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I IN HIS STFPS I ^^P?' I |3 By diaries M. Shelden. | W^^^m^g^'H j GrpiripKrd anti rmhb'jthf? in hon!: f'.>rm by the rasSf-'- SS :.>'. Publishing to. >..*" t'/Wcugro. w B^*ffti?A-. ^'"fl^n^tt^-^ .>,<<?> *vs> 4 <N> i *?? ; . ; ; ; &3*S>S><SxSx3x3y^^ : "Kachel went come here unless s can do it and keep her pledge at t game time," said Felicia after a par.: "What pledge?" Mr. Sterling ask the question and then added hastil "Oh, I know! Yes: a very peculi thing that. Powers used to be a friei of mine. We learned telegraphy in t same office; made a great sensati? Trhen he resigned and handed over th evidence to the interstate commer commission, and he's back at his t legraphy again. There have been que doings in Raymond during the pa year. I wonder what Dr. Bruce thi:. cf it, on the whole. I must have a ta vnth him abont it " "He preaches tomorrow," said Fe] cia. "Perhaps he will tell us somethir about it." There was silence for a minute. Thc Felicia said abruptly, as if she hs gone on with a spoken thought to son invisible hearer, 4'And what if 1 should propose the same pledge to tl Nazareth Avenue church?" "Who ? What are you talking about ? asked her father, a little sharply. "About Dr. Bruce. I say what if 1 should propose to our church what M] Maxwell proposed to his and ask fe volunteers who would pledge themselvi to do everything after asking the que; tion, 'What would Jesus do?' " "There's no danger of it," said Ros? rising suddenly from the couch as th tea bell rang. "It's a very impracticable movemerj to my mind," said Mr. Sterling sharply "I understand from Rachel's lette that the church in Raymond is goin, to make an attempt to extend the ide of the pledge to the other churches. I they succeed, they will certainly mak great changes in the churches and ii people's lives," said Felicia. "Oh, well, let's have some tea first,' said Rose, walking into the dinin; room. Her father and Felicia followed and the meal proceeded in silence. Mrs Sterling had her meals served in he: room. Mr. Sterling was preoccupied He ate very little and excused himsel early, and, although it was Saturday night, he remarked as he went out tha he would be down town late on som< special business. "Don't you think father looks verr much disturbed lately?" asked Felicii a little while after he had gone out. "Oh, I don't know! I hadn't noticec anything unusual, " replied Rose. Aft? a silence she said: "Are you going tc the play tonight. Felicia ? Mrs. Delanc will be here at half past 7. I think yon ought to go. She will feel hurt if yon refuse. " "I'll go. I don't care about it I car see shadows enough without going tc the play." "That's a dcieful remark for a girl 19 years old to make." replied Rose, "but then you're queer in your ideas anyhow. Felicia. If you're going up to see mother, tell her I'll run in after the play if she is still awake. '* Felicia went up to see her mother and remain with her until the Delano carriage came. Mrs. Sterling was wor? ried about her husband. She talked in? cessantly and was irritated by every re? mark Felicia made. She would not list? en to Felicia's attempts to read even a part of Rachel's letter, and when Fe? licia offered to stay with her for the evening she refused the offer with a good deal of positive sharpness. So Felicia started off to the play not very happy, but she was familiar with that feeling, only sometimes she was more unhappy than at other times. Her feeling expressed itself tonight by ? withdrawal into herself When the company was seated in the box and the curtain was up. Felicia was back of the others and remained for the even? ing by herself Mrs. Delano as chaperon for a half dozen young ladies under? stood Felicia well enough to know that she was "queer. " as Rose so often said, and she made no attempt to draw her .nt of the corner, and so Feiieia really experienced that night by herself one -of the feelings that added to the mo? mentum that was increasing the corning on of her great crisis The play was an English melodrama full of startling situations, realistic scenery and unexpected climaxes There was one scene in the third act that im? pressed even Rose Sterling It was midnight on Blackfriars bridge. The Thames flowed dark and forbidding below St Paul? rose through the dim light imposing, its dome seeming to Moat above the build ings surrounding it The figure of a child came upon tho bridge and stood there for a moment peering about as if looking for someone Several persons were crossing thf bridge, but in one of the recesses about midway of the river a woman stood, leaning out over the parapet with a strained agony o?' face and figure that told plainly of her in? tentions .lust as she was stealthily mounting the parapet to throw in rself intf? the river th" child caught sight of her. ran forward, with a shrill erv more animal than human, and. seizing the woman s dress, dragged back upon it with