The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 19, 1902, Image 8
MAJOR By Martha
n ^ n... . Mcculloch *
AND THE THIEF *
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Copyright, 1901. P
By Martha Mcculloch Williams. ?
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Old man Buckley, one of Marshall
town's titree inveterate topers, was
trying to sober up against his daugh
jti^r's wedding. When he had his com
.^piement of drinks, he was to outward
seeming as sober as a judge. Lack of
them set aim reeling upon his horse
and guiding the sagacious beast in let?
ter S's all over the road.
"Look!" Major Boram said to Molly,
his niece and adopted heiress. "That's
what Tm 'trying to save you from-the
thing which biteth like a serpent and
stingeth like an adder."
Ton needn't try to make out poor
Jink is a snake," Molly said spiritedly.
*Tm sure he wouldn't crawl, not even
to get me."
**Oh, ho! You think it was his inde?
pendence fiat kept him from signing
the pledge when I demanded it of
him," the major said, with a fine, lofty
scorn. Aga in Molly tossed* her head.
"I would have said no to him if he
had signed it," she said. "Why, Jink
was never drunk but once in his life,
and that was in the way of business.
If he had not drunk to match thai
Long Hollow crowd, his pa would have
?pst ail their trade, and it's worth a
thousand dollars clear profit every
"rear."
"The major groaned. He was a
round, pursy man, rosy faced, with lit?
tle eyes twinkling through smothering
fat. He had come back to his native
^ town the year before breathing out a
vague aroma of riches and ready to
give advice offhand to anything from
divine Providence to the town coun?
cil. Marshalltown folk said he was
cram full of crank notions, which he
had had no chance to spend properly in
governing a wife or bringing up chil?
dren of his own.
He struck Marshalltown a teetotaler
?of the first water, the second water
art? also the third. Water was indeed
his creed and rallying cry for the time
being. His mind and heart were set
upon: organizing a temperance knight?
hood after ideas peculiarly" his own.
Marshalltown would have none of
the. knighlhood. It was so temperate,
letting the single saloon languish ex?
cept at Christmas time and the Fourth
of July, that it resented organized tem?
perance much as it might have resent?
ed the organization of an antistealing
brotherhood. To its mind a man ought
to drink when he felt like it and had
good liquor handy, but should never be |
tempted into swallowing stuff he did j
not really care for by giving it the tang I
of forbidden fruit. So it heartily ap?
plauded Jink Travis' refusal to become
the first fruits of the major's enthusi?
asm, ?t was a fine thing, everybody
admitted, seeing how matters stood
Jink as good as engaged to Molly and
Molly's heiress-ship contingent on her
marrying to suit the major.
Jink and Moily had been lovers time
out of mind. It was all settled that
they should marry when Jink was tak?
en into the finn. But the major came
down upon them three months before
the sign. "Travis & Son. Groceries.
Hardware Provisions. Liquors, Whole?
sale and Retail," went up upon the big
block at the head of the main street.
Molly had eight younger brothers and
sisters. Her father could not hope to
?o more than feed and c*othe them. So
the major and his fortune had to be
taken into account, especially when Le
asked to have Moily the same as his
pwn child.
That was where the pinch came. For j
fcerself and Jink, Molly cotrfd have bid' j
den the fortune go hang. But the chi!- ;
dreni She could not shut out her moth- !
er's anxious eyes, her father's patient. 1
? troubled face. As long as she did not
rebel openly she was free to help with
i>Otb bands. SO she contented herself
-with vowing she would die an old maid
onless she might marry Jink and smil?
ing her sweetest at Jink himself when?
ever she got the chance.
Jink could not well be so patient.
He wanted a wife, a home of his own
and Molly for that wife. He was ready
to do anything reasonable to get her.
He might have gone in for that knight?
hood foolishness if he had not known
she would be the first to despise him
for it. He might even have done it
and tried to square himself later with
his sweetheart if he had been sure the
major was honest in his crank'ery.
