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' 1393 3Y CHARt-C.? KIM?"
CHAPTEK I-OontiiiuKi.
At bit interposition tbo major bad at
least dona one thing—warned Moreno
not to sell a drop of bis fiery mescal to
any one of the men, and when the
Mexican expressed entire willingness to
acquiesce Feeny's suspicions were
redoubled and he picked out Trooper
Latham, a New Englander whom some
strange and untoward fats had led into
the ranks, and stationed him in the
bullet scarred barroom of the ranch,
with strict orders to allow not a drop
to be drawn or served to any one with
out the sanction of Sergeant Feeny or
his superior officer, (he major. Even
the humiliation of this proceeding had
in no wise disturbed Moreno's suavity.
“All I possess is at your feet,” he had
said to the major, with Castilian grace
and gravity, "Take or withhold it as
you will.’*
“Infernalold hypocrite!" swore Fee
ny, between his strong, set teeth. “1
believe-he'd like nothing better than to
get the escort drunk and turn ns over
bag and baggage to the Morales gang.”
Thrice during the hot afternoon had
Feeny scouted the premises and striven
to find what number and manner of
men Moreno might have in concealment
there. Questioning was of little use.
Moreno was ready to answer to any
thing and was never known to halt at
a lie. Old Mignol, the half breed, who
did odd jobs atxrat the well and the
corral, expressed profound Ignorance
both of the situation and Feeny’s Eng
lish. The Mexican boy had but one
answer to all queries, “No sa-S-abe.”
Other occupants there were, but these
even Feeny's sense of duly could not
prompt him to disturb. Somewhere
in the depths of th’e domestic portion
of the ranch, where the brush on the
flat ropf was, pi led most heavily mid
the..vfalla JrerS jealously ttiick, all
scouting parties dr escorts well knew
that Moreno’s wife and daughter were
hidden from prying eyes, and rutnor
had it that often there were more than
two feminine occupants; that these
were sometimes joined by three or four
others—wives or sweethearts of out
lawed men who rode with fasqual Mo
rales—and all Arizona kn,*>v that Pas-
qual Morales had little more Mexican
blood in hie veins than had Fdeny
himself. He was an ivAeticabd, a
cursed gringo for whom long years ago
the sheriffs of California and Nevada
had chfised in vain, Who had sought
refuge snd a mate ia Sonora and whose
swarthy f ;atures found no difficulty in
masquerading 1 under rf ffrfeltcan name
when the language of love had made
him familiar with the Mexican tongUe.
Slow to action, slow of speech as was
the paymaster, he was n6t slow to see
that Sergeant Feeny was anxious and
ill at ease, and if a veteran trooper,
whom his captain had pronounced the
coolest, pluckiest mid most reliable man
in the regjment, cop Id he so disturbed
over the indications, it was high time
•to take precaution. What was ths
threatened danger ? Apaches ? They
would’never assault the ranch with its
guard or soldiers, whatsoever they
might do in the canyons in the range
beyond. OntUvm? They, had not been
heard of for months. He h^d inquired
into pH this pt Yuma, at the stage sta
tions, by mail of the commanding
officers at Lowell and .Bowls and
Grant. Not for six months had a stage
been “held up” or a • buckboard
“jumped” south of the turbid .GUa.
True, there was rumpr of riot and law-
Jeesness among the mtuera at Castle
Dome and the customary shooting scrape
at Ehrenberg and La Paz, but these
were river towns, far behind him now
as he looked back over the desert trail
and aloft into the star studded, cloud-
lees sky.
Nothing could he more placid, noth
ing lees prophetic of peril or ambush
than this exquisite summer sight.
when there was light ahead? Hware's
your dispatches? and may heaven blast
the souls of you both!”
“Here, sergeant,” said Murphy,
wrenching the soiled envelope from the
looee grasp of the prostrate trooper.
"It's to yon, sir,” said Feeny, with
one glance at the sprawling superscrip
tion. "in God's name read and let ns
know what devil's work's abroad to
night.”
Even Plummer's pudgy fingers trem
bled as he tore open the dingy packet
Old Moreno came forth with a light,
his white teeth gleaming, his black
eyes flashing from one to another of
the group. Holding the penciled
page close to the lantern, the paymaster
read aloud:
"Camp burned. One man killed;
others scattered; males and buckboard
gone. For God's sake help In the pur
suit Strike for Raton Pass. The In
dians have run away my poor sisters.
