The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 18, 1897, Image 4
By PEROY RUSSELL.
[Copyright, 1890. l>y tho Author.]
CHAPTER IV.
What oro poison wants in electricity
is found in tho superfluous chanting of
another. Tho profano said all the reli[{ion
of tho whole Konerntion of tho
Kurnoy s had somehow gone into Lilian.
Doubtless?and l\oss know it well?
thoro was a tincture of inadni ss with
hor exaltation?at nil events, in tho
souse that every form of true enthusiasm
is a kind of insanity. Now that
Charles. liowi'Vrr ii?>rr?fi viil tlmt K..cu
began to play, as ho rudely termed it.
"the serious young man," his vexation
beejuno very apparent.
"It was quite bad enough 111 lny sister,"
lie broke forth on Koss exeusing
himself from dinner on the plea of attending
with Lilian a native prayer
meeting, "but to have you, a grown
man, meddling and muddling in such
tomfooh ry passes patience. Can't you
leave tho natives alone? They're much
better as they were?-confounded liars
at the best, but if they turn Christian
they'll be positively past endurance."
"I think, Mr. Karney," said Koss
coldly, "that we will not dismiss further
a subject on which we cannot
agree. If more were like your sister,
there would be few liars in the world.
The fact is, Christians of your stamp
cannot bear to see even an approach of
the real thing they profess."
"Oh, preaching bo hanged 1" was tho
profane and rude reply. "Ketone thing,
young man, lot 1110 warn you that this
is a dangerous placo to go and try
proselyting. I wouldn't, I can assure
you.'
"I am quite suroyou wouldn't," said
Ross, who could not help laughing at
tho hare idea.
Meanwhile Lilian, aided much by
ltoss, pursued her mission with more
success than evor nmong son to of tho
natives employed by Iter brother, and
uftt r a time tho threat of Prohrada the
Brahman and his sinister boasts were
entirely forgotten.
For some time matters at the bungalow
had gone on more harmoniously.
Even Charles Karnoy, immersed as ho
was in his manufacture and business,
began to feel a certain respect for tho
steal and exertions of his "missionary
sister and his missionary partner," as
ho called them, and, what is more, ho
contributed, to the nniazi incut of both,
sundry small sums of his own "for the
good of tho cause. "
"Contributions from you," cried Lilian,
"are welcome. I'm sure wo can
overcome everything, including the
Brahnians themselves?our old enemies
?when we have your support."
Her brother reddened and turned
away his face. Truth to tell, he was beginning
to feel a little ashamed of himself
and to think that if his sister
should chance to prove right, then, indeed,
lie would ho found terribly wrong,
and he was ready now to admit that
her converts wrought much more effectively
111 tho fields than the followers of
Vishnu.
It was night, and all had retired to
rest in the bungalow. Ross had been
very fatigued during tho day ratting
and boiling indigo, and he had retired
to his charpo (a low bedstead) before
tho rest.
He slept at once, hut slept only to
flrpftlil It linnnoiw.rt 'lr... I ;i
inn hinl been tolling him of some of tho
many incarnations of Vishnu, especially
his appearance in tho form of a man
lion, out of a pillar of a palace, whioh
Hiranyakasipu, a profane monarch,
struck, sncoringly asking why, if Vishnu
indeed were every where, ho was not
present at that particular pillar too.
This dream or nightmare was a prelude
to others, and Koss Suddenly found himself
awake out of a medley of dreams,
avatars and supernatural contliets with
the echo of a cry in his ears. He could
not tell whether ho had heard it sleeping
or waking, but the inoro ho reflootod
the more ho fancied that it must Ixi tho
latter.
He roso and roused tho nativo lying
across his doorway, who had heard
nothing; but, impelled by an uncontrollable
feeling of apprehension, ltosa
stolo out on tho passage and listened.
Then lie passed on to the door of Lilian.
