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Cop/^QHr, 1893 Jf kiwo" OHAPi'fcK Villon; umcd. nee He came back ana, precue aaerer, . , .. . . stood attention and sainted. And then bergeant Lee eame hm^y- i .. Herr ) ientenant pH Tat e Bland it Ing back one or two men with him, not with my part at alli tir ... and together they labored to restore to .. Did u l6ave him wk w)th th9 consciousness the paymaster, breathing 1 feebly, and old Feeny, bleeding from a gash in the back of the skull and a bul- I let hole through the body. For nearly a quarter of an hour their efforts were i vain. Meantime Drupimond, well nigh ! mad over the delay, was pacing about ' like a caged tiger. He set two of the men to woik to hitch the bewildered littlo burros to tho well wheel and get up several huge bucketfuls of; water against tho coming of tho troop. He ordered others to rub down his hand some sorrel, Chester, and the mounts of two of the advanced party. At last after what must have seemed an age, yet could not have been over 80 min utes from tho time of- their arrival,'a soldier running in said he could hear hoofs out on the plain,' and at the same instant two men appeared lugging be tween them, bleeding and senseless, tho ragged form of Edward Harvey. Scratched, torn, covered with blood and bruises and still unconscious though he was, Drummond knew him at a glance. They had met the previous year, and though only once it was enough. Men with young and lovely sisters are not soon forgotten. Kneel- Tv n men appeared lunging between them the ragged form of Ldward Harvey. Ing by his side, tho lieutenant sought anxiously for trace of bladder bulled. Rents there were many qnd many a bloody scratch and tear; but,*to his in finite relief,no serious wound appeared. BtilTin deep swoon, his friend seemed to resist every effort for his restora tion. The dash of Water in liiB face was answered only by a faint shiver ing sigh. The thimbleful of whisky forced between his lips only gurgled down his throat, and Drummond felt — responsive flutter of pulse. ’The shqck to his system must indeed have been great, fm* Harvey lay like one in a trance. Drummond feared that ho might never again open his eyes to light and home. And then the weary troop came trot ting into view, old Bergeant Meineoke in command, Halting and dismount ing at his signal, tho men stood silent god wondering at their heroes’ heads, While their leader went in to report to his commander. 0 *' Drummond barely lifted his eyes from the pallid features before him. “Unsaddle, sergeant; rubdown; pick out the best and likeliest horses. I want 20 men to go on a chase with me. How soon can the packs get op?’ “They must be fully half an hejur be hind, sir.” “ Sorry far that, sergcaat. We'vo got to take at least four ot them; load with barley, bacon, dinwltnck, them up with barley, bacon, dnuaftai ammunition. Kick off everything else. Ws'l^-fpod gnd water j^ere before start ing, them we’ve got/to ride like the devil. Send Trooper. Bland here ns aofn aa he has unaadd to ride with me. Re knows all the roads to the south, '* Meinecke saluted in .his methodical German fashion, turned away and pres ently conld be heard ordering “Un saddle;’’ and then shouting for Private Bland. ' • <« * “Are there any of our men besides the farrier who have any knowledge of surgery ?” asked the lieutenant of Ser geant Lee. “ They say Bland has, sir. I don’t know any one else." “Well, I've just sent for him. Mr. Harvey here doesn’t seem to be wound ed. yet it's impossible to bring him to. Give Woods a little more whisky and see if you can get a word out of the ma jor or Feeny.” But efforts with the half suffocated men had no effect. The whisky with Woods had better reknlts. He present ly ceased his shivering sebs and could answer more questions. Drummond begged for particulars of the capture, and these the man found it difficult to give. He was stationed at tho back door, the corral side, he said, and hard ly saw the final rush. But there was something so queer about it. There had been a few minntes' lull. Then Harvey