The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 15, 1895, Image 7
THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kst&blished April,.1S50*
"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."
THE TK?E SOUTHRON, Eatabliahed Jane, 12 66
Consolidated Ans. 2, ISSI.
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1895.
Sew Series-Yoi. XIV. So. 42.
[CHAPTER VI
SHERLOCK HOLMES GIVES A DEMONSTRA"
"Now, Watson," said Holmes, rub
bing- his hands. "we have half an houi
to ourselves. Let us make good use oj
it. My case is, as ? have told you
almost complete: but we must not er:
on the side of over-confidence. Simple
as the case seems nev, there may bt
something deeper underlying- it."
"Simple!" I ejaculated.
"Surely," said be, with something- oi
the air of a clinical professor expound?
ing to his class. "Just sit in the cor?
ner there, that your footprints may not
complicate matters. Now to work. In
the first place, how did these folks
come, and how did they go? The door
has not been opened since last night.
How of the window?" Ile carried the
lamp across to it, muttering his obser?
vations aloud the while, but address
- ing them to himself rather than to me.
"Window is snibbed on the inner side.
^ Framework is solid. No hinges at the
side. Let us open it. No water pipe
near. Roof quite out of reach. Yet a mun
has mounted by the wkdow. It rained
a little last night. Here is the print of
a mold upon the sill. And here is a
circular muddy mark, and here again
upon the floor, and here again by the
table. See here, Watson! This is re?
ally a very pretty demonstration."
I looked at the round, well-defined
muddy discs. "That is not a foot?
mark," said I.
"It is something much more valuable
to us. It is the impression of a wooden
stump. You see here on the sill is the
boot mark, a heavy boot with a broad
metal heel, and beside it is the mark of
the timber-toe."
"It is the wooden-legged man."
"Quite so. But there has been some
one else-a very able and efficient ally.
Could you scale that wall, doctor?"
I looked out of the open window.
The moon still shone brightly on that
angle of the house. We were a good
sixty feet from the ground, and, look
where I would, I could see no foothold,
nor as much as a crevice in the brick?
work.
"It is absolutely impossible," I an?
swered.
"Without aid it is so. But suppose
you had a friend up here who lowered
you this good, stout rope which I see
in.the corner, securing one end of it to
this great hook in the wall. Then, I
think, if you were an active man, you
might swarm up, wooden leg and all.
You would depart, of course, in the
" same fashion, and your ally would
draw up the rope, untie it from the
hook, shut the window, snib it on the
inside, and get away in the way that
he originally came. As a minor point, it
may be noted," he continued, fingering
the rope, "that our wooden-legged
friend, though a fair climber, was not
a professional sailor. His hands were
far from horny. My lens discloses
more than one blood mark, especially
toward the end of the rope, from which
I gather that he slipped down with
such velocity that he took the skin off
his hands."
'This is all very well," said I, "but
the thing becomes more unintelligible
than ever. How about this mysterious
ally? How came he into the room?"
"Yes, the ally!" repeated Holmes,
pensively. "There are features of in?
terest about this ally. He lifts the
case from the regions of the commonr
place. I fancy that this ally breaks
fresh ground in the annals of crime in
this country-though parallel cases
suggest themselves from India, and, if
my memory serves me, from Sene?-am
bia."
"How came he, then?" I reiterated.
"The door is locked, the window is in?
accessible. Was it through the chim?
ney?"
"The grate is much too small," he
answered. "I had already considered
that possibility."
"How then?" I persisted
"You will not apply my precept," he
said, shaking his head. "How often have
I said to you that when you have elimi?
nated the impossible, whatever re?
mains, however improbable, must be
the truth? We know that he did not
come through the door, the window, or
the chimney. We also know that he
could not have been concealed in the
room, as there is no concealment pos?
sible. Whence, then, did he come?"
"He came through the hole in the
roof," I cried.
"Of course he did. He must have
done so. If you will have the kindness
to hold the lamp for me, we shall now
extend our researches to the room
above-the secret room in which the
treasure was found."
He mounted the steps, and, seizing a
rafter with either hand, he swung him?
self up into the garret. Then, lying on
his face, he reached down for the lamp
and held it while I followed him.
The chamber in which we found our?
selves was about ten feet one way by
six the other. The floor was formed by
the rafters, with thin lath-and-plaster
between, so that in walking on? had
to step from beam to beam. The roof
ran up to an apex, and was evidently
the inner shell of the true roof of the
house. There was no furniture of any
sort, and the accumulated dust of
years lay thick upon the floor.
