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EISQUIKJLK • i^UM : COLUMBUS GEORGIA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8 \m,
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CLERGYMEN ON SMOKING.
v> ijiTEKBWI ING QUESIIuS DISCUSSID
BV FAMOlIl CLERGYMEN.
j^,i Elder’s Offer to Dr. Talmage of Free
t igers Which Led Him to Stop 'muk-
iug-Au Editor Clergyman
W ho Insists ou His Cigars.
nomination, notably the Methodist, now
regularly makes inquiry of candidates for
the ministry as to their habits concerning
the use of toDacco. A large number of
Conferences refuse to accept habituU
smokers as preachers. I believe there
should be a reform in this matter of
smoking among young men, but nothing
prevents it so much as the practice of a
few distinguished preachers, whose habits
I in other respects are exemplary, but who,
i in regard to smoking, set a bad example
j to the young.
Boston. Joseph Cook.
doing; of clergymen. In habit3 or aots not
positively sinfal they must be governed
iy the law of expediency. Smoking is
such an act. If the habit is found to in
jure the health of the one who thus in
dulges, obscures his intellect, or leads oth
ers to excess, then he should aostain. If,
however, he finds that smoking tranquil
lizes the nerves, lessens the jar and the
friction of life, a.ds digestion, then he
may quietly indulge. Those reformers go
to an extreme who put sm okiag ou a par-
ample, therefore, goes for little.
Washington D. C. W. H. Milburn.
rcopyright, 1889. All Rights Reserved by The
• ijok Syndicate Press of New Yvrk City ]
It has always bee i an interesting question
iu the minds of many whetner clergymen,
front point of example, should indulge
jn smoking. It is a common belief Ulat
the cigar in the mouth of the minister is
injurious example to the young. Up
Do gn’t Smote llut Wishes He Did.
I am| not a smoker, but ~wiah I were.
There is some constitutional obstacle.
The habit is not in my family. I smoked
a little in college, but not from the pleas
ure of it. Later m life I gave it entirely Lbf one cigar a day for more haa fifty
up. The clerical life is one of much ner
vous excitement which needs quieting;
lo this time the voice of the clergy has, j and at the same time of moral restraint
save in one or two scattering opinions, not
br.en heard. Accordingly, more than a
year ago, I began to secure the opinions
of the most famous preachers in America
and Europe, as written or spokes by
themselves especially for this publication.
Whether the question, “Should Clergy
men Smoke?” finds its solution in these
opinions or not, I leave the readers to
judge. Edward W Bok.
which ensures moderation. A cigar is a
solace and a companion. The student
craves both. If these circumstances were
known and considered, the smoking cler
gyman’s example would be harmless; but
as it is, in the present passion for exhila
ration and injurious narcotics by people
who do not require them, I am inclined
to think the habit should be dispensed
with by those who aim at elevating moral
sentiment.
Boston. O. B. Frothingham.
The Voice of a Methodist.
Clergymen certainly should not smoke-
No clergymau should do anything he does
not expect and wish the young men in his
congregation and Sabbath-school to do.
How can a man reprove boys for smoking
if he does it himself? No, save ns from
clergymen who smoke! I am glad the
. Methoaist Churcn has decided not to ad-
allel line with the use of intoxicants. They < mit young men to her m history who are
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lead to very different results Even the addicted to the practice.
excessive use of the one does not end in
poverty, vio ; ence, misery, an utter aban
donment of all that is manly, virtuous aud
good. Over the evils of the latter au angel
might well weep. For the relief of an
early infirmity I have indulged in the use
years, a id have experienced no evil ef
fects. S. D. Burcharp-
New Yoik.
New York. (Chaplain) C. C. McCabe.
Not His Brother’s Keeper.
I have no wisdom to impart on the
question whether clergymen should
smoke. I do not smoke myself, nor do I
judge those who do.
Columbus O Washington Gladden.
< ^From the Author Oi “America”
I am glad to bear my testimony against
the evii practice to the use of tobacco by
ministers of the Gospel. They are often
called to visit in the chambers of th9 sick
Dr. lalinage Once a Smoker.
