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tv.? dtoii*V or t>i?>! beging to one lar fund to be drawn u MejttR?ls>?fS vCgroeuJ of'tfcb TuHd? aliould be taken tor any other obje^'.tt?* t' guiHy Vlohuion of law," the "fla graStVlotaUou,'' the "monstrous perversion," thtjjfRookery " and "derision ? of the taw, is cooipletal < Nothing can atone for such an of? fense T' In. vain might the treasurer replace ithaeirya dtoliar by another of precisely the saQf/e taldel Your tenrned committee would bo.oompeiled to again state that the " funds hs? opt been kept separate and apart," and "attCibe daw for the direction and restraint Ito officers is a deud letter in South 0ar rweriid'be an unpardonable waste of time, ar^ao affront to the understanding of inU-lli !' gent men, to proceed further to show that a ifOtpst construction of the. language hi ques tmm m will absurd and, impoasTolo. No such tjjjif^waa'or over-could'have been in , 6a the actual separation of our public separate, tsn gl bio parcels for one taking from one parcel for One from the other-parcels for other .' '.Totnothing less than this would \ compliance with the law. thus 'driven to abandon the literal and we come next tooousider reasonable, sensible, praeti l of the law. I adWIr?iixia^ chaueege the Judgment of the lawyers of the State upon the question? I^njwerthat the true and just construction of the law is precisely then nstr?ction which (replaced upon it, namely, that the re not of keeping separate and apart va ifls \k srmply and ouly a matter of ac ks* w.ill-'show at any time the exact r, uwi^ b^lptigipg 'to each, fund' of ^tate. vTheTB baa'never'been an hour a^*^j^'d,WM hot ieauj to honor a draft ch might law full v be drawn upon it. No jjjjjgi^^ one dol -/Tet-aeV^.H?stute gentlemen are found who ~Wr * Sitae* to a report intended to bring ffa^Sftfrb^OT^^erlajat^N1! pue I have not jaV'weA^never centempUi^'oy law, as What was absurd and impossible 1 i Jet me jt?k, would content your com - i? On page 9 of this report I find these 1:7,'" It Is true the sta'te treasurer teg ti? lt the ? interest account has been kept I'pn/hlS bookB; ,bdt he also testifies imsafees have been kept in the . other funds in one account, e ?*p-?-t* amount," j.be Inferred from this language that uittep regard as tho gravamen of irjtfhe'^set that'; have kept the tbermtelves" in bank "along with : ? .', the committee be so good and kind as i^nd thb public in what way I am the ''funds themselves " In any other ^ ?^ng'with' other funda?" Do e*paet. to compel a bank to adopt the W'mpossible system which they iee ob w f Do they expect the > 'keePtseparate parcels of money, and draw OP account of interest, do they ~* j ba st to go to one parcel of. money '.tte required amount, and, whou I On acooufct of salaries, to go to another not, how else are the funds to be kept and apart? The universal method of in, 'he keeplpg of funds is a good Of the matter now under consid A depoeto $1,000 in a bank, and B jtydeposit each $1,000 in the same bank, $snk is. bound to keep these funda ^pnd apartj bow does it do so? By j sway a tbousaud actual dollars in one > for A and another thouaand for B and G? 9'bank makoa no separation of these except on its hooks. All its funds are In one common mass, and drafts are i Indifferently .for any object upon the : funda f Precisely the same is true of >b of the auto treasurer. He enters tr credit to each fund on his books, is the only separation of funds that j does or ever can take place. the Committee aeero to have a glini iBaring idea of this truth when they complain ,Jtnmi I have kept the State funds u in bsnk in me account, .opt in separate accounis.n We are 'l?de, therefore, that if I had kept accounts at the bank, all would have ?jwefl. 'How ia this? It would seem, r-,fd% tbat it is only, my failure to keep .asrrate accountsat the bank which .,!farna an<* indignation of the com . j-uit-v - ? (would u separate accounts " have - '?'" 