The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 13, 1890, Image 4
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13.
DESERTER.
?y Oapt CHARLES KDfG, ??. S. A.
A?i?or o/ 'EHinraven Ranch? "The Colo
nets Daughter? "Marion's
Faith? Etc, Etc^
it, i>y J. B. Lippiocott Company, Fnila
by special arrangeaient
them.]
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CHAPTER XVIIL
She-sate Rayner grasping his hands.
There had been a scene of somewhat
dramatic nature at the colonels office but
a short time before, and one that had
fewer witnesses. Agitated, xtervous and
eventually astonished as Cape. Rayner had
been when the colonel had revealed to
him the nature of Clancy's confession, lie
was far more excited and tremulous when
he rfetarned a second time. The command*
ing officer had been sitting deep in
thought. If was but natural that a man
should show great emotion on learning
that the evidence he had given, which
had condemned a brother ofneer to years
of solitary punishment, was now dis
proved. I t was to be expected that Ray
ner should be tremulous and excited. He
had been looking worse and worse fee a
long time past; and now that it was es
that he must have been mis
taken in what he thought he saw and
heard at Battle Butte, it was to be ex
pected tliat he should show the utmost
consternation and an immediate desire to
make amen ds. He had shown greatemo
tion; he was white and rigid as the colo
nel told him Clancy had made a full con
fession; but the expression on his face
when informed that the man had admit
ted that he and Sergt. Gower were the
only ontrS guilty of thecrime?that Clancy
and Gower divided the guilt as they had
the money?was a puzzle to the colonel.
Capt. Rayner seemed daft; it was a look
of wild relief, half unbelief, half delight,
that shot across his bagged features. It
was evident that he had not heard at all
what he expected. This was what puzzled
the colonel. He had been pondering over
it ever since the captain's hurried de
parture "to tell his wife,"
"We?we had .expected?made all
preparations to take this afternoon's train
for the east," he stammered. "We are
all torn up, all ready to start, and the
ladies ought to go; but I cannot feel like
going in the face of this."
"There, is no reason why you should
not go, captain. I am told Mrs. Rayner
should leave at once. If need be, you can
return from Chicago. Everything will
be attended to properly. Of course you
will know what to do towards Mr. Hayne,
Indeed, I think it might be best for you
to fro."
But Rayner seemed hardly listening;
and tlie colonel was not a man to throw
his words away.
"You "might see Mrs. Rayner at once,
and return by and by," he said: and Ray
ner gladly escaped, and went home with
the wonderful new* lie had to tell his
wife.
And now a second time he was back,
and was urging upon the commanding
officer the necessity of telegraphing and
capturing Mrs. Clancy. In plain words
he told the colonel he believed that she
had escaped with the greater part of the
money. The colonel smiled:
"That was attended to ear ly this morn
ing, captain. Hayne and the major
asked that she be secured, and the mo
ment we found her fled it confirmed
their suspicions, and Billings sent dis
patches in every direction. She can't
get away! She was his temptress, and I
mean to make her share all the punish
ment,"
"Colonel," exclaimed Rayner, while
beads of sweat stood out on his forehead,
"she is worse?a thousand times worse!
Tiie woman is a fiend She is the devil
in petticoats?and ingenuity. My God!
sir, I have been in torment for weeks
past?my poor wife and L I have been
criminally, cowardly weak; but I did not
know what to do?where to turn ?how to
take it?bow to meet it. Let me tell
you." And now great tears were stand
ing in his eyes and beginning to trickle
down hischeeks. He dashed them away.
His lips were quivering, and he strode
nervously up and down the matted floor.
"When you refused to * let Clancy re-cn
list in the ?th, two years after Battle
Butte, he came to me and toid me a story.
He. too, lia 1 declared, as I did, that he
had seen the money packages in Hayncs
hands, and he said the real reason he was
kicked out of the ?th was because the
officers and men took sides with Hayne
_ and thought lie had sworn his reputation
away. He begged me not to *so back on
him9 as his own regiment had, and 1
thought he was being persecuted because
he told the truth. God knows I fully be
lieved Hayne guilty for more than three
years?it is only within the last year or
so I began to have doubts; and so I took
Clancy into B company and soon made
Mrs. Clancy a laundress. Cut she made
trouble for us all, and there was some
thing uncanny about them. She kept
throwing oat mysterious hints I could
not understand when rumors of them
reached me; and at last came th* fire
that burned them out, and then the
stories of what Clancy had said in his
delirium: and then she came to my wife
and told her a yarn that?she swore to
its truth, and nearly drove Mrs. Rayner
wild with anxiety. She swore that when
Clancy got to drinking he imagined he
had seen me take that money from Capt.
Hull's saddle bags and replace the sealed
package; she said he was ready to swear
that he and Gower?the deserter?and
two of our men, honorably discharged
now and living on ranches down in
Nebraska, could all swear?would all
swear?to the same thing?that I was
the thief. 'Sure you know it couldn't
be so, ma'am; and yet he wants to go
and tell Mr. Hayne,* she would say;
'there's the four of 'em would swear to
it, though Gower's evidence would be no
good; but the two men could hurt the
captain.' Her ing?nu: :y was devilish,
for one of the men I had severely pun
ished once ia the Black Hill3, and both
bated me and had sworn they would get
even with me yet. God help me, col
onel, seeing every day the growing
conviction that Hayne was inno
cent, that somebody else must
be guilty, I thought, what if this
man should, in drunken gratitude to
Hayne for saving his life, go to him and
tell him this story, tl ? back it up be
fore ?i?Lu?}M$e?^?~ T-viiii. ia these two
others? I was weak, but it appalled me.
