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/-\ The Sign of <OThe Four BY DF. ?. CONAN DOYLE. **I ama, Worcestershire man myself born near Pershore. 1 dare say you would find a heap of Smalls living there now if you were to look. I have often thought of taking- a look round there, but the truth is that I was never much of a credit to. the family, and I doubt if they would ?>e so very glad to see me. They were all steady, chapel going folk, small farmers, well known and respected over the country-side, while I was always, a bit of a rover. At last, however, when I was about l eighteen, I gave them no more trouble, for I got into a mess over a girl, and \ could only get out of it again by tak? ing the queen's shilling and joining the Third Buffs which was just starting for India. WI wasn't destined to do much sol? diering, however. I had just got past the goose-step and learned to handle my musket, when I was fool enough to go swimming* in the Ganges. Luckily j for me, my company sergeant. John Holder, was in the water at the sam?* time, and he was one of the finest swimmers in the service. A crocodile j took me, just as I was half way across, and nipped off my right leg just as clean as a surgeon could nave done it, just above the knee. What with the shock and the loss of blood I fainted. v and I should have been drowned if Holder had not caught hold of me and paddled for the bank. I was five months in hospital over it, and when at last I was able to limp out of it with this timber toe strapped to my stump I found myself invalided out of the army and unfitted for any active occu? pation. 44I was, as you can imagine, pretty down on my luck at this time, for I was a useless cripple, tkough not yet in my twentieth year. However, my misfortune soon proved to be a bless? ing in disguise. A man named Abel white, who had come out there aa an indigo-planter, wanted an overseer to look after his coolies and keep them up to their work. He happened to be a friend of our colonel's, who had taken ? aa interest in me since the accident. now HE LOST ms LEO. To make a long story short, the colonel recommended me strongly for the post and, as the work was mostly to be done on horseback, my leg was no great obstacle, for I had enough knee left to keep a good grip on the saddle. What I had to do was to ride over the plantation, to keep an eye on the men as they worked, and to report the idlers. The pay was fair, I had com? fortable quarters, and altogether I was content to spend the remainder of my life in indigo-planting. Mr. Abelwhite was a kind man, and he would often drop into my little shanty and smoke a pipe with me, for white folk out there feel their hearts warm to each other as . they never do ere at home. "Well, I wa, never in luck's way long. Suddenly, without a note of warning, the great mutiny broke upon us. One month India lay as still and peaceful, to all appearance, as Surrey or Kent; the next there were two hun? dred thousand black devils let loose, and the country was a perfect hell. Of course you know all about it, gentle? men-a deal more than I do, very like? ly, since reading is not in my line. I only know what I saw with my own eyes. Our plantation was at a place called Muttra, near the border of the northwest provinces. Night after night the whole sky was alight with the burning bungalows, and day after day we had small companies of Euro? peans passing through our estate with ; their wives and children, on their way to I Agra, where were the nearest troops. I Mr. Abelwhite was an obstinate man. j He had it in his head that the affair had been exaggerated, and that it would : blow over r . suddenly as it had sprung up. There he sat on his veranda, drinking whisky pegs and smoking ; cheroots, while th?