The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 18, 1900, Image 8
SPIDER'S CHAPS.
By WOL?DTT LE OLEAIi BEARD.
ICopyrtght. is*), by American Pres? Asso?
ciation.]
CHAPTER L
Of which sp1dkk and the ballet girl
arc introduced.
?'There ain' only one thiug he won't
do. gn thgt't lie," said the Dallet Girl
to iu. "Work? Sure he'll work, but
be works all wrong. I darsn'^let 'im
akin the spuds (potatoes) even. He's)
orkerd. that's what he is. bnt it ain't
~.<> moro'n natcherl, bell like ho is. all
lain* an arms, with Jet1 ernongh body
for ter hol* 'em together an no head at
all Thet'n why thev alls him Spider.
1 e'poae, bis nein all iuigs an arms. He
hasn't got no other name, nut as 1
knows.''
While speaking too Dallet Oirl looked
doubtfully In tbe direction of tbe cook
wagon, irjar which Spider was busily
engaged in scouring an iron soup kettle
to large that it nearly concealed him
Perhaps I would better explain tbat the
Ballet Oirl was a gray bearded man.
cook for the field outfit of the Circle M
ranch. The cowboys bad given him this
name because, aa one of them explsir.
ed. tbe cook bad a wooden leg and wi.s
therefore unable to danca
Tbe Ballet Girl's statement tbat
rapider bad no bead wan a libel. He bad
a head, and. though it was small and
not at nil beautiful, it was a very good
one and was covered with a heavy
thatch of extraordinarily red hair
Aa Spider worked among the pots
and pane be certainly waa awkward. 1
had been watching him all the morn?
ing. I had notbin dee to da
It wgs but a very short time since 1
had acquired an interest in the Circle
M brand. Just before tbia a large num?
ber of cattle bad been gold god driven
away overland toward tbe railway,
where tbey could be shipped to the east,
and I ha* at once been sent forward to
overtake tbe herd in order to assume its
management Now, g herd of cattle
that has to pick up its food as it goes
along does not travel rapidly, aod 1
had overtaken it without difficulty, but
the horse I wgg riding immediately cel?
ebrated tbat event by stepping into a
badger bole, breaking bia leg and at tbe
aaae time spraining one of my pnkles
and a wrist. In i bed mode up in one
of tbe springleas wagons I bad been
painfnlly jolted for a couple of stages
over tbe bslf desert plain. Then we
reached the Rio Gilg and stoppe for
aha river was full from .bank to bank
with rushing, brown water, far too
deep and too swift for us to attempt
crossing it with tbe cattle. We could
only weit until tbe river fell.
?'What's tbe matter with tbe boy V
I naked. "Can't be cook?"
"You don' go for ter s'pose I'd trus'
'la ter try. do you?" replied the Ballet
Oirl disgustedly. "No, be can't cook,
aa if ha could he'd be alwns tryin some
or them monkey shines er his, bo's you
wouldn't dare eat notbin 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
sugar, an give it ter tbe boys ter sweeten
ther slurogullion (tea) with. They said
I waa a tryin ter piaen 'eu, the boys
did. an tbey said if 1 did it seine more
they 'd hang me on the tongue er my
own cook wegen."
p# "But yon know they wouldn't have
done anything of the sort," I inter
posed
"Dunno." replied the cookdobioosly.
"Tiiein boys, tbey gets mighty playful
sometimes. Conrse they oughter 'a'
knowed I wouldn't do no such fool
thing as that. 1 foun' out who 'twas
that done it an tol' 'em."
"How did you find oott" I inquired
curiously
"Asked 'im. I said he wouldn' Ha
The boys, they licked him good fer that
Bod I. yon bet you."
"What dij he do then ?" I asked.
"Filled n>y boot up vrfth ? lasses.
