The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 21, 1900, Image 6
The Relief Column
Reaches Kimberley.
Toe Story of Lord Roberts'
Successful March'
London. Feb 19, 4.20 a m -It ie
confirmed that Geo Cronje escaped.
Bvery detail received, however,
proves bow admirable Lord Roberts'
plans were conceived and were sue
weeding. Bot for the unexpected
?eiay at DekieVs drift, which WPS
almost impassable for wagons, the
whole Boer force wouid have been
surrounded. The delay of one day
there gave them their chance for a
- hasty retreat
All the movements! of Lord Roberts
were executed exactly to time Ap
parently Gen Cronje is retiring with
the main ai my and then if he escapes
altogether, he will probably lose all
bis baggage.
There is still something doubtful
about the captare of the British con
voy. According to a Daily Mai!
correspondent with the convoy
which consisted of 200 wagons, each
loaded with 6,000 pounds of rations
and of forage, and each drawn by 16
oxen-it was quite unexpectedly at?
tacked by a commando supposed to
come from Colesberg. The escort,
Consisting of 80 of the Gordon High
landers, 40 men of the army service
corps and a few of Kitchener's corps,
maintained a defense until the arrival
of reenforcements, sustaining insig
s aif?cact casualties.
The Standard's correspondent at
Jacobsdal, telegraphing Thursday,
Feb 15tb, says : "An attack was
sade yesterday upon the rear guard
of our main body by a force of 1,400
Boers, who were hurried up from
Coiesbur^ They succeeded in cap
turing some of our wagons, but
Lord Roberts did not delay bis march
to retake these. There were few
casualties on our side
"The laut of our supply columns
arrived from Honey Nest kloof today,
having met with no opposition on the
way."
Specials from Ladysmith report an
apparent movement on the part of
the Boera toward the Free State,
presumably with the object of assist
ing Gen Cronje The news that Gen
Buller is attempting another crossing
of the Tugela, east of Colenso, after
the capture of Hlangwane bil!, there
fore, gives great satisfaction Bul
ler's losses so far have been about 20
in wounded. His entire army, with
the exception of Gen Hart s brigade
is engaged in the operation
It is announced thi.t the Channel
squadron, instead of going to Gibral
tar, has been ordered to remain in
British waters untii March
HOW ROBERTS DID IT.
?
Jacobsdal, O F S , Friday, Feb
16 -Lord Roberts' combinations for
the movement of tbe corps Dove
tailed with precision, although ob?
stacles that bad not been foreseen
had to be overcome
The execution of his design began
a? 3 a m Sunday Gen French rode
into Kimberley Thursday afternoon
just when he was due, according to
the field marshal's time table, having,
in four and a half days, marched nine
miles with artillery and having fought
two small engagements The relief
of Kimberley was accomplished with
the loss of only 50 men Twenty
thousand infantry made splendid
marches under a sob tropical sun,
and through a duet storm to hold the
positions which Gen Frenrh took
Lord Kitchener was with Gen
Tucker's division. In consequence
of his transpoit arrangements, the
four divisions moving over the sandy
veldt are fed and are watered It ie
hardly possible to appreciate ade
quateiy the mathematical precision
with which every part of the trans?
port department bas worked, march*
ing through the day, toiling almost
sleeplessly throughout the night,
victualling the army and evolving
every hour results from seeming
chaos
Everybody did what was expected of
bim cheerfully, though ecdaring fright?
ful fatigues. Few slept more than
three hours. The battalions, hour
after boor, toiled through the neaw
sand oooomplaioiogly, and when no?
aod theo a man feil out of tbe ranko
exhausted, he would rejoin bis company
later after be had rested. Some 50 or
$0 were overcome by the beat and bad
to be sent to tbe rear io tbe baokward
defi'e of empty wagons.
The rapidity of Lord Roberts'* move
eents away from bis base has solved
one of the problems, perhaps the obief
problem of the war. He and Lord
Kitchener have created a mobile foroe,
able to move io exterior hoes aud to
outflank the Boers, themselves so won?
derfully mobile.