I determined to get hiin out of the way
of such a possibility. I got his discharge,
and meantime strove to prevent his
drinking or going near Hayne. She
knew the real story he would tell. This
was her devilish plan to keep me on watch
against him. I never dreamed the real
truth. She swore to me that $300 was
all the money they had. I believed that
when he confessed it would be what she
declared. I never dreamed that Clancy
and his confederate were the thieves; I
never believed the money was taken
until after Hayne received it. I saw how
Hayne's guilt was believed in even in
the face of contradictory evidence before
the court. What would be the tendency
if three men together were to swear
against me, now that everybody thought
him wronged? I know very well what
you will think of my cowardiee. I know
you and your officers will say I should
have given him every chance?should
have courted investigation; and I meant
to do so, but first I wanted to hear from
those discharged men in Nebraska. The
whole scheme would have been exploded
two months ago bad I not been a cow
ard; bu* night after night something
kept whispering to me,4 You have wreck
ed and ruined a friendless: young soldier's
life. You shall be brought as low.' "
The colonel was, as he afterwards re
marked, hardly equal to the occasion.
He had as much contempt for moral
weakness in a soldier as he had for phy
sical cowardice; but Rayner's almost ab
ject recital of his months of misery really
left him nothing to say. Had the cap
tain sought to defend or justify any de
tail of his conduct, he would have
pounced on him like a panther. Twice
the adjutant, sitting an absorbed and
silent listener, thought the chief on the
verge of an outbreak; but it never came.
For some minuses after Rayner ceased
the colonel sat steadily regarding him
At last he ?poke:
"You have been so frank in your state
ment, captain, that I feel you full) ap
preciate how such deplorable weakness
must be regarded in an officer. It is un
necessary for me to speak of that. The
full particulars of Clancy's confession
are not yet with me. Maj. Waldron has
it all in writing, and Mr. Billings has
merely told me the general features.
Of course you shall have a copy of it in
good time. As you go east today and
liave your wife and household to think
for, it may be as well that you do not at
tempt to see Mr. Hayne before "starting.
And this matter will not be discussed."
. And so it happened that when the
Rayners drove to the station that bright
afternoon and a throng of ladies and
officers gathered to see them off, some of
the youngsters going with them into
town to await the coming of the train,
Nellie Travers liad been surrounded by
chattering friends of both sexes, con
stantly occupied and yet constantly
looking for the face of one who came
not. For an hour before their depart
ure every tongue in garrison that
wagged at all?ana" few there were that
wagged not?were discoursing on the
exciting events of the morning?Hayne's
emancipation from the last vestige of
suspicion, Clancy's capture, confession
and tragic death, Mrs. Clancy's flight
and prol>abie future. At Rayner's peo
ple spoke of these things very guardedly,
because every one saw that the captain
was moved to the depths of his nature.
He was solemnity itself, and Mrs. Ray
ner watched him with deep anxiety,
fearful that he might be exposed to some
thoughtless or malicious questioning.
Her surveillance was needless, however;
even Ross made no allusion to the events
of the morning, though he communi
cated to bis fellows in the subsequent
confidences of the club room that Midas
looked as though he'd been pulled
through a series of knot holes. "Looks
more's though he were going to his own
funeral than on leave," he added.
As for Hayne, he had been closeted
with the colonel and Maj. Waldron for
some time after his return?a conference
that was broken in upon by the startling
news of Clancy's deatli. Then he had
joined his friend, the doctor, at the hos
pital, and was still there, striving to
comfort little Kate, who could not be in
duced to leave her father's rapidly stiff- I
ening form, when Mrs. Waldron re-en- \
tered the room. Drawing tiie child to
her side and folding her motherly arms
about her, she looked up in Hayne's pale
face:
"They are going in five minutes. Don't
you mean to see her?"*
"Not there?not under his roof or in
that crowd. I will go to the station."
"I must run over and say good-by in a
moment?when the carriage goes around.
Shall?shall I say you will come?"
There was a light in his blue eyes she
was just beginning to notice now as she
studied his face. A sm. 'e flickered one
instant about the corne;s of his mouth,
and then he held or.t Iiis hand:
"She knows by this time, Mrs. Wal
dron."
An hour later Mrs. Rayner was stand
ing on the platform at the station, Ross
and others of her satellites hanging about
hen Capt. Rayner was talking in sub
dued tones with one or two of the senior
officers: Miss Travers, looking feverishly
pretty, was chatting busily with Royce
and Foster, though a close observer could
liave noted that her dark eyes often
sought the westward prairie o%'er which
wound tliOToad to the distant post. It
was nearly train time, and three or four
horsemen could be seen at various dis
tances, while, far out towards the fort,
long skirmish lines and fluttering guidons
were sweeping over the slopes hi mimic
war array.