When I got it off?an it was er mighty
long time firs' ?my foot looked as
though I d varnished it an tbe varni-h
hadn't dried I kicked bim with it 'fore
I took it off. an then I b ing it on the
wagon ter dreen It's dreenin yet
Beet"
He pointed as he spoke to a cowhide
of generous proportions that bring over
the side of the mess wagou. Fiorn tbe
straps that were intended to pull it on
by there slowly dripptd a stringy, brown
stream of molasses.
"An that ain't nil he done." the cock
went on "He took some spuds what he
knowed I was a-gonter bake in the
ashes, an be loaded ein np with powder.
When I put 'em in tbe coal*, they bust?
ed in a little while an filled a mesa er
biscuit I wua e-mixin plum full er burnt
powder an raw pertater Some of It
went down my deck inside my shirt."
"Did yon whip him again?"
- "Nope 1 coo Idn . not that time. He
cut away an didn' come back till 1 waa
eraleep. an then be got my timber laig
an a saw an said he'd saw the laig in
two If I didn eay 1 wouldn do nothin
to him fer them there explosive spuds.
I conldn' chase 'im. so I had ter prom*
tea Bnt say I 1 clean fergot you wris
one er tbe bosses?I wouldn t 'a' tol' yer
else The boy. he ain't none so bad. He
, don mean nothin wrong, an be wouldn'
do a low down thing, not ter save bis
neck I ain' got no kick comin. so yon
won' bave 'im fired ner notbin. will
yon?"
toe cook stood boring bis wocden leg
into tbe ground, looking at me with
genuine concern I speedily reassured
him If be wished to retain so eccentric
an assistant. It wss h?* not I. who would
have to snfiYr Pi reonally I was much
Interested in the small "cookee." as the
cook's asaistant t? called, and would not
have had him h ave if I could have help
ed it
It was tedious work, or rather idle?
ness, lying to my cot notier the shade
of my tent fly. watching \tlie hungry
looking cattle. If they happened to be in
eight, aa,they wandered ebJU looking
for something to cat. 1 could never see
how they managed in the coatee of a
day to gather a meal, even though they
shonld 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
tbat part 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 the average
boy It was through this dislike, prob?
ably, that most of his awkwardness
arose
After hurrying through with his work
ho 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 tho 13 big wagon
horses were kept. He would sit thero
for hours, patiently stitching at the
leather with awl and waxed end nnd
all the while enrrying 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 tho people
vaguely referred to as "the bosses," to
whom the cook had so often threatened
to report him. Once or twice I called
him over to me and tried to get him to
talk, but his evident uneusiness during
this ordeal induced me to give it np.
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 be 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 ia it that you're trying to
make. Spider V I asked him as be
seated himself, tailor fashion, in the
shade of the tent fly and unrolled bis
leather bundle. "Chaps." he replied,
holding them np for inspection. Then
"What U it that you're trying to make,
SpliUrT'
I saw tbat 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 (.ink'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 tbe:u. In fact, I said as much
to Spider.
"S'pose I'm gonter bo a cookee all
my life?" be replied, looking up at me
with an expression of intense disgust
"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
1 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?"
"Cow puncher. Yer see ther ain'
notbin else fer me," he explained. "1
ain' never had no chance ter learn.
Cowboys c'n get er brand er cattle er
their own bimeby if they don't steer
theirselves too hard 'gains' tho green
cloth (gamble), er don* blow their
money in no ether way. Then after
that I c'n see what I wanter do. I c'n
learn things. See?"
"Bnt nobody would take yon ou as
a cowboy, Spider." I objected. "You're
not as big as an ordinary stock saddle.
Yon couldn' hold h steer eveu if you
got your rape on him."
"Maybe I couldn' 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 ctvok wagon. Spider
prodnced a small bundle carefully done
np in a bit >f old canvas. It contained
a rawhide lariat. Ueturning Spider
I deftly coiled it in his hand and opened
the leop. Then he met it and secured
my water can in a manner that would
have been highly satisfactory if the wa?
ter can had bt?n a steer or even if it
had not upset and st illed the water
over me.