It stood wide open, and looking in ho
saw the apartment in evident confusion.
The bed was in disorder, and evidently
tho occupant had left the room suddenly.
As ho looked the threat of the Brahman
Hashed into his memory, and a
cold sweat stood on his forehead. IIo
felt the bed. It was warm. There was
not a moment to lose. Ho could not
stay to explain to Harney, for lie hoped
by following at. once to overtake tho
unhappy girl, who had in some way
been drawn forth to what ho knew not.
(Slipping hack to his room, ho thrust into
liis boom a very long blnded knifo
be carried on occasions of danger, and,
scarcely thinking, hut feeling only that
a crisis hud < 01110, ho went out into the
night and peered into the darkness. Tho
bungalow stood on an eminence quite
isolated, and thenco only one beaten
path led to the village and temple. If,
as he feared, Lilian was being drawn hy
some strange influence thither, he must
be close b hind her, although the darkness
was too thick for him to see aught
ahead, and ho hurried down the slope
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nim m<i mi niK iimu^iiin III HIM lll illll.
Hi- hurt hoard, as all residents in India
among tlio natives must hear, of the extraordinary
occult powers possessed and
exorcised hy some ' f tlio illuminated
priests, and ho thrilled to think that if
Lilian were being called forth hy somo
occult i wor, then, too, his presence
might 1 known also. Hut as ho hurried
oji ' grew more cool and suddenly
rein, bored what ho had quite forgotten
hat Lilian a day or two before
had remarked to him: "Do you know,
David, lately I have had such a strange
feeling. 1 have aotually want* <1 to visit
tho temple and sec those foolish coremonies
again. Is it not silly? But I feel
as if I could not keep out, I of all people.
" And sho laughed in a way so natural
that at tho timo he had thought
nothing of tho matter.
Now, in the dinkiioas of the night.
out alone in the deaertod road with the
memory <f that cry in hit* brain and tlie
siidtJ? m disappearance of Liliuii, the
whole tiling came back with an overf
powering force. Was it not possible, lie
thought, through an overwrought brain,
excited by over proaaure and exaltation
of the feeliuoa. Julian miirh-f V-como no
possessed with tho ideu that hJ?o must
K>> to tin* temple that at last tho i?l* a
had produced a somnambulistio effect
and liad wnt hor forth? Anyway thia
took tho incident out of tho supcrnaturul
region into that of reason, and ho
hurried on, determined to search tho
whole road and if necessary rouse tho
villuKO.
However near to the truth may have
been tho conjecture of Koss, it is certain
he was closer on Lilian's track than
he had imagined, for when more than
half way to the temple, of which one
of its corner Kopurams, or towers, was
now in view, faintly outlined against
tho dark sky, his eyes, now used to tho
gloom, discerned tho outline of a white
dress, and ho felt sure it was Lilian
who was gliding far boforo hini. Ho
quickened his nace. hut to Ida un rtrri eo
alio did (ho same, only her motion continued
to bo that of n swift gliding
along rather than walking. Shu was
near (ho towor, ho fancied, and now as
ho saw her forui sweeping on thither ho
redoubled his speed and once or twice
called out. Whether it was that ho had
exhausted himself in the ehaso or (hat
the horror of what seemed to him now
(ho working of some awful, subtle,
wicked power had temporarily paralyzed
his voice lie know not, but ho was conscious
that his efforts to call wore little
more than a whisper or a gasp, and this,
so common in nightmares, curiously
enough made him fancy momentarily
that la* was only dreaming and would
presently wake. The next moment ho
smiled to himself, even in that terrible
moment, for he distinctly saw tho white
liguro reach and melt into the gopnram,
and when a few minutes later la* reached
the gateway la* found tho massive
door closed and immovable, and he
pressed it with till his might.
OHAPTKK V.
What wo do in moments of sudden j
utul overwhelming trial is usually entirely
unlike that which wo should purposo
to do could we know beforehand !
what was going to happen.
