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THE WATC j IN HISSTEPS. ! lire I p 3tsus So?" I L_OT . j g M By Charles M. Sheldon. | ^^K^S^S ? t^-?> Copt,*:fited and r-uJUKhcd in l>ook form by the <?> ^^^^U^^^E^^^^ 'T-^ .i'/cancc Publishing Cu. ?f Oiiccgo. ?'?>? gg^re.a ,. SrifflHfftfMKBM <ft-& : <*v<s> <?. V$ ; v ; ft *" * *'*,*"^'*^^^^,^^^^^'^^^^^^5^^^''^^^^*'^^^^^^^^ftj^ftj^^^^^^^ft^^^^^^^^^ft,^ft'sft^^^'\ft'^^^^^^^^ft^5^^^^^"^^^^^5^^^^^^^ 3QBQX2X? came Dacie and sat down, ; together the three discussed their f nt .plans. Rollin was apparently entii iree from embarrassment in Raten , .presence while Virginia was with thc only his manner with her was alni precise? if not cold. The past seemet -entirely absorbed in his wonder conversion. He had not forgotten Irat he seemed tobe completely caw Tip for this present time in the purp of this new life. After awhile Rollin was called o and Rachel and Virginia began to t ^of other things. 4?Bythe way, what has become '?Jasper Chase?" ; Virginia asked the question im fcenlly enough, but Rachel blushed, a Wirginia added, with a smile: "I si .-^jose he is writing another book. Is teaing to put you into this one, Rach< f?bn know I always suspected Jasr. ?Obase of doing that very thing in 1 ifirst story. " - "Virginia"-Rachel spoke with t Rankness that had always existed 1 Sween the two friends-"Jasper Cha told me the other night that he-in fa -fae proposed to me-or he would if '. Rachel stopped and sat with h iaiids clasped on her lap, and the -were tears in her eyes. "Virginia, I thought a little whi ago that I loved him, as he said 1 loyed me, but when he spoke my h ea felt repelled, and I said what I oug] to have said. I told him no. I have n? seem him since. That was the night < the first conversions at the Rectangle. "I am glad for you." said Virgin: quietly. "Why?" asked Rachel, a little sta; ?ed "Because I have never really like Jasper Chase. He is too cold and-I c ?Ot like to judge him, but I have a " "ways Mistrusted his sincerity in takin tiie pledge at the church with the rest. Rachel looked at Virginia thonghl fully. * "I have %?ver given my heart to bin: "*?am sure. He touched my emotion.' and I admired his skill as a writer, have thought at times that I cared good deal for him I think perhaps i lie had spoken to me at any other tim than the one he chose I could easil have persuaded myself that I loved him but not now. " Rachel paused suddenly and when she looked up at Virgin! again there were tears on her face. Vii ginia came to her and put her am about her tenderly. When Rachel had left the house. Vir ginia sat ic the hall thinking over th confidence her friend had just showi her. There was something still to b told. Virginia felt sure from Rachel': manner, but she did not feel hurt tha Rachel had kept back something. Sh< was simply conscious of more on Ra chel's mind than she had revealed. Very soon Rollin came back, and h< and Virginia, arm in arm! as they hac lately been in the habit of doing, walkec np and down the long hall. It was easy for their talk to settle finally upon Rachel because of the place she was to occ; m the plans which were being made for the purchase ci the property at the Rectangle. "Did you ever know a girl of such really gifted powers in vocal music who was willing to give her whole life tc the people, as Rachel is going todo": She is going to give music lessons in the city, have private pupils to make her living and then give the people in the Rectangle the benefit of her culture and her voice ' **It is certainly a very good example of self sacrifice. " replied Rollin, a little stiffly Virginia looked at him a little sharply - "But don't you think it is a very unusual example ': Can yon imagine' -here Virginia named half a dozen fa? mous opera singers-"doing anything of this sort":' "No: i can't.' Rollin answered briefly "Neither can I imagine Miss" -he? spoke the name of the girl With the red parasol who had begged Vir? ginia to take the girls to the Rectangle -"doing what you are doing. Vir? ginia " "Any more than I can imagine Mr. ' -Virginia spoke the name of a young society leader-*'going about to the ein bs doing your work. Rollin. " The two walked on in silence for the length of the hall "Coming back to Rachel." began Virginia. '"Roliin. why do you treat her with such