The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 31, 1901, Image 8
THE TALE OE A DOG.
A TRUTHFUL NARRATIVE OF CANINE
TENACITY AND SAGACITY.
Am the Story of the Feat Was Related
hy a Preacher Who Waa a Party to
the Incident Ko Farther Testimony
Is Xecesnary,
A certain Nashville statesman is
?bout one of the best story tellers in
Tennessee, and his repertoire includes a
lot of good ones, fish and otherwise.
On the truthfulness of some be will
stake bis reputation for veracity, but
lie tells one which be always prefixes
With the statement that it was told bim
Ijy a minister of the gospel, Dr. Bard?
well, who will be remembered here by
the older inhabitants as the assistant
of Dr. Edgar of revered memory, who
was pastor of the First Presbyterian
church during the latter years of Gen
teral Andrew Jackson's life and attend?
ed the old hero in bis last illness. The
story teller said:
"Dr. Bardwell used to visit my fa?
ther's house when I was a boy, and the
story I am about to tell you was relat?
ed to zoe on the occasion qi ene of these
T&its. We were out on the veranda
smoking one evening after tapper. The
doctor was fond of dogs and was a
pretty good sportsman and naturally
the conversation turned on this subject.
""Speaking of dogs,' said Dr. Bard?
well, *reminds me of a dog which be?
longed to a friend of mine in Mississip?
pi I had been invited to hold services
at a church near this friend's house
.sd wrote him to meet me at the sta?
tion, some six miles from his house, on
the Saturday afternoon before Sunday,
the day of the appointment
" He was on time with horses, and
Ve started to his home. I noticed that a
very handsome bird dog followed us,
sud, having heard that some one in
that neighborhood owned an especially
well trained trick dog, I asked my
friend about it
""That's the dog," at the same time
pointing at his dog, which had run
ahead of us and was waiting at the
forks of the road.
" 1 asked him to make him perform a
trick. He got down from his horse,
called the dog and, taking out his pock?
etbook, held it to the dog's nose. He
then took out n silver half dollar and.
walking some distance into the woods,
raised up a large rock and put the mon?
ey under it We then resumed our jour?
ney, and when probably half a' miie
away my friend called his dog and told
him to go back and get the money.
"The dog, without the least hesita?
tion, started back on a run? and. mj
friend explained as the rock was heavy
the dog would be unable to turn it
ever, so would lia ve to scratch under it
to reach the piece of money, and he
would not probably get home before we
reached there, it then being about three
mSes farther OD to his house.
"'However, when we reached home
the dog was not there. We ate supper,
and still the dog did not come, nor had
he put In an appearance when we re?
tired at about 10 o'clock.
" 'The next morning we got up about
daylight, and, tearing a noise outside, j
any friend opened the door, and the dog
rushed in dragging with him h pair of
pantaloons, which he dropped on the
floor.
*"Of course we were both mystified,
hot had not long to wait an explana?
tion, for shortly afterward a man who
lived several miles from my friend's
house rode up on a mule and inquired
if a dog with a pair of pantaloons in
his mouth had come into the house.
The dog at this moment came out on
tte porch, and the man said. "Why.
there's the dog DOW."
"*3?y friend told his caller that the
dog had really biought a pair of f>anta
loons home with him, but he did not j
understand it himself.
** The man said that late in the after?
noon the day before be found the dog j
scratching under a large rock near the j
road and, thinking be was after a rab
"Wt stopped and lifted the rock up, and,
lo his surprise, found a half dollar cn
the underside.
. *He put the money in his pocket and
the dog followed him home. The dog
appeared to be friendly, and the man
petted him and gare him bis supper.
At night when the family retired the
dog was put on the outside, but he
kept up such a racket that no one could
sleep on the place, and when the man
opened the door to drive the dog off he
rushed into bia bedroom and at once
became very quiet lying down near
Jbe foot of the bed, where be slept al)
"night
** 'Early In the norning, the man said,
be got up and opened the window, and
the instant be did so the dog seized his
pantaloons In his mouth and, jumping
oct of the window, fled.
"The man followed as soon as be
could get his mule.