When Ross reached the temple door '
to find it fast, and yet. was absolutely
positive that Lilian or her phantom had
gone in by that gate, he reeled backward,
giddy for the moment and helpless.
Then tin inspiration and an impulse
came together, and ho resolved
what to do. The gopurum was built on 1
the pyramidal principle, often noted en ;
in iiuKKiii ii nipii H, and inn wour and
tonr <if centuries had produced many lissures,
wherein flourished many peepuls,
tho sacred I'm troo of India. One side of
tho tower was quite covered with tho j
luxuriant growth?very much, indeed,
us ivy envois an old wall in European
countries. The poopul is sacred to Visit- !
jiu, and those trees were of great antio- i
uity, and hy day Koss had often ga/.ec' I
up at some of them?a singular sight
to heathen eyes?growing literally out
of tho upper portions of the building, i
rooted deeply in mold deposited during j
ages in the crevices of the decayed stone- j
work.
Ho had hocn as a hoy a champion |
climber in his native highlands, and ho !
went up now in the darkness, feeling
his way, determined to ho doing some- i
tiling and hoping to find some mode of
entrance or observation into the temple
itself.
Tho ascent was much more easy than '
ho expeotod, and as ho mounted up he
found tho masonry more ruinous than j
it had appeared to he from below in the
daytime. Somo of the stones seemed to
crumble beneath his hands and knees,
and lie proceeded with the greatest canto
avoid knocking down some of the
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lloplny to find nomc mode of entrance.
grotatsajuo enrvings which tint exposure
to tlio atmospherai for ccnturios had in
plaices* reduced to mi extremely hrittlo
and friable condition.
It was nervous work for Knss, who
had to cautiously feel his way, although
his eyes, now focused to tlut comparative
darkness, could make out much in
outline of the building about him.
Koss, in climbing the gnpuram, had
originally intended, hy dropping down
inside, to find entrance from tin* interior
inolOHiircs into tint court of that temple,
hut ais ho now worked round the
back of this tower hat found himself on
the roof of what ha* knew to hat one of
the pillared halls, and sundry streaks
of red light that came up through crevices
and cranks convinced him that
soino ceremony must bo in progress helow.
Hat crept down tat that side of that
roof, the nature of that structure rendering
this easy, anal here the accumulation
of soil for centuries hual led to the
growth of much vegetation, anal in one
instance ho found a aleep, descending
tissure in that decaying anal friable brickwork,
from the bottom a>f which came
a strong light. He determined to on
largo this opening and descend into it
as far sis ho could, and this was by no
means difficult, ho that in a short tunc
ho found himself wedged in tho cleft
which occurred in a portion of the sloping
ioof. Here immediately rosting on
one of the giant grotesquely carvod pillars
of tho hall below, into which he
could bco very well, ho took up a particularly
awkward position.
Tho id^ht that now met his vision
wsih one that no western eyes hod ever
yet rested on.
Tho hall was dimly lighted hy many
lamps, bringing into br'ght relief the]
1 many idols around of gold and silvei
and brass and oven iron. Thorn oonld Ik
soon representations of Vishnu in hit
many forms, soma of which Kosa recognized,
wliilo others wore entirely strangt
to him. Vishnu could bo gazed on hen
as a tisli, a hoar, a man lion, an awful
image of nbsoluto ferocity, animated
by devilish intelligence of sheer destruetivoness,
as u dwarf, as I'arasurama,
armed with an ax, as Kulki, with 11
sword and a winged horse, and in inan.v
other shapes. Uefore each of these idol*
burned a small lamp, and tlio multiplicity
of shadows thus created, the strung
carvings of the pillars, and the utterly
inhuman aspect and expression of most
,.r < i... t i-? " * -
V?i ill! i.ni f", r>< uipi wren iU'COI Ulllg lO li,Uropeun
ideas, combined to produce a torriblo
impression on Ross' mind, already
ho completely overstrained. Hut what
were the idols, fierce, frowning, seiiHual
and often hidcouHly repulsive, aH typical
of the worst and foulest of human pas
nions and propensities, compared to what
he now saw at the farther end of this
awful hull, where he beheld a recumhent
figure of Vishnu, a stalk surmounted
with the mystical lotus coming out of
his middle and over him for canopy the
bended necks and bonds of four motionless
cobras?
