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M*M--1- _ JMf_^------?-WBMBIM_ I IN MIS STEPS, j jP8!! I if:j By Charles M. Sheldon. ? ^^^^^^^B g .| -"> Qrp!?riahted and puhl?thed in hook form hy the j^^S?^ '^'^^8^^^3 <. .>> .4(/cuncc Publiaiiiioj Cv. of Chicago. ' fdfi^BBgB5fl <?>&. ? vu., /i-. ^ ?v I. iv.. i. I. i>-?. :. . ^ /.^A ?. -A ... . > , ?. A . .,? x.\ \ A *. AAA -, .- ' AA "Or take the case of "Mr. Norms editor of The Daily News. He risk his entire fort nee in obedience to wi _lie believed was Jesus' probable acti ' and revolutionized his entire condt of the paper at the risk of a failure, send yon a copy cf yesterday's pape I want yon to read it carefniiy. To r mind, it is one of the most interest! and remarkable papers ever printed ?fiie United States, It is open to cri c?sm. but what could any mere m; attempt in this line that would be fr from criticism ? Take it all in all, it BO far above the ordinary conception a daily paper that I am amazed at tl rest?t. He tells me that the paper "beginning to be read more and more 1 the Christian people of the city. He Tery confident of its final success. "Read his editorial on the mom gestion ; also the one on the comir election in Raymond, when the questic of license will again be an issue. Bot articles are of the best from this poii of view. He says he never begins a -editorial or, in fact, any part of h newspaper work withont first askini *What would Jesus do?' The result : certainly apparent. "Then there is Milton Wright, th merchant. He has, I am told, so revc mtionized his business that no man i more beloved today in Raymond. Hi own clerks and employees have affe< tion for him that is very touching During the winter, while he was lyin dangerously ill at his home, scores c clerks volunteered to watch or help i: -any possible way, and his return to hi -store was greeted with marked demon strations. All this has been brough about by the element of personal lov< introduced into the business- This lov< -is not mere words, but the business it self is carried on under a system of co Operation that is not a patronizing rec ognition of inferiors, but a real sharing in the entire business. Other men 01 .fiie street look upon Milton Wright a: odd. It is a fact, however, that whil< ie has lost heavily in some direction; he has increased his business and is to day respected and honored as one of th. best and most successful merchants ir Kaymond. "And there is Miss Winslow. Shi lias chosen to give her great talent tc the poor and wretched of the city. Hei plans include a musical institute where choruses and classes in vocal music sha! ^S? a feature. She is enthusiastic ovei her life work. In connection with hei friend Miss Page she has planned a ?course in music which, if carried out, will certainly do much to lift up the lives of the people down there. I am ?ot too old. my dear Caxton, to be in? terested in the romantic side of much that h3s also been tragic here in Ray? mond, and I must tell you that it is well understood there that Miss Wins? low expects to be married this spring to a brother of Miss Page, who was ones a society leader and clubman and who was converted in a tent where his wife that is to be took an active part in the service. I don't know all the details of this little romance, but I can imagine there is a little story wrapped up in it, and it would be interesting reading if ve only knew it all. "These are only a few illustrations cf results in individual lives owing to obedience to the pledge. I meant to have spoken of President Marsh of Lin? coln college. He is a graduate of my alma mater, and I knew him slightly when I was in the senior year. He has taken an active part in the recent mu? nicipal agitation, and his influence in the city is regarded as a very large factor in the coming election. He im? pressed me. as did all the other dis ciples in this movement, as having fought out some hard questions and as having taken np some real burdens that have caTised and still do cause that suffering . of which Henry Maxwell speaks, a suf? fering that does not eliminate but does appear to intensify a positive and prac? tical joy. "But I am prolonging this letter, possibly to your weariness. ? am un? able to avoid the feeling of fascination which my entire stay here has increased. I want to tell you something of the meeting in the First church today. "As I siid, I heard Maxwell preach. At his earnest request I had preached for him the Snnday before, and this was the first time I had. heard him since the association four years ago. His ser? mon this morning