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ITT? UT \ ? 7 V V'? **<J THE ASTONISHING RESULT CF O ML ONE DA V OF COUNTING. An Investigator's "E.isoovcry of Wita na Eacriuocs ?o:rr?aet OJ ? II ^? Fiow ers ci F?t?>?e A\?2ors3 tac L>:;?1. Speech ci" the ?-vcragrc .'A.i. "Doyen know that av; rage Amer lean is a hopeless and incorrigible ant unmitigated liar:" said an amaten' cynic of Baronne street "I don't VA. a: lie Hes viciously, but suave mendacity glides oil the end cf his tongue as ily as molasses flows freu: a spigot < . a warm day in summer. II.? dees it u:. consciously. habitually, ai: -just as his lungs expand and h.. heart palpitates and his uah- crows without any special attention from thc rest of kio system. He does ii because ac can't help it. The thing has become a second nature. "I had all tins brought home to ino." continued the amateur cynic, "by a very simple little experiment which.I tried on myself and a few others no longer age than yesterday morning. Did you ever see a pocket counting ma? chine? Well, it's a littio den ice shaped like a watch. Whenever you press the stem the needle on the dial jumps a point, and it registers in that way ap to several thousand ou the principle of a cyclometer. They are used by any? body making long counts and are very handy,because they never forget where they leave off. "But, to come to the poi:::, some? thing happened to remind me of our national vice of untruthfulness as ? was getting up yesterday, and I deter? mined to 'keep tab' on myself and as? certain, if possible, how many actual, out and out lies I put into circulation in the course of the day. I chanced to have one of the little counting ma? chines I have just mentioned, so I slip? ped it into my pocket and started out. "The first lie I told was right at thc door. Smithson was passing and stop? ped to shake hands. 'Hello, old man!' said L 'Delighted to soe you,' when as a matter of fact I was deuced sorry to see him. because I owe him ten. I gave the counter a squeeze and hur? ried on, but before I got to the office I had jogged it nine times. "What did I jog it for, did you ask? Oh. trivialities, mere trivialities, but at the same time point blank lies, every one of 'em. Whenever I opened my mouth out dropped some confounded hyperbole. I told Jones the joke he in? sisted in springing OQ me was the 'best I ever heard' and then made a double tally in assuring his wife she was look? ing remarkably weil when .she was looking exactly like a scarecrow. I told another friend I never laughed so much in my life as I had at something or other. I don't remember now what, and still another that 1 hadn't slept a wink for three nights when I had neu? ralgia lately-all lies, bald lies, in spite of their harmlessness. "When I reached the office and look? ed at the dial, I was horrified. 'Good heavens." ? said to myself. *lt seems to be physically impossible for me to speak the plain truth in the paltriest matters. i'll just remain perfectly quiet for half .an hour and keep check on Beggs.' "Boggs is our head bookkeeper and a pillar in one of the suburban church? es." continued the amateur cynic. "He wears rubber overshoes in wet weath? er, cultivates sandy side whiskers, car? ries a gingham umbrella, belongs to a building and loan association and has all the other marks of severe respecta? bility. I had supposed him to be the quintessence of cast iron veracity, but when I sat down in cold blood to put him on record I was astounded at the blase fashion with which he frivoled with the truth. I pushed the button on him lot?mes in 27 minutes; then he got into a whispered conversation with a caller, and I lost the thread of his remarks. But I am certain if I had * been in earshot the counter would have had hard work keeping up with the procession. "That relieved my mind somewhat and later on. when I ms.de a quiet test of several of the other fellows in the office, I came to the conclusion that I was no worse than the average, but the average was pretty tough. As far as my investigations went the invoice clerk held the record. He is a guileless sort of chap, with modest manners and a freckled nose, and 1 never supposed he bad any imagination concealed in bis peg topped cranium, but he forced me to push the indicator up exacTly 22 times in 13 minutes. Emring the last part of the stretch, however, he was trying to trade off a secondhand bicy? cle, and that naturally swelled thc re? turns. "Of course I soon realized that the idea of keeping count on my own men? dacity wa;; entirely impractical and abandoned the effort but the