and Feony both began to talk excitedly and to call out that the “road agents" were running away, and then presently there came the sound of gal loping hoofs and cheering and both the sergeant and Me Harvey had shouted that the troops were coming and rushed out to meet them—‘ ‘. And the next thing I knew,’’said Woods, “was seeing Feeny flattened out on the ground and crawl ing on his hands .and knees and the room filled with roughs, some Mexi cans, some Yanks, and I s: the corral and »aw one of them Feeny aw he was trying to crawl me; and*whUe Ufty »0ro swaaring and aearofiing for fhe safe aid carrying it out, Mr. DaweS and Moflan managed. “No, sir; the men say he wasn’t with ns all night. He rode ahead with the lieutenant until we came to Corporal Donovan’s body.’’ "He’s not been with me since,” ex- ilaimed the lieutenant “Sergeant Lee, tik if any of the men have seen him.’’ Lee was gone but a moment, then came back with grave face and troubled eyes, bringing with him a young troop er who was serving his first enlistment. "Private Goes, here, has a queer story to tell, sir.” “What do you know? What have yon Been?” asked Drummond. “Why, sir, right after Sergeant Lee caught sight of the fire and sung out that it was Moreno's I was back about a couple of rods looking for my canteen. I was that startled when they found Corporal Donovan dead that I dropped it, and all of a sudden somebody oomes out past me leading his horse, and I asked him what he had lost, and he said his pipe and passed me by, and I thought nothing more about it—only no sooner did he get ont into tho dark where I couldn’t see him than 1 heard all of a sudden a horse start at full gal lop right over in this direction, and now I think of it it must have been Bland, for it was him that passed me, sir—sneaking out like.’’ Drummond sprang to his fset. ‘ ‘ What say you to this, sergeant ? D* you believe—-do you think it possible that Bland bos deserted and joined these outlaws?” “I don’t know what to think, sir, but I haven't forgotten what Feeny said of him.” “What was that?” “That ho had too smooth a tongue to havo led n rough and honest life; that if ho was a Texan as he claimed Texas people had Lamed to talk a different lingo since ho was stationed among them with tho old Second cavalry before tho war, and that he wished he’d been there at Lowell when the adjutant ac cepted those letters from former officers of tho regiment as genuine. Bland would never show them to Feeny. Said be had sent ’em all to his home in Texas. That was what made bad blood between them.” * “By heaven I and now to think that one of our troop—C troop—should have been engaged in this outrage! But we’ll get them, men,” said Drum mond, straightening up to his full height and raising his ganntleted hand in air. “They can’t go fast or far with those wagons such a night as this. They’ll strike tho foot hills before they’ve gone 10 miles, then they'H have to go slow. We’H catch them be fore the sun is up, and, by the God of heaven, if Bland is with them, IT1 string him to the highest trbo we can find.” “There's more than him that’ll be strung up,” growled a grizzled old trooper in an undertone. "The gang that murdered Pat Donovan will find scant mercy in this crowd.” “Aye, aye,” said another, “and there’s more than Pat Donovan to he scored off. Look yonder.” For at the instant one of the packers came leading into the corral a resisting mule, at sight of whose burden many of the horses started in fear. It was the lifeless body of Donovan’s companion, the soldier who had escaped the assassin's bullet when ■ 1 want him ; Patsy fell only to be overtaken and cut ,ymaster ont. Other mail.” little more, qnd excited his eyes, hut somehow, to help and th#i went' Therf One th him so he was almost ready to swear that the fellow Feeny fan to shake hands with was a soldier in uniform, and that he held Feeny s hand while another man up behind and ” mashed” him down half way to Moreno’s. “It’s the bloodiest night I’ve known even in Arizona, ” said Lee to his young leader. “The paymaster and Mr. Har vey about