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Copyrighted by Houghton, MUflln A Oo., and published by arrangement with them.] lit u, s« s,, .sub b. <>«f “>a»«»pl^n* Another slap and the flgureeutoml the ’ , -»l«f 1 "rtur«d lae. The door chsmd instantly behind it TU .. . smind of a heavy body struggling against the aged to'dlvort the dl TT!!1 *“ 0Ut,lid * ,ollowed * «<>dthe^eudd.nly aged to divert the slightly shocked tusrepti- ceased. bilitire of the old lady with some raillery of himself, ami did not again Interrupt the even, i and Urwis knife from the balfhreed, “is of itself provocative of violence nnd incoiuistent j with a bucolic and pastoral life.” When Ealkucr returned he said hurriedly School Notice. The next session of the Darlington Public Schools will begin Monday, Seiitember 22. Al! pui>iU that have not received good humored communion of the party. Tba rain beating against the windows and the Are sparkling on the hearth seemed to lend a charm to their peculiar isolation, and It was not until Mrs. Scott rose with a warn ing that they were trespaxing upon the rust of their patient that they discover.*! that the evening had slipped by uunoti wl. When the door at last closed on tho bright, sympa- tbetie eyes of the two young women and tba motherly benediction of the elder, Falkner walked to the window, and remained silent, looking into the darkness Suddenly he turned bitterly to his companion. “This Is just h—11, George.” CHAPTER XV. Kate found her sister, as the stranger had Intimated, fully prepared. A hasty Inven tory of provisions and means of subsistence showed that they had ample reaourcea for a much longer isolation. “They tell me it is by no means an uncom mon case, Kate; somebody over at some body's place was snowed in for four weeks, and now it appears that even tba Summit house is not always accessible John ought to have known it when he bought the place; in fact, I was ashamed to admit that he did not But that is like John to prefer his own theories to the experience of others. How ever, I dou’t suppose we should even notice the privation except for the malls. It will be s lesson to John, though. As Mr. Lew uys, he is on the outside, and can probably go wherever he likes from the Summit ex cept to come here.” “Mr. Lee?" echoed Kate. “Vos, the wounded one; and the other’s name is Falkner. I asked them in order that you might be properly introduced. There were very respectable Falkners in Charles town, you remember; I thought you might warm to the name and perhaps trace the con nection now that you are such good friends. It's providential they are hero, as we haven’t got a horse or a man in the place since Man uel disappeared, though Mr. Falkner says he can’t be far away, or they would have met him on the trail if he had gone toward the summit" “Did they say anything more of Manuel l” “Nothing; though I am inclined to agree with you that he isn’t trustworthy. But thst again is the result of John’s idea of employ ing native skill at the expense of retaining native habits.” The evening closed early, and with no diminution in the falling rain and rising wind. Falkner kept hla • ord, and unoaten- tatlously performed the outdoor work in the barn and stables, assisted by tbs only Chi nese servant remaining, and under the ad vice and supervision of Kate. Although be seemed to understand horses, she was sur prised to And that ho betrayed a civic ignor ance of the ordinary details of the farm and rustic household. It was quit* impossible that she should retain her distrustful atti tude ur he his reserve in their enforced com panionship. They talked freely of subjects suggested by the situation, Falkner exhibit ing a general knowledge and intuition of things without parade or dogmatism. Doubt ful of all versatility as Kate was, she could not help admitting to herself that his truths were none the less true for their quantity or that he got at them without oatentatious processes. His talk certainly was more pic turesque than her brother's and less subdu ing to her faculties John bad always crushed her. When they returned to tho house he did not linger in the parlor or sitting room, but st once rejoined his friend. When dinner was ready In the dining room, a little more deliberately arrangad and ornamented than usual, the two women were somewhat sur prised to receive an excuse from Falkner, begging them to allow him for the