other data has furnished me with abundant food for thought My brother-in-law, by the way. insists that we would make a great mistake in trying to weed these Howers of fable out of our ( daily speech. Ile says we lie continu- 1 ally and systematically because every? body else lies, and a man who would start out to tell the plain, cold. raw. rectangular truth about everything in life would be little better than ah an? archist He would upset all establish? ed standards of value and make it nec? essary almost to recast the language. ; Besides, nobody would believe him. ' But my brother-in-law is a doctor." ' added the amateur cynic thoughtfully, "and maybe r * ; : : r makes a difference." -New Orleans Times i;- . .*. n ?N? ?. .. Jack-That's a liue yon have. Jim Do you want to seil him? Jim I"!! sdi him fur >T.;i. .?a-k- ls !:'. intelligent? Jim (with emphasis)-Intelligent? Why. tba11 d< g k:?')\vs as much as i d'?. Jack-You don't say so? Well, I'll give you ZO cents for him. Jim.-Ex? change. A MOUNTAIN LAKE. Ol?. ?irr.r.id listener. . :>. your placid soul An- mingled ::i: the thai; brooks have sun When j cars and . the shaggy hills amona-, They babbled of their tr::;Is. with foamy leurs. Until, ail wearied. ?,UV?:J? reached liioir goal, You softly soothed their sorrows and their fears. Like sentinels the stolid inounta?ns About yon. ores": in par:. <-i gorgeous ?reen; At early dawn their mirrored shapes are keen In shimmering cullin-.-, painted by th" sun, I'pon your face, athwart the uleauii.^T sand, Xor fade from view until the day is done. A fitting figure of eternal rest You typify the changeless .ute of man When, liaving coursed mortality's brief span Adown thc hills cf Time, his life shall end, And all his doings, be they banned or blest. Forevermore, with other dv.<!.-\ shall blend. -John A Foote ia Rosary Magazjae. BUSINESS OP THE SOAKER. An Expert In PatvnliroUi-ejs Who lian Iii? Regular Customer?. In tho neighborhood where pawn? shops abound the soaker flourishes. The soaker acts as middleman between the pawnbroker and his customers, lie explains his mission and accounts for his usefulness thus: "The people down here employ me," said he, "not because they are asham? ed to be seen going into a pawnshop themselves, but because I can get more for the goods than they can. There's an art in pawning a coat or a ring, just the same as in everything else. "I've known people to go into a pawnshop with some old article td pawn and to look the proprietor over with a supercilious air. as if they con? sidered themselves so far above him socially that he couldn't touch them with a 40 foot pole. Naturally, for sheer spite, the broker offers them only about half as much as they would get if they approached him properly. Hav? ing had a wide experience of my own, I know how to avoid such difficulties. I am not servile, but I am polite and respectful, and as those two qualities touch the most generous chord in the broker's bosom I get all I want on the proffered chattels. "As recompense for my services I charge my customers 10 per cent com? mission. I have regular customers, and then, of course. 1 do many odd jobs for occasional. There are fam? ilies down here for whom 1 pawn the same things over and over again, one week after the other. On pay day they take their things out of soak. Three days later they put them in again, and the next pay day they take them out ? again. And so it goes, month after j month. I canvass the houses just like ' a book agent or corn plaster peddler or j insurance solicitor. ""Anything to be pawned today?' 1 ask. "And if there is I take it around to j some shop and raise the necessary i dough and take it back and get my j commission. Once in awhile I conic j across somebody who abuses me and | calls me a shark, but I'm nothing of I the sort. I'm earning a decent living 1 at a legitimate business."-New York ? Sun. A Point ct Issue. Several of the lawyers had told their stories, some of which ridiculed the continued use of legal verbiage and the absurd lengths to which members of the profession sometimes go in taking advantage of technicalities. "A rank outsider." announced the member (d' the profession who had been a good listener, "a client of mine, supplied the best instance of literal in? terpretation that ever came to my knowledge, lie was executor under a will that, among other provisions., re? quired the payment of an annuity to a venerable aunt of the testator. But proof of her being alive must be made before each payment, and this is the rock on which the executor struck. "The old lady proved herself in