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if bMb of ibe old papers, and ia mani
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Banter
FILIPINOS UNFIT
FOR INDEPENDENCE.
CoinmftMion'i Report Tran?
mitt#d to Congress.
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Washington, Fob 2.? The presi?
dent today transmitted to ooogreaa
the report of the Philippine oommia
aioa comprised io the first volume, tbe
aeoood volume to be issued later
merely relaiiog to tbe climate and
natural resources. Tba report io
good by Prof 8churmwu, Admiral
Dewey, Got Denby and Prof Wor
ooster
Tbe commission aooouoOea itself
nquslifiedly in favor of a govern
at of tbe Pbilippioee aoalogouo to
that of a territory of tbe United
Stares with a governor appointed by
Ike president. They ssy it is desire
Is thai the inbabitante of tbe srebi
tlago should enjoy e Urge measure
of home rule io locsl affairs, their
>wne to eojoy substantially the
[hts and privileges of towns in a
territory. Tbe provinces sboold be
vested with substantially fonotions of
a county in a territory This sys
tern might be applied to Luzon and
the Visoayao islsnda at once and be
initiated on the coast at Miaodsno
The Sulu arohipelsgo calling for
special arrangements with the sultan,
tbe commieeion ssy, need not be
ooosidereo* in this connection. The
Filipino? could msusge their own
town and coo Jy affairs through their
own officers whom tbey could
elect with no help from American
officials eicept such ss would be in?
volved in control from tbe ceutrsl
government at Manila Tbe sufTrsge
should be restricted by educstionsl
or property qualifications or both
This syatem would necessitate a
amall body of American officials of
great ability sod integrity and
of patience aod tact in deal
jog with other races aud oo
this account (he commission
?ays they could be called advisors or
commissioners and that one for every
?60.000 aatives should suffice, they
to report to the central government
at Manila *Tteir main function
would be to advise town snd county
ooonoiis io tbe discharge of the
duties and to watch Ills collection of
revenue and it" eipeoditurea Our
government of the Philippines, tbe
commission insists must be adapted
to the Filrptnoa The rommiaaion
dtacounta a propoaed protectorate
like that ot the British over the May
Isyao peninaular and any simulation
of t'r.c relation between Australia and
Canada and (treat Biitain. theycon
ditiona differing Tbe protectorate
desired by the insurgent lesders is
one under which the United Statee
wou'd aentime ?II reaponaibility for
protecting Philippine government
agtiiMt aggreaaion while* their own
official* would collect revenues. Nor
could the liability to foreign natio.ia
be reduced without permitting u.ea
directly to seek redreaa, and snob ??
SjaSSfSS would, it ia to bo feared,
epeedily lead to the approportion of
the Philippine islands by the great
powers, who would not need to seek
far for pretenses of intervention
Oleailv the plan of a eel! governing
colony, tho commission says, is a
misfit to the Philippines, nor ate the
British crown colonies and colouies
haviog lepreeentativo institutions
but oo responsible government,
typified by British Guiana, and Hoog
Hoog rsspectrtely, applicable. The
t+gmlsdo* takte a basis tor tbe got%
ernmeut proposed tbe territorial
organization of Louisiana Tbe act
is eel fortb io full It provides tor a
governor and secretary of treasury,
and veete tbe legislative power in a
council appointed annually by tbe
president Courts are also provided
for
Nearly all tbe offices will, under tbis
form of goveremeot, be filled by Fili?
pinos and the merit system mutt be
adopted aud lived up to. .Tbe patron?
age or spoil system. t|)e commission
saye, would prove fatal to good govern*
meet io tbe Philippines. Tbe email
number jf Ama'ioan officials needed
ioolude in tbe first group governor,
seoretary, attorney general, oertain
judges and other officials of tbe terri
tori? I gofornment aod in tbe seoond
group heads of postal, customs and
other departments. Tbe officers of the
first group should be appointed by tbe
president sod of tbe eeoood transferred
fram the home servioe Io oeiiber
ease should there be ?lamination. Tbe
Filipioos, they say, are of uousually
promising material possessiog admire
bie personal aod domestic virtues aod
beiog naturally peaoeful, dooile aod
deferential to ooostitoted sotbority.
