The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 22, 1899, Image 9
I IN HIS STEP
'* ?ihat Would
3esus ?lo
By Charles M. Sheldon.
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"1 understand mat yon are going on
Um ?tage. Miss Wtnslow. Wo shall all
be delighted. I'm sure." Raid rtollin
atariuk one of the pauses in tho conver?
sation, which I ad not been animated.
Rachel colored and felt annoyed.
'?Who tok. yon?" she asked, while
Virginia, who bad Kvn very silent and
reserved, suddenly routed herself end
appeared muly to join in fue talk.
"Oh. we hear a thing or two on the
! Beeidet?, every one saw (ran
tbe manager, at chnrch two weeks
He doesn't go to chnrch to hear
the preaching In fax t, I know other
people who don't either, not when
there's something better to hear. "
Rachel did not color this time, but
one answered qniotly:
"Yon're mistaken. I'm not going on
the stage."
"It's a great pity. You'd make a hit.
Everybody is talking about yonr s, ug
ham"
Thin time Rachel flushed with genu?
in* anger.
Before abe could say anything Vir?
ginia broke in.
??Whom do you mean by 'every?
body?' "
"Whom? I mean all the people who
hear Mise Winalow on Sunday What
other time do 'hey hear her? It's a
great pity. I aay, that the general pub?
lic outside of Ha vinond cannot hear her
voice"
"Let us ttkjk abont something else,"
aaid Rachel a little sharply. Mnie. Page
glanced at her and spoke with a gentle
coorteay.
"My dear, Roll in never could pay an
indirect compliment He is like his fa?
ther in that But we are all curious to
know something of your plana We
claim the right from old acquaintance,
yon know. And Virginia had already
told na of yonr concert company offer.''
"1 supposed, of conrse, that was pub?
lic property," aaid Virginia, smiling
jgeroaa the table, "It was in The News
yaeterday."
'Tea, yea," replied Rachel hastily.
"I understand that. Mme. Page. Well,
Virginia and I have been talking about
? I have decided not to accept, and
that is ae far as I have gone yet''
Rachel waa conscious of the fact that
the conversation had up to this point
bean narrowing her hesitation concern?
ing the company'a offer down to a de
tnat wonlu absolutely satisfy her
judgment of Jeans' probable lic?
it had been the last thing in the
Tor Id. however, that she had desired to
have her decision made in any way so
Kblic aa this. Somehow what Rollin
ge had aaid and his manner in say?
ing it had hastened her judgment in
the matter.
"Would you mind telling us. Rachel.
Cir reasons for refusing the offer? It
ka like a good opportunity for n
young girl like von. Don't you think
the general prfhlie ought to hear yon? I
feel like RMlin nbout that. A voice
like vor:in oelougs to f, larger andiene?)
than Raymond ami the First church."
Rachel Winslow was naturally u i:h)
of great reserve. Sho shrank from mak?
ing her plans or her thovghts public.
Bnt with all her repression there was
possible in her an occasional sudden
break in-* out that was simply nn im?
pulsive, thoughtful, frank, truthful ex?
pression of her rao*t inner personal feel?
ing, she spoke now in reply to Mme.
Page in one of those rnre moments of
re that added to the attractive
of her whole character.
"I have no other reason than a con?
viction thnt Jesus would do tho same
thing." she said, looking in Mme.
Page's eyes with a clear, earnest I jagg
Mme. Page turned red. and Rollin
stared. Before her grarftlmother could
aay anything Virginia spoke.'
Her n-n::: r< 1. r showed how sue was
stirred. Virginia's pale, clear com
pieti<?n wa< that of health, but it was
generally .n marked contrast to Rachel's
tropical type of beauty
"Grandmother, yon know w | prom?
ised to mak that tho standard of our
coii?bi( t for a year. Mr. Maxwell's
proposition was plain to nil who heard
it We have not beeu able to arrive at
onr d.t i-i?>ns very rapidly. The diffi?
culty in knowing what Jesus would do
perplexed Keel and me a good
Mme. Page looked sharply at Vir?
ginia beforo she said anything.
"Of course I understand Mr. Max?
well's statement. It is perfectly nn
practicable to pnt it :>nto practice. I
felt c< nttd?-nt nt the ime that those
who promised would find it out after a
trial and abandon it as visionary and
absurd. I have nothi ig to say about
Miss Winslow a afti.irs, but"?she
paused and continued with a sharpness
that was new to Rachel?"I hope yon
have no foolish notions in this matter.