the flesh, drew her money and went to Cal? ifornia, where she spent two years without putting in her claim. On her return she went in person and demand? ed the double allowance due her. "The conscientious executor got out the will, studied it, scratched his head and finally handed down his opinion: " 'Madam, you are alive now. There can be no reasonable question as to that, for I have the conclusive evidence of my own eyes. But I am possessed of no 'egal proof that you were alive a . year ago. I am, as you know, within the restrictions of the will. I will pay the annuity for this year, but must in? sist upon satisfactory affidavits that , you were not dead when the preceding annuity was passed.' "It took me the better part of a day to convince him that he should settle in full."-Detroit Free Press. Hi? Good Wife. Gilbert-1 believe in a man being the master of the house. He should have the say in everything. Mason-How about the naming of that baby of yours? Gilbert-My wife gave way to- me in a very proper and wifely manner. She said s'ae didn't care what name I gave the little fellow so long as it was Hen? ry. So that's the name I gave him. You know I felt, after the hearty man? ner in which she deferred to me. I ought to yield a single point merely out of appreciation of her humility. Boston Transcript. Family Pride. "I suppose you take a great deal of pride in your business." "No." onwered Mr. Cumrox. "I used to take pride in ray business, but ::':? and th<* girls dont approve 'd' it. Tin* only thing we take pride in now i< my daughter's husbahd'spedigree."- Wash The Conductor's Heatly A::sw>:?r. Thc Metropolitan Street Railway company has in its employ a philoso? pher in the person of a Broadway con? ductor. It was late in tito evening, and his car on its up town trip had roached thc vicinity of thc city hali. As ir passed ono of Tho tailor ellice buildings a stout woman, cir.tching him by the aria, exclaimed: "Oh. conductor, how many stories high is that building?* "'Leven." laconically replied tho con? ductor, without so much as upward glance. Thc woman sank back with a sigh of satisfaction. Just then a small man with a large traveling bag rushed in almost out cf breath. "I say, conductor," he gasped, "what time can I get to the Grand Central depot V*' " 'Leven," was tho quiet reply. "That's good," commented the small man, evidently relieved. At this juncture another man climb? ed aboard that wanted to know about what time the car would reach the Gilsey House. " 'Leven," again replied the con? ductor, with a weary look. When questioned as to thc uniformi? ty of his answers, he replied: "Yes. You see, if you hesitate about answering 'em, they git worried, but if you have an answer ready they're satisfied. Now, about this time of night I always say ' 'Leven.' It's a good, handy number, easy to say. Oth? er times I use other numbers. I. ailus have a lot of stock answers on hand. It saves time and trouble."-New York bun. The Queen and Jenny Lind. There is a pretty story told of Queen Victoria and Jenny Lind which shows how the modesty of two women, the queen of England and the queen of song, caused a momentary awkward? ness which tile gentle tact of the singer overcame. It was on a night, when Jenny Lind was to sing at Her Majesty's Opera House that the queen made ber first public appearance after the memorable Chartist day. For the great artist, too, this was a first appearance, for it was the begin? ning of her season at a place where the year before she had won unparalleled fame. It happened that the queen en? tered the royal box at the same mo? ment that the prima donna stopped up? on the stage. Instantly a tumult of ac? clamation burst forth. Jenny Lind modestly retired to the back of the stage, waiting till the dem? onstration of loyalty to the sovereign should subside. The queen, refusing tc appropriate to herself that which she imagined to he intended for the artist, made no acknowledgment At length, when the situation became embarrassing. Jenny Lind, with ready tact, ran forward to the footlights and sang "God Save the Queen." which was caught up at the end of the solo by the orchestra, chorus and audience.. Tile queen then came to the front of her hex and bowed, and the opera was Why Kond.? Are Crooke-J Z:? (hi?a. Thc Chinese read is privat?1 property, a strip taken j rom somebody's land. This :.; don*- much against the will of tl.-- i?wner. since he oct univ loses thc use it. hut also still has to pay taxes on it. One consequence is tl:.