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THE FRENCH SOLDIER
SOME OF THE BRUTALITIES TO WHICH
HE IS SUBJECTED.
Ha sin gr? and Other Punishment*
Wlxic?? Sometime* KnU En the Vic?
tim's Death That Are Winked at, ii
"Sot Ordered, hy ?he OScera.
Soldiers in the Frond) army are not
subjected by law to corporal punish?
ment any mere than it has been a nari
?f the regulations governing tb*? Mili
tary academy tit West Feint that ca?
dets .should "brace" or "qualify" ??:;
molasses and prunes. Nevertheless
the French soldier is put through n
hazing process which is most severe
and several times bas caused death.
The French soldier is known as Pk-t< n
or Dumanet. just as tho English soldier
is known as Tommy Atkins. Dumanet
?nds when he joins the eolors that life
ls not all skittles fer a soldier.
The thin.? which distinguishes the
kazing in the French army from the
hazing in American colleges and uni?
versities is that it is suggested and al?
most ordered by the commissioned offi?
cers. An officer will say to a corporal
?r a sergeant. "You have a man here
who has done so and so." naming some
trivial offense, more than likely to be
some neglect of the deference due to
the officer. "It would do him good if
ae were tossed in a blanket."
The officer turns on his heel and
walks away, while the unfortunate sol?
dier is placed in a blanket with saber,
spurs, jack boots, bayonets and such
pleasant bedfellows, and the combina?
tion is tossed until the hazers are too
tired to continue. This ts great sport
for the man's comrades, especially if
they are half drunk, which they are
Hkely to be. This diversion has rather
gone out of favor just now, because
several soldiers who have been tossed
had the bad taste to die after the disci?
pline.
In some of the French barracks a
favorite method of punishment is to
kang the offending soldier up by his
keels and then to spank him with a
sword bayonet. In Algiers, where the
men are far removed in the outlying
garrisons from the central authority
and at the mercy of their tormentors,
they are subjected to many forms of
kazing at the suggestion of the officers.
At one time the "vilo" was much hi
favor among the hazers in the Algerian
army of occupation. It consisted in
putting a man In a deep bole made in
the shape of a reversed funnel dug by
the Arabs in the ground as a place for
the storage of corn. The unfortunate
saan was left there sometimes for days,
with hardly anything to eat or drink
and exposed all the time to the heat of
the sun. while at night the place was
cold- Many died from hunger, thirst
.r cold, while many others became in?
sane.
The military authorities when they
became aware df these tortures issued
an order prohibiting such a punish?
ment but it is still practiced in Isolated
parts of Algiers where no eye can see
ef which the officers are afraid.
Several years ago Prince Piguatelli
d'Aragon, a young Spanish noble, ran
away from his home and went to Al?
giers to join the foreign legion, the
refuge for men "with a past" His
friends announced to the French mili?
tary authorities that the prince had
gone to join the legion, but the authori?
ties were able to get no word of his
arrival. At last a soldier suggested
that perhaps a stranger who wandered
into camp and had considerable diffi?
culty in speaking French might be the
prince. The sergeant to whom the
prince had spoken was drunk at the
tame and became annoyed at-tbe Span?
iard's broken French, so he ordered
ttiat the stranger be placed in the
"vilo" without more ado. Here the
miserable young man remained for two
days without eating or drinking, and
then a good natured sentry broke the
rules and gave him food. As soon as
he was rescued from the "vilo" the
young man started for Spain, having
most thoroughly reconsidered his de?
termination to enter the celebrated
foreign legion.
Another form of punishment which
used to be popular in Algiers was the
"carcan." A piece of wood, usually
the trunk of a tree, was used. The
man was laid on it. usually bound so
that the middle of his back would be
resting on the wood, with his head and
feet hanging down to the ground. His
feet were tied to an iron bar and his
bands to another, and. left lying face
upward, he was exposed for hours to
the terrible heat of the sun. Some men
have survived 12 hours of this torture.
