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VOL. XXI, NO. 18. DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1894. WHOLE NUMBER 1,004. MATTERS IN AND AROUND PROS PEROUS DARLINGTON. A Column of News, Tersely Told, of Interest to Our Many Readers. Mr. Joe English, of Columbia, was in town this week. A reward is offered for the return of a stolen saddle. Mrs. Beasley, the wife of Rev. J. 8. Beasley, died in Marion on Sunday. Judge T. B. Fraser, of Sum ter, spent Monday in Darlington on business. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Darlington Manufacturing Company will be held to-day. Mr. John S. Jeffords, who has been studying typewriting and stenography at Rome, Ga., re turned home on Tuesday. James Atkinson, white charg ed with killing Irvin Freeman, has been let to bail by Judge Watts in the sum of $1,000. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the People’s Bank, on Monday, the old board of directors and officers were re elected. Read the dates given in an other column for the visit to this section of Benj. Mclnnes, Jr., the well-known veterinary surgeon. Hon. J. H. Hudson, of Ben- nettville, ex Judge of this cir cuit, has been appointed gener al council for the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad. Dr. B. H. Payne, who has been held in jail for killing Henry Green, colored, about a month ago, gave bond on Mon day and was released from cus tody. Mr. W. B. Brearley, of Sum ter, is visiting relatives in town. He is an old Darlington, a son of the late Rev. \V m. Brearley, a former pastor of the Presby terian Church'. The Clerk of t^e Court has received the pension money for Darlington county. Each pen sioner is entitled to $22 this year and the same may now be ob tained by calling on the Clerk. At the recent meeting of the State Medical Association Dr. W. J. Garner, of this place, was elected a delegate to the Amer ican Medical Association, which will meet in San Francisco in June. The town has taken no action as yet in regard to the sale of liquors within its limits. The council prefers to wait until the question of prohibition, free li quor or the license system is settled by the Supreme Court. Drs. J. E. Boyd, of Darling ton, C. W. Harris, of Cypress, T. E. Howie, of Jovann, and J. M. Woodham, of Stokes Bridge, passed the State medical exam ination last week and are now prepared to practise their pro fession. Ed Coe, colored, was arrested last week in Chesterfield county by the UnUed States authorities for selling liquor in violation of the internal reyepue laws. He has been lodged in the Darling ton jail for safe-keeping, await ing his trial in the federal court. During the severe storm on Sunday afternoon the house of Amanda Johnson, colored, neqr the C. 8. & N. Railroad, was struck by lightning. Things were torn up pretty severely within the house and Amanda was stunned by the shock. Be yond this she was not injured. Revs. John Stout, D. W. Key and F. M. Satterwhite, all of this county, will attend the Southern Baptist Convention, which will meet in annual ses sion at Dallas, Texas, on Thurs day next. Misses Mattie and Athaland McIntosh, of Society Hill, and Miss Julia Lide, of Darlington, will also visit Dal las during the session of the PonveutiOo. To-moryow (Friday) evening an ice cream and strawberry festival will be given in the Darlington Guards A mory by (he Ladies Library Association of the Presbyterian Sunday School. 'There will be attrac tions in the afternoon for the children and refreshments will also be served them at very rea nonable cost. Everybody is most cordially invited to attend- both in the afternoon qnd at night. MEMORIAL DAY. The Program of the Exercises and the List of the Committees. Next Thursday, May 10, is Memorial Day, which will be appropriately observed in Dar lington as usual. The exercises will consist of music and prayer in the Methodist Church and an address at the monument by Rev. Mr. McArn. of Cheraw. This address will be the same one that Mr. McArn delivered not long since before the sur vivors association of Chester field county and which has re ceived such wide spread praise on account of its excellence. The procession will consist as heretofore of the Confederate survivors, the Darlington Guards and the little children. The ladies of the memorial as sociation extend through this paper a cordial invitation to every Confederate survivor in the town and county to partici pate in the exercises. All the church bells will begin tolling at half past four o’clock in the afternoon, at which hour those who are to join in the proces sion are requested to meet at the Methodist Church, in order that the line may be formed by five o’clock, as the exercises will begin promptly at that time. Gen. W. E. James, who will be in commana of the .survivors wishes all of them to meet at the Guards Armory at four o’clock in order to march to the church at the hour requested by the ladies, half-past