'eflpoq Jo fa ihemselves " sny more separate ; Jlilfi?Por\l 'I Th? 0000111160 would seem TsnjdB aa^1' M indeed any intelligent man ' i.MJOU aeo'lhat tho whole matter of this . ,, v^svoo; tjeqa funds is, as i have already " 1 ^ Stamdos -,.tU)r ?bo ply of accounts. There it .ttttkii* L^i t i?rm i-annM Vw? an* othar aanara. fwmjm .esjnhajot , be ask In what respect I should \iaror a just compliance with the jj.kspt Mpairate accounts with the ^the bsnk any doty to perform luirea "separate accounts"? law right, the duty in question the state treasurer. If, then, are open' at all times to pub i, have the separate accounts re What additional restraint upon ird to the State would be afforded accounts " at the banks? Could lonor my check as state treasurer , overdrawn the fund on which I fit ? If so, then it Is the bank, and de treasurer, which is to carry out rbl^"~S"B0fl& ? no n?s" in its posseasloo. ; But 'it seems tu be imagined by the committee that because I have on occasions drawn money lying in tho bans, bo that the whole amount in bunk was less at particular times than the amount to the credit ot the interest fund on my books, I have thus diverted the fdods from their lawful purpose. The plain answer isj that there are no moneys existing tn specie at any time which belong to the interest fund or to any other fund. These funds are simply credits on the books in my office. I drew no fuuds marked as 1 jterest fun dB. I simply drew State funds. In so drawing, ant) under the circumstances set forth In my testimony, the State - funds in bank ware not equal to the credits on my books tn the interest fund. . Thus it may happen a hundred times in tho year, at partiottlkr moments, that there may be-less-funds in bank than tbe credit on my books call for, but the next hour or tbe next day the receipts of taxes may enable me to re? store the equilibrium, and meet every lawful demand made on any particular fund. Thus it was on the occasion referred to in my testi? mony. Iu a certain sense, I borrowed from the interest fund in anticipation of the coming in of other funds to replace the amount bor? rowed. In a stricter sense, I simply applied the State funds then in bank to tho payment of the claims then made upon the treasury, and immediately thereafter I applied other funds to the credit due upon my books to tho interest fund. At no moment hnvo I been unatle in any sense to pay the last dollar due to any fund when colled for. ? It is perhaps possible to Imagine such a conjuncture of circumstances as would result in my failure to pay a particular claim on a particular fund when called for. If such a case should arise, I should be amenable to censure, and should be responsible upon ray official bond. But until such an event shall occur, I submit, there can be no diversion of funds, nor any application of the interest fund, or sny other fund, to any other use than that for which it was intended. Bnt the committee declare that if my con? struction of the law is correct, all restraints and directions are a dead letter (page 10). Is this true T What was the object of en-" aoting the specific levy system, or of enacting that the interest fund should be kept separate and apart ? What was the evil to be reme? died ? It was to prevent the state treasurer from depriving one object of public expendi? ture of the funds raised for that purpose. The evil to be remedied was the practice of paying one appropriation in full to the exclusion of all other objects. Tho present law, under my construction and practice, has out off this evil, root and bratrlja. I defy the committee or general assombly to point to a single instance under my ad? ministration of this law in which any fund has failed to receive every dollar raised for it, or in which any fund has received one dollar more than was raised for it. - No restraint has been removed, no safeguard has been broken down, no statute has been derided or made a desd letter by any act of mine. To-day, and on all days, I can point with honest pride?=0 pride of which no committee, ' however studiously and maliciously packed, can rob me?to a record of the administration of the State treasury for the past year, where? in-no one public object has been deprived of ono dollar due to it, nor received one dollar more than was due to it. If such conduct is to " deride the law," or make a "dead letter of our statutes," then those terms will hereafter have a new signifi? cation. I now submit the following correspondence: Executive Department, Omca or State Treasurer, Columbia, S. 0., February 24, 1875. C. D. Mellon, Esqj Dear Sir?I have the honor to make the following inquiries of you, and to request an answer to them: 1. Do you recollect the interview we had some time last winter upon the proper con? struction of the " cpeciCc tax levy act," in which I informed you of the two constructions placed upon the act?the literal, by which no money could be paid by me on any account unless that account had a credit balance ; and the reasonable, which was that each class of objects for which the levy was mode should recelvo the proportionate amount of tbe whole that it was entitled to when the final disburse? ments were made, and reported by mo annu? ally-to the general assembly, and that in the meantime I could anticipate the receipts for any pressing demands that might bo made at my own risk and responsibility ? 