"I have missed all this," she said, point
ing to the scene; "and 1 do love it so that
it seems hard to go just as all the real
soldier life is beginning."
"Goodness knows you've had offers
enough to keep you here," said Foster,
with not the blithest laugh in the world.
"Any girl who will go east and marry a
cit' and leave six or seven penniless subi
sighing behind her, I Iiavo my opinion of;
she's eminently level headed," he added,
with rueful and unexpected candor,
"I have hopes of Miss Travers yet,"
boomed Royce, in his ponderous basso;
"not personal hopes, Foster?you needn't
feel for your pistol?but I believe that
lier heart is with the army, like the sol
dier's daughter she is." And, audacious
as was the speech and deserving of in
stant rebuke, Mr. Rjyce was startled to
see her reddening vividly, lie would
have plunged into hasty apology, but
Foster plucked his sleeve:
"Look who's coming, you galoot! She
hasn't heard a word either of us has said."
And though Nellie Travers, notin:; the
sadden silence, burst into ;:n immediate
and utterly irrelevant lament over the
loss of the Maltese kitten?which had
not been seen all that day and was not
to be found when they came away?it
was useless. The effort was gallant, but
the flame in her cheeks betrayed lier as,
throwing his reins to the orderly who
followed him, Mr. Hayne dismounted at
the platform and came directly towards
her. To Mrs. Hayner s unspeakable dis
may, lie walked up to t ho trio, bowed
low over the littlo gloved hand that was
extended in answer to the proh'cr Of his
own, and next she saw that Royce and
Foster had, as though by tacit cousent,
fallen back, and, coram publica, Nr.
Hayne was sole claimant of the regards
of her baby sister. Ti e? s was out one
comfort ta the situation: the train was j
insight. Forgetful, reckless for the mo- j
ment, of what was going on around her, j
she stood gazing at the pair.
No woman could fp.il to read the story; !
no woman could sec his face, his eyes.
his whole attitude aud expression, and
not read therein that old, old story that
grows sweeter with every century of its
life. That he should be inspired with
sudden, vehement love for her exquisite
Nell was something she could readily
understand; but what?what meant her
downcast eyes,, the flutter of color on
her soft and rounded cheek, the shy up
lifting of the fringed lids from time to
time as though in response to eager
question or appeal? Heavens! would
that train never come? The whistle was
sounding in the distance, but it would
take ages to drag those heavy Pullmans
up the grade from the bridge where
they had yet to stop. She could almost
have carted forward, seized her sister
by tha wrist, and whispered again the
baleful reminder that of late had had no
mention between thein?"Thou art an
other's;" but in her distress her weak
blue eyes sought her husband's face.
He saw it all, and shook his head. Then
there was nothing to be done.
As the train came rumbling finally
into the station she saw him once more
clasp her sister's hand; then, with one
long look into the sweet face that was
hidden from her jealous eyes, he raised
his forage cap and stepped quickly back
to where his horse was held. Her hus
band hastened to her side:
"Kate, I must speak to him. I don't
care how he may take it. I cannot go
without it."
They all watched the tall captain as
he strode across the platform. Every
man in uniform seemed to know instinct
ively that Rayner at last was seeking
to make open reparation for the bitter
wrong he had done. One or two strove
to begin a general chat and affect an in
terest in something else for Mrs. Rayner's
benefit, but she, with trembling lips, stood
gazing after her husband and seemed to
beg for silence. Then all abandoned
other occupation, and every man stood
still and watched them. Hayne had
quickly swung into saddle, and had
turned for one more look, when he saw
his captain with ashen face striding
towards him, and heard him call his
name.
"By Jove!" muttered Ross, "what
command that fellow has over himself!"
for, scrupulously observant of military
etiquette, Mr. Hayne on being addressed
by his superior officer had instantly dis
mounted, and now stood silently facing
him Even at the distance, there were
some who thought they could see his
features twitching: but Iiis blue eyes
were calm and steady?far clearer than
they had been but a moment agone when
gazing good-by into the sweet face they
worshiped. None could hear what
passed between them. The talk was
very brief; but Ross almost gasped with
amaze, other officers looked at one an
other in utter astonishment, and Mrs.
Rayner fairly sobbed with excitement
and emotion-, when Mr. Hayne was seen
to hold forth his hand, and Rayner,
grasping it eagerly in both of his own,
shook it once, then strode hastily away
towards the rear of the train. His eyes
were filled with tears he could not repress
and could not bear to show.
That evening as the train wound steadi
ly eastward into the shadows of the night,
and they looked out in farewell upon the
slopes they had last seen when a wintry
gale swept fiercely over the frozen sur
face and the shallow ravines were streak
ed with snow, Elate Rayner, after a long
talk with her husband, and abandoning
her boy to the sole guardianship of his
nurse, settled herself by Nellie's side, and
Nellie knew that she either sought confi
dences or had them to impart. Some
thing of the old, quizzical look was play
ing about the corner of her pretty mouth
as her elder sister, with feminine indi
rectness, began her verbal skirmishing
with the subject. It was some time be
fore the question was reached which led
to her real objective:
"Did he?did Mr. Hayne tell you much
about Clancy?"
"Not much. There was no time."
