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VOL. XX, NO. 2G. DARLINGTON, S. G, THURSDAY, JUNE 2«>, 1893. WHOLE NUMBER 9G0. LOCAL LACONICS. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, Interest to Our Many Readers. To-morrow is the day for bars to be closed. of the PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. THE FIGHT IS (fl. Brief Mention About People You Know and People You Don't Know Mr. E. B. Dargan is at Cleve land Springs. Mr. M. Lewenthal is clerking for Mr. S. Manne. Mr. and Mrs Patterson Ward- law have gone to Bat Cave, N C A dance will be given in the Hewitt hall to-night. A reward is offered in this is sue for the recovery of a lost pocket case. Mr. J. H. Mason advertises for rent a house in the eastern portion of the town. Mrs. R. L. Warley has pur chased the residence of the late Mrs. A. A. Baker on Orange street. The Bank of the Carolinas, of Florence, which recently closed its doors, resumed business on Friday last. Mr. F. Pegues advertises for rent the desirable residence on Broad street, formerly owned by Mr. T. S. Joye. Very large watermelons can ! now be seen for sale on the | streets of Darlington. They be- j gan coming in last week. The union services will be held in the Baptist Church on Sunday night next and will be conducted by Rev. J. E. Carlisle. Mr. J. M. James has sold’ his fine pointer, ‘•Val,” to Mr. T. F. Malloy, of Asheville, N. C. T h e price paid for the animal was §50. The Young Men’.s Christian Association of Sumter will run an excursion to Eutaw Springs on Tuesday. Tbe fare for the round trip from Darlington is $1. A grand bicycle tournament will be given in Columbia on Tuesday next, July 4. We have received a copy of the splendid programme arranged for the occasion. Don’t fail to read the call which appears in another col umn for a Democratic munici pal meeting to be held in the Court House this (Thursday) evening at 8.30 o’clock. Hon. John L. McLaurin, member of Congress from this district, will address the people of Stokes Bridge, at Ashland, on Friday July 14. A picnic will be given in connection with the meeting. We have been asked to state that there will be no services in the MeChanicsville Church until the second Sunday in July. The Sunday-school will give a basket picnic at the church on Saturday, the 8 inst. The monster colored excur sion from Gibson, N. C., to Au- . gusta, Ga., will be run op Thursday next. The fare from Robin’s Neck is $1 75, Mont Clare $1.65, Darlington $1.50, Syracuse $1.40, Lamar $1.40. Our readers should not fail to read the opening chapters of our new story, “ANympthof the West”, which begins in this issue. It is full of thrilling ad ventures and is interesting to the end. Not a chapter should be missed. At a meeting of the trustees of the Darlington public schools, last week, a committee was ap pointed to look into the ad visa bility of having an additional room built at St. John’s school. The crowded condition of the school has led the trustees to take this step. Mr. J. W. Northcutt, an old man who lives on factory hill, took an overdose of laudanum, one and a half ounces, on Mon day night. The timely arrival of Drs. Willcox and Hill, who removed the poison by means of a stomach pump, was all that saved the old man’s life. We are requested to announce that the ladies of Mt. Elon will have an ice cream festival at the Baptist parsonage, at Una, on to morrow (Friday) evening, when ice cream, cake, sherbet and lemonade will be served at reasonable prices. Everybody is cord’ally invited to attend. Last week Ed, the little son of Mr. J. C. Garrison, about four years old, met with a pain- _ . ul accident at the residence of | given a three weeks us father on Dr. A. C. Spain's by his congregation place. While walking across!lea .. - the floor he fell, breaking his i by Mrs. Stout, to spend the time hip We are glad to say that at the Hammocks, “ ~ the uttle fellow is now doing as well as could be expected. Mrs. Leighton W. Lide is vis iting Mrs. E. J. Forrester at Greenwood. Miss Addie DesChamps, of Sumter, is the guest of Miss Josephine McCall. Mr. R. Keith Charles, former ly ot this place but now of Rock Hill, is in Darlington. Mr. J. L. Wrenn has been awarded the contract for build ing the new city hall in Sum ter. Mr. B. O. Bristow and family will leave this morning for a brief sojourn on Sullivan’s Is land. Miss Alice Parrott has gone to Sumter, where she will spend several weeks visiting relatives and friends. Miss Juliette Watson is visit ing Mrs. A. T. Baird, prior to returning to her home in Roan oke, Va., next