“Edward Habvkt.”
The major dropped the paper, fairly
stunned with dismay. Feeny sprang
forward, picked it up, and eagerly
scrutinized ' he page. Mullan, standing
unsteadily at the head of his wearied
and dejected horse, was looking on
with glassy eyes, his lips vainly striv
ing to frame further particulars. Leav
ing their supper unfinished, the other
men of the little squad had come tum
bling ont into the summer uigbt. No
one paid other heed to the trooper
sprawling in the saud. Already in
deep, drunken slumber, he was breath
ing stertorously. Feeny’s eyes seemed
fastened to the letter. Line by Hue,
word by word, again and again he
spelled it through. Suddenly he leaped
forward and clutched Mullaa at the
throat, shaking him violently.
"Answer now. Hware’d yon get
your liquor? Didn't this fellow give
it to you ?”
"On my honor—no, sarsb'nt, 'pon
my ’on”
"Oh, to h—1 with your honor and you
with it! Hware'd you get it if it
wasn’t from him? Share you've not
been near Ceralvo’s?"
"No, sarsb'nt, no Ceralvo’s. We
met conple geu’l’men—perfec’ gen’l’-
men, ranchers; they were going after
the Indians. They gave na jus - o-one
drink—’piece. Jus'five minutee—go."
“How far away was this? Hware
were they? Answer or, d—n yon.
I’ll shake the truth ont of you ["shouted
Feeny, suiting action to word. “Spake
kefoie yon, too, are lying like that
other hog. Did you ever see the camp?
Did you ever get to the crossing at all ?
Douse- a dipper of water over him, you
Latham, quick. Wake up, I say, Mul
lan. For the love of God, major, 1 be
lieve they’re both drugged. 1 believe
It's all a d d lie. 1 believb its
only a skame to get you to send ont the
rest of your escort, so they can tackle
you alone. Kick him, Murphy, kick
him; throt him round; don't let him
get to sleep. Answer me, you scouu-
blng to tinkle softly,
very well, but then a woman’s voice,
anything but soft, took up a strange,
monotonous^ refrain. Line after line,
vexse after verse, ttrafl, harsh, change
less/ Be could ndt, distinguish the
words—he did not wish to; the music
was bad enough trwdl conscience,,what
soever It might hecrune when snng by
yonth or beauty. As df/ell from the
lips of Senora Moreno the air was a
succession o/ vocal nasal disharmonies,
high pitched, strident, nerve racking.
Unabla to listen after the third repe
tition, Plummer slowly retired from
ths corral and once more appeared at
the front, just in time for a sensation.
Two troopers, two of the men who had
ridden back with Donovan,-came lurch
ing into the lighted space before the
main entrance, At sight of the pay
master one of them stiffened trp and
with preternatural gravity of mien ex
ecuted the salute. The other, with an en
velope in his hand, reeled ont of the sad
dle, failed to catch his balance, plunged
heavily into the sand and lay there.
Corporal Murphy sprang eagerly for
ward. the first man to reach him, and
tamed the prostrate trooper fftesTop bis
bade. : / j.' V V all Imf
What’s the jnfctter ?' Vqaeried Plnm-
•. “Is h» sick?” * ■■■J i
"Sick, is it?” was the quick retort,
as the ..cm-pprsJL^niffed at the tainted
breaty of ms sn®eiur.; “Re the pow
ers, 1 only wish i had jialf bis dis-
ayse. ”
Andthen came Feeny, glaring, wrath
ful
“Come down off the top of that
bone, Mullan,” he ordered, fiercely.
"How—bow'd ye get here? Which
way’d ynceme? Wbsrs's the rest ?1V •
With the ponderous dignity of in
ebriety, Molten slowly pointed up the
deeert under the spot where the pole
star glowed in the northern skiee.
“Sarsb’nt,” he hiccoughed, "we’re
—we’re too late; ’Pacbee got there—
first.” '-r-. —
“Hwatt hwatI" thundered Feeny.
“D’ye rdchn there Were women—that
tt wasn’t a plant?” .
"Fack."
“H ware's your dispatches, yen
drunken W? flow dare yon dhrtak
mer
Holding the penciled page dose to the
lantern, the paymaeler read aloud.
drel!" he fairly yelled,for Mullan's head
was drooping on his breast and every
lurch promised to land him on bis face.
