The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 10, 1894, Image 7

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Judge Benet's Opinion. He Deals With the 1893 Dispen sary Xiaw. The October term of the Court of -General Sessions for Richland county began tts sessions on ; Monday Oct. 1st. Judge W. Christie Benet, one of the new judges, made bis first appearance here and be made a re? markable and very unusual charge to the grand jury, dealing with the dis? pensary law Judge Benet presented his commis? sion as judge of the First circuit, for four years from February 16 last, and bad it recorded by the clerk The roll of jurors was called, and an extra venire was drawn. After the coutt was organized Judge Benet proceed? ed to charge the grand jury as fol? lows, the charge being attentively listened te: Mr Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of Richland Oonnty. Thia is the third term of court since yon were sworn in as grand jury. It is the duty of the judge who presides at the spring term to give the grand fury fall instructions in regard to their duties generally in addition to the particular instructions concerning the bilis of indictment submitted by tiie State's counsel. And 1 do not ?doubt that my learned brother of the bench,: who charged yon last M arch, instructed yon fully on the duties of your office. In accordance with his charge, you have doubtless made careful and thorough examinations into the condition of each of the county offices; and have made presentment or are at this term ready to make-presentment thereon As the grand inquest of Richland county for twelvemonths from the fourth Monday of last March, yon have, I trust, made diligent inquiry concerning the manner in which the various county officials do their work. They are the servants of the people You are the respresentatives of the people, sworn to look after the peo? ple's interests during your year of office, and the people of this county look to yon to report whether each county official is performing the duties of bis office faithfully, efficiently and honestly, or whether he is an un? worthy servant, careless in bis work, unbusinesslike in bis keeping of the public books and records, negligent of public moneys in his hands, or may be guilty of oppression and malfeas? ance in office. I shall ask the clerk of the court to hand me your two former present* men?s that I maj learn what yon have already done in this regard, and whether or not you will require any further general instruction. But there is one matter in connection with your county officials--with those of them who are bonded officers-which I desire to bring to your attention, and that is the solvency of their bondsmen and the soundness of their official bonds. 1 know that in some counties grand juries have failed to scrutinize the bonds of their county officials, no doubt, in some cases, because the matter was not submitted to them, and great and irreparable injury and loss have been suffered in cons?quence. Careless and fraudu? lent handling of public money results in a deficit or defalcation, amounting to thousands of dollars. It has been going on for years, no one suspecting the genial and popular official. The inevitable expostire comes, The official himself ] is insolvent. His bondsmen are sued, and, for the first time* rt^je : bond M discovered to be well* nigh worthless, and yet it may be that his bondsmen were all solvent when taej signed the&ond and after? ward pdime,? unfortunate and - fell i otc reduced circumstances. Hada grand jury, however, carefully and closely scrutinized the bond year by year ?ie pnblic would not have been the losers* < In ?rese days: o f commercial and in? dustrial depression and instability, and ups and downs in the money mar? ket, when the man who yesterday was safe and solvent, today is em? barrassed, and tomorrow is a bank? rupt, it is the duty of a grand jury to examine closely into the bonds of county officers. A bond, which last year may have been good and suffi? cient, may this year need to be strengthened. I charge, you there? fore gentlemen, to take this matter in hand if yon