"He.re you are, you see," said Sher?
lock Holmes, putting his hand against
the. sloping wall. "This is a trap-door
which leads out onto the roof. I can
press it back, and here is the roof it?
self, sloping at a ?entle angle. This,
then, is the way bj which Numlwr One
entered. Let us see if we can find
some other traces of his individuality."
He held down the lamp to the floor,
I and as he did so I saw for the second
j time that night a startled, surprised
look come over his face. For myself,
as I followed his gaze my skin was cold
under my clothes. The floor was
covered thickly with the prints of a
naked foot-clear, well defined, per
j fectly formed, hut scarce half the size
? of those of an ordinary man.
"Holmes," I said, in a whisper, "a
child has done this horrid thing-.'"
He had recovered his self-possession
in an instant. "I was staggered for
the moment," he said, "but the thing
is quite natural. My memory failed
me, or I should have been able to fore?
tell it. There is nothing more to be
learned here. Let us go down."
""What is your theory, then, as to
those footmarks?" I asked, eagerly,
? when we had regained the lower room
once more.
"My dear Watson, try a little analy?
sis yourself," said he, with a touch of
impatience. "'You know my methods.
Apply them, and it will be instructive
to compare results."
"I cannot conceive anything which
j will cover the facts," I answered.
"It will be clear enough to you soon."
he said, in an off-hand way. "I think
that there is nothing else of impor?
tance here, but I will look.*' He
^ ^^^^^^^^
HE HELD DOWN THE LAMP TO THE FLOOR.
whipped out his lens and a tape meas
f ure. and hurried about the room on his
knees, measuring, comparing, examin?
ing with his long thin nose onl\- a few
inches from the planks, and his beady
eyes gleaming and deep-set like those
of a bird. So swift, silent and furtive
were his movements, like .those of a
trained blood-hound picking out a
scent, that I could not but think what
a terrible criminal he would have
made had he turned his energy and
sagacity against the law, instead of ex?
erting them in its defense. As he
hunted about, he kept muttering to
himself, and finally he broke out into
load crow of delight.
"We are certainly in luck," said he.
"We ought to have very little trouble
now. dumber One has had the misfor?
tune to tread in the creosote. You can
see the outline of the edge of his small
foot here at the side of this evil-smell?
ing mess. The carboy has been cracked,
I you see, and the stuff has leaked out." ?
"What then?" I asked.
"Why, we have got him, that's all,"
said he. "I know a dog that would
follow that scent to the world's end.
If a pack can track a trailed herring
across a shire, how far can a sp* cially
trained hound follow so pungent a
smell as this? It sounds like a sum in
the rule of three. The answer should
give us the- But halloo! here are the
accredited representatives of the law."
Heavy steps and the clamor of loud
voices were audible from below, and
? the hall door shut with a loud crash.
? "Before they come," said Holmes,
"just put your hand here on this poor ;
fellow's arm, and here on* his leg. What j
? do you feel?"
i
"The muscles are as hard as a board," ;
I answered.
"Quite so. They are in a state of ex- !
treme contraction, far exceeding the
usual ripor mortis. Coupled with this i
distortion of the face, this Hippocratic ?
! smile, or *risus sardonicus,' as the old :
i writers called it, what conclusion would
it suggest to your mind?"
! "Death from some powerful vegeta- '
I ble alkaloid," I answered-"some |
: strychnine-like substance which would
produce tetanus."
"That was the idea which occurred
to me the instant I saw the drawn
muscles of the face. On getting into
the room I at once looked for the
i means by which the poison had entered
the system. As yon saw, I discovered
a thorn which had been driven or shot
; with no great force into the scalp.
You observe that the part struck was
that which would be turned towards
; the hole in the ceiling if the man were
erect in his chair. Now examine this i
?? thorn."
I took it m> gingerly and hen": it in
the light of tlie lantern, it was long,
sharp and Muck, with a glazed look
near the point as though some gummy
substance had dried upon it. The
blunt en<i had been trimmed and
rounded off with a knife.
I "Is this an English t horn'.'" he asked,
i "No. it certainly is not."