Virginia."
"I have a great many notions," re?
plied Virginia quietly. "Whether they
are foolish or not depends upon my
right understanding of what he would
do As soon as I find out I shall do it."
"Excuse me. -ladle*." said Rollin,
rising from the table. "The con versa
tion is getting beyond my depth. I
shall retire t<> the library for a cigar."
lb" went .-tit of the dining r<?jag, and
there was sil< ggf for a moment. Mme
Page w..it?d until the servant had
brought in - unething and then asked
her to go out She was angry, and her
anger wasforieol iblo alth e | checked
in rome measure bv the pi soneo of
Rachel
"I am older by ecvernl years than
yon, young 1 Miles, ' ehe aaid, and her
i
S.
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1
by the <?>
Rachel lo ris?? up like a great frozen
wall between htf and every conception
of JesUJ ::s a sacrifice. "What you have
promi>e:l in a sprit of false emotion, I
pre<ui ; ?. i.? impossible of performance."
"Do you mean, grandmother, that
we cannc* possibly act as Jesus would,
or do you mean that if wo try to we
shall offend the customs and prejudices
of society?" asked Virginia.
"It is not required. It is not neces?
sary. Besides, how can you act with
any ?
Mme. Page paused, broke off her sen?
tence and then turned to Rachel.
"What will your mother say to your
decision V My dear, is it not foolish ?
What do you expect to do with your
voico anyway?"
"I don't know what mother will say
yet." Rachel answered, with n great
shrinking from trying to give her moth?
er's probable answer. If there was a
woman in all Raymond with great am?
bitions for her daughter's success as a
singer, Mrs. Winslow was that woman.
"Oh, you will see it in a different
light after wise thought of it! My
"dear," continued Mme. Page, rising
from the table, "you will live to regret
it if you do no" accept the concert com?
pany's offer or something like it."
Rachel said something that contained
a hint of the struggle she v?s "till hav?
ing, and after a little she went .'way,
fer'ung that her departure was tc be
followed by a p^inf^I convocation be?
tween Virginia i.r.d her grandmother.
As she afterward learned, Virginia
passed through a crisis of feeling during
that sceno with her grandmother that
hastened her final decision as to the use
of her money and her social position.
Rachel was glad to escape and be by
herself. A plan was slowly forming in
her mind, and she wanted to be alone
to think it out carefully. But before
she had walked two blocks she was an?
noyed to find Rollin Page walking be?
side her.
"Sorry to disturb your thought, Miss
Winslow, but I happened to be going
your way and had an idea you might
not object. In fact, I've been walking
here for a whole block, and you haven't
objected."
"I did not see you," replied Rachel.
"I wouldn't mind that if you only
thought of me once in awhile," said
Rollin suddenly. He took one last nerv?
ous puff of his cigar, tossed it into the
street and walked along with a pale
face.
Rachel was surprised, but not star?
tled. She had known Rollin as a boy,
and thero had been a time when they
had used each other's first name famil
iarly. Lately, however, something in
Rachel's manner had put an end to
that. Sht: was used to his direct at?
tempts at compliment and \v;:s some
times amused by them. Today bJm hon
estly wished him anywhere else.
"Do you ever think of me. Miss
I Winslow v" asked Rollin after Q Dante
"Oh, yes, quite often!" said Rachel,
with a smile.
"Are yon thinking of mo new?"
"Yes. that is?yes, I am."
"What?"
"Do you want me to bo absolutely
truthful f
"Of course.
"Then I was thinking that I wished
you v ere not here
Rollin bit his lip and looked gloomy.
Rachel had not spoken anything as Ire
wished
"Now, look here, Rachel?oh, I know
that's forbidden, but I've got to speak
some time?you know how I feel. What
makes you treat me so hard ? You used
to like me a little, you know
"Did I? Of course we used to get on
very well as Ih>\* and girl, but \v* are
older now."
Rachel still spoke in tho light, easy
way she had used since her first annoy
ance at no< injs ljjrn. She was still some?
what prcoccunied with her plan, which
mid been disturbed by Rollin's appear?
ance
They walked along in silence a little
way. The avenue was full of people.
