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WHOLE NUMBER 970. postmaster at Cy- i observed Labor • but. '■}?% The chief of police killed a mad dog on Tuesday. Ilr. J. A. DuBose has been appointed jjress. Messrs Edwards & Co adver tise in this issue bagging and ties for sale at lowest prices. Monday was salesday, but no official sales were made and the crowd in town was very small. Two young men caught a largefpossum under an electric light on the Square on Tuesday night. Read the advertisement of a watch charm and gold bracelet and key lost; a liberal reward • is offered for their recovery. Mr. C. Alexander left yester day fqr Mew York to purchase fhe fall and winter stock for his new general merchandise store. The tobacco warehouse will be opened on or about the 15th inst. Mr. R. A. Croxton, who has leased the warehouse, is ex- pected here from Virginia short- Nothing yet has been heard from the railroad commission in response to the petition from Darlington asking that freight be transferred at Camden Junc tion. Milton Nobles, the famous ac tor, presented “Phoenix” to a crowded house at Florence on Saturday night. In the audi ence were several Darlington ians. Rev. W. R. Atkinson, presi dent of the College for Women at Columbia, will conduct ser vices in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning next. Mr. E. E. Kervin lost a tobac co barn by lire one night last week. It was full of tobacco and this, too, was destroyed. There is no insurance and the loss is about $800. The County Commissioners have granted a new public road in the Philadelphia section to extend from the Lamar to the Tioubonsville road, a distance of amile and a half. s Mr. F. B. Rogers, of Blen heim. Marlboro county, com mitted suicide on Mondav. His mind has been unsound for sev- eralyi Mtrsi He was worth about $50,000 and was well known in Darlington. Mr. J. H. Mason has removed his jewelry establishment to the stand in the Manne build ing flto Pearl Street occupied by Mr. J. D. Joye as a genera) merchandise store. As was mentioned in our last issue Mes era W. L. Pearson dfc Co., the new jeweleiw, occupv Mr. Mas on’s old stand in Mr. Broom’s store. An excursion wili be run from all points on the AtlarfticX!oast Line to Chicago on Mon.lay, September 18. The fare from Darlington for the round trip is a.a —. 1 * * includes admission Grid’s Fair six days and lodging at two hotels in the ” All information ng P. G. S. C. bales of new _ lit to Darling- past week, but here to buy buyers not returned from their Several buy- (arrived, however, • market is now opened . Black, of Wilds • price paid was 7 Mr. Eld. Howie is clerking for Messrs McCall & Burch. Master Albert Woods has re turned from a visit to Marion. Dr. J. C. Willcox is attending a medical congress in Washing ton. Mr. T. E. Munn, of Oats, is clerking for Messrs Moorhead, Cox & Co. Mr. J. B. Law returned this week from a brief visit to the World’s Fair. Mr. N. L. Harrell has return ed home from an extended visit to the mountains. Mr. J. A. Buchanan returned yesterday from a flying visit to the World’s Fair. Hon. Geo. W. Dargan has gone to Saluda, N. C., on a few days’ business visit. Mrs. E. E. Lunn returned last week from a pleasant and ex tended visit to Asheville. Mr. W. T. Mills has removed to Wadesboro to engage in busi ness with his brother. Miss Mary Spain has removed to the Misses Fountain’s house on north Main Street. Miss Narcissa Emanuel, of Bennettsville, is visiting the family of Mr. A. A. Gandy. Dr. W. J. Garner has return ed from a visit to the mountains of North Carolina and Virginia. Miss Ella Wagner returned yesterday from a visit to Sewa- nee, Tenn., and the World’s Fair. Miss Josephine McCall has re turned from quite an extended visit to Laurel Hill, on the coast. Mr. C. R. Woods returned home on Saturday from Sarato ga and other famous Northern resorts. Mr. John 8. Burch has return ed from New York where he has been purchasing goods for his firm. Mr. August Johnston, clerk for Mr. S. Wolfram, who has been quite sick for sometime is now much better. Mr. J. D. Rast has (rone to Bennettsville to resume nis du ties as princ'pal of the graded schools at that place. Mrs. R. P. Byrd, of Ebenezer, has been on a; visit of a few days