"I didn' think erboui the can conun
over on yer that a way." said Spider
contritely, as with the hollow of his.
hand be tried to scoop the water out of
my canvas cot. "Yer see ther wasn'
nothin else stickin tip that I could rope,
only yer game foot. <m I thought maybe
yon wouldn't like that I'll pull away
this yer fly tin let the sun in Then
*twon* be no tine 'fore all's dry '
After pulling aside the canvas that
shaded me Spider sat down < nee more
to his Hewing, while I steamed in the
scorching sun
"Well, I c'n throwtf rope all right.'
he went on, looking at BM from time
to time with a professional eve ippai
ently. to see how I was cooking "I c'n
ride anything that goes on four legs, an
1 c'n pack er inule as well as any man
er my weight in this yer ter'toff Hut
I got ter get an outfit I ain' ben savin
long, an my wages ain' none too big.
80 I alu* got mach put by, an there's
a lot er things ter git. Saddle an bridle
an gun un spurs nn holster an belt an a
horse. I got the rope, like yer saw, an
I'm makin these yer chaps. I c'n make
er holster an belt that'd do fer awhile,
an the bridle all bnt the bit. The gun
an spnrs I can't make, ncr the horse."
For awhile Spider stitched on in si?
lence; then he looked tip and said
"Meybe it's like yer say, an nobody
wouldn' take on a kid like me, ontfit
or no. But if I ain' got the tools 1
sure won' get the job. So there ain'
no way outer gettin the outfit that I c'n
see." He paused for a reply, but his
logic was so unanswerable that I had
none to make, and Spider went on.
"Cappy Lee, ho give me these here
ol' chaps what I'm cuttin down. He
give me my rope too. Him an Pag
Hollis was scrappin ter see which be?
longed to it, to Cappy, ho settled it like
that Pug was dead sore, bnt it didn'
do him no good, so now he tries ter take
it outer my hide every shew ho gets.
Las' night he says how I cut the lacin
er his stirrup leathers, an when I say 1
didn' he says I lie an he licks me. I
ain' got no use fer Pug Hollis."
To tell tho truth, I didn't have "no
use for Pug Hollis" either. He was a
sullen, unpleasaut sort of person, and he
abused his horses. I would have dis?
charged him long before but for the
fact that we were short handed. Help
was scarce and getting scarcer; so,
though I disliked this man. I had to let
him stay.
When Spider's chaps were nearly fin?
ished, he devoted every moment of his
leisure time to them. The whole camp
was made aware of this fact by the un?
wonted quiet of the evenings.
Ordinarily, as soon as supper was
over and Spider had finished the dishes,
one might hear the rush of a galloping
horse, then shouts and oaths coming
trom the owner of that horse, followed
by what was known as "language"?
that is, very bad language indeed?
from all hands, especially the cook.
This language would always take tbe
form of threats and of comment on
Spider's manners, morals or personal
appearance, and would always be of a
most uncomplimentary nature. By these
signs I would know that Spider was
practicing.
"I got ter keep my ridin up, "Spider
exclaimed when I remonstrated with
him. "I wouldn' stan no sort er a show
fer a job?a kid like me?if I couldn
ride. Then I ain' got no horses er my
own."
Still, as I saidr for two or three even?
ings there was quiet, and then the
chaps were finished. Spider wore them
continually, to "limber 'em up some,"
he said. Truly they needed limbering,
for the leather, when made into tubes
of so small a diameter, was so stiff that
Spider's knees could not bend it in tbe
smallest degree, and he was obliged to
walk in much the same manner that
one steps off distances on a map with
a pair of compasses. The report circu?
lated through the camp to the effect
that Spider slept in those chaps of his
was without foundation, but it is cer?
tain that they were never far from
him.
