the
leading aulhoiilics on tho manufacture
of cotton goods in the United States
expressed tho opinion that the develop
ments of the cotton mill industry in
the South aro bound to continue; that
the advantages in the South are- so
manifest (hat they will stoadib, gain
the supremacy over tho New England
mills. Recent statistics prepared re
garding tho production and character
of gray goods show that South Carolina
producos more than New Hampshire
or Maine, and is only surpassed by
Massachusetts, aud that the quality of
the goods was as good as any produced.
An annly8l has mado the discovery
that California roses contain 20 per
cent, more perfumo than those grown
elsewhere.
C3A8TOniA.
SoAntho /> lh0 Kind You Have Always Bough!
SOUTHERN FLOUR MILLS.
One of tho moBt suggcstivo papers
prepared for the Hunlsville convention
was thpt of Mr. W. E. Daniou, of
Nashville, Tcun., on Hour-milling in
the South. lie traced tho decline
of flour-milling in the liftecu Southern
States from the time, two decades ago,
when the revolution wrought by the
building of roller mills began. At
that time there were 5,885 flour mills
In tho South, representing $00,000,000
of capital. The high price of cotton
and the ovci-shadowing of burr mills
by tho roller system hastened the de
cline of the Southern milling busiucss
until, it is estimated, it is uew repre
i senlcd by 3,000 plants, notwithstand
ing tho fact that tho population of tho
South has, in the meantime, increased
more thau one-third. Of thotje mills,
not more than 350 are to bo found in
tho nine cotton States. Mr. Damon
contends that the South, which is now
short on Hour and long on cotton, is
able, not only to raise all the wheat
necessary for ita own consumption,
but also for export. He says :
"For tho encouragement of the
Southern farmer I wish to say that the
average yield of wheat per acre in the
cotton States named is greater than iu
the great wheat growing Slates of Illi
nois and the Dakotas. With approved
methods and appliances I feol safo in
asserting that no section of this coun
try could surpass the South in this re
spect. With tho magnificent possi
bilities afforded by tho throwing open
of the p >rts of Cuba and Porto Rico
to American Hour, to say nothing of I
the prospective opouing of the Nica
ragua n canal, thereby mnking a route
by which 400,000,000 hungry mouths
can be reached in the Orfert, tho
South should bo encouraged to a revi
val of her flour-milling industry. The
uecessity of feeding her own people is
urgent. The opportunity of feeding
others is alluring. Nowhere in the
United States arc there such openings
for flour mills as in the South, especially
in the cotton-growing States. Already
the farmers, tiring of five-cent cotton,
arc turning their attention to wheat
growing. Georgia farmers arc produc
ing forty bushels per acre. South
Carolina is holding wheat conventions
anu will probably quadruple her crop.
There is a general awakening all along
the line, and some of tho Southern
States are building Hour mills faster
than the old whcat-gqpwing States.
Nol being overcrowded, tho opportuni
ties for profitable operation are good."
The facts presented in Mr. Damon's
paper are strong arguments in favor of
an enlaigement of an industry which
has for years been more profit ible in
the South than elsowhere. It will be
enlarged as the area devoted to wheat
increases in size- This area need not
encroach upon that devoted to cotton,
except, perhaps, in some of tho older
Slates, yet it will tend to tnako cotton
more profitable in reducing the cost of
its production, and certainly will add
to the general wealth of the South.
Mr. Damon, for instance, estimates
that the cotton States, exclusive of
Texas, raises but a trifle more than
8,000,000 bushels of wheat with which
to feed a population of 12,000,000 per
sons, who require tho flour from 48,
000,000 bushels of wheat. Tho deficit
musl bo supplied from other States at
a cost of about 840,000,000. If this
could be saved to the South it would
bo 8ufhcicnt return for building flour
mills. But other advantages are to bo
considered. If small mills of from
sixty to sevcnty fliTC barrels daily
capacity should be built until the num
ber in the South is in the same propor
tion to population as the number was
in 1879, there would be nearly 5,000
additional industrial establishments,
employing 20,000 persons and contrib
uting to the support of at least three
times as mai_y. The proposition has
evidently been studied by a few far
sighted men, and they, as well as
others who may embark in the cntor
piise, should be encouraged by an in
creasing number of wheat-growers.?
Manufacturers' liecord.
SELECT THE SEED NOW.
Thorc is no one thing which, of itsolf
alone, will insure tho production of a
good crop. But thero are some things
which arc of much more clllciency in
securing this result than aro others
which contribute to tho general success.
Among the more important items is tho
selection of good seed. To the host of
farmers who grow corn this subject is
just now of special interest. For the
yield and quality of the corn crop of
next year, will depend largely upon tho
kind of seed that is used, and it is now
tho lime to select the seed. The too
common custom of selecting from the
crib in Spring involves altogether too
much risk. Tho cars may have been
damp when cribbed, have been frozen
in the Winter, and their vitality im
paired or destroyed. Besides, when
chosen in this way tho farmer cannot
toll auytbing about tho kind of stalk
upon which tho corn was grown. This
is a matter that has never received the
attention which it deserves, even when
tho seed corn was selected at husking
time. Good, well filled cars, of fair but
not excessive size, which aro produced
by stalks which are tall, well leaved,
but only medium sizo at the ground,
should bo chosen. Ears that are ripe
comparatively early in season are also
preferab thoso which mature late,
and the om stalks which produce
two goou ..rs aro better we beiievc
than those from stalks which yield only
one ear each. From the double-eared
stalks, however, the lower ear it, to bo
proferred for seed. Fart of the slim ks
shouid bo left on tho cars saved for seed,
though they shoi;'<l be stupped down to
the butt of tho ear. These ears should
be thoroughly dried and then stored
whore they will bo safe from mice and
squirrels and from rain. Cold, unless
extreme, will not injure tho germina
ting qualities of the seed if it is kept
dry. The corn should be left on tho
cob until it is wanted for use. Evrtn
I with tho best of enro it will not be re
liable for seed if kopt several years. It
I is best to save seed evory year. AH
this is on tho supposition Unit there is
a large field of some given variety to
select from, or else that no other kind
is grown upon the farm. If several
kinds, which ripen nt about tho same
time, are grown near each orher the
seed will mix badly and will not bo
suitable to plant.-^Pracrtcal .Farmer, j
While it has been known in a gen?
oral way that tho water-powers in the
Southorn States weie being gradually
taken hold of and used for manufactur
ing \wr )ses, yet it will be a surprise
to many persons to know that at Col
ii in inn, S. C, tbe.largest cotton mill in
the South is to he established. Tho
water power will be used to drive dy
namos, current from which will be
conveyed to the mill to operate the
spindles.