Hons bad soeu before a representation
of this god resting on Besha, his snake
of infinity, but the more lie looked at
those cobras the more convinced was he
that they were real snakes ehuruied by
some eeoult jugglery into the rigidity of
serpents of stone. Thoro was a kind of
leveled space at the feet of the recumbent
idol, and this was overlaid with flowers.
While Hons still gazed fascinated and
breathless a slight sound struck his ear,
the sibilant rustle of slight drapery
sweeping over a stone perforce, and he
saw coming out from tlm black shadow
of some of the distant columns a Brahman,
his breast smeared with sacred
ashes, leading by the hand a drooping
figure, in which lie recognized Lilian.
Iioss had never seen a somnambulist,
hut bo felt sure that this unhappy girl
who now allowed herself to ho guided
right up the flowor strewn couch at the
feet of tho fearful idol representing
\r 2.. i t . * *
> iMiim, ociieaui mo horrible canopy of
cobra heads, was under the influence of
some druK or magnetic influence which
rendered her for tho time a helpless automaton
in tho hands of the subtle (trail
man, in whom, as lie came more under
the light of the hanging lumps, I10 recognized
Prohrada. Hoss divined all by
a flash of intuition. The revengeful and
greedy priest had somehow drawn Lilian
to the temple and was now about to
marry her fo Vishnu, and doubtless
trusted to his own devilish art to induce
his victim to become a convert and
bring to the temple her fortuno. liuss
had once heard of something of the kind,
but bad laughed at the tiling as impossible.
His breath came in pants; bis
heart felt chill as lie reflected on his
present impotence to interfere.
lie saw, as a man in a dream, the
Prahmun very gently lay his victim,
who appeared absolutely insensible to
all around her, on the floral couch and
then ho marked her forehead lightly
with tho trident sign of tho god at
whose feet she now reclined.
Then Prohrada rose and looked up at
tho idol and tho row of motionless serpent
heads, and a smile spread over hiH
face which, had Hoss possessed firearms,
would certainly have been bis last.
Then, glancing onco more at his victim,
ho swept out of the hall with lofty crest
and haughty stride, and Hoss distinctly
hoard tho slam of a heavy door. The
hall was closed then, and now lie remembered
that it was the custom in tho
morning to anoint tho idols and to utter
certain man trams, or prayers, and
not till then did the god enter into tlit*
idol, which until this ceremony had
boon performed was but a senseless
linage, even to t T . m pi ion.
Ross had o . . y !>; . ',1 haste
that lie had in i Iukiu up his watch, and
ho was thereforo ignorant of the time
and could only guess how much might
yet he his own. What could, what
should, he do? That whito draped figure
lay as lifeless on the floral oouoh as the
grim idol itself, while thero was not a
movement to he seen in the awful row
of cobra heads which formed that awful
canopy, potrilicd for the time into the
rigidity of stone. What could he done?
Ross thought for a moment of enlarging
the crovico and dropping from the pillar.
But, if he did, what could ho then effect?
Clearly he could not ascend with
Lilian, and then if she woko and regained
her senses lie feared she might
go mad from the awful shock. And how
could they escape from the hell, and
then how did he know what spy holes
might not exist for some lurking priests
to see what was going on inside? No,
no; that would not do. It was yet dark.