The Ballet Girl, with a grin, confided
to me that when Spider rolled himself
up in bis blanket for the night he
stood tho 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 themain,
but at first he resented this allusion to
tbe stiffness of his chaps, so for a long
time the men called him Stovepipss 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
such 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," ho said at last in reply to
my repeated questionings. "He took
the chaps when I was sleepin las' night,
an he propped 'em up with rocks like
as though they was stovepipes, what
tho boys had called 'em. an thfrn he
built a fire under 'em. They didn't
smell none too good when they was
a-cookin. an tho smell woko me up. It
was too late then?they was liko yon
see hero That's what he thinks is a
joke."
Hollis' notion of a joke did not at all
appeal to me. So thoroughly disgusted
was I that 1 expressed my intention of
discharging him at once, much as we
needed help. I did no* care to have such
a man around. Spider, however, would
hear of no such thing.
"You wanter bounce him jus' 'cause
he burnt up them chaps er mine, au
that's the only reason yon wanter
bounce him now. when you 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
them, why. them jokes goes, that's all.
I don't ask nobody ter look after my
quar'lsferme You ain' gonter bounce
Pug Hollis."
I mildly differed from this last state?
ment.
"No, yon ain'?yon can't do nothin
erbout it at all," persisted Spider "I
tot1 you 'bout them chaps myself, so yon
can't. Yon said you wouldn' do nothin
'bout nothin what I to)' yon."
I had never said anything of the kind.
But. nevertheless, in inviting Spide/'s
confidence I had certainly implied a
promise to make DO use of it. His posi?
tion, therefore, was unassailable, and I
had to retieat from mine with what
grace 1 could Hollis was allowed to
I stay
I Besides, just at this time we needed
men more than ever The river fell
somewhat, and it was decided that we
should attempt to cross it with the cat
tie and pursue our journey toward the
railway The water was still so high
that there was considerable danger that
jome of the cattle w ould be swept a way |
and drowned aa they crossed, but 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 ua 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 run 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 of the force, and. after consul?
tation with the foreman and the Ballet
Girl, I consented, and as a temporary
measure Spider was taken on as a cow?
boy.
This was a season of joy to Spider
As the glad tidings reached him ho be?
came so exultant that he was unendnr
able. At our earnest request he subsid- j
ed somewhat after awhilo 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 j
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
Spi'ler 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 tbe 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 he was drinking. Then
followed 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, but 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 night.
[to be continued.]
SPRING MILLINERY.
Hew Ideas For Materials and Trlm
mlngi For Hats and Honnefs.
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 slse, two kinds
of flowers ot'tenest appearing in them,
as forgetmenots and small pink rosebuds
violets and convolvuluses. Some toques
are composed of grapes and foliage, aud
grapes are largely used also as part of
the trimming of hats and bonnets, being
one of the most noticeable novelties of
the spring. Berries, foliage of all kinds,
moss and twigs are among the most im?
portant millinery trimmings.
Hats of taffeta ore simple, pretty and
new. They are made with bias folds or
si:i:.\n waist.
are plaited or shirred and are trimmed
with drapery and a cluster of flowers.
Among tbe daintiest of nove'ties is the
toqUC of inonsseline tie soie of different
colors delicately graded. Sometimes
there are different shinies ol tin* same
color, sometimes delicate tints of differ?
ent colors, Choitx of ilie mnueeeline and
flowers are the decoration.
An illustration is given which shows a
bodice of cream surah, tucked all over
very closely and finely. It has a collar
of turquoise groagrain, which forms a
plastron in front, and is linished with a
bias edge of cream satin. Si\ crystal
buttons fasten the plastron. The outer
part of the sleeve is of turquoise gros
grain edged with satip ami adorned with
crystal buttons; the under part is of
tucked surah. The collar is of turquoise
grosgrain, trimmed like the sleeves.
JUDIO Choi.let.
In the time of Louis Qunlorze In
France food in general was placed up?
on the table in one huge dish, and each
helped himself with his naked band.
