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CHAPTER XV.
MR. MITCHKL RXP1.AIN8 A FEW TTIINOS.
Imniediutoly upou bi§ arrival iu New
York Mr. Barueg went to bis office.
Here be was slightly surprised to find
Lucette.
•■Well,” said he tersely.
"I came here,” said the girl, "so
that I could report to you the minute
you got here. There is no time to lose. ”
‘‘Why, what is up?”
“ Your plan about my getting infor
mation from the East Orange poetofflce
did not work. The man said that, though
he would like to serve you, he was
afraid it might be construed into tam
pering with the mails; that you would
need an order from the postmaster gen
eral I went to work then on the other
line and began a systematic examina
tion of every house in the place. It was
hard work, but at last I found the child.
You don’t want details now, because
she has been taken away sgaia Mitch-
el went down yesterday and brought her
to New York. ”
“Why did you not follow him and see
where he took her?”
“I did, and this time I am sure he
did not suspect that 1 was after him.
He took the child to the Remseus. ”
‘‘To the Remsens? What can that
mean?”
‘‘I don't know. Bnt Mitchel and Miss
Remsen are to be married at St Pat
rick’s cathedral at 10 o’clock this morn
ing. ”
“Not if I can stop it,” replied the
detective, and he hastened up to the
church with the result told in the last
chapter.
Promptly at 9 o'clock Mr. Barnes
presented himself at the Fifth Avenue
hotel accompanied by Mr. Neuilly.
They were asked to go up to Mr. Mitch-
el’s apartments, and there they were
greeted by that gentleman as affably as
though they had been of his wedding
party. Indeed he began the conversation
in rather a jocular way, saying:
“Ah! Mr. Barnes, delighted that
now I can entertain you more at my
leisura This morning, you see, I was
in a great hurry. You called at a very
inopportune time, and I am afraid that
I was rather abrupt ”
“Mr. Mitchel, I am not in the humor
for nonsensa This is a very serious
visit I assure you. This gentleman is
Mr. Neuilly of New Orleans, and he
has come all this distance to aid the
cause of justice. ’’
“Delighted to meet you, Mr. Neuilly,
I am sure,’’said Mr.Mitchel, approach
ing and extending his hand so cordially
that the elder man took it, though he
had thought that he would rather han
dle hot coals than the hand of the man
who he supposed was guilty of wrong
ing the daughter of his old friend in
the south. Mr. Mitchel did not seem to
notice his agitation, but, begging them
to be seated, he himself took a comfort
able chair and continued, “Now, Mr.
Barnes, I am wondering if it is possible
that you have traced my wife's ruby as
far away as New Orleans?”
“I have not been looking for it. I sup
pose you know why I wished to stop
your marriage?”
“Why, no; not precisely. What was
your reason?”
“If you do not know it, why did you
get married yesterday?”
“I might reply that it is often done,
but I will be honest and tell you that
such a procedure never occurred to me
till I beard that you were coming home,
Then, you see, I thought that you might
take the idea into your head—you do
get odd notions, you must admit—that
I ought not to get married just now. I
knew you well enough to believe that if
you did harbor a thought of that nature
you would not hesitate to interfere. I
did you no injustice there, for that is
just what you tried to do, you see. Con
sequently, as I had set my heart on be
ing married in the cathedral precisely
at the time appointed, I just took the
bull by the horns and persuaded my lit
tle girl to marry me yesterday. That is
my story in full, I assure you. Now,
what was your object?”
“You know it very well, and all this
yarning is pure bluster. You know well
enough that I wanted to use Miss Emily
Remsen as a witness against you, and
that I could not do so after she became
Mrs. Mitchel.”
“OhI Well, yes; I admit that idea
was in my mind, Mr. Barnes. And now
—what are you going to do about it?”
“In the first place I shall arrest you
for abducting the child who was In the
care of Rose Montalbon.” Mr. Barnes
expected some surprise from his adver
sary, but he was disappointed.
“Yes, ’ said he, "and then?”