The best thing clearly for Ross was to
climb hack the way ho had come, run
back to the bungalow and reuse up some
of their native employees and "rush"
the temple. That was the way ho put it
to himself. Ho wasted no time, but was
in an incredibly short time racing hack
to tho bungalow, maturing his plans as
ho went. It was not quite dark, to his
great joy, and on arriving ho roused
up Karney and told liim in a few words
all lie had seen.
His partner, at first incredulous, was
convinced presently, but ho flatly refused
to lake violent measures. What!
Desecrate a temple! And then, nodoubt,
tho rascals would take cure that Lilian
niiuiim IUIU im 1UUIII1. VI), 1IO, i nut W1IS
far too risky a thing. Besides, if they
proved wrong thoy might raise tlio village
against them, and if they were
right probably the samo thing would
happen.
lioss lost, patience. lie slapped the
coward's face and would have kicked
him, but CharlesKarney decamped, terrified
at his partner's looks. Hoss then
called up himself all the Christianized
natives and employees of the plantation
and explained the awful position of their
young mistress. They felt and appreciated
the situation infinitely more than
Charles Karney could, even had ho had
it week to reflect, and, being hastily
armed hy Ross, ho at the head of this
impromptu levy went down to the temple
at the double. Ho hoped hy this extraordinary
promptitude to take tho
Brahmans hy surprise, to induce a panio
and to effect a roscue by a coup de main.
Tho plan was well conceived and tho execution
was hrilliaut. On arriving bcforo
tho gopuram gate Kosh knocked,
or rather thundored, at it, determined
to blow it down with a small bag of ,
powder if no one oaino. To his amazement,
after somo dolay it was opened,
and hy Prohrada himself. Ho put on a
haughty and dellan^air a( the sight of
f
r tho gleaming arms of tho little company
? pressing uround Ross uud asked what
< this outraxo meant. "It means," said
Rohm sternly, "that you must givo up
> instantly and uninjured tho Mom Sahib
< Kurnoy. She was to bo found," ho addI
ed, "in tho hull of idols at tho foot of
I Vishnu."
1'rohrodu hoard him to tiio end with
a sarcastic look, and it was impossible
i to toll from his demeanor how startled
- ho was at tho exactitude of Ross' infori
mutiun, who finished by saying, "Rofuso
and you will bo ruined, and your
i temple too."
The Brahman paused for breath for
; two or three seconds and looked intently
on tho ground. Then he raised his
head proudly. "You shall see," ho said
haughtily, "how you wrong us. Wait
here a minute." Ross signed to his fol1
lowers, and all crowded in, while tho
Brahman, without deigning to look behind
him, immediately disappeared.
Ross felt somewhat uncertain what to
i do. lie did not wish to involve himself
>md liin fnlluwnra in mi nOimb <> > #!,?
temple if ho could possibly help it, ul'
though to the Brahman his attitude had
i been 0110 of the utmost resolution. But
a 111 inut o or so passed oro they saw Prohrada
returning, loading Lilian by tlio
hand. She was still evidently insonsiblo.
A few of the flowers that eluiiK still to
her skirts showed that she liad been
raised from tho couch by the idol. Her
eyes wore closed, and she moved stiflly
in obedience to the priest's guiding
hands, as an automaton might be expected
to do. The trident mark of Vishnu
was on her forehead still.
1 'Seel" said the Brahman. "The mem
sahib bears Vishnu's mark. Sho strayed
into our tt mplo, entered the hall of idols
and lay down at the foot of Vishnu.
What could wo do? If you must have
tier, take her." And his eyes added as
his tongue stopped abruptly, "Take my
deadliest curse with her too."
Ross did not choose to argue or inquire
into details. Lilian was his at
last, and, closing round, they gently
bore her, still in a somnambulistic con
anion, to the bungalow.
It was a long while before Lilian
could bo made to understand all that
had happen* d, and it was plain that
her nervous system was terribly shaken.
She shuddered at the sight of a native
and trembled at hearing the native language.
