The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 16, 1900, Image 8
By WOLOOTT LB OLEAB BEARD.
ICopyrlght, UM, by American Press Asso?
ciation] .
CHAPTER V.
m WEKfl SPIDEK 1UCTVUNS IN TRIUMPH.
I had never seen rain fall aa it did
then. It eeecad to come in stream* It
asjtt through tho heavy canvas of my
tea;, forming a mist on the inside. Tha
?oatinoons crash of the falling water
won Id have drowned the report of a
ar.
It rained and rained and kept on rain
g. Little brooks formed ou the plain,
came together and made larger
that finally tumbled over the edge
of tie cliff in a series of cascades.
Whan an hour later the foreman and
Spider returned to the camp, there
no signs of a let up. One by one
disheartened cowboys straggled in
repaired to mj tent, where the
approach to sheltor was to be
None of them seemed particular?
ly surprised when told of tbe disappear
autos of onr cattle. They had expected
H all along, they said.
?*I don't never remember seeln rain
las'so long an this aronn here," said
Leo as ha tried vainly to light a damp
aaatcb on tha sola of his soaked boot in
aider to ignite tbe wet tobacco with
which ha had filled hia pipe. "Turn
fallen most 'a' seen the storm comiu op
aa than coma over a purpose ter stum
MOO tbe herd. Course we can't do noth
aa till it lets up. an then we'll have ter
?aaoaoa hontin. I reckon. This ruinll
have washed out all the tracks."
"We'll fin' the tracks again without
mach trouble.' replied tbe foreman.
??Thar ain't no dcubt but what we got
tar do snnthin. though Question is.
What?"
"Lanka to mo as though we were in
aaaaethbag of a scrape, ' I observed, try
hag hard not to speak despondently.
. "Nona so bad as what it might be.'
tha foreman philosophically
a got tar make a plan, that's all."
We leid a disconsolate council with
tjfce water drumming over ns on the
sjsrainetl canvas so that we bad to raise
dar voicee in order to make them heard.
Ihn plau, when finally decided upon.
mm a v-^ry eimple one. That the thieves
had male a clean sweep was evident.
Ihr 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 bad a force much larger
than ours?00? *bat wa could hardly
hope, maided, to defeat
Therefore it was <? cided that us soon
aa it stopped raining some of tbe men
weald scatter over the deeert to find, if
has, some trace of the missing cat
while we would send u messenger
to some ranches thot lay on tbe other
side of tbe river some 80 miles below
at, with Instructions to bring back all
tha men that could be mustered. Cat
tlemon are usually ready to help each
other in cases of this kind, for 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 All cf them probably had
?offered from this or another raid.
The rain ceased as suddenly as it be
Cn The clouds parted and were blown
dark shreds across tbe sky. Tbe pools
hat lay in shallow depressions of tbe
plain were like beds of coals as the level
fays of the setting sun reddened them.
Aa we bad planned, tbe foreman sent
a men in different directions with
to search for traces of the miss
herd, to let ns know at once if any
a found, and to report by midnight
fta aay case Delighted at the prospect
of action, tho men trooped out of my
?ant Some of tbem spread their blan?
kets cut to dry. Others offered needless
?alp to tho man who were preparing to
aat out Tho rest. Spider among them,
lounged about tbe cook wagon and
tha Ballet Qirl. to nsa their
phrase, because ha could not start
hie fire. For some minutes the foreman
stood In the door of my tent rubbing
hia chiu thoughtfully Then he called
to Spider
"Look- here, you kid.' said he
??You beard what vse said 'bout sendin
4own the river ter get more men. Well.
I want yoo ter saddle np a fresh pony an
ha ready ter start in five minutes. Heart
buss. here, he'll write a note fer
ter take Get a wiggle on. now.'
The laogb that Hpider brought with
him faded from his face. This wss
ha nin ass. aod wit bent a word he nodded
and strode away.
**I reckon he's about the besame ter
son', continued the foreman, turning
to me "He'll do what be sets out ter
do every time Then it ain't likely
there any danger down that way, an
yoo can't tell whst'U turn np here. It'll
keep the kid outer mischief fer awhile.'
