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DAKLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9,1896.
Mt
LOCAL
on the night of the ball, Dec.
igli
26. A suitable reward will oe
paid for its return to this office.
Mr.. C. ST. Spinks, who has
been clerking for Sdwards &
Co., has gone again to his trace
as a watchmaker. He is with
W. L. Pearson under the En
terprise Hotel
Bev. R. A. Child preached at
the Presbyterian Church on
Sunday night, where the union
services were held. The sing
ing, led ..by Mr. Hugh Wilds
without the organ, was unusual
ly fine.
Tickets for the concert next
Monday night are now on sale
at the Armory, where seats may
be fesenred ''Without extra
Charge. The price of general
admission will be fifty cents;
children, half price.
MATTERS IN AND AROUND
TOWN OF DARLINGTON.
THE
of
A Column of Nowt, Ter»ely Told
Inters*! to Our Many
Reader*.
The “merry-go-round” has
gone at last.
C. 8. Nettles, Esq., is on a visit
to Charleston.
Cotton is bringing from 7.25
to 7.80 at this market.
The Board of Health held a
short meeting on Monday night.
Mr. Claude Milling has just
returned from a trip to Charles
ton. . .
W. F, Dargan, Esq.,' spenV
several days of this week in
Charleston.
Notice is given in this issue
Mr. Alfred A. Hewlett, of ,that the annual meeting of the
Syracuse, N. Y., was in town stockholders of the Farmers’
on Monday. [Mutual Insurance Association
of Darlington County will be
held in the Court House oh
Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 11
o’clock A, M.
The friends of Mr. C. K. Rog
ers will regret to learn -that he
is again quite ill.
Mr. Hartzog, of Greenwood,
is keeping books , for the new
firm ot McCullough & Co. .
The Marco building oh th*
Square, formerly occupied by
“Cheap John”, has been vacat-
ed.
Knox Livingston, Esq., of
Bennettsville, was in town on
Tuesday on professional busi
ness.
The Epworth League will give
a literary entertainment at Mr.
L f Parrott’s to morrow (Fri
day) evening.
• Mr. Ezra Lide and the Misses
Lido will occupy with Mrs.
Coggeshall the Williamson resi
dence on Broad Street.
Dr. W. B. McGirt will move
his dental parlors at an early
day to the offices over J. H.
Early’s hardware store.
Both of the tobacco ware
houses were reopened on Mon
day* Sales were light, how
ever, owing to the cold weath
er.
There is a very had place in
ti. ’lide-walk at the south-west
coruV of the Baptist Church
lot, and it should receive imme
diate attention.
Those who appreciate elocu
tion and music by acknowledg
ed artists should not fail to at
tend the Bailey concert at the
Armory on Monday night.
Measles are prevailing to such
an extent in the community
that they have almost become
an epidemic. Fortunately, they
are said to be of a mild type.
Mr. J. H. Chapman and Miss
Claude Huggins, of the Green
Plains neighborhood, weremar--
ried by the Rev. F. M. Setter-
white at the parsonage on Sat
urday last.
“Fabio Romani” will be pre
sented at the Opera House on
Monday evening next by Wal
ter Lawrence supported by a
strong company and with fine
scenic effects.
The annual meeting of tax
payers of the local school dis
trict wilt be held in the Court
House on Tuesday, Jan. 28, to
vote on the question of the
Graded School tax for the pre
sent year.
A small black mule has been
found, as will appear from the
advertisement in another col
umn, and the owner thereof can
have it by complying with the
conditions set forth in said ad
vertisement.
Th# deputy who was ordere<f
to levy on the propert> of the
town in the case of the bonds
given the C S. & N. Railroad,
found nothing to satisfy the
execution, and he thereupon re
turned it “Nulla Bona.”
Gorton’s minstrels gave a
street parade on Tuesday and a
performance at the Opera House
on Tuesday night that was very
fine. The band is one of the
best we have heard in many a
day. They played to a crowded
house and a delighted audience.
The crowd in town on Sale-
day was very large iuueed,
though we have seen larger
here on other first Mondays in
January. McCullough & Co.’s
mule and horse sale attracted
considerable attention, and this
was followed by the auction
sale of sewing machines.-which
also drew a crowd. Jack Smith
was in his element, as usual on
such occasions, and two skilled
' vendors of soap and patent
medicines did their share to
wards making things lively.