"You had fully ten minutes, I'm sure.
It seemed even longer."
"Four by the clock, Kate.*!
"Well, four, then. He must have had
something of greater interest."*
No answer. Cheeks red dening, though.
"Didn't he?"?persistently.
"I will tell you what he told me of
Clancy, Kate, Mrs. Clancy had utterly
deceived you as to what he had to tell,
had she not?"
"Utterly." And now it was Mrs. Ray
ner s turn to color painfully.
"Mr. Hayne tells me that Clancy's con
fession really explained how Capt. Ray
ner was mistaken. It was not so much
the captain's fault, after all."
"So Mr. Hayne told him. You knew
they?you saw Mr. Hayue offer liim his
hand, didn't you?"
"I did not see: I knew he would."
More vivid color, and much hesitation
now.
"Knew he would! Why, Nellie, what
do you mean? He didn't tell you that
he was to see Capt. Rayner. He couldn't
have known."
"But I knew, Kate; and I told him
how the captain had suffered."
"But how could you know that he
would shake liands with him?"
"He promised me,"
The silence was unbroken for a mo
ment. Nellio Travers could hear the
beating of lier own heart as she nestled
closer to her sister and stole a hand into
hers. Mrs. Rayner was trying hard to
be dutiful, stern, unbending, to keep her
faith with the distant lover in the east,
whether Nell was true or no; but she had
been so humbled, so changed, so shaken,
by the events of the past few weeks, that
she felt all her old spirit of guardianship
ebbing away. "Must I give you up, Neli?
and must he, too??Mr. Van Antwerp?"
"He has not answered my last letter,
Kate. It is nearly a week since I have
heard from him."
"What did you write, Nellie'?"
"What I had done twice before?that
he ought to release me."
"And?is Clancy's the only confession
you have heard today?"
"The only one." A pause, then: "I
know what you mean, Kate: but he is
not the man to?to offer his love to a girl
he knows is pledged to another."
"But if you wore free, Nellie? Tell
me."
"I have no right to say, Kate; but"?
r-ud two big. tears were welling up into
lier brave eyes, ns she clasped her hands
and stretched them yearningly before
tuer?"shall 1 tell you what I think a girl
would say if she were five and had won
ids love?"
"What, Nellie?"
"She wouid say 'Ay." No woman
wi?li a heart could leave a man who has
Iionie much and come through it ail
so bravely."
Poor Mrs. Rayner! Humbled and
chastened as she was, what refuge had
she but tears, and then prayer?
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CHARLESTON & SAVANNAH
Schedule in effect July 16, 1890.
Time at Charleston, 75?h Meridian.
Time South of Charleston, 90th Meridian.
SOUTHWARD.
27
A. M.
Lv. Charleston 4 00
Arv. Vemassee 5 04
Arv. Savannah 6 44
NORTHWARD.
Lv.
Lv.
Av.
36
A. M.
7 00
8 50
P. M.
Charleston 12 16
Savannah
Yeroassee
15 37 3*
A. M. A. M. P. M.
7 20 8 00 3 00
8 38 9 10 4 28
10 52 6 40
14 38 78
P. M. P. M. P. M.
12 39 8 10
2 17 3 40 9 58
A. M.
5 20 7 10 1 01
Trains 14, 36, 27, 15, 37, 38 and 78 daily.
Train 35 on Sunday will leave Charleston at
4 05 p. m., arrive Savannah at 7.35 p. m.
Train 40 on Sundav will leave Savannah at
3.45 p. m., arrive Charleston at 9 20 p. m.
These trains stop at all stations. Trains 15
and 36 will stop at all stations.
Connertion fur Beaufort and Pt. Royal
made daily except Sunday by trains leaving
Charleston 7.20 a. m., 8.00 a. m., and 3.00
p m.
Connection for Walterboro made daily ex
cept Sunday, by trains leaving Charleston at
7.20 a. m , 8 00 a. m., and 3 00 p. m.
E. P. McSWINEY,
G. P. A.
ATLANTA, GK?TTASGGGA, K&SXVILLE,
CiBClKSATs. t??ieVfLLE, ?SK2YH.U,
AS5 S??9IK?? RFSoRTS.
IWTA'ar iS- 1SOO.
L.v Brunswick.U2HX) p.m.i 8:20a m.
Lv J v-iip. j l-JSh a m.ilOMOa.m.
Ar Ma?on . .. . | 6:17 a m. | 4:35 p.m.
Lv Ma?on .< 7:02? m ! 4:40 pjnu
Ar Atlanta.10-35a.m.j 8:10p.m.
Lv Atlanta.. IBOoa.m ll-COp.m.
Ar Boni!?. . I:50p.m.| 2-COa.m.
Ar Chattanooga. 5:00p m.j fi-l?a.m.
Ar Louisviile.| 7-23a m.! 7 :C)i<.m.
Ar (jincinnati .' fi:40a.m.; 7::?) p.m.
Ar KnoxvilW*.| 6:35p.m.j 7:55a.m.
Ar Morristown. S:10p m.l f?:2.'am.
Ar Hot Springs.. 10:10 p:m. 11 -!a.m.
Ar Ashevi?o .IJ2:35a.m.l 1:42 p.m.