all b< r little strength Then there came suddenly upon the scene two other characters who had already figured ?TI the play, a tail, handsome, athletic gen tleman dressed in the fashion. att< nded by a slim figured lad. who was re? fined in dress and appearance as the lit tle girl clinging to h<-r mother was mournfully hideous in her rags and re pnisive poverty These two. the gentle? man and the lad. prevented tie? at? tempted suicide, and after a tableau on the bridge where the audience learned rhat the man and woman were brou, and sister the scene was transferred the interior of one of the slam ter. meets i2i the ?ast side of London. He the scene [winter and carpenter h; done then utmost to produce an e.va copy of a famous court and alley w( known to the poor creatures who maj up a part of the outcast London h manity. The rags, the crowding, tl vileness, the broken furniture, the ho rible animal existence forced upc creatures made in God's image, were ? skillfnlly shown in this scene that mo: than one elegant woman in the theate seated, like Rose Sterling, in a sum] tuous box., surrounded with silk ham ings and velvet covered railing, caugl herself shrinking back a little, as contamination were possible from tl nearness of this piece of painted canva It was almost too realistic, and yet : had a horrible fascination for Felici as she sat there alone, buried back in cushioned seat absorbed in thoughts ths went far beyond the dialogue on th stage. From the tenement scene the pla; shifted to the interior of a nobleman' palace, and almost a sigh of relief wen up all over the house at the sight of th accustomed luxury of the upper classes The contrast was startling. It wa brought about by a clever piece of stag ing that allowed only a few minutes t elapse between the slum and the palae scenes. The dialogue continued, th actors came and went in their variou roles, but upon Felicia the play madi but one distinct impression. In realit] the scenes on the bridge and in thi slum were only incidents in the storj of the play, but Felicia found hersel: living those scenes over and over. Sh? had never philosophized about th< causes of human misery She was noi old enough. She had not the tempera? ment that philosophizes. But she fell intensely, and this was not the firsl time she had felt the contrast thrusl into her feeling between the upper and the lower conditions of human life. It had been growing upon her until it had made her what Rose called "queer" and the other people in her circle of wealthy acquaintances called "very unusual.' It was simply the human problem in its extremes of riches and poverty, ita refinement and its vileness, which was, in spite of her unconscious attempts to struggle against the facts, burning into her life the impression that would, in the end transform her into either a woman of rare love and self sacrifice for the world or a miserable enigma to herself and ali who knew her. "Come, Felicia! Aren't you going nonie Y" said Rose. The play was over, the curtain down, and people were go? ing noisily out. laughing and gossiping, as if "The Shadows of London" was simply good diversion, as it was put on the stage so effectively Felicia rose and went out with the rest quietly and with the absorbed feel? ing that bad actually left her in her seat oblivious of the play's ending. She was never absentminded, but often thought herself into a condition that left her alone in the midst of a crowd. "WelL what did you think of it?' asked Rose when the sisters had reached home and were in the drawing room. Rose really had considerable respect for Felicia's judgment of a play "I thought it was a pretty picture of j real life '* j "I mean the acting. " said Rose, an? noyed [ "The bridge scene was well acted, especially the woman's part I thought the man overdid the sentiment a little. ' j "Did you? 1 enjoyed that. Ard wasn't the scene between the two cous? ins funny when they first learned that they were related ? But the slum scene was horrible. I think they ought not to show sach things in a play They are j too painful. ' "They must be painful in real life, too, " replied Felicia. "Yes. but we don't have to look at the real thing It's bad enough at tiia theater, where we pay for it " Rose went into the drawing room and began to eat from a plate of fruit and cakes on the sideboard. "Are you going up to see mother?' asked Felicia after awhile. She had re 1 mained in front of the drawing room ; tire. I * 'No,** replied Rose from the other j room: "I won't trouble her tonight. If ! you go in, tell her I am too tired to be agreeable. " I So Felicia turned into her mother's I J room. A* she went np the great stair- j ? case and down the upper hall the light i ! was burning there, and the servant who i ; always waited on Mrs. Sterling was ! ! beckoning Felicia to come in. "Tell Clara t<> go out." exclaimed I MTS. Sterling as Felicia came up to the I bcd and kneeled by it. 1 Felicia was surprised, but she did as ! I her mother bade her and then inquired | how she was feeling. "Felicia." said her mother, "can ; j yon pray ?' i The question w,-!s so Tinlike any her j mother had ever asked before thal Fe- ! , lida was-startled; bet she answered I "Why. yes. mother What makes I vern ask such a qa? s?ion?" "Felicia. I :nn frightened Your fa Ltber- I have had such strange fears j i about i ; i : : i all day Son;; thing rs wrong : ! with him I want yon to pray." I "Now? Here, mother," "Yes Pray. l-VIi.