have not already done so and to embody the results of your scrutiny in your final presentment. Mr. Foreman and gentlemen, there is another matter which behooves yon and rae to take into consideration, and which it is my duty to charge you. I refer to the dispensary law. Since last we sat here, at the June term. Governor Tilllman has issued a proclamation informing the people of the State that the dispensary act of 1893 is of force and to be enforced as the law of the land. No doubt you are aware that the dispensary act of 1892 was decided to be unconstitu-1 tional by a majority of the Supreme Court, one Associate Justice dissent? ing. That adverse decision was made after the act of 1892 bad been in effect repealed and suspended by the act of 1893, bot the court did not consider nor pass upon the act of 1893. That act stands on the statute book today unrepealed and unaffected by the decision of the Supreme Court. It is the law of the land. You, as grand jurors, and I, as circuit judge, are equally bound, as officers of the law; to do all in our power to enforce it, and I charge you that it is your sworn duty to present any violators of that law which may come under yoi notice, or which may be reported i you or submitted to you. lt is ju as much your duty as it is for goc cause shown, to present homicide burglaries, larcenies or other viol tions of law. Unfortunately, much opposition In been industriously stirred up aud kej alive in some parts of the Stat against the dispensary law, and viol tions of it have been openly coui seled and condoned as a patriot duty. This opposition has bee directed chiefly to that provision t the law which authorizes constable to make search and seizures. T encourage and intensify this oppos tion the cry has been raised that th liberty of the citizen is in dange and that the sanctity of the home i being desecrated. It is well to be o our guard against any measure thc threatens our individual rights a citizens, or unlawfully invade th privacy and sancity of our homet It is well to be on our guard als against the specious cry of libert and home when raised as in this case without just cause Nothing is mor potent and beneficent in a rigliteon cause ; nothing more mischievous an misleading in an unrighteous caus than -such a popular cry. If it b the cry of the patriot, jealous of ou rights, we should give it good heed If it comes from the liquor dealer, th liquor drinker or the disappointe politican or even from the misguide patriot, we must disregard it. As understand the dispensary act, assure you, gentlemen, that th liberty of the citizen is not in peril nor is the sancity of the home in dan ger of desecration. The provisions relating to searc and seiznte authorizes nothing new Similar- powers * have always bee; exercised by revenue officers ant other officers of the law. It is tru that a man's house is his cattle, acros the threshold of which, be it ever si lowly, neither King, nor Presiden nor Governor dare go without hi permission Such is the law of Soutl Carolina and such may it ever be, bu when a man makes use of his hons* tor harboring criminals, or a depo6i tory for stolen or smuggled goods then into that home, high or humble officers of the law armed with the wai rant of the law, have a right to ente in the name of the law and mab search and seizures. Such is the lav of every civilized country. Simi larly under the dispensary law,.if ? man nses his house as a barroom fo the sale of liquor, or as a club roon for the dispensing of liquor for i price, or as a storeroom for con traban < liquors, the dispensary constable armed with a warrant, may lawfully enter that house and make search anc seizure. The householder cammo invoke the law's protection of hil home, while he makes use of it as i means of concealing his violation o law, or if pursuing an unlawful busi ness. It ' is not the purpose of the law, nor the intention of the iranien that a house should be searched be cause there may bs : Hquor in it Liquor there is safe and the law pro teeta ita owner in the lawful use of it But liquor unlawful ly lhere is not safe and should not be safe there or