The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 07, 1900, Image 8
"What Would
3c?u* Do
By Qitrles JL Sheldon.
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Jo one ever knew what that inter?
view between Felicia and her mother
wm It is certain that ehe must have
%oM her mother something1 of the spir
ftvaal power that had awed every person
?e oeiiut in the company of disciples from
Jfavarsth Avenue ennrch who faced Dr
Brace in that meeting after the morn
lag set i lee. It i;. also certain that Fe
Hcta haa ?>??*; er known snch an ex peri
awes and never would have thought of
awaxing it with her mother if it had not
been for the prayer the evening before.
Another fact is also known of Felicia's
eorperience at this time. When ehe
fwelly joined her father and Rose at
fke table, ehe seemed unable to tell
ahem mach about the meeting. There
waa a reluctance to speak of it. aa one
anight hesitate to attempt a description
of a wonderful eunset to a person who
?ever talked about anything but the
weather When that Sunday in the
fleer!trig mansion was drawing to a
close and the soft, warm lights through
eat the dwelling were glowing through
flee greet windows, in a corner of her
room where the light was obscure Fe?
licia kneeled, and when she raised her
face and turned it toward the light it
wee the lace of a woman who had al?
ready defined for herself the greatest
laeoea of earthly Ufa
That same evening, after the Sunday
evening service, the Rev. Calvin Bruce,
IX D.. of Nazareth Avenue church, was
talking over the events of the day with
\ld wife They were of ono heart and
mind in the matter and faced their new
future with all the faith and courage
ef new disci plea Neither was deceived
aa to the probable results of the pledge
to themselves or to the^church.
They had been talking but a little
while when the bell rang, and Dr
Bruce, going to the door, exclaimed as
he opened it: "It ie you. Edward!
Gome in!"
There came into tho hall a command*
ing figure. The bishop was of extraor
eliary height and breadth of shoulder,
hut of euch good proportions that there
was no thought of ungainly or even of
mans aal ei zo The impreesion the bishop
aaade on strangers was first that ol
great health and then of great affection.
He came into the parlor and greeted
Mr*. Bruce, who after a few momenta
was called out of the room, leaving the
two men together
The bishop sat in a deep easy chair
before the open flra There was just
enough dampness in the early spring of
the year to make an open tiro pleasant
"Calvin, you have taken a very seri
oue step today." ' finally suid. lifting
his large dark d to his old college
classmate ? face. "I heard of it this
afternoon I cortld not resist the desire
to see yon about it tonight"
"I'm glad yon came." Dr. Bruce sat
?ear the bishop an 1 laid u hand on his
shoulder "You understand what this
means, i \ward If"
?'I think I do?yes ; 1 am sure. " The
bishop spoko very slowly and thought?
fully, lie sat with his hands clasped to?
gether Over his face, marked with
Hnee of consecration and service and
the lot*e of men. a shadow crept, a
shadow not caused by the tin lik-ht
Again he lifted his eyea toward his old
friend.
"Calvin, we have always unlerstood
each other .Ever since our paths led ns
ta different ways in church life we have
walked together in Christian fellow
ehip
??It is tru?." replied Dr Brrce. with
an emotion he mode no attempt to con?
ceal or subdue "Thank Ood for it 1
prize your fellowship more than any
man * 1 have always known what it
?sent though it has always been moro
than I deserve."
The bishop looked affectionately s.t
his frieud. but the shudow still rested
aw his face After a pause ho spoke
again
'?The new discipleship means h nrisis
for you in your work If yon keep this
pledge to do all thimrs as Jesus would
do as I know you will, it requires no
prophet to predict some remarkable
changes in your parish ' The bishop
looked wistfully at Bruce and then con
tinned "In fact. 1 do not see how a
perfect upheaval of Christianity nu wo
now know ?t can be prevented if the
minmtry und churches generally take
the Raymond pledge and live it out'
lie paused as if he were waiting for his
friend to suy something, to ask some
ejuestion. but Bruce did not know of
the hre that was burning in the bishop's
tjeart over the very question that Max
Well and himself had fought out
"Now. in my church, for instance.'