"With all these data you .should ba
able to draw some just inference. Hut
here are the regulars; so the auxiliary
forces may beat a retreat,"
As he spoke, the steps which had
been coming-nearer sounded loudly on
the passage, and a verv stouts portly !
man in a gray suit strode heavily into j
: the room. He was red-faced, burly and ;
j plethoric, with a pair of very small |
j twinkling eyes which looked keenly ?
i out from behind swollen and puffy j
j Douches. He was closely followed by I
?
an inspector in uniform, and oj th"
still palpitating Thaddeus Sholto.
"Here's a business!" lu* cried, in a
mufflet I husky voice. "Here's a pretty
business! Hut who arc all these'? Why,
the house seems to be as full a> a rab
bit-wa rren."
.'I think you ven* much recollect me,
Mr. Athelcey Jones," said Holmes,
quietly.
"Why. of course I do!" he wheezed.
"It's .Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the theo?
rist. Kemember you! I'll never forget
how you lectured us all on causes and
inferences n nd effects in the Bishop
?ate jewel case, ?-'s true yen set us on
:he right track: but youT own new
:hat it was more by good luck than
rood guidance."
"It was a piece of very simple rea?
soning. "
"Oh, come, now, come! Xever be
ishamed to own up. But what is all
this? Bad business! Bad business!
Stern facts here-no room for theories,
[low lucky that I happened to be out at
forwood over another case! I was at
"he station when the message arrived.
What d'you think the man died of?"
"Oh. this is hardly a case for me to
theorize over," said Holmes, dryly.
"Xo, no. Still, we can't deny thal
rou hit the nail on the head sometimes.
Dear me! Door locked, I understand.
Jewels worth half a million missing,
[low was the window?" .
"Fastened; but there are steps on
the sill."
"Well, well, if it was fastened the
steps could have nothing to do with
the matter. That's commun sense.
Man might have died in a fit: but then
the jewels are missing. Ila! I have a
theory. These flashes come upon mt
it times. Just step outride, sergeant,
md you. Mr. Sholto. Your friend can
remain. What do you think of this,
Holmes? Sholto was, on his own con?
fession, with his brother last night.
The brother died in a tit, on which
Sholto walked off with the treasure.
How's that?"
"On which the dead man very con?
siderately got up and locked the door
rm the inside."
"Hum! There's a flaw there. Let
ns apply common sense to the matter.
Phis Thaddeus Sholto was with Iiis
brother; there was a quarrel; so much
?ve know. The brother is dead and the
jewels are gone. So much also we
know. Xo one saw the brother from
the time Thaddeus left him. His bed i
liad not been Slept in. Thaddeus is j
Evidently in a most disturl>ed state of !
mind. His appearance is-well, not at- '
tractive. You see that I am weaving
my web round Thaddeuk. The net be?
gins to close upon him."
"You are not quite in possession of
the facts yet," said Holmes. "This
splinter of wood, which I have every
reason to believe to be poisoned, was
in the man's scalp where you still see
the mark; this card, inscribed as you j
see it, was on the table; and beside it j
Lay this rather curious stone-headed 1
instrument. How does all that fit into
your theory?"
"Confirms it in every respect," said :
the fat detective, pompously. "House !
is full of Indian curiosities. Thaddeus j
brought this up, and if this splinter be j
poisonous "Thaddeus may as well have :
made murderous use of it as any other ,
man. The card is some hocus-pocus
Et blind, as like as not. The only ques- j
tion is, how did he depart? Ah, of j
course, here is a hole in the roof." j
With gr?at activity, considering his |
bulk, he sprang up the steps and
squeezed through into the garret, and
immediately afterwards we heard his j
exulting voice proclaiming that he had '
found the trap-door.
"He can find something," remarked \
Holmes, shrugging his shoulders. "He |
has occasional glimmerings of reason.
Fl n'y a pas des sots si incommodes que |
ceux qui ont de l'esprit!"
"You see!" said Athelney Jones, re- j
appearing down the steps again.
"Facts are better than mere theories, \
after all. My view of the case is con- !
firmed. There is a trap-door commu?
nicating with the roof, and it is partly
open."
"It was I who opened it."
"Oh, indeed! You did notice it, j
then?" He seemed a little crestfallen ?
at the discovery. "Well, whoever no- i
"CONFIRMS IT IN* EVERY RESPECT."
ticed it, it shows how our gentleman
g-ot away. Inspector!"
"Yes, sir," from the passage.
"Ask Mr. Sholto to step this way.
Mr. Sholto, it is my duty to inform you I
that anything which you may say will
be used against you. I arrest you in
the queen's name as being concerned
In the death of your brother."