She was haunted with a fearful
idea of hoing again irresistibly impelled
to enter a Hindoo temple and became
utterly incapable of continuing her missionary
work.
Ross dissolved his partnership with
Karnoy, and, having persuaded Lilian
to give him the right to protect her
night and day, they were married, and
it did not require much further persuasion
011 the part of Uoss to induce bis
wife to leave India and her brother, for
whom she felt the same contempt as her
husband. Lilian could not explain how
she was irresistibly impelled to walk in
her sleep into the temple, but it was
long before she could banish from her
no ntal vision the rohraliko eyes of Prohrada,
the Hrahman, and, truth to tell,
naturally human as he was, Koss could
not resist uttering an exclamation of
profound satisfaction when, a few years
later, he r< ad in a newspaper that Prohrada
bad been ignominiously hanged for
his share in one of the fell massacres of
the Indian mutiny.
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icy Clihk," This now remedy is a o
reut surprise on account of its exceed- j
nj promptness in reliovintf pain in the
ladder, kidneys, oack and every part (
f the primary passages in male or fo- X
aale. it relievos retention of water
d pain in passing it almost immoditely.
If you want |uick relief and
lire this is your rei .edy. Sold l>y Hit.
1. Norton, Druggist Conway, S. C. ?j
OABTOllIA. JJ
Buck Ion's Arnica Waive.
Tho Hest Salve in the world for Cuts,
Iruisi/s, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Hlieum,
ever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
hilblains. Cora?, and all Skin F.ruplens,
and positively cures. Piles r
puy required. It is ^uarantod to n
ive perfect satisfaction, or money re- ?
laded. F-Mee 25 conts per box. For a
tie at K. Not ton's Drugstore.
'i? C3 ?~L X AX . ?
3>. I
How to Cure All Kkln Diseases. ^
jvt
Simply apply 41SWAYNE'S OlNTENT."
Ne internal medicine reuired.
Cures tetter, i-c/.ems, itch, all
"options en the faro, hands, no.-e, &c., ilit
laving tiie skin clear, white and Vh
oalthy. Its great healing and oura- U*
ve powers are possessed by no other
imedy. Ask your drug^U^ '7 ,32
WAYWl'l OXNTUUkTOi. ?. . "
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SEE '
THAT THE
FAC-SIMILE
CliriMATi t V? (" '
w * i " i i t vy / .
OF
IS ON THE
WRAPPER
OF EVERY
BOTTLE OP
pi mi si,
wR? I Hili
Castorla la pnt up In ono-slzo bottles only. It
< cot sold in bulk. Don't nllow anycno to soil
on anything olso on tho pl<>a or promiso that it
u "just na good" and "will answer overy pnrcse."
that yen get C-A-8-T-0-it-I-A.
r*>ho.
t'.a'do jT/X /Sv/9jl is 6S
c 67 9f7
rf ' ? uiippjT.
:: ' "TISSESflEET
?
) EXCHANGE
Viae binef
R
Elors^s.
Bros. & Co.
.LIC, S. C
?An American robin was recently
mind near Manchester, England.
Iritish rut nralists arc wondering how
L crossed the ocean.
There are two reasonable things i
rbich everybody should do: take <rond
are of < ne'e health; and if lost, regain
t quickly and to this, ( very body will
grec. And -flYero are a great mulitudo
of people who are agreed that 1
or both purposes Simmons Liver
Regulator is the best helpor. "1 am
roubled with torpid liver and nothing
ives relief so quick like Simmons
ilver Regulator. ' R U. Strange, Lake
ity, Fla.