as good as dead, old Feeny dying, most like, the clerk and Mullan and some other trooper of the escort burned to ashes in that hell hole there, and Donovan and this last one—some of our fellows think it is Flynn, from F troop—shot to death. It’s worse than Apache, lieutenant, and thereT1 be no use trying to restrain our follows when wo catch the blackguards. ” A quarter of an hour later, leaving half a dozen soldiers under an experi enced sergeant to guard the packs, the wounded and the noncombatants at the smoldering ruins of the ranch, with barely a score of seasoned troopers at bis back, Lieutenant Jim Drummond rode resolutely out toward the southern desert, toward the distant line of jagged mountains that spanned the far hori zon. The false and fatal blaze at th* Picacho had utterly disappeared, and all was darkness at the west. The red glow of the smoldering embers behind was no longer sufficient to light their path. Straight away southward led the wheeltracks, first separate and dis tinct, but soon blending, as though one wagon had fallen behind and followed the trail of the bolder leader in the first. Straight away after them went the ruck of hoof tracks, telling plainly that for a time at least the gang had massed and was prepared to guard its plunder. Stop to divide it was evident they dared not, for they had not with them the implements to break into tho safe, and all their searching and threatening ,nto had failed to extract from the appar- 't ’ entiy dying paymaster any clew as to what he had done with the key. Stick together, therefore, they undoubtedly would, reasoned the lieutenant, and all their effort would be to reach some secure hannt In the Sierras and there send back their demand for ransom. Twenty-flve thousand dollars in cash and George Harvey's precious daugh ters! It was indeed a rich haul—one that in jdl the dread history of the Moralea gang had never been equaled. Even had they failed to secure the safe the richer booty was theirs in having ^ . _ i eized the girls. But few people in Ar- ‘ with the tt of bis plstfcV, jaadf that this fellow in soldi* elotbes.Was the man who afterward shot Feeny as he was trying to crawl away. Drummond looked around at the man incredulous— almost .derisive. The story was improbable, too much so to deserve ** tten Ifot- seized tl {zona—as Arizona then was constituted —would make great effort to overhaul a gang of robbers whose only victim was Uncle Sam and “his liveried hire lings.” Nobody in Sonora would fail to regard them with envioua eyes, but in the deed of rapine that made them the cantor* and rWttwat o! thaUfe refiseia# sisters wen man nae -jw a price upon his head, a halter round his neck, for “gringo” and "greaser,” American and Mexican alike, would spring to arms to rescue and avenge. As the rearmost of the little party of pursuers disappeared in the darkness and tho wearied pack mules went jog ging sullenly after, urged on by the goad ot their half Mexican driver, the ser geant left in charge of the detachment at the corral looked at his wotch and noted that it was just 8:80 o'clock. The dawn would be creeping on at 4. Wearied as were his men, he did not imnnit them all to rest. The coudition of his wounded and the instructions left him by Lieutenant Drmnmond made it necessary that they should have constant attention. It was sore trouble for him to look at the old paymaster, whose life seemed ebbing away, lying there so pallid and moaning at times so pitiful ly, but Feeny lay torpid, breathing, yet seeming to snffer net at all. Both were in desperate need of sur gical attendance, bnt where cOnld sur geon be found? The nearest was at Stoneman, the little cantonment across the Christobal, 80 miles to the east, and though a gallant fellow had vol unteered to make the ride alone through the Apache infested pass and carry ths dispatch that Drummond had hurried ly penciled there was no possibUity of doctors reaching them before the coming night, and tho thought of all they might have to snffer through the tie roe white beat of the intervening day waa one that