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I IN HIS STEF 4,2 -? - By Charles M. Sheldon. ? ii ? OrvVHlMtnl tfvrl rmMiWi^'t <n bneS ferro Ii^<aaa?a?iaaaaaaai ??Yea Let mo state my reasons Frobnbly they are the samj as yours. 1? fart, I am rare they are." The washop paused a moment, then went ou w/ith increasing feeling: "Calvin, yon know how many years I have been doing the work of my posi and yon know something of the >ility and the care of it I do to way that my life has been from burden bearing or sorrow, feat I hare certainly led what the poor wad desperate of this sinfnl city wonld call a ?wry comfortable?yea. a very Injurious?Ufa I have a beautiful wowaa to lire in. the most expensive food, dothing and physical pleasures. I ware bean able to go abroad at least a times and have enjoyed for years beautiful com panic nship of art and and matte anO iJl the rest of the I hoTD liefer known what it to be without money or its equivalent, and I have been unable to atlamwa the question of lata, 'What have lawfiarwd for the sake of Christ V Paul was told what great things ha mast wafer for the sake of his Lord. Max w#gj]*i position at Raymond is well tak? en whan ha insists that to walk in the steps of Christ means to suffer. Where %m my suffering come in? The petty trials and annoyances of my clerical life are not worth mentioning as sorrows or ?wearing. Compared with Paul or any of the Christian martyrs or early disci CI havi lived a luxurious, sinful full of ?.? se and pleasure. I cannot wadure this any longer. I have that within me which of late rises in over whelming condemnation of such a fol? lowing of Jesus. I have not been walk? ing la his steps. Under the present pys df church and social life I see no saw from this condemnation except tor give the rast of my life personally to the actual physical and soul needs of Iba wretched people in the worst part of this city. " ? The bishop had risen now and walked aver to the window. The street in front wf the bouse was as light as day, and 1st looked oat at the crowds passing, then turned, sad. with a passionate ut? terance that showed how deep the vol? canic fire in him burned, he exclaimed i 4 'Calvin, this la a terrible city in which wa live. Ita misery, its sin, its eaTaubnwBS, appall my heart, and I have struggled for years with the sickening dread of the time when I should be forced to leave the pleasant luxury of say official position to put my life into contact with the modern paganism of this century. The awful condition of the girls in the great department stores, the brutal selfishness of the insolent so? ciety, fashion and wealth that ignores all the sorrows of the city, the fearful cwrse of the drink and gambling hell, the wail of the unemployed, the hatred wf the church by countless men who see ia the church only greet piles of costly atone and upholstered furniture and the sain later an a luxurious idler, all the wast tumult of this vast torrent of hn aaanity with ita false and ita true ideas, its exaggeration of evils in the church aad ita bitterness snd shame hat are the reault of many complex causes?'ill thin as % total fact, in its contrast with the easy, comfortable life I have lived, His me more and more with a sense of mingled terror and self accusation. I hare heard the words of Jesus many times lately. 'Inasmuch as ye did it not onto one of these least, my brethren, vwi did it not to me.1 And when have I *sper%onullY visited the prisoner or the daapurat" or the sinful in any way that ?i actually carsed me suffering? ? Iber I hare followed the conven? tional, noft habita of my pos'iion aud have lived in the society of the rich, refined, ariafcx ratic membera of my con? gregations. Whore hss the suffering come In? What havo I suffered for Jeans' sake? Do von know. Calvin"? the bishop turned abruptly toward his friend ?"I have been tempted of late' to lash myscif with a scorn ge. If I had lived in Martin Luther's time. I wonld *wave bared my back to a self inflicted torture.'' Dr Bruco was very pale. Never had he seen the bishop or heard liim when under the influence of such u passion There waa a sudden silence in the room. The bishop had sat down strain and Sowed his head. Dr Bruce spoke ai last "Edward. I do not need to suy that you have exprer^d my feeling* nl>o. 1 have been in a similar position for yenrs. My life has been ono of compar? ative luxury. 1 do not. of course, mean to say that I have not hard triuls and discouragements and burdens in my ehnn h ministry, but I cannot say that I have suffered any for Jesus. That verse in Peter hannts me. 'Christ also aufferi'd for >?'''