Somehow the major's enthusiasm rang
false to him. Under and behind the
flow of words he saw something in the
unctuous lips, the beady, twinkling
eyes, which made him suspect that the
ma lox*, like other self deluded mortals,
was moro anxious to pose as a great
moral force than to rule strictly his
own appetites.
Indeed, as Dan Brown put it, "the
cut of the major's jib gave him away
for a blamed old hypocrite." Dan
Brown was Jink's chum, the head man
at the new electric light plant, which
Travis & Son had done so much to get
installed. Of course, their own store
was the very first to be wired and
lighted.. All tho first week afterward
Jink himself did" nothing much but
march around with swarming rural
customers and flash lights into every
dark hoie and corner from the third
story to the cellar. In the flashing he
Incidentally made them sure there was
no danger of getting a stroke of light?
ning. Otherwise trade might have suf?
fered.
"I say this yere projick. it jest j
knocks the socks oSTn anything ever
I saw," Squire Crane said as J?'ik j
?ade the cellar dark or light by the ;
mere turning ox a button. Afterward
ht? explained chat the ecirar "vould bc
always light. Then everybody smiled.
iThat meant something to Travis' cus
I tomers. Ever since The "store ope???"3
I there had been a barrel of the best
j whisky conveniently remote from gen?
eral view, but free to whoever chose
j to go and take a,, drink. It was, of
course, a point of honor not to drink
unless you. were, a pretty good cus?
tomer. Major Borum was a pretty
gpod customer, in spite of social com?
plications, but nobody ever suspected
him of even knowing where the bar?
rel stood.
It lay bung up, with the thief hang?
ing upon a'handy nail in the wall a
foot away. The thief, understand, was
only an ia?no?ent tin tube, open at both
ends and slender enough to slip easily
through the bunghole. In use it was
thrust down into the liquor, open end?
ed. Then a finger held close over the
upper end made it fetch out enough
liquor for a drink, stiff or mild accord?
ing to the depth of the plunge. By
way of keeping the thief in place a lit?
tle ring had been soldered on to the up?
per end, a long wire twisted in the
ring and likewise made fast to the nail
in the wall. Careless drinkers might
otherwise have dropped the invaluable
tube or absentminded ones, after the
third drink, have gone off with it in the
pocket.
Throughout the summer Major Bo?
rum came into the store only when he
had business, but as the days grew
short and nipping he fell into a way of
sitting into the group around the stove,
listening when he had to-that was
rather seldom-and talking when he
could-that was most of the time.
Toward Christmas the major haunted
the store more than ever, especially
late in the day when there was al?
ways plenty of trade. He had got so
familiar he went everywhere, up stairs
or down, without pxciting comment
Some few said he was simmering down.
They reckoned it would be all right be?
twixt Jink and Molly by-well, say,
next spring; but Jink and Molly knew
better. Indeed they had almost lost
hope when Dan Brown came to their
help.
The lights had been working badly,
so Dan chased down into the cellar
about dusk one night to look after the
switchboard. In a minute he came up,
his eyes staring like saucers, beckoned
Jink to him and plunged again below.
Nobody saw any more of them that
night They worked in the cellar until
near 12 o'clock and went home chuc?
kling aloud....
All next day Jink moved like a man
in a dreamt waiting upon customers
with, his head half turned over his
shoulder. It was a busy day. Satur?
day, and the world and his wife were
In town. About noon, when the crush
was greatest, everybody was startled
by a succession of yells, unearth?
ly, agonizing, coming up, it seemed,
"from right under their feet. Three
parts of the hearers dashed into the
street, two women fainted, and old
lady Buckley snatched up ber basket
of eggs, crying out that she "allus
knew som'p'n' was bound ter happen
ter that store ever sence they took an'
made candles outen the Lord A'migh
ty's own thunder." But half a dozen
rushed below, where the screams still
kept up. intermingled now with roars
of strenuous laughter.
There was more laughing when they
saw the whole thing-Major Borum.
their in hand, howling, hopping from
one foot to the other, unable to let go
and between howls swearing like a
pirate at Dan Brown, who stood with
his hand upon an innocent looking key
newly set in the switchboard.
