The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 24, 1900, Image 8
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By Charles IL Sheldon.
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*'Or take th* case of Mr. Norman,
editor of The Daily News. He risked
ki* entire- fortune in obedience to what
.fee believed wae Jesus* probable action
and revolutionized hi* entire conduct
?f the paper at the risk of a failnie. 1
?end yon a copy el ycMterday's paper
I want yon to read it carefully. To my
anind. it ia one of the most interesting
and remarkable papers ever printed in
the United States. It is open to criti?
cism. bat what cooM any mere man
attempt in this line that wonld he free
aVom criticism? Take it all in all. it ia
no far above the ordinary conception of
a daily paper that I am amazed at the
resrrftt He tells me that the paper ia
beginning to be read more and more by
Use Christian people of the city. He is
very confident of its final success.
"Read his editorial on the money
?sjaeatioa; - U > the one on tho coming
?lection in Raymond, when the quest ion
-?a* license will agai i be an issue. Both
?Titele? are of the I ?st from thin point
af view He says he never begina an
?ditorial or. in fact, any pari of his
?aew spa per work withont first asking.
*What wonld Jesus do?' The result is
?ertainly apparent
? Then there is Milton Wright, the
aacrchaot He has, I am told, so rev..
mt ionized his business thai no man is
beloved today in Raymond. His
clerks and employees have affec?
tion for him thai is very touching.
During the winter, while he was lying
dangerously ill at his home, scores of
clerks volunteered to watch or help in
?ay pot-cble way. and his return to his
asoru was greeted with marked demon?
stration* All thia h.e been brought
?boat by the element of personal love
introduced into the business. This love
is not mere words, but the business it
?elf is carried on under a system of co?
operation thai is not a patronising rec?
ognition of inferiors, but a real sharing
an the entire business. Other men on
the street look upon Milton Wright as
add. Ii is a fact, however, thai while
he has lost hesvily in some directions
he has increased his business and is to?
day i es pec ted and honored as one of the
beat end most snccessful merchants in
Raymond.
"And there is Miss Winslow. She
aas chosen to give her great talent to
the poor and wretched of the city. Her
plans include a music il institute where
chorus** and classes in vocal music shall
>fcb s feature. She is enthusiastic over
her life work. In connection with her
life work. In connection with her
friend Miss Page she haa planned a i
course in music which, if carried out.
will certainly do much to lift up the
lives of the people down there. I am
mot too old. my dear Caxton, to be in?
terested in the romantic side of much
that has also been tragic here in Ray?
mond, and I must tell you thai it is
well understood there thai Miss Wins
low expects to be married this spring
to a brother ot Miss Pa ice, who was (?nee
? society leatler and clubman and who
was converted in a tent where his wife
thai is to be took an active part in the
aw/vice. I don't know all the details of
thin little romance, but I can imagine
there is a little sto-y wrapped up in it,
and it wonld be interesting reading if
we only knew it all.
"These are only a few illustrations cf
tsaralte in individual lives owing to
?hedience to the pledge. I meant to
have spoken of President Marsh of Lin
coin college. He is a gradual* of my
aim* 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 influenco in
the city is regarded as a very large
factor in the coming election. He im
stressed me. ss did sll the other disciples
an this movement, as having fought out
aome har? questions and as having
taken np some real burdens that have
??used snd still do cause that suffering
/ af which Henry Maxwell speaks, a suf?
fering that does not eliminate but does
appear to intensify a positive and prac?
tical joy.
"But 1 am prolonging this letter,
possibly to your weariness. I am un?
able to avoid the feeling of fascination
which my entire stay here has incr ?ased
1 want to tell yon something of the
meeting in the First church today
"As I a lid. I heard Maxwell preach
Ai his earnest request I had preached
for him the Sunday before, and this
was the first time I had heard him since
the association fonr years ago His ser?
mon thia morning was as dift'ereut from .
hin nenn on then as if it had I n
Wrought out and preached by Home one
living on anoth t ?<!: net I was pro?
foundly touched. I believe I actually
ehed tears once Others in the congre?
gation were moved like myself. His
taxi wns 'What is that to thee? Fol?
low thou me And it was a numt un
nsnallv impre*.?ive appeal t<? the C hris?
tiana of Raymond to oU-y Jesus' teach?
ing* and follow in his nt. j a, regardless
of what others inL'ht do. I cannot give
yon even the plan of the sermon It
would take too long. At the close of the
service there was the usual after meet?