four. The following committees have been appointed for the oc casion: Committee to decorate the monument, Mrs. H. T. Thompson. Mrs. W. J. Early, Mrs. E. T. West, Mrs. D. D. Spain, Mrs. G. E. Dargan, Miss Annie Williamson, Miss Mary Wilds, Miss Mary White, Miss Mary Zimmerman, Miss Vir ginia Williamson, Miss Nina Coggeshall, Miss Anna Black- well, Mr. P. S. Wilds, Mr. W. Albert Parrott, Mr. R. E. Wilds, Mr. E. M. Wells; committee to decorate the soldiers’ graves at the different churchyards, Mrs. L. V. Zimmerman, Mrs. J. G. McCall, Miss Mary Wilds, Miss Eva Charles, Miss Anna Cogge shall, Miss Florence LaCoste; committee in charge of the children, Miss Corinne Player, Miss Catherine Ashley, Mr. L. C. Glenn. All who have flowers to do nate for the purpose of decorat ing the soldiers’ graves are re quested to send them to the res idence of G. W. Brown, Esq., on that day. Flowers for tlie decoration of the monument should be sent to the Metho dist Church at ten o’clock in the morning. Twelve doz ladies’ colored and black silk gloves and mitts worth 40 and 50c per pair. Your choice at 25c. L. E. Joye. «*•— Fine teas at Parrott’s. A 1 HE COUNTY DISPENSARY. Mr. Joiey Still Holds Office and Must Sleep In the Establishment. At a meeting of the county board of control on Saturday it was decided that Dispenser Jo- sey should sleep in the dispen sary. This was done because so many dispensaries through out the State have been robbed since the law was declared un constitutional. It is a curious condition that all tl^e dispenser^ retain theif offices wfieu thprp qre nu dispensaries. Governor Tillman says he is ^paralysed” and has shut up shop. Why, then, has he retained his dis pensers, and it is fair to pre sume that he is paying them, if their jobs are ended by the over throw of the law? Can they be paid with their occupation gone? The following will be sold re gardless of cost: Embroideries, ribbons, children’s hosiery in small sizes, colored silk parasols, black and colored sillf fans, black and colored' silk gloves an^ mittsi L. K. Joye! Mr. Covington Reappointed. The term of Mr. F- J. PflY* jngtan, the apcomplisned stenog rapher for this Circuit, having expired, he has been reappoiqf- ed for another four yeah by dudge Wfttts. This will be pleasant nows to everybody in the Pee Dee section, where Mr. Covington is so well known and so much esteemed. Java coffee for 35 cts at Par rott’s. WORK BEGUN ON THE WELSH NECK HIGH SCHOOL. Liberal Donation* Made by Friend* —The School to be Opened in September. We noticed sometime ago in these columns that the Welsh Neck Association proposed to establish a high school at Harts- ville. As work has now com menced in earnest with a view to having the institution open ed for the admission of pupils in September, a few facts about the school will be of interest to our readers. At a special session of the As sociation held at Hartsville on March 21 a board of trustees of thirteen members was elected, as follows: J. L. Coker, presi dent, J. J. Lawton, secretary and treasurer, Rev. J. W. Per ry, Rev. D. W. Key, Rev. G. T. Gresham, R. N. Howie, Rev. N. N. Burton, Rev. C. L. Dowell, Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, W. C. Coker, of Darlington county, C. A. Smith, of Florence county, and E. J. Kennedy, of Chester field county. A charter of in corporation was applied for and the board proceeded at once to take necessary steps towards opening in September a first class high school for ooys and girls. A fine lot of five acres in the best part of the village of Harts ville has been donated by Major J. L. Coker and on this lot has already been planted about two hundred shade trees of choice varieties. The trees are a gen eral contribution of the friends of the enterprise in the sur rounding country. A large two- story building (the school pro per), with four recitation rooms, an office for the Principal and a fine assembly room, is now in course of construction. This will be furnished with patent desks and other modern appli ances and will be heated by fur nace. Mess. J. L. Coker & Co. have very generously given their hotel property, including the complete furnishings, for a boarding department for girls. This will furnish first rate ac commodations for at least twenty girls besides rooms for the matron and one or more teachers. It is the intention of the trustees to provide a suit able building for the boarding of boys as soon as practicable, but in the meantime arrange ments will be made, in private families and by renting houses for boys and young men who wish to live in messes, to ac commodate all who will come. The board has secured as Principal, Prof. A. Poindexter Taylor, of Virginia, a gentle man of superior culture and several years experience in teaching. He comes to the work with the best recommen dations and with a purpose to help the trustees build up a school that shall furnish to the young people of the Pfse Dee country satisfactory advantages