Twice his knees doubled up like a foot-
rule and the stont little sergeant had to
jerk him to his feet.
“Search ’em both. See if they've a
flask betnne 'em, Latham. Answer
me, Mullan, did you see the burned
camp? Did you see the dead man?
Did— Oh, murther! Now he’s gone!
There’a never a word to be got out of
aitber of them this night. But don’t
you believe that letther, major. Don’t
you trust a word of it; it’s false as hell.
It’s only a plan to rob ye of your ee-
cort first and your life and money later.
That’s it, men; douse them, kick them,
murther them both if you like—the
curs!—and they’d drink when they
knowed every man was needed. ” And
adding force to his words Feeny drove
a furious kick at the Incklese Mullan.
“Do you mean there is no truth in
this? Do you mean you think it ail a
fraud, a trick?” at last queried the
major. "Why, it seems incredible!”
“I say just what 1 mean, major. It's
a plot to rob you. 1 mean the gang
has gathered for that very purpose. I
mean that every story told us about
the Apaches west or south of here or
between us and the Gila Is a bloody
lie. The guard at the signal station
hadn't seen or heard of them. They
laughed at me when 1 told them what
Otty tried to make us believe at Ceral-
VifY ’Twas there they wanted to have
you stop, for there you'd have no chance
at all. Shore, do you suppose if the
Apaches were out—if this story was
true—-they wouldn't have heard it and
investigated It by this time, and the
beacon fire would have been blazing at
tta Picacho?”
Then Murphy turned and ran around
the corner of the corral to a point where
ho could see the dim outline of the
range against the western sky. The
next moment his voice rose upon the
night air, vibrant, thrilling:
“Look! God be good to ns, major I
It’s no lie. The signal fire's biasing
at the peak.”
CHAPTER a
Late that night, with jaded steeds, a
little troop of cavalry was pushing
westward across the deeert. The young
May moon was sinking to rest, its pure
pallid light shining faintly in contrast
with the ruddy glow of some distant
beacon la themotoftaiaabeOMth. JBnr
since nightfall the rock buttress at the
pass Ii.nl been reflecting the lurid glare
of the lea; ing flames as, time and
again, unseen but busy bands heaped
on fresh fuel and sent the sparks whirl
ing in fiery eddiee to the sky. Languid
and depressed after a long day's bat
tling with the fierce white sunahine,
horses and men would gladly have spent
the early hours of night dozing at their
rude bivouac in the Christobal. Ever
since t in the morning, after a long
night march, they had sought such
shade as the burning rocks might
afford, scooping up the tepid water from
the natural tanks at the bottom of the
canyon and thanking providence it was
not alkali.
The lieutenant commanding, a tall
wiry, keenfaced young fellow, had made
the rounds of his comp at sunset, care-
• fully picking up and scrutinizing the
j feet of his horses and sending the far
rier to tack on here and there a starting
shoe. Gaunt and sunburned were his
short coupled California chargers, as
were their toughlooking riders; fetlocks
and beards were uniformly ragged;
shoes of leather and shoes of iron
showed equal wear. A bronze faced
sergeant, silently following his young
chief, watched him with inquiring oyea
and waited for the decision that was to
condemn the command to another night
march across the deeert, or remand
them to reel until an hour or so before
the dawn.
"How far did you say It was to Cer-
alvo's, sergeant?"
"About 23 miles, west."
“And to Moreno's?"
'About 15, sir: off here." And the
sergeant pointed ont across the plain,
lying like a duncolored 1' ket far
toward the southern horizon.
"We can get barley and water at
both?"
"Plenty, sir."
“The men would rather wait here,
I suppose, until 2 or 3 o’clock?"
"Very much, sir; they haven’t been
able to rest at all today. I’ve fed out
the last of the barley, though. ”
The lieutenant reflected a moment,
pensively studying the legs of the trum
peter's horse.
"Is there any chauce of Moreno's
people not having heard about the
Apaches in the Chrietobal?"
"Hardly, sir; they are nearer the Tuc
son road than we are. The stage must
have gone through this morning early.
It’s nothing new anyhow. I've never
known the time when the Indians were
not in the neighborhood of that range.
