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HOMEOPATHIC SPECIALIST.
25 Years Experience.
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* Mobile 4 10pm 8 06am
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- West Point 8 56am 8 10pm HS2pm
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BY C. E. W. DOBBS, D. D.
Please give your opinion on the fol
lowing:
Did Lazarnndie a natural death in the
flenh after Chriet raised him for his eie
tersY Is there any record to whow that
he realized and talked of himself during
the time hie body lay in the ground?
Was he not altogether eilent on the Hub
ject? DE VON A.
There is nothing in the New Testa
ment concerning Lazarus after he was
raised by Christ. Early tradition said
that JesiiH told him he would die again,
and that he never miled afterward.
While the Scripture says nothing about
this subsequent history, it is quite cer
tain that he did die a second time. So also
there is no record of his ever speaking of
his experience while in the lealm of
death. Tennyson beautifully says:
"Where weft thou, brother, those four
days?
There lives no record of reply,
Which telling what it is to die,
Had surely added praise to praise.
"Behold a man raised up by Christ:
The rest remaineth unrevealed;
He told it not, or something sealed
The pen of the evangelist.
This fact is a striking evidence that
the record of John (11:1 41) is no puerile
story invented long after the supposed
event. One who reads the so called
apocryphal books of the early centuries
knows how their writers revelled in the
realm of the marvellous. Had such
writers told the story of Lazarus, it
would have been full of pretended reve
lations from the spirit world.
Dr. DobbS: Is there any Scriptural
authority for licensing ministers to
preach? P. M. S.
There is none that we know of That
is, there is no prewribetl authority for
the practice. The churches and minis
try, however, are intrusted with the
duty of preserving the faith and purity
of the Gospel teaching and order; and it
would seem, therefore, to be their duty
to jealously guard the entrance into the
recognized ministry. Hence we see
nothing wrong in the church after care
fill examination, giving its sanction ton
brother who feels that he is called of
God to the sacred work. The brother
thus gains a standing before the com
miinity which he could not have with
out the action of the church. But let
it be distinctly understood that there is
no text which requires such ' license”
from a church. In any event no church
should give its sanction to any brother
unless that brother is one whose charac
ter and ability give promise of useful
ness in the ministry. The times call for
thoroughly competent men in this sa
cred work. See 2 Tim. 2:2; 1 Tim. 8:1-7.
Os course it is presumed that one who
desires to be licensed contemplates fully
entering the ministry.
Gibbons saj s that the books of Macca
bees teach to offer up prayers and sacri
fices for the dead, and that Protestants,
not "being able to evade the text," as
sassinated a hostile witness by throwing
overboard the Scriptures. "And yet
they have precisely the same authority
as the Gospel of St. Matthew;” "the ca
nonicity of the whole on the authority
of the Catholic church.” And he says.
"It was a prevailing practice among the
Hebrew people to offer up prayers and
sacrifices for the dead.” He says that
Christ knew that the Jews believed in a
middle state, and that he never once re
proved them for it; but both Christ and
the ap istles insinuate the doctrine of
purgatory.
He says that Tertullian. who lived in
the second century ; Eusebius, fourth
century; St. Cyril, fourth century; St.
Augustine, and a list of other fathers,
direct from the apostles on down, be
lieved in and taught a middle state etc
Further, that St. James and St. Mark
left Liturgies—-now in possession of the
Catholic church —which commands uh
to pray for the dead. That the Arians.
Nestorians, and Eutycbicans retain
these old Liturgies ami worship. Also
that the Armenian, Chaldean, Coptic,
Maronite and Syrian rites have prayers
for the dead.
That “Jews retain to this day in their
Liturgy the pious practice of praying
for the dead."
"1 am happy to say that the more ad
vanced and enlightened members of the
Episcopalian church are steadily re
turning to the faith of their forefathers
regarding prayers for the dead." (Quo
tation exact )
Please sift all of above, giving us
clearly the tiuth, and falsehood in each
statement Would be glad you would
comment at length reader.
It is true that the Second Maccabees,
one of the books commonly known as
the Apocrypha, does teach prayer for the
dead. (2 Mae. 12:40 45 ) It is also true
that scholarly criticism regards that
book as very untrustworthy, it being un
certain when it was written, whether
before or after Christ. It is almost an
insult to intelligence to ask that that
puerile writing shall lie received as
"Scripture.'’ The Catholic church re
ceives it as such on the authority of the
the "church." but in doing so she only
advertises her fallibility and weakness.