IfBWjtinncd U ? hi-h'-;.. "it would ho
rath? r a'41facoN Batter, I feat*, lo ted
very meny people who would take a
1 !? dge like that and live mj? to it Mar?
tyrdom h i leal art with am OarChria*
t lai and < onifo. t too
?Met to take opaayi bin*< so rough and
h? ivy as a * . and \ ? t what does fot?
lowing .1?^'. * m "im '.' V. h 4t i a it t. walk
in his stei* ?"
Tl: ?p was Fol?oqni/in - now.
and it is 4 atDtfa] if he th eight Iba Um
mouf i.r . t hat friead'i prveeace For
th?> llr-t time there lhe-h?d into Brnce's
mind I BWJf I lofj of the truth What if
tin* hi shop should throw the weight of
his gre.it inllnenee on tu ? side of tho
Raymond movement' He hud the fol?
lowing of the in'H? arf-1< eratic. wealthy,
fashionable |?ople not only in Chieugo,
but in several large ? iti.s What if the
bishop should join tin-, new diseipleebipl
The thought was abowt to be followed
by the word. Dr Bruce had reached
ant hie hand and. with the familiarity
eat lifelong friendship, had placed it on
I the bishops shoulder nnd Wll About to
ask him a very important question
I when they were both startled by the
violent Hanftau1 of the bell. Mrs. Bract
( had gone to the door and was talking
with Homo ono in tho hall. Thero was a
loud exclamation, and then, as the.
bishop rose and Dr. Brnee was etepping
toward the curtain that hung before
the entrance to the parlor. Mrs. Bruce
pushed it abide. Her face was white,
and ehe was trembling.
"Oh. Calvin I Snch terrible newsl
Mr. Sterling?oh. I cannot tell it I What
a fearful blow to those two girls I"
??What ia it?" Dr. Bruce advanced
with the bishop into the hall and con
fronted the messenger, a servant from j
the Sterlings. The man was without
his hat and had evidently run over with
the news, aa the doctor lived nearest of
any friends of the family.
"Mr. Sterling shot himself, sir, a
few minutes ago I He killed himself
in his bedroom 1 Mrs. Sterling"?
**I will go right over. Edward' *?Dr
Bruce turned to the bishop?"will yon
go with me? The Sterlings are old
friends of yonra '*
The bishop was very pale, but calm,
as always. He looked his friend in the
face and answered "Aye, Calvin. I
will go with you. not only to this house
of death, but ajsd the whole way of hu?
man sin and sorrow, please Qod.''
And oven in that moment of horror
at tho unexpected news Calvin Bruce
nnderstood what tho bishop hud prom?
ised to do
CHAPTER X
ThMe are they which follow the Lamb whither?
soever he goeth.
When Dr Bruce und the bishop en
tercd tho Sterling mansion, everything
in the usually well appointed household
was in tho greatest confusion and ter?
ror Th? great rooms down stairs were
empty, but overhead were hurried foot?
steps and confused noises One of the
servants ran down the grand staircase
with a look of horror on her face just
as the bishop and Dr. Bruce were start?
ing to go up
"Miss Felicia ia with Mrs. Sterling.'
the servant stammered in answer to a
question and then burst into a hyster
icul cry and ran through the drawing
room and out of doors.
At the top of the staircase the two
men were met by Felicia.
She walked np to Dr. Bruce at once
and p'it both hands in his The bishop
laid his hand on her head, nnd the three
stood thero a moment in perfect silence
The bishop had known Felicia since
she was a child He was tho first to
break silence.
"The (Jod of nil mercy be with you.
Felicia, in this dark hour Your moth?
er"?
Tho bishop hesitated. Ont of the
buried past he had during his hurried
pnssugo from his friend s house to this
house of death irresistibly drawn the
one tender romance of his young man?
hood. Not even Bruce knew that But
thero had been a time when tho bishop
had offered tho incense of a Ringularly
undivided affection upon the altar of
his youth to the beautiful Camilla
Rolfe, and she had choseu between him
and the millionaire. The bishop carried
no bitterness with his memory, but it
was still a memory. %
For answer to the bishop's unfinished
query Felicia turned and went back
into her mother's room. She had not
said a word yet. but both men were
struck with her wonderfnl calm. She
returned to the hall door and beckoned
to them, and the two ministers, with a
feeling that they were about to behold
something very unusual, entered.