-i::. " I Felicia reached on? her hand and took ! her mother's It was trembling Mrs j I Sterling had never shown ranch tender- J 1 ness for her younger daughter, and her ' strange demand now was the first r sign of any confidence in Felici character. Th.? girl still kneeled, holding 1 mother's t ?-< r :. ? . i - r : - r hand, and pray? It was doubtful if she had ever pray aloud before. She must have said her prayer the words that "lier morl needed, for when it was silent in 1 room the invalid was weeping scftj and her nervous t< nsion w;?s over. Felicia staid some time. When s was assort d that her mother would E need her any longer, she rose to go. "Good night, mother. Yon must ) Clara call me if you feel bad in t night. " "I feel better now. " Then as Felic was moving away Mrs. Sterling sai "Won't you kiss me. Felicia?" Felicia went back and bent over h mother. The kiss was almost as stran to her as the prayer had been. Win Felicia went out of the room, her euee' were wet with tears. She had not cri< since she was a little girl. Sunday morning at the Sterling ma: 6ion was generally very quiet. The gil usually went to church at ll o'clo< service. Mr. Sterling was not a mer ber, but a heavy contributor, and 1 generally went to church in the mor: ing. This time he did not come dow to breakfast and finally sent word by servant that he did not feel well enoug to go out. So Rose and Felicia dro"^ up to the door of the Nazareth Avent church and entered the family pe^ alone. When Dr. Bruce walked out of tl room at the rear of the platform an went up to the pulpit to open the Bibl< as his custom was, those who kne' him best did not detect anything ui usual in his manner or his expressior He proceeded with the service as usua He was calm, and his voice was stead and firm His prayer was the first int: mation the people had of anything ne^ or strange in the service. It is safe t say that the Nazareth Avenue cburc had not heard Dr. Bruce offer such prayer during the 12 years he had bee: pastor there. How would a minister b likely to pray who had ccme out of : revolution in Christian feeling that ha* completely changed his definition o what was meant by following Jesus No one in Nazareth Avenue church ha? any idea that the Rev. Calvin Bruce D. D-, the dignified, cultured, refine* doctor of divinity, had within a fev days been crying like a little child, oi his knees, asking for strength and cour age and Christlike:iess to speak his Sun day message, and yet the prayer was ai unconscious, involuntary disclosure o: the soul's experience such as Nazareti Avenue people seldom heard and neve: before from that pulpit. In the hush that succeeded the prayei a distinct wave of spiritual powei moved over the congregation. The inosi careless persons in the church felt it. Felicia, whose sensitive religious nature responded swiftly to every touch oi emotion, quivered under the passing oi that supernatural power, and when sli? lifted her head and looked np at tho minister there was a look in her eyes that announced her intense, eager an? ticipation of the scene that was to fol? low And she was not alone in her atti? tude. There was something in the prayer and the result of it that stirred many and many a disciple in Nazareth Avenue church. All over the house men and women leaned forward, and when Dr. Bruce began to speak of his visit to Raymond in the opening sentences of his address, which this morning pre? ceded his sermon, there was an answer? ing response in the church that came back to him as he spoke and thrilled him with the hope of a spiritual bap? tism such as he had never during all his ministry experienced. "I am just back from a visit to Ray? mond, " Dr. Bruce began, "and I want to tell you something of my impressions of the movement there. " He paused, and his look went over his people with yearning for them and at the same time with a great uncer? tainty at his heart. How many of his rich, fashionable, refined, luxury loving members would understand the nature of the appeal he was soon to make to them 1 He was altogether in the dark as to that. Nevertheless he had been through his desert and had come ont of it ready to suffer. He went on now aft? er that brief pause and told the story of his stay in Raymond. The people al? ready knew something of that experi? ment in the First church. The whole country had watched the progress of the pledge as it had become history in so many lives. Henry Maxwell had at last decided that the time had come to seek the fellowship of other churches throughout the country. The new dis? cipleship in Raymond had proved to be so valuable in its results that Henry Maxwell wished the church in general to share with the disciples in Ray? mond. Already there had begun a vol? unteer movement in many of the churches throughout the country, act? ing on their own desire to walk closer in the steps of J.