The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, November 24, 1899, Image 8
IN HIS STEPS.
"What Would
Jesus Do?"
By Charfc* M. uvion.
?i .
(Copyrighted sad published ta bosk formjby
tho Adruoe Publishing Co., of Cbloogo.]
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letM eoutauaoe at this fine carrlag*
lit ! - a ?a J L J vi a_ a
wiiii i hi wu iu uwuumuiiy urenwn
TOOg kdtea. "Shunming" had never
mm a lad with ftaymond society. And
tUb was perhaps the first time that the
two had noma together in this war.
The girls felt that, instead of seeing the
Beet angle, they were objects of cariosity.
They were frightened and die"Let's
go back. I've seen enough,"
aald the girl who was sitting with Virginia.
They ware at that moment jnst opposite
a notorious saloon and gambling
hemes. The street was narrow and the
sidewalk crowded. Suddenly out of the
door of the saloon a young woman
reeled. She was singing in a broken,
drunken sob that seemed to indicate
that she partly realised her awful condition,
"Just as I am, without one
plea," and as the carriage rolled past
she leered at it, raising her face so that
Virginia saw it rery close to her own.
It was the faoe of the girl who had
kneeled sobbing that night, with Virginia
kneeling beside her and praying
for her.
"Stop!** cried Virginia, motioning
to the driver, who was looking around.
The carriage stopped, and in a moment
~| ?u*o thot tho
! FR10fflSJiSf&
.here lo?kr
? th? BakK?^tiT bands on bis bipe. and
6c log on, with *** ** it3 windows, its
*1 saloon steps, its 01 7 , ^ nndia1
* and roodwsy paj*^ tbe two girJs?
?Varm ?? ?<
urer movf t faint i? "*
f* poured it-mellow ftand in the
of rS^wTTnto the Rectangle. The
OH" SSStfWt.
^:sd^
7 - .
?^ A f x, to rav , Vnlir 5 nothwS ?.*
CI n - ^?lrv * ..r ? i?U her-In-law
law -*a'd fees ?b? the/hu owrn h?u*
T* therefor* imitators God' M bc,ovc<
f .A"d.'^?. ??! wsik Id love en M Chrt*
Wd /ou.
When Virginia 16 the carriHgtfT1^
went to Loreen, si had nodeiinit' L
to what she t/hld do or wK .
*wralt of her act'> *ould bo. ?LB1^*
Jdyeawo aoul /at had test.0* *"J
>oy of a better/fe slipping
Into its old h#/ of shamrjnJ dcnt" ?d
before ehihad tonche^0 drunken
firl's arm eb had asked ??,e fSfl
?on, "Wbrt would Jo-18 ?ot That
qncvtlon faa hecomir? wirn nw. n?
with mux# otbors, & **bit of life.
fihe looked aroni'* now Bh? stood
*Jose by Loreen. a?d the whole scene
was ernelly rivid to her. She thonght
first of tho girl# Ai the carriage.
"Drive on. Don't wait for ine. I am
tfolng to see my fritnJ here home," she
**id, calmly encugu.
The ffirl with the xed parasol seemed
to tc+?p at \the word "iriend" when Vir'*>1*
sppkc* it Blio did not Bay anyl-i..
' Tb 0 other girls seemed speechilt
praoti^v* f n j cannot go back with you,''
said Virginia.
The driver starts the horses elowly.
One of the girls loaned a little out of
the carriage.
"Can't we?lliat is?do yon want
on* helpf Conldn't we"??
"No, nol" e*claimed Virginia. "Yon
cannot b* of any nse to me."
The carriage moved on, and Virginia
was alone with Jboi charge.
She looked np and around. Man;
faces in the crowd wore sympathetic.
They were nut all cruel or brutal. Tbt
IToly Spirit hf.d softened a good deal < !
the Rectangle.
"Whore does sho livo?" aaked Vir
ginia.
No one answered. It occurred to Vir
ginip afterward, when 6he had time t:
think it over, that the Rectangle shov ? c
,* delicacy In ltd silenco that wo v<
have done credit to ilio boulevard.
For the fi'st time it flashed Mpon he
that the iiornortal being who was Ih.oi
like wreckage nppn the shore of tlii
earthly hell called the saloon bad n
place that conld be called home.
Tha girl suddenly wrenched her an
from Virginia's grasp. In doing it eh
.nearly threw Virginia down.