Tbe position of the Boer arney at
Spytfontein being octenabie General
Cronje ordered a retreat. At the
moment tbis dispatch is written, it is
uncertain whether bis whole foroe or
only a portion has gone toward Bloem?
fontein It is possiole that a part is
going north of Kimberley.
It is supposed that a 29 too gun is
stiii tn the neighborhood of Kimberley
The road from Jacobsdal to Modder
station is now open.
Further details of the Boer retreat
show that the Boer general oas been
fighting a good rear guard aotion and
recopying successive kopjes in order to
allow the moving of the convoy, which*
however, has been going at a very slow
pace, the animals apparently beiog dead
beat.
Tbe latest reports show that tbe
Boers in tbe neighborhood of Klip
kraals drift are undoubtedly disheart?
ened.
General French's magnificent march
?3 still tbe subject of admiration, espe
cia 1 ly io view of tbe dost storms and
tnuoderstorms that all experienced.
The work of shelling tbe Boers pro
ceeds vigorously
Owing to the st}le of the aotioo, the
Boers are bouod to show io-tbe open
whenever [bey were obliged to leave the
kopjes
Cbieveley, Wedoesday, Feb 14 -
(Delayed by censor)-Tbe movement
northeastward bagan this (Wednesday)
morning Lord Dundonald, with oav
airy, infantry and artillery, occupied
Hazzar bill, five miles north of Chtev
eley. The infantry entrenched the hill.
Gen Lyttleton worked around to the
height and Sir Charles Warren in front
aod to the left.
The Boers were heavily entrenched
oo Hlaogwane and Moote Christo bills
A steady, independent fire, with
occasional volleys, was maintained for
some hours and the enemy's trenches
were vigorously shelled
The Boers had one gan io aotioo
during the early part of tbe day, but
when we began shelling they moved it
across the river. They used one Nor?
denfeld, io tte afternoon.
Oar casualties were few.
REPORTS OF ACTIVITY ON TU
GELA.
London, Feb 18 3.50 a m -The
war office made the usual statement
at midnight that it had no news, but at
about the same time came dispatches
from Durban, dated Saturday even
iog. giving reports of the renewal of
fighting on the Tugela, where the
censor stopped ali telegrams. Ar
rivals at Durban from the Tugela say
that important operations are pro?
gressing and that fighting has occur
red daily since the commencement
of the week. In these engagements
the British casualties have been
comparatively light
According to these unconfirmed re
ports, Gen Buller had reoccupied
Yaal Krantz and the Boers had re
treated in the direction of the Free
State
In the meantime wounded officers
and men are arriving daily at Durban
and are placed aboard tbe four hos
pi tal ships there.
Dispatches from Zuzuland received
at Durban say the country is quieting
down, thanks to tho apparence of a
flying column. The Boers seen nerv
ous and uncertain and have stayed
their advance.
London, Feb 16, 2 31 p. m -A
special dispatch from Sterkstrocm
dated today says the Boers with
artillery, commenced an attack early
this morning on Molten o near that
piace, occupied by troops command
ed by Gen Gatac?e.
London, Feb 18.-A special dis?
patch from Br?ssel says that Dr
Leyds refused to taik to reporters re
gardiug affairs in , South Africa,
further than to say that bis confidence
is etil I absolute and that he does not
fear an invasion of the Free State,
the burghers in that republic being
armed and prepared to resist the
British.
Dr Leyds h98 telegraphed to the
pope asking an audience of his hoi i
ness, which will be accorded. It is
certain, however, that be will not be
received by King Humbert
GEN. CRONJE SAID TO BE
SURROUNDED.
London. Feb 20, 3 45 a m.-A
member of the oabinet told H. W.
Lucy tonight that the war office had
received a telegram announcing that
Gen Cronje was hopelessly surrounded.