“Then I shall compel you, through
the court, to reveal her present hiding
place and to produce her. ”
“I think you might have trouble to do
that were it not that I do not object to
it. In fact, we will reverse your order
of things and begin with the production
of the child. Emily!” In answer to his
call his wife came into the room, bring
ing with her a beautiful girl. Her hus
band arose, and taking the little one by
the hand coolly approached Mr. Neuilly,
and said: “Rose, this is Mr. Neuilly.
He was a dear good friend to your moth
er, and has come all the way from Now
Orleans to see you. I think he would
like to kiss you, would you not, Mr.
Neuilly?”
That gentleman seemed much moved.
To him the vision of loveliness stand
ing demurely before him brought back
the memory of the long ago. She re
minded him of another little girl whose
growth into budding womanhood he
had watched tenderly, having in his
youth loved her mother, the grandpar
ent of the child before him. His suit
hud not been successful, and for love of
that woman he had remained a bachelor
all his days. Now be could see chang
ing expressions iu this young face,
w hich reminded him of both those worn
en who had been dear to him. Without
a word he drew her toward him, and
kissed her once. Then be arose, still
holding her hand, and led her toward
the door of tbs next room: there he
kissed her once more, this time on ine
forehead, and then bade her wait, shut
ting the door after she left him. Then,
turning with a fury iu his heart and re-
; pressed-passion in his voice, he exclaim
ed:
“Mr. Mitchel, either you are the
most contemptible villain on the face of
this earth, or else there is some hideous
mistake here. Explain it, man I I must
know at once I”
“Must, Mr. Neuilly, is a word that I
seldom obey. But I know how you have
suffered, and have no desire to prolong
this interview a moment more than is
absolutely necessary. First, however, 1
must understand the situation. What do
yon and Mr. Barnes here think it to be?”
“I will explain briefly, ” said the de
tective, “provided your wife will with
draw.”
“My wife Is now a part of myself,”
said Mr. Mitchel, proudly placing an
arm around her as she stood beside
him. “You need not hesitate to speak.
She has promised to share my life with
me, to take me as I am. She will begin
the task at once. Qo on. ”
“So be it I know now that Rose
Mitchel, who was murdered, was known
in New Orleans as Rose Montalbon,
and that she was your wife. I have also
discovered^ that you deceived a young
creole, the mother of that child who has
just left us; that when you deserted
her she died broken hearted, while you
allowed the Montalbon woman to take
the girl and pass it off as her own,
though later she was kidnaped by you.
The woman suspected that you would
wish to marry again and swore to pre
vent it Her appearance upon the scene
just as you were to become a husband
must have been a menace to you. Do
you see the point? Murders have been
committed with less motive I think,
therefore, that I have sufficient evidence
upon which to arrest you. ”
“Yon might arrest me upon less evi
dence,” said Mr. Mitchel “It is done
every day. But to convict me you would
have to prove all this. ”
“How do you know that I cannot
prove it?”
“For the very simple reason that your
facts are all wrong.”
“Very good, Mr. 'Mitchel, bnt you
will have to prove that ”
“I am fully prepared to do so. To
begin with, according to your story, I
abducted this child. There you are only
partly right. I did take her away from
the Moptalbon, and I did it, as you
might say, by stealth and force. But I
had the fullest right to do sa ”
“You admit, then, that you are her
father?”
“On the contrary, I deny it and
there is the weak point in your story.
Your argument all depends upon my
having been guilty of wronging that
girl’s mother and the Montalbon’s hav
ing me in her power. In point of fact,
I am not her father, and the Montalbon
had but a slim chance to blackmail me. ”
“But you admitted to me that you al
lowed her to do so; that you gave her
a large amount in jewels.”
“That is true, yet I did not submit
to blackmail. ”
“Mr. Mitchel, I seldom forget a
man’s words. You told me that day in
the vaults that you were in tbo woman’s
power; that she could ventilate certain
scandals which might break your en
gagement Yet now you say you were
not in her power and that you did not
submit to blackmail How can you ex
plain such conflicting statements?”
“Two conflicting statements may both
be true, provided a lapse of time occurs
between them. When I admitted that I
had been in the power of that woman,
I thought so; therefore I spoke the truth.