While tbe foreman was speaking 1
torn a leaf oot of sn account book
had written tbe note. Suddenly 1
became aware that tbe laughter and
balk of tbe men bad bushed. A second
later Spider, his face working with
rage* dashed into the tent, caught up a
rifle and vaaished.
??Stopl" roared the foreman, lifting
tho flap that closed the tent door.
Through the opening 1 could see that
Spider had dropped on one knee and
was taking carefol aim at something
that was out of my view
"What yon doint Come betel" com
?sanded tho foreman sternly Lowering
tha rifle. Spider rose slowly to bis feet,
keeping hia eyee fixed on tbe point to?
ward which he had been aiming. Run
?Jag to the door. 1 followed bis gase
w??b my eyee.
Co a ridge of sand, half a mile a war
tare* men were galloping up and down
waving th dr hsts and firing pistols
They wer? * hooting, too. for tbe faint
echoes of their shoots reached ua
"Look there I" cried Spider "See
them t Hollis Is cue of em, an
that rraaser arhiil ' ? ?* 'it hi* *ti'c!~M
They're i vi Ii us the laugh, that's what
they're cioin. cause wo los' our cattle
an they got 'em. Are you fellers'*?
"Coine here! Hear nie?" commanded
tbe foreman again. "Look here, young
man." lit continued as Spider came re?
luctantly forward. "It ain't good busi?
ness lettin your mad get tip so bad you
lose yer head, net for no one what
works rotin hbrses an cattle. You had
orders too. Nobody what won't obey
orders works in my gang. Ther wasn't
no shootiri called for. Besides," he add?
ed as an afterthought, "you'd a-knowed
if you'd had any sen go that yon could
not hit nothin at that range." Spider
glanced a! the foreman, and his face
ML
"That's right. I los' my head clean.
I know I did. I won't do it again an.
say, I'm nwfnl sorry." he said penitent?
ly. Carefully lowering the hammer, he
placed the rifle, apparently as a sort of
token of surrender, in the foreman's
hands. Then, without another look at
the men w.io were still capering about
on the ridge, he went away to saddle a
horse.
"The boy's got the lies' eyes of any?
body in tbe outfit, all right enough,"
said the foreman.' setting down the
rifle. "I alwus knowed that, but yet I
don't believe he c'n tell who those men
are, not so far away as that."
It certainly seemed impossible that
Spider could distinguish any one at so
great a distance. I ran into th-? tent tc
get a pair of fieldglasses, but when I
returned the men had disappeared.
"Jus' give one yell an then walloped
off behin' the ridge thar as yon went
in." said the foreman. "They was lef
behin' by the res' er ther gang so's ter
watch us, I reckon, an see what \/e*re
a-gonter do."
"Well, they won't watch nothin,"
commented Lee. who had strolled up to
us. "They're drunk an they'll get
drunker, 'specially if Hollis is there.
He's ben sober so long now that he
won't stop soon once be gets started."
"Meekness an sobriety an the rest of
it ain't his style enough ter hurt,"
agreed the foreman. "But maybe Hol?
lis wasn't there. Look a here, yon kid/
he called as Spider rode up on the big?
gest and, next to his own, the ugliest
horse I had brought from the ranch. I
forgot ter tell yen before that you're
likely ter steer up agains' a heap er
trouble one er these times if you go
shootin at men what you don't know,
'specially when they're so fnr off yon
can't Lit 'em. It ain't perlite."
So earnest was Spider that he failed'
for the moment to see that the foreman
was joking.
"I did know 'em?two of 'em?Hol?
lis an that there greaser." he cried.
"I saw 'em. 'Deed I did. Honest."
"So?" replied tbe foreman, with as?
sumed gravity. "Well, if that's the
case, jus' yon climb down, offen that
ther horse an go an get yer supper 'fore
yon start"
"Don't need ter. Got some grub here
in my cerones (saddlebags). The Bally
Girl.give it to me jus' now. Mayn't 1
go?" The foreman waved his band and
smiled. With an answering grin Spider
galloped away.
