The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 30, 1898, Image 8
?T "HELL'S CROSSING."
Bloody Baptism of Fire on the
March to Santiago.
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heights as originally intended. Some
such order was sent. The story goes on
to say that Lawton told the aid he must
fetch it in writing; that he went to
army headquarters, got it in writing
and returned with it to Lawton. At
that hour Chaffee's men were charging
forward, and Lawton pointed to them,
saying to the aid, "It's too late." The
aid insisted, saying, "But I must de?
liver it." "All right" said Lawton.
"Yon will have to deliver it on the
Ifeing line. " As that was impossible,
the charge went through.
; General Chaffee, when pressed for his
-views about Lawton in the El Caney
tx?cr?iiess, simply said, "Lawton is a
lion."
1 .Lawton started from El . Caney for I
the position on the El Caney road
heights about dark on the evening of
July L At that hour the divisions of
Wheezier and Kent were busily digging
trenches on the captured crest of San
Juan ridge. The story of Lawton's fur?
ther adventures in getting into the posi?
tion assigned him willbe taken up after
a description of the battle of Wheeler
and Kent cn the American left. The
.whole illustrates the adage, universally
/ applicable in war, about the best laid
^ plans going "aft agley." In point of
?act, El Caney fell about a day behind
\time, and that threw the battle of the
San Juan ridge a day ahead of time as
'planned.
As the cavalry division was the next
in order after Lawton, from right to
left, when the army faced Santiago,
and was the first to score a success on
She San Juan heights, its story should
next be told.
In the march down from El Poso to
the crossing cf the San Juan, the brigade
of General Sumner, then commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Carroll of
the Sixth cavalry, had the lead. At
,that time Sumner was in temporary
command of the division. The strength
of Carroll's brigade that day in the
.lighting line was about 900. The Ninth
cavalry, colored, under Lieutenant Colo?
nel J. M. Hamilton, on the right of the
brigade, had but one sqnadron in the
?gM. It was commanded; by Major A.
IX Dimmick. The Third cavalry was
led. by Major H. W. Wessels, son of
Major General Wessels, distinguished
in the civil war. The First squadron
was commanded by Major Henry Jack?
son and the Second by Charles Morton.
The Sixth cavalry, Sumner's own regi?
ment, was led by Maj ? T. C. Leno.
. With the exception of Wessels, all
squadron and regimental officers, like
the division and brigade leaders, were
war tried veterans. Hamilton had
served in the Thirty-third New York,
Dimmick in the Fifth New York cav?
alry, Jackson in the regular cavalry and
Morton in the Twenty-fiph Missouri as
a boy, afterward polishing off at Wes6
Point Leno served through the war in
the First Pennsylvania cavalry. All |
these officers are born soldiers, not car?
let knights.
\ The brigade lost many men while
lying along the road before the advance
"began, Grimes' battery having opened
on the Spanish works about 7:50 in the
morning, drawing fire of shell and
shrapnel, some of which fell short of
the target on El Poso hill and dropped
among the troops lining the road to the
front At the very beginning there was
a delay at the crossings of the creeks
and river. The cavalry was on the right
of the road, and the men say that they
-crossed the Aguadores several times, and
that, including the San Juan, they wad?
ed streams six times before they were
lined up in the charge. In some places
the San Juan was up to the waist, and
at other points the water was so deep
and the current so strong that some of
the men had to be assisted to save
drowning.
1 The Third cavalry, which was on the
right of Kent's infantry, lost heavily
in what is sometimes called "The
Bloody Angle," between the Guama
and the San Juan, north of the junction
of these streams. This place will also
go down in the memory of Santiago
survivors as "Hell's Crossing." The
first man I met at Camp Montauk in
the Third cavalry, Captain G. A. Dodd
of Troop F, made famous by the Cos?
sack drill, carries a long scar down his
forehead, which was given him at the
angle by a piece of shrapnel. A Spanish
shot fired at Grimes' battery knocked
over three men of Troop I of this regi?
ment. When the brigade came to cross
ling the stream., it was halted, and the
regiments took position according to
the lay of the ground. Themen unship- |
- ped their packs and Jeft them in the !
