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IN HIS STEPS. 3 esas B.v Charles M. Sheldon. Gvpyr?Sbted ar..-* pubZ?he? in b< ok form by ike Actccnee Publishing (.<<. of ?ftic&go. ts - - --?AA VA A/\ ^- . S % "Thank God! I hope it is tree," ex? claimed Henry Maxwell "Marsh, we are in danger here. Do yon realise our ?tuatien ? We ought to get tho ladies to a place of safety.r' "That is true," said Marsh gravely. At that moment a shower of stones and other missiles fell over them. The nar? row street and sidewalk in front of them were completely choked with the worst elements of the Rectangle. "This looks serious. " said Maxwell. With Marsh and Rollin and Dr. West he started to go forward through the small opening, Virginia. Rachel and Loreen following close and sheltered by the men, who now realized something ?? their danger. The Rectangle was drunk and enraged. It saw in Daniel Marsh and Henry Maxwell two of the leaders in the election contest who had perhaps robbed them of their beloved saloon. "Down with the aristocrats!" shout? ed a shrill voice, more like a woman's Ulan a man's. A shower of mud and stones followed. Rachel remembered afterward that iRollin jumped directly in: front of her and received on his head and chest a number of blows that would probably ?ave struck her if he had not shielded her from them. And just then, before the police reached them. Loreen darted forward at the side of Virginia and pushed her aside, looking up and screaming. It -was so sudden that no one had time to catch the face of the one who did it. But out of the upper window of a room .ver the very saloon where Loreen had .orne out a week before some one had thrown a heavy bottle. It struck Loreen ?n the head, and she fell to the ground. Tirginia turned and instantly kneeled "own by her. The police officers by that time had reached the little company. Donald Marsh raised his arm and shouted over the howl that was begin? ning to rise from the wild beast in the mob. "Stop! You've killed a woman!" j The announcement partly sobered the j crowd. "Is it true?" Henry Maxwell asked as Dr. West kneeled on the other side of Loreen, supporting her. "She's dying ! ' ' said Dr. West briefly. ? Loreen opened her eyes and smiled at Tirginia. Virginia wiped the blood . from her face and then bent over and kissed her. Loreen smiled again, and ; the next moment her soul was in para- i dise. ! And yet this is only one weman out ! ?f thousands killed by this drink devil j .rowd back now, ye sinful men and women in this filthy street ! Let this august dead form be borne through your stupefied sobered ranks. She was ene of your cwn children. The Rectan- ; gie had stamped the image of the beast ? on her. Thank him who died for sin- i Hers that the other image of a new soul ' now shines out of her pale clay. Crowd j back! Give them room! Let her pass : reverently, followed and surrounded by j the weeping, awestruck company of I .hristians. Ye killed her, ye drunken J Murderers! And yet, and yet. O Chris- ! tian America, who killed this woman? j Stand back ! Silence there ! A woman j has been killed ! Who ? Loreen, child of j tbe streets-poor, drunken, vile sinner ! ! # Lord God, how long '! Yes : the saloon killed her-thai is. the voters in Chris? tian America who license the saloon. And the judgment day only shall de- i clare who was the murderer of Loreen. I CHAPTER VII. He that fol?oweth ms shall not vralk in dark- ? acas. The body of Loreen lay in state at the Page mansion on the avenue. It j was Sunday morning, and the clear. : sweet air. just beginning to breathe j over the city the perfume of opening blossoms in the woods and fields, swept j .ver the cask; t from one of the open ? windows at th'- oral of the grand hall. The church boils were ringing, and tho ? people on the avenue going by to serv- | ice turned curious, inquiring looks up at the great house and went cn. talking .f the recent events which had so strange]y < ntered into and made history ki the :ity. At the First church Henry Maxwell bearing on hi* face marl:.- <-f the scene he had been through the night before, confronted ari immense congregation and spoke of it with a passion anda power that came so naturally out of th? profound experiences < ? the day be? fore that his people felt for him some? thing of the old feeling of pride they once had in his dramatic delivery. Only this was a different attitude, and all through his impassioned appeal this morning there was a note of sadness and rebuke and .