The Rev. F., M. Satterwhite,.
who has been preaching in the
upper portion of the County for
several years past, goes this
week to Marlboro County,
where he has accepted a call.
He le«ves a host of friends be
hind him, who hate to have him
go.
On the evening of Dec. 30,
Mrs. Fannie A. Gilmore lost by
fire her house near Riverdale
and all the furniture in it. She
was insured in agencies repre
sented by Mrs. Lucy M Nor-
ment, though the amount of the
insurance will not begin to com
pensate her for her loss.
The resident correspondent of
the Columbia Register says:
“In the western part of this
County several days ago, Geo
rge Beasley was terribly cut on
the back part of tne body by
Virgil Grantham. Too much
Christmas booze was the fun
damental cause of the calamity.
The Town Clerk advertises
that books will be open for re
ce’ving municipal tax returns
for thirty days beginning with
Jan. 13. His notice is of inter
est to all men between the ages
of 18 and 50 who reside in the
town, whether property holders
or not, and should be carefully
read.
Mr. 8. O. Parrott, who lives
near Early’s cross roads, lost
his gin-house, barn and stable
by fire on the night of Dec. 28.
The property was issured in
Mr. J. Bart White’s agency for
$625, and the adjuster, who is
now in Bennettsville, has wired
Mr. White that he will be here
next week for the purpose cf
settling the claim.
Charley Evans, a colored em
ployee at McCullough & Co.’s
stables, was very insolent to
Mr. Cooley on Sunday, and the
latter struck him over the bead
with a poker. The blow might
have proved a serious one but
for the strength of the skull
with which the poker came in
contact. The than is out again
and going about as usual.
Our depot has been “treated”
to a brand new bulletin board,
on which will be marked the
time of the arrival of trains
every day so that passengers
may be informed whether they
are late, and, if so, how much.
This will prove a tremendous
boon to the travelling public,
and one for which they are
truly grateful to the “powers
that be.”
Letters addressed to the fol
lowing persons remain uncalled
for at the Darlington poetoffics,
and are advertised as “dead”
for the week ending Jan. 5th:
Judge Mongumery, Dave Wil
son, Dosia Sanders, Ephraim
Roberts, Geo. E. Billings, Silas
Wines, J. R. Murdoch, J. P.
Herring, S. L McCall, Andrew
Jackson Moses, Mellie Mood,
Willie E. Gregg, Miss Serena
Walker, Miss Mamie Butler,
Mrs. Bettie Rivers, Lena Sam
son.
On Friday two horses hitched
to a wagon ran away, starting
from a point below the D. 8.
McCullough stable^ and tun
ning through the Square, round
by the postoffioe and down to
wards the Factory, coming back
on Pearl street, and, at last,
running into the lot at the
stables of McCullough ft Co.,
where they broke the wagon.
The wonder is that they could
have gone so far without - Run
ning into something that would
have stopped them.
E. O. Woods, Esq., has gone
to Charleston to attend the ses
sion of the United States Court.
The dog show, having reaped
a rich harvest here, has left for
“new fieldiandpasturesgreen.”
Capt. A. E. Dargan, Chief of
Police, has gone to Charleston
on business in connection
with his position as U. S. De
puty Marshal.
There was a dance in Hewitt’s
hall last Friday night, which is
said to have been a brilliant af
fair, and to have been greatly
enjoyed by all who were pre
sent.
Sammie, the little son of Mr.
J. C. Hursey, accidentally shot
his mother on Jan. 1 while try
ing to kill a hawk. Fortunate
ly the wound is not erious, and
Mrs. Hursey will soon be all
right again.
All who failed to pay their
State and County taxes by Dec.
81'now have the 15 per cent
penalty for nonpayment added
to them. Onnhe 15th inst., ex
ecutions willrbe Issued against
all property on which taxes
have not been paid by that date,
and the costs and expenses will
be piled U P higher and higher
with each step of the proceed
ings. ,
All south-bound trains on the
Atlantic Coast Line are heavily
loaded now wRh colored people
going from eastern South < !aro
lina and North Carolina to
Georgia and Florida to engage
in work in the turpentine farms
of those two states. Nine car
loads of them passed through
FloVence on*ore train last week,
and five chrloads more on the
day following.
