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BILLIAM. By S. E. OEOOKBTT. ::- ?Cc?rrrtgfet, 1S97, by the Author.3 ! "No, father," said Billiam, with de? cision, "I am not half good enoug?i to make a parson of. Yen mnst give the diving to Harry. He will make a first later. He is all the time mousing abont ; among books.'* Billiam and his father were standing M together in the rectory garden, which looked over the beautiful vale of St John. Helvellyn .: slept above them, ^stretched ont like a-lion with his head low between his paws. The lake glim? mered beneath all? dreamy in the light glmidsnmmer haze. $ees hammed in the old garden, and the fiow?rs on which they made themselves drank reeled and shook with the press of ?he revelers. , The old rector of Applethwaite was dead. This day cf midsummer had been his funeral day. An old man full to the brim of years and dignities, he had lived all his life, under the wing of his broth? er, the squire, rooted safely in the fam? ily living, dining' every Sunday and Thursday at the hall and-reading his 10? sermons in a rotation as settled and regalar as that of the crops. But now tte old order was changed, and, accord? ing to the squire's providential arrange? ment, the new order was to be-Bil Bam. : His real name was William, with something very distinguished after it / Yet nobody thought of calling him any? thing but Billiam--except only the equire, when, as at present, Billiam and he differed in opinion. Then he said, "William Reginald Setoun Ormi thwaite, w?l you dare to disobey your father?' ' And Billiam hiing his head, for' he knew that a day was coming when he would. At school he had 'been called Billiam /for the reason that a "Yorker*' is called a "Yorker,** because it was obvious that he could be called nothing else. " Tbe boy whose Latin verses he did said to him: "Now, gojon, old Billiam; hurry up. ? want to go out to the playing fields to ?mito that young toad Scott miner for making faces at me and mak? ing me Laugh in chapel" So to save tame Billiam gave him his own copy of verses and saw the plagiarist pass to the head of the form next day on the strength of Billiam's iambics. Yet that boy never even jthought of thanking the author and origin of his distinction. Why should he? It w?s "only old Bil? liam." Billiam failed also in gaining the love and respect of his masters to the extent jg which, upon his merits, was bis due. JPar one thing, he was forever bringing all manner of broken down sparrows, maimed rabbits and three legged dogs into the school and, if possible, even . into the dormitory. Then smells o5 di? verse kinds arose and bred quarrelsome dissension of a very positive kind. The house master came up one night to find Billiam with an open knife in his hand, driving fiercely into a throng of boys armed with cricket bats and wickets, whereupon he promptly dashed at the young desperado and wrested the knife out of his hands. "Do you wish to murder somebody?' ' cried the house master, shaking him. ' "Yes," said Billiam stoutly, "if . Lowther throws my white mice out of the window." No further proceedings were taken, because upon examination Billiam proved to be scored black and blue with the wickets of his adversaries. He was, however, from this timo forth given a / bedroom upon the ground floor, with a little court in front which looked upon the laundry, and here Billiam, still unrepentant was allowed to tend his menagerie in peace, provided always \ that it did not entirely destroy the sani? tation of the school. But when the gov? erning committee came to inspect the premises the head maste/ carefully pi? loted them part tho entrance of the court wherein dwelt Billiam,. keeping well to windward of it Anybody else would have been promptly expelled, but Billiam's father was a very important person indeed, and the head master had known him inti? mately at college. Besides, no one could possibly . have expelled Billiam. The very ruffians who whacked him with cricket bats would straightway have risen in mutiny. By and by Billiam's father tried him | at Oxford, but, though Billiam staid his terms, he would have none of it So when the rectory fell vacant it seemed all that could bo done was to make ar? rangements by which Billiam would suc? ceed his uncle. The Right Honorable