any where else, and search for and seizure of such is not the unreasonable searcb and seizures which the Constitutor forbids. That is a pernicious doctrine which has sometimes been taughl that Use citizen doee not owe obedi? ence to the d ispensary law until the Supreme Court shall have passed upon it and decided its constitu tionaKty or umr netitutionality. I charge you that it is the duty of ever? citizen to obey the law as long 'as it ?stands upon the statute books, un re? pealed or unannurted by a decision of that court of last resort. It isa Slatter of common- know? ledge that the Supreme Court is now considering-the dispensary : act ol 1893 in the light of the Constitution. The decision has not yet been filed. It is ours to act in compliance with the law as it now stands Before leaving this subject I shall briefly advert to this power, which is exercised by our courts, circuit and superior, in common with the courts, of the other States, and with the i United States Courts-the power I mean of rendering laws null and void by declaring them to be unconstitu? tional. This power bas been exercised since the revolution ; and yet, strange to say, it is neither inherent in the courts themselves nor was it con? ferred upon them by the constitutions which created them. Strictly speaking it is itself an unconstitutional exercise of power. By long continued and unopposed custom it may be said to have be j come the common law of the courts. In the early days of the republic the Supreme Court at Washington and other courts in natural imitation began to assume this extraordinary, but unauthorised power, no doubt from the best motives and perhaps because of the necessities of the situation. It may be that it was simply the perpetuation and expansion of the power exercised by the State courts and the privy council in colonial days, for it is i matter of history that the colonial courts would sometimes decide a legal act of assembly to be invalid, if .it was shown to have exceeded the power conferred by the royal charter. And the privy council in London, acting as Supreme Court of Appeals for all the colonies, decided conflicts between laws and charters. Indeed the learned Judge Cooley j observes that it is "worthy of note ? that the first case in which a legisla I tive enactment was declared uncoil j stitutional and void, on the ground of incompatibility with the Constitu? tion of the State, was decided under I one of these royal charters, referring to a Rhode Island case." Certain it is, no power like this has ever been exercised by the Eng? lish courts or the courts of any other country. There the legislative body that enacts laws is the *>nly body that repeals or annuls them The utmost that an English court can do, when two acts of parliament conflict, is to declare that the earlier act is set aside, as superseded by the later one. Another rule is that, when there is a conflict between an act of pari ia ment and a judical decision, the English courts set aside the decision and sustain the act of parliament as the higher authority. But, whatever be the source of this extraordinary power, it certainly is not found in the Constitution Yet it is exercised by circuit judges and Supreme Courts and the work of the legislative department is rendered of no effect by the judical department And it may also be said that the veto power lodged by the Constitu? tion exclusively in the executive is thus assumed by the judiciary. And this in face of the fundamen? tal doctrine that the three depart? ments, the executive, judicial and legislative, must be kept separate and distinct. Thus we have two departments with the power of \eto. the Gover? nor and the judiciary and two de? partments with the power to repeal -the legislative and the judiciary. The encroachment by the judicial department upon the powers and prerogatives of the executive and the legislative utterly without warrant in the Constitutions, State and Federal, has gone to greater length than could have been forseen both here and else? where. It seldom attracts the attention of the general public It is only when as in the case of the dispensary