A form of punishment still popular
among the French colonial troops-that
is. popular with those who inflict it and
not with those who suffer lt-is the
ucrapadine." It consists of throwing
the man face downward and tying his
wrists and ankles behind his back so
that his wrists and ankles are brought
together.-New York Press.
The Minister Won.
A minister was one day walking
along a road. and. to his astonishment
he saw a crowd of boys sitting In front
of a ring with a small dog In the cen?
ter. When he came up to them, he put
the following question: "What are you
doing to the dog?"
One little boy said. "Whoever tells
the biggest be wins it."
"Oh." said the minister. "I am sur?
prised at you little boys, for when 1
was like you I never told a lie."
There was silence for awhile until
one of the boys shouted. "Hand him up
the dog!"-London Leader.
Over In Sweden.
^Over In Sweden the suburban rail?
way lines have to provide a freight
car for intoxicated persons."
"I don't suppose they label it that
Way. do they?"
"I don't know. Probably they brand
it either 'Spirits in packages' or else
'Hardware.' "
"Hardware?"
"Yes. Skates." - Cleveland Plain
Dealer._
! CHOPSTICK DINNERS.
A FAD WITH WOULD BE BOHEMIANS
IN NEW* YORK.
Chinese Restaurant* There Tolerate
a Free and Easy Etiquette, and Ev?
erybody Does Just About as He or
She Pleases.
In the last few years a surprisingly
j large number of Chinese restaurants
have made their appearance in up town
districts in New York. The tav.-dry
outward decorations of red and blue
lights and huge gilt Chinese characters
j are in every case the same. The same,
too, are the unattractive entrances, the
walls decorated with colored pictures
of pretty Chinese girls and marvelous
specimens of landscapes, the little ta?
bles covered with white oilcloth, the
general dilapidation of the establish?
ment. Nothing about them seems at?
tractive, and yet these places thrive,
and their number increases with aston?
ishing rapidity. The reason is not far
to seek if one is at all familiar with the
facts. There are several characteris?
tics of the Chinese restaurant which
recommend it highly to certain classes
J and seem to indicate that its popularity
is not a mere fad.
In the first place it should he under?
stood that, most of these places are
really what they are supposed to be,
\ eating houses carried on under Chinese
management. The cooks are invaria?
bly true Celestials, and in only a few
cases are the proprietors Americans.
The food is prepared, therefore, accord?
ing to the most approved methods of
the Middle Kingdom, with the result
that in cheapness and savoriness (if
you like it) it can easily outclass simi?
lar places run by American cooks. The
Chinese is a master of the art of mak?
ing palatable dishes out of next to
nothing or rather a little of everything.
Not even the French cook can rival
him. The insipidity of cheap chop?
houses and the sameness of the dairy
lunch counters are thus escaped by
frequenters of these restaurants. More?
over, in spite of appearances the food
is prepared in an extremely cleanly
manner. No one is debarred from en?
tering the kitchen, and a visit thither
sends one back with renewed appetite
to the untidy eating room. So many
who while possessed of a small share
of this world's goods still affect "sport?
iness" frequent the restaurant for its
cheapness and grow to enjoy the highly
flavored dishes.
There is also a free and easy atmos?
phere about the Chinese eating house
which attracts many would be "Bohe?
mians" as well as a goodly share of a
class below the lowest grades of the
city's many graded Bohemia. Visitors
loll about and talk and laugh loudly.
When the walter is wanted, some one
emits a shrill yell which brings an an?
swering whoop from the kitchen, fol?
lowed sooner or later by a little Chi?
nese at a jog trot. Any one who feels
like it may stroll into the kitchen and
try a little pigeon English on the cook.
The proprietor will teach anybody to
use the chopsticks and roar with laugh?
ter over the failures of the novice. Ev?
erybody does as he or she pleases with?
in certain very elastic bounds. The
limit is reached sooner in some places
than in others, for while some of the
houses are Indore midnight at least
perfectly well conducted others are of
more than questionable respectability.
It is curious and interesting to note
that under American management the
tone of these places is lower than when
the Chinese are Sn sole control.