a distant, precise man? ner? 1 think. Rollin-pardon mo if I hurt you-that she is annoyed by it. You used co be on easy terms I don't think Rachel likes this change. " Rollin suddenly stopped, lie seemed deeply agitated He took his arm from Virginia's and walked down to ti;" end of the hall Then he returned, with his arras behind him, and, stopping near his sister, he sn id "Virginia, have you not learned my secret':" Virginia looked bewildered Th? n over her face the unusual <-<>ii>r crept, showing that un rstood ?'I have neve; lovi .1 any one hut Ra che! Winslow Rollin spoke calmly enough now "'That day she was here when yon talked about her refusal *.> join the concert company. 1 asked her to be my wife. ont there on ii;'- avenue She refused me as I knew she would; an?! siie gave a< li rreason the'fact that I had n?? purpose in life, which \v-:s true <*::< :"ii Now that ? have a pur pose, now t??.:? 1 am ;i new man. don't yon. see, Virginia, how impossible it is IjBnHHHMMBMBBMBMi j for me to say anything ': i owe my vt conversion to Rachel's singing, and ^ I that night while she sang 1 can hone j ly say that fur the time heing I ne> ? thonght ol' her voice except as Go< j message I believe all my personal lc j for her was for the time merged inti i personal love-to God and my Saviour I Rollin was silent Then he went with more emotion. "I am still in lo with her. Virginia, but I do not thi: she could ever love nae. " He stopp and looked his sister in the face with ? sad smile "I don't know about that, " said V: ginia to herself. She was noting R< lin's handsome face, its marks of dis pation nearly all gone now, the tu? lips showing manhood and courage, t clear eyes looking into hers frankly, tl form strong and graceful Rollin w a man now. Why should not Rach come to love him in time ? Surely tl two were well fitted for each othe especially now that their purpose : life was moved by the same Christi' source. She said something of all this to Rc lin. but ho did not find much comfoi When they closed the interview, Vi ginia carried away the impression th; Rollin meant to go his way with h chosen work, trying to reach the fas! ionable men at the clubs and, while n< avoiding Rachel seeking no occasic for meeting her He was distrustful < his power to control his feelings, ar Virginia could see that he dreaded eve the thought that his love was still tl same. The next day she went down to Ti i?ews office to see Edward Norman an arrange the details of her part in tl establishment of the paper on its ne1 foundation. Henry Maxwell was pre: ent at this conference, and the thre agreed that, whatever Jesus would d in detail as editor of a daily paper, h would be guided by the same genera principles that directed his conduct a the Saviour of the vrorld. "I have tried to put down here i: concrete form some of the things whic it has seemed to me Jesus would do, ' said Edward Norman. He read from ; paper lying on his desk, and Henr Maxwell was reminded again of hi effort to put into written form his owi conception of Jesus' probable actio: and also of Milton Wright's attempt ii his business. "I have headed this. 'What Woul< Asus Do as Edward Norman, Editor c a Daily Newspaper In Raymond. ' "1. He would never allowa senteno or a picture in his paper that could bi called bad or coarse or impure in an] way. 4'2. He would probably conduct th, political part of the paper from th< standpoint of nonpartisan patriotism, always looking upon all political ques tions in the light of their relations tc the welfare of the people, always on thc basis of 'What is right?* never fron: the basis of 'What is for the best inter? ests of this or that parry Y In ethe: words, he would treat every political subject from the standpoint of "ie ad? vancement of the kingdom of God on the earth. " Edward Norman loo-red up from the reading for a moment. "Yon under? stand that is my interpretation of Jesus' probable action on political matters on other newspaper men who may have a different conception of Jesus' probable action from mine. I am simply trying to answer honestly. 