The question of the authority upon
which we receive the canon has been so
fully considered in this department that
we need say nothing further on that
point. As to the practice of the Jews in
our Lord’s day we cannot affirm posi
Lively. A Jewish raobi to whom we
applied, says that his people do not offer
such prayers, that is, not in the sense
that the Catholics do. He says they are
accustomed to ask the favor of God on
all souls, living or dead. But whatever
was the Jewish custom at the time,
Christ nowhere countenances the prac
tice. To say he did not condemn it is
not to the point, for there were many
things which the Jews did which are
specifically mentioned and condemned
by him or his apostles, and which as
Christians we are not to practice. The
New Testament knows nothing of such
prayers, nor of any "purgatory" either.
There is no allusion to any "purgatorial
purification" as possible in the period in
tervening between death and the gen
eral resurrection The doctrine is not
mentioned in Christian literature till the
third century Tertullian as a writer
belongs to that century. Augustine,
the great "Church Father” of the fourth
century, taught that such purification
was not incredible It did not become
a dogma of the Cathslie church until
Gregory the Great established the doc
trine nearly six centuries after Christ.
The so called "liturgies of St. James
and St. Mark" are not regarded as gen
uine by scholarly critic’sm. They are
creations of a much later date than the
apostolic age Nor does it matter what
may be the practice of the sects named.
We follow the Word of God, not the tra
ditions of men. or so called churches.
The present Episcopal prayer book
does not contain any prayers for the
dead, though it is true that in the book
of Edward the Sixth such prayers were
found. The very high church Episco
palians do think well of such prayers,
and it is not at all improbable that some
of the advanced ritualis's. or "apists,’
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1896.
do offer them. They are Catholics in
disguise—with the disguise very thin.
Please explain the apparent discrep
ancy in the two accounts of Paul's con
version as recorded in the ninth and
twenty-second chapters of Acts. In one
place it is recorded that those who jour
neyed with Panl heard not the voice (of
Jesus) and in the other account they
seem to have heard a voice.
v. D. L.
Our correspondent asks if the "defi
nite article" is found in the Greek. Yes
in both places The Revised Version is
correct in rendering "the voice” in both,
though we see no reason for putting
"sound" in the mirgin of Acts 9:7. The
Greek phouee occurs about one hundred
and fifty times in the New Testament,
and is translated voice in all but half a
dozen places It is the usual word for
‘ voice." We see no "discrepancy” in
the two accounts of Paul s conversion.
The men who accompanied Saul heard
the sound of the voice, but did not un
derstand what was said to him. See a
similar instance in John 12:28,29. In
Paul’s statement before the Jews that
"they heard not the voice of him that
spoke to me," he clearly meant that
while they heard the sound of the
voice they heard nothing intelligible,
and did not hear what was said by the
Lord to Saul. As Jacobus says,
the revelation was intended for Saul
himself. There is not the slightest
contradiction here We all say that a
man’s speech is not heard if he does not
make himself distinctly audible; and by
this we mean precisely what is here
said, that we hear a voice, but do not
hear the voice so as to recognize the
speaker. These attendants saw enough
to satisfy them of the miraculous ap
pearing, but they were not allowed to
see the person or hear his words.
Unseen Protection. —Nature
furnishes us with many simili
tudes of the divine. It is related
that a lady was awakened one
morning by a strange noise of
pecking at her window, and
when she got up she saw a but
terfly flying backwards and for
wards inside the window in a
great fright, because outside
there was a sparrow pecking at
the glass, wanting to reach the
butterfly. Tne butterfly did not
see the glass, but it saw the spar
row, and evidently expected
every moment to be caught.
Neither did the sparrow see the
glass, though it saw the butterfly,
and made sure of catching it.
But all the while the buttei lly,
because of that thin, invisible
sheet of glass, was actually as
safe as if it had been miles away
from the sparrow. It is when
we forget our protector that our
hearts fail us Elisha's servant
was in great fear when he awoke
in the morning and saw the city
of Dothan encompassed with
horses and chariots and a great
host; but when his eyes were
opened his fears vanished. The
unseen protection is ever present
with the Christian.