- country was in a : blaze about him. ( f course we stuck by him, I and Dawson, who, with his wife, used to do the bookwork and the managing. Well, one fine day the crash came. I had been away on a distant plantation, and was riding slowly home in the evening, when my eye fell upon something all huddled together at the bottom ox a steep nullah. I rode down to see what it was, and the cold struck through my heart when I found it was Dawson's wife, all cut into ribbons, and half-i-aten by jackals ard native dogs. A little further up the road Dawson himself was lying' on his face, quite dead, with an ?T?pcy revolver in his hand and fuur Sepoys lying across each other in front of him- 1 reined up my horse, wonder? ing which way ? should turn, but at that moment I saw thick smoke curl in"" up -rom Abelwhite's bungalow and the llames beginnb g to burst through the roof. I knew then that I could do mv employer no good, bul would only throw my own life away ii" 1 meddled in thc matte I could see hundreds of the blac fiends, with their rod coats still o their backs, dancing and howlin round the burnin;T house. Some c them pointed, at me. ail? a couple c bullets sang past my head; so : broke away across the paddy-fields, an j found myself late at ni;rht safe with! the walls at Agra. "As it proved, however, there was n great safety there, either. The who! country, was up like a swarm of beet Wherever the English could collect i: little bands they held just the groun that their gn ns commanded. Every? where else they were helpless fugi j tives. It was a tight of the million j against the hundreds; and the crueles i part of it was that these men that w fought against, foot, horse and gue ners, were our own picked troops whom we had taught and trained handling our own weapons, and blow ing our own bugle calls. At Agra ther were the Third Bengal Fusiliers, som Sikhs, two troops of horse and a batter of artillery. A volunteer corps o clerks and merchants had been formed and this I joined, wooden leg and al] We went out to meet the rebels a Shahgnnge early in July, and w beat them back for a time, bfct ou powder gave out and we had to fal back upon the city. Nothing but th> worst news came to us from every sid? -which is not to be wondered at, for i you look at the map you will see tha we were right in the heart of it. Luck now is rather better than a hundrec miles to the east, and Cawnpore a bou as far to the south. From every poin on the compass there was nothing bu torture and murder and outrage. "The city of Agra is a great place swarming with fanatics and fierc< devil-worshipers of all sorts. Our hand ful of men were lost among the nar row, winding streets. Our leadei moved across the river, therefore, anc took up his position in the old fort o: Agra. I don't know if any of you gen tlemen have ever read or heard any thing of that old fort. It is a verj queer place-the queerest that ever 1 was in, and I have been in some ru rx corners, too. First of all, it is enormous in size. I should think that the inclos ure must be acres and acres. There ii a modern part, which took ali our gar? rison, women, children, stores au? everything" else, with plenty of room over. But the modern part is nothing like.the size of the old quarter, where nobody goes, and which is given over tc the scorpions and the centipedes. It is all full of great deserted halls, and winding passages, and long corridors twisting- in and ont, so that it is easy for folks to get lost in it. For this rea? son it was seldom that anyone went into it, though now and again a party with torches mig-ht go exploring. "The river washes along the front ol the cid fort, and so protects it, but on the sides and behind there are many doors, and these had to be guarded, of course, in the old quarter as well as in that which was actually held by our troops. We were short-handed, with hardly men enough to man the angles of the building" and to serve the guns. It was impossible for us, therefore, to station a strong guard at everyone of the innumerable gates. What we did was to organize a central guardhouse in t\he middle of the fort, and to leave I e&c~ gate under the charge of one white man and two or three natrves. I : was seleCvid to take charge during cer ! tain hours of the night of a small iso? lated door upon the southwest side of f the building- Two Sikh troopers were placed under ray command, and I was i instructed if anything went wrong to fire my musket, when I might rely upon help coming at once from the central guard. As the guard was a good two hundred paces away, however, and as the space between was cut up into a labyrinth of passages and corridors, I had great doubts as to whether they could arrive in time to be of any use in > case of an actual attack. "Well, I