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" The tod was jnst going down, a hiss
ing globe of fire and torment Already
the lower limb was in contact with the
jagged backbone of the mountain chain
that rimmed the desert with purple
and gold. Out on the barren, hard
baked fiat in front of the corral, just
where it had been unhitched when the
paymaster and his safe were dumped
soon after dawn, a weatherbeaten am
bulance was throwing unbroken a mile
long shadow toward the distant Chris
to bal. The gateway to the east through
the Santa Maria, sha^ly notched in the
gleaming range, stood a day's march
away—a day’s march now only made
by night, for this was Arizona, and
from the rising of the sun to the going
down of the same anywhere south of
that curdling mud bath, the Gila, the
only human beings imperviona to the
fierceness of its rays were the Apaches.
"And they," growled the paymaster
as he petulantly snapped the lock of
his little safe, “they're no more human
than so many hyenas,"
A big man physically was the cus
todian and disbnrser of government
greenbacks—so big that, as he stepped
forth through the aperture in,the hot
adobe wall, he duftked his head to
avert unwilling contact with its upper
edge. Green glass goggles, a broad
brimmed straw hat, a pongee shirt,
loose trousers of brown linen and dust-
colored canvas shoes made up the outer
man of a personality as distinctly un
military as it was ponderous. Blow and
labored in movement, the major was
correspondingly sluggish in speech.
He sauntered out into the glare of the
evening sunshine and became slowly
conscious of a desire to swear at what
he saw; that, though in a minute or two
the day god would '' douse his glim”
behind the black horizon, no prepara
tion whatever had been made for a
start. There stood the ambulance, ev
ery bolt and link and tire hot as a stove-
lid, but not a mule in sight-
Tuining to bis left, he strolled along
toward a gap in the adobe wall and
entered the dnsty interior of the corral.
One of the fonr quadrupeds drowsing
under the brush shelter languidly turned
an inquiring eye and interrogative ear
in hb direction and conveyed, after
the manner of the mnle, a suggestion
as to supper. A Mexican boy, sprawl
ing in the shade of a bale of govern
ment hay and clad in cotton Shirt and
tronaers well nigh as brown as the skin
that p|rped through occasional gaps,
glanced np at him with languid inter
est an instant, and-then resumed, the
more agreeable contemplation of the
writhings of an impaled tarantula.
Under another section of the shed two
placid little burros were dreamily
blinking at vacancy, their grizzled frobte
expressive of that ineffable peace fonnd
only in the faces of saints and donkeys.
In the middle of the JncMfeura a rude
windlass coiled with rope stood stretch
ing forth a decrepid lever arm. The
whippletree, dangling from the end
over the beaten circular track, seemed
cracked with heat and age. The stout
rope that stretched tautly from the coil
passed over a wooden wheel and 'dis
appeared through a broad frampd^apec-
ture into the boweb of the earth.
Close at hand in the shade of a brush
covered "leanto” hung three oj- four
huge ollas, earthen water jars, swathed
in gunnysack and blanket. Ebyond
them, warped 'out of all possibility''oil
future usefulness, stood what had once
been the running gear of a California
buckboard. Behind it dangled from
dnsty pegs portions of leather harness,
which all the neatsfoot oil of the mil
itary pharmacopoeia could never again
restore to softness or pliability. A
newer edition of the same class ql.ve
hicle was covered by a canvas' ‘ parnlin.' ’
A huge stack of barley hags was piled
at the far end of the corral, guardhd
from depredation (quadrupedal) fay a
barrier of wooden slats, mostly down,,
and by a tattered biped, very sound
asleep. ")
"Where’s the sergeant?" queried the
paymaster slowly, addressing no ora
in particular, hut looking plaintive^ '
around him. ; r*
SHU leaning a brown chin on a near-]
ly black hand, and stirring np hie
spider wit) the forked stick he hel^ 1
In the other paw, the boy simply till
nis bead toward the dark opening nn^
der the farther end of the abed, ta
aperture that seemed to lead to noth
ing but blackness beyond.
“What’aJie doing?” -
“No aa-a-abe,” drawled the boy,
never lifting his handsome eyes from,
the joys before him-
" Why hasn’t ha harnessed np?"