-tern condemnation that made many of thr> members pale with self accusation or with inward an;i? r. Fur Raymond Lad awakened that morning to the fact that the city had gonefor license, after all The rumor at the Rectangle that tl;*- second and third wards had gone no license proved to be false It was true that the victory was won by a very meager majority, but the result was the same as if it had been overwhelming. Raymond had voted to continue another year the sa? loon. The Christians of Raymond stood condemned by the result More than a hundred ( 'hristians, professing disciples, had failed to go to the polls, and many more tfian that number had voted with the whisky men. If all the church membersof Raymond had voted against the saloon, it would today be outlawed instead of crowned king of the munici pairey- xnat na a be< n tue fac? is Ka mond for y< ars. The saloon ruled: 2 ono denied thar. What would tl. sus d And th . woman who had been brute j ly strm '.: .' by the very hand th j had assisted :??.> eagerly to work h I earthly ruin-what of her*? Wasitan j thing more than the logical sequence j the whole horrible system of licen that for another year the saloon th received her so often and compassed h degradation, from whose very spot tl weapon had been hurled that struck h dead, would by the law which tl Christian pecple of Raymond voted support open its doors, perhaps tomo row, and damn with earthly and etem destraction a hundred Loreens befo: the year had drawn to its bloody clos< All this, with a voice that rang ai trembled and broke in sobs of anguis for the result, did Henry Maxwell pon out upon his people that Sunday mon ing, and men and women wept as h j spoke. Donald Marsh sat there, hi j usual erect, handsome, firm, brighl self confident bearing all gone, hi I head bowed upon his breast, the gres j tears rolling down his cheeks, unminc ful of the fact that never before had h ! shown outward emotion in a publi service. Edward Norman near by sat with his clear cut, keen face erect, bu his lip trembled and he clutched the en of the pew with a feeling of emotioi that struck deep into his knowledge o the truth as Maxwell spoke of it. Xi man had given or suffered more to in fiuence public opinion that last wee] than Norman. The thought that th' Christian conscience had been arouse* too late or too feebly lay with a weigh of accusation upon the heart of th< editor. What if he had beguu to d. as Jesus would long ago? Who coull tell what might h . "3 been accomplished by this time? And up in the chou Rachel Winslow, with her face bowec on the railing of the oak screen, gav< way to a feeling she had not yet al? lowed to master her. but it so unfitted her for her part that when Henry Max? well finished and she tried to sing thc closing solo after the prayer her voice broke, and for the first time in her lift she was obliged to sit down sobbing and unable to go on. Over the church in the silence that followed this strange scene, sobs and the noise of weeping arose. When had the First church yielded to such a bap? tism of tears 2 What had become of its regular, precise, cold, conventional or? der of service, undisturbed by any vul? gar emotion and unmoved by any fool? ish excitement? But the people had lately had their deepest convictions touched. They had been living so long on their surf ace* feelings that they had almost forgotten the deeper wells of life. Now that they had broken to the surface the people were convinced of the meaning of their discipleship. Henry Maxwell did not ask this morning for volunteers to join those who had already pledged to do as Jesus would, but when the congregation had finally gone and he had entered the lec? ture room it needed but a glance to show him that the original company of followers had been largely increased. The meeting was tender. It glowed with the Spirit's presence; it wan alive with strong and lasting resolve to begin a war on the whisky power of Ray? mond that would break its reign. 