HO MORE EYE-GLASSES,
fflTCHELL'S
EYE-SALVE
A Certain Safe and Effective Remedy tor I
ORE. WEAK and INFLAMED EYES,
** rod uoi tiff thrift, fitttl
ItvMtovinff the Sight ?/' t/tr old,
!iire? T?ar Drops, GrnmilafInn, Stye
umor?, Rod I yaii, flatted Kyo Lashes, \
v AND PRODUCING QUICK RELIEF s
AND PBRMANUNTCURE. i
AUo, crinnlV rfilM?i(i:i* n lien uui il In
tiw malodiiN, miela m I'lewr*. h>v?ir
iron, 'fmiiiyf*, rialt Alu>um, Slnrnn, I
lit ?, or nhi reier in(Ia*Mio?ilioii exists,
ireMI'.M/n MAMK wnf bo used to
IvmitiiKC. ,
SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS AT 25 CENTS.
CASTORIA I.
For Infanta and Children,
10 f?o- /J
ftSLL //#i 1 - k -*
. B
tamberlala'? By? and 3Vtn OlntifieM' ''
1b ? certain cure for Chronic Soro KteW a
anuiated Eye I/id?. Sore Nipples, P*1*? ? ?>*,
Tetter, Halt ttheuin and Hoald 1* ' \
oviU per boiz. For wile by drog^C {,
TO HORSE OTTNIJRB. I , ' '
For pitting a horse in ? flue h*al^^ v 1 *
ion try lVr. Oady'e CondlOfS ?l*or CoatoHa
oy tone un the system, aid <* Tlung to Cwdorli
I ?* gftvo thorn Canto
il '*r
S3i I
J
- - - ???~ '
^TA^TELE5|^
IS JUST AS COOD FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE GOcts.
(1AI.ATTA, II.LS., Nov. 1C, 13T*3.
I'arH Modlolno Co., 8t. Ixwls, Mo.
t lontlomon:?Wo sold last year, 000 bottles of
(illi?\T'.'S TASTKI.KSH 0111 I.I TONIC iiu<1 huvo
I miiuIii three itross olrendy thlu year. In nil owr exI
ericm < ' f II yonrs>. In tho dma business, hnvo
i \. r : lil an article that uavo mien universal satis
taction us your Tonic. xoura truly,
AllNLV CAlllt A CO
Sold on iU merits : No euro no i> y
K. N> i te n. Di i ggist. ' UNV?.v? ^ (
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1 Prompt '
I Settlement
^ <>f all maturing policies is one of the
, rules that has uicicle and kept the
; i piital >le I,ifc the strongest and most
I i(liable insurance company in the
world. The following acknowlcdge\
mcnt gives you an idea of how The
Equitable Life;
meets its obligations.
Hai.KIQII, N. March 16th, 1MH. I
W. J. IIOMIKY, Kiwi.,
I lock 11 ill. B. C.
.s?. I am in receipt ?>f your esteemed
favor ot i'ili Inst., enclosing cluck fur 'I'cn
I l. iusniul holism In payment uf pulley > >.
'I I < .. J. M, Hook, fur w liloll please aee. >1
i lie i hanks ul i he family for prompt amis i
I i a tin \ . ttleineni.
II crow n li l hand yon the receipt sinned is
i" lli I'd, le;:ether with tin polity. as
-?v J* r*
I,or is .'MO pa?
Mt Tabor 4 10
Glarelidon. i "
;r Chadbaurn > pm
v ('hadbourri pm
1 lion SOj
r Hub ? ?# ? ? >
UAi:OAMAW LINK SlC^MIKi
"V Tbt Ktcamoi-will leave der wharf at
4tray every Mauday >tnd Wednesday
nning far Neorgetnwa at I ?'?leek
fbing all intermediate peiala, Aa i
oave ber win if at tirergetewn every
lay a id Friday ninniing for (enw.v
' erclook, touching all intermedia: j
ri*. ?, D, T. M'N KILL,
a'l. Agi. and Trcus., Cenway, h. 6
1 JL>. A. MUNKKRLVN,
'AgOnO, thforK*lo\rn,-m?9?t
\ "*' 1 --'""'J
'
i ?|ih'ku<i. Yours very truly, I
i j. i). HOUKIIALL. \
WouliVnt you feel more secure with
I a j)olic> of this kind buck of you I
with a guaranteed provision for those \
depctuicnt upon you ? Let us send I
yout;T^f,V x_, . |
\ W. J. RODDEY, Manager. i
1 Jh-j.artmmt of Carolina*, Itoolt llill, N. C. I
Atlantic Coast Line.