A shrug of the shoulders was the only
reply. * »
"Hey?"
"No sa-a-abe,” slowly aa before.
“What’s your name?”
"Joaa.”
“Well, here, dose, yon go and tell
him I want him.”
The boy alowly pulled himself to
gether and found his feet; started re
luctantly to obey; glanced hack at his
captive, now sqattBng off for freedom;
turned again; aootched Mm with hie
forked stick, and then with a vicious
"huh I” drove the struggling araneina
luft the sandy soil. This' done, he
lounged off towfpd the dark corner in
the wall of the ranch and dove out of
ei^t, |
Presently there slowly Issued from
thirVeoses a sturdy form in dusty blue
blcmse, the sleeves of which were dec
orated with chevrons in far faded yel
low. Under the shabby slouch hat a
round, sun blistered, freckled face, brie-
fling with a week old beard,peered forth
at the staff official with an expression
half of languid tolerance, half of mild
irritation. In most perfunctory fash-
ion-the soldier just touched the hat rim
with his forefinger, then dropped the
hand'into a convenient pocket. It was
plain that he felt but faint respect for
tbs staff rank and station of the man
in goggles and anthority.
"Sergeant Feeny, I thought I
you I wanted everything ready to
"Yon did. sir, and then yon undid
it,” was the prompt anil sturdy reply.
The paymaster stood irresolute.
Through the shading spectacles of green
his eyes seemed devoid of any expres
sion. His attitude remained un
changed, thumbs in the low cut pockets
of his wide flapping trousers, shoulders
meek and drooping.
“W-e-U,” he finally drawled, “yon
understood I wanted to get on to Camp
Stoneman by sunrise, didn't yon?
Didn’t my clerk, Mr. Dawes, tell you?”
“He diu, /oa, air, end yon don’t want
to get there no more than I do, major.
But I told you flatfooted if you let Don
ovan and those other men go back on
the trail they'd find some excuse to stop
at Ceralvj’s, and, d n ’em, they’ve
done it. 4 *
. "Don’t you s’pose they’U be along
presently?”
"S’posc?” and the sun blistered face
of the cavalryman seemed to grow a
shade redder as he echoed almost con
temptuously the word of his superior.
“S’pose? Why, major, look here!”
And the short, swart trooper took three
quick strides, then pointed through the
western gap in the adobe wall to the
gilded edge of the range where the sun
had just slipped from view. "It’s 10
mile to that ridge, it's 10 minutes
since I got the last wigwag of the sig
nal flag at the pass. They hadn't come
through then. What chance is thereof
their getting here in time to light ont
at dark? Yon did tell me to have ev
erything ready to start, and then yon
undid it by sending half the escort
back. You've been here in hell’s half
acre three days, and I’ve been here
three years. You have never been
through Canyon Diablo; I have been
through a dozen times and never yet
without a fight or a mighty good
chance of one. Now, you may think
it’s fun to run your head into an am
buscade, but I don't You can get ’em
too easy without trying here. I’m an
old soldier, major, and too free spoken
perhaps, but I mean no disrespect, only
I wish to God yon’d listen to me next
time.”.!;
“You wouldn’t have had me leave
those women In the lurch back at the
crossing, would yon?” queried the pay
master half apologetically.
"Why, I don’t believe that story at
all,” flatly answered Feeny; “it'ssome
d d plant that fellow Donovan’s
springing on yon—a mere excuse to
ride back so they conld drink and
; hbek t",protect Hioee people?”
h; . he’d have gone—certainly—
to. buy up every rumhole
(tfila.' You’re expected to
told
) start
The soldier fust Umched the hat rim with
kis forefinger.
gamble vrith those thugs at Ceralvo’s.
They’ve just been paid off and had ho
chance for any fun at all before they
were ordered out on this escort duty.
That money's been burning in their
pockets .now for three whole nights,
and they just can’t stand It so long as a
drop of liquor’s to be had by hard rid
ing.- No soldier is-happy till he’s dead
broke, major—leastwise none . I ever
see.” - »
---“What makes yon donbt the story,
qergeant? * It caroo straight enough.’’
'•"It eame'too" d- d straight sir;
that’s just the trouble. It came straight
from Chihuahua Pete’s monte mill.
