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'"There will oe a small meeting to
?ight, John. " said his wife as they en?
tered the tent a little after 7 o'clock
and began to arrange the chairs and
light np.
"Yes: I think so. " Mr. Gray was a
email, energetic man. with a pleasant
voice and the conrage of a highborn
fighter He had already made friends
in the neighborhood, and one of his
converts, a heavy faced man. who had
jost come in. began to help in the ar?
rangement of the seats.
It was after 8 o'clock when Alexan?
der Powers opened the door of his office
?nd started to go hom& He was going
to take a car at the corner of the Rec?
tangle, bnt as he neared it be ?vas
aroused by a voice coming from the
tent
It was the voice of Rachel Winslow.
It struck through his consciousness of
struggle over his own question that had
sent him into the Divine presence for
an answer. He had not yet reached a
'conclusion. He was troubled with un?
certainty. His whole previous course of
'action as a railroad man was the poor?
est possible preparation for anything
sacrificial, and he could not yet say
what he would do in the matter.
Hark! What was she singing? How
did Rachel Winslow happen to be down
here? Several windows near by vrent
np. Some men quarreling in a saloon
stopped and listened. Other figures
were walking rapidly in the direction
of the Rectangle and the tent.
Surely Rachel Winslow never was
happier in her life. She never had sung
like that in the First church. It was a.
marvelous voice. What was it she was
singing? Again Alexander Powers, su?
perintendent of the machine shops,
paused and listened.
"Where he leads rae I will follow,
Where he leads me I will follow,
Where he leads rae I will follow.
I'll go with him, with him all the way."
The brutal, stolid, coarse, impure life
-of the Rectangle stirred itself int? new
life as the song, as pure as the sur?
roundings were vile, floated ont into
saloon and den and foul lodging. Some
one stumbling hastily by Alexander
Powers said in answer to a question :
"The tent's beginning to run over to?
night That's what the talent calls
music, eh?"
The superintendent turned toward
the tent. "Then he stopped, and after a
moment of indecision he went on to the
corner and took the car for his home,
but before he was out of the sound of
Rachel's voice he knew that he had set?
tled for himself the question of what
Jesus would do.
CHAPTER IT.
If any man wo-a!d come after me. let hrm deny
himself and take up his cross daily and follow
me.
Henry Maxwell paced his study back
and forth. It was Wednesday, and he
had started to think out the subject of
his evening service which fell upon that
night.
Out of one of his study windows he
could see the tali chimneys of the rail?
road shops. The top of the evangelist's
tent just showed over the buildings
around the Rectangle.
The pastor of the First church looked
out of this window every time he turned
in his walk. After awhile he sat down
at his desk and drew a large piece of
paper toward him.
After thinking several moments he
wrote in large letters the following:
"A OF THINGS THAT JT.SITS V.'OiXD
PROBABLY DO IN THIS PARISH.
Live in a simple, plain manner,
without needless luxnry on the one
hand or endue asceticism on the other
"2 Preach fearlessly to the hypo?
crites in the church, co matter what
their social importance or wealth.
" o Show in some practical form
sympathy and love for the common peo?
ple as well as for tho well to do. edu?
cated, refined people who inake up the
majority of the church and parish.
4i4. Identify himself with the great
causes of humanity in some personal
way that would call for self denial and
suffer; n.^.
"5. Preach against the saloon in
Raymond.
"6. Become known as a friend and
companion of the sinful people in the
Rectangle
"7. Give up the summer trip to Eu?
rope this year. I have been abroad
twice an i cannot claim any special
need of r< st 1 am well and ci uld forego
this pleasure, using the money for some
one who needs a vacation more than i
do. There are probably ph nty of such
people iv the city
'.s. What else would Jesus (:.> as
Henry Maxwi II ':"
He was conscious, v.-it?i a humility
that once was a stranger to him, that
his outline cf Jesus' probable action
was painfully lacking in d< pth and
power, but he was seeking carefully for
concrete shapes into which he might
cast his thought of Jesus' <.. mdnci
Nearly every point he had put down
meant for him a cr?npl< te ov< rtuming
of the custom and babil of years in the
ministry In spite of thttt. be still
searched deeper f:>r sources of the
Christlike spirit. He did r:<;i attempt to
write any more, but sat at Lis desk ab?
sorbed in his attempt to catch more and
more of the spirit <.f Jesus in his own
life He had forgotten the particular
subject for his prayer meeting with
which he had begun his morning study
He was so absorbed over Iiis thought
that he did not hear the bell ring, and
he was roused by the servant, who an
?OU??C ? .' r"- 9avt ni) his
name-Mr. Gray. Maxwell steppe?
the head of the stairs and asked G
to come np.