'What would Jesus do as Edward Norman ?' and the answer I find is what I have pnt down. " "o. The end and aim of a daily pa? per conducted by Jesus would be to do the will of God. That is, his main pur? pose in carrying un a newspaper would not be to make money or gain political influence, but his first and ruling pur? ine should.be so to conduct his paper that it would be evident to all his sub? scribers rhat he was trying to seek first the kingdom of God by means of his paper. This purpose would be as dis? tinct and unquestioned as the purpose of a minister or a missionary or any other unselfish martyr in Christian work anywhere. "4. All questionable advertisements would be impossible. "">. The relation of Jesus to the em? ployees on the paper would be of the most loving character. " "So far as ? have gone. " said Nor? man, again looking nj?. "I am of the opinion that Jesus would employ prac? tically sonn.' form of co-operation that would represent the idea of mutual in? terest in ii business where all were to move together for the same great end. 1 am working out such a plan, and I am confident it will be successful. At any rate, once introduce the element of per? sonal love into a business like this, take '?Tit the selfish principle of doing it for the sake of personal profits to a man or company, and 1 do not see any way ex? cept t ? J . - most loving personal interest between editor, reporters, pressmen and all who contributed anything t<> the life of the paper, and that int rest would be expressed not onh" in th" {>: r sonal love and sympathy. !.nt in a shar? ing with the profits of Th" business. 16 As editor of a daily paper today Jesus would give large space to the work <i?' the Christian world; Ile would devote ;i page possibly to the facts of reform; < !' sociological prob] >;:s. of Lu stitntional church work and similar of the human r;.*??? : an unnecessary would d<> this regardle -: of public st n tiim nt in the matter and, of course, i V 2HMAN AND SOUTH I ways regardless of its effect on his SUD ! scription list " j Again Edward Norman looked np. j "1 state my honest conviction-on this j point. Of course I do not pass judgment ! on the Christian men who are editing j other kinds of papers today, hut ns I interpret Jesus I believe ho would use the influence of his paper to remove the saloon entirely from the political and ? sockil life of the nation. "8. Jesus would not issue a* Sunday : edition. i "9. He would print the news of the world that people ought to know. Among the things that they do not need to know and which would not be pub? lished would be brutal prizefights, long accounts of crimes, scandals in private families or any other human events which in any way would conflict with i the first point mentioned in this out? line. j "10. If Jesus had the amount of money to use on a paper which we have, he would probably secure the best and strongest Christian men and women to co-operate with him in the matter of contributors. That will be my pur? pose, as I shall be able to show you in a few days. "ll. Whatever the details of the pa ' per might demand as the paper de? veloped along its definite plan, the main principle that guided it would always be the establishment of the kingdom of God in the world. This large general j principle would necessarily shape all i the details." Edward Norman finished reading his plan. He was very thoughtful. "I have merely sketched a very faint outline. I have a hundred ideas for making the paper powerful that I have j not yet thought out fully. This is sim- j ply suggestive. I have talked it over i with other newspaper men. Some of i them say I will have a weak, namby j pamby Sunday school sheet. If I get i out something as good as a Sunday ; school, it will be pretty good. Why do j men when they want to characterize something as particularly feeble always use a Sunday school as a comparison when they ought to know that the Sun- | day school is one of the strongest, most ; powerful influences in our civilization j in this country today. Bm the paper will not necessarily be weak because j it is good. Good things are more pow- j erful than bad. The question with me ? is largely ene of support from the Chris- j tian people of Raymond. There are over j 20,000 church members here in the ! city. If half of them will stand by The News, its life is assured. What do you think, Maswell, is the probability of such support?" "I don't know enough about it tb give an intelligent answer. I believe in the paper with all my heart. If it lives a year, as Miss