Moreno, too, is an old hand, sir.”
The lieutenant looked long and In
tently out over the dreary flats beyond
the foot hills. Like the bottom of some
prehistoric lake long since sucked dry
by the action of the snn. the parched
earth stretched away in mile after mile
of monotonous, life ridden desert, a Sa
hara without sign of an oasis, a sandy
barren shunned even by scorpion and
centipede. Already the glow was dy
ing from the western sky. The red rim
of the distant range was purpling. The
golden gleam that flashed from rock to
rock as the sun went down had van
ished from all but the loftiest sammits,
and deep, dark shadows were creeping
slowly ont across the plain Over the
great expanse not so much us the faint
est spark conld he seen. Aloft, the
greater stars wore beginning to peep
through the veil of pallid bine, while
over the distant pass the sun's fair
handmaiden and train bearer, with slow,
stately mien, was sinking in the wake
of her lord, ns though following him
to his rest. Not a breath of air was
astir.
The night came on still as the realms
of solitude. Only the low chatter of
the men, the occasional stamp of iron
shod hoof or the munching jaws of the
tired steeds broke in npon the perfect
silence. From their covert in tho west
ward slope of the Christobal the two
sentries of the little command looked
npon a lifeless world. Beneath them,
whiffing their pipes after their frugal
supper, the troopers were chatting in
low tones, some of them already spread
ing their blankets among the shelving
rocks. The embers from the cook's lire
glowed a deeper red as the darknees
gathered in the pass, and every man
seemed to start as though stung with
sudden spur when sharp, quick and
imperative there came the cry from the
lips of the farther sentry:
"Fire, sir—out to the west!"
In an instant Lieutenant Drummond
had leaped down the rocky canyon, and
In an Instant Lieutenant l>rummand uhu
standing by the sentry's side.
fieldglass In band was standing by the
sentry’* side. No need to question
"Where away?"
Far ont across the intervening plain
a column of flame was darting npward,
gaining force and volume with every
moment. The Hentenant never even
paused to raise the glass to his eyes.
Nc magnifying power was needed to
see the distant pyre; no prolonged
seaicb to tell him what was meant.
The troopers who had spiung to their
feet and were already eagerly follow
ing turned short in their tracks at his
first word.
"Saddle np, men. It’* the beacon
at the signal peak."
Then came a scene of bustle. No
words were spoken; no further orders
given. With the skill of long practice
the men gathered their few belongings,
shook ont the dingy horseblanketa and
then, after careful folding, laid them
creaseleas back of the gaunt withers of
their faithful mounts. The worn old
■addlee were deftly set; lariats coiled
and swung from thecantle rings; dusty
old bits and bridlee adjusted; then came
the slipping into carbine slings and
thimble belts, tho quick lacing of Indian
moccasin or canvas legging, the filling of
canteens in the tepid tanks below, while
all the time the cooks and packers
were flying about gathering up the
pota and pans and storing rations, bags
and blankets on the roomy apparejoe.
Drummond waa in the am of swinging
Into iaddie when his se^paat hastened
np.
"Beg pardon, Hentenant, bat shall I
leave a small guard with the pack train,
or can they come right along?”
"They’ll go with us, of course. We
can’t leave them here. We most head
for (Jeraivo’s at once. How conld thoee
Indians have got over that way?”
"It is beyond metosay, sir. 1 didn’t
know they ever went west of the Santa
Maria."
"I can hardly believe it now, but
there's no doubting that signal; it is to
call ns thither at all speed wherever
we may be and means only one thing
—'Apaches here.’ Sergeant Wing is
not the man to get stampeded. Can
they hare jumped the etage, do you
think, or attacked some of Ceraivo't
people?"
"Lord knows, sir. I don’t see how
they could have swung around there.
There's nothing to tempt them along
that range nntil they get to the pass
itself. They must have come around
south of Moreno's."
“1 think not, sergeant.”
The words were spoken in a very
quiet voice. Drummond turned in sur
prise, bis foot in the stirrup, and looked
at the speaker, a keen eyed trooper of
middle age, whose hair was already
sprinkled with gray.
" Why not. Bland ?”
“Because we have been along the
range for nearly 50 miles below here,
sir, and haven't crossed a sign, and be
cause I understand now what 1 couldn't
account for at 2 o'clock—what 1
thought must be imagination."