was pretty proud at having this small command given me, since I was a raw recruit, and a game-legged x>ne at th?t. For two nights I kept the watch with my Punjaubees. They were tall, fierce-looking chaps, Ma? homet Singh and Abdullah Knan by name, both old fighting men who had borne arms against us at Chilianwal lah. They could talk English pretty well, but I could get little out of them. They preferred to stand together and jabber all night in their queer Sikli lingo. For myself, I used to stand outside the gateway, looking '?own on the broad, winding river and on the twinkling lights of the great city. The beating of drums, the rattle of tom? toms, and the yells and howls of the rebels, drunk with opium and with bang, were enough to remind us all night of our dangerous neighbors across the stream. Every two hours the olH cers of the night used to come round to all the posts, to make sure that all was well. "The third night of my watch was dark and dirty, with a small, driving rain. It was dreary work standing in the gateway hour after hour in such weather. I tried again and again to make my Sikhs talk, but without much success. At two in the morning the rounds passed, and broke for a moment thejweariness-of the night. Finding that my companions would not be led into conversation. 1 took out my pipe, and laid down my musket to strike a match. In an instant the two Sikhs were upon me. One of thc m snatched my firelock up and leveled it at my head, while the other held a great knife to my throat and swore between his teeth that he would plunge it into me if I moved a step. "My first thought was that these fel lows were in league wi til the rebels, and that this was tin- beginning of an assault. If our door were in the hands if the Sepoys the olace TPV.-*I fall, and the women and children be treated a?? they were in Cawnpore. Slavln; v??u gentlemen think thar I am jr.- : making out arcase for myself, but I give my word that when I though! of that. T.'i'uu'h I i'-lt the poin* <>f the knife ai my throat. I opened my ::i<>:::!. with the intention of giving"? '..!.?.:::..!.'>: it was my last one, which might alarm the main guard. The man who held me seemed to know my thoughts/'-Vr, even as I braced myself to i:, h . . k?>- ? ?s. rc i' 'I **t rua?f '. .. ". .: . inri ? is safe enough. There are no reDCi dogs on this side of the river.' Thcnj was the ring of truth in what he viii and 1 knew that if I raised my voice I was a'dead man. I could rea I it in the fellow's brown eyes. I waited, there fore, in silence, to see what it was that they wanted from me. """Listen to me. sallie, said the taller and fiercer of the pair, the one whom they coiled Abdullah Khan. 'You must either be with us now or you must be silenced forever. The thing is too great a one for us to hesitate. Either you are heart and soul with us ? USED TO STAND OUTSIDE THE GATEWAY. on your oath on the cross of the Chris? tians, or your body this night shall be thrown into the ditch and %ve shall pass over to our brothers in the rebel army*. There is no middle way. Which is it to be, death or life? We can only give you three minutes to decide, for the time is passing, and all must be done before the rounds come again.' "4 'How can I decide?' said I. 'You have not told me what you want of me. But I tell you now that if it is anything against the safety of the fort 1 will have no truck with it, so you can drive home your knife and welcome.' " "It is nothing against the fort,' said he. 'We only ask you to do that which your countrymen come to this land for. We ask you to be rich. If you will be one of us this night, we will swear to you upon the naked knife, and by the threefold oath which no Sikh was ever known to break, that vou shall have vour fair share of the lo:>t. A quarter of the treasure shall be yours. We can say no fairer.' " 'But what is the treasure, then?' I asked. "I am as ready to be rich as you can be, if you will but show me how it can be done.' " 'You swear, then,' said he, 'by the bones of your father, by the honor of your mother, by the cross of your faith, to raise no hand and speak no word against us, either now or afterwards?' M 'I will swear it,' I answered, 'pro? vided that thc fort is not endangered.' " 'Then my comrade and