?TT ~
Stnl
Ar C?infic Springs
Ar Wyt?iev?lle...
Ar R?anoke
to .Vi p m i 12:25 p.m.
Lu2a.m.| 210 p.m.
' 2:36 a.TO.I 4-15 p.m.
! 512? a.m.1 7:05 p m.
Ar Natural Bridge.i 7:30ft.m.] S:32p.m.
At Lnrav. .. Ij 1:53 a.m. 12:37 a.m.
Ar
Ar Lynchhunj
A r Petersburg.
Ar Norfolk
I 7:20 a.m.] 9:20 p.m
111:20 a.m j .
' 2:00 J).)tl ! . . .,
Train leaving Brunswick a! 11.00 p. m. nrries
Piiliman Sleepors Brunswick to Atlantaiand Pull
man I??fTi-: Kleppers Jacksonville- to Cincinnati,
Cfinnciiino: at home with through Sleepers tr
Washington, and at Chattanooga with Pullman
Sleepers for Memphis nod the West.
Train leaving Brunswick at 8.20 a.m. connects at
Macon \-. Prillman Sleeper for Chattanoogaand at
Atlantaw-th Pullman Sk-Jjpcr tor Knoxvflle where
connections aro made with Pullman Sleeper for
Philadelphia and Now York, and Hut springs and
Asbevilh?.
SUMMER K"^rn.^Tnx^TTFirrrTwill be sold at
TWO CENTS p'-r mile travelled commencing
3!r.v l'.tli. p-.Hi. j',t>- Ite'.rrn !-f..:v N->v 1st _
So ti-?>u-?*l.-><f .Vilg.a:"tt?: j> < i-3k-? Tt<-U?-la.
__ ,? Ap*!V t.. 'l'ieket A ?'.-tit- or to
*KA3?K M. .If>LLY. [?iatrict Pakenser Ag?>nt,
S--. ~j West Buy ^T.. .lr\el>j?(nville. P]?.
C. f?. ?I?GHT, B. W. WRJ5NN,
A?st. (-ri r,-.-. \gent. Gm"! Paiwehger A^fvtt.
Li lam a, Ja. lis .x: Ilia. 1'i.sn.
One of the funniest developments of
this session of Congress is the introduc
tion by Senator Blair of a resolution in
tended to limit debate. Blair is the
man who made a speech eight days
long in favor of bis educational abomina
tion at the beginning of the present
session.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or
no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per
fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25cents per box. For sale by J. F. W. De
Lorme. 0
? ? ? m -
One of Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Liver and
Kidney Pillets, taken at night before going to
bed, will move the bowels; the effect will
astonish you. vljul
The most popular liniment, is the old
reliable, Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil
Liniment. vljul
I AM AGENT
For the following
well-known and reliable
FIRE
Insurance Companies,
And solicit a share of the
FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS.
Our rates are as low and our
policies as liberal as any first
class Insurance Companies.
THE QUEEN, of England.
THE NORWICH UNION,
of England.
THE NIAGARA,
of New York.
THE CONTINENTAL,
of New York.
THE NORTH AMERICAN, j
of Philadelphia.
THE GIRARD,
of Philadelphia.
THE MERCHANTS,
of Newark, N. J.
ALTAMONT MOSES.
I STILL CONTINUE
To keep a first class stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
?THE?
BARGAINS
are too numerous to enumerate.
I invite the attention of close
buyers who desire first class
goods.
Call special attention to our
Butter and Teas.
ALTAMONT MOSES.
Feb 12.
MACHINERY.
W. H. GIBBES, JR., & CO.,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
STATE AGENTS FOR
LIDDELL & CO.'S
Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, &c.
Deering HarvestingJVIachinery,
Thomas Rakes, Wind Mills,
Ice Plants,
Cane Mills and Evaporators,
Wood-working Machinery.
In fact anything, from a Plow Point to
a Cotton Seed Oil Mill
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
A fair price allowed for old engines
in exchange for new outfits.
W. M. REIB,
Mayesviile, S. C.
Agent for Sumter and Kersbaw Co.s
and Clarendon, East of Central R. R.
May 7?x
Summer Tours.
Palace Steamers. Low Ratcs.
Pour Trips per Week Between
detroit, mackinac island
Petoekey. The Soo. Marquette, and
Lake Huron Por.a.
Every Evening Between
detroit and cleveland
Sunday Trip* during Jnnc. July, August f d
September Only.
Our illustrated Pamphlets,
Bates and Excursion Tickets will bo furnished
by your Ticket Agent, or address
e. b. WHITCOMB, G. P. A., Dbtroit, Mich.,
(HE DETROITS CLEVELAND STEAM NAV. CO.
A CARD.
SINCE WITHDRAWING FROM THE
firm of A. P. Levy & Co., and at the
solicitation of numerous friends I have de
cided to open a jlrst-cluss saloon on Liberty
Street opposite J. Rettenberg ? Sons'
grocery, and I can hereafter be found there at
all hours, having just opened up as fine a
stock of Liquors aud Segars as has ever been
brought to Suniter. I extend a cordial invi
tation to ail of my friends and patroos to
call. Respectfully.
Jan. 22. A. P. LEVY.
CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND
NORTHERN RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT MAY 5, 1890.
