The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 10, 1899, Image 8
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I PHANTOM RICKSHAW. %
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' *kl:, -BY
RUDYARD KIPLING. * gi
Bi
During those five minnies I bel
that I explored thoroughly the lo"<
.circles of the inferno which it is
zaitted man to tread on earth, An
the same time I myself was watcl
myself faltering through the dark 1]
ric tits of doubt, misery and utter
pair. I wondered, as Heatherlegh
ids chair might have wondered, wi
dreadful alternative I should ad
Presently I beard myself answering
& voice that I hardly recognized:
* They're confoundedly partiel
about morality in these parta G
'em fits, Heatherlegh, and my lc
JSbw let me sleep a bit longer. "
Then my two selves joined, and
?aa only I (half crazed, devil drivel
that tossed in my bed, tracing step
step the history of the past month.
"But I am in Simla," I kept rep*
fng to myself. "I, Jack Pan say, air
Simla and there are no ghosts h
Bit's unreasonable of that woruan to r
tend there are. Why couldn't Ag
have leXt me alone? I never did her i
arm. It might just as well have b<
me as Agnes. Only Fd never have co
hack on purpose to kin her. Why ca
Bpi be left alone-left alone and happy
It was high noon when I first awol
and the sun was low in the sky bef<
2 slept-slept as the tortured cri mil
sleeps on Ms rack, too worn to feel fi
(her pain.
Next day I could not leave my Ix
Heatherlegh told me in the morning ti
le had received an answer from li
rnneriiig, and that, thanks' to h
(Heatherlegh's) friendly offices, tl
story of my affliction bad travel
through the length and breadth <
Si:ula, where I was on all aides m*u<
p i ed.
' And that's rather more than ye
afeserve," he concluded pleasantl;
though the Lord knows you've bee
going - through a pretty severe mil
Sever mind. . WeflT cro-e yon yet, ye
pe rverse phenomenon. "
I declined firmly to be cured. 44 Ye
lave been much too good to me airead]
cid mW* said I, "but I don't think
seed trouble yon further. "
In my heart I knew that nothih
Heather leg ii could do would lighten tb
fcurden that had been laid upon me.
- With that knowledge came also
sense of hopeless, impotent reb llio
against the unreasonableness of it- al
There were scores of men co better th a
I whose punishments had at least bee
reserved fer another world, and I fe]
that it was bitterly, cruelly unfair tba
I alone should have been singled on
:>; jfcar so hideous a fate This mood woul
hi f me g?ve place to another where i
seemed that the rickshaw and I wer
the only realities in a world of shadows
that Kitty was a ghost; that Manner
lng, Heatherlegh and all the other mei
and women I knew were all ghosts, am
t&e great, gray hills themselves bu
vain shadows devised to torture me
From mood to mood I tossed backwar<
" and forward for seven weary days, nr
body growing daily stronger and strong
er until the bedroom looking glass tole
me that I had returned to everyday lif<
and was as other men once more Curi
cusly enough, my face showed no signi
cf the struggle I bad gone through. I
iras pale indeed, but as expressionles
and commonplace as ever I had ex
pected some permanent alteration-visi
lie evidence of the disease that was eat
xng me away. I found nothing.
On the 15th of May I left Heather
iegh's house at ll o'clock in the morn
ing. and the instinct of the bacheloi
irove me to the club There I found
that every man knew my story as tole
hy Heatherlegh. and was, in clumsy
fashion, abnormally kind and attentive,
nevertheless I recognized that for the
rest of my natural life 1 should be
among but not of my fellows, and I en
vied very bitterly indeed the laughing
coolies on the mall below I lunched at
the club and at 4 o'clock wandered aim
lessly down the mall in the vague hope
of meeting Kitty Clcse to the band
stand the black and white liveries join
ed me and I heard Mrs. Wessington's
old appeal at my side. I had been ex
pecting this ever since I came out. and
was only surprised at her delay. The
phantom rickshaw and I went side by
aide along the Chota Simla road in si
lence. Close to the bazaar Kitty and a
man on horseback overtook and passed
xis. For any sign she gave I might have
been a dog in the road. She did not
. even pay me the compliment of quick
ening her pace, though tbe rainy after
noon bad served for an excuse.
