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t fl Montana Divorce Suit * _. By W. L. ALDEK. {Copyright. 1S97, by L. Aldea.] BP' . "You saw that tail chap standing on ft'- the real' platform of the express when ? ; she went through here tbis morning?" ? ?aid the Jericho station master. "He's the Athensville Baptist preacher, and ie's on his way to Chicago to give his testimony in the great divorce snit. I; ' What! I never told you about any di ??{: vorce suit9 Well, you surprise me, fer ?J?-; . that there divorce suit is just the big? gest thing of the kind we have ever had in this section of the country. "That Baptist preacher hasn't any? thing to do with it except to swear that he married the plaintiff and the defend? ant. There's nothing crooked about the lp JEtev. Mri Humphreys. He's as good as they make 'ern, though I say it myself, and I don't think much of Baptists as * general thing, having been brought up a Methodist, though I resigned from them when I was made conductor, which is a berth that a man can't do anything with unless he can swear a bine streak when the occasion arises. "This hyer preacher took charge of the Athensville Bapti church a matter cf five years ago, and, being a wonderful maa for managing a church and mak? ing it attractive to the fi' id public, it wasn't long before he .he largest ', congrega tien of any preacher in the place. The Presbyterian minister felt that he badvto do something to main? tain, his position, so he preached a se? ries of sermons on baptism, proving, as be thought, that sprinkling was the on - ly authorized way of baptism, and that immersion was all a mistake. In one of ids sermons he made a pretty good point by shewing that on one occasion s John the Baptist baptized so many peo? ple in the course of a day that he must nave averaged three to the minute. This, the preacher claimed, would have been impossible if he had dene ii in any other way than by sprinkling. Mr. Humphreys only laughed when they told him about this sermon and said, 'Just wait tiU we "?ave our regular spring baptising seasea. ' So the next ~ spring, when there were about 40 peo v- v pie young and old waiting to join the Baptists, Mr. Humphreys, he takes the whole lot down to the creek and im? merses every one of them in less than ten minutes, breaking the record and beating John the Baptist's best time. This made him inore popular'than ever, ( and that year the people built him a new church twice as big as the old, one. It stands on the hill about a mile out of Athensville, for when it was built it was cai'lated that the town would grow in that direction, which .somehow it K'.'.;;-''iasn'tdone. "I tell this just to show what an en? terprising man the parson was. He in? sisted on having the tallest steeple to his new church that, could be found anywhere ?in Montana territory, and b'gosh he got it People used to come from miles away to climb up in that Wm steeple and see the view. There wasn't aayvview to speak of, the country being too hilly in those parts to have much scenery, but for all that people were anx? ious to say that they had been to the top of the steeple. "There"was!an old maid in Mr. Humphrey's congregation who was more derermined to get married than _ ; any woman you e\er saw. She was one cf those thin, persevering looking wo? men, and a mighty dangerous sort they are. Miss Payson, which was this lady's name, was bound te marry a young man by the name cf Halsey, who had never done her any harm and was about as/ sensible and well behaved a chap as there was in all Athensville. Of course j he didn't have the least idea of marry- j ing the woman, but he was one of those I good tempered chaps that are always j afraid to say no when a woman asks j them to do anything. Good temper is j the ruin of lots of folks. It's kept me j r : dom I know that If I'd been one cf j these crusty, rampageous fellows that never do a kind action if they can help it, I should have been superintendent of this road instead of being only a sta? tion master at one of the smallest sta? tions in the territory. Never you be too good tempered. Of the two it ruins more men. than whisky. "One day Miss Payson she gets young Halsey to take her up in the steeple of the Baptist church. You see, visitors were always going up that steeple be? tween the hours pf 10 and 5, during which tne sexton staid at the church to attend to things and see that they conducted themselves as they should. At 5 