North.
3
P M.
10
47
56
14
19
31
41
8 05
8 24
8 36
8 43
8 52
9 01
9 12
9 25
P. M.
1
A. M.
6 00
7 45
8 00
8 30
8 55
9 08
9 18
9 34
9 47
10 12
10 32
10 42
11 19
11 39
12 01
12 30
P. M.
MAIN LINE.
Charleston
Pregnalis
Harlejville
Pecks
Holly Hill
Connors
Eotawville
Bulis
Van ces
Merriara
St. Paul
Surnroerton
Silver
Packsville
Tindal
Sumter
South.
2
A. M.
11 03
9 30
9 18
9 00
8 55
8 45
8 35
8 20
7 56
4
P. M.
9 30
8 05
7 45
44
37
28
19
08
55
15
04
50
33
18
13
43
25
12
55
43
22
0U
A, M. P. M.
North.
HARLIN CITY BRANCH.
South.
7
P. M.
8 10
8 23
8 29
8 42
5
A. M.
9 50
10 05
10 20
10 35
6
A. M.
8 05
7 50
7 44
7 30
8
A M.
11 32
11 19
11 13
11 00
Van ces
Snells
Parlera
Harlin City
Trains 2, 3, 6 and 7 run daily ; other trains
daily except Sunday.
Trains do not stop where time is omitted.
Bulls, Merriani and Snells are flag stations.
Trains 2 and 3 have through cars between
Charleston and Sumter.
I. W, FOWLER,
General Manager.
Atlantic Coast Line
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA R. R.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated April 20, 1890. |N?>. 23|No. 27|No. 15
L've Wilmington.
Leave Marion.
Arrive Florence..
Leave Florence.
Ar've Sumter...
Leave Snmter....,
Ar've Columbia.
P. M.
* 6 15
9 ZA
10 20
No. 5?
A. M
3 20
4 35
4 35
6 15
P. M
*10 10
12 40
1 20
A M
No 52
f 9 45
10 55
A. M,
No. 58
fS 25
S 35
No. 52 ruus through from Charleston via
Central R. A.
Leaving Lanes 9:15 A. M., Manning 9:56
A. M.
Train on C. & O. R. R. connects at Florence
with No. 58.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
j No. 51|No. 59|No. 53
Leave Columbia.
Ar've Suuifer.
Lenve Sumter..
Arrive Florence.
Leave Flsrence...
Leave Marion.
Arr. Wilmington
? M
*I0 35
11 IS
Daily, f Daily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S C, via
Central R. R , arriving Manning 7:04 P. M.,
Lanes 7:42 P. M.f Charleston 9:30 P. M. 1
No. 59 connects at Florence with C. and D,
train for Cheraw and Wndesboro.
Nos* 78 and 14 n-ake close connection at
Wilmington with W. ? W. R. R. for all points
North.
Train on Florence R. R. leaves Pee Dee daily
except Sunday 4 40 p. AI., arrive Rowland 7-00
P. M. Returning leave Rowland 6 30 A. M.,
arrive Pee Dee 8.50 A.M.
Truin on Manchester & Augusta R. R. leaves
Sumter daily except Sunday, 10:50 A. M.. ar
rive Riruini 12.01. Returning leave Rimini
12:15, P. M., arrive Sumter 1:30 P. M.
JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sup't,
J. R. KENLY, Assistant Gen'l Manager.
T. M. EMERSON. Gen. Passenger Ag't.
Atlantic Coast Line.
NORTH-EASTERN R. R. of S. C.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE,
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated April 20. 1890
Le Florence.
" Kingstree.
Ar. Lane3...
Le. Lanes...
Ar. Cba's'n.
No. 27|No. 23|No. 53
A. M.j A. M
*1 35 *8 30
2 29 9 46
2 501 10 07
2 50i 10 07
5 00
A. M.
11 59
A. M.
P M.
*7 50
9 30
P. M.
Train on C. k D. R. R. counects at Flor
ence with No. 23 Train.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
|No. 78jNo. 14|No. 52
Le. Cha's'n
Ar. Lanes
Le Lanes
" Kingstree
Ar Florence
A. M.
* Daily, f Daily except Sunday.
No. 52 runs through to Columbia
via Central R R. of S. C
Nos. 78 and 14 run solid to WilmingtOD,
N. C, making close connection with W. & W.
R. R. for all points north.
J. R. KENLY, J. F. DIVINE,
Ass't Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't.
T. M. EMERSON, Geu'l Pass. Agent.
South Carolina Railway Co,
D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Receivkb.
mr -?n
Commencing April 30th, 1&90, at .1 30 p.
m., Eastern Time, trains will run as follows:
MAIN LINE TO AUGUSTA.
west?daily.
A. M. P. M.
Leave Charleston, 6.00 6 00
" Summerville, 6 53 6.40
" Pregnall's 7.40 7.16
" Branchville, 8 55 8.25
Arrive Augusta, 12.01 11.25
MAIN LINE AUGUSTA TO CHARLESTON.
east?daily.
A. M.
Leave Augusta,
" Branchville,
" Pregnall's,
" Summerville,
Arrive Charleston,
MAIN LINE AND
P. M.
4.40
7.58
8.39
9.15
10.00
8.05
10.50
11.44
12.32
P. M.
I. 15
COLUMBIA DIVISION.
daily.