It's only a hook to drawe’em back, and
they played it-on you because they saw
you werenow to.",thp country, and they
kh^y l was. .asleep;' and how, unless
lieutenant Drummond - should happen
&)-with .Ills'troOp^t&ere’s no help for
ftfcut Ao rt-gif for . tomorrow night and
,ho pejftnintyOf ^fitting ft way then.”
y.' JveltyifUT. ^ruinmond were hero,
*t. you' ftqppose he’d , have gone or
l£ot
f Oh;
{hat’s hiobusipess, but it isn’t yours,
SnaMkC. Yonjv# gotgovernmeiit money
there eui
■outkfck
thy at StphfeMgn, Grant, and Goodwin
and Crittfendeh’-'utDd Bowie, where they
haven’tltiad’ a cent-aince last Christmas
and here it is the middle of May. Xon
ought to have pushed through with all
.speed; •£ none of these jayhawken
could get wtoff Of y our going, let alone
toe Apaches.' " ’Fvery hour you halt
is clear gain to them, and here you’ve
titbpfy'got to stay 94 hours all along
ora cock and.bnll story.about
itageload of frightened women 15 miles
Jmck «t Gila Bond. It’s a plsnt. ma-
jor; that’s what I believe:”
•Old Plummer kicked the toe of his
shoe into the sandy soil and hung a
reflective, head, “I wish you hadn’t
alfstiyour eye*,'' he drawled at length.
“twtroldh’t, Ur, if I hadn't thought
you'd keep yourt" open. You slept all
ni^ht, Ur, you and Mr. Dawes, while
1 rode alongside with-finger on trigger
even’jninute.' ' ’
Absorbed in their gloomy conversa
tion, neither mgn noticed-that the wood
en -Shatter adobe wall clow at
hand ’had been noiselessly opened from
with to, Just an Inch or two. Neither
knew, neither oould see that behind it, to
the gathering darkness of the abort sum
mer evening, a shadowy form was
cronching.
“Then you think we.must stay here,
do you?”-queried the paymaster.
"Think? I know it . V^iy, the range
ahead is -alive with Apaches, and We
can’t stand ’em off with only half a
dozen men. Yonr clerk’s no ’count
major. ’’
Old Plummer stood irresolute. His
cterk. a and hroU® flown
relative, was at mat moment
nerveless on a rode bunk within the
ranch, bemoaning the fate that had im
pelled him to seek Arlaona in search of
health. He was indeed of little
“ ’count ” as the paymaster well knew.
After a moment’s painful thought the
words rose slowly to his lipe:
"Well, perhaps you know best, so
here we stay till tomorrow night or at
least until they get back.”
One conld almost hear the whisper
in the deep recess of the retaining wall
—sibilant, gasping. Some one crouch
ing still farther hack in the black
depths of the interior did hear.
"Santa Maria!"
Bnt when a moment later the propri
etor of this roadside ranch, this arti-
iicial oasis in a land of desolation,
strolled into the big bare room where
half a dozen troopers were dozing or
gambling it was with an air of confi
dential joviality that he whispered to
the corporal in charge:
"Our fren, the major, he riff use me
sell you aguardiente—mescal, but wait
—tonight.”
“Oh, d—n it, Moreno, we’ll be half
way to Stoneman by that time,” in
terrupted the trooper quite savagely.
“Who’s to know where we got the
stuff? Wo’ll make ’em believe Dono
van’s squad brought it in from Cer
alvo’s. Give me a drink now anyhow,
you infernal greaser; I’m all burnt out
with such a day as this. We’ve got to
start the moment they get back, and
there won’t be any time then.”
"Hush, caballero; they come not to
night. You will rest here."
"Why, how in blazes do you know?"
“SoftlyI—I know not. I know
noting; yet, miraI—I know. They talk
long in the corral—the major and that
pig of a sergeant—for him 1 snap my
finger. Look you I” And Moreno
gave u flip indicative of combined de
fiance and disdain.