o'clock ne locked nj? the door that led to the steeple, and then he locked up the church dcor and went home for the night "Miss Payson and- her/ -young man went up the steeple about ? o'clock in the afternoon, but she said she enjoyed it so much that Halsey was prevailed upon to stay there with her a good deal later than he had intended to stay. She kept him pointing out all the houses in the town and every hill and valley in the whole neighborhood, and when she finally asked him to look at his watch and tell ber the time she was, as she pretended, dreadfully alarmed to find that it was half past 5. Halsey ran down the stairs and found that the door was locked, and nobody was within hearing. The sexton had forgotten that there was any one up the steepie and had locked up and gone home at 5 o'clock, as usual. Halsey came back and told Miss Payson, who burst into tears and said that her reputation was ruin? ed. .She and Halsey would have to spend the night in the steeple unless he v?as willing to jump out of the window and break his neck, and she had rather die a thousand times than let him do that "Halsey was considerably scared him? self, for he saw that unless he could in? vent some way of getting Miss Payson out of that steeple he would have to marry her whether he wanted to or not. He thought the matter over for awhile, Miss Payson weeping her level best, and resting her head in a forgetful sort of way on his shoulder. Finally a bright idea struck him. There was the bell rene, which veas a stout^one inch r* uil ia. Why shouldn't he lower Miss P; j son to the ground with it, and tl slide down it himself?" "He explained his plan to the lac but she didn't seem to like it. She s; she was sure the rope would break, that he would drop it, or that i would be killed in some sort of way, the experiment was tried. 'No,' si she, 'I will remain here and trust your honor as a gentleman to defend : from the sneers of the heartless wor I really haven't the courage to all? you to lower me down this awi height with any rope. ' ' "Halsey wouldn't hear to her obj< tions and argued with her a long tin It wasn't until he accidentally mc tioned that the steeple was chock full mice and rats and bats and such th Miss Payson consented to try the rot. Even then she was a mighty dissatisfi woman and came very near resolvii that she would take the risk of the wi animals rather than lose such a fh class chance for capturing a desirafc husband. Halsey rigged up a sort seat for the woman, so that she cou sit in the bight of the rope, with las ings around her here and there, sa couldn't fall out if she wanted to. Th< he got her to stand on the window ledi and lowered away. Miss Pays< shrieked a good deal at first and begg< Halsey to let her come back and d close to him, but he wasn't going have any woman dying around his nee if he knew himself. So he lowered h< down gently and easily, encourager her all the time, till he found that h rope hac come to an end. It wasn quite as long as he had supposed that was, and the upshot was that there wi Miss Payson about SO feet from tl ground, with no possible way of read ing it unless Halsey should let go h: end of the rope. "He thought of letting go of it, bi being a humane, good tempered man, i I said, he couldn't bring himself to d it, since the result would have bee that either Miss Payson would ha-v been killed or at least most of her limt would have been broken. So he mad the end;of the rope fast to a beam an called ont to Miss Payson not to los courage, and he .would soon think c some way of getting her out of the diffi ?ulty. She begged him to draw her u again, and Jbe actually tried to do it knowing all the while what the conse quences would be if he succeeded, bu be found that he didn't have the neces sary strength. Miss Payson was heavie than she looked to be, though she wa mostly bones, but she was a good v. feet below him, and it would hav< taken two men of his strength to hav< hoisted her up into the steeple again He pulled at the rope till he was pretty nearly exhausted, for he naturally fel a little ashamed of acknowledging to : woman that there was anything that ht wasn't strong enough to do. However he had to come to it at last and tell he: that if it was to save both their lives h< couldn't manage to pull her back in U the steeple. So she settled down to cry and he settled down to smoke a pipe, with a view to clearing his ideas. "All of a sudden he saw what hi ought