The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 18, 1900, Image 8
By WOLCOTT LE CLEAR BEABD.
?Copyright. 1S99. by American Press Asso
elation.]
CHAPTER L
IN WHICH SPIDER ANO THE BALLET GIRL
ARE INTRODUCED.
"There ain' only one thing he won't
do. an that's lie," said the Ballet Girl
tome. "Work? Snre he'll work, but
be works ali wrong. I darsn* let 'im
skin the spuds (potatoes) even. He's
crkerd, that's what he is, but it ain't
DO more'n natcherl, bein like he is, all
laigs an arms, with jcs' ernough body
for ter hoi' 'em together an no head at
all. That's, why they calls him Spider.
I s'pose. his bein all laigs an arms. He
hasn't got no other name, not as I
knows. "
While speaking the Ballet Girl looked
doubtfully in the direction of the cool:
wagon, near which Spider was busily
engaged in scouring an iron soup kettle
so large that it nearly concealed him.
Perhaps I would better explain that the
Ballet Girl was a gray bearded man.
cook for the field outfit of ' the Circle M
ranch. The cowboys bad given him this
name because, as one of them explain?
ed, the cook had a wooden leg and was
therefore unable to dance.
The Ballet Girl's statement that
Spider had no head was a libel. He had
? head, and. though it was small and
not at all beautiful, it was a very good
one and was covered with a heavy
thatch of extraordinarily red hair.
As Spider worked among the pots
and pans he certainly was awkward. I
had been watching him all the morn?
ing. I had nothing else to do.
It was but a very short time since I
had acqnired an interest in the Circle
M brand. Just before this a large num?
ber of cattle bad been sold and driven
away overland toward the railway,
where they could be shipped to the east
and I had at once been sent forward to
overtake the herd in order to assume its
management. Now, a herd of cattle
that has to pick up its food as it goes
along does not travel rapidly, and I
had overtaken it without difficulty, but
the horse I was riding immediately cel?
ebrated that event by stepping into a
badger hole, breaking bis leg and at the
same time spraining one of my ankles
and a wrist. In a bed made np in one
of the springless wagons I had been
painfully jolted for a couple of stages
over the half desert plain. Then we
reached the Rio Gila and stopped, for
the river was full from .bank to bank
with rushing, brown water, far too
deep and too swift for us to attempt
crossing it with the cattle. We could
only wait until the river felL
"What's the matter with the boy V
I asked. "Can't he cook?"
"You don' go for ter s'pose I'd trus*
'im ter try, do you?" replied the Ballet
Girl disgustedly. "No, be can't cook,
an if he could he'd be alwus tryin some
er them monkey shines er his, so's you
wouldn't dare eat nothin he'd touched.
Why, it was only a week back that he
took some salt an saleratus an stained
it with coffee, so's it looked like brown
sngar, an give it ter the boys ter sweeten
ther slumgullion (tea) with. They said
I was a-tryin ter pizen 'em, the boys
did, an they said if I did it seme more
they'd hang me on the tongue er my
own cook wagon. "
"But yen know they wonldn't have
done anything of the sort," I inter?
posed.
"Dunno, " replied the cook dubiously. ?
"Them boys, they gets mighty playful
sometimes. Ccurse they oughter 'a' ?
knowed I wouldn't do no such fool j
thing as that. 1 -fonn' out who 'twas
that done it an to?' 'em."
"How did you find out?" I inquired
curiously.
"Asked 'im. I said he wouldn* lie.
The boys, they licked him good fer that
So'd I. you bet you."
"What did he do then?" I asked.
"Filled my boot up with m'lasses.
When I got it off-an it was er mighty
long time firs"-my foot looked as !
thongh I'd varnished it an the varnish
hadn't dried. I kicked him with it 'fore j
I took it oil. an then I hung it on the j
wagon ter dreen. It's dreenin yet. i
See?"
He pointed as he spoke to a cowhide !
of generous proportions that hung over j
the side of the mess wagon. From the ;
straps that were intended to pull it on j
by there slowly dripped a stringy, brown
stream of molasses.
"An that ain't all he done, " the cock j
went on. "He took some spuds what he ?
knowed I was a-gonter bake in the
ashes, an he loaded 'em up with powder. ;
When I put 'em in the coals, they bust- j
ed in a little while an filled a mess er !
biscuit I was a-mixin plum full er burnt
powder an raw pertater. Some of it !
went down my neck inside my shirt."