-;; it is wide enough for orly one vehicle, and carts can pass one another only by trespass? ing cn the cultivated land. To prevent this the farmers dig deep ditches by the roadside. As the surface weirs away acd the (.lust l;lo\vs off it gradu ally grows tower, ami after awhile it becomes a drain for the surrounding fields. A current forms in the rainy season, which still further hollows it out. and thus has arisen the proverb that a road a thousand years old be? comes a river. Those whose lands are used for roads naturally prefer to have the roads run along the edge of their farms instead of cutting across them, and this ac? counts for the fact that Chinese roads are often so crooked that one may have to go a considerable distance to reach a place that is in reality but a few miles away. This always interests the stranger.-Church Eclectic How the Car Got There. The other day at Twenty-sixth street an Inspector "hopped" on the front platform of a Madison avenue electric car bound down town. He said to the motorman: "Where the dickens is this car goin?" "Why. to the Brooklyn bridge, of course." "Get off and look at yer signs." The motorman did so and discovered that the sign on the front hood of the car read. "One Hundred and Thirty fifth street." the sign on the righi side Of the roof read. "Second avenue." and the. sign on the rear hood. "Astor place." The conductor and motorman between them having adjusted the signs, the inspector permitted the car to proceed.- Electrical Ile view. Shave? ol' n Lifetime. Beard appears to grow at the same rate and to follow the same rules of personal conduct as the hair ot the head. So d ;i man hogan shaving when he was 1(J and lives to be To years old he will iiave cu! more than a little hit off the tej). If hi- could keep in posi? tion all he has thrown away, a head of hair ."."> feet long and a beard L'T feet lona, all m om- bunch, would enable him to travel wit}) a circus summers and sit in a store window t;> advertise 3 hair restorer m the winter.-Ainslee s Magazine. RieJien.v' Soprcraaey.. "So fids. tiiciV. is your husband's new , *: library Mrs. Mn* hm-:'' Ah. t see he'" has Dickens and Tiajokeray s de by j ? side Which do you consider ihr great- i v er ot i !:?. t -A <>'.-*' i . **Oli. :::y. Dickens' Joshua paid $l!.-I<) more them Dickenses than lu- ??ad to give 1er rhaCkeray^s hooks right at th<- same shop."-Chicago rimes-Her- j A Big Railroad Trust. REPORTS IX NEW YORK OF A HUGE COM BI N A TIOX. New York, Apni 5-Reports that hu^e rs'lrf.ad cm?ioanons are io pro c- *8 ;:i fottuai 05 ore widely circulated tiers red ay. Derailed sfatemeDt? con cerniog thc JM&? already n.joh.shcd looking to the '-oa* binn-io rt or a . 1 the -rear railway synicm* t;t the Uoi?ed Skates under the control ol ono company were g'.v-u co:, bur ?s a general rhio? prominent railroad (ffisiais aod bankers dpcltoei to d'.scurs the matter. Accord? ing to all aocounr.- the enterprire involved the greatest cona birytion cvf r knowe in tbe history of fioanoo. If was said the company would be formed coder tbe law* of New Jersey for the parp?se of conducting a general freight and transportaron business throughout the United States, ?bat the company would hold a controlling interest in ali of the great railway ?ys^ern a?d that tbe management of tbe read would be vested in the controlling company Acoording to the proposition eaoh road would preserve ita identity and corpor? ate existeoce, but tbe new company would ooo roi the affairs of all. By chis policy it was claimed large sams of money could be paved as a resu<t of aoooomy io management and the stoppage of rate cutting The name of mee like J P Morgan. Wm K Van derbilt. James J Hill Elward H Har nmao. George J Gould,John D Rocke? feller, Jacob H ?S^hifT and Jas Stillman were freely used Ooe report stared that the first step io toe proposed plan would be the securtog of control of the "tocks of tbe Chicago, Bur!in2ron ano Quincy, the Erie ibe Great Norrbero pHCi?c, and that provir-T'O would be mi-d- for ?he acquisition of cher properti'9 io tbe immediate future Discussing rbe amalgamated road system the New York Pre-s tomorrow will t-.