Dan was saying between gasps:
"You've got to agree, major. Let
Jink have Molly or here you stay all
day. You can't let go that thief. It's
got a full lamp voltage. We fixed
it, Jink and I, as soon as ever I caught
you taking a drink on the sly."
"No. no. Dan. 1 can't let you perse?
cute Molly's uncle." Jink said, reach?
ing for the key. "Fm awfully obliged
to you, though, for watching here." he
went on, "You know," to those be?
hind bfm. **we could not afford to turn
OD the current-until we were sure of
our man,"
"I sorter reckon you've made sure of
your gal," old man Buckley said as the
crestfallen major vanished up the stair.
Sure enough, it turned out that Jink
bad.
OrJffin of A Dam ra.
Absinth, the green fiend that satu?
rates fashionable France, was original?
ly an extremely harmless medical,
remedy.
It was a French physician who first
used it His name was Ordinaire, and
he was living as a refugee at Couvet.
la Switzerland, at the close of the
eighteenth century. Like many other
country doctors at that time, he was
also a druggist, and his favorite reme?
dy was a certain elixir of absinth of
which he alone had the secret.
At his death he bequeated the for?
mula to his housekeeper. Mlle. Grand
pierre. and she sold it to the daughters
of Lieutenant Henriod. They culti?
vated in their litt?e garden the herbs
necessary for concocting it. and after
they had distilled a certain quantity of
the liquid they sold it on commission
to itinerant peddlers, who quickly dis?
posed of it in the adjacent towns and
villages.
Finally, during the first decade of the
nineteenth century, a wealthy distiller
purchased the formula, and very soon
afterward he placed on the market the
modern absinth, which differs greatly
from the old medical remedy, since the
latter contained no alcohol and very
little ahsinth.
So Con*!cIerntc.
Mother (an invalid?-Johnny, don't
you think 1 ought to punish you for
bei nz so had?
Johnny (aged ?)-No. mamma. You
know the doctor said you was not to
Indulge in any violent exercise.-Chi?
cago News.
The Real Difficulty.
"Are you suffering from cold?"
"No. My trouble started with a cold,
but I took all the remedies my friends
prescribed, and they are what I am
suffering from now." - Washington
Star.
A TRANSIT OF VENUS.
HOT? It Was Observed by a Party ol
German Scientists.
On their way between Telriz and
Teheran the members of an expedition
sent to Persia by the German govern?
ment to observe the transit cf Venus mot
a solitary Cur pean lady riding in tho
opposite direction, a member of Uv
English colony, who was as clever as
she was beautiful. Having been ion;
a resident in Persia, she was fearless
ly riding alone a long way ahead ot* ber
caravan. Tho Germans marveled at
such an apparition in such a drear.*
waste-wondered she w.isn't afraid.
Wouldn't she iet .-: ine of them stand
by unlfl her servants and baggage
came up? No, she was quito at case,
and usually in her travels was fax
ahead cf ber attendants,'whose mules,
more heavily laden, could not keep her
pace.
"And now, gentlemen," she sait'.
! "who are you. and where are yo;:
j bound for?"
They introduced each other. One wa.
the astronomer, another the photogra
pher. another tho archaeologist, the nat' j
uralist. and so on, and they were soin?
to Ispahan to observe the transit ci
Venus. The lady smiled, started he
pony and waved her adieu, saying:
"To observe the transit cf Venus':
Ah. well, you can go home. now. gen
: tlemen! Your duty is done. Goodby."
I The fair vision disappeared at a can
ter toward the horizon, and it was sa:c
that the Germans did not see the jolt/5
till a long time after Venns had disap
j peared from their ken. Life of Ma;?;
j General Sir Robert Min ><-li Smith. K
C. M. G.
Why Ho Hesitated.
The Brooklyn Citizen prints an expe.
