The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 06, 1899, Image 8
IN HIS STEPS.
3e?u? Bo?"
By Charles M. Sheldon.
Offyrtaht?d ami imlAithed in booh farm by tto
.ideune? /*uMWwu<; Co. o/ ( /iUO</o.
?'Listen to this. Mary," bo said ufter
s moment, while his voice trembled:
"This morning Alexander Powers,
superintendent of the L. and T. R. U.
?hope 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
vared shippers Mr. Powers states in
his resignation that he can no longer
consistently withhold the information
1 be possesses against the road. He has
placed his evidence against the com?
pany in the hand- of the commission,
and it is sow for them to take action
npon it
"The News wishes to express itself
on this action of Mr. Powers. In the
first place, he has nothing to gain by
ft He has lost a valuable place volun?
tarily when by keepir g silent he might
hare retained it In the second place,
ws believe his 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
under ^svl to be almost impossible to
obtain, it is the general belief that the
officers c? th* road are often in posses?
sion of criminating facts, but do not
consider it tr* be any of their business
to inform the authorities that the law
Is being defied
"The entire result of this evasion of
responsibility on the part of those who
are responsible is demoralising to every
young man connected with the road
The editor of The Newa recalls tbo
statement made by a prominent rail?
road official in this city a litUs while
ago that nearly every clerk in a certain
department of the road who understood
bow large sums of money were made by
shrewd violations of the interstate cjm
xnerce 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 saia in one of the general of?
fices of a great western railroad, to the
author a knowledge.9
"It la not necessary to say that such
a condition of business la 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
cm do He has -endered brave and use?
ful advice to the state and the general
public. It is not always nn easy matter
to determine the relation* that exist be?
tween the individual citizen and his
* rix? .1 duty to the MbvW. In this case
there is no doubt in onr mind that the
step which Mr Powers lias taken com?
mends iteelf to every man who believes
in law and its enforcement There are
times wheu the individual must act for
the people in ways that will mean ar.c
ritice and less to him of the gravest
character Mr. Powers will be misun?
derstood and misrepresented, but there
is no question that his col ' ae will be
approved by every citizen who wishes
to see the greatest corporations as well
as the weakest individual subject to the
same law Mr. Powers has done all that
n loyal, patriotic citizen could do. It
now remains for the commission to act
npon his evidence, which, we under?
stand is overwhelming proof of the
lnwleanness of the L. and T. Let the
law be enforced, no matter who the
persons may be who have been guilty."
IHenry Maxwell finished reading and
(dropped the pa I- I
"I murt go and^ see Powers. This is
the result of his promise."
He rose, and as ho was going out his
wife said
"Do you think. Henry, that Jesus
wonld have done that?"
Henry Maxwell paused a moment
Then he answered slowly
"\ee; I think he would. At any rate,
Powers has >!? eid?*d so, and each one of
ns who made th? promise understands
that he is not deciding Jesus' conduct
for any SM else, only for himself."
"How about his family? How will
Mrs. Powers and Celia be likely to take
it?"
"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 block, where the au
perintendcDt lived. To his relief. Pow?
ers himself came to the di or
The two ne u shook hands silently
They instantly understood each other
without words Th re had lo ver Is en
such a h>nd of union between the min?
ister and hu parishioner
"What are yon "oin^ to do?" Henry
Maxwell asked i I they had talked
ov< llh hi t ? intbsssi ici.i sofjsidsfsd
in v.-t Ii.
"Yon mer.n mw.th' r position? I have
no ple:n yet. I I :i 00 I I 1: to W3J "1?1
work is et t lisgrapfc op i.' My fanv
ily v I in t h it r ? ? I t in ? ?ocisJ
way/*
Ah-snwler r.wrs spoke calmly, .?
andly L. n: v Mi In il dM Bot SC 1 lo
S->k hi? i BSSJ his s ifs S?d ?' fjotl t
felt. Bs i.n? w tfl 11 SM?gh t h it lbs mi
pei i.- ot had. si to red <!?. "liest i.l
that 11 .-it
??Thtrs is one matter I wish you
would SM Ii . said r I sfti I
awhilo. "and Ibsl is lbs WOfl PS " u at
th??-hope, bo far as 1 know. tl o com
. ., . ; - '. -1 4 ' "??*u ' rivcht
on. It is one off ho contradictions 01
the railroad wcrld 100,1 the Y. 11 C. A.
and other Christian influences are on
courag? d by t o roads, while all the
time the Most Uu-Christian and lawless
acts are being committed in the official
management of the roads themselves.