Among the persons passing was Jasper
Chase, lie haw Rachel and Rollin and
bowed as he went by. Rollin was
watching Kachel closely.
"I wi>h I were Jasper Chase. Maybe
I'd stand some show then." he said
moodily.
Rachel colored in Bpite of hers* If.
She did not say anything and quickened
her pace a little. Rollin seemed deter?
mined to say something, and Rachel
seemed helpless to prevent him. After
all. she thought, he might as well know
the truth one time as another.
"Yon know well enough, Rachel,
how I feel toward yon. Isn't there any
hope? I could make you happy. I've
loved you a go<*i many years"?
"Why. how old do you think I am?"
broke in Rachel, with a nervous lungh.
She was shaken out of her usual jioise
of manner.
"You know what I mean," went on
Rollin doggedly, "and you have no
right to laugh at me jnst because I
want you to marry me."
"I'm not, but it is useless for yon to
s|s ak Rollin, " said Rachel after a lit?
tle hesitation and then using his name
in such a frank, simple way that he
could attach no im aning to it beyond
the familiarity of the family acquaint?
ance. MIt ia impossible." Hhe was still
a little agitated by the fact of receiving
a ptopoaal of marriage on the avenue,
bllt 1 lie in lj HC oil the it ?
walk poada the convem
as if they were in the
"Wouid yon- tin
if run gave pie
/
i.le
private
think
"No!" said Rachel. She spoke firm?
ly. Perhaps, she thought afterward, al?
though she did not mean to, sho spoke
harshly.
They walked on for some time with?
out a word. They were nearing Rachel's
home, and she, was anxious to end tho
scone.
As they turned off tho avenue into
one of the quiet streets Rollin si>oke
suddenly and with more manliness than
ho had yet shown. There was a distinct
note of dignity in his voice that was
new to Rachel.
"Miss Winslow, I ask you to be my
Wife). Is there any hope for me that you
will ever contentf11
"None in tho least." Rachel spoko
decidedly.
"Will you tell me why?" He asked
tho question ?2 if ho had ft right to a
truthful answer.
"I do not feel toward you as a wom?
an ought to feel toward tho man she
ought to marry."
"In other words, you do not lovo
me?"
"I do not, and I cannot."
"Why t" That was another question,
and Rachel was a little surprised that
he should ask it.
"Because"? She hesitated for fear
she might say too much in an attempt
to speak the exact truth.
"Tell me just why. You can't hurt
mo more than you have done already."
"Well, I don't and can't love yon
because you have no purpose in life. J
What do you over do to make the world j
better? You spend your time in club
life, in amusements, in travel, in lux?
ury. What is there in such a life to at- J
tract a woman?"
"Not much, I guess." said Rollin,
with a little laugh. "Still, 1 don't
know that I am any worse than the
rest of the men around me. I'm not so
bad as some. Glad to know your rea
Bon."
He suddenly stopped, took off his hat,
bowed gravely and turned back. Rachel
went on homo and hurried into her
room, disturbed in many ways by the
event which had so unexpectedly thrust
itself into her experience.
When sho had time to think it all
over, she found herself condemned by
tho very judgment sho had passed on
Rollin Pago. What purpose had she in
life? She had been abroad and studied
music with one of the famous teachers
of Europe. She had come homo to Ray?
mond and had been singing in tho First
chnrch choir now for a year. She was
well paid. Up to that Sunday two weeks
ago she had been quite satisfied with
herself and her position. She had shared
her mother's ambition and anticipated
growing triumphs in the musical world.
What possible career was before her ex?
cept the regular career of every singer ?
She asked the question again and, in
the light of her recent reply to Rollin.
asked again if she had any very great
purpose in life herself? What would
Jesus do? There was a fortune in her
voice. She knew it, not necessarily as
a matter of personal pride or profes?
sional egotism, but simply as a fact,
and she was obliged to acknowledge
that until two weeks ago she had pur?
posed to use her voice to make money
and win admiration and applause. Was
that a much higher purpose, after all.
than Rollin Page lived for?
Sho sat in her room a lor ? time and
finally went down stairs . olved to
have ft frank talk with her mother
about the concert company's offer and
her new plan, which was gradually
shaping in her mind. Sin? had already
had one talk with her mother and knew
that she expected Rachel to accept the
offer and enter on ft successful career as
a public ling nr.