far Intermediate education, or for a substantial preparation far bqsiness, at r^tes to suit the straightened circumstances of our people. Prof. Taylor will have three assistants. Their patnes cappot be given now, bflt the negotiations pending justify the statement that these teachers will be worthy of the confidence of all patrons. The school will fill a long felt want in the matter of education in this section and we can safe ly predict for it a great success. GOOD FOB THi CLERKS. » v IN ^ Beginning on Tuetday La*t the Store* Close at Seven O'clock. The following card wng hand ed us too late far publication in our last issue: We, the undersigned mer chants of Darlington, do hereby agree to close Opj sfares at ? p’clpcki begfafling op May add pfntinumg uptjl Sept. L 1894. Saturdays apd factory flights excepted;' Edwards & Co., Nomentdc Op., Ooggeshall & Co , N. L. Harrell, The Book Store, E. E. Sanders, J. D. Baird, McCall & Burcih, Moorhead, Cox ^ Cp., Blackwell Bros., Brpnson, Lunn & Op,., L. E Jove, S. A. Woods & Co., Woods Milling. Ladies' summer undervests at 5 and 10c. L. E. Joye. THE MERRY DANCERS. The Young People Gather at a Pleat- ant Entertainment. The young people gave one of their parties, which are al ways enjoyable, at the residence of Col. E. R. Mclver on Friday night. The following are those who were in attendance: Miss Laurie Law. Miss May McCall, Miss Josephine McCall, Miss Annabel Johnson, Miss May Ervin, Miss Maggie Burch, Miss Maggie Law, Miss Nellie Mc Cullough, Miss Marie Lide, Miss Liza Dargan, Miss Edna Dar gan, Miss Mary Law, Miss Bes sie Ervin, Miss Georgie Ashley, Miss Lou Mclver, Miss Carrie Mclver, Miss Ann Mclver. Mes srs J. D. Baird. T. H. Spain, R. W. Coggeshall, W. D. Cogge shall, Walter Griffin, Arthur Griffin, Willard Ragsdale, Eu gene Vaughan, Emile Dargan, Archie Dargan, Walter Ed wards, F. F. Martin, E. J. Lide, C. B. DuBose, W. T. Montgom ery, E. D. Montgomery, Thomas DuBose, C. S. McCullough, Jr., Walter Dargan, Henry Dargan, W. P. Woodward. Hard time prices on Domestic sewing machines; $45 the for mer price, $25 the present price, $20 saved on each machine. McCall & Burch. A BUSINESS CHANGE. A New Furniture Firm—Mr. J. D. Baird to Leave Darlington. Darlington has a new firm. Mr. J. D. Baird, who has for several years past been conduc ting a successful furniture busi ness here, has formed a copart nership with Mr. B. F. Smoot for the continuance of the busi ness. Mr. Smoot has been an accomplished clerk, late of Nor- ment & Co., and, while the pur chasing public will miss him in his old line, he will have the best wishes of everybody for success in his new business. The co partnership between these young men was begun on Tues day. Mr. Baird will not re main in Darlington, but will re move in about six weeks to Ral eigh, having been appointed State agent for North Carolina for the Fidelity Mutual Life As sociation. As he will retain his interest in the furniture business, his friends hope that he will come back to old Dar lington frequently. POSTimO PEACE. A nice assortment of gents’ summer undershirts, summer 1 drawers, handkerchiefs, hats, etc., at prices in keeping with the times. L. E. Joye. THE DARLINGTON POSTOFFICE. To be Removed Across the Square on Next Saturday Afternoon. The goverment having given permission, the postoffice will be removed on Saturday after noon to Gibson & Woods’s building on the northwest side of the Square. The postmaster requests us to state that on ac count of the removal the Satur day night mail will not be open ed in the regular manner, but should any persons be expecting important letters that night they may get their mail by making personal application to the postmaster. By Monday morning the office will be in regular running order again. A large number of new lock boxes of the most improved style has been ordered. These boxes will open by the word combination instead of by use of a key, which will be a great copyp- nience to the box holder^ WAlLED TO FLORIDA. The Preabyterians of Ocala Want thy. Services ot Rev, d. Q. Lav(. On Monday I^ev. J. Q. Law Received notice that he had been called tp the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church Ocala, Fla. He hat pot yet de cided whether or not he will ac cept, bpt should he do so he will have to obtain the consent of the church here and this Pres bytery, Mr. Law has been pas tor of the Presbyterian Church at this place for fifteen yearn and is dearly beloved by pll of our people irrespective of de nominational feeling. Should he decide to leave, we shall re gret exceedingly to part with him, and so good a man as he cannot but carry with him the best wishes of all of us. Ocala is a city of considerable size and affords a large field for % pastor’s noble work. THE QUESTION OF LIQUOR CON TINUES UNSETTLED. The State Authorities Block the Way— They Seem Not Anxious for • a Settlement. Since the dispensary law was declared unconstitutional, ev erything