• Read the advertisement of
Messrs. McCullough ft Co.
They have another carload lot
of fine horse-; on the way here,
which tbey-wiU sell out-at auc
tion to the highest bidders lot
cash on Saturday-, Jan. 18.
Those who have not already
bought would do well to wait
until that day if they wish to get
good stock for the coming farm
ing year a^. bargain prices.
As the early train for Flor
ence was pulling out yesterday
morning, Mr, J. (1. Moore at
tempted td get on board. He
caught hold Of the rail on the
platform of the car, and was
running along so as to get on,
when he was thrown against a
idle of trunks aad fell, fortun
ately for him on the platform of
the station instead of on the
track. Those who saw the ac
cident say that he escaped by a
miracle. *
Two mules were stolen from
their ownei}. on . Saleday, one
belonging,to Mr. W. D. Cogge
shall and the other to Mr. Sara
Morrill, Mr. . Coggeshall was
fortunate enough to recover
h-s. but Mr. Morrill bas not
heard anything from his yet:
When he went to get it from
the place where he had hitched
it in the morning, helound that
someone had politely removed
all the harness, putting it on -a
fence near by-for him, and run
ning off with his mule.
The ‘'Capitali’’ tobacco fertil-
zer is the oest;'found Orrly* at
Blackwell Bros.’
The Reward of Vigilance. ’
Mr. W. D. Coggeshall has at
last found the buggy which
was stolen from the lot back of
bis store' some time ago. Ho
bas been keeping a sharp look-,
Hi " ^ay
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to do abi
but for it on every
that has occurred in
since, and on Saleday his
ance was rewarded by Audi
it in the possession of a col
man who said it belonged to one
Jonas Kerr in, colored. Kervin of tne
could not be found in town that
day, but a warrant has been
taken out for him, and he will
is supposed
work of an inoendiari
probably be brought in within a of the good!
day or two." There are several
other colored men who are be
lieved to hayo been implicated
in the robbery, and warrants
have been taken out for them
all.
Shakespeare is all well enough
for the stage, but Coggeshall’s
bacon beats him for the table.
An lc« Factory For Darlington.
A Mr. Crease, of Atfatqta,
who has been engaged in the
manufacture of ice for a number
of years past, and isan expert on
the subject, was here Monday
looking over the giound with a
view to starting an ice factory
in Darlington. He estimates
that the ooet of the plant will
be about $20,000, but he has cap
ital and financial backing of
his own, and is ..not influenced
by consfderatiohs looking to se
curing them in making his
choice of alocatibn. Mr.-Crease
was much pleased with our
town, though he has not decid
ed positively yet what he will
do. An ice factory would be a
big thing for Darlington* and
a Tittle work expended in Mm
right direction just at this time
msght result in our securing
one. Can’t the Board of Trade
take a hand in the matter?
Do you want a good sewing
machine at your own prioe?
Blackwell Bros.
“Razors Flashing in Th# Aif.’’
Two darkeys. Ifenry Hodges
and Andrew (patronyfnic un
known) became involved in a
cutting scrape in the vicinity
of tbe “mevy-go-round” on
Monday night, or early Tuesday
morning. -Both of* them had
been imbibing, and neither
could tell very much about Mm
affair when taken before the
Mayor later in the day. Tbe
first intelligence the police had
of the difficulty was finding An
drew on the ground in Mm
neighborhood mentioned early
in the morning, drunk or vn
conscious, very bloody, with
his fingers badly out and a flesh
wound m the chest, all evident
ly inflicted with some sharp In
strument like » razor. The
Mayby impbijsd ooddign punish-
ruent upon bMl «f the offenders.
The wounded
again in a da
•f the offenders
in will be well
r two.
A dollar can be mads to pay
a b g pile of debts by passing >*
from neighbor to neighbor. It
can buy a big pile of- grocetdee
at Ooggesbali’s, too. j
A .Gold Wafth •"d Chain Stolan.
