The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 16, 1900, Image 8
By WOLCOTT LE CLEAR BEABD.
{Copyright. 1899, by American Press Asso?
ciation.}
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CHAPTER V.
HS WHICH SPIDER RETURNS IN TRIUMPH.
I had never seen rain fall as it did
then. It seemed to come in streams. It
beat through tho heavy canvas of my
teat, forming a mist on the inside. The
continuous crash of the falling water
would have drowned the report of a
mortar.
It rained and rained and kept on rain?
ing. Little brooks formed on the plain,
then came together and made larger
ones that finally tumbled over the edge
of the cliff in a series of cascades.
When an hour later the foreman and
Spider returned to the camp, there
were no signs of a let up. One by one
oar disheartened cowboys straggled in
and repaired to my tent, where the
nearest approach to shelter was to be
found. None of them seemed particular?
ly surprised when told of the disappear?
ance of our cattle. They had expected
it all along, they said.
"I don't never remember seein rain
las' so long as this aroun here, " said
Lee as he tried vainly to light a damp
match on the sole of his soaked boot in
order to ignite the wet tobacco with
"which he had filled his pipe. "Tu m
fellers must 'a' seen the storm comiu np
aa then com9 over a purpose ter stam?
pede the herd. Course we can't do noth
?B till it lets up, an then we'll have ter
do some nuntin, I reckon. This rain'll
have washed out ail the tracks. "
"We'll fin' the tracks again without
much trouble." replied the foreman.
"Tber ain't no dcubt but what we got
ter do snntbin. though. Question is.
what?"
"Looks to me as though we were in
something of a scrape." I observed, try?
ing hard not to speak despondently.
, "None so bad as what it might be.'
replied the foreman philosophically.
"We got ter make a plan, that's all."
We held a disconsolate council with
the water drumming over us on the
strained canvas so that we bad to raise
our voices in order to make them heard.
The plan, when finally decided upon;
was a very simple one. That the thieves
had made a clean sweep was evident,
for none of the men who had come in
had found any cattle. They had all been
driven away. Now, to cover so much
ground in so short a time argued that
our enemies had a force much larger
than ours-one that we could hardly
hope, unaided, to defeat
Therefore it was decided that as soon
as it stopped raining some of the men
would scatter over the desert to find, if
possible, some trace of the missing cat
tie, while we would send a messenger
to some ranches that layon the ether
side of the river some 30 miles below
ns, with instructions to bring back all
the men that could be mustered. Cat?
tlemen are usually ready to help each
other in cases of this kind, fer co one
knows when his own turn to require
help may come. In this instance, too.
the community of cattle thieves had
long been a menace to the men on whom
we called AU of them probably had
suffered frcm this or another raid.
The rain ceased as suddenly as it be?
gan. The clonds parted and were blown
in dark shreds across the sky. The pools
that lay in shallow depressions of the
plain were like beds of coals as the level
rays of the setting sun reddened them.
- As we had planned, the foreman sent
five men in different directions with
orders to search for traces of the miss?
ing herd, to let r.3 know at once if any
were found, and to report by midnight
in any case. Delighted at the prospect
of action, the men trooped out of my
tent Some of them spread their blan?
kets out to dry. Others offered needless
help to the men who were preparing to
set out. The rest. Spider among them, i
lounged about the cook wagon and
"joshed" the Ballet Girl, to use their
* own phrase, becanse he conld not start
his fire. For some minutes the foreman
stood in the doer of my tent rubbing
his chin thoughtfully Then he called
to Spider.
"Lcok - here, you kid. " said he.
"You heard what we said 'bout sendin
down the river ter get more men. Well,
I want you ter saddle up a fresh pony an
be ready ter start in five minnies. Hear ?
The boss. here, he'll write a note ter
you ter take. Get a wiggle on, now."
The laugh that .Spider brought with
bin. faded from his face. This was j
business, and without a word he nodded I
and strode away. ?
"I reckon he's about the bes?me ter i
sen'." continued the foreman, turning !
to me. "He'll do what he sets out ter j
do every time. Then it ain't likely j
ther's any danger down that way, an [
you can't tell whyt'll turn np here. It'll j
keep the kid cuter mischief fer awhile. '' j
While the foreman was speaking I I
had torn a leaf out of an account book j
and had written the note. Suddenly I i
became aware that the laughter and
talk of the men had hushed A second
later Spider, his face working with
rage, dashed into the tent, caught up a
rifle and vanished.
