The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 02, 1900, Image 8
By WOLOOTT LE CLEAR BEAKD.
fCopyrlght. 1899. by American Press Asso?
ciation.]
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It whs in .i most dismal frame of
mod tint uc returned to our camp,
rather to the plncc where onr c:unp had
Wen. Onr reception wan corresponding
|f dismal. In fact, it would be nearer
the trntb to say tbat we had no recep?
tion, for while we .vere trying to ?et
ike cattle over the river the Ballet Girl
had packed np everything there was to
pack and had departed in search of a
ford or a boat or some means of getting
across without having to ferry himself
over on bis timber leg. as bo told ns
afterward. Therefore there was uo din
Mr awaiting us when we arrived and
ao means of getting any.
When, after considerable search, we
??ally discovered onr missing kitchen,
it bad succeeded in crossing, and then,
te the fbce of the rising water, it had
to return. It was qoite nightfall when
H reached us The Ballet Qirl was in a
particularly bad humor. For tbia rea?
son our supper, when we got it. was a
sfftelched one.
Still, bad as it was, it was welcome.
Am the ana gathered about the fire their
teas tobhlmj at though his heart
would break.
spirits rose amaxingly. even though
their wet clothes steamed more than
flee scalding coffee that the cook poured
lato the big tin cups. It waa all in the
Amy'9 work?of a cowboy.
We had scarly finished supper when
I noticed that Slider wss not there. It
was so ueuaual fa* him to absent him?
self from a meal t lat I want in search
of him, fearing that something might
as wrong. It wss some time before 1
could find him in the darkness; but.
Bearing an odd sound irom bebind my
teat. I followed it With his srma
tasowa around tbe neck of the horse
that he had ridden tbst dsy. Spider
sobbing ss though bia heart would
I stood atill for a moment, sur?
prised. He had not hesrd me. end 1
new that be would be terribly morti?
fied should be find that I had been a
witness of his weakness, so I coughed in
a discreet manner to warn him of my
approach. Tbe effect waa instantaneous
Spider etraigbtened up immediately and
began to hum s little tnne to himself,
wbile the horse loosed sround at him
with an expression of mild surprise ut
his sudden cbsoge of mood.
I asked, him why he did not come to
supper He answered tbat he "didn'
seem ter want none joe' novr somehow.1
This waa very startling. When I com
mended his bravery snd magnanimity
"la doing wbat be bad done to save the
Ufa of an enemy, he observed that "it
,wafu' do great shakes uooow," nod tbat
aa he intended* to equare matters with
Hollia sooner or later be didn't want
Bollis drowoed. as tbat obviously would
prevent any inch r'.ckoniug
It was like Spider to attuch the low
cat poaaible motive to anything that be
might du. bat I knew better There
was no use in saying anything more. 1
held out my hand Spider winced ns he
took It Then I found that his ripht
palm had been cut almost to the bone
by the rope tbat hud been milled through
it I took him hack to the cump and
dressed his hand as well as I was able
with the limited resources at ojr com
?und. and at last he rolled np in his
blanket and fell into the deep sleep of
atter exhaustion.
1 had retnrned to my own tent and
snt under the fly. looking out at the
dismal landacsi>e sud feeling very blue
indeed There was nothing, aa far aa
the eye could reacb. but rock, cactna
and taod. How tbe cattle were to live
1 could not see Something mr t be
done I was nhont to call the foreman
for a consultation when I saw him
coming townrd me.
"Evenin." he r. marked as though he
had not seen me beforo that day
"Thought I'd come over an see ?-hat
wa'd beat do with them there critter*
while tbe river's goin down We can't
atsy here."
I didn't in the len>t know what to
do Furthermore (he river was not
going down. It whs rising
"Yass. st) 'tis. That's what made me
think that maybe, after all. we ll have
ter take thn herd ter ol Lorena s rang**
fer a bit Cun t do no lietttr as I c n
re
"Where is LofCSnVfl range?" I asked
?*Is tin re feed t h? r?