to do and wondered" that he hac been such an idiot as to not have seer it before. There was the bell just abov< his head, and all he had to do was tc climb up and ring it by swinging the clapper from side to side till the alane should bring back the sexton with the keys. By this time it was getting rath? er dark, and Halsey set to work at that bell and kept on tolling it slow and regular, for that was the only way he could m an ?g? to ring it "It's the custom with us to toll the bell when anybody dies and to give just as many strokes on the bell as the deceased had lived years. When Halsey began to toll the bell, the Athensville people listened to find out how old the deceased had been. When the strokes had got up among the eighties, they al? lowed that the oldest settler in the town must have died very sudden, for he had been seen drunk, as usual, and in perfect health that afternoon as late as S o'clock. But the bell kept on, and Mme by, after it had tolled some 250 times and showed no signs of. stopping, folks" "began* to tlT?n?T ^bSt che "S??ton had just happened to hear about the death of Methuselah and was notifying other people of the fact "You may ask why didn't somebody go to the church and find out what the bell was ringing for. Well, for one thing, it was just supper time, and no? body felt anxious to take a walk of a mile or two just at that hour. Then, too, it had been said that the Baptist churchyard was haunted, and there wasn't any general desire to interfere with ghosts in case they should have taken a notion to toll the bell The toll? ing kept on till Halsey had tolled the bell over 400 times, and then Rev. Mr.^ Humphreys arrived on the spot, and when he heard Miss Payson's voice somewhere in the air over his head he was considerably startled, though not being a believer in ghosts he wasn't the least, bit irish te ned,. . "'How on earth did you come up there, ma'am, ' asked thc minister, 'and what are you tolling the bell for?' "Miss Payson explained what was the matter. She said that she -*nd Mr. Halsey had come to the church in the afternoon, cal'latin to find the parson there and to getmarried; that not find? ing him they bad gone into the steeple to see the view and had accidentally been locked in. She was sure that she couldn't live many minutes longer, nbc felt so weak, and she hoped Mr. Humphreys would marry her to Mr. Halsey without another minute's delay, and so save her reputation even if it didn't save her life. "The minister wanted to send for help and get her safe on the solid ground before marrying her, but she said that she must be married befero she could dare to face any of her towns? men. Such, she said, were also dear Mr. Halsey's views, and if Mr. Hum? phreys had the feelings of a man and a Christian, let alone a Baptist minister, he would go ahead with the marriage service. "Mr. Humphreys finally consented and cal'ed out to Halsey to nod when he should see the minister wave his right arm, that being the only way in which xiaJsey could make the"responses,' see? ing as his voice didn't fairly reach to the ground. Having arranged this sat? isfactorily, as he thought, Mr. Hum? phreys went ahead, and in about two minutes he had Miss Payson married to Mr.. Halsey. Just then the sexton came up with keys, and knowing where he could lay bis hand on a length of rope he took it up into the steeple with him and bent it on to the bell rope. Then he and Mr. Halsey lowered Miss Payson to the ground and came down the stairs together. " 'You'll find your wife waiting for you in the graveyard. ' says Mr. Hum? phreys to Halsey. 'She'snaturally a lit? tle excited, and she's resting on a fiat tombstone.'" "'If you mean Miss Payson,' says Halsey, 'I can't understand why you I call her my wife. ' "'I call her your wife,' says the minister, 'because I have just married you two, and I don't allow no man to question the binding character of any marriage that I have a hand in. ' " 'Married us!* cried Halsey. 