law, a measure which has come home to the people and affected them closely, has been declared null and void, that the people And to their surprise that the writing "I-concur" by a majority of one, in a court of three, operates as a repeal of the measure. In contrast to this simple and sum? mary process, contrast the formalities attending the passage of an act : The introduction ; placing on the calendar ; the printing ; referring to a committee ; report of committee ; first reading; second reading; third reading ; the debate and amend? ments ; the passage of a branch of the General Assembly ; the sending to the other branch ; there to go through the same formalities ; the final passage ; the enrollment, and the approval and signature of the Governor. It may be well, it may be wise, to invest the court with these powers ; but it is unsatisfactory to consider that it is an usurped and not a con? ferred power. If there is to be a constitutional convention, it will be worthy of consideration whether to confer this power or not. If this great power is to be exercised by the courts, then surely ft should be in terms confeired on them by the Con? stitution If it is not to be exercised then should it be in terms denied them ? Certainly if it is to be exer? cised, it tsbouJd be specifically con? ferred. Thus would much unpleasant friction between the different depart? ments be removed. * "Then no longer would the anom? alous condition of affairs exist, wherein laws stand untepeajed by the only power that can lawfully repeal them--the Legislature-and yet are cancelled and annulled and render? ed inoperative by the judicial depart? ment of the government, which con? stitutionally has no more power to repeal than it bas to enact laws. The Color Line Drawn. Columbia Register.' An incident much out of the ordi? nary occured in the Court of General Sessions yesterday. It was while the case of Ed. Green and John Brown, colored, charged with break? ing into and robbing a railroad car, was being tried. The defendants were represented by John McMaster. The testimony waa that the stolen goods had been found in the posses? sion of the prisoners, but Green proved an alibi by three witnesses. The jury in charge of the case had for its foreman J. Frank Smith and there was one colored juror, Tobias Derrick. The jury was in its room for some time and finally reported that it was unable to agree upon a verdict. Judge Benet asked the foreman of the jury what was the trouble that a verdict could not be arrived at. Mr. Smith stated that the colored member, of the jury had drawn the color line and was the only juror who stood for the acquittal of the prisoners, ali the others being in favor of a verdict of-guilty. Judge Benet became somewhat aroused at this and made a few re? marks, the substance of which were as follows : "If such conduct is indulged in it will necessarily lead to the Jury Com? missioners 'excluding colored people from acting as jurors, which they have a perfect right to do under the law. The law requires that the names in a j jury box shall be of men qualified to ! serve as jurors. No colored man is ! qualified to serve as a juror who will allow himself to decide a case on a color line. Without saying a word as to the guilt or innocence of the par? ties in this case, it is a great mis? fortune, expecially in the interest of colored people, that a colored man should refuse to agree to a verdict because the party is a negro and he is one himself. There is no princi? ple of justice in a matter like that and such action would justify the Jury Commissioners in excluding all colored men's names from the box I can assure the colored people on my own responsibility that in my long residence of twenty-six years in this State and my experience as a lawyer and a judge, white men in 999 cases out of 1,000 give colored pris? oners full justice 99 Judge Benet went on to say that he bad known of lawyers paying the expenses of cases for negroes and spending hundred of dollars for poor colored men, and that lhere was not a shadow of reason for the action of the colored juror He said that there were colored