week. Miss Tillie Wolkoviskie, who has been visiting relatives in New York, returned to Darling ton on Thursday last. Mr. Robt. F. Woods returned on Monday from Nashville, Tenn., where he has been at tending Vanderbilt University. Miss Cora Davis has returned home from the “City by the Sea,” where she has been at tending the Charleston Female Seminary. Rev. A. J. Stafford, who was pastor of the Methodist Church at this place shortly after the war, passed through Darlington yesterday. Mr. S. Manne is in New York, where he went to attend the wedding of his sister, Miss Car rie, which took place on Tues day night. Mrs. J. J. Forman has return ed from an extended visit to the Northwest. On her way back to Darlington she visited the World’s Fair. Mrs. E. A. Gainey and her daughter, Miss RebecCa, will remove shortly to Greenville, Tenn., where Mrs. Gainey's son, Mr. Angus Gainey, resides. Miss Lillie Covington and Miss Sallie McEachiu, of Laur- inburg, N C., will visit Mrs. B. C. Norment. They are ex pected to arrive, this afternoon. Mr. J. D. Joye, of Sumter, AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE DIS PENSARY TO BE ASKED FOR. An Important Suit in Which Everybody is Interested—What Will be the Outcome 7 The fight against the county dispensary being opened on Saturday, with Mr. J. Buckner Floyd as dispenser, is on and an injunction will be asked for. The property owners of the town who have looked into the matter are satisfied that Mr. Floyd’s appointment has been made illegally and will, there fore, go into the court. All the necessary papers have been pre pared and C. S, Nettles, Esq., who has been employed as counsel, will go toBennettsville this (Thursday) morning for the purpose of asking Judge Hud son to issue an injunction re straining Mr. Floyd from open ing the county dispensary on Saturday. If an injunction is granted Darlington will have no dispensary for a while at least, otherwise the State’s bar room will be opened here on Saturday. The county board of control held a meeting on Thursday last, although the regular meet ing was called for the next day and at this called meetingtrans- actad business set for the regu lar meeting. The board approv ed Mr. Floyd’s bond for $3,000 and issued the “permit” to him as dispenser. Mr. Perry Carter, a member of the board, refused to sign the permit or any other papers pertaining thereto, be- satisfied with RECEIVED TEN CENTS. A Policyholder in the Piedmont and Ar. lingion Gets this Large Sum. The following letter, which is self-explanatory, will be of in terest to Uie many people in this county, who held policies in the j Piedmont and Arlington Life I Insurance Company, of Virgin- ! ia, which is now defunct: J. Gregg McCall, Esq., Dar lington, S. C.: Dear Sir: Our young friend, Arthur McCall, informed me some days since that you desired to know something of the Piedmont and Ar lington Life Insurance Com pany, having seen notice, 1 pre sume, in the papers that I had notice of some payments to the policyholders. The facts in the case are these : My father, one of the unfortunates at the time the company went into liquida tion, held a policy, and execu ted power of attorney to Car rington, Lynan & Carrington, attorneys-at-law, Richmond, Va., to represent him. This was about 1C or 18 years ago, and nothing was heard of the matter again till a short time since when he rece : ved a circ* lar, dated May 25, 1893, signed C. Irvin Carrington, successor to Carrington, Lynan & Carring ton, ifl which he says to sign the “enclosed slip” and return to him as he had recently “se cured a decree authorizing a dividend of 2 per cent, which has been ordered to be paid,” and that he would send check for the amount at once. My father signed the paper as re quested and, after waiting a considerable time, I wrote again to Mr. Carrington and on yes terday received a letter enclos ing a check on a Richmond bank for ten cents, with the statement that the dividend was THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Notes from New Providence—The Peo- pie of Chesterfield Better Off than Those of Darlington. Twice in our items Mr. Hude Kervin’s name has been printed Fude Kervin by mistake. Mr. H. J. Nettles plucked his first ripe watermelon on the 22d inst. Who can beat this ? Mr. Alexander Coker, theold- estsonof Mr. J.W. Coker, has re turned home from Furman Uni versity for the vacation. Mr. T. J. Price, of Una, vis ited friends in this section on the 17th inst. and attended church on the following day. Some of us felt the earth quake on the night of the 20th, while others were too sound asleep to know anything about it. The regular church conference at New Providence has been set for Saturday and we hope for a large attendance of the members. We expect to do some work on the New Providence church yard very soon and hope that all the male members will be ready to help us. The people in Chesterfield have milk, butter, fat yearlings, fat kids, fat lambs and fat pigs, while most of us in Darlington county have only a little fat ba con from a good merchant’s cel lar at 1C cents per pound. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Jones highly appreciate the many kind acts done them by friends during the latter’s recent ill ness. They wish especially to WINTHROP TRA NING SCHOOL. Important Facts About the Scholarship Examination. Apropos of the competitive examination for the scholarship from this county in the Win- throp Normal College, at Col umbia, which will be held in the Court House at this place on July 7, we publish the fol lowing extracts from a letter from the president of the col lege to the School Commission er, which will be of interest to those who propose standing the examination : “The announcement that the competitive examination for scholarships in the Winthrop Normal College would be held on Friday, July 7, at your county seat, is now running in your county paper. The exam ination will be upon the school branches — aritl metic, gram mar, geography. United States history, composition, reading, writing and spelling. “Applicants for the scholar ship must be not less than sev enteen years of age; of irre proachable moral character; in good health; and with no physi cal defects, habits or eccentri cities which would interfere with success in teaching. “The questions for the exam ination will be si nt in due time. “I hope you may be able to bring the great opportunities of this institution to the attention of some worthy young ladies of your county and thus help them and eventually bring material benefit to your public schools. MOODY PARDONED. The Old Man Released from Confine, ment in the County Jail. Governor Tillman on Thurs day pardoned old man Richard was convicted at Mrs. 8. C. Moore, together with i ^ ie t crm °f_ court of being A WOMAN’S ADVICE. “Hello, George, have you or dered your summer suit yet ? “Well, don’t delay a minute, but go at once to McCall Sc Burch’s and— “What! That horrid thing! No, indeed, you shall never wear it. Makes you look like a slouch. Throw it away and get one of McCall & Burch’s, which they are selling at cost for cash. They’re just too lovely. And they always give such perfect fits. “That’s a dean Yes, come early. “Good-by.” AGreatSuit SA.3LE. -AT— cause he was not sausnea wun siaiemeni mai xneaiviaenu was i v the more of procedure in the $2.10 and his cost for collection | ^Intosh^and | ^no matter. 82. He never did say in his cir- At the hour for the regular j cular whether the dividend was meeting on Friday Mr. Nettles 2 per cent, on the face value of the policy or on amount of pre miums paid in from time to time. Truly your friend, J. E. SCHOUBOE. Florence, 8. C., June 23, ’93. appeared at the office of the board to ask for a hearing, but Mr. Carter was the only mem ber of the board present. The clerk was there with him, but the others members wereabsent. Mr. Nettles subsequently made another attempt to have the matter of tbe dispenser reopen ed, this time by letter address ed to the board, and the chair- 'man replied that Mr. Nettles and any citizens who so wished it would be given a hearing at the regu'ar meeting of the board I on Monday afternoon next. As this, however, will be after the tyne set for opening the dis- i pensary Mr. Nettles will go ahead and ask immediately for an injunction. These are the facts in the case. It is claimed by some that the meeting was held on Thursday, instead of Friday the appointed ‘ if a number of relatives. CLYDE. brother of Mr. T. 8. Joye, was time > forestall, if possible this week prospecting any action that the citizens of the town might see fit to take. in town this week prospecting with a view to opening a gener al merchandise store at this place. Mr. L. Pegram Dargan has returned from Harvard Univer sity. Mr. D. F. Houston, who has been attending the same university is expected home to morrow. Mr. Frank Wardlaw left on Monday to attend the Moody Summer School in Massachu setts as a delegate from the Y. M. C. A. at Davidson College. He will be away about three weeks. Mr. W. C. Milling, who is now a prosperous merchant of | Paris, Texas, having resided in j that city for about 8 