KALLliOADS AND hESOUUCES.
In au address before tbe real estate
convention of Arkausas, Mr. Alexan.
ier C. Hull, secretary of Stato, sot
forth an clnboi'ate statement of tho
possibilities in tho zinc region of the
State. The address was practical
throughout, notably in those conclud
ing sentcacoB :
"Everyone knows that the future
success of the Arkansas zinc region
depends almost altogether on railroad
iranspotUM.ion. That the railroads are
going to travorso that country, and
that in tho very near future, everyone
agrees. Then with that enterprise as
sured, just picture iu your minds a
jountry "tlowiug with milk and hon
uy?" figuratively speakiug; a couutry
composed of Ovo counties ruuning
over with miners and investors, the
entire area a veritable mining camp,
thousands of men busily engaged iu
throwing out as many tons dailj of 845
zinc oro, to furnish tonnage for tho
railroads, and largo profits to tho mine
owners and good wages to tho laborers,
aud added to this, consider the great
amount of tonnago furnished by tho
importation of mining machinery of
every kind and nature, and supplies
for tho miners, and the exportation of
tho varied products of the couutry,
which, in addition to the zinc output,
probably consists in a greater variety
than that of any other country on tho
continent. Again, with these condi
tions, consider that the large area of
government lands there insures a dou
ble farming population, thousands of
new homes inhabited by happy and
prosperous farmers, with a correspond
ing increase of cereal and live-stock
productions, the establishment of man
ufacturing plants and industries, fur
nishing employment for thousands of
mechanics and laborers; new towns
and even cities springing up {as if by
magic; every avenue of trade and bus
iness, professional and otherwise,
greatly stimulated, property values en
hanced, traffic of every kind doubled,
yes, quadrupled; in short, a country
teeming with wealth and prosperity,
tho effects of which will permeate ov
cry nook and corner of our great Stato,
and you have in a measure an idea of
what the future of "Arkansas zinc''
menus, because it has been left to the
ziuc product and its present partially
developed condition to start the ball in
motion that to biiug about this transi
tion of activities by reason of the fact
that until the vast riches of zinc were
discovered the people had despaired of
getting rail loads, and it is the rail
roads alone that will make all those
other conditions possible."
Supplemental to tins speech is one of
the typical editorials of the Arkansas
Gazette ot Little Rock urging the
prompt raising of a subscription of
8100,000 to the railroad which is to
connect Little Rock with the mineral
resources in the Northern part of the
State, in which the sequence is given
as follows :
"The millions of tons of fine ore in
North Arkansas is waiting for the
miner, tho miner is waiting for the
railroad, the railroad is waitiug on tho
Eastern capitalists, the Eastern capi
talists arc wailing on tho Poard of
Trade committees, the committees arc
waiting on the property-owners of Lit*
tlo Itock."
The two utterances arc strone pleas
for tho construction of a single rail
road Hue. Their chief significance,
however, appears in their demonstra
tion of the connection of railroad con
struction geneially with tho develop
ment of the natural resources of the
South, aud of a feeling friendly to such
undertakings. Without railrobds in
this day of close competition and of
sharp economics in industrial opera
tions, the railroad is an absolute essen
tial to development of uatural re
sources. Tho iron, the coal, tho lime
stone of Alabama and Virginia, the
phosphate rock of Florida, South Car
olina and Tennessee, the oil of West
Virginia and Texas, the marble of
Ueorgia have been in the ground for
ages. The timber has stood in Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and the Atlautic
coast States lor many vears, increasing
annually in potential value. They all
would be today as nothing compara
tively were it not for tho railroads. As
these, have advauced they have created
industrial values, and as industrial
values have been developed agricul
ture has been given the opportunities
for improvement. Manufactures aud
agriculture have helped the railroads,
but to a greater degree have the rail
roads helped agriculture and manufac
tures. And all three influences are
working together for tho good of the
South as it prepares to And new and
wider markets for its products.
The drum fish is a hugo game fish
very plentiful along tho Cuban coast.
Its limit is about 250 pounds, mid
should an experienced angler get one
of those jumbos at the other end of his
lino he had better let go or cut loose,
for it requires a skillful hand to play
the drum, who generally pulls like a
curt hoi au and is as stubborn as a mule.
A 10-ycar-old Cuban lad was snatched
overboard by a hundred-pound drum a
short while ago and tho lather only
saved the child's life by instantly plung
ing overboard, and with a quick stroke
of a knife, severing the line which had
become entangled around tho lit Me.
one's wainl. Drum fish in that latitude
average from sixty to two hundred and
forty or fifty pounds in weight, and
run in such enormous schools that
their noise at night, when] coasting a
long the shore, is distinctly heard on
land. Their scales aro used for tho
manufacture of buttons.
A Canadian inventor from Toronto,
who evidently bolioves that nature's
methods aro the most perfect to secuio
any given end, has patented a covering
for vessels which it is expected will re
volutionize tho maritime industry, ami
particularly tho construction of yachts
and other speedy craft. This consists
of a disposition of the material so as to
conform, as nearly ru possible, to tho
scales of a fish. Many of the mechanic
al and engineering problems of the day
aro found io havo been solved long ago
by naturo, but even ho this proposition
to follow nature and cover a ship with
scales is rather startling, to say the
least. Tho inventor claims that great
speed may bo obtained by following
this construction, which consist essentU
ally in covering the hull with small
plates of any suitable material, arrange
ed like shingles so as to overlap each
other.
The assessor's returns for this year
to the Board of Agriculture roveal much
expansion sentiment aa to the sowing of
alfalfa in Kansas. The number of
acres reported for the year ending
March 1st Is 278,477, a net increase of
40,020 acres or 20 per cent over last
year. Every county in the state ex
cept Haskell and Stevens report an
acreage. The widespread interest tak
en in this wondorful crop by growers
of all kinds of livestock is indicated by
the fact that the area ha* increased
from 84,884 acres In 1891 to 278,477 in j
1809, making a total giin of 244,008
acres, or 709 j/ft cent,
GEORGIA'S FIRST COTTON FAC
TORY.
