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ffiftpg CofyniSHr. I8933Y OHAdLEJ- KihJoT CHAl^TliR V'—(Ton;mued. Out at the corral gate meantime a vehement council \va« being held. Fee- ny’a bold defiance and threat had pro duced their effect. His voice had rung out above the *oar of the flames, and what Morales could not bear was promptly reported by thoee who had crawled up nearer to the bar and could understand every word. Even hampered by the care of their helpless women, the defense was undismayed. The little gar- ison was fighting with magnificent hope and conrage. Beyond the wounding of one of their number, no impression apparently had been made, whereas the bandits had a sorry loss to contemplate. Ramon shot dead. Pasqual crippled and the two “gringos,'’ the daring, enterpris ing leaders of the attack, painfully Wounded, one probably mortally so. And now, with the flames lighting up »le whole valley between the Picacho and the Christobal, with cavalry know) to be out in several squads within easy march, some of the men were already weakening. They hud had enough ot It and were quite ready to slink away but Pasqual was a raging lion. Re venge for the death, qf his brother wrath over his own crippled condition, fury at the failure of the assault and hatred on general principles of all hon est means and honest men, all prompt ed him to order and enforce a renewal of the attack, all served to madden him to such a degree that even burning his adversaries to death seemed simply a case of serving them right. Wbat cared be that two of the besieged were fail young girls—noncoin batants? They were George Harvey’s danghters, and that in itself was enough to bring balm to bis soul and well nigb cause him to forget bis physical ills. One or two of the band strove to point out that the faintest indignity of fered to the sisters would array not only all Arizona, but all Mexico against them. Like dogs they would be bunt ed to their boles and no'quarter he giv en. Returning hitherto with, theit spoils, Chihuahua or Sonora had wel comed them with open arms, bnt what outlaw could find refuge on Mexican soil who had dared to wrong the chil dren of George Harvey and Inez Rom ero? It was even as they were point ing this oat to Pasqual and urging that he consent to be lifted into the ambu- lac.oo and driven away southward be fore the return of the cavalry that Mo reno h'imself appeared. Slipping out of his western window, dropping to the ground and making a complete circuit of the corral, he suddenly joined in the excited conference, What he said was in Spanish, or that pan- Arizona . patois that there passes enrrent for such, and was a ivild,'fervid appeal. . ~ ‘ They had mined him—him and bia He was unmasked, betrayed, tor now his connection with the bund was estab lished beyond all question. Now be was known and would soou be branded a»an outlaw. His homo was being de stroyed before his eyes—not that that amounted to much now that he could no louger occupy it—his wife and child must flee at once for Sonora, and he go with them, bnt recompense for (tie loss ho must have. Never again conld he venture into; Arizona He would be known far and wide as the betrayer of his benefactorchildreii, thongh he called God and all the saints in the Spanish calendar to witness be never dreamed of their being involved in this plot. The paymaster's funds, not the lives of any of the paymaster's men, were what he had sought to take, and now there lay the dollars almost within their grasp, bnt unless captured at ouoe would be gone forever. "1 know that pig of a sergeant! May tholTSmoe of hell envelop.,him for all etenflty I” Die cried. “He Mlrnot sem pie to do as he says. He will cast ev ery package Into the seething furnace. Mira I Look! The shed is new all ablaze! In one minnte th» roof of the rancho will burst into Samel There is not an instant to lose! 1 adjure you, let the daughters of Harvey, the son, the men, come out at once. Hwcar to them safety, honor, protection. Let them go their way now, now I Then yog will have to deal with only two or three, and ^he treasure is purs. Look you, Sanchez. Pedro,' Jose, down with that shed next the rancho I Hnrl it. drag it down so that ite fire cannot reach the brush beyond; then we can parley; we can Win their ear. They will be tint I to be spared' to go on their way . Yonder are their mules 1 corral. Hitch them in at he otters for the ambu 1 the backboard here and for tchisf. la it not so, captain ? Am I not right ?