"Did yon whip him again?"
- "Nope. I couldn'. not that time. He ;
cut away an didn' come back till I was j
ersleep. an then he got my timber laig
an a saw an said he'd saw the laig in I
two if I didn' say I wouldn' do nothin
to him fer them there explosive spuds.
I couldn' chase 'im, so I had ter prom- i
ise. But say ! I clean fergot you waa !
one er the bosses-I wouldn't 'a' tol' yer
else. The boy. he ain't none so bad. He !
, don' mean nothin wrong, an he wouldn' j
do a low down thing, not ter save his ;
neck. I ain' got no kick comin, so you |
won' have 'im fired ner nothin. will
yon?"
The cook stood boring his wooden teg
into the ground, looking at me with
genuine concern. I speedily reassured
him. If he wished to retain so eccentric
an assistant, it was b?*" not I. who would
have to suffer. Personally I was much
interested in the small "cookee." as the
cook's assistant is called, and would not
have had him leave if I could have help?
ed it.
It was tedious work. or rather idle?
ness, lying cn my cot under the shade
of my tent fly, watching vthe hungry
. looking cattle, if they happened to be io
sight, as Jbey wandered abjut looking
I for something to eat. I could never see
how they managed in the course of a
day to gather a meal, even though they
should sprint from one bunch of the
hard, wiry grass to another. They did
manage it somehow, though, and their
ordinary gait when feeding was very
far indeed from being a sprint.
The cattle, however, were seldom in
sight, and at the best they were not
very interesting, so I took to watching
the cook outfit instead, more especially
that p?rt of the cook outfit where Spider
happened to be. It was not at all diffi?
cult to see that Spider's work was ex?
tremely distasteful to him, and really
it was hardly to be wondered at. Wash?
ing greasy tin dishes and scouring pots
and kettles are not tasks that would
commend themselves to thri average
boy It was through this dislike, prob?
ably, that most of his awkwardness
arose
After hurrying through with his work
he would extract from the cook wagon
a bundle of leather and go to the tem?
porary corral, shaded by a big cotton?
wood tree, where the 13 big wagon
horses were kept. He would sit there
for hours, patiently stitching at the
leather with awl and waxed end and
all the while carrying on an animated
conversation with the horses.
My first efforts to get acquainted
with Spider were unsuccessful. He could
not forget that I was one of the people
vaguely referred to as "the bosses," to
whom the cook had so often t" tened
to report him. Once or twice 1 called
him over to me and tried to get him to
talk, but his evident uneasiness during
this ordeal induced me to give it up.
After awhile, however. Spider so far
forgot his reserve as to grin as he passed
me. and then, finding that I took no
official notice of bis many misdeeds, he
gradually unbent and finally became
quite friendly in a condescending sort
of way. Little by little he got into the
habit of coming to my tent instead of
going to the corral, and at length, after
considerable hesitation, he brought his
sewing with him.
"What is it that you're trying to
make, Spider?" I asked him as he
seated himself, tailor fashion, in the
shade of the tent fly and unrolled his
leather bundle. "Chaps," he replied,
holding them up for inspection. Then
I saw that it was a pair of chapparejos
-shortened in the vernacular to
"chaps"-that he had. They are leather
leggings such as cowboys wear. Orig?
inally this pair was made and had evi?
dently been worn by a rather large
man, but Spider had cut them down to
fit his own diminutive legs, and with
infinite patience he was stitching up
the side seams. I could see no reason
why a cook's assistant should have so
urgent a need of a pair of cowboy leg?
gings that he should go to all that trou?
ble to get them. In fact, I said as much
to Spider.
"S'pose I'm gonter be a cookee all
my life?" he replied, looking up at me
with an expression of intense diggust.
"Well. I ain'. I'm only cookeein now
so's I can save enough money fer ter
buy me an outfit-the part er the outfit
I can't make, that is."
"What sort of an outfit?" I inquired
respectfully, cautioned by the displeas?
ure in Spider's tone. "What is it that
you're going to be?"
"Ccw puncher. Yer see ther ain'
nothin else fer me," be explained. "I
ain' never had no chance ter learn.