"'Hearing this story, my friend got
lae pantaloons and on searching the
pockets found the half dollar which be
had hid under the rock the afternoon
Def ore,' "-Nashville Banner.
A Lastins Scare.
"Tugty tells me he never travels at
Sight on the cars.'*
"Nervous T
"Well, the last trip he took be saw
ose of those women who wear their
husbands' old linen dusters for sleeping
nar gowns."--Chicago Record-Herald.
Prefers the Restaurant.
"The difference between a restaurant
aa a cafay," said Mr. Meddergrass, who
had just returned from the city, "is
that at a cafay they charge you 2 bits
for bread an butter an at a restaurant
they throw it in."-Baltimore Ameri?
cas.
ic? Tim? Was Up.
Bronson-My poor old grandmother
ia dead, and her parrot died the next
Hay.
Dailey-Very strange I The poor bird
?ied of grief, ? suppose.
Bronson-No. I killed it with a
poker.-London Fun.
iiiLHAihli?AD SCARE
DOD EFFECTS OF THE FIRST SiGHT
CF A LOCOMOTIVE.
Some of the People of the South Hld
Behind Trees In lS^io. When the
Iron Horse Went By-The Country's
Earliest Railroad.
America cannot lav claim to the first
locomotive or the first railroad. That
great honor lies with England. Yet
Yankee genius was not very far behind
her, for, when George Stephenson
launched his first real locomotive, the
Rocket, on the Liverpool and Manches?
ter road in 1829. the first spike had been
driven on the Baltimore and Ohio rail?
road? July 4, 1828, by Charles Carroll
of Carrollton, the last surviving signer
of the Declaration of Independence.
This was the first road started in the
United States, and in 1830 it bad reach?
ed Eliicott Mills, 13 miles from Balti?
more.
But the south can claim the honor of
completing the longest railroad in the
world at that dave, being the old
Charleston and Hamburg road, now a
part of the South Carolina and Georgia
system, which was begun in 1830, and
by October, 1833, lt had 137 miles of
track in operation. In a letter from
Mr. Samuel C. Clarie of Georgia, a
kinsman of the writer, who attained
the extreme age of 91 years and who
had seen the beginning and the comple?
tion of this road, he thus gives his ex?
perience upon first sight of a locomo?
tive:
"One day while going down to
Charleston with a party of gentlemen
to attend the races as we approached
the city we saw in the distance the
new railroad, finished some 10 or 12
miles out of Charleston. It was built
upon piles, longer or short, according
to the nature of the ground. Sometimes
in crossing a ravine the rails were 20
feet from the surface. Our track ran
near this elevated road, and soon a
horrid shriek as from 20 panthers was
heard in the woods. By this time we
were nervous. Elephants and lions
we had heard of, and some of us had
seen them, but what monster was this
whose screams we heard? Presently
it came in sight flying aloft through
the air and breathing fire and smoke,
and our frightened steeds became un?
manageable, and in fact I think that
some of our party were as badly fright?
ened as their horses. If any of my
readers are old enough to remember
the introduction of locomotives and
how they felt at first sight of them,
they will perhaps understand our sen?
sations that day in the pine woods.
"A mile or two farther on we came
to a broken wagon by the side of the
road, and near it sat a Georgia cracker
smoking his pipe. On being asked
what, was his trouble he replied. 'Well,
stranger, I've often hearn tell of nulli?
fication, and now I reckon I've saw lt
for true/ "
It is somewhat amusing now to read
of the superstitious dread with which
.the inhabitants looked upon the build?
ing of these first railroads. Some
thought the smoke of the continual
passing trains would cause a pestilence
or destroy all the crops along the road.
Others were afraid to ride on the cars
for fear of having their breath taken
away, and the people in the cities ob?
jected to the railroad being built be?
cause they feared the smoke from the
engines would soil the clothes which
were hung out to dry.
Many are yet living who looked upon
the terrible, screeching iron monster
with awe and trepidation. Mr. Nat Mc?
Gee of Ivy, Albemarle, tells a joke upon
himself that when he heard the train
coming he jumped from his horse and
got behind a tree, where he viewed it
for fear of being run over. Mr. W. T.