? I"?iviir?' you ;m ? xam pie that ye shonld follow hi* *t< ps ' 1 have lived in lnxnry I do not know what it means to want. I nlsoha\<> had my leisure for travel and beautiful com? panionship I have Iwen surrounded by easy comforts of civilization. The ind misery of this great city have like waves against the stone walls of my church and of this bwwSS in whi< h I KfWi and I have hanli\ herded them. the walls have ".?een so thick I buve reached a point where 1 cannot endur** this an? longer lam not con? demning the church I love heft I am wot forsaking the church I lx*lieve in her min ion i 1 1 ? ?? no de-ire to de error Least of all in tie* step I am about to tat.*?, do I desfre to he cl urged with abandoning the Christian fellow whip, but 1 fe* I 1 mu-t resign my place as pastor of Nasareth Avenne church la (jrder to satisfy myself that 1 a"* ss) 1 oaghiJo walk to his sf , ? ? - * ?>.rr<^mW^W|| In this notion I judge no other hhui.v ters and pass no criticism on others' discipleship. bnt I feel as yon do. Into a closer contact with the sin and shame ?nd degradation of this great city I most como personally, and I know that to do that I mnst sever my immediate connection with Nazareth Avenne church. I do not see any other way for myself to suffer for his sake as I feel that I onght to suffer." Again that sudden silence fell over these two men. It was no ordinary ac? tion they were deciding. They had both reached the same conclusion by the lame reasoning, and they were too thoughtfnl, too well accustomed to the measuring of conduct, to underestimate the seriousness of their position. 44What is your plant" The bishop at last spoke gently, looking up with his smile that always beautified his face. The bishop's face grew in glory now every day. "My plan," replied Dr. Bruce slowly, is, in brief, the putting of myself into the center of the greatest human need I can find in this city and living there. My wife is fnlly in accord with me. We have already decided to find a resi? dence in that part of the city where we cat. make our personal lives count for the most" 4' Let me suggest a place.'' The bishop was on fire now. His fine face actually glowed with the enthusiasm of the movement in which he and his friend were inevitably embarked. He wont on and unfolded a plan of such farreaching power and possibility that Dr.. Bruce, capable and experienced as he was, felt amazed at the vision of a greater soul than his own. I They sat up late and were as eager and even glad as if they were planning for a trip together to some rare land of unexplored travel Indeed the bishop said many times afterward that the moment his decision was reached to live the life of personal sacrifice he had chosen he suddenly felt an uplifting, as if a great burden was taken from him. He was exultant Po was Dr. Bruce from the same cause. Their plan as it finally grew into a workable fact was in reality nothing more than the renting of a large build? ing formerly nsed as a warehouse for a brewery, reconstructing it aid living in it themselves in the very heart of a territory where the saloon ruled with power, where the tenement was its filthiest, where vice and ignorance and shame and poverty were congested into hideous forma It was not a new idoa. It was an idea started by Jesus Christ when he left his Father's house an 1 for? sook the riches that were his in order to get nearer humanity and, by becom? ing a part of its sin, help to draw hu? manity ap&rt from iU sin. 1'** univer? sity settlement idea is not modern. It is as old a* Bethlehem and Nazareth, and in this particular case it was the near? est i .tproach to anything that would satisfy the hnnger of these two men to suffer for Christ. There had sprung up in them at the same time a longing that amounted to a passion to get nearer the great physical poverty and spiritual destitution of the mighty city that throbbed aroand them. How could they do this except as they became a part of it as nearly as one man can become a part of another's misery Y Where was the suffering to come in unless there was an actual self denial of some sort ? And what was to make that self denial apparent to then, elves or any one else unless it took this concrete, actual, per? sonal form of trying to share the deep? est suffering and din of the city t So they reasoned for themselves, not judging others. They were simply keep? ing their own pledge to do as Jesus would do. as they honestly judged he would do. That was what they had promised. How could they quarrel with the result? They were irresistibly com? pelled to do what they were planning to do. Tho bishop had money of his own. Every one in Chicago knew that tho bishop had a handsomo fortune. Dr Bruce had acquired and saved by liter? ary work carried on in connection with his parish duties more than a comforta? ble competence. This money, a large part of it. the two friends agreed to put at once into the work, most of it into tho furnishing of a settlement house. Meanwhile Nazareth Avenue church was experiencing something never known ntfoff in all its history. The simple appeal on the part of its pastor to his memt>ers to do as Jesus would do had created a sensation that