The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 06, 1899, Image 8
IN HIS_STEPS.
3esus 3Bo?"
By Charles M. Sheldon.
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Copyrighted and published in book form by thc <&
~4di*ance Pu?>it?/i?n{7 Co. 0/ Chicago. ^
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no plans yet. ? c
work as a t?ie*.?r? '
n< it
saoJv. ii'oiirv \w. tj <: *a coi no $>?
*hii : bow bis wi fr? and d::ughfcT
felt, iii' knew weil eno-gh th-;! iii;
porinte::?- ut had sn?fered deepest ;:?
that point
"Th-Te is or.e I:;-?;; r ? wish yon
w?Ttld see to." said Powers after
awhile, -'and that is the work begun ;;t
th'* shops. So far as I know, the coi;.
*'Listen to this. Mary," he said after
a moment, while his voice trembled :
"This morning Alexander Powers,
superintendent of the L. and T. R. R.
shops in this city, handed his resigna?
tion to the road and gave as the reason
the fact that certain proof had fallen
into his hands of the violation of the
interstate commerce law, and also of
the state law. which has recently been
framed to prevent and punish railroad
pooling for the benefit of certain fa?
vored shippers. Mr. Powers states in
his resignation that he can no longer
consistently withhold the information
>! he possesses against the road. He has
placed his evidence against the com?
pany in the hands of the commission,
and it is now for them to take action j
ripon it.
"The News wishes to express itself
on this action of Mr. Powers. In the
first place, he has nothing to gain by
it He has lost a valuable place volun?
tarily when by keeping silent he might
have retained it. In the second place,
vre believe hi3 action ought to receive
the approval of all thoughtful, honest
citizens who believe in seeing law
obeyed and lawbreakers brought to jus?
tice. In a case like this, where evidence
against a railroad company is generally
.understood to be almost impossible to
obtain, it is the general belief that the
officers of the road are often in posses?
sion of criminating facts, but do not
consider it to be any of their business
to inform the authorities that the law
is being defied.
"The entire result of this evasion of
responsibility cn the part of those who
are responsible is demoralizing to every
young man connected with the road.
The editor of The News recalls tho
statement made by a prominent rail?
road ofneial in this city a little while
ago that nearly every clerk in a certain
department of the road who understood
how large sums of money were made by
?hrewd violations of the interstate com- ,
mer ce law was ready to admire the
shrewdness with which it was done and
declared that they would all do the
same thing if they were high enough in
railroad circles to attempt it [This was
actually said in one of the general of?
fices of a great western railroad, to the
author's knowledge.}
"It is not necessary to say that such
a condition of business is destructive
to all the nobler and higher standards
of conduct, and no young man can live
in such an atmosphere of unpunished
dishonesty and lawlessness without
wrecking his character.
"In our judgment, Mr. Powers did
the only thing that a Christian man
Jc2n do. He has rendered brave and use?
ful service to the state and the general
public. It is not always an easy matter
to determine tho relations that exist be?
tween the individual citizen and his
fixed duty to the public. In this case
there is no doubt in our mind that the
step which Mr. Powers has taken com?
mends itself to every man who believes
in law and its enforcement. There are
times when the individual must act for
the people in ways that will mean sac?
rifice and loss to him of the gravest
character. Mr. Powers will be misun?
derstood and misrepresented, but there
is no question thai his course will be
approved by every citizen who wishes
to see the greatest corporations as well
as the weakest individual subject to the
game law. Mr. Powers has done all that
a loyal, patriotic citizen could do. It
now remains for the commission to act
upon his evidence, which, we under?
stand, is overwhelming proof of the
lawlessness of the L. and T. Let the
law be enforced, no matter who the
persons may be who have been guilty. "
Henry Maxwell finished reading and
?dropped the paper.
"I must go and see Powers. This is
the result of his promise. "
Ee rose, and as he was going out his
wife said
"Do you think. Henry, that Jesus
would have done that?"
Henry Maxwell paused a moment.