) Rose lay with her arms outstretched
on the bed, Clara, the nurse, sat with
her head covered, sobbing in spasms of
terror, and Mrs. Sterling, with "the
light that never was on sea or land"
luminous on her face, lay there so still
that oven the bishop was deceived at
first Then as the great truth broke
upon him and Dr. Bruce he staggered,
I and the sharp agony of the old wound
shot through him. It passed und left
him standing there in that chamber of
, death with the eternal calmness and
j strength that the children of God have
I a right to possess, and right well he
used that calmness and strength in tho
days that followed.
Tho next moment the houso below
was in u tumult Almost at tho same
time the doctor, who had been sent for
nt once, but lived some distance away,
came in. together with police officers
who had bata summoned by the fright?
ened servants. With them WON four or
live newspaper i ^respondents and sev
eral ueighbois. Dr. Bruce and the
bishop met this miscellaneous crowd at
the head of the stairs and succeeded in
excluding all except those whose pics
ence was necessary. With these the two
friends learned all the fat ts-ev? r known
about "the Bterltag tragedy," as tho
papers in their sensational acooaati
next (lay called it
M?- Sterling had gone into his room
that evening alnmt II o'clock, and that
Was the last seen of him until in half
an hour a shot Was heard and a servant
who WM in the hall ran into the room
and toaad the owner of the house dead
ta the Hour, killed by his own hand.
Felicia at the time was sitting by her
mother. Kose was reading in the li
brary She ran up stairs, saw her father
ns he was bsihg lifted upon the couch
by the servant-" and then ran screaming
into her mother's room, where she Hung
herself down OD the foot of the bed in
a swoon. Mrs. vSt? i ling had at first
tainted r*4 tho ehock. then rallied with
wonderfi swiftness and sent a mes?
senger to call Dr. Bruce. She had then
insisted on seeing her husband. In spite
of Felicia, she had compelled Clara and
tho housemaid, terrified and trembling,
to rapport her while she crossed the
hall and entered the room where her
husband lay. She had looked upon him
with a tearless face, had gone back into
her own room, was laid on the bed, and
as Dr. Bruce and the bishop entered the
house she, with a prayer of forgiveness
for herself and her husband on her
quivering lips, had died, with Felicia
bending over her and Rose still lying
senseless at her feet.
So great and swift had been tho en?
trance of grim death into that palace
of luxury that Sunday night. bu,. the
full cause of his coming was not known
until the facts in regard to Mr. Ster?
ling's business affairs were finally dis?
closed.
Then it was learned that for some
time he had been facing financial ruin
owing to certain speculations that had
in a month's time swept his supposed
wealth into complete destruction. With
the cunning and desperation of a man
who battles for his very life, when he
saw his money, which was all the life
he ever valued, slipping from him he
had put off the evil day to the last mo?
ment. Sunday afternoon, however, he
had received news that proved to him
beyond a doubt the fact of his utter
ruin. The very house that he called his,
the chairs in which he sat, his carriage,
the dishes from which he ate. had all
been bought by money for which he
himself had never really done an honest
stroke of pure labor
It had all rested on a tissue of deceit
and speculation that had no foundation
in real values. He knew the fact better
than any one eise, but he had hoped,
with the hope that such men always
have, that tho same methods that
brought him tho money would also pre?
vent its loss. Ho had been deceived in
this, as many others have been As
soon as the truth that he was practical?
ly a beggar had dawned upon him he
saw no escapo from suicide. It was the
irresistible result of such a life as he
had lived. He had made money his god.
As soon as that god had gone out of his
little world there was nothing moro to
worship, and when a man's object of
worship is gono he has no more to live
for Thus died the great millionaire.
Charles R. Sterling, and. verily, he died
as the fool dieth, for what is tho gain
or the loss of money compared with the
unsearchable riches of eternul life, which
are far beyond the reach of worldly
speculation, loss or change?