“Don’t you count on his not finding
out, Moreno. It’s all easy enough so
far as the major’s concerned, but that
blackguard Feeny’s different, 1 te’ 1
you. He’d hear the gurgle of the
spigot if he were 10 miles across the
Gila, and be here to bust things before
yon conld serve out a gill—d—n
him t He’s been keen enongh to put
that psalm singing Yankee on guard
over your liqucr. How are you going
to get at it anyhow?"
For an answer the Mexican placed
the forefinger of his. left hand upon his
lips and with that of the right hand
pointed significantly to the hard beaten
earthen floor.
“Ah, I have a mine,” he whispered.
"Yon will not betray, eh? Shn-nt
Hush I He comes now. ”
The gruff voice of Sergeant Feeny
broke u" the colloquy.
“Corporal *»ko what men
yon have here and groom at on, ^ Feed
and water too. Moreno, I want ^
per cooked for eight in 80 minutes
Drop thoee cards now, you men. You
should have been sleeping as 1 told
you, so os to be ready for work to
night.”
“Shure we don’t go tonight, ser
geant.”
"Who says that?” demanded Feeny
quickly, whirling upon his subordi
nates. The corporal looked embarrassed
and tnrned to Moreno for support.
Moreno, profoundly calm, was as pro
foundly oblivions.
“Moreno there,” began Murphy,
finding himself compelled to speak.
“I?” gravely, courteously protested
the Mexican, with deprecatory shrug
of-his shoulders and upward lift of eye
brow. “I? What knowl? I do but
say the Corporal Donovan is not come.
How know I yon go not ont tonight?"
"Neither yon nor the likes of you
knows,” was Feeny’s stern retort.
“We go when we will and no questions
asked. As for you, Murphy, yon be
ready, and it’s me you’ll ask, not any
outsider, when we go. I’ve had enongh
to swear at today without yon fellows
playing off on ma Go or no go, no
liquor, mind yon. The first man 1
catch drinking I’ll tie by the thombs
to the back of the ambulance, and he’ll
foot it to Stoneman.”
No words were wastbd in remon
strance or reply. These were indeed
“the days of the empire” in Arizona—
days soon after the great war of the re
bellion, when men drank and swore
and fought and gambled in the rough
life of their exile, bnt obeyed, and
obeyed without question, the officers
appointed over them. These were the
days when veteran sergeants like Feeny
—men who had served nnder 8t. George
Cooke and Sumner and Harney on the
wide frontier before the war, who had
ridden with the starry guidons in many
> wild, whirling charge nnder Sheridan
tnd Merritt and Custer in the valley of
t irginia—held almost despotic powers
•monc the troopers who spent that en
listment in the isolation of Arizona.
Rare were the cases when they abused
their privilege. Stern was their rule,
rude their speech, but by officers and
men alike they were trusted and re
spected.
As for Feeny, there were not lacking
thoee who declared him spoiled. Twice
that day had the paymaater been on
the point of rebuking his apparent in
difference. Twice had he withheld his
censure, knowing, after all, Feeny to be
in the right and himself to the wrong.
And now in the gathering shades of
night, as he stood in silence watching
the brisk process of grooming, and
noted how thorongh and businesslike,
even though sharp and stem, was Fee
ny, the paymaster was wishing he had
not ventured to disregard the caution
of so skilled a veteran.
And yet the paymaster, having a un
man heart in his breast, had been sorely
tried, for the appeal that came for help
was fane he conld not well resist. Pass
ing Ceralvo’s at midnight and pushing
relentlessly ahead instead of halting
there as the men had hoped, the party
was challenged in the Mexican tongue.
"Qne viene?”
To which unlocked for aink uncalled
for demand the leading trooper, scorn
ing greaser interference in American
territory, promptly answered:
“Gotoh—1!”
All the same he beard tne click oi
lock and was prompt to draw his own
Colt, as did likewise the little squad
riding ahead of the creaking ambu
lance. The two leaders of the mules
whirled instantly about and became
tangled up with the wheel team, and
the paymaster was pitched out of a
dream into a doubled up mass on the
opposite seat To his startled questions
the driver conld only make reply that
he didn’t know what was the matter,
the sergeant had gone ahead to see.
Presently Feeny shouted “ForwardI"
and on they went again, and not until
Caralvo’a was a mile behind could the
major learn the cause of tbe detention.