2. Do you remembor that I stated to you that I had adopted the reasonable construe tion, which 1 regarded in perfect harmony wiih the spirit and intent of the law, and that you approved of that course ? \ And, further, that you volunteered the fol? lowing remark: That if the literal was pur? sued, the legislature would not pass any more -specific tax levies, on account of the hardships it would produce upon themselves in prevent? ing them from getting their own pay, and that ft was very desirable to have that construc? tion placed upon the law for the general good? Very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. L. Cabdozo, Stete Treasurer S. 0. OmoK or Messrs. Melton k Cark, Attorneys at Law, Columbia, 8. 0., Marob 1, 1875. Eon. F. L. Cardoso, Stale Treasurer South Carolina: ,8lB?Your communication of the 27th ultimo came to hand only this morning. I very well remembor the interview re? ferred to, which occurred, according to my recollection, very soon after the final adjourn lug thodi e* ^naugiire^g'^W'onlx I pon which'the affairs of the treasury could be satisfactorily admin isterod?an opinion . lu I which'I ??r/tullj'c??curred. | It was, however, tin:a suggested that in the practical opera tioo of the ?chemo the re would encountered this embarrassment, that dur? ing the interval between the commencement of the fiscal year and the conrug in Of the Uxos?an Interval nsMaHy of three mouths? there would bo pressed upon ttie treasury public demands of an urgent character, for the payment of whiuh there would be iu the treasury no funds other than the unexpended balances, if any, of the previous fiscal year. Particularly was it foreseen that during this Interval the general assembly would convene, and, in advance of the coming in of any of the taxes, would need to, hav? funda for the de? fraying of legislative expenses, which could uot bo furnished otherwise than by using, for the time, these undrawn bulances standing to the credit of other appropriations. In addition, to this, it was known that tho oUv e levy for legislative expenses would need to ba disburaad in the months of December, January and February, before any but n small part of the specific levy for that purpose would have come in from the county treas? urers; that this exigency would be of so pressing a character as to require that all of the earlier receipts should be so applied to the extent of the levy; and that thia neces? sity would practically hiuder a Ktrict conform? ity to diet feature of the law which, if con ttru d according to its lottor, would require that as tho revenues come iu the atno-Juts should be immediately apportioned and Bet apart to the several objects of tho appropria? tion. Id tho considering of these practical diffi? culties, I recollect to havo suggested to you that, whilst recognizing the value and impor? tance of tho law und your duty to adhere closely to its provisions, I was apprehensive that from a rigid adherence to its very letter there would result, during the interval re? ferred to, so much of public inconvenience and clamor agaiust the law as to roudor it odious, and perhaps prevent its re-enactment in the future. And I lurthor suggested that it waa well worthy of consideration whether the preservation of tho scheme itself was not a matter of greater moment than tho adher? ence to the very letter ot the law in matters of detail where such adherence would result In public inconvenience. - Ia the making Of the Suggestions it was considered that the main purpose of the gen? eral scheme was the securing to euch object of appropriation its proper sharo of the pub? lic revenues. This purposo the law aimed to effect by requiring, first, that to each object should be set apart its rateable share of the revenue; and, second, by.requiring that the fund ao set apart to one purpose should not be diverted to the payment of demands upon another fund, thereby creating a deficiency in the appropriation thus diverted. The mis? chief, which, in my judgment, the law waa de? signed to avoid, was the mischief of creating such deficiencies by