10 ooooeotioo with tbe sobjeot of
government tbe oommtstioo reaobee tbe
followiog eoooloaion :
1. Tbe United States can not with
draw from tbe Philippines We are
there aod doty biods us to remain
There is no esosr^e from oar responsi?
bility to the Filipioos and to mankind
for tbe government of tbe arobipelago
aod the amelioration of tbe condition of
its inhabitants f
2. The Filipioos are wholly unpre?
pared for independence, aod if inde?
pendence wore gireo to them they
ould oot maiotaio it.
Under tbe tbird bead ie included a
oopy of Admiral Dewey's letter to Sen
ator Lodge whieh was read io tbe sen?
ate tbe other day, denying Aguinaldo's
claim that be was promised independ?
ence.
4. There beiog no Philippine nation,
bot oniy a collection cf different poo
pie's, there is no gooeral poblio opinion
io the archipeiego, bot ibe men of
property aod education, who alone
interest themselves in public affairs, io
general rejogoise as indisper *ole
American authority, guidanoo aud pro
teotioo.
5 Coogrtss should, at tbo earlies*
possible time, provide for ibe Phil p
pioca the form of government herein
recommended or soother equally liberal
and benefioent
G Pending aoy aotioo on the parr of
congress, tbe commission recommend*
that the prendent put in operation ihis
?chemo of civil government io euoh
parts of tbe arohipelago as aro at
p aoe.
7 8o far as tbo finance of the
Philippines permit, publio education
should to promptly established, and
when established made free to all.
8. Tbo greatest oare should be taken
io tbe seleotioo ot officials for adminis?
tration They should be men of the
highest obaraoter and fitness, aod
partisao politics should bo entirely
separated from tbe government of tbe
Philippines
The commission aro unable to find
aoy mreoeor assimilatiog tbo Uriff of
tbe Philippines with that of tbe Uoited
States, sayiog that tbe differences are
fundamental and irreooooiliable, and
that so long as ibe existing oba*tn
regains between tbo economic aod
sooial oonditions of the Philippines and
tbo?e of tbo United Stetts, so long it
will romHin impracticable to identify
their tariff Tbey thercf'To roc( m
tu?u<i foi tS)S proM^nt at leant uo
attempt be made to readjust tbo tariff to
our basin
Tfticr, Malt Satw ami RaMsaisi*
The Iwteeea Itontng and isaatihig loetdenl t<>
thvc <lt . ?-t v m m. l.t?.il> nil tyeii by n|.j>l> inj,
ChataSsrlata'i Kyo sad .skm Otatsssat? .Many
very bad sasst havs aces pcvsasaeilji sared by
it. It i* eojaallj aslelewl foi Itsaiasj piles hu<1
? tavsriea rtsstdji f<>r -n> alpplea, sharped
hiirni-i, shllhlalaSi ftesl hltea and chronic non?
?yen. 2;?ct* per bo*. F<>r rulo by Dr A. J.
China. Dec M?e
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They are not food but medicine, and toe best
!? use to put a horse in -prime condition. Price
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Calaa. Pee 30?o
8-CENT COTTON FOR
SOUTHERN FARMER.
The Dream of tbe Cotton
Producers at Last R^aiizad.
August* Cbrouiclc, Februar) 4.
Tbe cotton market was the topic of
onoversatieo io tbe commercial onoie
Of Augusta v' htorr|uy.
Tbe quotations io yesterday'* Chron
iote io reference to tbe lool mafket,
and tbe interesting letter of Atwood,
Violet ft Co., published in tb? same
issue of thin paper, caused considerable
oommeut, not only on Cotton Row, but
io all busioess oiroles.
There was a new impetus given to
all business ventures and an atmos
phero of hope buup around tbe
oommuoity. Tbe farmers' dream of 8
cents oottoo had been realised, and tbe
realisatioo has orystalitod into a halo
of promise, of hope and of good oheer,
hovers all the sooth.
Koowiog that the oottoo moo would
be discussing tbe situation, a Chrooiole
reporter sauntered around oo Cotton
Row aod sought ioteiviews oo tbe
subjeot .with several of tbe most
prominent f'aotcys of .he city [o
speaking of the market one of these
gentlemen said:
"Tbe Frenob statistician, Pasch, and
that ally of English spinoors H M
Neil9 at tbe beginoiog of tbe reason
chirged that tbo southern farmers bad
eotered into a oonspiraoy to raise tbe
prioe of oottoo, and that they were
raising a groat boe and ory about a
short crop. We can now see who were
the ooospirators, aod that those very
meD wbo were obargiog this qigaotio
crime to the southern oottoo producer,
were tbetnseives tbe aroh conspirators.