" 'llont 40 inilM down the, river (?1?
yes. then- ?? grass there all riuht
enough ' He spoke so dubiously that
I asked f?>r an ssplsaatlos "Oh. jrei
tie re * glass last ? |Q right i aoagh,'
he repeated "Unt iBCSl LofSBS, bc'l
tber?? t<x? 1 d-a t Iths LfOfeaa bobs
too well Bc'i ? greaser, si tlx rs sis *
BO Worse one uov. h* 11 I. s got an all
fired bud lot BfOBS hurt. lOO, down th* IS
to Agua GsHcata Tccj'II have ter pay
fm the ose er tbe range, of course, .ml
uie. Anyhow, it looks liko it's-all we
?'n do."
I was not borrowing trouble. I said
that 1 thought wo'd better start for Lo
rena's as soon as we could get away in
the morning.
"I reckon.' Igffd the foreman.
"Now there's another thing I wanted ter
say. You see how we was at the river
thisuiornin We're short handed, that's
what we are. an we want more help."
This fact was not news to me. and I
said so.
"Well, we're sliorter'n ever now,"
the foreman went on. "Hollis he won't
be no gf)od fer awhile?ono of hin arms
is a foot an a half longer'fl the other,
an It'll take er month tff get it back
where it was. Now there's that kid ?
Spider He done some mighty good
work ves'day in the herdin. not ter talk
'?rbont that job ho done fer Hollis? a
man what Iliad tffe throw him down all
ho knowtd. S'pcso we take him on."
"Dot what will the cook do?" I ob?
jected.
"He's all ri^ht. We c'n pick up n
Chinaman er sunthin fer him bimeby,
an now he says the kid'll be a eight
more use roun the cattle than ever he
was with the cook outfit. 1 gness we
c'n call that settled, so fnr es the Bally
Qnrl goes. Course I know the kid can't
do a man's work yet. an I only mean
ter give him boy's pay fer now, till we
see how he does. Are yon willin V"
1 was perfectly willing?more than
that. I was delighted to give Spider his
chance, bot I did not cay so. I only
asked bow Spider was to get a suitable
outfit?apart from the horse. If he had
taken a fancy to the ugly brnte he had
ridden that day he might have the
creature and welcome.
"I gness that lets us out?the horse,'
responded the foreman. "The boys has
got up a sorter chip in fer the rest.
Hollis, he'll come op with ccnsid'able
of it, I reckon. He will fer the chaps
anyhow. He owes it. "
Hollis certainly did owe the chaps,
bot I was ratbor surprised from my
knowledge of the man that ho should so
readity acknowledge his debt.
"Oh, yes, Hollis is mighty grateful, I
reckon," replied the foreman when I
expressed my astonishment. "Hollis'U
come down with the money all right,
don't you fear." There was something
peculiar in the foreman'a tone that
made me suspicious.
"Does Hollis know that he's expected
to contribute?" I asked.
"No. not yet He will, though. I'm
a-gonter see him now." The foreman
bitched bis bolster conveniently for?
ward and departed. I shouted an order
after him to the effect tha+, whatever
HolKs might or might not be willing to
give, there obould be no coercion in the
matter. I never knew whether or not
this order was obeyed. I rather think it
was not
I did not witness the announcement
of Spider's promotion. Long before sun
ris* I bad started out with the foreman
to arrange with Lorena for the use of
his pastures. The herd was to follow us.
As the foreman had said, I found Lo?
rena to be a most villainous old Mexi?
can and surrounded by a most villain?
ous crew of followers. He knew that we
were at bis mercy, and therefore over- i
charged us frightfully. The pasturage
on bis range was good, and that at least
was a comfort, but I didn't at all like
the prospects in other ways. Two days
later, when the cattle arrived, we
camped, as before, on the banks of the
river. Our ostensible reason for camp?
ing there was. of course, that we would
be on hand at the earliest possible mo*
ment when the river should fall enough
to allow us to cross Bnt really we
chose this place, the foreman and I, in
order to bo as far away as we could
from the wicked little town o* Agua
Caliente, the headquarters of Lorena
and his friends At best the town was
far nearer ns than we liked. The dis?
tance was only 20 miles or so
For a week cr two after we arrived
we did not seem to me to have much
cause for alarm. In fact, I would have
beeu rather relieved bad not the fore?
man kept up a continual croaking. The
cattlo were in no way interfered with.