Cowboys c'n get er brand er cattle er
their own birueby if they don't steer
theirselves too hard 'gains' the green
cloth (gamble), er don' 'dow their
money in no ether way. Then after
that 1 c'n see - .hat I wanter do. I c'n
learn things, ??ce?"
"But nobody would take you on as
a cowboy, Spider, " I objected. "You're
not as big as an ordinary stock saddle.
You couldn' hold a steer even if yon
got your r?pe on him. "
"Maybe I conlan' hoi' no steer," he
cried, highly offended. "Maybe I
couldn' get my rope on one, neither
Jus' yon look a-yer once."
Running to the cook wagon. Spider
produced a small bundle carefully done
np in a bit ot old canvas. It contained
a rawhide lariat. Returning Spider
deftly coiled it in his hand and opened
the loop. Then he east it and secured
my water can in a manner that would
have been highly satisfactory it the wa?
ter can had been a steer or even if it
had not upset and spilled the water
over me.
"I didn' think erbout the can comm
over on yer that a way," said Spider
contritely, as with the hollow cf bis
hand he tried to scoop the water out of
my canvas cot. "Yer see ther wnsn
nothin else stickin np that I could r<>pe.
j only yer game foot, an I thought maybe
you wonldn't like that. I'll pull away
this yer fly an let the sun in. Tie n
i 'twon' be no time 'fore all's dry.'
: After pulling aside the canvas that
' shaded me Spider sat down '.nee more
to his sewing, while I steamed in the
: scorching sun
"Well. I c'n throw er rope all right. '
he went on, looking at me from lime
j to time with a professional eye appar
ently. to see how I was cooking. "1 c'n
ride anything that goes on four legs, an
1 c'n pack er mule* a-; well as any mat?
: er my weigbt in this yer ter'tory But
j I got ter get an outfit. I ain' ben savin
I long, an my wages ain' none too big.
so I aili* got mach pat by, an thei
a lot er things ter git. Saddle an bri
an gan an spars an holster an belt a:
horse. I got the rope, like yer saw,
I'm makin these yer chaps. I c'n mi
er holster an belt that'd do fer awhi
an the bridle all brit the bit. The g
an spars I can't make, ner the hors*
For awhile Spider stitched on in
lenee: then he looked np and sa
"Meybe it's like yer say, an nobe
wonldn' take on a kid like me. on'
or no. But if I ain' got the tools
sure won' get the job. So there ai
no way outer gettin the outfit that I <
see." He paused for a reply, but ]
logic was so unanswerable thai I h
none to make, and Spider went cn.
"Cappy Lee, he give me these h<
j ol' chaps what I'm cnttin down,
j give me my rope too. Him an P
I Hollis was scrappin ter see which 1
longed to it, an Cappy, he settled it li
that Pug was dead sore, but it did
do him no good, so now he tries ter ta
it outer my hide every shew he ge
Las' night he says how I cut the lac
er his stirrup leathers, an when I saj
I didn' he says I lie an he licks me.
ain' got no use fer Pug Hollis."
To tell the truth, I didn't have
use for Pug Hollis" either. He was
sullen, unpleasant sort of person, and .'
abused his horses. I would have di
charged him long before but for tl
fact that we were short handed. He
was scarce and getting scarcer; s
though I disliked this man. I had to 1
him stay.
When Spider's chaps were nearly fi.
ished, he devoted every moment of h
I leisure time to them. The whole can
was made aware of this fact by the ni
wonted quiet of the evenings.
Ordinarily, as soon as supper wj
over and Spider had finished the dishe
one might hear the rush of a gallopir
horse, then shouts and oaths courin
from the owner of that horse, followe
by what was known as "language"
that is, very bad language indeed
from all hands, especially the cool
This language would always take th
form of threats and of comment o
Spider's manners, morals or personi
appearance, and would always be of
most uncomplimentary nature. By thes
signs I would know that Spider wa
practicing.
"I got ter keep myridin up,"Spide
exclaimed when I remonstrated wit!
Irru. "I wouldn* stan no sort er ashov
fer a job-a kid like me-if I couldn
ride. Then I ain' got no horses er HT
own."
