The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 13, 1900, Image 8
The Ring: of
the Matterhorn
By John J. a'Becket
It la need leas to remark that tba de?
arest of tbe redoubtable Matterborn
waa made ai eafely aa tbe climb op bad
Wen No prouder American girl lived
than Florence Rodney when she reached
the Hotel Mont Cervin.
The young fellow had been very
charming Coming down the Matter
born ia not aa united to conversational
advances aa a 5 o'clock tea. but it pnta
a man and a woman on infinitely more
intimate and appreciative terms. A
more tired mortal than Florence Rod
wry when she got back did oot. to ber
mind, exist on.the earth Having done
a detd wbicb so few of her sex ? mild
emulate, she felt that sha bad earned
the right to he very good to herself
Tbia tired, healthy girl <vus an heiress
presumptive to $10.000 a year. Why
shouldn't she be good to herself?
She took to her bed as soon ns possi?
ble aod fell into slumber as quickly as
if she bad dropped into it down a preci?
pice of the Matterhorn.
Without exaggeration she slept for
86 hours. She would wake on) ? j turn
over on the delicious rest of hei pillow
aad tbe balmy delight of a cornhnsk
mattress and return to sleep wit i grat?
itude for being able to again experience
so delightful a sensation.
But at last sis felt rested 1 She got
Op snd took a cold sponge bath, aa In?
vigorating aa potoible. and prepared her
self for breakfs.>t with a warm *ager
aoae to meet Stalley What a fresh. ]
eager, keen, healthy boy he was) She
liked a young fellow who scaled the
Matterborn in that careless, offhand
fashion. He waa a man after her heart.
Jod den tally be waa a florid, handsome
yorth. If loose cool blue eyaa were to
over quiver to love's expectancy, what
kerning beacons tbey would bet But
Mies Rodney pulled herself up sharply
all each a ridiculous thought Nice way
for a girl to feel toward a yonng man
eae aad only known for a few hours,
aad that with a rope around their
waists moat of tbe time aud clinging
breathlessly to the shaky points of the
ao ally surf see of the Matterborn. Any
Utile shopgirl conld feel that way. And
yet thai la the way Mise Rodney felt.
See waa an booest girl, snd she wasn't
going io disguise to herself bow much
eae was Interested in this charming
fellow. Ho bad been so manly and con?
siderate oo tbe way down. And he
Joined his easy, athletic ability with
each delightful grace, thai perfect sim?
plicity and self possession and thought
fem sen which mark the ideal gentle
asaa. Still Mlea Rodney checked her
?elf up when she felt that enthusiasm
woo getting the better of judgment,
flee would be nothing if not her cool,
dignified self, which did not prevent
aar arraying herself in her best gown,
aad. brushing her hair very carefully.
Mlea Rodaey had a conviction that at
least she waa tbe beet looking woman
that bad ever coquetted with tbe Mat
torborn. aod In this she wss not wrong.
She did not anything of her
comely, ingenuoua companion of tbo
mountain At last she inquired where
be waa. To her regret, and it waa real?
ty a keen disappointment tbat she felt,
?be waa to? l that Mr Stodley had left
tbe day after hia return from the Mat?
terborn He had received a telegram
tbat had soromoned him to London in
bot haste Miss Rodney then ssked for
ber mail It would have been so nat?
ural for him to leave some message for
ber. To her increased disgust there was
aothlng for her Well, she bad climbed
tbe Matterborn I Tbat waa safe Noth?
ing cook) rob her of this magnificent
vindication of ber womanly prowess
She sighed to think she wss not ths
first It would have been no harder to
have been ths pioneer than to have
stood third ou tbe list or fourth. How
over, tbe company was small enough to
make it exclusive and a brilliant dis?
tinction to belong to it
Having downed the Matterborn. Miss
Rodney felt an inclination to return
borne It was not pleasant to be trotting
around by herself It waa too bad tbat
tbe youog innn had been telegraphed
for He might at least have left a mes?
sage. Surely there was as much reason
frr bis feeling an interest in her as for
ber having snrh a warm spot for him
in her heart She. a woman, ami a girl
at tbat. hud done something that even
be. a strong, vigorous, courageous ruun.
bsd felt prond of schieving
Miao Rodney headed struight for Lon?
don She ran across the Vaasar profess?
or and her small following in Paris.