>y : "All (bri: is aim-d at, accord mg to (be best achoruy obtainable, is a eoo?mu?.ity of iocerest. The close a ft; ligara-it iou oo a ces; mu ci ry or interest basi* w-is ?f?t brought ab'-ut through th;- efforts of J Pierpont Moriac As i refute of this close uainc of intens rxinous rate wars arc already at ar: sr.:c?, rot S J many bi?h p'teci (.ffi'ia s are needed as bcrore and one cao buy Licker on any trunk hoe io aimosr a: y me of the large effioes in tbe eines. However, rnar a single compaoy wili be j f in ? :i unoer thc Now Jersvy laws to :?kc nv- r ail the railroads of the coun r y :s cot cna^idered seriously by well cf nrted railway men." l).spatcbes received ic 'his city ?30?gh' frewi Cincinnati stared that a ?iga- sic aoK.ig&marioD or f<'Ur railway under the guiding hard of J P Morgan 3 is :-:iready tiirec place ill" roadr. Sieaiiooed were the ?Somocr? Rdiw?y be Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton, be Chicago. Indiaoapoiis and L nts ri ile aod the Cincinnati S:>u:he<n Relative io ibis particular repor:. Geo Samuel Themas, president o' th."1 Cbi :a.go. Indianapolis and Louisville Rail ?cad. tonight said : ' Ai the present time there it) little ;o say about the deal I believe tbe .cport that comes from Cincinnati, how ;ver, is a little bit premature. I don* relieve the amalgamation has been iff-jcted as yet. "It is true that 9teps are under con? sideration looking toward a combination )f tbe roads mentioned I thick it wili be effected, for ali the interests are adorable to it It cao saaroely be con lidered ao amalgamation of the roads itder the scheme io progress Ir. is Dorely centralization of Dower lookiog o ward? the best interests of the various '0*ds 79 New York, April 4 -It was rumored oday that a firm io Hoboken, N. J , lad ooreered the peanut market, hav D{i purchased all the outs io the Chicago, Bostoo aod New York mar rets as well as baviog secured this seek 125 carloads' from Norfolk, Ya. There bas been ao advance io price rom 70 to 90 cents a bushel lately and > member of the firm says this ha* >eeo due to the oorner and expr?s es ?is opinion that it will go still higher. China has granted the island of Ku jaog Sn in the harbor of Amoy for isa as a foreign settlement acder coa? rd of thc powers. The great trotting horses Boralma >esceus and Charley Herr are to race, jest three beats in fi*e, Sept 6, for a )nrse of $50.000 The owner of eaoh lorse puts up ?10,000 and Mr Lawson, if Boston, owner of Boralma, adds (20.000 It is reported rbat Gov Alien, of ?crto Rico, will resign bis office. Z Hicks, a popular and heretofore eepeoted youcg man, was captured Phursday night in tbe act cf robbing D rV Alderman's store at B uiah He ooo eesed to having robbed the store twice )efore Ked Hot From the Gun Wis the b:ili tba! hit ii. B. Steadman, <>i iewark^Mieb., in the. Civil War. Ir c:ih-<-<i a : rib c l'l.-er.? that : <> treatment helped ?'.ir ? 1 I C veils Then BuckJcn's A * ti: c . Salve <.?:...! j lim. Cures Cuts, Bruises, l?ur-s. Ii ii:-. ?-'. i . rs. Cr: s. Skin Erupt ??H.-. Best Pile .ur. o i*:i r . JJ Ito <rts :t box. t'ur#; jj'iaranfei ?J ! ? v .! V IV ;)<.;, rmi-.. I>!i-_'.;;.i ?, ? ??HfcS WHERE ALL ELSE FAiLS. gd Best < "iii:!i Syrup. Tastes G<HH5. I se Fvjj Charlotte, N C. April 4 -A I special to the Observer says that a general strike of all the operatives ir) the textile tallis o? the s-.uth wiii be ordered unless the demands of Presi? dent Gompers for a ten hour day is j *cee.3ed jo by the Riverside cadis ai Danville, Va The genera! strike will \ be ordered on May 1 Frankfort, Ky, April 2-In the criminal court today the indictment against ex G ?v A s Taylor, tx Secretary of State Charles Finley, B-rry Howard, and John T Powers for ailegf-d cornpiici'y in the Goebel ca?e were eddied tut continued, none of the defendants being in custody, lue cases o? Cul?on and Green Goiden, who are out on bond, also were passed Washington April 2 -The war department has received no reply from Gen MacArthur concerning the alleged irregularities io the depart ment of Luz on Although the pecu lations were said to have been io the sale of commissary stores, the chief commissary at Maniia has made no report It is said at the department that Geo MacArtur without doubt is having a thorough investigation made before he makes a report Chicago, Aprd 2 -Carter H Harri 900 ban been reeleoted mayor of Chica? go for the second time aod trill o-xt week commence bis third term as the crdef executive of the city H?3 official plurality over Judge Elbridge flauecy. the Republican oomioce, is 28,257 vote* Tbe toral vote of the cuv is : Harrisoo i.;6.852; Haoecy 128,695 In toe last mayoralty electioo the vote was, HarriPOD. Democrat, 148 496 ; Carrer. Repubiioao. 107,357 ; Harri sou's plurality, 41,059. Loodo:.. April 2.