Beginald Setoun Crmjthwaito,Billiam's "pater," saw no difficulty in the mat? ter. He had been at Eton and Christ? church with the bishop of Lakeland, and the matter lent itself naturally to this arrangement. Every one felt This to j be the final solution of a most difficult problem. Everybody even remotely con- j nected with the family was consulted, ! and all expressed their several delights with relief and alacrity, but in the meantime nothing was said to Billiam, who had a setter with a broken leg upon his mind and so lived mostly about the kennels and" smelled of lini? ment But when his father told the proxi? mate rector that he must begin to pre? pare for the bishop's examination and go into residence for* some months at St Abbs' famous theological college (called in clerical circles "The Back Door"), Billiam most unexpectedly re? fused point blank to have anything to do with the plan. He would be no par? son ; he was not good enough, he assert? ed.. Harry could have it. The Right Honorable Begiaald Setoun Onni thwaite, ex-cabinet minister and P. C., broke into a rage almost as violent as when his party leader proclaimed a new policy without consulting him. He in? formed Billiam (under the designation of William Reginald Setoun) how many different kinds of fool he was and told him jas an ultimatum that if he refused this last chance to establish himself in life, he need expect no further help or consideration from him. The Jackson Cotton, Again. The Jackecc, or so-called "limb? less," cottco, bas been, and is being, well advertised, and is still receiviog, therefore, a large measure of attention. Mr. J H. Riley, of Sally, S. C , sent to us a few days ago a sample of the lint, crown near that place last year by Mr. W M, Stephenson, with a request that it be submitted to an expert for judgement. It was examined by Mr W K. Stcedmao, who said that its ''quali? ty and preparation were excellent, bot that the staple was somewhat irregu? lar." He claused it as "middling fair," the best grade of upland cotton brought to this market. In his letter accompanying the sample Mr. Riley stated that the sample "was ginned cn an old, inferior gio, and does not show the staple advantageously/' which doubtless explains the irregularity noted, aed ho added : Mr Stephenson made at the rate of 1,000 pounds lint cotton to the acre. This variety pat out two limbs close to tbe grocad, and the bolls came io clos tera on limbs three to foar inches long. Mr. Stephenson's land is poor, saody land-clay four to five feet from sur? face He planted this cotton May 10, but it did not come up until Jane 1 The stalks would average eight feet high, some were ten feet, and some were under six feet. It is tbe most wonderful cotton I have ever seen, and I am sure that it will revolutionize the cotton trade cf the Sooth. Mr. Stepn enson is preparing to plant five acres this year." This account of the cotton speaks for itself. The only other account of it that we have seen, which did not come from persons interested in the sale of the seed, is contained io thc reports cf Mr. R. J. Redding, the director of the Georgia Experiment Station. Mr. Redding obtained some of the seed of the cotton, and planted them according to directors. In a letter to the Atlan? ta Constitution, narrating bis observa? tions of the crop he planted, be declares that be and Mr. Welborn satisfied themselves of the "identity'7 of the Jackson cotton with the older variety known as "Wel born's Pet," and that an examination of the cotton in Mr. Jackson's field, near Atlanta removed the last vestige of doubt on that point," and also dis? covered the fact that the famous patch, instead cf being a "poor clay gall/' was a "very highly improved and". very highly fertilized stop of * land." "It was found to be what is called a valuable dunghill spot." The patch of two acres ai the Experiment Station was picked over the third time on October 6, and Mr. Red ding adds: "As director of the station we imme? diately prepared and published 'Press Bulletin No 36, which ga?e tbs won? derful 'African limbless7 cotton tenth place among twenty-one varioties, io point of total yield of seed cotton. At that time the comparative percentage yield of lint was not investigated. The fio3l pinking, November 14, gave .Jackson's Limbless' eighth