It seems to me that this question of the
use of tobicco by clergymen is one that
every minister should decide for himself.
I do not, therefore, speak for others, but
express only my own individual
opinion when I say that I believe tobacco
to be ruinous to one’s physical health,
whether he be clergy or layman. It is
not a rapid poison. The taste for tobacco
may be endured tor generations, but
sooner or later I believe it*ct« disastrously
in some way, either to the mind or to the
body. Nor is this a statement of glitter
irg generalities. I know whereof I
speak.
For many years I smoked cigars, but I
do not do so now. I would not now think
of smoking a cigar any more than I would youth, and whose system is so saturated
drink a vial of laudanum. I came to give wl tn me poison that they fear they will,
Would .Smoke if He Wanted To.
One cannot say whether clergymen as a
class should or should not use tobacco.
It is nobody’s business, except in his own
individual case. I do nor use tobacco my
self, but if I wanted to I should do so.
New York. Morgan Dix.
No Mistaking His Views.
I can give no opinion based on expe
rience of the effects of smoking, as the
practice has always seemtd to me filthy
and useless, aud therefore indulgence in
it sduply sensual. I think the practice
inexcusable, except in the case of those
who have begun it in au idiotic or vicious
up the habit in this way: 1 was livin
Syracuse, N. Y., but had just been called
to Philadelphia. An elder in the Phila
delphia church to which I accepted a call
offered, as one of the inducements to my j
coming, that he would give me ail the ci
gars I wanted the rest of my life free of 1
through tue shock the cnange would give
the brain, revert into idiocy should they
cease taking iu the usual supply of nico
tine. William Hayes Ward.
New York.
He Kecol.ects Hitt First Smoke.
I began to smoke at eight years of age
charge. He was a wholesale tobacconist, I ali( j i e ft, the same day. Tae cane cut
aud would have kept his promise. At that
time cigars were higher in price than they
are now, and the offer meant the saving of
a great deal of money to me. I was then
smoking up to my full capacity—that is,
I used as many cigars as health would per
mit. I thought to myself what>, would
happen if I should get them fret! Tae
thought so appalled me that I made a res
olution then and there to stop smoking
and never touch tobacco again in any man
ner or form. And from that day to this
from the hedge made me sick, and all my
experience since has made ma more sick of
what I regard a dirty, costly, ty’rauical
and unhealthy habit. Excuse may be
made for some elderly or aificted
smokers, but the practice should be spe
cially avoided by ministers. There are in
every church Some who will be pained by
such au example, same who may ba in
I jured by following it. Smokers are liable
j to to come tlaves to the habit, so that its
! indulgence gets to be a necessity of life.
I never have. Now, I would not take up j q'jjey are uncomfortable without it; they
smoking again for all the surplus in the - - - -
treasury.
As I said before, every clergyman must
settle the question for himself according
to hisown conscience and belief.But as for
myself, smoking is utterly out of the
question. It is my opinion that many
clergymen who have on their tombstone
“Died in the Lord”
might have for more appropriate epitaph
“Killed by Tobacco.”
Brooklyn. T. DeWitt Talmage.
become reckless of the comfort of others;
they must smoke in the street, in the car,
in the house, in the bedroom. It often
leads to drinking, wastes time, aud costs
money which is needed for better objects.
London. Newman Hall.
Howard Crosby’s Views.
The questiou is one for each individual
minister to decide. Of course I cannot
sa/ whether my brother clergym- n
should or should not use tobacco.
It is out of the question for
any man to dictate in this respect to
ward another; aud, after all, the question
oi smoking does not center into one’s
moral life. The kingdom of God is a
kingdom of righteousness, uud not a king
dom of what we eat or drink.
New York. Howard Crosby.
Robert Coilyer Enjoy* His Cigar.
Should clergymen smoke? Well, they
sbould.if they want to. The question of
clergymen smoking depends mainly upon
the cigars they use, in my opinion. If I
want to smoke I do smoae, and it is no
body’s business except perhaps my phy
sician’s. Aud I do not think that the use
of tobacco has ever hurt my health phys
ically, and I much enjy a good cigar.