Then he answered slowly :
"ILVS: I think he would. At any rate, 1
Powers has decided so. and each one of
us who made the promise understands :
that he is not deciding Jesus' conduct :
for any one else, only fur himself."
"How about his family? How will !
Mrs. Powers and Celia bo likely to take
itr*
"Very hard. I have no doubt. That !
will be Powers' cross in this matter.
They will not understand his motive."
Henry Maxwell went out and walked
over to the next bloc k, where the su?
perintendent lived. To his relief. Pow?
ers himself came to the door
The two men shook hands silently.
They instantly understood each other
without words. There had never been
such a bond of union between the min?
ister and bis parishioner.
"What ave you going to do?" Henry
Maxwell asxed after they had talked
ove r the facts in the case- and considered
the::i w( ii.
on. It is one of ' ??ie contradictions <
the railroad world that the Y. M. C. i
and other Christian influences are ci
I couraged by the roads, while all tl
j time the most un-Christian and lawle:
! acts are being committed in the o??ci;
? management of the roads themselve:
! Of course it is understood that it pa}
a railroad to have in its employ me
who are temperate and honest an
Christian. So I have no doubt the ma;
ter mechanic will have the same com
tesy extended to him that I had in th
matter of the room and its uses. Bu
what I want you to do, Mr. Maxwel
is to see that my plan is carried oui
Will you? Yon understand what th
? idea was in general. You made a ver
j favorable impression cn the men. G
! down there as often as you can. Ge
? Milton Wright interested to provid
something for the furnishing and ex
pense of the coffee plant and readin:
tables. Will you dp it?"
"Yes," replied Henry Maxwell. H
staid a little longer. Before he wen
away he and the superintendent had <
prayer together, and they parted wit!
that silent hand grasp that seemed t<
them like a new token of their Chris
tian discipleship and fellowship.
The pastor of the First church wen
home stirred deeply by the events o:
the week. Gradually the truth wai
growing upor. him that the pledge tc
do as Jesus would was working out ?
revolution in his parish and throughoul
the city. Every day added to the serions
results of obedience to that pledge.
Henry Maxwell did not pretend to see
the end. He was. in fact, only now at
the very beginning of events that were
destined to change the history of hun?
dreds of families, not only in Raymond,
but throughout the entire country. As
he thought of Edward Norman and
Rachel and Mr. Powers and of the re?
sults that had already come from their
actions he could not help a feeling of
intense interest in the probable effect if
all the persons in the First church who
had made the pledge faithfully kept it
Woujd they all keep it, or would some
of ' them turn back when the cross be?
came too heavy ?
He was asking this question the next
morning as he sat in his study when
the president of the Endeavor society
called to see him.
"I suppose I ought not to trouble you
with my case," said young Morris,
coming at once to bis errand, "but I
thought. Mr. Maxwell, that you might
advise me a little. "
"I'm glad you came. Go on. Fred. "
Henry Maxwell had known the young
man ever since his first year in the pas?
torate and loved and honored him for
his consistent, faithful service in the
church.
"Well, the fact is I'm ont of a job.
You know. I've been doing reporter
work on The Morning Sentinel since I
graduated last year. Well, last Satur?
day Mr. Burr asked me to go down the
read Sunday morning and get the de?
tails of that train robbery at the junc?
tion and write the thing np for the ex?
tra edition that came ont Monday
morning, jnst to get the start of The
Newa I refused to go. and Burr gave
me my dismissal He was in a bad tem?
per, or I think perhaps he would not
have d . ne it. He has always treated me
well before. Now, don't you think
Jesus would have done as I did ? I ask
because the. other fellows say I was a
fool not to do the work. I want to feel
that a Christian acts from motives that
may seem strange to others sometimes,
but not foolish. What do you think?"
"I think you kept your promise.
Fred. I cannot believe Jesus would do
newspaper work on Sunday, as you ?
were asked to do it. "
1 'Thank you. Mr. Maxwell. I felt a
little troubled over it. but the longer I ?
think it over the better I feel. "
Morris rose io go. and Henry Max- ?
well rose and laid a loving hand on the |
young man*s shoulder.