A. M.
7 00
8 05
8.35
10.43
II. 30
P. M.
5 10
6 44
7.45
10 05
* 10 50
Leave Charleston,
" Pregnall's,
,{ Branchville,
Arrive Columbia,
" Camden,
COLUMBIA DIVISION AND MAIN LINE.
east ?daily.
A. M. P. M.
Lenve Camden, * 5.50 4 45
? Cola, 6 43 5.25
" Branchville, 8 55 7.45
" Pregnall's, 9 37 8.21
Arrive Charleston, 11 03 9.30
* Daily except Sunday.
Connections at Pregnall's to and from C.
S. & N. R. R., wi.ii through coach between
Charleston and Hariin City. Connections on
train leaviug Pregt.nlt's for Charleston at
9.37 a. m., and leaving Charleston for Preg
nali's at 5.10 P. M. Couuections at Augusta
for all points in Georgia and the West and at
Columbia for North and West.
THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE.
Augusta Division?Through Trains be
tween Charleston and Augusta, both direc
tions, Through Sleepers between Charleston
and Atlanta, leaving Cliarleston at 6 P. M.?
arriving in Atlanta at 6 30 A. M., and leav
ing Atlanta at 11.15 P. M.?arriving in
Charleston 1 15 P. M. Sleepers between Au
gusta and Macon connecting wilh same trains
daily.
Columbia Division?Through Trains be
tween Charleston and Columbia, both direc
tions.
S. B. PICKENS,
C. M. Ward, Ger'l Pass. Agent.
Gen'l Manger.
~mf?THI8S MICE FREE.
Send your address to B. W.Wrcnn, Gen. Pass. Aj?ent,
Kast Tenn. Virginia & Georgia Lines, Knoxville,
Tenn., and he wilt send you a handsome lithographic
map, postage paid.
I F. W. DeLORME,
Agent?
-DEALER IN
DRUGS I MUM,
TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY
AND ALL KINDS OF
Druggist's Sundries
USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG
STORE. _
Tobacco, Snuff and Segars,
GARDEN SEEDS, &G,
-ALSO
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
GLASS, PUTTY, &c.
DYK STUFFS.
Physician's Prescriptions carefully
compounded, and orders answered
with care and dispatch.
The public will find my stock of
Medicines complete, warranted genu
ine, and of the best quality.
Call and see for yourselves.
?L W. BRADHAH,
Wheelwright and Blacksmith
SUMTER, S. C.
IAM PREPARED TO REPAIR AND
Rebuild, as well as to build outright, all
kinds of Vehicles.
HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY.
Also repair all parts of broken Machinery.
Keep on hand a stock of Check and Globe
Valves and Fittings. Also keep Pumps on
band and put them down. I handle the
SMITH'S SONS IMPROVED GIN,
which is as good as any on the market, and
gives entire satisfaction.
Aug 21
J. W. MCKIEVER,
CONTRACTOR AND
SUMTER, S.
BUILDER
c.
Prompt attention given to all
work entrusted to his care.
Estimates furnished on all
buildings and repairs.
May 14
PLUMMER JOHNSON.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
SUMTER, 8. C.
IS PREPARED TO DO ALL WORK
entrusted to bis care, either in the make
up of new work, or mending line and guaran
tees satisfaction. Terms low. Call ami see
rae at Shop, next door to Moises & Lee's law
offii-e.
Dec 4.
OJLf> HE LIABLE.
HONEST WORKMANSHIP.
NO PINCHING.
All work executed in accordance with
design selected.
No blow-hard ageuts in the Seid.
MONUMENTS,
?AND?
ALL STYLES CEMETERY ^OSE,
As cheap as the cheapest, and ae
good as the best. Also
All Styles Iron Fencing.
W. P. SMSTH,
Oct. 2 STJMTEK, S. C.
WILLIAM KENNEDY.
Fashionable Barber.
MAIN STREET,
Next door to Earle& Purdy's Law Office.
SUMTER, S. C.
IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens ot
Sumter and vicinity that I have opened
business on my own account at the above old
stand, and that with comp?tent and polite
assistants. I will he pleased to serve them in
any branch of my business in the best style
of the art.
Give me a call.
W;M. KENNEDY.
Oct. 19.
LFSEE.
.OUE NEW I
?85 Solid I
'OoldWotchl_
Worth SlOO.CO. Best gSS
Jwatch in the world. Perfect
timekeeper. Warranted heavy.
~ isolid GOLD hunting cases.
I Both ladies'and gent's sizes,
with works and cases of
^(jual value. 0X2 PERSOXia
'each locality can secure one
free, together with our larpe
valuable lineof Household
_i ..... These samples, as well
asthe watchT?re free. All the work you
need do is to show what we send you to those who call?your
friends and neighbors end thoxe about yon?thatalways results
iu valuable trade forus which holds foryears when once started,
and thus wo are rejuid. We pay all express, freisrht, etc. After
you know all. if vou would like to p? to work for OS.you can
earn from SSO to SCO per week and c;. wards. Address,
Stinson <fc Co., Box ?l?, Portland, Maine.