It iff true that many ? 1 onr men would
avail themselves of every possible op?
portunity to get to Agua Caliente. and
would frequently stay there much
longei than they ought; but this, in
view of thu time that had lupsed since
they had seen a town of any kind at
all. was no m< re than one must expect.
There was little for the men to do.
In fact, for this first fortnight, the
life settled back to its old monotony ns
far as I was concerned. To Spider the
new responsibilities that he had as?
sumed seemed a never failing delight.
He worked iudefatigably, and at night
was qnite ready to go to sleep without
the preamble of setting the camp by
the ears, according to his former habit.
Apart from other reasons. I think that
Spider would at this timo have consid?
ered such an outbreak beneath his dig*
nity. unless committed for weighty and
well considered reasons. Besides, his
outfit arrived, which placed him. when
the first stunning shock of surprise had
subsided, on the pinnacle of all earthly
bliss.
Spider might well be pleased. The
"boys" had done their best, and Spider
was eqoipped from head to heel with
cowboy paraphernalia?saddle, bridle,
epnrs and all His chaps were resplend?
ent. The new leather made his legs, so
the men said, look like those of a newly
batched chicken, they were so yellow
Ho taken with them was Spider that he
was nearly thrown several times the
first day he wore them because, instead
of looking to set- where his horse was
gcitiK. he was admiring his logs Hut a
glory greater even than the ( hups l iv
in his "gar.'" the hravv pistol, that
with its holster and well filled car?
tridge til-it Spider proudly buckled
aronml his waist ll'* seemed la have
grown two inches lulleras be strutted ,
about the camp The untflt would have
been v. fully Incomplete without this
weapon. If a herder becomes nnhorsed,
the half v |)d cattle will attack him
oft? ner than not and without this nit uns 1
of ?h ti ose he wonld be belph i
Bpidei threw himself Into his work
with au energy great?-r, if possible, than
before. Lack of energy was at no time
??
one of Bplder*a faults, end this
most fortunate, for wo needed bin and
every cno on whom we could depend
inore and more as the days passed by
Matters in tho camp were going from
bad to worse.
TbOM men who went most frequent?
ly to A gnu Calltnte began going offen?
er than ever. Sometimes they would
leave their work in order to go there,
and when they returned they would he
tilled with tho malignant whisky preva?
lent in that region or with the still
mere malignant mescal. Could we have
replaced them these men would have
been discharged at once, hut we could
not replace them. Fof a time I was
comforted by tho reflection that If soon
as their money gave out this conduct
must cease It did not cease, tut in?
stead it became worse than ever. Some
of the cowboys left. Some became so
useless that, great as our need was, we
bad to discharge them. Of all the men
who went often to Agna Caliente, Hollis
alone would return sober.
?'An he's jus' the las' one I care
about," said tho foreman as for the
hundredth time we were holding a
council. "He's ban' in glove with Lo
rena an the hull gaug. It's them what
get the boys away?it's their reg'lar
trick. They wants ter weaken us all
they can an then sneak the cattle. Been
stealin cattle fer years, they have, only
no one couldn't prove notbin. They
ain't takin no chances they c'n help,
but the river's goin down purty fas'
now. an they know it. so I reckon
they'll make ther try for our herd in a
night er two?t'night. maybe. Better
get tho cattle together. There ain't no
ose in onr foolin ourselves?things
don't look none too gaudy, no way you
c'n see 'em."
What the foreman said was perfectly
true. 1 fully realized that now, and at
once gave orders to round up the cattle.