When I say now that I was not, I also
speak truly. In the interval I have
learned to appreciate the character of
the woman who is now my wifa That
is all I know now that the Montalbon’s
story, blaaoned forth to the world,
would not have affected her faith in
me if I had told her my own version. ”
“For heaven's sake, gentlemen^” in
terrupted Mr. Neuilly, “stop this argu
ment and get down to the facta I am
impatient to know the truth. ”
“Yes, Boy,” said Emily. “Why not
simply tell the story as a narrative, and
let the whole truth be known?”
“That is what I mean to da I have
only been enjoying a little sparring
with Mr. Barnes. Bnt it is cruel to Mr.
Neuilly, who, I hope, will pardon me.
To begin at the beginning, I must go
back to my youth in New Orleana I
was in love with a beautiful young girl ”
Here be pressed his wife’s hand, and she
returned it, as though to say that aim
understood. “I think I need not men
tion the name of Rose’s mother, Mr.
Neuilly, unless yon have already done
»a”
“Heaven forbid that I should have
betrayed the secret, ” said the old man.
“I did not suppose that you had, for
I know you to be a true man, though I
have never met you before. This state
ment may surprise you, but it ii* true.
I am not the man for whom you take
me. He is now in a lunatic asylum,
while I am his cousin. I know it is sup
posed that I am the craay man, but that
is an error, promulgated by the Montal
bon to serve her own ends The facts
then are thus: While a boy at school I
loved my girl companion, little Rose’s
mother. Just before I left the south to
enter Harvard, I told my little sweet
heart—she was tb i but 16—that I
would marry her upou my return. This
was my first love and hers. I had a cous
in, older than myself by ten years,
handsome and wealthy, but a gambler
and addicted to heavy drinking. This
woman Montalbon, as you know, kept
a gambling den, and naturally my un
fortunate cousin was a oonstaut visitor
at the house. One night, while intoxi
cated with wine, she persuaded him to
marry her, a clergyman being called in
and a ceremony privately performed.
He became entirely sober oqly after sev
eral days had passed and then bad en
tirely forgotten about tne marriage.
The scheming devil, Montalbon, did not
remind him of it, but by patient work
insidiously persuaded him that be
snotuti be a married man. him even
suggested a bride, none other than my
little sweetheart Her object in this
was twofold, money and revenge. By
leading my cousin into a bigamous alli
ance, with her own marriage oertifloate
as a weapon, she could readily extort
money from him. Her revenge was to
be against the family of my little sweet
heart, against whom she thought she
had a grievance Her plotting was en
tirely sucoessful My cousin was hand
some I was away, and once be had be
come thoroughly acquainted with the
young creole’s charms he became so ar
dent a suitor that at length she listened
to his pleading and married him. Then
he was in the power of the Montalbon,
and she bled him for five years, by
which time little Rose had been bora.
“Meanwhile I bad completed my col
lege career, but had not returned to
New Orleans because of my deep disap
pointment upon learning that my sweet
heart had married another man. At
this time I was in Paris, when one day
I received a piteous letter from the girl
wife, telling me that the blow bad fall
en; that the Montalbon bad produced
her marriage certificate and claimed her
husband, thus dishonoring the daughter
of her enemy. The letter also begged
my forgiveness for the wrong done to
me. I read between the lines and recog
nized the cry of a broken heart, the
bleat of a lamb left to die on the frozen
plain. I hurried home with but one
thought uppermost—to have revenge up
on my cousin. I arrived too late. Not
only was the girl dead, but my cousin
had disappeared.
“I heard that be had gone out west,
and thither I followed him. I would
get track of him from time to time, but
it seemed fated always that he should
have just left a place when I confident
ly expected to come up with him. Thus
five years passed, and at last I did meet
him. I at once charged him with his
crime and asked for revenge. He laugh
ed at me and refused to fight I then
warned him that I should take his life
at the first chance that offered, when I
could do so either under seeming provo
cation or else where I could not be sus
pected.”
“Are you not admitting,” interrupt
ed Mr. Barnes, “that you harbored a
murderous spirit?”
"Mr. Barnes, if all men were punish
ed for their thoughts, the criminal class
would be greatly enlarged. You cannot
call me to account for anything except
my acta. At last my chance came. I
followed him one dark night as he went
off prospecting in an entirely new di
rection ; we were in a mining country.