"There, now! Didn't 1 tell you?"
..ried tl;?' poor little man, throwing out
Iiis hands and looking from one to the
other of us.
"Don't trouble yourself about it. Mr.
Sholto." said Holmes. "1 think that
I ?an engage to clear you of the charge.*'
"Don't promise too mue h, Mr. Theo?
rist-don't promise too much!" snapped
the detective. "You may lind ita hard?
er matter than you think."
"Not only will I clear him. Mr.
Jones, but I will make you a free pres?
ent of the name and description of one
of the two people who wert- in this
room last night. His nana*. } have
ever;/ reason to believe, is Jonathan
Small. He is a poorly-educated man.
small, active, with his rijrht leg1 off
o.nd wearing a wooden stump which is
worn away upon the inner side. His
left boot has a coarse ^square-toed sole, 1
IIIIIIIII uni limn im
with an iron !>an<! roun-l the heel.
is a middle-aged man. much sunburned,
and has been a convict. These few in?
dications may be of some assistance to
you. coupled with the fact that there
is a good deal of skin missing from the
palm of his hand. The other man-"
..Ah.' the other man?" asked Athel
ney .Jones, in a sneering voice, but im?
pressed none the less, as I could easily
see. by the precision of the other's
mn ..ncr.
"ls a rather curious person," said
Sherlock Iiolmes, turning upon his heel.
"I hope before long to be able to intro?
duce you to the pair of them. A word
with you, Watson."
Ile led me out to the head of the
stair. "This unexpected occurrence,"
he said, "has caused us rather to lose
sight of the original purpose of our
journey."
"I have just been thinking so," I an?
swered. ''It is not right that Miss
Morstan should .emain in this stricken
house."
"No. You must escort her home.
She lives with Mrs Cecil Forrester in
Lower Camberwell; co it is not very
far. I will wait for you here if you
will drive out again. Or perhaps \*ou
are too tired?"
"By no means. I don't think I could
rest until I know more of this fantastic
business. I have seen something of
the rough side of life, but I give you
my word that this quick succession of
strange surprises to-night has shaken
my nerve completely. I should like,
however, to see the matter through
with you, now that I have got so far."
"Your presence will be of great serv?
ice to me," he answered. "We shall
work the case out independently and
leave this fellow Jones to exult over
any mare's-nest which he may choose
to construct. When you hav dropped
Miss Morstan I wish yon to go on to
No. 3 Pinchin lane, down near the wa?
ter's edge at Lambeth. The third
hotise on the right-hand side is a bird
stuffer's: Sherman is the name. You
will see a weasel holding a young rab?
bit in the window. Knock old Sher?
man up and tell him, with my compli?
ments, that I want Toby at once. You
will bring Toby back in the cab with
you."
"A. doer, I suppose."
''Yes-a queer mongrel, with a most
amazing pc wer of scent. I would
rather have Toby's help than that
of the whole detective force of
London."
"I shall bring him, then," said I. "It
is one now. I ought to be back before
three, if I can get a fresh horse."
"And I," said Holmes, "shall see
what 1 can learn from Mrs. Bernstone,
and from the Indian servant, who, Mr.
Thaddeus tells me, sleeps in the next
garret. Then I shall study the great
Jones's methods and listen to his not
too delicate sarcasms. 'Wir sind ge?
wohnt dass die Menschen verh?hnen
was sie nicht verstehen.' Goethe is al?
ways pithy."
TO BE COXTIKUED.
COOKS FROM .u AR CATHAY.
Men of Yeast and of Keaources rhat AM
Superior to Koclpe*.
I had been expecting my Chinese
cook for some time; his roll of bedding j
and clothes had been dumped at our
door by the freighter three days be?
fore. Finally, just c-.t dusk, I spied him
as he came leisurely jogging along
over the Divide, carrying a tin pail
carefully in his h.tnd-that was his
only luggage. My curiosity was ex- j
cited. What could that tin pail hold
so precious that it must be personally
cond-ucted fifty miles by stage and
eight miles on foot? It proved to be
yeast!
Since then I have had half a dozen
Chinamen in my kitchen at various
times, and each one came to me in this
same way, equipped with his little pail
of yeast. But as their bread is sweet
and good whether made one loaf at a
time or by the trough ful, sixty loaves
in a batch, you do not feel like quar?
reling with them if they prefer their
own private brand of yeast to 3'ours.