"Stop!" roared the foreman, lifting
the flap that closed the tent door.
Through the opening I could see that
Spider had dropped on one knee and
was taking careful aim at something !
that was out of my view
"What you doin? Come here I" com?
manded the foreman sternly. Lowering
the rifle. Spider rose slowly to his feet,
keeping bis eyes fixed on the point to?
ward which he had been aiming. Run?
ning to the door. I followed his gaze
with my eyes.
On a ridge of sand, half a mile away,
three men were galloping up and down,
waving their hats and firing pistols
They were shouting, too. for the faint
echoes of their shouts reached us.
"Look there!" cried Spider. "See
them Tv?n ? Hollis is ene of 'em, an
that sreitsvr wini ; >?'-,:.: ;ii ::ie I::?': ;; M
I They're givin us the laugh, that's w
! they're doin, "cause we los' our ca'
an they got 'eui. Are you fellers"
"Come here! Hear me?" comman
the foreman again. "Look here, yoi
man." he continued as Spider came
iuctantly forward. "It ain't good bi
ness ?ettin your mad get np so bad 3
lose yer head, net for nc one w
works roun horses an cattle. You 1
orders too. Nobody what won't ol
orders works in my gang. Ther was
no sbootin called for. Besides, " he ai
ed as an afterthought, "you'd a-knov
if you'd had any senso that you coi
not hit nothin at that range." Spic
glanced at the foreman, and his fi
tell
i "That's right. I los' my head clet
I know I did. I won't do it again <
say, I'm awful sorry, " he said penitei
ly. Carefully lowering the hammer,
placed the rifle, apparently as a sort
token of surrender, in the foreraai
hands. Then, without another look
the men who were still capering abo
on the ridge, he went away to saddlt
horse.
"The boy's got the bes' eyes of ac
body in the outfit, all right enough
said the foreman, ' setting down t
rifle. "I alwus knowed that, but ye1
[ don't believe he c'n tell who those m
! are, not so far away as that."
It certainly seemed impossible th
i Spider could distinguish any ene at
great a distance. I ran into the tent
I get a pair of fieldglasses, but when
J returned the men had disappeared.
"Jus' give cue yell an then wallop
off benin' the ridge thar as you we:
i in," said the foreman. "They was le
j benin' by the res' er ther gang so's t
watch us, I reckon, an see what we'
j a-gonter do."
j "Well, they won't watch nothin,
commented Lee, who had strolled up
us. "They're drunk an they'll g
drunker, 'specially if Hollis is ther
He's ben sober so long now that 1
won't stop soon once he gets started.'
"Meekness an sobriety an the rest <
it ain't his style enough ter burt,
agreed the foreman. "But maybe Ho
lis wasn't there. Look a here, you kid,
he called as Spider rode up on the bij
gest and, next to his own, the ugiie;
horse ? Md brought from the ranch,
forgo' .x tell yen before that you'j
likely ter steer up agains' a heap ?
trouble one er these times if you g
shootin at men what you don't kno^
'specially when they're so fur off yo
can't hit 'em. It ain't perlite."
So earnest was Spider that he faile
for the moment to see that tbeforema:
was joking.
"I did know 'em-two of 'em-Hoi
lis an that there greaser," he cried
"I saw 'em. 'Deed I did. Honest."
"So?" replied the foreman, with as
sumed gravity. "Well, if that's th
case, jus* you climb down offen tha
ther horse an go an get yer supper 'foi*'
you start. "
"Don't need ter. Got some grub hen
in my cerones (saddlebags). The Ball]
Girl.give it to me jus' now. Mayn't
go?" The foreman waved his hand an<
smiled. With an answering grin Spidei
galloped away.
In view of the distance that must be
traveled we hardly expected to se?
Spider again before daylight. Making
allowance for delays, we hcpeci to gel
away cn the following evening. To mo
the wait cf 24 hours seemed a fatal
waste of time. The cattle would prob?
ably be well into Mexico before that.
"Prawb'ly they will," agreed the
foreman. "Then ali we got ter do is ter
get 'em outer Mexico again, that's
all." This was delightfully simple in
theory. The practice. I feared, would
be somewhat difficult. It was obviously
impossible for us to move, as we were
then situated. Until cur re-enforcement
should come we could do nothing but
wait.