"Howdid yon find your friend?" she
a* *ed of Miss Rodney
'Oh. I waa received as well ss I
crnld bsve expected But this friend is
rather cold ami keeps very much
apart.' she answered smilingly She
certainly wss not libeling the Mutter
born
In London she went into Low's Ex?
change to see who waa registered there,
and while in that quaint trysting place
for drifting Americana met a young
anau from New York. He was an old ac
"Th'tt,' hr aas? rrr?l, v. the i:>iri ot Cor*
i i n'itt,n."
quaintnm ??. Hi lavltl rj bei t >gO to tbe
Lycniu und pfomlscd to mil f^r bet
at tbe Metfopole lb; * evealag with bia
mother and ajeb I
He did so. and Mi?s Rodney enjoyed
the evening thoroughly After the then
t? r the young fellow proposed a supper
at the Savoy ' Miss Rodney, who felt
like a laborer after a hard day's work
when she reflected on ber weary climb
np tbe Matterhorn, was bent on restful
plessnre and gladly assented.
It was a gay little supper with cham?
pagne. The American palate is nowhere
more pleasantly entertained than at a
well ordered dinner or supper.
Near them st a table eat a man with
a handsome yonng woman. Tbe girl
waa a fine type of tbe British female at
its physical best. There was a suspicion
of cosrseness about ber. though she was
a sleek, well groomed animal creature.
The man was red faced, with a blotchy
complexion, large nose and n sciaggly
mustache. His hair was thin and his
general appearance dissipated and blase.
He did not pay much attention to tbe
girl. Every now and then he felt of hi9
mustache in an absentminded way that
suggeuted the wandering mind of a
shattered good liver. He stuck his mon- I
ocle into his eye and inspected Miss i
Rodney with ncool air of appraisal that j
brought her American spirit to its legs
in a moment. She gave one contemptu?
ous glance at him. which did not have
the effect of visibly disconcerting the
man, although he transferred his atten?
tion for half a moment to tbe rest of
the party.
"Who is tbat?" she asked in a low,
indignant tone of Mr. Ramsay.
."That," he answered with a half
sneering smile, "is the Earl of Carring
ton, one of the biggest blackguards in
the United Kingdom. He bad a stroke
of something or other two weeks ago, <
and I am surprised to see him so much
on deck again. But it is hard to kill
that sort of a reptile."
"Who is the girl with him?" in?
quired Miss Rodney.
"Tbat ia a young woman from the
Qaisty named Ethel Camperdown. She
used to do a skirt dance there very bad?
ly. But she is, as yon see. a very pretty
girl. She is not doing tbe dance now."
"I sbooldn't think they wonld let j
thst sort or>people in here," said Miss
Rodney disgnstedly. I
"What! A lord and a well behoved
young woman who acts like a perfect
Jady!" retorted Ramsay. "They are
glad to have them. They add to the
general attractiveness."
Miss Rodney ccnld not refrain from
stealing another glance at the man
whom her aunt had proposed as her
husband. Her detestation of him in tbe
abstract, when she knew nothing of
him but what minor had to say, was
considerably enhanced by the spectacle
he presented. He wss evidently a little
the worse for liqnor and was drinking
champagne freely.
During tbe conrse of the conversa?
tion Mr. Ramsay spoke Miss Rodney's
name clearly enough for tbe noble lord
to bear it He braced himself up and
stared at her again with considerable
interest Miss Rodney chanced to look
hie way at tbe moment. He raised bis
champagne glass with a slightly un?
steady band, and, without withdraw?
ing bis glance, held it a moment and
then raised it to his line- He had the
air of drinking to her.
With a curl of her lip Miss Rodney
turned away her face with a fresh
movement of disgust They were
through, to her relief, aud Mrs. Ram?
say rose. As they passed the table
where tbe earl and his companion were
sitting. Miss Rodney carried herself
with a hantenr which seemed to afford
tbe noble lord not a little amusement.