Neil aod his allies have done all io
the r power to prevent a rise in tbs
prioe of tbe staple, but tbeir dastardly
efforts have failed, as present prioes
show "
Another factor, wbo is thoroughly
oooversaot witb the 6i'uation, said :
' There is one feature of tbe situa
tioo which you might stress. The
factories have maoofaotured 150 000
tool of fertilizers loss than tbe corrcs
ponding date for last year. There i?
a shortage of 2.000,000 Dales of cot
too, as compared to the season of
'98 '99. This means 60.000,000
bushels of ootton seed less than* last
year. With a decrease in tbo fertilizer
output and a shortage of nxty millions
of busbc s of ootton scod tbe firmer*
wtil hardly use as much fertilisers f^r
tbe coming orop as was used last and
previous scust'Os As tbe use of
iertil sors materially affects too pro
d^ctioo, we may reasonably expeo
tbo crop of 190*> to be short in pro?
portion to tho deorease in the use of
fertilizer*. A farmer can pel; bis orop
today for a tit fall's delivery at 7 I 4
oents, and it is oot likely that price
will go below that figure, unless
present indioitioos count for uaught.''
AT WOOD, VIOLET & CO'S COT
TON LETTER
New York. Feb 2 ?Me?s*s Atwood,
Violet & Co. of New York, have just
itsued tbe following oircular :
"The coffno exports from Anierioa
from Jan 27.h to Aug 31s>, 1899,
both inclusive, were 4 129 000 bales.
??From Sept lit, 1899. to Jao 27th.
1900, there bad been exported from
this oountry nearly 1,900 000 b*ies
less than from 8*pt 1st, 1898, to Jau
27th. 1899.
"Consequently, to equal tbe total
(Xpori? from Sept 1st, 1898, to Aug
3lst, 1899, tbtro must be exported
(rom this oountry, from Jao 27th, to
Aug 3ht, 19, 6,500.000 bales of
ootton ; to show tbe impossibility of
cxp>ns of any such quantity, wc sub
mil tbo following :
"Tbo total visible supplv of Amerv
oan ootton in this oountry ou 27tb\iostaut
was 1,748,000 bales, and on the same
dato, tbe amount marketed of tbe pres?
ent orop, aooordiog to the Finanoial
Coronioio. bad been 6.578,819 bales.
"Assuming aa we do that this crop
will reslize 8,750,000 bales, it means
thst the invisible supply in this coun
try was, on the 27th instant, about
2,200.000 bales, which, added to the
visible supply, gives a totsl of both
in this country, on the 27th instant,
of about 3 94S.000 bales
"The Finaucial Chronicle of the
27th instant, makes southern con
sumption to that date since Sept 1st,
1899, Gil.000 bales, and northern
mill takings to name date 1,583 393 j
bales, an aggregate of 2,193,000
balea.
"The total of northern apinnera
takings and southern consumption,
tor all of last season was .'I 589,404
bales Consequently, if this country
coiiHumcH no more than I aal season
(when an it will consume 260,000 to
1500,000 hairs io excess of last sea
son), it means that to equal it, 1.
390,000 bales will be required be
tween Jan 27th and Aug 8Ut, 1900,
for domestic consumption, in addi?
tion to 2.103,000 balea, ue, above, tu
the 27th instant
"Then, again, there moat be car
rlad over Oil Sept Int. next, in this
country, at least 400,000 bales of
visible and invisible supply, and
deducting these two amounts from
3.948,000 bales, it shows that there
will be left for export, noi only to
Europe, but to Chins, Japan, Mexico
and Canada, from Jin 27th to Aug
31st, 1900, about ?2,152,000 bales,
against exports during tbe same
period last year of 4,129,000 bales
?'These figures are startling be?
cause of the supply, particularly
when taking them in connection with
the world's consumption of Araeri
can cotton in regard to which wc
havo to say, as follows :
"According to tbe authority on
European mill stocks and consump?