" What was that?”
"Smoke, sir, off toward the Gila,
north of .Ceralvo’s, 1 should say, just
about north of west of where we are."
“Why didu’t you report it?"
“You wore asleep, sir, and by the
time I got the glasses and looked ft had
faded ont entirely, but it's my belief the
Indians are between us and the river,
or were over there north of Ceralvo’s
today. If not Indiaus, who?”
"Yon ride with me. Bland. I'll
talk with you further alamt this. Come
on with the men as soon as you have
the packs ready, sergeant.” And so
saying Lieutenant Drummond mounted
and rode slowly down the winding
trail among the laiwlders. At the foot
of the slope, where the water lay gleam
ing in its rocky bed. he reined his horse
to the left to give him Ids fill of the
pool, and here the troop addressed as
Bland presently joined him.
“Where was tt you enlisted, Bland?"
was the younger soldier's first ques
tion. “1 understand yon are familiar
with all this country.”
"At Tucson, sir, six months ago, aft
er the stage company discharged me. ”
"I remember," was the answer as
the lieutenant gently drew rein to lift
his horse's head. “1 think yon were so
frank as to give the reason of yonr
quitting their employment."
"Well, there was no sense trying to
conceal it or anything else a man may
do out here, lieutenant. They fired me
for drinking too much at the wrong
time. The section boss said hecouldn't
help himself, and I don't suppoee be
conld.”
"As 1 remember," said Drummond
presently, and with hesitation, for he
hated to pry into the past of a man who
spoke so frankly and who made no
effort to conceal his weakness, "yon
were driver of the bncklxtard the Mo
rales gang held up last lovemborover
near the Catarinas. ”
"Yes; that’s the time 1 got drunk,
sir. It's all that saved me from being
killed, and between keeping sober and
losing my life or getting drunk and
losing a job I preferred the latter. ”
"Yet yon were in a measure respon
sible for the safety of your passengers
and nmil, were yon not?"
"Well, no, sir; not after the warning
1 gave the company. 1 told them
Ramon Morales was in Tucson the night
before we bad to pull out, and wherever
he was that infernal cutthroat of a
brother of his wasn't far away. I fold
them it was taking chances to let Judge
Gillette and that infantry quartermas
ter try to go through without escort. 1
begged to throw up the job that very
night, but they held me to my contract,
and 1 had to go. We were jumped not
10 miles out of town, and before any
one could draw n derringer every man
of us was covered. The judge might
have known they’d shoot him on sight
ever since that greaser from Hermosillo
was lynched. But they never harmed
the quartermaster. ”
"Huh! The devil they didn’t!"
laughed the lieutenant. "They took
his watch and his money and every
thing he hail on except bis undercloth
ing. How long had yon been driving
when that happened?”
"Just eight months, sir, between
Tucson and Grant.”
"And did yon never serve with the
cavalry Before? Yon ride as thongb
you had.”
"Most men beroabonts served on one
side or other, ” Raid bland calmly, as
bis horse finished his long poll at the
water.
"And yonr side was”
"Confederate, ” was the brief reply
‘I was born In Texas Here comes the
troop, sir."
"Come on, then, i want to ask yon
abont that trail to Crittenden as we
ride. We make first for the Picacho
pass from here."
"Why, that's sooth of west, sir,” an
swered Bland. “ I had thought |>erhaps
the Hentenant would want to go north
ward toward the GHa to bead off any
parties of the Apaches that might be
striving to get away eastward with
their booty. They must have pickod
np something over at the Bend."
"They're more likely to go south
ward, Bland, for they know where
we’ve been scouting all the week. No,
I'll march straight to the signal. There
they most know where the Indians
have gone. ”
"Aye, aye, sir, bnt then yon can only
pursue, and a stern chase is a long
one.”
Drummond turned in his saddle aa
they rode forth npon the dark falda and
gazed long and fixedly at the trooper by
hia aide. Imperturbably Bland con
tinued to look atraight ahead. Queet
stories had been afloat regarding this
new acquisition. He mingled bnt lit
tle with the men. He affected rather
the society of the better class of non
commissioned officers, an offense not
likely to be condoned in a recruit He
was already distinguished for his easy
mastery of every detail of a cavalry
man’s duty, and for his readiness to go
at any or all times on scent, escort or
patrol, and the more hazardous or louely
the task the better he seemed to like it
Then be was helpful about the office*
In garrison, wrote It neat hand, was of
ten pressed into service to aid with the
quartermaster .or commissary papers,
and had been offered permanent daily
duty as company clerk, but begged off,
saying he loved a horse and cavalry
work too well to he immured in an office.