It is uo't generally known that Wilkes
County was the scene of the first cot
ton factory in Georgia. Rev. Frank
T. Simpson, furnishes tho following
articlu on this subject :
"An article has been going the
rounds of tho newspapers, iu which it
was stated that tho first cotton factory
in Georgia was built uear Athens, on
tho Ocouco river, iu tho year 1827. It
is a well established fact, however,
that Georgia s first cotton factory was
built iu 1811, on Upton creek, uine
miles southeast of Washington, in
Wilkes Couuty. It was bore tho Bar
uett8, attracted by tho duo water pow
er, soon after the Revolution, built a
gristmill. In tho year 1791, tho mill
was burned, aud the family moved to
Columbia Couuty. Two years after
Mr. Miller, who married Mrs. Greou,
of Savannah, and was a copartuer of
Whitney, the inventor of the cotton
gin, purcbascd tho mill site aud lands
adjoining, and put in operation a gin.
This wonderful machine attracted vis
itors from far and near but only ladle*
wero allowed to sec it in operation,us a
patent had not been granted. It is
paid that a Mr. Lyon dressed himself
iu his wife's clothes, and got the Bcciet,
and being a skilled workman, made tho
saw giu, a great improvement on the
Whitney gin, which used wire teeth in
separating the lint from the seed.
"Tho house in which tho gin was op
erate! I wob bought by Thomas Talbot
and used as his kitchen while ho lived.
A few rods from where stood tho giu
was built the factoiy. Tho stockhold
ers wore IJolliug, Anthony, Cnpt. Si
moos, the Talbots and Bolton, tho lat
ter also being the architect. The
fouudations ol tho house are still to be
seen. It was built of stone quarried
from the adjacent hills. Over each
door and window was a slab of grey
rock, which contrasted with the brown
stone of the walls, made il quite an at
tractive building. It was sixty feet in
length, by fifty foot in width, having
two stories with a basement and attic.
It was entered by a door loading iuto
an anteroom, about ten feet wide, from
which the main room ou tho first floor
was entered, and in which were stairs
which led up to the upper floor and at
tic. The walls were neatly plasteied
and tho glass windows were protoctcd
by strong shutters filled with nails.
Over the front door was inserted in
tho wall a huge stone with the letters
'Boltou,' the name of the architect,
but in circular form, with the figures,
1811 beneath.
"The hinges, hooks, nails, etc., were
all wrought in the smithies in the
the neighborhood, Hilly McFerrin, an
Irishman, being the head smith. He
lived to a good old age, aud for sonic
years before his death ho was paralyzed,
but managed 10 walk with crutches.
Homeless and poor, he was cared for
by Thomas Talbot, at whose house he
died.
"Tbe factory did not prove to be a
paying investment, aud after being op
erated a few years was closed. The
machinery was sold to Thomas Talbot,
who started a small factory on his own
plantation to furnish clothing for the
numerous slaves.
"The factory building wos unused
for years, except occasionally for
preaching by the Baptists, who had no
church in tho neighborhood, and by
Esquire Kichardson Booker, who heie
taught for many years a Sabbath
school.
"In 1834 ^William Simpson bought
the property from tho estate of Gene
ral Green, and put in the house a corn
and wheat mill. In Scptembci, 1841,
an unprecedented rise in the creek
caused the wall next the stream to fall.
The next year the timbers and stono
were used iu erecting a lino flouring
mill. The stone with Bolton's name
cut in it is in the possession of the
writer."
BEST WHEAT FOR THE SOUTH.
For a number of years the Agricul
tural Department has been investigat
ing the grain rusts, which cause so
much loss and are so very widely dis
tributed. Experiments have been
made with a view to prevention and to
determining what varieties most resist
tho disease and also whether varieties
not resistant iu some localities may not
be resistant in others. Thc9e inves
tigations have been conducted in nearly
every State in the Union with the re
sult that much valuable information
has been obtained.
Tho department finds that Ihe stem
rusts are more prevalent in the West,
and the loaf and crown rusts in the
East and South. It recommends the
following varieties to Western growers:
Turkey, Mennondite, Odessa, Rieti,
Pringle's No 5, aud Pringle's Defiance,
and for early spring sowing Hayuo's
Blue Stem and Saskatchewan Fife.
The following resist leaf rust: Theiss,
Fulcastor, Oregon Club, Doitz Long
berry, Sonora, Diohl Mediterranean,
Arnolus Hybrid and Calif Spring.
Durum and poulard wheats, used most
ly for mnccaroui, aro also very resist
ant. Eikorn, used for feed, seems
absolutely resistant. Nearly any var
iety may rust if sown too late.
Thore are six different species of
rusts and tho dnmago thoy do every
year exceeds, in the department's opin
ion, that of any other pest, and in some
localities thoso of all other posts com
bined.
In tho Carolinas wheat is quite com
monly injured by rust, but it is not
grown extensively in those States. Tho
orange leaf ru j| scorns to be tho prevail
ing species, though as yot it is uncer
tain whether it is the only one present
in cases of severe injury. One peculiar
fact of interest is that early wheat,
such as oarly May, is also more injured
than late varieties, which i? just tho
revorso of tho rule. A probable reason
ior this is that oarly wheat is sometimes
weakened by frosts or freezes, and is
thus rendered more liable to rust. In
the Atlantic coast Statos the wild black
berry rust is extremoly abundant,
especially in tho edges of cloarings
near fields of wheat?a fact which has
given rise to the erroneous opinion that
i Ii id rust haasorao ontogenctic connect
ion with the cereal rusts.
Vory little whoat is raised in Georgia,
but usually what is grown is badly in
jured by rust. Leaf rust is tho species
most prevalent, but frequently the
grain is not severely injured until tho
stem rust appears. In Georgia and in
all the Gulf Statos oats is seldom injur
ed by rust. The variety of oats most
commonly grown is the Texas rust
proof.
The division of forestry at tho De
partment of Agriculture al the present
time has sixteen men in the State of
Washington gathering data regarding
the growth of red fir and how best to
keep the land in a productive condi
tion. Fir is a rapidly growing timber,
and Gifford Pinchot, chief of the di\ 1
eion, believes that with proper care
there should be a perpetual supply,
whieh should maintain Washington as
a great lumber-producing State in per
petuity, i
t AbsojlutecyPure
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
_ROYAL OAKINO POWOCR CO., NtW YORK.
