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ghoeing *00010 languid Uds a bright dlaplag.
ini the soft sounds that (all upon the ear
Sie well accordant to the lovely scene
Ss soft Silence, hersett a listener.
It not disturbed by them; vet so serene
That the low whisperings efthe winds, 1 ween,
can scarce be called a sephyr, while the sound
Of murm'rlag ripples oometh still between
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<>«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.
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day, September 18.
Those over 10 years old, Friday, Sep
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F&lkner did not, however, follow this sensible V0T or u combination of diseases, we
advice. When he was satisfied that his friend ,. ure them all at the same time, as we
was sleeping he opened the door softly and treat all diseases constitutionally.
looked out He did not appear to be listen-
ing, for his eyes were fixed upon a small pen
cil of light that stole across the passage from
the foot of Kate's door. 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. You have a little fever, too,
Mr. Falkner.”
George looked curiously at Falkner’s pale
face—it was burning.
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All persons having claims against
the estate of B. W. Edwards, are re
quested to present them properly
proved, and all persons indebted to
said estate will make payment to
C. B. EDWARDS,
J. L. EDWARDS,
G. H. EDWARDS.
Executors.
Sep 4, ’90—8t
INSURE WITH THE
Mutual Lite Insurance Co,,
OF NEW YORK.
EDW. L. GERNAND, Gen. Agent.
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
The Oldest, Largest, Strongest and the
Best Company in the World.
Cash Resources Over One Hundred
and Thirty Millions of Dollars.
— THIS —
Great Corporation
Has earned for and paid out to
its policy holders in t ash
profits in twenty-one
years the enormous sum of
$73,000,000,
WHICH IS NEARLY
Eleven Millions
Everything You Want in the
Stationery Line,
o^visr be botjg-ht
THE DARLINGTON BOOK STORE.
Terms Cash :
R. L. 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.