Mr Wyndham was beset by anxious
members of the boase, bat weald only
reply that the government's news was
extremely satisfactory. Tbe whole
explanation of tbe government with
holding good news is that confirmation
and more details are awaited.
BULLER HAS CROSSED THE
TUGELA AGAIN.
Cbieveley. Monday morning. Feb
19 -The Boer line of fortresses is
broken The British have aobieved a
decided success in oapturic? the
enemy's position on Moote Christo
The Boers, however, effectively exe
outed a retreat, removing their guns
aod ooovoy wagons The British bad
comparatively few casualties.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
London, Feb 19, 2 20 p. m.-The
war c.fSce bas received the following
dispatch from Gen Buller : "Cbieveley
Camp, Feb 19 -I yesterday moved
around tbe enemy's flink. Tbe
Qu3eos, who had bivouacked on the
northern slope ot Oiogolo, orof-sed the
Nth and supported by the rest of the
Second brigade, under Hilyard assault
ed and took tbe southern end of Monte
Chri-to
"The Fourth brigade on the left or
western slope, and the Weisb Fusiliers,
supported by the ret>t of the Sixth bri?
gade, assaulted the eastern flank of the
enemy's position, while the Second bri?
gade of cavalry, oo the extreme right,
wc toned tbe eastern slopes of Moote
Cbristo and drove baok thoa* of the
eDemy attempting to escape there from
oar artillery fire Assaulted by heavy
artillery OD their front and flank and
attacked on their flank aod rear, the
enemy made but slight resistance aod,
abandooiag their strong position, were
driven across the Tugela. I have taken
several camps, a wagoo load of ammu?
nition, several wagons of stores and
supplies and a few prisoners. .
"The weather has been intensely hot
and the ground traversed was exceed?
ingly difficult. But the energy and
dash of the troops have been very
pleasant to see. They haye all dooe
splendidly. The work of the irregular
cavalry, the Queens, the Soots Fusiliers
and the rifle brigade was, perhaps,
most noticeable, while the excellent
practice of the artillery and naval guns
and the steadiness of the gunners
under, at times, very aocurate fire, was
remarkable. The accurate fire of the
naval guns of the Chieveley corps was
of great assistance
"Our casualties are not, I think,
many."
Durban, Feb 19.-The bombard ment
of the Boer position oo Hiaogwana hill
was continuous yesterday and fighting
is still proceeding at 6 o'olook this
evening. It is said that the British
have captured 100 prisoners.
IS CRONJE CAUGHT ?
London, Feb 20, 12 30 a m.-The
war effioe at midnight announced that
it bad nothing farther for publication
from South Africa
In the lobbies of the boase of oom
moos last eveoiog, it was rumored that
Geo Crooje's army was surrouoded,
that Gen Freoch bad got between the
Boer forces and Bloemfontein and that
be was only waiting reeoforeementa to
close io oo the enemy
Mo confirmation of this rumor is
obtainable, although the general idea is
that the goveromeot has received im
portant dispatches
Loodoo, Feb 19, 7 p m.-It is said
that the war office has "received gocd
newa from Ge? Freoch with reference'
to Geo Cronje."
Sterkstroom Camp, Sunday, Feb 18.
-The Boers are retiring and Gen
Brabant's forces are now entering
Dordrecht.
THE FIGHT AT Ki M BERLEY".
London, Feb ?0.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Lorerzo Marques,
dated Mooday, says : "According to
advices from Pretoria, the Boers are
expectiog a big battle on the Tugela.
They claim that 70 of the Wiitsbires
were killed at Coiesberg, and that 30
wagons with forage and provisions were
captured, bat no ammunition They
thus descriDc the fightiog at Kimber?
ley :
The British came through Blaun
bink and attacked in two columns
While the Biers were busily engaged
with Lard Roberte. Gen French, with
2 OOO cavalry and six guns, succe?ded
?D breaking through the B)er lines
The Biers did not seriously oppose
Geo French's advance, but conflned
rheir efforts to preventing the provisions
getting through In this they succeed?
ed, captu-iog 2 OOO head of cattle, 100
wagons of provisions and 100 men ' "
FIGHTING FOR THEIR HOMES
Cape Tcwo, Feb 19.-Dispatches
from Maseru say that large forces are
being eeot from the Transvaal to roe
Free State under prominent generals.