'Since the first Sunday when the first company of volunteers had pledged themselves to do as Jesus would do the different meet? ings had been characterized by distinct impulses or impressions. Today the en? tire force of the gathering seemed to be directed to this one large purpose. It was a meeting full of broken prayers, of contrition, confession, of strong yearning for a new and better city life, and all through it ran the ono general erv for deliverance from the saloon and its awful curse. But if the First church was deeply stirred by the events of the week gone the Rectangle also felt moved strongly in its own way. The death of Loreen was not in itself so remarkable a fact. It was her recent acquaintance with the people from the city that lilted her into special prominence and surrounded her death with more than ordinary im? portance. P^very one in the Rectangle knew that Loreen w;is at this moment lyiriLC in tho Page mansion up on the avenue. Exaggerated reports of the magnificence of the casket had already furnished material for eager gossip. Tiio Rectangle was excited to know the details of the funeral. Would it be public? What did Miss Pa;re intend to do? Tho Rectangle had never before mingled even in this distantly personal manner with th'.' aristocracy on the boulevard. Th'- opportunities for doing I so wero no: frequent. Gray and los wife were besieged by inquiries as to j what Loreen's friends and acquaint- i anet's were expected to d') in paying I their last respects to her. fir her ac- 1 quaintance '.vas lar;;-", and many of the ? recent converts w< r . among her friends. ? St? that is how it happened Monday afternoon at the tent that the funeral ? service of Loreen was held before an immense audience that choked the {.?ni . and overflowed beyond all previous ; bounds. Gray had gone t<> Virginia, ? and after tal! ing it over with her ;md Henry Maxwell the arrangements hud ; been made "1 aiu and always have boen opposed jtolarge public funerals." said (?ray. whose complete, wholesome simplicity of character was one of its great sources ; of strength, "bat the cry of the poor j creatures who knew Loreen is so earnest that I do not know how to refuse their J ! desire to see her and pay her poor body j some last ii trio iir>nor. Waat ac think. Mr. Maxwell ? I will bo gui by your judgment in the matter. ? sure that whatever yon and Miss I think is best will be right. " '.I feel as yoa do." replied Mr. y: weil ""Under most cirenmstanc? have a great dista>te for what st like display at srtch times, bnt ' s -ems dil: rent. The people at the 1 tangie will not cora-' h.?-ra toaserv I think the most Christian thing , be to let them have the servie'? at tent. Do yon think so, "Virginia?" "Yes." said Virginia sadly. soul! Ido not know but that some t: I shall know she gave her life for mi We certainly cannot and will not the occasion for vulgar display, h r friends be allowed the gratifient of their wishes. ? see no harm in it. So the arrangements were made w somc difficulty for the service at tent, and Virginia, with her uncle i Rollin, accompanied by Henry M well. Rachel. President Marsh and quartet from the First church, w< down and witnessed one of the strai scenes of their lives. It happened tl that afternoon a noted newspaper c respondent was passing through R: mend on his way to an editorial c< vention in a neighboring city. He he; cf the contemplated service at the t< and was present that afternoon. 1 description of it was written in a gra] ic style that caught the attention very many readers tho next day. fragment of his account belongs to t part of the history of Raymond : "There was a very unique and r usual funeral service held here this a ernoon at the tent of an evangeli Rev. John Gray, down in the slum c trict known as the Rectangle. Tho < casion was caused by the killing of woman during an election riot last SJ urday night. It seems she had bec n : cently converted during the evang- lis meetings and was killed while retu: ing from one of the meetings in co: pany with ether converts and some her friends. She was a common strc drunkard, and yet the services at t tent were as impressive as any 1 ev witnessed in a metropolitan church ov the most distinguished citizen. "In the first place, a most exquis: anthem was sung by .a trained ch ?ir. struck me. of course, being a strang to the place, with considerable astonis mont to hear voices like those one ns nrally expects to hear only in gie churches or concerts at such a ra. -ariz as this, but tho most remarkable pa of the music was a solo sting by a sl r: ingly beautiful young wotnan. a Mi Winslow, who. if I rem; tuber right], is the young singer who was sought f by Crandal, the manager of Nation Opera, and who for some reason reins' to accept his ofter to go cn the stag She had a most wonderful manner i singing, and everybody was weepir before she had sung a cozen word That, of course, is not so strange a effect to bo produced at a funeral ser ice, but the voice itself was one of tr thousand. I understand Miss Winslo sings in the First church and cou] probably command almost any salary ; a public singer. She will pro! ably 1 heard from soon. Such a voice cord win its way anywhere. "The service, aside from the singini was peculiar. The evangelist, a man < apparently very simple, unassumin style, spoke a few words, and he wa followed by a fin" looking man. the Rex Henry Maxwell, pastor of th-- Fir. church of Raymond. Mr. Maxwei spoke of the fact that tue dead woma: had been fully prepared to go, but h spoke in a peculiarly sensitive mann'' of the effect cf the liquor business o: the lives of men and women like tai one. Raymond, of course, being a rail road town and tho center of tho grea packing interests for this region, is fal of saloons. I caught from the minister" remarks that he had only recently changed his views in regard to license He certainly mado a very striking an< yet it was in no sense an inappropriate address for a funeral. "Then followed what was perhap: the queer part of this strange service The wemen in the tent, at least a larg* part of them np near the coffin, begai to sing in a soft, tearful way. 'I wa: a wandering sheep. ' "Then, while tho singing was goinc on, one row of women stood up anc walked slowly past the casket, and a: they went by each one placed a ?o wei of some kind on it. Then they sat down, and another row filed past, leaving their flowers. All the time the singing continued softly, like rain on a tem cover when the wind is gentle, it was one of tho simplest and at trie sam? time ene of the most impressive sight? I ever witnessed. The sides of the tent were up. and hundreds of people who could not get in stood outside? all as still as death, with wonderful sadness and solemnity for such rough looking people. There ina,--* have been a hun? dred of these women, and 1 was told many of them had been converted at the meetings justrecently. I cannot de? scriba the effect ot that singing. Not a man sang a note, ail women's voices, and so soft and y. t. so distinct tia;: the effect was st:, rt lin-. **The service closed with another solo hy Miss Winslow, who sang 'There wc" - ninety and nine.' and then the < v:mg< Hst asi: d them ali how their heads while he prayed, i was obliged, ii: order to catch my train, to leave during the prayer, and \h \ ha t view 1 caught of the scene as the train-.-went by the shops was a sight of tie' great crowd pouring out of the tent and forming in otx'u ranks while tho cofiin was borne out by six of the women, lt is a long time since I have s??. n such a picture in this unj/o tical republic." If Loreen's fan ral impressed a pass? ing stranger like this, it is not diuienlt to imagine the profound feelings of those who had been so intimately con? nected willi r lifo and d a th. Noth? ing had ever entered the Rectangle that had moved it sodeepiy as Loreen"sbody in that cof-in. and the ll..ly Spirit seemed t<? bless with special power the use of this senseless clay, for that night at the meeting he swept more than a score of lost souls, mostly women, into the fold of the Good Shepherd. lt sn< Iel bo saiei fiore mat iienry Maxwell's statement concerning tho opening of the saloon from whose win? dow Loreen liad been killed proved nearly exactly true: it was formally dos- cl Monday and Tuesday while the authorities arrested the proprietor, charged with the rn" rd r. but nothing could be proved against any one. and before Saturday of that week the saloon wasiunningas regularly as ever. No ono<-n the earth was ev< r punished by earthly court ;ior the murder of Loreen. No one in all Raymond, including the Rectangle; felt Lora n's death more keenly than Yirgmia. lt came like a distinct ] ' rsonal loss toter. That short week while Lore n had be, n in her home had opened'? Virginians heart to a new life. She was talking ir over with Rac bel the day aft! r the funeral. ?i;< y were sitting in the hall