“Some of Ceralvo’s people.” answered
Feeny; "d—n their impudence!
They thought to stop us and turn ns in
there by stories of Indian raids just
below ns—three prospectors murdered
24 miles this side of the Sonora line.
Cochises* people never came this far
west of the Chiricahna range. It a
white cutthroats maybe, and we’ll need
our whole command.”
And yet in tbe glaring annshine of
that May morning, after they had un
saddled at Moreno’s, and the sergeant,
wearied with the vigils of two succes
sive nights, had gone to sleep in the
coolest shade be could find, there came
riding across the sunbaked, cactns
dotted plain at the west a yonng man
who had the features of the American
and the grave, courteous bearing of the
Mexican.
"My name is Harvey,” said he.
“My sisters, who have been in San
Francisco at school, are with me on
the way to visit onr parents in Tucson.
Father was to have met us at tbo Eecd
with relays of mulee. Wo hate waited
48 hours and can wait no longer. For
God’s sake let half a dozen of your men
ride out and escort them down here.
There is vj doabt in the world the
Apache": eve in the mouptains on both
sides, ami I’m trembling for fear they ’ ve
already found our camp. None of my
party dared make the ride, so I had to
oome. ”
What wasPlr.mmer todo? Hedidn’t
want to rouse the sergeant. This wasn’t
going back to Ceralvo’s, bnt riding
northward to the rescue of imperiled
beauty. He simply couldn’t refuse,
especially when Donovan and others
were eager to go. From Mr. Harvey
he learned that his father had married
into an old Spanish Mexican family at
Havana, had been induced by them to
take charge of certain business in Mat-
amoras, and that long afterward he
had removed to Guaymas and thence
to Tucson. The children had been ed
ucated at San Francisco, and the sis
ters, now 17 and 15 years of age re
spectively, were soon to go to Cuba to
visit relatives of their mother, but were
determined once more to see the quaint
old home at Tucson before so doing;
hence this journey under his charge.
The story seemed straight enough.
Plummer had never yet been to Tucson,
but at Drum Barracks and Wilmington
he had often heard of the Harveys, and
Donovan swore he knew them all by
sight, especially the old man.
The matt r was settled before Plum -
mer really knew whether to take the
responsibility or not, and the cavalry
corporal with five men rode back into
the fiery hi at of the Arizona day and
was miles away toward the Gila before
Feeny woke to a realizing sense of what
had happened. Then he came out and
blasphemed. There in that wretched
little green safe were locked np thon-
sands tticugh of dollars to tempt all
the outlawry the Occident to any
deed of desiH ratibn ii^ t might lead to
the capture of the booty, AkJ with Don
ovan and his party away Feen^iiw he
had but half a dozen men for defense.
(to bk continued.)
Until about a hundred years ago bnrial
in coffins was by no means universal. In
early times corpses were merely wrapped
in linen shrouds.
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Darlington, S. C., Dec. 1, 1893.)
T HIS office will be open for the
purpose of listing all real and
liersoiml property and poll taxes for
the fiscal year commencing Nov I,
1893, and ending Oct. 81, 1894, from
January 1, to February 20, inclusive,
excepting days required in filling the
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Jan. 9 and 10.
Cypress, Thursday, Jan 11.
Ashland, Friday, Jan. 12.
Stokes Bridge, Saturday, Jan. 18.
Lydia, Monday, Jan. 15.
Hartsville, Tuesday and Wednes
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Antioch, Thursday, Jan. 18.
Leavensworth, Friday, Jan. 19.
SocietygHill, Thursday ami Friday.
Jan. 18 and 19, by deputy.
Jasper, Saturday, Jan- 20,^by dep
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High Hill, Monday, Jan. 22, by dep-
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Mechanicsville, Tuesday, Jan. 23.
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ting all the taxable property on the
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existing would cease. The school
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tween the ages of 21 and 50 years
are deemed taxable polls except those
incapable of earning a support.
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Practise in State and Federal
Courts. Prompt personal atten
tion to all business.
Tat Notice.
Trkasurkr’s Offick, 1
Darlington, C. H., Sept. 15'98.)