JHMffP
VERY OLD AND PURE
COB?ilf WHISKEY,
Especially aged for medicinal use.
MEDICATED
BLACK BERRY B8?NBY.
Imported Port Wine5
a preventative for Spring and Summer
complaints. Call early, secure a but
tle and convince yourself.
Try Strauss' Electric, the best 5 cent.
Scgar in the State.
Very respectfully,
I. STRAUSS, Proprietor,
PALACE SALOON,
SUMTER, S. C.
June 4.
what is going
F3RM4!
MILES .,,f^^W=\?
One of the I
BKSTTcl
e?CO?eiK ? " I.
th?? \vr>rld. Our tacili ties are
uncnuleil. and t<> inirodureour
sti; eriorpoi ds ?rewill scndFKCT
: . i casex in each locality,
a? above. < 'n'.y those w ho write
tni:>et onceean make sure of
I .. . h.m< All you have : -><!.> ir.
:. tm :~ : show our fto-x!? to
:. *c who call?your neighbors
and rh?s? around you. lh?- be
jrfan?ns ?f this adverrNement
su >w* th? >!iiall end of the tWe
c the nppesrance of:l rrduced to
^3=
is .i crati i..! ?'.! s?zetele
v.iil nNo .?;. it yon how yon
ran make front io*3j?Xda.*day ?' i<??t. trom th???tart.wirti
?f.:e
>ut > r tieri.-:.. . . l*-."-t write st once. WV pnv all express i hnrpes.
n iLxLLETC i CO.. Hex roCTJUSIr, MaLS?.
BSET AJJJJ CHEAPEST^
ALL GOODS S?ARANTEEB.
Estimates furnished by return Mail.
LARGE STOCK, P H?T SHIPMENTS,
iw. e. mui & a,
MANUFACTURERS ?F AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
MOULDING,
?and?
GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL,
Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 HayneSt,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan 25 o
0.0- brown & bbo
COLUMBIA, S. C.
?
DOORS,
SASH & BLINDS,
LATHS, LIME,
CEMENT, PLASTER, n
AND HAIR.
FrenclaMAfflericaaWMow Glass,
PAINTS, OILS
AND VARNISHES. -
CARTER WETE LEAD. I
The Best in the Market.
Special Attention Given to Ordert
by Mail.
C. 0. BROWN & BRO., ^
Opposite Post Office,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
5-Q_
C. WULBEEN & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
. AND DEALERS ?N i
167 and 169 E ast-Bay";
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Dec. 2 6
OTTO F. WEITERS,
WHOLESALE
GROCER 1
And Liquor Dealer. '
OFFICE AND SALESROOM :
1S3 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
li.??.uTIIMS&SON, -
. Established 1847.
"WHOLESALE GROCEBS,
Auction and Commission Merchants
an? Liquor Dealers.,
AGSNTS FOB
The Philip Best Brewing Co., Milwaukee
Beer, and the "Best" Tonic, a concentrated
liquid extract of Malt and Hops.
The Palest Brewing Co., Milwaukee Beer.
197 EAST BAY and 50 a?d 52 STATE S?.,
(Auction Room State Street,)
CHARLESTON, S. .
??f* Consignments Solicited.
Jan. 23._o__
CHAS. C. LESLIE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in -~
FISH, GAME, OYSTERS,
TURTLES, TERRAPINS,
POULTRY, EGGS, &c
Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fisb Market. -w
Office and Fish House, 18 and 20 Market St.
East of East Bay,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
All orders promptly attended to. ^
Terms cash or city acceptance,
Oct. 3_
GEO. L. COOK,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
265 KING STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Aug 10 _0__
fiTEELT HOUSE, \
IN THE BEND OF KING STREET, ,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Rates, $2 and $2.50 per day.
G. T. ALFORD, ~ J
May 2-0_PROPRIETOR.
WRIGHT'S HOTEL,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
-o
THIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE ?.
with all modern improvements, is now
open for the reception of guests.
S. L. WRIGHT k SON,
Pronrietora.
Obtained. and ail PATSiXT lilXlXBSS at
tended t<> for MODJERATE FEES Onr office is
opposite ?he l'.S. Patent OlFice. and we can or*
tain Patents m less time Uiati th?*e remote from
WASHINGTON. >eii?i MO DEI* i>R.\ WING or
PHOTO of invention. We advise ns lo patent
a??lity free of <'harpea?d we make NO CHARGE
UNLESS PATENT IS SECiJRED.
For circular, advice, terms and references to
actual clients in your own State. (V.tmy. City or
?owii, write to p*,?/ szg$^
sS?l_ _
Opposite Fatait Ojjice, Washington, D Q.
ws y?b fence?
We have the CHEAPEST and Best
WOVEN WIRE FENCING
I Wire Rope Selvage*
50 INCHES HIGH AT 60 CENTS PER bod.
Lawn. Garden, Poultry and St<>ek Fencing, all
sizes and widths. Gates tomatch. Prices low ?S
bv dealers. Freight Paid. Sen J i^. crrcalars.
lilK HcXVUXXWOVES W?RKFESCECO., CHICAGO, IUU
P. S.-All-Slctl LAWS und (.mt?&Y &*c*