•• * Approving murmurs followed his fiery words. So long as the Yankees held to gether there was little likelihood of the outlaws gaining the ground except by burning out, and that now meant the destractian of the very money they were after, the otter loas of tte fortune that, divided even among ao many, would enable’them to live like princes in Her- ~ i or beyond, They wonld be he- , conquerors. Bnt if that were lost after all their plotting, planning, labor and crime, there was absolutely no rrii- oimpense. Even through the brain clond- ttg fury qf his revinjpt Paeqsal Morales saw tte aondd sensd <at ^Moreno’s plea. He made up effort to check tte men who ran to do his bidding and were even taring dOwn. Wiftiiu the eastern room tte dense smoke was already finding ita way. The aonnd of falling benma and timber only conveyed to the occnpaots the idea that already the shed was in embers and that any instant tte roof over their heads would bant into a tor rent of fife. Ned Harvey’s brave spirit #M taxed to the utmost Unless relief conld come, and come at once, nothing for him but death, nothing fair sisters bnt a fate far with the outlaw s demand, pledging himself and his father's fortune to make good to the government every cent so sacrificed. His father conld pay it four times over and would rather sink his last cent than that the faintest harm should come to those beloved children, but the next moment Feeny's splendid defiance Lad so thrilled him that be could not frame the words he thongbt to speak, and yet here was awful peril close at hand. What right had he to further jeopardize the life, the honor of these, his father’s fondest treasures? If it were only himself, he wonld stay and fight it out to the bitter end. But if the robbers could now be content with the money alone and pledge safe guard for the property, was It not his duty, would it not be his father's man date were he there, to bay the safe and contents from the agent of the general government and pay the ransom levied? But he little dreamed of tte fury of revenge and hatred burning in tte soul of Pasqnal Morales. He little fath omed the treachery and cunning of the outlawed scoundrel. Even as he was revolving these thoughts in his mind, ever and again listening with new hope for the sound of rallying trumpet, the beat of rescuing hoofs, there resound ed through the night the aonorons and ringing voice that so short a time be fore had called for the surrender of the safe. “Edward Harvey, we pledge safe conduct for yon, your sisters and yonr party. Here Is yonr wagon ready, your team hitched in. Throw yonr arms out Of the door. Come forth as you please. Put the senoritas in the wagon. Look neither to the right nor left, but drivi away, and God bo with . m. We hav. no quarrel with you ur.d yours. W war only with these soldiers who hav killed onr chief.” Put yourself in his place. Death for him, perhaps for them—dishonor any way—was all they could look for if no rescue came. Was it not his duty to his parents, to his sisters, even to God, to accept these terms—to withdraw his little force? Why should he be peril ing such precious lives and names in the defense of a government official who had been so wreckless as to part with ku euard and nut himself and his funds iff such a predicament r f rom tno otn- er room, in which the major now lay, feebly moaning, no word of remon strance came. Even in their extremity, then, the soldiers of the government would not urge that he stay and en counter fnrther peril in their defense. One of the drugged troopers was begin ning to regain some atom of sense, and sitting np was miserably asking what had happened, what was the matter now. • ’ Go and douse water over yonr d d