So Kitty and her companion and I
and my ghostly light o' love crept
2ound Jakko in couples. The road was
streaming with water, the pines drip
ped like roof pipes on the rocks below
and the air was full of fine, driving
rain. Two or three times I found my
self saying to myself almost aloud
"I'm Jack Pansay on leave at Simla
at Simla-everyday, ordinary Simla!
I mustn't forget that-I mustn't forget
fast" Then I would try to recollect
some of the gossip I had heard at the
dub, the prices of So-and-so's horses
anything, in fact, that related to the
workaday Anglo-Indian world 1 knew
so well. I even repeated the multiplica
tion table rapidly to myself, to make
quite sure that I was not taking leave
of my senses It gave me much com
fort, and must have prevented my hear
ing Mrs. Wessington for a time.
Once more 1 wearily climbed the con
vent slope and entered the level road
Here Kitty and the man started off at
a canter, and 1 was left alone with j
Wws dnsrton. "Asmes..!' said I, |
"will you put Tback your hood and i
me what it all means V The h<
dropped noiselessly, and I was face
face with my dead and buried mistre
She was wearing the dress in whic.
had last seen her alive; carried 1
same tiny handkerchief in her ri*
ha: -i and the same cardcase in her le
A woman eight months dead with
caldcase! i had to pin myself down
the multiplication table and to set b<
hands on the stone parapet of the rc
to assure myself that that at least v
real
'Agnes, " I repeated, ' 'for pity's sal
tell me what it all means. " Mrs. W
sington leaned forward, with that oe
quick turn of the head I used to kn*
sc well, and spoke.
; If my story had not already so mac
overleaped the bounds of ll human 1
lief, I -should apologize io yon now. .
I know .vna t no one-no, not even K
ty, for whom it is written as some sc
of jnstiiication of my conduct-will t
lie ve me, I will go on. Mr. . Wessingt
stoke, and I walked with her from t
Sanjowlie road to the turning belc
tis commander in chief's house as
might walk by the side of any livia
I woman's rickshaw, deep in convers
I ti m The second and most tormentii
j of my moods of sicknegg had sadden
laid hold upon me, and, like the prin
in Tennyson's poem, "I seemed to mo1
amid a world of <*ghosts. " There hi
bijen a garden party at the command
m chief's, and we two joined the crow
of homeward bound folk. As I sa
them then it seemed that they were tl
shadows-impalpable fantastic shadov
-that divided fer Mrs. Wessington
: rickshaw to pass through. What \*
j said during the course of that weil
I interview I cannot-indeed I dare nc
I -tell Heatherlegb's comment woul
have been a short laugh and a remar
that I had been "mashing a brain, ey
! and stomach chimera. " It was a ghasi
ly and yet in some indefinable way
marvelously dear experience. Could i
be possible, I wondered, that I was i
this life to woo a second time the worn
an had killed by my own neglect an
crue| y?
I met Kitty. on the homeward road
a shadow among shadows.
If I were to describe all the incident
Of the hext fortnight in their order, m;
I story would never come to an end an
your patience would be exhausted
Morning after morning and evenin^
after evening the ghostly ricksha\
end I used to wander through Simla tc
gether. -Wherever I went there the fou
black and white liveries followed m
and bore 129 company to and from nr
hoteL At the theater I found ? then
amid the crowd of yelling jhampanies
outside the club veranda after a loni
evening of whist ; at the birthday bal
waiting patiently for my appearance
and in broad daylight when I went call
ing. Save that it cast no shadow, tb<
rr-.cskbaw was in every respect as rea
to look upon as one of wood and iron
Afore than once indeed I have had t<
check myself from warning some hare
riding friend against cantering over it
More than once I have walked down tb*
mall deep in conversation with Mrs.