It is also said the Free State is makiog
desperate efforts to collect ao army to
face the British at Koffyfontein.
An official proclamation orders ont
all males between the ages of l? and
60, and enthusiastic* declare that every
one up to the age of 100 must go.
Working Night and Day.
The busiest and mightiest littb thing that
ever was made is Dr. King'? New Life Pills.
Every pill is a sugar-coated globule nf health,
that changes weakness into strength, listless?
ness into energy, bairn-fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up the health
Only 25c per box. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorrae,
Druggist. 3
Delegates Appointed.
Gov McSweeney Saturday appoint
ed the following delegates from this
State to the third annual meeting of
the Pure Food and Drug Congress to
be held io Washington, D C , on
March 7 next Hartwell M Ayer of
Florence, N. G. Osteen of Sumter,
M L Clark of Marion, Col L T
Gantt of Spartanburg, Geo A. Wage?
ner of Charleston, Dr C V Wyche
of Newberry, Geo R Koester of
Columbia and Col James T. Bacon of
Edgefield
Clio. Marlboro County, Feb. 17 -
Thea E Haseiden, tho railroad and ex?
press agent at thia plaoe committed sui?
cide this moroiDg by shooting himself
in the bead. Between 8 and 9 o'clock
be sect bis servaut from the depot to
bis boarding house to get his break?
fast and looking himself up in bis office
shot himself ie the right temple, the
bali peoetratiog the brain and lodging
near the left ear. Death must have
been instantaneous ?
Columbia, Feb 17 -Smallpox has
appeared at Piedmont and Pelzer,
according to a {'?'egram received from
Supervisor Vaudover, of Anderson.
The extent of the disease is not stated
and Dr Evans will take charge of the
The General Assembly.
Adjournment Sunday Morn
ing. What Became of Sev?
eral 'Important Bills in
the Last Hours.
Colombia, Feb 18-The General
Assembly adjourned without day at
6 o'clock Sunday morning, but as
the bands of the clocks in the houue
and senate were turned back, the
time of adjournment officially was
ll 05 Saturday night
At the hour of adjournment there
was but a handful of senators and
representatives present, the others
having drawn their pay and goDe
home
The amendment to the appropria
tion bill giving $100,000 to the pub
lie schools was killed after a long
fight in the conference committee
The bouse insisted on the appropria
tion and the senate refused to agree
The senate offered a compromise
amendment which permitted each
county to levy a special tax of 6 10
of a mill for school purposes The
two houses failed to agree and the
amendment was killed
The Archer local option bill was
killed
The public printing contract was
awarded to the State Co
The bill requiring railroads to
make connections for the transfer of
freight waa passed
The bill to provide for a geologi
cal survey of the State was indeii
nitely postponed
The Young bill as to the foreclo
sure of mortgages was finally agreed
to and passed by the Senate
Death of the Rev Mr Elwell
Columbia, Feb 17 -The Kev S P
II. Elwell, of Charleston, died sud
deuly this afternoon of apoplexy fie
was stopping at Wright's hotel and
went to a barber shop a short dis
tance away and took a seat to await
his turn He took a paper and
glanced at it awhile Nobody no
ticed bim particularly until he was
called to the barber's chair, when his
peculiar/appearance attracted atten
tion He died as he sat in the chair,
there being no struggle or otfier evi
dence that tbe end bad come Thp
new8 of h is death created great sor
row in this city, where he was well
kno^n and had hundreds of friends
For four years he was pastor of the
Marion Street. Methodist Church,
serving tbe full term of a pastorate
allowed by the rules of the church
He was a Confederate veteran, bav
ing lost one arm ic battle He was
the prime mover in the plan to erect
a monument to the women of the
Confederacy
Dr Elwell wes about 58 years of
age He was born in that portion of
Sumter county which was taken
away and now forms the county of
Clarendon Dr Elwell was at the
time of his death the beloved pastor
of the Spring Street Methodist
church, in Charleston
He baa at present only one reia
tive here-Mr Charles B Howell, a
cousin lie leaves a widow, a son,
Mr Wm G Elwell of this citv, trav
j eling for the Gibbes Stationery Com
pany ; an unmarried daughter, Miss
Anna, in Charl?ston. and a married
daughter, the wife of the Rev S E
Stokes of Denmark.