Virginia said, there is no telling what it can do. The great thing will be to issue such a paper, as near as we can judge, as Jesus probably would and put into it all the elements of Christian brains, strength, intelli? gence and sense and command respect by the absence of bigotry, of fanati? cism, narrowness and anything eise that is contrary to the spirit of Jesus. Such i a paper will call for thu best that hu? man thought and action are capable of giving. The greatest minds in the world would have their powers taxed to tiie utmost to issue a Christian daily. " "Yes," Edward Norman spoke hum- | bly. "I shall make greai mistakes, no ? doubt. I need a great deal of wisdom J But I want to do as Jesus would j 'What would he do?' I have asked it j daily and shall continue to do so and | abide by results. " "I think we are beginning to under- : stand." said Virginia, "uh" meaning cf 1 that command. 'Grow in the grace and j knowledge of our Lord and Saviour j Jesus Christ." I am snr.' 1 do not know j all that he would do in detail until I i know him better. " "That is very true.'* said Henry j Maxwell. "I am beginning to under stand that I cannot interpret the prob- j able action of Jesus until I know* better what his spirit is. To my mind the greatest question in all of human life is summed up when we ask, 'What would Jesus do?' if as wo ask it we also try to answer it from a growing knowledge of Jesus himself. We must know Jesus before we can imitate him." When the arrangements had been made between Virginia and Edward | Norman, he found himself in possession of the sum of ?500.000. exclusively his ! to use for the establishment of a Chris- 1 tian daily paper. When Virginia and Henry Maxwell had gone. Norman closed his door and. alone with the Divine presence, asked like a child for help from his all powerful Father. All through his prayer as he kneeled before his desk ran the promise, "If any man I lack wisdom, let him ask of God. who j giveth to all men liberally and up braideth not. and it shall be given him." Surely his prayer would he an- j sv.vred and the kingdom be advanced j through this instrument of (-rod's pow er, this mighty press which liad become ; so largely degraded to thc base uses of j man's avarice and ambition. Two months went by. They were full ; of action and results in the city of Kay- I mond and especially in the First church ? In spite o' ' " approaching heat of the ' summen <-. th" after meeting of the disc .es who had made the pledge i to do as Jesus would do continued with enthusiasm and power Gray had fin- j ished iii- work at the Rectangle, and an outward observer going tliror.gh the . place could a<-? have: - a any difference in t Ie- < ?id <.< >ndirions, au li< ?ugh \ >:. re was an nctual change in hundreds of lives, but ih" saloons. dens, hovels, gambling j hon-"-, still ran, overflowing "their vi?. n->< into the lives-of fresh victims to take ?h<" place of tir?se rescued by ile* evangelist, and the devil recruited bis ranks very i'.:-t Henry Maxwell did not go abroad. Ir -ad o'' thal li" took ih" money he had i- - ii saving for the trip ann ??ai"! ly arra.. . ! a simmer Vacation--for n pastor ol' thc First eh arch wi:! nev- r forget the week he spent with t'?i< fam? ily making th? arrangements. !!<. went do'.vn into the Rectangle one hot day [RON, JANUARY io. j when something of the terrible heat of j ' th;- tenements was beginning to be felt j and helped the family ti? the station and then went with them to a beautiful spot on the coast, where, in the home ! of a Christian woman, these bewildered . city tenants breathed for the first time in years the cool salt air and felt blow about them the pine scented fragrance | , of a new lease of life. ! There was a sickly baby with the j : mother-three other children, one a j j cripple. The father, who had been out ! ? of work until he had been, as he after- I ward confessed to Maxwell, several times on the verge of suicide, sat with the baby in his arms during the jour ! ney, and when Maxwell started back to J Raymond after seeing the family set I tied the man held his hand at parting I and choked with his utterance and finally broke down, to Maxwell's great confusion. The mother, a wearied, wornout woman, who had lost three children the year before from a fever scourge in the Rectangle, sat