of the Page mansion. ..I am going to do something with my money to help these women to a better life. " Virginia looked over to the end of the hall where the day before Loreen's body had lain. **I have decid? ed on a good pian, as it seems to me. I have talked it over with Rollin. He will devote a large part of his money to the same plan." "How much money have you, Vir? ginia, to give in this way?" asked Rachel Once she would never have asked such a personal question. Now it seemed as natural to talk frankly about money as about anything else that be? longed to God. j "I have available for use at least $450.000. Rollin has as much more. It is ono of his bitter regrets now that his extravagant habits of life before his j conversion practically threw away half that father 1< ft him. Weare both eager J to make all the reparation in our pow? er. 'What would Jesns do with this ! money?' We want to answer that ques? tion honestly and wisely. The money I j shall put into The News is. I am con fident. in line with Jesus' probable ac? tion. It is as necessary that we have r? ; daily Christian paper in Raymor : especially now that we have the s doon influence to meer, as it is to have a church or a college. So I am satisfied : that the $500,000 that Mr. Norman will know how to use so well will be a powerful factor in Raymond to do as Jesus would do. ."About my other plan. Rachel. I want yon to work with me. Rollin and I are going to buy up a large part of the property in the Rectangle. The field where the tent now i> has been in liti? gation for years. We mean to secure the entire tract as soon as the courts have settled the title. For some time I have been making a specal study of the various fe>rms of college settlements and resident methods of Christian work and institutional church work in the heart of great city slums. I do not know that I have yet been able to tell just what is the wisest and most effective kind of work that can be done in Raymond, but I do know this much-my money (I mean God's, which he wants me to use) can build wholesome lodging houses, refuges for poor women, asy? lums for shopgirls, safety for many and many a lost girl like Loreen. And I do not want to ba simply a dispenser of this money. God help me: I do want to put myself into tho problem. But do you know. Rachel, I he. ve a fer ling all the time that all that limitless money and limitless personal sacrifice can possibly do will not really lessen very much the awful c< editions at the Rectangle as Jong as the saloon is legally established there. I think that is true of any Christian work now be? ing carried on in any great city. The saloon furnishes material to be saved faster than the settlement or residence or rescue mission work can save it. ' ' Virginia suddenly rose and paced the hall. Rachel answered sadly and yet with a note of hope in her voice : <4It is true: but. oh. Virginia, what a wonderful amount of happiness and power can corni? out of this money! And the saloon cannot always remain here. The time must come when the Christian force in the city will triumph. " Virginia paused near Rachel, and her pale, earnest face lighted up. "I believe that too. The number of those who have promised to do as Jesus would is increasing. If we once have, say. 500 such disciples in Raymond, the saloon is doomed. But now. dear. I want you to look at your part in this plan for capturing and saving the Rec? tangle. Your voice is a power. I have had nj any ideas lately. Here is one of them. You could organize among the girls a musical institute. Give them the benefit of your training. There are some splendid voices in the rou gh there. Did any one ever hear such sin-ring us that yesterday by tues" women ".' Rachel, what a beautiful opportunity! Yon shall have the best of opportunity in the way of organs and orchestras that money can provide, and what cannot | be dene with music to win souls there into higher and better and purer liv? ing?" * Bei'ore Virginia had ceased speaking Rachi l's face was perfi. thy transiigur? d with the thought of her life work. It flowed int:> her heart and mind like a ; flood, and the torrent of her feeling ! overflowed in tears that could not be ? restrained. It was what she had dreamed . of doing herself, it r< presented io her ; something that she felt was in keeping j with a right us- of her own talent. "Yes, " she said n< she rose and put h.