However, I think that the question of
clergy men smoking is a very foolish onh
A great trouble with modern society is
that we are hemmed in and around, by
too many barriers. The question of eler
gymen using cigars is not one that can
concern the church at large, or society at
large. If a clergyman wants to smoke it is
nobody’s business so long as he can afford
it, provided it does not hurt his constitu
tion—and he smokes good cigars. I enjoy
good cigars, and intend to smoke them as
often as I please. However, if the use of
tobacco affected my health, ot course I
would drop cigars instantly.
New York. Robert Collyer.
Dr. Furness, at Eighty, r ight, Still Smokes
I have been a smoker from my youth
up. It has not prevented me from reach-
my eghty eighth year without any of the
usual infirmities of old age, save a certain
slifintts in stooping to pick up a pm. It
is said that smoking leads to drinking.
1 think it is a mistake. It takes the place
of drinking. Were smoking abolished, I
believe there would be ten drunkards
where there is now only one. I have no
faith in doing things for example’s sake.
They must be done for their own sake;
then only is the example good and influ
ential. William Henry Furness.
Philadelphia.
Dr. Storrs is a Smoker.
Either “Yes” or “No” may be easily
written, but any satisfactory answer to the
question of whether clergyman should
smoko would require more time than I
have at command. The general Christian
rule is plainly one of self restraint and
the avoidance of offense. Each man who
feels himself responsible to the Master
must judge for himself, I think, in apply
ing the rule to the particulars of conduct.
For myself. I find material help from a
cigar when engrossed in study.
Brooklyn. Richard S. Storrs
I have never used tobacco in any form,
and therefore write without that knovvl
edge which is derived from personal en
joyment of the cigar.
From such study as I have been able to
give to the matter, I am not able to dis
cover any physical or moral argument for
smoking. The arguments appear to be
all ou the other side. While the evils of
alcohol are vastly greater than the evils of
tobacco, ou the other hand, it appears to
me easier to construct an argument iu fa
vor of the moderate use of alcohol than
iu favor of the moderate use of toDacco.
The physical evils that result from the
tobacco habit are notorious. The moral
evils appear to me also seriom.
Whatever may be the imagined benefit
of smoking to oveworked men (and wo
men? if it is a sedative, who need it mjro
than the wives and mothers?; it is by sub
stantially univers 1 consent an injury to
the youDg. Aud yet not only the young
men in our stores and coll- ges, but the
boys in their teens are inveterate smokers
The minister should teach by his lift;
he should set an example which he is will
ing his congregation should follow; he
should walk in the paths in which ho de
sires that the boys and young men who
look up to him should walk. As I person
ally do not wish to see the boys in my
Sunday schools nor the young men in my
church and congregation smoking, I do
not propose to set them the example of
the smoker. And I cannot but tniuk that,
on the one hand, if all ministers were
of this opinion, and set a universal exam
pie against the cigar, it would count for
something, and on the other hand that
there is a certain incongruity iu a smoking
clergyman preaching a sermou on crucify
ing the lusts of the firsh, or denying our
selves for the sake of our neighbars.
And yet some of the noblest, most de
voted, most constcrated ministers in the
church of Christ, men before wnom I bow
in reverence, are habitual smokers.
Brooklyn, Lyman Abbott.
From Venerable Dr. McCosh.
Smoking will be put down when young
ladies declare that they will not look with
favor on a you ig tutu who smokes, and j whose sensitive frames are paiued and
when congregations decla-e that iney will disgusted by tae ill savored odors carried
not take a minister who smokes. ^ - j a the breath or in the clothing of visitors.
Princeton, N. J. James Mo Josh < Intimate conversations of sympathy with
! the » ffl:cted, or of advice to the troubled
Equal nights for Clergymen. j and to inquirers—all alike demanding
I see not way clergymen should not i proximity, will often be unwholesome and
smoke if men of any sort or otner orofes- ; distressing, not^to say impossible,
sions do. I have never been a smoker my- j
self, but it seems to me to be the same I
question mentally and physically for all 1
persons alike, aud the example of a smok- J
ing clergyman, if hurtful, is equally so by
men of other sets. .