"You shall not touch mo! Leave nif
Let n?C go to hell I That 's where I b?
long! TIk' devil is waiting for nio! 8<
him!" she pxclaimtU hoarsely. 81
turned and j-elrttwd with a shaking fi>
?mr at the saloon hamper. The crow
laughed
Virginia stepped up to her op4 p1
her ann about her.
"Loreen, ' she aaid firmly, "con
with roe. You do not belong to he]
You belong to Jeans. .and ft? will aa'
yon. Cou.et"
The girl suddenly hurst into teai
She waa only portly sobered by t!
ahoek ct meeting Virginia.
Virginia looked around agal
""Where does Mr. Oray live?" a
naked. She knew the evangelist boox
?d aomewhore near that tent.
number of voicea gave fre? the <
auction.
* "Come, Loreen. 1 want yon to
Ut* mtt 0
(T- * . f4 -
; i i i t.~. -
lioeping nor bold or ?be swaying, trebling
creature, who still mooned and
cobbed and now clung to Virginia as
before she had repulsed her
80 the two moved on through the
Rectangle toward the evangelist s lodging
place. The sight seemed to impress
the Rectangle seriously. It never took
itself seriously when it was drunk, but
this was different The fact that one of
the most beautifully dressed girls in
Raymond was taking care of one of the
Rectangls's most notorious characters,
who reeled along under the influence of
liquor, was a fact astonishing enough
to throw more or less dignity and importance
about Loreen herself. The
vent of Loreen stumbling through the
irnttur AnaA drank- altvava made the
Rectangle laugh and jest, bat Loreen
staggering along with a young lady
from the aociotv circles ud town supporting
her was onothcx thing. The
Rectangle viewed it with soberness and
more or less wondering admiration.
When they reached Mr. Qray's boarding
place, the woman who answered
Virginia's knock said that both Mr. and
Mrs. Gray were oat somewhero and
would not bo back until 6 o'clock.
Virginia had not planned anything
further than a possible appeal to the
Grays either to take charge of Loreen
for awhile or find some safe place for
her until she was sobor again. She stood
oow at the lodging after the woman
had spoken, and she was really at a loss
to know what to do. Loreen sank down
stupidly on the steps and buried hor
face in her arms. Virginia eyed the
miserable figure with a feeling that she
was fearful would grow into disgust.
Finally a thought possessed Virginia
that she could not resist. What was to
hinder Loreen from going home with
her? Why Bhould not this homeless,
wretched creature, reeking with tho
fames of liquor, be cared for in Virginia's
own home, instead of being
consigned to strangers in some hospital
WoUtJ,
JS? ?v sv,?r?s=<i ?i?i. ?>.
ld thot tho old Dlmi l UK a lg lin.
is ilrittln ontu a ice I vemc?-a. ^v .
jwa- ^ ^y"sucb places 1
knew very UtJK ?Bct pthcr.
of refogo- ^ ? cos in
?cro aoubtfnl if any of
Raymond, but it ^ poTSOn like
them would ha"\ condition. But
Loreen in lier PTC8Cn . ^ Virginia
thai not J?ne do n iib
juBt now. W Virginia faced, and
Loreen?" was wtaatVirjpn hing
she finally answered it by
I Loreen again. ,,01110 homo
'Loreon, come 1 xou o?? e?^
with me. We wiU take the car here at
the corner."
Loreen staggered to her feet and, to
i Virginia' a relief, mado no trouble. She
i had expected resistance or a BtT1bborn
I refusal to move. When they reached
; the corner and took the car, it wai
nearly full of people going up town
Virginia was painfully conscious of th
stare that greeted her and her compan
ion as they entered, but her though
? was directed more and more to then]
. I rT>roachipg scene with her grandmothe.
. i :A^0iul(f .a- Mme. Page say when sj
I w Loreen T
J Loreen was nearly sofcer now ;in7 .but si
was lapsing into a stato of stupor. Virginia
was obliged to hold fast to her
arm. Several times she lurched heavily
against Virginia, and as the two went
up the avenue a curious crowd of people
turned and gazed at them. When
she mounted the steps of the handsome
house, Virginia breathed a sigh of relief,
even in tho face of the interview
with her grandmother, and when the
door shut and she was in the wide hall
with her homeless outcast she felt equal
to auything that might now com?.
Mine. Page was in tho library. Hearing
Virginia come in, she came into the
hall. Virginia stood there supporting
Loreen, wl)Q ptared stupidly at tho rich
magnificence of the furnishings around
ber.