'rience of a man who traveled all over
Europe and declares that he did not
meet but one person who hesitated
over the acceptance of a fee:
1 was wandering through an old
graveyard in an English town and had
stopped before a stone which had no?:
been long in place. A man who must
have been following me stepped up and
said:
"Ah, sir, but she who lies here will
be missed for years to come: She was
for half a lifetime the president of the
charity board."
In an absentminded way 1 handed
him a sixpence, said the traveler. He
received it. turned it over in his hand
in a hesitating way and finally stam?
mered:
"As she was my own wife, sir. and
as I was here to plant flowers on her
grave, perhaps it would not be exactly
proper to accept a fee."
I replied that but fer him I might
uever have known about her being
president of the hoard, and he swal?
lowed his scruples and pocketed the
sixpence with oue motion and with evi?
dent satisfaction.
Office and ?Ian.
Once upon a time a postmaster who
lived in a Kansas town was seated in
his office reading postal cards when a
native cyclone suddenly came his way.
The wind carried him through an east
window and in the direction of a chest?
nut grove three miles distant.
In a few seconds he was safely seat?
ed in the top of a high tree busy pick?
ing chestnut burs out of his hair and
clothing when he saw the building
that he had so suddenly left coming
directly toward him.
"I declare." he exclaimed, **there
comes the old shanty looking for me!"
Moral.-Sometimes the office seeks
the man.-New York Herald.
Sleaningrs of Words and Children.
One of my children was reading to
me In her English history bow the
mayor killed Wat Tyler. "I suppose it
kicked.him," she remarked, I explain?
ed that the mayor was a man. "Ob."
she said. "I thought a mare was an
old gray horse!"
My~ mother told me that the word
"sundry," which she heard in church
in the exhortation, puzzled her much
till she decided in her own mind it re?
ferred to the hot, arid land of Pales?
tine, where the Bible was written-a
sun dry plan* - Good Wcrds.
Warded Off.
Mr. Phoxy-Did you send the Boremf
a card for our musicale?
Mrs. Phoxy-Yes How could I get
out of it?
Mr. Phoxy-I'll tell Borem that Jenks
is coming. Borem owes him money.
Hnd Small Hope.
First Physician-I understand the
measles have broken out in your neigh?
borhood?
Second Physician-Yes. but the fami?
lies aro so scattered I'm afraid they
won't catch.-Boston Post
Trfllitisnr lints.
The year INUfi uns a memorable one,
as on Oct 21 was fought and gained
the battle of Trafalgar, and then, as
now. fashion complimented heroes by
devising toilets named in th?ir honor.
So Nelson was com memora ted by a
hat-the "Trafalgar"-and every wo?
man and child adopted the wondrous
structure, which would outdo even
the headgear of the present day. for
these hals wen1 of enormous width
and breadth, something of the size of a
round table, and so loaded with plumes
that the wearers must have looked all
hat.-Gentleman's Magazine.
Qoextion of Ownership.
"Need of counsel? Come up and let
me introduce you iv my lawyer."
"Your lawyer? Do you own a law?
yer?"
*M cr-well. no. certainly not He
v. ~ me "-New York Press.
Alway* Oificonteiited.
"Man always wants what he hasn't
and fails to appreciate what he bas."
"Yes; that's what keeps the marriage
bureaus and the divorce courts going.",
-Chicago Post
?In Season.
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Then come to us for
BELTING, either Leather or Rubber,
PULLEY^ or other fixtures,
Machine Oils, Gin supplies in general.
Your attention is invited to our fine line of
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Full stock of
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And everything in the Hardware line at reasonable prices.
Lu B. DURANT,
The Hardware Man of Sumter,
Sept 18-x
ATLANTIC COAST UNE
9ortb-Eastam R. R. of ?
CONDENSED SCHSDU~;
TRAINS GOING SOC TH
Dated No No. No
ian 14, 1901 35? 23? 53*
m p s
c . lores v < 4?