Boston. C. A. Bartol. J i
instruct
made a test of character,even in our private
judgments of men. As a man thinisest so
HEALTH AND BEAUTY !
Samuel Francis Smith.
Newton Centre, Mass.
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A Voice From Andover.
Some concession mas
made to the smoking habit.
i fairness, be
It is not a sin
, ... any man whose own conscience does
1 not so instruct him It should not be
From the Canou of Westminster.
I have never been a smoker, never
having felt the smallest need to adopt
the practice, or the smallest attractions
toward it. Whether smoking is injurious
to the health of full grown men, or not, I
am uuabie to say, but many wuo oegiu by
smoking in moderation go on to smoke in
excess, and there they injure their health
very seriously. It seems to me that when
man has so many natural wants it is not
desirable to add to them another want,
which can only be regarded as artificial.
London. Frederic W. Farrar.
From an Editor-Clergyman.
If any one should smoke, why deny the
privilege and pleasure to a man of tha
cloth? If no one ought to smoke, then,
I imagine, the clergyman should be inclu
ded.
I have noticed that nearly every body
who doson’t smoko thi iks it sinfui,
a vile habit, and a waist of silver
dollars, while the maa who
does smoke believes that it
warms his heart, clears his head, and
helps to make life worth living.
For myself, I am my own double, a
clergym in and a journalist. Asa j jurnal-
ist I take unspeakable comfort in a good
cigar. There is poetry iu its lifting clouds,
and I watch them with a placid sense
that I am enjoying a very innocent
pleasure. Moreover, my clerical con
science does not rebel, but accepts the
situation with serene approval.
I should say, then, that a clergym in
may smoke if he wishes lo. If he does
not wish to, he may credit himself with
resisting one of the softest blandishments
of this cold world, and denying hia tired
nerves one of the precious narcotics that
ever threw i s magic spell over ill temper
and substi uted good nature for chronic
irrascibility.
You may rob others of their cigars if ]
you have the requisite strength—and hard- ]
ness of heart—out you can’t get mine, {
nnless you weigh a good deal more than I
do.
Yours, with a Duff. !
Yew York. George H. Hepworth.
Bishop Coxa Doseu’l Like It.
I know so mauy men far better than
myself who enjoy the rank weed that it
seems in bad taste for me to rebuke a
habit to which t am not tempted person
ally. But it is an expensive habit; and
they who make appeals for hundreds of
good and needy objects might save for
charity what does no good to anybody. i
Ic is a bid example of waste to the
young. I a sked ayouth to save for buying
books overy dollar he usually expended
for cigars, and in a very short time he
showed me an admirable little library t
saved from t he smoke.
It is an off msive habit to innumerable
persons whom we are commanded to love
as ourselves. A lady who entertained a
worthy clergyman ou je objected to re
ceiving him again. Slid she: “It took a
week’s airing and some scrubbing to get
the nauseous smell out of my guest cham
ber and out of clothes that nung iu one of .
its closets.”
It is a social habit that leads to the
society of men who waste time iu puffing
smoke and telling anecdotes not always
the most likely to “minister grace to the
hearers.”
A lady once said “her pa-tor came to
pray with her as she lay sick and expect
ing" to die, but the 6mel! of tobacco which
he brought into the room with him nsu-
is he. It is not a proper su jj ?ct of eccles-
! iastical prohibition. Tue distinction is
not a wise one which forbids it to clergy
men more imparativel / than to
laymen. That is not a healthy
j type of reiigous faith waieh
! lays the clergy under prohibitions
I which are not thought necessary in regu-
, laiing the couduct of other men.
1 Yet there are few, if any, usages morally
. innocent in themselves of which so many
i things can be said to t heir diseedit as may
! be said of the use of tobacco as au indul
gence.
The habit is against nature. Tobacco is
neither food nor drink. Sa far as I know,
it is not medicine extent to a sick sheep.