men on th* panel who were capable of acting as jurors and who had acted fairly and without pre? judice In conclusion he said : 4'Mr. Clerk, you will excuse the juror and strike his name from the roll." Attorney McMaster stated to the court that so far as the testimony was Concerned he thought Derrick had acted right. He did not know what had occurred in the jury room. Later in the day Derrick went to Judge Benet and said that he had not raised the color line in the jury room. He had simply insisted upon the acquittal of Green, who, he felt satisfied, was innocent. Ile had voted, he said for the conviction of Brown Judge Benet accepted the statement, remarking that Derrick was apparently sincere in what he said Judge Benet stated that if he had known that Foreman Smith was going to speak of the color line he would not have allowed him to talk. From early child? hood until 1 was grown my family, spent a fortune ' trying to cure me of this disease. 11 1 visited Hot Springs, and was treated . by the best medical men, but was not, 'benefited. ET PAM When ali. ?thingshad E r**/m failed 1 determined to try S. S. S., and in i 1 four months was entirely cured. The. ' terrible Eczema was gone, not a sign of it left; my generalhealth built up,, 1 and I have never had any return of. tk-gg CHILDHOOD; . S. S. S. to a number of frtends for sfcfo &s- { eases, and have neveryet koowa a failure to ; dite. . GEO. W. IRWIN. Irwin. Pa. Sever faits to care,( tm after all ether i remeces nave. Oar ' Treattwon Blood an? ' . Skia Duease* matted i freetoanraddreea. < SWrSP^CO.,ASiMh,?i. { s s s W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE???w*???? Tem' ????et. we nttSmg advettie?d ?boee iaitket wort the vtrae by tfcamptof Jhe ?ame ??j??f? the bottom, which protect* yon tfiintr ayn prices and the ?ddlema?>prc*la. ecmal cuatom work faa atjaa, caty nranf;Soa where at lower prices fer th? vaine gire? than ?ny other make. Tak? so anhetitnte. Kjwr ?leerer cannot supply ron, we can. Sold by J. BYTTENB2B3&-S0NS. NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANOER & RICHARDSON. LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Mosnients, Moses, He, And doing a General Business in that line. A complete workshop bas been fitted up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we. are now ready to execute with promptness al 1 orders consigned to us. Sa t is action guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W, H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. 1 Jnne 16. SOUTHERN Land Advertisine Agency and Real Estate Manne. REGISTER AND CIRCULARS FREE. PARTIES wishing to buy, sell or exchange should send their address at once to this Ageucy and secure free, Register and De? scriptive circulars, giving valuable informa? tion of improved and unimproved farm lands. Inquirers should state whether they wish to buy, sell or exchange, and whether for cash, lands or marketable securities, and enclose stamp for reply. Address Southern Land Advertising Agency, Columbia, South Carolina. W. Y. L Marshall, Agent for Sum? ter County. SAMUEL HUNT, Agent for Purchaser. In effect April 9, 1894. CAROLINAS DIVISION. NORTHBOUND^ Daily except Su-nday.) LT Charleston. S. C. R. R. LT Augusto. LT Columbia. Ar Camden. 33 7.15 am 6.5C am 8.35 a m 12.50 p m LT Camden. Ar Kershaw.i LT Kershaw. LT Lancaster.I LT Catawba J unction, j Ar Rock Hill-. LT Rock Hill. LT YorkTille.; LT Blacksburg. LT Patterson Springs. LT Shelby. LT Rutherford ton. Ar Marion. 1.10 pm 2.10 p m 2.30 pm 3.45 pm 4.46 p m 5.15 p m 5 45 p m 6.30 pm 7.45 p m 8 04; p m 8.15 p m KL 8.00 a m 8.37 a m 9-10 am 11.10 a m 1 00 p m Lv Marion, (K.S?.R R.j 1.46 p m LT Round Knob, " 2:26 p m LT Asheville, " 4-08-pm LT Hot Springs, " 5.36 p m LT Knoxville, ( R. T. V. k G.) 8 00 pm Ar Louisville. (L k N. R. R.j 7.15 a m Ar Cincinnati, (Q. k C.) _t.20 a m SOUTHBOUND.-(Daily except Sunday.) 32 12 LT Cincinnati, ? C.J 7.00 p m LT Louisville, [L. k N. R. R.J 8.00 D m LT KnoxTille, [E. T. V. k G.] 8 00 ? m LT Hot Springs, [R. k D.Jt 12.44 p m Lv Asheville, " 2.30 pm LT Round Knob, " 3.52 pm Ar Marion. " 4 33pm LT Manon. LT Rutherford ton...... LT Shelby. LT Patterson Springs. Ar Blacksburg. LT Blacksburg. LT YorkTille. Ar Rock Hill. LT Rock Hill._ LT Cataw.be Junction. LT Lancaster.