ing that has Ucomo a r gnlar feature
am* the First church Into this inciting
have come ali those who made the
pledge to do j * .I.sna would do. and the
time ia spent ir mutual fellowship, con
fe.tsn.n. qmstiotis as to what Jesus
wonld do in iqieciul cases and prayer
that the one great guide of every dis
riph I ci ndnct may I?. the Holy Spirit
"M ov. ll n kel BJat tOOOfJM into this
meeting. No' h ng in all my ministerial
life < ixtoti. has ho moved me as that
meeting I never felt the Spirit's pres
cmee so powerfully It was a nie? ting of
weminiscences and of the ino*t loving
fefjowi i tn i im Latibly driven iu
thought hack to the first years of Chris?
tianity. Th? re was something about all
tlii 4 that was apostolic in its simplicity
and Christ imitation.
"I ashed ?iuostious. Ono that seemed
to arouse more interest than o^y other
was in regarl to the extent of f .
Christian disciples' sacrifice of personal
property. Henry Maxwell tells me that
so far no ouo has. interpreted the spirit
of Jesus in such a way as to abandon
his earthly possessions, give away all
his wealth or in any literal way imitate
the Christians of tho order, for exam?
ple, of St. Francis of Assisi. It was tho
nnanimons consent, however, that if
any disciple should feel that Jesns in
bis own particular case would do that
there could be only one answer to the
qnestion. Maxwell frankly admitted
that he was still, to a certain degree,
uncertain as to Jesns' probable action
when it came to the details of house?
hold living, the possession of wealth,
the holding of certain luxuries. It is,
however, evident that very many of
these disciples have repeatedly carried
their obedience to Jesus to the extreme
limit, regardless of financial loss. There
is no lack of courage or consistency at
this point It is also true that some of
the business men who took the pledge
have lost great sums of money in this
imitation of Jesus, and very many
have, like Alexander Powers, lost valu?
able positions owing to the impossibility
of doing what they had been accus?
tomed to do and at the same time doing
what they felt Jfsns would do in the
same place. In connction with these
cases it is pleasant to record the fact
that many .who have suffered in this
way have at once been helped financial?
ly by those who still have means. In
this respect I think it is true that these
disciples have all things in common.
Certainly such scenes as I witnessed at
the First church at that after service
this morning I never saw in my church
or any other. I never dreamed that
an h Christian fellowship could exist in
this age of the world. I am almost in?
credulous as to the witness of my own
senses. I still eeem to be asking myself
if this is the close of the nineteenth cen?
tury in America.
??But now. dear friend, I como to the
I real cause of tho letter, the real heart
I of the whole question as the First
church of Raymond has forced it upon
me. 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 ono day when 1
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
conntry made this pledge and lived up
to it. What a revolution it would cause
In Christendom! But why not? 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?'
**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 Christians
in America. The churches through their
pastors will be asked to form disciple
gatherings like the one in the First
<%urch. Volunteers will be called for in
tba 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
somo courage to do the redemptive work
begun by the evangelist and now taken
up by the disciples in his own church.
If the nal? Kin triumphs again, there will
be a terrible and, as he thinks, unnec?
essary waste of Christian sacrifice. But,
however we differ on that point, he has
convinced his church that the time has
come for a fellowship with other Chris
| tians. Sorely, if the First church could
work such changes in society and its
smronndings, the church in general, if
combining such Kllowship. not of creed,
bnt of conduct, ought to stir the entire
nation to a higher life and a new con
" eeption of Christian following.
"This is- a grand idea. Caxton, but
right here is where I find myself hesi?
tating. 1 do not deny that the Christian
disciple ought to follow Christ's steps
as closely as tlnvo here in Raymond
h?ve tried to do, bnt I cannot avoid
asking what the r? rait will be if 1 ask
my church in Chicago to do lt. I am
writing this after feeling the solemn,
profound touch of tho Spirit's presence,
and I oonfoai to yon. old friend, that 1
cannot c.ill Dp in my church a dozen
prominent business or professional men
who would mike tin-* trial at the risk
of all that they Bold d< ;ir Can yon do
any better in your church 1 What are
we to liy that the church Would not.
respond to tho cnll( 'Coma and Buffer?'