"What are you going to do. Fred?" ;
"I don't know yet. I have thought j
some cf going to Chicago or some large ;
city."
"Why don't you try The News?"
"They are- all supplied. I have not !
thought of applying there."
Henry Maxwell thought a moment. |
"Come down to The News office with j
me and let us see Norman about it. "
So a few minutes later Edward Nor?
man received into his room the minister
and young Morris, and Henry Maxwell |
brieliy told the cause of their errand.
"I can give you ;i place on The !
News." said Edward Norman, with his ,
keen look softened by a smile that made
it winson:". "I want reporters who
won't work Sundays. And, what is
rn-?re. I am making plans for a special
kind of reporting which 1 believe young .
Morris here can develop because he is
in svmnathv with what Jesus would
do."*
He assigned Morris a definite task,
and Henry Maxwell started back to his ,
study fe< ling that kind < f satisfaction
- and it is a very de? p kind windi a
man feels when he lias been even par? ly
instrumental ia finding an unemployed
person a situai ion.
1 le had iii"; nded to go back t<? his
study, outon his way home la- pas.-ad
by one cf Milton Wrights stores: lie
thought ho would simply-step m aral
shake hands with his parishioner an?!
bi i him goa ?peed in what IM- had heard
he was doing to put Christ inn* his
business, but when la- went into ii i. :
office Milton Wright insisted on detain?
ing him to talk oxer some of his new j
plans iiuajtxMaxWjcd^ask^d himself if j
mow. eminently practical, DOSI ne
like, according to the regular code
?the business world, and viewing evei
thing first and foremost from the stan
ipoint of "Will it -ay?"
* There is no use to disguise the fat
Mr. Maxwell, that I have been coi
pelled to revolutionize the whole meth
of my business since I made that proi
jse. I have been doing a great mai
things during the last 20 years in tr.
store that I know Jesus would not d
but that is a small item compared wi
the number of things I begin to belie
Jesus would do. My sins of comm issi (
have not been as many as those of omi
. sion in business relations. "
"What was the first change ye
made?" asked Henry Maxwell. He fe
as if his sermon could wait for him i
his study. As the interview with Mi
ton Wright continued he was not !
sure but he had found material for
sermon without going back to his stud;
"I think the first change I had 1
make was in my thought of my en
ployees. I came down here Monda
morning after that Sunday and askc
myself 'What would Jesus do in h:
relation to these clerks, bookkeeper:
ofi?ce boys, draymen, salesmen ? Woui
he try to establish some sort of person:
relation to them different from thc
which I have sustained all these years '
I soon answered the question by saying
'Yes. ' Then came the question of wha
it would lead me to do.
"I did not see how I could answer j
to my satisfaction without getting a
my employees together and having
talk with them So I sent invitation
to all of them, and we had a ineetin
out there ;n the warehouse Tuesda;
night
"A good many things came out o
that meeting. 1 can't tell you ali
tried to talk with the men as I im
agined Jesus might. It was hard work
for 1 have not been in the habit of it
and I must have made mistakes. But
can hardly make you believe. Mr. Max
well, the effect of that meeting on som?
of the men. Eefore it closed I saw mor<
than a dozen of them with tears oi
their faces. I kept asking. 'What wonk
Jesus do?' and the more I asked it thc
further along it pushed me into th<
most intimate and loving relations wit!
the men who have worked for me al
these years Every day something nev?
is coming up, and I am right now ir
the midst of a reconstructing of the
entire business, so far as its motive foi
being conducted is concerned I am sc
practically ignorant of all plans for co?
operation and its application to business
that I am trying to get information
from every possible source. I have late?