These new up town places aro? not so
good, either in a moral or a culinary
way. as those down in Chinatown. It
is usual to speak as if Mott and Pell
streets were the city's sink of iniquity,
and so they are in some respects, but
there are no Chinese restaurants ?D the
neighborhood as disreputable as one or
two up town. The clientele of the
down town places is above suspicion as
a rule. Chinese drop in foF their meals,
and dwellers from up town come either
from curiosity or because they have
learned to like good Chinese eooking.
Up town the bilis of fare are more lim?
ited. "Yockainan." "chop suey" and
"chowman" are the pieces de resist?
ance. They answer the purpose cer?
tainly, for 23 cents* worth of some
kinds of chop suey served with rice
will make a toothsome dish for two
people. Tea is served free of charge,
ard the quantity ts not limited. But
no one should Judge the Celestials' cu?
linary skill by these up town houses.
Many of the guests in these restau?
rants come regularly. Frequently men
and women come with pails to buy the
food and take it home. Negroes are in
dispror,K;r?ionate?y large numbers. They
seem to like the Chinese, and Indeed
the noise in the kitchen reminds one of
the similar condition of southern kitch?
ens nuder negro management. How?
ever solemn the Chinese may seem to
he in public, he ls a cheerful creature
in his own kitchen. Talk and laughter,
even music during "off" hours, float out
to the dining room. All the servants
swill ready to break Into smiles at th?'
smallest provocation. They are always
ready to exchange jests with their pa
frons, hut familiarity never becomes
impertinence. The Chinese doesn't
care what happens so long ;:s he ts left
unmolested. Ile likes every thing To he
slipshod and merry.-New York Trib?
une.
Hi* Tank.
George-With the assurance of your
love I could conquer the world
(?race-That will not be necessary
All you have to do is to conquer papa
- London Tit-Bits.
Why should a novel writer be an ex
;raordinary looking animal? Because
nf his tale coming out of his head.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The man who lives for himself alone j
Is apt to be neglected by the world at J
large.-Chicago News. I
THE DRUMHEAD BUSINESS.
A Huge Lons laland Industry Which
Prosper? by War.
Few people know that more than half
the banjo and drum heads sold in the
United States are made on Long Is?
land. Near the railroad station at
Cold Spring is a little red build.'ng sur?
rounded by frames, in which skins are
stretched for drying, while near by is
an artificial pond, with wooden sides
and bottom, filled with a chemical mix?
ture. It.is an unpretentious establish?
ment, but in our two wars and in the
peace between it has fathered a great
deal of noise. The business was estab?
lished in 1SG0, and success was almost
immediate. Competition was strong
after the rush of war orders was over,
but the business has advanced in im?
portance until now there are but three
factories in this country whose opposi?
tion can be felt. Two of these are In
Brookhm and the other at High View.
N. Y.
New York markets furnish the salt?
ed raw skins from which* the drum?
heads are made. The hair is removed
from the skins by a chemical bath in
the artificial pond, and the skins are
then stretched on the racks and dried.
A thorough scraping removes any par?
ticles of fat or flesh that may have
adhered to the dried skin, which is
then the thickness of parchment. The
skins are thoroughly bleached in the
drying process and are then ready for
cutting into heads. During the Span?
ish-American war the factory was fair?
ly swamped with orders for drum?
heads, 500 dozen heads often being or?
dered at one time. The principal de?
mand was for the "tenor" drum, on
which a loud accompaniment to the
fife or bass instrument can be pro?
duced.
Kangaroo skins make the costliest
drumheads. When dressed, they are
showy, but beyond their appearance
and name they are of no greater value
than heads made from calfskin. Sheer
skin is used for cheap toy drums.-New
York Post
QUAINT COLONIAL NAMES. .
How the Offspring: of Our Firr.t Colo?
nists Were Christened.
It is an interesting study to trace the
underlying reason for many of the cu?
rious names which are given to the off?
spring of the first colonists. Parents
searched for names of deep signifi?
cance-for names appropriate to con?
ditions, for those of profound influ?
ence presumably on the child's life.