was as different from his sermon then as if it had been thought out and preached by some one living on another planet. I was pro? foundly touched. I believe I actually shed tears once. Others in the congre? gation were moved like myself. His text was: 'What is that to thee? Fol? low thou me.' And it was a most un? usually impressive appeal to the Chris? tians ot* Raymond to obey Jesus' teach? ings and follow in his steps; regardless of what others might do. I cannot give yon even the plan of the sermon. It would take too long. At the close (if the service there was tin? usual after meet? ing that has become a r 'gular feature ?f the First church. Into this meeting have come all those who made the pledge to do as Jesus would do, and the time is spent in mutual fellowship, con? fession, questions as to what Jesus would do in special cases and prayer that the one great guide of every dis? ciple's c< ndnct may be the Holy Spirit. ..M ixwel] asked me toc?me into this meeting. Nothing in all my ministerial life, Caxton, has so moved me as that meeting. I never felt the Spirit's pres? ence so powerfully. It was a meeting of ^reminiscences and of the most loving fellowship, i w:.- slsti?lv (invon thought back to the first years of Chri tianity. There was something alu ?ur ? this that was apostolic in its simplici and Christ imitation. "I asked questions. Ono that seem? to arouse more interest than any oth was in regard to the extent of tl ! Christian disciples' sacrifice of person ! property. Henry Maxwell teils me tb; j so far no one lias interpreted the spir I of Jesus in such a way as to abandc his earthly possessions, give away a his wealth or in any literal way imita" the Christians of the order, for exan pie. of St. Francis of Assisi. It was tl unanimous consent, however, that any disciple should feel that Jesus i his own particular case would de thi there could be only one answer to tl question. Maxwell frankly admitte that he was still, to a certain degre< uncertain as to Jesus' probable actio when it came to the details of hous( hold living, the possession of wealtl the holding of certain luxuries. It i: however, evident that very many c these disciples have repeatedly carrie their obedience to Jesus to the extrem limit, regardless of financial loss. Ther is no lack of courage or consistency a this point. It is also true that some c the business men who took the pledg have lost great sums of money in thi imitation of Jesus, and very man; have, like Alexander Powers, lost valu able positions owing to the impossibilit of doing what they had been accus tomed to do and at the same time doini what they felt Jesus would do in tb same place. In ccnnction with thesi cases it is pleasant to record the lac that many .who have suffered in ?hi: way have at once been helped financial ly by those who still have means. Ii this respect I think it is true that thes< disciples have all things in common. Certainly such scenes as I witnessed ai the First church at that after servic( this morning I never saw in my churcl or any other. I never dreamed thal such Christian fellowship could exist ir this age of the world. I am almost in? credulous as to the witness of my owi senses. I still seem to be asking myseli if this is the close of the nineteenth cen? tury in America. "But now, dear friend, I come to the real cause of the letter, the real heart of the whole question as the First church of Raymond has forced it upon rae. Before the meeting closed today steps were taken to secure the co-oper? ation of all other Christian disciples in this country. I think Henry Maxwell took this step after long deliberation. He said as much to me one day when I called upon him and we were discuss? ing the effect of this movement upon the church in .general. " 'Why,' he said, 'suppose that the church membership generally in this country made this pledge and lived up to it. What a revolution it would cause in Christendom I But whynot? Is it any more than the disciple ought to do ? Has he followed Jesus unless he is will? ing to do this ? Is the test of disciple? ship any less today than it was in Jesus' time li ' *'I do not know all that preceded or followed his thought of what ought to be done outside of Raymond, but the idea crystallized today in a plan to se? cure the fellowship of all the Christiana in America. The churches through their pastors will be asked to form disciple gatherings like the one in the First church. Volunteers will be called for in the great body of church members in the United States who will promise to do as Jesus would