He was silence and reticence itself on
matters affecting other people, but the
soul of frankness apparently where
be was personally concerned. Any
body wae welcome to know his past, he
said. Ho was raised in Texas; had
lived for years on the frontier; had
been tlirough Arizona with a bull team
in the fifties, and had 'listed under the
banner of the Lone Star when Texas
went the way of all the sisterhood of
southern (not border) states, and then,
being stranded after the war, had ‘' bull
whacked” again through New Mexico;
had drifted again across the Mimbree
and down to the old Kpanish-Mexican
town of Tucson; had tried proepecting,
mail riding, buckboard driving, gam
bling; had been one of the sheriff's posee
that cleaned ont Sonora Bill's little
band of thngs and cutthroats and had
expressed entire willingness to officiate
as that lively outlaw's executioner in
case of his capture.
He had twice been robbed while driv
ing the stage across the divide and had
been left for dead in the Maricopa
range, an episode which he said waa
the primal cause of his dissipations
later. Finally, after a summary dis
charge he had come to the adjutant at
Camp Lowell, presented two or three
certificates of good character and brav
ery in the field from officers who bore
famous names in the southern army,
and the regimental recruiting officer
thought be could put up with an occa
sional drunk in a man who promised to
make as good a trooper tinder the stars
and stripes as be had made tinder the
stars and bars. And so he was enlisted,
and to the surprise of everybody hadn't
taken a drop since.
Now this, said the rank end filo, was
proof poeitive of eometliirg radically
wrong, either in his disposition or his
recora. It was entirely comprehensible
and fully in accordance with human
nature and the merits of tho case that a
man shonldquft drinking when he quit
the atmy, bnt that a man with the blot
of an occasional spree on his escutcheon
should enlist for any other cause than
sheer desperation and should then be
come a teetotaler was nothing short of
prima facie evidence of moral deprav-
ity.
"There's something behind it all, fel
lers, "said Corporal Murpiiy, "and J
mean to keep an eye on him from this
out. If he don't dhrink next payday,
look out for him. He's a professional
gambler laying for your hard earned
greenbacks. ”
And so while the seniors among the
sergeants were becoming gradually the
associates, if not the intimates, of this
fine looking trooper, tho mass of the
regiment, or rather the little detach
ment thereof stationed at Lowell, looked
npon Bland with the eyo of suspicion.
There was one sergeant who repudiated
him entirely, and who openly professed
his disbelief in Bland's account of
himself, and that was Foony. "He
may have testimonials from all Texas,”
said he hotly, “bnt I've nousefor that
sort of credentials. Who can vouch
for his goings and comings hereabonts
before ho joined us? 1 think Murphy’s
right, and if 1 waa stationed at Ixiwell
and belonged to his troop you bet I'd
watch him close. ”
[to be continued.]
Magna Charta, the great charter of
Englishmen’s liberties, is preserved in
tho British museum. It is somewhat
stained by time, but King John's seal
and name are still quite legible at the
bottom of it.
W. WITCOYER
Wishes to in:orm the public that he
has opened in the
ALEXANDER BUILDING
next door to Sanders' butcher shop
where he is prepared to pay the high
est cash price s possible for all kinds of
Country Prodoco and Furs
of all kinds, such as Otters, Minks,
Coons, Foxes, Wildcats, Muskrats,
O|>oeauins, as wellast owhides, Sheep,
Kid, Goat ar.d Deer skins, etc. Also
Beeswax and Wool.
Highest prices paid for poultry,
s, and all country produce.
12—8m
CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND
^ NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receiver.
In Effect Aug. 21,
1898.
NORTH.
SOUTH.
1
2
A.M.
P.it.
7.80
Charleston
8.45
8.40
Fregnall's
7.27
10.47
Sumter
5.27
12.05
Darlington
4.12
12 56
Bennettsville 3.21
1.20
Gibson
2.57
1.47
Hamlet
2.80
p.m
P.M.
eggs.