The Rev. Richard Buck, one of the
early parsons in Virginia, in days of
deep depression, named his first child
Mara. This text indicates the reason
for his choice: "Call me Mara, for the
Almighty has dealt very bitterly with
me. I went out full, and the Lord has
brought me home empty." His second
child was christened Gershom - for
Moses' wife "bare him a son and called
his name Gershom, for he said I have
been in a strange land."
Many names have a pathos and sad?
ness which can be felt down through
the centuries. Dame Dinely. widow of
a doctor, or barber surgeon, who had
died in the snow while striving to visit
a distant patient, named her poor babe
Fathergone.
The children of Roger Clapp were
named Experience. Waitstill. Preserv?
ed. Hopestill Wait. Thanks. Decide.
Unite and Supply. Madam Austin, an
early settler of old Narragansett, had
15 children. Their names were Parvis.
Ficus. Piersus. Prisemus. Polybius.
Lois, Lett iee. Avis. Anstice. Eunice.
Mary. John. Elizabet!:. Ruth. Freelove.
All lived to be threescore and ten. one
to be ?OL' years old. Edward Randall's
children were named Truegrace. Re?
form. Hoped For. More Mercy and Re?
store. Richard Gridley's offspring
were Return. Relieve and Tremble.
"Child Life In Colonial Days."
French Bakers.
Bakers in France are subject to re?
strictions and regulations undreamed
of In England. In the fortified towns
along the frontier they are bound by
lav,' to have a certain stock of flour al?
ways on hand in case of emergencies.
The bakery not only has to be kept
clean, but the baker has to deposit
with the local authorities a certain
sum of money as a surety for tho prop?
er conduct of his business.
The law also looks after his weights
and measures, which circumstance
places him iu the same position as the
British baker, but in addition the btw
regulates the price at which bread can
be sold.
Napoleon III ordered on one occasion
that iu loaf about equal to our quartern
should be sold for uot more then six?
pence, and this at a time when we
were paying eightpence and ninepence.
-London Tit-Ri bi.
A Sympathetic Memory.
In a western Massachusetts town
lives a young woman who i.? blessed
with both discrimination and tact.
The first of these admirable qualities
she has displayed by her two mar?
riages. Her first husband was a minis?
ter, a most delightful man. He died,
and after a lapse of five or six years
she was united to his only brother-, who
was a successful lawyer in New York.
On her library desk stands a picture
of the first partner of lier joys and sor?
rows, and one day a curious caller ask- [
ed whom tin* photograph represented.
"That." said the hostess, with evi
dfmt emotion, "is a picture of my hus?
band's brother, who died eight years
ago and who was very dear to us
both."-Youth's Companion.
An Kinhnrrn*M?ng La ag;h.
During a fanny turn on lise stage at
the Wainui Street theater. Cincinnati,
one night :i man in the balcony leaned
over tlic railing convulsed with laugh- ;
ter. During an extraordinary burst of
hilarity his fais?- teeth flew from his :
mouth and fell in the lap of a lady
who was sitting in the parquet. Those
near looked up and saw the toothless
man waving fra utica Hy to the lady to
pick up his teeth This caused a gen?
eral laugh at his expense. The teeth
were returned by an usher.-Exchange.
THE LITTLE OLD SPINET.
Do rou see the little spinet standing in the cor?
ner there?
Great-grandmother loved play it when she was
a maiden fair.
Sunbeams through the window twinkle, fiiek'ring
on its yellowed keys.
And we almost hear the tinkle of the old tim?
melodies.
Great-grandmother gowned in silk, with higli
heeled slipper?, .flinty lace.
Sat there, whiic a smile of pleasure lighted up
her fair young face;
From without the rose scent lingers, drifting on
the summer breeze.
While she plays with fairy fingers ail the old time
melodies.
And thc littje spinet wait3 her patiently these
long, long years.
Till its mellow voice is broken, harsh, a\d has the
sound of tears,
Yet it seems the sunbeams straying, fiiek'ring on
its yellowed keys.
And her fairy fingers playing all the old tinv
melodies!
-Mary Small Wagner in Optimitt.