As late as the middle of the sixteenth
century one glass or goblet did duty
for the whole table.
'Mio Noble Animal.
Trader Don't you want to sell thnt
horse?
Farmer Nuw. 1 keep him extra to
haul broken down automobiles back to
town.?Indianapolis Journal.
Sixteenth Century Apples.
Apples Le 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
pulmouea; others more of water then
wind, as sour Castaras 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
tho brest, gripe and hurt the stomach,
encreaso phlegm and weaken memory.
Sweet apples are to be eaten at the
beginning of meat, but soure and tart
apples at tbe latter end. All apples are
worst raw, and best baked or preserv?
ed.
Philip of Macedonia and Alexander,
his son, from whome perhaps a curious
and skilful herald may derive our Lan?
cashire men. were called Philomeli ap?
ple lovers because they were never
without apples in their pockets. Yea,
ell Macedonians, his countrymen, did
so love them that having ueer Babylon
surprised a fruiterer's boy they strived
for it that many were drowned.?Dr.
Thomas Moffett iu 1575.
Plants That Intoxicate.
Bumblebees, butteriiies and beetles
are habitual drunkards. In some of
the southern states insects alight on
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
antics are especially amusing unless
oue 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
rise of temperature. Then he distilled
some of the blossoms and gave himself
a hypodermic injection in the arm. He
became decidedly dizzy as a result. By
further experiments he founti an oil de?
rived from these plants which affects
human beings and animals alike.?New
York Telegram.
The Rogue Saved the Judge.
A judge of the English high court
was once arrested on suspicion of hav?
ing burglarious designs on the house
of a friend lu Mayfair. The police
officer charged him in the police sta?
tion with loitering with 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 cockflghting."
The rogue's unsolicited corroboration
of the judge's declaration saved the
situation, aud his lordship was allowed
to depart in peace.
Staying; at Home.
A lady residing in North Columbus
meeting a girl the other day who had
lately been iu 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.
._*
_TRAINS POING SO?TH_
D*ud No. No. No No.
Jan 14, 1900. 35? 23? 53? ?!?
am p m a m
Le Florence 2 34 7 45 9 40
Le Kingetree 8 46
Ar Laces 3 38 9 14 p m 1120
Le Lanea 3 38 9 3u 6 45 1120
\r Charleston 5 04 10 55 8 30 1 10
TRAINS GOING NORTH
No. No No No.
78* 32? ?2? 50?
am p ru t? m p ?
* Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 00 4(0
Ar Lcnep 8 16 8 IB 8 33 5 39
Le Lata 8 16 6 15 5 39
,* Kingstreo 8 32
Ki Flotcuce 9 25 7 25 7 05
a ru pn hi. p w
"Da?j tLaiiy except Sunday.
No 52 ruriG through to Collttbia via Cen
al R. R of S. O.
Trains Noa. 78 and 32 tun via Wileou and
ayetievhk? Short Line?aud mr.ke close
onncction for all points North.
Trams cd C. ft D R. R leave Florence,
oily except Sunday 9 50 a tr>, arrve Dnrling
on 10 15 a nj, Hart* vi! in 9 15am, Chors**
1 30 a m, Wade6boro 2 25 p ra. Leuvt
?< lorcnce daily except Sunday 7 55 pm, ar
ive Darlington 8 20 p m, Benneitsville 9 17
0 m, Gibt on 9 45 p m Leave Florence
Sunday only 9 30 a n. arrive Darlingtor
10 05 a m
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tally except bunday 3 CO p m, Cberr.w 4 4!
?) m, Hartsville 7 00 a m, Darlington 6 If
3 m, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Dar
ingtoo Sunday only 8 60 a m, arrive Flo
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Jan 21 4m
Mil Carolina, and Qeorgia Ex?
tension B. B. Company.
Schedule No. 4?In effect 12.01 a. m., Sun?
day, December 24, 1899.