"Mother." Rachel said, coniir;* at
once to the point, as much as she dread?
ed the interview. "I have decided not
to go out With the company. I have a
good reason for it. "
Mrs. Winslow was a large, handsome
woman, fond of much company, ambi?
tions for a distinct place in society and
devoted, according to her definitions of
success, to the ruccess of her children.
Her youngest boy, Lewis, ten years
younger tbr.n Rachel, was ready to
graduate from a military academy in
tho summer. Meanwhile she and Rachel
were at home together. Rachel's father,
like Virginia's, had died while the fam?
ily were abroad. Like Virginia, she
found herself, under her present rule of
conduct, in complete antagonism with
her own immediate homo circle.
Mrs. Winslow waited for Rachel to
go on.
"Yon know the promise I made two
weeks ago. mother?"
"Mr. Maxwell's promise?"
"No, mine. You know what it was.
mother?"
,4I suppose I do. Of course all the
chnrch members mean to imitate Christ
and follow him as far as is consistent
with our present day surroundings. But
what has that to do with your decision
in the concert company's matter?"
"It has everything to do with it.
After asking. 'What would Jesus dot'
and going to the source of authority for
wisdom I have been obliged to say that
I do not believe he would in my case
make that use of my voice."
"Why? Is there anything wrong
about such a career?''
"No; I don't know that I can say
there is."
"Do yon presume to sit in judgment
on other people who go out to sing in
this way? Do you presume to say that
they are doing what Christ would not
do?"
"Mother, I wish you to understand
me. I judge 00 one else. 1 condemn no
other professional singers. I simply de?
cide my own course. As I look at it, I
have a conviction that Jesus would do
something else.
"What else.'" Mrs. Winslow had not
yet lost her temper. Sh?? did not under?
stand the situation or Rachel in the
midst of it. but she was anxious that '
her daughter's career should be as dis?
tinguished as her natural gifts prom*
ised. and she fell eonftdent that when
the present ngnsnal religious excite?
ment in the First church had passed
away Rachel would go on with her
public life according to the wiahefc of
the family. She was totally unprepared
ta^j^^e^s^jc^^r^m^^^^^^^^^
I "What? Something that will servo
' mankind where it most needs the sorv
! ice of song. Mother, 1 have made up
, my mind to use my voice in some way
so as to satisfy my soul that I am doing
j something better than pleasing fashion?
able audiences or making money or even
j gratifying my own love of singing. Iam
! going to do something that will satisfy
me when I ask, 'What would Jesus
do?' and I am not satisfied Nod cannot
be when I think of myself as singing
myself into the career of a concert com?
pany performer."
Rachel spoke with a vigor and ear?
nestness that surprised her mother. Mrs.
Winslow was angry now, and she never
tried to conceal her feelings.
"It is simply absurd ! Rachel, you
are a fanatic! What can you do?"
"Tho world has been served by men
and women who have given it other
things that were gifts. Why should I,
because I am blessed with a natural
gift, at once proceed to put a nncket
price on it and .make -11 the money I
can out of it ? You knc . mother, that
you have taugk me to think of a mu?
sical career always in the light of a
financial and social success. I have been
unable since I made my promise two
weeks ago to imagine Jesus joining a
concert company to do what I would
do and live the lifo I would have to live
if I joined it."
Mrs. Winslow rose and then sat down
again. With a great effort she com?
posed herself.
"What do you intend to do. then?
You have not answered my question."
"I shall continue to sing for the time
ibeing in the church. I am pledged to
sing there through spring. During the
week I am going to sing at the White
Cross meetings down in tho Rectangle.'
"What! Rachel Winslow! Do you
know what you wo saying? Do you
know what sort of people those are
#down there?"
Rachel almost quailed before her
mother For a moment sho shrank back
and was silent.
"I know very well. That is the rea?
son I am poing. Mr. and Mrs. Gray
have been working there several weeks.