still con? tinued. The result of thut appeal was very much the same as in Henry Max? well's chnreh in Raymond, only Naza? reth Avenne church was far more aris? tocratic, wealthy and conventional. Nevertheless when one Sunday morn? ing in early summer Dr. BfUCe came into his pulpit und amioumvd Iiis resig nution the Mimtlow deepened all over the city, Although Dr. Brnos bad ad \ i il with his boafd of trustees, ami the MUftffl mi he Intended was not a mnt 1 ter of surprise to them But when it became: publicly known tint the bishop nlsa had announce d hi i retirement from the position he had h? ld > I rr.j in Order t<? glJ and live himself In tho center of the worst part of Chics go the public Aston i hment r ich d its height "But why." the bishop replied to on" vain- I fi i nd w ho had almost with t mn tri* d to di l?de him from hia purpose "why should what Dr. Bruce pr \ I i v. pom* t'? do m m no inarkable a thing, an ??' 11 were uuheardof that u ? i i of divinity and^ a^ bishop should want to save souls in this par? ticular manner. If we were to resign nra i hartes fur the purpose of going to Bombay or Hongkong or any place in Africa, the churches and the people would exclaim at the heroism of mis? sions. Why should it seem so great a thing if we have been led to give our lives to help rescue the heathen and tho lost of our own city in the way we are going to try? Is it, then, such a tre? mendous event that two Christian min? isters should be not only willing but eager to live close to tho misery of the world In order to know it and realize it? Is it such a raro thing that love of humanity should find this particular form of expression in the rescue of souls?" However the bishop may have satis? fied himself that there ought tobe noth? ing so remarkable about it all, the pub? lic continued to talk and the churches to record their astonishment that two such men, so prominent in the ministry, should leave their comfortable homes, voluntarily resign their pleasant social positions and enter upon a life of hard? ship, of self denial and actual suffering. Chirstian America) Is it a reproach upon the form of our discipleship that the exhibition of actual suffering for Jesus on the part of those who walk in his steps always provokes astonishment, as at the sight of something very un? usual? Nazareth Avenue church parted from its pastor with regret for the most part, although the regret was modified by some relief on the part of those who had refused to take the pledge. Dr. Bruce carried with him the respect of men i who, entangled in business in such a I way that obedience to the pledge would I have ruined them, still held in their deeper, better natures a genuine adinira J tion for courage and consistency. They had known Dr. Bruce many years as a kindly, safe man, but the thought of him in the light of sacrifice of this sort was not familiar to them. As fast as they understood it they gave their pas? tor the credit of being absolutely true to his recent convictions as to what fol? lowing Jesus meant. Nazareth Avenue church has never lost the impulse of that movement started by Dr. Bruce. Those who went with him in making the promise breathed into the church the very breath of divino life and are continuing that life giving work at the present time. It was fall again, and the city faced another hard winter. The bishop one afternoon (fame out of the settlement and walked around tho block, intending to go on a visit to one of his new friends in the district. He had walked about four blocks when he was attracted by a iihop that looked different from the oth? ers. The neighborhood was still quite new to the bishop, and every day he discovered some strange spot or stum? bled upon some unexpected humanity. T 10 place that attracted his notice was a small house close by a Chinese laundry. There were two windows in tho front, very clean, and that was re? markable, to begin with. Then inside the window was a tempting display of cookery, with prices attached to the various articles, that made the bishop wonder somewhat, for he was familiar by this time with many facts in the life of tho people once unknown to him. As he st<xxl looking at the windows the door between them opened, and Fe licir? Sterling came out. ?'Felicia!" said the bishop. "When did you move into my parish without my knowledge?" "How did you find mo so soon?" asked Felicia. '"Why, don't you knew? These are the only clean windows in the block." "I believe they are," replied Felicia, with a laugh that did the bishop good to hear. "But why have you dared to come to Chicago without telling me, and how have you entered my diocese without my knowledge?" asked the bishop, and Felicia looked so like that beautiful, clean, educated, refined world he once knew that he mi;;ht be pardoned for seeing in her something of the old para? dise, although, to speak truth for the bishop, he had no desire to