'When* and where? This is the first time I have heard of it. ' " ' Young man.says the parson, ' this hyer's a serious subject, and I don't ap? prove of jokes on either weddings or li \f ii. L So he lowercdli&i down, gently. funerals. Miss Payson told me,' while she was swinging there in the air, that yon and she wanted to be married the worst way, and so I married you. If there's any mistake, I'm not to blame. I've done my best as a minister of the gospel, and if yon don't like.it you can go to the divorc? court and see if you can get it altered. I'll tell you candidly that I don't believe any court will lis? ten to you, for my marriages are iron? clad and bullet proof every time and worth a good sight more than the $5 that I'm waiting for you. to pay me. ' "Well, Halsey, he went home pretty mad, without waiting to see Miss Pay? son, and the very next day he begins a suit for a divorce. That's the great di? vorce suit I was telling you about when I pointed cut Eev. Mr. Humphreys to you. It's been dragging along for four years. . Sometimes it's decided in favor of Halsey and sometimes in favor of Miss Payson, and then it's always ap? pealed and' has to be triad over again. Miss Payson, she sticks to it that Hal? sey had agreed to marry her and that he understood perfectly well everything the parson said while the ceremony was going on. The parson says that Halsey nodded as was agreed noon v?hen he aske? hi nf if he t?ok^isSTayson to be his wedded wife and all that sort of thing, and that Halsey had hold of the rope that was tied to Miss Payson, which was all the same as having hold of her hand. On the other hand. Halsey swears that he never meant to marry the woman and never knew that a mar? riage ceremony was being gone through with, but that he just nodded out of friendliness when he saw the parson waving his hand at him. The evidence, as you can see, is pretty straight against him, and when he does happen to get a verdict it costs him si powerful lot of money, for our jurymen are mighty honest and high toned, and it takes a good deal of money to induce them to see things in a light favorable to Hal? sey. I'm interested in the case because of its importancerfor if the court-s final? ly decide that a man can be married to a woman when he is 75 feet above her and don't know what is going cu none of us is safe, and first you know some woman that is rushing through here on the express will be married to me while I am selling tickets in my office and knowing no more about than a child unhung. Well, there is no use in sitting and dreading dangers that may never come to time, and I suppose if it's a man's fate to be married he's got to knock under, and there's no good in worrying himself over it till the time tomes." THE END. How to Prepare Canned Vegetable?. Should be turned out as soon as possi- | ble, and if kept put in an earthenware dish and covered with a plate, always, however, turned out of the original tin. It is highly desirable to strain oil* and throw away the liquor from tinned j salmon, peas, lobsters, oysters, etc. To- j mato .iuice can be kepe without fear of ; poison. Before using canned lobsters or \ shrimp it is a good plan to well rinse j them in cold water. Never have any i mixture made up in the tin, even if l used at once. Tho various packing com- i panies are very careful to have their j goods put up as fresh .as possible, but ; unless salted or corned they cannot pos- j sibly turn out and keep as long as fresh- j cooked goods will. i MONEY OF THE PAST. FIPPENNY BITS, YORK SHILLINGS, PICAYUNES AND COPPERS. An Interesting: Sketch of Subsidiary Cola a^e, '?Shinplaster" and "Chicken Feed" Currency That Flourished Before Oar Present System. Referring to the word "picayune," it may not bo uninteresting to give a sketch of subsidiary coinage and cur? rency as used in the past and the vari? ous names under which it was known. In Ohio in 1844 and previously there j was a good deal of foreign coin in cir- j culation, mostly Spauisb, with some cf She old state coinage of different states occasionally making its appearance. One of the most plentiful of these for? eign coins was a piece which passed current for 6^ cents. In Ohio thia was known as a fippenny bit-a contraction, probably, of five penny bit. The half dimes of American coinage were also becoming frequent at that time and as a distinction between the half dime and the fippenny bit the former was con? tracted to the word "fip. " The dime j went under its lawful name, while thc j old Spanish double of the fippenny bit ' was known as the "bit, " and the Span? ish and Mexican quarter dollars were nearly always referred to as " two bi ts. " The latter term, I think, still obtains in reference to quarter dollar American pieces in some sections. There was also a New York state "two bit" coin, as well as a "bit" of the same coinage, which was sometimes called the "York j shilling. " The Pine Treo State