-Dispatches from Cape Town at?d Bas?is talk of Geo Botha aod Gen D?Wet joining a garb . ring of 13 OOO meD for operations ariose G u Freoch ?D tbe Transvaal, two Hundred Boars have reappeaied '(-ar Richmond, Cape Town, aod ibe to we gu:ird bas beeo calied out to defend the place I . - i II II nm\mm - Rev John Jasper, the noted negro Baptist preacher, or Richmond, Va, died Saturday last at the advanced age of 89 years Years ago he be Came noted by his sermon on "The ^un do Move,'"' and other sermons which showed a sturdy adherence to the words of the Scriptures and a defiance of science He was held in h:gb esteem in Richmond by all j classes Eui Fnzwtlii&n ?as thc only ene of ali *bii members ot tbe two houses "Utunioncd lo at.'eod tbe op^oiog of Dari:am;at by King Eiward VII who was fc-?mcmntd to attend the firft opeo i g ot parhiaiueot by Q leen Victoria after her accesi?n in 1827 Io reading the sketches of tbe lives of tbe ia"e Judges Fraser, Wallace aod Wi?berspooo, we were interested to . earn that they were al! graduates of eh? 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A ikea ao l idovale streets. BALTIMORE, MD. THE SANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital steck paid in, . . $75.000 00 Ucdivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00 Individual .''.ability of stockholders in excess of their 3tock, . 7?,000 00 Transacts a general banking business ; aisc bas ? Savings Bank Department. Deposits of Si and upward received .. Interest al Io wed aj tte rate of 4 | er cene, per anuna,, payable semi-annually. W F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. MARICE MOISE, W. F. RHAMB, Vice-1' ref; ideo t. Cashier. Jan 31. U Carolina ?M Georgia fr tension E. E. flip?. Schedule No. 4-la effect 12 Cl a. m., Sun December 24, 1899 Between Camden S. C.. ana Biaek^crg, S. G WEST. EAST 2d cl 1st c! 1st cl 2dc! *3-> *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 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville 11?0 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 io 11 20 2 10 Heath Sorings 11 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35 .1C0 2 JO Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4o 2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20 2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 IO ll OO 3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 110 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 5o 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 Blacksborg; 8 15 6 30 pm pm aman Between Blacksborg, 8. C., and Marico, N C WEST. EAST 2d ci 1st cl let el 2dc; .ll *33 Bastera time. *32 ?12 am nm STATIONS am pm 8 10 5 30 Blacksborg 7 48 6 40 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Spring? 7 25 6 12 9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 8 CO 10 00 6 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 50 10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 6 48 4 40 10 25 0 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20 10 50 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 50 1115 7 10 Rutberfordton 6 05 3 25 11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 65 3 05 11 45 7 35 Golden Talley 5 40 2 60 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45 12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 00 pm pm am pm West. Gaffney Division. East 1st Class, j EASTERN TIME, (let Class 15 I 13 I STATIONS. | 14 J 16 praam ampm 1 00 6 00 2 Blackebnrg 7 50 3 00 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 240 1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 22C pm am ampm ?Dany except Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., at a m, making close connection at B'acksbarg, O, wiih the Southern's train No 36 for Char? lotte, N C. and all point? East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta. Ga. and all point? West, and will receive pas? sengers going East fr<?m train N'" 10, on tbe C ? N W K K, at Yorkville. S C. at S 45 a m. and conneets at Camden, S C, with ?he Southern 8 train No 7$. arriving in Charleston, S 17 pTC Train No 34 with passenger coach attache leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, ?nd con nee tin; ?vt Ruck Hill with the Southern's Florida trar. for all points South, Tr lin No 33 leaving Camden, S C. at 12.50 m. utter the arrival of the Southern's Char .est'Mi train connects ui Lancaster, S C. with tho L A 0 H it, at Catawba Junction *ith ilio S A L. ^->inc Ka t, at Rock HUI, S (. with the Southern's tra?B. No 34. for Charlotte, N ; arr sil points East. Connects at York . . S c. with : ?in No 9 on ti e C ? N W R R. (or ( hester, S OJ A? B'.acksbur^ with th? South? rn's vestibule go;r.i.- East an?i ti e South? -rv'- tra?o No 35 going We*i; .,:..? connecting ni M.-..-:'"- N G with the Southern both Eas?, an? West SAMUEL HUNT President: ?.. TRIPP. Superintendent. A.B. Lt:MPKlN Gen'1 Passenger Ag*?nt