go back to it again. "Well, dear bishop," said Felicia, who had always called him so when? ever they had met, "I know how over? whelmed you were with your work. I did not want to burden you with my plans, and, besides, I am going to offer you my services. Indeed I was just on my way to see you and ask your advice. I am settled here for the present with Mrs. Bascom, a saleswoman who rents our three rooms, and with one of Ra? chel's music pupils, who is being helped to a course in violin by Virginia Page. She is from tho people," continued Fe? licia, using the words "from the peo? ple' ' so gravely and unconsciously that tho bishop smiled, "and I am keeping house for her and at tho same time be? ginning an experiment in pure food lor tho mass.>s. I am an expert, and I have a plan I want you to admire and de? velop. Will you, dear bishop'r" "Indeed I will," replied the bishop. The sitfhtof Felicia and her remarkable vitality, enthusiasm and evident pur? pose almost bewildered him. "Martha can help at the settlement With her violin, and I will help with my messes. You see, I thought I would get settled first and workout something and then come with some real thing to olT< r. I'm ablo to earn my own living now." ??You ore?" The bishop said it a lit? tle incredulously. **How? Making those things? " 'Those things!' " said Felicia, with ;i show of indignation "1 would have you know, sir. thai 'tho o things' are the l- t cooked, purest food products in this whole city." ??i don't doubt it." said tho bishop hastily, while his eyes twinkled. "Still, the 'proof of tho pudding' V? u know tho rest." "Come in and try somr " exclaimed Felicia "You poor bishop I Yon look RS il* you ha in't had a good meal fo~ a month.' She Insisted on the bishop's entering th" little front room where Martha, a wide awake girl with short curly hair tud an unmistakable air of music about her, was busy with practice. "Go right on. Martha. This is the bishop. You havo heard mi speak of him so often. Sit down here and let ino give you a taste of the fleshpots of Egypt, for I Ix lievo you have been ac? tually fasting." 80 Felicia and the bishop had an im I provisr d lunch, and the bishop, who, to 1 tell the truth, had not taken time for weeks to enjoy nil meals, feasted on the delight of his unexpected discovery and [ was able to express his astonishment i ind gratification at the quality of the I t tokery. "1 thought yon would at least say It was as good as the meals you used to get at the Auditorium at the big ha 1 quets," said Felicia slyly. M 'Ar, good as!' The Auditorium ban? quets were simply husks compared to this one, Felicia. But you must eo*ne to the settlement. I want you to see what we are doing. And I am simply astonished to find you hero (arning your living this way. I begin to see what your plan is. You can be of in? finite help to us. You don't really mean that you will live here and help these people to know the value of good food?" "Indeed I do," Felicia answered gravely. "That is my gospel. Shall I not follow it?" "Aye* aye! You're right. Bless God for sense like yours. When I left the world''?the bishop smib 1 at the phrase ?"they were talking a good deal about the 'new woman.' If you are one of them, I am a convert right now and here." "Flattery still! Is thero no escape from it even in the slums of Chicago?" Felicia laughed again, and the bishop's heart, heavy though it had grown dur? ing several months of vast sin bearing, rejoiced to hear it. It sounded good. It was good. It belonged to God. Felicia wanted to visit the settlement and went back with the bishop. Sho was amazed at the results of what con? siderable money and a good deal of con? secrated brains had done*. As they walk? ed through the building they talked in? cessantly. Ftlicia was the incarnation of vital enthusiasm. Even the bishop wondered at the exhibition of it as' it bubbled up and sparkled over. They went down into the basement, and the bishop pushed open the door, from behind which came the sound of a carpenter's plane. It was a small but well equipped carpenter's shop. A young man with a paper cap on his head and clad in blouse and overalls was whistling and driving the plane as he whistled. He looked upas the bishop and Felicia entered and took off his cap. As he did so his little finger carried a small curling shaving up to his hair, and it caught there. "Miss Sterling. Mr. Stephen Clyde," said the bishop. "Clyde is ono of our helpers here two afternoons in the week." Jltat then the bishop was called up stairs, and ho exensed himself for a mo? ment, leaving Felicia and the young carpenter together. "We have met before," said Felicia, looking at Clyde frankly. "Yes. 