.bed cf the river. The bank in front of- 1
fered a cover from the Spanish fire, and
beyond that was a dense undergrowth.
The first order heard in this brigade
came from Major Wessels to his own
regiment. It was, "Tho Third is order
eri to go through this brush!" Immedi?
ately Major Jackson's squadron deploy?
ed as skirmishers and attempted to ad?
vance. Morton's squadron deployed 200
yards in the rear as support. Major
Wessels observed, "I don't see how we
can do it, but we will if we can." j
Plunging into the brush, the men found
that it wait only a hedge on the border
of an opea field. When the skirmishers
got through, they called out that there
was cavalry moving across the front.
That made it necessary to draw the line
back.
Through the openings in the trees,
Captain Morton and others saw the left
of the San Juan intrenchments and
Spaniards with guns at hand 600 or 700
yards away, looking at the American
line. At this time the dynamite and the
Hotchkiss guns in rear of the brigade
opened fire on the Spaniards. The dyna?
mite gun was choked with the first car?
tridge, and the cavalrymen say that the
Hotchkiss gun was silenced by the
Spaniards, who then turned their rifles
and shrapnel upon the/ cavalrymen. In
this plight the cavalry remained an
hour and a half, subjeciei to constant
volley firing and to shrapnel. The offi?
cers of the brigade estimated that the
? cavalry division suffered from 75 to 90
per cent of its casualties around that
j crossing. Dead and wounded were
brought there through ranks of men,
only a few of whom had been under fire
before.* Says Captain Morton, a veteran
of 26 battles, "It was enough to rattle
the bravest, but not an officer or soldier
left the position, except to help the
wounded."
To some old soldiers it may seem
strange that at Santiago fighting men
left the ranks to help the wounded. But
that is according to the new order of
things. Every man has a first aid pack?
age in his kit, and it is part of his duty
\o apply it when a comrade ia stricken
down. If it had not been for this, the
mortality at Santiago would iaave been
terrible. The first aid bandage stops
the flow of blood and keeps the wound
clean, also giving the patient relief and
hope, which conduce to recovery. In
general, officers criticized the "shame?
ful neglect of wounded" at Santiago.
The next order to this brigade was
brought by aids who came to Major
Weasels aod told him that the brigade
was to advance. They could give no
definite instructions. Wessels said that
he was not in command of the brigade,
but that Colonel Carroll was and was
somewhere on the ground. The aids
discussed among themselves what was
to be done, and finally agreed that the
brigade had an order to advance.
The cavalry troops spoken "of before
as being in front of Carroll's brigade
evidently belonged to Wood's brigade.
Li attempting to move out of the range
of the Spaniards' missiles and also to
find clear ground to form in the differ?
ent regiments got out of line, a matter
which caused some confusion to the bri?
gade commanders. It was this state of
things which led to the assertion that
the general officers were weak at San
Juan ridge. The fact is that the ground
was unsuitable for forming and charg?
ing in brigade columns. The regiments
kept well together until they started to
go up the hill, when some commands
deflected to the right or to the left, ac?
cording as they saw favorable ground
or a Spanish position to strike at.
General Sumner says that the cavalry
division was^brdered to take position in
the road near the crossing cf San Juan;
that he formed his line, and, being fired
upon, said to a representative of Gen?
eral Shaffer who was present: "We.
cannot stay here without heavy loss.
We mast go back cr ga forward. " Tne
general added significantly, "Forward
we went!"
There was no lack of fearless and
capable men to carry orders to the com?
mands through fire and bleed. Colonel
J. H. Dorst, the adjutant general of the
cavalry division, was seen all along the
line all day, and the same of Captain
E. L. Howze of Sumner's staff, who
was on horseback until the hill was
taken.