do. Maxwell spoke particularly of the result of such gen? eral action on the saloon question. He is terribly in earnest over this. He told me that there was no question in his mind that the saloon would be beaten in Raymond at the election now near at hand. If so, they could go on with some courage to do the redemptive work begun by the evangelist and now taken up by the disciples in his own church. If the saloon triumphs again, there will be a terrible and. as he thinks, unnec? essary waste of Christian sacrifice. Bnt, however we differ on that point, he has convinced his church that the time has come for a fellowship with other Chris? tians. Surely, if the First church could 1 work such changes in society and its surroundings, the church in general, if combining such fellowship, not of creed, but of conduct, ought to stir the entire nation to a higher lift' and a now eon ' ception of Christian following. *4This is- a grand idea. Caxton, but right here is where I find myself hesi ''? tating. 1 do not deny thai thc? Christian disciple ought to folio v.- Christ's steps as closely as these here in Raymond have tried to do, but I cannot avoid : asking what the result will be if 1 ask my church in Chicago to du it. I am writing this after feeling the solemn, profound touch of the Spirit's presence, and I confess to yon. old friend, that I cannot call up in my church a doz? n prominent business or professional men who would maire this trial at tin* risk of all that they bold d< .ir Can yon do I any better in your church? What are we to say -that the church would u<>x respond to the call. 'Come and suffer?' The actual results of the pledge as obeyed li* re in Raymond are enough ?;> make any pastor tremble and at iii" sa???e time long with yearning tent tb y might occur in his own parish. Certain? ly, never have I s en a church sosignal ly blessed by tht> Spirit as this tue-, i>? ;t am I myself ready t?? take this . pledge? I as'; th** question honestly, and I dread to face ;:n honest answer, i I know well enough that I would have to j chancre very much 'T* ,nv Hiv? ?f \ TZZI,~'J~~ ' toole to follow his steps so closely. I have called myself a Christian for many years. For the past ten years I {?ave enjoyed a life that has had compara? tively little suffering in it I am-hon? estly I say it-living at a long distance from municipal problems and the life of the poor, the degraded and the aban? doned. What would the obedience to this pledge demand of mc ? ? hesitate to answer. My church is wealthy, full of weil to do. satisfied people. The stand? ard ot' their discipleship i-. I am aware, not of a nature to respond to the call to STLtTering or personal loss. I say. 'I am aware. ' I may be mistaken. 1 may have erred in not stirring their deeper Iii'.'. Caxton, my friend, I have spoken my inmost thought to you. Shall I go back ti? my people nest Sunday and stand np before them in my large city church and say. 'Let us follow Jesus closer ; let ns walk in his steps, where it will cost us something more than it is costing us now ; let ns pledge not to ! do anything without first asking, j "What would Jesus do?' If I should go I before them with that message, it would be a strange and startling one to them. But why ? Are we not really to follow him all the way? What is it to be a follower of Jesus? What does it mean to imitate him ? "What does it mean to walk in his steps?" The Rev. Calvin Bruce, D. D.. of the Nazareth Avenue church, Chicago, let his pen fall on the paper. He had come to the parting of the ways, and his question, he felt sure, was the question of many and many a man in the min? istry and in the church. He went to his window and opened it. He was op? pressed with the weight of his convic? tions, and he felt almost suffocated with the air of the room. He wanted to see the stars and feel the breath of the world. The night was very still. The clock in the First church was stri1 "g mid? night. As it finished a cit- . strong voice down in the direction of the Rec? tangle came floating up to him as if borne on radiant pinions: "Must Jesus bear the cro=s a!o::e And all the world sro free? No! There's a cross for every one. And there's a cross for me." It was the voice of one of Gray's old converts, a night watchman at the ? packing houses, who sometimes solaced j his lonesome hours by a verse or two J from some familiar hymn. The Rev. Calvin Bruce turned away from the winnow, and after a little hesitation he kneeled down. "What would Jesus do? What would Jesus do?" Never had he yielded himself so completely to the Spirit's searching