Tho river had fallen considerably, and it
waa decided that we shcnld move the
camp and gather the cattle at the near?
est ford, 12 miles below. In this way it
was just possible that, if the river al?
lowed us, we might get across and away
before there was an opportunity for
trouble.
All of our men were at supper that
night, and all of them, with the excep?
tion of Hollig, were trustworthy. The
others had been weeded out days before.
As the hasty meal was finished the fore?
man stood up and made a little speech
to the men. It was very short.
"Boys," he said. "I reckon you all
knows what yen got ter do. New you
wanter saddle np an do it jus' as quick
as you know how. There'll be trouble
else at both ends er the line. Now'a the
time ter start."
The boys saddled and started. In a
few minutes, except for the Ballet
Girl, who waa hurriedly striking camp,
there was not a human being in sight.
Driving the spare horses ahead of me,
I went directly to our new camping
place, gathering by the way what few
cattle I could get. I was the first to ar?
rive at the ford. I built a fire to guide
the others to this point oad eat down
to keep it going until the cook could
come up and relieve me.
Few of the cattle had strayed far.
Followed by a shouting cowboy or two.
"I reckon you all kiiotof total you got ter
do."
small bunches soon began to come in.
These bunches would be united on the
river bank, and their herders would
gallop off after more. Then the cook
wngon drew up at the fire, which was
utilized by the Ballet Girl for the man?
ufacture and maintenance of a huge pot
of coffee, kept for the benefit. oJ all
comers. There was no time to stop and
eat.
The men came and went and came
again, all of them, except Spider and
Hoilis. I had not seen them siuce sup?
per. I began to get very uneasy about
Spider and made Inquiries as tho men
came in. Cappy Lee, it seemed, was the
last to see them. It was early in the
evening. Spider wns spurring along di?
rectly in Hollis' wake and both of
them heading for Agua Cali' nte. It
was long past midnight when Lee in?
formed me of this. Calling the fore?
man, I hurriedly told him about Spi?
der's absence and in whose company he
was last seen. I also told him that I
was very much afraid that something
had hnppened to the hoy and that I in?
tended to etart out at once in seurch of
him.
"Ridin jealous er Hollis, Is'pose, like
be always does," said tho foreman.
"Well, I reckon you'd better go." he
went on. aftff thinking a moment
"Oughtn't ter go alone, though" ?
"II?? won't go alone, you bet you,'
Lee Interrupted MJui' wait till I sad?
dle up a fresh horse an get my rifle
outer the wagon. I won't he long."
??What about yer work!" aaked tho
foreman reprovingly
"Have ter get 'long without me the
best it kin, I reckon," responded Leo as
he walked away to make his prepara?
tions The for man made u quick sti id'J
alt? r him und then stoppt d
"lie hadn't no hmdw ? ; t. r tall: like
that, hut 1 reckon he's right 11" ought
t? r go. an may I e I'd d< ue the same it I
was him Look here. Don't von get in?
ter no tights you c'n In \v 11 yon don't
come back by an hour uft< r sun np, er
if ther'a anything hen done t< r that ther
kid. I'll let the cattle go. an I'll take
everyone Cf the boys?I'll bead 'em
luyseii?an I'll burn Agua Caliente an
?boot every man ther is in the place."
I laughed.
"Yon needn't ter laugh." cried the
foreman indignantly. "You know I
don't talk 'less I mean it. If me an the
boys can live ter do it. I'll do every
las' thing I said."
At first I had thought that he was
joking, but it was as ho said. He meant
every word. Of course I would not for
? moment consent to such a plan as
, tlnSt he proposed, one that might in- I
I volve the killing of men who had net !
j done or intended us any harm. 1 gave ;
I the foreman orders to stop where he i
! was nntil the following noon, and then.
I if we had not returned, to send a search
party. lint I cculd not see that we were
in any danger.
"Danger V" responded the foreman
obstinately. "Well, I reckon maybe I
know some better than yon do. If you I
ain't back when I said, we'll all be a
search party. I'm boss when yon ain't
here. I'm a-gonter hoi' all the boys as
they come in an give 'em a night's rest. '
We c'n start work in the mornin one
way er another?an hour after sun up.