I learned only thfc morning that they
wanted singers from tho churches to
help them in their meetings. They use
a tent. It is in a part of the city wh^re
Christian work is most needed. I shall
offer them my bolp. Mother," Rachel
cried out with che first passionate ut?
terance sho had yet used, "I want to do
something that will cost me something
, in the way of sacrifice. I know you will
not understand me. But I am hungry
to suffer something What have we
j done all our lives for the suffering, sin?
ning side of Raymond? How much
have we denied ourselves or given of
our personal ease and pleasure to bless
the place in which we live or imitate
the life of the Saviour of the world ?
Are we always to go on doing as so?
ciety selfishly dictates, moving on its
narrow little round of pleasures and
entertainments and never knowing the
pain of things that cost?"
"Are you preaching atme?" asked
Mrs. Winslow slowly. Rachel under?
stood her mother's words.
? "No; I am preaching at myself." she
replied gently She paused a moment
as if she thought her mother would say
something more and then went out of
the room When sho reached her own
room, she felt that, so far as her moth?
er was concerned, she could expect no
sympathy or even a faw understanding
from her
She kneeled down It is Fafo to say
that within tho two weeks since Henry
Maxwell'.s church had faced that shab?
by figure with the faded hat more mem?
bers of his parish had been driven to
their knees in prayer than during all
the previous term of his pastorate.
When she rose, her beautiful face
was wet with tears. She sat thought?
fully a little while and then wrote a
note to Virginia Page She sent it to
her by a messenger and then went down
stairs again and told her mother that
she and Virginia were going down to
the Rectangle that evening to see Mr
and Mrs. Gray, tho evangelists
"Virginia's uncle. Dr West, will go
with us if she goes I have asked her to
call him up by telephone and go with
us. Tho doctor is a friend of the Grays
and attended somo of tho meetings last
winter '1
Mrs. Winslow did not bay anything
Her manner showed her complete dis?
approval of Rachel's course, and Rachel
felt her unspoken bitterness
About 7 o'clock tho doctor and Vir?
ginia appeared, and together tho three
started for the scene of tho White Cross
meetings.
Tho Rectangle was tho most notori?
ous district in all Raymond. Tt was in
the territory close by tho great I ailroad
shops and tho packinghouses. The slum
and tenement district of Raymond con
I gested its most wretched elements about
tho Rectangle This was a barren field
used in tho summer by circus com?
panies and wandering showmen. It
was shut in by rows of saloons, gam?
bling hells and cheap, dirty boarding
and lodging house*
The First church of Raymond had
never touched tho Rectangle problem.
It was too dirty, too coarse, too sinful,
too awful, for close contact. Let us be
honest There had been an attempt to
cleanso this soro spot by sending down
an occasional committee of singers, of
Sunday school teachers or gospel vis?
itors from various churches, but the
church of Raymond as an institution
had never really done anything to make
the Rectangle any less a stronghold of
tho devil as tho years went by.
Into this heart of tho coarse part of
the sin of Raymond tho traveling evan?
gelist and his bravo little wife had
pitched a good sized tent and begun
1 meetings It was the spring of the year,
and the evenings were beginning to be
i pleasant The evangelists had asked for
I the help of Christian people and bad
received more than the usirtil amount
of encouragement, but they felt a great
need of more and better music. During
the meetings on the Sunday just gone
I the assistant at the organ had been
taken ill The volunteers from tho city
were few and the voices of ordinary
quality
[to be continued.]
Hester s Cotton Statement.
Heavy Decrease in Move?
ment Iuto Sight,
New Orleans, Nov. IT ?Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orieane cotton
exchange statement issued today
shows a decrease in the movement
into eight compared with the seven
days ending this date last year cf
125,000, a decrease under the same
davs year before last of 170,000
For the 78 days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate, is behind
the 78 days of last year 84-2,000. and
behind the same date year before
last of 550,000
The movement since Sept 1 6hows
receipts at alt* United States ports
2,533,118. against 3,509,697 last
year ; overland across the Mississip
pi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to
northern mills and Canada, 440 881.
against 277,520 last year ; interior
stocks in excess of those held at the
close of the commercial year 445,*
234, against 505,212 last year, and
southern mill takings 350,355, against
319,155 last year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 145 968, against 356,195 laat
year, making the total thus far for the
season 1,648,674, against 2,258,639
last year. The total taking of all
mills north and south and Canada,
thus far for the season have been l,
050,813, against 820,045 last year
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
leading centres have increased during
the week 101,064 bales, against an
increase during the corresponding
period last season of 44.850 and are
uow 126,739 smaller than at this date
in 1898.
lucluding stocks left over at ports
and interior towns from the last crop
and a number of bales brought into
sight thus far for the new crop the
supply to date is 4,388,416 against
4.879,450 for the same period last
year.