A CASE OF LAW.
The Decision That Wa? Rendered by
a Bao ut o Solomon.
Law is a complicated thing, and
some of its decisions seem not to he
founded in equity. Probably most
readers will pass that criticism upon
the case recorded below:
Basutoland, being broken and moun?
tainous, was until recently the resort
of lions, leopards and other wild ani?
mals. Now, however, the hillsides
which were once the resort of these
savage creatures are the pasture
grounds of tens of thousands of cattle.
Nearly all dangerous animals have
been driven away from Basutoland,
but not long ago a leopard appeared
on the outskirts of a village. The
animal soon became as badly frighten?
ed as the villagers and sought safety
in flight.
The next morning the inhabitants
turned out for a hunt One of the
hunters was climbing a steep rock
when he suddenly found himself face
to" face with the leopard, whose re?
treat was cut off by the rock itself.
Neither the man nor the animal could
escape the encounter.
The dilemma was an awkward one,
for the climber was unarmed. Realiz?
ing his danger, he put forth his hands
and in desperation caught hold of the
leopard on each side of its jaw, hold?
ing it at arm's length and calling for
help. The leopard clawed and tore his
captor, but the man held on till help
arrived, and the beast was speared.
Now came a question of law. By
Basuto law the skin belonged to the
chief, who must reward one of three
claimants-either the man who speared
the leopard or the man who held it so
that it was possible to spear it or the
man who, being warned by the bark?
ing of his dog. first discovered the
animal in the village.
The Basuto Solomon decided the
case as follows: The man who speared
it could not have done so but for the
man who held it. and the man who
held lt could not have known of Its
existence if the dog had not first
warned the village; therefore the credit
for the killing belonged to the dog,
whose owner was entitled to the re?
ward.-Youth's Companion.
Jfow She Hates Him.
A young man and a young woman
lean over the front gate. They are lov?
ers. It is moonlight He is loath to
leave, as the parting Is the last Ile is
about to go away. She is reluctant to
see him depart They swing on the
gate.
"I'll never forget you." he says, "and
if death should claim me my last
thought will be of you."
"I'll be true to you." she sobs. "I'll
never see anybody else or love them as
long as I live."
They part
Six years later he returns. His sweet?
heart of former years has married.
They meet at a party. She has changed
greatly. Between the dances the rec?
ognition takes place.
"Let me see," she muses, with her
fan beating a tattoo on her pretty hand,
"was it you or your brother who was
my old sweetheart?"
"Really I don't know," he says.
"Probably my father." - London An?
swers,
Rang In Its Third Ceatury.
The bell on historic old St John's
church, in Richmond, where Patrick
Henry made his famous speech prior to
the American Revolution, rang in the
twentieth century. This bell is thus
given the distinction of being the only
one in this, country, with the possible
exception of that on old Liberty hall, in
Philadelphia, that has rung in three
centuries. Old St John's bell has an
interesting history. Many years ago.
when the old structure for which It
was made was repaired, the bell waa
removed and sold. Later its last own?
er presented it to the Virgi?la Historic?
al society, by which it was restored to
the church.-New Orleans Times-Dem?
ocrat
Shopping:.
Shopman-This matches your sample
perfectly, madam.
Customer-It certainly does. It
couldn't be closer.
Shopman-How many yards do you
wish ?
Customer-Oh. not any yet! You see,
this is the very first shop I've tried!
London Fun.
Where the Guilt Lay.
"You say the play was entirely with?
out a villain?"
"Yes-that is. if you choose to omit
the author/'-Indianapolis Press.
Curiously, the men who are easiest to
get along with are the very men who
have no faculty for getting along.-De?
troit Journal.
Clean Sydney.
In Sydney the streets are thoroughly
cleaned every night, and any -one
throwing refuse or waste material of
any sort on the street is arrested arni
fined. All the kitchens in the larger
residences are on the top floor, and all
the clothes are dried on the roof.
What Har? Her.