012
Watches Repaired
AND WARRANTED,
— AT —
MASON’S JEWELRY STORE.
Feblfi—tf
No. 1 connnects with C. F. A Y. V.
at Bennettsville for Fayetteville, con
nects with Seaboard Air Line at Ham
let for Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel
by, Routherfordton ; and at Charlotte
with R. A D. Vestibule Limited for
Washington and New York. Passen-
r rs can take sleepers at Charlotte at
15 p. m.
No. 2 passengers by this train have
through Sleepers. New York to Char
lotte, connects with S. A. L. at Ham
let from Charlotte and North, and
from Wilmington, connects with S.
C. Ry. at Pregn&lls for Charleston.
Dinner at Hamlet.
J. H. AVER1LL, General Manager.
Tax Notice.
Treasurer's Office, 1
Darunqton, C. H., Sept. 15'98. )
T HE Treasurer's office will be
opened for the collection of
State, county, special county, school,
special school and poll taxes for the
fiscal year H-92-98 from October 15 to
December 31. 1898, 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 precinct days the office
at Darlington ('. H. will be closed.
liartsville, Tuesday and Wednes
day, Oct. 17 and 18.
Jas|>er, Thursday, Oct. 19.
Leavenswcrth, Friday, Oct. 20.
Lydia, Tu< sday, Oct. 81.
Society Hill, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Nov. 1 end 2.
Swift Cree^t. Friday, Nov. 8
Mechanicsville, Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 8.
Antioeh, Tiiursday. Nov. 9.
High Hill, Friday, Nov. 10.
Lamar, Tuesday and Wednesday,
Nov. 14 and ’,5.
Cypress, Thursday, Nov. 16.
Stokes Bridge, Tuesday and Wed
uesday, Nov. 21 and 22.
Darlington 0. H., October 16, 21, 28,
24, 25, 2fi, 27, 88, 80, November 6, 7, 11,
18, 17, 18, 20, 28, to December 81 In
clusive.
Books will close at,2 p. m. on Satur
days and on last days at precincta
where two days are given. Taxpay
ers take notice.
Levy for State pnrposes, 54 mills.
Levy for'Cuunty purposes, 8 mills.
Levy for Jail Debt, 4 mill.
Levy for Darlington Graded Schools,
4 mills.
Levy for Interest on Graded School
bonds, 4 mill.
Le»y for <’oustitutional 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 D. C.
Sept 21—4t.
c.
A D. and C. A 8. RAILROADS.
In effect Dec 8, 1893.
Through Passenger Train.
Leave Wadnsboro 4.30 a m
Bennett’s 4.51 a m
Morven’s 5.04 a m
McFarland 5 17am
Cheraw 6.00 a m
Cash's. 6.12 am
Society Hill 6.26 a m
Dove's 6.44 a m
Floyd's 6.49 a m
Darlington 7.00 a m
Palmetto 7.11 a m
Arrive Florence 7.25 a m
Leave Florence 7.15 p m
Palmetto 7.28 p m
Darlington 7.38 p m
Floyd’s - 7.50 p m
Dove’s 7 55 p m
Society Hill 8 13 p m
Cash's 8.27 p m
Cheraw 8.50 p m
McFarland 9.13 p m
Morven’s 9.89 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 t'heiaw 11.20 a m
Leave Cheraw 1.00 p m
Darlington 4.00 p m
Arrive Florence 5.00 p m
A. F. RAVENEL, President.
mjORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
In effect Dec. 8,
1893.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 61
Leave Florence
Klngstree
Lanes
Arrive Charleston
No. 35.
Leave Florence
Klngstree
Lanes
Arrive Charleston
No. 28.
Leave Florence
Klngstree
lanes
Arrive Charleston
No. 58.
Leave Lanes
Arrive Charleston
Dailioeton Lodge (J ( l HACKER &
invited.
, No. 7, Knights of Pythi
las, meets on 1st and 3rd
ITuksday Evenings in
[each month, at Castle
Hall, Florence street,
opposite Broad. Visit
ing brothers fraternally
LAW CARDS.
R. W. BOTD.
OXO. W. BROWN
BOYD it BROWN-
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
Office in brick building south of
the Bank of Darlington.
DARLINGTON C. B., & C.
PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO
ALL BUSINESS.
Manuiacturers
—OF—
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
mOTTIaDIIN-OS
—AND-
Building Material.