present to take his meals with the patient and thus save the necessity of another attendant. “It is all shyness, Kate,” said Mrs. Hale, conBdently, “and must not be permitted for a moment” “I’m sure I should be quite willing to stay with the poor boy myself,” said Mrs. Scott, simply, “and take Mr. Falkner’s place while be dines.” “You are too willing, mother,” said Mrs. Hale pertly, “and your 'poor boy,’ as you call him, will never sea 35 again.” “He will never He any other birthday,” re torted her mother, “unlem you keep him more quiet. He only talks when you're in the room.” “He wants some relief to his friend’s long face and mustaches that make him look prematurely in mourning,” said Mrs. Hale, with a slight increase of animation. “I don’t propose to leave them too much together. After dinner we’ll adjourn to their room and lighten it up a little. You must come, Kate, to look at the patient and counteract the bale ful effecta of my frivolity.” Mrs. Hale’s instinct* were truer than her mother's experience; not only that the wounded man's eyes became brighter uuder the provocation of her pretence, but It was evident that his naturally exuberant spirits were a part of his vital strength, and were absolutely essential to his quick recovery. Encouraged by Falkner's grave and practical assistance, which she could not ignore, Kate ventured to make an examination of Lee’s wound. Even to her unpracticed eye it was ha serious than at Ant appeared. The great low of blood had been due to the laceration of certain small vessels below tho knee, but neither artery nor bone was injured. A re currence of the hemorrhage or fever was the only thing to be feared, and these could he averted by bandaging, repose and simple nursing. The unfailing good humor of the jiatient under this manipulation, the quaint origin ality of his speech, the freedom of his fancy, which was, however, always controlled by a certain instinctive tact, began to affect Kate nearly as it had the others. She found her self laughing over the work she had under taken in a pure sense of duty; she joiner! in the hilarity produced by Isse’s affisted terror ■of her surgical mania, and offered to undo the bandages in search of tlio thimble he de clared she hail left in tho wound with a view to further experiments. “You ought to broaden your practice," ho “Uggestcd. “A good deal might he made out of Ned and a piece of soap left carelessly on the And step of the staircase, while moun- tahu of surgical opportunities lie in a hum- hle orange peel, judiciously ex|K)«cd. Only I *aru you that you wou'dn’t And him as do- r >le as I am. Decoyed into a snowdrift and froien, you might got some valuable expe riences in resuscitation by thawing him." ‘I fancied you had done that already, ^ate,” whispered Mrs. Hale. “Pressing is the new suggestion for pain- ^ surgery,” said Lee, coming to Kata's re- U*f with - ready -Wet, “only the knowledge •hould be more generally spread. There was t man up at Strawberry fall under a sledge loed of wood in the snow. Stunned by the * hock . he was slowly free sing to death when, "Mi a tremendous effort, be succeeded In treeing himself all but his right leg, pinned 4°wa^r • small Is* Hb ax happened to Mha wlthte maeh, and a few blows ea George Lee, with a smile •till on his boyish silent terror, face, lazily moved hit head. M I don't know! If it wasn't for tba old woman, who it the one solid chunk of abso lute goodness here, expecting nothing, want ing nothing, it would be good fun enough I These two women, cooped up in this house, wanted excitement. They’ve got it! That man Halo wanted to show off by going for us; he’s had his chance, and will have it again before I’ve done with him. That d—d fool of a messenger wanted to go out of his way to exchange shots with me; I ret-kqn he’s the most satisfied of the lot! 1 don't know why you should growl. You did your level best to get away from here, and the result is that little Puritan is ready to worship you.” “Yes—but this playing it on them—George —this " “Who’s playing itf Not you; 1 see you've given away our names already.” “I couldn’t lie, aud they know nothing by that.” “Do you think they would be happier by knowing itf Do you think that soft little creature would bo os happy as she was to night if she knew that her hudjaud had been indirectly the means of laying me by the heels here* Where is the swindle* This hole in my