The actual results' of the pledge ms
obeyed h? rt In Raymond are enough to
make any pastor tremble j'.iid .-it the
sain. > time long with yearning that th y
might occur ia hia own parish. Certain?
ly, never have I Boen a church so signal'
lv blessed by the spirit as this one,
Bui am I myself ready to take this
pledu'e? I ask the question honestly, and
1 dread to face an honest answer, i
know well enough that I would have to
chaui/e very much ??? lnr Mfo If I 121'iv*
took to follow his atopa so closely, l
have called myself a Christian for many
years. For the past ten years I have
enjoyed a life that has had compara?
tively little Buffering in it. 1 am?hon?
estly I say it?living at a long distance
from municipal problems and the life
of the poor, the degraded and tho aban?
doned. What would the obedience to
this pledge demand of me? I hesitate to
answer. My church is wealthy, full of
well to do. satislied people Tin; stand?
ard of their discipleship is, I am aware,
not of a nature to respond to the call
to suffering or personal loss. I say, 'I
am aware.' I may be mistaken. I may
have erred in not stirring their deeper
life Caxtou, my friend, I have spoken
my inmost thought to you. Shall I go
back to my people next Sunday and
stand up 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 ns now ; let ns pledge not to
do anything without first asking,
'What would Jesus do?' If I should go
before them with that message, it would
bo a strange and startling one to them.
But why? Are we not really to follow
him all tho way V 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 tho ways, and his
question, he felt sure, was the question
of many and many a man in the min?
istry and in the church. Ho 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
tho stars and feel the breath of the
world.
The night was verv still The clock
in the First church was striking mid?
night. As it finished a clear, strong
voice down in the direction of tho Rec
tanglo came floating up to him as if
borne on radiant pinions:
"Must Jrsus boar the cross alone
And all the world go tree?
No! There's a cross for every one.
And there's a cross (or me."
It was the voice of one of Gray's old
converts, a night watchman at tho
packing houses, who sometimes solaced
his lonesome hours by a verse or two
from some familiar hymn.
The Rev. Calvin Bruce turned away
from the window, and after a little
hesitation he kneeled down. "What
would Jesus do? What would Jesus
do?" Never bad he yielded himself so
completely to the Spirit's searching re?
vealing of Jesus. Ho was on bis 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 ho 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. WThen 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 not the servant tread it still?
With this question throbbing through
bis whole being the Rev. Calvin Bruce
went buck 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 thee whithersoever thou
goost.
The Saturday matinee at tho 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 caniage doors were slamming as
the horses were driven rapidly to the
curb, hold 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. "Six 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 out 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, wbo stood hesitating
on the curb.
"Come. Felicia t What are yon wait?
ing for? I shall freeze to death!" called
tho voice from the carriage.
The girl outside of the carriage hast?
ily unpinned a bunch of English violets
from her dress and handed them to a
small l?oy who was standing shivering
on the edge of the sidewalk, almost
under tho horses' feet. lie took them
with a look of astonishment and si
"Thank ye. lady!" and instantlyburb d
a very grimy face in the bunch of per
fume. The girl st< pped into th< car?
riage, the door shut with the incisive
bang peculiar to well made carriages < f
this sort, and in a few moments the
coachman was speeding the horses rap?
idly up one of the boulevards.
"You are always doing Rome queer
thing or other, Felicia." said the older
girl as the carriage whirled ?<ii past Ibe
great residences already brilliantly
lighted.
"Am 1 ? What have 1 done that is
queer now, Rose?" asked tho t.tiur,
looking tip suddenly and turning her
head toward her sisb r.
**( In. giving those violets to thai boy '
1!<- looked as it ho needed a good hot
supper more than a bunch of violets.
It's a wonder you didn't invite him
home with ua 1 shouldn't have liecn
surprised if you had, \"'t aroalways
doing such quet r 111ii?? -<. I \ lieia."
??Would it lw ?, : r to iuvii ? boy
like thai to come to tho house and gel
a hot supper?" Ft lieia asked the ques?
tion softly and almost as if she were
alone
??Queer isn't just the word, of
course," replied Rom indifferently. "It
would be what Mine. Blanc calls outre
- -decidedly. Therefore you will please
not invite him or others like him to hot
suppers because I suggested it. Oh,
dearl I'm awfully tired."
She yawned, and Felicia silently
looked out of the window in tho door.
"The concert was etupid, and the
I violinist was simply a bore. I don't Ree
how you could .sit ho still through it
all," Rose exclaimed, a little impa?
tiently.
"I liked the music." an ' rered Felicia
quietly
"Yon like anything. I never saw a
girl with BO little critical taste. "
Felicia colored slightly, but would
not answer. Rose yawned again and
then hummed a fragment of a popular
song. Then she exclaimed abruptly:
"I'm sick of almost everything. I
hope tho 'Shadows of London* will be
exciting tonight.