"We can talk better up here. "
So Gray came up and stated the 2
son for his call.
"? wart you. Mr. Maxwell, to I
me. Of course you have heard win:
wonderful meeting we liad Moni
night and last night. Miss Wins]
has done more with her voice thai
could, and the tent won't hold the r
pie. "
"I've heard of that It's the f
time the people there have heard h
It's no wonder they are attracted. "
"It has been a wonderful revelat
to us and a most encouraging event
j our work. But I came to ask if 3
could nut come down tonight a
preach. I am suffering with a sev
cold. I do not dare to trust my vo
again. I know it is asking a good d
for such a busy man. but if you ca
come say so freely, and I'll try sor
where else. "
"I'm sorry, but it's my regular pra?
meeting night, " said Hemy Maxw<
Then he flushed and added: "I shall
able to arrange it in some way so as
I come down. You can count on me. "
1 Gray thanked him earnestly and n
j to go.
j "Won't you stay a minute, Grc
; and let us have a prayer together?"
j "Yes." said Gray simply,
j So the two men kneeled together
j the study. Mr. Maxwell prayed like
child. Gray was touched to tears as
i kneeled there. There was something ;
' most pitiful in the way this man, w
i had lived his ministerial life in suer,
j narrow limit of exercise, now begg
j for wisdom and strength to speak
; message to the people in the Reetang
Gray rose and held out his hand.
"God bless you. Mr. Maxwell. I
sure the Spirit will give you power 1
night. "
Henry Maxwell made no answer. ]
did not even trust himself to say th
he hoped so, but he thought of 1
promise, and it brought a certain pea
that was refreshing to his heart a:
mind alike.
So that is how it came about th
when the First church audience car
into the lecture room that evening
was met with another surprise.
There was an unusually large nui
j ber present. The prayer meetings ev
j since that remarkable Sunday mornii
had been attended as never before
the history of the First church.
Henry Maxwell came at once to tl
point. He spoke of Gray's work and ?
his request.
"I feel as if I were called to go dov.
there tonight, and I will leave it wi1
you to say whether you will go on wi1
the meeting here. I think perhaps tl
best plan would be for a few volunteer
to go down to the Rectangle with mi
prepared to help in the after meetim
and the rest'remain here and pray th;
the Spirit's power may go with us."
So half a dozen of the men went wit
Henry Maxwell, and the rest of the at
dience staid in the lecture room. Mas
well could not escape the thought as h
left the room that probably in his entii
church membership there might not t
found a score of disciples who wer
capable of doing work that would sue
cessfully lead needy, sinful men int
the knowledge of Christ The though
did not linger in his mind to vex hir
as he went on his way, but it was sim
ply a part of his whole new conceptio:
of the meaning of Christian disciple
ship.
When he and his little company o
volunteers reached the Rectangle, th
tent was already crowded. They ha<
difficulty in getting to the little plat
fenn. Rachel was there, with Yirginh
and Jasper Chase, who had come in
stc^.d of the doctor tonight.
When the meeting began with a sen
j in which Rachel sang the solo and th?
j people were asked to join in the chorus
I not a foot of standing room was left ir
? the tent. The night was mild, and thc
i sides of til" tent were np. and a greal
j bor der of faces stretched around, look
! in:r in and formingpartof theaudience.