"Grandmother"?Virginia spoke
v.rtc<tn*inn nnd verv clearly?
TV X buuu v uvw?VM*.v?. v
"I have brought one of my friend3
from the Rectangle. She is in trouble
and haa no home. I am going to cafe
for her a little while."
Mmo. Page glanced from her granddanghter
to Loroen in astonishment
"Did you say she was one of your
friends?" she asked in a cold, sneering
voice that hurt Virginia more than anything
she bad yet felt
"Yes; I said so."* Virginia's face
flushed, but sho seemed to reca)l the
verse that Mr. Gray had used for one
of bis recent sermons, "A friend of publicans
and aippers.'' Surely Jesus would
do this that sho was doing.
"Do you know what this girl is?''
i asked Mmo. Pago in an angry whisper,
f i stepping near Virginia,
j "I know very well. She is an out
| cast. Yon need not tell me, grand
mother. I know it even botter than yoi
. ' do. Sho is drunk at this minute. Bn
) | sho is also a child of God. I have see;
1 ' her on her knees repentant, and I hav
I j seen hell reach out its horrible finger
| after her again, and, by the graco c
r | Christ, I feel that tbo least I can do i
^ 1 to rescue her from such peril. Grand
? J mother, wo call ourselves Christian:
0 j Hero is a poor, lost unman uimm
j without a home, shipping ipto a postibl
a j eternal lose, and wo ha.yo mote thn
0 . enough. I have brought her hero qr
j shall keep her."
,1 ! Mine. Page glared at Virginia at
| clinched her hands. All this was coi
e | trary to her social code of conduct
,,, | How could society excuse such fnmi
1 iarity with the scum of the street
d What woald Virginia's actions cost tl
family in the way of criticism and t]
3t loss of standing and all that long ll^p
necessary relations which people
ie wealth and position must sustain to t
[j leaders of society T To Mme. Page f
^0 ciety represented more than the chur
. or any other institution. It was a po
ey to be feared and obeyed. The loss
he its gopd will was a loss more to
.dreaded than anything, except the 1<
n of wealth itself.
ho Abe stood erqct and ptor^ and ct
fronted Virginia, fully ronsod and <
termined. Virginia placed her a
ji- about Loreen and calmly looted 1
grandmother in the fade.
go MYou shall not do this, Virgin
422 i You oan sand her to tb* asylum
.J .
neipxeae women. We can pay an mm ax
penses. We cannot afford, for Mm eake
Of our reputations, to shelter such a
nenoa."'. ? ~ '
"Grandmother, I>4o not wish to do
anything that is displeasing to you.
but I am-going to keep Loreen here tonight
and longer it I think it is beet." ' ;
'I heuyou can answer, for the consequences.
I do not stay in the same
house with a miserable"^- Mme. Page
lost her self control... Virginia stopped
hqr before she could speak the next
word. *
"Gratfdmother, this house is mine.
It is your home with me aa long as yon
choose to remain, but in this matter I
shall act as I fully believe Jesus would
in my placo. I am willing to bear all
that society may say or da Society is
not my God. By tbo sido of this poor,
lost soul I do not 4:ount the verdict of
society as or any value."
"I shall not remain here, then," said
Mme. Page. 8he turned suddenly and
walked to the end of the h&lL She then
came back and said, with an emphasis
that revealed her intense excitement
and passion:
"You can always remember that you
have driven your grandmother out of
your honse in favor of a drunken woman.
" Then, without waiting for Virginia
to reply, she turned again and
went up stairs.
Virginia called for a servant and
soon had Loreen cared for. She was fast
lapsing into a wretched condition. During
the brief scene in tho hjlll she had
clung to Virginia so hard that Virginia's
arm was soro from tho clutch of
tho girl's fingers. ^
Virginia did not know \yjbtethcr her
grandmother would leave the' house or
not 8ho had abundant means of her
own, was perfectly well and vigorous
and cupablo of caring for hogtolf. She
had sisters and brothers ugift nju. the
south and was in tho l^f^ ^"nd waved at t
several weeks in,n;'l x ToulUiy was neve
welfare, jofar inf|ll on*toher 1
terview had been 1 ^ in h\ r00m I *
Going over it. *9 9 t tea, sbfound 1 0
however W \ 1
UTUC ~
wonld Joans dor' There was W- .