leg* If you had been five min utes under that girl’s d—d sympathetic fingers you’d have thought it was genuine. Is it in our trying to get away? Do you call that ten feet drift in tbs pass a swindle? Is it in the chance of llulo getting back white we’re here? That’s real enough, isn’t it? I say, Ned, did you ever give your unfettered intellect to the contemplation of that?” Falkner did not reply. There was an in terval of silence, but he could see from the movement of George’s shoulders that he was shaking with suppressed laughter. “Fancy Mrs. Hale archly introducing her husband! My offering him a chair, but b» lug all the time obliged to cover him with a derringer under the liedclothes. Your rush ing in from your peaceful pastoral pursuits in tho barn, with a pitchfork in one hand and the girl in the other, and dear old mammy sympathizing all round and trying to make everything comfortable.” “I should not be alive to see it, George,” said Falkner, gloomily. “You’d manage to pitchfork me and those two women on Hale’s horse and ride away; that’s what you’d do, or I don’t know you! Look here, Ned,” he added, more seriously, “the only swindling was our bringing that note here. That was yo rr idea. You thought it would remove suspicion, anil as you be lieved I was bleeding to death you played that game for all it was worth to save me. You might have done what 1 asked you to do —propped me up in the bushes and got away yourself. I was good for a couple of shots yet and after that—what mattered? That night, the next day, the next time 1 take ths road, or a year iience? It will come when it will come, all the same!” He iid not speak bitterly, nor relax his smile. Falkner, without speaking, slid his hand along tho coverlet Leo grasped it, and their hands remained clasped together for a few moments in silence. “How is this to end? We cannot go on here in this way,” said Falkner suddenly. “If we cannot get away it must go on. Look here, Ned I don’t reckon to take any thing out of this bouse that I didn’t bring in it, or isn’t freely offered to me; yet I don’t, otherwise, you understand, intend making myself out a d—d bit better than I am. That’s the only excuse 1 have for not making myself out just what I am. I don’t know the fellow who’s obliged to tell every one the last company ho was in or the last thing he did! Do you suppose even these pretty little women tell us their whole story ? Do you fancy that this St. John in the wilderness is canonized in his family? Perhaps, when I take the liberty to intrude in his affairs, as he has in mine, he’d see he isn’t. I don’t blame you for being sensitive, Ned. It’s natural When a man lives outside the re vised statutes of his own state he is apt to be awfully lino on jioiuts of etiquette in his own household. As for mo, I find it rather com fortable here. The beds of other people’s making strike me as being more satisfactory than my own. Good night.” In a few moments he was sleeping the peaceful sleep of that youth which seemed to be his own dominant quality. Falkner stood for a little space and watched him, following the boyish lines of his cheek on the pillow, from the shadow of. the light brown lashes under his closed lids to the lifting of his short upper lip over his white teeth with his regu lar respiration. Only a sharp accenting of the line of nostril and jaw and a faint de pression of tho temple betrayed his already tried manh^xl. The house bad long sunk to repose when Falkner returned to the window, and re mained looking out upon tho storm. Sud denly he extinguised the light, and passing quickly to the bod laid his hand upon the sleeper. Lee opened his eyes instantly. “Are you awake?” “Perfectly.” “Somebody is trying to get into the house!” “Not him, eh f” said Lee gayly. “No; two men. Mexicans, I think. One Vx>kx like Manuel’’ “Ah,” said Lee, drawing himself up to a sitting posture. “Well?” “Don’t you see? He believes the women are alone.” “The dog—<1—-d hound!” “Speak respectfully of one of my people, If you please, aud band me my derringer. Light the candle agnm and open the door. Let them get in quietly. They’ll come here first. It’s his room, you understand, and if there’s any money it’s hen'. Any way, they must pass here to get to the women’s rooms. Leave Manuel to me and you take cart of the other." “I see.” “Manuel knows the bouse and will come first. When he’s fairly in the room shut