by the car window all the way and drank in the delights of sea and sky and field. It was all a miracle to her, and Henry Maxwell, coming back into Raymond at the end of that week, feeling the scorching, sickening heat all the more because of his little taste of the ocean breezes, thanked God for the joy he had witnessed and entered upon his disci? pleship with a humble heart, knowing for almost the first time in his life this special kind of sacrifice, for never be? fore had he denied himself his regular summer trip away from the heat of Raymond, whether he felt in any great need of rest or not. "It is a fact, " he said in reply to sev? eral inquiries on the part of his church, "I do not feel in need of a vacation this year. I am very well and prefer to stay here." It was with a feeling of relief that he succeeded in concealing from every one but his wife what he had done with this other family. He felt the need of doing anything of that sort j without display or approval from others. I So the summer came on, and Henry Maxwell grew into larger knowledge of his Lord. The First church oas still j swayed by the power of the Spirit, j Maxwell marveled at the \continuance of his stay. He knew very well that j from the beginning nothing bnt the Spirit's presence had kept the church" | from being torn asunder by this re- j markable testing it had received of its discipleship. Even now there were | many of the members am cog those who j had not taken the pledge who regarded the whole movement as Mrs. Winslow did, in the nature of a fanatical inter? pretation of Christian duty, and looked for a return of the old normal condi- ' tion. Meanwhile the whole body of dis? ciples was under the influence of the Spirit, and Henry Maxwell went his way that summer doing his parish work in great joy. keeping up his meetings with the railroad men. as he had prom? ised Alexander Powers, and daily grow? ing into ? better knowledge of the Master. Early one evening in August, after a day of refreshing coolness, following a long periocr*6f heat. Jasper Chase walk? ed to the window of his room in the apartment house on the avenue and looked out. On his desk lay a pile of manuscript. Since that evening when he had spoken to Rachel Winslow he had not met her. His singularly sensitive nature, sensi? tive to the point of irritability when he was thwarted, seemed to thrust him into an isolation that was intensified by his habits as an author. All through the heat of the summer he had peen writing. His book was nearly done now. H<> had thrown him? self into its construction with a feverish strength that threatened at any moment to desert him and h'ave him helpless. He had not forgotten his pledge with the other church members at the First church. It had forced itself upon his notice all through his writing and ever since Rachel had said no to him. He had asked a thousand times. "Would Jesus do this?" "Would he write this story ?" lt was a society novel, written in a style that had proved popular. It had no purpose except to amuse. Its moral teaching was not bad. but nei- | thor was it Christian in any positive way. Jasper Chase knew that such a story would sell. He was conscious of powers in his way that the social world petted and admired. What would Jesus do? The question obtruded on him at the most inopportune times. He be? came irascible over it. The standard of Jesus as an author was too ideal. Of course Jesus would use his powers to produce something useful or helpful or l with a purpose. What was he. Jasper Chase, writing this novel for? Why. what nearly every writer wrote for namely, money and fame as a writer. There was no secret with him that he was writing this new story with that object. He was not poor and so had no temptation to write for money, but he j was urged on by his desire for fame as ] innch as anything. He must write this j kind of matter. Dut what would Jesus 1 co? Tho question plagued him even ! more than Rachel's refusal. Was he going to break his promise? As he sT-a.il at the window Rollin, ? Page cane-?.ut of tin- clubhouse just op- j p?sito. Jasper noted his handsome face ! and noble iignre as he started down the i street. He went back to his desk and turned over some papers lhere. Then he !. turned i<> the window Rollin was ; walkin-.; down n.:st the block, and Ha? che! Winslow was walking beside him. Rollin must have overtaken her as she j was coming from Virginia's that after- ? n< H 'Ti Jasper watched the two figures until they disappeared in the crowd on the walk. Then he turned to his desk and began to write. Win n be had finished the last page of the last chaptei of ht< book, it was nearly dark What would Jesus do? il - had finally answered the question hy dejiying his Lord ll grew darker in . :.?.;?