He tramped most of the night, and 1
pursued. By dawn we were miles away
from a habitation. I then made myself
known to him and once more asked
him to fight it out He saw that I was
in earnest and that he was simply com
pelled to battle for bis Ufa
“Under these circumstances, of
course, he fought as the worst coward
would do when driven to desperation.
He decided to use pistols, though I
wished to try our cause with knives. I
confess that I wanted the satisfaction
of stabbing him again and again. I
wanted to see his Ufe’s blood flow at
each stroke It seemed to me tame to
stand off at a distance and send one lit-
tic leaden ball in his direction. Still I
admitted his right of choice, and deter
mined to aim as accurately as passible
and to send my bullet straight. You
see, I did not think of my own life I
bad made this vengeance my ono ob
ject, and after accomplishing that I
thought there would be nothing more
for me to dd Consequently I expected
to kill him easily, and I did not care if
his bullet found my heart or not Per
haps I hoped it would. Just as we were
standing up and preparing to fight,
something occurred that almost com
pletely unnerved me and changed the
whole result He lowered his pistol and
said:
“ ‘Wait a moment; I have a favor to
ask. I feel certain that you will kill
me. You have been seeking my life so
long that I am sure you will get it It
is fata But I, too, have suffered in the
last five yean. The favor that I ask is
that if I die you will promise to get my
child out ef that fiend’s clutches. ’
” ‘Your child T I gasped. ‘I thought
it died.’
“ ‘That was the Moatalbon’s lie The
little girl lived, and she took it 1 have
made a will in favor of my child, leav
ing her all my wealth; you will find it
in my coat Oddly enough, I named
you as executor. I knew that you bad
loved the mother, though, as God is my
judge, I did not know it when I mar
ried her. But I am ready if you are. ’
“Thus we stood up and fired at each
other. The startling news just received
made my aim bad, for instead of hitting
him in the heart, as I could easily have
done, my bullet strode him in the head.
He fell, and I rushed toward him, to
discover whether he was badly hurt
He was bleeding profusely, and I hasti
ly bandaged up the wound and so stop
ped the flow of blood. I then went on
to the next mining camp beyond. We
returned with a Utter, and took him
back. There was a man among us who
claimed that he had studied medicine,
and he attended my cousin. He removed
the bullet and found that the wound
was not very deep, but the skull was
fractured. He was iU for two months,
and then slowly recovered his health.
But his reason was entirely gone. I took
him to New Orleans and placed him in
an asylum, and there be has been ever
since.”
“Very good, Mr. Mitchel,” said Mr.
Barnes. “But what proof have you that
you are not the father and the lunatic
the innocent cousin, as so many believe?”
.“Why, in the first place, though we
bad the same name, we are totally un
like in feature. I think Mr. NeuiUy
will admit that he would not have rec
ognised me, and he knew the guilty
man. However, we will take that up
later. I "ha vs no fear of toot proving my
identity. Too many people in New Or
leans know ina, To continue my tale, I
determined to get possession of the
VI ii ■I-”
(•Met and that 1 would find ttfiUMM
to prove my story. More than all, t
knew that I could not obtain legal poe-
session of her without diseloding the se
cret of her birth, which I wished to
avoid for her own sake as well as for
her mother’s. I therefore stole her open
ly in the streets. Detectives were sent
out to search for me, but perhaps Mr.
Bernes will testify that I am not much
afraid of detectives. Perhaps, too, he
will understand better now why I know
something about detective methods. I
led them a danoe for two years, until In
disgust they abandoned the search.
Then I went abroad, for I mast tell yon
that as long as I was hounded I re
mained close at hand. I enjoyed tbs ex
citement It made nje forget, or at least
it gave me occupation.