'back in the world.' as tho bishop says." replied the young man, and his lingers trembled a little as tin y lay on the board he had been planing. "Yes." Felicia hesitated "1 am very glad to see you. "Are yon?" The fiu^h of pleasure mounted to the yonng carpenter's fore? head. "You have bad*a great d ?1 of troub'e since?then?" he said, and tl:? a he was afraid he had wonndt d h r or called up painful memories, but Felicia had lived over all that. "Yes, and you also. ?Iow is it yon are working hero?" "It is a long story. Miss Sterling My father lost his money, and I was obliged to go to work, a very good thing for me. Tho bishop says I on "lit to bo grateful. I am. I am very happy now. I learned the trade hoping some time to b3 of use. I am night clerk at one of the hotels. That Sunday morning when you took tho pledge at Nazareth Av? enue church I took it with the others." "Did you?" said Felicia slowly "I am glad.'' Just then the bishop came back, and very soon ho and Felicia went away, leaving the young carpenter at his work. Some one noticed that he whistled loud? er than ever as he planned. "Felicia," said the bishop, "did you know Stephen Clyde before?" "Yes, 'back in the world,' dear bishop. He was one of my acquaintances in Nazareth Avenue church." "Ah!" said the bishop. "Wo were very good friends," added Felicia. "But nothing more?" the bishop ven? tured to ask. Felicia's face glowed for an instant. Then she looked the bishop in the eyes frankly and answered: "Truly and truly, nothing more." "It would bo just tho way of tho world for ihose two peoplo to come to like each other, though," thought the bishop to himself, and somehow tho thought mado him grave. It was al? most like tho old pang over Camilla, but it passed, leaving him afterward, when Felicia had gone back, with tears in his eyes and a feeling that was al? most hops that Felicia and Stephen would like each other. "After all," said the bishop, like the sensible, good man that he was, "is not romance a part of humanity? Love is older than lam and wiser. " The week following tho bishop had an experience that belongs to this part of the settlement's history. I He was <dining back to the settle S ment very late from some gathering of i the striking tailors and was walking alung. with his hands behind him. when two men jumped out from behind an old fence that shut off an abandoned factory from Iii?- street and faced him. One of tho men thrust a pistol into the bishop's face, and the other threatened him with a ragged stake that had evi d< tit ly lie 'i torn from the fern e. ??i[old np your bands, and Ihb qui< k about it I" x the man with the ;<i itol The place was solitary, and tho bishop had no thought of resistance. Ho did as he was commanded, and the man with the stake began to go through his pock* ets. The bishop WSJ calm, his nerves did not quiver. A4 he stood there with his arms uplifted an ignorant spectator might have thought that he was pray? ing for the Bonhiof these two men. And he was, and his prayer was singularly answered that very night. [TO DE COWTtXUED.] Henry Clay Richardson Dies at Greensboro, Ala Special to The "Mate De mo pol if, Peh 6 ?Maj Henry Clay Richardton, well known to a great many Columbians, died at GreenaborO, Ala., this morning, at Which place he has been stationrd for the past few years as cotton buyer Rheumatism of the heart was the cause of his death Maj Richardson wss a resident of Columbia for twenty five years and as city editor of the Register and Columbia correspondent ef the News and Courier did perhap ? the best and most effective work of any newspapej man in South Carolina in carrying the State for Hampton in 1876. He was a fearless and incisive writer and boards of carpet-baggers who made South Carolina toe prostrate State were made toeqnirm every day under the lashings of bis pen He was born in Virginia and although South Carolina wpb his adopted home, he loved the State as any of her owu sons In his last hours he was generously ministered to by many kind friends and had every attention to sooth him in his dying moments. A sister in Cynthiana, Ky, and a brother in Pennsylvania, have been notified of his death. Where the remains will be buried has not yet been decided Elorence, Eeb 7 ?The Pee Dee Tobacco Ware House, a very large wooden building, was destroyed by fire at 10 o'clock tonight. The fire originated in a small wooden building next door to the ware house in some unexplained manner The building was owned by W E Dargan, of Darlington, and was insurred with W. R Barringer's agency for $1, 700 The value of the building was $3,000. Bombay, Feb 7 ?The mortality in this city yesterday was unprecedent? ed There was a total of 408 deaths The situation is aggravated by the advent of famine refugees Washington, Feb 6 ?Tbe house committee on claims today favorably reported tbe Cooper bill for the pay ment of tbe southern cotton claims The bill involves an expenditure of $10,000,000 Newberry, Feb 7 ?