Much sooner than was expected, how?
ever, these re-enfercements came. The
men were just finishing their supper. In
order to guard against a possible though
unlikely attempt at surprise, one of
their number, posted in a position from
which he could watch both the mesa
and the river flat, was acting as senti?
nel. Suddenly he hailed the camp.
"Ther's a gang er men an horses coin
in up the river, " he cried. In an in?
stant every man was on his feet, had
caught up his rifle and was running to
the edge of the cliff, sheltering himself
behind the rocks that fringed it. Some
of the men were ordered to fall back in
order to guard us against surprise from
the rear. They went, and then for a mo?
ment there was silence cn the top of the
cliff. A buzz of conversation from the
men below could be plainly heard.
"Them fellers ain't greasers, any?
how." whispered the foreman.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"Why, greasers talks high up in their
heads, like women, er kids. These men
talks low in ther chests, like us. Lis?
ten. "
"Hello the camp.'" hailed someone
from brow.
"Hello below. Who are you V" roared
the foreman in return.
"From the X bar X ranch. Ther's
more of us comin. How d'yer get up
that, anyhow V"
"Waiter minute," called the fore?
man. While the conversation was go?
ing on Lee had laid down his rifle and
had been hurriedly gathering the resin?
ous branches cf the greasewood shrub
that grew about us thickly, and bind?
ing them together with a rawhide
thong. Lighting the bundle at the fire,
he ran back and threw it over the edge
of the cliff. Fanned by the draft made
by its fall, the resinous wood blazed
like a firework of some kind. The horses
of the party below shied and capered as
the glare struck their eyes, and there
was some swearing among their riders.
The iight showed half a score of lean,
sunburned men. heavily armed and well
mounted. Their leader, an elderly man
on a silver trimmed saddle, was at once !
recognized as an old acquaintance by j
the foreman. j
"Glad t' see yer. Hayward. " called j
he. "Turn f yer left, thar, an you'll i
find a trail what'll bring yer safe up. |
Sorry ter sen that flare down, but we
had ter be sure you was friends. Come j
up." Filing over the rough path that j
z*Z7f'rr*\ nu the cliff, the ranchers 1
reached the tableland.
"Mighty glad you all's come-didn'
expec' yon so roon," said the foreman,
shaking hands with Hayward. "How'd
yer leave the cattle down your way?"
"There aren't any cattle down our
way-not so much as a calf left," was
the response. "This raid is the biggest
thing I ever knew. It has wiped out
every brand on the river anywhere
along here. The boys are all up. We're
the first, but the rest are coming, all
that can. Seven cf our men will never
stir again. "
"Gone cut?" asked the foreman.
"Yes : shot by the thieves. I met that
boy you sent after us about half an
hour ago. He didn't know what to
make of us ?aay more than you did, and
one of the boys who rode out to see who
he was nearly got shot for his pains.
We made him understand after awhile
that we weren't rustlers, and then he
gave us your message. "
"Why didn't he come back with
you?" I asked.
"Don't know. 1 told him he might
as well, for we were all up and coming,
but he a^ed us to tell you that he'd
return , and then he struck over
the de? i.. geing south. I don't know
where *,e was bound for. "
Spider's absence troubled me a good
deal, but the foreman and th? ballet
Girl took it very calmly ii.?n<*, There
wasn't any one who -on-.i nurt him.
said they, except pos.' blythe three men
th'tc we had seen that morning, and it
was not at all likely that he would
meet them.
The strangers unsaddled their horses
and picketed them, then rolled them
"Thcrc!" he exclaimed, "i thought i
wasn't never gontcr get back."
selves in their blankets and went to
sleep. Most of our men followed their
example. Assisted by Lee and the fore?
man the Ballet Girl was breaking pro?
visions and utensils out of the cook
wagon and arranging them in packs
ready to place on the horses. The wagon
was to be left where it was for the time.
We could not take it with us. It would
never have been able to keep up.
From time to time men came strag?
gling in in knots of four or five or
sometimes more. None of them had
seen Spider. I asked them all.
The night was wearing on. The moon
rose, showing the forms of the sleeping
men and making the glow cf our dying
fire seem redder than ever in contrast ?
to the silver light. The Ballet Giri bad
nearly finished his preparations, and
the camp became more and moro silent.
One after another our scouts re?
turned, each cue reporting that he had
seen the trails of not ono. but several
herds of cattle, all of them heading in
ene direction with the evident purpose
of mpeting at some point farther on.