worthless"head, Mullan,” he heard the sergeant say. So Feeny was evidently alert as ever and must have heard the proposition from withont. At his feet, hnddled close to the floor where the thick smoke was least distressing, Fan ny and Ruth still clung to one another, the latter trembling at the sound of the voice from without. But Fanny had quickly, eagerly, raised her head to lis ten. For a moment no reply was made. Then came the impatient query: “Har vey, do yon hear? Yon have no time to loee. You have bnt a minute in which to answer.” “Major,” ho burst forth at last in an agony of doubt, “yon hear what they say, yon see how I am fixed. If I were here alone, you wonld never need to ask my services—I'd fight with yon to the bitter end—but think of my father, my mother, if anything befall my sisters. Cau notbine bo done?” From the lips of the stricken paymas ter there came only a groan in reply. “I fear he cannot hold ont long, Mr. Harvey,” muttered the clerk. “Idonbt if he heard or understood yon.” "Well, why not let them have the safe if they’ll guarantee that that is all they want ? How mnch have you there ? I feel sure my father would make It good.” “There’s over$25,000, Mr. Harvey.” “Well, if it was only 25 cents. Mr. Ned Harvey, all I’ve got to say is devil a wan of them wonld they get so long as I conld load a shot or pnll a trigger. Go yon, if yon will. Take the leddiea by all means it you think it safer, but before I’d trust the wan sister I ever had—God rest her soul—to the prom ise of any such blackguard party as this, I’d bnry my knife in her throat." An awfnl stillness followed Feeny's words. For an instant there was no sound bnt quick beating hearts, the mntterings and complainings of poor Mullan, staggering abont in search of his carbine, the quickened breath and low moaning of poor old Plummer. Then again came tte loud hail from without: “Onco more, Ned Harvey, will you oome ont and be saved or stay there and roast? Surrender now and yon're all right; bnt, by the God of heaven, if you refuse it’s tte last chance for yon of those you were fool enough to bring here. Think for yonr sisters, man. There's no hope for one of yon if you delay another minnte.” And then it was a woman’s voice, tremulous but clear. “Ned, wasn’t it to save na that Major Plummer sent his men? Wasn’t it for I onr sake he gave np all Mhascort?” | "It was, Fan, yes—at leaffhe thought so.” ' ” “Ami now yon would desert him, would you? Leave hMn to be murdered you of yonr pretty sisters and drag tneni away before yonr dying eyes. That ni*a Pasqual is a devil, sir, nothing lees. Shore we’ll fight till rescue comes, for come it will. I tell you tte boys are spurring toward us, h—11 to split, from every side now, and we’ll whale these scoundrels yet. ” Then from without came tte final hail: “What answer, Harvey? Now or never.” “Go to h—11, yon eon of an ape and worse than a greaser 1” yelled Feeny. ‘If yon had a dhrop of Irish blood in yer veins, ye’d never ask the ques tion. Now, if yon think yon can take this money, here’s yonr chance. No Harvey ever went back on his friends. ” Even brain muddled Mullan felt a mandlin impulse to cheer at Feeny’a enthusiastic answer. Even poor old Plummer gave a half stifled cry. Pos sibly he dreamed that rescue was at hand, but there was little time for re joicing. Springing back whence he came, the unseen emissary was heard shouting some order to his fellows. The next instant the rifles began their crack ing on both sides, and the ballets, with fnrions spat, drove deep into the adobe or whizzed through the gnnnysacks into the barley. The unseen foe was once more investing them on every side and not a shot conld be wasted in re turn. Once more the fnrions crackle and roar of the flames were heard close at hand, and then the smoke grew thicker, the heat increased, and poor Ned Har vey, his eyes smarting, knelt, steadfast, at his poet and prayed—prayed for the coming of rescue, for the return of the loved father, all the gallant troop at his back—and then, even as though in an swer to his prayer,there came a sudden lull in the