After the aids had settled it that
Carroll's brigade was to go forward
Major Wessels ordered his second
squadron to go forward, supported by
the first, and to move at once. Captain
Morton says that the majors did not
take time to pass the orders along to
the companies, but shouted out the
command "Forward!" Then the line
plunged into an almost impenetrable
SCEXE OF CAVALRY ATTACK.
[Kote to Map.-Tlie blockhouse, the house
north of it and the one on "Kettle" hil!, had
trenches. There were trenches? between the
blockhouse and the one north cf it. Positions
of cavalry regiments are r.pproximate. In the
charge the lines nu-r^ed into one. Scale of
map abont 1,000 yards to the inch.]
chaparral. Again there was a cry that
there were troops in front. The line
halted a few minutes, and it was seen
that the brusn was full of troops, it
appears that the Sixth cavalry, the
Ninth and the Third, and the rough
riders from Wood's brigade were all
aiming at the same point.
Wood's brigade meantime had had j
experiences all its own, which must be J
told next in order to fill out the story
of the cavalry division in its brilliant
and successful dash up the entangled
and rocky sloies of ?San Juan ridge.
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Carlyle Silences a Watchman.
After several visits in Scotland dar?
ing the summer of 1838, Carlyle went
home again to Scotsbrig, writes Charles
T. Copeland in The Atlantic. On his
re<t;rn thence he spent a few days in
Manchester with Mrs. Hanning. "He
had been put to sleep in an old bed, j
which he remembered in his father's I
house." "I was just closing my senses !
in sweet oblivion," wrote he, "when
the watchman, with a voice like the
deepest groan of the highland bagpipe
' or what an ostrich corneraik might ut?
ter, groaned out'Groo-o-o-o!' close under
me and set me all in a gallop again.
'Groo-o-o-o!' for there was no articulate
announcement at all in it, that I could
gather. 'Groo-o-o-o!' repeated again and
again afc various distances, dying oufc
and then growing loud again for an
hour or more.
"I grew impatient, bolted out of bed,
flung up the window. 'Groo-o-o-o!'
There he was, advancing, lantern in
hand, a few yards ofi* me. 'Can'tyougive
up that noise?' I hastily addressed him,
' You are keeping a person awake. What
good is it to go howling and groaning
all night and deprive people of their
sleep:' He ceased from that time-at
least I heard no more of him. No
watchman, I think, bas been more as?
tonished for some time back."
English Children and. Xegrroes.
The negro is not so well known as
one might expect, considering that geog?
raphy is widely and often excellently
taught in our primary schools. The
ideas most frequently expressed con?
cerning him are that he is black and a
foreigner.
Here are some of the definitions: "A
black man who lives in India." "A
dark man who cernes from America. "
"A negro is a slave we read of them in
'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' " "A gentleman
who lives in a foreign country."
The country children are even more
lively in their descriptions than the
town children : "A negro is a foreign
man with black skin all over him with
thick lips ?nd curly black hair he goes
naked."
"A negro is a man and they live in a
very hot country and they have little
huts to live in." "A negro is a black
man who acts in a circus."
"A negro is a man whose skin is al?
ways black, they are strong and they
live in huts, and do not wear clothes
and they shoot with a bow." "A negro
is a man what eats missionary ,5." The
Sunday school missionary stories and
the traveling circus color the village
children's ideas on negroes.-National
Beview.
Glycerin and Foreordination.
A glycerin man in conversation with
a reporter the other day said that the
majority of those who are engaged in
the business of shooting wells believe
in foreordination. "I think that a man
will not die till his time comes, " he
said. "A man is liable to die at any
calling, no matter how safe it may be
considered. He will pass through all
kinds of dangers and never sustain the
slightest injury. Than he is knocked
out of existence when he least expects it.