years, is in Darlington on a visit to his home folks and all his old friends have given him a hearty welcome. AN OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT. Lime Thrown With Serious Effect into the Eyes of a Policeman. Mary Jane Malloy, a colored woman, committed an outra geous assault upon Private Dozier Bell, colored, of the police force on Thursday night. She had been incarcerated in the guardhouse and Dozier went t^ere to remove her from the corridor to one of t h e cells. Just as he was in the act of do ing so, she threw a frying-pan full of lime in his face, much of it going into his eyes. He was immediately given the best medical attention possible. His suffering was, and is still, in tense. Dr. W. o. Garner, who is attending him says that both On the other hand, however, Mr George Just Brown, the chair- 1 of his eyes are seriously injured man of the board, gives the fol- and it is feared that sight will lowing explanation for holding be lost in one. Dozier is a the meeting on Thursday in- worthy colored man and is stead of Friday. He says that courteous- and faithful in the the board found it more con-! discharge of his duties. Every- venient to meet on Thursday and therefore did. This was the sole reason. The board had not received any intimation that citizens wished to appear before it, else the time for the meeting er court. For her outrageous would not have been changed, act Trial Justice Dargan com- The meeting for Friday had mitted her on the charges of body sincerely simpathizes with him in his misfortune. The woman was subsequently C ut in jail in default of a $600 ond to await trial at the high- assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and Mr Henry Jones preached at Pond Hollow on Sunday morn ing. Mr. J. C. Watkins has been quite sick for a few days, but is now better. With the present fine weath er our boys are about to con quer General Green. We hold interesting prayer meetingsatMr. D. D. Johnson’s every Saturday night. Rev. J. A. White will preach at New Market on Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and we hope a large congregation will attend. We had excellent sermons at J New Market, on Sunday morn ing and evening, from Rev. J. W. Warr. All of us like to hear Mr. Warr and hope he will visit us again soon. Died at his home near Kelley- town, on the 23 inst., Mr. E. F. Outlaw. His remains were in terred in Febron cemetery on the following day. He leaves a wife, three children and a host of friends to mourn his loss. RlVERDALE. Miss Connie White, of Robins Neck, is visiting Miss Amanda Morris. Misses Edna and Eliza Dargan ] have returned from All Heal ing, N. C. The Sunday-school at Mech- been called off, because it was not necessary as all the iness was transacted at Thurs- “mayhem”. The latter ts an | anicsville will give a picnic on day’s meeting. The board is very willing to give the citizens a hearing, but it is impossible for this to be done until the reg ular meeting on Monday next. At Thursday’s meeting the board alsojdecided to locate the offence known in common law and consists in maiming or at tempting to maim another with intent to injure an important member, such as tbe hand, eye ! etc. St. John the Baptist’s day i dispensary in Mr. S. Marco’s was celebrated by the Masons new building on the west side of lower Williamsburg county S of the Square. A clerk for the on Saturday last. Among the l dispenser will not be elected un- was til it is found necessary to have CITIZENS' MEETING. Democratic Voters Asked ot Nominate a Candidate for Alderman. speakers on the occasion one. Gen. W. E. James, who is the District Deputy Grand Master of the order. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Shaw, of Laurinburg, N. C., are visiting ^lack-grape and port wine Mrs. T. W. Norment. Mrs. brandy, beer, gin and rum. It Shaw, whose maiden name was: j g eX p ec ted that the liquor will Miss Bettie Thomas, is a lUoat . irr j V e here in time for theopen- favorite among our people. Miss j n g Q f dispensary on Satur- Ora Thomas, the sister of Mrs.' (lay We have been requested to On Monday the liquor for the , state that there will be a meet- county dispensary, about $1,000 : >ng of the Democratic voters of worth, was ordered. The supply ^e town of Darlington ln consists of rye and corn whiskey, Uourt House this (Ihursday) Shaw, i« also the guest of Mrs Norment. Rev. John Stout, pastor of I the Baptist Church, has been walking across leave on Mon lay, accompanied ' Lla ! i... vi -o Rtsint. t.n snendthel the well known seaside resort near Wil mington. Look