~~ Ar Kershaw. LT Kershaw . Ar Camden. s.e. R. R. LT Camden. Ar Columbia. Ar Augusta. Ar Charleston. 6.45 6.56 7.15 7.45 9.Ot 9.45 10 15 11 00 12 00 12.50 1.05 2 00 a m a m a m a m a m a m a m a m p m p m p m p BB 2.30 p m 6.15 p m 12.45 a m 8 45 p m 4.45 p m 6.10 pm 8.23 pm 8 39 pm 9.06 pm Dinner at Kershaw. CONNECTIONS. Camden -With S. C. Ry., for Charleston, Columbia, Augusta and all points Sooth. Lancaster-With Cheraw k Chester N. G. R. R., for Chester. Catawba Junction-With G. C. k N. R. R. Rock Hill-No. 33 with "Vestibule Limi? ted1' on R. k D. R. R , arriving at Charlotte 8.30 pm, Washington 7 20 a m, Philadel? phia 16 46 a m, New York 1.23 p m. YorkTille-With Chester k Lenoir R. R. Blacksburg-With R. k D. R. R. for Spar tanburg, Greenville, Atlanta and point; South, and Charlotte and points North. ?helby-No. 32 with Carolina Central for R., also with Stages to Cleveland Springs. Marion-No. ll with R. k D. R. R.for Round Knob, Asheville and Hot Springs. SAMUEL HUNT, Gen. Manager. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. S. B. LU M PK IN, Gen. Pass Agt. OarlestoitSnater an? Hortbem RR CHAS. E. KIMBALL, RKCBIVEB. IN EFFECT JULY 9, 1894. All tra?as Daily Except Sunday. STATIONS. 4 00 LT Charleston Ar 5 20 Lv Pregnall's Ar 5 29 " Harleyville " 5 42Peck's M 5 4*" Holly Hill " 5 50 " Connors 11 5 57 " ButawTille " 6 07 " Vanees " 6 22 " Merriam " 6 33 ..? St Paul " 6 39 " Summerton " 6 49 " Silver 6 57 " Packaville " 7 08 " Tindal " 7 22 Ar Sumter Lv 7 2??j LT Sumter Ar 7 37! u Oswego " 7 49; " St. Charles " 7 59 Blliotts " 8 12 .' Lamar " 8 25 Syracuse " 8 37 " Darlington " 8 61 " Mont Clare " 9 02 " Robbins Neck 11 9 15 " Mandeville " 9 29 " Bennettsville " 9 36 " JBreeden'e " 9 40 " Alice " 9 52 " Gibson " 10 05 " Ohio " 0 20 Ar Hamlet LT POND BLUFF BRANCH. No. 41 leaves Eutawville IC.45 a. m., Belvi? dere 10.55 arri Te Ferguson 11.05. No. 42 lea Tes Ferguson 11 35 a.m , Bel T? dere ll 45, arrive BotawTille 11.55._ HARLIN CITY BRANCH. No. 33 going North leaves Vanees 6 15 p. m., M ill ?can's 6 25, Snells 6 33, Parlers 6.42, arrives Harlin City 7 00 p. m. No. 32 going Sooth leaves Harlin City 9 30 a. m, Parlera 9 48, Snells 9 57, Millican's 10 04, arrive Vanees 10 15 a. m. No. 31 going North leaves Vanees 12 55 p. m., Millican's 1 05, Snells 1 15, Parlera 1 28, arrive Harlin City 1 50 p. m, No. 34 going South leaves Harlin City 5 00 p. m., Parlera 5 20, Snells 533, Millican's 5 41, arrive Vanees 5 55 p. m._ Trains 32 and 31 connect with No. 8 at Vanees. Trains 34 and 33 connect with No. 9 at Vanees. No. 41 connects with No. 9 at Eu taw vi ll? I No. 8 connects at Hamlet with the famous "Atlanta Special" of the Sea Board Air Line j carrying Pullman Sleepers from Washington and Portsmouth and runs solid from Hamlet to Charleston. This train leaves New York 3.20 p. m., Philadelphia4.41, Baltimore 7.31, Washington 8.30, Richmond 12.23 a.m.* Portsmouth 9.30 p. m. and Raleigh 5.17 a m No. 9 runs solid from Charleston to Hamlet and connects with S. A. L. "Atlanta Special" with sleepers from Hamlet to Washington and Portsmouth, arriving Raleigh 1.30 a. m., Portsmouth 9.00 a. m., Richmond 6.40, Washington 10.45, Baltimore, 12.00 rn, Phil? adelphia 2.20 p. m., New York 4.53. _C. MILLARD, Superintendent. FIRST CUSS JOB WORE AT BOTTOM PRICES* WATCHMAN AM SOUTHRON JOB OPFICB SUMTER, S. C Atlantic Coast Line. I n r " * ~ ~ ~ E n r -? NORTH-EASTERN R. R. OF S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDLl'E, TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated jnn]No. 35j 17, 1894. I * j INo. 23|Nn.53| 1*1 I LeFl'nce. " Kingst. Ar Lanes Le Lanes. Ar. Ch'n. A. M. *3 10 4 20 6 10 A M. P. M.I * 7 45 9 02 9 23! P- M 9 23?* 7 05 ll 18 8 40 P. M.! P. M TRAINS GOING NORTH. |No. 78|No. 32|No. 52} * I * I * I Le. Cb'n. Ar Lanes. Le Lanes. " Kiogst Ar Fl'nc* A.M. * 3 35 5 40 5 40 6 00 7 10 A.M. P. M ?3 30 5 38 538 5 57 7 05 P. M. A. j *7 15 8 45 A. M .Daily. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S. C. Train'Nos. 78 and 14 run via Wilson and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection for all points North. J. R. KRNLY, J. ?. DIVINE, Gen'1 Manager. Gen'ISup't. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Atlantic Coast Line WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TKAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Sept. 3. 1894. ?No. 55}Ko. 5Sj L've Wilmington... Leave Marion....... Arrive Florence..?.. Leave Florence. Ar've Sumter... Leave Sumter. Ar've Columbia.. A. M.| A M *3 15 4 21 No 52 ?10 00 ll 20 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R R. leaving Lune 8:48 A. M.. Man? Bing 9:25. A. M. _ ""TRAINS GOING NORTH. I No. 56|No. 53| A M i PM Leave Columbia.?.........!* 4 3C'* 4 20 Ar've Sumter.. Leave Sumter............. Arrive Florence. Leave Fl^reHco............. Leave Marion..MM Arr. Wilmington.......... 5 53 No. 56 5 55 7 10 *7 40 8 23 ll 10 5 45 Ne. 50 * 5 55 7 05 .Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No. 53 inns through to Charleston, s. C., vii. Central R. R , arriving Manning 0:22 P. M., Lanes 7:00 P. M.. Charleston 8.40 P. M. Trains on South and North Carolina R. K. leave Atkins 9 40 am, and 6 30 pm, arriving Lucknow ll 10 am and 3 00 p m. Returning leave Lucknow? 45am and 4 20 pm. arriving Atkins 8 15 a m a ad 5 50 p m. Daily except Sunday. Trains OB llartsrilte R. R. leave Hartsrilte dsily exeept Su nia j at 4.30 a. m. arriving FNyda 5.00 a. m. Returning leave Floyds S.40 p. m., arriving Uartsville 9.10 p. m. Trains on Wilmington Ch ad bo urn and Con? way railroad, leave Chadbourn 10:10 a. m. arrive at Conway 12JO p. a., returning leave vonway at 2M p. m., arrive Chadbourn 4.50 p. m. Leave Chadbourn 5.35 p. m., arrive ab Hub 6.20 p. ta. Returning leave Hub at 9.15 a m. arrive at Chadbourn 9.00 a. m Dsily ex? cept Sunday. JOHN F. DIVINE, General Sap't. J. R K KS LY, Gent M?nager. T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. "OLD ESL?ABLBn LIOTL South Carolina Railway. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. In affect July 15, 1894._ SCHEDULE. (Daily.) 7 15 am 5 30pm 7 52 a m 6 15pm 8 28am 6 55 pm 8 41am 710pm 9 15 am 740pm 930am 8 16 pm 946am 8 32 pm 10 07 a m 8 55 p m 10 21 a m 9 08 p m 10 32 a m . 9 20 p m 11 15 a m 10 10 p m 6 50 a m 4 20 p m 7 57am 5 05 p m 7 48 a m 5 15 p m 8 04 am 5 32pm 8 30 am 556pm 8 47 a m 6 13pm 9 05 a m 6 30 p m 9 51 a m 7 10 p m 10 05 a m 7 23 p m 10 45 pm 8 00pm 1130 pm 8 40pm Lr Charleston Ar Summerville " Pregnalls " Georges " Branchville " Rowes vii le " Orangeburg " St. Matthews 11 Fort Motte " Ringville Ar Columbia Lv Columbia Ar Ringville " Fort Motte "St. Matthews " Orangeburg " Roweville " Branchville " Georges " Pregnalls ". Summerville Ar Charleston Lr Charleston, " Branchville, " Bamberg, " Denmark " Blackville " Williston " Aiken Ar Augusta Lv Augusta " Aiken " Williston " Blackville " Denmark " Bamberg " Branchville Ar Charleston 7 15 a m 9 25 a m 9 53 a m 10 08 a m 10 25 a m 10 43 a m 11 27 am 12 15 pm 6 30 a m 7 14 am 7 53 a m 8 10 a m 8 25 am 8 39 a m 9 20 a m 11 30 a m 5 30p m 7 42 pm 8 28pm 8 42 p m 8 58 p m 9 17 am 10 00 p m 10 45 p m 3 40pm 427pm 5 09 p m 5 28 p m 5 44 p m 5 58 p m 6 45 p m 8 45 p m DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. Lv Camden 11 Camden Junction Ar Ringville Lv Ringville " Camden Junction Ar Camden 8 40 a m 9 31am 10 00 a m 10 40 a m 11 23 a m 12 50 p m 2 45 p m 4 10 p m 4 55 pm 5 20 p m 5 49 p m 6 40 p m "The Hamlet Special" leaves Charleston 4.00 p. m. with Pullman connection for Richmond, Wilmington, Charlotte, Raleigh and all points north via Washington, South bound arrives Charleston 2.30 p. m. Connections : with Clyde S. S. Line, N E. R. R., C k S. Ry., at Charleston. Southern Railway, C. * G., C. C & A., at Columbia. Through trains between Asheville and Charleston, Through sleepers between Charleston and Atlanta, leaving Charleston at 5.30 p. m. and arriving 11.30 a. m. Through trains between Charleston and Hamlet, via Pregnalls and C. S. A N. R. R. E. P. WARING, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Charleston, S. C. W. S. JONES, Gen. Sup't. L. A. EMMERSON, Act. Gen. Manager and Traffic Manager'