Still, as I said," for two or three even
ings there was quiet, and then th<
chaps were finished. Spider wore then
I continually, to "limber 'em np some,'
he said. Truly they needed limbering
for the leather, when made into tube:
of so small a diameter, was so stiff tha
Spider's knees could not bend it in th<
smallest degree, and he was obliged U
walk in much the same manner thai
one steps off distances on a map wit!
a pair of compasses The report circu
lated through the camp to the effeel
that Spider slept in those chaps of his
was without foundation, but it is cer?
tain that they were never far fron
him.
The Ballet Girl, with a grin, confided
to me that when Spider rolled himsell
up in his blanket for the night he
stood the chaps up against a post at his
feet, so that he could see them as he
first opened his eyes. Of course the
men chaffed him about them continu?
ally. They compared the chaps to a
couple of small stovepipes, but said that
of the two the stovepipes were the
more flexible. Spider stood their chaff?
ing good naturedly enough in the main,
j but at first he resented this allusion to
j the stiffness of his chaps, sc for a long
time the men called him Stovepipes in?
stead of Spider.
But, like most pleasant things of this
world. Spider's chaps were too good to
last. One morning he appeared without
them and went about his work very so?
berly. Never before had I seen him in
snch dejection. I inquired as to its
cause. Without a word he brought me
the blackened and shriveled remains of
what were once his proudest possession
and laid them before me.
"It was that ther Pug Hollis what
done it, " he said at last in reply to
! my repeated questionings. "He took
! the chaps when I was sleepin las' night,
j an he propped 'em up with rocks like
j as though they was stovepipes, what
J the boys had called 'em. an th^n he
. built a fire under 'em. They didn't
I smell none too good when they was
j a-cookin, an the smell woke me up. It
I was too late then-they was like yon
! see here That's what he thinks is a
j joke."
j Hollis' notion of a joke did not at all
i appeal to me. So thoroughly disgusted
j was I that 1 expressed my intention of
! discharging him at once, much as we
. needed help. I did no* care to have such
j a man around. Spider, however, would
i hear of no such thing.
I "You wanter bounce him jus' 'canse
j he burnt up them chaps er mine, an
! that's the only reason yon wanter
J bounce him now, when yon want every
: man yon c'n get, an more, too," said
; he. "Them chaps ain' nobody's look
[ out but mine, an if I like such jokes as
j them, why. them jokes goes, that's all.
; I don't ask nobody ter look after my
I quar'ls fer me. You ain' gonter bounce
j Pug Hollis."
; I mildly differed from this last state
j ment.
i "No, you ain'-you can't do nothin
; erbout it at all." persisted Spider. "I
: tol* you 'bout them chaps myself, so you
can't. You said yon wonldn' do nothin
j 'bout nothin what I tol' you."
i I had never said anything of the kind.
But. nevertheless, in inviting Spider's
confidence I had certainly implied a
promise to make no uso of it. His posi?
tion, therefore, was unassailable, and I
had to retir?t from mine with \vh:it
grace I could. Hollis was allowed to
stay
Besides, just at this time we needed
men more than ever Thu river fell |
somewhat, and it was decided that we |
should attempt to cross it with the cat- j
tie and pursue our journey toward the ?
railway The water was still so high j
that there was considerable danger that
3ome of the cattle would be swept away
and drowned aa they crossed, bu! on the
other hand the pasturage where we then
were was nearly exhausted, and it was
impossible to say how long we might
have to remain if we neglected to avail
ourselves of the opportunity this fall
offered me. At that season of the year
the water might rise at any moment
and keep us from crossing for an in?
definite time Therefore it seemed far
better in every way to expose some of
the cattle to this chance of drowning
rather than to mn so large a risk of
starving them all where we were.
Before reaching the conclusion there
was an earnest debate, which Spider
followed most anxiously. When the de?
cision was reached. Spider, knowing
that every hand would bo required in
the herding, begged to be allowed to
form one cf the force, and. after consul?
tation with the foreman and the Ballet
Girl, I consented, and as a temporary
measure Snider was taken on as a cow?
boy.
This was a season of joy to Spider.