place as to total yield of seed ootton. Af;er giv? ing the product of each Variety we found that 'Jackson's Limbless7 yielded 37.1 pounds of Hot per 100 poonda of seed cotton, equalled io this point by only one other variety The effect of this was to place the 'limbless, io the third plaoe as to value of total product of lint and seed. We have now issued Press Bulletin No 37, which contains io detail all the points revealed by the test of the twenty-one varieties. "In conclusion we wish to say that we have never at any time denied tbat the 'Jackson's Limbless' cotton is a good variety, especially for rich land and high culture. We repeat, now, that it is a very good variety. The points we are aiming at are to show that it falls far, very far, short of the claims that were made for it ; that it is not a 'new'genus ;'that it is not even a new variety ; that it did not come from Africa ; that it is not 'limbless,' (if limbs be not pinched off while youog ;) that tho staple is only a fairly good, short staple upland ; that it is not 60 productive as to give promise of "revo? lutionizing' the cotton business; that it is nothing but 'Welborn's Pet,'a va? riety that has been grown-especially in Texas and Arkansas-for a dozen years ore more ; and, finally, that the seed are not worth ?1 per 10?) seed3, nor ?7 a pound, nor ?210 a bushel." Mr. Redding declares, finally, that the seed of the "identical same va rieiy" can be bought for probably less than ?2 a bushel . A copy of his re? port m full, the "Press Balletin No. 37," noted above, can be obtained free of charge by any person who will apply to the Georgia Experiment, Statioo, Ex? periment, Georgia.-News and Cou? rier. Some of the Massachusetts laborers begin to clamor for congress to fix working hours for soaihern mills, but, as The Philadelphir Record says, it can 3nly regulate government work. It adds that "the new propaganda is an interesting illustration of the Massa jhusetts idea that tbe affairs of the aniverso ought to be cut strictly by he pattern of Bay State necessities." rent and -went out to order a brass plat This cost him 30 shillings, and he he to pay separately for the letterinj ?which said somewl>at vaguely : 14 Consul talion free. Every mornir before 9 and every evening after 6." This Billian? burnished up daily wit the tail of his dress coat, which he he torn off for the purpose. "I don't thir I shall need it any more," he said, "t I may as well use it." So he used it. lt did very well, heir lined with silk. The-n Billiam double bolted the plai to the doer, fer he understood thc waj of Montgomery street, and sat down l study the monograph of Herr Dr. Pun penstock of Vienna upon headache: Billiam had three chairs to start wit -two stiff backed chairs fer clients an an easy chair, which in time of nee could be leaned up against the wall. '. was a deck chair and cost 2s. llj?d. i a cheap sale of furniture in Nicholsc street. Billiam felt that he might g that length in luxury. Billiam had once possessed more fin niture than this. He had a wooden be which he had bought in the Cowga! for 4 shillings and carried up the Plea; ance himself, post by post aud plan by plank. He only slept upon it cn night. The nest day he began to cut i up for firewood. It was a good bec though, he said, but not for sleeping or After the first five minutes it began t bite him all over. So Billiam burned the 4 shillin bed, and it turned out all right tba way. It crackled like green wood as i burned. Presently the fame of Billiam' brass plate waxed great in the land. Di Macfarlane, a short winded and tem pored man, came upon the announce ment quite unexpectedly as he was puff ing his way up the weary, grimy ston stairs to visit the sister of the seam stress who lived upon the other side o the lauding from Billiam. To say simply that Dr. Macfarlan was astonished does considerable injue tice to his state of mind. He stood re garding the brightly polished, clearl; lettered announcement for fully tel minutes. Then he rang the bell, and ai answering peal came from just the oth er side of the panel, but no one arriv?e to open, for it was tho middle of th day and Billiam was at his classes. Dr Macfarlane could learn little from th? seamstress or her sister beyond the gen eral suspicion that their neighbor