gave the sergeant deep concern. Then, too, who could say whether the solitary trooper would succeed in running the gantlet and making his way throngh? He was a resolute old frontiersman, skilled In Indian warfare and well aware that his best chance was in the dark, bnt speed as he might the broad light of day would be on him long before he conld get half way through the range. The stage from the west would prob ably come along about sunset, but noth ing conld be hoped for sooner. No troops were nearer than the Colorado in that direction except the little signal Boot at Nie Picncbo. Corporal Fox and fwo men had been amt thither to to- qutie what the signal leant, and ft Would soon ha time far them to eome riding in with their report. How he wished Wing wore here! Wing knew something about everything. He was an expert veterinarian, something of a doctor, knew more of mineralogy than all the officers put together and conld speak Spanish better than any man in the regiment When it became necessary to have a signal station at the peak and it was found that no one knew anything about the business. Wing got one of the old red manuals, studied the system and inside of a week was signaling with the expert sent down from Ban Francisco. The interior'of the ranch was still a smoldering fnraace as 4 o'clock drew nigh. Woods, weak and exhausted, had fallen into an nneasy sleep. The trooper detailed to watch over old Plum mer and Feeny and bathe their faces with cold water was nodding over hie charge. Here apd there under the shed on the north side which the flames had not reached the men were dozing, or in low, awestricken tones talking of the tragic events of the night Near the east gate, reverently and deeply covered with the only shrond to be had, the newest of the saddle blankets, lay the stiffening remains of poor Donovan and his comrade. Larking about the west ward end of the inclosure, their beady eyes every now and then glittering in the firelight the Mexicans, men and boy v were smoking their everlasting papelitos, apparently indifferent to the fate that had deprived them of home and occupation. One ef the troopers had burrowed a hole in the land, atarted a little cook fire and waa boiling tome coffee in a tin quart mug. Overhead and far down to the horizon on every side the stare shone and sparkled through the vapor- lesa skies. Eastward toward the Chris tobal they were just beginning to pale when a faint voice was heard pleading for water. Sergeant Butler sprang from his seat and hastened to where be had left Mr. Harvey bnt a few minutes before, still in deep and obstinate swoon. “Water, is It, sir? Here you are! I'm glad to see yon picking np a little. Mr. Drummond left this for yon too, sir. Be said you would maybe need It. ’* And the sergeant raised the dizzy head and held a little flask to Harvey’s lips. “Where Is be?” at last the sufferer teas able to gasp. “Overhauling the outlaws, hand over flat, by this time, sir. He has 20 good men at his back, and we'll have the la dies safe tonight—see if we doa’t. ” “Oh. God!” groaned the stricken brother, burying his face in bis arms as the recollection of the fearful events of ths night came crowding upon him. For a'moment he seemed to quiver and tremble la every Umb, then with sod den etart raised his baad and turned •gaffs, the bleed trick ihtg anew from a gaab to trta tore aa he Md so. "Give me more of that," he moaned, stretching forth a trembling hand. “More water too. Lend me a horse and your carbine. I most go I 1 must go!” Bnt there his strength failed him, and grasping wildly at empty air poor Harvey fell heavily back before the sergeant conld interpose an arm to save. “Don’t think of it, sir. Yon're far too weak, and you're not needed. Never fear, the lieutenant and C troop will do all that men can da They’ll bring the Isdiee safely back as soon as they're hung what’s left of that murdering gang. Hellol That yon. Fox?” be shouted, springing np as two or three horsemen came spurring in. “It’s I—Wing,” was the answer in ringing tones. ‘ ‘ Fox is coming slower. Qnick