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Times ami Places of Meetings of Asso
elutions, ISSifi.
SEPTEMBER.
Htone Mountain. Sione Mountain, Ga.,
Tuesday before 2d Sunday.
Columbus, Bethesda ch., Ellerslie, Ga., on
G. M. & G. R. It., Tuesday before 2d Huuduy.
North Georgia Grove Level,snilks from
Dalton, Thursday before 2d Sunday.
Tallapoosa, Pumpklnvllle, Paulolngcoun
ty, Friday before 2d Sunday.
Appaiaebee, Bethabara, Oconee county,
Tuesday before 3rd Sunday.
Tugalo. NallsCreek, 10 miles N. E. Harmo
ny, luesdny before 3rd Sunday.
Second Georgia, Zion, DeKnlbcounty, Fri
day before 3rd Sunday.
Summerhill,Pleasant Grove, 8 miles Union
Station, G. A- A Ry., Tuesday before 4th Sun
day.
Sarepta, Glade, 4 miles S. Carlton on G. C.
<t N. Ry., Tuesday before 4th Sunday.
rout n River, Conyers, Ga., Wednesday be
fore 4th Sunday.
Middle Cherokee, Cartersville, Ga.. Thur
sday before 4th Sunday.
Flint River, Tlrziili ch„ SunnySlde, Ga.,
Saturday before 4th Su< day.
New Hope, Hills Creek, 4 milfs from Rock
mart, Ga., Saturday before 4th Sunday.
OCTOBER.
Friendship, County Line, near Ellaville,
Ga., Tuesday before Ist Sunday.
Mell, Staunton, on G. 8. & F. It. It., Berrien
county, Tuesday before Ist Sunday.
Washington, Island Creek eh., near Carr's
Station, Hancock county, Tuesday before Ist
Sunday.
Pine .Mountain, Bethany, Harris county,
Wednesday before Ist Sunday.
New Union, Dahlonega, Thursday before
Ist Sunday.
Coosawattee, Corinth, Gordon county, Frl
dny before Ist Sunday.
Piedmont, Union ch., Friday before Ist
Sunday.
Harmony. Tallapoosa, Friday before Ist
Sunday.
Liberty, Carnes Creek, 4 miles S. K. Toccoa,
Friday before Ist Sunday.
Southwestern, Salem, Decatur county, Fri
day before Ist Sunday.
Fairburn, Line Creek, Fayette county, Sat
urday before Ist Sunday.
Mulberry, Auburn,Ga., Saturday before Ist
Sunday.
Centennial, Fellowship church, Upson
county, M. A B. R. R., Tuesday before 2d Sun
day.
Miller, Kinmet Grove, Bullock county,
Tuesday before 2o Sunday.
Houston, Vienna, Dooly county, Wednes
day before 2d Sunday.
Middle, Union eh., Screven Co., Wednes
day before 2d Sunday.
Chattahoochee, Dewberry No. 1, 10 miles
N. E. from Gainesville. e»a.. 7 miles West
from Lula, Thursday before 2d Sunday.
Bowen, Providence, Decatur connty, 4
miles S. Whigham, Friday before 2d Sunday.
Chattooga. Ebenezer. 12 miles E. Summer
ville, Friday before 2d Sunday.
Roswell, Cross Plains, Forsyth county,
Friday before 2d Sunday.
Concord, Concord, Cobb county, Saturday
before 2d Sunday.
Bethlehem, Pleasant Hope ch., Floyd Co.,
Saturday before 2d Sunday.
Georgia, Warrenton, Tuesday before 3rd
Sunday.
Mt. Vernon, New Home ch., Tuesday be
fore 3rd Sunday.
Hebron, Bowman ch., Tuesday before 3rd
Sunday.
Little River, Blue Springs ch., Pulaski
county. Wednesday beforeSrd Sunday.
NewlKbenezer, Bethlehem.B miles E East
man, Wednesday before 3rd Sunday.
Mercer. Thomasville, Wednesday before
3rd Sunday
Western, LaGrange,Wednesday beforeSrd
Sunday.
Chestatee, Mt. Zion. Lumpkin county, 10
miles N. W. Dahlonega. Friday before 3rd
Sunday.