Ol'KN DOOIt POLICY IN CHINA.
The; United States with Kiifcland ami
Japan Ouffht to Preserve and Pro
tect Common Tradn IiitoroHt and
Treaty Ki;-, Ihm t\>r L'iirrntrloti-d Coin
iueroo in China and l wintern Coun
tries.
At a meeting of tho Southern Cotton
Spinners' association in Charlotte, N.
0., botween 60 ai>d 00 inllls being rop
rosouted, the following preamble and
resolutions, offered by ?. A. Tompkins
aud eocou?od by It. li. Miller, were
un-umnoudly adoptod :
" Whereus, thu increasing uiunuluu
luring IntoreBt of tho United States
from nlno billion dollars value in ixm
to twenty billion (estimated) in lUuu,
make it plain that our domestic m ,r
kots can no longer talco all our manu
factured prod m is ; and,
Whereas, Tho Southern cotton manu
facturing interests alone havo Increas
ed irom tho product in 1800, of one and
on. -:.alt ml).ion BOluulo to tivo million i
(.-biimatcd) in ll'OO, and tho dovolop
iiof trado for our biirp.ud Ameri
can um it: cotton goods has boon largely I
lu (Jnina and other Orloutial coun
tries.
Tuerofore, be it resolved, That wo
urge upon tho President of tho Unitod
St.uU.3 and our Senators and Uoproseu
lailves in Congress, tho follow Log
meaburoB :
First. Tho preservation of the in
tegrity of tho CuiueBo empire, of all
our treaty rights with that empire,
and the. maintenance of au open door
policy In China with tho commerce of
all nations.
Second. V igorous prosecution of tho
Philippine war to a conclusion aud tho
restoration A order in that territory
by our government.
Third. Construction, without delay,
of an 1 .Unman .-ship canal.
Fourth. Construction of a cable from
)ho PaclQc coast to Hawaii, Japan,
China and tho Philippines ud other
Oriental points.
Resolved, That wo consider that a
large degree of tho importance of tin
last three Items lits In the vhIuo of
those measures In accomplishing tho
first hem and in protecting our trade
in China and other Eastern countries.
Resolved, That wo recommend, If it
be necossary, co-operation of our gov
ernment with tho government of Eng
land and Japan to preserve and pro
tect a common trudc interest and
treaty rights for unrestricted cum
morco In China and other Eastern
countries.
Resolved, That wo recommend to
Congress such revision o' our naviga
tion laws at; will foster the develop
ment of our merchant murine, servic
to an extent to handle our oxpanulrg
foreign commerce.
Resolved, That wo recommend to
I Congress such increase in our navy a*
will make it fully adequato to protect
our commerce in all seas and in all
partfa of the world.
I Resolved, That printed copies of
these resolutions be sent to the Provi
dent of the United States and to our
I Sonators and Representatives in Con
I gross und to the press.
The Open Door in China.?For
tho past year, under instructions from
the President, the state department
has been quietly negotiating for the
consummation ol American interests in
China. Tho ofllclal? of the state de
partment llatly rufuso to make any
statemont relative to the measure of
success that has attended their t north
though It Is admitted that the subject
is so far etlll open, although the pros
pects of ultimate success aro regarded
as highly encouraging.
A government olllo;al in high station,
who has largo experience In Chinese
questions, Is authority for tho state*
meet that our govern.nent doe* not ap
prehend any immediate injury to Am
erican Interests from tho political
moves that aro being made in Cnina.
On tho coutrary tho conditions are
such in the Flowery Kingdom that
there is reason to bolievo that so far
from restraining tho operations of the
United States in tho matter of trade
extension in that quarter, the Euro
pean nations which have, under one or
another pretext, seized upon portions
of the Chinese coast, would actually
welcome our advent as calculated to
materially assist their own efforts to
broak down Chinese conservatism and
opon up vast markets in tho iuterlo.r
of China to tho irado of civili/.od na
tions^
?Tho Ladies' Home Journal says
that soon after Gen. Robert E. Lee
wont to Lexington, Va., the presidency
df an Insurance company was offerod to
him, at a salary of 810,000 a year. He
was at that timo rt-jolving only $3,000
as president of tho Washington and
Loe University. " Wo do not want you
to discharge any duties, Genoral," said
tho agent: wo simply wish the uso of
your name?that will abundantly com
pensate us." " Excuse mo, air," was
the prompt and decided rejoinder ; " 1
oan not consent to receive pay for ser
vices I do not render." Nearly every
mall brought him similar propositions,
and just a short while efnre his death
a largo and wealthy corporation in
Now York elty offerod him $50,000 per
annum to become its president, hut
ho refuse d all euch otTors and qulotly
pursued his chosen path of duty.
?A rumor having gone abroad over
tho country that Mrs. Stonewall Jack
son, widow of tho distinguished Confed
erate general, is absolutely penniless,
in want and hopelessly ill and blind,
Mrs. Jackson has said to a representa
tive of the Associated Press that thus<
statements are very rouoii exaggerat
ed. It is truu that she Is not in com
petency, but has always bneii abov
want, iler health is somewhat im
proved and sho is cot blind, though
still sutToring from a painful disease,
facial neuralgia. Appeals having boon
made all over tho South for hor roliof,
Mrs. Jackson is anxious that tho true
state of tho case should ho known, as
sho is unwilling to accopt any dona
tions excopt|those ' dien d as testlmon
ials of love and ad miration for her au ?
band.
?Tho wedding of Admiral Dewev
and Mrs. Ha/, n Will bo nurforme :
either by Archbishop Kerne or Car
dinal Gibbons. Some ?uy tho woddlng
will be a private affair, others that
it will be a brilliant church affair.
Some of Mrs. Hazon's friends ftfty that.
In all probability, Mrs Hnzon would
prefer to bo married at tho rOftidonou
of her mothor, Mn, Washington Mc
Loac,and thatthoofiloluting c orgyman
will Oo Arohbisbop Koane, formerly
rector of thoCathoilo Uolvcrjlty. Mrs.
Hazon was reoeived Into tho Catholic
Ohuroh by Archbishop K *ano about
s x years ago. Hhe was rained a Pres
byterian, but was attending St. John's
Episcopal Ohuroh at the t me of her
oon version.