now. la It so that that gang has ran off the young todies?” "It’s God’s truth. Hare's Mr. Ned Harvey himself.” In an Instant Wing was kneeling by the side of the prostrate man. “Merciful heaven, my friend, bnt they've used yon fearfully 1 They only bound and held me till Jackson got back from Ceralvo'a a couple of hours ago. Are you shot—Injured?” "No, na” groaned Harvey. "But 1 am broken, utterly broken, and my sit- ten are in tae hands of those hounds. ’’ “ Never worry about that, man. 1 know young Drummond well There isn’t a braver, better officer In the old regiment if he is but a boy. Hell never drop that trail till ha orertakes them, and by the time he needs us old Pike here and 1 will be at bia rida As Lord, those lento -wwa off and never took our boreea. iney re fresh ns daisies, both of ’em. Cheer up, Mr, Harvey. If hard riding and hard fighting will do It, we'll have your sis ters here to nurse yon before another night. Come. Pike," he cried as he vaulted into saddle. “Now for the liveliest gallop of your lazy, good for nothing Ufa. Come on!" CHAPTER VII. A new May morning was breaking, its faint rosy light warming the crests of ths Santa Maria, when Lieutenant Drummond signaled “halt” to his lit- tls Hand, the first halt since leaving Moreno's at 2:30. Down in a rocky canyon a number of hoof prints on the trail diverged to the left and followed an abrupt descent, while the wagons bad kept to the right and by a winding and more gradual roar] seemed to have sought a crossing farther to the west It was easy to divine that with such elements in the gang, there had been no long separation between the horsemen and the treasure they were guarding, and, eager aa he was to overtake the renegades, Drummoad promptly decided to follow the hoof tracks, rightly con jecturing, too, that they would briug him to water in the rocky tanka below. Dismounting and leading his big sorrel, he sprang lightly from ledge to ledge down what aeemed a mere goat trail, each man la succession dismouut- Eoeh mim to Ing at the came point, sad srith more or less elasticity coming on in the foot steps of his leader. The faint wan tight of early dawn was rendering neighbor ing objects visible on the sandy plum behind them, but had not yet penetrat ed into the depths of the gorge. Lying far to the west of the Tucson rood, this was a section of the country unknown to any of the troop, and with every prospect of a broiling ride across the desert ahead so soon as the sun was np no chance for wittering their horses could be thrown sway. Just as he ex pected, Drummond found the descent becoming more gradual, and in s mo ment or two the bottom of the dark rift was found, and presently, keeping keen lookout for the reflection of the stare still lingering overhead, tho leading men were rewarded, and halted at the edge of a shining pool of clear though not very cool water and the horses thrust their hot muzzles deep into the wave. Here, shaded by the broad brimmed hats of white felt, such as the Arizona trooper of the old days gener ally affected, a match or two was struck and the neighborhood searched for “sign." The rocks around the tank were dry; the little drifts of sand blown down from the overhanging height were smooth. Whatsoever splashing had been done by the horses of the out laws there had been abundant time for it to evaporate, therefore the command conld not thus far have gained very rapidly on the pursued. But Drum mond felt no discouragement Up to this point the way had been smooth and sufficiently hard to make wheeling an easy matter. The wagons had been logged along at brisk trot the attend ing cavaliers riding at lively lope. Now, however, there would be no like lihood of their making such time. The ambulance could only go at slow walk the rest of the way.and the guards must remain alongside to protect the stolen funds, not so much from envious out siders as from one another. Pasqnal Moralea showed his accustomed shrewd ness when he forbade that any one should try to buret into the safe and extract the money, for well he knew that if divided