Between
Camdeo 8. C, aod Blaoksborg, 8. C.
WEST. EAST.
2d cl 1st ci
?35 *33
Eastern time.
let cl 2dcl
?32 ?34
p m p m STATIONS. p m p m
8 20 12 50 Camdcn 12 25 6 30
8 50 1 15 Dekalo 11 02 4 50
9 20 1 27 Westvil'a 11 50 4 30
10 50 1 40 Ker6baw 11 35 4 10
11 20 2 10 Heatb Springs 11 20 3 15
1135 2 15 Pleaeani Hill 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 L?ngster 10 55 2 35
1 00 2 fO Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Spriogdell 10 30 12 40
2 30 3 10 CaUwba Jui.ction 10 20 12 20
2 to 3 SO Leslie 10 10 11 00
3 10 3 4? Rock Hill 10 00 10 40
4 10 3 51. New Port 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Ttrzab 9 30 8 CO
5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30
6 00 4 36 Sharon 9 CO 6 60
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grete 8 45 0 20
6 35 5 00 Smj roa 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 ?lackeburg; 8 1: 5 30
pmpm am am
Between
Blaoksborg, 9. C, aod Marioo. N. C
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl
?11
1st cl
?33
Eastern time
lei cl 2dcl
?32 ?12
am o m STATIONS.
8 10 6 30 Blacker.^
8 30 5 45 Earls
8 40 5 50 Patterson Sprirg'
9 20 6 (0 Shelby
iU 00 q 20 Latcmore
lo 10 6 28 Mooretboro
10 25 6 38 Kraiiatia
10 50 ti 5f> Forest City
11 15 7 10 Rmheifordtcc
U SB 7 22 Miilwcod
11 45 7 35 Golden Valley
12 15 7 40 Tbeiroal t hj
12 25 7 ?8 Glenwood
12 L0 8 16 Marion
p m p ui
a m
7 48
7 32
7 25
7 15
6 55
6 -8
6 38
6 20
05
lb
40
37
17
00
i m
p m
6 40
20
12
10
f 0
40
20
50
25
05
50
45
2 20
2 00
P m
WcPt.
Gaffoev Division
1st Class.
15 I 13
EASTERN TIME
STATIONS.
East
1st Cleia
14 I 16
ptnam am p m
I 00 6 00 I Blackeburg 7 60 3 CO
I 20 6 20 Cherokee Kalis 7 30 2 40
1 40 6 40 |Gaffney 7 10 2 20
pmam am p m
? Daily except Sunday
Train No 32 leafing Marion, N. C, at 5
a ui. tnxking close connection at Blacksburg, S
r, wt"h ibe Southern's train No 36 for Char?
lotte, N C. and all points K.ct and connecting
with the Southern V veriib.ile going to Atlanta,
Qa. and all points W>.-t. and will receive pas?
sengers going East fr>in train No 10, on the C A
N WIK, at Yorkville, S C, at 8 45 a m. and
connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern's
train No 7$, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 pm,
Train No 34 with passenger couch attached
leaving Blackeburg at 5 30 a m, end connecting
n? Rock Hill wiih the Southern's Florida train
for all f ointe South,
Train No 33 leaving Canaden, S C, at 12 50
p m, attir the arrival of ibe Southern's Char?
leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with
the LA CK K, at Catawha Junction with
the S" A L. going Katt, at Rook Hill. S 0, with
the Southern's traiB. No 34, for Charlotte, N
C, Hnd all points Karl. Connects at Y<rk
ville. S C, with trail. No 9 on the C * N W R
R. lor Cheswr. S 0. At RliukfbuTg wiih the
South? rn's vestibule goitif Last, and tl e South?
ern 's Main No 35 p?<it.g AVeni. and connecting
at Marion N 0 with the Southern both East atd
We-t.
?AMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TRIPP, Superintendent.
S.B. LI'M PK IN, tien'l Pmseng r Ag-nt.