shilling, coming from Maine, was sometimes seen, but not much used. Its value was supposed to be 16 2-8 cents. The old fashioned big copper cent of American coinage was plentiful, while occasion? ally an Euglish halfpenny of copper was found floating around, generally passing on the same basis as the American cop? per cent. Queen Victoria's head was then shown on the English halfpennies. Later, when as a boy I removed with my mother to Illinois, I met my first stumbling block in money names. There the fippeny bit was the picayune, while the lip had its proper name of a j half a dime, :>r 5 cents. But the large | coins retained the old names, as did the j copper cents. As near as I can leam, i the term picayune originated with tho j French, who had settled St. Louis and j had settlements at points all the way ; from New Orleans to St. Louis and the farther northwest, and their names for money predominated in that region. Still later, when I had strayed away to New York state, I again encountered new names for money. There everything was based on the "shilling," which represented 12>? cents. A quarter of a dollar was always "2 shillings, " and all sums under $100 were calculated on the same basis. When I asked the prico of board, I was told it ranged from IC to 30 shillings.? week. The price of a suit of clothes was gouerally stated in shillings. That was all right for the natives, but I confess I had frequently to brush up my arithmetic to get at what 33 shillings, 22 shillings, 17 shil? lings, or seme other high number, amounted to. It was all clear enough when it was 2, 4 or 6 shillings, but when it got above tho dollar it required some "ciphering" on t.ae part of a stranger to get correct results. The 3 cent piece, origil ally coined in silver, came into general circulation ia j the north about 1850 and was later j made in nickel, being coined in that j metal about the samo timo as the pres? ent nickel 5 cent piece. Somo time before the civil war the old fashioned copper cent was replaced at tho mint with the present small cop? per cents and the 2 cent pieces. Later the first nickels were made, but almost went out of circulation during the war, and were succeeded by t he fractional currency of that day, issued in 5, 10, 25 and 50 cent bills. They were uever very popular with the masses and were look? ed upon .by the government as a tem? porary expedient. 'The*'most popular designation for them was "shinplas ters, " though in Memphis aud somo other parts of the country they were re? ferred to as "chicken feed." During the war there were many other substitutes for money, mostly in tho form of cardboard promises to pay ev? erything from a drink of whisky or a ride on the cars to a suit of clothes; from a quart of milk or a pound of beefsteak to a week's salary. They have dropped out .of use in mest sections and in their place Uncle Sam's coppers, nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars and "dollar of the daddies" now reign supreme.-John Spangler in Galveston News. Periods of Road ma king. In an interesting article cn "Ancient and Modern Highways," by C. L. Whit tie, in The New England Magazine, the writer divides the history of roadbuild ing, as affected by various uses, into three periods :' First, during the reign of the Egyptian and Assyrian kings; second, beginning with the rise of Carthage and continuing through the rise and fall of the Roman empire; third, beginning in Franco with the roads "conceived by Napoleon and executed by Tresaguet,: ' then by Macadam and Telford in England, afterward on the continent, and now in the United States. How to Devil Chestnuts. Ingredients-one pint cf chestnuts, two ounces of butter, salt and cayenne. Shell and boil the nuts till tender. Dry them. Melt the butter in a clean frying pan. When it is hot, put in tho nuts and toss them continuously over the fire until they are of a solden color. Mix some fine salt with half tho amount of cayenne (if liked hot). Sprin? kle them well with this and serve in a folded napkin very hot. ?up?orted by Women. Most of the men in the inlands of southwest Japan lead lives of idleness and are cheerfully supported by the women. The males aro fond of music, some cf them being excellent musicians on various instruments, but it is consid? ered disgraceful for a woman to play. REMEDY FOR TONSILITIS. Sow tv Treat Patients Afflicted j With Throat Diseases. Whenever sore, reddish patches are seen in the throat it is well