Prout, who was taking a wagon load of
produce to Richmond, when be reached
Gordonville heard the whistle and ter?
rible noise of the approaching train,
and he and his companions were so
scared that they sprang out. leaped the
fence and ran across the field to a safe
distance, leaving the wagon and team
to its fate, but when the train appeared
*t was only an engine and one coach.
The first roadbeds were formed, as
has been stated, by driving piles In the
ground, upon the top of which were
placed wooden stringers, in which were
cut a groove for the wheels to run.
These were called "wooden railroads"
and at a distance appeared like the ele?
vated railroads in the cities of the pres?
ent day. The honor of this invention
was contested between John Hartman
of Scottsville. Va., and John Williams,
an engineer of Ohio, but it did not
prove a bonanza to either, for the
wheels were constantly bouncing out of
the groove, and the piles soon after
gave place to solid dirt embankments,
and strap iron rails were substituted
for the wooden groove. But the grad?
ing was very imperfect and uneven,
which made riding on one of these
primitive railroads like going over a
corduroy road in a springless wagon,
with the cars bouncing over these
rough rails to the jingling music of the
windows,-Richmond Dispatch.
It is considered extremely bad form
to use a knife in dissecting fish,
A little modern fish knife, with an in?
genious fork arrangement, on one side,
is now made.
A bit of lemon is served with broiled
and baked fish, and it is in correct form
to use the fingers in expressing the
juice.
Potatoes are considered a proper ac?
cessory to the fish course.
Sliced cucumbers, with plain French
dressing, are also served.
With a boiled fish the potatoes are
also usually boiled, cut into bits or
scooped out and garnished with a little
melted butter and chopped parsley.
Never use the fingers to separate the
bones from the eatable portion of fish.
The bones must be evaded with such
dexterity as one can command without
other aid than such as a bit of bread
held in the left hand nwr furnish,
1
WHAT SAID THE WIND?
[Her thought.]
The wind is waving all the trees;
They whisper in the sun.
And ever through the sweet, wann grass
The wayward shadows run. .
Oh, turn you here or turn you there,
The thought will not away
That love comes as the wind comes,
And none may say it nay.
[His thought]
The wind is scattering the leaves,
The .clouds rush up the sky,
The vagrant snowflakes find no rest,
But whirl and toss and fly,
And still thought wanders with the wind,
Returning but to say,
**Ob, love goes as the wind blows,
And none may bid it stay!"
-Aldis Dunbar in Ainslee's Magarine,
ONE OF BROOKS' PUPILS.
He Was Unjustly Punished, bat He
Forgave the Offense.
After his graduation from Harvard
college Phillips Brooks became a
teacher in the Boston Latin school.
And here, on the very threshold of bis
career, he met with failure. So much
had been expected of him that his
want of success was naturally a sub?
ject of much comment at the time, and
after he had become a great preacher
his early failure was still referred to
and sometimes was used to point a
moral
It was a turbulent class that Phillips
Brooks had to teach. Before he tock
charge of it three teachers had been
driven away. The man who followed
Mr. Brooks, to fill out the year, con?
fessed himself so wearied by the fre?
quent resort to corporal punishment
that he was obliged to betake himself
to the mountains for the summer to
recuperate his strength. The boys
were certainly in fault but the blame
was not wholly theirs, and long since
they may be supposed to have repented
of their mischief.
Phillips Brooks was then not yet 20
years old. little more than a boy. Nat?
urally, perhaps, he made mistakes. On
one occasion, says his biographer, he
punished a boy who had committed
no fault
After Mr. Brooks had become bishop
of Massachusetts, as be was moving
in his majestic dignity across Boston
Common, .he met this boy, then a ma?
ture man occupying a post of trust and
influence. Neither man had forgotten
the incident
Looking down upon his old pupil, the
bishop made a certain appeal for for?
giveness. "Tell me, now," he said,
"that I did not make a mistake and
.punish the wrong boy."
"Yes, you did make a mistake. You
punished the wrong boy," was the an?
swer, "but I have missed so many pun?
ishments that I deserved that I ought
to be grateful for that one, which I did
not deserve."-Youth's Companion.
A VERY CURIOUS BIRD.
The One Tonng Mark Twain Sprang
Upon the Scientists.