Mallary, Mt. Enon ch,3 miles N. E. Ba
conton, S. F. A W. Ry., Friday before Brd
Sunday.
Polk County, Friend-hip, Polk county,
Saturday before 3rd Sunday.
Hephzibah, Davisboro, on Central Ry.,
Tuesday before 4th Sunday.
Bap Ist Union, Mt. Jazar ch, Tatnall Co.,
Wednesday before 4th Sunday.
Carrollton. New Lebanon ch, 9 miles S.
Carrollton. Wedn- sday before 4th Sunday.
Daniels, Harmony. Montgomery county,
Wednesday before4th Sunday.
Ebenezer,Oconee, Laurens county, Wed
nesday before 4th Sunday.
Tucker. Mt. Zion, Mitchell county. Smiles
E. Camilla. Wednesday before 4th Sunday.
New Sunberry, Jones Creek cb., Liberty
county. Thursday before4th Sudday.
Smyrna. Elizabeth eh., 6miles 8. Hazle
hurst. Thursday before 4th Sunday.
Rehoboth. Elko ch. G. S. A F. Ry.,2 p.
Tuesday before stb Sunday.
NOVEMBER.
Bethel, Arlington ch., Calhoun Co., Tues
day before Ist Sunday.
Consolation, Oak Grove ch., near Hazle
hurst, Saturday before Ist Sunday.
Homerville. Millwood, Ware county, Fri
day before Ist Sunday.
Central Western. Ephesus ch., Heard Co.,
Saturday before Ist Sunday.
J. G. Gibson, Cor. Bee., S. M, Bd.
©bttuartee*
INHEXORIAM.
Mrs Matilda Clark Sharp
Mrs. Sharp, the oldest daughter of
Judge John A. Cogburn, was born in
Putnam county, Ga., May 4th, 1821.
She "fell asleep in Jesus” March 16th,
1896. Rev. Jesse H. Campbell, D.D.,
baptized her in Clinton, 1835. In 1852
she was married to Mr. Augustus B.
Sharp, of Atlanta. In 1e77 it was the
privilege of the writer to attend the
"silver wedding” of this godly union,
and it was, and is, the testimony of all
who knew them, that no happier, more
congenial hearts were known to them.
Like Zacharias and Elizabeth, they
"walked together in all the ordinances
and commandments of the Lord, blame
less." They scattered sunshine through
the home, the neighborhood and the
church- "Together'' they ministered
unto the hearts with whom they were
thrown; "together” they bore the bur
dens and reaped the harvest of typical
Christians till the death of Bro. Sharp
in 1881. How earnestly and laboriously
they worked for the erection of the
present elegant house of worship of the
First Baptist church, of Atlanta, few
among the throng who attend its ser
vices now know. And yet without this
toil, perhaps, such a structure would
not then have been built—a building
far in advance of other churches then in
Atlanta.
Their home was always one of rest
and peace and joy, not only to its occu
pants but to their pas!or, to whom they
were ever loyal, and to all who crossed
its threshold. Friends of God were ever
welcomed, whatever their circumstan
ces—they served the Master when enter
taining "strangers;” they motived their
hospitality by a Christly spirit. Every
sharer of their hospitality said: "It is
good to be here. ” So free and easy, so
spontaneous and inspiring were the
host and hostess ana their sprightly
children who were of them "kith
and kin.”
Sister Sharp was a striking and ster
ling character; physically, command
ing; mentally, well poised; morally, ex
act; spiritually, devoted; and in all re
lations affectionate and faithful. She
was the heart of the home; he was its
head—and -heart and head were one.
Each deferred to the other, "In honor
preferring one another.” she was much
given to ner Christian duties; and hence
she was prayerful, hopeful, helptul.
"She lent to tne Lord” by helping the
poor, by visiting the sick, by giving to
missions, by working for her church.
Unobtrusive, simple and sincere, her
life blossomed and fruitened in old age
with the vigor of the udolet,ceiice, eter
nal and supernal, upon which the has
now entered ‘ among the saints of all
ages.” Glorious completion of a "life
hid with Christ in God.”