Hoi' on a minute. "
He ran to the wagon and took out a
rifle, which he fastened to my saddle.
"Take this along. Maybe you'll want
it," he said, shoving a handful of car?
tridges into my pocket. "Here comes
Lee."
As he spoke the cowboy, freshly
mounted, came cantering up, and we
started off.
"You needn't be afraid of us hurtin
no innercent men." the foreman called
after us reassuringly. "We wouldn't
do that." He waited until we were
some distance away, and then, making
a speaking trumpet of his hands, he
bawled:
"In?Agua Caliente there?ain't?
no?innercent?men!"
[TO UE CONTINUED.]
EAGLES AND THEIR PREY.
A Giant Bird VThoac Race Haa Hap?
pily Become Extinct.
There is at the present moment at
the Natural History museum a model
of the skull of an eagle so gigantic that
the imagination can scarcely tit it into
the life of this planet at all.
The whole head Is larger than that of
an ox, and the beak resembles a pair
of hydraulic shears. Unlike most of
the giant beasts, this eagle, which in?
habited Patagonia, appears from its
remains to have differed little from
the existing species. Its size alone
distinguishes it. The quills of the
feathers which bore this awful raptor
through the air must have been as
thick as a walking stick and the webt \
as wide as car blades. It would have
killed ami torn to pieces creatures as
large as a bison and whirled up into
the sky and dropped Into the rocka
the gigantic caiapaced animals of
prehistoric Patagonia as easily as a
modern engle of C alifornia does -the
laud tortoise on which it feeds.
Eveu today there are few carnivo?
rous animals, whether birds or beasts,
which have so wide a range of prey
as the eagles. Like the kluged drag?
ons of old story, they can ravage
earth, nlr and sea nud feed promiscu?
ously on the denizens of all th."ee ele?
ments. From serpents on the burning
desert to seals ou the everlasting ice,
from monkeys in the tropical forests
to marmots on the Alpine slopes, from
dead sheep on highland hills to pea?
cocks in the Indian jungles, no form of
fish, fletb or fowl comes amiss to them,
and the young eagle, driven by the in?
exorable law of his race from the home
where he was reared, finds a free
breakfast table wherever he flies.?
Cornhi'l Magariue.
Eniilly Settled.
They fell into conversation ou the
avenue street car, as men will to pass
away the time, and when one of them
happened to mention he was from
Pittsburg the other turned to him with:
MPlttsburg, eh; Dear me, but now
singular!"
"How do you mean, sir?" was asked.
"Why, I was iu Plttsburg 21 years
ago ami lost 10 cents in a street car. 1
\ias thinking of the incident just be?
fore you spoke to me. I suppose you
couldn't inform me whether che money
was ever found, could you7"
"Why. yes; 1 believe I can. I found
a dime in a street car about 21 years
ago and have been looking tor the own?
er ever since. Here it is. It must be?
long to you."
"Thanks. You are an honest man.
Here's 2 cents to reward you."
The Pittsburg man pocketed the re?
ward as the other pocketed the dime,
and then they closed tho incident.
Washington Post.
??Off" For "Of/*
I always say "1 bought it off Jones,"
nnd up to now, through so constantly
hearing people, my late father includ?
ed (he always used to pronounce cof?
fee as eorffeel.talk iu this way,thought
it was right. Still this would be only
in conversation. Writing to any one,
saving I had bought anything, I should
put "of Jones" or "from Jones." I
suppose "from Jones" would bo per?
fectly correct.
1 have heard this form of speech in
many different parts of the country,
but most frequently, I think, iu and
near Liverpool.
The use of "off" for "of" and "off of"
Is common In the uorth of England.
Notes and Queries.
A Dreary Thoroughfare.