upoi the other side of the landing was "may bes no verra rieht in his mind. " It was not the seamstress, but th< seamstress' sister, who volunteered thi? information. "But he sent us in these," added th< seamstress, who was a pale and exceed ingly pretty girl, pointing to some nobly plumped purple grapes which laj on a plate on the little cracked table by the bedside. "He'll be a kind o' young docto: seekin a job, nae doot," said the seam stress' sister, sinking back on her pil 'lows, for gratitude was not her strong point. The suggestion excited the doctor, foi he was a man who had worked hard al his most uncertain and unremunerativ? practice. Besides which he had a young family growing up about him. If, there? fore, he was to have a young interlope! settling in the center of his sphere cd influence, it was as well to know with whom he had to contend. So he called upon Billiam. It was 6 o'clock in the evening whee Dr. Macfarlane came stumbling up Bil? liam's stairs. The door stood slightly ajar, and there came from the othei side a confused murmur of voices, a yelping of dogs, with sundry othei sounds which even the doctor's trained ear could not distinguish. But, above all, there rose fitfully the shrill cry cf an infant. Upon hearing this last the doctor pushed the door with the brass plate open, which^ when he stepped within, seemed at first nearly full cf people. It was brightly enough lighted, for the broad flame of a No. 6 gas burn? er hissed with excess of pressure above the bare mantelpiece. A fire burned in the grate, which shene cheerfully enough, being heaped high with small lumps of coaL Mest of the people were ranged along the walls of the rcom, sitting with their backs against the wall paper, upon which their shoulders had made a glossy brown stripe all ?round-young lads with dogs between their knees, girls holding cats in baskets, middle aged women nursing birds in cages. They talked to each other in subdued tones or to their pets in reproving whis? pers. Sometimes a deg would become excited by the voice of a cat complain? ing of bonds and imprisonment near him, but he would be promptly cuffed into submission ty his master, or a canary would suddenly flutter against the bars, warned by instinct of the proximity of so many enemies. Mostly, however, there was a respect? ful silence. The doctor stood awhile rooted in amazement and did not even take any notice when several of his former patients nodded affably across to him. Presently, from an inner room, there came forth a hard featured mau, carry? ing a large book under his arm. Billiam followed behind him, his shock of hair tossed and .rumpled. He was stooping forward and eagerly explaining some? thing to tho man. So intent was he upon the matter in hand that he passed the doctor without so much as noticing him. "And I'll look in and see how tho pair of you have got on tomorrow," Billiam said, shaking the hard featured man warmly by thc hand at the door. Billiam turned and for the first time looked the doctor fair in the face. "My name-is Dr. Macfarlane. I have a practice in this neighborhood, " said the physician, "and I should like tho favor of a few words with you." "Certainly: by all means-with pleasure," replied Billiam. "Comethis way." And they went together into the sec? ond of the Montgomery street garrets. It was nearly as bare of furniture as thc first. There was no more than a table, some bottles and an instrument case, while round the room, arranged so as to make the most of themselves, stood Bil liam's three chairs. "Take one," said the student polite? ly, bat Dr. .Macfarlane preferred to stand till he knew exactly where he was. "I have the honor of addressing" he said and paused. "William Reginald Setoun Orzai thwaite," said Billiam quietly. "You are a doctor?" queried his vis? itor. "By no means. I am only a finden?