" ?The Shadows of Chicago!' " mur?
mured Felicia.
" 'The Shadows of Chicago!' 'The
Shadows of London.' the play, the great
drama with its wonderful scenery, the
sensation of New York for two months.
You know we have a box with tho De
lanos tonight."
Felicia turned her face toward her
sister. Her great brown eyes were very
expressive and not altogether free from
a sparkle of luminous heat.
"And yet we never weep over tho
real thing on the actual stage of life.
What are the shadows of London on the
stage to the shadows of London or Chi?
cago as they really exist ? Why don't
we get excited over the facts as they
are?"
"Because the actual people are dirty
and disagreeable and it's too much
bother, I suppose," replied Rose care?
lessly. "Felicia, you never can reform
the world What's the use? We're not
to blamo tor tho poverty and misery.
There have always been rich and poor,
and there always will be. Wt ought to
be thankful we're rich."
"Suppose Christ had gone on that
principle*" replied Felicia, with un?
usual persistence. "Do you remember
Dr. Bruce's sermon on that verse a few
Sundays ago, 'For ye know the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though
he was rich, yet for our sakes he be?
came poor, that ye through his poverty
might become rich ?' "
"I remember it well enough." said
Rose, with some petulance. "And
didn't Dr. Bruce go on to say that there
Was BO blame attached to people who
had wealth if they are kind and give to
the needs of the poor ? And I am sure
the doctor himself is pretty comfortably
settled. He never gives up his luxuries
just because some people in the city go
hungry. What good would it do if he
did ? I tell you, Felicia, there will al?
ways be poor and rich in spite of all we
can do. Ever fcince Rachel has written
about the queer doings in Raymond
you have upset the whole family. Peo?
ple can't live at that concert pitch all
the time. You see if Rachel doesn't
give it up soon. It's a great pity she
doesn't come to Chicago and sing in
the Auditorium concerts. I heard today
she had received an offer. I'm going to
write and urge her to come. I'm just
dying to hear her sing."
Felicia looked out of the window and
was silent. The carriage rolled on past
two blocks of magnificent private resi?
dences and turned into a wide drive?
way under a covered passage, and the
sisters hurried into the house. It was
an elegant mansion of graystone, fur?
nished like a palace, every corner of it
Warm with thr- 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 of 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 old, 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 impnlnes
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 any
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 out of his
pocket.
Felicia sac down and instantly opened
the letter, spying 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 mouth and looking
at Felicia, as he often did. with half
shut eyes, as if he were study rig her.
"Racial says Dr. Bruce has been
studying in Raymond for two Sundays
and has seemed very much interested
in Mr. Maxwell's pledge In the First
church. "
"What do< < Rachel say about her?
self?" naked Rom?, wh i was lying on a
couch almost buried under half a dozen
elegant cushions.
"Sho i i still singing at the Rectangle.
Bincothe tent me. tings closed she sings
in an old ball until the new buildings
her friend Virginia Pat e is putting up
are completed."
"I must write Rachel to come to Chi
cago and visit ns. she ought not to
throw awa) her voice in thai railroad
town upon all those people who don't
appreciate her."
Mr. St< rling lighted a new cigar, and
Rose exclaimed
"Rachel i-. awfully queer, I think.
She might sit Chicago wild with her
voice if the Hang III the Auditorium.
1 and there v.h<? goes on, throwing her
voice away on people who don't know
what they are hearing. "
\v\ , [TO B*l CONTINUED. J
Memoria! Meeting
In Eilerbe s Honor.
Addresses od Life and Char?
acter of Late Governor.
The j>iot assembly for memorial
tSO/eieeN in honor of the late Governor
Wiiliam Haselden E'lerbo was ooo
vened in the hail of the house of
iepreceotatives promptly at noon last
Thursday and was called to order by
Senator John 0. Sbeppard, president
pro tern of the Renate, who presided
ami made a Fbnrt introductory address
Gen R. R Hemphill, clerk of tbe
sonate, read tbe resolution caliing tor
tbe joint assembly.