They were bound eastward, too. and
not toward tho south, where lay the
Mexican line, as we expected they
would. I feared that this chaDge of di?
rection might have some dangerous sig?
nificance, and, as usual, asked the fore?
man about it.
"So fur as sellin the cattle goes, ther
wasn't no use in cuttin across the lin6
right here," said he "They'd 'a' had
ter pull down ter Palomas anyhow -
Palomas is the neares' town in ol' Mex?
ico-an the way they're goin is the
shortes' way. It means they think
they're strong enough to hoi* us back if
we meet up with 'em: that's all. But I
don't reckon they think we'll meet up
with 'em. I'm a-gonter turn in. Won?
der where that kid has got ter?"
"There he comes now. " replied the
cook. "Where on top er the wciT do
you reckon he got them horses? An
an, say, what in blazes is that thing
what he's got cn his saddle in front of
him? I been a lookin at him fer five
minutes, but I can't make it out. "
"Looks like he'd cut a man in two
an was bringin half of him home," ob?
served Lee. It did look .something like
that. Spider was cantering toward us.
leading three horses by their neck ropes
Astride of his saddle there hung an ob?
ject that seemed to be a pair of short,
knobby legs, terminating in a pair of
large boots that banged the horse's
withers at every step. From the tops of
the legs something was sticking out.
"Them's his chaps-the kid's chaps. '
said Lee. "He's stopped up the^bottoms
er the legs with them boots, held in by
the foot straps, an he's got 'em stuffed
full er sunthin. Them things what's
stickin out are rifles. "
As he caught sight of us Spider
waved his hand and forced his horse to
a faster gait, which made the legs kick
wildly
"There 1" he exclaimed as he rode up
to the cook wagon. "1 thought I wasn't
never gonter get back. Them horses,
they held back all the way. Couldn't
tie 'em to the horn 'cause the line
pinched my leg. so I had ter lead 'em.
They most pulled my arms out by the
roots. " He dismounted while speaking
and with great deliberation proceeded
to tie the horses to a wheel of the cook
wagon Then I saw that, besides the
boots which decorated the bottoms of
his chaps. Spider had tied three other
pairs to the back of his saddle.
SOUK; of the men who had not been
asleep or who were waked by the stir
left their blankets and gathered about
us.
"What's that you got in yonr chaps
there, kid, an where'd you get them
boots?" inquired Lee. pider answered
never a word. Going to his horse, he
unslung with some difficulty the chaps
that hung over the saddle. First he
pulled forth four rifles that stuck out
and laid them carefully on the ground.
Then, taking the boots in his hands, he
turned the chaps upside down. Four
pistols tumbled ont cf the ene leg.
From the ether there came three pistols
and a knife
"Say. where'd you get them guns'an
boots an tilings?" queried the Ballet
Girl impatiently "Answer when your
spoke to. can't yon? Quick, now, else
ther'll be a kid somew"ers roun here
what gets a' lickin What you been
a-doin, eh?"
Spider arranged the pistols and knife
in an orderly row beside the rifles, then
got the boots and added them to the
collection.
"Them things," he said, looking
around at his auditors with a trium?
phant grin-"them things belongs
that is. they did belong-to Hollis an
that greaser what was cavortin roun
here yestiddy an to two other men what
I don' know. They're my prisoners, all
of 'em. an they're back here a ways on
the desert now waitin for some one ter
come fer 'em. "
HE CONTINUED.]
Garland and the Virginian.
Cleveland's first attorney general.
Garland-a specimen of what Lincoln
called the plain people-was born in
Arkansas and "raised" In blue jeans.
One day. at the department of justice,
he received a visit from a Virginia gen?
tleman of aristocratic manner, who
bored him horribly with talk about
'.first families."
"It seems to me. sun." said the visit?
or at last, "that there are Gyarlands in
No'th Ca'lina. I once met a gentle?
man named Henry Gyarlaud, from
that state. May I ask, sub, if he was
2. relative of yours?"
"First cousin." replied Mr. Garland
shortly. "He was hanged for horse
stealing."
A look of ill conceived horror and dis?
gust came ove:* the visitor's counte?
nance. Then, drawing on his gloves, he
rose to his feet, took up his hat. and.
waving a hand toward the walls of the
room, said: "A fine collection of por?
traits you have here. Mr. Gyarlaud.