?iogstr ? 46
r Lance 2* 3 04
e Lanes ? 38 9 30 o At
r Charity" . 5 04 ?0 55 S 3fi
"RA (NS <'4<>l?iG NOR***
St Wo
_78* 32*
am om a ni
Charleston 6 33 4 48 7 00
lr Lanes S 16 6 15 ft?*'
,e Lanoe 3 16 5 15
.8 Kicgstree S 32
r Florene* 9 25 ? 25
a m pm Ci tu
, a:., f Daily except Sunday
t a. 62 ruas through to Columbia via Ccu
ai R. R. of S. C
Traine Nos. 78 and 32 run Tia Wilson anr
avetteviile-Short Line-and make clo?
onnectioQ for all points North.
T-*ins oa C. & D R. R. leave H?rem
?i - except Scadsy 9 ZO s x, arrive Darling
OB 0 15 am, /Hartaviil? 9 15 am, Oberst
1 30 am, Wadesboro 2 25 p m eav
IoreDce dai.'y excepf Suaday 7 56 p ta-.
ive Darlington 8 20 ? na, B^nneitsville
. m, Gibaos 9 45 TI Lea?? ??crec
iaoday only - ' ? *rri7P ftr?tn?rt'
.0 C5 a m
LeMve Gibso^ - except San^i..
tr., Benoettsviii ? a m, arrive I"
9 8 00 a m, len* 5><igtos S ?>
re Florence ? Ti LCJV?- t
*?y except ?und? ?> n>, .
m, 5ari37il!e " Darli;:;
m, arrive Flo-"
opton Sunda- -Oe
..ce 9 iia ID.
r. R ? n
Ge*)'! SJ an Ag. ??-..
H ? BMSRSCN ? ?an**
Northwestern Railroad,
Tl VfB TABLE NO 4
in Effect Wednesday, Jan 15. 19?l
8ETWEEN WILSONS MILL AND SUtfTE*
Sootbboaod
73
3 00
103
3 17
3 30
4 05
4 15
* 0,
-? 00
5 45
6 00
8 4t
If
At
Daily ex Saoday
Mixed
STATIONS
Sumter
Sum Janctio:.
Tindal
Packe-ville
Silver
Millard
Summerton
Jordan
Wlieuwe Mill
Nortbboum.
72
p *
ll 45
ll 42
ll 1
114
1< 20
110 00
9 26
V<Q
8 47
Lv 8 dc
BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST PADL
78 75 Daily ex Sou<*?.y 72 74
p if AM Mixed AH P?
4 lo 9 30 Lv Millard Ar 10 00 4
% 20 fc9 40 Ar at PHUI LT 9 60 4 3(
BETWEEN SUMTER AND 'HMDEN
89 71
p M
6 25
> 27
6 47
7 05
7 2.
1 3>
7 0
a CO
p v
A M
9 4">
9 02
10 07
10 17
10 35
10 40
11 06
.! 1.5
A If
Mixed 68 70
Daily PX Sanday > a &
Lv Sum'pr Ar I *f* SO
N <V Jonction M3 8 .
D-izeil 5-382
Borden 4 {8 0
RfUit-e-td 4 43 7 4i
Eilernpe 4 30 7 3
Sou hy Juucnoti 4 2c 7 t
Ar Oamd?o Lv 4.10 7 CO
(S C & G Ex Deoot) PM * >
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for CHICELESTEIfS ENGLISH
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l>onceron? Substitution? and Imita?
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?ump? for Pitrtlcwlara. Te?tlt.ioruul?
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CHEAP EXCUESION
SCHEDULE.
LEAVE A REIVE LEAVE
N. C. C. 1 50. S. T. C. 2 00. 0. H. G. 2 50
Today on all Fine Whiskey.
Special Low Rates.
N. C. Corn Whisky $1 50 per gal
Silver Top Corn Whisky 2 00 " u
Pride of N. C. Corn Whisky 2 50 " "
XX Anchor Rye Whisky 2 50 " "
Old Henry Rye Whisky 3 00 " "
Old Apple Brandy 3 00 " "
Old Holland Gin 2 50 " "
Send a trial order and be convinced, as
ali will have a good time. This schedule
takes zn the well known Silver Top at $2.
Remit by P. O. Money Order, Express
Money Order or Registered Letter in ad?
vance, as whisky cannot be shipped C. 0.