"Glycerin men have to be quite
nervy, but there is not one of them who
does not feel that he is in no great dan?
ger. They think they will J ?e out their
allotted time and will not be blown up
until the predestined event is due. We
are handling death every day and know
it, but by the exercise of caution and
common sense there are but few of us
comparatively that are killed. The rail?
road men are much more liable to acci?
dental death than glycerin men are."
Bradford (Fa.) Era.
Cheerfnl Antipodean TrutI* Teller.
An ex-sea captain, now living in Syd?
ney, many years ago was in charge of a
ship carrying some convicts. The con?
victs mutinied, murdered the crew and
ordered the captain to navigate them to
the islands, and, being a prudent man,
he did so. When satisfied as to their
conrse, the convicts deliberated, decided
that he had behaved himself well and
put him ashore on the first large island
they came to. He was a musician and
took his violin with him. A threatening
crowd of savages greeted his arrival,
but Orpheus played to them till they
thought him a god, brought him unlim?
ited pigs and yams and bowed in adora?
tion. Finally he married the chief's
daughter, succeeded him and ruled the
island for years, till a ship called in and
he (-ailed away.-Sydney Bulletin.
31 u.st Have Been a Cannibal.
The writer of a book of travels, tell?
ing of the insect pests encountered in
British Guiana, makes a statement of
which the best that can be said is that
is is probably not so bad as it sounds.
"One lady that I knew, while busy at
her toilet, felt something crawling on
her shoulder. She screamed and called
her husband, and he had just time to
knock the cen tiped off before biting
her in the neck."
Discourasinff.
First Theosophist-This settles it. I
resigu from the society."
Second Theosophist- What's the mat?
ter?
First Theosophist-Why, one of my
tenants has gone off without paying his
rent and left me a note saying he would
try and square with me in some future
existence.-London Fun.
Cheap Injnry.
Casey-Sh ure, an it's th' unlucky
mon Oi am !
Clancy-Unlucky be dom'd! Hov'n't
ye/, kim out av th" wreck wid only a
broken arm:
Casey (sarcastically)-An for which
Oi only git foive hundred dollars ! Thim
fellies thot wor kilt git foive thousand.
-New York Journal.
There is a curious little Holland vil?
lage in Wisconsin named Little Chute,
whoso chief manufacture is wooden
shoes. The people there areas thor- ;
ougbly Dutch as their progenitors. Tho
town stands on rho ground where Pero j
Marquette had his winter quarters, and
where the Dutch priests instructed tho
Indians. A
Inopportune Deaths.
Julius Ca?sar was assassinated-when
he had almost completed tbe task of
consolidating the administration and
dominion of the Roman empire, and his
death opened the way to that despotism
and corruption which ultimately undid
his work. Henry of Navarre was killed
when he had almost healed the differ?
ences between Catholic and Protestant,
which subsequently rent not only
France, but Europe, and William the
Silent also fell when he was on the
point of uniting the Netherland prov?
inces into a compact barrier against the
encroachments of Spain.
In English history Lord Clive died at
the moment when he was the one man
who could have saved the American
colonies and kept the Anglo-Saxon race
united, bvi there is the case of Mira?
beau. He was literally the one man in
France who could have averted the hor?
rors of tho revolution, saved and re?
formed the monarchy and so spared Eu?
rope the murderous career of Napoleon
and all the devastation it brought If
he had lived ten or even five years
longer, the history not only of France,
but of Europe and the world, would
have been different. It is in fact suffi?
cient to say that he would have made
both Robespierre and Napoleon impos?
sible.-Strand Magazine.
Pelican and Duck In a Duel.
In Kew gardens, in the presence of a j
considerable number of spectators, an
affr ir cf honor was settled between a
pelican and a duck. The birds had had
words together, so to speak, and the
pelican determined that the next best
thing to making the duck eat his words
was to eat the duck. So, after a little
thrust and parry on the water, he made
for the smaller bird and snapped it into
bis pouch.