Mark Twain's father was an ornithol?
ogist He had several friends who
were also enthusiasts on the subject of
birds. Whenever any one of them dis?
covered a rara avis it was the custom
to have a consultation. Mark had been
a witness of several of these bird in?
quests and had noted the delight the
old men took in discussing a new
found specimen. One day it occurred
to him to provide the Hannibal orni?
thologists with a real circus in the
form of a bird. He killed a crow and
also a barnyard rooster^ Plucking out
the tail feathers of both the crow and
the rooster, he substituted the rooster's
tail feathers for those of the crow, pro?
ducing a unique effect When he had
the specimen nicely prepared, he went
to his father and, handing it to him,
said:
"Here, father, Is a very curious bird
I shot I thought you would be inter?
ested In lt"
The old gentleman gazed upon the
specimen with astonishment That
evening the ornithologists of Hannibal
were assembled in Mr. Clemens' par?
lor. The rare specimen was put before
them. The discussion was long and
learned. The opinions expressed were
various. One thought the bird was an
offshoot of the bird of paradise fam?
ily; others had equally ridiculous no?
tions as to its ancestry. But there was
one who refused to be swerved by the
peculiarity of the bird's tail from the
judgment that it was of the crow fam?
ily.
"Why, just look here,* he said, lift?
ing the bird by its tail feathers. He
got no further. The feathers came
out There was a quick closing of a
door. Mr. Clemens started to leave
the room.
"Gentlemen," he said, "please excuse
me a few moments. I will see Samuel
first and explain later."
The Honorable Board.
Sam Rawson occasionally said a good
thing, and one of these occasions chanc?
ed to be the town meeting. The peo?
ple of Sam's village could not under?
stand how the money appropriated for
the roads had vanished with such poor
results.
A stretch of road running past Sam's
house was in notoriously poor condi?
tion, although Sam declared that he
had paid liberally to have it put in
good order, and there was general in?
terest when Sam rose to make his state?
ment before the selectmen.
"I'd just like to say one thing," he
drawled, heedless of the fact that he
had Interrupted an indignant neighbor.
"I don't want to make any fuss, but
I'd just like to ask the honorable board
of highwaymen"
That was as far as he could get. A
roar of laughter swept over thc town
meeting and showed its effects in the
red faces of the "highwaymen." -
Youth's Companion.
Before 50 the most healthful occupa?
tion is that of the clergyman. The
doctors and the lawyers are close to?
gether. After 50 years, according to
the figures, it is more healthful to prac?
tice medicine or the law than it is to
preach.
AN INDIAN CIGAR SIGN.
The Fate That Overtoolz One Agares
sive Wooden Savage.
Tbe city of Little Muddy, on the up?
per Yellowstone, was an exceeding!
wide awake town in ISSI. "When it
had reached the mature age of 3
months, every kind of business man
was represented except the cigar deal?
er, and the next week a man from Chi?
cago named Stark opened a tobacco
store, with a large, gaudy and aggres?
sive wooden Indian in front, holding a
tomahawk savagely in one hand and a
bunch of cigars in the other. It would
take a chapter to tell of all the trouble
Stark had with that wooden aborigine.
This variety of sign was rare in that
region, and gentlemen not unconnected
with the stock growing industry who
came in from the ranges wearing spurs
and weapons would resent his threat?
ening attitude-for that matter, no In?
dian, even the most peaceably dispos?
ed, was popular. He was knocked off
his pedestal half a dozen times a day.
Stark learned to know what had hap?
pened whenever he heard a dull crash
in front and would step outside and re?
store his fallen warrior.
But the red man did not meet his
Waterloo till Tobe Hartley and a
-friend, preserved to us under the name
of Long Isaac, came in from the Light?
ning's Nest neighborhood. A close
friendship existed between these two
worthies. It was their first vacation
from the ranch for several months.
They wandered about town in a re?
ceptive mood and sought to enjoy their
visit No facts are extant concerning
their condition after some hours, but
we may perhaps be allowed our suspi?
cions. Finally they separated, and
Tobe, coming along to the Indian and
not noticing his upraised hatchet, sat
down at his feet to rest He soon fell
asleep and sank lower. At this junc?
ture Isaac came around the corner and
took in the tragic situation at a glance.