Your predecessors in office. I pre?
sume?"
"Yes," grunted Mr. Garland. The
Virginian stalked out, evidently glad
to make his escape, and the attorney
general, turning to his chief clerk,
grinned and remarked:
"He'll never bother me any more."
Pittsburg Dispatch..
A Good Excuse.
"You wish to be relieved from jury
duty, but you haven't given a good rea?
son," said the judge.
"It's public spirit," said the unwill?
ing juryman, "on the score of economy.
I have dyspepsia, your honor, and 1
never agree with anybody. If I go on
this jury, there'll be a disagreement,
and the court will have to go to the ex?
pense of a new trial."
"Excused." said the judge.-Tit-SUa.
Re Know? Uer.
She was a Washington woman well
acquainted in diplomatic circles. Talk?
ing about Washington people one day.
some one asked lier:
"Do you know Senator Blank?"
"Do I know Senator Blank?" she re?
peated. "Yes. I do know him. and he
knows me. He will uever forget me.
I've trumped his ace when we were
partners at whist."-New York Ti oms. j
I" Hi oient Cavalrymen.
"Speaking of cavalry," said a veteran
officer, "probably tbe hardiest and
most effective cavalry forces the world
ever saw were some of the Confederate
squadrons in the civil war. Why, For?
rest's troops harassing Sherman to the
sea used up horses at the rate of ll
per man in a twelvemonth."-Indian?
apolis News.
Where the Paint Went.
"I thought you were working od Jay
Krank's new house." said the house
painter's friend.
"1 was going to." replied the house
painter, "but I had a quarrel with him,
and he said he'd put the paint on him?
self."
"And did he do it?"
"Yes. that is where he put most of
it."- Philadelphia Press.
fooled Them.
Mrs. Walldoff-Which of these an
cestors are yours and which are your j
husband's?
Mrs. Justinn-Oli. it's a funny thing
about them ancestors! The decorators
got 'em mixed while fixing the gallen',
and we couldn't tell t'other from which,
so we bunched the whole lot and called
'em our ancestors.-Judge.
Legend of the Violin.
An ancient legend tells us that one
day as Orpheus, son of Apollo and the
muse Calliope, Avas walking by the sea,
trilling in soft cadence a song taught
him by the celebrated teacher Linos,
he was attracted by the sound of sweet
music, which seemed but the echo of
his own glorious voice. He walked
along, singing, and the sound ap?
proached, as if to meet him, till Anally
it sang at his very feet.
Glancing down, he saw the shell of a
turtle, which had been cast high and
dry upon the beach and left there by
the receding waves. The little thing
had died and dried up so that only the
sinews, shriveled tc? strings, and the
shell remained. The dried up sinews
were tightly stretched across the hol- |
low shell, and the wind, as it listed, j
touched the strings, causing them to {
vibr?t?' over thc shell sounding beard I
and give forth ?he swed, sad tones.
Enchanted, he hore his treasure home j
and from it fa shamed thc viol shell. ?
with which he ever after accompanied |
Iiis \ and i!:- nymph Eurydice, en- j
chanted ty its : ! ?ec:: me his bride, j
Cure For Pneumonia.
Take six to ten onions, according to
size, and chop fine; put in a large spi?
der over a hot fire, theu add about the
same quantity of rye meal and vinegar
enough to make it a thick paste. In
the meanwhile stir it thoroughly, let?
ting it simmer five or ten minutes.
Then put in a cotton bag large enough
to cover the lungs and apply it to the
chest as hot as the patient can bear.
When it gets cool, apply another and
thus continue by reheating the poul?
tices. In a few hours the patient will
be out of danger.
This simple remedy has never failed
in this too often fatal malady.
Usually three or four applications
will be sufficient, but continue always
until perspiration starts freely from
the chest.
This simple remedy was formulated
many years ago by one of the best phy?
sicians New England has ever known,
who never lost a patient by this dis?
ease and won his renown by saving
persons by simple remedies after the
best medical talent had pronounced
their cases hopeless. Personally we
know of three persons who were saved
by the remedy last winter in Boston
after their physicians had given them
up to die, and if a record was made of
all similar casos during the last six
years it would lill a good sized vol?
ume.-"The World's Progress."
Books.
Books are sweet, unreproaching com?
panions to the miserable, and if they
cannot bring us to enjoy life they will
at least teach us to endure it.-"Vicar
of Wakefield."