T HE Treasurer's office will be
opened for 1 h e collection of
State, county, sjieeial county, school,
special school and j>o!l taxes for the
fiscal year 1892-93 from October 15 to
December 31, 189“., in compliance
with law, excepting on Thanksgivings
Day and December 25th.
1 will attend in person or bj deputy
the following places on days named
and on said preoii.et days the office
at Darlington ('. H. will be closed.
Hartsville, Tuesday and Wednes
day, Oct. 17 and 18,
Jasper, Thursday, Oct. 19.
leavensworth, Fi iday, Oct. 20.
Lydia, Tuesday, Oct. 31.
Society Hill, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Nov. 1 and 2.
Swift Creek, Friday, Nov. 8
Mechanicsville, Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 8.
Antioch, Thursdr y, Nov. 9.
High Hill, Friday, Nov. 10.
Lamar, Tuesday and Wednesday,
Nov. 14 and 15.
Cypress, Thursday, Nov. 16.
Stokes Bridge, 1 uesday and Wed
nesday. Nov. 21 and 22.
Darlington C. H.. October 16, 21, 23,
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 80, November 6, 7, 11,
18, 17, 18, 20, 23, to December 81 in
clusive.
Hooks will close at 2 p. m. on Satur
days and on last days at precincts
where two days are given. Taxpay
ers take notice.
Levy for State purposes, 54 mills.
Levy for County .mr;loses, 8 mills.
Levy for Jail Debt, 4 mill.
Levy for Darlington Graded Schools,
4 mills.
Levy for Interest on Graded School
bonds, 4 mill.
lie.y for Constitutional Schools, 2
mills.
Poll tax, $1.00.
Total levy for all purposes county,
11 mills.
Total levy for all county purposes
and Graded Schools, 154 mills.
J. E. BASS,
Treasurer U. C.
Sept 21—4t.
(i. s. mm & son,
Mamitacturers
—Ol —
Doors, Sasti, Bhmis,
TMIOTTLDIHSrOS
—AND-
Building Material.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
& D. and C. Sc 8. RAILROADS.
In effect Dec 3, 1893.
Through Passenger Train.
Leave Wa<J«8boro
4.30 a m
Bennett’s
4.51 a w
Morven’s
McFarland
Cheraw
6.00 a m
Cash's
6.12 a m
Society Hill
6.26 a m
Dove’s
. 6.44 a in
Floyd’s
6.49 a m
Darlington
7.00 a id
Palmetto
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
. 7.15 p m
Palmetto
Darlington
7.38 p m
Floyd’s
7.50 p m
Dove’s
. 7 55 p m
Society Hill
8 13 p in
Cash's
8 27 p m
Cheraw
8.50 p ra
McFarland
9.13 p m
Morven’s
9,39 p m
Bennett’s
9.54 p m
Arrive Wadesboro
10.15 p m
Freight Train.
Leave Florence
. 7.30 a m
Darlington
8.40 a m
Arrive Cheiaw
..11.20 a m
Leave ( heraw
. 1.00 p m
Darlington
. 4.00 p m
Arrive Florence
. 5.00 p m
A. F. RAVENEL, President.
WTORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
Xu In effect Dec. 3, 1893.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 61
Leave Florence
. 7 45 a m
Kingstree
. 8.58 a m
Lanes
Arrive Charleston
.11.20 a m
No. 35.
Leave Florence
. 3.37 a m
Kingstree
4.35 a m
Lanes
4.52 a m
Arrive Charleston
6.50 a m
No. 28.
Leave Florence
Kingstree
8.44 p m
I-anes
9.06 p m
Arrive Charleston
No. 53.
Leave Lanes
7.05 p m
Arrive Charleston
8.45 p m
Train on C. ft D. R. R. connects at
Florence with No. 61 Train.
NORTH BOUND.
k -V > ^
No. 78.
Leave CharUstou
Lanes
RO O YT|
Kingstree
a m'
Arrive Florence
7.10 a m
No. 60
Leave Charleston
Lanes
Kingstree
. 7.27 p m
Arrive Florence
No. 14.
Leave Charleston
3.30 p m
Lanes
. 5.29 p m
Kingstree
. 5.45 p in
Arrive Florence
6.45 p m
No. 52.