-r : arms about Virginia, while both giris : in the excit ment of their enthusiasm pace?] the hall "yes. I will gladly put my Iii'-' into that kind of service. 1 do believe that Jesus would have me use my life in this way. Virginia, what miracles can we u->r accomplish with humanity if we have such a 1< v< r ;>s consecrated money to move thing-: with !" "Add to it consecrated personal en-"] thusiasm like yours, and it certainly can accomplish great things." said Vir? ginia, smiling, and then before Rachel could r.-j-iy Rollin <-;na-' in. He hesitat? ed a moment and was passing emt of the hall into the library when Virginia . called him and asked some questions j about his work. [TO KE CONTINUED.] HIS HEAD LIKES THE HEAT. Dat tao *<>^.:-r> AZtvay* Tr?e? io Keep Ii has been said tlint the ca? pa cit j ot the negro racv for enduring i?oa? -has never :?. .. a fully tested. AD incident M lated by a dairyman living on il:;- oi;ts?::ris of \ tte city seems tu bear ou? t Lis assers len. This dairyman has a young negro boy v.l. ? looks after the cattle and /ices clioiv s around the place; The on? ly eiTeei thai heat produees in his case ?s a desire slumber. The dairy? man had a yotmg calf hi the barnyard, aa? as the s;::? was pouring in on the pur;r animal his wi;'<- sent **Ca.rima'* out io lara the <:;!:' louse, sn that he could seek a shady, spot. After wait? ing an hour for his return the house? wife went to tiif barnyard to Investi? gate. There she fount! both boy and calf curled up in the hot and stilling barnyard. Tao calf was dead from the effects of til?' sun. i;at the boy was slumbering peacefully by its side. While a negro can stand any amount of heat on his head he loves to cool Ins heels. It is a common sight in the winter to see a negro boy on a frosty morning with his head bundled up to keep out the cold and at the same time walking unconcernedly along the frosty ground in his bare feet. One of the hottest places in the city on a hot day is at the lumber wharfs of the Florida Central and Peninsular rail? road. When the men knock off for noon, they frequently take a nap with their faces upturned to the rays of the blazing sun. At the same time they get their feet under the shadow of some friendly lumber pile.-Florida Times-Union. They Saw the Point. An American farmer near Guadala? jara convinced h:is Mexican neighbors that oxen can do more work under American yokes, so generally used in the republic. The American brought several modern yokes from the United States and used them with success. The curiosity of his Mexican friends was aroused, and they proceeded to ask questions. .'Well.*' said tlie American, "when you lasso a steer and the lasso gets around his neck what do you do?*' '"Turu him loose." was the reply. "Why?' "Because he's too strong for us that way." "That's ii," answered the American. "ITis strength is in his neck, not in his horns." The Mexicans saw the point, and now yokes of United States manufac? ture are general!;' used in that neigh? borhood.-Modern Mexico. Fool ins: the Youngsters. Mrs. Crimes-How in the world do you get rid of all your stale bread? I have to throw lots of mine away. Mrs. Smarte-There is no need for you to do that. Why not do as I doV I just hide it away from the children. Mrs. Crines-Hide it away from the children? What then? Mrs. Smarte-Then the children find it and eat up every morsel of ii.-Bos? ton Transcript. CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature o Atlantic Cois? Line MM Company of Si? Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. ID effect November 19th, 1899. SOUTH. NORTH. No No No No *35 f5 7 t-6 #32 S C2 Lv Darlington Ar 8 05 8 43 Lv E'Hott Ar 7 20 9 25 Ar Sumter Lv 6 40 3 56 L/ Sumter Ar 6 03 4 59 Ar Crehon Lv b 15 5 45 Lv Crehon Ar 3 50 9 15 Ar Pre. tulls Lv 10 00 5 29 Or?io.:ebarg 4 48 6 2 Dcr.m^rk 4 17 H ra ti rn p m p O 'Diiiy. f?tii?y exe pt Sunday. Truans 32 fi ci 3 . c:irrv tbrou?b Pullman Pahce Bufi>: Steeping Czr-s Setweec New york uno VJftcon vin Augusta T M EMERSON H M EMERSON. Traffic Wi-iint'^r GeVI PASS. A et J Pv KEN'.T, Gee.'! Manager. Pictures The most por-alar eic'ure.? ibis Rc-afoo are thc artistic aad beautiful Pistioa prioteand Arto types. Tho Platica prints have all the ii.lcify to detail of a pb')to;;raph as weil as the Satsb and artistic value of a f?eel piste engraving. Tbe Arcotypes arel high cia*?