tion (Mr Thomas Ellison) tbe aggre
gate amount consumed by Engiieh
and Continental spiners is now 163,
000 bales weekly, of all kinds, of 500
pounds each
"Taking the daily report of the
Liverpool market, it shows that the
proportion of American cotton sold,
to that of all kinds, is about 90 per
cent, and, no doubt, the same pro
portion is true of the daily conti
nental sales of cotton of all kinds
Assu'u; <g, however, that only 85 per
cent of European consumption is
American cotton, and this represents,
out of 163,000 bales weekly, about
139,000 bales of American
1 The weekly consumptiou of south
ern mills, according to the Financial
Chronicle and Secretary Hester, is
30,000 bales
"The consumption by notbern mills
must certainly be 40,000 bales week
ly, or a total of 209,000 bales
"To this must be added tbe con?
sumption of American, by China,
Japan, Mexico and Cauada, and
elsewhere
"Assuming that this aggregate is
only 6,000 bales weekly it gives a
total weekly consumption by tbe
world of 215,000 bales of American,
or 11,180 000 bales per annum
"It can be safely said, however,
that the spinning world is today
consuming, of American cotton, an
amount per annum of 11,250,000
bales, equal to the largest oonsump
tion on recotd?that of last year,
when it was largely stimulated by
tbe low price
"The world's buying power, how
ever, has increased so matorially
during the past twelve months, as to
show that the higher pricea for cot
ton, ipstead of lessening consump?
tion, ia stimulating the productive
ness of tbe world's cotton roanufac
turing industries.
"VVith the crop this season of
even 8,750,000 bales, and adding to
it 11,000,000 bales brought over on
September 1st last, of the world's
visible supply of American of 1,962,
000 bales would still leave on
September 1st, 1900, a deficit be?
tween supply and -consumption of
1,500,000 bales, but it would also
leave the world's visable suppply
dangerously smaller than on Septem?
ber 1st, of any year si. ce 1889, the
crop of which seasot was 7,311,000
bales and at which time the price of
middling cotton in New York was
11J cents against 8J cents today
"Any one cau reasonably antici
pate from these statistical conditions,
as we have presented them, an ad
vat ce of great proportions, and, in
giving this data as herein contained,
we do so in order to show what has
been, tor a long time past, the basis
of our bullish views for the staple,
and which we have continually put
forth, in our market letters to the
iooal and southern press, during the
past five months.
Atwood Violett & Co
- naMS) a a e?
TWO MEN RUN OVER.
Th3 Result of Careless and Reck?
less Driving.
Careless driving on the streets last Wednes?
day was tbe cause of iwo acc dents and ib*t
tbe two men who were hurt were uot ?eriously
injured is due to good fortune. The victim
of ihe ?isi accident wad Mr Mannte Brown,
of tbe Oswego neighbourhood He is a
rheumatic cripple aod unable to walk and in
bi9 case escape from a seriou9 injury wus
remarkable. He was sitting m bis buggy,
which was standing on tbe street, and tne
driver of one of Shore Bros' wagons ran into
the buggy, overturning it und throwing him
out At first it was thought that he was
killed nut be rev.ved in a snurt 'ime aud it
was luu (1 tnat oeyond a shaking up and a
oumber of bruises be bad escaped
Mr. i: M. Jeokio9 was tbe other victim.
He was run over and knocked down by a
driver from one of tbe stables who was exercis?
ing a horse Mr. Jenkins was struck la the
side by tbe end ot tbe shift and knocked
about ten feet. Tue breath was koccked com?
pletely out of his tody aod be had to be
picked up by bystanders wbo witnessed tbe
accideut. He wa9 severely bruised but so tar
as cau be determined no bones were broken,
aod unless be susuioed internal injuries the
injury was not of a serious oature
It is said that the accidents were due ia
both ustances to tbe careleEsae39 of the
drivers, and that neither Mr. Brown nor Mr.
Jenkins ' ere in anywise responsible
COUNCIL MEETING.