Mrs. Heartless-Just to think my
husband fell and broke-and broke
Mrs. Simpythetik-There, dear; I
heard all about iL The poor man broke
his leg. lt's a great affliction, ? know,
but
Mrs. Heartless-Oh. I didn't mean
that! You haven't heard the worst. He
was carrying my new Venetian vase
when be fell, and broke it too.-Ohio
State Journal.
Temperate.
Grimsby-So you want to marry my
daughter, sir! What are your princi
.jtes? Are you temperate?
Fledgely-Temperate! Why, I am so
strict that lt gives me pain even to find
my boots tight.-Pick-Me-Up.
Close Resemblance.
Contractor-You won't sell me a car?
load of bricks on credit?
Dealer-No. Me and my brick are
very much alike. We're hard pressed
for cash.-Philadelphia Record.
SOUTHERN RAILWAT.
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fcuTh?: Ia addition to the above service
trwin? Nos. 16 sad 16 ron daily between Charles
ten and Col UM bia, carr j in g elegant Pull mas
sleeping oar*. No. 15 leave Charleston ll ."00 p.
m.;arrive Columbia 8:00 a. xn. No. 16 leave
Columbia 1:3G a. aa. ; arrive Charleston 7:00 a
m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9:03
p. m. seth ai Charleston and Colombia. Thea*
trains aiske close connections at Colombia
with through trains Between Florida point!
and Washington and the east. Connection
with traine No*. 81 and 82 New Y?rk and Flor
ida Limited between Blackville, Aileen and. Aa
gusta. Ne tl leaves BlaekTille at b:48 a, m.:
Alkea 9.40 a. sa. ; Augusta 10.20 a. m. Ko. ia
leaves Augusta e.&i p. m.; Aiken 7.16p. m.:
Blackville 8.96 D. as. Pullman Drawing Koon?
?aeepors between Augusta, Aiken and NV?
York. Trains Noe. 8 and ll carry Elegant Pull
atan Parlor Cars between Charleston, Summer
ville and Columbia, connecting at Columbia
with the Famous New York and Florida Lim?
ited.
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Ar. Augusta.Ill 60a 10 20p.
" Atlanta.1 S20p 5 00a.
Lv. Atlanta.+ 10 35p 5 30a 4 00?
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Atlanta, rta Augusta, makis g eonaeetknts al
Atlanta fer all petats Barth and Weat
Oe*nee**an at Atlanta with Chiang? an?
Florida apeeaal. aaaly exeapt Sunday. Meat
luxurious trana at the world.
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far Waahiagtosi aad the Bast ; ahwfcrJaakfaa
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Waaaiagvea, D. C. Atsanta. ?a.
50 YEARS^
EXPERIENCE
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TRADE MARK?
DESIGNS
COPYRIGHTS BLC
Anyone Fending a sketch and description may
quickly .-"certain our opinion free vnether aa
Invention is probably patentable. Communica?
tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patentr
sent free. Oldest apenry for securinp patent*.
Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive
tpecial notice, without charge, in tte
Scientific American*
A handsomely illustrated weekly. iAreeet cir
enlatton of any scientific journsl. Terms. $3 *
year : four montha, f L Sold by ivll newsdealers
MUNN I Co.36""o*"*? New York
Krwnoh Ofl?of?. K25 V St_. Washington. D C.
to Pl SO'S CURE FOR
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS.
: Cou^h Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
in time. Sold by druccista.
^ CONSUMPTION
Two hundred bushels of po?
tatoes remove eighty. pounds,
gj* of "actud" Potash from the
gg| soil. Unless this quantity
is returned to the soil,
????r the following crop will
?l?ll, materially decrease.
'^?^?SiL We have 1)001:5 telling about
^?l^^^? composition, use and value of
'^&??&. for various crops.
<?^ri GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St.
New York.
ASK YOUR FRIENDS!
YOU FIND THAT THERE ARE MORE
Used by people who know a good piano teat
any otter make. Its because Stieff Pianos:
are better and cost tees tbao others.
Moving, Toning and Repairing ; Accom?
modating Terms. Catalogue and book of
suggestions cheerfully given.