Leave Charleston
7.15 a m
Arrive Lanes
No. 52 runs through to
Columbia
via Central R. R. of 8. C.
No. 78 runs solid to
Wilming-
ton, N. C., making close connection
with W. ft W. R. R. for
all points
North.
To Our Customers of the Pee
Dee Section:
We have decided here- .
after to conduct our
business in your terri
tory direct with buyers.
We can thus better as
sure you of prompt at
tention, low prices, and
clear agreements not
liable to misunderstand
ing and confusion as in
past under a different
system.
To responsible and
honorable buyers we
will make it an object
to correspond with us,
and we want to deal
. with no other class.
Write us for prices on
any make or kind of
machinery you want,
and we will make an
honest effort to serve
your best interests,
W. H. GIBBES, JR., ft CO.,
COLUMBIA, 8. C.
Dec28—ly
EAGLE BRAND
THE BEST
ROOFING
I* unequalled for house, barn, fact
ory or out-buildings, and costs half
the price of shingles, tin or iron. It
is ready for use and easily applied by
any one. RUBBER PAINT costs on
ly 60 cents per gallon in ban el lots, or
$1 50 for 5 gallon tubs. Color dark
red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron
roofs that will last for years. Try it.
Send stomp for samples and particu
lars.
Excelsior Paint and Roofing Co.,
156 DUANE ST., NEW YORK, N. Y.
Dec 29—Sul
CHARLESTON, 8. 0.
April, 2o IfifS—1
What is
Life
Assurance?
Ah easy means of secur
ing your w.fe and family
against want in the event
of your death-
A creditable means of se
curing a better financial
standing in the business
world.
The most safe and profit
able means cf investing
your savings for use in
after years.
All Life Insurance is
good. The
Equitable Life
is the best
For lull particulars, cic! '.rasa
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
carolTnas. Ro -K Hill, 5.C,
TXARTSVILLE R MLROAD.
X - L In effect Dec #, 1888.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartsville 6.00 a m
Jovann 6.20 a m
Floyd's 6.35 a m
ArriveDarliugtou 7.20 am
Leave Darlington 6.80 p m
Floyd’s 8.00 p m
Jovann — 8.20 p m
Arrrive Hartsville....,, 8.40 p m
J, F, DIVLfW, Gea, J9*iA.
Train No. 14 runs via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—and
makes close connection for all points
North.
J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Snpt.
w
ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA ft
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Dec. 8,1898.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 55.
Leave Wilmington 8.20 p m
Marlon 6.11 p in
Arrive Florence 6.50 p m
No. 50.
Leave Florence 7.10 p m
Sumter 8.28 pm
Arrivs Columbia 10.00 p m
No. 58.
Leave Florence 7.45 a m
Arrive Sumter 9 20 a m
No. 52.
Leave Sumter 9.53 a m
Arrive Columbia 11.06 a m
No. 62 runs through from Charles
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8.44 a m, Manning 9 20 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 51.
Leave Columbia 4.80 a m
Sumter 6.57 a u
Arrive Florence 7.15 am
No. 56.
Leave Florence 7.40 a m
Marlon 8.23 a m
Arrivs Wilmington 11.10 am
No. 58.
Leave Columbia 4.20 p m
Arrive Sumter 5.85 p m
No. 59.
Leave Columbia-
number p m
Arrive Florence— .. —.... 6.55 p m
No. 58 rani thiouuu do unarleston-
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning 6.16 p m. Lanes 7.00 p m,
charleston8.45 pm.
Trains on Manchester and Augusta
B. R-, leave Sumter daily except Sun
day, 10.50 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a.
m. Returning leave Rimini 1.00 p.
m.. arrive Sumter 9:10 p. m.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadboura
and Conway Railroad leave Chad-
bourn at 10.10 a m. arrive at Conway
12.80 p m, returning leave Conway at
9.-00 p. in., arrive Chadbourn 4:50 p.
m. Leave Chadbourn 7.00 a in and
5.15 p m, arrive at Hub 7 46 a m and
6.00 pm. Returning leave Hub 816 a
m and 6-80 p m, arrive at Chadbourn
0.00 a m ana 7.15 p m. Daily except
‘“jc&ji », DIYWIfc eoftl Sup*.