With some remark to the girl, be
rose and followed them. He spoke to a
man in tbe hall, and then returned and
told his rnddy faced Gaiety girl some?
thing wbicb he and she both found
rather laughable.
Tbe man to whom be had spoken took
it on himself to open the carriage door
for Mr. Ramsay's guests, and heard,
naturally, the order he gave the driver
to go to the Metropole. j
The next morning at about 10 a serv?
ant brougnt Miss Rodney a card. She
picked it up with tbat pleasant interest
one feels in a caller when one is in a
foreign land Her cheek grew hot as
she read it. Then, acting on an im?
pulse, sbe tore the card in two and said
coolly to the servant -
"Yon can take tbe card back. That
is tbo only answer."
Abont 20 minutes later the servant
brought her a note, written on the hotel
paper. The address was in a loose,
scrawling hand. She opened it and
glanced attho name at the bottom. Her
temper was not improved by seeing
that it was ouco more tbo hated name
of Carrington. Her first movement wa9
to treat it as sho bud tho curd, but the
curiosity of a woman led her to read it
Dear Mini Rcxlru-y- l>on't ace why you are ao
dcvilUh rude to a follow. Your aunt put it la I
your way to make a tidy pot of money by marry,
ing me. If I refuse, it in to go to you. 1 wanted
to let you know that 1 don't refute. I will marry
you any time you like. You've got to make up
your mind in the next nix or seven months. If I
you refuse, I get It, *o you aee I'm only doing
th? <!>?<(nt thing in khowing my willingneaa to I
take you. Wc don't have to do any lovemaking,
you know, though I ahould he charmed to do a I
little el that too. You ought to let me know
what you waot to do. Yours, if you want me,
CAItKlNOTON.
Miss Rodney shook with passion as
she read this low, insulting note. Tbe
man evidently realized that he would
be no loser if he should be rejected. He
would inherit then. This letter was an
sttempt to force her to repulse him. It 1
was only too evident that ho preferred j
the money without herself. Tho girl
had never felt such u blinding rngo as
at this moment Shu gMBCOd around
tho roOR)bopeh-^ly. heating the ground
impatiently with bet foot. Ob? how |
Miss Rodney longed to be a man I
Her eye fell on her riding crop. For
one moment an almost Irresistible desire J
invaded her hotly beating heart to give
Iba mlaerahle cad who h >>\ with >ueli
studied Im ! nee Insulted her woman?
hood one lesson which should be a fit*
tin-.,' answ< r as wt II Hhs discarded tli"
will Idea almost i; ttuitly with a shud?
der that lie could debs a ber t>? such u
temptnti? n
She hurriedly r so nnd at once went
down stain to the waiting earl Ths
drawing room was empty, happily, save
for tho detestable Hgnre sitting with
long legs StretchedOUt and hands thrust
into Dockets With her head well in tho
With a muttered oath lie clasped his
ftmuls to Iiis head.
air and her eyes fixed stea'dily on him
Miss Rodney advanced quickly, but
with a dignity all her own.
Carrington lounged to his feet and
made a slight bow, but without remov?
ing his bands from his pockets.
"Yon are the Earl of Carrington?"
??At your service," he replied, with
a mocking inclination.
?'Then, when you have removed youi
hands from your pockets, there are a
few words which, for my own sake. I
wish to say to you."
"I am glad to see you ure so much of
a lady," he said sarcastically, slowly
removing his hands.
MI have never fully realized the in
snlting nature of my aunt's proposi?
tion, revolting enough to me even had
you been a gentleman, until I saw yon.
Wij answer the mommt 1 heard her
unseemly condition was 'No.' Even
yon mnst see that it is 'No' now more
than ever. Never presume in any way
to address me again. You are a libel on
man."