As the glad tidings reached him he be?
came so exultant that be was unendur?
able. At our earnest request he subsid?
ed somewhat after awhile and after he
had gone about from man to man try?
ing to borrow the necessary equipment
-horse and saddle-for the crossing on
the following morning. We thought we
had heard the last of him and were
just about to turn in when a sputter?
ing howl from Hollis was followed by a
volley of bad language that was un?
mistakably directed at Spider. The gist
of this language seemed to be that he
(Hollis) was poisoned. The investigation
that immediately followed proved that
this was not true. It was only that
Spider had discovered in some way the
hiding place of a carefully hoarded bot?
tle of whisky belonging to Hollis. Emp?
tying the whisky on the ground, Spider
had filled the bottle with a mixture of
his own invention, the nature of which
did not transpire, except that kerosene
was one of its more prominent features.
Consoling himself in advance for the
hard work that the next day would
bring, Hollis had taken some swallows
of this mixture before he discovered
what it was that be was drinking. Then
follower1 the remarks to which I have
referred.
To these remarks Spider made an?
swer, averring that they were entirely
uncalled for, as the quality of the liquor
had been rather improved than other?
wise, bnt that he supposed that Hollis
must be incapable of judging.
Hollis became annoyed at this and in?
dulged in further language, which was
only hushed when at last Spider was
captured and expiated his crime by a
frantic dance, inspired by a well plied
lariat end. Then the camp was at peace
for the nmbt.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
SPRING MILLINERY.
JTevr Ideas For Materials and Trim?
mings For Hats and Bonnets.
Tulle, silk net and lace compose a vast
number of spring hats, with the addition
of flowers, especially violets, primroses
and roses. Toques entirely of flowers are
seen and are of generous size, two kinds
of flowers oftenest appearing in them,
as forgetmenots and small pink rosebuds
violets and convolvuluses. Some toques
are composed of grapes and foliage, and
grapes are largely used also as part of
the trimming of bats and bonnets, beim:
one of the most noticeable novelties of
the spring. Berries, foliage of ail kinds,
moss and twigs art- among the most im?
portant millinery trimmings.
Hats of taffeta are simple, pretty and
new. They are made with bias folds or
^^^^^
i
suitAH WAIST.
are plaited or shirred ami aro trimmed
with drapery and :i duster of Howers.
Among tho daintiest of novelties is the
toque of mousseline <b* soie of different
colors delicately graded. Sometimes
there are different shades of tin* sante
color, sometimes delicate (?nts ?if differ?
ent colors. Choux of the mousseline ano!
flowers are tho decoration.
An illustration is given which shows a
bodice of cream sarah, tucked all over
very closely and finely, it bas a collar
of turquoise grosgrain, which forms a
plastron in front, and is finished with a
Idas edge of cream satin. Six crystal
buttons fasten the plastron. The outer
part ?if tho siervo is of turquoise gros?
grain edged with satin and adorned with
crystal buttons: the under part is of
tucked surah. The collar is of turquoise
grosgrain, trimmed like the sleeves.
JCDIC Cit Ol.LET.
In the time of Louis Quatorze in
France food in general was placed up?
on tin? table in om' huge dish, and each
helped himself with his naked band.
As late as the middle ot the sixteenth
century one glass or goblet did duty
for the whole table.
The Noble Animal.
Trader Don't you want to sell that
horse?
Farmer- Naw. 1 kee]) him extra to
haul broken down automobiles back to
town.-Indianapolis Journal.
Sixteenth Century Apples.
Apples be so divers of form and sub?
stance that it were infinite to describe
them all. Some consist more of aire
then water, as sour puffs called Mala
pulmonea; others more of water then
wind, as sour Gastaras and Pome wa?
ters. To be short, all apples may be
sorted into three kinds, sweet, soure
and unsavory. Sweet apples ease the
cough, quench thirst, cure melancholly,
comfort the heart and head, especially
if they be fragrant and odoriferous, ?
and also give a laudable nourishment.
Soure apples hinder spitting, straiten
the brest, gripe and hurt the stomach, !
cuerease phlegm and weaken memory.
Sweet a pi ?les are to be eaten at the !
beginning cf meat, but soure and tart
apples fit the latter cad. All apples are ?
worst raw, and best baked or preserv- :
I ed.
Philip of Macedonia and Alexander, \
his son, from whome perhaps a curious |
and skilful herald may derive our Lan- |
? casbire men. we^e called Philomeli ap- j
; pie lovers because they were never !
j without apples in their pockets. Yea, \
all Macedonians, his countrymen, did j
so love them that having neer Babylon j
surprised a fruiterer's boy they strived
? for it that many were drowned.-Dr.
i Thomas Moffett in 1375.