* artist*!* pri:.?t>-copies j of famous paintings. We have j a very hue lise cf pictures io j handscrnri tram"?5 tba* we ur? ? 8?!!:og at less prices fer this ci?SH of wo?k that we ba??-! ever j known i:: Sara'er. Ocr p c j tores dake suitable wedding j cresenfs for carbine is ne re I i acceptable than ene <~ sore j fine pictures We have rccestiy added this line of pictures to rar stock and wo iovitc :::> inspection of oar pictures. Many siz s, various i pry ios of tram es, and prices to snit, H. Gr. Osteen & Co. mmm BRED STALLION I jS^^wf?? : .V "?ti S-? Mo?c ?Viii Staad ihe Seasoa fa Semiez Boyle's Stables, Chestnut Stallion, foaled May 1892; bred by Maj. Campbell Brown, Ewell Stock Parin, \ Tennesseet "MODOG." sired cy McEween. 2.18$ ; firs | Jaro Lady Radowa; registered io Vc!. 12 | American Stud Book. He is one of the finest ored stallions ia tbe Mate: bred for eize s 3t>le, beauty and speed He ia of kind and ?rentle. disposition. A ?ore foal cetter. ?.ATLANTIC COAST LINE 63 nnoooarjarjQ? v^y&?s&t?^^pTw sst._ Sorth-Eastern R. R. of S. C ' CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SOUTH Dated Nov. 19,|*93. No. 35* No. No. 53* No. 51* Le Florence Le Kiogstree ir Lanes Ls Lanes a m 3 25 4 33 4 33 7 45 8 55 9 13 9 13 p m 6 20 TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 78* No. 32* No. 52* a ta 9 4) ll 03 ll 03 Ar Charleston 6 03 10 50 8 00 12 45 No. 50* Le Charleston Ar Lane? Le Laces Le Kiogstree Ar Florence a m 6 33 S 03 8 03 8 20 S 20 a ca p rn 4 49 6 14 6 14 7 20 p a a m 7 CO 8 Si a ts p m 4 00 5 3? 5 39 7 05 p ia ?Daily. yDaily excep; donday. No. 52 runs through to Colombia vis Cen tral P.. E. of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 aDd 32 ran via Wilson Fayetteville-Short Line-and make close connection for all points North. Trains on C. & D R. R. leave Florence iaily except Sncday 9 50 a m, arr;ve Darling? ton 10 15 a rx , Hartville 9 15 a m, Cberaw ll 30 a m, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Leave Florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p m, ar? rive Darliogtou 8 20 p ac, Bencettsville 9 17 p m, Gibson 9 45 p m. Leave Fiorence Sunday on?y 9 30 a na. arrive Darlington 10 05 a m r*rrr-*. Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 00 a tn, Bennettsville 7 00 a rn, arrive Darling? ton 8 00 a m, leave Darlington 8 50 a m, ar? rive Florence 9 15 sm. Leave Wadesboro daily ercept bundey 3 00 pm, Cheraw 4 45 pm, Hartville 7 00 am, Darliogton 6 29 p m, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Dar? lington Sunday only 8 50 a m, arrive Flor? ence 9 15am. J. R KENLEY, JNO. F. DIVINE, Geb*I Manager. Gen'l Sup't*, T. M. EMERSON, Trame Manager. H. ? EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent Atlantic Coast Lina WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND lg GUSTA RAILROAD. gaoi* -?-* Condensed Schedule. Dated November 19, 1893. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Leave Wilmingtoa Leave Marion Arrive Florence Leave Floreocn Arrive Sumter Leave Sumter Arr.ve Columbia No. 55 No. 35 p. EB. .3 45 16 34 ;7 15 p. m. ?7 45 S ?7 8 57 JO 20 s. m. ?2 34 .3 hg No. 52 ?9 40 ll 00 No. 52 reos through from Charleston ri? Central R R, leavinu Charleston 7 a. m., ? Laoss S 34 a ni, Manning 9 09 a m TRAINS GOING NORTH Leave Columbi* Arrive Sunter Le^ve Sumte: Arrive Floreozs Leave Florece? Le>ive Marion Arrive W?ojingto: No. 54 No. 63 a. ns. D. m. *6 40 *4 25 3 05 5 ::5 No. 32 a. m. p. m. 8 05 *6 06 9 20 7 20 a. m. 9 50 10 30 i 15 orally f Daily except Sunday. No S3 run? through to Charleston, S. C. " ?I:\Ceotrai R R., arrivai* ii ann.ag 5 41 p D, Lanes 6 17 p rr, Charleston 8 00 p m. Tramo on ?Jenway Braoch leave Chadcocrn 5 35 p r?, arrive Conway 7 40 p :n. return? er..; li-ave Conway 8 30 a in, arrive Cba? bonrn ll 20 am, leave Ch*d:>ourn ll 50 a rn, ?trrive Hun 12 25 p tn, r?'ur:;ing i?ave Hub 3.00 p ci. arrive Cbsdbourn 3 35 am, Daily wcc?pt Sunday. * p R KEN LY, Geo'l Manager r. M. EVER ON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMERSON Gen'l Paw? Aeeni. BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the House on Main Street second door soutb of the Nixon H.>use. 1 am ptepared to accommodate a ?ew" jeeulnr hoarders, and also lodging and meals to transient customers. Terms reasonftvle. Usa. W. B. SMITH. Sept. 8