-sus. The Christian Endeavor societies had with enthusiasm in many churches taken the pledge to do as Jesus would do. and the result was already marked in a deeper spir- j itual life and a power in church influ- i euc.- that was like a new birth for the j members All \hU Dr. Hvue. told his people ! simply and with a personal interest ?hat ! evidently led the way t.< Iiis announce- : ment, which now followed. Felicia had listened to every won! with strained attention She sat there by the side of Rose, in contrast like fire beside snow, although ev n Rose was as alert and exe'.** d as she could be "Dear friends. " he said, and for the firs! time since his prayer the emotion of iii** occasion w;is revealed in his voice and gesture. "? am going to ask ti::i? Nazareth Avenue church ta::<- the same pledge; ti:::t l?aymond church has taken 1 know what this will mean to yon and me. It will mean the comp] 'te change of v? ry many habits, lt will mean possibly social loss 1; will mean i very proba bl'v in manv eases f.>--s of money lt. will mean suffering !t will mean what following Jesus meant itt ? the first century, and then it meant | sintering, loss, bards?ip, separan from every thing un-Christian. E vhat ?oes following Jesus mean? 1 test of discipleship is iii" same now then. Tho?. ?. oi you who volunteer thc Nazareth Avenue church todo ,1( sns would do si:; ply promise to w: in his steps, as he gave us commai mont. " Again Kev. Calvin Bruce, pastor Nazareth Avenue church, paused, a now tho result of his announcemi was plainly visible in the sin- thatw< over the congregation. He added ii quiet voice that all who volunteered make the pledge to do as Jesus wot do were asked to remain after t morning service Instantly he proceeded with his s( mon. His text was from Matthew vi IC', "Master, I will follow thee whitin soever thou goest. " It was a sermon that touched t deep springs of conduct. It was a re elation to the people of the defin? ti< their pastor had been learning. It tc? them back to the first century of Chri tianity. Above all, it stirred them t low the conventional thought of yea as to the meaning and purpose of chun membership. It was such a sermon as man can preach once in a lifetime ai with enough in it for people to live < all through a lifetime. The service closed -in a hush that w, slowly broken. People rose here ai there a few at a time. There was a r luctance in the movements of the pe pie that was very striking. Rose, however, walked straight 01 the pew, and as she reached the ais she turned her head and beckoned 1 Felicia. By that time the congregatic was rising all over the church. Felicia instantly answered her si ter's look. "I'm going to stay." she said, an Rose had heard her speak in the san manner on other occasions and kne' that Felicia's resolve could not I changed Nevertheless she went bac into the pew two or three steps an faced her. "Felicia," she whispered, and thei was a flush of anger on her cheeki "this is folly. What can you do ? Yo will bring disgrace upon the family What will father say? Come." Felicia looked at her. but did not ar swer at once. Her lips were movin with a petition that came from a dept of feeling that measured a nev/ life fe her. She shook her head. "No: ? am going to stay. I sha! take the pledge. I am ready to obey il Yen do not know why I am doin, this." Rose gave her one look and the: turned and went ont of tho pew i n< down the aisle. She did not even sto; to talk with her acquaintances. Mrs Delano was going out of the churcl just as Rose stepped into the vestibule "So you are not going to join tb doctor's volunteer company?" Mrs. De lano asked in a queer tone that mad? Rose redden. "No. Are you? It is simply asburd I have always regarded the Raymonc movement as fanatical. You knov Cousin Rachel keeps us posted about it ' "Yes; I understand it is resulting ii a great deal of hardship in many cases. For my part. I believe Dr. Bruce ha: simply provoked a disturbance here. Ii will result in splitting Nazareth Avenu* church. You see if that isn't so. Then are scores of people in the church whe are so situated that they can't take sud a pledge and keep it I am one ol them, ' ' added Mrs. Delano as she wen1 out with Rose. When Rose reached home, her fathei was standing in his usual attitude be? fore the open fireplace, smoking a cigar "Where is Felicia?" he asked as Rose came in alone. "She staid to an after meeting. " re? plied Rose shortly. She threw off hei wraps and was going up stairs when