. After the singing and a sprayer bj
J one of the city x*astors who were presenl
; Gray stat? d the reasonsfor 'els ina! ?iii tv
! to speak and in his simple mannei
I turned the service over to "Brothel
1 Maxwell of the First church. "
j "Who's de biol:. ?" asked a hoarse
i voice near the outside of the tent
"De Tust church parson. We've got
I de whole high ton:* swell Outfit to
! night. "
j "i)i?l you say Fust church? I know
i bim. My landlord Las got a front pew
ap there. " said ancth r voice, and there
was a laugh, for the speaker was a sa
i loon keeper:
! "T'rowont do life line 'cross de dark
: wave!" began a drunken man near by.
: singing in such an unconscious imita?
tion of a local trav< ling singer's nasal
; tone that roars of laughter and jeers of
! approval rose around him. The people
, in the tent turned in the direction of
; the disturbance. There were shouts of
. "Pat bim out !*" "Givethe Fast church
? a chance!" "Song, song! Give us an
i otb- r song!"
Henry Maxwell stood up, and a great
j wave <>f actual terror went over him.
j This was i.<?t like preaching to the vvell
dr?-ss''d. respectable, gc^d mannered
people on the boulevard He began to
speak, bat the confusion increa ed.
(?ray went down into the crowd, but
did not seem able to quiet it. Henry
Maxwell raised bis ann and his voice
The crowd in tho tent began to pay
some attention, but the noh;e on the
outside increased, m a few inmutes
audience was beyond Maxwell's con1
He turned to Rachel with a sad smi
"Sing something. Miss Wins]
They will listen to you. ' ' he said
then sat down and put his face in
hands.
It was Rachel's opportunity, and
was fully equal to it. Virginia wa
the organ, and Rachel asked her to i
a few notes of tho hymn :
Saviour, I follow on,
Cuided by thee,
Seeing not yet the hand
That leadeth :J:O.
Flushed be n:y heart ar.d still;
F<.::r I no further il!;
Or.'y to rr.ott thy will
Sly will shall i.e.
! Rachel had not sung the first line
I fore the people in the tent were
j turned toward her, hushed and rei
ent. Before she bad finished the v<
the Rectangle was subdued and tan:
It lay like some wild beast at her f<
and she sang it into harmlessness. ?
What were tho flippant, perfuin
critical audiences in concert halls c(
pared with this dirty, drunken, impi
degraded, besotted humanity that tn
bled and wept and grew strangely, s
ly thoughtful under the/touch of
divine ministry of this beautiful vox
woman 1 Henry Maxwell as he rai
his head and saw the transformed n
had a glimpse cf something that Je
would probably do with a voice 1
Rachel Winslow's. Jasper Chase
with his eyes on the singer, and
greatest longing as an ambitious ant]
was swallowed up in the thought
what Rachel Winslow's love mii
some time mean to him. And over
the shadow outside stood the last per
any one might have expected to see
a gospel tent service. Rollin Page, wi
jostled on every side by rough men a
women, who stared at the swell in 1
fine clothes, seemed careless of his si
roundings and at the same time e
dently swayed hythe power that Rael
possessed. He had just come over fr<
the club. Neither Rachel nor Virgil
saw him that night.
The song was over. Henry Maxw
rose again. This time he felt cal
What would Jesus do ? He spoke as
thought once he never could. Who w<
these people? They were i m mor
souls. What was Christianity ? A ca
ing of sinners, not the righteous, to i
pentance. How would Jesus spea!
What would he say? He could not ti
all that his message would include, b
he felt sure of a part of it. and in th
certainty he spoke on. Xever befo
had he felt "compassion for the mul:
trude." "What had the multitude bei
to him during his ten years in the Fii
church but a vague, dangerous, dirt
troublesome factor in society, outsii
of the church and his reach ; an eleme;
that caused him occasionally an u
pleasant feeling of conscience; a fact
in Raymond that was talked about
associations as the "masses" in pape
written by the brethren in attempts
show why the "masses" were not beii
reached. But tonight as he faced tl
"masses" he asked himself whethe
after all, this was not just about sue
a multitude as Jesus faced oftenest, ar
he felt the genuine emotion of love f<
a crowd which is one of the best ind
cations a preacher ever has that he
living close to the heart of the world
eternal life. It is easy to love an ind
vidual sinner, especially if he is persoi
ally picturesque or interesting. To lo\
a multitude of sinners is distinctly
Christlike quality.