How they make it is an enigma. A
Chinaman is never out of yeast, yet I
never caught one preparing it. He
baffled me every time, just as he would
foil my every effort to watch him mix
pie crust. There is either some super?
stition or a secret rite connected with
yeast and pie crust that admits of no
lookers on.
Before I attempted to teach a China
man anything new. I left him to his
own devices for a week or so and
watched results. Generally I found
that in housekeeping the Chinaman al?
ways has an eye for appearances. This
showed itself in many ways, best per?
haps in setting the table. With carv?
ing knives like ra/.ors, they sliced
meats, bread, and fruit so that they
looked most appetizing: their fritters
never were in tatters, their codfish
balls did not ooze at the edges, the
pies never disgraced themselves by
overflowing their banks, each maca-,
roni potato strip, which they were
fond of cooking, was an exact geomet?
rical parallelopipedon done to a crisp.
As a rule. Chinamen are good bakers, 1
managing an oven admirably; the
bread was neither over nor under done; j
meats were never dried np: they excel
in cooking rabbit, chicken, and roast 1
pig. The latter may not be as perfect
as the "pink perfumed pig" sometimes
served in New York restaurants, but
the Hualapais Indiana of Arizona pass j
no criticism upon the Chinese cuisine. ?
Tliey follow devoutly the trail of the
Chinese roast pi?r processions to the
burying-ground, and offer whole vol?
umes ot* thanksgiving when the reli?
gious Chinese leave the pig to darkness
and to them. These Chinese cooks, tis
far as 1 came in contact with them,
also understand how to fry in boiling
lard- nothing was NTII to thc t;il>le
charred or greasy, and this was to rae
a novel surprise. I'ossibly they found
it the quickest method of preparing
food. However, that may be, they
were never known to resort to a frying
pan if hot fat would answer as well.
Hut the ' hi?ese love of appearances
luul another side to it. To be sure, the
croquettes never lost caste by falling
asunder: we wished they had; they
held together as compactly as though
they had been jrlued. We longed for a
juicy cherry pie that could not help
but run over; even a bowlful of jelly
never quivered, or shook. It couldn't.
it was starched too stitt*.
Yet these were nothing compared t<>
the < hinaman's cakes and puddings.
His loaf cake was never known to fall:
it rose defiantly an 4 kept on rising.
Nothing, not even a blast of air from
an ice factory, could have prevented it.
lt rounded up in the center and broke
open: it did everything that flour and
baking powder could make it do: it
looked like a poem, but before it was
cold it was nearly as dry as hard tack.
Hut the puddings reached the climax
of culinary art. Chinamen seem to bolo
a secret veneration for puddings, espe?
cially gelatine and bread puddings. A
friend who boasted quite a superior
cook, and who indulged freely in lunch
parties, was in the habit of finishing
off the luncheon with a most delicate
charlotte russe. At this her cook re?
monstrated, contemptuously eallinir it
"tioth." and asked to prepare the
luncheon next time himself. She con?
sented. Its courses were well chosen
and well served, but when it came to i
dessert it was nothing more nor less !
than bread pudding, guiltless of any ;
flavoring whatever. In Chinese esti- !
mation, bread pudding is the sine qua
non of a first-class dinner.only excelled
by snow pudding, which appears on ;
festal occasions. Snow pudding, skill- 1
fully tinted and lost in labyrinths of
stately frosting, is ushered in with
great ceremony on Christmas and New
Year's day. One might imagine
that the gelatine jelly would have
trembled like an aspen under such ex?
citement: but lo! there was not a trace
of vacillation. It had to be literally ;
carved to be served up at all. as a spoon I
made no impression on it. It tasted j
like frosted gristle, wholly devoid of j
seasoning, but it looked superb.
In this day of spec ialties, it is dirri- :
cult to secure a Chinaman who is will- j
ing to undertake the general care of a
house, lt is only when isolated from
other Chinamen that you find out his
versatility. It is when off on the desert,
cway from provision stores and con?
veniences to work with, that the China?
man rises to the occasion. Empty tin
cans serve in lieu of saucepans: a stray j
piece of sheet iron suffices for a frypan; !
given a lard pail and a hatchet he will |
make a steamer; a small brad and a
hammer and he will manufacture a
grater: a piece of baling wire and he
will twist you a broiler. He knows
how to butcher and dress a beef: he
will shoot and prepare game, even
cultivate your garden patch for you, If :
it be worth while to plant one. He is
no less adaptive in cooking. He is
wholly independent of recipes; if one
ingredient is gone, he will substitute
another. This repeated substitution
of incrredients sometime results in a
strancre similarity of dishes made from
wholly different recipes, but one al?
ways has the assurance that when
meal time comes the Chinaman will
have something in readiness, were his
provisions restricted to a hara bone.