-A sale of 1,667 bales of cotton by the Newberry Warehouse Company to O McR Holmes breaks the record here for the largest single transaction in the stapln Eight cents was paid all round and the sale amounted to up? wards of $6D,000. A statue of President Kruger is to be erected in Pretoria, and it is unique in at least two respects In tbe first plaee, it is the first tine in the history of sculpture that any statue baa worn a bat of tbe "plug" variety. In the second place, owing to the kindly and thoughtful suggestion of Frau Kruger, lhat bat is hoilow, so that tbe little birds can drink out of tbe pool of rain water which will accumulate Jfo? CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, 1 Burns, Bruises, Rheuma? tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts Sold by Hugbeon-Ligoo Go. Speaker Gary Will Run. Speaker Gary was a?ked last night whether tbe report was true tbat be would be a candidate for governor He replied tbat it was bis present intention to enter tbe raoe. This makes three candidates who have for maily announced their cai dtdaoy?Gov MoSweeney, Mr A. H Pattersoo and | Speaker Gnry There are others yet to hear from, tbe 'odtcation being tbat one or two others ?'II enter tbe lists.? Cdumbia Record, Feb 8 -?? Prkin, February 8?The dowager ea.pre.is of China, il la asserted, r.ppears to be determined 10 relapse into tbe auoieot coneerva.'iom. Vent.relay sbe issued an edict commanding a return to ?he old manner of study, aoeording to the teaohing* of Confociu?, for exami nrtiona for (filial rank, and ordering tbe abolition of tbe study of the ' now depraved and erroneous subjects of the western schools," and tbreeteniof with paotebmeul tre teaoherR tf such i?ub 1 j cts The dosing of ihe now uoiver Mty at Pekin is expected to speedily follow Working for a Big Fair. ! The State Agricultural and Me ohauioal society at its annual meeting de< ided to pay freight on all exhibits shipped to the State fair from points in South Carolina, provided tbe own era release the exhibit at the lowest possible rate The above provision together with the increase made in the premium list should letid togitatly increase the number ol exhibitors at the t< m i:ig State tail The matter of the improvement of the ait department wae left by the association in tbe hands of Col liol j loway, the secretary. OTASH gives color, jlavor and firmness to all fruits. No good fruit can be raised without Potash. Fertilizers containing at least 8 to 10% of Potash will give best results on all fruits. Write for our pamphlets, which ought to be in every farmer's library. They are sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER SUMTER COUNTY. Sumtib, S. C , Sept 29, 18S9. NOTICE it hereby given tb?t I will be ia my office in tbe Coomy Coort House hi ?umter from October 15th to December ?let, 1899, inclusive, tor he collection of taxes for tbe fiscal year 1899. Tbe levy is as follows : ror State purposes, 5 mills. For County purposes, 3$ mills. For Scheel purposes, 3 mule. Total levy, 11} mills. Also tbe following epecial school levies : School District No. 1, 2 mills. School District No 16, 2 mills. School District No 18, 2 mills. School District No 20, 3 mills. Mt Clio, 2 mills. Concord, 2 mills. Privateer, 2 mills. No 5, 1 mill. No 17, 1 mill. Commutation Road Tax for 1900 is also payable m tbe same time. H. L &CARBOROUGH, Oct 4 Tr eijurer Somter Co. Estates of Mrs. Frances C. Brunson, Deceased, and of Miss Mary M. Brunson, Dec'd AS Administratrix of Estate pf W Hayoe Gordon, Deceased, 1 hereby give ooiice mat on February 17th, 1900, I will apply to the Judge ot Probate of Sumter County for a Final Settlement and Discharge in tbe aforesaid Estates. ALICE C GORDON, Adm'x Administratrix Eat. W Hayne Gordon, Dec d Jan 17 4t FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, ?T?TE, niTT AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, 8. C. Paid op Capital.$ 75,000 CO Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability of Stock? holders in exce?s of their stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest % I lowed at itie rate ot 4 per Cint. per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed? ing $30?, payable quarterly, oo first days of January, April, July and October. R II. WALLACE L. S.Cabsom, President. Cashier STANDARD BRED STALLION Modoc Will Stand the Season in Sanier Boyle's Stables. Chestnut Stallion, foaled May 1892; bred bylMaj. Campbell Brown, Ewell Stock Farm, Teimse e. ??MODOC," sired ?| McKween. 2.1M ; fire iam Lady Radotsa ; rfgi?tered in Vol. 12 American Mud Book He is one of theSneet bred stal'.iond in the . t?te; bred for site stjle, beauty and speed he ia of kind end vent la dtatoaitloa a hm? foal gatsav. FOR KALK. EXTRA FINE BARRED PLYMOUTHS Alto, Kfgl for Hatching. 15 for $'2 00. Xirely l^acktd in \< u Basket$] JOHN A. CULLOM, llidge Spring, 8. C. Jan 21 4ti BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK KGCaS Fn tn Thoroughbred Prtge Winner* $1 50 FOR 15 Safe A< rival Uoaiaoteed U C. DARSEY, Box 12. Sunny Side, Gra. J<iO 31 1?