No natural appetite of the human body
craves it. Of the whole animal creation,
but one species naturally takes to it—and
that is a worm. Iuieleotual cul ure is not
fostered by it. Nor does it quicken or
gratify spiritual aspirations.
General Stonewall Jackson once said to
his daughter that since he had reached
- adult years he had never taken a mouth
ful of food at any hour of day or night
without asking the blessing of God upon it.
The General was a native of a tobacco
growing State, and probably a smoker.
But it may be reasonably question
whether he ever sought the divine bless
ing upon his daily cigar. Wnat smoker
ever did? Yet why not? Can smoking
• clergymen answer the question?
Au immense an i iner a ing number of
Christain believers condemn the habit as
being unsympathetic with the imitation
of Christ. The drift of the noblest and
purist civilization is palpably adverse to a
usage which so distincly subordinates
mind to matter, soul to body,
i Austin Phelps.
j Andover Theological Seminary.
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Heber Newton Is Frtjutiieed.
I fear that my judgment concerning the
use of tobacco by clergymen is not a dis
interested one. I am one of that by no
means inconsiderable number of unfortu
nate, if not guilty beings who c-nnot
smoke themselves, audeaunot endure the
smeke of others, and are always in a fix
between their courtesy to smokers and
their regard for their own wretched
nerves. To me, thus prejudiced, perhaps,
the case is a clear one. The sedentary
habits of the parson and the frequent
overweight upon his nervous energies
make the seductions of this habit
peculiarly subtle, and at the same time j
render its evil effects physically peculiarly j
serious. Moreover, to a prejudiced eye i
like my own, it seems a very offensive |
habit for a “man of the spirit.” lean I bU _ maoi ,
-carceiy fancy myself seeking spiritual | moutbs aad
consolation from lips whence issue the 1
odious fumes of nicotine. The smoking
La bit seems so clear a luxury, and withal
a more or less poisonous one, that lire
physical offensiveness of the smoker’s
presence is re inforced by a certain moral
offensiveness. I find smokers, as a rule,
utterly inconsiderate of the discomforts
that their luxury inflicts on others—a by
ro means clerical frame of mind. Bui I
confess to being prejudiced,and since some
of the sweetest and best ministers I know
ere habitual smoker, I can only respect
mv own judgment.
New York. R. Eebeb Newton.
Dr. W. II, Alger’s Views.
It is the duty ot a clergyman by precept
and example to teach other men their
duties. Therefore, no clergyman ought to
smoke, because smoking is a vice. It is a
vice because it is a master of labor, time,
attention, and health, I believe that
intoxicating liquor aud tobacco are the
two chief enemies of the human race. It
seems, therefore, as clear as the sun in
heaven that no clergyman can be held
guiltless Who does not set a personal ex
ample in opposition to them both.
Boston. William R. Alger.
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Dr. Cuyler Never Smoked .
I never smoked a cigar or a pipe in my
life, and never expect to do so. It is a
matter to be left to every minister’s con
science and common sense. I fear that
some valuable lives have ended in smoke;
and there are times when a cigar in a min
ister’s month does not help the gospel
that comes out of It—and is not a whole
some “ensample to the flock.”
Brooklyn. THEODORE L. CUTLER.
The Baptist Church Speaks.
It, is neither better nor worse in the
sight of God for clergymen to smoke to
bacco than it is for other men to do this.