about the liquor ques tion has been involved in so much uncertainty that no one knows how the matter stands. Some think we have prohibition, some free liquor, while others claim that the old license sys tem prevails. The question is treated differently in the differ ent cities and towns of the State. Several municipalities have passed ordinances prohibiting the sale of liquor, others have licensed the bars and still a large number have done noth ing. This uncertain conditi„!j has brought forth one result. Thefe are NO MORE BUND TIGERS. At almost every place in the State the tiger has opened both eyes and is now selling liquor publicly. He is no longer a timid animal and does not en deavor to work in concealment. The open way in which liquor is sold reminds one of the old days of the period antedating the inauguration of the dispen sary system. Those who are engaged in the sale of liquor are made more bold by Governor Tillman for bidding trial justices from ar resting them. His action will not be approved by the prohibi tionists for it encourages free and unrestricted traffic in li quor. As will be seen by the further perusal of this article the State authorities will take no step towards preventing or restricting the sale of intoxi cants and, therefore, except where the municipal govern ment interferes, anybody who wishes to do so may sell the stuff. THE GOVERNOR SUBMISSIVE. From this chaos of doubt, un certainty and apprehension as to the final outcome, everybody wishes to be freed. The Gov ernor is the perplexing figure in the drama. There is much speculation as to the real inten tion of our Chief Magistrate. Judging from the little he has had to say on the subject since the decision was rendered and taking his remarks on the whole one would think that he will quietly submit to the law as construed by the Supreme Court. He has certainly said as much. But as to his motives for be ing so submissive opinions dif fer. His admirers say that he submits because he is law abid ing and a lover of order and, therefore, bows gracefully to the decision of the court. Oth ers look at his motives different ly. They think that the Gover nor submits because he is glad to get rid of the dispensary as it has proven too heavy a bur den for him to carry. SOME ARE SUSPICIOUS. There are still others who will not accept either of these opinions. They do not think that submissiveness Is a part of Governor Tillman’s character; they do not think he is such a great respecter of law and or der; nor do they believe he is tired of the dispensary. They are suspecious. While the Gov ernor has said that he will ac quiesce in the decision, they seem to see from little hints that creep opt in his declaration of submission that he is up to something. They believe he is playing a waiting game and when the time becomes ripe he will show his hand. WHAT TUP SIGNS INDICATE. We have given impartially the different opinions that pre vail in regard to the Governor’s position on this all-absorbing question, without daring to ven ture a prediction as to which opinion will prove to he the cor rect one. So far as we can see now, however, the indications point to the confirmation of the belief that the G >vernor is playing a waiting game. There is a great eagerness on the part of the people to know exactly what is the status of the liquor matter. The question of whether the de cision affects the new dispensa ry faw. and the other questions of whether we have prohibition, free liquor or the license system must be decided by a new case before the Supreme Court. Hence a great demand FOR A TEST CASE to finally settle the matter and relieve the uncertainty has been made all over the State. But herein becomes‘st ronger the be lief that the State authorities are playing a waiting game. They do not seem to want a test case just now. Such a case was made in Florence last week, but the State authorities blocked it and kept it from going to the Supreme Court. Had this case gone to that tribunal wo should now be relieved of our present unsatisfactory condition. But to give our readers a bet ter idea of the matter we clip the following report from Sun day’s issue of the Columbia State. The Florence Test Case. Florence, April 28.