tion in Virginia's nnnd that sb had 1
done the right thing. If ?ho hadmado
a mistake, it was ono of the jndUncut l
and not of the heart. ^ hen th\ bell 1
rang for tea, sho went down, pnl uer 1
grandmother did not appear. ShUent
a servant to her room, and the ?c|vant
brought back word that Mine. ITage
was not there. A few minute, later
Rollin came in. He brought \so*d tha
i hia grandmother had taken the evemn ^
1 train for the south. He had beeiu h
? the station to see some friends ot^ v
. had by chance met his grandmoy g
e he was coming out bho told ^
r reason for going. ^ sad 1
it Virginia and Rollin couf ^
)- other at the table tvitb<j for tj,e c
r. faces. , conversion I
w Rollin," said Vir^ ^^o.1,. j
first time almost sind. <*arn to dress
tie ov-^ roniwM ? ?'o four years of
oaiC A A via fi** - T- '
brother's change of life meant to her.
"do yon blamo me? Am I wrong?"
"No, dear; I cannot believe you are.
This is very painfnl for us, but if you
think this poor creaturo owes her safety
and salvation to your personal caro it
was the only thing for you to do. Oh,
Virginia, to think that we have all
these years enjoyed onr beautiful homo
and all these luxuries selfishly, forgetful
of the multitude liko this woman I
Surely Jesns in our places wonld do
what vpu have done."
Ana so Rollip pomforte4 Virginia and
counseled with her that evening, and
of all tho wonderfnl changes that Virginia
was henceforth to know on account
of her great pledge nothing affected
lier so powerfully as the thought
pf Rollin's chango in life. Truly, this
man in Christ was a new creature. Old
things were passed away. Bohold, all
things in him had become pew I
Dr. West came tfoat evening at Virginia's
summons and did everything
necessary for tl)e pntcast. Sho had
t.orcoif Almost into delirium- Th?
U* IIMtt MVVw?rr .r |(ii
best that conld be done for her how
were quiet nursing and carefnl watching
and porsonal love. Bo in. a bcautifnl
room, with a picture of Christ
1 walking by tlio sea hanging on the
1 wall, where her bewildered eyes caught
something more of its hidden
meaning, hofeen lay, tossed she hardly
I knew how into this haYen> Virginia
crept nearer tho Master than she
had ever been as her heart went ont toward
this wreck which had thus been
flnng torn nrj4 beaten at her feet.
Meanwhile the lteotangle waited the
iasuo of tho election with more thai!
1 usual intorest, and Gray and his wift
* wept over the pitiablo creatures who,
n after n struggle with surroundings tlm
e 1 daily tempted them, too often weariet
" ' of tho struggle, and, like Loreen, threv
up their arms and went whirling inh
lS tlio boiling abyss of their previous con
I" j dition.
"" " -'i?? of 41,a Pirsl:nhufc]
" I 'I IIO i',1 I '' I mocvtag If v vnv ?
0 was now regularly established. Henr
lo Maxwell went into the lecture room o
P the JSnndny succeeding the week of th
B'r j primary and was greeted with an or
' thnsiusm f liat made him tremble ntfin
' for its reality. He noted again the al
a* sconce of Jasper Chase, but all the otl
i ers were presont, and they seornc
1 drawn veTy close together by a bond <
s common fellowship that demanded an
'l0 enjoyed mutnal confidences. It was tl
^ | general feeling that tho spirit of Jest
P* was a spirit of very open/ frank confe
sion of experience. It seamed the mo
"? natural thing in the world fpf Edv?ai
^ ; Morrnan to be telling all the'fast of tl
c company abont the details of his new
W1 . paper.
P* I "The fact is, I have loet a good de
1)6 of money during the last three week
588 I cannot tell how much. -. I am losing
great many subscribers every day."
m- "What do the snbeeribetii. give
their reaspn tof dropping the paper
Mked' Hopgry Max well. All tho peetw*
I "There are a good many differ*
;tt reasons. Some say UUy^traat a paj
>k?<?rteM *U *? Mtl WlM:
" l '\ !#'
that the crime (totalis, sensations usro
prixefights, scandals and horrors of
! various kinds. Others object to the dis|
continu ance of the Sunday edition. I
' have loet hundreds of subecribera by
that action, although I have mndo satisfactory
arrangements with many of
the old snscribers by giving- even more
in the extra Saturday edition than they
formerly had in the Sunday issue. My
greatest loss has come from a falling off
in advertisements and from the attitude
I have felt obliged to take on political
questions. This last action has really
cost me more than any other. The bulk
of my subscribers are intensely partisan.