fight. “SomPthing’scoraingl" shouted Fee ny excitedly. * ’ They see or hear some body sure. Look, Mr Harvey, ain’t that two of their fellows scudding away westward ont there?” Snrely enough. In the glare of the burning sheds the besieged caught a glimpse of two of the gang bending low in their saddles 100 yards away and sendding like' bonnds over toward tte open plain. "Is It rescue? Are our people com ing?” was the query that rose to every lip. “ God grant it!” Heavens, how hearts were beating! How ears were straining underneath that now blazing roof I Louder, fiercer roared the flames. Furious became the snapping of sun baked branch and twig. Stifling and thick tho smoke. “ Quick 1 Come here for a breath of air," called Harvey to his sisters. “It’s safe for a moment at least.” And in stantly they joined him at the doorway, still clinging close to the floor. Listen 1 Hoofs 1 The thunder of gal loping steeds 1 A distant cheer 1 A sol dierly voice, in hoarse command: “Steady, steady there 1 Keep togeth er, menl” “God be praised!” screamed Feeny in ecstacy. “Look np, major, look np, sir. We’re all eafe now. Here come the boys. Hurroo!” And mad with relief and delight the sergeant sprang The sergeant rorangfrom hit lair jutt at a tall trooper that into eight. from his lair jnst as a tall trooper in the Union bine shot into sight in the full glare of the flames, sprang from his foaming steed, waving his hat and yelling: “All right 1 All safe, lads! Here we are!’’ Down went Harvey’s rifle as he leaped ont into the blessed air to greet the coming host. Down went Feeny’s car bine as, with outstretched band, he sprang to grasp his comrade trooper’s. With rush and thonder of hoofs a band of horsemen came tearing up to tho spot jnst as Feeny reached their leader— reached him and went down to earth, stunned, senseless from a crashing blow, even as Ned Harvey, his legs jerked from nnder him by the sndden clip of a rawhide lariat was dragged at racing speed ont over the plain, bumping over stick and stone, tearing through cactus, screaming with rage and pain, until finally, battered into oblivion, the last sound that fell npon his ear was the shriek of agony from his sisters' lips, telling him they were struggling in tte rode grasp of reckless and infuriated men. arms by these robbers, the worst gang we ever had or heard of? I say you shall not. I for one will not go Into their hands. Butt cannot go withont me. Stay and fight It ont, Ned, or you're not your father’s son.” “Fanl Fanl you’re a trump! God bless yonr brave heart!” cried Harvey. "It seemed cowardly to go, yet the re sponsibility was more than I conld bear." ‘%lay the saints in heaven smile on yonr party face for all eternity!’’ mut tered Feeny in a rapture of delight. “The young leddy is right, Mr. Har vey, though it wasn't for me to say it. t Share you can’t trust thoee scoundrels. They’d stab ye in tte back fill. ttdJQfr CgAPTER VI. Harvey conld not long have lain un conscious. No bones were broken, no severe concussion sustained’in the rapid drag over the sandy surface, and the awful sense of the calamity that had befallen him and the dread and doubt as to the fate of his beloved ones seemed to rally his stunned and bewildered fac- ultiee and bring him face to face with the horror of the situation. Barely able to breathe, he found himself rudely gagged. Striving to raise his hand to tear the hatefnl bandage away, he fonnd that he was pinioned by the el bows and bound hand and foot by tte very riata probably that had dragged him thither. No doubt as to the na tionality of his nnsCen captors here. The skill with which he had been looped, tripped, whisked away and bound—the sharp, biting edges, even the odor of dirty rawhide rope—all told him that, though Americana were not lacking in tte gang, his immediate an tagonists hailed from across tte Sonora line. Who and what they were mat tered little, however. The fact that after hoars of repulse In open attack the foe had all on a sndden carried their castle by a damnable rose was only too forcibly apparent. Writhing, struggling In miserable effort to free himself from his