"Killed my partner for a simple
bunch of cigars, did you?" be cried.
"Well, we'll see about it!" and he pro?
duced his firearms and beg^n shooting
accurately and rapidly. At the end of
ten minutes Stark gathered up his no?
ble savage in a basket, while the resus?
citated Tobe and the avenging Isaac
moved off arm in arm.-Harper's Mag?
azine.
BATTLES OF NATURE.
Unceasing Straggles Which End In
Survival of Fittest.
We read the tablets of leng ago
which the geologist has deciphered fer
us, and we find them an endless story
of battles. The successful species
which occupy the great geological
horizons have come out of great tribu?
lation. The trilobites and stone lilies
of the siiuriau period, the gigantic club
moss and fluted sigillarians of the coal
age, the enormous ammonites of the
jurassic and chalk epochs, the mighty
elephants and majestic deer forms of
the tertiary era are magnates of the
times and masterpieces of the struggle.
They have been redeemed at great
price, even of a thousand species and
tens of thousands of individuals who
fell short of the typical fitness and
were killed out. These magnates, each
in its turn, were pioneers of progress,
like the scouts of a great army and
were caught in a physiological am?
bush.
The pedigree of the horse in the most
recent past has been made out. traced
shall we say. for a hundred thousand
years before man came on the scene
(for Lord Kelvin asked the geologist
to burry up and not be too lavish with
time or we should have said 200.000
years before man). The fleetness, grace
and strength of the horse are owing to
his ability to walk on one toe. to which
have been correlated the wonderful
instincts by which he has become the
partner of man in his industries and
struggles. He has been derived in
almost a strict gradation from the two
toed, three toed, four toed and five
toed ancestors which flourished in the
ages which preceded man. Myriads cf
individuals and all the species and
varieties died out to make room for the
one toed selection to enable this favor?
ite to occupy the ground unthwarted
by crossing or by recurrence to average
forms. He was redeemed at a great
price and has come through a great
tribulation.-Contemporary Review.
Onion Sets-leading
varieties.
Also assortment of Garden
Seeds.
Havana Segars.
Large line of fine Havana
Segars.
Toilet Articles.
A choice line of Toilet and
Fancy Goods to which atten?
tion is invited at
DeLorme's Draff Store.
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Condensed Schedule in 2ffect Jan. 17,
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Uv DailTi
EASTERN TIME.
No. 6 No.13
'Daily Daily
5 20p 7<J0a.Lv.
600p 741? M .
7 30p 8 55a " .
7 58p 9 23a " .
847p 1015a * .
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Summerville
.Branchville.
.OrangebuT?f.
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.11 30a; Ar
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780p] 9 15a " ...Branchville... " . 8 50a? e00p
755p! 940a "....Bamberg.... " i 8 27a j 533p
805p! 9 50a " .... Denmark...." ? 8 13a 5 Wp
8-24p:10 07a " ....Blackville." : 8 00aJ 503p
924p|1100a ".Aiken." ! 7 03ai 355p
lOaopill 50a|Ar. An fasta and Lv " I 6 20a' 3 lOp
NOTE: In addition to the above servies
trains Noa. 15 and 16 run daily between Charles?
ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
Bleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11:00 p.
si.;arnre Columbia 6:00 a. m. No. 16 leave
Columbia 1:30 a. m.;arrive Charleston 7:00?.
m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9$0
p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. Thew
trains make close connections at Columbia
with through trains between Florida points
and Washington and the east. Connection
with trains No?. SI and 32 New York and Flor?
ida Limited between Blackville, Aiken and Au?
gusta. No SI leaves Blackville at 8:4S a. m.:
Aiken 9.40 a. m. ; Augusta 10.20 a. m. No. 32
leaves Auguste 6.30 p. m. ; Aiken 7.15 p. m. ;
Blackville 8.05 p. m. Pullman Drawing Room
Bleepers between Augusta, Aiken and New
York. Trains Nos. 6 and ll carry Elegant Pull?
man Parlor Cars between Charleston, Summer?
ville and Columbia, connecting at Columbia
with the Famous New York and Florida' Lim
?ted.