among the men there would be no longer a loadstone to hold them together, to call for their fiercest fighting powers if assailed. The Instant the money was scattered the gang would follow suit and he be left to meet the cavalry single handed. The horses of the little detachment were not long to slaking their thiret. Ths noiseless signal to mount was given, and following in the lead of their yonng lieutenant the troopers rode silently down the winding canyon, Drummond and Sergeant Lee bending low over their chargers’ necks to see that they did not miss the hoof prints. Little by little the light of dawn began to penetrate the dark depths in which they were soon ting, sad trailing baoMM an easier matter. Prauently the ser geant pointed to tbs face ef the appo site elope, now visible from base to sum mit where an abrupt bend threw it against the eastern light “ Yonder'* where the ambulance came down, sir.” “1 tee, and wa can't be far from where it crossed. Trot ahead and take a look. Let Patterson go with yon. If you find a chance for abort cuts, sig nal.” Another half hour passed sway, and still the trail led along this strange rock ribbed groove to the desert, the dry bed of some long lort stream. When first met, it seemed to be catting directly across their line of march, now It had tamed southward, and for sev eral miles ahead south or weet of south was its general course. The light waa now broad and clear, though the sun had not yet peeped acroaa the moun tain range to tbeir left. - The pace was rapid, Drummond frequently urging his men to the trot or canter. Ont to the front 400 or BOO yards, often lost to view In the windings of the way. Ser geant Lee with a single trooper rode in the advance, but not once had he sig naled a discovery worth recording. Both wagon and hoof track* here pur sued a common read. It waa evident that some horsemen had fouad it neces sary to ride alongside. It was evident, too, that the outlaws were traveling at full speed, as thongh anxious to reach some familiar lair before turning to face their expected pursuers. Every one in the gang, from Pasqnal down to their humblest packer, well knew that it could not ha tong before cavajry In Ions wdsM coma tretriu U Ths squadron at sum-man would surely be on the march by the coming sunset As for C troop, they had littls to fear. Pasqnal laughed with savage glee aa he thought how be had lured them in scattered detach ments far np to the Gila or over to the Christobal. No need to fear the coming of the late escort of the paymaster. By ' this time those not dead, drugged or | drunk were worn ont with fatigue. Over the body of hi* bandit brother, the swarthy Ramon, he hod fiercely rejoiced that seven to one he had avenged his death, and Pasqual counted on the fin gers of his brown and bloody hand th* number of the victims of the night— Donovan and his fellow trooper killed on the open plain; the paymaster and his clerk, Mullan and the other soldier, dead in their tracks and burned to ashes by this time, and, best of all, “that pig of a sergeant," as Moreno called him, that hound and murderer, Feeny—he who hod slain Ramon— bound, gagged and left to miserable death by torture. Indeed, as he was jolted along to the ambulance, groan ing and cursing by turns, Pasqnal won dered why he bad not insisted that Har vey, too, should be given the coup de grace before their start, it was an un pardonable omission. Never mindt There in the brand new Concord that came clattering along was booty that ontrivaled all. There was wealth far exceeding the stacks of treasury .notes—old Harvey's daughters—old Harvey's daughters. It was with mad, feverish joy that when as last the sun came pouring in a flood of light over the desert of the Cababi he listened to the report of a trusted subordinate. ”1 could see every mile of the road with my glasses, capitan, from the cliff top yonder—every mile from Moreno’s to where we strurk fho canyon. There isn’t a sign of dust—there isn’t a sign of a pursuing party.” “ Bueno t Then we rest when we reach the cave. This is even better than 1 