Wessington to the unspeakable amaze
ment of the passersby
Before I had been out and about z
week I learned that the "fit" theory
had been discarded in favor of insanity
However, I made no change in mj
mode of life I called, rode and dined
oat as freely as ever. I had a passiou
for the society of my kind which I had
never felt before. I hungered^ to be
among the realities of life, and at the
same time I felt vaguely unhappy when
I had been separated too long from my
ghostly companion. It would be almost
impossible to describe my varying
moods from the 15th of May up to to
day.
The presence of the rickshaw filled
rue by turns with horror, blind fear, a
dim sort of pleasure and utter despair
I dared not leave Simla, and I knew that
my stay there was killing me. I knew,
moreover, that it was my destiny to die
slowly and a little every day My only
anxiety was to get the penance over as
quietly as might be. Alternately I hun
gered for a sight of Kitty and watched
her outrageous flirtations with my suc
cessor-to speak more accurately, my
successors-with amused interest. She
was as much out of my life as I was
out of hers. By day 1 wandered with
Mrs. Wessington. almost content. By
night I implored heaven to let me re
turn to the world as I used to know it
Above all these varying moods lay the
sensation of dull, numbing wonder
that the seen and the unseen should
mingle so strangely on this earth to
hound one poor soul to its grave.
**** .
Aug. 27.-Heatherlegh has been inde
fatigable in his attendance on me, and
only yesterday told me that I ought to
send in an application for sick leave.
An application to escape the company
of a phantom 1 A request that the gov
ernment would graciously permit me to
get rid of five ghosts and an airy rick
shaw by going to England 1 Eeather
legh's proposition moved me to almost
hysterical laughter I told him that I
should await the end quietly at Simla,
and I am sure that the end is not far
off Believe me that 1 dread its advent
more than any word can say. and I tor
ture myself nightly with a thousand
speculations as to the manner of my
death.
Shall I die in my bed decently and as
an English gentleman should die, or in
one l st walk on the mall will my soul
be wrenched from me to take its place
forever and ever by the side of that
j ghastly phantasm ? Shall I return to
j my old lost allegiance in the next world
j or shall I meet. Agnes loathing her and
j uotma to her side through, ali eternity ?
Shall we two hover over the scene cf
onr lives till the end of time? As the
day of my death draws nearer the in
tense horror that all living flesh feels
toward escaped spirits from beyond the
grave grows more and more powerful.
It is an awful thing to go down quick
among the dead with scarcely one-half
of your life completed. It is a thousand
times more awful to wait as I do in
your midst for I know not what un
imaginable terror. Pity me at least on
the score of my "delusion, " for I know
you will never believe what I have
written here. Yet as surely as ever a
man was done to death by the powers
of darkness I am that man.
In justice, too, pity her. For as sure
ly as ever woman was killed by man I
killed Mrs. Wessington. And the last
portion of my punishment is even now
upon me
Sadden Death In Cities.
Ma in his modern cities trades away
the little discomforts of life for the
large possibilities of sudden death. He
hypothecates his security for his passing
comfort He lives on a mine of enor
mous extent and of tremendous hidden
energies. His promenade is over elec
trical currents and gas mains and enor
mous boilers. His showiest hotels are
often built as one builds a fire-with
combustibles laid crosswise and igniting
currents running through it in all di
rections. He is hurled by lightning to
his business, hoisted to his office by en
ginery and flung back again to his home
by hurtling systems of conveyance. He
lives and moves continually with his
ear cocked for the alarm bell of the car
or the fire engine. But he saves time
and takes the chances. He is well aware
that his fellows are crushed and burned
to death every year, but he goes on lay
ing down more wires, turning on more
steam and adding another story to his
buildings. If he forgets himself for a
second, he is gone. After that the am
bulance and the coroner are on the
jump. In the midst of these comforts
fire "is the enemy that the dweller in
the city seems to fear the least, and it
is in the city as we now construct it
that fire is the mest terrible and the
swiftest agent to take advantage of our
slightest negligence. In any other place
than the city the escape from a burn
ing building is comparatively easy, even
when that building is of wood. In the
city it is often impossible. The moment
a structure like the Windsor hotel takes
fire the great problem is not how to put
the fire out, but how to get the people
out But such a fact does not affect ho
tel life. The people vrho escape from
the burning hotel generally take refuge
in another of the same kind. In fact,
city life breeds a kind of carelessness^ or
unthinking bravado peculiar to itself.