I have no experience on this subject, hav
ing never tasted tobacco in any form. In
early life I read many essays on the subject
from the ablest pons, all snowing that, its
effects upon the animal and imental na
ture were injurious, and so I eschewed it
forever. There is something so unclean,
morbid and adverselto the daily life of the
Lord Jesus in the practice of smoking,
chewing or snuffing tobacco, that
the very thought of associating
the Son of God therewith would
be scouted by the slaves of these
practices as savoring of blasphemy. And
yet, mauy of His ainoassadors quite ex
cuse themselves in preaching His Gospel
throats saturated with
i this filthy product. As a rule, ministers
I will paiiate their conduct in the use of to
j bacco by some semi solemn or even comic
I joke, which may suffice to hoodwink
themselves to tne evils of the offensive
practice, but such trash uever hoodwinks
either the holy God or sensible men.Thisjis
a mere mockery of their own shame. Adam
Clark severely reproved two of his
brethren for their smoking. “Yes, Doc
tor,” they said, “we are burniug our
idols.” “Brethren,” replied the indig
nant commentator, “if you waut to please
the devil better than by burning* your
idols, offer him, I pray you, a roast pig
stuffed with your tobacco, it will bathe
most delicious sacrifice that you can de
vote to him.” There are plenty of Chris
tian men, and I fear clergymen, too, who
spend more money every year in ruining
their health by tobacco than they devote
to the spread of the Gospel by Bible dis
tribution and by missionary work. To
bacco and rum are twin daughters of
Satan, and it is of but little use to pray,
“Thy kingdom come” while we tamper
with either of these deadly poisons.
New York. Thomas Armitagh.
I think, of dam ige. If consulted, I should
reply, “Don’t.” If asked, “Why not?”
Should answer, “Why?” To use anything
without a good reasou is at best an ex
periment, and experiments aro risky. ]
Abstain until nature calls for help. Then J
take advice or experiment cautiously— j
very cautiously. A good servant may'
prove a most cruel master. Tobacco has j
its uses, no doubt. He is a rare man who |
learns to use if usefully.
Elmira, N. Y. Thomas K. Beecher, j
From tlie Kldmr Beecher.
My deepest feeling is excited by the j
gre it extent to which ministers of the!
gospel are involved in the sin of using j
tobacco.
It not only injures them physically, but ]
morally.
Against unanswerable evidence of its ;
wide-spread evils, physical, intellectual, j
aud moral, they subject themselves to a j
habit of ruinous self indulgence, and do j
all .hat example can do to induce others
to do the sams. Thau of what avail is it
for them to preach to men to deny un
godliness and every worldly lust?
Y7nile ministers of the Gospel oppose one
with vivid eloquence, they advocate the
other by example, and are a rampart to
defend it agaiust all assaults.
Brooklyn. Edward Beecher.
Bishop I’orters Suggestion.
I do not think that clergymen are under
any obligation to smoke. Whether they
ought not to smoke is a question concern
ing which I would suggest that you
obtain the views of the Rev. Mr. Spur-
to comply promptly with the requirements of
this ordinance, s all he fined or imprisoned for
each day’s default in the discretion of the Mayor.
Adopted in Council December 4. 18-9.
CLIFF. B. GRIMES, Mayor.
M. M. MOORE, Clerk Council. deed lvr
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF uEOKttlA.
Schedule in Effect November 3, 1889.
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Smoking Ministers Bad Examples.
re than one important religious de-
Dr. Burch »rd a Fifty-Year Smoker.
There is no special law to regulate the
To Macon, Angnata, Savannah and Charleston, i
Leave Columbus : 6 35 am; 7 10 pm
Arrive Fort Valley 9 2am ; 1005pBi
Arrive Macon .1043im !l lOpmj
Arrive Angnsta I 6 30 a m
Arrive Savannah I 5 40pm 630 am 1
7 10 p in train, from Columbus via Macon, car
ries through sleeper to Savannah.
.To Talladega, Anniston, Birmingham. Mem
phis, Nashville. Louisville and Cincinnati.
Leave Columbus j 7 45 a m j 12 45 p n ; 7 05 p m
Arrive Opeiixa j 3 50am
I Arrive Roanoke I
i Arrive Talladega.... 7 Oip m
: Arrive Anniston j H13pm]
! Arrive Birmingham j 3 f 0 p c, | i 2 30am
Arrive Memphis | 615 a ml
Arrive Nashville ! 5 25 a m
Arrive Louisville T1-12 a m
1 50 p n j 8 00pm
pm
5 35 p m
i Arrive Cincinnati...! 4 05pm
Henry C. Potter.
geon.
New York.
Chaplain William Henry Mllburn.