the diversion of funds from one purpose to another. Such deficiency, it seemed to me. could not result from a mere temporary diversion, which would be very soon restored from the incoming taxes: and although for a time thore would be a technical departure from the letter of the law?a de? parture which should always be avoided be? cause of its mischievous tendenoy?yet so long as the transactions of the treasury should conform to the' general purpose of the fiscal scheme, and the public in the meantime be protected against any mischief, from such tem? porary diversion?so long, in other words, as by such diversion thero was created no defi? ciency existing at the time any demand was Sresented for payment or at the cud of tho seal year, I considered that tho spirit and purpose of the law would be fully subserved. Theso views seem to coincide with those you yourself entertained, and presented a construction of the law which I regard as a reasonable one, while it gave to you a margin of discretion which, of course, at your own risk aud responsibility, I thought you might assume to exercise, in order 10 avoid tho pub? lic inconvenience which would inevitably re? sult from an attempt to administer the law according to its very letter. This statement of my recollection of the general tenor and import of tho interview su? persedes the necessity for a categorical reply to your several inquiries. I will only add that, in the light of subsequent facts, I see no reasons to modify the views i thon expressed. I have the houor to be, verv truly yours, (Signed) 0. j >. Melton. I desire to show here how the plan adopted by me, and approved of by Major C. D. Mel ton, my counselor since I entered tho treas? ury, has practically operated during tho last fiscal year, the first timo it has been applied since 1868. I 3 n 2 ? ^ ifls?! S- S c ? o. ?, W=? x - o ? if ? 5: E. 2. ? 5; cr - q, ? 3 1?? lb. ~? I O I o ?? ??' COO 0> oi ? <e oi K9 o oo ao I? CD en it- co to ^ -i to -j o to if. ?? ao co co p~" ?j to -r" h at *? eo a> co o> co CO Si **? ?? ?**o ? CO CO O ?* o CO C* JO O 00 ~r? o cr> to co O O CD to O to en ? o ?? ao to ? co co en to IO OD 00 CM CO o ... To fully appreciate tbe Very great difficulty eT ? preventing ? real diversion ot lire itterest fuWd, t* any cm of these s^al* f?x fevles, it jnaaiib i?aiemi*nd that tbe t-e*>tmt realhfed W>arW^rreK-T?fa Bieri ul ta-f' every Instance, except la the ess* of interest. I Itere present * stete r? out or the deficien? cies,' which will show the amounts appropriated in excess of the amount realized froi? the per? ttcnlar levy: Salaries.$58,630 97 Penal charitable and eduoation in? stitutions...... 11,000 00 Free schools. 29,779 00 Legislative expenses.. 87,818 00 Public printing.V.. 125,400 00 ClaimB South Carolina Bank and Trust Company. 23,664 During the last fiscal year nearly every man who had a claim upon an account in which there was a deficiency tried to porsuade me to pay him out of the balance ou hand to the credit of interest, and I defined a hundred times to thus divert the interest fund. i* remember well that several members of this very same committee were very much incensed at my refusal to do so. But now they blame me because I borrowed $50,000 this fiscal year out of that balance of interest fund while it was not wanted, to pay legisla? tive expenses and the Interest ou the consoii- i dation bonds due January 1, 1875, which I sums were repaid by the receipts on account I of both of these objects in less than thirty I days after. Is it not natural that I should foel that tho com mitte? have condemned me from personal I motives ? And now I am compelled by the cir? cumstance* surrounding me to disclose the I secret history of my action in reducing the I balance of State funds in the bank to a lower point thait I would have doco otherwise, which is the occasion of the committoe's un measured censure. I deeply regret the neces- I Bily of this, and wonld have preferred to ex tend to Mr. Solomon and bis bank the mercy of my silence. When I took chargo of my office in Decem- I bor, 1872, in conjunction with the governor, I Hon. F. J. Moses, jr., and the comptroller general, Hon. S. L. H?ge, we, as a board, designated the Central National Bank, of this city, aa a depository for the State funds, and continued the South Carolina Bank and Trust Company as a depository, which it had been for several years previous. In November, 1873, I I was summoned by Qov. Moses to his office to meet