“I remained in Europe until my re
cent return to New York. It was not
very long after that when I received
the letter from Montalbon and the
photograph which I showed to you. I
recognized the picture, though,of course,
I should not have known the signature,
which was Rose Mitchel I did not fear
the woman, bnt I expected some enjoy
ment at bar discomfiture when I should
tell her to do her worst. I was not pre
pared for what occurred. When she met
me, she began by saying:
“ 'I have not the least idea of at
tempting to blackmail you, though per
haps I could do that But I have that to
sell which I think yon would be glad
to buy. ’ I asked what it was, and she
told me:
‘‘‘A certificate of marriage between
your cousin and the child’s mother, a
certificate of marriage between him and
myself, antedating that, and another
certificate at marriage between myself
and another man who was alive at the
time that I inveigled yonr cousin into
marrying me.' ”
“Great heaven I” exclaimed Mr.
Neuilly. "If she had thoee papers, they
would prove that her marriage to your
cousin was illegal, and that would
make the marriage, to Rose's mother
perfectly regular. ”
"Exactly so. I paid the woman glO,-
000, at the equivalent of that sum, for
thoee documents. Were they not worth
it?”
“Indeed, indeed they ore. I would
have given twice the sum. ”
’’Now let me show yon the audacity
of the woman. She told me that In case
I should refuse to pay her price she in
tended to claim me as her husband, ex
hibiting her certificate and leaving me
to prove if I could that she bad married
my cousin and not myself. This, yon
see, would have been meet unpleasant,
and as the papers were well worth the
price, in clearing the name of my cousin
and his wife and child, I paid over the
money. ”
"I must again ask yon,” said Mr.
Barnes, “for proof that you are not the
woman’s husband.”
"Does not the fact that she sold me
thoee papers indicate that?”
“Not at all,” replied the detective.
“Supposing yon to be really her hus
band, wiahing to be married to Miss
Remsen, you would readily pay the
woman her price for the paper which
proved that yonr marriage to her had
been fraudulent. Yon might have found
it difficult to prove the existence of her
first husband without knowing his name,
even thongh she bad given yon the hint
that there was such a person. ”
“I declare, Mr. Baines, yon are a
doubting Thomas. But I will give you
one more bit of evidence. ” He went to
his desk and returned with some papers.
"Here is a confession which I exacted
from the woman at the time that I made
the bargain with her. Yon see, it con
firms my story. Bnt even that yonj
might think manufactured. Here per-.
hape is better proof. This,” handing it'
to Mr. Nsnilly, “is the certificate of the-
marriage between my cousin and the I
Montalbon. As is sometimes done, yon
see, the woman has pasted the likenesses •
of herself and my cousin upon the pa- 1
par. Now, Mr. Nenilly, 1 ask yon, is I
not that the man who was known to'
yon?” ;
“You are quits right, Mr. Mitchel I
recognise the face perfectly. This is the'
man I have all along supposed to be a
consummate villain. Now I most eon
feas that ha was more sinned against
than sinning. His one crime was drink
ing, and ths entanglement which
wrecked his wife’s life and his own was
but a wicked plot of which be was in
nocent 1 am glad that it is so, as it
leaves tbs dear little girl without the
danger of hereditary taint ”
“dome, Mr. Barnes,’’said Mr. Mitch
el “What have yon to say now?”
Mr. Barnes’ reply was calculated to
startle his bearers, bnt seemed to have
little effect He said:
“Mr. Mitchel, who do yon think
killed Rose Mitchel?”
"I don’t think I am bound to answer, ”
replied Mr. Mitchel quickly.
"I wish yon a good aftenoon,” said
the detective dryly. “Will yon go with
me, Mr. Nenilly?”
Before the old gentleman oould reply
Mia. Mitcbal interposed:
"Don’t go, Mr. Nenilly. Yon have
seen nothing of Rose yet and besides
wa would like yon to attend our recep
tion tonight"
“Ha, ha, Mr. Barnes I Is she not
Worthy of being my wife? She takes
yonr witness awsy from yon, for I think
you will stay, will you not Mr. Neuil
ly?”
“It will baa joy to do so. Mr. Barnes,
under theoircnmstauoee I know you w ill
excuse me and forgive me, will yon
not?”
“Oertainly. Yon are right to stay. I
will leave yon all to your happiness.
And I hope it will last Good day. ”
With which be left them.
“Really it is too bad, "said Mr. Mitch
el “bnt these detectives ore always so
sanguine. Just think of it Queen, he
thinks, or he thought perhaps would bo
more correct that you were a murder
er’s wife. What do you say, eh?”