Will Burt Lynched in Aiken
Aiken. 8 C , Feb 17.-Tbe negro
brute. Will Burts, who on Monday
made an assault on tbe wife of C. L
Weeks, a prominent farmer who lives
eight miles from this place, made good
his escane, but was promptly tracked
by a posse toward Edgefieid, bis old
home. To assist io bis arrest. Chief of
Police D L. Weeks, of Aikeo, sent
out postal cards offering a reward for
bis arrest. The negro got as far as
Greenwood County and bad gone to
work when he was arrested by an
Edge?eld man. who as soon as be saw
toe oard describing Burts, located bim.
About 250 men were io tbe pos^e.
They brought tbe negro back to this
county, and when they reached Baas
kett'i Mill, half way between Aiken
and Trenton, at 5 o'clock this morning,
they swung up the brute, bat tbe rope
broke and they bad to tie bim opaeain.
Tbey theo fired int) bit dead body f| md
left for their horner Burts confessed
that be tried to out Mrs Weeks' throat
aod kill her. He claimed tbey had
words over tbe price} of some meal be
was buying. Some of tbe crowd
wanted to keep tbe negro until tonight
and have a biz time, but wiser counsel
prevailed and nothing barbarous was
allowed. The oegro simply paid tbe
penalty for bis dastardly attempt at i
crime. I
Kingstree. Feb. 17 -Oo account of
the large cumber of cases of smallpox
prevalent in tbe seotion around Lake
City, about 15 miles from town, the
board of health at Kingstree today met
and drew op a formal petition, address?
ed to Judge D. A. Townsend, nqnest
iog him ont to hold court here next
week, as io their judgment tbe health
of the town and the community at large
would bc endangered by tbe gathering
together nf no roaoy people from all
pec?ions of the county, especially freso
Lake Ciry.
- - -.??>. . -
TJje Dr. Bull e Couch Syrup at oace, if
your child bia croup or t?roocbiti<*. Waste
no time ; delay may be dangerous L)r
Boll's Cough Syrup cures at once. I? is a
safe aod infallible remedy. All druggts s
sell it for 25 cents.
? QUEE? EXPLOSION.
HOW A MOUNTAIN LOCOMOTIVE
CAME TO AN UNTIMELY END.
There Wn? Neither Tire In Her Fnr
nnee Xor Water In Her Boiler, and
Yet Sh*; Managed to Blow Up In thc
Most Approved Style.
Mr. Henry Alquist. a prominent rail?
road man. relates the story of a curi?
ous wreck, the facts in which he will
vouch for.
"It is such a remarkable thing," said
Mr. Alquist to a reporter, "that I fear
many will be inclined to brand it as
'pipe.' I have been railroading now
for over 20 years, and never in all my
varied experience have I seen such a
unique and complete wreck as the one
I speak of-that of engine 1,129 of the
Kio Grande Western. Railroad men
will tell you that locomotives seldom
explode nowadays, but 1,129 did and
in a very peculiar way.
"At the time this wreck occurred I
was holding down the job of train dis?
patcher at Soldier Summit, Utah, and
a tough old job it was. Never been
there, I suppose? Well, Soldier Sum?
mit is a station on the top of one of
the Wasatch divides, a bleak and lone?
ly * ace, where thc Rio Grande West?
ern has a roundhouse and coal chute
located. At the summit are long
snowsheds covering the tracks. These
sheds protect the line from the win?
ter. And it is only due to this method
that a train ever gets over the moun?
tain.