'I he assembly then rose to receive
the governor, supreme oourt and State
bouse omoials Governor McSweeney
entered with Senator W. A. Brown, of
Marino, fallowed by Rev W. K. Rich?
ardson witb Representative W. J
Montgomery, of Marion, Attorney
General Bellinger with Senator Living
s'on, of Marlboro, Chief Justice
Mclvor, Associate Justices Pope, Gary
and Jones and tbe other State officials
and members of tbe joint committee
The proceedings were theo opened
with an appropriate prayer by Rev W
R Riobardson, pastor of tbe Washing?
ton Street Methodist church wbiob Gov
Ellerbe attended
Senator W. A Brown, of Gov El?
lerbek oouuty then offered tbe following
preamble and resolutions :
Whereas since the adjournment of
th9 last general assembly of South Oar*
olioa ao ioecrutable providence has
taken from us by death the young but
oapable and highly distinguished chief
magistrate of tbo Stite, William H.
Eilerbe, therefore, be it
Resolved 1 That while we bow in
bumble submission to this dispensation
of God's providenoe, we realize the
great loss suetaioed by tbe State and
country and grieve at the departure of
a lovable und loyal gentleman and pa
triotio oitilvQ and a faithful aod effi
cunt chid magistrate
2 That each house hereby reoords
its bigb appreciation of tbe distinguish
cd and devoted services of the deceased
to bis state, from the position of private
citizen to that of tbe highest place in
the gift of tbe people
3. That we, tbo representatives of tbe
people, hereby jointly tender to tbe be
reaved family of tbe deceased sincer
est sytnpatly and condolence, as the
loss wbiob ts great to tbo oouotry is
irreparable to them.
4. That these resolutions be spread
upon tbe journals of tbe respeotive
bouses, aod that an engrossed copy be
transmitted to tbe tfflicted family
5 That as a further token of respect
and esteem to tbe memory of the
dcoeased this joint assembly do now
adjouro.
I Addresses were made by Senaters
Brown, Livingston, \ppelt, Represent?
atives MoCuliough. Bacot and others.
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"The Reg'lar Army Man."
The following verses,, which have
a decidedly Kiplingesque flavor
were clipped from a communication
to the Oxford Press, published at
Oxford, Cheater county, Fa, from a
private soldier in the Twelfth United
States infantty, on duty in the Phil
ippines :
He aio't no gold-laced "Belvedere,"
Ter sparkle io tbe too ;
He don't parade witb gay cockade,
And poses in bit guo ;
He aio't do "pretty toldier boy,"
So lovely, spick aod span,
He wears a crust of tan ?n' dust,
Tbe reg'lar army man ;
Tbemaicbio', parcbio',
l'ipe-clay ttarcbio',
Re?Mar array mao.
He aio't at borne io Sunday t-cbool,
Nor yet at social ten,
And ou tbe d*y he gets bis pay
11( 9 apt to spend it tree ;
lie aio't no temp'rance advocate,
He likes ter till tbe can ;
He's kinder rough an', m?*jbe, tough,
The reg'lur army n an ;
TLe rann', ti-ariu',
v-ioneiiujea sweario',
Reg'lar armv man
No state'II cah him "ooble eon,"
He ain't r o la off a' pet,
Hu* let a row s'.arc anybow,
They'll bend for hie , you bet I
He dou't cut anj ice at all
Io fush'n's e -cial plan,
He ?;et? the j lb to face a Ulrb,
The teg'lar army BtaB ;
Toe inilltn', ilrtllin',
Made ter kiilio',
Keg'iar army man.
They ain' no teare find over him
When he goes oft' ter war,
He gitd no speech nor pray er fo I "preach"
Pro09 mayor er governor :
lie p.irks bis lutle knapsack up
A nd tro's eft* in trie van,
Ttr start the Bgbl and itari it u^ht
The teg I *r arms dj iu ;
The ratlin', batliit',
Coll or gatlin',
Ri g'Iar army bbo.
He nnkei do fuit about the job,
He don't thIk. tiig or brnv?-,
I lie knows he's in to ligbi ni w:d,
Or belp fill up a grave ;
He aio't no "u anwna'w dartta', ' but
He dot 8 the h? it he tan,
And lie's tbe cbap that mos the scrrp,
The leg'lar anuy iui>n ;
The dandy, haudy,
Cool and sa< dy ,
Reg'lar army rxao.
NO crop can
grow with=
out Potash.
Every blade of
Grass, every 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 Yorh.
?-4
Sonth Carolina and Georgia Ex?
tension R. R. Company.
Schedule No 4?In effect 12.01 * m., Sun?
day, December 24, 1899
Between
Camdeo S. C , and Blacksborg. S. C.