hoped." But thsr* were taro elements la the problem Capitan Paequal had failed to consider — Lieutenant Drummond’s scoot to tba CliitofifcaA Coahtoss' band of iVrtsatreas to to* lanta Maria. troop, ftnfehtng Ms flhtfas at to* north ern end of th* range and about turning south to rsooout th* Santa Maria, had ridden cut upon the plain, summoned by the beacon at Picacho pass, and leas than two hours after their hurried start from the burning ruins at Moreno’s were speeding on their trail ? The beet fieldglassee ever stolen from the paternal government could not reveal to the flee ing outlaw that, only two or three miles back in the dim recesses of tho crooked gorge, the bluecoats were following to hpt pursuit Who could have dream ed that a band of Apaches, cut off from their native wilds by detachments from Bowie, Lowell and Crittenden, and forced to make a wide detour to the southwest, had sought refuge in the very gorge of the Cababi whither Pas qnal with all speed was urging bis men? “We rest when we reach the cave.” Ah, even the torment of his wound could not have wrung from the robber chief this longed for order had he dreamed what was coming at his back. “How are the girls getting on?” he asked of his hot and wearied aid. “Are they tranquil now?" “They have to be,” was the grim re ply. “The little one dare not open her eyes, and Sanchez has his knife at the elder's throat. ” And the sunrise had brought with it new inspiration—new purpose to those who came trotting to the rescue. Just as the cliffs on the western side were tipped and fringed with rose and gold. Sergeant Lee, riding rapidly far ahead from point to point, always carefully peering around each bend before aignal- mW.B.McGIM'D.D.Mi Offers hie professional Mn vises the people of Darlington and vietntty. Office over the store of Edward*, 9 ment ft Co. Jan 19,’ff0—Iv " CAUTIOIf.-lr a dmler wtors W. C Donatos shoos at a rodnosS prlos, as sax* he has sham without Basts stamps* aa bottom, pot him down as a (read. Th* nert instant he stood erect, waving tome white object high in air. Ing “come on,” was seen suddenly to halt and throw himself from his horse. The next Instant he stood erect, waving some white object high in air. Spur ring forward, Druurmond joined him. “A lady’s handkerchief, lieutenant, ” be qdietiy said. "They ssein to have halted bare a moment; you can tell by the hoof prints. (Am of their number rode over toward tost high point yoa- dsr mi rej toned lies hare. 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The Equitable Life is the besh For tail particulars, address W. J. RODDEY, Manager, carolTnas. Rock Hill, S.C, ON. SUMTER AND NORTHERN RAILROAD CHARLES B. KIMBALL Receiver. In Effect:Jan. 16, 1894 NORTH. SOUTH. 1 2 A.M. P.Xf. Lv 7.80 Charleston 8.46 Ar 8.40 Pregnall’s 7.27 10.47 Sumter 6.27 12.05 Darlington 4.12 12 56 BenDettsville 8.21 1.90 Glbeon 2.57 1.47 Hamlet 2.30 Ar 6.00 Raleigh 10.15 Lt FJI P.M. No. 1 oonnnecta with Seaboard Air Line at Hamlet for Raleigh Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel by, Routhertordton ; and at Charlotte with R. ft D. Vestibule Limited for Washington and New York. Passen- ers can take sleepers at Charlotte at :99 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, Raleigh and North, and from Wilmington, con nects with S.C. Ry. at Pregnalls for harleston, Columbia, Angugta and the West. Dinner at Hamlet. C. MILLARD, Superintendent C * D. and O. ft S. RAILROADS. • In effect Dec 8, 1898. Throngh Passenger Train. Leave Wadesboro 4.80 a m Bennett’s 4.51 a m Morven’i 5.04 a m McFarland 5 17 a m Cheraw 6.00 a m 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 — 7.88 p m Floyd’s - 7.50 pm Dove’s 7 55 p m Society Hill 8.13 p m Cash’s 8.27 p m Cheraw 8.50 p m McFarland 9.18 p m Morven’s 9.39 p m Bennett’s * 9.64 p m Arrive Wadesboro 10.15 p m Freight Train. Leave Florence 7.80 a m Darlington 8.40 a m Arrive Cheraw 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. Auditor’s Notice.' (i. I HAdiR & Manufacturers —ot- Doors, Sash, Blinds, iMlOTJLDXlSraS —AND- Buiiding Material. ESTABLISHED 1642. CHARLESTON, N. 0. April, 2q 1893—1 Auditor's Office. Darlihotoh, S.’C., Dec. 1,1898. f T HIS office will be open for the purpose of listing all real and personal property a ad poll taxes for the fiscal year commencing Nov. I, 1893, and ending Oct. $1, 1894, from January 1, to Febrnarv 20, inclusive, excepting days required In filling the jury box and days named below. 