< r's room Lie had delib? era!, iv che:, u his course, urged on b} hi> disappoint:::, ut and loss. "j;s?l .ie us sa:-s unto him. XV? mau: haying pul hi> hand !.. the plew -nd lookin g back, is iii for the kingdom of li -:iV.o? [TO BE CONTINUED.]* 1900. Des?royiog our Fore3t. We have published much ia these ! column's about the destraction of I our Southern forests. and ii ave urged people who own timber iands to husband them as one of the sources of future wealth Scores of other papers in the South have done the same kV hat effect this may have had we do not know, but probably little, if any. if we may judge from the rapidity th which i our timber iands are passing into the possession of lumbermen There are few of us who have any idea of the extent of the havoc done upon our pine forests, bat the following which we find iu the Charleston News and Courier will give some idea : M 'These are sad days for the for esti, in this part of the country, says the ?umber editor of the Dixie Maga zine "It is a glorious harvest for the lumbermen,1 aod is -filling their pocketbooks/ bat 'the sacrifice is great9 How great it is he explains: ' 'A reasonable estimate of the pine cut from Southern forest during the first ten months of the present year would reach a total of seveo hundred million feet That is a deal two much to express in figures. Let us putjit another way. for no ODe can realize the immensity of a million feet, to say nothing of seven hundred million. The vision of the mind's eye is limited. Let me say, than, that the Southern pine cut for the first ten months of 1899 amount to eighty thousand carloads If placed one after the other the cars would make a train reaching from Savannah to Cin cinnati-seven hundred miles Or, to put it in another way if this lumber was cut into inch boards it would lay a board walk ten feet wide around the world-a matter of seventeen thousand miles ' " 'This represents the destruction effected in only ten months, and the rate of slaughter is "increasing every day The end is not distant, of course ' ,; There is scarcely a day that an nouncement is not made of the ?ale (if 6ale it can be called) of some immense track of timber land, at a merely nominal price A few dajs ago we Doted the sale in Northern Florida, of 600,000 acres, at the beggarly price of one dollar an acre This was iand owned by a railroad company which was doubtless in? duced to make the sale at the figures by the prospect of the money it would make in hauling the cut lumber to market. If that land was adapted to culti vation, divided np into tracts for farms, and the timber peserved. it would be some day in the near future worth millions of dollars This is but an illustration of the many that are constantly occuriDg, showing how cur forest are passing into our hands, and bow our peo pie are parting with for a trifle, whicn if held would become immen? sely valuable -Wilmington Star -?MO- ???-^W?^ Statement From Hester. New Orleans, Jan 3 -Secretary Hester of the New Orleans cotton exchange issued today a statement that shows the amount of cotton brought into sight for the four months from September to the close of December to have been 5,591 076 bales, against 7.725,549 iastyear and 7.296.533 year before last Foreign exports for the first four months of the season have been 2 568,435 ba?es, showing a decrease under iast season of 1,616,194 Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior markets at the close of December were 1,898, 939, against 2,052,361 the same date last year A young man of Chatham, N J., has become insane from injuries sus? tained in a foot bali game. But foot ball makes a good many young men insane without any previous injury There is a good deal of insanity in the whole business An English paper remarks that England "needs a Stonewali Jack son She will keep on needing him for there isn't any Stonewall Jack SODS living just now, and they don't breed them over there. The eleotrio light is but tws&ty ycari, old, but it bas girdled the rarh sed POW lighn the world, a'd i Edison, irs in vector, is prill yous?;. lr. is s;:id rh-?t J<.hn L Sullivan, the j o? cr- fameus bruiser, tnsde ana spent gi 000 OOO in the six eeo vcars he was | .? .