to the family of Mr. T. A. Howie, of Swift Creek. Messrs W. Albert Parrott and N. L. Harrell and Dr. S. D. Har rell will leave to-morrow for a visit to the World’s Fair. Dr. and Mrs. W. B. McGirt returned on Monday ft ora Mar ion county where they have been visiting for some time. Misses Louisa and Rhea Dal las, who have been visiting Mrs. W. C. Byrd, returned to their home in Charleston yesterday. Mr. C. S. McCullough, Jr., Mr. Frank McCullough and Miss Nellie McCullough have return ed from Tip Top, Laurens coun ty. Mr. H. T. Harllee, of Mars Bluff, accompanied by his fam ily, have been visiting Mr. A. Campbell, in the Swift Creek neighborhood. Mr. R. B. Nettles, aocom nied by hie daughter, Miss Marian, left on Tuesday for Cheraw to visit his sister, Mrs. L. H. Covington. Messrs N. 8. Gibson, E. O. Woods, W. D. Woods. J. W. Blackwell, A. J. Broom and Dr. John Limney have returned from the World’s Fair. Mrs. Peter Bowles and daugh ter left on Tuesday to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Bowles’s brother, Mr. Charles W. Ingram, in Chesterfield. Messrs. E. E. Lunn, S. A. Woods and L Lewenthal have returned from the North, where they purchased the fall and winter stock fov their respective stores. Rev. and Mrs. Edward Mc- Darlington will leave Qratt Los* of Lif* on th* Coast—Th« Damage in Darlington—Generous Relief for the Sufferer*. The storm which visited South Carolina last week was proba bly the severest ever known in this section. It is impossible to give in odr limited space a full account of tbe damage wrought throughout the State. As com munication with the portions which suffered the most is reop ened and as investigations ad vance more appalling does the destruction to life and property appear. The greatest damage was done on the coast. It is too early to estimate the extent of the destruction of property, but the number of lives lost will approach two thousand. It was in the neighborhood of Beaufort that the fatality was greatest and it was mostly among the negroes who live in large num bers on the sea islands. The destitute condition of the sur- vivors who have lost all they had is most pitiable. IN DARLINGTON COUNTY. The storm did great damage to the crops throughout the State and Darlington county did not escape. Here tbe wind blew like a hurricane, trees were uprooted and the crops fell victim to the storm. The rain B ured in torrents and the total 11 from the commencement of the storm on Sunday night to Friday when the rain ceased is said to have been 9 inches. The storm left the roads in a deplorable condition. In many places they are impassable. Ev- ery bridge in the county is more or less damaged. In the lower part of the county the damage was greatest. There many bridges were swept entirely away, not one being left on Sparrow Swamp. We have not been able to hear from the Lynche’s River section, but it is feared that the injurv to bridges there is considerable. THE DAMAGE TO CROPS. In this county the old corn where the fodder had been pull ed off was not damaged much, but the voung com, and there was far more of this planted this year than usual, was very badly damaged. In the forward cot ton that which was opened was injured considerably and in the top crop, which promised to make an excellent yield, the plant was wrung and severely twisted about, causing a great shedding of the small bolls and squares. The damage to this crop was very great. Most of the tobacco crop had been gath ered, but that which was not was seriously hurt. The planters on the river had a freshet to contend with in ad dition to the storm. They suf fered the severest loss. The river rose to within eighteen inches of the famous Sherman freshet and the plantations along the banks were flooded. Probably the heaviest losers from the freshet were Messrs W. A. Carrigan, C. J. Milling and L. H. Gilmore. Conservative estimates place the damage to the cotton crop in this county at from 12 to 15 per cent. ulU the young corn at from 15 to 20 per cent. THE PHOSPHATE WOEK8. We mentioned in our last is sue that the acid chamber build ing of the phosphate works had been blown down by the storm. It was* large structure and is now a total wreck. The three acid chambers were destroyed, but the furnaces