"On both sides of the mountain the
line winds down in a succession of
winding curves to lessen the grade.
Running off from the railway are
switches, which, diverging from the
grade, run up into the hills and grad?
ually come to a dead level. These
switchbacks, as they are called, are so
constructed that they can be thrown
from any point on the grade. And if
a train breaks in two while ascending
the steep grade the runaway cars can
be switched on to one of these spurs,
where the breakaway finally stops aft?
er it has run up the spur as far as the
momentum attained in its descent will
take it.
"All heavy trains have an extra lo?
comotive before the grade is tackled.
These are called helper engines and
are kept in roundhouses at each side
of the mountain with steam up.
"One night I got word from Clear
Creek, a town in the western valley,
that thc 9:20 freight would be 30 min?
utes late on account of having to pull
out a crippled engine, 1.129. She had
burned out her flues and had to be
hauled to Grand Junction for repairs.
"That night about 10 o'clock, alter I
had passed down the Salt Lake ex?
press, I heard the freight coughing up
thc long grade from Clear Creek. There
was a snowstorm raging, and the-wind
howled around the station like the
mischief. When the overdue 9:20 pull?
ed into the shelter of the big snow
sheds on the wind swept summit, the
first iMng I asked was, 'Where's the
! dead engineT
I " "Beiiind the doghouse!' shouted the
Von.' But as I held my lamp above
my head I failed to see it. I was just
about to call his attention to it when,
during a lull in the storm, we plainly
heard the familiar rattle of the rails
as tia' runaway eugine flew at light?
ning speed down the mountain. Xo.
1,129 had broken loose and was tear?
ing down the grade to destruction.
"I jumped and pulled the lever which
opened the spur switches. This I
knew would prevent a smashup, as the
engine would run up on the switchback
and come to a stop. But 1 was too
late. Almost at the same instant 1
threw the levg^a terrific explosion was
heard from far down the mountain.
The runaway had exploded."
"I thought you said a moment ago,
Mr. Alquist." interrupted The Scimi?
tar man, "that the locomotive was a
Mead one?' If she had no fire under
her boiler, how could she explode?"
"That was the only thing I couldn't
understand myself," the railroad man
replied. "I could easily see how the
dead engine could break loose on that
grade, and I could understand not
hearing its descent during such a
I howling blizzard, but the explosion
, floored me. The only theory which in
any way solved the mystery was that
the old kettle was blown up by com?
pressed air.
j "You see. when the engine broke
loose from the freight and started
down the mountain the pistons in the
cylinders began to act as air com?
pressors. During the rough trip up
' her throttle probably jarred open, and
as the speed increased with every rev?
olution of her drivers her boiler soon
filled with compressed air. It was not
j long before those flying pistons had
worked up a pressure of nearly 500
pounds to the square inch, which came
in faster than it could escape by the
safety valve, and before the old ma?
chine reached Clear Creek her boiler
let go."-Memphis Scimitar.
Ballant For Ship?.
To solve the question of ballast many
expedients are resorted to. and the re?
sults obtained often are singular. The
most popular ballast is stone or rock,
and every shipmaster who hails from
the port of New York knows, or is sup?
posed to know at least, the relative
value of certain grades of rocks at
various ports besides the metropolis.
Ile can dispose of a cargo of stone to
contractors here which will more than
reimburse him for tho expense of load?
ing and unloading, and if the shipmas?
ter is alert he will arrange for such
disposal many months before his re?
turn from some out of the way cornet
of the world,
j Every time a sailing vessel returns
I from a foreign port she usually is vis
I ited by contractors or their agents.
J who make competitive bids for her
j ballast cargo of stone, if she carries
j one. This steno is used mostly for
macadamizing and paving streets. I* re
I quently material is brought over which
j is good enough for building i>urposes.