ly made a special study of the life of
Titus Salt, the great mill owner of
Bradford, England, who afterward built
that model town on the banks of the
Aira There is a good deal in his plans
that will help. But I have not yet
reached definite conclusions in regard
to all the details. I am not enough used
to Jesus' methods. . But see here. "
Milton eagerly reached up into one of
the pigeonholes of his desk and took
out a paper
"I have sketched out what seems to
me a programme such as Jesus might
go by in a business like mine. I want
you to tel] me what yen think about
it '
"WHAT JESUS WOULD PROBA EUT DO IN
MILTON WRIGHT'S PLACE AS A BUSINESS
il AN
"1 He would engage in business for
the purpose of glorifying God and not
for the primary purpose of making
money
"2 All money that might be made
he would never regard as his own. but
as trust fnnd;- to be used for the good
of h aman i ty
"3 His relations with all the per?
sons in his employ would be the most
loving and helpful. He could not help
thinking of them all in the light of
souls to be saved. This thought would
always be greater than his thought of
making money in business.
"4 He would never do a single dis?
honest or questionable thing or try in
the remotest way to get the advantage
of any one else in the same business.
"5 The principle of unselfishness
and helpfulness in all the details of the
business would direct its details.
"C. Upon this principle he would
shape the entire plan of his relations to
his employees, to the people who were
his customers and to the general busi?
ness world with which he was con?
nected. '
Henry Maxwell read this over slowly
it reminded him of his own attempts
the day before to pnt into a concrete
form his thought of Jesus' probable ac?
tion. He was very thoughtful as he
looked up and met Milton Wright's
sager gaze
"Do yon believe you can continue to
make your business pay on those lines?'
. "ldo. Intelligent unselfishness ought
to be wiser than intelligent selfishness,
don t you think? If the men who work
HS employees oegin to feel a personal
share in the profits of the business and.
more than that, a personal love for
themselves on the part of the firm,
won t the result be more care, les^
waste, more diligence, more faithful
ness V '
"Yes: 1 think so A good many ot h. ci
business men don't, do they? I mean
as a general thing How about your re?
lations to the selfish world that is net
tryney to make money on Christian
principles?'
"That complicates my action, of
course
"Docs yonr plan contemplate what is I
coming to be known as co-operation?' :
"Yes as far as I have gone, it does
As 1 told yon 1 am studying out my
details carefully 1 am absolutely ccu
vinced that .Jesus in my place would be
absolutely ansi Irish He would love all
these men tn lo- employ lie would
consider the main purpose of all the
m-tta To bea a lal N elpfnl ness and
W()uld conduct i! all so that God's Iring:
dom would be eviclenlly the ii:-: ! > ????}_< ? x
Sought: Uli ?ho^e ; ; i:: io; =
I say. I am working, 1 must have rime .
to comnl i'- i ii" details. "
When Fleury Mavve.^ finally I-f.
Milton Wright la- was profoundly . ;
pressed with tl"- a . lution that was j
being wrought '^?^?j^j?^
something of the new spirit of the place
There was no mistaking the fact that
Milton Wright's new relations to his
employees were beginning, even so soon,
after less than two weeks, to transform
the entire business. This was apparent
in the conduct and faces of the clerks.
"If Milton Wright keeps on, he will
be one of the most influential preachers
in Raymond," said Henry Maxwell to
himself when he reached his study. The
question rose as to his continuance in
this course when he began to lose
j money by it, as was possible. Henry
Maxwell prayed that the Holy Spirit,
I who had shown himself with growing
i power in the company of the First
church disciples, might abide long with
them* all. and with that prayer on his
lips and in his heart he began the prep?
aration of a sermon in which he was
going to present to his people on Sun?
day the snbject of the saloon in Ray?
mond, as he nov/ believed Jesus would
I do. He had never preached against the
j saloon in this way before. He knew
j that the things he should say would
j lead to serious results. Nevertheless he
j went on with his work, and every sen
I tence he wrote cr shaped was preceded
! with the question. "Would Jesus say
; that?" Once in the course of his study
! he went down on his knees. No one ex
! cept himself could know what that
i meant to him. When had he done that
! in the preparation of sermons before
J the change that had come into his
j thought of discipleship? As he viewed
! his ministry now he did not dare to
I preach without praying for wisdom. He
j no longer thought of his dramatic de?
livery and its effect on his audience.
The great question with him now was.
j "What would Jesus do?"