were uninjur ed. The loss is about $12,000, but it is fully covered by storm insurance. Fortunately the woiks wore shutdown at the time. Oper ation wap not to begin again until November 1. The work* were not shut down until July, which was later than usual, and by that tjme neatly all tha goods were manufactured which will be needed during the com ing season. This is the reason that operations were not to be- { in again until November 1 and ence the business of the com pany will not he seriously im paired. There is no cause for hurry in rebuilding and there fore the company will take no steps in this dimetioa at least until the im TO RELIEVE dition ot the survivors of the storm upon the coast became known, the people throughout South Carolina hastened to give them assistance. Money, food and clothing were sent to the sufferers. Darlington was not behind in this generosity. Al ready she has raised $115.40, of which the white citizens gen erally contributed $70.70; the The Hurricane at Harleville—A Mat ter for th* Town Authorities to Look Into. erauy coniriDutea f /u.Yu; me Miss Sue King, of Lydia, is colored citizens, $19.07; the Bap- visiting relatives in and near tist Church (white), by collec- town, tions on Sunday, $22.50; Pleas- Mr. Walter Coker, of Tim monsville, is now working with Messrs Coker & Co. at this place Mr. Ferdinand Miller has ib buu gu- treated his house to a new coat both white and o{ paint, which adds much to * its appearance. , r . Mrs. R. T. Jaynes, of Walhal- i addition to la, 8. O., is visiting her daugh- - [)lo £ 5d P^P 1 ® have ter, Mrs. J. A. White, who has to l 8 ^®r er8 fortyjone quite gi c k but is now con- packages of clothing and hope valescent. to forward another large box in a few days. The white neonle ant Grove Church (colored), $3,13 Of this amount $100 has been forwarded by express to Col. Wm. Elliott at Beaufort, leaving a balance of $15 on hand. The charitable work is still go ing on among both white and colored and by next week we hope to be able to report further collections. In addition to money the colored people have (Friday) afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock to receive contributions £ 1 a.I J J • . . . VIIlAlf UotJvl wVJ * s/UIUU tMcttlll of clothes, bedding etc. All who and tell us the news from your wish to give to the poor colored sections. Stand by the “old re people whose condition is des perate should bear this in mind. We defy competition ging and ties. Coi in bag oggeshall & Co. THE BICYCLE TOURNAMENT. Postponed on Account of the Weather Until th* 22 Inst. The bicycle tournament which was to have been held in Dar lington on Friday last was post poned until Friday, the 22 met., on account of the heavy rains of last week. As the telegraph wires were down the Baird brothers, the famous wheelmen of Charleston, could not be no tified of the postponement in time and they came up to parti cipate in the races. They at tended a special meeting of the bicycle club and rendered valu able assistance in the arrange ment of a new programme for the 22, which is a great improve ment on the old one. It will be S ublished later. The Messrs aird promised to return for the tournament and Roache and Swaffield, the fastest riders of Columbia, and Beall, the cham pion of Augusta, will also be in attendance. Besides these, oth er wheelmen from Charleston, Columbia, Sumter, Florence and Marion are expected. Al together the tournament prom ises to be one of the best ever given in South Carolina. Ferris’s breakfast bacon at Coggeshall & Co. THE ALLIANCE MEETING. Plans for Moving th* Cotton Crop to be Considered To-day. The Darlington County Farm ers Alliance will meet In the Court House to-day (Thursday) to discuss the matter of moving the cotton crop. This is a ques tion in which everybody is in terested and we hope the meet ing will have good results. All our people are interdependent: the welfare of the merchant and banker depends upon the mov ing of the crop just as much as the welfare or the farmer does. This is the time for unity of ac tion and we believe we will have it. The Darlington banks will do, as they have done in the past, all in their power to facilitate the moving of the cot ton and where everybody, irre spective of