bonds, poor Harvey ’s burning eyes were maddened by the picture before him only a couple of handled yards sway. There in the fierce light of tte flames now bursting from every window and roaring and shooting high in air from the brush heaped roof of Moreno's ranch—there stood the Concord wagon, stalwart men olipging to tte beads of tte plunging and excited miilcs, a big ruffian already in the driver’s seat, whip and reins in hand; there beside it was the paymaster's ambulance, into which three of tte gang were just shov ing the green painted iron safe—the Pandora’s box that had caused all their soi rows—there Moreno’s California backboard, pressed into service and be ing used to carry tte wounded, drawn by the extra males, and then—God of heaven 1 what a sight for brother’s eyes to see and make no sign 1—then one big brnto lifted from tte ground and hand ed np to a fellow already ensconced within the covered wagon the senseless, perhaps lifeless, form of pretty little Ruth, his father’s idol. The poor child lay nnresisting in the ruffian’s arms, bnt not so Paqnita. It took two men, etrong and burly, to lift and force her into the dark interior, and one of those, to the uttermost detail of his equip ment, was to all appearance a trooper of the United States cavalry. There stood his panting horse with hanging head and jaded withers, the very steed whoso rush they had wel comed with such exceeding joy, sad dled, bridled, blanketed, saddlebagged, lariated, side lined, every item complete and exactly as issued by the ordnance department. The trooper himself wore the field uniform of the cavalry—the dark bine blouse, crossed by the black carbine sling, whose big brass bnckle Ned conld even now see gleaming be tween the broad shoulders and gath ered at the waist by the old fashioned “thimble belt" the troop saddlers used to make for field service before the woven girdle was devised. Even more. Harvey in his misery remem bered the thrill of joy with which he had noted, as the splendid rider reined in and threw himself from the saddle, the crossed sabers, the troop letter “C” and the regimental number gleaming at the front of his campaign hat. Who—who could this be, wearing the honorable garb of a soldier of the United Statee, yet figuring as a ringleader in a band of robbers and assassins now add ing rapine to their calendar of crime? Edward Harvey’s heart almost burst with helpless rage and wretchedness when he saw his precious sistexs dragged within the canvas shelter—saw the tall, uniformed brigand leap lightly after them and heard him shout to the ready driver,' “Now, off with yon!” Crack 1 went the whip as the men sprang from the heads of the frantic males, and with a bound that nearly wrenched the trace hooks from the stout whippletree the Concord went spin ning over tho sands to the sonth, whirl ing so near him that over the thud of hoofs and whirl of wheels and creak of spring and woodwork he conld hear poor Fanny’s despairing cry—the last sound he was aware of for honrs, for now in dead earnest Harvey swooned away. Half an hour later, the rafters of the ranch having by this time tumbled in and turned the interior into a glowing furnace, there came riding from the west a slender skirmish line of horse men in the worn campaign dress of the regular cavalry. With the advance there were not more than six or eight, a tall, slender lieutenant leading them on and signaling his instructions. With carbines advanced, with eyes peering Ont from under the jagged hat brims, the veteran troopers came loping into the tight of the flames, expectant every instant of hearing the crack of outlaw’s rifle or perhaps the bias of feathered arrow of unseen foe. Though some of tho steeds looked hot and wea ried, the big rawboned sorrel that car ried the young commander tugged at his bit and bounded impatiently as thongh eager for the signal—’ ‘ charge. ” Straight into the circle of light, straight to the southern entrance, now a gate of flame, the soldier rode and loudly hailed "MorenoI” Bnt h'ssing, snapping woodwork alone replied. Guided by an experi enced sergeant, some of