to under? stand that a poisonous serf ace is present and take due precautions to prevent tho spread of tonsilitis. Of course there aro many forms of tonsilitis, but only the commonest need be considered now. Oftentimes tonsilitis and a mild form of diphtheria are confounded. Mi? croscopic examinations will show whether the excretions contain diph? theria germs or ulcerations. Tonsilitis may result from inhalation of some sub? stance like a sharp fishbone and its lodg? ment in the tonsils. Some people are subject to periodic attacks, and it is hereditary with some. Brushing the throat cr spraying it with a solution cf carbolic acid is a good thing to do as soon as the swelling and soreness are noticed, but this should be done only under a physician's ad? vice. Iron and potash, glycerin and lis? terine are also good, or powdered sulphur may be blown into the throat and used as a gargle. If a case of quinsy sore throat be seen at the very outset, an attempt may be made to abort the disease. This, though seldom successful, may be tried by giving an emetic or by administering tincture of aconite every hour in drop doses or by dram doses of the ammoni ated tincture of guaracum, best given in milk, or by 25 grain doses of salol every three hours. Scarification of the tonsils may be tried, afterward painting them" with a fairly strong solution of cocaine. If not seen for two days, or if these abortive measures fail, the patient should be confined to bed; hot poultices or cold compresses be kept constantly around the throat; steam inhaled as often as practicable and gargles of hot milk and water made uso of every hour. ? brisk saline purgative should be given. Ice, if found grateful, may be allowed at discretion. Such diet as the patient can be persuaded to swallow should bo ordered, of course? in liquid, or, rather, semisolid form. This can be greatly fa? cilitated by brushing or spraying the affected parts with a 4 to 8 per cent so? lution of hydrochlorate of cocaine pre? vious to offering the food. It is well lo warn parents against the bad habit of wrapping up too warm? ly the throat of a child who has had one or more attacks of sore throat, for this custom results simply in keeping the surface of the neck constantly moist and renders the child more liable to catch cold. It is ranch better to toughen the child by a weil considered hygienic and tonic regimen.-Kew York World. How to Cook Fillets of Haddock. Procure two large fresh haddocks, wash and dry them carefully, cut off the heads, tails and fins and remove the backbones. Divide each fish into four portions, dust with flour and dip them in well beaten egg. Cover thickly with brown bread crumbs, and when some fat is boiling hot in a frying pan put the pieces in and fry them carefully. Beef suet will be found quite the best fat in which to cook any fish. In cook? ing turn the pieces several times, so that they may brown on both sides. Drain ou blotting paper when finished and serve with a shrimp sauce. How to Braise Ox Tails. Cut three large ox tails into two inch lengths, lay them for one hour in cold water, drain and place the pieces in saucepan, cover with boiling water, add one tablespoonful salt, cook five min? utes, remove them with a skimmer and plunge them into cold water and after ten minutes drain thc tails in a colan? der. Put half pound salt pork, cut into slices, on the bottom of a large sauce? pan and add one carrot cut into slices, three onions cut the same way and a j bouquet Put the ox tails on tcp of this j and cover them with meat broth or . stock. Put ca the cover and cook slowly three, hours; then take out the tails, strain the broth, remove every particle of fat, reduce by boiling to three half j pints, return the ox tails to the sauce- j pan, pour over the broth, cover and ! cook slowly half hour, then serve with j carrot balls and braised chestnuts or j any other kind of vegetables. How to Serve l?aea.'oni With^odfish. | Scak a half ponad of codfish over- j night Drain and break in small flakes, j removing all skin and bones and cook I until tender. Also cook until tender half a pound of macaroni in plenty of well salted water. When done, arrange on a platter a layer of macaroni, then a j layer of fish; a few slices cf hard boiled j eggs make a nice addition; then another layer of macaroni and fish, and so on until all are used. Cover with a rich cream sauce, sprinkle with parsley and j serve. ? 