In view of the distance that roust be
traveled we hardly expected to see
Spider again befoio daylight. Making
allowance for delays, we heped to get
away on tbe following evening To me
the wait of 24 hoars 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 all 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 our ro-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 be could watch both the mesa
and the river flat, was acting as senti?
nel Suddenly be 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 tbe 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 on 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 yon know?" I asked.
"Why. greasers talks high up in their
heads, like women, er kids. These men
talks low in ther chests, like ns. Lis?
ten. "
"Hello the camp!" hailed someone
from below.
"Hellobelow Who are you?" roared
the foreman in return.
"From the X bar X ranch. Ther's
more of us coxuin How d'yer get up
that, anyhow?"
"Wait er minute." called the fore?
man. While the conversation was go?
ing on Lee bad laid down his rifle and
had been hurriedly gathering the resin?
ous branches cf tbe 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 tbe edge
of the cliff. Fanned by the draft made
by its fall, the resinous wood biased
like a firework of some kind. The horses
of the party below shied and capered as
tbe glare struck their eyes, and there
was some swearing among their riders
The light 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
recognised as an old acquaintance by
the foreman
"Glad f see yer. Hayward." catled
be. "Turn f yer left, thar. an you'll
find a trail what'U bring yer safe up
Sorry ter ten that flare down, but we
had ter be snro you was friends. Come
up." Filing over the rough puth that
l(W1^ nt> the cliff the ranchers
readied tbe tableland.
?'Mighty glad yon all's come?didn't
expec' yon so soon," said the foreman,
shaking hands with Hay ward. "How'd
yer leave the cattle down yonr way?"
??There aren't any cattle down onr
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 np. We're
the first, but the rest are coming, all
that can. Seven of our men will never
stir again.1'
'?Gone out?" asked the foreman.
?*Yee: shot by the thieves. I met that
boy you sent after ns about half an
hour ago. Ho didn't know wiiat to
make of us ifiy more than yon did. aud
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 ns your message."
??Why didn't he come back with
your' I asked.
"Dou't know. 1 told him he might
as well, for we were all up and coming,
but he asked us to tell you that he'd
return shortly, and then he struck over
the desert, going south. I don't know
where he was bound for."
Spider's absence troubled me a good
deal, but the foreman and tb? Pallet
Girl took it very calmly ;r.d"'v i'here
wasn't any one wht on..; uurt him,
said they, except possibly the three men
th'iv. 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 gonter get back."
selves in their blankets and went to
deep. Most of our men followed tbeir
example. Assisted by Lee and the fore?
man the Ballet Girl was breaking pro?
visions and utensils out of tbe 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 bad
scon Spider. I asked them all.
The night was wearing on. The moon
rose, showing the forms of tbe sleeping
men and making the glow of our dying
fire seem redder than ever in contrast
to the silver light. The Ballet Girl had
nearly finished his preparations, and
the camp became more awl more silent.
One after another onr scouts re?
turned, each one reporting that he had
seen the trails of not one, but several
herds of cattle, all of them heading in
one 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 change of di?
rection might have some dangerous sig?
nificance, and, as usual, asked tbe fore?
man about it.
??So fur as sellin tbe cattle goes, tber
wasn't no use in cuttin across tbe lin6
right here," said he. "They'd 'a' bad
ter pull down ter Palomas anyhow ?
Palomas is the neures' town in ol' Mex?
ico?an the way they're goin is the
shortea' way. It means they think
they're strong enough to hoi' us back if
we .ueet 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 tho worl' do
you reckon he got them horses? An?
an. say. what in blazes is that thing
what he's got on his saddle in front of
him? I been a lookin at him fer five
minute*, but 1 can't make it out. "
"Looks like he'd cut n man in two
an was briugin 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
largo boots that banged the horse's
withers ut every step. From the tops of
tho legs something was sticking out
"Them's his chaps?the kid's chaps,'
said Lee. "He's stopped up thejbottows
er the legs with them boots, held in by
the foot straps, an he's got 'em stuffed
full er snnthin. 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 I" he exclaimed as he rode up
to the cook wagon. "I thought I wasn't
never gonter get back. Them horses,
they held back all the way Conldn't
tie 'em to tbe horn 'cause the line
pinched my leg, so I had ter lead 'em.