Saturday night at the Rectangle wit?
nessed some of the most remarkable
scenes that Mr. Gray and his wife had
ever known. The meetings had intensi?
fied with each night of Rachel's sing?
ing. A stranger passing through the
Rectangle in the daytime might have
heard a good deal about the meetings in
one way and another lt cannot be said
that up to that Saturday night there
was any appreciable lack of oaths and
impurity and heavy drinking. The Rec?
tangle would not have acknowledged
that it was growing any better or that
even the singing had softened its con- j
versation or its outward manner. It
had too much local pride in being
"tough." But. in spi:e of itself, there
was a yielding to a power it had never
measured and did not know well enough
to resist beforehand.
Gray had recovered his voice, so that
Saturday he was able to speak. The
fact that he was'obliged to use his voice
carefully made it necessary for the peo?
ple to be very quiet if they wanted to
hear. Gradually they had come to un?
derstand that this man was talking
these many weeks and using his time
and strength to give them a knowledge
of a Saviour, all out of a perfectly un?
selfish love for them. Tonight the* great
crowd was as quiet as Henry Maxwell's
decorous audience ever was. The fringe
around the tent was deeper, and the
saloons were practically empty. The
Holy Spirit had come at last, and Gray
knew that one of the great prayers cf
his life was going to be answered.
And Rachel-her singing was the
best,'most wonderful Virginia or Jasper
Chase had ever known They had come
together again tonight with Dr West,
who had spent all his spare time that
week in the Rectangle with some char?
ity cases Virginia was at the organ.
Jasper sat on a front seat looking up at
Rachel, and the Rectangle swayed a.s
ene man toward the platform as she
sang
"Just ?.i ? am. without one pica?;
But t!-.:.t thy blood v\us for m?
And that thou bidst n:e como to thee
0 Lamb of Go.!. I como. ? oo:i:e!"
Gray said hardly a word. Kc stretch?
ed out his hand with a gesture of invi?
tation, and down the two aisles of the
tent broken, sinful creatures, men and
women, stumbled toward the platform
One woman out of the street was near
the organ
Virginia caught the look of her face,
and for the first time in the life of the
rich girl the thought of what Jesus was
to a sinful woman came with a sudden?
ness and power that were like nothing
but a new birth. Virginia left the or?
gan, went to her, locked into her face
and caught her hands in her own. The
Other girl trembled, then fell on her
knees, sobbing, with her head down
upon the back cf the bench in front of ?
her, still clinging to Virginia. And Vir- j
ginia. after a moment s hesitation. |
kneeled down by her. a ad the two
heads were bowed close together
But when the people had crowded in
a double row all about the platform. J
most of them kneeling and crying, a j
man in evening dress, different from
the others, pushed through the seat? |
and came and kneeled down by the side j
of the drunken man who had disturbed j
the meeting when Henry Maxwell j
spoke He kneeled within a. few feet of j
Rachel Winslow, who was still singing I
softly, and as she turned for a moment j
and looked in Iiis direction she was j
amazed to see the face of Rollin Page' j
For a moment lier voice faltered Then j
she went on
.'.In--: as ; am thou ?vii; i?.ei\*e.
Will ?volc?me, [.?ardon. .-h-atisc. -./'heve.
Beca us?- th} prom ist' I bei ie ve.
O lazuli .it God. I come. I come!" j
The von-?- was as the voice of divine I
longing and the Ileetangle. for the j
time being. W2s swi p". into the harbor
of red ern pli . e grave
I
CHAPTER V
Ii any r:::-.:i serve mc. let bira follow me.
It was nearly midnight before tie
service at ri;:- Rectangle closed Gray
staid np lona mu Sunday morning
..raying rind \ with a little group j
.L converts ha:.. i;. ti:-- srrea? expvri- i
.nee of th ir new lin-, "clung t..* ile? j
asper ( base had ?rene with them as
.;r as the av< nue where Virginia lived,
.st had walked on a little way
own house, and Rachel
and Jasper had then gone OD together
to her mother's.