I may as well tell yon all frankly
that if I continue to parsne the plan
which I honestly believe Jesus wonld
in the mattor of political issues and
their treatment from a nonpartisan and
moral standpoint The News will not be
able to pay its operating expenses unless
one factor in Raymond can be depended
on."
He pan set! a moment, and the room
was very quiet. Virginia seemed specially
interested. Her face glowed with
interest. It was like the interest of u
person who had been thinking hard of
the same thing Norman went on now
to mention.
"That one factor is the Christian
element in Raymond. Say The Ncwf
hns lost heavily from the dropping ofi
of peoplo who do not care for a Christian
daily and from others who simply
look upon a newspaper as a purveyor
of all sorts of material to amuse and
interest them, are there enough genuino
Christian pc >plo in Raymond who
will rally to th? support of a paper
such as Jesus woei* probably edit, or
aro the habits of th > neople so firmly
established in their mauds for the
regnlar typo of jomn&Msm that they
will not tako a paper unless it is stripped
largely of the Christian and moral
>??nrnose? I may also say in this fellowr
tireu itheriug that, owing to recent
the tVfcations in mv bnsiness affai'rfc I
thojoou. ?ot>er, "X^ have been A
itsVde of part of my for- I c
Miffed to lose a^gnlVnK tlio same rule |
ane. I hftV0 ,,e coni"ot to certain
| Jesus Vro . ?yfy ,non who did h
ransactions .. -/conduct. and the '
aot apply ? .tJmom of n great deal 1'
result has been \y p
of money- ^-jtand the promise we ^
As I bt> not to ask any questions ^
made, "W? "^it pay?' hut nil onr ac- ^
about bo based on tkq one qucs
tion Wat wonld Jesus do?' Acting ,
I tion, rnlo of conduct, I havo lieon
1 on-d to lose nearly all tlio money 1
1 fj accumulated in my paper. It is
U necessary for me to go into details, 1
here is no question with me now, aft- '
r the three weeks' experience I havo '
iad, that a great many men would lose (!
ast sums of money under the present
ystem of business if this rnlo of Jesus 0
re re honestly obeyed. I mention my 'j
oss here becauso I havo the fullest faith (
n the final success of a daily paper
onducted on the lines I have recently
aid down, aud I had planned to put f
r$9 l^ ^entke^ortuue in order to i
continual practice in
foutini* aipl getting to | y b
win final success. As it is now, unless,
as I said, the Christian peoplo of Raymond,
the church moiubers and professing
disciples, will support the paper
with subscriptions and advertisements. 1
cannot continue its publication on the
present basis.''
Virginia naked a qnestiou. Sho had
followed Mr. Norman's confession with
tho most intense eagerness.
"Do you mean thut a Christian daily
ought to bo endowed with a large sum.
like a Christian college, in order to
make it pay?"
"That is exactly what I mean. 1
have laid out plans for putting into The
News such a variety of material, in
such n strong and truly interesting
way, that it would moro than make up
for whatever was absent from its col?<?
tho wnv of nn-Christian mat
UUIUO *U VMV .? ? _
ter, but my plans called for a very large
outlay of money. I am very confident
that a Christian daily such as Jesus
would approve, containing only what
he would print, can be made to succeed
financially if it is planned to the right
lines, but it will take a large sum oi
money to work out the plans."
"How much do you think t" askec1
Virginia quietly.
Edward Norman looked at her keen
ly, and his face flushed a moment as ar
idea of Virginia's purpose crossed hi:
mind. Ho had known her when she wa
a little girl in the Sunday school, an<
* ho had boen on intimate relations ii
business with her father.
i "I should say a half million dollar
in a town like Raymond could be wel
> spent in tho establishment of a pape
i such as wo have in mind," he answered
) and his voico trembled a little. Th
, keen look on Edward Norman's grizzle
t faco flashed out with a stern but thoi
1 oughly Christian anticipation of gren
f achievements in the world of newspap<
> life as it had opened up to him withi
the last few seconds.
"Then," said Virginia, speaking i
h if tho thought were fully consyiere<
y "I am ready to put that amount <
a money into the paper on the one cond
o tion, of course, that it be carried on i
i- it has bcon begun."
it "Thank God!" exclaimed Hem
). Maxwell softly. Edward Norman w
i- pale. -Tho rest were looking at Virgini
k! She had more to say.
t Tl~*r'33r
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lg Preferred m right t? "ldlo?I?.
s- "Why did you resist when the m
st told you to shout 'Vive rarraee?*" se
rd the friendly Parisian who could spe
ae , English. "If you had humored th<
they would havo Jef you plone."