Of all dreary roads few have such
desolate surroundings as that leading
from Jerusalem. The road winds
among rocky hills which for miles
seem destitute of every living thing
save occasional flocks of long black
hailed goats and sheep, apparently
eating pebbles and attended by a youth?
ful shepherd. The steep hillsides are
dotted with numerous holes and caves
cut in the rock. Indianapolis News.
For a linger nail to reach its full
length, an average of seven-twelfths
; of an inch, from 121 to loS days of
, growth are uecessary.
Fixed the* Om Company.
"I'll fix 'em," Hi?d a Capitol Hill citi?
zen when he got his gas bill a couple of
mouths ego. "Nino dollars and eighty
cents, hey, when we've been out every
night with the exception of two or
three for the past month] I'll move,
that's all, at the end of the mouth, but
If I don't make that gas meter of mine
work overtime between now and the
day I move it'll ho because I run out
of matches, that's ail! I'll eat up about
$40 worth of gas and then let the darn?
ed gas company keep the $5 I've got on
deposit!"
So from that evening on as soon as
twilight fell the Capitol Hill man made
a tour of the house aud lit every jet
from cellar to garret.
-I'll teach 'cm to bunko folks:*' he
said to himself savagely as he started
nil tin? burners a-going.
Along toward the end of the month
lie and his wife picked out another
house and made arrangements for mov?
ing. The Capitol Hill man was de?
lighted when the gas bill read $21).G0.
"This is one time they won't gouge
me!" he shouted exultantly ;n he danc?
ed around with the bill in his hand.
Three days before the day set for
moving his wife was taken ill. and of
course the moving had to be declared
off. She is only now convalescing. The
Capitol Hill man paid the $20.00. and
his friends are now telling him the
story about the man who robbed his
own trunk.?Washington Post.
Humors of the Law.
In a recent bankruptcy case, in
speaking of justices of the peace, they
are said to be "officers by no means in?
fallible, frequently Innocent of law and
actually sometimes known to construe
the abbreviation affix designating their
office, *J. P.' to mean 'judgment for
plaintiff.' "
A federal court. In explaining that
the functions of a charge d'affaires
were uot shown by the literal transla?
tion of the terms, illustrated by say?
ing, "To appoint a person chief builder
could not be understood to invest him
with the ecclesiastical functions of the
pontifex maximus."?Case and Com?
ment.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
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Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. 17, iroo.
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^N?TE? S addition to the above service
trams Nob. 15and 18run daily between Charles?
ton aud Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
Sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11 :ou p.
R.; arrive Columbia &KM a. m. No. 16 leave Co?
mbi? 1:30 a. in.; arrive Charhnton 7:00 a. m.
6leaping ears ready for occupancy at 9:00p. m.
oth at Charleston and Columbia. These traim
aaake close connexion* at Columbia with
through trains between Florida points and
Washington and the east. Connection with
trains Nos. 81 and 82 New Tork and Florida
Limited between Biackville, Aiken and Au
gust a. No. 81 leaves Biackville at 8:40 a.m..
Aiken 9:29 a. in., Augusta 10:10 a.m. No. <fl
leaves Augusta 6.25 p. m., Aiken 7.08 p. m.,
Biackville 7.55 p. m. Pullman Drawing Room
tlcopers between Augusta, Aiken and New
brk. _.
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Lv. Augusta
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lSOp ttlOp 8 40p
Lv. Teanillv
M handorsville.
Ar. Augusta.
5 40a 360pl 310p
5 50a! 4 00p| 3 23p
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* Allendale..
Barn well
" Blaclivillo.
Ar. Bat Osburg.
12 05a 12 15p
4ii0a 4 02p
4 15a: 4l7p
Ar. Columbia.
600a
. 410p
fi 85a!.
7 25a 7 54p
10 15a Slop
12 3Up
6 00p
935p 11 30a
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5 05s
6 15a
7 45i
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M Bar.uwell ...
M AUeadale...
11 Savannah...
? 1 Up
3 ;op
805? 1015a
3 2c a 1100a
215p
4f)0p
915p
7 05?