the troopers, never halting, rode on into the east ward darkness, and there were sta tioned as vedettes to guard against sur prise. Returning to where he had passed his lientonant, the sergeant dismounted, allowing his weary horse to stand, and then began a minute examination. Fol- There in the fierce light of the /lama stood the Concord wagon. lowing tte freshest hoof tracks, he found tte young officer riding abont through the thick smoke within the corral. “Any sign of Moreno or his people, sir?’’ be hailed. "Not yet. Jnst see what's beyond that doorway. My horse is frightened at something there and I can’t see for the smoke.” Obedient, the sergeant poshed ahead, bending low to avoid the stifling fames. Between tte tumbledown heap of bar ley sacks and the crumbling wall lay some writhing objects in the sand, and his stont heart almost failed him at the moan of agony that met his ear. “Help 1 water 1 Oh, for Christ’s sake, water 1” One bound carried him out of' sight of his superior. The next instant, dragging by tte foot a prostrate form, he emerged from the hank into jtte fresher ah’ of the center of tte corral. Off came his canteen and was held to tte parohed lips of a stranger in scorch ed civilian dress, his beard and hair singed by the flames, his legs and arms securely bound. “Who are you and what’s happened? Whose work is this?” demanded the lieutenant, leaping from saddle to his side. The man seemed swooning away, bnt the sergeant dashed water in his * “Quick!—tte ©there!—or they’U burn to death.” “What otters? Where, man?” ex claimed tte soldiers, springing to their foot. . * "Oh! somewhere in there—tte far end of Dm wnai—fir Mares"’* room," was tne gasping repiy. Another rnah into the whirling, eddy ing smoke, another search along under the wall, and presently in the flickering light the rescuing pair came upon a barrier of barley sacks, burning in places from huge flakes of fire falling from the blazing rafters of tho over hanging shed, and behind this, senseless, suffocated, helplessly bound, two other forms. Thrusting the sacks aside, the troopers seized and dragged forth their hapless fellow creatuns. Jarred by snddi n pressure, a burning upright snapped. There was a crackling, crash ing sound and down came the rafters, sending another column of flame to light np the features of men rescued not an instant too soon from tho death that awaited them. “My God!” cried Sergeant Lee,“this is old Feeny—and yet alive.” Together the two raised the senseless form, boro it ont into tho open space, laid it gently beside their first discovery and ran back for tho next, n big, heavy, bulky shape in loose and blood stained garments. It took all their strength to lag it forth. Then tho lieu tenant bent by tho side of tho slowly recovering civilian. “Are there any more we can reach?” he questioned eagerly, his heart beating madly. “No—too late!—others wore inside when the roof fell in. More water— more water 1” Sergeant Lee sprang to tho ollas gleaming there in the firelight and brought back a brimming dipper, bold ing it to the poor fellow's parched lips nntil be could drink no more, then slashing away the thongs with which he was bound. “This is greaser work,” he cried. “How conld they have left you alive? Where are Moreno's people? Who’s done this anyhow?” "Pasqual Morales. Moreno was in it too. Twas the paymaster they were laying for, but they’ve killed Ned Har vey and got his sisters—old Harvey's children—from Tucson.” “What?” cried the officer, Imping to his feet. “Harvey’s danghters here? —here? Man, are yon mad?” “It’s God’s truth! Oh, if I had a drop of the whisky that’s being burned in there 1 I'm nigh dead. ’ ’ “Run to my saddlebags, Lee; fetch that flask, quick: then call in the men and send one back to hurry up the rest. Where have they goue? What have they done with their captives?” “God knows! I could hear them screaming and praying—those poor girls! Mullan and the pay clerk picked np Feeny after he was stunned, and they rushed him back through here, where tho paymaster had dragged himself, to where you found him. That—that’s the paymaster you’ve got there. Then they tried to save a drunken soldier while all the gang seemed crowding after the safe and the girls, but they were shot down inside and must have burned to death if they wasn'tkilled. Oh, God, what a night!” And weak, unstrung, unmanned, the poor fellow sobbed aloud. At this instant there rode into the corral a couple of troopers. “Lieutenant Drummond here?" cried one of them. “We’ve found a man out on the plain to the southeast, gagged and bound. Shall we fetch him in?’’ “You go, Quinn, bnt get some one else to help you. Patterson, yonr horse is fresh, gallop back on the trail. Tell Sergeant Meinecke to come ahead for all he’s worth. Let the packs take care of themselves. Send Sergeant Lee in here to me again.” Then with trem bling hands the young officer turned his attention to his other patients. Sever ing the cords with his banting knife, he freed them from their bonds, then dashed water over their scorched and blackened faces, meantime keeping up a running fire of questions. Between his sobs, the young civilian told him that tho outlaws had hitched in both teams and taken also tho spare males and the bnckboard. They had lifted the Harvey girls into the Concord, the safe and Pasqual Morales into the pay master’s ambulance, while the wounded men and Moreno’s people probably were put on the open wagon. Then they had all driven furiously away to the south, leaving only two or three men to complete tte work at the ranch. Finding the paymaster and sergeant well nigh dead, they had contented themselves with binding and leaving them to their fate, to be cremated when tte roof of the shed came down. Then ono of the gang whom he had once befriended in Tucson pleaded with his fellows to spare the life of the only one of the party left to tell the tale. Pas qnal and the Mexicans were gone. Those who remained were Americans, judging by their speech, though two of them were still masked. “My name is Woods," said the poor fellow. “But that bandit had to beg hard. They were ready to murder anybody con nected with the defense, for Ramon was killed and Pasqual shot through the leg. 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CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND ^ NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receivei- In Effect Jan. 10, 1804 NORTH. SOUTH. 1 3 A.M. P.M. Lv 7.80 Charleston 8.45 Ar 8.40 Pregnall’s 7.27 10.47 Sumter 5.37 13.05 Darlington 4.12 12 56 Bennettsville 8.21 1.30 Gibson 2.57 1.47 Hamlet 2.30 Ar 6.00 Raleigh 10.15 Lv P.M P.M. No. 1 connnects with Seaboard Air Line at Hamlet for Raleigh Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel by, Routherfordton ; and at Charlotte with R. & D. Vestibule Limited for Washington and New York. Passen gers can take sleepers at Charlotte at 8 :89 p. m. No. 2 passengers by this train have through Sleepers New York to Char lotte, connects with 8. A, L. at Ham let from Charlotte, Raleigh and North, and from Wilmington, con nects with 8.C. Ry. at Preguails for 'harleston, Columbia, Angugta and the West. Dinner at Hamlet. C. MILLARD, Superintendent c. & D. and C. A S. RAILROADS. In effect Dec 8, 1898. Through Passenger Train. Leave Wadesboro 4.90 a m Bennett's 4.61 a m Morven’s 6.04 a in McFarland 5-17 a m Cheraw 0.00 a in Cash's 6.12 a m 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 8.18 p m Cash’s 8.27 p in Cheraw 8.50 p in 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 7.80 a m Darlington 8.40 a u Arrive Cheiaw 11.20 a in Leave Cheraw 1.00 p ra Darlington 4.00 p m Arrive Florence 5.00 p m A. F. RAVENEL, President. Watches Repaired AND WARRANTED, — AT — MASON'S JEWEIR1 STORE. FeblO—tf Can -u You Read The Future? Do you know what your con* dition will be 20 years hence? Will your earning capacity be equal to the support of yourself and family? This is a serious question, yet, you could confidently answer “yes” if you had a twenty* years Tontine Policy in th« Equitable Life A method which guarantees all the protection furnished by any kind of life insurance, and in addition the largest cash returns to those policy* holders whose lives are pro* longed, and who then need money rather than assurance. For facts and figures, addresfl W. J. RODDEY, Manager, For the Carolina*, ROCK HILL, 8. ft 8.