When the meeting closed, there W?
no special interest shown. The peop]
rapidly melted away from the tent, an
the saloons, which had been experienc
I ing a dull season while the meeting
progressed, again drove a thrivin
trade. The Rectangle, as if to make u
for lost time, started in with vigor o:
its usual night life of debauch. Kenr
Maxwell and his little party, including
Virginia. Rachel and Jasper Chase
waiked down past the row of saloon
and dens unt il they reached the come
where the cars passed.
"This is a terrible spot," said Henr:
Maxwell as they stood waiting for thei:
car. "I never realized that Raymom
had such a festering sore. It does no
seem possible tb.at this is a city full o
Christian disciples. "
He paused and then continued:
"Do yon think any one can ever re
move this great curse of the saloon
Why don't we all act together agains
tho trafile*.' What would Jesus do
Would he keep silent? Would he vot<
to license the?>e causes of crime an-,
death?"
Henry Maxwell was talking to him
self more than to tba others. He re?
membered that b * had always voted foi
license, and so had nearly all of hi:
church members. What would Jesu;
do? Could he answer that question '.
Would Jes is preach and act against th.
saloon if he lived today ? How would
he preach and act? Suppose it was no1
popular t<? preach against license. Sup?
pose the Christian people thought ii
was all that could be done-to license
the evil, and so g? ? rcvenuefrom a nec?
essary sin. Or suppose the church mem?
bers owned property where the saloons
stood What tran': He knew that these
? were the facts ia Raymond What
would J ...-us do?
He went up into his study the next
morning with that-question only partly
answered. Ht thoughtof it ail day. ll"
-?was still thinking of ir and reaching
certain real conclusions when The
i Evening News came. His wife brought
: it up and set dow n a few minutes while
! be read it ?. ? lu r.
Tie- Evening News was at present
; the most sensational paper in Raymond
j That is to say. it was being edited in
: sac!: a remarkable fashion that its sub?
scribers had nen r a so excited over
;i newspaper before. First they had no?
ticed th.- absence of the prizefight, and
gradually it began to dawn upon them
11iat The N< \vs n i longer printed ac?
counts of crime with detailed descrip?
tions or scandals in private life. Then
they noticed that the advertisements of
liquor and t"i>a*-co were being dropped,
together with certain other advertise?
ments of a questi< ?nable character The
\ discontinuance of the Sunday paper
caused the greatest comment of all. and
. now the character of the editorials was
! creating the greatest excitement. A
quotation from t?e Monday paper vi
this week will show what Edward Nor?
man was doing to keep his promise.
The editorial was headed:
"THE MORAL SIDE OF POLITICAL QUES?
TIONS.
"The editor of Tho News has always
advocated the principles of the great
political party at present in power and
has therefore discussed all political
questions from a standpoint of expedi?
ency or of belief in the party as opposed
to other organizations. Hereafter, to
be perfectly honest with all oar read?
ers, the editor will present and discuss
political questions from the standpoint
of right and wrong. In other words,
the first question will not be, *Is it in
the interest of our party?' or 'Is it ac?
cording to the principles laid down by
the party V but the question iirst asked
will be. 'Is this measure in accordance
with the spirit and teachings of Jesus
as the author of the greatest standard
of life known tomen'/' That is, tobe
perfectly plain, the moral side of every
political question will be considered, its
most important side, and the ground
will be distin -tly taken that nations as
well as individuals are under the same
law to do all things to the glory of God
as the first rule of action.