re? vealing of Jesus. He was on his knees a long time. He retired and slept fitfully, with many awakenings. He rose before it was clear dawn and threw open his window again. As the light in the east grew stronger he repeated to himself: "What would Jesus do? What would he do? Shall I follow his steps?" The sun rose and flooded the city with its power. When shall the dawn of a new discipleship usher in the con? quering triumph of a closer walk with Jesus? When shall Christendom tread more closely the path he made? It is the way the Master trod. Shall nor ihe servant tread it still? With this question throbbing through his whole being the Rev. Calvin Bruce went back to Chicago, and the great crisis of his Christian life in the min? istry suddenly broke irresistibly upon him. CHAPTER IX. Master, I will follow the.? whithersoever thou goest. The Saturday matinee at the Audi? torium in Chicago was just over, and the usual crowd was struggling to get to its carriage before any one else. The Auditorium attendant was shouting out the number of different carriages, and the carriage doors were slamming as the horses were driven rapidly to the curb, held there impatient by the drivers, who had shivered long in the raw east wind, and then let go to plunge for a few minutes into the river of vehicles that tossed under the ele? vated railway and finally went whirling off up the avenue. "Now, then, 6241" shouted the Au? ditorium attendant. "Sis hundred and twenty-four!" he repeated as there dashed up to the curb a splendid span of black horses attached to a carriage having the monogram "C. R. S. " in gilt letters on the panel of the door. Two girls stepped ont of the crowd toward the carriage. The older one had entered and taken her seat, and the at? tendant was still holding the door open for the younger, who stood hesitating on the curb. "Come. Felicia S What are you wait? ing for? I shall freeze to death!" called the voice from the carriage. The girl outside of the carnage hast? ily unpinned a bunch of English violets from her dres:* and handed them t<> a small boy who was standing shivering on the edge of the sidewalk, almost under the horses' feet. He tock them with a look of astonishment and a "Thank ye. lady!" and instantlyburi* d a very grimy face in the bunch of per? fume The girl st< pped into tm car? riage, the door shut with the incisive bang peculiar to well made carriages < i' this sert, and in a f< w moments the coachman was speeding th;? horses rap? idly up one of the boulevards. "You a.re always doing .-<>me queer thing or other. Felicia." said the older girl as tho carnage whirled on past the great residences alreadv briliiantiv lighted. "Am IV What have E done-thai is queer now. Rose?" asked the other, looking u^> suddenly and turning her head toward her si .;< r. "< >h. giving those vit M?-ts tn that boy ! He looked as if he needed a good hoi supper more than a bunch of vi"! It's a wonder yon didn't invite bim home v> i : !i us. 1 shouldn't have been surprisfd-if yon had. Yb? are always doing such quei r i'ii::"<. F. o ia. " "Would it bo queer to invite a boy like that to come to iii-" House and ;:--t a 1 J ?. t supper ? " Felicia asked the ques? tion softly and almost as if she were aloa". "Queer isn't just the word, of course. " replied Rose indifferently. "It ; would be what Mme. Blanc calls oui ! - decidedly. Therefore yon will pie* , not invite him or others like him to i ; suppers because I suggested it. C dear! Fra awfully tirari." She yawned and Felicia silenl looked out of vh" window in the door "The concert was stupid, and t violinist was simply a bore. I don't F ?how you could sit so still through all." Rose exclaimed, a little imr 1 i ont ly. "I liked the music, " answered Felic quietly. "Yon like anything. I never saw girl with so little critical taste. " Felicia colored slightly, but won not answer. Rose yawned again ai then hummed a fragment of a popul song. Then she exclaimed abruptly: "I'm sick of almost everything, hope the 'Shadows of London' will exciting tonight. " " 'Tbe Shadows of Chicago'' " mu mured Felicia. " 'The Shadows of Chicago!' 