8 32s
S IN!
100p! 943p 0 12s
5 15al.1.110 851
Atlanta and Beyond.
Lv. Charleston. 7 00a 520p
Ar. Augusta.;11 61a.lU2.ip
Atlanta.1 8 2?p
Lv. Atlanta.11 OOp
Ar. Chattanoojr.v.1 5 40a
Lv. Atlanta..
Ar. Hirmiucham.
6 Memphis, (via Birmingham).
Ar. Loxinptpn.
M Cincinnati.
" Chicago.
b UOa.
6 3Ua 4 00p
0 45a| 8 40p
5 40a! 415p
11 85a;l?U?p
805pi 7 15s
6 OOp
7 80p
7 15a
Ar. Louisvillo. 7 30p
?' St. Louis. 7 04a
Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga)
lOp
5 00l
7 45s
6 30p
7 50s
6 00p
40s
To Asheville-Cinciunati-Louisvllle.
I no 1341 no Dl
DellylDany
IASTI.UN TIME.
Lv. Augusta.
" Batesburg.
tv. Charleston . _.
Lv. Columbia (Urion Depot).
Ar. Spartanburg .
" Asheville .
Knoxville. ....,
" CHncinnnati.
Louisville (via Jellit ?)...
3 0np! 9 30p
4 4f.pl 12 07b
Ii0*,11
11 4?a'i"*
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7?0p 287p
415a! 7 20s
7 30p| 7 45?
650?
To Washington ond the East.
Lv. ?itgust?.77.1 800p
4 45p
5 55p
9 10p
12 o'a
0 OTa
Baieshurg.
M Columbia (Union Depot).
Ai\ Chariot t e._. ___
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Ar. Richmond .
Ar. Washing*,on.
" Baltimore Pa.
M Philadelphia,
jj Now York
Bleeping Car I ,in<
At lanta, via Auri h
R. R.
12 07b
2 16b
9 ?Ql
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r, 25p
7 on 850p
r< 12?>1125p
.1 35a| 2 .We
...1 20Bpl Oils
Iietween Charleston and
a. making connections at
Atlanta t'<.r all im ?in tu North and west.
Solid Trams between Charleston and Ashe
Vil>
Connections at Columbia wth through train*
for Wnshingtnn and the ivist: altto for Jackf?on
tille and all Florida 1'oiuta.
V-iANK S. G W S'ON. J M CTJLP,
third V-P Set-Jen Mgr., Trnnli Manager,
Waahington, U.C. >\a.-i',u?;tv.^.D. C
GKOUfctK B ALLEN,
UlV I BN A?t..
i harleatoa, B. O.
W.A.TURK, B. H. HARDWICK.
Gen. Pas-?. Aet . AsKt. ?< ii, Peas Agt.,
W ashington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga.
CHOICE Vegetables
will always find a ready
market?but only that farmer
can raise them who has studied
the great secret how to ob
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use of well
balanced fertilizers. No fertil?
izer for Vegetables can produce
a large yield unless it contains
at least 8?,; Potash. Send for
our books, which furnish full
information. We send them
free ot charge.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St., New Yo.k.
Life and
Fire Insurance.
Call on me, at my residence, Liberty
Street, for both Life and Fire Insu?
rance. Ooiy reliable Companies rep?
resented. Phone No 130.
Andrena Moses*
Oct 25?0.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK
EGGS
From Thoroughbred Prise Wtnoers
$1.50 FOR 15.
Safe Arritsl Guaranteed
L. C. DARSEY,
Box 12. Sunny Side, Ga.
Jad 31
2m
FOR SALE.
EXTRA FINE
BARRED PLYMOUTHS
Also, Eggs for Uatehiog, 15 for $2 00.
Nicely Packed in Xew Basketsi
JOHN A. CULLOM,
Ridge Spring, S. C.
Jan 21 4n
South Carolina anil Georgia El?
ten B. B. Company.
MOE Vm! _
Schedule No 4?Id effect 12 01 a. m., Soa
day, December 24, 1899.