That was a little after ll. It was
now striking midnight, and Jasper
Chase sat in his room staring at the pa?
pers on his desk and going over the laet
half honr with painful persistence.
He had told Rachel Winslow of bis
love for her, and she had not given her
love in return.
It would be difficult to know what
was most powerful in the impulse that
had moved him to speak to her tonight.
He had yielded to his feelings without
any special thought of\ results to him?
self because he had felt so certain that
Rachel would respond to his love fer
her. He tried to recall nov just the im?
pression she made on him when he first
spoke to her.
Never had her beauty and her strength
influenced him as tonight. While she
was singing he saw and heard no one
else. The tent swarmed with a confused
crowd of faces, and he knew he was
sitting there hemmed in by a mob of
people, but they had no meaning to
him. He felt powerless to avoid speak?
ing to her. He knew he should speak
when they were once alone.
2s ow that he had spoken he felt that
he had misjudged either Rachel or the
opportunity. He knew, or thought he
did, that she had begun to care for him
It was no secret between them that the
heroine of Jasper's first novel had been
his own ideal of Rachel, and the hero
of the story was himself, and they had
loved each other in the book, and
Rachel had not objected. No one else
knew. The names and characters had
been drawn with a subtle skill that re?
vealed to Rachel, when she received a
copy of the book from Jasper, the fact
of his love for her, and she had not been
offended. That was nearly a year ago.
Tonight Jasper Chase recalled the
scene between them, with every inflec?
tion and movement unerased from his
memory. He even recalled the fact that
he began to speak just at that point on
the avenue where a few days before he
had met Rachel walking with Rollin
Page. He had wondered at the time
what Rollin was saying.
"Rachel." Jasper had said, and it
was the first time he had ever spoken
her first name. "I never knew until to?
night hov much I love you. Why
should I try to conceal any longer what
you have seen me look? You know I
love yon as my life. I can no longer
hide it from you if I would. "
The first intimation he had of a re?
fusal was the trembling of Rachel's arm
in his owvn. She had allowed him to
speak and had neither turned her face
toward him nor away from him She
had looked straight on, and her voice
was sad. but firm and quiet, when she
spoke.
"Why do you speak tome now? I
cannot bear it-after what we have
seen tonight "
"Why-what"- he had stammered
and then was silent.
Rachel withdrew her arm from his.
but still walked near him
Then he cried ont with the anguish
of one who begins to see a great loss
facing him where he expected a great
joy.
"Rachel! Do you not love me? Is
not HIT love for you as sacred as any?
thing in all of life itself?"
She had walked on silent for a few
steps nf ter that They had passed a
streit lamp. Her face was pale and
beautiful He had made a movement to
clutch her arm. and she had moved a |
little farther from him.
' "No. she had replied. '"There was?!
a time-I cannot answer for that. You
should not ha.ve spoken tome tonight '
He had seen in these words his an- :
swer. Ee was extremely sensitive. ?
Nothing shun of a joyous respense to j
his own love would have satisfied him j
He could nc? think cf pleading with j
her
"Some time, when 1 am more wor- j
thy v" he had asked in a low voice, but j
she did not seem to hear, and they had
parted at her home, and he recalled
vividly the fact that no good night had
been said
Nov. as he went over the brief but
significant scene, he lashed himself for
his foolish precipitancy He had not
reckoned on Rachel's tense, passionate
absorption of all her feeiing in the j
scenes at the tent which were so new
in her mind. Eat he did not know her
veil enough even yet to understand the
meaning of her refusal. When the clock
in the First church steeple struck 1, he
was still sitting at his desk, staring at
the last page of manuscript of his un?
finished novel
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> {? V 1-, }{ S Q j ?
( FF?CK fi I'KS -- :;. ii. ! . 2:30 p. n? ; ::. 1 * j ?
to v:oO p t::. j <
Office or? r '.ht1 ouater Dr, Goods C >. 1
Md} 2 -6ui <
?OUTHERN RAILWAY.