They most pulled ray 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.
Some 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 your 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 tbo chaps upside down. Four
pistols tumbled out of the one leg.
From the ether there came three pistols
and a knife
"Say. where'd yon get them guns an
boots an tilings?'" queried the Ballet
Girl impatiently "Answer when yonr
spoke to. can't you? 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 tbe 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 hiin horribly with talk about
"first families."
"It seems to me, suh," said the visit?
or at last, "that there are Gyarlands In
No'th Ca'llna. I once met a gentle?
man named Henry Gyarlaud, from
that state. May 1 ask, suh, if he was
e 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 over 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. Gyarland.
Your predecessors In office. I pre?
sume?"
"Yes." grunted Mr. Garland. The
Virginian stalked out, evidently glad
-.o make his escape, and the attorney
general, turning to his chief clerk,
grinned and remarked:
"He'll never bother me any more."?
Pltisburg Dispatch,
-*
A Good Ezroie.
"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 on Will?
l?g juryman, "on the score of economy.
I have dyspepsia, your honor, and J
never agree with anybody. If 1 go on
this jury, there'll be a disagreement,
and the court will have to go to the ex?
pense of a new trial."
I "Excused." said the judge? Tit-Sits.
lie Known Her.
She was a Washington woman well
acquainted In diplomatic circles. Talk?
ing about Washington people one day.
EC me one asked her:
"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 TlflsCa
? Efficient Cavalrymen.
?'Speaking of cavalry," said a veteran
officer, "probably toe 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 Shermau to the
sea used up horses at the rate of 11
per man In a twelvemonth."?Indian?
apolis News.
Where the Paint Went.
"I thought you were working oa Jay
Krank's new house," said the house
painter's friend.
"I 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 It7"
"Yes. that is where he put most of
It."? Philadelphia Press.
Pooled Them.
Mrs. Walldoff? Which of these an?
cestors are yours and which are your
husband's?
Mrs. Justlnn?Ob, It's a funny thing
about them ancestors! The decorators
got 'cm mixed while fixing the gallery,
and we couldn't toll t'other from which.
bo 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, was 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 glor'His voice. Ho walked
along, singing, and the sound ap?
proached, as If to meet him. till finally
It sang at his very feet.
Glancing down, he saw the shell of a
turtle, which had boon 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 to strings, and the
shell remained. The dried up sinews
were tightly stretched across the hol?
low shell, and the wind, as it listed,
touched the strings, causing them to
vibrate over the shell sounding board
and give forth the sweet, sad tones.
Knchantcd. he bore his treasure home
and from it fashioned the viol shell,
with which In- ever after accompanied
his voice, und the nymph Kttrydice, en?
chanted I'.. Its magic, became hit bride.
National Ma im?
Cire For Pnenmontt,
Take six to ten onions, according to
size, and chop tine; put in a large spi?
der over a hot fire, then add about the
same quantity of rye meal and vinegar
enough to make it a thick paste. In
the menmvh le stir it thoroughly, let?
ting it simrier 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 r.atient 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 perspiratiou starts freely from
the chest.
This simple remedy was formulated
many years ago by one of the beet 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 cases during the last six
years it would fill 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 Wakefiold."
AdaniH 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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100pU248p| 832p
12 50p i 8 40p
6 40a 8 60pi 3 10p
6 50a 400p| 3 23p
9Q0a| f lOpl 880|
Daily jDaily r^oiy Ex SB Ex ss
Lv. Savannah...
" Allendale....
? Barnwell
** Blackville.
Ar. Batesburg.
Ar. Columbia..
Lv. Columbia.
Lv. Bates?urg.
12 06a
4 aba
416a
0 00a
Daily
1216p
402p
4l7p
600p
Daily
6 88a
726a
10 16a
12 30p
Mix
Ex tu
4 10p
7 64?