I I'lants That Intoxicate.
Bumblebees, butterriies and beetles j
I are habitual drunkards. In some of j
i the southern states insects alight on j
certain plants, drink heartily from the
blossoms and fall to the ground stu?
pefied. After awhile they rise and fly
around, just as drunken men would do
if they had the power of flying. Their I
antics are especially amusing unless
one does not know what is the trouble.
In this case the suspicion that the in?
sect world has gone crazy is upper?
most.
A scientist who had observed the
drinking and its results collected a
teaspoonful of the pollen to see if it
would affect a man the same way. He
swallowed it and in a few minutes
found his pulse beating faster and a
j rise of temperature. Then he distilled
some of the blossoms and gave himself
a hy:x>dermic injection in the arm. He
became decidedly dizzy as a result. By
further experiments be found an oil de?
rived from these plants which affects
human beings and animals alike.-New j
York Telegram.
The Rogrne Saved thc; Jndsre.
A judge of the English high court
was once arrested on suspicion of hav?
ing burglarious designs on the house
of a friend in Mayfair. The police
oificer charged him in the police sta?
tion with loiteringwith felonious intent
and the prisoner's description of him?
self as one of her majesty's judges was
received with a grin of sarcastic deri?
sion.
At that moment an old offender was
brought in who happened to catch
sight of his lordship's face, which he
had good reason to remember.
"You here, my lord!" he exclaimed,
with unfeigned astonishment. "Well,
this beats cockfighting."
The rogue's unsolicited corroboration
of the judge's declaration saved the
situation, aud his lordship was allowed
to depart in peace.
St:iyins: at Home.
A lady residing in North Columbus
meeting a girl the other day who had
lately been in her service inquired:
"Well, Mary, where do you live
now?"
"Please, ma'am, I don't live no?
where." rejoined the girl. "I'm mar?
ried."-Indianapolis Journal.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
North-Eastern R. R. of S. C
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
_TRAINE GOING SOUTH_
Daxt-d No. No. No No.
Jan 14, 1900. 35* 23* 53* 51*
a m p m am
La Florence 2 34 7 45 9 40
Le Kingstree 8 46
Ar Lanes 3 28 9 14 pm 1120
Le Lanes 3 38 9 3t> 6 45 ll 20
lr Charleston 5 04 10 55 8 30 1 tO
TRAINS GOING NORTH
No. No No. No.
78* 52* r>2* 50*
am p th a ai p 12
.e Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 00 4 ( 0 j
Ar Lene? 8 16 G 15 8 CS 5 39
Le La ncr 8 16 ? 15 5 39
> Kingtree 8 32
c,: Florence 9 25 7 25 7 05
a ru p ia a po
-Deny f Daily cree pt ?tuDd?j.
Ko 52 runs through tc Col^trbia via Cen
.al R. R. of S. O.
Trains Nos. 78 aDd 32 roc via Wilson and
ayetrcviile-Short Line-and make close
onncction for ail pointa North.
Trains cn C. & D R. R leave Floren?
eily eyceot Sunday 9 50 a arrvc Darling
on 10 15 a XL, Hartgvilla 9 15a rn, Chen'*
.1 30 a tc, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Lea vt
S'lorence daily except Sunday 7 55 p va, AT
ive Darlington 8 20 p nj, Bennettavilie 9 17
nm, Gibton 9 45 p m Leave Floren?
Sunday cn?y V 50 a m. arrive Darlicgtoc
10 05 e. m
Leave GibeoD daily except Sunday 6 0C
:m, ?ennettsville 7 00 a m, arrive Darling
ron 8 00 a m, leave Darlington 8 50 e m, ar
ive Florence 9 15 om. Leave Wadesborc
.'aily except bunday 3 00 p rn, Cberaw 4 41
0 ta, Hartsville 7 00 r. tn, Darlington 6 *iS
:, m, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Dar
ingtoo Sunday only S 50 a tn, arrive Flo:
.nee 9 15 a m.
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Gert'l Manager Gen'l Sup't
T M EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
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Oct *25-o.