She turned, and. without waiting to
bear the words with which he resented
her cool contempt, walked steadily from
the room. As she disappeared Carring?
ton sank suddenly into a chair, and,
with a muttered oath, clasped his hand
to his head. That strange whirling sen?
sation in his brain, as if the top of his
sknll were off and his cerebrnm was
being flushed with a flux of icy liquid,
had come upon him again. He staid
there for a few moments, his teeth set
and a horrible scowl on his face.
Then, with tight clinched hands, he
rose, and, walking nnsteadily out, got
into the first hansom he saw and bade
the driver hurry to his lodgings in
Dnke street, Piccadilly.
??s? [to be continued.]
FLANNEL WAISTS.
Colors and Style? For the Nevreet
Woolen Shirt Wulst?.
French flannels now come in every va?
riety of color and shade, instead of being
confined to a few tones of red, pink and
blue, as was formerly the case. They
are greatly used for shirt waists, and this
is true for warm as well us eold weather,
Since at the seaside und mountains it is
always uecessary to be pn | .4red for
changes of temperature.
Embroidered flannels show a dot or a
fleur-de-lis in white or black on a colored
ground.
The genuine shirt waist of flannel is
made without a lining and is much less
full than such waists have heretofore
been. Sometimes there is hardly any
fullness at all at the collar, and the back
la now quite plain. The sleeves also are
BERtlE COSTUMK.
scant, and are not always of the regula?
tion shirt style, with a cuff perfect?
ly phut, tight sleeves being DOW often
preferred. The advantage of an unlined
shirt waist is that it ran he washed, and
as some of the prettiest are of white or
cream tlanncl this is important.
The costume illustrated is of navy blue
serge. The skirt is plain in front, has
stitched plaits at the side and a watteau
plait at the hack. The triple bolero is
ornamented with cords of white cloth,
and the triple pelerine is adorned in the
same manner. The i'mhi sleeves have
lim s <>f Stitching. The sailor hat of white
straw is trimmed with white quills and a
large choii oC pale blue tulle.
JlMttC CllOLLKT?
Da uirer.
Tic I'm ill: |*rcHiUcl)l Art? yoll aware
the cash lor has taken n half interest in
a yacht *?
The Confidential Adviser N<>. Per?
haps wv Inn I I i*t ta*r set' lie iloos uot he
cotne ii full Hedged skipper. Indian?
apolis Joui::;?!
c
In: ?
st, "If I
jfr.l voice/'
. !;ed his
Leader.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS.
EFFECT OF THE AWFUL SOLITUDE
WHEN FIRST EXPERIENCED.
The Awe Insplslnic Stillness Make?
Sleep an Impossibility For Many
and DrlnK? Vl?is)SM of Terror to
Uannt the Tired Senses.
The awe inspiring stillness of the
first night in camp! You lie on your
back vainly courting sloop". Vainly, I
say, because of the very intense still?
ness which should woo it, but does not,
as you are unused to it. Your guide
lies motionless, only his heavy breath?
ing denoting that be is alive. It is sec?
ond nature to him to sleep in the heart
of the wilderness, and his tired body
no more than touches the sweet scent?
ed pine boughs when he slumbers.
It will be so with you when you have
accustomed yourself to the preternat?
ural quiet so different from the rumble
of passiug vehicles over paved streets
aud which affects you not. But tonight
your eyelids are opened wide, and in?
stead of the blissful forgetfulness
which you anticipated, your every
sense is on the alert to catch and di?
vine the meaning of the strange noises
which fill the woods of northern Maine.
In front of your rude camp, which
Is left open, the smoldering lire smokes
and crackles, each snap of charred em?
bers sounding to your ears like the re?
port of artillery. It is a strange sensa?
tion, this Hist night in the woods.
Away up on the mountain side a fox
barks. The weird howl echoes and
re-echoes down the mountain side un?
til it seems to reach the lake and float
over its glasslike surface until it is
swallowed up in the dark water.
A night owl makes bold to disturb
your already troubled mind by perch?
ing on a big pine not a hundred feet
away and sending forth a screech "that
curdles your blood until you realize
what it really is. Directly back of you
is the lake shore.