Mr. Sterling called after her "An after meeting? What do you mean?" "Dr. Bruce asked the church to take the Raymond pledge. " Mr. Sterling took his cigar out of his mouth and twirled it nervously be? tween his fingers. "I didn't expect that of Dr. Bruce. Did any of the members stay?" "I don't know. I didn't." replied Rose, and she went up stairs, leaving ber father standing in the drawing ?oom. After a few minutes he went to the window and stood there looking out at the people driving on the boulevard His ci^ar had gone out. but he still fin? gered it nervously. Then he turned from the window and walked np and down the room. A servant stepped across the hall and announced dinner, and he told her to wait for Felicia. Rose came down stairs and went into the library, and still Mr. Sterling paced the drawing room restlessly. He had finally wearied of the walking apparently and. throwing himself into a chair, was brooding over something deeply when Felicia came in. Ile rose and faced her Felicia was evidently very mach moved by the meeting from which she had just come. At the same time she did not wish to talk too much about it Just as she en? tered the drawing room Rose came in from tiie library. "How many staid?" she asked. Rose was curious. At the same she was skep? tical of tho whole movement in Ray? mond "About a hundred. " replied Felicia gravely Mr Sr < ri i i: LC looked surpris -?1 Felicia, was going out of the room lie called t< > her "Do yon really mean to keep the pledge?" h-' ask d Felicia colored Over her face and neck the warm blood flowed as she an swered. "Yon would i?"? ask such a question, furber, if you had been pres? ent at iie- meeting." Site lingered a TI?<'7:i<-ii 1 in the room. lien asked to be excused from dinner for awhile and j went up t-> se.- her mother [TO l'K CONTIM T.P. 1 ? - -mr? lr- - ? <. . -ar-^m - /% ?<??? CUSAN OIL cu? s < 'ut: Wm Burns, Bruises, Rheuma Jp tism and Sores. Price, 25 els Sold by Hugbeon-Lieo;> Oe. Geed for the Sea ali Towns. There is nothing more enccurag j i rig in the s;r; ;*t forward movement i:: t\.\< par? of the Sute than tr-e j spirit and courage of tbe people of I tire smaii< r towns Here is .Simp gonville, on the Charleston & West en: Carolina raliway, 12 miles out. going io work- io b?i?d a ?250,000 Cf.ttor# m?!, and sure to d?> it Just a few years ?go Sirnpsonviiie was hardly m^re than a name-a country hamlet and a post office Now it has sume 300 or 400 people and it boldly tackles a scheme which many places ten times as big balk at The people there are cur own borne mace country people and are show? ing what is in them when they have a chance. They have made some money and are using it to boom and build their town V* e are told that they have subscribed between $30, 000 and $50,000 for the mill and are working like beavers with prospects of a good deal more in sight before they send their list onteide. They have very wisely put at the bead of their enterprise one of the safest and clearest headed men in this city-a man who bas built up and developed bis own business and managed it successfully and thereby given the best evidence thai he will succeed with other enterprises and who commands and deserves the full confidence of the people of this sec? tion of the State -Greenville News Gifts to the Public. The Chicago Tribune has rendered valuable service in grouping the statistics of 1399. The statistics of donations and bequests for public causes and institutions are far in ad? vance of those for anv previous year The grand total is $79 278,000 An drew Carnegie gave $2;528,700 for libraries in 21 iocalities in different parts of the country Thirty four persons made gifts of ?100,000 or more each for various objects. To charities there were given or be queathed a total of $13 036.676 ; to churches, $2,961 593 ; to libraries. $5.012 400 ; to museums and art galleries. ?3,686,500, and to institu tions of learning the magnificent sum of of $55 581,817, exceeding ali o?ner gifts put together In no oiher country in the world are so many and so large gifts made to the public The preponderance of gifts for universities, colleges and acad ernies is right, and it is well that the large institutions, with their multi tudes of students should receive large gifts fitting them for the great work they are to do. The period of great gifts for hospitals seems to be passing, and now is the era for the endowment of public libraries Here Mr Carnegie has done a magnificent work, and his example is stirring up others Scarce any ambition can be wiser than that which would put good books into the homes of the poorest, and give to every boy and girl the priviiege of menta! growth. Some of the most recent gifts are : Through the will of Mrs Caroline Brewer Croft, Harvard receives $100,000. to be devoted to investiga? tion cf the baffling disease, cancer, with hope to find an antidote John D Rockefeller bas given Columbia University of New York $100,000 to endow a chair of Psychology An? drew Carnegie has promised to give Emporia College in Kansas ?50.000 for a library building as soon as the present debt is paid. Bismarck's Jron Nerve. Was the result of his splendid health. In do mi table will and tremendous ecergy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and B'-wels are out of order. If you want these qualities and the success they bring, use Dr King's New Life Pills They develop every power of brain and body. Only 23c at J. F IV. DeLorinc's Dru?: Store 2-6 Buenos Ayres, Januar? 