810P1
9 35p
11 30a
126s
600a
Ar. Blackville..
" Barnwell ..
Allendale...
44 bavaunah...
112p
I27p
3C0p
Mix
Exsu
215p
605s
615s
7 46s
1180s
Daily
exMa
706s
3 06a 1016a| 4 50p| 8 32*
3 2u!1100a| 915p 8 48s
. lOOp! 943p 912a
lllal.I.I10 35S
Atlanta and Beyond.
Lv. Charleston.i 7 OUa
Ar. Augusta.;11 61a
M Atlanta. saop
Lv. Atltmta.1100p
Ar. Chattanooga.I 5 45a
5 20pl
10 2Up'
5 0?al
6 90a!
9 45a!
400p
8 40fl
Lv. Atlanta.
Ar. Birmingham.
" Memphis, (via Birmingham).
Ar. I^exinpton..
Cincinnati.
" Chicago.
Ar. Louisville.
M 8t. Louis .
5 40a| 4 15p
11 BSellOOOp
805p 7 15?
600p
7BOp
7 15a
7 30p
7 04a
Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga) I 7 10p
500a
7 4fia
5 30p
f fOs
600p
7 40a
To Ashevillo-Cincinnati-LonisTilla.
soiST
Daily
Voep
4 45p
7_(Oa
1140a
810p
7 UOp
4 15a
7S0p
wol&l
DaU|
Ts5p
12 07s
535
T?6s
11 25s
287p
7 30?
746s
i 660s
BASTtKN TIME.
Lv. Augusta..
" Batesburg.
LvT Charleston....
Ly. Columbia (Union Depot;.
Ar. Spartauburg .
M Asheville .
" KnoxviUe..
" Cinoinnnatl.
*? Louisville (via Jellieo).
To Washington and the East.
6 Up
910p
1751a
TOe
It 07a
816a
040a
Lv. Augusta.
Batesburg.
m Columbia vUnion Depot).
Ar. Charlotte.
IT.
DaavlUe.
Richmond
ton.
Pa
Philadelphia.
NowYork
R. R.
"Ttta
9 12a
1?
U2tf
256a
6 las
Bleeplag Oar Line between Charleston
Atlanta, via Auguata. making connections at
Atlanta for all point* North and Waat.
Solid Trains between Charleston and A she
Villa
Connections at Olumbla with through trains
for Washington and the Rast; also for Jackson?
ville and allFloridA Points.
I HANK 8. GANNON. J. M. CTJLP,
Third V P. & Uen. Mgr., Traffic Manager,
Washington. D. C. Washtngtou.D. 0?
GEORGE H ALLEN,
Div Pass. Agt.,
rhiM-leston, F. O.
A. TURK. 8. H. HA1DWICK,
Oen. Pas*. Agt, Asst. (tcu. Pass Agt,
Washington, D. C Atlanta. Qa,
i
NO crop can
grow with?
out Potash.
Every blade of
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 cost you
nothing.
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New Yo*.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company of Sontb Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
Io effect January 14th, 1900.
SOUTH. NORTH.
No No No No
f57 t66
8 02 Lv Darlington Ar 8 05
8 45 Lt Elliott Ar 7 20
9 25 Ar Sumter Lv 6 40
Lv Sumter Ar
Ar Of st on Lt
5 45 Lt Oreston Ar 3 CO
9 15 Ar Pregnells Lt 10 00
Orangeburg 5 01
Denmark 4 28
August- 2 30
am p m p m
?35
3 46
4 43
5 10
5 48
7 55
a m
?32
6 18
5 27
?Daily, t7 except hu*day.
Train* 32 aod 35 carry through Pullman
Palace Buffet Sleeping Care be tweet) New
York and Mecon Tia Augusta
T M EMERSON, H M EMERSON,
Traffic Manager. Geo'l Pass. Agt.
J R KENLY, Gen'I Manager.
FOR SALE.
EXTRA FINE
BARRED PLYM0UTHS
Also, Eggs for Hitching, 15 for $2 00
Nicely Packed in New Baike(tt
JOHN A. CULLOM,
Ridge Spring, S. C.