} Auditor’s Notice. Auditor’s Okfick. Darlington, S. C., Dec. 1,1898 T HIS office will be open for the purpose of listing all real and pergonal property and poll taxes for the fiscal year commencing Nov. 1, 1893, and ending Oct. 81, 1894, from January 1, to February 20, inclusive, excepting days required in filling the jury box and days named below. I will attend In person or by dep- uty: Philadelphia, Monday, Jtn. 8. Lamar, Tuesday and Weduesday, 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 day, Jan. 16 and 17. Antioch, Thursday, Jan. 18. Leavensworth, Friday, Jan. 19. 8ociety,Hill, Thursday and Friday, Jan. 18 and 19, by deputy. Jasper, Saturday, Jan. 20, "by dep uty. High Hill, Monday, Jan. 23,.by*dep* nty. Medianicsville, Tuesday, Jan. 38. If tax|iayere will aid theAnditor in get* ting all the taxable property on the tax books much dissatisfaction now existing would cease. The school fund would be increased If all taxable noils could be entered, Male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 ret are deemed taxable polls except ihi incapable of earning a support. W. H. LAWRENCE, Dec 7—it Auditor D. O. N ortheastern railroad. In effect Jan. 11, 1894. SOUTH BOUND. No. 61 Leave.Florence 7.45 a m Kingstree 8.58 a m Lanes 9.20 a in Arrive Charleston 11.20 a,nl No. 85. Leave Florence 3.87 a m Lanes 4.52 a m Arrive Charleston 6.50 a m No. 23. Leave Florence 7.25 p m Kingstree 8.87 p m lanes 9.00 p m Arrive Charleston 11.00 p m No. 53. Ltave Lanes 7.05 p in Arrive Charleston 8.45 p m Train on C.[& D. R. R. connects at Florence with No. 61 Train. NORTH BOUND. Leave Charleston No. 78. — 3.35 a m Lanes...- Kingstree Arrive Florence Leave Charleston No. 00 Lanes Kingstree Arrive Florence Leave Charleston No. 14. Lanes Kingstree Arrive Florence No. 62. Leave Charleston Arrive Lanes No. 53 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. 0. No. 78 runs solid to Wilming ton, N. C., making close connection with W. A W. R. R. for all points North. Train No. 14 runs via Wilson and Fayetteville—Short Line—and makes close connection for all points North. J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Snpt. W P ) •Manutacturers —OF— Doors, Sash, Blinds, MOTTX.3DIITQS —AND- Building Material. ESTABLISHED 1843. CHARLESTON, 8. 0. April, 2o 1898—1 jjFSESriraof w-triff . 3Ec ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA 4 AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect Dec. 8, 1896. SOUTH BOUND. No. 58. Leave Wilmington 8-20 p m Marion 6.11 p in Arrive Florence 6.50 p m No. 50. Leave Florence 7.10 p m Snmter 8.28 p m Arrive Columbia 10.00 p m No. 58. Leave Florence 7.45 a m Arrive Snmter 9 20 a m No. 63. Leave Snmter 9.53 am Arrive Columbia 11.05 am No. 53 runs through from Charlee- ton via Central Railroad; leaving Lanes 8-40 a m, Manning 9 18 a m. NORTH BOUND. Leave Columbia.. Snmter Arrive Florence... No. 51. . 4.80 a a .. 5-57 a m 7.16 am No. 66. .. 7.40 a m ... 8.28 a m ...11.10 am No. 63. . 4.80 p m ■ 6.36 p m No. 69. TXART8VILLE RAILROAD. ** In effect Dec 8, II DAILY MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsville 6.00 a m Jovann 6.80 a m Floyd’s - 6.86 a m ArriveDarlington..... 7.20 am Leave Darlington 6.30 p m Floyd’s 8.00 Jovann 8.90 pm Arrrive Hartsville J. F. Leave Florence ..... Marion Arrive Wilmington Leave Columbia Arrive Snmter Leave Columbia*. — Sumter Arrive Florence.... No- 68runs thiouau su cnaneston via central Railroad, arriving Man* nlng 6.16 p m. Lanes 7.00 p m, charleston8-46 pm. Trains oa Manchester and Augusta B. R-, leave Snmter daily except Sun day, 10.60 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a. m. Returning leave Rimini 1.00 p. m.. arrive Snmter 8:10 p. m. Trains on Wilmington, Chadboum and Conway Railroad leave Chad- . 5.45 p m . 6.55 p m su uiarleston bourn at 10.10 a 12.80 p m, 9.-00 p. m.. m. Leave 5.15 pm, arrive 6.00 p m. m and 8.80 n m. a 400 am and 7.16 pm. at Conway ray at 4:80 p. 7.00 a m and 7 46am and