-," said Billiam quickly, "but I give these people a hand with anything they bring along. " "Do you possess any qualifications?" persisted Dr. Macfarlane. ."Qualification?" said Billiam, a lit? tle perplexed. "Weil, I've been patch? ing up dogs' legs and things ali my life. "' "But, sir," cried the doctor indig? nantly, "this is no better than an equiv? ocation. I heard you with my own cars prescribing for the man who went out just now-an old patient cf my own if I mistake not. And I saw yen with these eyes taking a fee from him as he passed through the door. Are you aware, sir, that the latter is an indictable offense?" Billiam smiled with his usual quietly infinite tolerance. ^ "Dr. Macfarlane," he said, "it may sound strange to you, but the fact is He could, ojien be seen ualkiivj alojvj the Plcasancr. that man came to consult me about a separation from bis wife, and he brought his family Bible cut of the pawnshop to show me the datos of his marriage and birth cf his children. I gave him some? thing when he went away so that he would not need to take the Bible back into pawn, at least not immediately. Do you think I need any qualification for that?" "And those people outside?" said the doctor, not yet entirely convinced. "Will you go round the wards with me?" said Billiam, smiling brightly and irresistibly. Without another word he led the way to the door of the next room. It seemed to thc doctor fuller than ever. "Lame dogs this way," said Billiam in a matter of face manner, and half a dozen men slouched after him. Very deftly Billiam laid out a row of small shining instruments upon the table, with salve, lint and bandages arranged behind him. Then he took animal after animal in? to his hand, set it upon the table, passed his fingers lightly to and fro over its head and ears a time or two, listened to the owner's voluble explanations with? out appearing to notice them, and forth? with proceeded to deliver a little clin? ical lecture. His deft fingers snipped away the matted hair from a neglected and festering sere. He cleaned the wound tenderly, the dog often instinc? tively turning to snap. Yet all the time Billiam never once flinched, but talked steadily, impartially and sympathetical? ly to the animal and his masier till the sore was dressed and the patient rede? livered with all duo directions to his owner. Before long Dr. Macfarlane ? rame so interested that he waited while case after case was disposed of with the un? erring accuracy of a hospital expert. Sometimes he would instinctively have the lint or thc bandage ready in his hand, just as if he had still been dresser at the old infirmary and waiting for Lister to work off his batch. At the end of half an hour he had no more remembrance of Billiam's want of qualifications. He asked him to come round for supper and smoke a pipe. But Billiam only smiled and said, "Thank you a hundred times, doctor, but I have some private cases in the back room to attend to yet, and then I must read up my stuff for tomorrow." After awhile there came to visit Bil? liam a minister or two familiar with the district, the young resident mission? ary from the students' hall, a stray law? yer's clerk or two-and the superintend? ent of police. They all came to cavil, but one and all they remained to hold bandages and be handy with the vase? line. On one occasion the minister of St. Margaret's offered Billiam the use of a pew in his church, but Billiam said, "Sunday is my day for out patients, or I should be glad." For Billiam was a gentleman and always answered even a dissenting clergyman politely. "You should think of your immortal soul," said the minister. "Whoknoweth," said Billiam, "the spirit of the beast that goeth downward into the earth?" And Billiam could never find out why the minister wens away so suddenly or why he shook his head ever afterward when they met in the street. It never crossed hismiud that Mr. Gregson cf St. Margaret's had taken him foran infidel and a dangerous subverter of the system of religion as by law established. Yet so it was. In due time Billiam's nest cf garrets became known as thc "lame dogs' home" and grew famous throughout t.be entire city-that is, the southern city of high lauds, steep streets, winding stairs and odorous closes, with their Arab popula? tion^ boys auel dogs. TU BB CONTINUED. PRINCETON'S SILENT JEHUSi Their Ingenuity In Otting \Arocnd. a IA cttl iJ<i<.s:er Ordinance, j "As I stopped tc change cars at j Princeton, ind.," said a gentleman who ! has just arrived in the city from Ken? tucky, "I was greatly puzzled at the sight which met my eyes. Though my home is near Princeton, I had never been in the town before and I had no personal knowledge of thc people who lived there. There was great silence at the railway station, and, though many persons were moving abcut. no one ut? tered a word. 