The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 24, 1899, Image 8

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DEATH ABOARD SHIP. HOW BURIALS AT SEA FROM OCEAN LINERS ARE MANAGED. (Little Ceremony and Hasty Funerals the Rule When Sailors or Steerage Passengers Are the Victims - Ef forts to Cheat the Sharks. There is no place where death is mere unwelcome than on board a passenger steamer, and between the death and burial of a sea traveler the melancholy influence of the event extends to jevery ene on board. The limitations of space axe very likely responsible in part for this, for there is the feeling that nntii the body has been cast into the arms cf the sea there is no getting away from it So spake a man who has crossed the Atlantic ocean many times and who on more than one occasion had been a pas senger on one of the big liners when death had claimed a victim from among those on board. Savors dread a death on board their vessel as much aa anything, and when one occurs they are ali anxiety to ren der the body the last service, and this fact is often responsible ::or the haste and scant consideration* with which burials at sea are too often conducted. But the days of such ceremonies are fast dying, and efforts ar now being made which will permit of the body be ing carried for the remainder of the journey after death and properly buried on land. Even now it is generally only sailors and steerage passengers who are buried at sea, and frequently these are cast to the waves without so much as the ves sel being slowed down and within an hour or two of their death. Often enough a death occurs in a ves sel without the fact becoming known to more than one or two of the crew or steerage passengers. Every effort is made to keep the event secret, and in the stillness of night, when better class passengers are comfortably curled up in "their 'bunks, a little band of men, mov ing like shadows across the deck, bear a body : rcm below, and, while the vessel is plowing the sea, the mortal remains wrapped in canvas or inclosed in a crudely made box, are quietly slipped over the ship's side into the mysterious deep. The presence of a dead body on board has sometimes not even been suspected by the passengers until some one has noticed the sharks that are following, for it is no mere sailor's story that sharks know when a ship contains a corpse. A vessel carrying a dead body and passing through waters frequented by sharks is almost sure to be followed by one or more of those fishes, if it does act outspeed them. Bather than bury a corpse while abarla are following a vessel the captain will sometimes have the bedy placed in the ice chamber and full steam put on fiie engines until the hungry fishes have -dropped astern completely. In one case at least a body was ac tually cremated on board by the cap tain's orders because of the sharks. But sharks are not often obstacles to prompt burial, and, generally speaking, when a death occurs at sea, the body is slip* ped into the water at night -with cone to witness tie proceeding but a couple of the crew and the captain, who reads an abridgment of the service from the prayer book. Tibe manner of burial of course de pends greatly upon the captain's own feelings in respect to the dead, and it must "be acknowledged that these feel ings are in some cases all that they should be. Some captains have the greatest objection to "dumpmg' ' a. dead body into the sea and, when it is un avoidable, will do their uttermost to conduct the ceremony wits all possible reverence and respect Por all that, there is always the feel ing of the ship's crew aM the melan choly effect of the presence of a corpse to'be reckoned with, and the argument that more consideration is due to the living than the dead-often prompts a captain to **dump" a steerage passenger in the dead of night without mention ing the event to more .than a couple of sands. Thus it often happens that while a .concert or a private theatrical perform ance is going on in the saloon the cap tain is engaged making arrangements for the burial of some unfortunate crea ture The "Change of Afar* Cure. ."There is no sense," said a New York physician, who has passed the days when he must practice even if he does not wish to, "in the haphazard way n which, a patient as sent away from diome to ^exhaust his strength and spend his money in the jope that a change.of air will do him good. There is no use in sending a persen away to die. "Many physicians are not .at all con siderate about this sort of thing. There .are some cas s in -which the influence of climate is a potent factor in the treatment of certain diseases, but not .half so many.of them as is generally ?supposed. Quiet and rest at home, plen ty of sunshine, good food and {iure air are worth far more than a change of climaie, that is so often recommended .as a cs re all. "-Xew York Herald. Condensed. "Do jon buy condensed milk, raid ato?'' "I presume that we must, but I never thought of it before. I always order two quarts and pay for i.wo quarts, bui st never measures more than three pints."