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl
?35
1st cl
?33
Eastern time
1st cl
?32
2d cl
?34
p m p m STATIONS. p m
8 20 12 50 Oanideu 12 25
8 50 115 Dekalo 11 02
9 20 1 27 Westville 11 bO
10 50 1 40 Kersbaw 11 35
11 20 2 10 !! niu Springs 11 20
11 M 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 1 >
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55
1 CO 2 10 Riverside 10 40
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30
2 30 3 10 Catawtia Junction 10 20
2 50 3 *0 Leslie 10 10
3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00
4 10 3 55 New Pott 9 35
4 45 4 C2 Tinab ' 9 30
5 30 4 20 Yorkvilie 9 15
6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 CO
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45
6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35
7 00 5 20 Blaclisburg 8 15
p en pro a to
p m
6 30
50
30
10
15
00
35
00
12 40
12 20
11 oo
10 40
8 20
8 00
7 30
6 50
8 20
o 00
5 30
a m
Between
Blacksbux,., S. C, and Marion. N. C
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl
?11
1st cl
?33
Eastern time
let cl
?32
2d cl
?12
am p m STATIONS. a ra
8 10 5 30 Blackeburg 7 48
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32
8 40 5 50 Patterson Soring* 7 25
9 20 6 00 Sbelbj 7 15
to 00 S 20 Lattimore 6 55
10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 6 48
10 25 6 38 Hearietta 6 38
10 50; 6 55 Forest City 6 20
1115 7 10 Rutherfordton 6 05
11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 E5
11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40
12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37
12 25 7 58 Glenwood 6 17
12 to 8 15 Marion 5 03
p m p in am
p m
6 40
6 20
b 12
6 CO
to
40
20
50
3 25
3 05
2 50
2 45
2 20
2 00
p m
West. Gaffoey Division. East.
1st Class. I EASTERN TIME. II* CIrss
15 I 13 STATIONS. 14 | 16
am a m p 01
6 00 Blackeburg 7 SO 3 00
6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40
6 40 Gaffney 7 10 2 20
am a m p m
?Daily exc pt Sunday
Train No 11 leaving Marion, N. C, at 5 4
a tn. 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 tbe Southern'* vestibule going to Atlanta,
Qa. and all points West, and will receive pas?
sengers g?>irg East from trair No 10, on the C k
N W R K, at Yorkville, S C. at 8 45 a m. and
connects at Camden, S <\ with tbe Southern's
train No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 pm,
Train No 34 with paprenger couch attaobed
.ea ving Blacksburg at 5 30 a tu, and connecting
at Ruck Hill with the Southern's Florida train
for all points South,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12 50
p m, after the arrival of tbe Southern's Char?
leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with
the L k C R R, at Catawba Junotion with
tbe SAL. going Kart, at Rock Hill. S C, with
the Southern's trais, No 34, for Charlotte, N
C, and all points East. Ccnnecte at York
v.lle. S D, with train No 9 00 the C ? N W R
R. for Chester, SC. At BJacksburg wiih the
Southern'? vestibule going East, and tbe South?
ern's train No 35 going West, and connecting
at Marion N C with tbe Southern both East aad
Wert
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TRIPP. Superintendent.
S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen'l Passenger Ag-nt.
Estate of Julias J. Myers, Dec'd*
IWILL APPLY 'o the Judge of Probate o
Sumter County on February 3. 1900, for
a Final Discbarge as Administrator of afore-',
sud Estate. FRANK J. MYERS,
Jan3?4t Administrator.
MCE TO TAXPAYERS.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY.
Sumtbr, S. C , Sept 59, 18?9
TyyOTICE is hereby giver, that 1 s?||| be in
^\ tin office in the County Court Houte
at .>umtrr tiom October 15tb to December
j;lst, 1899, ^elusive, tor the collection of
iHits 'or tne ?dial >ear 1899. The levy is as
tollofes :
For State purposes. 5 mills.
For County ptrpOtM, S| mills.
For School purposes, 3 mtils.
Total levy, 11} milis.
Also thf- followinf special school levus 5
School T ist net No 1, 2 mills
School Die tried No 16, ] nilla.
School District No 18, I mills.
School District No 2?, 3 mills.
Sit OliO, 2 mills.
Honeord, 2 mills.
Pri?itteir, 2 mills.
-v<? 5, 1 Bill.
No 17, 1 mill.
Comtnut ?tion Roai Tax for 1900 is alto
f a\ it Ic at ihe t-atue time.
H. L SCARBOROUGH,
Oct 4 Tr.asurer Sumter Co.
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