?The house iu Washington in whioh
Abraham Llnooln died bas been reno
rated in aocordanoo with tho aot of
Congress providing for it. It is now
used as a museum of Lincoln rolics.
?No married man In Vienna Is al
lowed to 20 u>> la a balloon without
tho formtti consent of his wlfo aud
ohlldren.
?The tendenoy in British cities is
to lower prices instead of making
municipal Industries a source of pro
fit. 1
Saving: Money.?The ability to
earn and save up? particularly save up
?the sum of S100 by the time he is 'JO
years of age very largely determines the
question whether the young man shall
acquire a competency for his old age or
whether he will havo to then depend
upon the charity of friends, die in a
poor-house and he buried in a pauper's
grave. The saving of the first 8100 in
volves all the self denying and economic
methods, on a small scale, which arc
incident to the iiccunimulation of'a for
tune. The doing of it will be as hard
ii Unancial problem to most young men
as they will tackle at any time during
their lives. The 6100 is not a very
large sum, it is true, still the earning
and saving of it makes it an educational
factor of almost incalculable value.
The boy who has earned and saved this
sum has learned in the lirst place that
most important lesson?the real value
of a dollar; then it represents denial of
appetite, a repression of purely animal
tastes and desires, which develop en
durance, patience, manliness; it knocks
the easy come, easy go, idea of money,
winch so many young men have, all to
pieces; teaches him how to say
"No I" and stick to it. Then he learns
of the c -'hesive power ol a dollar?how
one dollar will draw other dollars to it
self, and also of the cumulative power
which combined dollars hatve over in
dividual nnd|scaltered ones. By saving
Slot) thus, he will learn not so much
j to love money for its own sake, but
I rather will learn to respect money and
value it rightly as the important factor
it is in his own development as a man.
No boy who may read this item (and a
great many will) can do a belter or
mure sensible thing for himself than
to resolve that he will earn?honestly
earn by good haul knocks?and save
not less than 8100 by tic time he is
20, and our word for it the experience
and discipline which he will undergo j
in the doing it will be worth more |
than 81,000 to him in after life.
The. Emperor of Japan is entitled to
be considered the most aristocratic rul
or on earth. The royal family ol .Japan
has a genealogical tree which reaches
to Adam. There have been 121 Etn
perors of Japan, and they all belong to
this family. The tirst ouc governed
Japan just about 2,500 years ago. He
was on the throne .'500 years before
Alexander the Great thought he had
conquered the world. The Japanese
have the history of al! of their Emperors
from that lime down to this, and lliey
assure you that the Mikado is a lineal
descendant of the lirst Emperor.
? Edward ?. Osgood, or Angelica.
N. Y., who has suffered from total
blindness for the past forty years, was
suddonly restored to perfect sight
through the removal of a cataract one
day last week. Osgood has always
been well to do and thirty years ago
ho married one of the village belles, at
least she was thus described to him, as
he had never seen her. Ele ven child
ren were the result of this union, all
of whom Osgood was acquainted with
only by the sound of their voices.
Several of his children havo married
and left homes 80 a grand family re
union has been arranged for in order
that the father may soc h>s children
for tho tirst timo.
?The. rccont order of the Russian
government for the equipment of rail
road trains with the Westinghouso air
brake Involves the equipment of $300,
000 cars, as well as a large number of
locomotives. Sixty thousand of these
cars aro to be fktod with Westing
house air brakes and 210,000 with air
pipe- anil couplings iosidc of three years.
This will plac-j all the cars under con
trol of the air brake, an improvement
over the American system of making
up trains of freight oars with ud with
out air brakes, making it impossible
to fully < ontrol the cars. Russia Is
tne tirst ( ountry in Europe to use the
continuous air brake for its freight and
military trains.
?When Thorn is T. Crittcnden was
governor o' Missouri he had a colored
hostler who was much in awe of Ms
employer. The man was apologetic
over trilles, bnt whe.i the governor's
favorite, horse diel one night the case
seemed to bo beyond the m n's power
of palliation. Lie wandered about the
stable yard lor a long time, lost in
thought. Then going into Critten
den's presence he said: "Guv'nor,
that yore, black horse, IMuto, ain't a
going to live berry long." " What
makes you say that, E^n ?" asked the
govornor In surprise. '"Case ho am
dead."
? "The now preachor converted
over' man In town, excopt Gr^on Bill,"
said the old inhabitant. " Hi didn't
want to leavo with ono soi 1 out o' the
fo'd, but 13111 held out .o tho l*st
mlnuto. El ml in' there WUZ no other
way, an' wantin' to mako a clean rc
cord, tho preacher got Hill up ag'in'
I the side of a house an' took a fence
rail an' knocked tho dovil out of him !"
They nre noisy but they nre nice.
Who would exchange the merry noise of
children at play, for the childless home
where the clock tick can be heard hour
after llOUl in the dull sih nee? But there
arc a great many who woidd like to peo
ple the silent house with the children
that fate has refused them. Fate is often
in this case only another word for ignor
ance. Many a glad mother dates her
/^>v happiness from the day she
jC<~c-> first began the use of Dr.
^^tJWjI' I'ierce's Favorite Preserip
jtBUw\ lion. It often happens that
ttffzsr'k with the ol female
^j^k \\ weakness and the establish
^y?k^ ing of the delicate
171 /ff~^\ womanly organs in
M/C (ly J BOUnd health, the way
y's opened for the joy
^^?^ of motherhood. "Fa
vorite Prescription " is n specific for the
chronic ailments peculiar to women. It
cures them perfectly and permauentlv.
No other medicine can do for women
so much as " Favorite
Prescription." Do not d% J&a\
therefore let any other qj&j&J^&l(
medicine be palmed off f^Sfc^^i?
on you as "just as good." o"^ISb
"Favorite Prescription"
contains no alcohol, opi- /"|| 1\
urn, cocaine or other nar- F W j fti\
cotic. It is strictly a />^^ Inlfll u\\
temperance medicine. ^&5^|1Im\ja>'
" I had been :i sufTcrer from >*'*?J|MUU
uterine trouble for about three MB
yearn, and the doctors that I ilwBP
consulted said I would hr.ve to
So through nn operation before I couM give
Irth to children," writes Mra. Blanche K
livnns, of Parsons, I.uierne Co.. Pa., Box 41.