Of course it is understood that it pays
a railroad to have in its employ men
who are temperate and honest and
Christian. So I have no doubt the mas?
ter mechanic will have the same cour?
tesy extended to him that I had in the
matter of the room and its uses But
what I want j on to do, Mr. Maxwell,
is to see that my plan is carried out
Will youT You understand what the
idea was in general. Yon made a very
favorable impression on the men. Go
down there as often as you (ran. Get
Milton Wright interested tc provide
something for the furnishing and ex
pense of tho coffee plant and reading
tables. Will you dp it?"
"Yes," replied Henry MaxwelL He
staid a little longer. Before he went
away he and the superintendent had a
prayer together, and they palled with
that Mient hand grasp that seemed to
then like a new tc ken of their Chris?
tian iiscipleship and fellowshi p
The pastor of the First chu rch went
home stirred deeply by the events of
the week. Gradually the truth was
growing uj?or\ him |r?* the pledge to
do as Jesus won Id was workin g out a
revolution in hi t parish and throughout
the oity. Every day added to tho serious j
results of obedience to that pledge.
Henry Maxwell did not pretend to see
the end. He wr.s. in fact, only now at |
the very beginn: ng of events that were I
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 l>ack when the cross be?
came too heavy ?
He waa aaking this question the next
morning as he sat in his study when
the president of the Endeavor society
called to see hin.
"I suppose 1 ought not to trouble you
with my case. " said young Moms,
coming at once to his errand, "but 1
thought. Mr. Maxwell, that you might
advise me a little."
"I'm glad yo l came. Go on. Fred."
Henry Maxwell had known the young
man ever since Iiis first year in the pas?
torate and lovei and honored him for
his consistent, faithful service in the
church
"Well, tho fact is I'm out of a job.
Yon 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 tho
road Sunday m:>ming and g<t the de?
tails of that train tobbsfj at tho junc?
tion and write the thing up for the ex?
tra etlition that came out Monday
morning, just to get the start of The
News. 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 done it. He has nlways treated me
well liefere. Now. don't you think
Jesus would have done as I did ? I ask
because the. oth>?r fellows say I was a
fool not to do th ? 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 yoti kept your promise.
Fred. I canuoi believe Jesus would do
newspaper work on Sunday, as you
were asked to do it."
"Thank you. Mr. Maxwell I felt a
little troubled over it. but tho longer I
think it over tho better I feel. "
Morris rose to go. and Henry Max?
well rose and laid a loving hand on the
1 young man's shoulder.
"What aro yoa going to do. Fred?"
"I don't know yet. I have thought
somo of going to Chicago or some large
city."
"Why don't you try Tho News?"
"They are all supplied. I havo rot
thought of applying there."
Henry Maxwell though* a moment.
"Come down to The Newsoftico with
me and let us see Norman about it."
So a few minuses later Edward Nor?
man received into his room trio minister
and young Morris, and Henry Maxwell
briefly toid tho ctiuso of their errand.
"I can give you a place on Tho
News." said Edward Norman, with his
keen look soften.sj by a smile that made
it winsome. "I want reporters who
won't work Sundays. And. what is
more. I am niakiasj plans for a special
kind of reporting which I believe young
Morris here can develop because he is
in sympathy with what Jesus would
do
lie assigned Morris a definite task,
and Hewrv Maxwell started bock to his
study 1st ling th it kind of satisfaction
?and it is a very dot p kind which a
man feels w hen he has l i en even partly
instrumental In finding an unemployed
person a sitoali- n
Hs had Intended to go bark to his
Study, but OH his way home he passed
I by one of Milton Wright's stores Ha
thought be would simply step in and
?bake harids with his parishioner and
bi I htm godspeed In what he had heard
he was doing t.? put Christ into in>
basinet I?t when he went into tlx
office Milton Wright Insist d on detaiu
irg him to talk ov< r Home of bi ; I
pisns Henry Maxwell asked himself il
I this was tho Milton W'right ll ns(a* *?
7
snow, eminently pracucfcvi. Dnsineaa
like, according to the regular code of
the business world, and viewing every?
thing first and foremost from the stand
Joint of "Will it pay!"
"There is no use to disguise the fact
(Mr. Maxwell, that I have been com?
piled to revolutionize t^e whole method
of my business since I made that prom?
ise. I have been doing a great many
things during tho last 20 years in this
store that I know Jesus would not uo.
but that is a small item compared with
tho number of things I begin to believe
Jesus would do. My sins of commission
have not been as many as those of omis
. sion in business relations. "
"What was the first change yon
made?" asked Henry Maxwell. He felt
as if his sermon could wait for him in
his study As the interview with Mil?
ton Wright continued he was not so
sure but he had found material for a
j sermon without going back to his study
"1 think the first change I had to
; make was in my thought of my em?
ployees I came down here Monday
morning after that Sunday and asked
myself 'What would Jesus do in his
relation to these clerks, bookkeepers,
office boys, draymen, salesmen I Would
he try to establish some sort of personal
relation to them different from that
which I have sustained all these years ?