-Detroit Free Press. Exile Necessary. Doctor--Your husband must have complete rest. Wife-I know it. I talk to him seven or eight hours every day so as to keep his mind off business. Doctor-On second thought, madam. I conclude that the one chance for your husband is to take him to the hospital with instructions that noone but the trained nurse and myself be admitted. ^=|Mroit Free Press. THE PHONOGRAPH. I Some of the Puzzles That the Inter esting: Invention Presents. "There are lots of mysterious things about the phonograph that puzzle even those who are most familiar with their mechanism," remarked a gentleman who has had long experience in the talking machine business. "As a mat ter of fact, no scientist has ever been able to explain exactly why the thing talks. They say a 'duplicate vibration' is set np, bnt when yon pin them down they all are obliged to admit that they don't know why the operation of the transmitter should produce any such result. Then, again, the difficulty in re cording certain tones has always been a puzzle. "The most improved form of the ma chine has, as you know, an extremely large cylinder, nearly four times the size of the ordinary one, and for some unknown reascn it very materially in creases the volume of sound. It would seem, then, to be a logical inference that the bigger the cylinder the louder the tone, and, proceeding on that theory, a very bright young electrician of this city started the other day to build an instrument that was really gigantic. "He put it together without much trouble and made an experimental cyl inder nearly a foot in diameter. I was present when i!; was tested. Every part of the machine worked perfectly, and a beautifully engraved record was secur ed, but when the transmitter was at tached we were astonished to find that the sound was barely audible. As near ly as we could figure it out the tone was magnified, up to a certain point by making the cylinder larger, but beyond that the process was reversed, and it was progressively diminished. Queer, wasn't it?"-New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat. THE FRENCH MENAGE. Complaint That It Is Sot the Model Affair Claimed For lt. An English writer who has evidently suffered inveighs rather severely against the long extolled thrift of the French housekeeper, which, if it be thrift, is, according to his notion, pernicious economy. He considers the meager messes served and reserved until the last scrap is consumed which make up the course dinner of the French people most ' unsatisfactory and far from ap- j petizing. ''It has been said, ' ' he quotes, "that a French housekeeper will serve a grilled chicken foct, making it a sub stantial course." This he denies-not the service, but the substantial part of it As to the soup of the provincial French home, he asserts it is not a thing to be described by the uninitiated, and it is certainly not meant for a deli cate palate. It tastes like hot water in which quantities of cabbage have been boiled. "Then," he goes on to affirm, "the only dish of meat will often con sist of that which has been used in the making of the soup. " This testimony is borne out by Amer ican travelers, who get very tired of soup meat as a dinner dish. For the flavoring and finishing of a dish the French are doubtless unsurpassed, but the allegation that the sance is made more important than the substantial and that the garnishing takes prece dence over the dish it surrounds is not without considerable foundation. The well known story of the French cook who won a wager by serving a boot heel scraped and stewed and simmered and finally served with an entrancing sauce is a good illustration of much French cooking. Census Taking In China. In-china census methods are simple. They don't have much trouble to take a census there. When the time for mak ing a count of the families and their individual members comes around, the head of each house is compelled by law to write on a slip of paper the number of individuals living with him and the nam of each person. The authorities layiparticular stress upon correct spell ing, and there 3 a severe penalty at tached to any misrepresentation either as io the number of persons or their names. This obviates in the beginning the ^wrestling with unpronounceable names, which helps to make life inter esting for the American census taker, and reduces the enumeration of the population of a Chinese city to a very simple process. Sensitive Clocks. A Lewiston (Me.) merchant has in his store an old fashioned clock which is peculiarly sensitive. It sometimes stops, and if any one steps into thu store or goes by it will start again, and if a horse steps on a certain spot ia the street it will start. A man who happened to notice it and who had one like it himself said that his would not run after he had started his furnace in the fall In the spring, after he ceased to keep a fire, it would run all right. Great Lover of Water. The Siamese are more devoted to the water than .any other nation in the world. They are nearly always bath ing, generally <with their clothes on, and they never go anywhere by land if they can possibly go by water. The streets of Bangkok are like those of Venice, and the inhabitants say that their idea of paradise would bc a town with canals where ibere were currents in both directions, so that they might be spared the effort of rowing. Just Where ile WAS Wine. Solomon is reported to have been a ma ,of great wisdom, bnt we have no record of his ever having been ques tioned hy a 6-year-old child.-Sr. Louis Star. New formed lakes, canals, etc., of- ! ten become mysteriously populated with i fish. This is believed to be effected by j birds which, having been feeding on i sh ppawn elsewhere, alight in the new J waters and droji some of the spawn | icm their i The Smart Yonng Wife. Yonng Mr. and. Mrs. Smith were pre paring to make a visit to friends for a few days. Their baby was only 2 months old, but was an important member of the family just the same. Mr. Smith was np stairs and Mrs. Smith down stairs, putting on her things and get ting ready to start. "Hubby," she called >nt to her better half on the floor above, *:5 ease bring me my gloves ! They are r/ 2g on the dresser. And bring ma my overshoes and veil and that hatpin lying on'top of the chifamier and a few of those animal crackers for baby, and don't forget the baby's toothbrush." Poor hubby had a hard time finding everything his wife wanted. He was a long while making his appearance and finally his wife called to bim, "What is keeping you, dear?" "Oh, that confounded toothbrush for baby! I have everything but that." Then Mrs. Smith laaghed. "Yon silly duck," said she, "did you not know that I was only joking? The baby, bless her dear little heart, hasn't a tooth to her name." That was why hubby got so mad and "said things" as he was coming down stairs. A man never likes to have a joke played on him by his wife.-Pittsburg Chronicle. A Real Bottomless Pit. Few indeed are they who have pene trated to the innermost recesses of Wil lis' cave-to the great rotunda where the icy water of the "big spring" takes a leap into the midnight blackness of the "bottomless pit." The entrance to the cave is at the summit of a hill near Versailles, Ind. Bider Haggard, in his imaginary pic tures of underground horrors, has told nothing that would equal the true story ! which a single misstep would furnish I in Willis' cave. A stream of water pours from the rock, and, pursuing a j devions underground channel for a j qnarter of a mile, emerges into a vast chamber with a slanting, slippery floor inclining to a sink hole in the center. Down this hole the stream pours and is lost forever. By means of ropes and weights the sink hole has been sounded to a depth of 400 feet, and still the bottom has not been reached. The room is surrounded by a narrow ledge of rock, on which daring explorers have made a complete circuit. One step off the ledge upon the slippery floor would mean almost instant death in the bot tomless pit. Consumption and Fresh Air. It is a matter of common knowledge, says an English exchange, that the late Sir Andrew Clarke cured himself of consumption by living as much as pos sible in the open air. The principle in volved has since been generally recog nized by the medical profession, with the result that the old bad practice of keeping consumptives in warm, stuffy rooms has been almost entirely aban doned. It is fresh air which is mainly responsible for the cures worked at such places as Davos, where the patients spend 14 hours a day ont of doors, breathing cold, bracing mountain air, while they are exhilarated by bright sunshine. The result is that each dis eased spot in the lungs is cut off from the healthy tissue by a ring of stretched cells, across which disease germs can not pass, and so the malady is arrested until the strengthened body can over come it. Mr. Choate's first speech in London has elicited some criticism here because of the tone of levity in it. He spoke of our fondness for twisting the lion's tail, eta But the speech pleased his audi tors and was generally praised by the English press. The St. James Gazette says that the most noticeable thing about the speech was the fact that Brother-Jonathan has become conscious of his imperial destiny. But it should be added that he doesn't get tiresome over it Odd bits of gossip are continually circulating about the Princess of Wales, whose temper appears to be sub ject to continual changes. The latest story is that she is strongly inclined, to ward Catholicism, and that this has ore than once brought on a disagree ment with the prince. Sot So Bad. 