Ex. ?Sus.
Sun. only
Ex.
Sua.
Lv. Augusta_
Ar. Sandersville.
.' Tennille.
9 30a; 5 20p
12 4Sp i 8 32p
1250p 840p
Lr. Tennille.
" Sandersville.
Ar. August?.
5 40a 350p| 310p
5 50a! 400p[ 3 23p
9 00aj 710p| 8 SOp
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44 Allendale..
" Barnwell .
" Blackville
12 30a
845a
4 13a
428a
1255p
355p
425p
489p
4 SOp
813p
155p
3 45p
5 05p
Ar. Batesburg
Ar. Columbia.
6 Wal 615p
945p
800p
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Ill 30a! 115a
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LT. Batesburg
Ar. Blackville
" Barnwell .
" Allendale.
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630a
1 lOp
1 24p
1 55p
305p
2 57a! 10 30a
312a;1130a
3 45a|ll 30a
5 OOiil .
8 38a
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Ar. Augusta.ll 50a. 10 20p|.
" Atlanta.! S20p; 5 00a.
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805p! 7 15a
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Ar. Lexington.j 9 31a- 5Cop! 5 00a
" Cincinnati.*. -il2n'n' 7 SOp; 7 45a
" Chicago. S Sop 7 15a ! 5 3Up
Ar. Louisville.
" St. Louis ..
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710pi 7 4U3
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Lv. Augusta..j SOOp! 9S?T1
" Batesburg.j 4 48p'12 07a
Lv. Charleston.j 7 iOarll Pup
Lv. Columbia (Union Depot).ll 40aj 8 20a
Ar. Spartanburg . 3 lOpill 25a
" Asheville . 715pi 2 48p
" Knoxville. 4 15a! 7 SOp
" Cincinnnati. 7 30pl7 45a
M Louisvi 1 le I via .Tellieo).. 6 5Ua
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" Philadelphia..ill 35a: 256a
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T Daily except Sunday.
Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and
Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at
Atlanta for al! points North and West.
Connection at Atlanta with Chicago and
Florida special, daily except Sunday. Most
luxurious train in the world.
Connections at Columbia with throueh trains
for Wa?hi?gton and the East : also for Jackson?
ville and all Florida Point?
FRANK S. GANNON, .7. M. CULP,
Third V-P. & lien. Mgr.. Traffic Manager,
Washington. D. C Washington. D. C
KORT. W*. HUNT,
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston, S. C.
S. H. HARDWICK, W. H. TAYLOR
Gen. rx*< Agt.. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt..
Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga.
Beautiful
Summer
Millinery.
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED
350 Prettiest Hats Ever Brought
to Sumter.
Thev are in endless varietv, and the
latest" NEW YORK AND PARIS
STYLES.
Call at once and make your selection
before the choice ones are sold.
Terms strictly cash.
Respectfnllv,
MRS. L. ATKINSON.
May 22
The Air
We Breathe
Contains Oxygen and Ni?
trogen in the proportion
of one to five.
ORS. STARKEY & PALEN'S
COMPOUND 0XY6EN
Cootains Oxygen aou Nitrogen
the former greatly io t-xoess
ozone,aod is very ?olcable io wa?
ter. Heat liberates it ; it is taken
into tbe looge by inhalation, ab?
sorbed bj tbe blood, which it
purifies and so goes directly to
the ?cat of bil diseases Seod for
oar 200 page treatise ; sent free.
ORS. STAKEY & PALEN,
1112 Girard Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
San Francisco, Cal. Toronto, Cal.
Feb 13-6m
ii Ee
tension R. R Conroy
Schede, le No. 4--In effect 12 Ol a. m , SID
December 24, 1899.