at the bargains in ging hams and dress goods on the 5 and 6 cent counters at the Red vacation | Flag Racket Store. All stand- He will ard goods, remember. House this evening, at 8.30 o’clock, for the purpose of nominating a candi date for alderman, to be voted for at the election to be held to morrow (Friday) to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of J. J. Ward, Esq. All Demo crats are earnestly requested to attend the meeting. To-day is the last day for reg istration of voters. The books ; will be open for this purpose in the Council Chamber from 9 a. the 8 prox. Mr. Hugh Poston’s cotton is very fine. There may be other farms equally as good, which we have not noticed. Mr. John Byrd, who has been residing on Byrd’s Island has moved his family out to the Charles residence for the sum mer. Mr. John King, Jr., visited Marion recently, and on his re turn he was accompanied by his bride, nee Miss Ella Forte We wish the young couple a long and happy life. an accessory after the fact in the Moody murder case, or for harboring his son, George, af ter the latter had killed Henry Jones in Februi ry, 1892. He was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment in thecounty jail. The pardon was received here by Sheriff Scarborough on Fri day and Moody was released from custody, having served three weeks of his sentence. The pardon was granted on ac count of the old man’s bodily infirmities and in response to a strong petition which was sent to the Governor. Called to a Larger Field. Rev. W. A. Guerry, who is rector of the Episcopal Church at Florence anil also of the Episcopal Churches in Darling ton and Marion, has been called to the rectorship of Trinity Church in Columbia to succeed Rev. Ellison Caoers, who has been elected Astistant Bishop. Mr. Guerry is a young minister ofhinusual force and eloquence, and the Episcopalians in this section suffer a great loss in his removal to a larger field. T’le Board of Health. At the last noeting of the Town Council Dr. B. C. Nor ment, Dr. W. B. McGirt and Mr. C. B. Edwards were elected members of the Board of Health. Mr. Edwards, however, has de clined to serve and his successor will be elected at the next meet ing of the Council. It's hoped that when the board organizes it will keep a sharp look-out on the sanitary condition of the town. (Other Locals on “ind Page.) TO MAKE A CITY. Our entire line of Spring and Summer Suits must be closed out in the next sixty days. We will sell you anything in this line AT COST FOE CASH We mean what we All we want is for you to call and see for yourself. Another fresh arrival of $1 Negligee Shirts — the best in Darlington for the money. Something new in Windsor Scarfs at 50c, the very thing to wear with negligee shirts. We are still making a special ty of Shoes. We have about 35 pairs in sizes ranging from No. 5 to No. 7, which we are selling out re gardless of cost. These shoes are regular $5 and $6 < goods, but owing to the unpopular sizes we will close them out at $1.50 per pair. A nice line of extra light weight coats and vests; also ex tra pants. m. to 6 p m. It is important that everybody should register er’s, is rapidly nearing comple-1 ia order that a full vote be cast tion, j to-morrow. Mr. W. J. Moorhead’s res idence, near Capt. W. C. Cok- j MARRIED. At the residence of the bride’s mother, by Rev. John Stout, on Wednesday. June 21, 1893, Mr Patterson Wardlaw and Miss Claude Murray, daughter of the late B. W. Edwards, Esq., all of Darlington, S. C. At the residence of the bride’s stepfather in Society Hill, by Rev. D. W. Key, on June 18, 1893, Mr. J. F. Nordon, of Ear ly’s Crossroads, and Miss Bettie Lafferty. The Scheme of the Three Freeholders of Pleasant Hill. [The State.) The incorporation of Pleasant Hill, Lancaster county, seems to have salved the dispensary [uestion in a most harmonious ashion. There are three free hold voters in the incorporation, according to the Rock Hill Herald. Lancaster C. H. and Kershaw had refused to have dispensaries. One of the free holders of Pleasant Hill saw the opportunity of making his ineprporation the metropolis of 1 the* county. The remaining freeholders—one white, one colored—agreed with him, sign ed the petition, and the thing was done. Lizzie Borden, who wascharg-1 ed with the murder of her fath er and mother at Falls River, Mass., in Augus 1 ,, was acquitted last week. The trial excited considerable interest and the verdict is generally approved, , IN OUR HATS. In our Hat stock we have a few more Straw Hats left which we are selling at reduced prices; not at cost. •