24 -The hah nie plague has broken cut a* R s^rio and a rigorous cordon has beer, established r th -1 place CASTOR SA For Infants and Children. 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Soi Carolina and Georgia Er tension 1R. Coipy. Scbedul? No. 4-Io effect 12 Ol a. m., Sun? day, December 24, 1899. Between Camden S. C , and Blacksborg, S. C. WEST. EAST. 2d cl ?35 1st cl *33 Eastern time. 1st cl ?32 2d cl .34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30 8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 10 11 20 2 lo Heath Sorings ll 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 bS 2 35 1 00 2 fO Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40 2 30 3 10 Catawba Jo action 10 20 12 20 2 50 3 20 Lisl'ie 10 i0 1100 3 10 3 40 Rock Bill 10 00 10 40 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 00 5 3? 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 50 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 Biackebarg 8 la 5 30 pmpm am am Between Biackebarg, S. C., and Marion. N. C WEST. EAST. 2d cl .ll isr Cl *33 Eastern time Ht cl *32 2d cl ?12 am pm STATIONS. am pm 8 10 5 30 Biackebarg 7 48 6 40 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Soriega 7 25 b 12 9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 0O 10 00 5 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 ?0 10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 6 48 4 40 ?0 25 6 38 Fienrietta 6 38 4 20 10 50; 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 50 1115 7 10 Rutberfordton 6 05 3 25 1 i 35 7 22 Millwood 5 55 3 05 11 45 7 35 Golden Valiev 5 40 2 60 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45 12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 00 pmpm am pm West. Gai?nev Divisioo. East. 1st C!as3. 15 I 13 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. i lat Clase, i 14 1 16 p m 1 00 1 20 1 40 p m a m 6 00 6 20 6 48 a m Blacksburg Cherokee falls Gaffoey am pm 7 50 3 00 7 30 2 40 7 10 2 20 am pm ?Daily eic pt Sunday Train No 3'2 leaving Marion, N. C., at 5 a m, m-iking close connection ut Blacksburg, S wi h the Southern's train No 36 for Char? lotte, N C. and ail points East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta, Ga, amdall points West, and will receive pas? sengers going Easti'rom train No 10, on tbe C k N W R R, a: Yorkville, S C, at S 45 a m, and connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern's train No 7S, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 p m, Train No 84 with passenger coach attached leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a ID, and connecting at Rock Hill wuh the Southern's Florida train for all points South, Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12.50 p m, a:ter thc arriva! of the Southern's Char? leston tram connects at Lancaster, S C, with the L & C K R, at Catawba Junction with the SAL, going East, at Rock Hill. S C, with tho Southern's trai?, No 34, for Charlotte, N C, and all points East. Connects at York ville. S C, with train No 9 on the C ? N ff R R. foi Chester, SC. At Blacksbuig wi'h the Southern^ vestibule going East, and the South? ern's train No 35 going West, and connecting at Marion N C with the Southern both East aBti West. SAMUEL II UN I, President. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. S. B. LUMPKIN, GenJi Passenger Ag-nt. Estate of Julius J. Myers, Dee'd. IWILL APPLY ro tbe Judge of Probate o Sumter County on February 3 1900, for Final Discbarge as Administrator of afcre*f said Estate. FRANK J. MYERS, jan 3_.lt Administrator. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNT!". SUMTER, S. C , Sept 29, 1899. ?\TOT10E is bere-iy given that I will be in roy effice in tbe County Court House M Sumti-r fioa October 15th to December gist. 1S99, inclusive, tor the collection of .?x<:s :or toe fi-cal ye^r 1893. The levy is as tollos? : Fer S:.?!e purposes, 5 mi'is. Fur Coucry purposes, mitts. For Scbooi nuipc-?rs, 3 m;tls. T.::.-i! levy, lU nr.lls. Also the follow inc sptcinl feboo! levits : Schooi District No 1, 2 miiis. Srhcol District No 16. 2 n.ills. School P-.?-trct No IS. 2 rciils. .-ch... i District No 2 \ 3 mills. VT i ho, 2 mills. Concore, 2 mills. Pi ? i ?teer, 2 milis. ,, fi. 1 roil!. N'o IT. 1 mill. Commutation Road Tux for 1900 is a?efi| Oe ic ;jt the ?^tue time H. L SCARBOROUGH.^ 4 Tr.asurer S.:citer Co. Paper novels, new paper novels at H G. Osteel? k Co's