The community expects to be shocked
at intervals, but it recovers immediate
ly and goes on its accustomed course,
taking the chances.
i The Russian secret military service
is the best in Europe. As an evidence
of this there is a good story connected
with the Toulon explosion. It seems
that the Toulon disasfer was part of a
diabolical scheme which comprised also
the gunpowder magazine at St. Peters
burg. Both magazines were to be blown
up on the same day, but the day before
the disaster at Toulon the Russian min
ister received a dispatch in cipher
warning him of the attempt. He was
in bcd at the time, but he got up im
mediately and drove to the powder
magazine, where he had the officials,
guards and workmen alarmed. After
the closest inspection of everything,
he bad them all called together and ad
dressed them as follows: "The inspec
tion has proved highly satisfactory. I
am perfectly well pleased with you and
the arrangement, and as a token of
good will I give all of you, even the
guards, a three days' holiday. Yon can
go in an hour." Within that hour
other guards were telegraphed for, and
two companies of sappers arrived. The
next morning news of the Tculon dis
aster came, but there was no disaster
at the Russian magazine.
The women find their own severest
critics among their own sex. One of the
sharpest of them < dinplains that at the
session of the Daughters of the Revolu
tion she was disagreeably affected by
listening to the voices heard in debate
and was shocked at the loud, strident
and discordant tones emitted by women
who were praised every day in the pa
pers for their magnificent gowns. And
another adds to this the information
that a woman cannot preserve the best
qualities of her voice and become a de
bater. There are many women who
read and recite and lecture and declaim
without screaming, but she never heard
a woman debate who did not get on a
high key and become disagreeable.
To k the Sn jil e.
Lawyer - Yon say that you were in
the saloon at the time of the assault re
ferred to in the complaint?
Witness-I was, sir.
Lawyer-Did you take cognizance of
the barkeeper at the time?
Witness-I don't know what he called
it, but I took what the rest did.-Bos
ton Courier.
(iood I ne For Them.
She (singing softly)-"Would that I
had the wings of a bird."
He-What earthly use would they be
to you, my dear?
She-I was just planning the trim
ming for my spring hat.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Browning Love Leeters.
No book of the year has produced so
ide an interest and so earnest a dis
cussion as the "Love Letters of Mr.
nd Mrs. Browning." At fiist it was
thought that the publication of these
private epistles was in some way a
breach of the propriety that usually
regulates the private affairs of even
well known personages. One conld not
readily think of love letters hoing writ
ten for the public, and therefore one in
stinctively felt that they should have
been preserved from public curiosity by
the family. But the reading of the let
ters entirely removes this feeling. They
are found to be the purest and noblest
expression of a high order of affection,
and it is doubtful if ever before the
private utterances of two lovers so
clearly vindicated in print their own
publication.. The high order cf intellec
tuality in the writers is not of so much
consequence as the superior quality of
the affection. Very few love letters in
deed can stand the test of publicity.
Those of Abelard and Heloise would
doubtless excite laughter, if not nausea,
and if Juliet wrote any letters to Romeo
they would Dot bear inspection. But in
the Browning epistles one almost sus
pects that the writers continually lived
under the poetic stress of a possible
printer. What is still more remarkable
is that the book has to a great extent
reversed the estimate of the relative
qualities of the two writers. It is now
seen that Mrs. Browning is in many
respects superior to her husband, not
alone as a letter writer, but as an art
ist. What she says flows with easy
clarity from a large, sweet soul. But
Browning's feelings, on the o*:her hand,
often flounder and strain and seem to
be in a conflict with words.