Mrs. Sterling's death was the result
of shock. She had not been taken into
her husband's confidence for years, but
she knew that the source of his wealth
was precarious. Her life for several
years had been u death in life. The
Rolfes always gave tho impression that
they could endure more disaster un?
moved than any one else. Mrs. Sterling
illustrated the old family tradition
when she was carried into the room
where her husband lay. but the feeble
tenement could not hold the spirit, and
it gave up the ghost, torn and weakened
by long years of suffering and disap
pointment
The effect of this triple blow, the
death of father and mother and the loss
of property, was instantly apparent In
the sisters. The horror of events ?tape
Aid Rose for weeks She lay 0amoved
by sympathy or any effort to rally She
did not seem yet to realize that the
money which had been so large a part
of her very existence was gone. Even
when she was told that she and Felicia
must leave the house and bo dependent
upon relatives and friends shi? did not
seem to understand what it meant
Felicia, however, was fully conscious
of the facts. Sho know just what had
happened and why. She was talking
over her future plans with her cousin
Rachel a few days after the funerals.
Mrs. Winslow and Rachel had left Ray?
mond and come to Chicago at once as
soon as the terrible news had reached
them, and with other friends of the
family they were planning for the fu?
ture of Roso and Felicia
"Felicia, you and Rose must come to
Raymond with us. That is settled.
Mother will not hear of any other plan
at present," Rachel had said, while her
beautiful face glowed with love for her
cousin, a love that had deepened day
by day and was intensified by tho
knowledge that they both belonged to
the new discipleship.
"Unless I could find something to do
hero," answered Felicia. Sho looked
wistfully at Rachel, und Rachel said
gently:
I "What.could you do. dear?"
"Nothing I was never taught to do
anything except a littlo music, and I
do not know enough about it to teach
it or earn my living at it. 1 have learned
to cook u little*" Felicia answered, with
a slight smile
"Then yon can cook for us. Mother
is always having trouble with her kitch?
en, " said Rachel, understanding well
I enough that Felicia was thinking of tho
I fact that she was now dependent for
I qqt very food and shelter upon tho kind?
ness of family friends.
It is true, the girls received a littlo
something out of the wreck of their fa?
ther':; fortune, but with a speculator s
mad folly he had managed to involve
both his wife's and his children's por?
. tions in tin- <?<>mmon ruin
"Can In Can lv" Felicia replied to
Rachel s proposition, as if it were to i>e
considered serionsly "I am ready to do
anything honorable to make my living
j and that of Rose Poor lloso! She \.".ll
I never be able to get over the shock of
our trouble,"
"We will arrange the details when
we get to Maynioii11.'1 Rachel said, smil
I in:; through her tears at Felicia's eager
willingness to rare for herself.
So in a few weeks Roso and Felicia
found themselves a part ot" the Win- low
family in Raymond, it was n bitter ex?
perience for Rose, bnt there was noth?
ing else for her to do, and she accepted
the Inevitable, brooding over the great
change in her life and in many ways
adding to tho harden of Felicia and her
cousin Rachel
Felicia at onco found hcrsolf in an
atmosphere of ditcipleehip that was iik-o
heaven to her la its revelation of com?
panionship. It is trne that Mrs. Wins
low was not ii sympathy with the
coutse that Rachel was tailing, but the
remarkable events since the pledge had
been taken were too powerful in their
results not to impress even inch a wom?
an as Mrs. Winslow With Rachel Fe?
licia found a perfect fellowship. She at
once found a part to take in the r/ew
work at the Rectangle. In the spirit of
her new life she insisted upon helping
in the housework at her aunt's and in
a short time demonstrated her ability
as n cook so clearly that Virginia sug?
gested that she take charge of the cook?
ing class at the Rectangle.
Felicia entered upon this work with
the keenest pleasure. For the first time
in her life she had the delight of doing
something of value for the happiness of
others Her resolve to do everything
after asking, "What would Jesus do?"
touched her deepest nature. She began
to develop and strengthen wonderfully.
Even Mrs. Winslow was obliged to
acknowledge* the great usefulness and
beauty of Felicia's character. The aunt
looked with astonishment upon her
niece, this city bred girl, reared in the
greatest luxury, the daughter of a mil?
lionaire, now walking around in her
kitchen, her arms covered with flour
and occasionally a streak of it on her
nose?for Felicia at first had a habit of
rubbing her nose forgetfully when she
was trying to remember some recipe?
mixing various dishes, with the great?
est interest in their results, washing up
pans and kettles and doing the ordinary
work of a servant in the Winslow
kitchen and at tho rooms of the Rec?
tangle settlement. At ?rst Mrs. Wins?
low remonstrated.