Suddenly comes a soft tread over
dried brush. Surely some one is steal?
ing up to your camp. You rise to a sit?
ting position and await the marauder's
next move. Then once more you hear
the snap, snap, snap of his feet as he
cautiously draws near. Louder and
louder, you cannot be mistaken this
time; this Is no trick of the imagina?
tion.
Now he must be directly beside you,
with nothing but a wall of boughs be?
tween. You can stand it no longer,
and, with a half suppressed yell of ex?
citement, you seize your gun, spring to
your feet, dash aside the light canvas
that falls over the front of the camp
just enough to keep out the smoke
and run out prepared to shoot on sight.
There is a mad scramble, a crackling
of twigs, a mad splash, and?the head
of a very badly frightened muskrat
can just be seen on the lake's surface
as it frantically pushes its way into
the gloom.
You creep softly back to your boughs
rather ashamed at yourself and glance
furtively at the guide, who sleeps
peacefully through it all. At last na?
ture asserts herself and gradually you
feel the drowsiness of approaching
slumber steal over you. You slightly
raise your head to take one last look
at the flickering log that splutters
away outside.
Hist! What's that? Two fiery eyes
set in the framework of impenetrable
gloom beyond the fire seem staring di?
rectly at you. Like coals, they burn
and the words of your guide, "Oh,
yes, thar's plenty of bar ro'u yere,"
come back to you with awful import.
Then you hear the tread of his cushion
padded feet moving here and there,
but those awful eyes never once turn
from you. They burn you with their
hypnotic, baleful glare, and with a
calmness you would not have believed
you possessed, you softly reach for
your rille.
A muskrat may be a joke, but a hun?
gry bear prowling within 20 feet of you
is an unsafe guest. You know you are
as white as a sheet, and your hands
tremble as you briug the piece to your
shoulder and aim directly between
those awful greenish yellow eyes. Sup?
pose you miss; but, no, you will not.
Your linger presses the trigger.
The roar of your rifle sounds like a
clap of thunder, aud its reverberation*
roll aud chase each other over the tops
of the piues and spruces aud startle a
thousand sleeping creatures who ren?
der night hideous with their frighten?
ed cries as they scurry or fly away
from your vicinity. It's a rude way to
awaken a man, and no wonder your
guide jumps up yelling like a Co
manche Indian and nearly knocks out
the back of the camp as he runs
against it.
When he finds you pale and trem?
bling aud hears you declare that you
have shot a bear, he mutters incred?
ulously and, lighting a lantern, goes
out to investigate. You hear a loud
French-Canuck laugh as he returns
carrying by the tall a headless chip?
munk, which he tosses at your feet.
"You wan good shot, in'sieur. You
beet him square 'tween de eyes. No
shoot better meself, but ah tlnk you
nnrve, what you call, onstrlng. you
better take wan good dreenk 'n go to
sleep."
So are sounds magnified in the si?
lence of a first night In the Maine
woods.?Portland (Me.) Express.
They Spilled Over.
Marjorie never erlci when any little
mishap befalls her and has been known
to sustain without shedding a tear se?
vere bumps that have rapidly acquired
a black and I lue aspect. Uul the other
day Arn mint a, her dearly bred and
tenderly cherished doll, fell Into the
open grate and received a contusion of
the nose which wits most unpleasant to
couteniplutc. Marjorie winked very
hard for a few minutes, aud then, run
nlng with her lujurcd Aramlnta to her
mother, she hurled her head In her lap,
lobbing, "OU, mamma, I don't want
to cry. but my tears have all come un?
fastened'."
No Wild and Woolly West.
Easterners Lave an erroneous Impres?
sion about the vast plains country that
stretches eastward from the Hanks of
the Rockies to the wheatlields of the
Dakotas. It is a region where crimes are
far less numerous in proportion to pop?
ulation than they are in the densely
settled regions of the eastern and mid?
dle states.
If tho Botnbreroed ruffians with pis?
tols and knives in their boots and car?
tridge belts a round tbeir waists are not
In the cattle country, where, then, are
they to be foundV Where are those
Alkali Ikes. Lariat Bills, et al.,
who tire at the decanters in barrooms
and at the silk hats of tenderfoot strau
pers?the villainous deaperadoes whose
lynching bees and other harrowing nn
ecdotes make up considerable et' the
stock in trade ol' >ur eastern comic
Illustrators? I do not know.