himself and the comptroller-general. When assembled I was idformed by him that thoy had determined to make the South Caro- 1 lina Bank and Trust Company the sole and ex elusive depository for the State funds. I earnestly protested against such action, but it was useless, and I was over-ruled, and was compelled to deposit the funds in a bank in the I management of which I had not the fullest I confidence. When Mr. Chamberlain was inaugurated governor, we immediately conferred on this I important subject, and decided it was highly I imprudent to place the entire moneys of tho State, amounting at times to $1,000,000 of cash on hand, in the South Carolina Bank and ] TruBt Company, or, more properly speaking, with Mr. Solomon himself, its president, who owns nearly all the stock of the bank, and is solely and exclusively responsible for its management. I then stated to the governor that wo might, possibly meet with some difficulty; that Mr. Solomon might possibly attempt to retain I the State funds to reimburse himself for the I State claims he owned, and for tho payment 1 of which there was no provision made by law. I I reminded the governor of the circum stances under which he had attempted once I before to do this, by dishonoring my official check, because I refused to pay an illegal claim which he presented. I am awaro that Mr. Solomon attempted to justify his own illegal action by alleging that I was violating the law, and. therefore, arrogating to himself the I restraining power of a judge. I am also aware that he did this under the advice aud instruction of the comptroller-general. With a vivid recollection of this extraordi nary and illegal conduct of Mr. Solomon, I expected a repetition of it when it should be determined to increase the number of deposito- 1 ries. I, therefore, decided to run my balance down in bank as low as was consistent with safety and my power under the law, keeping a due regard to the demands that might be I mado upon the treasury in tho meantime. There were other and much more serious I reasons, however, why I did not deem it pru- I dent to make Mr. Solomon's bank the sole de- I positorj of State funds. Tho Stock of this bank is almost entirely owned by Mr. Solomon himself, and managed exclusively by him. I bad no knowledge of the roal condition of this bosk, and did not know what might happen to the funds of the I Statu in case of Mr. Solomon's death or any disastrous results to his investments, and it I was intimated to him that ho should make known the condition of his bank. Ho then furnished the governor with a list of his assets und liabilities. As soon as I scanned the list, and made an estimate ot the market value of his assets and compared them with his hobili- I ties, I was surprised. As if to confirm me iu the wisdom of tho policy decided upon, a significant circum stance occurred just about this time, which deeply mortified and humiliated both the gov ernor and myself. We had made arrange men t about the tat of December with Mr. Solomon for the payment of the January, 1875, interest on the consolidation bonds at the National Park Bank, in New York. He assured us it would be properly attended to, and then failed to pay the entire amount agreed upon, although there wero ample funds in his bank for that purpose. The ques- I lion may be asked here, why, then, did you agree to make Mr. Solomon's bank a doposi- | tory of State funds under such circumstances? ' t Tbe answer to that ia that Mr. Solomon made aa arrangement with county treasurers to for ? ward. Vpeir moneys to him by express, at his. : expeiiBO, almost daily, and when the periods ""TTrWebVfor Ihe-eemnty treasurers to remit 2 -afclr f?pdA W nJe it waa done by checks upon Mr. Solomons bank. 9 ' The effect 'of this -pernictoiiB agreement be? tween Mr. Solomon and the county treasurers i was to. entirely disarrange my plans of regu? lating the amount of money ;n his bank. I remonstrated with several county trees* urers, and they told Mr. Solomon, who came to me aud charged me with a desire to injure his bsnk. And now msrk tho consequences of my action in behalf of the interest of tbe State* Mr. Solomon goes to the general as? sembly aud has. had put through a bill to make his and another bank tbe sole and ex? clusive depositories of Stato funds. That bill now awaits the action of him whom a wise Providence has placed over the destinies of South Carolina at this critical period. In reducing the amount of State funds in the