Between
Camdeo S. C , and Bltoksburg, 8. C.
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl lit cl
?35 *33
Eastern time.
1st cl 2d cl
?32 ?34
p m p m STATIONS. p m p m
30
bO
30
10
15
00
35
8 20 12 50 Camdeo 12 25 5
8 50 1 15 Dekalb II 02 4
9 20 1 27 Weatville "11 60 4
10 60 I 40 Kerebaw U 35 4
11 20 2 10 llratb Soringe 11 20 3
11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2
1 CO 2 fO Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Spricgdell 10 30 12 40
2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20
2 60 3 4.0 Leslie 10 10 11 00
3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 40
4 10 3 55 New Pott 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirzab 9 30 8 CO
6 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 20
6 00 4 35 Sha'oo 9 00 6 tO
6 25 4 60 Hickory Grove 8 45 0 20
6 36 5 CO Smjrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 BUtUeburg; 8 16 5 30
pmpm a id am
Bet wees
Blackeburg, S. C , and Marion. N. C
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl
?11
1st cl
?33
Extern lime.
let cl
??2
2dcl
?12
a m o m STATIONS. a m
8 10 6 30 Blackfburg 7 48
8 30 5 45 Karls 7 32
8 40 5 50 Puuersoo Srringe 7 25
9 20 C CO Shelby 7 15
10 00 S 20 Latnrcore 6 65
10 lo 6 ?8 Mooteebora 6*8
10 25 6 38 Heilten* 6 38
10 50 6 5f< Forest Oily 6 20
1115 7 10 Rutherfordt'on 6 05
11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 f 5
11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40
12 05 7 40 Tbeiroal City 6 37
II 25 7 68 GUnwncd 5 17
1?. 60 8 15 Mariou 5 00
pmpm am
p m
6 40
20
12
to
to
40
20
3 50
3 25
3 05
2 50
2 45
2 20
2 00
p m
Weet. Gaffoev Division.
1st Claes
15 I 13
EAST EPN TIME
STATIONS
East
let CIms
14 I 16
p ra
1 00
1 20
1 40
p m
? m
6 00
6 20
6 40
a ra
' Blacksburg
Oberokee Kalle
|Gaffuey
a m
7 60
7 30
7 10
a m
p m
3 00
2 40
2 20
p m
?Daily except Sunday
Train No 3".' leaving Marion, N. C, at 5
r tu, ur<kitig close connection at Blacksbarg, S
wi h the Southern's train No 36 for Char?
lotte, N C, and all point* KaM and connecting
with the Southern'* vestibule going to Atlanta,
Ga, and all points Wast, and will receive pas?
sengers going Ka-t fr? in train No 10, on the C A
N W K K, at Yorkville. S C, at S 45 a m. and
connects at Camden. S t', with the Southern's
train No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 pm,
Train Mo 34 with passenger coiich attached
lea \ ing Blackshurg at 5 30 a tu. ai d connecting
i t Road Hill with the Soatbora'l Florida train
fnr ? il \ oiatfl South,
Train No IS leaving Camden, S 0, a: 12 50
p m. alter tb? arrival of the South? m's Ohar
lati i tru a conaccta ti Lancaster, s C, with
:l?' LA t' K R, at Catawba Junction with
the S A L, going Rest, a* R<k k Hi 1. > t . with
the Southern's ttaia, No 34, for i barlotta, N
<. aid ;,u p**.nU Katt Cianoeta it Y<rk
rille, S v.ith ti ?in Mo 9 n? tl a C ? M U K
II, lor Cbenter? ? C At Btackabnrg vita the
Soutbt t a'* veetibalc j:<> i m K . m. Bad tl e South
em's train No?Sgiiog M'cai, aid rownceting
at Marion MC with tin Swntbcrnbotb La.?t ai d
We t
BAMUKL IHM, Preetseat.
A TRIPP, Superintendent.
S B. LI MPK1N, Gen'l Passen? r Ag-nt.