1 soon answered the question by saying.
?Yes.1 Then camo the questiou of what
it would lead me to do
"I did aot Ree how 1 could answer it
to my satisfaction without getting all
my employees together and having a
talk with them So 1 sent invitations
to all of 1 hem. and we had a meeting
ont there in the warehouse Tuesday
night
"A good many things came out of
tbat mee:ing 1 can't tell you all. 1
tried to talk with the men as 1 im?
agined Jesus might. It was hard work,
for 1 have not been in tho habit of it.
and 1 must have made mistakes. But 1
can hardly make you believe, Mr. Max?
well, the effect of that meeting on some
of the men. Before it closed I saw more
than u dozen of them with tears on
their faces. I kept asking. 'What would
Jesus do?' and the more I asked it the
further along it pushed me into the
most intimate and loving relations with
the men v:ho have Worked for me all
these yearn. Every day something new
is co ig up, and I am right now in
the iL st of a reconstructing of the
entire business, so far as its motive for
being conducted is concerned I am so
practically ignorant of all plans for co?
operation und its application to business
that 1 am trying to get information
from every possible source. 1 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
Aire. There is a good deal in his plans
that will help But 1 have not yet
reached definite conclusions in regard
to all the details. I am not enough used
to Jesus' n et hods, i But see here."
Milton eagerly reached up into one of
the pigeonholes of his de&k ar 1 took
out a papet
"1 have sketched out what seems to
me a programme such as Jesus might
go by in a business like mine I want
yon to tell me what "yen think about
it'
"WHAT JKS'.UR WOULD PROBAIUW DO IN
MILTON W UIGHT'a PLACE AS A BUSINESS
WAN
'?1 He would engage in business for
the purpose of glorifying God and not
for the primary purpose of making
monej
' "2 All noney that might be made
he would never regard as his own, but
as trust fuuds to be used for the good
of humanity
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 tnan his thought of
making money in business.
**4 He would never do a single dia?
honest or questionable thing or try in
the remotest way to get the advantage
of any one else in the same business.
"5 The priuciple of unselfishness
and helpfulness in all the details of the
business would direct its details.
"0 Upon this principle he would
chape the er. tire plan of his relations to
his employees, to tho 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 put into a concrete
form his thought of Jesus' probable ac
tion He was very thoughtful as he
looked up and met Milton Wright's
tager gaze
"Do you believe you can continue to
make your business pay on those lines?'
' "I do. Intelligent unselfishness ought
to be wiser than intelligent selfishness,
(Ion t you think? If the men who work
as employees begin to feel a personal
share in the profits of the business und.
J more than that, a personal love for
themselves on the part of the firm,
won t the result be more can-, less
waste, more diligence, more faithful
I uesH?'
"Yes. I think so A good manyothei
i txuriness men don't, do they I I moan
as a general thing How abbat your r ?
lations to the selfish world that Is nut
trying to make money on (Jhristi&n
principles?'
| "That complicates my action, of
i oonrse
I "Does jronr plan contemplate what is
coming to be known as co-operation Y'
"Yes as far as I have gone, it does
As I told \<>u I am studying out my
details caret'wllv I am absolutely con
vi need that Jeans in my place would be
nbnolntely ntweltish He would love all
the.-e men lit hi* employ He would
eonstdei liie main purpose of all the
tm.*in< to be s i&n1 iai helpfnlnessgnd
if on Id conducl ii all w> that God's king
dorn would be evidently the first object
?ought On those gen Till principles, an
1 say. I niu workinn I must haVotime
to complt to the details
When H rory Ma*wnp finally left
Milton Wright wan profoundly i. ??
pressed with the revolution t'.' I was
being wrought already in the bnsim
As he passed out of the store he iauuht
something of the new spirit of tho place.