Otmdftnsfed Schedule in Effect Nor. 19, K9CL
Itolypahy! "T T,MS- pally Daily
680p' 7 00a: LT. ... Charleston ...Arti 1 00a
609p' 7 41a; " . Summerville. " ?10 li?a
7 50? 8 5?a . Branchville... " ! 8 52ai
h'Xp 0 23a: .' . Oraagebtutg... M ' 8 22a( 529n
92l)p 10 J?a? " . . Ringville ..." i 7 3?s! 438p
- ll 15a Av ..Sumter . ..Lvj t>40a;.
_il 4ua? " . ...Camden.. .LT! ...1 2509
]<H!>p ll OOa.Ar ...Columbia.. . Lvi 6 45ai :;r>T;n
? Sop 7 (Ma Lv .. Chariest'^ . .Ar 1J U-jal STfw
7?0p 915a " ...Branchville . " t???a! 602p
81f)p 041a " .....Bambers .. - " i h 24a! 533*
8:>lp 952a ". . Denmark ... " . 8 Hai 519p
850p 10 10a " . Blackville." i 7 v'aA 5?Sp
957p IlOUaj " ...Aiken.. . " ! 7 ??a? 4 (JUp
1045p!ll51a|Ar.Augustaun.dXv" ; 620a] 310n^
?Ex. {Sun. .Ex.
j Sun.! only' ?Sun.
Lv. Augusta .j 7 00a; 521o
Ar. Sanders ville.: I OUp! 119p' yOOp
" Tennille.! ISOpj 130p^ ii'ZLp
Lv. Tennille.: 5 15a! 310pl 310:.?
" Sandersville.; 5 20a; 3 ?Ipi 323p
Ar. Augusta..! 9U)a? 7 10p! 830p
j Iii. ! Mix. ? Mix.
?Daily?Ex su Es su
Lv. Allo:j?:i?e. .! 0 45a!.i 20?p
.' Barnwell. ! 7 25a?1230p' 3 Ito
" Blackville.I 7 45a? 1 OJpi 5 l?p
Ar. Batesburg. :.[... ; o??pj 830p
j Mix. i Mix?'Sun.
:E:csu E.: s* only
Lv. BatcsburiT.: 0 0"Ja- 42?pi.
" Blackville.-19 20a. 7!Jy??1015a
" Barnwell.?10 4?a: 7 oop. 10 35a
Ar. Allendale..lHj pi So?piil 15a
Atlanta t%nd Beyond.
Lv. Charleston. touaj 5i0p].
Ar. Augusta.ll 51a 1045p.
" Arlaut::. S2)p' 5 00a'-.
Lv. Atlanta.llOOp 5 30a; 400p
Ar. Chattanooga. 5 i-,al 9 45a 840?
Lv. Atlanta.j 540a| i 15p
Ar. Birmingham. '..-- ill 33a!10 00p
" Memphis, i vir. Birmingham)*--' 7-?p< 7 45a
Ar. Lexington.. 5u5p| 5 10a
M Cincinnati.! 7 :T>p; 7 45a
" Chicago. 715af 53?p
Ar. Louisville.? 735pj 7 57a
" Su Loni? . 7 (Wat 6 OOo
Ar. Mem-nhis. . via ( Iha?.anoocn ?...'.I 7 4 -i
To Ashovil. o-Ciscinnati-Lotiisville.
****** T*. %%$8?
Lv. Angosta.I 24ar>. 93*lp
" Batesburg. j 4 19a l2 07u
Lv. Charleston.j 7 (-Qa; 5 3Up
Lv. Columbia (Uniou iX-pot.?.ll 4'Jaj 8 30a
Ar. Snartanburg . 3lop;1125a
" Asheville . 700pi 240p
44 Knoxville. 4 15a! 7 20p
44 Cincinnnat:...j 730T>? 7 45a
44 Lottisvillc ( via Jcl?i"o^.........-.. ?.I 6 5Ga
To Waslriiistoii and the East.