"The same principle will be observed
in this office toward candidates for
places of responsibility and trust in the
republic. Regardless of party politics,
the editor of The News will do all in
his power to bring the best men into
power and will not knowingly help to
support for office .any candidate who is
unworthy, however much he may be
indorsed by the party. The first ques?
tions asked about the man, as about the
measure, will be : 'Is he the right man
for the place 1 Is he a good man with
ability?' "
There had been more of this, but we
have quoted enough to show the char?
acter of the editorials. Hundreds of
men in Raymond had read :lt and rub?
bed their eyes in amazement A good
many of them had promptly written to
The News, telling the editor to stop
their paper. The paper still came out,
however, and was eagerly read all over
the city the end of the week Ed?
ward Norman knew very well that he
had actually lost already a large nur.*
ber of valuable subscribers. He faced
the conditions calmly, although Clark,
the managing editor, grimly anticipated
ultimate bankruptcy, especially since
Monday's editorial
Tonight as Henry read to
his wife he could see in almost every
column evidences of Norman 's conscien?
tious obedience to his promise. There
was an absence of slangy, sensational
scare heads. The reading matter under
the headlines was in perfect keeping
with them. He noticed in two columns
that the reporters' names appeared,
signed at the bottom, and there was a
distinct advance in the dignity and
style of their contributions.
"So Norman is beginning to get his
reporters to sign their work. He has
talked with me about that. It is a good
thing. It fixes responsibility for items
where it belongs and raises the standard
of work done, a good thing all around
for public and writers."
Henry Maxwell suddenly paused. His
wife y.oked up from some work she
was doing. He was reading ioinething
with.th'.' .ntrnost inte~-!8t.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
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who has been iooking after British
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permit him to telegraph the English
government a list of English prison?
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was based on the weil taken grout d
that the United States' claims to neu?
trality were prejudiced by a too
zealous friendship of England
As a general thins the flea is simply
a promoter o' a-yiv?:r aid PORI eti m es of
profanity Bu there is a fl?a in Para
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lo 1870 ?n English c. 7ony of 200
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Feb 2*.
Race War in Texas.
Battle in the Night Between
Negro Soldiers and Whites.
Laredo, Tex., Nov. 21 -Reports
bava reached here that there was a
pitched battle last night at Fort Ring
.jeld, Rio Gracde City, Tex , between
a company of the Ni?th U. 8. cavalry
(colored) garrisoning the fort and sev
cral hundred citizens who attacked the
post shcrt'y after dark. Three thou?
sand shots are said to have been fired
duriog the fighr^ ba? the casualties are
ri or ki. (.wa hero.
Ir i? aieo s?id that all women and
children nave been seot awiy from R'O
Grande Cvy and that runners are out
a?fer reinforcements ?or the citizens The
roiiirarv authorities are occupying (he
telegraph wires and full reports cannot
be obraioed. That the affair is a serious
noe is indicated by the activity io mili
'.ary circle? here. Maj Thompson, in
eomraand at Fort Mclotasb, today
bought up ai! the Krag Jorgeosen
ammunition in Laredo and is hurriediy
loading a special train with mules,
baggage, etc , to take ail available
forces here to the scene of the trouble
a-;d a special train is enroute from San
Antonio with a company from
Houston on the way to Rio Grande
Cty.
State Adjt. Gen. Schurry wirb a
fores of rangers is expected here
tonight aiso on the way there.
As au illustration of Dewey's
modesty, out of twenty pianos which
were offered bim for his bouse by
manufacturers he took only one, and
out of thirty offers of china sets he
took only one Some people would
have taken all of them.
Boston, Nov. 24 -Against tide,
wind and a heavy head sea at least hilt
nf htr course, the new battleship
Kentucky made a record of 16 877
Knots an hour today on her official speed
-na! over the government course troca
Cape Ann to B3one island, and by her
work showed that she is a little faster
than her sister ship, the Kearsarge,
which recently was sent over the same
course. The trial satisfied ber builders,
the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock company, that she can justly
be rated as a 17-koot vessel, although
her contract calls for only 16 knots
They expect that when the figures of
today's trial are revised and tidal al?
lowances made, it will be found that
she aotuaily averaged 17 knots on her
run.
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The busiest and mightiest littli thing that
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Schedule No 3-In effect 12 Ol a. m., Son
day, October 1, 1899.
Between
Camden S. C , and Blacksburg, S. C
West *33 , EASTERN TIME. } E*8t *32
1st Class. ! STATIONS. 1 1st Class.
p. m. a m
i 2 40 [Camden 12 l?