The erection of an absolutely fire
proof building to be used as a residence
is yet a great desideratum. The prob
lem is not beyond the solving cf me
chanical engineering, though it is
doubtful if such a building will ever
be erected until combustible material
is entirely discarded in the fisting. The
real emergency is a matter of super
vision rather than of construction.
There are a great many inore wooden
buildings in the country than there are
of iron and stone, and it is a matter of
fact that less life is lost in the burning
of these combustible build r.gs than in
those which make a pretense of being
fireproof. The testimony of experts is
that a fire such as that which occurred
at the Windsor hotel would :aever have
obtained such destructive headway had
the precautions been ample and the'
supervision adequate. The story that
the fire originated in a window curtain
is not for one moment believed by any
body who has any practical experience
with fires, but in less than 40 minutes
the inmates of the entire establishment I
were in a panic, and the building waa
doomed. It is not at all a difficult feat
to erect a building with precautionary
means of shutting off a fire at its start
by fireproof partitions either of asbestus
of of metal. But there is not at thia
moment a crowded hotel in New York
wh?re such precautions have been
adopted.
James Bryce, th9 author of "The
American Commonwealth," has writ-j
ten for an American paper an explana
tion why France should hato England.
The reasons may be summed up as fol
lows: In territorial extension and the
development of trade England has got
in ahead of France regularly. She is
not only a maritime power, but she
doubles her power ostentatiously. She
as staid in Egypt without leave and
proposes to stay in the rest of Africa.
To go to war with England would be
ruinous for France, simply because she
cannot compete with England on the
ocean, and a war would cut off her best
customer. A consciousness of all this
gives rise to a feeling of bitterness,
which is only modified by the repressing
influence of Russia and the annoying
conviction that trouble with England
would forever prevent her from regain
ing from Germany the provinces she has
already lost.
The czar's disarmament conference
which is to meet in May has ;rred up
the war correspondents, the i jgazines
and tho novelists of blood and thunder.
Mr. Weyman, Conan Doyle, Stephen
Crane and even Rudyard Kipling, who
have for some time been aware that the
pen is not mightier than the sword un
less it has the sword behind it, stand
aghast at the prospect of universal
peace. It would not be strange to see a
congress of authors assemble somewhere
to oppose the abolition of war.
A Salvation Army captain has been
nominated by the citizens of Wichita,
Kan., fyr mayor by the Democrats. He
has put forth a circular in which he
says that if elected there will be a $10
fine for every girl wearing bloomerd
and every policeman shall carry a Bible
instead of a club. He doesn't say any
thing about turning the other cheek
also when cowboys paint the town rt \
Foret hon jr li t.
"Amanda," said the husband of the
soon to be widowed young wife, "my
last request is that you will not let any
body know there is a large insurance
on my life. I want yon to live in un
disturbed enjoyment of it for a few
years at least."-Chicago Tribune.
Where Men Ilnve the Advantage.
Interesting Lady Patient-Doctor,
what do you do when you burn your
mouth with hot coffee?
Dr. Fingerfee - Swear. - Roxbury
Gazette
Mnst Be Barbera and Musicians.
There is a barber shop in an np town
avenue in New York where music goes
with every shave. Never a barber is hired
there who cannot twinkle the sweet
mandolin or plunk the dreamy guitar.
The gentleman who can play on no in
strument but the razor and the shears
has no welcome in this tonsorial parlor,
for the boss barber is musical and loves
to mingle celestial strains with the tor
ture of the barber chair. Whenever a
chair is vacant, the attendant genius
sits him down and performs on his fa
vorite instrument.
Had Xot Forgotten lt.
The ward heeler, with whom the am
bitious politician had been in consulta
tion an hour or more, shook his head
slowly.
"I don't knowhow it will turn out,"
he said. "But I'll do the best I can for
\ou. How about the iquor question?"
"I was about to ask it," replied the
ambitious politician. "What'll you
take?"-Chicago Tribune.
The Infinity of Space.