There was no mistaking the fact that
1 Milton Wright's new relations to his j
j 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.'1 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
money by it, as was possible. Henry
Maxwell prayed that the Holy Spirit,
who had shown himself with growing
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 ho began the prep?
aration of a sermon in which he was
going to present to his people on Sun?
day tho subject of the saloon in Ray?
mond, as he now believed Jesus would
do. Ho had never preached against tho
saloon in this way before. Ho knew
that the things he should say would
lead to serious results. Nevertheless he
went on with his work, and every sen?
tence he wrote or 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 Jiimself could know what that
meant to him. When had ho done that
in the preparation of sermons before
the change that had como into his
thought of discipleship? As he viewed
his ministry now he did not dare to
preach without praying for wisdom, ne
no longer thought of his dramatic de?
livery and its effect on his audience
The great question with him now was,
"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 It cannot bo said
that up to that Saturday night there
was any appreciablo lack of oaths and
impurity and heavy drinking. The Ree?
tangle would not have acknowledged
that it was growing any better or that
even tho singing had softened its con?
versation or its outward manner It
had too much local pride in being
"tough." But. in spite of itself, there
was u yieldin:. 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 thai 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 of
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 tonk'ht with Dr West,
i who had spent all his spare time that
week in the Rectanglo with some char?
ity cases Virginia was at the organ,
Jasper sat on a front seat looking up at
Rachel, and the Rectangle swayed as
one man toward tho platform as she
sang
"Just aa I am, without otic p'.oa\
But that thy blood was b!iod f- r ma
And that thou btdst nip como to thoe?
O LaraS of God. I como, 1 uoir.i?!"
Gray said hardly a word. He 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 tho street was near
the organ
Virginia caught tho look of her face,
and for the first time in the life of the
rich girl tho thought of what Jesus was
to a sinful woman came with a sudden?
ness and power that were like nothing
but a now birth V'irginia left tho or?
gan, went to her. looked into her face
and caught her hands in her owu The
other girl trembled, then fell on her
knees, sobbing, with her head down
upon the back of the bench in front of
her, still clinging to Virginia. And Vir
ginia. after t moment's hesitation,
kneeled down by her. and the two
heads were bowed close together
But when the people had crowded in
4 double row all about the platform,
most of them kneeling and crying, a
man in evening dress, different from
the others, pushed through the seats
and came and kneeled dow n by the side
of the drunken man who had disturbed
the meeting when Henry Maxwell
spoke He kneeled within a few feet of
Rachel Winslow, who was still singing
softly, and as she turned for a moment
and looked in his direction she was
amazed to sei? the face of Rollin Page*
For a moment her voice faltere?! Then
she went on
".lu i as I am ihou will itteive,
Will welcome, pardon, .'lcanae, lelteve.
UeciiUM' iln prom ine I believe,
(> '...mi. ol (Jod, I come, i comet"
Th? voice was as the voice of divine
longing and the \\f<tangle, for the
time beiu:; was swep'i into the harbor
of rodcttipl i. e grace
CHAPTER V
If any man aerve me, li t lilm follow me.
It was nearly midnight before the
service at th.- Rectangle closed Gray
? staid up loir/ into Sunday morning
praying nd lallring with a little group
[ of converts that, i i tin- great experi?
ence of t'i ir new Iii'', (bur; to tie*
, evangelist with a p - i?r;l h Iplcs ne>s
I that made it ns Impossible for him to
1 ;.ve t!:< in | "if till V lit) i b - II rfc n nd
ing npoii hint to save them fri n ) liys
ica 1 death Among these converts was
j Rollin Pug i
Vir ;inia and hi r nnt le hnd gone
home al> at 11 <?< lock, and R?cht 1 and
I Jasper Chase had gone with them es
far a i thu avenue where Virginia lived.
Dr West had walked 00 a little way
with them to his own house, and Rachel
and Jasper had then gone on together
to her mother*a
That was a little after 11. It was
now striking midnight, and Jasper
Chase sat in his room staring at the pa?
pers on his desk and going over the last
half honr with painful persistence.
He had told Rachel Winslow of his
love for her, and she had not given her
love in return.
It would bo difficult to know what
was most powerful ?n tho impulse that
had moved him to speak to her tonight.
Ho 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 for
her. He tried to recall now just the im?
pression she made on him when ho 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. Ho felt powerless to avoid speak?
ing to her He knew he should speak
! when they were once alone.
Now 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 j
of the stoi-y was himself, and they had
loved each other in the bcok, and
Rachci 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 lxK>k from Jasper, the fact
of his love for her. and she had not besn
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
tho avenue where a few days before ho
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 how much I love you. Why
should I try to conceal any longer what
you have seen me look? You know I
love you 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 ov^i. She had allowed him to
speak and had neither turned her face
toward him nor away from him She
i had looked straight on, and her voice
was sad. but firm and quiet, when she
spoke.
*'Why do you speak tome nowl 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 out with the anguish
of one who begins to see a great lose
facing him where he expected a great
joy.