For answer the kissed him gently on
the forehead, and then went out and
brought book Rase
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No Action Against Baking the
cago Convention.
1. The Demosratie party of Booth
Carolina reaffirm Its allegiance to the
principles enunciated by Jefferson,
Monroe and Jackson and followed by
their aueoessors in office and pledges
itself to stand by those principles as
the creed of onr political faith.
3. We denounce the administration
of President Cleveland ns undemo
cratic and tyrannical and ns a depart
ure from thoee principles which are
cherished by all liberty-loving Ameri
cana. The veto power has bean need
to thwart the will of the people as ex
pressed by their representatives in
congress. The appointive power has
been ueed to subsidize the press, to
debauch congress and to overawe and
control citizens in the free exercise of
their constitutional right* aa voters.
A plutocratic despotism is ‘bus sought
to be established on the rains of the
republic.
.8. We believe the power and ansnr-
pations of the Federal courts as now
organized to be dangerous to the re
public. The American people have
lost confidence in life tenure of officers
in any department of government and
we repeat here the warning of Jeffer
son against the tendency and offset
of the constitution of the Federal
judiciary, which he styles “in irre
sponsible body working like gravity
by night and day, gaining a little to
day and a little to-morrow and ad
vancing Its noiseless steps like a thief
over the field of jurisdiction until all
shall be usurped from the States and
the government of all be eonsolidated
into one.” The sudden reversal of
the decision in the income tax oa
has never been satisfactorily explain
ed to the American people and the
court has lost the respect and confid
ence of the people as a natural result.
To restore confidence in the judiciary
and make the courts the bulwarks of
liberty rather than the apparent tools
of the “sordid despotism of wealth.”
To protect the people against the
brood of vampires in the shape of
monopolies, trusts and combines
which have grown np under vicious
laws badly administered. To provide
for the election of senators and of all
high government officials by the peo
pie so as to reduce the dangers of Fe
deral patronage in the hands of an
unscrupulous President To restore
government of the people and for the
people we demand the calling of a
constitutional convention to form an
organic law suitable to the changed
conditions and to the growth of the
country.
4. We demand a more economical
administration of onr national affairs
and that taxes shall be levied so as to
bear tqually on all sections and all
classes. Labor should be lightly har
dened and by a graduated income tax
wealth be made to pay for its protec
tion.
We repudiate the construction plac
ed on the financial plank of the last
Democratic national convention by
President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle as contrary to the plain
meaning of English words and as be
ing an act of bad faith, deserving of
severest censure. The issue of bonds
in time of peace with which to bay
gold to redeem coin obligations, pay-
ble in silver or gold, at the option of
the government, and the use of the
proceeds to defray the ordinary ex
penses of the government, are. both
unlawful and usurpations of author
ity, deserving impeachment.
5. A sound and just system of fi
nance is the most potent factor in a na
tion’s prosperity and we demand the
restoration of the money of the Con
stitution, by giving silver the
rights and privileges now giyon to
gold. Wo demand the free and un
limited coinage of silver at a ratio of
10 to 1, regardless of the action of any
and al lother nations and that each
coinage be a legal tender for nU debts,
public and private. Congress, alone
has the power to coin and issue money
and President Jackson declared that
this power oonld not be delegated to
n corporation, therefore, we demand
that the national banking system be
abolished.
The absorption of wealth by a few,
the consolidation of our leading rail
road systems and the formation of
trusts and pools, require a stricter
control by the Federal government of
thoee arteries of commerce. We de
mand the enlargement of the powers
of the interstate commerce, commis
sion. .
The reading was concluded amid
load applause Lary Gantt moved
that it be adopted unanimously with
every “i” dotted and every “t” cross
ed. *
Your Boy Wont Live a Month.
So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 34
Mill 8t., South Gardner, Mam.,
was told by the doctors. Hi*
son had Lung trouble, following
Typhoid Malaria, and he npent
three hundred and seventy flue
dollars with doctors, who anally
gave him up, saying: “Tour boy
wont live a month/' He tried
Dr. King's New Discovery and
a few bottles enabled turn to
go to work a perfectly well
man. He says he owes Us per-
sent good health to use of Dr.