'Dotty Thimble rushed np the stairs toLucy Cleary's room and burst through the door. "He isn't such a fool, after alli" she exclaimed. "Who isn't?" asked Lucy wonder ingly. "That Gerald Thompson." Lucy's lip cnrled. "What makes yon Shink so?" she asked. " 'Cause he kept us all guessing for three hours at Maria Eveson's library party last night." "Did he? How?" ."He came in with a bicycle lock tied on his shoe. " "What dirt that mean?" '?'That's what none of ns could make ont nntil it was time to go, and then he told us and it was sosimplo lie made ns all feel like fools." "What book was it tlint he represent ed V*' "Lecke 'On the Human Understand ing.' He's coming over to call tomorrow eight."-Detroit Frc*; Press. Worse Than Xot Stopping?. An Englishman traveling in Mary land had occasion to investigate the running tim : of iho trains that passed through the small place where he was stopping. Carefully searching a time table ht- fotrad apparently that there Won i ri be an express train due at -1 o'clock that afternoon. The English man was on dint: with his grip, etc., and so was the express train. Tli2 in tending passenger watched it approach and thunder by thestation attopspeed. The traveler was annoyed, and, turn ing to a colored man who si*od near, remarked : "That train didn't stop!" "No, sir," replied the colo, vd citizen cheerfully; "didn't ev'n hes'tate.'* FROM COLUMBIA TO SAVANNAH. What a "Man Who Knows" Has to Say. The Atlanta Journal saya : A man who knows said this morn ing : "I have it straight from the chief engineer of the Southern railway that contracts have been let for the building of a road from Columbia, S. C , to Savannah Ever since the Seaboard Air Line got possession of the Florida Central and Peninsular road it bas been rumored that the Southern would build a line from Columbia to Savannah, but in many quarters it was doubted. "Bat it is going to be done, cc-i tain The distance is from 150 to 200 miles, and it will take a pile of money to do it, but the Southern seems bound to have a line in and out of Savannah. This new railroad will prove a great developer of southwestern South Carolina, and is bound to pay io time, for it will traverse some of the most fertile and populous counties in the Palmetto State "The first railroad in this country was buiit in South Carolina, and the last one heard of up to date is about to be built there. "She is about the smartest, most progressive, gamest little State to her inches in this country, and everybody who ie anybody glories ia her grand record and her spunk. Successful Physicians. We heartily recommend Dr. Hathaway Co. pf 22^ S Broad St., Atlanta, Ga., a3 bein per fectly reliable and remarkably successful in tbc treatment of chronic diseases of men and women They cure when others fa . Our readers if in need of medical help should certainly write I these eminent doctors and you will receive a free ! sud expert opinion of your case by return ma? without cost. A BIG GUN. The Largest Cannon in the World Now Building. Tbs largest gan io (hs world is now beiog constructed by the United States government at the Watervliet arsenal ac it will be ready for the firing test io September The gao bas a oalibre of 16 inches, is 50 feet long and weighs 125 tons Its charge of powder and shot will weigh 2,400 pounds, and it is estimated that the muzsle velocity of the projectile will be equal to 84,000 tons, or the equivalent of the ramming energy of the battleship Oregon cov ing at a tpeed of 14 knots au hoar. lt is safe to say, however, that the government will not build soy more goos of this 8 Z3, for the reason that they do cot give satisfactory results, and Great Britain has already ceased building them. The recent war with Spain demonstrated the faot that the most destructive weapons are guns of smaller calibre, such, for iostaooe, as the 4. 