I will swear that you shall have a quarter of the treasure, which shall be equally divided among* the four of us.' " 'There are but three,' said I. " *No; Dost Akbar must have his share. We can tell the tale to you while we await th?m. Do you stand at the gate. Mahomet Singh, and give notice of their coming. The thing stands thus, Sahib, and I tell it to you because I know that an oat h is binding upon a Feringhee, and that we may trust you. Had you been a Ij'ing Hin? doo, though you had sworn by all the gods in their false temples, your blood would have been upon the knife, and your body in the water. But the Sikh knows the Englishman, and the Eng? lishman knows the Sikh. Hearken, then, to what I have to say. " 'There is a rajah in the northern provinces who has much wealth, though his lands are small. Much has come to him from his father, and more still he has set by himself, for he is of a low nature and hoards his gold rather than spend it. When the troubles broke out he would be friends both with the lion and the tiger-with the Sepoy and with the company's raj. Soon, however, it seemed to him that the white men's I day was come, for through all the land he could hear of nothing but their death and their overthrow. Yet, being a careful man, he made such plans that, come what might, half at least of his treasures would be left to him. That which was in gold and silver he kept by him in the vaults of his palace, but the most precious stones and the I choicest pearls that he had he put in i an iron box and sent it by a trusty ! servant who. under the guise of a mer chant, should take it to the fort at ? Agra, there to lie until the land is at peace. Tims if the rebels won he would ! have his money, but if the company j conquer his jewels would be saved I to him. Having thus divided his ! hoard he threw himself into the cause ! of the Sepoys, since they were strong upon his borders. By doing this, mark : you, sahib, his property becomes the j due of those who have l>een true to ' their salt. ."This pretended merchant, who1 travels under the name of Aehinet, is j now in the city of Agra, and de- j sires to gain his way- into the fort. He \ has with him as traveling companion j my foster-brother Dost-Akbar, who knows his secret. Dost-Akbar has : promised this night to lead him to a ! side-postern of the fort, and has chosen this one for his purpose. Here he will i come presently and her? he will find Mahomet Singh and myself await- . ing him. The plac? is lonely, and none j shall know of his Doming. Thc world j shall know of the merchant Achmet no j more, but the great treasure of the j rajah shall be divided among us. What | say you to it, sahib?' "In Worcestershire t!u> life <>f a man j seems :a great and a sacred thing: but j it is very different when there is tire ! ind blood round you tind you have been used to meeting ?loa th nt ovo rv i uri!. Whether Achmet the merchant I 'ivod <>r died was a f !r::::r a> light as :. ir 1 .> me. but at the tali: about "in- tretis- ' ire my heart turned <> it.:;?<? I ti. nirht >f what I might ?h? ia the old eoumry 1 ?vith it. and how my folks would stare vhen tiley saw their ne*er-d?>-wellcom- i ng back -.vi111 Iii- r#vk?ts"full ?>T gold aoidores. i had. therefore, a I read v '? however, thinking that ? hesitated, i presse 1 the matter :v..>re closely. "'Confider, sahib.*" said he. 'that if this man is taken bj'the commandant j he will be hung or shot, ami his jewels taken by the government, so that no j man will be a rupee the better for them. Now. since we do the taking of : hin. why should we not do the rest as j as weir? The jewels will be as well ? with us as in the company's coffers. There will be enough to make every one of us rich men and great chiefs. No one can know about the matter, for here we are cut off from all men. ; What could be better for the purpose? ; Say a-rain, then, sahib, whether you ! are with us. or if we must look upon you as an enemy.' ***! am with you heart and soul." . said I. ** "It is well,* he answered, handing j me back my firelock. "You see that we j trust you, for your word, like ours, is i not to be broken. We have now only : to wait for my brother and the mer : chant.' " 'Does your brother know, then, of J I what you will do?' I asked. '* "The plan is his. He has devised it. We will go to the gate and share the , watch with Mahomet. Singh." .'The rain was still falling steadily, for it was just the beginning of the I wet season. Brown, heavy clouds were j ! drifting across the sky, and it was hard, i ; to see more than a stone-cast. A deep j moat lay in front of our door, but the water was in places nearly dried up, j i and it could ea.