King 7 s New Discovery,
knows it to be the beet in
world for Long trouble. Trie!
Bottlee Free at J. A. Boyd’s and
O. B. Davis’ Drug Store*
No other house In the city has these
goods. The only guaranteed Corset
on the market.
TIb "Nmlte” Mru
At the exceedingly low price of
TEN CENTS EACH.
Kindly call and inspect our goods care
fully. You will soon be convinced
that it pays to trade at
■rs. MM'S, MMJKTM, S. 0.
DirlisgtH Mgt.
No. 7, Knighta of Pythl-
ae, meets on 1st and Srd
bsday Evenings in
ih month, at Castle
Moll, Florence street
opposite Brood. Visit
ing brothers fraternally
Society Hill
Cash's.
Cheraw
MsForUn-
invited.
WILL. J. GAM, 1. D„
DARLINGTON, S. C.
Ojfice over Boyd's Drug Store.
Omen Hours:
11 a m to I p m; 4:80 p m to 7 p m.
MssMS-ly.
' LAW CARDS.
-J.J.WARD,
Attorney at Lav,
DARLINGTON, 8. C.
Will Practice la the Courts sf the
Feirth Cl re sit.
MehS’M-lyr.
E. O. Woods. Robert Macfarlan.
WOODS & MACFAILAR.
(Successors to Woods A Spain.)
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Darlington, 8. C.
Offices over The Bunk of Darlington.
Janl0’96—lyr.
R. W. Boyd. G. W. Brown.
BOYD & BROWN-
AtteffRgyi ui OmbmIms dt Law
Office in 8. Marco building, op
posite Court House.
DARLINGTON, 8. C.
JanfM—lyr.
T. H. Spain, H. T. Thompson.
SPAIN A THOMPSON,
Attorneys at Law, .
Darlington, - - - 8. C.
Offices in Darlington Guards’ Armory
building, first floor.
Special attention given to practice la
the Probate Ceurt.
Arrive We dash ore—
TRAIN NO e$—Dully.
Leave lffada^bovo.-M........... g 50 a 18
Bennett’s S Si a nr
Morvon’s S.1S a m
Meynrtan SlSasi
Cheraw— ... S 48 a Si
Cash’s................ g tb a ss
Society Hill ... TJtaM
Dove’s 717 ant
Floyd’s 7JB am
Partington 741am
Palmetto 808am
Arrive Florence — 810am
HART8VILLE BRANCH.
Leave Darlington...
Floyds..
Arrive Hmisville...
Leave Bartsville....
Floyds.
Arrive Darlington..
Gibson’s Bmash.
AM pa
JMpm
.•Mam
7Mam
7Mam
Train No. 58—Daily
Leave Sumter—
Oswego
St. Charles —
Syracuse..
DarUngten...~
MontClore—
Robin's Neck .
Maadeville..—.
BennettsviUe..
Breeden’s
Alice.................
Newton vflle.
Arrive Gibson
Train No. 57—Daily
Leave Gibean...
BewtonviDe....
Alice........
Breeden's—
BennettsviUe...
MnnderiUe.
Robin’s Neck ..
Mont duo...
Elliott
St.
Oswego
Arrive Sumter.
NOTE.—Train No. 4$
ton and Sumter, and for
via Florence; and for all points!
all points North and at
from Columbia.
inoBSp 1 twiihiz m Uw
DARLINGTON, 8. C.
SPECIALTIES:
Real Estate, Corporation and Oonwner-
cM Low.
Practice in Srd and 4th Circuits.
BoptlfM—lyr.
IBiRIXXSvHJ TO. T/HTP
O N THE HTH DAYOP'I
at 11 o’ckwk I
the County Supervisors of Dar
lington and Kershaw Counties
wifi be at Tiller’s brides on
Lynches River, to tot to the low
est bidder the building of a
bridge at that place. It will be
a truss bridge, 100 foot spaa, to
he made of best heart pine or
black oypr
tions and terms will be' _
ted at the time and place of tot
ting. The f ’
the right to reject any and all