Adam? and Sculpture.
President John Quincy Adams once
asserted that he would not give 50
cents for all the works of Phidias and
Praxiteles, adding. "I hope America
will not think of sculpture for two cen?
turies to come."
When some one quoted this to Wil?
liam Morris Hunt, he asked dryly,
"Does that sum of money really repre?
sent Mr. Adams' estimate of the sculp?
ture of those artists or the value which
he places upon 50 cents?"
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" Allendale...
" Barnwell..
** Blackville.
Ar. Batesburg.
Ar. Columbia..
Daily
12 05a
400a
415a
6 00a
Daily
1215p
402p
4l7p
Mix. I Daily
Daily lEx su
6 85a
725a
10 15a
1230p
6 COp
410p
754p
810p
935p
Mix.
Ex tfl
5 05?
615a
7 45s
1180s
Daily
Daily
Mix.
Ex sn
Mix.
Ex su
Daily
exMs
Lv. Columbia.Ill 30a 1 25a! 6 00a
Lv. Batesburg.
7 05e
215p
Ar. Blackville.... 112p
" Barnwell.... I27p
" Allendale. .
44 ?Savannah.| 3 COp!
306a11015a| 450p
3 2ca!1100a| 915p
.I lO?p' 943p
6 lea!.I
832s
8 4SS
912a
0 35a
Atlanta and Beyond.
Lv. Charleston....I 7 OJaj 520p!.
Ar. Augusta.ll 51a I0 20p.
" A "kinta.' 820p 5 00a'.
Lv. Atlanta.;il 00p| 5 3?a: 4 00?
Ar. Chattanooga.' 5 45a! 9 45a! 8 40p
Lv. Atlanta.| 5 40a| 413?
Ar. Birmingham.ll Sta,10 GC?
" Memphis-, (viaBirmingham)... S05p 7 *5a
Ar. Lexington..
" Cincinnati..
" Chicago.
500p
7 30p
715a
5 00s
I 4oS
5 30?
Ar. Louisville. 730p
" St. Louis. 7 04z
7 50a
600?
Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga). J 710p
40?
To Asheville-Cincinnati-Louisville.
NO 134 j Ko isa1
Daily Daily
EASTERN TIME.
Lv. Augusta.
" Batesburg.
Lv. Charleston.
Lv. Columbia (Union Depot;.
Ar. Spartaaburg .
V Asheville .
" Knoxville..
" Cmc?nnpatL.
*' Louisville ( via Jellico)
30Up 9 SO?
4 45p?l2 07a
7 C0a!ll"00^
ll 4?a; 7 55a
S10p!ll2i5a
7 COpi 287p
4 15*1 7 2Qp
7S0p| 7 45?
. 6501
To Washington and the ?ast?
Lv. Augusta.
" Batesburg.
" Columbia. (Union Depot).
Ar. Charlotte...
Toop
44fp
5 Sop
910p
I?Mft
^5p
12 07s
815?
940a
TSp
~*%?
ii asp
256s
618?
Ar. DftaviUe.
Ax. Richmond
Ar. Washington..
?* Baltimore Pa. R. R.
" Philadelphia. .
** New York.
600?
912ft
ll 80ft
206p
Bleeping Car Line between Charleston and
Atlanta, via Augusta, making connection* at
Atlanta for all pointe North and West.
Solid Trains between Charleston ftnd Ashe?
ville.
Connections at Columbia with through trains
for Washington and the Eaat : also for Jackson?
ville and allFlorida Points.
I HANK S. GANNON. J. M. CTJLP,
Third V P. & Gen. Mgr., Traffic Manager,
Washington. D. C. Washington,D. C.
?E?KGK P.. ALLEN,
Div. KISS. Agt..
C harleston. S. C.
W. A. TURK. S. E. HARDWICK,
Gen. Pas*. ?fft.. Asst. Gea. Pass. Agi.,
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
NO crop can
growwith=
out Potash,
Every blade of
j Grass, every grain
of Corn, all Fruits
and Vegetables
must have it. If
enough is supplied
you can count on a full crop
if too little, the growth will be
" scrubby."
Send for our books telling all about composition of
fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They co.t you
nothing.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,93 Nassau St.,NcwYodL
Atlantic Coast Line ?ailrsai
Coipany of M Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
Io effect January 14th, 1900.
SOUTH. NORTH.