hands of Mr. Solomon, I acted solely with a view to the proper protection of the State against loss and disaster, which I had reason to believe was impending. If the general assembly think I had no reason thus to fear, lot them call for the list of assets which were furnished by Mr. Solomon, and on which the board acted in reaching the conclusion that tbe funds of the State were not safely kept. I acted on evidence throughout, and I acted with the sole object of saving the State from loss by reducing the balance on hand In Mir. Solomon's bsnk to such an amount that if his threats were carried out, to hold all the funds in his bank as an offset sgainst his State claims, the loss to tho State would bo as small as I could possibly make it. As I have before shown, I had a right to do this under any proper construction of the law; and, if I had no strict legal right to do it, I acted for a purpose which, to say the least, should not subject me to censure; but I humbly subssit, to the verdict of a faithful and vigilant euro for the State's interest. I have now examined and answered the several charges mado against me by the com? mittee. I have placed my defense on the broad and clear ground that I have violated no law, have failed in no duty, have omitted no precaution, but have stood, as I was bound to stand, as the guardian of the interests of | tbe State at all times. In submitting this reply, I Bay distinctly that I ask no favor nor immunity from the full responsibility for my acta This investi? gation and its results have given me no pain save in the evidence it has afforded me of the haste with which those who have personal objects to attain will pervert their public functions and powers to the attempt to strike down a public officer who stands in their way. Called, as I was, to the administration of the treasury at a period when our State credit was utterly lost, our treasury empty, and overy public interest and institution on tho verge of collapse, with duties more arduous and responsible than were ever before placed upon any treasurer of the State, I have the happiness to know that my bitterest personal enemies cannot point to one error in my ac? counts, to the loss of one dollar out of the many millions entrusted to my care, or to the diversion of one dollar from the object to which the law had devoted it. It would not have been strange if I had Buffered both from my own occasional inad? vertence in tbe midst of my duties, so vast and complicated, or If I had been made the victim of some of those to whom I might have on trusted the performance of duties connected with my office. I congratulate myself not ouly that my own care and rectitude have Bsved me from errors of my own, but in no instance has the confidence reposed by me in any of my assistants been abused. My single aim has been to do my duty fearlessly and faithfully. The obstacles which have hitherto surrounded mo are now greatly diminished by tho presence of one as gov? ernor whose sole aim is to redeem our Btate government from its past discredit, and to restore good will to all our people. In that work I profess myself to be, on all occasions and under all circumstances, a cor? dial and unfaltoi ing co-laborer with the gov? ernor, and I have the consolation of knowing to-day?a consolation of in finitely more value to me than the plaudits of the self-seeking politicians of the hour?that I have earned his confidence and esteem in the dischsrge of all my duties, both as en officer and as one who loves the State and Beeks in all ways to build up its prosperity, and advance the honor sod credit which are now daily re? turning to bless all our people. F. L. Caudozo, State Treasurer. mew 300?% Christmas and New Year Books. Arthur B Library for the Household, IS vols., Illustrated, neat box.$7.8* Guuldlng's WoodrufFs Stories, Author of Young Mariner's Island, 8 vols., 16 ino., i Unstinted, In box. 8 00 Idle Word Series, 8 vola, illustrated, in box.... S 40 Little Ada's Library, 8 vols.. Illustrated, in box,. 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Opposite Columbia Hotel, Columbia, 8. o. fJS>~ Any of the above books seat by null oa re eelpt of prioe. deoOStf 1 . Ogunmt?, % ft tsbraacy R lttg. CHANGE OK 8(JUKL)ULK, TO OO INTO EP feet on ead ?AM- Snixiay, Fe bewarf7,l?rUat ? dat w?Mmmm tbaim. Leave Columbia at.,..,.4M 9. u Arrive ?t Charleston et ....5.1146 r. sr Iamvo Charleston *t.....4.40 a. m Arrive at Columbia at.....?M? M NIGHT EXPRESS. aooommo? atiob tbai*. Un Colon? bl? at.....tJt#. at Arrive at Charlaatoa at...ASSa-m, LeaveCharleston at.f.It r. m. Arrive st Columbia at.. .Uta BW CVuaden Train will e?mneet at Kinrville sjUh Up Paaaenirer Train* for Ootemma, od Monday?, Wednes? day" and Fridays, ?nd will con Beek at King Vi lU with down PaAseorer Traisa from Colombia, Ott Tueaday?, Thursday* and Saturday*. B. B. PICK EN 8, General Ticket Agent 8. 