'Tl Shadows of London.' the play, the gre. drama with its wonderful scenery, tl sensation of New York for two month You know we have a box with the D lanos tonight. " Felicia turned her face toward h sister. Her great brown eyes were ve] expressive and not altogether free fro: a sparkle of luminous heat. "And yet vre never weep over tl real thing on the actual stage of lif What are the shadows of London on tl stage to the shadows of London or Ch cago as they really exist ? Why don we get excited over the facts as the are*'" "Because th? actual people are dirt and disagreeable and it's too mic bother. I suppose," replied Rose car? lessly. "Felicia, you never can refori the world What's the use? We're nc to blame for the poverty and misery There have always been rich and poo: and there always will be. We ought ? be thankful we're rich. " "Suppose Christ bad gone on tha principle," replied Felicia, with ur usual persistence. "Do you remembe Dr. Bruce's sermon on that verse a fe\ Sundays ago. 'For ye know the grac of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, thong he was rich, yet for cur sakes he bc came poor, that ye through his povert; might become rich *?' " "I remember it well enough, " sar Rose, with some petulance. "Am didn't Dr. Bruce go on to say that ther was'no blame attached to people wh had wealth if they are kind and give t the needs of the poor? And I am sur the doctor himself is pretty comfortably settled. He never gives up his luxurie just because some people in the city g< hungry. What good would it do if h< did ? I tell you. Felicia, there will al ways be poor and rich in spite of all w< can do. Ever since Rachel has writtei about the queer doings -in Rayinonc you have upset the whole family. Peo pie can't live at that concert pitch al the time. You see if Rachel doesn'1 give it up soon. It's a great pity sh( doesn't come to Chicago and sing ii the Auditorium concerts. I heard todaj she had received an offer. I'm ?roiog tc write and urge her to come. I'm jus1 dying to hear her sing. " Felieia looked out ol' the window anc was silent. The carriage rolled on pasl two blocks of magnificent private resi? dences and turned into a wide drive? way under a covered passage, and thc sisters hurried into the house It wa* an elegant mansion of graystone, fur? nished like, a palace, every corner of it warm with ?la-r luxury of paintings, sculpture, art and refinement. The owner of it all. Mr. Charles R. Sterling, stood before an open grate fire smoking a cigar. He had made his money in grain speculation and rail? road ventures and was reputed to be worth something over two millions. His wife was a sister ?if Mrs. Winslow of Raymond. She had been an invalid for several years. The two girls. Rose and Felicia, were the only children. Rose was 21 years oM, fair, vivacious, educated in a fashionable college, just entering society and already somewhat cynical and indifferent, a very hard young lady to please, her father said sometimes playfully, sometimes sternly. Felicia was 19, with a tropical beauty somewhat like her cousin. Rachel Wins? low, with warm, generous impulses just waking into Christian feeling, ca? pable of all sorts of expression, a puzzle to her father, a source of irritation to her mother and with a great, unsur veyed territory of thought and action in herself of which she was more than dimly conscious. There was that in Felicia that would easily endure anv condition in life if only the liberty to act fully on her conscientious convic? tions were granted her. "Here's a letter for you. Felicia, " said Mr. Sterling, taking it ont of his pocket. Felicia sat down and instantly opened the letter, saying as she did so. "It's from Rachel. " "Well, what's tho latest news from Raymond?" asked Mr. Sterling, taking his cigar out of his month and looking at Felicia, as he often did. with half shut eyes, as if he were studying her. "Rachel says Dr. Bruce has been studying in Raymond for two Sundays and has seemed very much interested in Mr. Maxw< -l's pledge in the First church. " I '*What does Rachel say about her? self?"' :iskod Rose, who was lying on a couch, almost buried under half a dozen elegant cushions. "She is still singing at the Rectangle. Since the tevA n:>-> rings closed she shivs in an old hall until the new buildings her friend Virginia Page is putting up ari; completed. " "I must write Rachel to come to Chi? cago and visit us. Sae ought not to I throw away 1?- r v. ice in thal railroad j towri upon all those people who don't ! appreciate lier. " Mr. St' riing lighted a new cigar, and I Ri >se exclaimed ! "Rachel i- awfully queer. I think. She might set Chicago wild with lier I voie- if she sang ia the Auditorium. and there she goes on, throwing her voice away on people who don't know what they are hearing." (TO I?E CONTINUED.] Memorial Meeting in Ellerbek Honor. Addresses on Life and Char? acter of Late Governor. The joint assembly for memorial ese.ciset in honor of the late Govcrcur Wiiiiam H ase ideo Eiierbe was ooo vencd in the hail of the house of representatives promDfiy at, noon last Thursday ?cd was ca?ed to order by Senator John C. Sheppard, president pro teen of :be senate, who presided and made a short introductory addre?? Gen R. R. Hemphill, clerk of the senate, read be resolution calita g tor the joint assembly. 