1 New York Tress.
WASHINGTON AND BURR.
Alleged Canse of the Break Between
the Two Great Men.
Au old lawyer, speaking of dramatic
incidents in court, said: "Jere Clemens,
a once famous United States senator
from Alabama, told of a trial in which
Burr appeared for the defense of a
man charged with murder. My recol?
lection is that the trial was in thc
southwest.
"When Burr addressed the jury, ir
was night. The guilty mau was in the
room. He had been the principal wit?
ness for the prosecution, but Burr had
learned that this witness was the as?
sassin, and in closing his address for
his client he picked up two lighted
candles from the table, and. holding
them in the face of the witness refer?
red to. he exclaimed: 'Gentlemen of
thc jury, there is nature's verdict. Now
write yours.' At that moment the wit?
ness tied from the room. After Clem?
ens told this story he wrote a his?
torical novel called 'The Rivals: or. Tin
Times of Hamilton and Burr.' In that
book he wove the incident into one of
thc chapters. The hook is out of print
and has been for many years. But it
had a irreat sale, particularly in the
south, before the civil war. for Clem?
ens was a typical southern orator an<?
a man of wonderful personal mag?
netism. The object of the novel wast
to make Burr a hero and to besmirch"
Ilamilton's character.
**In one chapter where Burr was !ii?rSi
in the esteem of Washington the latter
is represented as reading a letter front,
Hamilton in which Hamilton detailed
some scandalous gossip about Burr.
Burr was standing behind Washington
during the reading of the letter. Wash?
ington, incensed at the contents of the
letter, turned quickly and saw Burr, ta
whom he said. 'How dare you read my
letter over my shoulder?' Burr, a*
Clemens represents, stung to the quick,
drew himself up and replied with alf
the hauteur of his nature. 'When your
majesty addresses such an inquiry tc
me in the manner you have, the only
reply decency can prompt is. Aaron
Burr dares to do anything.' This. Clem?
ens avers, was the cause of the break
between Washington and Burr."-Nev;
York Sun.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. 17,1900.
io.ll.No. 3
ily Daily
EASTERN" TIME.
6 20p 7 00a!Lv.
658p 7 41a 44 .
7 25p 8 55a M .
758? 9 23a " .
845p'l015a ? .
.?ll 45a
. 111 40a
. Charleston ...
Summerville.
.Branchville..
.Orangebuxir..
.. Ringville...
Ar
Ar
..Sumter.Lv
. .Camden.Lv
930p|ll OOalAr... .Columbia.Lv! 710al 400p.
No. 6|No.l2
Daily Daily
?110a
10 30a
910a
8 41a
7 55a
8 lop
728p
600p
533p
443p
300p
250p
52?p? 7 003 Lv... Charlesron ...Ar ll 10a! 815p
7 25p ? 15a 44 .. .Branchville... 44 8 50a 600p
740pi 9 40a 4U.... Bamberg ....44 8 27a 533p
802p 950a "....Denmark...." S 13a 519p
820p!1007a 44 ....Blackville.....44 i 8 00a; ?03p
922p|1100al 44.Aiken.44 1 7 03ar 355p
lOSJpill 51a|Ar.Augus:aun.d.Lv" 1 6 20al 310p
NOTE: In addition to the above service
trains Nos. 15 and 16 run daily between Charles?
ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
?leonine cars. No.-15 leave Charleston ll KX) p.
sa. : arrive Columbia 6:00 a m. No. 16 leave Co?
lumbia 1:30 a. m. ; arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m.
Sleeping cars ready fer occupancy at 9:00 p. m.
both at Charleston and Columbia. These trains
make close connectons at Columbia wiri:
through nains between Florida points and
"Washington and the east. Connection with
trains Nos. 31 and 32 New York and Florida
Limited between Blackville. Aiken and Au?
gusta. No. iii leaves Blackville at 6:40 a. m..