For inauy years I liave wandered
through the great northwest on horse?
back, stagecoach and in canoes, as well
as in the palatial Pullman sleeper of
the great transcontinental lines, and I
have never discovered any of the Qerce,
bewhlskered dime novel heroes. Dur?
ing all my travels In the Dakotas, Mon?
tana. Idaho. Washington, Oregon and
British Columbia I have never seeu a
man hurt or witnessed any sort of row,
and I would feel 1UUCU safer to strike
across the mountains or plains aluue
on a broncho and unarmed than I
would to walk up Clark street at night
!n Chicago?St. Faul Globe.
A Coffee Hint.
A French housekeeper says that In
her country it is an invariable rule to
add a little butter and powdered sugar
to coffee beans while they are roast
lug. A very small piece of butter 1?
needed to the poun<;, a bit perhaps as
large as a hazelnut, and not more thr.n
a teaspoonful of powdered sugar. This
treatment Is the secret of the pleasant
burned sugar davor In French coffee.
Crafty men contemn studies, simple
men admire them and wise men use
them, for they teach not their own use;
bnt that Is a wisdom without them and
above tbem, won by observation.?Lord
Bacon.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule in Effect May 6,1000.
5o.ll No. :5
Daily Duily
EASTE11N TIME.
No. 6,3013
Daily Daily
6 20p 7 00a Lv
6 58p 7 41a " .
T25p 8 55a " .
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8 i?p 10 15a " .
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Branchville.
. Orangeburg.
.. Kingville .
Ar, 11 10a| 815p
. M 10 30a 7 28p
9 10a
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11 45a Ar
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0 30p 11 00aI Ar.. Columbia.Lvl 7 lOal 4 00p
60-Jp
533p
4 43p
3 00p
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6 2upi 7 00a
7 ftp] 9 15a
7 40pi 9 40a
802pl 9 5ua
820p 10 07a
9 3>p 11 00a
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Lv... Charleston
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8 13a 519p
8 00a! 503p
7 03a. 3 55p
6 20al 310p
NOTE: iu addition to the above service
trains Nos. 15 and 16 run daily between Charles?
ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
Sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11:00 p.
m.; arrive Columbia 5:55 a. m. No. 10 leave Co?
lumbia 1:35 a. m.; arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m.
Sleeping curs ready for occupancy at 9KX)p. m.
both at Charleston and Columbia. These trams
make close connections at Columbia with
through trains between Florida points and
WflKhoo'tnn and the ?ti.it._
No.i5:No. 3 GREENVILLE. jNo.12 No.10
Daily!Daily Double Daily Service.!Daily Daily
1100p
1 55a
250a
7 00a
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11 4Ua
7 00a Lv
8 55a "
9 23ai "
11 Ofta "
155p. 44
. Charleston .
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.. C >lumbia ..
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. Ar
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815p 7 00a
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12 40p
4 20a
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8 15p
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12 20p'i 4 1opiAr
..Anderson.
.Greenville.
1120a 610p
. Lv 10 45al 4 45p
. Lvl 10 15a1 530p
Ex.
Sun.
Sun. Ex.
only: Sun.
Lv. Augusta _
Ar. Sandersville.
M Tennille.
7 00a
100p
130p
9 30a
12 43p
1250p
5 20p
8 32p
8 40p
Lv. Tennille_
M Sandersville.
Ar. Augusta?.
Lv. Savannah....
M Allendale.
M BarnweU...
" Blackville...
Ar. Columbia_
Daily
12 05a
4 tioa
4 15a
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I Daily
Daily
1215p
402p
417p
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Lv. Columbia.
Ar. Blackville
44 Barnwell
Allendale.
*? savannah.