'ibo assembly then rose to receive the governor, supreme court and State house officials Governor McSweecey entered with Senator W. A. Brown, of Marion, tallowed by Rev W. R. Rich? ardson with Representative W. J Montgomery, of Marion, Attorney General Bellinger with Senator Living s'oa. of Marlboro, Chief Justice Mciver, Associate Justices Pope, Gary and Jones and the other State officiais and members of tbejoiot committee The proceedings were theo opened with an appropriate prayer by Rev W. R Richardson, pastor of the Washing? ton Street Methodist churoh which Gov Kllerbe atteoded Senator W. A. Brown, of Gov El? lerbek county then offered the following preamble and resolutions : Whereas since the adjournment of the last general assembly of South Car? olina an inscrutable providence has taken from us by death the young but capable and highly distinguished chief magistrate o? the State, William H. Ederbe, therefore, be it Resoived 1 That while we bow in bumble submission to this dispensation of God's providence, we realize the great loss susiained by the Slate and country and grieve at the departure of a lovable ard loyal gentleman and pa triode citizen and a faithful and cm ci?nt chief magistrate 2 That each house hereby records it? nigh appreciation of the distinguish cd and devoted services of the deceased to bis state, from the position cf private citizen to that of the highest place in the gift of the people 3. That we. the representatives of the people, hereby jointly tender to the be? reaved family of the deceased sincer? est symoatly and condolence, as the loss which is great to thc country is irreparable to them. 4. That these resolutions be spread upon the journals of the respective bouse?, and that an engrossed copy be transmitted to the i filleted family 5 That as a further token of respect and esteem to the memory of the deceased this joint assembly do now adjourn. Addresses were made by Senaters Brown, Livingston, 4ppelt, Represent? atives McCullough. Bacot and others. A. Frlffhftal Blunder Will often fauie a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the world will kill tbe pain ana promptly 'neal it. Cures Old Sore?, Fever S^res, Ulcer?, Boiii. Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Bist Pile Cure on earth. Only 25 cts, a box. Cure .guarantesd. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Prug - gist. 1-5 "The Reg'lar Army Man." The following verses, wbicb have a decidedly Kipiingesque flavor were clipped from a communication to the Oxford Press, published at Oxford, Chester county, Pa, from a private soldier in tbe Twelfth United States infantry, on duty in the Phil ippinee : He ain't no gold-laced "Belvedere," Ter sparkle ic tee san ; He don't parade with gay cockade, Acd poses in bis gun ; He ain't no "pretty soldier boy," So lovely, spick and spat), He wears a crust of tan an' dust, Tb6 reg'lar army man ; Tbe marchio', parcbio', l'ipe-clay starchin', Re?'lar army mao. He ain't at borne in Sunday school. Nor yet at social te?, And on tbe d*y be gets bis pay He's apt to spead it free ; He ain't no temp'tance advocate, He likes ter fill tbe can ; He's kindrr rough an', m-*ybe, toagh, Tbe regMur army nan ; Tt,e rana', liana', Sometimes swearia', Reg'lar army man No state' JI c-ih bim "noble son," He ain't r.o ?aci<s' prt, Bu" !et u row start anyhow, They'll send for bim, you bet ! He don't cut any ice at all la tusb'n's SoCui pisa, He >;ets the j :b to t'aie a mob, The reg''ar army m>in : Tr:e miilin', dril'iti', .Made fer kulin', Reg'iar army maa. Tbey ain' no tears sh:d over him When he pees oft' ter war, He yiti no Speech cor i>riyerf'a! "preach" From mayor rr governor : He packs his little knapsack up And tro s eft" in ir4e van, Tt r start ti.e. ligot and ?'..rt i: iiyb: Th* rej; Ur aru>\ maa ; The ratli.V, I..?tin.', Coil or gallic', Reg'lar army rami. He makes no fuse about the job, He don't !"-?k big or brav?, He knows he's in to fight . nd wp, t )r hei ti Iii! up a grave ; tie ai:;': no "camilla's ctar?n', : but lie do<s tl.f* Ut.- : i.'f- can, Ar.d he's ;he cbnp t.';*t n ins t!:t SCH p, The reg'lar anny mt.n ; The dandy, hand), Cool and sai dy, Reg'lar army man. O crop can grow with= out Potash. Every blade of Grass, even' grain of Corn, all Fruits and Vegetables must have it. if enough is supplied you can count on a full crop if too little, the growth will be " scrubby." Send for our books telling, all about composition of fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They cost you nothing'. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. lia li tension R. R. Company. Schedule No. 4-In effect 12.01 a. m., Son day, December 24, 1899 Between Oaodeo S. C , aod Blacksbcrg, S. 0. WEST. EAST. 2d cl *35 lat cl ?33 Eastern time. let cl 2d ci *32 *34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30 8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll C2 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville 1150 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw 1135 4.10 11 2u 2 lo Heath Springs ll 20 3 15 113) 2 15 Pleasant Hill ll ID 3 00 12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 5r> 2 35 1C0 2 fO Riverside 10 40 i GO 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40 2 30 3 10 Catawba Jut.cticn 10 20 12 20 2 50 3 ?0 Leslie 10 iO ll CO 3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 IC 40 4 10 3 55 New Fort 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tirzah * 9 30 8 CO 5 30 4 20 Yorkvilie 9 15 7 30 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 CO 6 50 6 25 4 50 Eickory Grove 8 45 G 2? 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 Blacksbcrg 8 15 5 3fr pa pm a tn am Between Blacksburg, S. C., aod Marion. N. C WEST. EAST. 2d cl .ll 1st cl ?33 Eastern time. 1st cl ?32 2d cl ?12 a m 8 10 8 30 8 40 9 20 l? 00 10 10 10 25 10 50; 11 15 ll 35 11 45 12 05 12 25 12 ?0 p m p m STATIONS. 5 30 Blacksburg 5 45 Earls 5 50 Patterson Suringi 6 00 Shelby 5 20 Lattimore 6 28 M oo rcs boro 6 38 Henrietta 6 55 Forest City 7 10 Rutberfordton 7 22 Millwood 7 35 Golden Valley 7 40 Thermal City 7 58 Glenwood 8 15 Marion p m a m 7 48 7 32 7 25 7 15 6 55 6 48 6 38 20 05 55 40 37 17 OD a m p m 6 40 6 20 b 12 6 CO 4 t0 4 40 4 20 3 50 3 25 3 05 2 50 2 45 2 20 2 00 D m West. Gaffney Divisioo. East. 1st Class. ? EASTERN TIME. { l3t Class. 15 I 13 ! STATIONS. ! 14 | 16 pm am a tn pm 1 00 6 00 Blacksburg 7 50 3 0G l 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 :0 2 20 pmam ampm ?Daily exe-pt Sunday Train No 3- leaving Marion, N. C., at 5 a ut, making close connection at Blacksburg, S C, wi>h the Southern's train No 36 for Char? lotte, N C. and all points East and connecting with the Southern'* vestibule going to A'lanta, Ga, and all points Wost, and will receive pas? sengers going East fro tn train No IO, on the C & N W R R, at Yorkvilie, S C, at S 45 a m. and connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern's train No 73, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 pm, TrAin No 34 with passenger coach attached leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, and connecting at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida train for all points South, Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12 50 p rn, after the arrival of the Southern's Char? leston tram connects at Lancaster, S C, with the L A C R R, at Catawba Junotion with the ? A L, going East, at Rock Hill, S C, with the Southern's trai?, No 34, for Charlotte, F C, and all point? East. Connect? at York ville, S C, with train No 9 on the C * N W R R. for Chester, S C. At BJacksburg with the Southern's vestibule going East, and the South? ern'? train No 35 going West, and connecting at Marion N C with the Southern both East and West. SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen'l Piissenger Ajr-nt. Estate of Julias J. Myers, Dee'd* IWILL APPLY ?o the Judge of Probate 0 Sumter County 00 February 3. 1900, for a Final Discharge as Administrator of afore-" B*id Estate. FRANK J. MYERS, Jftn3-4t Administrator. OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C , Sept 29, 1899. TyTOTICE is hereby givec that I will be in r\ my effice in the County Court House at Som ter norn October 15th to December gist, 1899, inclusive, tor the collection ot* uxis 1er tne fiscal \ettr 1893. The levy is as ioilo*s : For State purposes. 5 rnill6. For County purpose?, 3$ miils. Fur School purposes, 3 mit's. Total levy, Hi mi?S. Also ?hr- following racial schooi levies : School District No 1, 2 mills. School District N?> 16, 2 u-ills. School District No 18, 2 miils. School District No 2), 3 mills. Sit Clio, 2 mills. C rncord, 2 mills. 'rivatet r, 2 milis. 1 miil. No 17. ? mil!. (.'..tim.ut ?rion Roal Tax for 1900 is alfie. { H". I?: at ilu- tame tia;*'. H. L SCARBOROUGH, Oct 4 Treasurer Samter Co. Paper revett-, new paper novele at H G. OsteeB ? Co'e.