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out Potash. Mg?k
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Grass, even' grain m^mm
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and Vegetables 1H
must have it. if L^SL^
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you can count on a full crop
if too little, the growth will fae
" scrubby."
Send for ot:r hooks teliinc: ail about composition of
fertilizers best adapted for al! crops. They cost you
nothing.
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BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK
EGGS
From Thoroughbred Prize Winners
$1.51 FOR 15.
Safe Arrival Guaranteed.
L. C. DARSEY,
Box 12. Sunny Side, Ga.
Jan 31
2m
FOR SALE.
EXTRA FINE
SABRED PLYMOUTHS
Also? Eggs for Hatching, 15 for $2 00.
Nicely Packed in New Baskets]
JOHN A. CULLOM,
Ridge Spring, S. C.
Jan 21 4m
M Carolina, and talia Ex?
tension B. S. Coipy.
Schedule No. 4-Io effect 12.01 a. m., Sun?
day, December 24, 1899.
Between
Camden S. C., and Blackaburg, S. C.
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl 1st cl
?35 *33
Eastern time.
1st cl 2d cl
?32 *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 11 35 4 10
11 20 2 10 Heath gorings 11 20 3 15
11 35 2 15 Pleasant* Hill 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 L?ngster 10 55 2 35
1 00 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40
j 2 30 3 10 Catawba Jct-ction 10 20 12 20
I 2 ?0 3 20 Leslie 10 i0 1100
! 3 10 3 43 Rock Hill 10 00 10 40
4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 CO
5 30 4 20 Yorkvilie 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 CO Smyrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 ?lacksbnrg; 8 15 5 30
pmpm a m a m
Between
Blacksbnrg, S. C., and Marion, N. C
WEST.
EAST.
2d ci ls? cl
?ll *33
E&atero rime.
1st cl 2d cl
?32 ^12
am om STATIONS. a m
8 10 5 30 Blacksburg 7 48
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32
8 40 5 50 Patterson Spricgft 7 25
9 20 6 CO Sbelbv 7 15
i0 00 c 20 Latumore 6 55
10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 6 <?8
10 25 6 38 lie-., nen* 6 38
10 50 6 5f- Forest City 6 20
1115 7 10 Rutherfordter. 6 05
11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 ?5
11 45 7 35 GoMco Valley 5 40
12 C5 7 40 Thermal Cr-y 5 37
12 25 7 ?8 Glenwood 5 17
12 50 8 15 Mariot 5 00
pm p cu am
p m
6 40
20
12
to
to
40
20
50
25
05
2 ?0
2 45
2 20
2 00
p m
Weet.
Gaffoev Division.
East
1st Class
15 I 13
EASTERN TIKE.
STATIONS.
1st CI*8S
14 1 16
p m
1 00
I 20
1 40
p m
a m
6 00
6 20
6 40
a m
I Btacksburg
Cherokee Falls
jGaffney
a m
7 50
7 30
7 10
a m
p m
3 C8
2 40
2 20
p m
?Daily except Suoday
Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., at 5
a m. making close connection ut Blacksburg, S
C, with the Southern's train Ko 36 for Char?
lotte, N C. and all points East and connecting
with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta,
Ga. and all points West, and will receive pas?
sengers going East from train No 10, on the C &
N W R R, at Yorkvilie. S C. at S 45 a m. and
connects at Camden. S C. with the Southern's
train No 7S, arriving in Charleston, S 17 p m,
Train No 34 with passenger coach attached
leaving Black?burg at 5 30 a ta, and connecting
at Rock Hill wiih the Southern's Florida train
for all points South,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S Cat 12.50
p m. alter the arrival of the Southern's Char?
leston train connects flt Lancaster, S C, with
the h ? CR R, at Catawba Junction with
the SAL. poing Ka.-r, at Ro<-k Hill. S C, with
the Southern's traiB. No 34. for Charlotte, N
C. and all points East. Connects at York?
vilie. S C, with train No 9 on the C ? N W R
E. for Chester. S C. At BlacksbuTg with the
Southern's vestibule going East, and the South- 1
era's train No 35 goit'g Wesi. and connecting
at Marion N C with the Southern both Eastland
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TRIPP. Superintendent.
S.B. LUMPKIN, Gen'l Passenger Ag^ot.