Special Session to Consider Fire
Department Affairs
The City Council held a special meeiing
Tuesd-ty night. Jan. 30, at 0 o'clock, with all
memoers present txcept Aldermen Hurst and
Delgar
Mayor Hughsou stated that he bad called
the Beating to hold a free und informal con?
ference wiia the fire department relative to
trie prospect ol tu? pertnaoeoce of the volun?
teer department and the maintenance of the
volunteer Service at Ibe sin e efficient stand?
ard 'id has Obtained during the past tew
wars The City UonnCll desired come assur*
a ire thai the volunteer dspartmeol will be
maintained ai an tftijienl Standard belnre the
'ihv; es pence ol building ibe two boss cob
pan* bouses ia incurred
Messrs 11. s Hood und W. S. Graham,
eaptaioi ol the two boss companies, were
present <>\ request, and both it tied ihn they
were c mAdeat tbe voluuteer department
would tie maintained aud that the m-rvice tu
future would be more etlicieni than ever.
lh<> matter ol amount of bond to be re?
quired Ol Contract*)! Kavanaugh lor the per
lormanoe ot the contract wag brought up,
and on motiou was hied at $2*0.
Ou motion of Mr. Finn permission was
granted the Sumter Electric Light aud Ice
Co. to Uy a railroad track across tbe fool of
Harvin street to tbeir factory, on condition
thai lbs crossing shall always ba kept in a
Safe condition and does not obitruot travel.
THE PAULI8T MISSION.
The mission conducted by Falber Burke at
St Jose, b'e Chape: was well attended. Oue
of th'-' most interest tr fe?tures of the mie
eio ] was tbe Q lest on Box A great many
qtlt-tiODI were answered in an intelligent
ranter oy Fntber Burke We print below
bo remarks in reference to the infallibility of
tbe Pope: also as <o why be was a Catholic :
"Does 'be infallibility of tbe Pope roeao
that be caur.ot cociirtif sin?' Falber Burke
replied in substance as follows:
Such a question could arisf only from a
mtsiaxen notion of what is the Catholic doc
tiine of Iftfoilitilitv. In the 6ret place let
me tell you what it is not. Wteo we9ny tbe
pope is infallr le we do not mean that he is
imueccaole ; we do not ma?o that be cannot
commit sin It would be j i?t as reasonable
to say that a judge or the supreme court, in
virtue of bis ? ffi:e, could no:, in his private
life, be guilty of a oreacb of th? law as to
say tbit the pope, because be is infallible,
cannot como.it a sin. What, then, is iofalli
bility ? Le; us come to it in th s way Sap
pose you htppeoed, to be traveling in R. me
and you met the pope You asked him socce
queetioo about belief or moral conduct. He
answered you. Would bis word be fnfalli*
ble ? No, it would not. Suppose again, you
went to St Peter's ?nd beard the pope preacb
upon some point of faith or morals, would
his utterance be infallible? No, it would
not. Suppose tue pope wrote a letter to you,
or wrote a book, would tbe opinions or be?
liefs there set down be his infalliblerjecisioo*?
No, they would not.
Again, suppose you were to ask tbe Pontiff
bis opinion, let us say, about Sootb African
politics, or about bimetallism, or any ether
question, would not tbe Pope's words on
any of these points oe infallible? Most assur?
edly not. Tbe infallibility of tbe Pope does
not, therefore, mean that be is inspired as
Holy Scripture is inspired, or that be can re
cm vp or give to men a new doctrine other
tbao those taught by Christ and His apostles:
it does not mean that be can decide matters of
science or fact entirely independent of doc?
trine; it does not mean that be cannot err
when be writes or talks or preaches on mat?
ters of religion
The Pope is infallible only when, as a
teacher of tbe who e church, be pronounces
that a certain doctrine of faith or morality
is contained in the deposit of faith "
'?Why I am a Catholic " Tbe discourse
dealt with tha fundamental reasons why
a Catholic sees in h s church tbe means of
salvation. In one portion, dwelling upon
the necessity of a living, infallible teacher,
Father Burke laid :
"Uooaralleled as the Bihle^:9 as a writ en
work, divinely inspired as no other word is,
tbe otject of the deepest reverence of all
Catholics, there is one thing which it is not
and cannot be, that is tbe sole guide to our
faith.
Jrsus Christ did cot leave one single docu?
ment behind him. Christianity existed for
nearly ten 5ears before the first word of tbe
New Testameot w&s written ; it existed for
nearly sixty years before tbe last book was
written; it existed for nearly, lour hundred
years before the C ?non of the Scriptures was
fixed. It existed for nearly fifteen hundred
years before th? invention of printing, op to
which time it was impessib'e to spread tbe
written ttotd Sufficiently to make it the
teacher cfmen. We must have another guide
to religious train therefore, and that we, find
in a living, infallible Church, divinely guided
to lead men, and when necessary to inter?
pret ibe Scripturee themselves."