Then a battle royal began inside the
pouch of the pelican. The duck strug?
gled, kicked, quacked and occasionally
managed to get a leg ora wing outside,
while his captor threw his beak high in
the air, then dipped it into the water,
and kept it there, as if trying to suf?
focate or drown its enemy. From the
look cf the agitated pouch it seemed as
if the contest was by no means one sided,
but that the pelican was having rather a
rough time.
At last the duck got his head and one
wing out, and then, with a magnificent
effort, managed to get entirely free.
Once again on the water, the duck de?
clined further combat and fled, while
the pelican remained, looking as if honor
were thoroughly satisfied.-London Tel?
egraph.
Lovinfr Cnp Proprieties.
I have not seen any loving cup passed
that is true to its name. The loving cup
originated as a matter cf precaution in
olden times, when apparent friends had
an unpleasant method of killing a friend
who was a rival while he was drinking.
So an immense heavy cup was made with |
a heavy cover. The method of using it
can still be witnessed at banquets at the
Mansion House in London.
The person receiving it stands and !
turns to his neighbor, who also rises J
and takes the cover with both hands, j
The first person then raises the heavy
cup to his lips with both hands, and,
having sipped of the contents, holds it !
while the friend at his side replaces the
cover and takes the cup, repeating the
same precess in turn with his next
neighbor. Thus, both hands oeing occu?
pied, there is no possibility of one friend
stabbing another.
In our time the custom has degener?
ated, and tho cover, as a rule, disap?
peared. Nevertheless if both hands were
occupied that would not prevent tongues
from wagging later, and words are
sometimes sharper than swords.-Phil?
adelphia Times.
Bine Stockings.
According to an English magazine the
appellation "bluestockings" originated
in the dreEs of a Benjamin Stiilingfleet,
grandson of the bishop, as he used to
appear at the parties of Mrs. Montague,
in Portman square. He used to general?
ly wear blue worsted stockings, and he
was a very amiable and entertaining
man. Whenever he was absent from
Mrs. Montague's evening parties, as his j
conversation was very interesting, the j
company used to say, "We can do noth?
ing without the blue stockings." By de?
grees the assemblies were called "blue
stocking clubs" and learned people
"blue stockings. "
Excessive Coffee Drinking:.
The Moors are inveterate coffee drink?
ers, especially the merchants, and they
sit in their bazaars and drink continu?
ously the whole day long. It has been
noticed that almost invariably, when
these coffee drinkers reach the age of 40
or 45, their eyesight begins to fail, and
by the time they get to be 50 they be?
come blind. One is forcibly impressed
by the number of blind men seen about
the streets of the city of Fez, the capital
of Morocco, and this is invariably at?
tributed to the excessive use of coffee.
New York Ledger.
Picking Pockets With Toes.
The gauchos, or dwellers in the ex?
tensive plains of Buenos Ayres, are
marvelously dexterous with both hands"
and feet. Many of them have acquired
through long practice such skill in
using Iheir toes as if they were fingers
that they can fling the lasso and even
pick pockets with them. Some time ago
a Frenchman who was fishing in ono of
the rivers of Buenos Ayres was warned
to bo cn Iiis guard against the light fin
gered natives. He forthwith kept a vig- |
ilant watch on his companions, but j
nevertheless one day, when his attention !
was closely riveted on his float, a wily ?
gaucho drew near, and, delicately in- j
serting his foot, extracted the French
man's hooks and other valuables from j
his pocket.-Boston Transcript.
His Way of Finding It.
Tourist-It wears ?ne out completely
to travel.
Chance Acquaintance-Your business
compels you to do it. 1 presume.
Tourist-No, I am traveling fer my
health.-Chicago Tribune.
THREE QUEER CITIES.
Each One Is Built on Islands Connected
by Many Bridges.