D. Train goes out every day. No charge
for jugs. Address all orders'to
E. A. LACKEY,
Hamlet, N. C.
dov 20-3m
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Condensed Schedule in Effect July 1, UOJ
Sb.ll No.W
Daily Daily
EASTERN* TIME.
62up 7C0a;Lv
603p 7 41ai M
72?p 855a; "
8 lop 9 23ai "
9 Oap lo 24a! "
. Charleston .
Summerville
.Branchville.
.Orangebur.?..
.. Ringville...
Ar
No. 6?No.H
Daily j Daily
.ill4r; Ar -Sumter. ...Lv
.?ll 2.ai ".Camden.Lv
9 50p ll C?al Ar.. . Columbia-LvJ
ll15a j 730p
1U 32a
9 (X>a
S 31a
7 Iba.
00a
400p
5-Vp! . o-ja;iiV... Charleston . .Ar ll 15a; 730p
7 25pl 9 15a? " ...Branchville... " : 8 5Jaj 515n
8o5pj 940a " ....Bamberg ... " 827ai 45oi>
817p! 9 52a! " ....Denmark ..." ! 813a! 43p
835n.lol0a| " ....Blackville... . u j 800a! 41$o
9Sis? ll 10a! ".Aiken.** | 7 03a? 3 lip
lOa^pill 59a?Av. Augusta andLv .' \ 6 20a1 23g
NOTE: In addition to the above service
trains Nos. 15 and 16 run daily between Charles?
ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman
Bleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston ll rOO p.
m.:arrive Asheville 2:00 p. m. No. 16 lea/e
Columbia 1 :?> a. m. ; arrive Charleston 7 rou a.
m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9:30
p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. These
trains make cioae connec ions at Columbia
wiih through trains between Florida pointa
and Washington and the east. Trains ? os. 13
and 14 oarryEiegant Pullman Parlor Cars be?
tween Charleston, Summerville and Asheville.
|ExI [Sun. ?EA.
* ! Sun.1 onlyj ann.
Lv. Augosta
Ar. Sandersville.
.. Tennille.
7 0Ua 9 30a 5 20p
100p;i250pl 840p
130p| loop 85Up
Lr. Tennille
Sandersville.
Ar. Augusta.
530-?' 340pi 310p
5 40a.' 350p| 323p
9u0aj ;i?p| 83Up
DailyiDailyi^
Lv. Savannah.
** Allendale.,
M Barnwell.
M Blackville
12 30a!l225p
3 40al 326p.
4 13a 358p
4 25a 4l2p
Ar. Batesburg
Ar. Columbia.
615a
Lv. Columbia,
Daily
ll 40a
326p.
35Cp
412p
550p
Daily
110a
lil-?
12 05p
4 25p
800p
Mix
Ex su
Lv. Batesburg
Ar. Blackville.
" Barnwell .
" Allendale.
*' Savannah.
630a
120p
133p
2 00p
305p
252a 1030a
3 07a ll 4oa
3 40a11200m
4 50a* ...
Atlanta and Beyond.
Lv. Chnriestou., 7 00al 520pj.
Ar. Augusta.ll 59a 103?p?.
" Atlanta. 8 30p 5 00ai.
Lv. Atlanta.ll OOp 5 30aj 515p
Ar. Chattanooga. 5 45a 9 45a?lo 05p
Lv. Atlanta.
Ar. Biriuiiifihm.
*. Memphis, i via Bir'mgam)
Ar. Lexington
" Cincinnati.
.* Chi t rago_
6 00al 4 lop
12n'n|l0 0Op
S05p| 7 15a
505p 5(X)a
730p 7 45a
7 15a| 5 30p
Ar. Louisville.
" St. Louis ..
'50p 8 40a
32a
Ar. Memnhis. fvia Chatt)
Wp
To Ashoviile-Cincinnati-Loaisvill?.
ASTERN TIME.
Ly.
Lv.
Lv.
Ar.
Augusta
Batesburg
Charleston.