-dlj* be crossed, lt was j ! strange to me to be standing there I with those two wild Punjaubees wait I ing for the man who was coming to his i death. "Suddenly my eye caught the gliat \ of a shaded lantern at the other side of j the moat. It vanished among the ! mound-heaps, and then appeared again coming slowly in our direction. ! " 'Here they are." I exclaimed. " 'You will challenge him, sahib, as usual,' whispered Abdullah. "Give him no cause for fear. Send us in with him, and we shall do the rest while you stay here on guard. Have the ; lantern ready to uncover, that we may ; be sure that it is indeed the man.' j "The light had flickered onwards, ! now stopping and now advancing, un j til I could see two dark fi gures upon i the other side of the moat. I let them scramble down the sloping bank, splash through the mire, and climb half-way up to the gate, before I challenged them. "'Who goes there?'said I in a sub? dued voice. " 'Friends,' came the answer. I un? covered my lantern and threw a flood of light upon them. The first was an enormous Sikh, with a black beard which swept nearly down to his cum? merbund. Outside of a show 1 have never seen so tall a man. The other was a little fat, round fellow, with a great yellow turban, and a bundle in his hand, done up in a shawl. He seemed to be all in a quiver with fear, j 'WHAT HAVE YOU E? THE BUNDLE?" I ASKED. for his hands twitched as if he had the ague, and his head kept turning to left and right with two bright little twinkling eves, like a mouse when he ventures out from his hole. It gave me the chills to think of killing him. but I thought of the treasure, and my heart set as hard as a flint within me. When he saw my white face lie gave a little chirrup of joy and came running up towards me. " "Your protection, sahib.'he panted -'your protection for the unhappy merchant Achmet. I have traveled across Rajpootana that I might seek the shelter of the fort at Agra. I have been robbed and beaten and abused because I have been the friend of the company. It is a blessed night this when I am once more in safety-I and ray poor possessions." ."What have you in thc bundle?' I asked. "'An iron box.' he answered, "which contains one or two little family mat ters which are of no value to others, but which I should be sorry to lose. Yet I am not a beggar; and I shall ire ward you. young sahib, and your gov? ernor also, if he will give me the shel? ter I a>k.' ."I could not trust myself to speak longer with the man. The more I looked at his fat, frightened face, the harder did it seem that we should slay him in cold blood. It was best to get it over. .? Take him to the main guard." said ?. The two Sikhs closed in upon h.rn on each side, and the giant walked be? hind, while they marched in through tue dark gateway. Never was a man ?vcompassed round with death, i re? mained at the gateway with the lan tern. ..] could hear the measured tramp of their footsteps sounding through the lonely corridors. Suddenly it ceased. ; and I heard voices. : i n * I :i scuffle, with th" sound of blows. A moment later there came, to my horror, a rush of footsteps coining in my direction, with thc loud breathing of a run? ing man. I turned my lantern down wa-* the : man. running like the wind, with a smear. ?>f bb.<ul nen>ss hi:, face, and eloise at his Ir. . -. bounding like a tiger, tue ?reat l-!aek-lvard?