"Among the photographs you have
seen," said Sir Robert Ball, "there are
stars so far distant from this earth that
if the glad tidings of that first Christ
mas 1,800 years ago had been dispatch*
ed then by an electric current which
could speed seven times round our globe
between every two ticks of the clock
they would not yet have received them. "
Unexpected.
The tramp had been very impertinent
and dictatorial until the hired man un
expectedly made his appearance and in
quired, "Are you lookin fur a scrap?"
His manner changed entirely, and at
once he answered, "Yes, sir, that's
what I'm lookin fur-a scrap o' cold
turkey er cold ham er anything that
happens to be handy."-Washington
Star.
You cannot accomplish any work or
business na If sa you feel well. If yon feel
"Used Up-Tired Out," take Dr. M. A.
Simmons Liver Medicine
Everybody is anxious to bear something
more from City Council- on the matter of
paving Main Street. When will the good
work begin ?
Simmons Sqcaw Vine Wine or Tablets
softeo, relax and expand muscles involved,
Decreasing Labor Pains and Shortening La
bor.
Humiliating Examinations by phjs'c'ans
are avoided by use of Simmons Squaw Vice
Wine or Tablets which cures 99 ont cf every
103 cases of Female Disorders.
CUBAN OIL cures Cuts,
Burns, Bruises, Rheuma
and Sores. Price, 25 cts.
Sold by Hugbeoa-Ligon Co.
DENTAL NOTICE.
DURING MY ABSENCE from the city,
Mr. N. G. 0STEEN, JB., will have charge
ot my office and will attend to anj dental
work coming to the office.
The public and my patrons, especially, will
therefore take notice that the office will not
be closed during my absence.
Rea nee t ful ly.
May 3 * E. ALVA SOLOMONS.
PRICES REDUCED.
SUMTER, S'. C., May 3, 1S93.
The fellowing jost received from Overman
Wheel Company :
"Owiog to the great and increasing de
mand for a medium priced bicycle, and the
fact that m ny of our riders are demanding
a Victor Spin Rolier Cbaialess, we have de
cided to REDUCE THE PRICRof the VIC
TOR acd VICTOR CHAIN BICYCLES to j
$40.00 on aod after this date." j
We have a few of these on band, and now
is tbe time for you to get a bargain.
Clevelands range from $35 to $75.
All the above are the Soest wheels that can ]
possibly be turned ou?, and you will bear us j
out in this ouce you become one of our riders. ;
Happy ridiEg means a happy mount, and a
happy mount mean.?your riding ore of our
wheels. "The repairmen don't Know them."
If you are thinking of buying, let us know
and we will show you a few facts.
If you want any of the above wheels at the
charming prices mentioned, you better come
at once, as we only have a few left
Respectfully,
JENKINS BROTHERS
Dyspepsia Cure.
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
Nature in strengthening and recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans. It is the latest d iscovered digest
ant and tonic. No other preparation
can approach it in efficiency. It in
stantly relieves and permanently cures
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
SickHeadacne, Gast ralgi a, Cram ps, and
all other results of imperfect digestion.
v Prepared by E. C. DeWitt A Co., Cb ic ago
For sale in Sumter by Hujjhsoo-Ligon Co.
Vinegar.
1 have on hand a lot o
Home-made Vinegar of very
fine quality. The flavor is del
icate, while the strength is
equal to any to be had.
Will be sold at my residence
for 40 cents per gallon.
W. CJ. STEEN.
Atlantic Coast Line Haflnai
of
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
Io affect November 20th, 1598.
SOUTHBOUND.
Li Darlington,
Lv Elliott,
Ar Sumter,
Lv So m ter,
Ar Creston,
Lv Crestgn,
Ar Pregnalls,
Ar Orangebarg,
Ar Denmark.
No. 35
'4 29 am
5 17 am
5 40 sm
6 12 am
No blt
8 02 am
8 45 am
S 25 am
5 45 ac
9 15 az:
NORTHBOUND.