11 :x)a
1 L2p
i 27p
3 20p
Daily
5 40a 350p! 3 10p
5 50a 4 iwpi 3 23p
9 00aI 710pl 8 30p
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10 15a
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305a 10 15a | 4 50p
3 20a 11 30a' 8 40})
10dpi 9l5p
6 15a
Atlanta and Beyond.
Lv. Charleston... 7 ooa 52up ?
Av. Augusta .11 51a 102?P ...
44 Atlanta. s20p| 5 00ai....
Lv. Atlanta.1100p 5:?>a 400p
Ar. Chattanooga.1 5 4?aI 9 45a, 8 40p
Lv. Atlanta. .I 5 40a| 4 15p
Ar. Birmingham.;ll B5a WW
M Memphis, (via Birmingham?... 80tp| 7 US
Ar. Lexington.
" Cincinnati.
" Chicago.. .
50Op
7;50p
7 L6s
Ar. Lonisvilh
" St. Louis
Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga)
5 00a
7 45a
530p
7 30p 7 ^
7 04al ?iOLp
7 lOpI 7 40a
To Aaheville-Cincinnati-Louisville.
jM?lsi No 130
j Daily Daily
;<o?'i> 9;50p
4 48p 12 07a
EAST Kit N TIM a.
Lv. Augusta.
" Batesburg.
Lv. Charleston . _
Lv. Columbia tUnion Depot).
Ar. Spnrtnnburg .
" A^hcville .
" Knoxvtlle..
Cineitutnati.
Louisville ivia Jpllicob. .
TjOa.noap
11 40a I 7 55a
3 Mi) li 25a
7 15p fifiOu
I 4 15a 7 Afp
' 7 3op, ; 16a
?'i .Via
To Washington nnd tho East.
Lv. Angus-a. ..
" Bntesburg. , ?
M Columbia i Union Depot).
Ar. Char atte ,_
Ar. Dan vi 1 ??.
Ar. fctiehinoml
Ar. Witahingto ? .
Baltimore \i. 11.
M Phitadc ph.
New Vork
4 45p 1 - t'Ta
5 55 pi 2 15a
... |S I0|i H 4ea
~ T.Mn T?.-n
' c UOa S25n
, ,?.V. KdJu
.... V 12? i! 25a
.. Ill;;;a 2.Via
. I 2u3pl ti 13a
Bleeping Ca: it an betv.-i. Charleston and
Allan n, v\ A it : u king connection* a;
Atlanta for till imin Xoi I la a i i Went.
so.].i Trai is hutwoen Charleston and A she
viI e
Connee'ioi i C>'umWa with through raitM
for Was tic ?: ?> ??? id tbe Kast; also for'Jacksou
ville t?e" nil ;?'? r a i ointa.
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W. A TV!"'. h. PABDWICK,
Pen. Tmhs A-t.. Asst. t-:, i.Paw Aft,
Waal iugton.D. C. Atlanta.tie.
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all fruits. No good fruit
can be raised without
Potash.
Fertilizers containing at least
8 to 10% of Potash will give
best results on all fruits. Write
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to be in every farmer's library.
They are sent free.
GERMAN KALI works,
93 Nassau St., New York.
Sonfh Carolina ml Georgia li
tension B. S. C(
H
Schedule No 4?'.n effect 12 01 a. m., Son
day, D.cember 24, 1899.
Between
Camden S. C , aud Blacksburg, S. C.
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl 1st cl
?35 *33
Eastern time.
1st cl 2d c.
?32 ?34
p m p m STATIONS. p m p m
8 20 12 50 Camdro 12 25 5 3C
8 50 1 15 Dekalb 11 C2 4 50 *
9 20 1 27 WeatTille 11 to 4 SO
10 50 1 40 Ktrebaw 11 35 4 10
11 20 2 10 Heatb ?oringa 11 20 3 15
113) 2 15 Pleasant BUI 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 Lancet er 10 55 2 35
1 CO 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Spriogdell 10 30 12 40
2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 2G
2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 iO HOC
3 10 3 40 Rock Rill 10 00 10 4.