EST VBLISHED 1842.
CHARLESTON, S. 0.
April, 2o 18.3-1
Leave Charleston....
No. 78.
8.85 a m
Lanes
Klngstree
Arrive Florence
Leave’Charleston..
No. 60
Lanes
Klngstree
7.27 p m
Arrive Florence—
Leave Charleston...
• No. 14.
Lanes
Klngstree
Arrive Florence
Leave Charleston..
No. 52.
Arrive Lanes
«. W. DARGAN.
H. T. THOMPSON.
DARGAN & THOMPSON,
Attorneys at Law,
Office, Hewitt building (up
stairs) north side of the Public
Square.
DarlimHon, S. C-
E. O WOODS. T. H. SPAIN
WOODS & SPA IN,
(Successors to Ward A Woods,)
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law.
Offices formerly occupied by
Ward & Woods, over Bank of
Darlington.
Train on O. A D. R. R. connects at
Florence with No. 61 Train.
NORTH BOUND.
Practise in State and Federal
Courts. Prompt personal atten
tion to all business.
EAGLE BRAND
THE BEST
ROOFING
Is an ..quailed for house, barn, fact
ory or ont-bnlldings, and costs half
the price of shingles, tin or iron. It
is ready for use and easily applied by
any one. RUBBERPA1NT costs on-'
ly 60 wnts 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 stamp for samples and particu
lars.
Excelsior Paint and Roofing Co.,
155 DUANE.ST., NEW YORK, N. Y.
DectS—2m.
Is Your Life
Worth Anything
toothers? Are there not
persons dependent on
your earnings for their
support? Are they pro*
vided for in case of yonr
death? The simplest and
safest way of assuring
their protection is life in*
surance. Business, pro*
fessional, and working
men generally, should in*
sure, for their bftins or
their muscles, are their
capital and income to<x
Death stops them both.
Insure in the
Equitable Life
and death cannot stopy our
salary or steal your capi
tal, and your loved ones
will be safe from want
W. J. RODDEY, 1
Geaeeel Ag»t fe* fee OaveUaaai
ROCK HILL, 8«irth Oarallna.
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. A W. R. R. for all point*
North.
Train No. 14 runs via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—and
make* close connection for all points
North.
J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Supt.
W ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA *
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Dec. 8,1898.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 55.
Leave Wilmington 3.20 p m
Marion 6.11 p in
Arrive Florence 6.60 p m
No. 50.
Leave Florence 7.10 p m
Sumter 8.28 p m
Arrive Columbia 10.00 p m
No. 5b.
Leave Florence 7.45 a m
Arrive Sumter 9 20 a m
No. 52.
Leave Sumter 9.68 a m
Arrive Colombia 11.05 am
No. 52 runs through from Charles
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8-40 a m, Manning 9 18 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 51.
4.30 a m
5-67 a m
7.15 a m
No. 56.
Leave Florence 7 *0 a m
Marlon 8-28.
Leave Columbia..
Sumter
Arrive Florence...
Arrive Wilmington.
Leave Columbia...
Arrive Snmter
Leave Columbia-.
Snmter
Arrive Florence.—
.11.10 am
No. 58.
• 4.20 p m
5.86 pm
No. 59.
TXARTSVILLE RAILROAD.
* x In effect Dec 8. ISIS.
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Harfoville 6.00 am
Jovann .6.20 a HI
Floyd 6.85 a Hi
ArrlveDarlir ;ton f.20 a HI
Leave Darlii gton •eegeitte#**##•**• 6.80 p
Floyd'a. 8.00 p HI
Jovann— —.. — 8.80 pm
Arrrive Hartsvllle —. 8.40 p m
J, F. DIVHfE, Gem Btep*.
5.45 p in
0.55 p m
No- 58 runs thtougu «u 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 11:58 a.
■l. Returning leave Rimini 1.00 p.
■L. arrive Snmter 8:10 p. m.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadboum
said Conway Railroad leave Chad-
fcnarn at 10.10 a ra, arrive at Conway
1SA0 p m, returningleaye Conway at
8.-00 p. m., arrive Chad bourn 4:50 p.
m. Leave Chadbourn 7.00 a in and
5.18 pm, arrive at Hub 7 45 am and
and 7.15 p m. Daily except
8.80]
MOam;