Jan 21 4m
South Carolina and Georoja Si?
tu B. B. Conpy.
Schedule No 4?In effect 12 01 a. m., Sun?
day, December 24, 1899.
Between
Csmdeo S. 0 , sod Blsckeburg, 8. C.
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl h>t cl
?35 ?33
Eastern time.
let cl 2d cl
?32 ?34
p m p ? STATIONS. p m p m
8 20
8 60
9 20
10 50
11 20
11 II
12 30
1 CO
20
30
E0
10
10
45
30
6 00
6 25
6 35
7 00
p m
12 50
1 15
1 27
1 40
2 10
2 15
2 35
2 (0
3 00
3 10
3 2f
3 40
3 55
5
P
02
2o
35
50
00
20
no
ram dm 12 25 5 30
Dekalb 11 C2 4 50
WeetTille 11 50 4 30
Kersbaw n 35 4 10
Bfatb ?Dringe 11 20 3 15
Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00
Lancaster 10 55 2 35
RiTerside 10 40 1 CO
Springdell 10 30 12 40
Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20
Leslie 10 10 11 00
Rock Hill 10 00 10 40
New Port 9 35 8 20
Tirsah 9 30 8 00
Yorkeills 9 15 7 30
Sharon 9 00 6 60
Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20
Smyrna 8 35 8 00
Blackeborg 8 15 6 30
am am
Between
Blaokeborg. 8. C , at d Msrioo. N. C
EAST.
2u ci
?11
lei cl
?33
Eastern time.
let cl
?32
2dci
?12
am d m STATIONS. am p m
8 10 6 30 Blacksburg 7 48 6 40
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20
8 40 5 50 Patterson Spring? 7 25 f IX
9 20 6 CO Shelby 7 15 6 CO
iUOO *' 20 Lattirnore 6 55 4 (0
10 10 6 28 Moorr6boro 6 <8 4 40
.0 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38
10 50 6 ?*? Forest City 6 20
11 IT. 7 10 Rutberfordtoo 6 05
11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 15
11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 6 40
12 06 7 40 Thermal City 5 37
12 2b 7 f>8 Glenwood 6 17
12 tO 8 15 Marioti 5 09
pmptn ampm
20
60
25
05
60
46
20
00
West Gaffoey Division. East
la; Class i EASTERN TIME. , let Clsee
IS j '3 i STATIONS. } 14 | 16
p rn n tn
1 00 6 00
1 20 6 20
1 40 6 40
pro am
* Blacksburg
Cherokee Falls
(Gaffoey
am p no
7 60 3 06
7 30 2 40
7 10 2 20
am p dd
? Daily except Sunday
Train No 32 leaTing Marion, N. C, at 5
a ui, making close connection at Blacksbnrg, ?
f, with the Southern'a train No 36 for Char
lotto, N C, and all point* East and connecting
with the Southern'* veatibule going to Atlanta,
Ga, and all points West, and wiM receive pas
?engen going Ka*t from train No 10, on the C A
N W R K, at YorkTille, SC. at 8 46 a m. and
connect* at Canaden, S O, with the Southern's
train. No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 p no.
Train No 34 with parsenger eoaeh attached
leaving Black*h?rg at 5 SO a m, and connecting
at Rook Hill with the Southern's Florida train
for all points South,
Train No 33 leaTing Canaden. S C, at 12 50
p m, after tbe arrival of tbe Southern's Char?
leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with
the LA C K R, at Catawha Junction with
the SAL. going Ka*t, at Rock Hill, S C, with
the Southern's train, No 34. for Charlotte, N
<\ and all point* Kan. Crnnect* at York
rillt, S C, with train No 9 on the C ? N W R
R. tor Chester, S 0. At Rlack*burg with the
Southrrn'tf vertibule go;ng East, and the South
te.n'f train No 35 go?'?g vF**l| and connecting
at Marion N 0 v?itli the Southern both K?*lkaid
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TKIP1, Superintendent.
S.B. LI Vi PK IN. Gen'' PsSSSStf r Ag-nt.