"Raehell Do you not love me? Is
not my lovo for you as sacred as any?
thing in all of lifo itself?"
She had walked on silent for a few
steps after that They had passed a
strcc t lamp. Her face was pale and
beautiful Ho had made a movement to
clutch her arm. and she had moved a >
little farther from him.
' "No." she had replied. "There was J
a time?I cannot answer for that. You
should not have spoken tome tonight.'
He bad seen iu these words his an?
swer. He was extremely sensitive
Nothing short of a joyous res]>cnse to
his own love would have satisfied him
He could not thiuk of pleading with
her
"Some time, when I am more wor?
thy?" he had asked in a low voice, but
the 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
Now. as ho 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 feeling in the
scenes at the tent which were so new
in her mind Bot he did not know her
well 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 on
finished novel
[TO nr. CONTINUED.]
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Unna strictly continent tal. Flnndbnok <>" Patents
Bt>n! fr<>??. oi.ie*t airenry foraecurtnirpatenta.
Patent a taken inroua.li Munn \ Co. receive
tpteial notice, without charge. In tl I
Scientific American*.
Ahandaomoly liiuntratod weekly, fiareest cir?
culation of any adentiSc Journal. Ti?ruiB,SSB
year; four month ,fl. Hold l?y all ncwsdealora
MUNN 4 Co.38"""*-" Hew YorV
Branch Office. ? l sr.. Washington, l? C.
DR. W. B ALFORD,
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to ti;80 p ni
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
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Sleeping Car Line between Charleston aatf^
Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at
Atlanta for all points North a id West.
Solid Trains Letwesn Charleston and As)k
villo.
Connect ions at Columbia ? ith through trein?
for Washington and the Easi; also for Jackson?
ville and all Florida Points.
FRANK S. OANNON, J. M. CULP,
Third V P. & t-i^n. Mgr., Traffic Manager,
Washington. D. O. Washington, D. C
GEORGE B. ALLEN,
Div. Fnss. Agt.,
Charleston. S. C.
W. A. TURK. S. H. UARDWICK,
Gen. Pass. Agt.. Asst. Gt-a. Pas^? Agt.,
Washington, D. C. Atlanta. (4a.
Onion 8et?
AND
Garden Seeds.
A supply of Onion Sets, of choice
varieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for
the season's planting, now on hand
F?LL LINE OF
MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY
and Fancy Articles,
Usually found in a first class
Drug Stcre.
Prescriptions carefully com?
pounded at reasonable prices.
J. F- W. DeLorme.
Od 25.
Life and
Fire Insurance.
(Vil on me, at my reaidenee, Liberty
Street, for both Life and Fire Insu?
rance Oniy reliable Companies rep?
resented Phone No 130.
Andren? Kloses?
Oct '2b?o
A. WillTB & SON,
Fire Insurance Agency
ESTABLISHED 1866.
Represent, amony oth?r Companies:
LITRRPOOL A LONDON k 'iLOBK,
NORTH BRITI8H a MRROANTILJb^
HOUR, ot New York
UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y.
LANCASTER IN8CRANCE 00.
Capital repreeeeted $7r),(?00,f 00
$1.95 B?YSlHiO sun
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a KKW at IT I hi E for any ef?ieei
Send No Money. ???Jtmt
a?t as * <>t boy a Imj a hetb?r large ee
Mnall t. r age. and ?? will ?eadyeataa
aaU bye?i?ivw,t ?i.V., fubject toetamtu
111 n, \o\ ran?i lO'inetl ?t > our express
?flioe nn>i it foiiiul perfectly aalJataetew
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as. mi. \ i \ \ r c>i>i ' aa* ?p*f?*?
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and knees, laltHl aa lltuawated,
made from a special weee*eaah'!rr,
aeltKt? KMrWoat,eaawtMeauttarr*.r aChand: tm pa]
lorn, line w rge lining, Ravtaa pau ? t if - riinlng, pa I
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lsilsr*aia<ir ihmti-httiii. n - ,1 ? . \ or |>ni nt *<>rrJ
Ix proiuiof tOllHitKlulMM'i.l . o< !.>???' 1 af
(suits, overcoat*or ntatem?, for l-..\s 4 Tu 19 v 1
wataatw sanpio Itoofc Nn. MM. o Dl onr raahl "B Dtaasa
tare ateasareaa t fall liistiinitlniia bow to order. _
Bra** Hutu and 0??r*oau r.i-,1.- to orAvr from f i.00 np?
Baaiples ssnt frnn rtn amtliratlirn ,?ii4rr??,
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (\nc.\ Chicago, W
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