1 will attend in person or by dep uty; Philadelphia, Monday, Jen. 8. Lamar, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 9 and 10. Oypreas, Thursday, Jan 11. Ashland. Friday, Jan. 12. Stokes Bridge, Saturday, Jan. 18. Lydia, Monday, Jan. 15. Harteville, Tuesday and Wednes day, Jan. 16 and 17. Antioch, Thursday, Jan. 18. Leavensworth, Friday, Jan. IB. Sooiety.Hill, Thursday 'and Friday, Jan. 18 and 19, by deputy. Jasper, .Saturday, Jan. 90,^by.dep uty. High Hill, Monday, Jan. 8> n by*dep- uty. Meohaniceville, Tuesday, Jan. 88. If taxpayers will aid theAuditor In get ting all the taxable property ou the tax hooks much dissatisfaction bow existing would cease. The school fund would be increased if all taxable polls conld be entered. Male per, between the ages of 81 and 60 yei are deemed taxable polls exoept th< Incapable of earning a support. W. H. LAWRENCE, Dec 7—4t Auditor D. O. N ortheastern railroad. In effect Jan. Il, 1894. SOUTH BOUXD. No. 61 Leave. Florence 7.45 a m Klngstree 8.58 am Lanes 9.20 a tn Arrive Charleston 11.30 a m No. 85. Leave Florence 8.87 a m Lane* 4.52 a m Arrive Charleston *************** 6* 50 a m No. 88. Lsav* Florence 7.85 p m Klngstree 8.87 p m Lanes 9.00 p m Arrive Charleston 11.00 p m No. 58. 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. HORTH BOCirp.’' ' , , f ' ^ No. 78. Lsav# Charleston 8.35 a m Lane* 5.80 am Klngstree 5.52 a m Arrive Florence 7.10 a m No. 60 Leave Charleston 5.00 pm Lane* 7.06 p;m Klngstree 7.25 p m Arrive Florence 8.50 p m No. 14. Lsav* Charleston 8.80 p m Lanes..... 5.29 p m Klngstree 5.45 p m Arrive Florence 6.45 p m No. 52.' Leave Charleston 7.00 a m Arrive Laaes- eeeasaseaaessssa ****** 8.85 am Hu. n run* solid to Wilming- Train No,’ 14 runs via Wilson and Fayetteville—Short Line—and make* close connection for all points North. 3. F. DIVINE, Hen. Snpt. W ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA ft AUGUSTA RALROAD. In effect Dec. 8, 1898. SOUTH BOUXD. No. 58. .. 8-20 p m ..6.n p m 6.50 pm No. 50. Lsav* Florence 7.10 pm Sumter 8.28 p m Arrive Columbia. *•••**###•• 4e*ee* 10.00 p m No. 68. Laavu Florence *•***#*• sssssedesss* 7.45 a m Arrive Sumter.......... 9 20 a m No. 68. Leave Sumter »*•*******•***••••* 9.58 a m Arrive Columbia. •e*oee****eeeeeee 11.06 a m No. 8S rune through from Charles- teal Railroad; leaving Lanes 8-40 a m. Manning 918 a m. ■ORTH BOUXD. Leave Columbia Sumter — Arrive Florence Leave Florenee. Marion.... Arrive Wilmington. Leave Wilmington— , Marion Arrive Florenee.: ■eeeceeeeesa* Leave Colombia. Arrive Sumter. •eae*eeee**« **••**##•*•••< rear* TTARTBVIIiLR RAILROAD. J=L In effect Dee 8, II _ DAILY MIXED TRAIN Leave Hartsville - AM a m Jovann .AMa m Floyd’s ASSam Arrive Darlington....— 7.90 am Leave Darlington 6.80 p m Floyd’s AM p v Jovann— 8*90pm I Arrrlve Hartsville A40 p I J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Sefto No. 51. 4.30 a m 5.67 a m 7.15 a m No. 56. . 7.40 am . 8.28 a m .11.10 am No. 58. 4.20 pm 5.85 p m No. 69. Leave Columbia- .......... .......... Sumter 6.45 p m Arrive Florenee— —....... 6.66 p m No. 68 runs thicuuu so coarleston via central Railroad, arriving Man ning A16 p m. Lanes 7.00 p m, Ohstrleaton8.45 pm. Trains on Manchester and Augusta R. B’, leave Sumter daily except Sun day, 16.50 a. m., arrive Umini 11:59 a. m. Retunring leave Rimini 1.00 p. in., arrive Sumter 8:10 p. m. Trains on Wilmington, Chadbourm and Conway Railroad leave Chad- boom at 10.10 a m, arrive at Conway 1AM p m, returning leave Conway at | £0 p. m., arrive Chad bourn 4:50 p. m. Leave Chad bourn 7.00 a m and 5.15 p m, arrive at Hub 7 45 am and AM pm. ReturaiM leave Hub 8.15 a to and A80 p m, arrive at Chad bourn AM a m and 7-16 p m. Daily except