tha door and go for tho other. But no noise. This is just one of the sw eetest things out— if it's done properly.” “But you, George?” “If I couldn’t manage that fellow without turning down the bedclothes I’d kick myself. Hush. Steady now.” He lay down and shut his eyes as if in natural repoaa Only his right hand, care- My placed under his pillow, closed on tha handle of his pistol Falkner quietly slipped into the paanga. The light of the candle faintly illuminated the floor and opposite wall, but left it on either side Ip pitchy ob scurity. For some momenta the silence was brokan only by the sound of the rein without Tbs recumbent figure in bed seemed to have ac tually succumbed to sleep. The mi MM ml f- nous fnimii noises of a house in repoee might ha* e been misinterpreted by ears lass tan The intruder turned and violently grasped the handle of the door, but recoiled at a quiet voice from the bed. “Drop that, and come here.” He started back with an exclamation. The sleeper’s eyes were wide open; the sleeper's extended arm and pistol covered him. “Silence! or I’ll let that candle shine through you.” “Yes, captain!” growled the astounded and ! frightened halfbreed. “I didn’t know you were here.” Lee raised himself and grasped the long whip in his left hand and whirled it round his head. “Will you dry up?” The man sank back against the wall in to his companion: “Do you think it wise, tickets and all new applicants I OAnTryH tx* Kniu a., i a for admission must be examined and ' graded before they can enter the; school. The following is the sched ule of examinations ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL Georg 1 ', to let those hellhounds loose? Good God! I could scarcely kt my grip of his throat go when I thought of what they were hunting.” “My d.ar Nod,” said Lee, luxuriously en sconcing himself under the bedclothes again Those from 6 to 10 years old, Monday, with a slight shiver of delicious warmth. “I September 15. must warn you against allowing tho natural Those over 10 years old, Tuesday, prido of a higher w..lk to prejudice you against the general level of our profession. “Open that door now—softly.” Manuel obeyed with trembling fingers. “Ned,” said Lee in a low voice, “bring him in here—quick.” There was a slight rustle, and Falkner ap peared, backing in another gasping figure, whoso eyes were starting under the strong grasp of the captor at his throat. “Silence,” said Lee, “all of you.” There was a breathless jiausj. The sound of a door hesitatingly opened in the passage broke tho stillness, followed by the gentle voice of Mrs. Seott. “Is anything the matter?” Lee made a slight gesture of warning to Falkner, of menace to tho others. “Every thing’s tho matter,” he called out cheerily. “Ned’s managed to half pull down the house trying to get at something from my saddle bags.” “I hope ho has not hurt himself,” broke in another voice mischievously. “Answer, you clumsy villain,” whLpered Lee, with twinkling eyes. “I’m all right, thank you,” rctq>oudctl Falk ner with unaffected awkwardness. There was a slight murmuring of voices, and then the door was heard to close. I^ee turned to Falkner. “Disarm that hound and turn him loose out side, aud make no noise. And you, Manuel! tell him what his and your chances are if ho ■hows his black face here again.” Manuel east a single, terrified, supplicate Ing glance, more suggestive than words, at his confederate, as Falkner shoved him be fore him from the room. The next moment they we*> silently descending the stairs. “May 1 go too, captain?” entreated Manuel “I swear to God” “Shut the door!” The man obeyed. “Now, then,” said Lee, with a broad, grati fied smile, laying down his whip and pistol within reach and comfortably settling ths pillows behind his back, “we’ll have a quiet confab. A sort of old fashioned talk, eh? You’re not looking well, Manuel. You’re drinking too much again. It si>oils your complexion.” “Let me go, captain,” pleaded the man, emboldened by the good humored voice, but not near enough to notice a peculiar light in the speaker’s eye. “You’ve only just come, Manuel, and at considerable trouble, too. Well, what have you got to say- What’s all this about? What are you doing here?” The captured man shuffled his feet ner vously, and only uttered an uneasy laugh of coarse discomfiture. “I sec. You’re bashful. Well, I’ll help you along. Come! You knew that Hale was away