$75 to ?100 vs. $30.
Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of this State,
who is euch an enthusiastic advocate
of cotton mills, has a strong and
equally enthusiastic supporter in Mr
W 8. Whitam, of Georgia, who
holds that there is no reason why the
South should not get from $75 to
(100 a bale for cotton instead of $30.
He is a man whose business reputa?
tion stands pretty well in his State,
where he is president of 27 banks.
Speaking of cotton mills, he says :
"Labor is plentiful and cheap in
Georgia The success of Georgia
cotton mills has proven that southern
men know how to run tbem. From
personal experience 1 know that cot
ton mills of from 5,000 to 10,000
spindles pay much better dividends
than mills of larger size As many
years ago the West attracted the
attention of capitalists and business
men, so now the eyes of this class
are turned to the South I can name
half a dozen cotton mills in this State
(Georgia) having from 4,000 to 10,
000 spindles, which net earnings of
from 2b tc 60 per cent during the
past 12 months 1 am now organiz
log three new cotton mills."
Tbeie may be some difference of
opinion as to whether small mills pay
better than large mills, but whether
they do or not, both pay very well,
and well enough to encourage the
establishment of many more both
large and small. Whatever may be
(ad for large mills, there is much to
be said for small mills which present
many advantages which should be
taken into consideration, especially
in a section where capital is limited,
aud most of the dependence must be
put upen home capital
Suppose that one in proportion to
investment pays tbe investors as
well as the other, two small mills are
better in our opinion than one hav
ing the capacity of the two because
the two make two markets for cotton
to the one the larger makes distrib
ute the industry better, biing profit
to more localities, give labor a belter
chanco by giving employment t<>
many in their localities, putting moie
money in circulation, creating more
markets for what the farmers pro
duce, thus benefiting them and en?
couraging diversified farming and
thrift on the farm. And in addition
to this it ia easier to establish small
milis on the cooperative plan than it
is large ones As far as the general
prosperity is concerned the more the
mills are distributed the better, how?
ever much they may be centered at
localities presenting abundant power
aud other advautages ?Wilmington
Star
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L>ndor, Nov 15 ?The HamVu-g
Aiuerioao steamer Patria, Cap* F.oh
lioh, which lefr New York Nov 4 for
Hamburg and passed the L sard
yesterday, in oo fire near Dover. Ail
the paPBfDgerH were rescued and have
arrived at Doter.
-??a? ? ? ? ? -*T-??-?
Uretent. Ill . Nov. 16 ?By the fall
ing of an aerolite, seven miles south
of Cretenl City, the reeideoee el
John Meyers was partially wrecked
and the neighborhood was panic
stricken The meteor oarae from ?
point in tho sky a little east of south
and struck the north end of the
house, tearing a Way a part of the
upper story The aerolite burled
itself in the ground about three feet
from the foundation of the bouse.
Southern Railway.
Condensed Schedule in Effort June 11th, 189?
S'o.ll No. 'A
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Ar. Augusta.
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Ar. Batr.sburg
0 45a.
7 25a 1230p
7 45a lOOp
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" BtackviUe. lOrioa 7uopil01.*>a
" Bamwall. 10 45a Ty?ploa??
Ar. Ailendale. . ? j 8:ft)p 11 15a
Atlanta and Beyond.
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Ar. Augusta .11 51a lU45p|.
M Atlanta. H?ip 500a'.
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Ar. Chattanooga. 5 4Ca i?25a 8 4(?p
Lv. Atlanta..
Ar. Birmingham #
44 Memphis. (\v; Birmingham)..
5 30a 4 Up
11 Ala 101?J,>
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44 Cincinnati.
44 Chicago..
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44 St. Louis '.,... ' 7 Mia 60Up
Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga4!
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To Asheville-Cincinnati-Lonisville.
EASTLKN TIME.
Lv. Augusta?