Between
Camden 8 C . std B?sckebnrg. 8 C
WEST._ EAST
2d cl 1st cl 1st cl 2dci
.35 *33 Eastern time *32 ?34
pm pm STATIONS. pm pm
8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 6 3o
8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 50
9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 30
10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 j0
11 20 2 10 Hfatb Soriega 11 20 3 15
\l 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35
12 CO 2 50 Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4o
1 30 3 10 Catawba Jonction 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 Port 9 35 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirsab 9 30 8 00
5 30 4 20 York ville 9 16 7 30
6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 S5o
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20
6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 6 20 Siacksbnrg 8 16 5 30
pm pm_a m a m
Between
Blaeksbnrg. 8. C., ard Marios. N G
WEST. ~~??A8T
2d cl 1st cl 1st cl 2c c
.ll .?33 Eastern time. ?32 ?12
sm pm STATIONS am pm
8 10 5 30 Blaeksbnrg 7 48 6 40
8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 8 20
8 40 5 50 Patterson Springs 7 25 6 12
9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 00
10 00 S 20 Lattimore 6 56 4 50
10 10 6 28 Mocresboro 6 48 4 40
10 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20
10 50 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 50
11 15 7 10 Rutherford ton 6 05 3 25
11 35 7 22 Hillwood 5 55 3 06
11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 50
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 0O
pmpm a m p ns
West Gaffney Division. East
1st Class I EASTERN TIME, j 1st Cia?
15 I 13 1 STATIONS. j 14 j 16
pmam ampm
1 00 6 00 Blaeksbnrg 7 50 3 00
1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40
1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 2 20
pmam ampm
.Dany except Snnday
Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., at
a rn, making close connection at Blaeksbnrg,
C, with the Southern's train No 36 for Char
lotte, N C, and all points East and connecting
with the Southern's 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 Torkville, S C, at 8 45 a m, and
connects ar Camden, S C, with the Southern e
train No 78, arriving in Charleston, S 17 p nc
Train No 34 with passenger ^oach attache
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, and connectin
at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida tnd
for all points South,
Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12.50
p rn, after the arrival of the Southern's Char
leston train connects at Lancaster. S C, with
the LA C R R, at Catawba Junction xith
the S A L, going East; at Rock Hill. S C, with
the Southern's traiB, No 34, for Charlotte, ?f
C, and all points East. Connects at York
ville, S C, with train No 9 on the C a, N W B
R. for Chester, PC. At Blacksburg with th?
Southern's vestibule going East, and the South
ern'? train No 35 going West, and connecting
at Marion N C with the Southern both Rast ar?c
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President
S. TRIPP. Superintendent.
A B. LTT ?KTN- Gen'i P?s?ene-r Ae-nt.
ATLANTIC COAST LIE
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
WUmiogtoo, N. C., Joly 21st, 1901
Fast JLine
BETWEEN
Meston aid Colmia anil Upper
S?lita Carolina,
AND
NORTH CAROLINA,
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
Going West, j la Effect Jan'y j Going East.
No 52 I 13th, 1901. j No 53
.am .pu
7 CO Lv Charleston, S C Ar 8 05
8 SI Lv Lanes, SC Ar 6 30
9 51 Lv Sumter; SC Ar 4 33
11 13 Ar Columbia, SC Lv 3 CO
p m
12 34 Ar Prosperity, S C Lv 143
12 47 Ar Newberry, SC Lv 1 28
1 32 Ar Clinton, SC Lv 12 35
150 Ar Laurens, S C Lv !2 12
3 25 Ar Greenville, S C Lv 10 5o
3 10 Ar Spartan bc re, SC Lv 10.43
po am
7 13 Ar Winnsboro, S C Lv 10 18
9*0 Ar Charlotte, N C Lv 8 10
pm am
6 11 Ar Hendersoville, N C Lv 9 02
7 15 Ar Asheville, NC Lv 8 00
?Daily.
Nos 52 and 53 solid trains between Charlee
ton and Greenville, S C.
H M Emerson,
Gen'l Passenger Agent.
J R Eeoly, T M Emerson,
Gea': Manager. Traffic Manager
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTER, 8. C.
Paid up Capital.$ 75.00C 00
Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 00
Additional Liability of Stock?
holders io excess of their
stock. 75,000 00
Total protectioo to depositors, $175.000 00
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Special attention given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits of $1 acd upwards received. In
terest allowed at the rate ot 4 per cent, per
annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed*
iog $300, payable quarterly, on first days o?
January. April, July and October.
R M. WALLACE,
R. L. EDMUHDS, President.
Cashier.