CHAS. M. STIEFF,
Warercoms, 9 North Liberty Street.
Aiken and linvale streets.
BALTIMORE, MD.
THE BANK OF SUMTER,
SUMTER, S. C.
City and County Depositary
Capital stock paid, ia, . . $75,000 00
Undivided surplus, . . . 16a000 00
Individual liability of stockholders
in excess of their stock, . 75.0C0 00
Traosacts a general banking business ; also
has a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of
$1 and upward received. Interest allowed a;
the rate of 4 ter ceot. per annum, payable
semi-annually.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President.'
MABIOX MOISE, W. F. RHAMI,
Vice-President. Cashier.
Jan 31.
Sofltb Carolina and Georgia lr
B.B.
Schedule No. 4-Io effect 12 Ol a. m., Sro
-I December 24, 1899.;
Between
Camden 8. C.. ?od BUcksbnrg, 8. 6
WEST. EAST
2d cl 1st cl let cl 2dcl
.3a ?33 Eastern time. ?32 *34
pm pm STATIONS pm pm
8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 So
8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 50
9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 30
10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 36 4 lo
11 20 2 10 Heath Borings 11 20 3 15
11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35
'1 60 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 22 4$
2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20
2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 10 ll 00
3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 40
4 10 3 55 New Pott ' 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirsab 9 30 8 00
5 30 4 20 Yorkvillo 9 15 7 30
6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 6fl
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20
6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 Blackeburg) 8 16 5 30
pmpm am am
Between
Blacksbnrg, 8. C., a?d MirioB, N C
WEST. EA8T
2d cl ist cl lei cl 2d ci
.ll ?33 Bastera time. ?32 ?12
am pm STATIONS am pm
8 10 5 30 Blacksbnrg 7 48 6 40 1
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20
8 40 5 50 Patterson Spring! 7 25 6 12
9 20 6 00 Shel bj 7 15 6 10
10 00 5 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 50
10 10 6 28 Mooiesboro 6<8 4 40
10 25 6 38 Hei.rietta 6 38 4 20
10 50 6 56 Fore*! Citv 6 20 3 5C
1115 7 10 Rutberfordton 6 05 3 25
11 35 7 22 Millwood 6 55 3 05
11 45 7 35 Golden Talley 5 40 2 50
12 05 7 40 Thermal City 6 37 2 45
12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 26
12 50 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 00
pmpm amps
Weal;. Gaffney Division. East
1st Claes. i .EASTERN TIMS. I 1st Claas
15 I 13 J STATIONS. I 14 ! 16 .
pmam . ampm
1 00 6 00 " Blacksburg 7 50 3 00
1 20 6 20 Cherokee Fallt 7 30 240
1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 22C
pmam ampo
.Dany eiCfpt Sunday. ?
Train No 32 leaving Mario?, N. C., at
a m, making close connection at Blacksbnrg,
O, with the Southern's train No 36 for Char
lotte, N C, and all point* East and connecting
with the Southern V vestibule going to Atlanta, - .
Ga, and all points West, and will receive pas?
sengers going East from train No 10, on the C &
N W R R, at Yorkville, S C. at 8 45 a rn, and
connects at Camden, S C, with the Southern 8
train No 78. arriving in Charleston, 8 17pm
Train No 34 with passenger coach attache
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a rn, and connectinj
af R<?ck Hill with the Southern's Florida trail
for all points South,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12.S0
p m, after the arrival of the Southern's Cbar-\
leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with
the L ? C K R, at Catawba Junction ?itfc
the SAL. going Es i-t, at Rock Hill, S C, with
the Southern's traiB. No 34, for Charlotte, 5
O, and all points East. Connects at Yerk
ville. S C, with train No 9 on the C a N W S -
R. for Chester, SC. At BlacksbuTg with th?
Southern'* vestibule going East, and the Soatk.
ern'? train No 35 going West, and eonnecting
at Marion N C with the Southern both Eaat aid M
West.
SAMUEL HUNT. President >
S. TRIPP. Superintendent.
A.B. LlTpKIN. Gen'! Passen? r Ag-nt.