6. BomawB. BaperintevkUnt, CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Paaauj?t*s Ott tux, Bocmr Fill, 8. OL November 88, UT4. On aa? aTUr Thursday next, SSth tastsn t, the paa. ?enger train on toi? Baad Will run bs follow* dallv. Bnndava exosptod: ? I ? . eonra oowa. Leare Oheraw.fJtA.it. Leavo Ct?hs.....SAB a.BL Leave Society HUI.1030 a. bl l-eave Doves. .ltLDO a. bt. Leave Darlington. .... .ILM a. bu Leave Palmetto.....AIM a.n. Arriv* at Floras**...UjOO bl aaiuajirjra. Leave Florence.Lit*. Leave Paisnetto.L8? r. n Leave Darilbftofc... 8.00 r. at Leave Dove'a. US r. at Leave Society H1U., too r. at LeaveCwVs.............880r. at Arrive at CtiCTMr.~..SSO r. X Th* freight train wiD run for the preaent *a hereto - foro.exoept to adept Its running aoa stoppage* to Ut changed ached ale of th* passenger tr?te. novs? B. D TOWNSEaTD CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. WUsuBfttm, THK FOLLOWING PASBENGEB rKTHEDULB wiu b* ran oat and after th* 84th ti Seal: GOING NORTH. PAsaxrsvjxs asto Mail Ho. 1 Right Kx. Ho. 4 Leave Colombia. 8tS0 K. fclDr. ? Leave Wilmington Job*. ??? ?48 T. M Leave Catnden OroaategJkSS a. at. 10*8 r. at ? Leave Banater..10:80 a. at. 10c? r. at Leave Floren?*. 11:16 r. M. 1K? i. M Leave Fletalagtoav.. t*;*b r. x. 0(08 a. at Arrive Wilmington... fTH?r. u. *T:10 a. at GOING BOUTH. PasbbbvSJSS asps Man, Mo. L Hiem Ex.Ho. Leave Wilmington. .. 440 a. *. SrM r. m LeaveFlemingtoa.... *SJSa.a. SrMr.Jf Leave Floreao*.18:00 r. u. lfceO r. at Loave Bnmtar , 8:00 r. a. UMa.m Leave Cemdefl Crossing Ml?. ?. SJO a. at Arv. Wilmington Jose -r. ?. 408 a. u Arrive Columbia....... WO*, nr. 438a. X Train No. 8.' from Columbia, U an Aeeommodatlsn to Florence, end there connect* cloeely with H. B. B. B- and. At Wiimlngte* with W. 48 W.B.B.U all point* North. Train Ho. 4, from Columbia, la Faet BSjrSSB, making through oonaeeUafia, ail rail, North and Booth and Water Lin* connection* via Portsmouth. Train No. 1. Crom Wilmington, oonnect* oioaely at Florence with H. B.B. B. fcr Caariaatoa, and la an AocommortaUon ?Tain ?henoe to Owiambia. Train No. 8? frw? Wilmington la a Feat ESSteSB. connecting closely from end to all polnta North and Soot Train Ho. 8 leave* Colombia dally, Bundaya ex? cepted. Ex pre** Train Ha 4 leave* Columbia every night ? , , Through tickets aold, a?d haggag* checked to all principal point*. Pullman Palace Bleeper* on all night traina. A. FOFB, an^ohT nov84 _General Snpertataadaa*. _ Pkssntst Air Ltms Islhrsy. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE,B1CHHOND AND DANV1LLB RAILWAY, HORTH CAROL1HA division, AND N0BTHWB8TKBN NORTH CAROLIHA railway. OQBDKMaaD xlMB tab LB tw BTTBOT ob7 abb TjnraaaMur, lasnraBv t, 1ST4. GOING NORTH. BTATIOBa. Leave Charlotte..... Woavo Air Line Jone. Leave Salisbury. Leave Green?boro,.. Leave Dan villa. Leave Borkeville. Mail. LOO r. *. 7.1 a 10.00 r.x. . 8.16 a. m. I tVSS a. bl 11.40 Arrive at Richmond. | 8 88 r. MU GOING SOUTH. a? a. n atWA.v. 10.4T a. v, LIB 9. at. srrr.M. njts.M. statiob*. Leave Richmond.... Leave BnrkeviUe.... Leave Danville.. .... Leave Greensboro... Leave Salisbury Leav* Air Line Jon'. Arrive at Charlotte.. Mafl. 1.48 r. u. 4.B8 r. bl tJtv.it. 14tA.lt, SM A. at. tJt AIM. 180 AK. GOING HAST. Leave Graes aborev. .>. Leave Co. Shop*.... LeaveBaMgh...... A rrlve at Goldabora. Mall. i 8.8t A.b. At-St a.h. SSO a. m. 11.40 a. at tJtA.lt. bj8a.lt. LOS f. ml 4.08 9.M. SJt 9.mu 8S8r.it. 8.80 9t*u GOING WEST Matt. ?Uir.TtJta.tf. oL'vel0.*sa.m 'S " 840 a.a. J ? SJtA.lt The Crest Keatsera as4 Atta?tie wattsart ?ssta. QUICK TIME AND BUBS OOKrTECTIONS. SLEEPING CABS ON ALL NIGHT TRAINS. -\H AND AFTER MARCH ttTH. TRAINS ) on thi? roou wffl lsave tarsaUMl follows": Expbba* No. L Leave Columbia... .11.40 A. Bt> Leave Florence..... Alt V. M. Leave WUmlngtoa.. 10.40 9. ML' Leave WeMeo.-? L*tv.r?oDni::.it^ri. tev? Washlngto?.. 8.00 r. u. vo Baltimore... 10.40 r. n. Ut? Philadelphia. 880 a. m, .rrive at New York 8? ?. m. XxmuMa No. % 9M 9. a. A.n. ? 00 8. ? 8.00 a. 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