occupation, is so in terested in the movement some plan will certainly be devised* Fresh cheese. C. & Co. Mr. Shipp Pegues, of Cheraw has accepted the position Frank T»i S id is weU known in Darling n, having often visited here. Fre^h crackers. C. & Co. w — —,— (Other Locale on 2nd Page.) e liqv uals and while business itself it within fore the I a trade i THE COUNTY NEWS. FROM ALL SECTIONS AS TOLD BY OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Where are the correspondents that used to be ? Come again liable” and let its news service be second to none in this coun ty- Cutting trees out of the roads, putting up chimneys and repair ing in general were about all that was done just after the storm, which did a great deal of damage in this section to crops and property in general. There is a pond of rain water inside the town limits that is enough to give the whole com munity fever. A man can swim at least 300 yards right straight down the road. Tnis should have the immediate at tention of the council. Some of the young men in town have gotten themselves into a pickle. Some time ago there was a “tacky party” in town and one of our youngest merchants represented the “Chesterfield tacky,” and in so doing he raised the ire of the Chesterfield people who support Hartsville to a good extent. Some of them have written let ters declaring that they will not support anyone in Hartsville in business or otherwise who had anything to do with represent ing the “Chesterfield tacky.” CLYDE. The storm of last week did S t damage to crops around . Trees were uprooted and chimneys were blown down. In )laces fields were cover ed with water. We had an excellent sermon at New Market on Sunday by Rev. J. A. White. Services will be held at the same church on next Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Black Creek was higher last Thursday than it has been for vears. It washed up the bulk heads at several bridges and tore down the foot ways in some places. Our overseers had to order out the road hands to clear up the roads after the storm. The public road from Black Creek at New Market to Mr. N. R. Caddell’s is in a very bad condition. The road has not been worked this year. What is our Co raty Commissioner do ing. He ought to look after the roads in his territory and have them worked at least once a year. Verley, the thirteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roach Hall, died on the 31st ult. She was converted and had joined the church just three weeks be- w, fore her death. The bereaved of family have the sympathy of She was a Bargains! We offer our entire Stock of Mil Straw Hats and low- quarter Shoes of ev ery kind At Cost k U! And Ties! -AT- M Price! &Cl. professor of ancient languages the community, m the Southwestern University light in her home. Sweetly she at Georgetown, Texas. He is J “ * - mother of itly i Jes away, “Asleep in Jesus, lessed sleep; from which none ever wake to weep.” MVEftOALA Several of onr people attend- ’ at Florence. ed Labor Day _ The protracted meeting which The UiiitAd Htetu to have commenced at Me- oner^^ grant to the State authorities lit? iJK! 1 ™" 1 antil * ,ew sioner of Patents has refused to it to the State authorities Palmetto” trade mark for the sale of dispensary liquor. The refusal was made u ground that the St4te«tL—__ r . .lli es the liquor traffic by individ- mond county, North Carolina, it the on Wednesday of last week, so’only vv .., Mr. D. M. Hay, who has been i the visiting his uncle, Mr. R. Hay ress- returned to his home in Rich BANK OF DARLINGTON, DARLINGTON, 8. C. t Capital, — — $100,000 Surplus and Undivi ded Propits, — $40,073.80 DIRECTORS: W.C. Coker, J. L Coker, R. W. Boyd, J. J. Ward. E. R. Mclver, A. Nachman, Bright Willlainaon. Transacts a General Banking Business. o Savings Department. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest allowed at rate of 0 per cent, per annum from date of deposit—payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October. For further info^iation ap ply at the Bank. —o Accounts In both Depart ments solicited and will be given carefnl attention. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, Precedent. L. E. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. Dee. II—if