Three daughters and one son survive
her. It was the throbbing prayer of her
life that all of these might be true
Christians; she saw for years the
daughters within the fold of God, and
her anxieties were then centered in her
son. Her old pastor assured her of his
firm belief that her "boy” would yet be
come a child of God. She did not see
this on earth —but "there-is joy in the
pie.KCnee of the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth;” she doubtless
knows it inno. Scarce two months had
elapsed, after her home-going, when the
‘ Good Shepherd” brougnt the warrle.-
ing one on ms shoulders into the fold.
True prayer is ever ringing in God's
ears the petitioner’s death does not
withdraw the petition. That son is
now "redeeming the time" by earnest,
active service for m-r and his Master.
So God s compensations, so his remem
brances, so his hallowing gifts come to
the "seed of the righteous, "to the needy
souls of mourners at his footstool, as
well as to the spirits of the just made
perfect before his throne. May these
children and their friends dwell at last
in heaven —"one family of the living
Goo.” D. W. Gwin.
WALES. —Nicholas Gachet Wales,
son of Mr. W. A. and Janie Gachet
Wales, was born near Enon, Ala.,
March 25th, died July 21st, 1896,
at Woodbury, Ga. At the age of six
teen he left his home to make his way
and mark in the world. He found his
first humble position as a clerk in a
store at Greenville, Ga. His modest un
assuming manners, correct habits and
gentleness of character soon won the
confidence and esteem of his employer.
From time to time promotion followed
and good fortune favored the brave boy,
until his prudence, economy and indus
try enabled him to commence business
on his own account, and at the time of
his death he had become a prosperous
merchant, enjoying the confidence and
esteem of all who knew him. Close at
tention to business and confinement had
planted the germ of a fatal malady in
him. Realizing that he was a sick
man, his tender young heart yearned for
that sympathy which could be found
alone at home with those who knew
him beet and loved him most. So in
December laet he returned home and
Baid, "Mamma, I have come to you o
have you get me well.” But alas, for
the uncertainty of human calculations!
He had eome home to linger and die!
He was the only son. The tendereet
care, the deepest sympathy of the fath
er and sister and the untiring watchful
ness and loving attention of the devoted
mother could only soothe, but not re
lieve the patient sufferer. Gradually,
but surely, he approached the end. He
suffered much, but murmured not
through it all. The writer feels assur
ed that, though he never connected him
self with the church, he had experienced
conversion and forgiveness: that he was
ready and willing to meet his Lord and
Master; that he only clung to life with
the one fond hope that he could see his
father and three sisters members of tbe
church with hie dear, good mother, and
would himself have put on Christ but for
his extreme weakness He so expressed
himself before he died. He passed to
his rest with this unsatisfied hope in
his heart. But the following Sunday
his ransomed soul looked from the win
dows of the Celestial City and
experienced the joy of seeing the
beloved father and sisters “bur
ied with Christ in baptism”, and
united with his devoted mother in the
love of Christ.
“Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love.”
E. W. H.
ASKEW.—M y blessed mother.
Achsah A. Askew, passed away at 9
o’clock Wednesday, Aug. 19th, 1896
She was born Jan. 18, 1835. married
first William T. Webb, March 1853, and
after his death remained a widow till
six years ago. when she married Henry
J. Askew. By her first marriage were
born six sons, three of whom survive
her. Since early womanhood she had
been a consistent member of the Primi
tive Baptist church, and after suitable
funeral exercise, conducted by Rev. W.
T. Everett, her body was laid to rest in
a private burial ground in Webster
county. M. J. Webb.
WILSON.—Mrs Lucy P. Wilson, nee
Perkins, was born in Greene county,
Ga., October 24th, 1815, and died at her
home in Hancock connty, May 3d, 1898.
In offering an humble tribute to this
remarkable woman, I would say, in all
my acquaintance I have met few per
sons who equaled her in all the charms
and graces of an exalted character.
She was modest and retiring; indeed, it
was in the home circle that all the con
stellations of virtues shone brightest.
Reared by pious, intelligent parents,
naturally gifted, nobly connected, beau
tiful in person, she could easily, in her
younger days, have gratified the highest
social ambition ;but to her clearer view of
life she preferred a holier mission, that
of remaining in her own quiet home.left
her by her worthy husband, William
Wilson, Esq., a wealthy planter of Han
cock county, who died during the war
between the States. This was one of
the greatest trials of her life. But
without a murmur she bore this afflic
tion, as well as all tbe changes wnich
the results of the war brought to so
many Southern homes.