5, 6, 8 and 10 inch rifles. The Pittsburg Post bas this to say of the tig gan at Watervliet arsenal : 'The steel ignot from which the main tube ts constructed was oast at South Bethieheim and weighed 222, 230 pounds In order to assemble the various parts of the new gun, it was necessary to build a new plant at Watervliet. The gun will bo larger than any German, French or English gun in length, weight, bore, velocity and penetration, lt will be mounted as part of the defensive system of New York harbor, perhaps in a turret on a foundation to artificially built op on the the R mer shoals. These shoals, as is well koowo, are a little inside of Sandy Hook, and a fort built up on them will be in a direct line with the Sandy Hook defenses and those on the opposite side at Plum island. The 16 inch gun was ! a favorite with the late chief of ord , nanoo, General Flagler, who urged it I for years, using every argument in its j favor." - -? - ?? tm Andrew Carnegie is now confronted with a great problem-how to spend a hundred million dollars. Julian Haw thorne suggests that he devote 50, 000,000 of it to tracsporticg the negroes from this oountry to Brazil, thus doing great good for both races. Pans, May 18-The entire force of postmen in Paris went out on strike here this morning ewing to the failure in the senate of a bili passed by the chamber of deputies to in ciea8e the carriers' wages. The whole postal service of the city was tied up, 3,000 men being idle and no mail even reaching the foreign embassies. - g. -Ul I Bishop Joseph Key will preside at tho next S. C. Conference of Metho dists at Orangeburg in December. Many old soldiers now feel 'he effects of ! the bard service they endured during tbe war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson, of Rosaville, Vork county, Peno., who saw tbe hardest kind of service at tbe front, is DOW frequent ly troubled with rheumatism. "I had a severe attack lately," be save, "sod procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It did so much good th .t would like to know what jou would charge me fer one dozen bottles " Mr. Anderson wanted it both for bis own use and to supply it to his friends and neighbors, every family should have a bottle of it ia their borne, not only for rheu matism, tut lams back, sprains, swellings, Cits, braises and burns, *br which it is un equalled. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. SITUATION IN CUBA. Surrender! of Arms to May ors of Cities Was Agreed to By the President's Rep resentative. Habana, May 19.-Habana is in a ferment again over the idea that the Washington administration has deter mined to take the arma of the Cuban troops and to retain them in military possession This view of the latest news from Washigton has been tele graphed to the various cities. Gov Geo Brooke is thus far una ware, save through the press tele grams, of any dissatisfaction on the part of Gen. Alger, secretary of war, with his (Gen. Bcoke's) plan to have the arms deposited in the care of the mayors of the municipalities, nor has he received any other inkling of the secretary's purpose to lay the matter before President McKinley Conse quently, unless instructions to the contrary are received from the Wash ington administration, the governor general's order respecting the distri bution of the $3,000,000 as modified, will be issued tomorrow The secre tary of war has been.informed of the substance of this order, ic the usual coorse of business. Habana's midday papers publish the Washington news, some of them commenting editorially upon it As the point about where the arms are to be kept appears to be thought of vital importance in Washington, the conviction announced there that the mayors cannot be trusted with them is a cause of fresh discontent, just at the moment when the various com plications appeared to be unraveled. The mayors are the appointees of the governor general, and when the military assembly dissolved, they were made its representatives to re ceive the arms Article 4 of the agreement between Gen Gomez and Robert P Porter, President McKinley's special repre sentative, runs as follows : "The Cubans shall surrender their arms to the Cuban assembly or to its repre sentatives." Gen Gomez, who at the time of coming to the agreement with Mr. Porter had not quarreled with the assembly, insisted upon this point Since the quarrel, he bas again raised the point repeatedly, saying also that Mr Porter brought full written au thority from President McKinley and, in the president's name, agreed that the arms should go into the custody of the assembly or its representatives. At Monday night's meeting of the society of veterans of independence - organized by former members of the assembly-the speakers dilated upon article 4, asserting bad faitb, the president's plenipotentiary hav ing agreed to deposit the arms with the representatives of the assembly while, through the connivance of Gomez, they were to be surrendered to the American army. La Discussion says : "Secretary Alger appears ts wish to provoke a conflict here He is more distin guiehed in the United States as a business man than as a politician, and his relations with certain syndicates are weil known. He opposes every thing that Cuba wants and favors everything theft would cause feeling and provoke excitement. His