'* Batesburg
Daily Daily
'J4ep 0 .Um
. i 4 19a 1207 \
^.Charleston... .I 7 (.Oa,
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Ar. Spart anburg . 810p 11 Ha
44 Asheville .. 7 00p: 2 40p
44 Knoxville.. 4 15ai 7 20p
N Cmcinnnati.1 7 30p V 45a
" Louisville (via .Tollieo)..I.| 6 50a
To Washington and the East.
Lv. Augusta..
44 Batesburg.
44 Columbia (Union Depot).
Ar. Charlotte.
240p 930p
4191? 1207%
5 23p 215a
845p j 915a
Ar. Danville. 12 55a! Iggp
Ar. Bichmond . . 6 00a' ?J?p
Ar. Washington.
44 Baltimore Pa.
Puiladelphia,
M New York ...
R. R
7 40a 905p
912a 1! 2.V
11 85a t5Ca
208p 8 28a
Sleeping Car Line between Charleston an?i
Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections a:
Atlanta for all points North and West.
Solid Trains between Charleston and Ashe
tillo, carrying elegant Pullman Buffet Parlor
Cars.
Connections at Columbia with through train*
for Washington and the East; aisofor Jackson?
ville and all Florida Poir cs.
FRANKS. GANNON. .l.M.CULP.
Third V-P. & Cien. Mgr.. Trattic Manager.
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C
GEORGE B. ALLEN,
Div. Paas. Agt..
Charleston. B.C.
W. A. TURK, s. H. HARDWICK.
Gen'l Pass. Agt. Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agt
Washington, D. O. Atlanta. Ga.
Onion Set?
AND
Garden Seeds.
A supply of Onion Sets, of choice
varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for
the season's pUnting, now on hand
FULL LINE OF
MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY
and Fancy Articles,
Usually found in a Grst class
Drug Store.
Prescriptions carefully com?
pounded at reasonable prices.
J. F- W. DeLorme.
Life and
Fire Insurance.
Call on me, at my residence, Liberty
-tieet, for both Life and Fire Insu?
rance. Oniy reliable Companies rep?
resented Phone No. 130.
Andren:* Closes.
Oct 'J5?o
DR. W. B. ALFORD,
DENTAL SURGEON,
SDH TER. S. C
Orric? H(Das?-8 a. m to 2:30 p. ?.; 3:15
to 6:30 p Qj.
Office over the Sumtcr Dr/ Good* Co.
May 2 ? 6m
?I.QS BUYS A 83.50 SUI1
?,000 CKLKSaATKB ? ? k a*T w KAROl T" 4.abl?
'?( ?rd <l?nbl? km?. St??lftr tl.fcO Sr..' ?
B?? Imfui Salt* rota* u SI.OS.
A HEW 81 IT FRKh r nn v of thew ouitl
which don't give satisfactory wear. ?
Send No Money.Cut Mt *?
f and send to us.
stsie >k?' uf boy and say whether Urfre or
small for a?e, and we will send you tha
suit by express, i' o.D., subject to ?Kamin
ation. TOS csn examine tt at your express
office and if foi.nd perfectly satisfactory
and equal to suits sold in your town for
fS.so, nay j our express airent ear ss*?l*l
offcr |?rlrr S'.OSand ?xprf??asSfBSSj
THESE KNEE PANT SUITS srsfet
bot? frost 4 to l? ?Mriofiff. sad sreretailed
??ery*?here at .'>0. Mtde with double ?eat
and knees. Uli ?t lsW?(?le as illustrated,
made frOM n sjH^ ial wrir-rrnlnlnr. kca*j
?^*lrl.:. AM. wool. Oitlwell ratkleirre, neat, band^ome pat?
tern, tna sera*) Uning. Claytea patent Interilnlna:. | '
ding,staying and reinforcing,silk ?? *.'..: '?.;.^."*i<
? ?llor.madr Ihrniivhont, a muj DOTOT parent woulo
be proud of rOK KKiRTLOTtl SANVl.'KS ef ????' floihlst
(suits, overcoat* or ulf<er*>, for boys 4 TO 19 II O'-N
ant* for tassBts Rook T o. IKH', contains fa?hi-m plates,
tape measure and full instructions BOW to order.
Sea's Bnlts >na Owreaata saadr t? d ? *. cf ??
?smplea sent free or application. addreaa,
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), Chicago, I *
I 1 (Saars, Beeaack aiv areCoreefklj rai?M.v- Ld.'U??..