'Is it a town of deaf mutes?' I said to myself. "But presently my eyes were blinded by many small mirrors, as it seemed to mc, casting a dozen shadows in my eyes from the hands of as many burly ne? groes. It seemed no matter of fun to them to cast these shadows. They were grimacing, contorting their faces and twisting their fingers in a manner strange to see. 'No deaf mutes, but lunatics,: I said to myself, and I began to look for some safe means of exit. But these dumb, grimacing creatures were on all sides of the platform and as I advanced one way or the -other these at that poini iunged toward me and I saw I was a prisoner. "It was a frightful feeling for a few moments, and then a rational explana? tion of the scene was made. Conquering my timidity, I went boldly to one of the biggest of the black men, and, seiz? ing him by the shoulder, I said, as a hypnotist might say, 'What do you mean by casting shadows in my eyes?' The man caught me by the coat sleeve and whispered in my ear: Til tell you, boss, but I has to whisper, 'cause we ain't allowed to talk. You has to come to me. I can't como and git you. They won't let us stand on the platform.' "Then I found out that these silent men had once been the vociferative, shouting hackmen who make themselves so omnipresent on the platform stations of most small towns. The good people of Princeton determined to live in peace and quiet, and, by act of the city coun? cil, they prohibited the hackmen from using their voices. But even this did not abate the nuisance. The hackmen would run up to the train and almost carry away their patrons by force. So the city council passed a law forbidding' them to stand on the platform. Deprived of speech and power of locomotion, these hackmen had a happy thought. Each ons bought a bright tin plate and had the name of his hotel embossed on the plate in raised letters. So they all stand there, waving their tin plates and never uttering a sound."-St Louis Globe-Democrat. THE CARE OF PEARLS. Even a Drop of Lemonade Is Sufficient to Ruin Their Appearance. American girls are fond of pearls and have no superstitious fears that they mean "tears." It may not be known to the possessors of these gems that pearls are regarded as "well" or "ill" from-a jeweler's point of view. Like human beings, they require fresh air to be kept alive. In other words, they must be worn and not remain too long in a clos? ed case. Judges of pearls can tell by looking ct them whether the gem is "lucido" (clear and healthy), or wheth? er it is beginning to be an invalid. Ex? perts talk of pearls "dying, " they some? times becoming discolored and turning black. A black pearl may be a handsome stone, but it has not the evanescent rainbow suggestions to be seen in a milky or rosy pearl. Italian women, who know a great deal about pearls, wear their necklaces and "ropos" con? stantly. This gives them the light and air required by the mysterious forma? tions, and yet they are not exposed to the chances of discoloration by being touched with acid. It is easier to keep pearls in fair con? dition when they are set in a lacepin or in necklaces. It ?3 hard to care for them in a finger ring. One must be care? ful to remove them not only in washing the hands, but they should never be worn when there is likelihood cf being touched by focd or drink About a month ago the owner of a beautiful pink pearl worn in a finger ring was alarmed to find the stone was darkening and becoming covered with an opaque dark crust. She took it to her jeweler, who pronounced it a case of "scale. " He told her the delicate sub? stance had been in contact with some acid, and as she insisted this had not happened he reminded her that a drop of lemonade would be sufficient to do the mischief. She then remembered drinking lemonade while the ring was on her ungloved hand. The only remedy for scale is a remov? al of a whole layer of the pearl. This is an excessively delicate business, which should be done by an expert workman, and never undertaken by apprentice hands. It is a costly business and re? duces the size and value of the pearl that must undergo the operation.