atti tude prompts the question, what doea be want ? Does he desire a war here similar to that in the Phil ippines ? We are forced to believe that he only approves what is unsatis factory to Coba." Cubans of prominence object to talking for publication on the subject, j but wherever they have been inter viewed, they say, without exception, that such an order as is referred to in the press dispatches from Washing ton would cause much trouble ard would still further separate Cuta from the United States Suicide by poison is not more censurable than by refusal to core yourself of Female Trouble with Simmoos Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. The Colportage Library t ^ POPULAR BOOKS FOR GENERAL READING Stories, Addresses, Poetry ric] Se rm o rv 3 Cach book a Complete i6mo Volume, contain mir aboat i 5 pages, printed in Large clear type, tnd ls bound in Attractive paper covers. 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Select Poema. New subscribers to the WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON, or old subscribers not in arrears, who pa}7 for one year in advance, will be preseDted with any book they may select from the above list. The book will be delivered postage paid to any address in the United States, Canada or Mexico. Coii of Wi Caronia. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In sleet November 20th, 1298. SOUTHBOUND. No. 35 No bli Lv Darlington, 8 02 am Lv Elliott, 8 45 am Ar Sumter, 9 25 am Lv Sumter, 4 29 am Ar Creston, 5 17 am Lv Crestgn, 5 45 am Ar Pregnalis, 0 15 am Ar Orange^crg, 5 40 am Ar Denmark. 6 12 am NORTHBOUND. No. 32 No. 58$ Lv Denmark, 4 17 pm Lv Orangebure, 4 CO pm Lv Pregnalle," 10 00 am Ar Creston, 3 50 pm Lv Cretton, 5 13 pm Ar Sumter, 6 03 pm Lv Sumter, 6 40 pm Ar Elliott, 7 20 pm Ar Darlington, 8 05 pm jDail7 except Sunday. Trains 82 and 35 carry tbroogh F oilman Palace Buffet Sleeping cars between New York and Macon via Angosta. T. M. EMERSON, H. M. EMERSON, Trame Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt. J, R. ..ENLY. Gen'l Manager. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND A& GUSTA RAILROAD. Condensed Schedule. Dated April 17. 1893. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Ko. 55 No. 35 p. ia. Leave Wilmington *3 45 Leave Marion [6 34 Arrive Florence 7 15 p. m. a. m. Leave Florence *7 45 *3 25 Arrive Sumter 8 17 4 29 No. 52 Leave Sumter 8 57 *9 40 Arrive Colombia 10 20 11 00 No. 52 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. No. 54 No. 53 a. m. p. m. Leaee Columbia *6 40 *4 00 Arrive Sumter 8 05 5 13 No. 32 a. m. p. m. Leave Sumter 8 05 *6 06 Arrive Florence [9 20 7 20 a. m. Leave Florence 9 60^ Leave Marion 10 30 Arrive Wilmiogtoc 1 15 *Da:lj. fDaily except Sunday. No. 53 mos tbroogh to Charleston, S. C. r via Central R. R., arriving Mannings 41p m, Lanes 6-17 p m, Charleston 8 CO p m. Train8on Conway Branch leave Cnadbourn? 5.35 p m, arrive Conway 7.40 p m, return ing leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrivo Chad* booro ll 20 am, leave Chad boura ll 50 a rn arrive Hub 12 25 p m, returning leave Hub 3.00 pm, arriveChadbourn 3.35 am, Daily except Sunday. J. R. KEN LY, Gen' ! Manager. T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. U. EMERSON, Gen'l Paes. Agent ATLANTIC COAST LINE, North-Eastern R. B. of S. C CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH Dated No. No. No. Apl. 17, '99. 35* 23* 53* am pm Le Florence 3 25 7 45 Le Eiogstree 3 55 Ar Lanes 4 33 913 pm Le Lanes 4 33 9 13 6 2G Ar Cha rles'con 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 00 Ar Lanes 8 03 6 14 8 32 Le Lanes 8 93 6 14 Le Kingstree 8 20 Ar Florence 9 20 7 20 am pm am Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Cen tral R. R. of S. 0. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayetteville-Short Line-and make dos connection for all points North. Trains on C. * *D. R. R. leave Florence daily except Sunday 9 50 a j arrive Darling ton 10 15 a nc, Hartsvills 9 15 am, Cheraw ll 30 a m, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leave Florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p ra, ar rive Darlington 8 20 p m, Bencettsvdle 9 17 pm, 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, Bencettsville 7 00 a m, arrive Darling ton 8 00 a rn, leave Darlington 8 50 a m, ar rife Florence 9 15 am. Leave Wadesboro daily escept Sunday 3 CO pm, Cbe-aw 4 45 p m, Hartsville 7 CO a m, Darlington 6 29 p rn, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leive Dar lington Sunday only 8 50 a rn, arr.ve Flor ence 9 1S a m. J. R. KENLEY, JNO. f. DIVINE, Gef,'l Maneger. Gen*! Suo't T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manaor H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. 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