No. 32 No. 56<
Lv Der.mark, 4 17 pm
Lv Orangebnrg, 4 00 pm
Lv Pregnal Is,
Ar Creston,
Lv Creeton, 5 13 pm
Ar Sumter, 6 03 pm
Lv Sumter,
Ar Elliott,
Ar Darliogton,
JDaily except Sunday.
Trains 82 and 35 carry through Pullman
Palace Buffet Sleepicg cars between New
York and Macon via Augusta.
T. M EMERSON, H. M. EMEBSON,
Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Ag .
J. R. EBNLY, Gen'l Manager.
Atlantic Coastline*
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AP
GUSTA RAILROAD.
Condensed Schedule.
Dated April 17, 1893.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Leave Wilmington
Leare Marion
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Arrive Sumter
Leave So m ter
Arrive Colombia
No. 55 No. 35
p. ia.
*3 45
6 34
7 15
p. m. a. m.
*7 -!* *3 25
8 7 4 29
No. 52
8 57 *9 40
10 20 ll 00
No. 62 runs through from Charleston via
Central R. R , leaving Charleston 7 a. m.,
Lanes 8 34 a m, Manning 9 09 a m
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Leave Columbia
Arrive Sumter
Leave Sumter
Arrive Florence
Leave Florence
Leave Marion
Arrive Wilmington
Fo. 54 No. 63
a. m. p. m.
?6 40 *4 00
8 05 5 13
No. 32
a. m. p. m.
8 05 *6 06
; 20 7 20
a. m.
9 50,
10,30
1 15
.Daily. "fDaily except Sunday.
No 53 rues tbroogb to Charleston, S. C.,
via Central R. R., arriving Manning 5 41 p
m, Lanes 6.17 p rn, Charleston 8.00 p m.
Traine on Conway Branch leave Chad bo ors
5 35 p m, arrive Conway 7.40 p m, return
ing leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrive Chao
hourn ll 20 am, leave Chsdbourn 11.60 a rn,
arrive Hub 12.25 p rn, returning leave Hub
3.00 pm, arrive Cbadbourn 3 35 am, Daily
except Sunday.
J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pase. Agent.
~~ ATLANTIC COAST LIME,
North-Eastern R. R. of S. G
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH
Dated No. No. No.
Aol. 17, '99 35* 23* 3*
am pm.
Le Florence 3 25 7 46
Le Kio gs tree 8 55
Ar Lanes 4 33 9 13 pm
Le Lanes 4 33 9 13 6 20
Ar Charleston 6 03 10 50 8 00
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. No. No.
78* 32* 52*
am pm am
Le Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 OG
Ar Lanes 8 03 6 14 8 32
Le Lanes 8 03 6 14
Le Kingstree 8 20
Ar Florence 9 20 7 20
am pm am
?Daily. |Daily except Sunday.
No. 52 rune through to Columbia via Cen
tral R. R. of S. C.
Trains Nos. 78 and 32 roo via Wilson and
Fayetteville-Short Line-aod make close
connection for ii points North.
Trains on C. & D. R. R. leave Florence
daily except Sooday 9 50 a m, arrive Darling
ton 10 15 a m, Hartville 9 15 am, Cberaw
1130 a m, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leave
Florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p m, ar
rive Darlington 8 20 p m, Bennettsville 9 17
p m, Gibson 9 45 p m. Leave Florence
Sunday only 9 30 am. arrive Darlington
10 05 a m
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 00
a m, Bennettsville 7 00 a m, arrive Darling
ton 8 00 a rn, leave Darlington 8 50 a m, ar
rive Florence 9 15 am. Lesve Wadesboro
daily except Sunday 3 CO pm, Cheraw 4 45
pm, Hartsville ? 00 a tn, Darlington 6 29
p rn, arrive Floreuce 7 00 p m. Leave Dar
lington Sunday only 8 50 a m, arrive Flor
ence 9 15 a m.
J. R. KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE,
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Sup't
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
H. M. EMERSON. G^n'l Pass. Apent
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