"Felicia, it is not your place to be
out here doing this common work. I
cannot allow it."
"Why. aunt? Don't you like the
muffins I made this morning?" Felicia
would ask meekly, but with a hidden
smile, knowing her aunt's weakness for
that kind of muffin.
"They were beautiful. Felicia, but it
does not seem right for you to be doing
such work for us."
44Why not? What else can I do?"
Her aunt looked at her thoughtfully,
noting her remarkable beauty of face
and expression.
"You do not always intend to do
this kind of work. Felicia?''
"Maybe I shall. I have had a dream
of opening an ideal cookshop in Chi?
cago or somo large city and going
around to the poor families in some
slum district liko the Rectangle, teach?
ing the mothers how to prepare food
properly. I remember hearing Dr. Bruce
say once that he believed one of tho
great miseries of comparative poverty
consisted in poor food. He even went
so far as to say that he thought some
kinds of crime could be traced to saggy
biscuits and tough beefsteak. I'm con?
fident I would be able to make a living
for Roso and myself and at the same
time to help others."
Feb'cia brooded over this dream until
it became a reality. Meanwhile she
grewT into the affections of the Ray?
mond people and the Rectangle folks,
among whom she was known as "the
angel cook." Underneath the structure
of the beautiful character she was grow?
ing always rested her promise made in
Nazareth Avenue church.
'' What would Jesus do?'' She prayed
and hoped r.nd worked and planned her
lite by tho nnawer to that question'.
It was tho inspiration of her conduct
and tho answer to all her ambition.
Three months laid gone by since thet|
Sunday morning when Dr. Brace came
into his pulpit with the message of the
new disciplcobin. Never before had the
Rev Calvin Bruce realized how deep
the feelings of his members flowed. He
humbly confessed that the appeal be
had made met with an unexpected re?
sponse from men and women who. like
Felicia, were hungry for something in
their lives that the conventional type of
church membership and fellowship had
failed to give them.
But Dr Bruce was not yet satisfied
for himself We cannot tell what his
feeling was or what led to the move
meat he finally made, to the great as
tonishment of all who knew him. better
than by relating a conversation be
tveen him and the bishop at this time
in the history of the pledge in Nazareth
Avenue church The two friends wen?,
as before, in Dr Bruce's house*, seated
in his study
"You kuow what I have come in tir.s
evening for?" the bishop was saving
after the friends had been talking some
time about the results of tho pledge
with Nazareth Avenue people.
Dr Bruce looked over at the bishop
and shook his head
"I have come to confess. '" went on
the bishep, "that 1 have not yet kept
my promise to walk In his 4fteps in the
way that I believe I shall be obliged to
if I satisfy iiiy thought of what it
means to walk in his steps."
Dr Bruce had risen and was pacing
his study Tho bishop remained in the
deep easy chair, with his hands clasped,
but his eye burned with the glow that
always belonged to him before lie made
some great resolve
"Edward" ?Dr Bruce spoke abrupt
ly ? "I have not yet been able to satisfy
myself, either, in obeying my promise,
but 1 have at last decided on my course
In order to follow it. 1 shall be obliged
to resign from Nazareth Avenue
church "
"I knew you would," replied the
bishop quietly, "and 1 came in tiiis
evening to say that I shall I ? obliged
to do tho s::;:!e with my charge."
1 )r. I truce Inrin d und walked up to
his friend. They v. re b >th laboring
under repress d exci teutont
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LIGHTS FOR BIRDS' NESTS.
lOHfl Cnrlon* Habits Practiced In
the U (irh! of SdhkiIoiii,
Many birds suspend their nests from
the hianehes of trees, one of the most
curious nests of that kind being that
of the haya bird of India. It is hung
from the branch, with its opening at
tin1 bottom, and benge like an Inverted
bottle, secure from the approach ot
tree snakes ami other reptiles. The
most carload thing about the bayn
bird is that it is said to light up it!?
nest by sticking tireflles on its sides
with clay or soft mud. There seems to
be little doubt of the fact.