5 Good Roads Fever Spreading. The good roads fever has extended to liven Central America. The Nicaraguans some time ago took quite a fancy to the \ wheel, and a large number of American I makes are shipped there. There are no j roads worth calling by that name ia the j southern republic, and the natives are ! confined to cycling on a few of the ; streets in San Juan del Sur and the I beach, but they like the exercise so ! much that they are demanding better j roads to use their wheels on, and they \ are likely to get them. A Good Hoads Minister. A progressive Baptist minister on j Long Island rsad a notice lately from \ his pulpit, announcing a good roads j meeting to be held that week and that I good singing would bo a feature of it. j He expressed the belief that better roads ! would make better Christians. - .Hoad Briefs, Along poor roads land sells slowly. ; There is a demand for farming laud and i rural homes along good highways. Under her present road law 288 miles I of good roads have been built in New \ Jersey. Hard roads make access to the farms easy at all seasons; produce can be ship? ped in any woather if the highways aro passable. OMo River & CMsrleston Raiiwa? C? Conjunctly with the Sontli Carolina & Georaia Railroad. Schedule in effect October 18, 1887. Northbound. S O & G. Southbound. 7 IO a tn LT Charleston Ar 8 00 p ra 8 57 ? m LT Branchville Ar 5 ?5 p m 10 25 a m Lv Kingsville Ar 4 44 p m O.R.&C. 12 05 p 4 Lv Camden Ar 3 00 p m 1 05 p m Lv Ktrsbaw Ar 2 00 p m J 45 p m Lv Liocsster Ar 1 00 p m 2 30 p m Lv Catawba June Ar 12 15 p m 2 55 p m Lv , Rock Bill Ar 1155 am 3 3J pm Lv Yorkvilie Ar 1115am 4 50 p m Lv Blftcksborg Ar 10 10 a m 5 20 p cn Lv Shelby Ar 9 20 a m 5 55 r m Lv Henrietta Ar 8 35 a m 6 12p m LT Forest City Ar 8 20 a m 6 27 p m Lv Rutherfordton Ar 8 C5 a m 7 30 p m Ar Marion Lv 7 00 a m (Gaffney Division) 6 30 p m Lv Blackeburg Ar 7 25 a m 7 05 p m Ar Gaffneys Lv 6 50 a m Trains north of Camden rna daily except Sunday. Trains between Charleston and Kingsville run daily. For information as to rates, Clyde Line Sailing etc., call on local, contracting and traveling agente of both roade, br E. F. GRAY, Traffic Mftugaer. S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen . Pass. Agt L. A. EMERSON, T M. Blacksburg.S C S. C. & G. R. R Charleston, S C. Atlantic Coast Line? WILMINGTON COLUMBIA AND AUG?& Til RAILROAD. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. ?hted April 10, 18f'8 Leave Merion Arrive Florence Leave Blois a cs Arrivft Sumt?i Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia No.?5. ? M. *4 00 6 43 7 25 P.M. *8 00 9 10 P.M. 9 13 10 30 So 35 A.M. ?3 25 4 29 No.52. A.M. ?9 37 10 55 No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central R.B., leaving Charleston 7a.m., Lanes 8 32 a. m., Man tiing 9 08 a. m. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Leave Columbia Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter A rrivi; Florene*. Leave Flerke? Le.%ve Marion Arrive Wilmington .Daily. fD&V.y except Sunday. f?o. 53 rons through to Charlestos, S - C.. via Central 'R. R., arriving Kar.r.ing 6 57 p. si., Lacee 7 43 pm., Charleston 9 15 p.m. trains on Conway Eraneb "save Ct?.d' bo?-n M 43 a. m., arrive., at Coow?> wa* 1 4<i p m., returnirp leave Conway a? 2 4ft \> v., -ive Cbadbourn 5 15 p. rrc. lea** Ob.'dboura * 45 p. m., arrive at Heb a? G 2? p. m., retnrni.t- leave Bub 9 25 a. m arrive at Ohndbcurn 10.00 ?. ta. Daily er cept bonday IDailv except Sondav. J. n. K3NL7, Gea'l Manager. T. H. PMKRSON. Traffc Manager H. M. EMERSON. Gee'! Pass. Asrent. No.54, A.M. ?6 45 8 08 8 1 9 25 A M 9 58 10 36 1 20 No.53. P.M. *5 00 6 2q No.32 P.M. ?6 26 7 45 WilM ana Smertoii ?. 1 Io effect Janaarv 15th, 1896 TRAINS GOING NORTH No. 72.? Leave Wilsotis Milli (910am " Jordot 9 35 a is r< Davis,* I 9 45am " Somn.orcor., 10 10 am ,{ Millard, 10 45 a m " Silver, ll 10 a m .. Packs ville, 1130pm " Tindal, ll 55 pm " W. k S. June, 12 27 p m Ar. fumier, 12 30 p m TRAINS GOING SOUT?. No. 73.? Lerve Sumter, . 2 30 p m " W.&S.Jnnc. 2 33 pm ., Tindal; 2 50 p m u Packsvi?ie? 3 10 p m ,( Silver, 3 35 pc " Millard. 3 45 p m " Summerton, 4 40 pm Davis, 5 20 p m Jordon, 5 60 p m Ar, Wilson Mill, 6 30 p m Trains between Mil?ard and ?St. Paul leave Millard 10 15 a m and 3 45 p m., arriving M. Paul 30 25 a ra and 3 55 p m. R^tarntrg le* ve St. Paul 10 35 a a and 4 ?C p m, ord arrive Millard 10 45 a ra and 4 20 p IQ. Ds . ly except Sunday. ?Daily except Sundav THJMA^ WILSON Preclfien?