The city of Ghent, in Belgium, is
built on 26 islands. These islands are
connected with each other by 80
bridges. The city has 300 streets and 30
public squares. It is noted for being the
birthplace of Charles V and of John of
Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called "time
honored Lancaster,: ' and as the scene of
the pacification of Ghent Nov. 8, 1576,
and of several insurrections, sieges and
executions of well known personages. It
is associated with American history by
the treaty made there Dec. 24, 1S14,
terminating the second war between
England and the United States, known
as the war of 1812.
Amsterdam, in Holland, is built on
piles driven far below the water into
the earth. The city is intersected by
many canals, which are spanned by
nearly 300 bridges, and resembles Ven?
ice in the mingling of land and water,
though it is considerably larger than
that city. The canals divide the city,
which is about ten miles in circumfer?
ence, into 90 islands.
The city of Venice is built on SO
islets, which are connected by nearly
400 bridges. Canals serve for streets in
Venice, and boats, called gondolas, for
carriages. The bridges are, as a rule,
very steep, rising considerably in the
middle, but have easy steps. The cir?
cumference of the city is about eight
miles. The Venetians joined the Lom?
bard League against the German em?
peror, and, in 1177, gained a great vic?
tory in defense of Pope Alexander III,
over the fleet of war vessels headed by
Otto, son of Frederic Barbarossa. In
gratitude for this victory the pope gave
the Doge Ziani a ring, and instituted
the world famous ceremony of "Venice
Marrying tho Adriatic Sea." In this
ceremony the doge, as the chief ruler of
Venice used to be termed, with appro?
priate ceremonies dropped a ring into
the sea every year in recognition of
the wealth and trade carried to Venice
by the Adriatic.
Why He Refused to Pay.
.'One dollar, please, "said the clair?
voyant.
"Not much, " he replied. "PU not
pay you a cent."
"Do you think I reveal the future for
nothing?"
"I don't care anything about that.
You told me I was to marry three times,
and I don't propose to put a premium
on bad news."-Chicago News.
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TIME TABLE, NO. 15.
In effect 12 01 a. m., Sunday, Oct. 2, 1898.
STANDARD EASTERN TIME.
Daily Daily
Except Except
Sunday. Sunday.
Going East.
No 78 No. 74
Lv Marion 8 10 am 2 OJ pm
Lv Rutbcrfordton 9 06 am 3 30 pm
Lr Forest City 9 21am 4 CD pm
Lv Henrietta 9 38 am 4 2r>pm
Lv Moore9boro 9 48 am 4 52 pm
Lv Shelby 10 15 am 6 30 pm
Lv Patterson Springs 10 25 am 6 45 pm
Lv Earls 10 30 am 7 CO pm
Ar Blacksburg 10 45 am 7 25 pm
Lv Gaffney
Ar Blacksburg
6 40 am
7 30 am
Lv Kicgville
Ar Columbia
Lv Branchville
Ar Charleston
4 28 pm
5 20 pm
5 47 pm
8 00 pm
5 40 pm
6 30 pm
Lv Blacksburg 10 45 am 6 00 am
Lv Smyrna 1110 am 6 30 am
Lv Hickory Grove 1122 am 6 50 am
Lv Sharon 1137 am 7,15 am
Lv Yorkvilie 1152 am 7 50 am
Lv Tirzah 12 05 pm 8 15 am
Lv Newport 12 10 pm 8 25 am
Lv Reek Hill 12 25 pm 9 50 am
Lv Leslies 12 40 pm 10 20 am
Lv C?tawba Junction 12 50 pm 1120 am
Lv Lancaster 1 20 pm 1 20 pm
Lv Kershaw 2 15 pm 3 15 pm
Ar Camdea * 3 00 pm 4 30 pm
Going Weat,
No 77
No 75
Daily Daiiy
Except Except
Sundav. Sunday.