" When about to give up In despair I saw
the advertisement of Or. Plerca'a medicine
and thought I would give It a trial. I bought a
bottle of Or. Plerce's Favorite Prescription, and
after taking it felt better than I hud for yearn.
Pelt Improved before I had taken one-half of
the bottle. After taking four and a half bottles
I gave birth to a bright baby f(lt\ who Is now
four mouths old and nas not had a day of sick
ness. She is as bright as can be."
A woman's complexion often suffers
because of poisonous accumulations in
the system. Dr. Pierce'* Pleasant Pel
lets remove these accumulations and
cleanse the complexion. They regulate
the stomach, liver and bowel?, *
? \ Queek Phediction.?A. romr rk
ablo old womuD was Mrs. Betsy Jessa
mine, who^e futural was held In Water- ?
town, N. Y., tno other day. She had
ltvod ninety-four years, and up to a \
few minutes before her death was in j
vigorous health and retained her
mental faculties perfectly. She asked
for a glass of milk and remarked as the \
handed back the empty glass to her
ton, " That Is very good milk. It is
the last 1 shall ever drink for I shall
be dead in an hour." She died before
the hour was up. Mrs. Jessamine was
married when only a child in Canada,
and her eldest daughter, now Mrs.
Susan Wood ford, was born when her
mother was onlv eleven years and nine
months old. Tho daughtor is now
eighty-two years of age. Tho eldes-t
grandchild is forty-three and the oldest
I great grandchild twenty-six. More
than tifty descendants, Including
eleven children and a score each of
grandchildren and great grandchildren
wen at tho funeral, Mrs. Jessamine's
husband. Thomas, died several years
ago. They had lived In Watcrtown
thirty-live years.
?William Alexander Smith is tho
oldest living member of tho Now Yorl<
Slock Kxohivrge. 11 o was elected a
member in 1844.
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.
Oonduntod Sohodtilo or l*HKi<>ui{ur Tralu*.
In Rffust Sopt. 34th, 1S09.
Green villi?, WiutlitiDT'on ?*???<? the Mnstt
I No. 3d
Nort libound.
Lv. Atlanta, O.T.
" Atlfttitu, K. T
" Gainesville..
" I.uIh .
" Cornelia. ,
" Toocoa....
" Kvut'oa. .
" Greenville
" spni tauburg.
" Gaffneys. .
" Blacksburg
" Gast on ia
?? Charlotte .
Ar. o reeusboro
?,*. Grocusboro
Ar. Norfolk
n...1 : N... 38
l>?lly Dully.
: N)
8 50
10 36
in
11 26
11 63
12 63
2 84
8 37
4 20
4 its
5 25
ii ;io
I? 52
12 00 m
1 00 p
a j? p
2 42 p
II 00 p
a no p
4 16 p
6 It p
ll 13 p
n 4ft P
7 02 p
8 18
III 47
11 I? p
8 2(1 ft
Ar. Danville . Ill 26 p 11 60 p
Ar. Richmond ?.. ooou 0 im a
Ar.Washington. . ft 42 a
?? Baltm'o PRR. 8 oo it
" Philadelphia, .10 16
"Now Yurk.12 4:1 m
Hruui iIt,* Ktht to <?i.iiviim
Allan !?>, lite.
1 lallj .
11 BO p
12 50 ii
2 26 a
2 50 ii
:t 42
4 37
6 :>o
i) 4.r,
7 26
7 42
8 28 a
\> 23 ft
12 0ft p
1 22 p
ft 26 p
0 05 p
11 25 p
2 6Q n
0 23 a
Also to
I No. x
Boothhound.'Dully.
P. R. R. ism
f.v. SV Y
?? Philadelphia
" Baltimore ...
" Washington.
Lv. Richmond
Lv. Dan vi 11?
Lv Norfolk .
Ar Greensboro .
Lv. Qroensboro
Ar. (iharlotte
Lv. HftHtOlllft.
" Ulni'kshiirg
" Giifi'noys
" Spartanburg.
" GruonvUle..
'* Setlltca .
?' Toeeon.
" Cornelia.
" Lulu.
" Guittesvillo
Ar. Atlanta, IC T
Allnntii, G. T
a
B .">(i n
(1 22 a
11 18 a
12 01 nu
0 l>2 i>
7 24
10 00
10 4?
111 31
11 4rt
12 2?
I 1 26
2 28
u 17
4 08
I 4 30
i 0 10
' f) 10
NO, 37
llrtllv.
4 :to p
ft 65 p
(i 20 p
10 {6 p
1 l uu ;
5 60 a
s B6 p
6 16
p
p,
p!10 07
pi 10 45
p 10 58
it II 34
n 12 :|o
a l 33
H - Is
I 3 00
ft 3 Is
ft1 8 37
n , 4 55
ft 3 55
Daily
No, 1 I
11 Ol p
ft 111 ii
Ar. Home . I 7 17 III ft 29 p|
Chat tnnooga, | 26 n' s 40 p
Ar. Ciiioinnuti ' ', no p 7 45 a
Louisvillo. . .| 7 :i? i>j 7 65 ?
Rlriningham.ilI 20 ? io io p
7 87
12 01m
1 12 p
2 oft p
2 21 p
3 15 p
4 80 p
5 45 p
ft 30 p
7 lit p
7 88 p
8 0s p
lo 00 p
0 00 p
2 30 ?
5 15 a
000 p
7 86 p
Ar. Now i Irlonns' 8 3ft p| 7 4., a
Ar. Columbus.Ga
Macon
Brunswick
Ar .la >n vi i lu
!? 30 al II 06 pi
h 20 a! 7 10 p
4 30 p
^ftTTv lex nun
No 11. No. 17.
fi Rip
1 lo n
7 46 al
u 10 ft'
Ojlop
00 ft
66 u
11 0.5 ft
13 26 p
1 65 p] 7 40 n
3 12 pi 8 Oil ?
STATIONS.
Lv. Snvuniifth
|f.v. Angus a
Lv
... Ulli Hai I v
No?18.|No.l2.
) 00ft
' 'liarlest ill TTi
Brauohvtlle ."
(!olurabta .. "
Nawberry . "
.Greenwood.. "
l lodges. ."
1 85pi_ |Lv AbiiHvilie Ar
3 I? pi 8 65 u.Lv Hol toil Ar
Lv
?\n d erg* i a a r
A r . .? i i si villi;. .Lv
|Lv..Groeuvtllo Ar
Ar Spartanburg Lv
5 80 p lo 15 ft
1 20 a 12 26 p
12 20 11 b4 ft
0 iv i p 7 05 ft
12 56 p 1 50 h
s iki ). invTft
7 45p' 7 40?