A deaf and dumb colored boy,
who repreen ted himself as be
iug a printer, has been hanging
around Dasllngton for some
time past. On Friday night, he
strolled into the plant of the
Electric Light Company, and
giving evidence by signs that
he was very cold, obtained per
mission from Mr. Clarence An
dersoa, who has charge there
at night, to sloop by the fire.
Mr. Anderson "himoel f went to
sleep about eiglit o'clock the
next morning, and when he
awoke found that the boy had
gone, carrying with him a fine
razor together with a handsome
S old watch and chain which
lr .Anderson had left in the
pocket of hit- vest hanging
against the wall. Nothing has
been heard ot, the boy since. A
report reached here yesterday
that he had been seen in Mqribn,
and the wit
eration for t
cepting and
up to this
bas been he
Tim i
two l
the styra were found the i
morning several hundred yarns
up Mm railroad tract. There
was not a dollar’s worth of in
surance on tbe property. Mr.
Jeffords deserves sympathy in
Ms mitfortaa* ,Ha *ie a very
worthy yotthg- man, and
just beginning to make a fj
start in the world. The ei
wee a new one, Mr. Jeffords
having completed it only about
two months ago. It is greatly
to be hoped that the scoundrels
who set the building on fire
will yet be caught and made to
pay dearly for their dirty work.
M
m
audience
in the.
upon the
Ceeilfal
Mr. C. W. Hewitt has tronei
off to buy another carload of. T "
fine mules, and he invitee hie
many friends and customers to
call and see them before pur
chasing elsewhere.
DMth of R«v. 8. F. Parrott
Deati
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oldest and most respected citi
Mr. Parrott bad been in thftthai IMS ever
failing health for several
months, but his ieath was very —
unexpected to a great many ,
who had not heard of hie lest •
severe illness, which lasted only mJT,
a few days. He had been
minister of the gospel in tbe
Baptist Church for
and enjoyed the
all who knew
a true and
none would doubt. Hie
in life was one of
which he filled as none but a ^
true man could. Many
been the times that he ~
the hungry and
to the destitute,
and invoked th
God upon them. The
services took place
at 11 a. m.. at Ml I
presence of a large number of b* :
relatives and friapda, Mm Rev. ?
pathy of the entire community.
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i-tongned
all
made hfcri
jewels-I
has i
in«att,l
dark bair and i
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her.
gtafamits.: frfjp/s
Cigars that year wife allowi
you smoke at home—to Mi
bought at Ooggealuttr*. ^ > ]
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The sad intelligence was re
ceived here laet J
that Mr. Sumner I
cidently killed himself
father’s reside
Bluff that afternoon. Mr.
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Outh of Mr. Thomas J. Brows.
Mr. Thomas J. Brown, who
clerked at the “Racket Store”,
stricken with paralysis on
morning about nine
o’clock, while he was in the
store waiting on a custo*
He was taken at once' to tne
home,’ bat he n#v©r ralH»d from'
the stroke.-and gradually sink
ing lower and lower, died about
four o’clock yesterday after-
•noon. Mr. Brown Was fifty-
four years of age at the time of
hie death. He was bora and
reared in Darlingtdo,' where
he spent all hie life dk-<a*eterkJ
He was a eon of the lam Mr.
Mm
some)
the
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James M. Brown, who ran th* «onUihewto just l
Darlington Southerner f ° r I^J^** 0 **-•- 1 - *-
thirty three years. There ary
only three of his brothers leff
out of what was once a very
large family, Messrs. S- A. and
Joe Brown, of Bennettsville,
and Mr. C. A. Brown, the pre
sent Editor of the Darlington-
were put into op
i purpose of inter
tins
ling
from'thi
him, but i
Inite
ere,
The honey-moon can be made
ts last a long time H yog will
supply-your bride.wi»h groceries
from Coggeshall’s joy-creating
i stock.
rar, entering
it as a member of tbe Dariii
ton Guards, and afterwa
serving as a member of the In-
ghee Light Artillery, *lst Regi
ment Hie wife and twoakild-
vive i
was in failing
be had been a
.went
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number ef
here, Mr. Scott
friends in
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