Lv. Augusta..! 240p) 930o
44 Batesburg.j 419p l207a
44 Columbia (Union Depot).i 523pl 215a
Ar. Charlotte. .! 845p! 915a
Ar. Danville.jl2 55a? 122p
Ar. Kichmond...... j 6 00aj 625p
Ar. Washington..[ 7 40a 905p
44 Baltimore Pa. R. S. 912a 1125p
44 Philadelphia..Jll35ai 256a
44 New York.l203p'62Sa-_
Sleeping Car Line between Charleston an
Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at
Atlanta for all points North and West.
Solid Trains between Charleston and Ashe?
ville. *
Connections at Columbia with through trains
for Washington and the East ; also for Jackson?
ville and all Florida Points.
FRANK S. GANNON. J. M. CTJLP,
Third V-P. & tien. Mgr., Traffic Manager,
Washington.D. G Washington,!). C.
GEORGE B. ALLEN,
Div. Fass. Agt.,
Charleston. S. C.
W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK.
Gen. Pass. Agt.. Asst. Gvu. Pass. Agt.,
Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga.
Onion Sei?
AND
Garden Seeds.
A euppiy of Onion Seta, of choice
varieties, arid fresh GardeD Seeds for
the season's planting, DOW on hand.
FULL LINE OF X~
MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY
and Fancy Articles,
Usually found in a first class
Drug Store.
Prescriptions carefully com?
pounded at reasonable prices.
J. F. W. DeLorme.
Oct 25.
Life and
Fire Insurance.
i, m
Gail on me, at my residence. Liberty
street, for both Life and Fire Insu?
rance. On:y reliable Companies rep?
resented. Phone No ISO.
?esdrena Afoses?
Oct '?o-o
Tim
Fire Insurance Agency
ESTABLISHED 1866.
Represent, amone oth*-r Corapanie? :
LIVERPOOL & LON*DON & '?LOBE,
NORTH BRITISH & .MERCANTILE!
HOME, ot Nev.- York.
UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y.
LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Cst? i mi represented $7r>f000,f00
Feh 2S
Si .QB BUYS ft $3.50 SPIT
?00 CELEKKATKD .-KAM? KlKOlT" double .
?nd doubt? knee. Secular $3.00 BOT.S*
Kee* Knee-Past Sui;* uoin? at S?.95.
A SEW SLIT I KKK for a ny of these suits
which do;.'t pvcsatisfactory wear. e>
Send No Money. Cuc }Ts
' and sena to us.
?tai?- nm- ?>i i>ry and tay v becher l?r;re or
small for a^o. ;v.d wo will sendyou tao
lit by expi i sv.c O.D.. subject to examin?
en, you can ? rca ru i ne it at vour express
?ce and it found r* rfectly satisfactory
> eoea? to suits '.-\ in jour town for
.50."vay your express ac?n? enr special
prie?, Slv^5and iTirr>srh3rir???,
THESE Kr" I*/ PA>.T SUITS ar? foi
j s fi-?ir. -1 io I Shears ?I n.ni a iv rou ?Icc
prj'H!ii-re o' * ' 3ad<* with double seat
id knees. Intent :<it;?s:;!e illustrated.
. adei'roma specialw?ar?rr*??>;?a?i k?>.i??'
tvf AI L-WOOL >.nLn,-?; ca-Niu. r.", >M at. handsome pat
rora, tine serjro lsninpr.Cayton patent intorlinin?. pad
Jins.sts.yih;; nd rt r. ?on t :,?.?. si I k and linen se>vincr.
a?or-ma'l? tkroncfaoui. a suit anvb.iyor parent wouM
bo proud of. K>:; KRKE CLOTH > ir, PLES of ;:?>?<.* Clothiss
isuits. overcoats or Ulsters), for boys ?1 TO 19 YV.r.S.
irntc for Snm;.:.< Booti DOC. contains fashion platen
Cape measurcani full instructions bowto order._v
jlcn'n Suit? and. 0??rcoati? r.n.ic ta order from $5.00 cy?
Samples sent free on application. Addres*.
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), Chicago, \h
1 CSears, Boebuck ft Co. are tioroughly reliable.-Eitert