Dr. Buchanan says: "At night each
of the habitations is lighted up by a
tirefly stuck in the top with a piece of
clay. The nest consists of two rooms.
Sometimes there are three or four fire?
flies, and their blaze In the little cells
dazzles the eyes of the bats, which of?
ten destroy the young of these birds."
Perhaps other animals are scared off
by the baya bird's electric light, since
a writer in Nature records this curi?
ous observation: "I have been informed
on safe authority that the Indian bot?
tle bird protects his nest at night by
sticking several of these glow beetle?
around the entrance by means of clay,
and only a few days back an intimate
friend of my own was watching three
rats on a roof rafter of his bungalow.
When a glow fly lodged very close to
them, the rats Immediately scampered
off."?Our Dumb Animals.
Mnilc For Fish Bait.
An eccentric hermit named William
Schueller, who lives at Franklin, Mich
is said to be one of the most successful
fishermen In his part of the country,
and be claims to call the fish to him
by singing "Old Hundredth." He goes
out In his boat and takes a station In
fairly deep water. Then he siugs, at
the same time keeping his eyes on the
water in search of fish. Gradually the
fish crowd about his boat, he claims,
and when enough are gathered togeth?
er the wily fisherman casts a net and
catches dozens at a single haul. The
old gentleman has a famous voice, and
his neighbors are inclined to believe
his strange story.?Chicago Uecord.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. 17,1P00.
ffoTIi
fo.ll No. 3
Daily Daily
KASTJIHN TIME.
No. o No.lJ
Daily Daily
6 20p TOOa Lv.
6 58p' 7 41a " .
7 25p 8 56a M .
7 53p1 9 23a " .
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. Charleston ... Ar ?1 10a
Suicmorville .
. Branch ville.
Orangeburg..
Kingville
11 45a
11 40a
Ar ..Samter.Lv
".Camden.Lv
?aOpillOOalAr Columbia.Lv! 7 10aI 400p
l)30a
0 10a
8 41a
7 55a
815p
7 28p
009p
533p
4 43p
6 2vp| 7 00nLv
7 25p 9 15ai "
740p 9 40a
8 02p| 9 5va
82op!l0 07a
922plll 00a
I020p!ll 51a
Charleston
Branehville
"_Humbert? ....
M_Denmark_
" . ...Blaekville.....
M.liken.
Ar. Augusta uu.d.Lv
Ar 11 10a' 815p
M i 8 50a1 000p
M 8 27a: 533p
" ! 8 13a ! 619p
" . 8 00? 503p
" 7 03a b55p
I 6 30a I 310p
NOT IS: In addition to the above service
trains Noa. 15 and It* run daily between Charles?
ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
?leaping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11:00 p.
m.; arrive Columbia 6:00 a. m. No. 16 lea\e Co?
lumbia 1 ::J0 a. m.; arrive Charleston 7 :?0 a. m.
Bleeping ears ready I'or occupancy at 9:00 p. m.
both at Charleston a id Columbia. These traini
make close connections at Columbia with
through trains between Florida points and
?Washington and the east. Connection with
trains Nos. 31 and 63 New York ami Florida
Limited between Kaekville, Aike. and Au?
gusta. No. 31 leaves Blackville at 8:40 a.m.
Aiken 0:29 a. in., Av.gusta 10:1? a. Pi. No. iiJ
leaves Augusta 0.25 p. in., Aikeu 7.MS p, m.,
Blackville 7.55 p. m. Fullmau Drawing; Boom
Bleepors between Augusta, Aiken iuid New
Y < ?rk._
Ex. Sua. Bx.
: Sun. I oniv ban.
Lv. Augusta
Ar. Sandersville.
' Tenuille.
Lv. Tennille
' Benders?Hie
Ar. Augusta.
7 00a! 9 :*0a 5 20p
100pi2 43p S32ti
1 BOp 1260p 8 40ii
5 40a !>50pi 3 10p
5 50a! 4 00p| 8 2jp
9 OOal 7 lOpI 8 30p
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Allendale...