"N""nlgfit.
Ashevllle
Knoxvil lo
!Ar .('iii'oniifttl Lv
ilAr.. I.?uiisviu? f.'
'P" p. in. "Si" noon.
Trams leave Kiugvillo, daily oxoopt Sunday
for l.'iiiiidon 10:l5ii. in. and 4:815 p. in. Return
ing leave Camdou for Kingvllle, daily except
Sunday, 8:45 a. m. and 8:00 p. m., making con
neotion at Kingvllle with trains between Co
lumhia nnd Charleston.
Trains leave Spartanburg via S. U. &c. divis'
ton dally for Glandule, Jonesville, Union and
Columbia and Intermediate point* 11:45 a. m
and ft: 15 p. m.
Trains leave Toocoa, Go., for Blberton, Qa ,
daily except Sunday, < :oon. m. and 8:40 p. m
Returning leavo Blberton, daily except Siui
day, 0:00 a. m. and 1:110 p, m., making conneo
tion nt Toeoonwitli truniH between Atlanta,
Greenville and tbo Kast.
OhoHapoako Lino Steamers in daily service
between Norfolk and Haltimore.
Nos. B7 and 88?Dally. Washington and South
western vestibule Limited. Through Pullman
sleeping oars between New York and New Or
leans, via Washington, Atlanta mid Mont(iotn
ury. siid also between Now York and Memphis,
VlaWMhIngton.AtlaUta and Hirmln((hnin. Al9o
elegant PULLMAN LIBRARY QBSBBVA
TION o'AUS between Atlanta nnd Now York.
Firsti-insH thoroughfare coaches between Wuah
ington and Atlanta. Dining cam serve all menlH
on route. Pullmandrawlug-room ileeniugearS
bctwoon Uroonsboro ainl Norfolk. Close, con*
nootlon at Norfolk for OLD POWTOOMFORT.
Ai-'.ai At in 111 ii with Pullinftii l). It. sleeper for
ObnttnnooKii and Cincinnati.
Nos. H5 and 30? United States Fast Mail
runs solid botwoon Wunhiiif/toii ami Now Or
leans, boInK composed of b?ggago oar and
ooiu'hos. tnrouKh without uliunuo for
pn.HSAiiuors of all olasses, Pullman drawing
room sleeping oars between N?w York and
New Orleans, via Atlnnta and Montgomery and
between Charlotte ami Blrminghain. Leaving
Washington oaon Tuesday und Friday, a tourist
slooping oar will run through between
Washington and San Pranolsoo without ohahgo
Dining oars sorvo nil meals enrottt*.
Nos. 11,33, u4 and 12? Pullman sleor.l/ig ours
betwesn Riohmend and Charlotte, vin Danville,
tonthbound Nos. 11 and 33, northboumi Nos
MhiuIIS Conneotlon al Atlanta with through
Pullman D. It. sleeping oar for jaukaonvllle;
alto Pullman aleoping oar for Bmnswlok,
Oonueotlon mado at Spartanliurn with
throiiKh Pulliiiaii sleeper for Athevllle, Knox
vlllo and einelnnntl; also at Columbia for 8a
vannnli and Jftokionvllle.
KUAN KB. GANNON, J. M.CULP,
Third V-P. ? ?uu. Mgr.. Traftlo MYr.
Washington, D. O. Wnshlogton. D. C
W. A. T?RK, s. H. HARpWiOK,
Qen'IPaaa. Ag't,, Ass'tOlen l Paus. A?'t.,
WM?>-.4!b'to?iP..0i AVlAatd. Clft
PITTS7
FOR
Thef Stomach, The Liver,
The Rowels, .The* Kidneys,
The Blood, The'Nerves,
jUONTAOIOUS^DlBKASES.
Antiseptic Inviporator in n perm-killer,
a'diuretie, a dood purifier, a stomach and
nerve tome, a stimulant for.the liver and
bowels. Manufactured by
Titts' Antiseptic Invigorator Co.
THOMSON, GA.
&W~ For snlo; hy driiKKistB^evcry where.
Sold hy CARPENTER BROS..
Urconvilio, 8. G.
APOSITIVC CURI" TOR GONORRHEA AND OIHf
Curio imitosoav?.?oi.0 0?P?ucoist8. AsaroK YP.r
TAKE NO OTHER TRY IT TODAY
Sent by propald express on receipt of 8fto
ALI.IO ATOK 1.IN1MKNTCO.
Charleston. H. O,
OUBORNE'S
JAPANKSB
I
CURB
A New and Complete Treatment, consu
nUPTOSITORlES, Capsules of Ointment l
Ilexes of Otntment> A never-falling cure far
of every nature and degree, Itmakcsan<
in death, unnecessary. Wtty endure II _
diseasoY We pack a Written Guarantee la aae*
$1 Box. No Cure, No Tay. 50c. and U ? bad, I far
with the knife, which is painful, and oft?* vaaake
Whr endure tMe awiSTi
' ""len C
f5. Sent hy mail. Sample? free
OINTMENT, 85c. and
CONSTIPATION iBMBfi
great L1VKR and STOMACH RHGULA1
itl.OOD PUKIIMER. Small, mild and ,
.. tak.-: especially attained for chUdre?*?!
.lose* '5 cents.
FREE.?A vial ofthesefarnoaantUel
< given with a f l box or more of Pile Cure.
NToncK Tin' r.KNuiNB rtna Jam
<Ykk for sale only by
Sold by Dr. B. F. Potiey, Laurons, S. C.
To Atlanta. Charlotte, Augusta, Ath
ins, Wilmington, New Orleans ami
Now York, Boston, Uichmond, Wash
IngtOU, Norfolk, Portsmouth.?Sehed
?tlo In effect Dec 11. 18?8.
SOUTUBOUND.