"I knew that," replied the Americ
al with the blackened eye and bruli
b. nose; "but I wasn't going to give aw
(a my pronunciation of French before
that crowd."?Chicago Tribune.
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ire "All the world may love a love
says Oatesby, "bat that doesn't alwi
include t^e g|r| he's Ip love ifltb, wty
?er is the meet Important."?Phlladelp
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iemember that this is the only Muuic and Sewinir Moeij r. ^ RuP)
he only -Wonder Store?' in the world that weklw %1,1,16 "ouse in yqi<S(
iwn interest by calling on us before buying elsewhere . ou wry* S.
M. ?BIOE, JR.. it t
s. means beatv. | FANCY GROCERS
ATTOHNKV AT LAW. VllWVhil .Vl
Rooms No,. 14 and 15 Foeter Build- * QSk a Par^ Of far
'"2: 1"1'1:" patronage. \ ^
Homestead Exemption. Send orders by servanUf'
Mrs. Cattie Gallman having filed t>v ring" up 'phone 84. \
petition with me to hive a homeMe*?.
Mcr late husband, Jos. G. Gallmar !V." All Goods Delivered Fret.
ea>ed, set off for herself and her chi' liv
l.ucas Galhnan, Aurelia Gallman r<>., C l-I RDOW1M V
lieu'ah (bdlntau, the said petition w l "*t -"v' ' * \
"ante np tor a hearing before me ou U 00 ,1 mnu I
20th of November 1899. I
1^!!!!: See Us Before Bnyieg
FINAL DISCHARGE. Your ice for the coining season. I |
Notice is hereby given that I. D. HONEST WEIGHTS \
and R. Li. Smith, administratora of * y
! the Estate of Newell Smith, Sr., de- Prices and satief act ion gnara|)te#^f V
> ceased, has applied to Jason M. Greer, .. 0 Bb fl' tk
lude* of Probate, in and for the LJIIIOn IQ6 ft tlQ&| vt| /f'
[ county of Union, for a final discharge _ . as
such administrators, T. E. BAILEY, Proprietor* ' / 'I
It is Ordered, That the 18th day of f " .iA,
December, A. D. 1899, be fixed for "
, houring of Petition, and a final settle- T"""3s? Y T
s ment of said Estate. X ^ JH, **^4.
1 16-4t Jason M. Grekr, .
, 1'robate Judge Union County, 8. C. I have just received a car of ice and
Published 17th Nov. '99. will continue to handle it throughout
s the eeaaon.
r . NOTICE. PRICES AND WEIGHT GUARANTEED
o I have bought a heavy draft wagon AND DELIVERIES MADE PR0M!WLy?
j of 35,000 pounds capacity, and apo * ' ' * [*
now preparod to do all |clnds of heavy Thanking the (mblio $>r thefr nasi
it hauling or will hire out the wagon. patronage I ask 4 oontinoanoe of tit#
,r 45?Cm. J. W. Gilbert. same.
Land For Sale. Mtlfphy#
X\t I have a few choice building lots L.
of for sale. "
i. Also a two horse farm, suitable for J. CLOUGH WALLACE.
Truck farming, lying on both sides ^
corporate line?will sell cheap or
ry lease to good party. ATORNSY AT* LAW.
" - ^ - ??-?OUirq' Rooms 1 and 2 upstairs, Foster
Not|C?, Bg'ldlng, opposite Hotel titer 'Jsnaaii
i?"-snns indebted to us either by art l*t 189^. " ly. . i
k.J note or aooount are earnestly requested ^ ?. . . ?
to make aetthment at onoe as we are mati^d '
coni)?lled to collect to meet oor oblige- INU I Itc. j
ob tions. Respectfully, jjj
4*~4t 1 Fant Bbos. j haTe two flne mllk that I
1 aolbcheap. for parttoiys
PUUfcUH w ICwtjwu?ii|n8t Letall who want a Budding Lot or . ,-L.
en t q, a. snow a qo, ** > id ort?? oo? ?*???. jm
FaisatUyrss WA9Hm%r0mt?. jf ita ??.? * 9P0, C. r?**arr jM
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