No No No No
*35 f57 f56 *32
8 02 Lv Darlington Ar 8 05
8 45 Lv Elliott Ar 7 20
9 25 Ar Sumter Lv 6 40
3 46 Lv Somter Ar 6 18
4 43 Ar Creston Lv 5 27
5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 ?0
9 15 Ar Pregnalls Lv 10 00
5 10 OranpebHrg 5 02
5 48 Denmark 4 28
7 55 A UR asta 2 30
a tn am pm pm
*Daiiy. fDaily except Sunday.
Traine 32 and 35 carry through Pullman
Palace Buffet Sleeping CITS between New
York nnd Macon via Augusta.
T M EMERSON, B M EMERSON,
Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt,
J R KEN LY, Gen'l Manager.
FOR SALE.
EXTRA FINE
BARRED PLYMOUTHS
Also, Eggs for Hatching, 15 for $2 00.
Nicely Packed in New Batkett]
JOHN A. CULLOM,
Ridge Spring, S. C.
Jan 21 4m
Sontn Carolina anil Georgia Ex?
tension B. H. Cl
Schedule No. 4-Io effect 12 01 a. m., Sun
day, December 24, 1899.
Between
Camden S. C., and Blacksbnrg, S. C.
WEST. EAST.
'?ci cl 1st c! 1st cl 2d cl
?35 *33 Eastern time. *32 *34
pm pm STATIONS. pm pm
8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30
8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll C2 4 50
9 20 1 27 Westville ll 50 4 30
10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 10
11 20 2 10 Heart gorings ll 20 3 15
11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 0C
12 30 2 35 Lanc86tcr 10 55 2 35
1C0 2 ? 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40
2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20
2 ?0 3 20 Leslie 10 ?0 1100
3 10 3 40 Rock Bili 10 00 10 40
4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 00
5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30
6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 50
6 25 4 SO Hickory G rora 8 45 6 20
8 35 5 00 Smvrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 Blacksbarft 8 10 5 30
pm pm a HI am
Between
Blaoksborg. S. C., and Marion. N. C
tv fc>T. EAST.
??a ci ist cl ' let cl 2d cl
.li *33 Eastern time. *32 *12
am om STATIONS.. am pm
8 10 5 30 Blacksbnr? 7 48 6 40
8 30 5 45 Earle 7 32 6 20
8 40 5 50 Patterson Spring? 7 25 6 12*
9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 CO
l?OO 45 20 Lattiroore 6 55 4 10
.0 10 6 28 Moorcsboro 6 48 4 40
:0 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20
10 50 6 5^ Forest Cit? 6 20 3 50
1115 7 10 Rutherfordton 6 05 3 25
1-35 7 22 Millwood 5 ?5 3 05
11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 60
12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45
12 25 7 *8 Glenwood 5 17 2 20
12 t O 8 15 . Meriou 5 OD 2 00
pmpin 8 m p m
West. Gaffney Division. East
le: Claes i EASTERN TIME, i 1st CIsss
ls j ?3 j STATIONS. } 14 | 16
pm am am pm
1 00 6 00 ! Blacksbnrg 7 50 3 06
1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40
1 40 6 40 [Gaffney 7 10 2 20
praam am pm
.Dnily except Sunday
Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., ai 5
a ui, making close connection at Blacksburg, S
<\ with the Southern'* train No 36 for Char?
lotte, X C. and all point? East and connecting
with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta,
Ga, nnd all points West, and will receive pas
sergers going East from train No 10, on the C k
N W R R, at Yorkville, SC, at 8 45 a m. and
connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern's
train No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 pm,
T. ,n No 34 with passenger coach attached
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m. and connecting
Af Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida train
for all pointe South,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12 50
p m, after tbe arrival of the Sou'bern's Char?
leston tram connects at Lancaster, S C, with
the LA C KR, at Catawba Junction with
the S A L. going East, at Rock Hill, S C, with
the Southern's trai?. No 34. for Charlotte, N
(\ and all points East. Ccnnects at York?
ville. S C, with train No 9 on the C ? N W R
R. for Cheste-, S C. At Blacksburg with ?he
Southern'? vestibule going East, and tbe South?
ern'.?? train No 35 goidg West, and connecting
?it Marion N C with the Southern both Kasiji&o
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TKIPP, Superintendent.
S.B. LUMPKIN, Gen'' Passen^ r Ag*nt.