As to the habit of smoking tobacco,every
minister should be fully persuaded in his
own mind; careful to observe its effects
upon his health and likewise his disposi
tion and capacity for work. Without
doubt it is injurious to many persons, but
not to ail nor even a majority. If ail the
ministers of the United States were to
abandon the habit, I do not believe that
the number of smokers would be lessened
except by their count; the matter of ex-
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aud am better in all respects than I have been
for years. Yours truly, F. J. Smith.
Columbus, Ga., September 8, 1889.
33. W. TD.
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COLUMBUS, GA.
wick and Jacksonville*via
Union Springs. i
Leave Columbus •
Arrive Union Springs. ;
Arrive Troj 1
Arrive Eufanla 1
Arrive Albany |
Arrive Thomasville |
Arrive Bruns .vick
Arrive Jacksonville !
7 45 a m;
3 45 a m
ii”i0 a m
2 25 p m
5 25 pm!
i
2 45 p o.!
4 56 p n j
6 30 p r, ;
10 25 p n!
1 20 a m j
7 30 a a i
825am
Through sleeper from Union Springs to Way-
cross and Jacksonville on night train.
To Atlanta, via Opelika.
Leave Columbus | 7 45 a m
Arrive Opelika | 8 50&m
Arrive Atlanta | ,
12 45 p Hi
150pm
5 40 p m’
i 7 05 p rr, i
j 8 00pm
t 6 55 p m train from Columbus by abov- sched
ule ca ries a sle- per to Birmirghani, connecting
in union depot with Pullman Buffet sleeper to
Memphis arid Kansu? City without change.
7 i5 p ei
9 45 p m
I € a m
To Smithvilie, Albany. Thomasvil) . Brunswick
and Jacksonville via Aruerieus.
1 'Leave Columbus 7 4'iam,
Aiive Americas 16 4 % oo
Arr've Albany j 2 25 p m
Arrive Thomasville 5 20aoi
Arrive Wsycross I ! 5 d a m
Arrive Brim-.wick i ; 7 40&m
Arrive Jacksonville 8 20 a ra
Through sleeper via the above route from
Atnericus to Wavcross and Jacksonville 7 65 p
12 45 p in train makes same time to Atlanta as
7 45 a in train via above named route.
Columbus to Greenville.
Sunday
Daily. I only.
Leave CoInmbu3 ’ 2 45 p m 7 00 a m,
Arrive Greenville i 8 15 p m 10 00 a m
To Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans, vi*
Union Springs.
To Atlanta
via Griffin.
—
Lfeive Columbus
j *1 05 p ;n
|+5 10 pm
. 8 16 p ra
iO 40 p CQ
Arrive Atlanta
1 5 45 p m
Through coach on 1 0*5 p m train
schedule from Columbus to Atlanta.
of above
Greenville to Columbus.
■ Daily.
Sundays
• only.
‘Leave Greenville
Arrive Colnrabus
. 4 00 p m
; 7 1-5 pm
Arrivals of Trains at Columbus.
Leave Oolmnbns i 2 45pmj 7 45 am
Arrive Union Springs i 4 56 p m
Arrive Montgomery I 6 30 p m 111 35 a tr
Arrive Mobile I 210am;
Arrive New Orleans
6 15 p m:
6 45 p m'
6 25 p m 10 20 a m
_ _ _. _ _ 7 00pm; -
709aui' From Greenville 10 .5 a m;7 15pm B’day only
From Macon I 7 25am
9 45 a m From Americas ' 7 35 a m!
Frim B’bam&Op’ka 6 25 a m i
Frim Montg’y&Tr’y 12 05pm
Sleeping Cars cm night train between Savannah and Macon. ’Daily. tDaily ezeept Sunday.
For further information relative to tickets, best routes, etc., apply to J. H. Leitner, Ticket
Agent. J. C. Haile. Agent, Columbus, Ga. J. W. Haylow, Supt. S. and W. Division, Columbne, Ga,
W. W. Starr, Supt. Soithwestem Division, Macon Ga. E. T. Charlton, G. P. A., Savannah, Ga,