Os the seven dearly beloved children
whom she raised to be grown, only four
survive. May each of them so live here
on earth that in the great day of the
resurrection they may be an unbroken
family in heaven.
Mrs. A. H. Smith.
MALCOM.—JoeI Malcom was born
April 24, 1850. and died in Walton coun
ty, Georgia, May 30, 1896. He was con
verted and joined Ebenezer church,
August, 1891.
Whereas, God has removed from us
our beloved brother to be fitted into
that temple not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens; and
Whereas, He was a faithful member
according to his chances wishing to do
more for his Master; therefore,
Resolved, That we as a church give
our sympathy to his bereaved family;
that a copy of these resolutions be sent
to the Christian Index, another to
the bereaved family and a page on our
minutes be dedicated to his memory.
G. A Knight,
G. F. THomas,
F. M Malcom,
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Schedule In effect July ’9.1896.
Read Read
Down Stations. Up
8 40 p m Lv Macon Ar 11 20 a tn
4 07 p m Sofkee 10 56 a m
4 39 pm Llzella 10 23 am
5 23pm ..Culloden 939 am
5 35pm .... Yatesville 927 am
6 06 p m Thomas ;on 8 56 a m
ft 52 pm Woodbury 8 08am
715 pm .... Harris City 724 am
7 37 p m .... Odessa 7 02 a m
749 pm Mountville 6 61am
815 p mAr ... LaGrange Lv 6 26am
Connects at Sofkee for Florida and points
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w ZZ i n ° 29 N °- 97
Northbound. Ua||y Da()y
Lv. Columbus 505 p m ft 80 » m
“ Woverly Hall 5 53pm 714 am
'* Oak Mountain (JO2 pm 722 am
M Warm Springs 6 83pm 75) am
M Woodbury 652 pm BUB atn
M Ooncord . 7 19 pm 888 am
M Williamson.. 737 pm 850 am
M Griffin. 8 00pm 907 am
H McDonough. 840 pm 945 am
Ar. Atlanta 9 45 p m 10 30 a m
Lt. Atlanta 11 15 pm 12 00 n’n.
Ar. Washington. 940 pm 642 a m
“ New York 620 arn 12 43 p m
Lv. Atlanta 10 U 0p m 120 p m
Ar. Chattanooga 4 10 am 635 pm
M Cincinnati. 730 p m 715 a m
fi suu. . No. 30 No. 28
Southbound. DaUj I)aUy
Lr. Cincinnati 805 p m
“ Chattanooga 805 am
Ar. Atlanta. 180 pm
Lv. New York 12 15 a m 430 p m
“ Washington 11 15 ain 10 43 p m
Ar. Atlanta 520 am 355 pm
Lv. Atlanta 525 am <25 pm
“ McDonough HlO am 515 p m
M Griffin. 650 a m 555 p m
•* Williamson 7 U*l a m 610 p m
“ Concord 722 a m 628 p m
* Woodbury 747 am 6 52pm
** Warm Springs 808 am 724 p m
M Oak Mountain | 836 a m 752 p m
** Waverly Hall 845 am 801 pm
|9 28 am; 845 p m
TO MACON.
Dally. j No. 29 No. 97
Lv. Columbus. South’n Ry 5 05pm 680 am
Ar. Woodbury. South'n Ry. 652 pm 808 am
“ Macon, M. *B.R. R. ; 11 20 a m
Ar, LaGrange, M. a B. K. 8.; 8 15 pm[ ,
Daily. No. 30 No. «8
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Lv. Macon, M. & B. R. 3 40 p m
Ar. Woodbury,M. & B.R.R. 747 am 652 p m
AT, Qolumbua, South’n By 928 am 845 pm
TO BRUNSWICK.
Daily. No. 29
Lv. Columbus, South'n By.. 505 pm
Ar. McDonough, “' ‘‘ BA)p in
“ Brunswick, ‘‘ “ 700 a m
Dally. No. 30
Lv. Brunswick, South'n By. 815 p m
Ar. McDonough, “ “ 445 a m
'* Columbus, '* " 928 a m
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Gen. Manag, -, Traf. Manager,
Waahingt t, D. 0. Washington, D. C.
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jeave Macon 10 40am 10 33pt
Leave Tifton 2 41pm 2 Mac
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