—On the 25th inst. the city council of Florence, at their regular meet ing. passed an ordinance pro- viding for the issue of licenses ior the sale of liquor. The next day W. B. Rollins, having com plied with all the necessary re quirements prescribed by the council and having paid the li cense fee of $500, received his license to retail spirituous li quors. ROLLINS ARRESTED. Yesterday Mr. John N. Hen- ckle swore out a warrant against him for violating the dispensary act of 1893, by the sale of liquor. Mr. Henckle named as witness es to the violation of the latest dispensary law by Mr. Rollins, J. E. Schouboe, Editor Clayton, of the Reform Advocate, the local Tillman organ, and others. Mr. Rollins was arrested by the sheriff and kept in his custody. THE STATE BLOCKS THE WAY. This morning Mr. C. 8. Net tles, the well known Darlington attorney, left Florence for the purpose of procuring a writ of habeas corpus from the Supreme Court in Mr. Rollins’s behalf, his purpose being to test the last dispensary act and to determine whether municipalities could or could not license the sale of li- quor. It was hoped that by Monday, at least, Mr. Nettles might have the question before tho Supreme Court and end the reign of what Governor Tillman calls “free liqubr.” To the sur prise of our people, however, Trial Justice E. W. Loyd, who issued the warrant, received a dispatch from Attorney General Buchanan, ordering him to re lease Mr. Rollins from custody. This was done, and so, by the act of the administration, mak ing a flagrant abuse of power, a settlement of the legal status of the liquor question is prevent ed and free liquor forced upon our people. Comments on The Situation. We take from Monday’s issue of the State the following com ments upon the outcome of the Florence test case: The present remarkable con dition of things with regard to the liquor traffic is exciting widespread interest. The liquor men are not hesitating to make the most of it, some sixty retail liquor licenses being issued dur ing the past week by the reven ue department. Liquor is being sold openly now just as in the days before the dispensa r y ini quity, but tho sales are rapidly falling; off. This is perhaps be cause it is no longer ■‘forbidden fruit,” forbidden by one whom the people considered—v ery justly too to all appearances— as attempting to deprive them of their inalienable rights WHAT THE GOVERNOR MEANS. The action of the Governor in the Florence case explains what his instructions to trial justices mean and it also shows, so it is now generally considered, what he meant when he said he in tended to make the fight in the coming political campaign on the dispensary law as enacted already. It further shows what Commissioner Trailer meant when he stated that the closing of the dispensaries would be only temporary. It is now con sidered that Governor Tillman’s game is to block any possible case getting to the State Su preme Court; that he wishes to make the free liquor conditions so odious that political capital will be plentiful; that he wants Gary to get on the Supreme bench before any kind of a case con be brought; that this once done he will make a big cam paign hurrah, get the legisla ture to re-enact the law next November; then let it go to the Supreme Court and go right ahead with the liquor business for several years at least, all means of demolishing the law being wiped away. THE DISPENSARY ANYHOW. A gentleman in talking on this line yesterday said he fear ed the result of the attempt to enforce such a law a second time, for the people are now thoroughly convinced by Chief Justice Melver’s opinion that it robs them of their constitutional rights. He considers that Till man will not care for that as he will be out of the way and leave his pet law a law—for some one else to have to enforce. Another Test Case. P. A. Willcox, Esq , of Flor ence, yesterday obtained a writ of habeas corpus for J. L. L. Brunson, charged with the illicit sale of whiskey by the mayor of Florence. He also obtained an order re quiring the mayor and city council of Florence to show cause why they should not be enjoined from issuing liquor li censes. The hearing will be had in both cases before the Supreme Court next Monday. ON THE DIAMOND. A Baseball Association Organized and Now for Fina Sport. A baseball association has been organized in Darlington and has gotten to work in a way which shows that it means busi ness. The capital stock is $100, a large part of which has al ready been paid up. The follow ing are the officers: Dr. A. T. Baird, president and treasurer; W. J. Early, manager; E. J. Lide, secretary. The park w ill be located on Mr. W. J. Early’s property on lower Main street, near the canning factory, and work is now in progress upon the grand stand and the fence enclosing the park. Darlington has some of the best baseball material to be found in the State and if the community will patronize the games, as it should do liberally, lots of fine sport will be given to while away the dull days of summer. Read Thi* Offer. The Darlington Phosphate Company makes an important announcement to the tanners of the Pee Dee section It has for sale 100 tons of agricultu ral lime fresh from the kiln. It also wishes 500 tons of sound cotton seed by May 21 and for this will exchange cotton seed meal or fertilizers or pay cash. Read the offer in another col umn and also the analysis of the company’s fertilizers. LViimumi. A customer who dropped a silver dollar on the floor re marked as it rolled away: “A dollar goes a long way in this store.” * THIS * * IS THE * GENERAL * VERDICT. Our Goods are Standard Values, Prices Correct. Respectfully, Nmit & Co.