4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 CC
5 30 4 20 Yorkv.lle 9 1ft 7 3C
6 00 4 35 Sbaroo 9 00 6 50
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 (i 20
6 35 5 00 Smyrna 9 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 Biacksburg 8 15 5 3C
pmpco h m an
Between
Blacksburg, S. C, and Marion, N. 0
W6ST.
BAST.
2d cl
?11
1st cl
?33
Eaetera time.
1st cl 2dc.
?32 ?12
a m
8 10
8 30
8 40
9 20
10 00
10 10
10 25
10 50
11 15
11 35
11 45
12 05
12 25
12 60
p m
d m STATIONS.
5 30 Blacksburg
5 4ft Barls
ft 60 Patterson Springs
6 00
5 20
6 28
6 38
6 66
7 10
7 22
7 35
7 40
7 68
8 15
p m
Shelby
Lattimore
Mooresboro
Henrietta
Forest City
Rutherford ton
Millwood
Golden Valley
Tberrof I City
Glenwood
Marion
a m
7 48
7 32
1 25
7 1ft
6 65
6 48
6 38
6 20
6 05
5 65
ft 40
ft 37
6 17
5 00
a m
p m
6 4C
6 20
6 12
6 00
60
40
20
50
25
05
50
45
20
00
m
West. Gsffoey Division. East.
1st Class.
15 I 13
EASTERN TIME.
STATIONS.
1st Cl?83
14 I 16
p m
I 00
I 20
1 40
p m
a m
6 00
6 20
6 40
a to
Blacksburg
Cberokee Falls
|Oaffoey
a m
7 50
7 30
7 10
a m
p m
3 06
2 40
2 20
p c
?Daily except Sunday.
Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C, at 5
a tu, making close connection at Blacksburg, >
C, wiih the x'Uihtrn's train No 86 for Cbar- y
lotte, N C, and all points East and connecting
with tbe Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta,
Qa, and all points West, and will receive pas?
sengers going East from train No 10, on tbe C A
N W K K, at Yorkville, SC. at 8 45 a m, and
connects at Camden, S 0, r.tth tbe Southern's
train No 78, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 pm,
Train No 34 with passenger coach attached
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a to, and connecting
at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida train
for all points South,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12.50
p m, alter tbe arrival of tbe Southern's Char
lestor. train connects at Lancaster, S C, with
tbe LA C H K, at Catawba Junction with
the SAL, going Katt, at Roik Bill, S C, wits
the Southern's traiB, No 34, for Charlotte, N
V., and all points Lust. Ctncects at York?
ville, S C, with train No 9 on the C a N W R
K. for Chester, S C. At Blat-kebuig with the
Southern's vestibule gong East, and the South?
ern's train No 35 going vTsvf, and connecting
at Marion N C with tbe Southern both KasCan>i
West
SAMUEL HI NT, President.
A. TRIPP. Sui crintendent.
S.U. LVMPK1N. (Jen'' Pwasencr Ar?nt.
Atlantic Coast Line
Company of Stroth Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE'
Io effect
SOUTH.
January. ]4th,
No
?35
No
f57
8 02
Lv Darlington Ar
46
43
10
48
55
45
25
45
15
Lv
Ar
Lv
Ar
Lv
Ar
Elliott
Sumter
Sumter
Creston
Creston
Preg nails
Orangeburg
Denmark
Augusta
Ar
Lv
Ar
Lv
Ar
Lv
1900
NORTH.
No
f66
8 05
7 20
6 40
6 18
ft 27
3 60
10 00
02
2d
a m
2 30
p m p tn
?Daily fDaily except Sunday.
't rains M hi <i 35 carry through Pullman
Palnce Buffet Sleeping Care between New
fork Htid Maron via Augusta
T M EMRRSON, H M EMERSON,
Traffic .Manager. CJer.'l Pass. Agt
J R KEHLT, Gen'l Manager
Life and
sp
Fire Insurance?
C.hW ott me, at my residence, Liberty
Street, lor both Life Mid F.re Irsu
rat ce. Ou;y relitble Cotrtpeoiet rep
resented Phot.;* No ISO.
Aticlrciia Jlose*.
Octli??o.