1 05 Dekalb ll 37
1 17 ?Westville ll 25
1 45 "Kershaw ll 10
2 05 Heath Springs 10 57
2 10 Pleasant Hill 10 52
2 30 Lancaster 10 33
2 45 Riverside 10 20
2 55 Springdell 10 10
3 05 Catawba Jut.ction 10 00
3 15 L-:slie 9 50
3 35 Rock Hill 9 40
3 4) New Port 9 15
3 50 Tirzib 9 10
4 (0 Yorkv-lle 8 5..
4 20 Sharon 8 40
4 35 Eickory Grove 8 2ft
4 50 Smvroa 8 15
5 20 Blacksbur?: 7 55
p. m. a. tn.
Bel weeu
Biacksbnrg, S. C., ard Marios. N. C.
West *11 j EASTERN TIME j East *I2
2d Class. ; STATIONS. j 2d Ciasi.
rt. ttl p. Ci
S 10 Black?burg o 40
8 30 Earls -J 20
s 4!) Patterson Springs ?> 12
[i 20 Sheiby 0 L?
io 00 Latfitnore 4 10
10 10 Mooresboro 4 40
.0 2? Hera 4 20
10 50 Forest v';> v 3 50
11 15 Rutherford toa 3 23
i l : 35 Midwood 3 Or,
: 1 -15 Golden Valley 2 50
L2 u5 Tberr^ni City - 45
12 2') G'eowuo 1 2 20
12:0 Marion 2 CO
0. m. P. is
West G aft ru v Division. Eist
?.-i cu?. : EASTERN TIME ? is: cuss
15 I 13 I STATICS. ! 14 j 16
p m ra H m p m
30 6 00 Eiacksburg 7 43 6 3'?
5 4'. 6 20 Cherokee 'rr.lU 7 30 6 2;>
6 00 ii 40 Gaffney 7 io 6 C5
p to tt m a 'u p m
*D*ily except Sunday
Trails Nos 32 :tr. i S3 connect at Black?burg
, wit!) trains (?n the Gaffney Division,
i Train N'i> : connects a: Camden with thc
? Charleston Division of the Southern Kailwuy
f??r .ill points >'>uih.
I rain No S3 leaving Camden al 12 -ti* p ir.
ir.iipj; Wesi, makes con nee! ion .it Lancaster.
I > <*. with :!.<. L A C lt K. at Catawba June
j lion with the S A L. going north, a; Rock Hil!
1 with thc Southern Kv .!_.< i;<^ north.
Train No ll connects :it Blaeksburg with
the Southern Kailway from tl..- South At
Marion, N. C , with the Southern Ky going
West.
SAMUEL HI NT. President.
A. TRIPP. Superintendent.
S. B. LUMPK1N, Gen'l Passenger Agent.
Condensed Schedule in ErYocr June Hrh, 1899.
X<Ul No. :) .. iNo. i> No.tS
DS?V Da?vl EASTERS TIME. |My Daily
530p 7 0CaLv . Charh ston .. . Ar;Il 00a SITp
Cutio 7-i:a Summerville . ?IO l?xi 7.""-,:/
75?p 8 55a '. . Branchville " i S 52a 6?/?P
8?4p !>?fct 44 .. .Oran?rebu-ii:... " j o'22a 529p
920pl01.r4i Kingville_" 7 3Ua *&*P
I?-iSa Camden.TrmctioriLv .; 359p
1! ilia Ar . Camden.. Lv .. :iOJp
JOlOp ll Ofiai Ar.. Columbia..., Lc b ??.Tai 3?>p
5??p! 7 Om Lv. . (.'.'.-irhrsron Ar il iX'al 817p
750n 915a " .. .B::mrhville . " C02p
81??p| "_Bamberg -.. " 5*24a? 53Sp
83Ip!9 52a ". ..Denmark ..." s Ha 5 l:?p
850p;i01Ca " .. .Blackville.44 ! 75Ca! 5C%
i?57p H i " ...Aiker.. " '. u2a 4 Mfr,
lu Jap ii ?iu Ar.Au-u.-iau:;.d.L\- - ! ?J2?ja; olOy
; E:c. ; .Sun. . Ex.
Sun. ' onlv i Sun.