Barnwell..
Blackville.
12 05a; 12 15p
? vaaleatp
4 l?a! 417p
Ar. Batesburg
Ar. Columbia....! 6 J?a1 600p
6 3Ka
7 25a
410p
7 54p
10 10a 8 10p
11280p
5 05?
615a
7 45a
9 35p 11 301
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Ar.
Blackville....
Barnwell ?
Allendale.
Savannah.....
11 30a 1 25a: 6 00a
J 12p| 3 05a 10 15a
1 27p 3-Va, 11 00a
IQUp
215p
4 50p! 8 32a
915p1 8 48?
94^p! 9 12?
I 3 :opi 516a].I..10 35?
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LvT
Ar.
Lv.
Ar.
Charleston.. . 7 00a 520n.
Augusta .1161a 1020p.
At laute..> S2up 5 00a!.
Atlanta. .1100p 5 30a 400i
Chattanooga.1 6 45aI 9 45a 8 40|
Lv. Atlanta..
Ar. Birmingham .*? ?
" Memphis, ?via Birmingham)...
5 40a1 4 lop
11 :Cia 10 00a
hU?pi 7 15?
Ar. Lexington.
M Cincinnati.
M Chicago.
Ar. Louisville.
" St. Louis
5 OJp
7 8Up
7 15a
7 30p
7 04a
5 00?
7 45?
5 30p
7 fOl
OuOf
Ar. Memphis, tvia Chattanooga) I 7 l.ipl 7 40a
To Asheville-Cincinnuti-Lonisvilla.
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Daily Daily
BASTERS TIM
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Augusta. .
! a esburg
, Charleston
.I 30op y Hlf
_! 4 4:?i> 12 tCa
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Columbia (?nTou Depot)_ 1140a 7 55?
Sfiartanburg .! Sl^P 11 ~*
Aahcville .! ??h>p 2|K?
Knoxvilic .14 l a 7 Ml
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Louiaviile t via Jetlien).. , ? > :> '?
To Washington and the Eant.
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Danville,
Richmond
Washington.
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bOOpI 9:.0a
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I 912a; 11 25*
II fta SiWe
2iWp 013a
Bleeping Car Line het wein Chnrleatou and
At antn, via Augusta, making connectkma el
A' ianta f?>r all points North ami West.
.--"iid Trains between Charleston and Ashe
vi: r
t' nncci ions m Columl \-\ with through traini
far Waahington atul ih< K ist : also for Jacksuti
Ville ami all Klorida P nils.
PB \ \K s (4ANNON. J. It. C?LP,
Third V-P. Hen. ^igr., Trafll Manager,
\\ aaulngt??n, i). C \Ni;>liiU^to^, D. C
OBOMiK H AI LRM,
Div. Paas, Agt..
Charleston, R.
W A TUBE, s. H. HAKDvnCK,
Ocn E'as>. Agt . Asst. Oeil I'ass Agt.,
Waahington, D. C. Atlanta.Oa,
CHOICE Vegetables
will always find a ready
market?but only that farmer
can raise them who has studied
the oreat secret how to ob?
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use of well
balanced fertilizers. No fertil?
izer for Vegetables can pro- luce
a large yield unless L contains
at least 8% Potash. Send for
our books, which furnish full
information. We send them
free of charge.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St., New York.
Sonth Carolina and Georgia Ex?
tension R. R. Company.
Schedule No. 4?Io effect 12 01 a. m., Son
day, December 24, 1899.
Between
Oamdeo S. C , and Blacksburg, S. C.
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl
?35
1st ci
*33
Eastern time.