-d Sikh, with :. knife Hashing in his !.:.::<!. I have never seen a man run fast as that li?' ;*- merchant. !:?. wa.s gaining . once passe?"me and jrot to the open arr he would save himself yet. My heart softened to him, but ajrain the thought of his treasure turned me hard and bitter. I east my firelock between his legs as he raced past, and he rolled twice over like a shot rabbit. Ere he ? could stagger to his feet the Sikh was upon him, and buried his knife twice i in his side. The man never uttered ; moan nor moved muscle, but lay where he had fallen. I think myself that he j may have broken his neck with the fall, i You see. gentlemen, that I am keeping I my promise. I am telling you every j word of the business just exactly as it j happened, whether it is in my favor or not/* TO BE CONTINUED. We Offer You a REflEDY Which INSURES Safety of Life to Moth? er and Child. EXPECTANT MOTHERS, "MOTHERS' FRIEND" Robs Confinement of its Pain, Horror and Risk., My wife used "MOTHERS' FRIEND" be lion: birth of lier lirst child. she did not suffer from CRAMPS or PAINS-was quickly i relieved at the critical hour suffering but lit ile-she had no pains afterward and her recovery was rapid. E. E. JOHNSTON, Eufaula, Ala. Sent by Mail or Express, on receipt of price, $1.00 per bottle. Book "To Moth? ers" mailed Free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, G's. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. NEW CROP 189?. White Comb Honey in Sec? tions. Choice Extracted Honey, by the gallon or less quantity. For sale ai my residence, or orders may be left office of the Watchman and Southron. N. G. ?steen. "Tl CHARLESTON Lil." South Carolina and Georgia Railroad. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. ? Corrected to May 26fj, 1895. ! Lv Charleston 7 20 a m 6 00 p m Ar Summerville 7 56 a m 6 42 p m I 14 Pregnalls 8 28 a m 7 19pm I " Georges 8 40 a m 7 32 p m I 11 Branchville 9 12am 8 00 pm " Rowesville 9 25 am 8 29 pm J " Orangeburg 9 38 a m 8 43 p m i " St. Matthews 9 58 am 0 04 pm ? ?? Fort Motte 10 10 am 9 17pm ; u Ringville 10 20 a m 9 29 p m ' "Columbi* 1105am 10 15pm Lv Columbia 7 00 a m 4 00 p m Ar Ringville 7 45 a m 4 44 p m Fort Motte 7 57 a m 4 55 p m *. St Matthews 8 08 am 5 09 pm " Oraneeburg 8 32 H m !? 27 p m " Rowesville 8 48 H m 5 42 p m " Branchville 9 05 a m 5 55 p m " Georges 9 45 a m 6 34 p m " Pregnall3 9 58 a m 6 44 p m " Summerville 10 32 H m 7 18 p m " Cbarlestoo ll 10 a m 8 00 p m Lv Charleston 7 20 a m 6 00 p m " Branchville 9 25 a m 8 15 p m " Bamberg 9 47 a m 8 40 p m " Denmark 9 55 H m 8 53 p m " B!? kville 10 12 a m 9 09 p m " W-.l.i.-i. n 10 27 a m 9 24 p m j " Ai' .. ll 03 a m 10 07 p m I ArA-a....a ll 45 pm 10 50 ? m I Lv Ao2?:.-U 6 25 a m 3 40 p m i " Aikvc 7 14 a m 4 12 p m " Williston 7 57 a m 4 49 p m "Blackville S 14 a m 5 06 p m " Denmark 8 28 a m 5 20 p m " Bamberg 84lam 5 30 pm " Bianchville 9 20 a m 5 55 p m Ar Charleston ll 10 a m ?i 00 o m Fast Express,?Augustaand Washington, with Through Sleepers to New York. Lv Augusta 2 25 p m Ar Aiken 3 02 p m I " Denmark 4 12 p m I Lv Denmark 6 16 a ra " Aiken 7 19 a m ! Ar Augusta 8 00 a m j Daily eicept Snnday. Lv Camden 8 55 a m 2 25 p ra ! .' Cjiocen Junction 9 48 a m 3 55 p in : Ar Ringville 10 20 a ra 4 35 p m Lv Ringville 10 35 am 6 00 a ra ,: Camden Junction II IO a m 6 40 a m Ar Camden 12 05 pm 8 15a m; E. S. BOWEN, L. A. EMERSON, Gen. Manager. Traffic Manager. General offices-Charleston, S. C. Atlantic Coast Line, j North-Eastern R. R. of S. C. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. ~j j r ~r~ Dated May NO.35|NO.23!NO.53? 12th. 1395. ! * I * i * I A. M. I P K Le. Florence 3 10' 7 40 " R-.ngstree j S 46? Ar. Lanes 4 20? 9 07i P. M.j Le. Lane* ; 4 20? 9 07! 7 05 Ar. Charl't'o \ 6 C$110 55! 8 40; U. .M. I P. M. P M.; TRAINS GOING NORTH. NO.78 so.32so.52 j A. M I P.M j A. M Le Chari't'n ' 4 12 4 Ooj 7 00! Ar. Lanes ! ?5 30 5 52! S -15 Le. Laces I 6 30 5 52| .. Kingstree j 4'.?1 ? 10 Ar. Florence : 7 55 7 15 I A. x ', p.-M ' A. M i 1 . Daily. [Daily except Sunday. No. J'J runs through to Columbia via Cen? tra! Iv. ii. of S. C. Train? N\:S. TS a::,i 32 jun via \Vii?o:i and F* ? et tev il li-Short Lim-and make close con nection for all poin ts North. J. U. KEN LY, ' JNO. F. DIVINE. Geu'l Manager, Gen'1 Sup't. f. M. EMERSON". Traffic Manager. Atlantic Coast Line, Manchester ???'Augusta Eailroad .CONDENSED SCHEDULE. NORTH. ;la effect .March 25tb,| SOUTH. ?miv i 1895. L??iiy Train *No i - Train *No. 50. STATIONS. j 5l. 4 17 pm Lv 4 32 pm 4 43 p ra : 4 51 p ra 5 08 p ra 5 23 pm: J5 34 p ra i 5 41 pm! 5 51 p m i 6 05 p m lAr Denmark Copes Cordova Oranget>urg .Cameron Lone St*r ReraiDi Pinewood Privateer Sil ni rpr Ari 6 11 ac 5 56 am ? 5 44 a ui ! 