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We unhesitatingly call attention to ibe
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ptp?r We htye known Yick'f steds and
planted them for a*:out thirty years and have
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ATLANTIC COAST LINE
North Eastern R. R. of S. C
' CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH
Dated No. No. No. No.
Jao 14, 1900. 35? 23? 53? 61*
am J p m am
La Florence 2 34 7 46 9 40
Le Kingstree 8 46
Ar Lanes 3:8 9 01 pm 1120
Le Lanes 3 38 9 30 6 45 11 20
Ar Cbar:estoa 5 04 lo 55 8 30 1 CO
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. No. No. No.
78? 32? 52* 60?
am pm am pm
Le CLarlcstou 6 33 4 49 7 CO 4 CG
Ar Lane.* 8 16 6 15 8 32 5 39
Le Laaee 8 16 6 15 5 39
Le Kingstree 8 32
lr Florence 9 9 7 25 7 05
am pm am pm
?Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
No. 62 runs through to Columbia via Cen
ral R. R. of S. O.
Trains Nos. 78 aod 32 run via Wilson and
:uyetteville?Short Line?aod make close
onnectioo for all points North.
Tiaine on C. & D R. R. leave Florence
iaily except Sunday 9 50 a m, orrve Durling
tOB 10 15 a m, Hartbville 9 15 am, Cheraw
11 30 a m, Wadesboro 2 25 p m. Leave
Florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p m, ar?
rive Darlingtoo 8 20 p m, Bennettsville 9 17
0 m, Gib6cn 9 45 p m. Leave Florence
Sunday only 9 30 am. arrive Darlington
10 05 a m
Leave Gibecn daily except Sunday 6 00
1 ra, Bfnoettsville 7 00 a m, arrive Darling
ten 8 00 a m, leave Darlington 8 50 a m, ar?
rive Florence 9 15 am. Leave Wadesboro
latly except Sunday 3 00 pro, Cberaer 4 45
p m, Hartsville 7 00 a m, Darlington 6 29
p m, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave Dar*
iiogtoa Sunday only 8 50 a m, arrive Flor?
snce 9 1 5 a m.
J. R. KEN LEY, JNO. F. DIVINE,
Geu'l Manager. Gen'l Snp't
T. at. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
H. M RMERSON. Gen'l Pass Agent
Atlantic Coast Lina
WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND AS
GUSTA RAILROAD.
Coodecsed Schedule.
Dated January 14/l900. j
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. 65 No. 35
p. ra.
Leave Wilmington *>3 46
Leave Marion 6 34
Arrive Florence 7 15
p. m a. m
Leave Floreoce ?7 45 ?2 34
Arrive Sumter 8 57 3 56
No. 62
Leave Sumter 8 67 *9 40
Arrive Columbia 10 20 11 00
No. 52 runs through from Cbarlestoo via
Central R. R , leaving Charleston 7 *?. m
La nee 8 34 a m, Manning 9 09 a m
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 64 No. 63
a. m. p. to.
Lea*e Columbia ?6 40 ?4 15
Arrive Sumter 8 05 b 2b
No. 32
o. tu p. ra.
Leave Sumter 3 05 ?? 06
Arrive Floreoce 9 20 7 20
a. m.
Leave Floreoce 9 50
Lp.ivc Marion 10 ?4
Arrive Wilrnmgtoc I 15
"Daily, yl*"1} except Sunday.
No 6:-> runs through to Charleston, S. ?.
3.a Contra! R R , arriving Mann.ng 5 41 p
ro, Lanes 6 17 p tn, Charleston 8 00 p m.
Trains on Conway Branch leave Chadbourn
5.35 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p m, return?
ing leave Conwav 8 30 a m, arrive Chad
bourn 11 50 am, leave Chadbourn 11.50 a m,
arrive Hub 12 25 p m, re'urmog leave Hob
3.00 pm, arrive Chadbourn 3 35 am, Daily
except Sunday.
J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
H. V. EMERSON Gen'l Pass. Agent.