1st cl
?32
2dci
?34
p m
8 20
8 bO
9 20
10 60
1120
11 IS
12 30
1 CO
20
30
to
10
10
45
30
6 00
6 25
6 35
7 00
p m
p m
12 60
1 15
1 27
1 40
2 10
2 15
2 35
2 f0
3 00
3 10
3 20
3 40
3 55
4
4
4
4
5
5
P
STATIONS p m
Camden 12 25
Dekalb 11 02
Westville 11 50
Hertha w 11 35
Heath Soriugs 11 20
Pleasant Hill 11 15
Lancaster 10 f> >
Riverside 10 40
Spri iell 10 30
Catawoa J i ction 10 20
L -lu 10 10
Rock Hill 10 00
New Port 9 35
Tinab 9 30
Yorkville 9 15
Sharon 9 00
Hickory Grove 8 45
Smyrna 8 35
Blacksburg 8 15
a m
p m
5 30
50
30
10
15
0D
2 35
1 0O
12 40
12 20
11 00
10 40
8 20
8 CO
7 30
6 so
0 20
6 00
5 30
a m
Between
Blacksborg, 8. C, ?od Marion. N C
WSST.
EAST.
2d cl
?11
l8t Cl
?33
Eastere time.
lM Cl
?32
21 cl
?12
am p m STATIONS. am p m
8 10 5 30 Blacksburg 7 48 6 40
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20
8 40 5 50 Patterson Sorings 7 25 o 12
9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 610
10 00 <5 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 tO
10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 6 48 4 40
0 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20
10 50 6 55 Forest Citv 6 20 3 50
1115 7 10 Rutbertordtoo 6 05 3 25
1 1 33 7 22 Millwood 5 55 3 05
11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 50
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 0J 2 00
pmpm ,ampm
West.
Guffuev Division.
East
1st Class, j EASTERN TIME, list Cl?sa.
15 I 13 j STATIONS. | 14 | 16
p m
1 <>0
I 20
1 40
p m
H J)
6 )0
6 20
6 iO
a ro
Blacksbnrg
Cherokee Fells
Gaffuey
a m
7 60
7 30
7 i0
a m
p m
3 0?
2 40
2 20
p m
?Duly exc pt Sunday
Train No 3- leaving Marion, N. C , at 5
a in, in ?kitig close connection at Blacksbarg, S
I', wi h the Southern'* train No 36 for Char?
lotte, N C. and all points East and connecting
with the Southern'? vestibule going to Atlanta,
Ga, and all points West, and will receive pas?
sengers g"ing Kastfroni train No 10, on the C k.
N W R K, at Yorkville, S C. at 8 45 a m. and
connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern's
ir iin No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 pm,
1 rail' No 34 with passenger couch attached
leaving Blackshurg at 5 30 a in.'and connecting
nt Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida train
for all point! South,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12 5*
p m, alter the arrival of the Southern's Char
leston train connect* at Lancaster, S C, with
the LA C R R, at Catawba Junction with
the PAL, going East, at Rook Hill. S C, with,
the Southern's traiB, No 34, for Charlotte, N
V, and all points Knst. Ccnnects at York?
ville, S C, with tniiu No 9 on the C ? N W R
R. for Chester, S C. At lllatksburg wi h the
Southern'?' vestibule going Bast, ana the South?
ern's train No 35 going West, und connecting
at Marion N C with the Southern both Kasl aid
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TKIPP. Superintendent.
S. B. LL'MPKIN, tfen'l Passenger A?r-nt.
Estate of Julius J. Myers, Dec'd.
IWILL APPLY 'o tbe Judge of Probate of
Sumter County on February 3 1900, for
. Final Discharge as Administrator of afcre
?Aid Estate. FRANK J MYERS,
Jari3?4t Administrator.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
UFFIOE OF
COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY.
S?mtsb, S. C . Sept 29, 18S9.
NOTICE ?s hereby giver, that I will te io
on iftiie in the Counts Cour: Hou?e
m > inter tii>m October 15th to December
?l?t. 18''9, inclusive, tor ihe collection of
\ i \>r tbe Steel M-rtT 1893. The le?y is as
followI :
For State purposes, f> mille.
F< r County purposes, mills
Pot School purposes, | mills.
T >tal leey, 111 mills.
A's<> the following special school letue :
School District No I. 2 mills.
Krbool District No 16, | mills.
S hool District No 18 2 mills
School District No 2', 3 mills
N : Clio, I mills
Concord, 2 mills.
Pnv*teer, | mills
No 5, 1 mill.
No 17, 1 mill.
Commutation Road Tai for 1900 is aUo
<t a\ iMe at tbe tame time
H. L SCARBOROUGH,
Oct 4 Tr asurer Samter Co.