Like every human species, the China?
man caa be watched to advantage, and
it required no small amount of ability
on my part to keep pace with him. ?
was measuring out the ingredients for
spice cake one morning, and a cup of
raisins was called for: Charlie Lee
could only find half a cup. I insisted
there were plent\- more in the cellar
and I must have a full cup. I left the
room for a moment. Quicker than a
flash he went to the tea kettle and
poured in enough boiling water to
make the raisins swell and fill the cup.
I returned in time to spoil his little
scheme, much to his amusement.
"Oh, you catchee Shollie; yon heap
sabe me," and then he grinned like
the Cheshire cat. I could not appear
? angry, though I tried my best. But
every one knows the Chinaman's fault;
he can shirk work in a hundred ways
and his cunning is proverbial; but
when yon have said all against him,
you can teach him to do almost an}*
thin you wish. He never chatters,
and : ? an emergency he is invaluable.
If I ... i to rough it in a mining camp,
? or e -:t on a survey, or summer in
a min. . . canon, I would choose a ('hi?
?a man every time as my aide-de-camp.
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SOLICITED.
STRICTLY WHOLESALE.
Jan. 2.
Atlantic Coast Lina
Manchester & Augusta Railroad.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
NORTH. ;ln effect March 25th, SOUTH.
Daily ; Uaiiv
Train No - Train No.
50. STATIONS.
O:.
4 17 p m Lv Denmark Ar 6 11 aa:
4 32 p m j Copes 5 56 ac:
4 43 p m | Cordova 5 44 ac
4 51 pm Oranger>urg ? 5 36 a cs
5 08 pm Cameron i 5 19 a ra
5 23 pm! Loee Star j 5 04 a m
5 34 p m j Remini j 4 51 a ra
5 41 pm| Pinewood j 4 41 an:
5 51 pm S Privateer j 4 30 am
6 05 p m'IAr Sumter Lv; 4 19 am
Trains 50 and 51 carry through Pullman
Palace B?ffet Sleeping Cars between New
York and Augusta and Macon.
Train No. 50 leaves Atlanta 7 15 am,
Macon 9 00 a rn, Augusta 2 25 p m, arrivicg
Sumter 6 05 pm, Fayetteville 9 35 p m.
Petersburg 2 ??'9 am, Richmond 3 40 am,
Wasbingtou 7 00 am, Baltimore 8 20 a m,
Philadelphia 10 46 a ra, New York 1.23 p rn,
Train No. 51 leaves New York 9 am, Phil?
adelphia 1140 am, Baltimore 2 13 pm,
Washington 3 30 pm. Richmond 7 13 pm,
Petersburg 7 46 p nu, Fayetteville 12 53 a m.
Sumter 4 19 a m. Augusta 8 00 a m. Sumter
4 19 a m, Augusta 8 00 a m, Macon ll 00 a
m, Atlanta 12 15 p m.
T. M. EMERSON, HM. EMERSON,
Traffic Manager Ass't Gen. Pass. Agt.
J. R. KEN LY, Gen'l Manager.
Atlantic CoastJLine.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUS?
TA RAILROAD.
CONDENSED "SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Dated Mch. 24, 1895. No.55.iNo.51
P. M. j
Leave Wilmington j *3 30}
Leave Marion " 6 24]
Arrt7e Florene*? j 7 05?"
I P. M. A.M.
Leave Florence j *7 30; *3 15j
Arrive Sumter 8 38 4 19,
No.52.1
P.M. ' A.M. ?
Leave Sumter 8 38 *9 4S!
Arrive Columbia ! 10 00; ll 05|
No. 52 runs through from Cbarles.ton via
Centrai R. R., leaving Lanes 8 38 a. m., Mac
nine 9 15 a. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
?No.56 :No.53.!
I A.M. P.M.
! Leave Columbia i *5 20| *4 25
I ! 1
! Arrive Sumter 6 43 5 43
No.50.
IA. M. I P.M.