No. 403. No. 4
Lv New York, Penn*,R.R, ?U 00a m ' !l OOpm
Philadelphia. 112p? 12 0ftam
Baltimore. 3 lftpm 2 50am
Washington. 4 40pm t 3Uam
Uichmond. A. C. I..0 OOpm <i Oftam
Norfolk via H.A. L. ?8 80pm*9 OSam
Portsmouth_ - 8 46pm 9 20anj
Weldon.?n 10pm*ll 60am
Ar Henderson.?1267am *1 60pm
Ar Durham via 8 A L.17 32am H ltipni
Lv Durham ._ t7 OOpmtlO 19am
*?"r Kaleigh via 8 A L.?2 l?am ?? 3tpni
San ford. 3 33am 606pm
Ho Pines. 4 23am ;> 68pm
Hamlet. ft'.ITam I? ft3pm
Wadeeboro. 5 Mam 8l0pm
Monroe. t? 43am 0 12pm
Ar Wilmington.?12t)ftpm
Tj 11ar 1 o11c via 8. A. 1....? 7 ft'>am?ltIJ2ftpm
ChesTer via 8 AI.?_ ?8 t'8am?lu ftt'ipm
Lv c Vhtmhia. C. N'~. A N h it.?ti OOpm
Ar Clinton , a. A. L.?0 46am*12 14ain
Greenwood.10 36am 1 07a n
Abbeville.11 03am 1 35am
hHberton.12 07pm 2 41am
.r Athens. i 13pm 3 43am
Winder. 1,60pm 1 ^am
Ar Atlanta (central time.. 260pm 6 20am
NORTH BOONn.
No. 4( 2. No. 88.
Lv Atlanta cent. t. S.A.L..*12 00nu*7 60pm
Lv Winder. 2 40pm 10 10pm
Lv Athena. 3 18pm It 19pm
lClbcrton. 4 16pm 12 31am
Abbeville. ?> 16pm l 36am
Greenwood. 6 41pm 203am
l linton. B8Qpm 266am
^"Columbia C 5 5 L U K..*7 4.>ani
Lv Chester. 8. A. L. ?7 63pm 4 2ftam
Ar Charlotte viaS A L_*lo2ftpm?7 60am
Lv Monroe 8 A L. 940pm 806am
Hamlet.11 l?pm 7 4 >ani
Ar W iln?ngton._*12 06pm
Lv Ho Ftnes.?12 07am ?iiotiani
Italeigh.*2 lUam 11 ISai i
Ar Henderson. 3 28am ?12 60pm
Ar Durham via 8 A L , ..t7 32am *4It>pm
Lv Durham...._.t7 00pm fll r.ian
A r W eldonTa A L. ...*4&?&m ?2 6t i p S
Uichmond, A. 0. L.8 4-tam 7 l2pm
Washington vial'ennKR12 81pm 11 10pm
Haiti more. 1 4lipm 1 Utiam
Philadelphia. 3 60pm 360am
New York.*0 23pm *t) 63am
Ar Portsmouth, 8. A. 10.... 7 2oaiii .r> 20pm
Norfolk . .. *7 3ftair *6 36pm
?Daily, tDaily Kx. Sunday.
No. 36, Daily leaves Athens 8 05am. arrival
at Atlanta at It) 40 am.
No, 86, Daily leaves Atlanta ft 30 pUi, ar
rives at Athens at h Oft pui.
NOS*403 and 402.?"The Atlanta Special,
Solid Vestibuled Train of Pullman Steepen
and Coaches between Washington and At
lanta, also Pullman Sleepers between Ports
mouth and Chester, 8. G.
Nos. 41 and 3S.?"The 8. A. L. Express,"
Solid Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers
between Portsmouth and Atlanta. Com?
l>a:iy Sleepers between Columbia and
Atlanta.
Hoth trains make immediate connection
at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New
Orleans, Texas. California. Mexico, Chatta
nooga. Nashville, Memphis, Niacon. Klor
ida
For Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to
B. A. Newland, G. A. P. D.
W. B. CbKMKNTS.T. P. A.
0 Kimhall House Atlanta. Ga.
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Sold by Dr. B. F. Poscy, Laurent
Charleston and Westorn Oarolina R. B,
AUOVSTA AND ASUKVILLK SlIOHT LlNK.
In effect July 23, 1899.
Lv j ,.,..?>.o On a .
?' ; luguatu.it 4o n*7*i 40 j)
Ar Greenwi od.IS 16 p .
" Anders? n.. t> to p
" , Lauren* . 1 20 p <i ftft a
" Greenville. 3 00 | :,.,10.1& a
' Glenn Spiinga ... .. 4 3u j.
" Bpartanbuig. 3 10 p_^ "J 00 a
" ,8aluda. 6 38 p~ '.
" EFenderaonvllle* ... t> 08 p .
" Asheyllle./. 7 00 p ..
Gv Ashuville. 8 20 a .7
" Hond?rson villo.9, 17la .
a" Flat Kock. 9'24 a .
?"I.Saluda. t)*4ft"ia .
5";Tryon.to ao a .. ..
i" ,Snartanburg ... ll 45 a 3 40 p
fc" Glenn Springs.10 UO a .
" Greenville_-. . 12 01 p 4 00.j)
" Laurent?. 1 37 p 7 00 p
Anderson . . 7^00 n
" (it enwood. 2 37 p ....
" AugUHta.6 10 p 11 It
Ar Johnson.tl 20 p ...
Lv Calhorn? Falls.4 44 p
' Raleigh....!.12 20 a
" Norfolk . 7 80 a
" Petersburg. ?> *0 a
Ar Richmond..,? 7 20 a
Ijv Augusta. ? ? 1 !?' |)
Ar Alluiidalo. 3 15 p
" Fairfax. 3 25 p'
" Yoniassee. 10 05 a 4 26 p
m Beaufort.u ir> a f> p
" Port Royal.... ?11 80 a 5 85 p
" (Savannah . 7 .15 p
'^Charleston..... i 20 i>
Liv Charleston. 6^28 A
? Port Royal . l oii p 0 56.a
H'auforl. 18 p 7 20>
? Yomassee. 2 30 p 8 '20 a
" Fairfax. U 10 a
"r Allcndalo. 0 3r> a
A Augusta. . 10,;?
1.40 p in train makes close connection
at Calhorn Falls for All points on >*>. A. L.
Close connection at Greenwood for ?1/
points en H. A. Ij. and C. St 0, Rait way (
and at hpartauburg withibouthorn Rail
way.
, ,r ?
For any information relatlvo ,to| tickets,
rates, schedules, etc., address
W. J. Crajo, (Jen. Pass. Agnnt.
K. M. Noam, Sol. Agt. Augusta, <)?.
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