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Da: ly j Daily
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Columbia t Union Depot).jil 3/a 7 20a
Spartanburg .j 3 l**p 10 25a
Asheville . 7 lop 2 wp
Knoxville. . . 4 15a| 7 Wp
Cincitmnati.j 7 30pl 8103
Louisville i vii .Tellico?. ... ..16 5va
To Washington and tho East.
Lv. Augusta.
" Batesburg.
" Columbia..
Ar. Charlotte..
Ar. 1 >an\ ili?-".
Ar. Richmond .... ?_..
Ar. Washington. .
" Baltimore Pa. K. R.
" Philadelphia..
M New York.
.i50p) 930p
438pl207?
555pj 215a
900pl 9 45a
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7 35a i 900p
9 12a 1125p
Il 33al 2 56a
.J Q3pj 613a
Sleeping Car Line bet wem Charleston and
Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at
Atlanta for all points North and West.
< A ?nneerions at Columbia with through trains
for Washington and ;ho East; also for Jackson?
ville anti alJ Pl trida Points.
FR A NK S. GA N N < >N. J. M. CTJLP,
Third V P. * (Ten. Mgr. T. M., Washington.
ROBT. W. HUNT.
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston, S. 0.
B. H. HARDWICK, W. H. TAYLOE,
if. P 4.4 Washington. A. G. P. A., Atlanta..
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Schedule No 4-h. effect iii <
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8 20 12 5i ??
8 50 I ii 2>>
9 20 1 27 VCMI M
10 50 2 00 Jv' 1 3
'1 2o 2 12 i : 2
12 20 2 37
12 40 2 *0 !?--r. ,0*
2 30 3 10 Cata* a ? -J , 3
4 0v 3 40 '.ocS
4 45 4 02 rib 9
5 20 4 18 v'orfev ? i
*. 45 4 34 Sbaro 9 0 8
6 05 4 50 Hickory . -. 7
6 20 5 00 Son rn 7
6 50 5 26 SlHcket-u;: ? 7
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Blacksborg t? C., . ?
R*>td down Re*d
1 33 Kf.tne??. i .a" ?32
m om >TATIO<N
6 45 5 26 Blacksbu
7 32 ' 5 49 Earlr
7 4* 5 49 Patterson Si
8 20 6 00 Shel?.
9 00 S 21 Laura o
9 10 6 30 Moore?o<
9 25 6 41 -ie> ne'
9 55 ? 69 Foreet ?
10 30 7 15 Rutherford
12 00 7 50 Thermal Ci 6
12 25 8 10 Glen woo?
1 00 8 30 Mario'
p m p m
Gaffney Di vis io r.
Re*-i dowo Rend >
EASTERN TIME
' ! 13 . STATIONS ?4
ni a m ? ><
1 00 6 00 Blacksburp i 3 0
MO 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40
1 40 6 40 Gaffney to 2 2
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.Dany except Sunday
J 20 uvnn?ee for dtooer
Trains Nos 32 and S3 axe operare daily
Traine Nos 23, 35, ll. 12. 13 14. 15 ?nc 19
'e ( parated daily except < zndny
CONINE "TIONS.
At Cam len with Southern Ky; SA b
A C Line.
At Lancaster with Lc ORR.
A Ca awba Jct with Seaboard A>r Line .
A? R'.ek H??l with Southern Railway
At Yorkville with Oaro-ina & oith Wer .
ern R R.
At Biacksburg with S uta? m Bai1 way
At Shelby and Rutherford ou witb S A
At Marion with ootbern Ra:lw ?y. .
S A MU KL HUN : fr-rfiii,
4. TRIPP. Superintendent
E H. SHAW. ??n'n>oiMnv-' ?.
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R I- EDMUNDS, President,
flaunt-_m
Plymouth
,??Rocii??
I have f :>r sale a few
Barred Plymouth Eock
Cockerels, from the fin?
est strains.
Also, Eggs from a pen
of pure bred and se?
lect Barred Plymouth
Kocks. Orders will he
filled promptly if book?
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