and these women were here with out a man to help them. You thought you’d find some money here, and have your own way generally, eh?” The tone of Lee’s voice inspired him to confidence; unfortunately, it inspired him with familiarity also. “I reckoned I had the right to a little fun on my own account, cap. I reckoned ez one gentleman in the profession wouldn’t inter fere with another gentleman’s little game,” he continued coarsely. “Stand up.” “Wot for?” “Up, I say!” Manuel stood up and glanced at him. “Utter a cry that might frighten these women, and by the living God they’ll rush in here only to find you lying dead on the floor of the house you’d have polluted. He grasped the whip and laid the lash of it heavily twice over the ruffian’s shoulders. Writhing in suppressed agony, tho man fell imploringly on his knees. “Now, listen!” said Lee, softly twirling the whip in the air. “I want to refresh your memory. Did you ever learn, when you were with me—before I was obliged to kick you out of gentlemen's company—to break into a private house? Answer 1” Indeed, 1 was quite struck with the justice of Manuel's protest that 1 was interfering with certain rude processes of his own toward re sults aimed at by others.” “George!” interrupted Falkuer almost savagely. “Well I admit it’s getting rather late in the evening for pure philosophical inquiry, and you are tired. Practically, then, it teat wiee to let them get away before they discov ered two things. One, our exact relations here with these women; and the other, how many of us were here. At present they think | we are threr or four in possession and with the consent >f the women.” | “The dog*:” ; “They are paying us the highest compli ment they can conceive of by supposing us cleverer scoundrels than themselves. You are very unjust, Ned.” “If they escape aud tell their story?” “We shall have the rare pleasuretef know ing we are better than people believe us. | And now put those boots away somewhere whei'e we can produce them if necessary, as evidence of Manuel’s evening call. At pres ent we’ll keep the thing quiet, and in the early morning you can find out where they got iu aud temove any traces they have left. It is no use to frighten the women. There’s no fear of their returning.” “And if they get away?” “We can follow in their tracks.” “If Manuel gives the alarm?” “With his burglarious boots left behind in the house? Not much! Good night, Ned. i Go to bed.” With these words Lee turned on his side and quietly resumed his interrupted slumber. September 16. SCHOOL AT FACTORY. All ages, Wednesday, September 17. MAYO SCHOOL. Those from 6 to 10 years old, Thurs-1 day, September 18. Those over 10 years old, Friday, Sep tember 19. PATTERSON WARD LAW, Superintendent. Sep. 4, ’OO-St L. 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He watched it until it suddenly disappeared, when, leaving the door partly open, he threw himself on his couch without removing his clothes. The slight movement awakened the sleeper, who I was beginning to feel tho accession of fever. 1 He moved restlessly. “George,” said Falkner, softly, i “Yea” “Where was it we passed that old Mission church on the road one dark night, and saw the light burning before the figure of the Virgin through the window?” There was a moment of crushing silence. “Does that mean you’re wanting to light the candle again ?” “No.” “Then don’t lie there inventing sacrilegious conundrums, but go to sleep.” Nevertheless, in the morning his fever was slightly worse. Mrs. Hale, offering her con dolence, said, “I know that you have not been resting well, for even after your friend met with tliat mishap in the hall, I heard your voices and Kate says your door was open all night. 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DARGAN & C0„ Proprietors, September 4,1890. “.Your, listen/” said Lee. “No,” itanunered the wretch. “Did you ever learn to rob a woman, a child, or any but a man, and that face to face I” “No," repeated Manuel. “Did you ever learn from me to lay a Anger upon a woman, old or young, in anger or kindness P “No” “Then, my poor Manuel, it’s as I feared; civilization has ruined you. Farming and a simple, bucolic life have perverted your mor als. So you were running o& with the stock and that mustang, when you got stuck in the snow; and the luminous idea of this little game struck you) Ehl That waa another mistake, Manuel; I never