Aiken 9:29 a. m., Augusta 10:W a. ri. No. 31
leaves Augusta 6.25 p. m.. Aiken 7.u$ p. m.,
Blackville 7.55 p. m. Pullman Drawing Koora
Sleepers between Augusta, Aiken and New
York._
?Ex. ?SUE. ?EX
! Sun.' only! Sun.
Lv.
Ar.
Augusta -
Sandersville.
Tennille.
Lv
Ar
Tennille
Sandersville.
Augusta.
7 00a| 9 30a 5 20?
100p;1243p| 8 32?
130p 1250p: 8 40p
5 40a? 350pj 310?
5 50a, 4.00p I 823?
9 OOaj 710p| 8 30?
\Z ?Z ..I Mix. ?Daily) Mix
(D^.D^yiDaily Exsu EXSTI
Lv.
Savannah..
Alleudale...
Barnwell..
Blackville..
Ar. Batesburg.
Ar. Columbia...
12 05a?1215p
4U0a
4 15a
402p
417p
6 35a
725a
10 15a
?1230p
Lv. Columbia.
L#. Batesburg.
Ar. Blackville.
Barnwell..
44 Allendale..
44 Savannah..
6 00a! 6C0p:.
DailyjDaily
ll 30a 1 25a| 6 00a
410p
7 54p
810p
505?
615a
7453
9 35pill30r
Mix. Mix.
Ex su ?Ex su
J 12p I 3 05a' 10 15a
127p 3 2Ca?1100a
. . lOOp
320pi 515a|.
215p
450p
915p
943p
Daily
exit?
06*
832n
848?
912?
1035*
Atlanta and Beyond.
Lv. Charleston.I TOOai 520p
Ar. Augusta....-.?1151a?102?p
" Atlanta.I 820pi 5 00a
Lv. Atlanta. .?ll (?p 5 30a,
Ar. Chattanooga.' 5 45al 9 45a:
4 00T
8 40y
Lv. Atlanta..
Ax. Birmingham.
44 Memphis, (via Birmingham).
Ar. Lexington..
" Cincinnati..
M Chicago.
Ar. Louisville.
. St. Louis ..
Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga)
5 40?
1135a
805p
500p
780p
7 15a
730p
7 04a
415?
1000?
715?
500s
745*
530|
750r
600?
7 10p| 7 40?
To Asheville-C in ciimuti-Lo ni rrill a.
EASTERS TIMK.
Lv. Augusta....
44 Batesburg.
Lv. Charleston,
Lv. Columbia (Union Depot>.
Ar. Spartanburg .
" Asheville .
44 Knoxville.
*' Cindnnnati.
M Louisville (via Jellico)....
S0I34
Daily
3 Otp
4 45p
7 00a
1140a
310p
7 00p
415a
730p
volar
Dally
1207?
uoo*
715
U 25?
285?
720>
746*
6 50?
To Washington and the Eait.
Lv. Augusta. 800p] 930?
'. Batesburg. 445pl207?
M Columbia (Union Depot). 555p 215a
Ar. Charlotte. . 910p 9 40a
Ar DanviUe._.j 1251a 138;
Ar. Richmond. ? 6 00a 625?
Ar. Washington..j 7 35ai 850p
Baltimore Pa. R. R. 012*1X25?
" Philadelphia. ._1135a; 256?
" Now York_.! 203pi 613?
Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and
Atlanta, via Augusta, making connection? at
Atlanta for all points North and West.
Solid Trains between Charleston and Ashe?
ville
Connections at Columbia with through train?
for Washington and th*> Ka.st : also for Jackson?
ville and ali Florida Points.
FRANK S. GANNON, J. M. CULP.
Third V-P. vt Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager.
Washington, D. C. . Washington, D. C
GEORGE B. ALLEN,
Div. Pass. Aft.,
Charleston. S. O.
W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK.
Gen. Pass. Agt.. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Washington, D. C Atlanta. Ga