Lv. Augusta .i 7 uua !? boa : 5 21 p
Ar. Sander>vil2e.j 1 UUp 119p? ^U'.?T>
" Tennille.I 130p; 1 .?<JT>. 921?>
Lv. Tennille .?515a :< lirp 310?
44 Sandersville.; 5 25a] 3 ?lp, :i.?Jp
Ar. Augusta.| i? O?a 7 10p< 8 30?
I Mix. Mix. j
?Daiiv'Ex su;
Lv. Allendale.
44 Barnwell...
" Blackville .
Ar. Batesburg.
6 45a.
7 25al230D!
7 45aj 100p!.
. 33?p!.
. Mix. Mis. j Sun.
Ex su Ex sui only
Lv. Eatesburir.' 4 25p!.
44 Blackville.lu 20a 7 wp'1015?
" Barnwell.- lu 45a; 7 35pjl0 35a
A.- Allendale... . .. S??p.ll 15a
Atlanta r.nd Beyond.
Lv. Charleston... 7 Wu 5b0p!.
Ar. Augusta.1151a lU45uj.
** Atlanta. S20p ouija1.
Lv. Atlanta.lIOOp 5 15a; 4u0p
Ar. Chattanooga. 5 ida 025aj 84Up
Lv. Atlanta.[5 3ua? 4 lon
Ar. Birmingham. .... ; i 1 2?a lo 13.>
" Memphis. <w: Birmingham)... 930pi 7 4.;a
Ar. Lexington.. 1 500pj 500a
" Cincinnati. ..'j 730p? 7 4.V?
" Chicago..i 7 ??aj 5
Ar. Louisville.; 733p 755a
.' Sr. LJU?S . 7 04a ?5 Wp
Ar. Memphis. < via Chattanooga ?.. . . ! 7 40a.
To Asheville-Cincirrnati-Louisvillo.
_EXTERN TIMK. Daig pa^
Lv. Augusta.i 2 4ttp! 93?O
44 Ba; coburg. ; 4 19a 12 07a
Lv^Charieston._____.!" vJ??? _5 3up
Lv. Columbia (Uni?n Depot).[ii 40a' S 30a
Ar. tjpartanburg .! 310p'1135a
" Ashevilie . 7 Wp: 24Up
M Knoxville.I 415a! 7 20p
44 Cincinnnati.? 7 3Upl 7 45a
" Louisville ( via Jeliico).!.| 650a
To Washington and the East.
Lv. Augusta.: 240p? 920r>
*. Batesburg.j 419p;12 07a
M Columbia (,Union Depot).? 523p? 215a.
Ar. Charlotte... .j 845pi 915a.
Ar. Danville.l-55a| 122p
Ar. Richmond.TTTTj^^l 625p
Ar. Washington.? 7 40a! 905c .
" Baltimore Pa. R. R.! 912a!ll25o
44 Philadelphia..ll 85a| 25Ca
44 New York.1 2 03pl 6 2&u
Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and
Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at .
Atlanta for all points North and West.
Solid Trains between Charleston and Ashe?
ville, carrying elegant Pullman Buffet Parlor
Cars.
Connections at Columbia with through trains .
for Washington and the East ; aiso for Jackson?
ville end all Florida Points.
FRANK S. GANNON, J. M. CULB,
Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager,
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C
GEORGE B. ALLEN,
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston. S. C.
W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK,
Gen'l Pass. Agt. Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agt.
Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga.
Onion Sets
AND
Garden Seeds.
A supply of Ooioo Sets, of choice
varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for
the season's planting, now on hand
FULL LINE OF
MEDICINES,
PERFUMERT
and Fancy Articles,
Usually found in a first class
Drug Store.
Prescriptions carefully com?
pounded at reasonable prices.
J. F. W. DeLorme.
Pct 2 5.
Life and
Fire Insurance,
Gall on me, nf my residence. Liberty
Mtee?, f(>r both Life and Fire Insu?
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Oct -5-o
DR. W. B. ALFORD,
DENTAL SURGEON,
SUMTER. S. C
OFFICS H URS-8 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.; 3:15
to v':o0 y ?.
Officf ov< r th?3 Sumter Dr? Goods O').
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