allowed you to think when you were with me.” “No, captain." “Who’s your friendr “A d—d cowardly nigger from the Sum mit ” “I agree with you for once; but h* hasn’t bad a very brilliant example. Where's he gone nowl” “To h—II, for all I care!” “Then I want you to go with him. Listen. If there's a way out of the place you know it or can And it I give you two days to do it— you and be. At the end of that time the orJer will be to shoot you on sight. Now take off your boots.” The man’s dork face visibly whitened, his teeth chattered in superstitious terror. “I’m not going to shoot you now,” said Loo, smiling, “so you will have a chance to die with your boots on, if you are superstitious. I only wont you to exchange them for that pair of Hale’s in the corner. The (act is I have taken a fancy to yours. That fashion of wearing the ftockings outside Mrikas mo os on* of the neateet things out.” Manuel sullenly drew off his boots with their muffled covering, and put on the ones Music, Music. Our bueinegt) increases. We are now supplying homes with pianos and or gans from Georgetown, on the sea coast, to the Blue Ridge Mountains, In North Carolina. Note our special summer sale! Buy now at lowest cash prices and pay when cotton is sold Read our liberal offer and write at once for catalogue and prices. Your choice in Pianos—pay $25 easli and the balance December 1st; select your Organ—]>ay $10 cash and pay the bal ance December 1st. Positively our lowest cash price given on the above terms. Remember we stiil continue to sell on the easy payment system One price to all; 15 day's trial. We can please yon. Address, J. B. KILLOUGH. Florence, 8. C. Aug. 7, 1890 Undertaker's Supplies. We have a large line of handsome Coffins, which can be obtained as cheaply as anywhere else in Darling ton. We further offer the use of our hearse free of charge, provided the distance from town be not too great N. L. HARRELL & CO. April 10-tf of DOLL More than the combined returns attained by the next two leading companies LINDSAY & LATTA, Agts. For the Counties of Darlington Florence, Chesterfield, Chester and York, Yorkville, S. C. Feb. 27, 1890. Dr TRAIN. Leave Florence 6,19 P M Palmetto s 26 Darlington 8.35 Floyd's 8.40 Dove's 8.62 Societyllill 9.12 Cash’s » 17 LeavsCheraw 9.43 P M McFarlan 10.08 Morven’s 10.20 Bennett’s 10.85 Lake Wadesboro 11.00 Freight Train going up. Leave Florence 816am Arrive Darlington 9.05 a m Freight going down Arrive DarlinSton 3.00 p m Leave Darlington 3.30 p m Arrive Florence 4.10 p m A. F. BAVENEL, Pres. 0 11 Master Transporlalion. OUTHEASTERN RAILROAD On Charleston, S. C. t May 1, 1890. and after this date the fol'owing Head these prices, Call at . EARLY 1,000 yards assorted Worsteds at 10 cts, worth 20 to 40cts A full line Cashmeres at 12i and 15 cts. We av mng our famous 25 cts. yard wide Cashmere in i more popular than ever this season, cents. A large line of Black Goods consisting of Casl Henriettas and Imported Reps from 15 to $ l per yard. 45-inch Henrietta at 50 HENRY OLIVER ill Ms Maitii CCO.C.TOALC, HENRY Ol Geo. E. Toale & Co, MANUFACTURERS —AND— WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Doors, Sash, Blinds, Builders Hardware, AND OFFICE AND SALESROOMS 10 and 12 Hnyne Street, CHARLESTON, - - S. Write for Estimates. May 31, 1888. C designated. »Now op*i open the door.” Ho did so. Falkuer was alroady waiting at ths thushold. “Turn Manual loos* with the other. Nad. but disnrm him flat. They teg” If you don’t like the WATCH You have, trade it off for anoth er at Mason’s Jewelry Store. Key and Stem Winding Railroad Watchesof All Kinds on hand. Feb. 20, 1890. qomplute «i.vm:kiks. Upon the most approved plans, with Suction Faii of Spiked Belt Seed Cot ton Elevator, funshed at comp-, titive prices. COTTON GINS aud PRESSES of best makers. Thomas Hay Rakes, Deering Mowers, Corbin Harrows and Planet, Jr., Cultivators. A large stock of Portable and Sta tionary Ginning and Saw Mill En gines on hand. State Agents for C. A G. COOPER A CO’S. Corliss En gines, Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Company’s complete line. W. H. GIBBE8, Jr. A CO. Near Union Depot, Columbia, 8. C. of Jackets, Modjeskas and New Markets. A specially large line of Staple Dry Goods, and Notion prices that move them rapidly. SHOES. Our line of Shoes is large and complete and well adapted to the wants of the people. We continue to maintain our reputation for selling solid goods. Gents’ Furnishing Goods. Our success in the Gents’ Furnishing Goods Department war- * rant us in the belief that oui Clothing and Hats Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ suit the people, both as to quality and price. We carry always in stock a full line of Hardware, Crockery, Tin, Harness, &c. GROCERIES. The Grocery Department is large and kept well supplied, at Rock-bottom prices. HARDWARE. At the Hardware Store, Managed by J. H. Early, is kept Stoves, Sewing Machines, Pumps; Gins, Belting Steam Engines, &c., in fact everything that comes under the head of machinist’s supplies. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY- October 31,1889. schedule will be run : GOING SOUTH. No. 27, Daily. Lcaxe Florence *1 35 a m Leave Kingstree 2 29 a m Arrive Lanes 2 60 a m Leave Lanes 2 50 a m Arrive Charleston 5 00 a m No. 23, Daily. Leave Florence *8 30 a m Leave Kingstree 9 40 a n Arrive Lanes 10 07 a i Leave Lanes 10 07 a i. Arrive Charleston 11 69 a m No 53. Leave Lanes *7 50 P. M. Arrive (Charleston 9 30 p . tn. Train on C & D ll It conn cts at Flor- ! enoc with No 23 Train. GOING NORTH. No, 78, Dai’y. | Leave Charleston *1 20 a m ' Arrive Lancs 3 IK) a m 1 Leave Lancs 3 00 a m | Leave Kingstree 3 17am Arrive Florence 4 20 a in No. 14. Leave Cnarleston *4 110 p m Arrive Lanes 6 29 p m | Leave Lanes fi 29 p m Leave Kingstree G 4G p ru ^ i Arrive Florence 7 66 p m , j No. 62, Daily. Leave Charleston *7 00 a m 3 Arrive Lanes 8 27 a iu * Daily, f Daily except Su Nos 62 runs through n to Columbia r via Central It R ofS C. ^ i Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to Wilmington, N. C., making close connection with W. h W It It for all points north. t J. R. KENLY, J. F Djvink, Supt. Trans. Gcn’l Sup't. T. M. Emzrsox, Gen’l Pass. Agt. WILXDCTON CQLIXB1A AMI AICI STA RA1LKVA May 1, 1890. 00IN0 SOUTH No. 23. Leave Wilmington Leave Marion Arrive Florence No. 60. Leave Florence Arrive Sumler Leave Sumler Arrive Columbia Leave Wilmington Leave Marion Arrive Florence Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No. 27 No 52 *6 16 p m 9 .33 p m 10 20 a in 3.20 a u 4.n6 a ia 4 35 a m 6. 15 a in *10.10 p m 12.40 p m 1 20 a m t 9 45 » m 10 55 p m . (i. I HMIR k $1, Manutacturers —OF— Doors, Sash, Blinds, TvAOXJX-iIDIDsT Q-S —AND- Building Material, ESTABLISHED 1842. CHARLESTON, S. C. April, 20 1889—1 <£|,t' punk ol’ P«rliiifltun, -I HAS OPENED A No 58 Leave Florence f8 25 a m Arrive Sumler 9 35 a m No 62 runs through from Charleston via Central R U. Leaving Lanes 8 30 A M., Manning 9 10 A M. Train on C & D K R connects at Florenc, with No 68, GOING NORTH. No. 61. <.eave Columbia. Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter Arrive Florence No. 78. Leave Florence, Leave Marion Arrive at Wilmington, No. 69 Leave Sumter Arrive Florcno* No. 53, Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter *10 35 p u 11 58 p n, 11 58 p m 115am 4 35 a m 5 20 a m 8 35 am f6 37 p a 7 50 p a ‘5 20 p m 6 32pa S-A."vi3sras defauittvi etstt. And from and after this date will receive deposits of One Dol lar and upwards, and pay quarterly interest on the same, at the rate of five per cent, per annum, under regu lations to be made known at the Bank. This is a favorable opi>ortumty for Farmers, Clerks, Mechanics, ^ Laborers, 'Factory Operatives, To Save Their Earnings. ‘ Mechanics! w.c.coker, bright williamsqh, All person* in need of babbitt metal President. Caslner. can purchase it cheap at Tun Dar- _ _ , Q , OA lisgton Nk-.s office. Darlington, S. C., June 18, 89. June 12, ’90—tf No 14 Leave Florence *8 16 p m Leave Marion 8 65 p m Arrive at Wilmington 11 45 p m •Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No 63 runs through to Charleston, via Central R R, arriving Manning? 04 P J: Lanes 7 42 P M. Charleston 9 30 P M. No 69 connects at Florence with C S D train for Cheraw and Wadesboro’. Nos 78 and 14 make close connection at Wilmington with W & W R R for all point! Nor'b Train on Florence R. R. leave Pee De* daily except Sunday 4.40 P. M., arrive Rowland 7.00 P. M. Returning leave Rowland 0.30 A. M., arrive Pee Dee 8,50 A. M. Train ou Manchester & Augusta R. K. leaves Sumter daily except Sunday, 10.60 A. M., arrive Rir-Jni 12.01 P. M R. turning leave Rimini 12.15 P. M ar rive Sumter 1.80 P, M. JOHN F. DIVINE. Gen. Snp’t. J. R. KENLEY, Asst, Gen’l Manager. T. M. EMMEBSON, Gen. Pm. Atf.