; Leave Sumter 6 43} *6 05|
I Arrive Florence 8 Co! 7 15
1 !
?A. M. I
Leave Florence ? 8 25
Leave Marion ! 9 06'
! !
Arrive Wilmington ? 1150:
.Daily. fDrtily except Sunday.
No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C.,
via Ceotral R. R., arriving Manning 6 21 p.
m., Lanes 7 00 pm, Charleston 8 40 p. m.
Trains on South and North Carolina R. R.,
leave Atkins 9 40 a.m. and 6 30 p. m., ar?
riving Lucknow II 10 a m. and 8 00 p, m.
Returning leave Lucknow 6 45 a. m. and
4 20 p. m., arriving Atkins 8 15 a. m. and
5 50 p. m. Daily except Sunday.
Trains on Hartsville R. R. leave Harttville
at 4 30 a. rn , arriving Floyds 5 00 a. m. Re?
turning le*ve Floyds 9 45 p. m., arriving
Hartsville 10 15 p. m. Daily except Sunday.
Train; on Wilmington ? Conway R. R.
leave Clmdbourn ll 30 a. m., arrive at Con?
way 1 45 p m., returning leave Conway at
2 30 p m., -?ve Chadbourn 4 50 p. m.,
leave Chadnourn ? 35 p m., arrive at Hub at
6 20 p. m., returni ?eave Hub S 15 a.m.,
arrive at Chadbourn ? ',r> a. m. Daily ex?
cept Sunday.
Trains le?ve Pregnalls 8 ?0 a. m., Summer?
ton 9 48 a m., Sumter 10 35 a. m., Darling?
ton II 55 a. m., Bennettsville 12 48 p.m..
arrive Hamlet 1 40 p. m. Returning, leave
Hamlet 2 10 p.m., Bennettsville 3 00 p.m.
Darlington 3 52 p.m., Sumter 5 ll p.m..
Summerton 5 58 p. m., arrive Pregnalls 7 21
JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen'i Supt.
J. K KENLY, Gen'l Manager.
T. M EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
Olio Biver & Charleston Railway CG
SAMUEL HUNT. Agent for Purchaser.
In effect December 1, 1394.
CAROLINAS DIVISION.
'NU RT HBO U N D.-( Da i ly'""ex" cVp tSu"n d ay. j
Lv Camden., 1.00 p m
Ar Kershaw. 1 45 p m :
Lv Kershaw.j 2 00 p m j
Lv Lancaster .i 2.42 p m
LT Catawba Junction ! 3.16 p m j
Ar Rock Hill.j 3 34 p m
Lv Rock Hill.<? 3 44 p m i
Lv Yorkville. 4.20 pm |~*11
Lv ?lacksburg. 5.25 p m ' 8.45 a a;
Lv Patterson Springs. , 9.15 am
Lv Shelby . ' 9 40 am
Lv Rutberfordton. 11.40 a rn
Ar Marion.j \ IAS p m
"SO?THBOUND.-(Daily except Sunday.1
Lv Marion. 4 25 pm
Lv Rutberfordton. 5.5? p m
Lv Shelby. 3.03 p rc
Lv Patterson Springs S.19 pm
Ar Blacksburg. ! 8 45 p rr
Lv Blacksburg. ' 7.45 am ?
Lv Yorkville. 8.58 a m i
Ar Rock Hill. 9.35 a m ?
Lv Rock Hill. 9.45 a m
Lv Catawba Junction, lu.10 am '
Lv Lancaster. lu.50 a m
Ar Kershaw. 11.29 am j
Lv Kershaw. 11.28 am
Ar Camden. 12.15 pm
1 ?inner at Kershaw.
CONNECTIONS.
Camden-With S. C. Ry., for Charleston,
Columbia, Augusta and al! points South.
Lancaster-With Cheraw k Chester N. G.
R. R., for Chester.
Catawba Junction-With C. C. k V. R. R.
Rock Hill-With Southern Railway.
Yorkville-With Chester k Lenoir R. R.
Blacksburg-With R. k D. R. R. forSpar
lanburg, Greenville. Atlanta and pointr
South, ??nd Charlotte and points North.
Marion - With Southern Railwav.
SAMUEL HUNT, Gen. Manager.
A. TRIPP, Superintendent.
S. B. LUM PK IN, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Bicycle Oil, Lanterns, Graphite,
Bells, Pants Guards, etc., for sale cy
E. G. Osteen & Co's.