-ior-.' thc public Another iilu-trar:->o j >v "-be fool .?.od his money soon --.art- j ec ? Five vears ago a Pennsylvania! m?n lost his speech. He nnexpect j edly found it a few days ago when he | {dipped eu a banana peeling fell j devvn, got mad and got up swearing Brav? Men Fall Victim.* to ?tom:ich. ?iver and kidney tr?u le? :i~ well ?i- w??uieT?. ?md ??'l feel the results :TI I. of appetite. {...?-?.n< iii the. M'?cd. i> .ok j alica. iifrv?>i;?-nt'.*^, he/.dache and tired, lt:fies ? run-down feeling !.::: there's' r.?> need to feel ? like th.tt. Listen to J. VV>Gardrrer. [da ville, j ! 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EAST. 2d cl 1st cl 1st cl 2d cl *35 *33 Eastern tice. *32 *34 pm om STATIONS pm pm 8 20 12 50 Camdeu 12 25 5 3C 8 50 115 Dekalb ll 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 30 10 50 i 40 * Kershaw ll 35 4 10 11 20 2 IO Fhatb Seringa ll 20 3 15 11 35 2 15. Pleasant Hill Illa 3 00 12 30 2 35* Lancaster 10 5'. 2 35 1(0 2 f0 Riverside 10 40 1 Oft 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40 2 '?0 ?. i0 Catawna Junction 10 20 12 20 2 5? 3.0 L 9l?e 10 i? 31 0? 3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 41 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 2? 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 00 5 30 4 20 Ycrkville 9 15 7 20 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 CO 6 50 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 00 Sm.vroa 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 ?lackatmrg 8 15 5 30 pm pm am am Between Blackeburg, S. C., and Marion. N. C. WSST._EAST. 2d cl 1st cl Ipt cl 2d ci *11 *33 Extern time *32 *12 a m pm STATIONS. am pm 8 10 5-SO Blacksburg 7 48 8 40 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Soring* 7 25 o 12 9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 CO i0 00 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 iO 10 10 6 28 Moorcsboro 6 48 4 40 ;0 25 6 38 :'e:.rieua 6 38 4 29 10 bo* 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 50 1115 7 10 Rutberfcrdton 6 05 3 25 11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 55 3 05 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 59 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45 12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20 12 tO 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 00 pmpm am pm West. Gaffoev Division. East. ist Class, j EASTERN TIME. 1st Class. 15 113 STATUES 1 14 I 16 pm H. m am pm I 00 6 00 Blacksburg 7 50 3 0? i 20 6 IQ Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 49 1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 2 2? p m a m a m p m *f>Aity esc pt Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., at ? a m. m ?king close connection at Blarksburg. S i', wi h ihs Southern** train No 36 for Cbar ln-ie, N C. and ail points East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule g ?ing to A'lanta. QA. and all points Wist, and wi'l receive pas? sengers g?"ng Ka-t fr<>tn tra:n No 10. on the C & N \V K K. at Yorfcville. S C. at S 43 a m. ard connects Cam len. S ?'. with the Sou;r.ern's train No TS, arriving in Charleston. S 17 p m. ?rai:) No 04 with passenger coach attached leaving BiaoksbHrg .?t 5 SO a uv. and connecting ai Kock Hill the Southern's Florida train fi-r ::11 i oints! South. Train No leaving Camden, S C. at 12 St p ni, aft?r the arrival ot th-- Southern's Char? leston tra ti c >n neets at Lancaster. S C, with thc I. A C li K. at Catawba .1 unction with rise S A L. u-'i: u 1" .?-'. ai Ho, k Kid. S C. wita the Southern's train. No 'M. f,.r v barlote. N ali t>. i;ts K. ?. <" nnects York ?ille. S i*, iv.rh train No :> on the C a N W ll ?; toi Che.-t r. > C. Al t>*acks bul g wi h the South rn's \ turibule g . . K .>. ai: i too South? 's f rair?~No tJ5 g.iiiig U.esi.. an?! ron '.ci t: og i! Marilin \'' v.ith thc.^Soirtbernboib East and U ?st S < MU KL H UNT. Presidei t. ?\. TH I! P. Sn) erintendeiif. .. B. LUM PK IN, Gen'l Passenger Ag-nt.