Lv Charleston
Lv Branchville
Lv Columbia
Lv Ringville
7 10 am
8 57 am
9 20 am
10 10 am
Lv Camden 1140 pm 8 20 am
Lv Kershaw 12 40 pm 10 10 am
Lv Lancaster 1 20 pm ll 50 sm
Lv Catawba Junction 150 pm ITO pm
Lv Leslies 2 CO pm 2 05 pm
Lv Rock Hill 2 15 pm 3 10 pm
Lv Newport 2 30 pm 3 30 pm
Lv Tirzah 2 35 pm 3 f 0 pm
Lv Yorkvilie 2 48 pm 4 40 pm
Lv Sharon 3 03 pm 5 10 pm
Lv Hickory Grove 3 18 pm 5 30 pm
Lv Smyrna 3 30 pm 5 45 pm
Lv Blacksburg 2 55 pm 6 20 pm
Lv Blacksburg
Ar Gafinev
4 10 pm
5 00 pm
5 30 am
6 20 am
Lv Earles 4 10 pm 8 00 am
Lv Patterson Springs 4 15 pm 8 10 am
Lv Shelby 4 25 pja 9 0? am
Lv Mooresboro 4 52 pm 9 4S am
Lv Henrietta 5 02 pm 10 10 am
Lv Forest City 5 19 pm 10 35 am
Lv Ruiherfordton 5 34 ? m ll 00 am
Ar Marion 6 30 pm 12 35 pm
Train No. 77, going west cakes daylight
connection at Laocaster with the L. & C. R.
R., ai Rock Hill with the Southern R. R.
going north, at B'acksburg with the South?
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fl., at t?iacksburg with Southern ai.d at Lan?
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CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
ID sffeet November 20th, 18S8.
SOUTHBOUND.
Lv Darlington,
! Lv Elliott,
Ar Sumter,
Lv Sumter,
Ar Creston,
Lv Crestgn,
I Ar Pregnalls,
Ar Orangeburg,
Ar Denmark,
No. 35
4 29 am
5 17 am
5 40 am
6 12 am
No 57;
8 C2 am
8 45 am
9 25 am
5 45 am
0 15 am
NORTHBOUND.
Lv Denmark,
Lv Oraugeburg,
Lv Pregnalls,
Ar Crestoo,
Lv Creaton,
Ar Sumter,
Lv Sumter,
Ar Elliott,
Ar DarMcgton,
No. 32
4 17 pm
4 00 pm
5 13 pm
6 03 pm
No. 56;
10 00 am
3 bO pm
6 40 pm
7 20 pm
8 05 pm
JDaily except Sunday.
Trains 82 and 35 carry through Pullman
Palace Baffet Sleeping cars between New
York and Macon via Augusta.
T. M. EMERSON, H. M. EMESSON,
Traffic Manager. Gen'I Pass. Agt.
J. R. KEN LI, Gen'l Manager.
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TRAINS GOING SOUTH
Dated
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No.
35*
No.
23*
No
53*
Le Florence
Le Kingstree
Ar Lanes
Le Lanes
a m
3 25
4 40
4 40
p m
7 45
8 55
9 13
9 13
p m
6 20
Ar Charleston 6 20 10 50 8 00
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No.
78*
No.
32*
No.
52*
Le Charleston
Ar Lanes
Le La oes
Le Kingstree
Ar Florence
a m
5 28
7 05
7 05
7 23
8 25
a m
p m
5 17
6 56
6 56
8 15
p m
a m
7 00
S 32
a m
?Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
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tral R. R. of S. C.
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Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close
connection for all poiots North.
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10 30 a ID, Wadesboro 2 25 p m. Leave
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rive Darlington S 50 p m. Becnettsville 9 46
pm, Gibson 10 10 p m Leave Florence
Sunday culy S 50 am. arrive Darlington
9 20 a rn
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Ge?'I Manager.
T. M. KMERSOX, Traffic
H. M. EMERSON, G?en'l Pf