5 36 a m I 5 19 a c 5 04 am i 4 51 am j 4 41 am j 4 30 am Lv| 4 19 a m Trains 50 and 51 carry ibrougb Pullmac Palnce B?ffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Augusta and Macon. . Train No 50 leaves Atlanta T 15 a rn, Macon 9 00 ? m, Augusta 2 25 p m, arrivio"? Sumter 6 05 p m, Fayetteville 9 35 p o, Petersburg 2 39 am, Richmond 3 40 a m Washington 7 00 a m, Baltimore 8 20 a m Philadelphia 10 46 a m, New York 1.23 p m Train No. 51 leaves New York 9 am, Phil? adelphia 1140 am, Baltimore 2 13 pm, Washington 3 30 p m. Richmond 7 13 pm, Petersburg 7 46 p ra, Fayetteville 12 53 a m. Sumter 4 19 a m, Augusta 8 00 a ra, Sumter 4 19 a m, Augusta 8 00 a ra, Macon ll 00 a tn, Atlanta 12 15 p va. T. M. EMERSON, H M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager Ass't Gen. Pass. Agt. J. R. KEN LY, Gen'l Manager. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND AUGUS? TA RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated May 12, 1895. No.55. No.51 Leave Wilmington Leave Marion Arrive Florence Leave Florence Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia P.M. *3 30 6 24 7 05 P. M. I A.M. *7 30i *3 15 8 38? 4 19 ?No.52. P.M. I A.M. 8 38| *9 48 10 00! ll 05: No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R. R., leaving Lanes 8 38 a. m., Man? ning 9 15 a. m. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave Colombia Arrive Sumter Leave Snmter Arrive Florence Leave Florence Leave Marion Arrive Wilmington .No.56 A.M. *5 20 No.53. P.M. *4 25! 6 43 5 43i !No.50 A. M. ? P.M. 6 43! *6 05| 8 COj 7 1! A M ; 8 25? 9 06; I ll 50: ?Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C., via Centra! 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 Elliott 7 02 p. m., arriving Bishopville 7 39 p, m., Lucknow 8 10 p. m. Returning leave Lucknow 6 30 a m., Bishopville 7 00 a m , arrive Elliott 7 38 a. m. Daily except Sunday. Mixed trains, Nos. 17 and 18 make connec? tions to and from Sumter on C. S. & N. R. K. with th?* foregoing, as follows: Leave Sumter 6.10 p. m., Oswego 6 30, St. Charles 6.50, arrive at Elliott 7.0? p m. Leave Elliott 7.38 a.m., St. Charles 7.51, Oswego 8.11, arrive Sumter 8.30 a. m. Trains on Wilmington & Conway R. R. leave Cbadbourn ll 30 a. m., arrive at Con? way 1 45 p. m., returning leave Conway at 2 30 p. m., ar-?ve Cbadbourn 5 00 p. m., leave Cbadbourn 35 p. m., arrive at Hub at 6 20 p. m , retumi .g ?eave Hub 8 15 a. m., arrive at Cbadbourn . ^0 a.m. Daily ex? cept Sunday. Trains leave Prignalls 8 30 a. m.. Summer tor. 9 48 a m., Sumter 10 35 a. m., Darling? ton ll 55 a. ra , Bennettsv?le 12 48 p. m , arrive Hamlet 1 40 p. ra. Returniog, leavt Hamlet 2 10 p.m., BeDnettsville 3 00 p.m. Darlington 3 52 p. m , Sumter 5 ll p.m., Summerton 5 58 p. m., arrive Pregnalls 7 21 p. m. D<*ily except Sundav JOHN F. DIVINE, Gen'l Supt. J. R KENLY, Gen'l Maoager. T. M EMERSON, Traffic Maoager. OMo Biver & Charleston Baiiway Co SAMUEL HUNT. Agent for Purchaser. In effect December 3, IS94. CAROLINAS DIVISION. NORTHBOUND.-(Daily except Sunday.) Lv Camden.: 1 00 pm ? Ar Kershaw.! 1 45 p m ! Lv Kershaw.j 2 00 p m j Lv Lancaster.? 2.42 p m Lv Catawba Junction ? 3.15 p m : Ar Rock Hill.j 3.34 p m ? Lv Rock Hill.! 3 44 p m ! Lv Yorkville.j 4.20 pm! ll Lv Blacksburg.j 5.25 pm j 8.45 am Lv Patterson Springs.! j 9.15 am Lv Shelby .? j 9.40 a m Lv Rutberfordton.j ?11.40 am Ar Marion.! ! 1.15 pm "SOUTHBOUND.-(Daily except Sunday.) Lv Marion.f | 4.25 p m Lv Rutberfordton.? j 5.50 pm Lv Shelby. 8.03 p m Lv Patterson Springs ! 8.19 p m Ar Blacksburg. ! j 8.45 pm Lv Blacksburg. ' 7.45 am ? Lv Yorkville. 8.58 a m Ar Rock Hill. 9.35 a m Lv Rock Hill. 9.45 a m Lv Catawba Junction 10.10 am Lv LaLcaster. lo 50 a m : Ar Kershaw. ll.29 a m Lv Kershaw. 11.28 a m Ar Camden. 12 15 p m Duiner a? Kershaw. CONNECTIONS. Camden-With S C. Ry., for Charleston, Columbia, Augusta and ali points South. Lancaster-With Cberaw ? Chester N. G. R. li , tor Chester. Catawba Junction-With C C ?fc V R.'R. Kock HiL-With Southern Railway. Yorkvilie-With Chester A Lenoir R. K. Blacksburg- With R. Sc !'. R. R. for Spar tanbnrg, Greenville, Atlanta and points South, *:M Charlot'* and points North. Marion-With Southern Railway. SAMUEL HUNT, Gen. Manager. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. s. R. LUMPKIN, Gen. Pass Agt.