WILMINGTON, COLUMHIA AND Al (.l>
TAK.lt. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. IN
EFFECT JAN. 1", jy.'V.
Going South. No. K. No. St
Lv|Wi!ralngtoii *o 25pm ..... .
Lv Marion 6(.r> |>in .. .
Ar Kloronco w *5 pm jf. .
i v Florence *i 1 > pin Mi it an
Ar Sumter s i.' pin t a up
Lv Sumter s to pin Mi: 5 am
ArColumliia ....1005 pm lOHtacu
No. 52 runs through from Charleston via
Central K. It., leaving Lanes8.2ti a m. Manning
9.05 am.
Going North. No. 64. No. 53.
Lv i 'olumliia *5 .'(lain *5 15 pm
Ar Sumter 7 I.'am t>8>pro
No.32
Lv Suuuer 7 15 am *<> to pu.
Ar Kloronco 8 am 7 55 pm
Lv Floronoe 8 55 am
.Lv Marion 0 81 am
'iV^-ViA'jDlnirl" n 12 15am
Daily. * No.
55 runs through to Chariot .on; S. C., t,is
Central It. It., arriving Manning 7 10 p. m.
Lanes 7 18 p. in., Charleston 0 iM p. m.
Trains on Conway l.rnnch leavo Cliudbourn
10.40 n m, arrive Conw ay 1 On p in,
returning leave Conway '-'.'25 i> in, arrive
l had bourn 155 j> in, le ve < I i ;e rn 5 t p
ni? arrive at Hub 0.00 p m, returning leave
11ub 8.80 a m, arrive at t hadbourn 0.15 a
m. J>ailv except.
' JOHN F. DIVINE, Oon'l Sup .
,1 It. KKN1.Y, Gon'l Manager.
T M. EM EPSON. TralHo Manager
Soheduh of Local Mail Eoutos.
UOUTE NO. '20278.- From Oalivnuis Fei r}
to Conway, mail an-ius 1.45 p in, on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday; leaves at
2.80 p in oil same days. Mail cleats at
2.95.
HOCTK NO. 20280.- From Conway to hire
way, ii. i-mail arrives at 1:30 |> in on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; leaves
at. ."> p lit on smnu days. Mail Hose!* at
t :.V) p 111.
C NO. 20281. -From Conway via
Forney, JorUanville, (iidcon, l.abaiiu ad
return, mail arrives at 7 j* ?-j on Tuesday,
Thursday ami .Saturday; leaves ai ?? a i*
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. M til
elsses al 0 p m. 1
rtOFTK NO. 20283?Fr in Conw ay 'to Fort
llarrelson. mail arrives daily si 12 <s*
leaves daily at 1 : !?"? p in. Mail closes at
1: It) p in.
IOUTK NO. 202H2.?From Conway tol.it.
lie River, mail arrives at ? p ni on Monday,
Wednesday an I Friday; leaves at 7
a m Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Mail closes at 0 p no.
Wilmington & Conway R. K.
assongcr and freight daily Except Runday.
8o?tiiiioi\nu? No. 81.
.v 8 30 > in
i lions v.. 8 Ifj a in
Chad bourn A 10 40 in
ir Clarendon II 10 mm
Ml Tabor 11 26 pm
Foris II 6# pm
Sauford 12 06 pro
Privetts 12 2a | at
Adrain 12 3# pot
i r Con way 12 63 p m
North hound? No. 12.
iV Conway 2 8# pu
Adrain 2 0tp*>
I'riveils SOepm
Raylioro 3 It put
San ford 9 ?