-Phil? adelphia Beccrd. His Autograph. "You are the celebrated Mr. Chumley Jones, I believe?" "That is my name, sir. What can I do for you?" "Well. Mr. Jones, I came to ask you for your autograph." "My autograph? Delighted, I'm sure! Have you any preference as to its form?" "If it is all the same to you, Mr. Jones, I should prefer it at the bottom of a check for ?50, made co the order of Snip & Cuttum, tailors. You have the bill. 1 believe. "-Harper's Bazar. ' i WHITE I S Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL k LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb 28 Cure aH liver ills, bilious- ?hw Bmx ness, headache, sour stem- W^K m I I A ach, indigestion., constipa- Bp^ ? fe I tion. They act easily, with- Bli out j>ain or prripe. Sold by all drnpsnsts. 25 cents. The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla ) Caveats, and Trade-Claries obtained and all Pat-j >ent business conducts* for. MODERATE FEES. < ? OUR OFFICE IS OPPOSITE U . S. PATENTOFFICE? ?and we can secure patencia less time than those J j remote from Washington. ! Send r-.odei, drawing or photo., with descrip-< Jon. Vre advise, if patentable or not, free of J Jcharge. Onr fee not cue till patent is secured. J > A PAMPHLET, ** How to Obtain Patents," with? ?co?: of same in the ?. S. and foreign countries Jsen;; free. Address, ?C.A.SNOW&CO. OPP. PATENT OFFICE, WASHINGTON. D. C. Atlantic Coast Line. MANCHESTER AND AUGUSTA F. . E, Coodenecd schedule-IQ effect Jan 17, 1897. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Lr Darlington, LT Elliott, Ar Sumter, LT Sumter, Ar Creston, Lv Creston, Ar Prevails, Ar Orangeourg, Ar Denmark, No. *35 No. f57 a. m. a. m. 7 55 840 9 25 4 29 5 17 5 40 6 12 5 45 9 !!> TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. t56 No. ?32 LT Denmark, LT Orangeburg. DT Prego alls, Ar Creston, LT Creston, Ar Sumter, Lv Sumter, Ar Elliott, Ar Darlington, a m. 10 00 3 50 6 40 7 25 S 15 p. m. p m. 4 25 " 5 03 5 30 6 25 p. m. ?Daily, fDaily except Sunday. Trains 32 and 35 carry through Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Macon Tja Augusta T. M. Emerson, H. M. Emereoo, Traffic Manager, Gen. Pass. Agt J. R. Kenley, Gen'l Maoag-er. ' Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON , COLUMBIA AND AUG?8 TA RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Dec. 20,1897. Leave Wilmington f Leave Marion Arrive Florene^ Leave Florence Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter Arme Columbia No.55, P.M. *4O0 6 43 7 25 P. M. ?8 00 9 10 P.M. 9 13 10 30 No.35, A.M. ?3 25 4 29 No.52. A.M. *S 37 10 55 No. 52 nine through from Charleston Tia Central R. R., tearing Charleston 7 a.'m., Lanes 8 28 a. m., lian Ling 9 05 a. m. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave Columbia Arme Sumter Leave Summer Arrive Florence Leave Florence Leo ve Marion Arrive Wilmington No .54. A.M. ?6 45 3 08 No.53. P.M. *5 00 6 20 No.32 P.E. ?6 30 7 45 ?Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C., vie Central R. R., arriving Manning 6 58 p. m., Lanes 7 36 pm., Charleston 9 15 p.m. Trains on Conway Branch bave Chid boure ii 43 a. a., arri re at Conwaj w&y 2 0 p. ia. j returning iee ve Conway at i 2 45 p. rn., five Chadbcurn 5 15 p. rn* leave Chadbourn > 45 p m., arrive at Hub at G 25 p. m., returci.t? leave Hub 8 30 a.m. arrive at Chadbourn 9.15 a. m. Daily ex? cept -Sunday. f Daily except Sunday. J. K. kkXLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMERSON. Traf?^ Manaor. H. M. EMERSON, Gen'] Pass. Agent. E. S In effeet Jannarv 15tb, 189S TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave Wilsons Mill^ 44 Jordon, 44 Davh, " Summerton, " Millard, 44 Silver, Packeville, " Tindal, 44 W. i S. June, Ar. Sumter, No 72.? ?9 io am 9 35 a ts 9 45 a m 10 10am 10 45 a m 11 10a ^ JlSOpr 11 55 p xe 12 27 p m ?3 30 p ra TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Lexve Sumter, " W.?:S.Jnnc. ,, Tind&L " Packaville, 14 Silver, 41 Millard, 14 Summerton, 4* Davis. * Jordon, Ar, Wilson Mill, isO .%?.? 2 30 p m 2 33 p m 2 50 p m 3 10 p m 3 35 p m 3 45 p m 4 40 p m 5 20 p m 5 50 p m ^6 30 p m i Trains between Millard and St. Pani leave i Villnrd 10 i5am acd 3 45 p m., arriving St. Paul 10 23 a m and 3 55 p m. Returning leave St. Paul 10 35 a m and 4 10 pm, and arrive Millard 10 45 a ra and 4 20 n m. Dai? ly except Sunday. ?Dailv exceDt Sunday. THJMAS WILSON^ Pred8ient.